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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
DEFINITION
This entry gives an estimate from the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. Note: starting with the 1993 Factbook , demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These countries are currently: The Bahamas, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
1,330,044,544
2008
# 2
India :
1,147,995,904
2008
# 4
United States :
303,824,640
2008
# 5
Indonesia :
237,512,352
2008
# 6
Brazil :
196,342,592
2008
# 7
Pakistan :
172,800,048
2008
# 8
Bangladesh :
153,546,896
2008
# 9
Nigeria :
146,255,312
2008
# 10
Russia :
140,702,096
2008
# 11
Japan :
127,288,416
2008
# 12
Mexico :
109,955,400
2008
# 13
Philippines :
96,061,680
2008
# 14
Vietnam :
86,116,560
2008
# 15
Ethiopia :
82,544,840
2008
# 16
Germany :
82,369,552
2008
# 17
Egypt :
81,713,520
2008
# 18
Turkey :
71,892,808
2008
# 19
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
66,514,504
2008
# 20
Iran :
65,875,224
2008
# 21
Thailand :
65,493,296
2008
# 22
United Kingdom :
60,943,912
2008
# 23
France :
60,876,136
2006
# 24
Italy :
58,145,320
2008
# 25
South Africa :
48,782,756
2008
# 26
Korea, South :
48,379,392
2008
# 27
Burma :
47,758,180
2008
# 28
Ukraine :
45,994,288
2008
# 29
Colombia :
45,013,672
2008
# 30
Spain :
40,491,052
2008
# 31
Argentina :
40,482,000
2008
# 32
Sudan :
40,218,456
2008
# 33
Tanzania :
40,213,160
2008
# 34
Poland :
38,500,696
2008
# 35
Kenya :
37,953,840
2008
# 36
Morocco :
34,343,220
2008
# 37
Algeria :
33,769,668
2008
# 38
Canada :
33,212,696
2008
# 39
Afghanistan :
32,738,376
2008
# 40
Uganda :
31,367,972
2008
# 41
Nepal :
29,519,114
2008
# 42
Peru :
29,180,900
2008
# 43
Iraq :
28,221,180
2008
# 44
Saudi Arabia :
28,146,656
2008
# 45
Uzbekistan :
27,345,026
2008
# 46
Venezuela :
26,414,816
2008
# 47
Malaysia :
25,274,132
2008
# 48
Korea, North :
23,479,088
2008
# 49
Ghana :
23,382,848
2008
# 50
Yemen :
23,013,376
2008
# 51
Taiwan :
22,920,946
2008
# 52
Romania :
22,246,862
2008
# 53
Mozambique :
21,284,700
2008
# 54
Sri Lanka :
21,128,772
2008
# 55
Australia :
21,007,310
2008
# 56
Côte d'Ivoire :
20,179,602
2008
# 57
Madagascar :
20,042,552
2008
# 58
Syria :
19,747,586
2008
# 59
Cameroon :
18,467,692
2008
# 60
Netherlands :
16,645,313
2008
# 61
Chile :
16,454,143
2008
# 62
Kazakhstan :
15,340,533
2008
# 63
Burkina Faso :
15,264,735
2008
# 64
Cambodia :
14,241,640
2008
# 65
Malawi :
13,931,831
2008
# 66
Ecuador :
13,927,650
2008
# 67
Niger :
13,272,679
2008
# 68
Guatemala :
13,002,206
2008
# 69
Senegal :
12,853,259
2008
# 70
Angola :
12,531,357
2008
# 71
Mali :
12,324,029
2008
# 72
Zambia :
11,669,534
2008
# 73
Cuba :
11,423,952
2008
# 74
Zimbabwe :
11,350,111
2008
# 75
Greece :
10,722,816
2008
# 76
Portugal :
10,676,910
2008
# 77
Belgium :
10,403,951
2008
# 78
Tunisia :
10,383,577
2008
# 79
Czech Republic :
10,220,911
2008
# 80
Rwanda :
10,186,063
2008
# 81
Serbia and Montenegro :
10,159,046
2008
# 82
Chad :
10,111,337
2008
# 83
Hungary :
9,930,915
2008
# 84
Guinea :
9,806,509
2008
# 85
Belarus :
9,685,768
2008
# 86
Somalia :
9,558,666
2008
# 87
Dominican Republic :
9,507,133
2008
# 88
Bolivia :
9,247,816
2008
# 89
Sweden :
9,045,389
2008
# 90
Haiti :
8,924,553
2008
# 91
Burundi :
8,691,005
2008
# 92
Benin :
8,532,547
2008
# 93
Austria :
8,205,533
2008
# 94
Azerbaijan :
8,177,717
2008
# 95
Honduras :
7,639,327
2008
# 96
Switzerland :
7,581,520
2008
# 97
Bulgaria :
7,262,675
2008
# 98
Tajikistan :
7,211,884
2008
# 99
Israel :
7,112,359
2008
# 100
El Salvador :
7,066,403
2008
# 101
Hong Kong :
7,018,636
2008
# 102
Paraguay :
6,831,306
2008
# 103
Laos :
6,677,534
2008
# 104
Sierra Leone :
6,294,774
2008
# 105
Jordan :
6,198,677
2008
# 106
Libya :
6,173,579
2008
# 107
Papua New Guinea :
5,931,769
2008
# 108
Togo :
5,858,673
2008
# 109
Nicaragua :
5,785,846
2008
# 110
Eritrea :
5,502,026
2008
# 111
Denmark :
5,484,723
2008
# 112
Slovakia :
5,455,407
2008
# 113
Kyrgyzstan :
5,356,869
2008
# 114
Finland :
5,244,749
2008
# 115
Turkmenistan :
5,179,571
2008
# 116
Norway :
4,644,457
2008
# 117
Georgia :
4,630,841
2008
# 118
United Arab Emirates :
4,621,399
2008
# 119
Singapore :
4,608,167
2008
# 120
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
4,590,310
2008
# 121
Croatia :
4,491,543
2008
# 122
Central African Republic :
4,444,330
2008
# 123
Moldova :
4,324,450
2008
# 124
Costa Rica :
4,195,914
2008
# 125
New Zealand :
4,173,460
2008
# 126
Ireland :
4,156,119
2008
# 127
Lebanon :
3,971,941
2008
# 128
Puerto Rico :
3,958,128
2008
# 129
Congo, Republic of the :
3,903,318
2008
# 130
Albania :
3,619,778
2008
# 131
Lithuania :
3,565,205
2008
# 132
Uruguay :
3,477,778
2008
# 133
Mauritania :
3,364,940
2008
# 134
Liberia :
3,334,587
2008
# 135
Oman :
3,311,640
2008
# 136
Panama :
3,309,679
2008
# 137
Mongolia :
2,996,081
2008
# 138
Armenia :
2,968,586
2008
# 139
Jamaica :
2,804,332
2008
# 140
Kuwait :
2,596,799
2008
# 141
West Bank :
2,407,681
2008
# 142
Latvia :
2,245,423
2008
# 143
Lesotho :
2,128,180
2008
# 144
Namibia :
2,088,669
2008
# 145
Macedonia, Republic of :
2,061,315
2008
# 146
Slovenia :
2,007,711
2008
# 147
Botswana :
1,842,323
2008
# 148
Gambia, The :
1,735,464
2008
# 149
Guinea-Bissau :
1,503,182
2008
# 150
Gaza Strip :
1,500,202
2008
# 151
Gabon :
1,485,832
2008
# 152
Estonia :
1,307,605
2008
# 153
Mauritius :
1,274,189
2008
# 154
Swaziland :
1,128,814
2008
# 155
East Timor :
1,108,777
2008
# 156
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,047,366
2008
# 157
Fiji :
931,741
2008
# 158
Qatar :
824,789
2008
# 159
Cyprus :
792,604
2008
# 160
Réunion :
787,584
2006
# 161
Guyana :
770,794
2008
# 162
Comoros :
731,775
2008
# 163
Bahrain :
718,306
2008
# 164
Bhutan :
682,321
2008
# 165
Montenegro :
678,177
2008
# 166
Equatorial Guinea :
616,459
2008
# 167
Solomon Islands :
581,318
2008
# 168
Macau :
545,674
2008
# 169
Djibouti :
506,221
2008
# 170
Luxembourg :
486,006
2008
# 171
Suriname :
475,996
2008
# 172
Guadeloupe :
452,776
2006
# 173
Martinique :
436,131
2006
# 174
Cape Verde :
426,998
2008
# 175
Malta :
403,532
2008
# 176
Western Sahara :
393,831
2008
# 177
Maldives :
385,925
2008
# 178
Brunei :
381,371
2008
# 179
Bahamas, The :
307,451
2008
# 180
Iceland :
304,367
2008
# 181
Belize :
301,270
2008
# 182
French Polynesia :
283,019
2008
# 183
Barbados :
281,968
2008
# 184
Netherlands Antilles :
225,369
2008
# 185
New Caledonia :
224,824
2008
# 186
Samoa :
217,083
2008
# 187
Mayotte :
216,306
2008
# 188
Vanuatu :
215,446
2008
# 189
São Tomé and Príncipe :
206,178
2008
# 190
French Guiana :
199,509
2006
# 191
Guam :
175,877
2008
# 192
Saint Lucia :
159,585
2008
# 193
Tonga :
119,009
2008
# 194
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
118,432
2008
# 195
Kiribati :
110,356
2008
# 196
Virgin Islands :
109,840
2008
# 197
Micronesia, Federated States of :
107,665
2008
# 198
Aruba :
101,541
2008
# 199
Jersey :
91,533
2008
# 200
Grenada :
90,343
2008
# 201
Northern Mariana Islands :
86,616
2008
# 202
Antigua and Barbuda :
84,522
2008
# 203
Andorra :
82,627
2008
# 204
Seychelles :
82,247
2008
# 205
Man, Isle of :
76,220
2008
# 206
Dominica :
72,514
2008
# 207
Bermuda :
66,536
2008
# 208
Guernsey :
65,726
2008
# 209
American Samoa :
64,827
2008
# 210
Marshall Islands :
63,174
2008
# 211
Greenland :
57,564
2008
# 212
Faroe Islands :
48,668
2008
# 213
Cayman Islands :
47,862
2008
# 214
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
39,817
2008
# 215
Liechtenstein :
34,498
2008
# 216
Monaco :
32,796
2008
# 217
San Marino :
29,973
2008
# 218
Saint Martin :
29,376
2008
# 219
Gibraltar :
28,002
2008
# 220
British Virgin Islands :
24,041
2008
# 221
Turks and Caicos Islands :
22,352
2008
# 222
Palau :
21,093
2008
# 223
Wallis and Futuna :
15,237
2008
# 224
Anguilla :
14,108
2008
# 225
Nauru :
13,770
2008
# 226
Cook Islands :
12,271
2008
# 227
Tuvalu :
12,177
2008
# 228
Saint Helena :
7,601
2008
# 229
Saint Barthelemy :
7,492
2008
# 230
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
7,044
2008
# 231
Montserrat :
5,079
2008
# 232
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) :
3,140
2008
# 233
Svalbard :
2,165
2008
# 234
Norfolk Island :
2,128
2008
# 235
Niue :
1,444
2008
# 236
Tokelau :
1,433
2008
# 237
Christmas Island :
1,402
2007
# 238
Holy See (Vatican City) :
824
2008
# 239
Cocos (Keeling) Islands :
596
2007
# 240
Johnston Atoll :
396
2004
# 241
Pitcairn Islands :
48
2008
Total :
6,705,700,796
Weighted average:
27,824,484.6
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
491,018,683
DEFINITION: This entry gives an estimate from the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. Note: starting with the 1993 Factbook , demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These countries are currently: The Bahamas, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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