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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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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	India	1.15 billion	2008
2	United States	303.82 million	2008
3	Pakistan	172.8 million	2008
4	Bangladesh	153.55 million	2008
5	Nigeria	146.26 million	2008
6	Egypt	81.71 million	2008
7	Burma	47.76 million	2008
8	Sudan	40.22 million	2008
9	Tanzania	40.21 million	2008
10	Kenya	37.95 million	2008
11	Canada	33.21 million	2008
12	Uganda	31.37 million	2008
13	Malaysia	25.27 million	2008
14	Ghana	23.38 million	2008
15	Yemen	23.01 million	2008
16	Sri Lanka	21.13 million	2008
17	Australia	21.01 million	2008
18	Malawi	13.93 million	2008
19	Zambia	11.67 million	2008
20	Zimbabwe	11.35 million	2008
21	Somalia	9.56 million	2008
22	Israel	7.11 million	2008
23	Sierra Leone	6.29 million	2008
24	Jordan	6.2 million	2008
25	United Arab Emirates	4.62 million	2008
26	Singapore	4.61 million	2008
27	New Zealand	4.17 million	2008
28	Jamaica	2.8 million	2008
29	Kuwait	2.6 million	2008
30	Lesotho	2.13 million	2008
31	Namibia	2.09 million	2008
32	Botswana	1.84 million	2008
33	The Gambia	1.74 million	2008
34	Swaziland	1.13 million	2008
35	Trinidad and Tobago	1.05 million	2008
36	Fiji	931,741	2008
37	Qatar	824,789	2008
38	Guyana	770,794	2008
39	Bahrain	718,306	2008
40	Bhutan	682,321	2008
41	Maldives	385,925	2008
42	Brunei	381,371	2008
43	The Bahamas	307,451	2008
44	Belize	301,270	2008
45	Barbados	281,968	2008
46	Saint Lucia	159,585	2008
47	Grenada	90,343	2008
48	Antigua and Barbuda	84,522	2008
49	Dominica	72,514	2008
50	Saint Kitts and Nevis	39,817	2008
51	Tuvalu	12,177	2008

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