| Table 1a - Population size |
Last update: Dec 2007 |
| Country or area |
|
|
|
| Afghanistan |
2007 |
|
27,145.3 |
|
13,085.8 |
|
14,059.5 |
|
93 |
| Albania |
2007 |
|
3,190.0 |
|
1,602.5 |
|
1,587.6 |
|
101 |
| Algeria |
2007 |
|
33,857.9 |
|
16,766.7 |
|
17,091.2 |
|
98 |
| American Samoa 1 |
2000 |
** |
57.3 |
|
28.0 |
|
29.3 |
|
96 |
| Andorra |
2007 |
|
74.6 |
|
… |
|
… |
|
… |
| Angola |
2007 |
|
17,024.1 |
|
8,629.6 |
|
8,394.5 |
|
103 |
| Anguilla |
2001 |
* |
11.4 |
|
5.8 |
|
5.6 |
|
104 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
2004 |
* |
81.2 |
|
43.1 |
|
38.1 |
|
113 |
| Argentina |
2007 |
|
39,531.1 |
|
20,200.4 |
|
19,330.7 |
|
104 |
| Armenia |
2007 |
|
3,002.3 |
|
1,605.6 |
|
1,396.6 |
|
115 |
| Aruba |
2007 |
|
103.9 |
|
54.2 |
|
49.7 |
|
109 |
| Australia 2 |
2007 |
|
20,743.2 |
|
10,421.2 |
|
10,322.0 |
|
101 |
| Austria |
2007 |
|
8,360.7 |
|
4,261.4 |
|
4,099.4 |
|
104 |
| Azerbaijan |
2007 |
|
8,467.2 |
|
4,351.7 |
|
4,115.5 |
|
106 |
| Bahamas |
2007 |
|
331.3 |
|
169.3 |
|
162.0 |
|
105 |
| Bahrain |
2007 |
|
752.6 |
|
321.9 |
|
430.7 |
|
75 |
| Bangladesh |
2007 |
|
158,665.0 |
|
77,500.9 |
|
81,164.0 |
|
95 |
| Barbados |
2007 |
|
293.9 |
|
151.5 |
|
142.4 |
|
106 |
| Belarus |
2007 |
|
9,688.8 |
|
5,179.5 |
|
4,509.3 |
|
115 |
| Belgium |
2007 |
|
10,457.3 |
|
5,337.6 |
|
5,119.7 |
|
104 |
| Belize |
2007 |
|
287.7 |
|
142.7 |
|
145.0 |
|
98 |
| Benin |
2007 |
|
9,032.8 |
|
4,478.1 |
|
4,554.7 |
|
98 |
| Bermuda 3 |
2000 |
** |
62.1 |
|
32.3 |
|
29.8 |
|
108 |
| Bhutan |
2007 |
|
658.5 |
|
310.5 |
|
347.9 |
|
89 |
| Bolivia |
2007 |
|
9,524.6 |
|
4,777.0 |
|
4,747.6 |
|
101 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2007 |
|
3,934.8 |
|
2,021.9 |
|
1,912.9 |
|
106 |
| Botswana |
2007 |
|
1,881.5 |
|
946.2 |
|
935.4 |
|
101 |
| Brazil |
2007 |
|
191,790.9 |
|
97,219.6 |
|
94,571.4 |
|
103 |
| British Virgin Islands |
2001 |
*, b |
20.6 |
|
10.0 |
|
10.6 |
|
94 |
| Brunei Darussalam |
2007 |
|
390.1 |
|
188.4 |
|
201.7 |
|
93 |
| Bulgaria |
2007 |
|
7,638.8 |
|
3,939.1 |
|
3,699.8 |
|
106 |
| Burkina Faso |
2007 |
|
14,784.3 |
|
7,386.5 |
|
7,397.8 |
|
100 |
| Burundi |
2007 |
|
8,508.2 |
|
4,342.5 |
|
4,165.7 |
|
104 |
| Cambodia |
2007 |
|
14,443.7 |
|
7,402.8 |
|
7,040.9 |
|
105 |
| Cameroon |
2007 |
|
18,549.2 |
|
9,279.0 |
|
9,270.2 |
|
100 |
| Canada |
2007 |
|
32,876.0 |
|
16,593.3 |
|
16,282.7 |
|
102 |
| Cape Verde |
2007 |
|
530.4 |
|
275.2 |
|
255.2 |
|
108 |
| Cayman Islands |
2007 |
|
47.2 |
|
… |
|
… |
|
… |
| Central African Republic |
2007 |
|
4,342.7 |
|
2,223.7 |
|
2,119.0 |
|
105 |
| Chad |
2007 |
|
10,780.6 |
|
5,421.9 |
|
5,358.7 |
|
101 |
| Channel Islands 4 |
2007 |
|
149.3 |
|
76.2 |
|
73.0 |
|
104 |
| Chile |
2007 |
|
16,634.8 |
|
8,406.1 |
|
8,228.7 |
|
102 |
| China 5 |
2007 |
|
1,328,629.9 |
|
642,477.3 |
|
686,152.6 |
|
94 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR 6 |
2007 |
|
7,206.1 |
|
3,751.9 |
|
3,454.2 |
|
109 |
| China, Macao SAR 7 |
2007 |
|
481.1 |
|
251.2 |
|
229.9 |
|
109 |
| Colombia |
2007 |
|
46,156.0 |
|
23,440.3 |
|
22,715.7 |
|
103 |
| Comoros 8 |
2007 |
|
839.2 |
|
418.1 |
|
421.1 |
|
99 |
| Congo |
2007 |
|
3,768.1 |
|
1,899.6 |
|
1,868.4 |
|
102 |
| Cook Islands |
2001 |
a |
18.0 |
|
8.7 |
|
9.3 |
|
94 |
| Costa Rica |
2007 |
|
4,467.6 |
|
2,197.4 |
|
2,270.3 |
|
97 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
2007 |
|
19,261.8 |
|
9,489.0 |
|
9,772.8 |
|
97 |
| Croatia |
2007 |
|
4,555.4 |
|
2,362.7 |
|
2,192.7 |
|
108 |
| Cuba |
2007 |
|
11,267.9 |
|
5,628.0 |
|
5,639.8 |
|
100 |
| Cyprus |
2007 |
|
854.7 |
|
439.0 |
|
415.7 |
|
106 |
| Czech Republic |
2007 |
|
10,186.3 |
|
5,215.1 |
|
4,971.2 |
|
105 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
2007 |
|
23,790.2 |
|
12,052.9 |
|
11,737.3 |
|
103 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
2007 |
|
62,635.7 |
|
31,613.4 |
|
31,022.4 |
|
102 |
| Denmark |
2007 |
|
5,442.1 |
|
2,747.5 |
|
2,694.6 |
|
102 |
| Djibouti |
2007 |
|
833.0 |
|
416.8 |
|
416.2 |
|
100 |
| Dominica 9 |
2001 |
* |
69.6 |
|
34.1 |
|
34.5 |
|
99 |
| Dominican Republic |
2007 |
|
9,759.7 |
|
4,866.1 |
|
4,893.6 |
|
99 |
| Ecuador |
2007 |
|
13,341.2 |
|
6,654.8 |
|
6,686.4 |
|
100 |
| Egypt |
2007 |
|
75,497.9 |
|
37,707.7 |
|
37,790.2 |
|
100 |
| El Salvador |
2007 |
|
6,857.3 |
|
3,493.1 |
|
3,364.2 |
|
104 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
2007 |
|
507.5 |
|
256.4 |
|
251.1 |
|
102 |
| Eritrea |
2007 |
|
4,850.8 |
|
2,470.2 |
|
2,380.6 |
|
104 |
| Estonia |
2007 |
|
1,335.3 |
|
720.4 |
|
615.0 |
|
117 |
| Ethiopia |
2007 |
|
83,099.2 |
|
41,759.9 |
|
41,339.3 |
|
101 |
| Faeroe Islands |
2007 |
|
48.9 |
|
… |
|
… |
|
… |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 10 |
2001 |
* |
2.9 |
|
1.3 |
|
1.6 |
|
81 |
| Fiji |
2007 |
|
838.7 |
|
413.1 |
|
425.6 |
|
97 |
| Finland 11 |
2007 |
|
5,276.9 |
|
2,692.0 |
|
2,584.9 |
|
104 |
| France |
2007 |
|
61,647.4 |
|
31,596.8 |
|
30,050.5 |
|
105 |
| French Guiana |
2007 |
|
202.1 |
|
99.7 |
|
102.4 |
|
97 |
| French Polynesia |
2007 |
|
262.8 |
|
128.3 |
|
134.5 |
|
95 |
| Gabon |
2007 |
|
1,330.6 |
|
664.8 |
|
665.8 |
|
100 |
| Gambia |
2007 |
|
1,708.7 |
|
853.2 |
|
855.5 |
|
100 |
| Georgia |
2007 |
|
4,395.4 |
|
2,321.4 |
|
2,074.0 |
|
112 |
| Germany |
2007 |
|
82,599.5 |
|
42,209.6 |
|
40,389.8 |
|
105 |
| Ghana |
2007 |
|
23,478.4 |
|
11,579.7 |
|
11,898.7 |
|
97 |
| Gibraltar 12 |
2001 |
* |
27.5 |
|
13.9 |
|
13.6 |
|
102 |
| Greece |
2007 |
|
11,146.9 |
|
5,628.5 |
|
5,518.4 |
|
102 |
| Greenland 13 |
2000 |
** |
56.1 |
|
26.2 |
|
30.0 |
|
87 |
| Grenada |
2007 |
|
105.7 |
|
53.8 |
|
51.9 |
|
104 |
| Guadeloupe |
2007 |
|
444.9 |
|
231.5 |
|
213.4 |
|
108 |
| Guam |
2007 |
|
173.3 |
|
85.1 |
|
88.3 |
|
96 |
| Guatemala |
2007 |
|
13,353.9 |
|
6,844.3 |
|
6,509.6 |
|
105 |
| Guinea |
2007 |
|
9,370.1 |
|
4,640.7 |
|
4,729.4 |
|
98 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
2007 |
|
1,695.0 |
|
857.4 |
|
837.7 |
|
102 |
| Guyana |
2007 |
|
737.9 |
|
354.9 |
|
383.1 |
|
93 |
| Haiti |
2007 |
|
9,597.9 |
|
4,847.1 |
|
4,750.8 |
|
102 |
| Honduras |
2007 |
|
7,106.0 |
|
3,577.4 |
|
3,528.6 |
|
101 |
| Hungary |
2007 |
|
10,029.6 |
|
5,253.0 |
|
4,776.6 |
|
110 |
| Iceland |
2007 |
|
301.0 |
|
149.8 |
|
151.2 |
|
99 |
| India |
2007 |
|
1,169,015.5 |
|
564,025.7 |
|
604,989.8 |
|
93 |
| Indonesia |
2007 |
|
231,627.0 |
|
115,945.0 |
|
115,682.0 |
|
100 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
2007 |
|
71,208.4 |
|
35,128.7 |
|
36,079.7 |
|
97 |
| Iraq |
2007 |
|
28,993.4 |
|
14,336.9 |
|
14,656.5 |
|
98 |
| Ireland |
2007 |
|
4,300.9 |
|
2,154.4 |
|
2,146.5 |
|
100 |
| Isle of Man |
2004 |
** |
77.6 |
|
39.5 |
|
38.1 |
|
104 |
| Israel |
2007 |
|
6,927.7 |
|
3,495.7 |
|
3,432.0 |
|
102 |
| Italy |
2007 |
|
58,876.8 |
|
30,273.3 |
|
28,603.5 |
|
106 |
| Jamaica |
2007 |
|
2,713.8 |
|
1,375.0 |
|
1,338.8 |
|
103 |
| Japan |
2007 |
|
127,966.7 |
|
65,495.5 |
|
62,471.2 |
|
105 |
| Jordan |
2007 |
|
5,924.2 |
|
2,879.0 |
|
3,045.2 |
|
95 |
| Kazakhstan |
2007 |
|
15,421.9 |
|
8,050.7 |
|
7,371.1 |
|
109 |
| Kenya |
2007 |
|
37,537.7 |
|
18,826.7 |
|
18,711.0 |
|
101 |
| Kiribati |
2000 |
a |
84.5 |
|
42.8 |
|
41.6 |
|
103 |
| Kuwait |
2007 |
|
2,851.1 |
|
1,142.3 |
|
1,708.9 |
|
67 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
2007 |
|
5,316.5 |
|
2,696.0 |
|
2,620.6 |
|
103 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
2007 |
|
5,859.4 |
|
2,940.4 |
|
2,919.0 |
|
101 |
| Latvia |
2007 |
|
2,277.0 |
|
1,227.9 |
|
1,049.1 |
|
117 |
| Lebanon |
2007 |
|
4,099.1 |
|
2,091.3 |
|
2,007.8 |
|
104 |
| Lesotho |
2007 |
|
2,007.8 |
|
1,061.8 |
|
946.0 |
|
112 |
| Liberia |
2007 |
|
3,750.3 |
|
1,875.4 |
|
1,874.9 |
|
100 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
2007 |
|
6,160.5 |
|
2,970.9 |
|
3,189.6 |
|
93 |
| Liechtenstein |
2004 |
* |
34.5 |
|
17.5 |
|
16.9 |
|
104 |
| Lithuania |
2007 |
|
3,389.9 |
|
1,810.5 |
|
1,579.5 |
|
115 |
| Luxembourg |
2007 |
|
466.6 |
|
236.1 |
|
230.5 |
|
102 |
| Madagascar |
2007 |
|
19,683.4 |
|
9,896.2 |
|
9,787.2 |
|
101 |
| Malawi |
2007 |
|
13,925.1 |
|
7,001.7 |
|
6,923.4 |
|
101 |
| Malaysia |
2007 |
|
26,571.9 |
|
13,074.8 |
|
13,497.1 |
|
97 |
| Maldives |
2007 |
|
305.6 |
|
149.0 |
|
156.6 |
|
95 |
| Mali |
2007 |
|
12,336.8 |
|
6,328.8 |
|
6,008.0 |
|
105 |
| Malta |
2007 |
|
406.6 |
|
204.4 |
|
202.2 |
|
101 |
| Marshall Islands |
2001 |
* |
54.6 |
|
26.6 |
|
27.9 |
|
95 |
| Martinique |
2007 |
|
398.7 |
|
209.7 |
|
189.0 |
|
111 |
| Mauritania |
2007 |
|
3,123.8 |
|
1,542.9 |
|
1,581.0 |
|
98 |
| Mauritius 14 |
2007 |
|
1,261.6 |
|
635.7 |
|
625.9 |
|
102 |
| Mexico |
2007 |
|
106,534.9 |
|
54,590.7 |
|
51,944.2 |
|
105 |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) |
2007 |
|
111.1 |
|
54.6 |
|
56.5 |
|
97 |
| Monaco |
2007 |
|
32.7 |
|
1,318.1 |
|
1,310.7 |
|
101 |
| Mongolia |
2006 |
|
2,678.8 |
|
1,341.8 |
|
1,337.0 |
|
100 |
| Montenegro |
2007 |
|
598.0 |
|
308.9 |
|
289.1 |
|
107 |
| Montserrat |
2001 |
* |
4.5 |
|
2.1 |
|
2.4 |
|
88 |
| Morocco |
2007 |
|
31,224.1 |
|
15,876.2 |
|
15,347.9 |
|
103 |
| Mozambique |
2007 |
|
21,396.9 |
|
11,012.0 |
|
10,384.9 |
|
106 |
| Myanmar |
2007 |
|
48,798.2 |
|
24,657.6 |
|
24,140.6 |
|
102 |
| Namibia |
2007 |
|
2,074.1 |
|
1,050.9 |
|
1,023.3 |
|
103 |
| Nauru |
2007 |
|
10.2 |
|
… |
|
… |
|
… |
| Nepal |
2007 |
|
28,196.0 |
|
14,223.5 |
|
13,972.5 |
|
102 |
| Netherlands |
2007 |
|
16,418.8 |
|
8,295.3 |
|
8,123.5 |
|
102 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
2007 |
|
191.6 |
|
102.5 |
|
89.0 |
|
115 |
| New Caledonia |
2007 |
|
241.7 |
|
120.2 |
|
121.5 |
|
99 |
| New Zealand |
2007 |
|
4,178.5 |
|
2,120.3 |
|
2,058.3 |
|
103 |
| Nicaragua |
2007 |
|
5,603.2 |
|
2,813.3 |
|
2,789.9 |
|
101 |
| Niger |
2007 |
|
14,225.5 |
|
7,012.6 |
|
7,212.9 |
|
97 |
| Nigeria |
2007 |
|
148,092.5 |
|
74,073.8 |
|
74,018.7 |
|
100 |
| Niue |
2001 |
a |
1.8 |
|
0.9 |
|
0.9 |
|
101 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
2000 |
* |
69.2 |
|
37.2 |
|
32.0 |
|
116 |
| Norway 15 |
2007 |
|
4,698.1 |
|
2,364.5 |
|
2,333.6 |
|
101 |
| Occupied Palestinian Territory |
2007 |
|
4,017.5 |
|
1,973.7 |
|
2,043.8 |
|
97 |
| Oman |
2007 |
|
2,595.1 |
|
1,148.6 |
|
1,446.6 |
|
79 |
| Pakistan |
2007 |
|
163,902.4 |
|
79,584.6 |
|
84,317.8 |
|
94 |
| Palau |
2000 |
a |
19.1 |
|
8.7 |
|
10.5 |
|
83 |
| Panama |
2007 |
|
3,343.4 |
|
1,657.4 |
|
1,686.0 |
|
98 |
| Papua New Guinea |
2007 |
|
6,331.0 |
|
3,119.6 |
|
3,211.4 |
|
97 |
| Paraguay |
2007 |
|
6,127.1 |
|
3,031.2 |
|
3,095.8 |
|
98 |
| Peru |
2007 |
|
27,902.8 |
|
13,928.4 |
|
13,974.4 |
|
100 |
| Philippines |
2007 |
|
87,960.1 |
|
43,668.2 |
|
44,291.9 |
|
99 |
| Pitcairn |
2007 |
|
0.1 |
|
… |
|
… |
|
… |
| Poland |
2007 |
|
38,082.0 |
|
19,697.2 |
|
18,384.8 |
|
107 |
| Portugal |
2007 |
|
10,623.0 |
|
5,486.2 |
|
5,136.8 |
|
107 |
| Puerto Rico |
2007 |
|
3,990.5 |
|
2,078.9 |
|
1,911.6 |
|
109 |
| Qatar |
2007 |
|
840.6 |
|
277.4 |
|
563.3 |
|
49 |
| Republic of Korea |
2007 |
|
48,223.9 |
|
24,127.4 |
|
24,096.4 |
|
100 |
| Republic of Moldova |
2007 |
|
3,793.6 |
|
1,978.5 |
|
1,815.1 |
|
109 |
| Réunion |
2007 |
|
806.7 |
|
412.6 |
|
394.2 |
|
105 |
| Romania |
2007 |
|
21,437.9 |
|
11,004.9 |
|
10,433.0 |
|
105 |
| Russian Federation |
2007 |
|
142,498.5 |
|
76,545.2 |
|
65,953.4 |
|
116 |
| Rwanda |
2007 |
|
9,724.6 |
|
5,032.6 |
|
4,692.0 |
|
107 |
| Saint Helena 16 |
1998 |
* |
4.9 |
|
2.4 |
|
2.5 |
|
94 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
2000 |
* |
40.4 |
|
20.0 |
|
20.4 |
|
98 |
| Saint Lucia |
2007 |
|
164.9 |
|
83.9 |
|
81.0 |
|
104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2007 |
|
120.4 |
|
60.4 |
|
60.0 |
|
101 |
| Samoa |
2007 |
|
187.0 |
|
89.7 |
|
97.3 |
|
92 |
| San Marino |
2007 |
|
30.9 |
|
… |
|
… |
|
… |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
2007 |
|
157.6 |
|
79.5 |
|
78.1 |
|
102 |
| Saudi Arabia |
2007 |
|
24,734.5 |
|
11,118.3 |
|
13,616.3 |
|
82 |
| Senegal |
2007 |
|
12,378.5 |
|
6,217.2 |
|
6,161.4 |
|
101 |
| Serbia |
2007 |
|
9,858.4 |
|
4,982.2 |
|
4,876.2 |
|
102 |
| Seychelles |
2007 |
|
86.6 |
|
… |
|
… |
|
… |
| Sierra Leone |
2007 |
|
5,865.9 |
|
2,977.1 |
|
2,888.8 |
|
103 |
| Singapore |
2007 |
|
4,436.3 |
|
2,204.4 |
|
2,231.9 |
|
99 |
| Slovakia |
2007 |
|
5,390.0 |
|
2,776.2 |
|
2,613.8 |
|
106 |
| Slovenia |
2007 |
|
2,001.5 |
|
1,024.9 |
|
976.6 |
|
105 |
| Solomon Islands |
2007 |
|
495.7 |
|
239.1 |
|
256.6 |
|
93 |
| Somalia |
2007 |
|
8,698.5 |
|
4,381.5 |
|
4,317.0 |
|
101 |
| South Africa |
2007 |
|
48,576.8 |
|
24,691.7 |
|
23,885.1 |
|
103 |
| Spain |
2007 |
|
44,279.2 |
|
22,447.1 |
| |