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Table 1c - Population growth and distribution
Last update: December 2009
Country or area
 
2005-2010
2009
2005
%
%
women/100 men
Source
Afghanistan
3.4
24
77
POB
Albania
0.4
47
 113
CZS
Algeria
1.5
66
 82
CZS, REF
American Samoa
1.7
93
 95
POB
Andorra
1.7
88
 90
CZS
Angola
2.7
58
 105
POB, REF
Anguilla
2.5
100
 117
POB
Antigua and Barbuda
1.2
30
 123
POB
Argentina
1.0
92
 115
POB
Armenia
0.2
64
 144
POB, REF
Aruba
1.2
47
 123
POB
Australia1
1.1
89
 104
POB
Austria
0.4
67
 105
POB
Azerbaijan
1.1
52
 133
POB, REF
Bahamas
1.2
84
 94
POB
Bahrain
2.1
89
 47
CZS
Bangladesh
1.4
28
 16
POB, REF
Barbados
0.3
40
 150
POB
Belarus
-0.5
74
 118
POB
Belgium
0.5
97
 96
CZS
Belize
2.1
52
 102
POB, REF
Benin
3.2
42
 85
CZS, POB, REF
Bermuda
0.3
100
 107
POB
Bhutan
1.7
36
 23
POB
Bolivia
1.8
66
 93
POB
Bosnia and Herzegovina
-0.1
48
 99
IMP, REF
Botswana
1.5
60
 80
CZS
Brazil
1.0
86
 87
POB
British Virgin Islands
1.1
41
 95
POB
Brunei Darussalam
1.9
75
 81
POB
Bulgaria
-0.6
71
 138
POB
Burkina Faso
3.4
20
 105
POB, REF
Burundi
2.9
11
 116
POB, REF
Cambodia
1.6
22
 105
CZS
Cameroon
2.3
58
 84
POB
Canada
1.0
80
 108
POB
Cape Verde
1.4
60
 102
POB
Cayman Islands
1.5
100
 96
POB
Central African Republic
1.9
39
 87
CZS
Chad
2.8
27
 92
POB, REF
Channel Islands2
0.2
31
 113
POB
Chile
1.0
89
 110
POB
China3
0.6
44
 100
IMP
China, Hong Kong SAR4
0.5
100
 130
POB
China, Macao SAR5
2.3
100
 114
POB
Colombia
1.5
75
 93
POB
Comoros6
2.3
28
 113
POB
Congo
1.9
62
 99
POB
Cook Islands
0.9
75
 80
POB
Costa Rica
1.4
64
 99
POB, REF
Côte d'Ivoire
2.3
49
 82
CZS, POB
Croatia
-0.2
57
 113
POB, REF
Cuba
0.0
76
 41
POB
Cyprus
1.0
70
 133
POB
Czech Republic
0.4
73
 116
POB
Dem. People's Republic of Korea
0.4
63
 108
IMP
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2.8
35
 112
POB, REF
Denmark
0.2
87
 108
POB
Djibouti
1.8
88
 87
POB, REF
Dominica
-0.3
74
 86
POB
Dominican Republic
1.4
70
 67
POB
Ecuador
1.1
66
 96
POB, REF
Egypt
1.8
43
 88
POB, REF
El Salvador
0.4
61
 112
POB, REF
Equatorial Guinea
2.6
39
 89
CZS
Eritrea
3.1
21
 87
IMP
Estonia
-0.1
69
 147
POB
Ethiopia
2.6
17
 89
POB, REF
Faeroe Islands
0.6
42
 78
POB
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
0.4
92
 68
POB
Fiji
0.6
53
 92
POB
Finland7
0.4
64
 103
POB
France
0.5
78
 104
POB
French Guiana
2.7
76
 100
POB
French Polynesia
1.3
52
 77
POB
Gabon
1.8
86
 75
CZS
Gambia
2.7
57
 95
POB
Georgia
-1.1
53
 133
POB
Germany
-0.1
74
 88
POB
Ghana
2.1
51
 72
POB
Gibraltar
0.2
100
 106
POB
Greece
0.2
61
 82
CZS
Greenland
0.0
84
 47
POB
Grenada
0.4
31
 114
POB
Guadeloupe
0.5
98
 110
POB
Guam
1.3
93
 77
POB
Guatemala
2.5
49
 119
POB, REF
Guinea
2.3
35
 112
CZS, REF
Guinea-Bissau
2.2
30
 100
POB, REF
Guyana
-0.1
28
 87
POB
Haiti
1.6
48
 76
POB
Holy See8
0.1
100
 109
IMP
Honduras
2.0
48
 95
POB, REF
Hungary
-0.2
68
 128
POB, REF
Iceland
2.1
92
 108
POB
India
1.4
30
 95
POB, REF
Indonesia
1.2
53
 85
CZS, REF
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
1.2
69
 66
POB, REF
Iraq
2.2
66
 45
CZS, REF
Ireland
1.8
62
 99
POB
Isle of Man
0.1
51
 105
POB
Israel
1.7
92
 127
POB, REF
Italy
0.5
68
 115
POB
Jamaica
0.5
53
 98
POB
Japan
-0.1
67
 117
CZS
Jordan
3.0
78
 96
CZS, REF
Kazakhstan
0.7
58
 117
POB
Kenya
2.6
22
 103
POB, REF
Kiribati
1.6
44
 95
POB
Kuwait
2.4
98
 43
CZS, REF
Kyrgyzstan
1.2
36
 139
POB
Lao People's Democratic Republic
1.8
32
 93
CZS, REF
Latvia
-0.5
68
 144
POB
Lebanon
0.8
87
 96
POB, REF
Lesotho
0.9
26
 84
CZS, REF
Liberia
4.1
61
 82
POB
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2.0
78
 55
CZS
Liechtenstein
0.8
14
 95
CZS
Lithuania
-1.0
67
 130
POB
Luxembourg
1.2
82
 101
POB
Madagascar
2.7
30
 86
CZS
Malawi
2.8
19
 107
POB, REF
Malaysia
1.7
71
 82
POB, REF
Maldives
1.4
39
 81
IMP
Mali
2.4
33
 92
POB, REF
Malta
0.4
94
 107
CZS
Marshall Islands
2.2
71
 69
POB
Martinique
0.4
98
 117
POB
Mauritania
2.4
41
 73
CZS, REF
Mauritius9
0.7
42
 172
POB
Mayotte
2.6
…
 99
POB
Mexico
1.0
78
 98
POB, REF
Micronesia (Fed. States of)
0.3
23
 87
POB
Monaco
0.3
100
 105
POB
Mongolia
1.2
57
 117
CZS
Montenegro
0.0
60
 156
POB
Montserrat
1.2
14
 86
POB
Morocco
1.2
56
 100
CZS
Mozambique
2.3
38
 109
POB, REF
Myanmar
0.9
33
 91
CZS
Namibia
1.9
37
 90
POB
Nauru
0.3
100
 82
CZS
Nepal
1.8
18
 224
POB, REF
Netherlands
0.4
82
 106
POB
Netherlands Antilles
1.5
93
 129
POB
New Caledonia
1.5
65
 87
POB
New Zealand
0.9
87
 108
POB
Nicaragua
1.3
57
 95
POB, REF
Niger
3.9
17
 116
POB, REF
Nigeria
2.3
49
 87
CZS, REF
Niue
-2.7
39
 86
POB
Northern Mariana Islands
1.9
91
 89
POB
Norway10
0.9
78
 105
POB
Occupied Palestinian Territory
3.2
72
 96
POB
Oman
2.1
72
 26
CZS
Pakistan
2.2
37
 81
POB, REF
Palau
0.4
82
 67
POB
Panama
1.6
74
 101
POB
Papua New Guinea
2.4
12
 60
CZS, REF
Paraguay
1.8
61
 93
POB
Peru
1.2
72
 110
POB
Philippines
1.8
66
 100
CZS, REF
Pitcairn
0.0
...
 50
IMP
Poland
-0.1
61
 144
POB
Portugal
0.3
60
 102
POB
Puerto Rico
0.4
99
 111
POB
Qatar
10.7
96
 35
CZS
Republic of Korea
0.4
82
 106
POB
Republic of Moldova
-1.0
41
 127
POB
Réunion
1.3
94
 97
POB
Romania
-0.4
54
 109
POB
Russian Federation
-0.4
73
 137
POB
Rwanda
2.7
19
 117
POB, REF
Saint Helena11
-1.4
39
 93
POB
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1.3
32
 86
POB
Saint Lucia
1.0
28
 105
POB
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
-0.3
89
 90
POB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0.1
47
 107
POB
Samoa
0.0
23
 81
POB
San Marino
0.8
94
 115
POB
São Tomé and Príncipe
1.6
61
 92
CZS
Saudi Arabia
2.1
82
 43
CZS, REF
Senegal
2.6
43
 104
POB, REF
Serbia
0.0
52
 128
POB
Seychelles
0.5
55
 74
POB
Sierra Leone
2.7
38
 84
POB, REF
Singapore
2.5
100
 126
POB
Slovakia
0.1
57
 127
POB, REF
Slovenia
0.2
48
 88
POB, REF
Solomon Islands
2.5
18
 79
POB
Somalia
2.3
37
 87
IMP, REF
South Africa
1.0
61
 71
POB, REF
Spain
1.0
77
 91
POB
Sri Lanka
0.9
15
 99
CZS
Sudan
2.2
44
 93
POB, REF
Suriname
1.0
75
 84
CZS
Swaziland
1.3
25
 90
POB, REF
Sweden
0.5
85
 109
POB
Switzerland
0.4
74
 99
POB
Syrian Arab Republic
3.3
55
 96
CZS, REF
Tajikistan
1.6
26
 133
POB
TFYR Macedonia12
0.1
67
 140
POB, REF
Thailand
0.7
34
 94
POB, REF
Timor-Leste
3.3
28
 111
POB
Togo
2.5
43
 101
POB, REF
Tokelau
-0.1
...
 105
POB
Tonga
0.5
25
 95
POB
Trinidad and Tobago
0.4
14
 117
POB
Tunisia
1.0
67
 98
CZS
Turkey
1.2
69
 108
POB, REF
Turkmenistan
1.3
49
 133
POB
Turks and Caicos Islands
1.6
93
 94
POB
Tuvalu
0.4
50
 83
CZS
Uganda
3.3
13
 100
POB, REF
Ukraine
-0.7
68
 133
POB
United Arab Emirates
2.8
78
 38
CZS, REF
United Kingdom
0.5
90
 114
POB
United Republic of Tanzania
2.9
26
 101
POB, REF
United States of America
1.0
82
 101
POB
United States Virgin Islands
-0.1
95
 113
POB
Uruguay
0.3
92
 117
POB
Uzbekistan
1.1
37
 133
POB
Vanuatu
2.5
25
 87
POB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
1.7
94
 100
POB
Viet Nam
1.1
28
 58
CZS, REF
Wallis and Futuna Islands
0.7
...
 98
POB
Western Sahara
3.7
82
 76
IMP
Yemen
2.9
31
 62
POB, REF
Zambia
2.4
36
 97
POB, REF
Zimbabwe
0.3
38
 61
POB, REF

 

Sources:

Annual population growth rate
Period estimates for 2005-2010 published in United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2009), World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. CD-ROM Edition.

Percent urban population
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2007), World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision. CD-ROM Edition – Data in digital form (POP/DB/WUP/Rev. 2007).

Sex ratio of international migrants
Calculated by the United Nations Statistics Division based on data published in United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2009), Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2008 Revision. CD-ROM Edition – Data in digital form (POP/DB/MIG/Rev. 2008).

CZS
Indicates that the estimate of the migrant stock was derived from data classified by citizenship, thus, it represents the foreign population.
POB
Indicates that the estimate of the migrant stock was derived from data classified by place of birth, thus, it represents the foreign-born.
IMP
Indicates that there were no data on either the foreign or the foreign-born population for the country or area concerned. Therefore, the estimate is an imputed value.
REF
Estimates of international migrants include refugees, as reported by UNHCR.

Footnotes:

…
 Not available.
1
 Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
2
 Refers to Guernsey and Jersey.
3
 For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
4
 As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
5
 As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
6
 Including Mayotte.
7
 Including Åland Islands.
8
 Refers to the Vatican City State.
9
 Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.
10
 Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
11
 Including Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
12
 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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Technical notes:

Estimates and projections of the annual population growth rate and of the urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies.

The annual population growth rate refers to the rate at which the population is increasing or decreasing (negative sign) in a given year, expressed as a percentage of the base population. The rate is an average for the five-year period 2005-2010.

The percentage of the total population in urban areas refers to the population as of 1 July of the given year.

The urban-rural classification of population in internationally published statistics follows the national census definition, which differs from one country or area to another. National definitions are usually based on criteria that may include any of the following: size of population in a locality, population density, distance between built-up areas, predominant type of economic activity, legal or administrative boundaries and urban characteristics, such as specific services and facilities.

The sex ratio among international migrants refers to the estimated number of female international migrants per 100 male international migrants. The ratio is based on the estimates of the international migrant stock by sex produced by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat using a variety of sources. As far as possible, estimates of the international migrant stock are based on the foreign-born population captured in censuses through questions on place of birth. However, in some countries information on place of birth is not captured in the national census. In such instances, citizenship information, where available, is used for the identification of international migrants. In countries where population statistics are routinely derived from population registers or registers of foreigners, data on the stock of foreign-born persons or on the number of foreigners, are obtained from those registers.