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Indicators on population Last update: December 2008 Population (in thousands) Sex ratio of population Annual population growth rate, (Notes) 2005-2010 Country or area Year Total Men Women men/100 women % Afghanistan 2008 28,225.6 14,618.2 13,607.4 107 3.9 Albania 2008 3,207.6 1,594.7 1,612.9 99 0.6 Algeria 2008 34,373.3 17,351.8 17,021.4 102 1.5 American Samoa 2000 57.3 * 29.3 * 28.0 * 104 2.0 b Andorra 2006 82.2 * 43.0 * 39.2 * 110 0.4 c Angola 2008 17,499.4 8,630.7 8,868.7 97 2.8 Anguilla 2001 11.4 * 5.6 * 5.8 * 97 1.4 a Antigua and Barbuda 2005 82.8 * 38.9 * 43.9 * 89 1.2 c Argentina 2008 39,934.1 19,528.1 20,406.0 96 1.0 Armenia 2008 2,995.9 1,392.5 1,603.4 87 -0.2 Aruba 2008 103.5 49.5 54.0 92 0.0 Australia 2008 20,950.6 10,426.8 10,523.8 99 1.0 p Austria 2008 8,391.3 4,116.9 4,274.4 96 0.4 Azerbaijan 2008 8,533.6 4,148.5 4,385.1 95 0.7 Bahamas 2008 335.3 163.8 171.5 96 1.2 Bahrain 2008 766.1 437.9 328.2 133 1.8 Bangladesh 2008 161,317.6 82,489.9 78,827.8 105 1.7 Barbados 2008 294.8 142.9 151.9 94 0.3 Belarus 2008 9,635.4 4,480.7 5,154.7 87 -0.6 Belgium 2008 10,480.4 5,132.1 5,348.3 96 0.2 Belize 2008 293.7 148.0 145.7 102 2.1 Benin 2008 9,309.4 4,697.3 4,612.0 102 3.0 Bermuda 2006 63.8 * 30.5 * 33.3 * 92 0.3 d Bhutan 2008 666.9 352.3 314.6 112 1.4 Bolivia 2008 9,694.2 4,833.1 4,861.1 99 1.8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008 3,940.4 1,915.4 2,025.0 95 0.1 Botswana 2008 1,905.5 948.5 957.0 99 1.2 Brazil 2008 194,228.0 95,745.8 98,482.2 97 1.3 British Virgin Islands 2001 20.6 * 10.6 * 10.0 * 106 1.1 a Brunei Darussalam 2008 398.1 205.7 192.5 107 2.1 Bulgaria 2008 7,583.7 3,669.8 3,913.9 94 -0.7 Burkina Faso 2008 15,213.3 7,616.5 7,596.8 100 2.9 Burundi 2008 8,856.2 4,341.2 4,515.0 96 3.9 Cambodia 2008 14,697.2 7,172.0 7,525.2 95 1.7 Cameroon 2008 18,920.2 9,459.9 9,460.4 100 2.0 Canada 2008 33,169.7 16,430.7 16,739.1 98 0.9 Cape Verde 2008 542.4 261.3 281.1 93 2.2 Cayman Islands 2006 52.0 * 26.3 * 25.7 * 103 1.5 d Central African Republic 2008 4,424.3 2,160.3 2,264.0 95 1.8 Chad 2008 11,087.7 5,513.1 5,574.6 99 2.9 Channel Islands 2008 149.5 73.2 76.4 96 0.2 k Chile 2008 16,803.0 8,311.4 8,491.5 98 1.0 China 2008 1,336,310.8 690,045.9 646,264.8 107 0.6 h China, Hong Kong SAR 2008 7,278.7 3,486.3 3,792.5 92 1.0 i China, Macao SAR 2008 484.1 231.2 252.9 91 0.7 j Colombia 2008 46,741.1 22,996.2 23,744.9 97 1.3 Comoros 2008 860.1 431.6 428.5 101 2.5 e Congo 2008 3,847.2 1,908.4 1,938.8 98 2.1 Cook Islands 2006 19.6 * 9.9 * 9.6 * 103 -2.2 a Costa Rica 2008 4,534.4 2,303.6 2,230.8 103 1.5 Côte d'Ivoire 2008 19,624.2 9,949.4 9,674.9 103 1.8 Croatia 2008 4,550.3 2,190.4 2,359.9 93 -0.1 Cuba 2008 11,265.2 5,637.8 5,627.4 100 0.0 Cyprus 2008 863.6 420.2 443.4 95 1.1 Czech Republic 2008 10,183.4 4,971.6 5,211.8 95 0.0 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2008 23,866.9 11,781.1 12,085.8 97 0.3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2008 64,703.6 32,061.0 32,642.6 98 3.2 Denmark 2008 5,453.2 2,701.5 2,751.7 98 0.2 Djibouti 2008 847.7 423.7 424.0 100 1.7 Dominica 2002 70.4 * 35.5 * 34.9 * 102 -0.3 c Dominican Republic 2008 9,904.3 4,964.3 4,940.1 100 1.5 Ecuador 2008 13,481.2 6,754.8 6,726.4 100 1.1 Egypt 2008 76,840.0 38,449.9 38,390.1 100 1.8 El Salvador 2008 6,952.8 3,411.4 3,541.4 96 1.4 Equatorial Guinea 2008 519.7 257.3 262.4 98 2.4 Eritrea 2008 5,005.7 2,458.7 2,547.0 97 3.2 Estonia 2008 1,330.5 612.8 717.7 85 -0.3 Ethiopia 2008 85,219.1 42,401.9 42,817.2 99 2.5 Faeroe Islands 2006 48.3 * 25.1 * 23.2 * 108 0.7 d Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 2006 3.0 * 1.6 * 1.4 * 113 0.6 a Fiji 2008 844.0 428.3 415.8 103 0.6 Finland 2008 5,292.6 2,593.8 2,698.8 96 0.3 l France 2008 61,945.6 30,201.6 31,744.0 95 0.5 French Guiana 2008 207.0 104.8 102.2 103 2.4 French Polynesia 2008 266.2 136.1 130.0 105 1.3 Gabon 2008 1,350.2 676.2 673.9 100 1.5 Gambia 2008 1,754.1 878.4 875.7 100 2.6 Georgia 2008 4,360.8 2,056.5 2,304.3 89 -0.8 Germany 2008 82,534.2 40,370.2 42,164.0 96 -0.1 Ghana 2008 23,946.8 12,139.6 11,807.2 103 2.0 Gibraltar 2006 29.1 * 14.5 * 14.5 * 100 0.1 c Greece 2008 11,171.7 5,529.7 5,642.1 98 0.2 Greenland 2006 56.8 * 30.1 * 26.7 * 113 0.6 d Grenada 2008 105.6 51.9 53.7 97 0.0 Guadeloupe 2008 447.9 214.8 233.1 92 0.7 Guam 2008 175.6 89.4 86.2 104 1.3 Guatemala 2008 13,686.4 6,670.2 7,016.2 95 2.5 Guinea 2008 9,572.0 4,832.5 4,739.6 102 2.2 Guinea-Bissau 2008 1,745.8 863.1 882.8 98 3.0 Guyana 2008 736.1 385.7 350.4 110 -0.2 Haiti 2008 9,751.4 4,826.8 4,924.6 98 1.6 Holy See 2000 0.8 * 0.5 * 0.3 * 197 0.1 a, n Honduras 2008 7,246.0 3,599.4 3,646.6 99 1.9 Hungary 2008 10,000.2 4,761.7 5,238.5 91 -0.3 Iceland 2008 303.5 152.5 151.0 101 0.8 India 2008 1,186,185.6 613,589.1 572,596.6 107 1.5 Indonesia 2008 234,342.4 117,013.3 117,329.1 100 1.2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2008 72,211.7 36,575.3 35,636.4 103 1.4 Iraq 2008 29,492.2 14,907.3 14,584.9 102 1.8 Ireland 2008 4,380.1 2,186.9 2,193.2 100 1.8 Isle of Man 2006 80.1 * 39.5 * 40.5 * 98 0.0 b Israel 2008 7,044.5 3,491.5 3,553.0 98 1.7 Italy 2008 58,945.7 28,643.2 30,302.5 95 0.1 Jamaica 2008 2,728.2 1,345.8 1,382.4 97 0.5 Japan 2008 127,938.0 62,431.5 65,506.5 95 0.0 Jordan 2008 6,118.9 3,142.7 2,976.2 106 3.0 Kazakhstan 2008 15,531.6 7,422.4 8,109.3 92 0.7 Kenya 2008 38,549.7 19,216.8 19,332.9 99 2.7 Kiribati 2005 92.5 * 45.6 * 46.9 * 97 1.6 a Kuwait 2008 2,919.1 1,743.6 1,175.5 148 2.4 Kyrgyzstan 2008 5,376.4 2,650.1 2,726.4 97 1.1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2008 5,962.8 2,972.6 2,990.2 99 1.7 Latvia 2008 2,265.5 1,044.0 1,221.4 85 -0.5 Lebanon 2008 4,142.3 2,028.7 2,113.6 96 1.1 Lesotho 2008 2,020.1 953.7 1,066.4 89 0.6 Liberia 2008 3,942.2 1,971.3 1,970.9 100 4.5 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2008 6,283.3 3,250.3 3,033.0 107 2.0 Liechtenstein 2006 35.0 * 17.3 * 17.8 * 97 0.9 c Lithuania 2008 3,371.1 1,570.5 1,800.6 87 -0.5 Luxembourg 2008 472.1 233.3 238.8 98 1.1 Madagascar 2008 20,215.2 10,051.7 10,163.5 99 2.7 Malawi 2008 14,288.4 7,110.2 7,178.2 99 2.6 Malaysia 2008 27,026.6 13,724.8 13,301.8 103 1.7 Maldives 2008 311.1 159.3 151.7 105 1.8 Mali 2008 12,716.1 6,194.7 6,521.4 95 3.0 Malta 2008 408.2 203.1 205.1 99 0.4 Marshall Islands 2008 60.7 ... ... ... 2.2 Martinique 2008 399.7 189.5 210.2 90 0.3 Mauritania 2008 3,203.6 1,622.1 1,581.6 103 2.5 Mauritius 2008 1,271.5 630.5 641.0 98 0.8 f Mexico 2008 107,801.1 52,554.9 55,246.1 95 1.1 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2008 111.6 56.8 54.8 104 0.5 Moldova 2008 3,759.6 1,798.9 1,960.7 92 -0.9 Monaco 2000 32.0 * 15.5 * 16.5 * 94 0.3 b Mongolia 2008 2,653.7 1,322.8 1,330.9 99 1.0 Montenegro 2008 597.9 289.0 308.8 94 -0.3 Montserrat 2001 4.5 * 2.4 * 2.1 * 117 1.2 a Morocco 2008 31,605.6 15,528.3 16,077.3 97 1.2 Mozambique 2008 21,812.6 10,604.8 11,207.7 95 1.9 Myanmar 2008 49,220.6 24,337.3 24,883.2 98 0.9 Namibia 2008 2,102.1 1,038.0 1,064.1 98 1.3 Nauru 2002 10.1 * 5.1 * 4.9 * 104 0.3 c Nepal 2008 28,757.4 14,252.3 14,505.1 98 2.0 Netherlands 2008 16,450.0 8,141.6 8,308.4 98 0.2 Netherlands Antilles 2008 194.4 90.2 104.1 87 1.3 New Caledonia 2008 245.5 123.3 122.2 101 1.5 New Zealand 2008 4,214.8 2,077.1 2,137.7 97 0.9 Nicaragua 2008 5,676.1 2,824.9 2,851.2 99 1.3 Niger 2008 14,730.8 7,470.5 7,260.3 103 3.5 Nigeria 2008 151,478.1 75,744.7 75,733.5 100 2.3 Niue 2006 1.7 * 0.8 * 0.9 * 97 -1.8 d Norfolk Island 2006 2.5 * 1.2 * 1.3 * 93 ... a Northern Mariana Islands 2002 77.6 * 37.1 * 40.5 * 92 1.9 c Norway 2008 4,727.3 2,349.3 2,377.9 99 0.6 m Occupied Palestinian Territory 2008 4,146.8 2,109.9 2,036.9 104 3.2 Oman 2008 2,650.8 1,475.8 1,175.0 126 2.0 Pakistan 2008 166,961.3 85,888.8 81,072.5 106 1.8 Palau 2005 19.9 * 10.7 * 9.2 * 116 0.4 a Panama 2008 3,398.9 1,713.8 1,685.1 102 1.6 Papua New Guinea 2008 6,458.1 3,273.8 3,184.3 103 2.0 Paraguay 2008 6,238.4 3,150.7 3,087.6 102 1.8 Peru 2008 28,221.5 14,131.6 14,089.9 100 1.2 Philippines 2008 89,651.1 45,140.8 44,510.3 101 1.9 Pitcairn 2008 0.1 ... ... ... 0.0 Poland 2008 38,022.1 18,342.8 19,679.3 93 -0.2 Portugal 2008 10,661.6 5,156.1 5,505.5 94 0.4 Puerto Rico 2008 4,012.4 1,921.4 2,091.0 92 0.5 Qatar 2008 855.9 571.3 284.6 201 2.1 Republic of Korea 2008 48,387.8 24,168.1 24,219.8 100 0.3 Réunion 2008 816.8 399.0 417.9 95 1.3 Romania 2008 21,344.1 10,382.1 10,962.0 95 -0.4 Russian Federation 2008 141,780.0 65,536.0 76,244.1 86 -0.5 Rwanda 2008 10,008.6 4,833.1 5,175.6 93 2.8 Saint Helena 2008 6.6 ... ... ... 1.2 g Saint Kitts and Nevis 2001 46.1 * 22.9 * 23.2 * 99 1.3 c Saint Lucia 2008 166.8 81.9 84.8 97 1.1 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2008 6.4 ... ... ... 0.1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2008 121.0 60.3 60.7 99 0.5 Samoa 2008 188.8 98.2 90.6 108 0.9 San Marino 2006 31.4 * 15.3 * 16.1 * 95 0.8 c São Tomé and Príncipe 2008 160.2 79.3 80.8 98 1.6 Saudi Arabia 2008 25,292.8 13,890.9 11,401.9 122 2.2 Senegal 2008 12,687.6 6,311.7 6,375.9 99 2.5 Serbia 2008 9,879.6 4,887.8 4,991.8 98 0.1 Seychelles 2006 84.6 * 42.9 * 41.7 * 103 0.5 c Sierra Leone 2008 5,968.5 2,939.9 3,028.6 97 2.0 Singapore 2008 4,490.1 2,258.5 2,231.6 101 1.2 Slovakia 2008 5,392.4 2,614.4 2,778.0 94 0.0 Slovenia 2008 2,001.6 976.8 1,024.8 95 0.0 Solomon Islands 2008 507.3 262.6 244.7 107 2.3 Somalia 2008 8,956.0 4,445.9 4,510.1 99 2.9 South Africa 2008 48,832.1 24,027.6 24,804.5 97 0.6 Spain 2008 44,592.8 21,991.4 22,601.3 97 0.8 Sri Lanka 2008 19,393.6 9,550.1 9,843.5 97 0.5 Sudan 2008 39,445.0 19,866.3 19,578.7 101 2.2 Suriname 2008 460.5 230.4 230.1 100 0.6 Swaziland 2008 1,148.3 556.1 592.1 94 0.6 Sweden 2008 9,160.0 4,547.0 4,613.0 99 0.4 Switzerland 2008 7,512.1 3,655.4 3,856.8 95 0.4 Syrian Arab Republic 2008 20,446.7 10,324.5 10,122.2 102 2.5 Tajikistan 2008 6,838.7 3,385.5 3,453.2 98 1.5 TFYR Macedonia 2008 2,040.0 1,017.4 1,022.6 99 0.1 o Thailand 2008 64,316.1 31,291.4 33,024.7 95 0.7 Timor-Leste 2008 1,192.5 605.1 587.4 103 3.5 Togo 2008 6,762.4 3,346.7 3,415.8 98 2.6 Tokelau 2006 1.2 * 0.6 * 0.6 * 103 0.0 a Tonga 2008 100.9 51.4 49.5 104 0.5 Trinidad and Tobago 2008 1,338.2 657.6 680.6 97 0.4 Tunisia 2008 10,440.2 5,254.9 5,185.3 101 1.1 Turkey 2008 75,829.9 38,177.0 37,652.9 101 1.3 Turkmenistan 2008 5,031.0 2,475.2 2,555.8 97 1.3 Turks and Caicos Islands 2006 33.2 * 16.5 * 16.7 * 99 1.4 d Tuvalu 2002 9.6 * 4.7 * 4.8 * 98 0.4 a Uganda 2008 31,902.6 15,968.2 15,934.4 100 3.2 Ukraine 2008 45,858.8 21,129.1 24,729.7 85 -0.8 United Arab Emirates 2008 4,502.6 3,040.1 1,462.5 208 2.8 United Kingdom 2008 61,018.6 29,915.1 31,103.5 96 0.4 United Republic of Tanzania 2008 41,463.9 20,633.6 20,830.3 99 2.5 United States of America 2008 308,798.3 152,004.4 156,793.9 97 1.0 United States Virgin Islands 2008 111.4 52.8 58.5 90 0.0 Uruguay 2008 3,350.5 1,616.8 1,733.6 93 0.3 Uzbekistan 2008 27,769.0 13,808.5 13,960.5 99 1.4 Vanuatu 2008 231.6 118.1 113.5 104 2.4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2008 28,121.7 14,121.8 13,999.8 101 1.7 Viet Nam 2008 88,537.3 44,270.5 44,266.8 100 1.3 Wallis and Futuna Islands 2003 14.9 7.5 7.5 101 0.7 a Western Sahara 2008 496.7 263.0 233.7 113 3.7 Yemen 2008 23,066.0 11,665.9 11,400.1 102 3.0 Zambia 2008 12,154.1 6,061.3 6,092.8 99 1.9 Zimbabwe 2008 13,481.2 6,711.5 6,769.7 99 1.0

Sources:

Population
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2007), World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision. CD-ROM Edition - Comprehensive Dataset (United Nations publications, Sales No. E.07.XIII.7); supplemented by official national statistics published in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2006, available from the United Nations Statistics Division website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm (accessed December 2008); and data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Demography Programme, available from the SPC website, http://www.spc.int/prism/social/demog.html (accessed December 2008).

Sex ratio of population
Calculated by the United Nations Statistics Division based on the given population by sex.

Annual population growth rate
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2007), World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision. CD-ROM Edition - Comprehensive Dataset (United Nations publications, Sales No. E.07.XIII.7.

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Projections of the total population and population by sex are prepared by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and revised every two years in order to incorporate new data. The preparation of projections involves two distinct processes: (a) the incorporation of all relevant information regarding past demographic dynamics of the population of each country or area of the world; and (b) the formulation of detailed assumptions about the future paths of fertility, mortality, and international migration.

The medium variant projections for 2008 refer to 1 July of the given year and assume the following: Total fertility in all countries eventually converges toward a level of 1.85 children per woman by the end of the projection period (2005-2050). However, not all countries reach this level during the projection period. The basic principle of the fertility projection is the same for all countries, but projection procedures are slightly different depending on whether countries had a total fertility above or below 1.85 children per woman in 2000-2005. Mortality is projected on the basis of models of change of life expectancy that produce smaller gains the higher the life expectancy already reached. The selection of the model for each country is based on recent trends in life expectancy by sex. For the 60 countries highly affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, estimates of the impact of HIV/AIDS are made by explicitly modeling the course of the epidemic and by projecting the yearly incidence of HIV infection. International migration is projected on the basis of past international migration estimates and an assessment of the policy stance of countries with regard to future international migration flows.

In the case of official national statistics compiled through the Demographic Yearbook system, the total, male and female population refer to the population enumerated at the most recent census for which data are available.

The sex ratio is calculated as the number of males per 100 females.

The annual rate of population change is an average for the five-year period 2005-2010 and 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.