Social indicators

Indicators on population
Last update: December 2009
     
(Notes)
2005-2010
Afghanistan 2009
28,149.9
14,578.7
13,571.2
107  
3.4
Albania 2009
3,155.3
1,557.3
1,598.0
97  
0.4
Algeria 2009
34,895.5
17,615.8
17,279.7
102  
1.5
American Samoa 2009 **
65.1
33.2
31.9
104  
1.7
Andorra 2007 *
83.1
43.5
39.6
110  
1.7
c
Angola 2009
18,497.6
9,118.2
9,379.4
97  
2.7
Anguilla 2001 *
11.4
5.6
5.8
97  
2.5
a
Antigua and Barbuda 2005 *
82.8
38.9
43.9
89  
1.2
c
Argentina 2009
40,276.4
19,754.5
20,521.9
96  
1.0
Armenia 2009
3,083.0
1,437.0
1,646.0
87  
0.2
Aruba 2009
106.5
51.1
55.4
92  
1.2
Australia 2009
21,292.9
10,584.8
10,708.1
99  
1.1
o
Austria 2009
8,363.9
4,078.5
4,285.4
95  
0.4
Azerbaijan 2009
8,832.2
4,316.7
4,515.5
96  
1.1
Bahamas 2009
341.7
167.2
174.5
96  
1.2
Bahrain 2009
791.5
454.2
337.3
135  
2.1
Bangladesh 2009
162,220.8
82,032.2
80,188.6
102  
1.4
Barbados 2009
255.9
124.2
131.7
94  
0.3
Belarus 2009
9,633.5
4,479.4
5,154.2
87  
-0.5
Belgium 2009
10,646.8
5,214.2
5,432.6
96  
0.5
Belize 2009
306.8
154.6
152.2
102  
2.1
Benin 2009
8,935.0
4,509.1
4,425.9
102  
3.2
Bermuda 2007 *
64.0
30.6
33.4
91  
0.3
d
Bhutan 2009
697.3
367.6
329.7
112  
1.7
Bolivia 2009
9,862.9
4,918.1
4,944.8
99  
1.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009
3,766.6
1,812.3
1,954.2
93  
-0.1
Botswana 2009
1,949.8
974.2
975.6
100  
1.5
Brazil 2009
193,733.8
95,406.0
98,327.8
97  
1.0
British Virgin Islands 2001 *
20.6
10.6
10.0
106  
1.1
a
Brunei Darussalam 2009
399.7
206.3
193.4
107  
1.9
Bulgaria 2009
7,544.6
3,647.8
3,896.8
94  
-0.6
Burkina Faso 2009
15,756.9
7,870.1
7,886.8
100  
3.4
Burundi 2009
8,303.3
4,070.0
4,233.3
96  
2.9
Cambodia 2009
14,805.4
7,244.7
7,560.6
96  
1.6
Cameroon 2009
19,521.6
9,758.8
9,762.9
100  
2.3
Canada 2009
33,573.5
16,624.6
16,948.9
98  
1.0
Cape Verde 2009
505.6
241.7
263.9
92  
1.4
Cayman Islands 2007 *
54.1
27.3
26.0
105  
1.5
p
Central African Republic 2009
4,422.4
2,172.6
2,249.8
97  
1.9
Chad 2009
11,206.2
5,569.5
5,636.6
99  
2.8
Channel Islands 2009
149.9
73.4
76.5
96  
0.2
j
Chile 2009
16,970.3
8,393.1
8,577.1
98  
1.0
China 2009
1,345,751.0
698,405.9
647,345.1
108  
0.6
g
China, Hong Kong SAR 2009
7,022.1
3,331.1
3,691.0
90  
0.5
h
China, Macao SAR 2009
538.0
256.6
281.4
91  
2.3
i
Colombia 2009
45,659.7
22,475.5
23,184.2
97  
1.5
Comoros 2009
676.0
339.2
336.8
101  
2.3
Congo 2009
3,683.2
1,838.5
1,844.7
100  
1.9
Cook Islands 2009 **
15.6
8.0
7.6
105  
0.9
Costa Rica 2009
4,578.9
2,325.5
2,253.5
103  
1.4
Côte d'Ivoire 2009
21,075.0
10,733.4
10,341.6
104  
2.3
Croatia 2009
4,416.2
2,127.6
2,288.6
93  
-0.2
Cuba 2009
11,204.2
5,617.3
5,586.9
101  
0.0
Cyprus 2009
871.0
424.1
446.9
95  
1.0
Czech Republic 2009
10,368.9
5,088.3
5,280.6
96  
0.4
Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2009
23,906.1
11,804.3
12,101.8
98  
0.4
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2009
66,020.4
32,717.6
33,302.7
98  
2.8
Denmark 2009
5,470.3
2,711.5
2,758.8
98  
0.2
Djibouti 2009
864.2
431.9
432.3
100  
1.8
Dominica 2006 *
71.2
36.2
34.9
104  
-0.3
c
Dominican Republic 2009
10,090.2
5,068.9
5,021.3
101  
1.4
Ecuador 2009
13,625.1
6,824.9
6,800.2
100  
1.1
Egypt 2009
82,999.4
41,742.5
41,256.9
101  
1.8
El Salvador 2009
6,163.1
2,908.0
3,255.0
89  
0.4
Equatorial Guinea 2009
676.3
335.4
340.9
98  
2.6
Eritrea 2009
5,073.3
2,495.2
2,578.1
97  
3.1
Estonia 2009
1,340.3
618.0
722.3
86  
-0.1
Ethiopia 2009
82,824.7
41,204.1
41,620.7
99  
2.6
Faeroe Islands 2007 *
48.3
25.1
23.2
108  
0.6
d
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 2006 *
3.0
1.6
1.4
113  
0.4
a
Fiji 2009
849.2
430.9
418.3
103  
0.6
Finland 2009
5,325.6
2,610.2
2,715.4
96  
0.4
k
France 2009
62,342.7
30,311.9
32,030.8
95  
0.5
French Guiana 2009
225.7
112.5
113.1
100  
2.7
French Polynesia 2009
269.0
137.5
131.6
105  
1.3
Gabon 2009
1,474.6
736.6
738.0
100  
1.8
Gambia 2009
1,705.2
845.7
859.5
98  
2.7
Georgia 2009
4,260.3
2,003.9
2,256.4
89  
-1.1
Germany 2009
82,166.7
40,285.7
41,880.9
96  
-0.1
Ghana 2009
23,837.3
12,080.7
11,756.6
103  
2.1
Gibraltar 2007 *
29.3
14.7
14.6
100  
0.2
c
Greece 2009
11,161.3
5,533.1
5,628.2
98  
0.2
Greenland 2007 *
56.6
30.0
26.6
113  
0.0
d
Grenada 2009
103.9
52.0
52.0
100  
0.4
Guadeloupe 2009
465.4
223.2
242.2
92  
0.5
Guam 2009
177.7
90.4
87.3
104  
1.3
Guatemala 2009
14,026.9
6,835.7
7,191.3
95  
2.5
Guinea 2009
10,068.7
5,084.9
4,983.9
102  
2.3
Guinea-Bissau 2009
1,610.7
797.9
812.8
98  
2.2
Guyana 2009
762.5
391.4
371.1
105  
-0.1
Haiti 2009
10,032.6
4,955.6
5,077.0
98  
1.6
Holy See 2000 *
0.8
0.5
0.3
197  
0.1
a,m
Honduras 2009
7,466.0
3,729.8
3,736.2
100  
2.0
Hungary 2009
9,992.7
4,743.5
5,249.2
90  
-0.2
Iceland 2009
322.7
165.2
157.4
105  
2.1
India 2009
1,198,003.3
618,942.5
579,060.7
107  
1.4
Indonesia 2009
229,964.7
114,807.2
115,157.5
100  
1.2
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2009
74,195.7
37,727.9
36,467.8
103  
1.2
Iraq 2009
30,747.3
15,545.7
15,201.6
102  
2.2
Ireland 2009
4,515.5
2,261.1
2,254.3
100  
1.8
Isle of Man 2007 *
80.9
40.0
40.9
98  
0.1
d
Israel 2009
7,169.6
3,555.4
3,614.1
98  
1.7
Italy 2009
59,870.1
29,126.0
30,744.1
95  
0.5
Jamaica 2009
2,718.8
1,330.6
1,388.2
96  
0.5
Japan 2009
127,156.2
61,939.8
65,216.4
95  
-0.1
Jordan 2009
6,316.4
3,239.3
3,077.2
105  
3.0
Kazakhstan 2009
15,637.0
7,447.0
8,190.0
91  
0.7
Kenya 2009
39,802.0
19,895.3
19,906.7
100  
2.6
Kiribati 2009 **
99.0
49.0
49.9
98  
1.6
Kuwait 2009
2,985.0
1,777.2
1,207.8
147  
2.4
Kyrgyzstan 2009
5,482.2
2,705.0
2,777.2
97  
1.2
Lao People's Democratic Republic 2009
6,320.4
3,153.5
3,167.0
100  
1.8
Latvia 2009
2,249.4
1,036.7
1,212.7
85  
-0.5
Lebanon 2009
4,223.6
2,067.9
2,155.6
96  
0.8
Lesotho 2009
2,066.9
975.6
1,091.3
89  
0.9
Liberia 2009
3,955.0
1,965.2
1,989.8
99  
4.1
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2009
6,419.9
3,318.8
3,101.1
107  
2.0
Liechtenstein 2007 *
35.3
17.4
17.9
97  
0.8
c
Lithuania 2009
3,286.5
1,537.9
1,748.6
88  
-1.0
Luxembourg 2009
486.2
241.2
245.0
98  
1.2
Madagascar 2009
19,625.0
9,771.2
9,853.8
99  
2.7
Malawi 2009
15,263.4
7,584.8
7,678.7
99  
2.8
Malaysia 2009
27,467.8
13,946.6
13,521.2
103  
1.7
Maldives 2009
309.4
156.3
153.2
102  
1.4
Mali 2009
13,010.2
6,424.4
6,585.8
98  
2.4
Malta 2009
408.7
203.6
205.2
99  
0.4
Marshall Islands 2009 **
54.1
27.7
26.3
105  
2.2
Martinique 2009
404.7
189.8
215.0
88  
0.4
Mauritania 2009
3,290.6
1,668.5
1,622.1
103  
2.4
Mauritius 2009
1,288.2
638.3
649.9
98  
0.7
e
Mayotte 2009
194.2
97.2
96.9
100  
2.6
Mexico 2009
109,610.0
53,974.7
55,635.3
97  
1.0
Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2009
110.7
56.4
54.3
104  
0.3
Monaco 2000 *
32.0
15.5
16.5
94  
0.3
b
Mongolia 2009
2,671.0
1,321.0
1,350.0
98  
1.2
Montenegro 2009
624.2
306.8
317.4
97  
0.0
Montserrat 2001 *
4.5
2.4
2.1
117  
1.2
a
Morocco 2009
31,992.6
15,712.2
16,280.4
97  
1.2
Mozambique 2009
22,894.3
11,134.6
11,759.7
95  
2.3
Myanmar 2009
50,019.8
24,433.7
25,586.1
95  
0.9
Namibia 2009
2,171.1
1,070.3
1,100.8
97  
1.9
Nauru 2009 **
9.8
5.0
4.8
103  
0.3
Nepal 2009
29,330.5
14,567.7
14,762.8
99  
1.8
Netherlands 2009
16,592.2
8,224.1
8,368.1
98  
0.4
Netherlands Antilles 2009
198.2
91.9
106.3
87  
1.5
New Caledonia 2009
250.1
125.4
124.6
101  
1.5
New Zealand 2009
4,266.5
2,107.3
2,159.2
98  
0.9
Nicaragua 2009
5,742.8
2,843.4
2,899.4
98  
1.3
Niger 2009
15,290.1
7,657.1
7,633.0
100  
3.9
Nigeria 2009
154,728.9
77,547.5
77,181.4
100  
2.3
Niue 2009 **
1.5
0.7
0.8
97  
-2.7
Norfolk Island 2006 *
2.5
1.2
1.3
93  
a
Northern Mariana Islands 2009 **
63.1
31.5
31.7
99  
1.9
Norway 2009
4,812.2
2,392.2
2,420.0
99  
0.9
l
Occupied Palestinian Territory 2009
4,277.4
2,176.6
2,100.7
104  
3.2
Oman 2009
2,845.4
1,605.2
1,240.3
129  
2.1
Pakistan 2009
180,808.1
93,101.7
87,706.4
106  
2.2
Palau 2009 **
20.4
10.9
9.5
116  
0.4
Panama 2009
3,453.9
1,741.2
1,712.7
102  
1.6
Papua New Guinea 2009
6,732.2
3,421.4
3,310.8
103  
2.4
Paraguay 2009
6,348.9
3,205.2
3,143.7
102  
1.8
Peru 2009
29,164.9
14,617.5
14,547.4
100  
1.2
Philippines 2009
91,983.1
46,327.8
45,655.3
101  
1.8
Pitcairn 2009
0.1
 
0.0
Poland 2009
38,073.7
18,364.7
19,709.1
93  
-0.1
Portugal 2009
10,707.1
5,184.7
5,522.4
94  
0.3
Puerto Rico 2009
3,981.6
1,909.3
2,072.3
92  
0.4
Qatar 2009
1,409.4
1,062.9
346.5
307  
10.7
Republic of Korea 2009
48,332.8
23,931.8
24,401.0
98  
0.4
Republic of Moldova 2009
3,603.5
1,711.6
1,891.9
90  
-1.0
Réunion 2009
826.9
403.2
423.7
95  
1.3
Romania 2009
21,274.7
10,342.5
10,932.3
95  
-0.4
Russian Federation 2009
140,873.6
65,096.4
75,777.2
86  
-0.4
Rwanda 2009
9,997.6
4,842.1
5,155.5
94  
2.7
Saint Helena 2009
4.5
 
-1.4
f
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2001 *
46.1
22.9
23.2
99  
1.3
c
Saint Lucia 2009
172.2
84.3
87.9
96  
1.0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2009
6.1
 
-0.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2009
109.2
55.1
54.1
102  
0.1
Samoa 2009
178.8
93.2
85.7
109  
0.0
San Marino 2007 *
31.6
15.5
16.2
96  
0.8
c
Sao Tome and Principe 2009
162.8
80.6
82.1
98  
1.6
Saudi Arabia 2009
25,720.6
14,097.8
11,622.8
121  
2.1
Senegal 2009
12,534.2
6,214.3
6,319.9
98  
2.6
Serbia 2009
9,849.8
4,873.2
4,976.7
98  
0.0
Seychelles 2007 *
85.0
43.2
41.9
103  
0.5
c
Sierra Leone 2009
5,696.5
2,774.3
2,922.2
95  
2.7
Singapore 2009
4,736.9
2,380.1
2,356.8
101  
2.5
Slovakia 2009
5,405.7
2,622.3
2,783.4
94  
0.1
Slovenia 2009
2,020.1
986.7
1,033.4
95  
0.2
Solomon Islands 2009
523.2
270.8
252.3
107  
2.5
Somalia 2009
9,133.1
4,529.1
4,604.0
98  
2.3
South Africa 2009
50,109.8
24,705.2
25,404.6
97  
1.0
Spain 2009
44,903.7
22,140.0
22,763.6
97  
1.0
Sri Lanka 2009
20,237.7
9,965.6
10,272.1
97  
0.9
Sudan 2009
42,272.4
21,285.3
20,987.1
101  
2.2
Suriname 2009
519.7
260.5
259.3
100  
1.0
Swaziland 2009
1,184.9
579.3
605.6
96  
1.3
Sweden 2009
9,249.2
4,590.0
4,659.3
99  
0.5
Switzerland 2009
7,567.7
3,696.2
3,871.4
95  
0.4
Syrian Arab Republic 2009
21,906.2
11,056.3
10,849.8
102  
3.3
Tajikistan 2009
6,952.2
3,432.3
3,520.0
98  
1.6
TFYR Macedonia 2009
2,042.5
1,020.0
1,022.5
100  
0.1
n
Thailand 2009
67,764.0
33,327.9
34,436.1
97  
0.7
Timor-Leste 2009
1,133.6
577.0
556.6
104  
3.3
Togo 2009
6,618.6
3,276.4
3,342.2
98  
2.5
Tokelau 2009 **
1.2
0.6
0.6
102  
-0.1
Tonga 2009
104.0
52.7
51.3
103  
0.5
Trinidad and Tobago 2009
1,338.6
650.4
688.2
95  
0.4
Tunisia 2009
10,271.5
5,165.4
5,106.1
101  
1.0
Turkey 2009
74,815.7
37,579.4
37,236.3
101  
1.2
Turkmenistan 2009
5,109.9
2,518.0
2,591.9
97  
1.3
Turks and Caicos Islands 2007 *
34.9
18.0
16.8
107  
1.6
d
Tuvalu 2009 **
11.1
5.5
5.6
99  
0.4
Uganda 2009
32,709.9
16,382.7
16,327.2
100  
3.3
Ukraine 2009
45,708.1
21,076.3
24,631.8
86  
-0.7
United Arab Emirates 2009
4,598.6
3,093.2
1,505.4
205  
2.8
United Kingdom 2009
61,565.4
30,202.2
31,363.2
96  
0.5
United Republic of Tanzania 2009
43,739.1
21,806.6
21,932.4
99  
2.9
United States of America 2009
314,658.8
155,244.1
159,414.7
97  
1.0
United States Virgin Islands 2009
109.5
51.9
57.6
90  
-0.1
Uruguay 2009
3,360.9
1,621.8
1,739.1
93  
0.3
Uzbekistan 2009
27,488.2
13,664.3
13,824.0
99  
1.1
Vanuatu 2009
239.8
122.3
117.5
104  
2.5
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2009
28,583.4
14,349.0
14,234.4
101  
1.7
Viet Nam 2009
88,068.9
43,498.2
44,570.7
98  
1.1
Wallis and Futuna Islands 2009 **
14.2
7.0
7.1
98  
0.7
Western Sahara 2009
513.2
271.5
241.7
112  
3.7
Yemen 2009
23,580.2
11,922.8
11,657.4
102  
2.9
Zambia 2009
12,935.4
6,452.7
6,482.7
100  
2.4
Zimbabwe 2009
12,522.8
6,054.6
6,468.2
94  
0.3

Sources:

Population
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2009), World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. CD-ROM Edition; supplemented by official national statistics published in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2007, available from the United Nations Statistics Division website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm (accessed December 2009); and data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics and Demography Programme, available from the SPC website, http://www.spc.int/sdp/ (accessed December 2009).

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 (2009), World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. CD-ROM Edition.

Footnotes:

Data not available.
*
Data compiled by the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system.
**
Data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics and Demography Programme.
a
Refers to the latest available census, de facto population count.
b
Refers to the latest available census, de jure population count.
c
Refers to de facto national estimate.
d
Refers to de jure national estimate.
e
Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.
f
Including Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
g
For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
h
As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
i
As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
j
Refers to Guernsey and Jersey.
k
Including Åland Islands.
l
Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
m
Refers to the Vatican City State.
n
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
o
Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
p
Refers to sample survey de jure.

 

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Technical notes:

 

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 2009 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.