region
country |
population est.
2007-07-01 |
population est.
2008-07-01 |
| Asia |
4,001,633,990 |
4,053,868,076 |
| Eastern Asia |
1,554,879,956 |
1,562,672,777 |
| China |
1,321,851,888 |
1,330,044,544 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR |
6,980,412 |
7,018,636 |
| China, Macao SAR |
456,989 |
545,674 |
| Japan |
127,433,494 |
127,288,416 |
| Korea, North |
23,301,725 |
23,479,088 |
| Korea, South |
49,044,790 |
48,379,392 |
| Mongolia |
2,951,786 |
2,996,081 |
| Taiwan |
22,858,872 |
22,920,946 |
| South-central Asia |
1,655,391,609 |
1,685,106,463 |
| Afghanistan |
31,889,923 |
32,738,376 |
| Bangladesh |
150,448,339 |
153,546,896 |
| Bhutan |
2,327,849 |
682,321 |
| India |
1,129,866,154 |
1,147,995,904 |
| Iran |
65,397,521 |
65,875,224 |
| Kazakhstan |
15,284,929 |
15,340,533 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
5,284,149 |
5,356,869 |
| Maldives |
369,031 |
385,925 |
| Nepal |
28,901,790 |
29,519,114 |
| Pakistan |
164,741,924 |
172,800,048 |
| Sri Lanka |
20,926,315 |
21,128,772 |
| Tajikistan |
7,076,598 |
7,211,884 |
| Turkmenistan |
5,097,028 |
5,179,571 |
| Uzbekistan |
27,780,059 |
27,345,026 |
| South-eastern Asia |
574,827,492 |
585,233,689 |
| Brunei |
374,577 |
381,371 |
| Burma (Myanmar) |
47,373,958 |
47,758,180 |
| Cambodia |
13,995,904 |
14,241,640 |
| Indonesia |
234,693,997 |
237,512,352 |
| Laos |
6,521,998 |
6,677,534 |
| Malaysia |
24,821,286 |
25,274,132 |
| Philippines |
91,077,287 |
96,061,680 |
| Singapore |
4,553,009 |
4,608,167 |
| Thailand |
65,068,149 |
65,493,296 |
| Timor-Leste (East-Timor) |
1,084,971 |
1,108,777 |
| Vietnam |
85,262,356 |
86,116,560 |
| Western Asia |
216,534,933 |
220,855,147 |
| Armenia |
2,971,650 |
2,968,586 |
| Azerbaijan |
8,120,247 |
8,177,717 |
| Bahrain |
708,573 |
718,306 |
| Cyprus |
788,457 |
792,604 |
| Georgia |
4,646,003 |
4,630,841 |
| Iraq |
27,499,638 |
28,221,180 |
| Israel |
6,426,679 |
7,112,359 |
| Jordan |
6,053,193 |
6,198,677 |
| Kuwait |
2,505,559 |
2,596,799 |
| Lebanon |
3,925,502 |
3,971,941 |
| Oman |
3,204,897 |
3,311,640 |
| Palestinian Territory, Occupied |
4,028,332 |
3,907,883 |
| Qatar |
907,229 |
824,789 |
| Saudi Arabia |
27,601,038 |
28,146,656 |
| Syria |
19,314,747 |
19,747,586 |
| Turkey |
71,158,647 |
71,892,808 |
| United Arab Emirates |
4,444,011 |
4,621,399 |
| Yemen |
22,230,531 |
23,013,376 |
| Africa |
934,499,752 |
972,752,377 |
| Eastern Africa |
295,891,335 |
307,107,038 |
| Burundi |
8,390,505 |
8,691,005 |
| Comoros |
711,417 |
731,775 |
| Djibouti |
496,374 |
506,221 |
| Eritrea |
4,906,585 |
5,502,026 |
| Ethiopia |
76,511,887 |
82,544,840 |
| Kenya |
36,913,721 |
37,953,840 |
| Madagascar |
19,448,815 |
20,042,552 |
| Malawi |
13,603,181 |
13,931,831 |
| Mauritius |
1,250,882 |
1,274,189 |
| Mayotte |
208,783 |
216,306 |
| Mozambique |
20,905,585 |
21,284,700 |
| Rwanda |
9,907,509 |
10,186,063 |
| Seychelles |
81,895 |
82,247 |
| Somalia |
9,118,773 |
9,558,666 |
| Tanzania |
39,384,223 |
40,213,160 |
| Uganda |
30,262,610 |
31,367,972 |
| Zambia |
11,477,447 |
11,669,534 |
| Zimbabwe |
12,311,143 |
11,350,111 |
| Middle Africa |
116,336,446 |
118,281,007 |
| Angola |
12,263,596 |
12,531,357 |
| Cameroon |
18,060,382 |
18,467,692 |
| Central African Republic |
4,369,038 |
4,444,330 |
| Chad |
9,885,661 |
10,111,337 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of the |
65,751,512 |
66,514,504 |
| Congo, Rep. of the |
3,800,610 |
3,903,318 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
551,201 |
616,459 |
| Gabon |
1,454,867 |
1,485,832 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
199,579 |
206,178 |
| Northern Africa |
203,500,474 |
206,995,851 |
| Algeria |
33,333,216 |
33,769,668 |
| Egypt |
80,335,036 |
81,713,520 |
| Libya |
6,036,914 |
6,173,579 |
| Morocco |
33,757,175 |
34,343,220 |
| Sudan |
39,379,358 |
40,218,456 |
| Tunisia |
10,276,158 |
10,383,577 |
| Western Sahara |
382,617 |
393,831 |
| Southern Africa |
51,126,744 |
55,970,742 |
| Botswana |
1,815,508 |
1,842,323 |
| Lesotho |
2,125,262 |
2,128,180 |
| Namibia |
2,055,080 |
2,088,669 |
| South Africa |
43,997,828 |
48,782,756 |
| Swaziland |
1,133,066 |
1,128,814 |
| Western Africa |
267,644,753 |
284,397,739 |
| Benin |
8,078,314 |
8,532,547 |
| Burkina Faso |
14,326,203 |
15,264,735 |
| Cape Verde |
423,613 |
426,998 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
18,013,409 |
20,179,602 |
| Gambia, The |
1,688,359 |
1,735,464 |
| Ghana |
22,931,299 |
23,382,848 |
| Guinea |
9,947,814 |
9,806,509 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,472,780 |
1,503,182 |
| Liberia |
3,195,931 |
3,334,587 |
| Mali |
11,995,402 |
12,324,029 |
| Mauritania |
3,270,065 |
3,364,940 |
| Niger |
12,894,865 |
13,272,679 |
| Nigeria |
135,031,164 |
146,255,312 |
| Saint Helena |
7,543 |
7,601 |
| Senegal |
12,521,851 |
12,853,259 |
| Sierra Leone |
6,144,562 |
6,294,774 |
| Togo |
5,701,579 |
5,858,673 |
| Northern America |
334,659,631 |
337,168,480 |
| Northern America |
334,659,631 |
337,168,480 |
| Bermuda |
66,163 |
66,536 |
| Canada |
33,390,141 |
33,212,696 |
| Greenland |
56,344 |
57,564 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
7,036 |
7,044 |
| United States of America |
301,139,947 |
303,824,640 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean |
568,110,471 |
579,285,804 |
| the Caribbean |
38,981,128 |
39,407,156 |
| Anguilla |
13,677 |
14,108 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
69,481 |
84,522 |
| Aruba |
100,018 |
101,541 |
| Bahamas, The |
305,655 |
307,451 |
| Barbados |
280,946 |
281,968 |
| British Virgin Islands |
23,552 |
24,041 |
| Cayman Islands |
46,600 |
47,862 |
| Cuba |
11,394,043 |
11,423,952 |
| Dominica |
72,386 |
72,514 |
| Dominican Republic |
9,365,818 |
9,507,133 |
| Grenada |
89,971 |
90,343 |
| Haiti |
8,706,497 |
8,924,553 |
| Jamaica |
2,780,132 |
2,804,332 |
| Montserrat |
9,538 |
5,079 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
223,652 |
225,369 |
| Puerto Rico |
3,944,259 |
3,958,128 |
| Saint Barthelemy |
6,852 |
7,492 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
39,349 |
39,817 |
| Saint Lucia |
170,649 |
159,585 |
| Saint Martin |
33,102 |
29,376 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
118,149 |
118,432 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1,056,608 |
1,047,366 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
21,746 |
22,352 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. |
108,448 |
109,840 |
| South America |
379,922,707 |
388,622,603 |
| Argentina |
40,301,927 |
40,482,000 |
| Bolivia |
9,119,152 |
9,247,816 |
| Brazil |
190,010,647 |
196,342,592 |
| Chile |
16,284,741 |
16,454,143 |
| Colombia |
44,379,598 |
45,013,672 |
| Ecuador |
13,755,680 |
13,927,650 |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
3,105 |
3,140 |
| Guyana |
769,095 |
770,794 |
| Paraguay |
6,669,086 |
6,831,306 |
| Peru |
28,674,757 |
29,180,900 |
| Suriname |
470,784 |
475,996 |
| Uruguay |
3,460,607 |
3,477,778 |
| Venezuela |
26,023,528 |
26,414,816 |
| Central America |
149,206,636 |
151,256,045 |
| Belize |
294,385 |
301,270 |
| Costa Rica |
4,133,884 |
4,195,914 |
| El Salvador |
6,948,073 |
7,066,403 |
| Guatemala |
12,728,111 |
13,002,206 |
| Honduras |
7,483,763 |
7,639,327 |
| Mexico |
108,700,891 |
109,955,400 |
| Nicaragua |
5,675,356 |
5,785,846 |
| Panama |
3,242,173 |
3,309,679 |
| Europe |
729,861,490 |
731,682,934 |
| Eastern Europe |
295,472,336 |
294,324,068 |
| Belarus |
9,724,723 |
9,685,768 |
| Bulgaria |
7,322,858 |
7,262,675 |
| Czech Republic |
10,228,744 |
10,220,911 |
| Hungary |
9,956,108 |
9,930,915 |
| Moldova |
4,320,490 |
4,324,450 |
| Poland |
38,518,241 |
38,500,696 |
| Romania |
22,276,056 |
22,246,862 |
| Russia |
141,377,752 |
140,702,096 |
| Slovakia |
5,447,502 |
5,455,407 |
| Ukraine |
46,299,862 |
45,994,288 |
| Northern Europe |
96,986,460 |
97,226,261 |
| Denmark |
5,468,120 |
5,484,723 |
| Estonia |
1,315,912 |
1,307,605 |
| Faroe Islands |
47,511 |
48,668 |
| Finland |
5,238,460 |
5,244,749 |
| Guernsey |
65,573 |
65,726 |
| Iceland |
301,931 |
304,367 |
| Ireland |
4,109,086 |
4,156,119 |
| Jersey |
91,321 |
91,533 |
| Latvia |
2,259,810 |
2,245,423 |
| Lithuania |
3,575,439 |
3,565,205 |
| Man, Isle of |
75,831 |
76,220 |
| Norway |
4,627,926 |
4,644,457 |
| Svalbard |
2,214 |
2,165 |
| Sweden |
9,031,088 |
9,045,389 |
| United Kingdom |
60,776,238 |
60,943,912 |
| Southern Europe |
148,023,349 |
150,315,644 |
| Albania |
3,600,523 |
3,619,778 |
| Andorra |
71,822 |
82,627 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4,552,198 |
4,590,310 |
| Croatia |
4,493,312 |
4,491,543 |
| Gibraltar |
27,967 |
28,002 |
| Greece |
10,706,290 |
10,722,816 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
821 |
824 |
| Italy |
58,147,733 |
58,145,320 |
| Kosovo |
0 |
2,126,708 |
| Macedonia |
2,055,915 |
2,061,315 |
| Malta |
401,880 |
403,532 |
| Montenegro |
684,736 |
678,177 |
| Portugal |
10,642,836 |
10,676,910 |
| San Marino |
29,615 |
29,973 |
| Serbia |
10,150,265 |
10,159,046 |
| Slovenia |
2,009,245 |
2,007,711 |
| Spain |
40,448,191 |
40,491,052 |
| Western Europe |
189,379,345 |
189,816,961 |
| Austria |
8,199,783 |
8,205,533 |
| Belgium |
10,392,226 |
10,403,951 |
| France |
63,713,926 |
64,057,792 |
| Germany |
82,400,996 |
82,369,552 |
| Liechtenstein |
34,247 |
34,498 |
| Luxembourg |
480,222 |
486,006 |
| Monaco |
32,671 |
32,796 |
| Netherlands |
16,570,613 |
16,645,313 |
| Switzerland |
7,554,661 |
7,581,520 |
| Oceania |
33,560,095 |
34,375,093 |
| Australia and New Zealand |
24,552,061 |
25,182,898 |
| Australia |
20,434,176 |
21,007,310 |
| New Zealand |
4,115,771 |
4,173,460 |
| Norfolk Island |
2,114 |
2,128 |
| Melanesia |
7,715,318 |
7,885,098 |
| Fiji |
918,675 |
931,741 |
| New Caledonia |
221,943 |
224,824 |
| Papua New Guinea |
5,795,887 |
5,931,769 |
| Solomon Islands |
566,842 |
581,318 |
| Vanuatu |
211,971 |
215,446 |
| Micronesia |
569,866 |
578,551 |
| Guam |
173,456 |
175,877 |
| Kiribati |
107,817 |
110,356 |
| Marshall Islands |
61,815 |
63,174 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
107,862 |
107,665 |
| Nauru |
13,528 |
13,770 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
84,546 |
86,616 |
| Palau |
20,842 |
21,093 |
| Polynesia |
720,852 |
726,548 |
| American Samoa |
57,663 |
64,827 |
| Cook Islands |
21,750 |
12,271 |
| French Polynesia |
278,963 |
283,019 |
| Niue |
1,492 |
1,444 |
| Pitcairn Islands |
48 |
48 |
| Samoa |
214,265 |
217,083 |
| Tokelau |
1,449 |
1,433 |
| Tonga |
116,921 |
119,009 |
| Tuvalu |
11,992 |
12,177 |
| Wallis and Futuna |
16,309 |
15,237 |
| World |
6,602,224,175 |
6,706,993,152 |
source: "The World Factbook 2007-2008", CIA.
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