| country |
population est.
2008-07-01 |
population growth
rate (%) |
population est.
today |
| Afghanistan |
32,738,376 |
2.63% |
32,893,830 |
| Albania |
3,619,778 |
0.54% |
3,623,299 |
| Algeria |
33,769,669 |
1.21% |
33,843,494 |
| American Samoa |
57,496 |
-0.32% |
57,463 |
| Andorra |
72,413 |
0.80% |
72,517 |
| Angola |
12,531,357 |
2.14% |
12,579,758 |
| Anguilla |
14,108 |
2.33% |
14,167 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
69,842 |
0.51% |
69,906 |
| Argentina |
40,677,348 |
0.92% |
40,744,797 |
| Armenia |
2,968,586 |
-0.08% |
2,968,173 |
| Aruba |
101,541 |
1.50% |
101,817 |
| Australia |
20,600,856 |
0.80% |
20,630,694 |
| Austria |
8,205,533 |
0.06% |
8,206,483 |
| Azerbaijan |
8,177,717 |
0.72% |
8,188,408 |
| Bahamas, The |
307,451 |
0.57% |
307,768 |
| Bahrain |
718,306 |
1.34% |
720,043 |
| Bangladesh |
153,546,901 |
2.02% |
154,108,302 |
| Barbados |
281,968 |
0.36% |
282,152 |
| Belarus |
9,685,768 |
-0.39% |
9,678,885 |
| Belgium |
10,403,951 |
0.11% |
10,405,945 |
| Belize |
301,270 |
2.21% |
302,472 |
| Benin |
8,294,941 |
2.62% |
8,334,224 |
| Bermuda |
66,536 |
0.55% |
66,602 |
| Bhutan |
682,321 |
1.30% |
683,926 |
| Bolivia |
9,247,816 |
1.38% |
9,270,943 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4,590,310 |
0.67% |
4,595,838 |
| Botswana |
1,842,323 |
1.43% |
1,847,100 |
| Brazil |
191,908,598 |
0.98% |
192,248,671 |
| British Virgin Islands |
24,004 |
1.88% |
24,085 |
| Brunei |
381,371 |
1.79% |
382,602 |
| Bulgaria |
7,262,675 |
-0.81% |
7,251,998 |
| Burkina Faso |
15,264,735 |
3.11% |
15,350,550 |
| Burma (Myanmar) |
47,758,181 |
0.80% |
47,827,267 |
| Burundi |
8,691,005 |
3.44% |
8,745,113 |
| Cambodia |
14,241,640 |
1.75% |
14,286,758 |
| Cameroon |
18,467,692 |
2.22% |
18,541,759 |
| Canada |
33,212,696 |
0.83% |
33,262,542 |
| Cape Verde |
426,998 |
0.60% |
427,457 |
| Cayman Islands |
47,862 |
2.45% |
48,074 |
| Central African Republic |
4,434,873 |
1.49% |
4,446,798 |
| Chad |
10,111,337 |
2.20% |
10,151,469 |
| Chile |
16,454,143 |
0.91% |
16,481,069 |
| China |
1,330,044,605 |
0.63% |
1,331,557,358 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR |
7,018,636 |
0.53% |
7,025,388 |
| China, Macao SAR |
460,823 |
0.83% |
461,515 |
| Christmas Island |
1,402 |
0.00% |
1,402 |
| Cocos Islands |
596 |
0.00% |
596 |
| Colombia |
45,013,674 |
1.41% |
45,128,033 |
| Comoros |
731,775 |
2.80% |
735,484 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of the |
66,514,506 |
3.24% |
66,903,709 |
| Congo, Rep. of the |
3,903,318 |
2.70% |
3,922,347 |
| Cook Islands |
21,750 |
na |
na |
| Costa Rica |
4,195,914 |
1.39% |
4,206,445 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
18,373,060 |
1.96% |
18,438,176 |
| Croatia |
4,491,543 |
-0.04% |
4,491,194 |
| Cuba |
11,423,952 |
0.25% |
11,429,137 |
| Cyprus |
792,604 |
0.52% |
793,352 |
| Czech Republic |
10,220,911 |
-0.08% |
10,219,396 |
| Denmark |
5,484,723 |
0.30% |
5,487,649 |
| Djibouti |
506,221 |
1.95% |
508,001 |
| Dominica |
72,514 |
0.20% |
72,540 |
| Dominican Republic |
9,507,133 |
1.50% |
9,532,834 |
| Ecuador |
13,927,650 |
0.94% |
13,951,197 |
| Egypt |
81,713,517 |
1.68% |
81,962,043 |
| El Salvador |
7,066,403 |
1.68% |
7,087,857 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
616,459 |
2.73% |
619,504 |
| Eritrea |
5,028,475 |
2.45% |
5,050,725 |
| Estonia |
1,307,605 |
-0.63% |
1,306,111 |
| Ethiopia |
78,254,090 |
2.23% |
78,569,778 |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
3,140 |
0.01% |
3,140 |
| Faroe Islands |
48,668 |
0.38% |
48,701 |
| Fiji |
931,741 |
1.39% |
934,079 |
| Finland |
5,244,749 |
0.11% |
5,245,811 |
| France |
64,057,790 |
0.57% |
64,124,277 |
| French Polynesia |
283,019 |
1.43% |
283,748 |
| Gabon |
1,485,832 |
1.95% |
1,491,082 |
| Gambia, The |
1,735,464 |
2.72% |
1,744,012 |
| Georgia |
4,630,841 |
-0.33% |
4,628,120 |
| Germany |
82,369,548 |
-0.04% |
82,362,995 |
| Ghana |
23,382,848 |
1.93% |
23,464,366 |
| Gibraltar |
28,002 |
0.13% |
28,008 |
| Greece |
10,722,816 |
0.15% |
10,725,647 |
| Greenland |
56,326 |
-0.03% |
56,323 |
| Grenada |
90,343 |
0.41% |
90,409 |
| Guam |
175,877 |
1.37% |
176,314 |
| Guatemala |
13,002,206 |
2.11% |
13,051,814 |
| Guernsey |
65,726 |
0.23% |
65,753 |
| Guinea |
10,211,437 |
2.61% |
10,259,666 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,503,182 |
2.04% |
1,508,713 |
| Guyana |
770,794 |
0.21% |
771,088 |
| Haiti |
8,924,553 |
2.49% |
8,964,784 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
824 |
0.00% |
824 |
| Honduras |
7,639,327 |
2.02% |
7,667,286 |
| Hungary |
9,930,915 |
-0.25% |
9,926,354 |
| Iceland |
304,367 |
0.78% |
304,798 |
| India |
1,147,995,898 |
1.58% |
1,151,271,555 |
| Indonesia |
237,512,355 |
1.18% |
238,016,987 |
| Iran |
65,875,223 |
0.79% |
65,969,564 |
| Iraq |
28,221,181 |
2.56% |
28,351,920 |
| Ireland |
4,156,119 |
1.13% |
4,164,634 |
| Israel |
7,112,359 |
1.71% |
7,134,389 |
| Italy |
58,145,321 |
-0.02% |
58,143,323 |
| Jamaica |
2,804,332 |
0.78% |
2,808,282 |
| Japan |
127,288,419 |
-0.14% |
127,256,426 |
| Jersey |
91,533 |
0.22% |
91,570 |
| Jordan |
6,198,677 |
2.34% |
6,224,883 |
| Kazakhstan |
15,340,533 |
0.37% |
15,350,907 |
| Kenya |
37,953,838 |
2.76% |
38,143,116 |
| Kiribati |
110,356 |
2.24% |
110,802 |
| Korea, North |
23,479,089 |
0.73% |
23,510,166 |
| Korea, South |
49,232,844 |
0.37% |
49,265,872 |
| Kosovo |
2,126,708 |
na |
na |
| Kuwait |
2,596,799 |
3.59% |
2,613,661 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
5,356,869 |
1.38% |
5,370,236 |
| Laos |
6,677,534 |
2.34% |
6,705,836 |
| Latvia |
2,245,423 |
-0.63% |
2,242,869 |
| Lebanon |
3,971,941 |
1.15% |
3,980,229 |
| Lesotho |
2,128,180 |
0.13% |
2,128,676 |
| Liberia |
3,334,587 |
3.66% |
3,356,662 |
| Libya |
6,173,579 |
2.22% |
6,198,317 |
| Liechtenstein |
34,498 |
0.71% |
34,542 |
| Lithuania |
3,565,205 |
-0.28% |
3,563,374 |
| Luxembourg |
486,006 |
1.19% |
487,050 |
| Macedonia |
2,061,315 |
0.26% |
2,062,292 |
| Madagascar |
20,042,551 |
3.01% |
20,151,456 |
| Malawi |
13,931,831 |
2.39% |
13,992,039 |
| Malaysia |
25,274,133 |
1.74% |
25,353,744 |
| Maldives |
379,174 |
2.69% |
381,018 |
| Mali |
12,324,029 |
2.73% |
12,384,754 |
| Malta |
403,532 |
0.41% |
403,829 |
| Man, Isle of |
76,220 |
0.51% |
76,290 |
| Marshall Islands |
63,174 |
2.14% |
63,419 |
| Mauritania |
3,364,940 |
2.85% |
3,382,293 |
| Mauritius |
1,274,189 |
0.80% |
1,276,032 |
| Mayotte |
216,306 |
3.47% |
217,661 |
| Mexico |
109,955,400 |
1.14% |
110,182,456 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
107,665 |
-0.19% |
107,628 |
| Moldova |
4,324,450 |
-0.09% |
4,323,731 |
| Monaco |
32,796 |
0.38% |
32,818 |
| Mongolia |
2,996,081 |
1.49% |
3,004,169 |
| Montenegro |
678,177 |
-0.93% |
677,043 |
| Montserrat |
9,638 |
1.04% |
9,656 |
| Morocco |
34,343,219 |
1.51% |
34,436,680 |
| Mozambique |
21,284,701 |
1.79% |
21,353,670 |
| Namibia |
2,088,669 |
0.95% |
2,092,246 |
| Nauru |
13,770 |
1.77% |
13,814 |
| Nepal |
29,519,114 |
2.10% |
29,630,939 |
| Netherlands |
16,645,313 |
0.44% |
16,658,436 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
225,369 |
0.75% |
225,676 |
| New Caledonia |
224,824 |
1.18% |
225,302 |
| New Zealand |
4,173,460 |
0.97% |
4,180,788 |
| Nicaragua |
5,785,846 |
1.83% |
5,804,939 |
| Niger |
13,272,679 |
2.88% |
13,341,751 |
| Nigeria |
138,283,240 |
2.38% |
138,878,851 |
| Niue |
1,444 |
-0.03% |
1,444 |
| Norfolk Island |
2,128 |
0.01% |
2,128 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
86,616 |
2.38% |
86,988 |
| Norway |
4,644,457 |
0.35% |
4,647,396 |
| Oman |
3,311,640 |
3.19% |
3,330,742 |
| Pakistan |
167,762,040 |
1.81% |
168,309,588 |
| Palau |
21,093 |
1.16% |
21,137 |
| Palestinian Territory, Occupied |
4,149,173 |
na |
na |
| Panama |
3,292,693 |
1.53% |
3,301,791 |
| Papua New Guinea |
5,931,769 |
2.12% |
5,954,487 |
| Paraguay |
6,831,306 |
2.39% |
6,860,828 |
| Peru |
29,180,899 |
1.26% |
29,247,595 |
| Philippines |
92,681,453 |
1.73% |
92,971,046 |
| Pitcairn Islands |
48 |
0.00% |
48 |
| Poland |
38,500,696 |
-0.05% |
38,497,563 |
| Portugal |
10,676,910 |
0.31% |
10,682,798 |
| Puerto Rico |
3,958,128 |
0.37% |
3,960,769 |
| Qatar |
928,635 |
2.28% |
932,462 |
| Romania |
22,246,862 |
-0.14% |
22,241,391 |
| Russia |
140,702,094 |
-0.47% |
140,581,499 |
| Rwanda |
10,186,063 |
2.78% |
10,237,248 |
| Saint Barthelemy |
7,492 |
na |
na |
| Saint Helena |
7,601 |
0.49% |
7,608 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
39,619 |
0.75% |
39,672 |
| Saint Lucia |
172,884 |
1.31% |
173,292 |
| Saint Martin |
29,376 |
na |
na |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
7,044 |
0.11% |
7,045 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
118,432 |
0.23% |
118,481 |
| Samoa |
217,083 |
1.32% |
217,602 |
| San Marino |
29,973 |
1.18% |
30,037 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
206,178 |
3.12% |
207,340 |
| Saudi Arabia |
28,161,417 |
1.95% |
28,260,460 |
| Senegal |
12,853,259 |
2.58% |
12,913,222 |
| Serbia |
8,032,338 |
na |
na |
| Seychelles |
82,247 |
0.43% |
82,311 |
| Sierra Leone |
6,294,774 |
2.28% |
6,320,748 |
| Singapore |
4,608,167 |
1.14% |
4,617,624 |
| Slovakia |
5,455,407 |
0.14% |
5,456,818 |
| Slovenia |
2,007,711 |
-0.09% |
2,007,392 |
| Solomon Islands |
581,318 |
2.47% |
583,911 |
| Somalia |
9,558,666 |
2.82% |
9,607,476 |
| South Africa |
43,786,115 |
-0.50% |
43,746,448 |
| Spain |
40,491,051 |
0.10% |
40,498,080 |
| Sri Lanka |
21,128,773 |
0.94% |
21,164,801 |
| Sudan |
40,218,455 |
2.13% |
40,373,648 |
| Suriname |
475,996 |
1.10% |
476,942 |
| Svalbard |
2,165 |
-0.02% |
2,165 |
| Swaziland |
1,128,814 |
-0.41% |
1,127,977 |
| Sweden |
9,045,389 |
0.16% |
9,047,957 |
| Switzerland |
7,581,520 |
0.33% |
7,586,030 |
| Syria |
19,747,586 |
2.19% |
19,825,751 |
| Taiwan |
22,920,946 |
0.24% |
22,930,810 |
| Tajikistan |
7,211,884 |
1.89% |
7,236,570 |
| Tanzania |
40,213,162 |
2.07% |
40,363,826 |
| Thailand |
65,493,298 |
0.64% |
65,569,091 |
| Timor-Leste (East-Timor) |
1,108,777 |
2.05% |
1,112,887 |
| Togo |
5,858,673 |
2.72% |
5,887,456 |
| Tokelau |
1,433 |
-0.01% |
1,433 |
| Tonga |
119,009 |
1.67% |
119,368 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1,047,366 |
-0.89% |
1,045,679 |
| Tunisia |
10,383,577 |
0.99% |
10,402,146 |
| Turkey |
71,892,807 |
1.01% |
72,024,495 |
| Turkmenistan |
5,179,571 |
1.60% |
5,194,519 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
22,352 |
2.64% |
22,459 |
| Tuvalu |
12,177 |
1.58% |
12,212 |
| Uganda |
31,367,972 |
3.60% |
31,572,335 |
| Ukraine |
45,994,287 |
-0.65% |
45,940,145 |
| United Arab Emirates |
4,621,399 |
3.83% |
4,653,429 |
| United Kingdom |
60,943,912 |
0.28% |
60,974,327 |
| United States of America |
303,824,646 |
0.88% |
304,309,750 |
| Uruguay |
3,477,778 |
0.49% |
3,480,834 |
| Uzbekistan |
28,268,440 |
1.75% |
28,358,046 |
| Vanuatu |
215,446 |
1.43% |
216,005 |
| Venezuela |
26,414,815 |
1.50% |
26,486,365 |
| Vietnam |
86,116,559 |
0.99% |
86,270,719 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. |
108,210 |
-0.27% |
108,157 |
| Wallis and Futuna |
16,448 |
na |
na |
| Western Sahara |
393,831 |
2.87% |
395,873 |
| Yemen |
23,013,376 |
3.46% |
23,157,358 |
| Zambia |
11,669,534 |
1.65% |
11,704,435 |
| Zimbabwe |
12,382,920 |
0.57% |
12,395,638 |
| World |
6,677,563,921 |
1.16% |
6,691,558,266 |
source: "The World Factbook 2007-2008", CIA.
note: As the growth and population data are estimates, one should allow for a reasonable margin of error.
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