| country |
population est.
2009-07-01 |
population growth
rate (%) |
population est.
today |
| Afghanistan |
33,609,937 |
2.63% |
34,229,907 |
| Albania |
3,639,453 |
0.55% |
3,653,492 |
| Algeria |
34,178,188 |
1.20% |
34,465,847 |
| American Samoa |
65,628 |
1.22% |
66,190 |
| Andorra |
83,888 |
1.14% |
84,559 |
| Angola |
12,799,293 |
2.10% |
12,987,811 |
| Anguilla |
14,436 |
2.27% |
14,666 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
85,632 |
1.30% |
86,413 |
| Argentina |
40,913,584 |
1.05% |
41,214,887 |
| Armenia |
2,967,004 |
-0.03% |
2,966,380 |
| Aruba |
103,065 |
1.48% |
104,135 |
| Australia |
21,262,641 |
1.20% |
21,441,597 |
| Austria |
8,210,281 |
0.05% |
8,213,160 |
| Azerbaijan |
8,238,672 |
0.76% |
8,282,588 |
| Bahamas, The |
309,156 |
0.54% |
310,327 |
| Bahrain |
727,785 |
1.29% |
734,370 |
| Bangladesh |
156,050,883 |
1.29% |
157,462,780 |
| Barbados |
284,589 |
0.38% |
285,347 |
| Belarus |
9,648,533 |
-0.38% |
9,622,818 |
| Belgium |
10,414,336 |
0.09% |
10,420,910 |
| Belize |
307,899 |
2.15% |
312,542 |
| Benin |
8,791,832 |
2.98% |
8,975,589 |
| Bermuda |
67,837 |
0.65% |
68,146 |
| Bhutan |
691,141 |
1.27% |
697,297 |
| Bolivia |
9,775,246 |
1.77% |
9,896,598 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4,613,414 |
0.34% |
4,624,415 |
| Botswana |
1,990,876 |
1.94% |
2,017,965 |
| Brazil |
198,739,269 |
1.20% |
200,411,946 |
| British Virgin Islands |
24,491 |
1.84% |
24,807 |
| Brunei |
388,190 |
1.76% |
392,982 |
| Bulgaria |
7,204,687 |
-0.79% |
7,164,767 |
| Burkina Faso |
15,746,232 |
3.10% |
16,088,594 |
| Burma (Myanmar) |
48,137,741 |
0.78% |
48,401,087 |
| Burundi |
8,988,091 |
3.28% |
9,194,861 |
| Cambodia |
14,494,293 |
1.77% |
14,674,229 |
| Cameroon |
18,879,301 |
2.19% |
19,169,287 |
| Canada |
33,487,208 |
0.82% |
33,679,801 |
| Cape Verde |
429,474 |
0.56% |
431,161 |
| Cayman Islands |
49,035 |
2.39% |
49,857 |
| Central African Republic |
4,511,488 |
1.49% |
4,558,635 |
| Chad |
10,329,208 |
2.07% |
10,479,171 |
| Chile |
16,601,707 |
0.88% |
16,704,174 |
| China |
1,338,612,968 |
0.66% |
1,344,809,462 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR |
7,055,071 |
0.50% |
7,079,812 |
| China, Macao SAR |
559,846 |
2.00% |
567,699 |
| Christmas Island |
1,402 |
0.00% |
1,402 |
| Cocos Islands |
596 |
0.00% |
596 |
| Colombia |
45,644,023 |
1.38% |
46,085,807 |
| Comoros |
752,438 |
2.77% |
767,056 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of the |
68,692,542 |
3.21% |
70,239,084 |
| Congo, Rep. of the |
4,012,809 |
2.75% |
4,090,207 |
| Cook Islands |
11,870 |
-3.30% |
11,595 |
| Costa Rica |
4,253,877 |
1.36% |
4,294,453 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
20,617,068 |
2.13% |
20,925,070 |
| Croatia |
4,489,409 |
-0.05% |
4,487,835 |
| Cuba |
11,451,652 |
0.23% |
11,470,125 |
| Cyprus |
796,740 |
0.52% |
799,646 |
| Czech Republic |
10,211,904 |
-0.09% |
10,205,458 |
| Denmark |
5,500,510 |
0.28% |
5,511,312 |
| Djibouti |
516,055 |
1.90% |
522,932 |
| Dominica |
72,660 |
0.21% |
72,767 |
| Dominican Republic |
9,650,054 |
1.49% |
9,750,901 |
| Ecuador |
14,573,101 |
1.50% |
14,726,418 |
| Egypt |
83,082,869 |
1.64% |
84,038,527 |
| El Salvador |
7,185,218 |
1.66% |
7,268,874 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
633,441 |
2.70% |
645,436 |
| Eritrea |
5,647,168 |
2.58% |
5,749,355 |
| Estonia |
1,299,371 |
-0.63% |
1,293,630 |
| Ethiopia |
85,237,338 |
3.21% |
87,156,369 |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
3,140 |
0.01% |
3,140 |
| Faroe Islands |
48,856 |
0.40% |
48,993 |
| Fiji |
944,720 |
1.38% |
953,864 |
| Finland |
5,250,275 |
0.10% |
5,253,957 |
| France |
64,057,792 |
0.55% |
64,304,897 |
| French Polynesia |
287,032 |
1.39% |
289,830 |
| Gabon |
1,514,993 |
1.93% |
1,535,501 |
| Gambia, The |
1,782,893 |
2.67% |
1,816,280 |
| Georgia |
4,615,807 |
-0.33% |
4,605,124 |
| Germany |
82,329,758 |
-0.05% |
82,300,886 |
| Ghana |
23,832,495 |
1.88% |
24,146,744 |
| Gibraltar |
28,034 |
0.11% |
28,056 |
| Greece |
10,737,428 |
0.13% |
10,747,218 |
| Greenland |
57,600 |
0.06% |
57,624 |
| Grenada |
90,739 |
0.47% |
91,038 |
| Guam |
178,430 |
NaN% |
NaN |
| Guatemala |
13,276,517 |
2.07% |
13,469,270 |
| Guernsey |
65,870 |
0.21% |
65,967 |
| Guinea |
10,057,975 |
2.57% |
10,239,272 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,533,964 |
2.02% |
1,555,697 |
| Guyana |
772,298 |
0.18% |
773,273 |
| Haiti |
9,035,536 |
1.84% |
9,152,141 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
826 |
0.00% |
826 |
| Honduras |
7,792,854 |
1.96% |
7,899,981 |
| Hungary |
9,905,596 |
-0.26% |
9,887,533 |
| Iceland |
306,694 |
0.74% |
308,286 |
| India |
1,166,079,217 |
1.55% |
1,178,755,936 |
| Indonesia |
240,271,522 |
1.14% |
242,192,641 |
| Iran |
66,429,284 |
0.88% |
66,839,289 |
| Iraq |
28,945,657 |
2.51% |
29,455,227 |
| Ireland |
4,203,200 |
1.12% |
4,236,218 |
| Israel |
7,233,701 |
1.67% |
7,318,428 |
| Italy |
58,126,212 |
-0.05% |
58,105,828 |
| Jamaica |
2,825,928 |
0.76% |
2,840,991 |
| Japan |
127,078,679 |
-0.19% |
126,909,334 |
| Jersey |
91,626 |
0.21% |
91,761 |
| Jordan |
6,342,948 |
2.26% |
6,443,490 |
| Kazakhstan |
15,399,437 |
0.39% |
15,441,560 |
| Kenya |
39,002,772 |
2.69% |
39,738,631 |
| Kiribati |
112,850 |
2.24% |
114,623 |
| Korea, North |
22,665,345 |
0.42% |
22,732,112 |
| Korea, South |
48,508,972 |
0.27% |
48,600,833 |
| Kosovo |
1,804,838 |
NaN% |
NaN |
| Kuwait |
2,691,158 |
3.55% |
2,758,164 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
5,431,747 |
1.40% |
5,485,082 |
| Laos |
6,834,942 |
2.32% |
6,946,159 |
| Latvia |
2,231,503 |
-0.61% |
2,221,956 |
| Lebanon |
4,017,095 |
1.11% |
4,048,369 |
| Lesotho |
2,130,819 |
0.12% |
2,132,612 |
| Liberia |
3,441,790 |
2.67% |
3,506,243 |
| Libya |
6,310,434 |
2.17% |
6,406,477 |
| Liechtenstein |
34,761 |
0.70% |
34,932 |
| Lithuania |
3,555,179 |
-0.28% |
3,548,197 |
| Luxembourg |
491,775 |
1.17% |
495,811 |
| Macedonia |
2,066,718 |
0.26% |
2,070,487 |
| Madagascar |
20,653,556 |
3.00% |
21,088,129 |
| Malawi |
14,268,711 |
2.39% |
14,507,894 |
| Malaysia |
25,715,819 |
1.72% |
26,026,043 |
| Maldives |
396,334 |
-0.17% |
395,861 |
| Mali |
12,666,987 |
2.77% |
12,913,081 |
| Malta |
405,165 |
0.40% |
406,302 |
| Man, Isle of |
76,512 |
0.52% |
76,791 |
| Marshall Islands |
64,522 |
2.08% |
65,463 |
| Mauritania |
3,129,486 |
2.40% |
3,182,164 |
| Mauritius |
1,284,264 |
0.78% |
1,291,290 |
| Mayotte |
223,765 |
3.32% |
228,975 |
| Mexico |
111,211,789 |
1.13% |
112,093,196 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
107,434 |
-0.24% |
107,253 |
| Moldova |
4,320,748 |
-0.08% |
4,318,324 |
| Monaco |
32,965 |
0.39% |
33,055 |
| Mongolia |
3,041,142 |
1.49% |
3,072,923 |
| Montenegro |
672,180 |
-0.85% |
668,173 |
| Montserrat |
5,097 |
0.39% |
5,111 |
| Morocco |
34,859,364 |
1.48% |
35,221,214 |
| Mozambique |
21,669,278 |
1.79% |
21,941,325 |
| Namibia |
2,108,665 |
0.95% |
2,122,715 |
| Nauru |
14,019 |
1.75% |
14,191 |
| Nepal |
28,563,377 |
1.28% |
28,819,806 |
| Netherlands |
16,715,999 |
0.41% |
16,764,068 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
227,049 |
0.73% |
228,211 |
| New Caledonia |
227,436 |
1.14% |
229,254 |
| New Zealand |
4,213,418 |
0.94% |
4,241,197 |
| Nicaragua |
5,891,199 |
1.78% |
5,964,747 |
| Niger |
15,306,252 |
3.68% |
15,701,313 |
| Nigeria |
149,229,090 |
2.00% |
151,322,386 |
| Niue |
1,398 |
-0.03% |
1,398 |
| Norfolk Island |
2,141 |
0.01% |
2,141 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
88,662 |
2.29% |
90,086 |
| Norway |
4,660,539 |
0.34% |
4,671,653 |
| Oman |
3,418,085 |
3.14% |
3,493,362 |
| Pakistan |
176,242,949 |
1.95% |
178,653,373 |
| Palau |
20,796 |
0.43% |
20,859 |
| Palestinian Territory, Occupied |
4,013,126 |
2.63% |
4,087,152 |
| Panama |
3,360,474 |
1.50% |
3,395,828 |
| Papua New Guinea |
6,057,263 |
2.07% |
6,145,205 |
| Paraguay |
6,995,655 |
2.36% |
7,111,449 |
| Peru |
29,546,963 |
1.23% |
29,801,860 |
| Philippines |
97,976,603 |
1.96% |
99,323,473 |
| Pitcairn Islands |
48 |
0.00% |
48 |
| Poland |
38,482,919 |
-0.05% |
38,469,424 |
| Portugal |
10,707,924 |
0.28% |
10,728,953 |
| Puerto Rico |
3,971,020 |
0.34% |
3,980,490 |
| Qatar |
833,285 |
0.96% |
838,896 |
| Romania |
22,215,421 |
-0.15% |
22,192,049 |
| Russia |
140,041,247 |
-0.47% |
139,579,610 |
| Rwanda |
10,473,282 |
2.78% |
10,677,491 |
| Saint Barthelemy |
7,448 |
NaN% |
NaN |
| Saint Helena |
7,637 |
0.45% |
7,661 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
40,131 |
0.85% |
40,370 |
| Saint Lucia |
160,267 |
0.42% |
160,739 |
| Saint Martin |
29,820 |
NaN% |
NaN |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
7,051 |
0.09% |
7,055 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
104,574 |
-0.34% |
104,325 |
| Samoa |
219,998 |
1.35% |
222,081 |
| San Marino |
30,324 |
1.15% |
30,569 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
212,679 |
3.09% |
217,288 |
| Saudi Arabia |
28,686,633 |
1.85% |
29,058,852 |
| Senegal |
13,711,597 |
2.71% |
13,972,215 |
| Serbia |
7,379,339 |
-0.47% |
7,355,013 |
| Seychelles |
87,476 |
1.00% |
88,090 |
| Sierra Leone |
6,440,053 |
2.28% |
6,543,037 |
| Singapore |
4,657,542 |
1.00% |
4,690,209 |
| Slovakia |
5,463,046 |
0.14% |
5,468,410 |
| Slovenia |
2,005,692 |
-0.11% |
2,004,145 |
| Solomon Islands |
595,613 |
2.39% |
605,597 |
| Somalia |
9,832,017 |
2.82% |
10,026,481 |
| South Africa |
49,052,489 |
0.28% |
49,148,820 |
| Spain |
40,525,002 |
0.07% |
40,544,898 |
| Sri Lanka |
21,324,791 |
0.90% |
21,459,400 |
| Sudan |
41,087,825 |
2.14% |
41,704,525 |
| Suriname |
481,267 |
1.10% |
484,980 |
| Svalbard |
2,116 |
-0.02% |
2,116 |
| Swaziland |
1,123,913 |
-0.46% |
1,120,287 |
| Sweden |
9,059,651 |
0.16% |
9,069,818 |
| Switzerland |
7,604,467 |
0.28% |
7,619,401 |
| Syria |
20,178,485 |
2.13% |
20,479,935 |
| Taiwan |
22,974,347 |
0.23% |
23,011,408 |
| Tajikistan |
7,349,145 |
1.88% |
7,446,049 |
| Tanzania |
41,048,532 |
2.04% |
41,635,852 |
| Thailand |
65,905,410 |
0.62% |
66,191,999 |
| Timor-Leste (East-Timor) |
1,131,612 |
2.03% |
1,147,724 |
| Togo |
6,019,877 |
2.71% |
6,134,298 |
| Tokelau |
1,416 |
-0.01% |
1,416 |
| Tonga |
120,898 |
1.48% |
122,153 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1,229,953 |
-0.10% |
1,229,090 |
| Tunisia |
10,486,339 |
0.98% |
10,558,416 |
| Turkey |
76,805,524 |
1.31% |
77,511,209 |
| Turkmenistan |
4,884,887 |
1.14% |
4,923,945 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
22,942 |
2.56% |
23,354 |
| Tuvalu |
12,373 |
1.62% |
12,514 |
| Uganda |
32,369,558 |
2.69% |
32,980,270 |
| Ukraine |
45,700,395 |
-0.63% |
45,498,462 |
| United Arab Emirates |
4,798,491 |
3.69% |
4,922,679 |
| United Kingdom |
61,113,205 |
0.28% |
61,233,221 |
| United States of America |
307,212,123 |
0.98% |
309,323,722 |
| Uruguay |
3,494,382 |
0.47% |
3,505,901 |
| Uzbekistan |
27,606,007 |
0.94% |
27,788,010 |
| Vanuatu |
218,519 |
1.40% |
220,665 |
| Venezuela |
26,814,843 |
1.51% |
27,098,831 |
| Vietnam |
86,967,524 |
0.98% |
87,565,289 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. |
109,825 |
-0.03% |
109,802 |
| Wallis and Futuna |
15,289 |
0.35% |
15,327 |
| Western Sahara |
405,210 |
2.83% |
413,253 |
| Yemen |
23,822,783 |
3.45% |
24,399,229 |
| Zambia |
11,862,740 |
1.63% |
11,998,359 |
| Zimbabwe |
11,392,629 |
1.53% |
11,514,883 |
| World |
6,790,062,216 |
1.17% |
6,845,638,782 |
source: "The World Factbook 2008 and of 2009", CIA.
note: As the growth and population data are estimates, one should allow for a reasonable margin of error.
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