region
country |
population est.
2008-07-01 |
population est.
2009-07-01 |
| Asia |
4,053,868,076 |
4,102,169,683 |
| Eastern Asia |
1,562,672,777 |
1,570,496,370 |
| China |
1,330,044,544 |
1,338,612,968 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR |
7,018,636 |
7,055,071 |
| China, Macao SAR |
545,674 |
559,846 |
| Japan |
127,288,416 |
127,078,679 |
| Korea, North |
23,479,088 |
22,665,345 |
| Korea, South |
48,379,392 |
48,508,972 |
| Mongolia |
2,996,081 |
3,041,142 |
| Taiwan |
22,920,946 |
22,974,347 |
| South-central Asia |
1,685,106,463 |
1,710,059,136 |
| Afghanistan |
32,738,376 |
33,609,937 |
| Bangladesh |
153,546,896 |
156,050,883 |
| Bhutan |
682,321 |
691,141 |
| India |
1,147,995,904 |
1,166,079,217 |
| Iran |
65,875,224 |
66,429,284 |
| Kazakhstan |
15,340,533 |
15,399,437 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
5,356,869 |
5,431,747 |
| Maldives |
385,925 |
396,334 |
| Nepal |
29,519,114 |
28,563,377 |
| Pakistan |
172,800,048 |
176,242,949 |
| Sri Lanka |
21,128,772 |
21,324,791 |
| Tajikistan |
7,211,884 |
7,349,145 |
| Turkmenistan |
5,179,571 |
4,884,887 |
| Uzbekistan |
27,345,026 |
27,606,007 |
| South-eastern Asia |
585,235,687 |
592,483,196 |
| Brunei |
381,371 |
388,190 |
| Burma (Myanmar) |
47,758,180 |
48,137,741 |
| Cambodia |
14,241,640 |
14,494,293 |
| Christmas Island |
1,402 |
1,402 |
| Cocos Islands |
596 |
596 |
| Indonesia |
237,512,352 |
240,271,522 |
| Laos |
6,677,534 |
6,834,942 |
| Malaysia |
25,274,132 |
25,715,819 |
| Philippines |
96,061,680 |
97,976,603 |
| Singapore |
4,608,167 |
4,657,542 |
| Thailand |
65,493,296 |
65,905,410 |
| Timor-Leste (East-Timor) |
1,108,777 |
1,131,612 |
| Vietnam |
86,116,560 |
86,967,524 |
| Western Asia |
220,855,147 |
229,132,979 |
| Armenia |
2,968,586 |
2,967,004 |
| Azerbaijan |
8,177,717 |
8,238,672 |
| Bahrain |
718,306 |
727,785 |
| Cyprus |
792,604 |
796,740 |
| Georgia |
4,630,841 |
4,615,807 |
| Iraq |
28,221,180 |
28,945,657 |
| Israel |
7,112,359 |
7,233,701 |
| Jordan |
6,198,677 |
6,342,948 |
| Kuwait |
2,596,799 |
2,691,158 |
| Lebanon |
3,971,941 |
4,017,095 |
| Oman |
3,311,640 |
3,418,085 |
| Palestinian Territory, Occupied |
3,907,883 |
4,013,126 |
| Qatar |
824,789 |
833,285 |
| Saudi Arabia |
28,146,656 |
28,686,633 |
| Syria |
19,747,586 |
20,178,485 |
| Turkey |
71,892,808 |
76,805,524 |
| United Arab Emirates |
4,621,399 |
4,798,491 |
| Yemen |
23,013,376 |
23,822,783 |
| Africa |
972,752,377 |
996,457,117 |
| Eastern Africa |
307,107,038 |
315,309,670 |
| Burundi |
8,691,005 |
8,988,091 |
| Comoros |
731,775 |
752,438 |
| Djibouti |
506,221 |
516,055 |
| Eritrea |
5,502,026 |
5,647,168 |
| Ethiopia |
82,544,840 |
85,237,338 |
| Kenya |
37,953,840 |
39,002,772 |
| Madagascar |
20,042,552 |
20,653,556 |
| Malawi |
13,931,831 |
14,268,711 |
| Mauritius |
1,274,189 |
1,284,264 |
| Mayotte |
216,306 |
223,765 |
| Mozambique |
21,284,700 |
21,669,278 |
| Rwanda |
10,186,063 |
10,473,282 |
| Seychelles |
82,247 |
87,476 |
| Somalia |
9,558,666 |
9,832,017 |
| Tanzania |
40,213,160 |
41,048,532 |
| Uganda |
31,367,972 |
32,369,558 |
| Zambia |
11,669,534 |
11,862,740 |
| Zimbabwe |
11,350,111 |
11,392,629 |
| Middle Africa |
118,281,007 |
121,585,754 |
| Angola |
12,531,357 |
12,799,293 |
| Cameroon |
18,467,692 |
18,879,301 |
| Central African Republic |
4,444,330 |
4,511,488 |
| Chad |
10,111,337 |
10,329,208 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of the |
66,514,504 |
68,692,542 |
| Congo, Rep. of the |
3,903,318 |
4,012,809 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
616,459 |
633,441 |
| Gabon |
1,485,832 |
1,514,993 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
206,178 |
212,679 |
| Northern Africa |
206,995,851 |
210,410,229 |
| Algeria |
33,769,668 |
34,178,188 |
| Egypt |
81,713,520 |
83,082,869 |
| Libya |
6,173,579 |
6,310,434 |
| Morocco |
34,343,220 |
34,859,364 |
| Sudan |
40,218,456 |
41,087,825 |
| Tunisia |
10,383,577 |
10,486,339 |
| Western Sahara |
393,831 |
405,210 |
| Southern Africa |
55,970,742 |
56,406,762 |
| Botswana |
1,842,323 |
1,990,876 |
| Lesotho |
2,128,180 |
2,130,819 |
| Namibia |
2,088,669 |
2,108,665 |
| South Africa |
48,782,756 |
49,052,489 |
| Swaziland |
1,128,814 |
1,123,913 |
| Western Africa |
284,397,739 |
292,744,702 |
| Benin |
8,532,547 |
8,791,832 |
| Burkina Faso |
15,264,735 |
15,746,232 |
| Cape Verde |
426,998 |
429,474 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
20,179,602 |
20,617,068 |
| Gambia, The |
1,735,464 |
1,782,893 |
| Ghana |
23,382,848 |
23,832,495 |
| Guinea |
9,806,509 |
10,057,975 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,503,182 |
1,533,964 |
| Liberia |
3,334,587 |
3,441,790 |
| Mali |
12,324,029 |
12,666,987 |
| Mauritania |
3,364,940 |
3,129,486 |
| Niger |
13,272,679 |
15,306,252 |
| Nigeria |
146,255,312 |
149,229,090 |
| Saint Helena |
7,601 |
7,637 |
| Senegal |
12,853,259 |
13,711,597 |
| Sierra Leone |
6,294,774 |
6,440,053 |
| Togo |
5,858,673 |
6,019,877 |
| Northern America |
337,168,480 |
340,831,819 |
| Northern America |
337,168,480 |
340,831,819 |
| Bermuda |
66,536 |
67,837 |
| Canada |
33,212,696 |
33,487,208 |
| Greenland |
57,564 |
57,600 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
7,044 |
7,051 |
| United States of America |
303,824,640 |
307,212,123 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean |
579,285,804 |
587,540,404 |
| the Caribbean |
39,407,156 |
39,905,099 |
| Anguilla |
14,108 |
14,436 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
84,522 |
85,632 |
| Aruba |
101,541 |
103,065 |
| Bahamas, The |
307,451 |
309,156 |
| Barbados |
281,968 |
284,589 |
| British Virgin Islands |
24,041 |
24,491 |
| Cayman Islands |
47,862 |
49,035 |
| Cuba |
11,423,952 |
11,451,652 |
| Dominica |
72,514 |
72,660 |
| Dominican Republic |
9,507,133 |
9,650,054 |
| Grenada |
90,343 |
90,739 |
| Haiti |
8,924,553 |
9,035,536 |
| Jamaica |
2,804,332 |
2,825,928 |
| Montserrat |
5,079 |
5,097 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
225,369 |
227,049 |
| Puerto Rico |
3,958,128 |
3,971,020 |
| Saint Barthelemy |
7,492 |
7,448 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
39,817 |
40,131 |
| Saint Lucia |
159,585 |
160,267 |
| Saint Martin |
29,376 |
29,820 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
118,432 |
104,574 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1,047,366 |
1,229,953 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
22,352 |
22,942 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. |
109,840 |
109,825 |
| South America |
388,622,603 |
394,355,478 |
| Argentina |
40,482,000 |
40,913,584 |
| Bolivia |
9,247,816 |
9,775,246 |
| Brazil |
196,342,592 |
198,739,269 |
| Chile |
16,454,143 |
16,601,707 |
| Colombia |
45,013,672 |
45,644,023 |
| Ecuador |
13,927,650 |
14,573,101 |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
3,140 |
3,140 |
| Guyana |
770,794 |
772,298 |
| Paraguay |
6,831,306 |
6,995,655 |
| Peru |
29,180,900 |
29,546,963 |
| Suriname |
475,996 |
481,267 |
| Uruguay |
3,477,778 |
3,494,382 |
| Venezuela |
26,414,816 |
26,814,843 |
| Central America |
151,256,045 |
153,279,827 |
| Belize |
301,270 |
307,899 |
| Costa Rica |
4,195,914 |
4,253,877 |
| El Salvador |
7,066,403 |
7,185,218 |
| Guatemala |
13,002,206 |
13,276,517 |
| Honduras |
7,639,327 |
7,792,854 |
| Mexico |
109,955,400 |
111,211,789 |
| Nicaragua |
5,785,846 |
5,891,199 |
| Panama |
3,309,679 |
3,360,474 |
| Europe |
731,682,934 |
727,867,583 |
| Eastern Europe |
294,324,068 |
293,194,496 |
| Belarus |
9,685,768 |
9,648,533 |
| Bulgaria |
7,262,675 |
7,204,687 |
| Czech Republic |
10,220,911 |
10,211,904 |
| Hungary |
9,930,915 |
9,905,596 |
| Moldova |
4,324,450 |
4,320,748 |
| Poland |
38,500,696 |
38,482,919 |
| Romania |
22,246,862 |
22,215,421 |
| Russia |
140,702,096 |
140,041,247 |
| Slovakia |
5,455,407 |
5,463,046 |
| Ukraine |
45,994,288 |
45,700,395 |
| Northern Europe |
97,069,002 |
97,307,611 |
| Denmark |
5,484,723 |
5,500,510 |
| Estonia |
1,307,605 |
1,299,371 |
| Faroe Islands |
48,668 |
48,856 |
| Finland |
5,244,749 |
5,250,275 |
| Iceland |
304,367 |
306,694 |
| Ireland |
4,156,119 |
4,203,200 |
| Latvia |
2,245,423 |
2,231,503 |
| Lithuania |
3,565,205 |
3,555,179 |
| Man, Isle of |
76,220 |
76,512 |
| Norway |
4,644,457 |
4,660,539 |
| Svalbard |
2,165 |
2,116 |
| Sweden |
9,045,389 |
9,059,651 |
| United Kingdom |
60,943,912 |
61,113,205 |
| Southern Europe |
150,315,644 |
147,315,846 |
| Albania |
3,619,778 |
3,639,453 |
| Andorra |
82,627 |
83,888 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4,590,310 |
4,613,414 |
| Croatia |
4,491,543 |
4,489,409 |
| Gibraltar |
28,002 |
28,034 |
| Greece |
10,722,816 |
10,737,428 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
824 |
826 |
| Italy |
58,145,320 |
58,126,212 |
| Kosovo |
2,126,708 |
1,804,838 |
| Macedonia |
2,061,315 |
2,066,718 |
| Malta |
403,532 |
405,165 |
| Montenegro |
678,177 |
672,180 |
| Portugal |
10,676,910 |
10,707,924 |
| San Marino |
29,973 |
30,324 |
| Serbia |
10,159,046 |
7,379,339 |
| Slovenia |
2,007,711 |
2,005,692 |
| Spain |
40,491,052 |
40,525,002 |
| Western Europe |
189,974,220 |
190,049,630 |
| Austria |
8,205,533 |
8,210,281 |
| Belgium |
10,403,951 |
10,414,336 |
| France |
64,057,792 |
64,057,792 |
| Germany |
82,369,552 |
82,329,758 |
| Guernsey |
65,726 |
65,870 |
| Jersey |
91,533 |
91,626 |
| Liechtenstein |
34,498 |
34,761 |
| Luxembourg |
486,006 |
491,775 |
| Monaco |
32,796 |
32,965 |
| Netherlands |
16,645,313 |
16,715,999 |
| Switzerland |
7,581,520 |
7,604,467 |
| Oceania |
34,375,093 |
34,846,412 |
| Australia and New Zealand |
25,182,898 |
25,478,200 |
| Australia |
21,007,310 |
21,262,641 |
| New Zealand |
4,173,460 |
4,213,418 |
| Norfolk Island |
2,128 |
2,141 |
| Melanesia |
7,885,098 |
8,043,551 |
| Fiji |
931,741 |
944,720 |
| New Caledonia |
224,824 |
227,436 |
| Papua New Guinea |
5,931,769 |
6,057,263 |
| Solomon Islands |
581,318 |
595,613 |
| Vanuatu |
215,446 |
218,519 |
| Micronesia |
578,551 |
586,713 |
| Guam |
175,877 |
178,430 |
| Kiribati |
110,356 |
112,850 |
| Marshall Islands |
63,174 |
64,522 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
107,665 |
107,434 |
| Nauru |
13,770 |
14,019 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
86,616 |
88,662 |
| Palau |
21,093 |
20,796 |
| Polynesia |
726,548 |
735,950 |
| American Samoa |
64,827 |
65,628 |
| Cook Islands |
12,271 |
11,870 |
| French Polynesia |
283,019 |
287,032 |
| Niue |
1,444 |
1,398 |
| Pitcairn Islands |
48 |
48 |
| Samoa |
217,083 |
219,998 |
| Tokelau |
1,433 |
1,416 |
| Tonga |
119,009 |
120,898 |
| Tuvalu |
12,177 |
12,373 |
| Wallis and Futuna |
15,237 |
15,289 |
| World |
6,706,993,152 |
6,790,062,216 |
source: "The World Factbook 2008 and of 2009", CIA.
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