| country |
population est.
2009-07-01 |
population growth
rate (%) |
population est.
today |
| Afghanistan |
33,609,937 |
2.63% |
34,217,798 |
| Albania |
3,639,453 |
0.55% |
3,653,218 |
| Algeria |
34,178,188 |
1.20% |
34,460,228 |
| American Samoa |
65,628 |
1.22% |
66,179 |
| Andorra |
83,888 |
1.14% |
84,546 |
| Angola |
12,799,293 |
2.10% |
12,984,129 |
| Anguilla |
14,436 |
2.27% |
14,661 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
85,632 |
1.30% |
86,398 |
| Argentina |
40,913,584 |
1.05% |
41,209,002 |
| Armenia |
2,967,004 |
-0.03% |
2,966,392 |
| Aruba |
103,065 |
1.48% |
104,114 |
| Australia |
21,262,641 |
1.20% |
21,438,101 |
| Austria |
8,210,281 |
0.05% |
8,213,104 |
| Azerbaijan |
8,238,672 |
0.76% |
8,281,730 |
| Bahamas, The |
309,156 |
0.54% |
310,304 |
| Bahrain |
727,785 |
1.29% |
734,241 |
| Bangladesh |
156,050,883 |
1.29% |
157,435,204 |
| Barbados |
284,589 |
0.38% |
285,333 |
| Belarus |
9,648,533 |
-0.38% |
9,623,320 |
| Belgium |
10,414,336 |
0.09% |
10,420,781 |
| Belize |
307,899 |
2.15% |
312,451 |
| Benin |
8,791,832 |
2.98% |
8,972,000 |
| Bermuda |
67,837 |
0.65% |
68,140 |
| Bhutan |
691,141 |
1.27% |
697,177 |
| Bolivia |
9,775,246 |
1.77% |
9,894,228 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4,613,414 |
0.34% |
4,624,201 |
| Botswana |
1,990,876 |
1.94% |
2,017,436 |
| Brazil |
198,739,269 |
1.20% |
200,379,276 |
| British Virgin Islands |
24,491 |
1.84% |
24,801 |
| Brunei |
388,190 |
1.76% |
392,888 |
| Bulgaria |
7,204,687 |
-0.79% |
7,165,547 |
| Burkina Faso |
15,746,232 |
3.10% |
16,081,907 |
| Burma (Myanmar) |
48,137,741 |
0.78% |
48,395,944 |
| Burundi |
8,988,091 |
3.28% |
9,190,823 |
| Cambodia |
14,494,293 |
1.77% |
14,670,714 |
| Cameroon |
18,879,301 |
2.19% |
19,163,623 |
| Canada |
33,487,208 |
0.82% |
33,676,039 |
| Cape Verde |
429,474 |
0.56% |
431,128 |
| Cayman Islands |
49,035 |
2.39% |
49,841 |
| Central African Republic |
4,511,488 |
1.49% |
4,557,714 |
| Chad |
10,329,208 |
2.07% |
10,476,242 |
| Chile |
16,601,707 |
0.88% |
16,702,172 |
| China |
1,338,612,968 |
0.66% |
1,344,688,437 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR |
7,055,071 |
0.50% |
7,079,329 |
| China, Macao SAR |
559,846 |
2.00% |
567,546 |
| Christmas Island |
1,402 |
0.00% |
1,402 |
| Cocos Islands |
596 |
0.00% |
596 |
| Colombia |
45,644,023 |
1.38% |
46,077,179 |
| Comoros |
752,438 |
2.77% |
766,771 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of the |
68,692,542 |
3.21% |
70,208,878 |
| Congo, Rep. of the |
4,012,809 |
2.75% |
4,088,695 |
| Cook Islands |
11,870 |
-3.30% |
11,601 |
| Costa Rica |
4,253,877 |
1.36% |
4,293,661 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
20,617,068 |
2.13% |
20,919,054 |
| Croatia |
4,489,409 |
-0.05% |
4,487,865 |
| Cuba |
11,451,652 |
0.23% |
11,469,764 |
| Cyprus |
796,740 |
0.52% |
799,589 |
| Czech Republic |
10,211,904 |
-0.09% |
10,205,584 |
| Denmark |
5,500,510 |
0.28% |
5,511,101 |
| Djibouti |
516,055 |
1.90% |
522,798 |
| Dominica |
72,660 |
0.21% |
72,765 |
| Dominican Republic |
9,650,054 |
1.49% |
9,748,931 |
| Ecuador |
14,573,101 |
1.50% |
14,723,424 |
| Egypt |
83,082,869 |
1.64% |
84,019,862 |
| El Salvador |
7,185,218 |
1.66% |
7,267,240 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
633,441 |
2.70% |
645,202 |
| Eritrea |
5,647,168 |
2.58% |
5,747,360 |
| Estonia |
1,299,371 |
-0.63% |
1,293,742 |
| Ethiopia |
85,237,338 |
3.21% |
87,118,888 |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
3,140 |
0.01% |
3,140 |
| Faroe Islands |
48,856 |
0.40% |
48,990 |
| Fiji |
944,720 |
1.38% |
953,685 |
| Finland |
5,250,275 |
0.10% |
5,253,885 |
| France |
64,057,792 |
0.55% |
64,300,071 |
| French Polynesia |
287,032 |
1.39% |
289,776 |
| Gabon |
1,514,993 |
1.93% |
1,535,100 |
| Gambia, The |
1,782,893 |
2.67% |
1,815,628 |
| Georgia |
4,615,807 |
-0.33% |
4,605,332 |
| Germany |
82,329,758 |
-0.05% |
82,301,450 |
| Ghana |
23,832,495 |
1.88% |
24,140,607 |
| Gibraltar |
28,034 |
0.11% |
28,055 |
| Greece |
10,737,428 |
0.13% |
10,747,027 |
| Greenland |
57,600 |
0.06% |
57,624 |
| Grenada |
90,739 |
0.47% |
91,032 |
| Guam |
178,430 |
NaN% |
NaN |
| Guatemala |
13,276,517 |
2.07% |
13,465,505 |
| Guernsey |
65,870 |
0.21% |
65,965 |
| Guinea |
10,057,975 |
2.57% |
10,235,731 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,533,964 |
2.02% |
1,555,272 |
| Guyana |
772,298 |
0.18% |
773,254 |
| Haiti |
9,035,536 |
1.84% |
9,149,864 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
826 |
0.00% |
826 |
| Honduras |
7,792,854 |
1.96% |
7,897,889 |
| Hungary |
9,905,596 |
-0.26% |
9,887,885 |
| Iceland |
306,694 |
0.74% |
308,255 |
| India |
1,166,079,217 |
1.55% |
1,178,508,344 |
| Indonesia |
240,271,522 |
1.14% |
242,155,119 |
| Iran |
66,429,284 |
0.88% |
66,831,281 |
| Iraq |
28,945,657 |
2.51% |
29,445,275 |
| Ireland |
4,203,200 |
1.12% |
4,235,573 |
| Israel |
7,233,701 |
1.67% |
7,316,774 |
| Italy |
58,126,212 |
-0.05% |
58,106,226 |
| Jamaica |
2,825,928 |
0.76% |
2,840,697 |
| Japan |
127,078,679 |
-0.19% |
126,912,641 |
| Jersey |
91,626 |
0.21% |
91,758 |
| Jordan |
6,342,948 |
2.26% |
6,441,526 |
| Kazakhstan |
15,399,437 |
0.39% |
15,440,737 |
| Kenya |
39,002,772 |
2.69% |
39,724,259 |
| Kiribati |
112,850 |
2.24% |
114,588 |
| Korea, North |
22,665,345 |
0.42% |
22,730,807 |
| Korea, South |
48,508,972 |
0.27% |
48,599,039 |
| Kosovo |
1,804,838 |
NaN% |
NaN |
| Kuwait |
2,691,158 |
3.55% |
2,756,855 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
5,431,747 |
1.40% |
5,484,041 |
| Laos |
6,834,942 |
2.32% |
6,943,986 |
| Latvia |
2,231,503 |
-0.61% |
2,222,142 |
| Lebanon |
4,017,095 |
1.11% |
4,047,758 |
| Lesotho |
2,130,819 |
0.12% |
2,132,577 |
| Liberia |
3,441,790 |
2.67% |
3,504,984 |
| Libya |
6,310,434 |
2.17% |
6,404,601 |
| Liechtenstein |
34,761 |
0.70% |
34,928 |
| Lithuania |
3,555,179 |
-0.28% |
3,548,334 |
| Luxembourg |
491,775 |
1.17% |
495,732 |
| Macedonia |
2,066,718 |
0.26% |
2,070,413 |
| Madagascar |
20,653,556 |
3.00% |
21,079,642 |
| Malawi |
14,268,711 |
2.39% |
14,503,222 |
| Malaysia |
25,715,819 |
1.72% |
26,019,984 |
| Maldives |
396,334 |
-0.17% |
395,871 |
| Mali |
12,666,987 |
2.77% |
12,908,274 |
| Malta |
405,165 |
0.40% |
406,279 |
| Man, Isle of |
76,512 |
0.52% |
76,786 |
| Marshall Islands |
64,522 |
2.08% |
65,445 |
| Mauritania |
3,129,486 |
2.40% |
3,181,135 |
| Mauritius |
1,284,264 |
0.78% |
1,291,153 |
| Mayotte |
223,765 |
3.32% |
228,874 |
| Mexico |
111,211,789 |
1.13% |
112,075,981 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
107,434 |
-0.24% |
107,257 |
| Moldova |
4,320,748 |
-0.08% |
4,318,371 |
| Monaco |
32,965 |
0.39% |
33,053 |
| Mongolia |
3,041,142 |
1.49% |
3,072,302 |
| Montenegro |
672,180 |
-0.85% |
668,251 |
| Montserrat |
5,097 |
0.39% |
5,111 |
| Morocco |
34,859,364 |
1.48% |
35,214,146 |
| Mozambique |
21,669,278 |
1.79% |
21,936,012 |
| Namibia |
2,108,665 |
0.95% |
2,122,441 |
| Nauru |
14,019 |
1.75% |
14,188 |
| Nepal |
28,563,377 |
1.28% |
28,814,797 |
| Netherlands |
16,715,999 |
0.41% |
16,763,129 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
227,049 |
0.73% |
228,189 |
| New Caledonia |
227,436 |
1.14% |
229,219 |
| New Zealand |
4,213,418 |
0.94% |
4,240,654 |
| Nicaragua |
5,891,199 |
1.78% |
5,963,311 |
| Niger |
15,306,252 |
3.68% |
15,693,597 |
| Nigeria |
149,229,090 |
2.00% |
151,281,501 |
| Niue |
1,398 |
-0.03% |
1,398 |
| Norfolk Island |
2,141 |
0.01% |
2,141 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
88,662 |
2.29% |
90,058 |
| Norway |
4,660,539 |
0.34% |
4,671,436 |
| Oman |
3,418,085 |
3.14% |
3,491,891 |
| Pakistan |
176,242,949 |
1.95% |
178,606,295 |
| Palau |
20,796 |
0.43% |
20,857 |
| Palestinian Territory, Occupied |
4,013,126 |
2.63% |
4,085,706 |
| Panama |
3,360,474 |
1.50% |
3,395,138 |
| Papua New Guinea |
6,057,263 |
2.07% |
6,143,487 |
| Paraguay |
6,995,655 |
2.36% |
7,109,188 |
| Peru |
29,546,963 |
1.23% |
29,796,882 |
| Philippines |
97,976,603 |
1.96% |
99,297,167 |
| Pitcairn Islands |
48 |
0.00% |
48 |
| Poland |
38,482,919 |
-0.05% |
38,469,687 |
| Portugal |
10,707,924 |
0.28% |
10,728,542 |
| Puerto Rico |
3,971,020 |
0.34% |
3,980,305 |
| Qatar |
833,285 |
0.96% |
838,786 |
| Romania |
22,215,421 |
-0.15% |
22,192,506 |
| Russia |
140,041,247 |
-0.47% |
139,588,626 |
| Rwanda |
10,473,282 |
2.78% |
10,673,502 |
| Saint Barthelemy |
7,448 |
NaN% |
NaN |
| Saint Helena |
7,637 |
0.45% |
7,661 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
40,131 |
0.85% |
40,366 |
| Saint Lucia |
160,267 |
0.42% |
160,730 |
| 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% |
104,329 |
| Samoa |
219,998 |
1.35% |
222,040 |
| San Marino |
30,324 |
1.15% |
30,564 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
212,679 |
3.09% |
217,198 |
| Saudi Arabia |
28,686,633 |
1.85% |
29,051,582 |
| Senegal |
13,711,597 |
2.71% |
13,967,125 |
| Serbia |
7,379,339 |
-0.47% |
7,355,489 |
| Seychelles |
87,476 |
1.00% |
88,078 |
| Sierra Leone |
6,440,053 |
2.28% |
6,541,026 |
| Singapore |
4,657,542 |
1.00% |
4,689,571 |
| Slovakia |
5,463,046 |
0.14% |
5,468,305 |
| Slovenia |
2,005,692 |
-0.11% |
2,004,175 |
| Solomon Islands |
595,613 |
2.39% |
605,402 |
| Somalia |
9,832,017 |
2.82% |
10,022,683 |
| South Africa |
49,052,489 |
0.28% |
49,146,939 |
| Spain |
40,525,002 |
0.07% |
40,544,510 |
| Sri Lanka |
21,324,791 |
0.90% |
21,456,771 |
| Sudan |
41,087,825 |
2.14% |
41,692,480 |
| Suriname |
481,267 |
1.10% |
484,907 |
| Svalbard |
2,116 |
-0.02% |
2,116 |
| Swaziland |
1,123,913 |
-0.46% |
1,120,358 |
| Sweden |
9,059,651 |
0.16% |
9,069,619 |
| Switzerland |
7,604,467 |
0.28% |
7,619,109 |
| Syria |
20,178,485 |
2.13% |
20,474,047 |
| Taiwan |
22,974,347 |
0.23% |
23,010,684 |
| Tajikistan |
7,349,145 |
1.88% |
7,444,156 |
| Tanzania |
41,048,532 |
2.04% |
41,624,381 |
| Thailand |
65,905,410 |
0.62% |
66,186,402 |
| Timor-Leste (East-Timor) |
1,131,612 |
2.03% |
1,147,409 |
| Togo |
6,019,877 |
2.71% |
6,132,063 |
| Tokelau |
1,416 |
-0.01% |
1,416 |
| Tonga |
120,898 |
1.48% |
122,128 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1,229,953 |
-0.10% |
1,229,107 |
| Tunisia |
10,486,339 |
0.98% |
10,557,008 |
| Turkey |
76,805,524 |
1.31% |
77,497,426 |
| Turkmenistan |
4,884,887 |
1.14% |
4,923,182 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
22,942 |
2.56% |
23,346 |
| Tuvalu |
12,373 |
1.62% |
12,511 |
| Uganda |
32,369,558 |
2.69% |
32,968,342 |
| Ukraine |
45,700,395 |
-0.63% |
45,502,406 |
| United Arab Emirates |
4,798,491 |
3.69% |
4,920,253 |
| United Kingdom |
61,113,205 |
0.28% |
61,230,877 |
| United States of America |
307,212,123 |
0.98% |
309,282,480 |
| Uruguay |
3,494,382 |
0.47% |
3,505,676 |
| Uzbekistan |
27,606,007 |
0.94% |
27,784,455 |
| Vanuatu |
218,519 |
1.40% |
220,623 |
| Venezuela |
26,814,843 |
1.51% |
27,093,284 |
| Vietnam |
86,967,524 |
0.98% |
87,553,614 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. |
109,825 |
-0.03% |
109,802 |
| Wallis and Futuna |
15,289 |
0.35% |
15,326 |
| Western Sahara |
405,210 |
2.83% |
413,096 |
| Yemen |
23,822,783 |
3.45% |
24,387,970 |
| Zambia |
11,862,740 |
1.63% |
11,995,710 |
| Zimbabwe |
11,392,629 |
1.53% |
11,512,495 |
| World |
6,790,062,216 |
1.17% |
6,844,553,302 |
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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