| Country | POPULATION |
|---|
| Afghanistan |
33,332,025 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Akrotiri |
approximately 15,700 on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 Service and UK-based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents
|
| Albania |
3,038,594 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Algeria |
40,263,711 (July 2016 est.)
|
| American Samoa |
54,194 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Andorra |
85,660 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Angola |
20,172,332
note: results from Angola's 2014 national census estimate the country's population to be 25.8 million (July 2016 est.)
|
| Anguilla |
16,752 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Antarctica |
no indigenous inhabitants, but there are both permanent and summer-only staffed research stations
note: 53 countries have signed the 1959 Antarctic Treaty; 30 of those operate through their National Antarctic Program a number of seasonal-only (summer) and year-round research stations on the continent and its nearby islands south of 60 degrees south latitude (the region covered by the Antarctic Treaty); the population engaging in and supporting science or managing and protecting the Antarctic region varies from approximately 4,400 in summer to 1,100 in winter; in addition, approximately 1,000 personnel, including ship's crew and scientists doing onboard research, are present in the waters of the treaty region
peak summer (December-February) population - 4,490 total; Argentina 667, Australia 200, Australia and Romania jointly 13, Belgium 20, Brazil 40, Bulgaria 18, Chile 359, China 90, Czech Republic 20, Ecuador 26, Finland 20, France 125, France and Italy jointly 60, Germany 90, India 65, Italy 102, Japan 125, South Korea 70, NZ 85, Norway 44, Peru 28, Poland 40, Russia 429, South Africa 80, Spain 50, Sweden 20, Ukraine 24, UK 217, US 1,293, Uruguay 70 (2008-09)
winter (June-August) station population - 1,106 total; Argentina 176, Australia 62, Brazil 12, Chile 114, China 29, France 26, France and Italy jointly 13, Germany 9, India 25, Japan 40, South Korea 18, NZ 10, Norway 7, Poland 12, Russia 148, South Africa 10, Ukraine 12, UK 37, US 337, Uruguay 9 (2009); research stations operated within the Antarctic Treaty area (south of 60 degrees south latitude) by National Antarctic Programs
year-round stations - approximately 40 total; Argentina 6, Australia 3, Brazil 1, Chile 6, China 2, France 1, France and Italy jointly 1, Germany 1, India 1, Japan 1, South Korea 1, NZ 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Russia 5, South Africa 1, Ukraine 1, UK 2, US 3, Uruguay 1 (2009)
a range of seasonal-only (summer) stations, camps, and refuges - Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, US, and Uruguay (2008-09)
in addition, during the austral summer some nations have numerous occupied locations such as tent camps, summer-long temporary facilities, and mobile traverses in support of research (May 2009 est.)
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
93,581 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Argentina |
43,886,748 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Armenia |
3,051,250 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Aruba |
113,648 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: Indonesian fishermen are allowed access to the lagoon and fresh water at Ashmore Reef's West Island; access to East and Middle Islands is by permit only
|
| Australia |
22,992,654 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Austria |
8,711,770 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Azerbaijan |
9,872,765 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Bahamas, The |
327,316
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Bahrain |
1,378,904 (July 2016 est.)
note: immigrants make up approximately 50% of the total population, according to UN data (2015)
|
| Bangladesh |
156,186,882 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Barbados |
291,495 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Belarus |
9,570,376 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Belgium |
11,409,077 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Belize |
353,858 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Benin |
10,741,458
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Bermuda |
70,537 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Bhutan |
750,125 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Bolivia |
10,969,649 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,861,912 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Botswana |
2,209,208
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Bouvet Island |
uninhabited
|
| Brazil |
205,823,665 (July 2016 est.)
|
| British Indian Ocean Territory |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: approximately 1,200 former agricultural workers resident in the Chagos Archipelago, often referred to as Chagossians or Ilois, were relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles in the 1960s and 1970s; approximately 3,000 UK and US military personnel and civilian contractors were living on the island of Diego Garcia
|
| British Virgin Islands |
34,232 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Brunei |
436,620 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Bulgaria |
7,144,653 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Burkina Faso |
19,512,533
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Burma |
56,890,418
note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Burundi |
11,099,298
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Cabo Verde |
553,432 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Cambodia |
15,957,223
note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Cameroon |
24,360,803
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Canada |
35,362,905 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Cayman Islands |
57,268 (July 2013 est.)
note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman (July 2016 est.)
|
| Central African Republic |
5,507,257
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Chad |
11,852,462 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Chile |
17,650,114 (July 2016 est.)
|
| China |
1,373,541,278 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Christmas Island |
2,205 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Clipperton Island |
uninhabited
|
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
596 (July 2014 est.)
|
| Colombia |
47,220,856 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Comoros |
794,678 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
81,331,050
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
4,852,412
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Cook Islands |
9,556 (July 2016 est.)
note: the Cook Islands' Ministry of Finance & Economic Management estimated the resident population to have been 12,000 in December 2015
|
| Coral Sea Islands |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological station on Willis Island (July 2007 est.)
|
| Costa Rica |
4,872,543 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
23,740,424
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Croatia |
4,313,707 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Cuba |
11,179,995 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Curacao |
149,035 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Cyprus |
1,205,575 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Czechia |
10,644,842 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Denmark |
5,593,785
note: Statistics Denmark estimates the country's total population to be 5,724,456 as of 2016 Q3 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Dhekelia |
approximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 service and UK based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents
|
| Djibouti |
846,687 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Dominica |
73,757 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Dominican Republic |
10,606,865 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Ecuador |
16,080,778 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Egypt |
94,666,993 (July 2016 est.)
|
| El Salvador |
6,156,670 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
759,451 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Eritrea |
5,869,869 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Estonia |
1,258,545 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Ethiopia |
102,374,044
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| European Union |
515,052,778 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
2,931 (2014 est.)
|
| Faroe Islands |
50,456 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Fiji |
915,303 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Finland |
5,498,211 (July 2016 est.)
|
| France |
66,836,154
note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233 (July 2016 est.)
|
| French Polynesia |
285,321 (July 2016 est.)
|
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
no indigenous inhabitants
Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): no permanent residents but has a meteorological station
Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): uninhabited but is frequently visited by fishermen and has a scientific research cabin for short stays
Iles Crozet: uninhabited except for 18 to 30 people staffing the Alfred Faure research station on Ile del la Possession
Iles Kerguelen: 50 to 100 scientists are located at the main base at Port-aux-Francais on Ile Kerguelen
Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): uninhabitable
Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on each possession; visited by scientists
Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): uninhabited, except for visits by scientists
|
| Gabon |
1,738,541
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Gambia, The |
2,009,648 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Gaza Strip |
1,753,327 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Georgia |
4,928,052 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Germany |
80,722,792 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Ghana |
26,908,262
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Gibraltar |
29,328 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Greece |
10,773,253 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Greenland |
57,728 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Grenada |
111,219 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Guam |
162,742 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Guatemala |
15,189,958 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Guernsey |
66,297 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,759,159 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Guinea |
12,093,349 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Guyana |
735,909
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Haiti |
10,485,800
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
uninhabited
|
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
1,000 (2015 est.)
|
| Honduras |
8,893,259
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Hong Kong |
7,167,403 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Howland Island |
uninhabited
note: American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during World War II but abandoned after the war; public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service
|
| Hungary |
9,874,784 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Iceland |
335,878 (July 2016 est.)
|
| India |
1,266,883,598 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Indonesia |
258,316,051 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Iran |
82,801,633 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Iraq |
38,146,025 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Ireland |
4,952,473 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Isle of Man |
88,195 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Israel |
8,174,527 (includes populations of the Golan Heights of Golan Sub-District and also East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967) (July 2016 est.)
note: approximately 21,000 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2015); approximately 201,000 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2014)
|
| Italy |
62,007,540 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Jamaica |
2,970,340 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Jan Mayen |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and the weather and coastal services radio station
|
| Japan |
126,702,133 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Jarvis Island |
uninhabited
note: Millersville settlement on western side of island occasionally used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it was abandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical Year by scientists who left in 1958; public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service
|
| Jersey |
98,069 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Johnston Atoll |
uninhabited
note: in previous years, there was an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel present; as of September 2001, population had decreased significantly when US Army Chemical Activity Pacific (USACAP) departed; as of May 2005 all US Government personnel had left the island
|
| Jordan |
8,185,384
note: increased estimate reflects revised assumptions about the net migration rate due to the increased flow of Syrian refugees (July 2016 est.)
|
| Kazakhstan |
18,360,353 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Kenya |
46,790,758
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Kingman Reef |
uninhabited
|
| Kiribati |
106,925 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Korea, North |
25,115,311 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Korea, South |
50,924,172 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Kosovo |
1,883,018 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Kuwait |
2,832,776 (July 2016 est.)
note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,183,658 for 2015, with immigrants accounting more than 69%
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
5,727,553 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Laos |
7,019,073 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Latvia |
1,965,686 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Lebanon |
6,237,738 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Lesotho |
1,953,070
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Liberia |
4,299,944 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Libya |
6,541,948 (July 2015 est.)
note: immigrants make up just over 12% of the total population, according to UN data (2015) (July 2016 est.)
|
| Liechtenstein |
37,937 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Lithuania |
2,854,235 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Luxembourg |
582,291 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Macau |
597,425
note: Macau's statistical agency estimated the total population to be approximately 646,800 as of 31 December 2015 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Macedonia |
2,100,025 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Madagascar |
24,430,325 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Malawi |
18,570,321
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Malaysia |
30,949,962 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Maldives |
392,960 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Mali |
17,467,108 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Malta |
415,196 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Marshall Islands |
73,376 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Mauritania |
3,677,293 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Mauritius |
1,348,242 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Mexico |
123,166,749 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
104,719 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Midway Islands |
no indigenous inhabitants; approximately 40 people make up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service and their services contractor living at the atoll (July 2014 est.)
|
| Moldova |
3,510,485 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Monaco |
30,581 (July 2016 est.)
note: immigrants make up more than 55% of the total population, according to UN data (2015)
|
| Mongolia |
3,031,330 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Montenegro |
644,578 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Montserrat |
5,267
note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2016 est.)
|
| Morocco |
33,655,786 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Mozambique |
25,930,150
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Namibia |
2,436,469
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Nauru |
9,591 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Navassa Island |
uninhabited
note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island
|
| Nepal |
29,033,914 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Netherlands |
17,016,967 (July 2016 est.)
|
| New Caledonia |
275,355 (July 2016 est.)
|
| New Zealand |
4,474,549 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Nicaragua |
5,966,798 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Nigeria |
186,053,386
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Niger |
18,638,600 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Niue |
1,190 (July 2014 est.)
|
| Norfolk Island |
2,210 (July 2014 est.)
|
| Northern Mariana Islands |
53,467 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Norway |
5,265,158 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Oman |
3,355,262 (July 2016 est.)
note: immigrants make up over 40% of the total population, according to UN data (2015)
|
| Pakistan |
201,995,540 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Palau |
21,347 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Palmyra Atoll |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: variable temporary population of 4 to 20 staff and scientists of the Nature Conservancy and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2014 est.)
|
| Panama |
3,705,246 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Papua New Guinea |
6,791,317 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Paracel Islands |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons
|
| Paraguay |
6,862,812 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Peru |
30,741,062 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Philippines |
102,624,209 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Pitcairn Islands |
54 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Poland |
38,523,261 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Portugal |
10,833,816 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Puerto Rico |
3,578,056 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Qatar |
2,258,283 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Romania |
21,599,736 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Russia |
142,355,415 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Rwanda |
12,988,423
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Saint Barthelemy |
7,209 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
7,795
note: Saint Helena's statistical agency estimated the enumerated national population (including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cuhna) to be 5,901 in 2016, according to the 2016 census; only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited, none of the other nearby islands/islets (July 2016 est.)
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
52,329 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Saint Lucia |
164,464 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Saint Martin |
31,949 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
5,595 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
102,350 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Samoa |
198,926
note: prior estimates used official net migration data by sex, but a highly unusual pattern for 1993 lead to a significant imbalance in the sex ratios (more men and fewer women) and a seeming reduction in the female population; the revised total was calculated using a 1993 number that was an average of the 1992 and 1994 migration figures (July 2016 est.)
|
| San Marino |
33,285 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
197,541 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
28,160,273 (July 2016 est.)
note: immigrants make up more than 30% of the total population, according to UN data (2015)
|
| Senegal |
14,320,055 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Serbia |
7,143,921
note: does not include the population of Kosovo (July 2016 est.)
|
| Seychelles |
93,186 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Sierra Leone |
6,018,888 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Singapore |
5,781,728 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Sint Maarten |
41,486 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Slovakia |
5,445,802 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Slovenia |
1,978,029 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Solomon Islands |
635,027 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Somalia |
10,817,354
note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare (July 2016 est.)
|
| South Africa |
54,300,704
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001, replaced by a permanent group of scientists of the British Antarctic Survey, which also has a biological station on Bird Island; the South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited
|
| South Sudan |
12,530,717 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Spain |
48,563,476 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Spratly Islands |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by military personnel of several claimant states
|
| Sri Lanka |
22.235 million (July 2016 est.)
|
| Sudan |
36,729,501 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Suriname |
585,824 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Svalbard |
1,872 (July 2014 est.)
|
| Swaziland |
1,451,428
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|
| Sweden |
9,880,604 (July 2016 est.)
|
| Switzerland |
8,179,294 (July 2016 est.)
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| Syria |
17,185,170 (July 2016 est.)
note: approximately 20,500 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2014)
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| Taiwan |
23,464,787 (July 2016 est.)
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| Tajikistan |
8,330,946 (July 2016 est.)
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| Tanzania |
52,482,726
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
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| Thailand |
68,200,824
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
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| Timor-Leste |
1,261,072 (July 2016 est.)
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| Togo |
7,756,937
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
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| Tokelau |
1,337 (July 2014 est.)
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| Tonga |
106,513 (July 2016 est.)
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
1,220,479 (July 2016 est.)
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| Tunisia |
11,134,588 (July 2016 est.)
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| Turkey |
80,274,604 (July 2016 est.)
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| Turkmenistan |
5,291,317 (July 2016 est.)
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| Turks and Caicos Islands |
51,430 (July 2016 est.)
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| Tuvalu |
10,959 (July 2016 est.)
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| Uganda |
38,319,241
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
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| Ukraine |
44,209,733 (July 2016 est.)
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| United Arab Emirates |
5,927,482 (July 2016 est.)
note: the UN estimated the country's total population was 9,267,000 as of mid-year 2016; immigrants make up almost 85% of the total population, according to 2015 UN data (2016)
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| United Kingdom |
64,430,428 (July 2016 est.)
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| United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: public entry is only by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service
Jarvis Island: Millersville settlement on western side of island occasionally used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it was abandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical Year by scientists who left in 1958; currently unoccupied
Johnston Atoll: in previous years, an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel were present; as of May 2005, all US Government personnel had left the island
Midway Islands: approximately 40 people make up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service and their services contractor living at the atoll
Palmyra Atoll: four to 20 Nature Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife staff, and researchers
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| United States |
323,995,528 (July 2016 est.)
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| Uruguay |
3,351,016 (July 2016 est.)
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| Uzbekistan |
29,473,614 (July 2016 est.)
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| Vanuatu |
277,554 (July 2016 est.)
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| Venezuela |
30,912,302 (July 2016 est.)
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| Vietnam |
95,261,021 (July 2016 est.)
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| Virgin Islands |
102,951 (July 2016 est.)
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| Wake Island |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: approximately 150 military personnel and civilian contractors maintain and operate the airfield and communications facilities (2009)
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| Wallis and Futuna |
15,664 (July 2016 est.)
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| West Bank |
2,697,687 (represents Palestinian population only) (July 2016 est.)
note: approximately 385,900 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank; approximately 201,200 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2014)
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| Western Sahara |
587,020
note: estimate is based on projections by age, sex, fertility, mortality, and migration; fertility and mortality are based on data from neighboring countries (July 2016 est.)
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| World |
7,323,187,457 (July 2016 est.)
top ten most populous countries (in millions): China 1373.54; India 1266.88; United States 324.00; Indonesia 258.32; Brazil 205.82; Pakistan 202.00; Nigeria 186.05; Bangladesh 156.19; Russia 142.36; Japan 126.70
ten least populous countries: Holy See (Vatican City) 1,000; Nauru 9,591; Tuvalu 10,959; Palau 21,347; Monaco 30,581; San Marino 33,285; Liechtenstein 37,937; Saint Kitts and Nevis 52,329; Marshall Islands 73,376; Dominica 73,757
ten most densely populated countries (population per sq km): Monaco 15,291; Singapore 8,416; Holy See (Vatican City) 2,273; Bahrain 1,814; Maldives 1,319; Malta 1,314; Bangladesh 1,200; Barbados 678; Mauritius 664; Lebanon 610
ten least densely populated countries (population per sq km): Mongolia 1.95; Namibia 2.96; Australia 2.99; Iceland 3.35; Mauritania 3.57; Libya 3.72; Guyana 3.74; Suriname 3.76; Canada 3.89; Botswana 3.90
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| Yemen |
27,392,779 (July 2016 est.)
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| Zambia |
15,510,711
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
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| Zimbabwe |
14,546,961
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
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