World Population Statistics [sorted by Country]
[Stats were last updated 26-June-2003]

These are straight-line projections calculated using populations growth rates from 1995-2000. All population stats are in millions [i.e. 1.3 = 1,300,000] and only selected countries are listed. These projections do not forcast the full impact of AIDS and events like the Congo Civil War and outbreaks of disease. Other population statistics are available at mongabay stats.




CountryCapital CityArea [sq. km]Pop Growth Rate20022010201520201990-1995Pop EstimateProjectionProjectionProjectionAfghanistanKabul647,5002.927.75634.88840.24946.433AlbaniaTirana28,748-0.43.5453.4333.3653.298AlgeriaAlgiers2,381,7402.332.27838.71843.3848.603American SamoaPago Pago1993.70.0690.0920.110.132AndorraAndorra la Vella46840.0680.0940.1140.139AngolaLuanda1,246,7003.310.59313.73516.15619.003Antigua and BarbudaSaint John's4430.50.0670.070.0720.074ArgentinaBuenos Aires2,766,8901.337.81341.92944.72647.71ArmeniaYerevan29,800-0.33.333.2513.2033.155AustraliaCanberra7,686,850119.54721.16622.24623.381AustriaVienna83,8580.58.178.5038.7178.937AzerbaijanBaku86,6000.47.7988.0528.2148.379Bahamas, TheNassau13,9401.80.3010.3470.3790.414BahrainManama6652.10.6560.7750.860.954BangladeshDhaka144,0001.7133.377152.633166.055180.658BarbadosBridgetown4310.50.2770.2880.2950.303BelarusMinsk207,600-0.310.33510.099.9399.791BelgiumBrussels30,5100.110.27510.35710.40910.461BelizeBelmopan22,9662.40.2630.3180.3580.403BeninPorto-Novo112,6202.76.7888.49.59710.964BermudaHamilton530.80.0640.0680.0710.074BhutanThimphu47,0002.82.0942.6122.9993.443BoliviaSucre1,098,5802.48.44510.2111.49512.942Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo51,1293.13.9645.0615.8966.868BotswanaGaborone600,3701.91.5911.852.0322.233BrazilBrasilia8,511,9651.3176.03195.192208.213222.104British Virgin IslandsRoad Town1532.70.0210.0260.030.034BruneiBandar Seri Begawan5,7702.20.3510.4180.4660.519BulgariaSofia110,910-0.77.6217.2056.9566.716Burkina FasoOuagadougou274,2002.812.60315.71918.04620.718Burma (Myanmar)Rangoon678,5001.242.23846.46849.32352.355BurundiBujumbura27,8301.76.3737.2937.9348.632CambodiaPhnom Penh181,0402.312.77515.32417.16919.237CameroonYaounde475,4402.716.18520.02922.88326.144CanadaOttawa9,976,140131.90234.54636.30838.16Cape VerdePraia4,0332.40.4090.4940.5560.626Cayman IslandsGeorge Town2623.70.0360.0490.0580.07Central African RepublicBangui622,9841.93.6434.2354.6535.112ChadN'Djamena1,284,0002.78.99711.13512.72114.534ChileSantiago756,9501.415.49917.32218.56919.906ChinaBeijing9,596,9600.91,284.301,379.741,442.961,509.07ColombiaBogota1,138,9101.941.00847.67252.37657.545ComorosMoroni2,1702.80.6140.7660.881.01Congo, Dem. Rep. of theKinshasa2,345,4102.855.22568.87979.07790.785Congo, Rep. of theBrazzaville342,0002.62.9583.6334.134.696Cook IslandsAvarua2400.60.0210.0220.0220.023Costa RicaSan Jose51,1002.53.8354.6725.2865.981Cote d'IvoireYamoussoukro322,4601.816.80519.38321.19123.168CroatiaZagreb56,542-0.14.3914.3564.3344.312CubaHavana110,8600.411.22411.58911.82212.061CyprusNicosia9,2501.10.7670.8370.8850.934Czech RepublicPrague78,866-0.210.25710.0949.9939.894DenmarkCopenhagen43,0940.35.3695.4995.5825.666DjiboutiDjibouti23,0001.20.4730.520.5520.586DominicaRoseau754-0.10.070.070.0690.069Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo48,7301.78.7229.98110.85811.813EcuadorQuito283,560213.44715.75617.39619.206EgyptCairo1,001,4501.970.71282.20390.31599.227El SalvadorSan Salvador21,0402.16.3547.5038.3259.236Equatorial GuineaMalabo28,0512.50.4980.6070.6870.777EritreaAsmara121,3203.94.4666.0657.3438.891EstoniaTallinn45,226-1.21.4161.2851.211.139EthiopiaAddis Ababa1,127,1272.567.67382.45393.288105.547Falkland IslandsStanley12,1730.50.0030.0030.0030.003FijiSuva18,2701.20.8560.94211.061FinlandHelsinki337,0300.35.1845.3095.3895.471FranceParis547,0300.459.76661.70562.9564.219French GuianaCayenne91,0004.30.1820.2550.3150.389French PolynesiaPapeete4,1671.80.2580.2970.3250.355GabonLibreville267,6672.61.2331.5141.7221.958Gambia, TheBanjul11,3003.31.4561.8882.222.612GeorgiaT'bilisi69,700-1.14.9614.5414.2974.065GermanyBerlin357,0210.183.25283.9284.34184.763GhanaAccra239,4602.720.24425.05328.62332.701GreeceAthens131,9400.310.64510.90411.06811.235GreenlandNuuk2,166,0860.10.0560.0570.0570.057GrenadaSaint George's3440.30.0890.0910.0930.094GuadeloupeBasse-Terre1,7801.40.4360.4870.5220.56GuamHagatna5492.10.1610.190.2110.234GuatemalaGuatemala108,8902.713.31416.47718.82521.507GuineaConakry245,8570.87.7758.2878.6248.974Guinea-BissauBissau36,1202.21.3451.6011.7851.991GuyanaGeorgetown214,9700.70.6980.7380.7640.792HaitiPort-au-Prince27,7501.77.0648.0848.7949.568HondurasTegucigalpa112,0902.86.5618.1839.39410.785HungaryBudapest93,030-0.410.0759.7579.5649.374IcelandReykjavik103,0000.90.2790.30.3140.328IndiaNew Delhi3,287,5901.71,045.851,196.841,302.091,416.59IndonesiaJakarta1,919,4401.4231.328258.543277.154297.106IranTehran1,648,0001.766.62376.24182.94690.24IraqBaghdad437,0722.824.00229.93634.36839.457IrelandDublin70,2800.73.8834.1064.2524.403IsraelJerusalem20,7702.26.037.1768.0018.921ItalyRome301,230057.71657.71657.71657.716JamaicaKingston10,9910.92.682.8793.0113.149JapanTokyo377,8350.2126.975129.021130.316131.624JordanAmman92,3003.15.3076.7767.8939.195KazakhstanAstana2,717,300-0.316.74216.34416.115.86KenyaNairobi582,650231.13936.48440.28144.474KiribatiTarawa8111.40.0960.1080.1150.124Korea, NorthP'yongyang120,5400.822.22423.68724.6525.652Korea, SouthSeoul98,4801.648.32454.86759.39964.306KuwaitKuwait17,8203.12.1122.6963.143.658KyrgyzstanBishkek198,5000.64.8225.0595.2125.37LaosVientiane236,8002.65.7777.0948.0669.17LatviaRiga64,589-1.52.3672.0971.9441.803LebanonBeirut10,4001.83.6784.2424.6385.07LesothoMaseru30,3552.22.2082.6282.933.267LiberiaMonrovia111,3708.63.2886.3629.6114.518LibyaTripoli1,759,5402.45.3696.497.3078.227LiechtensteinVaduz1601.30.0330.0360.0390.041LithuaniaVilnius65,200-0.33.6013.5163.4633.412MadagascarAntananarivo587,040316.47320.86824.19228.045MalawiLilongwe118,4802.510.70213.03914.75316.691MalaysiaKuala Lumpur329,750222.66226.55329.31632.367MaldivesMale3002.80.320.3990.4580.526MaliBamako1,240,0002.511.3413.81715.63317.687MaltaValletta3160.70.3970.420.4350.451Marshall IslandsMajuro1813.30.0740.0950.1120.132MartiniqueFort-de-France1,1000.90.4220.4540.4740.496MauritaniaNouakchott1,030,7002.82.8293.5284.0514.65MauritiusPort Louis2,0400.81.21.2791.3311.385MexicoMexico1,972,5501.6103.4117.401127.098137.597MicronesiaPalikir70220.1360.1590.1760.194MongoliaUlaanbaatar1,565,0001.72.6943.0833.3553.65MontserratPlymouth 102-0.30.0080.0080.0080.008MoroccoRabat446,5501.831.16835.94939.30342.97MozambiqueMaputo801,5902.519.60823.8927.02930.581NamibiaWindhoek825,4182.31.8212.1842.4472.742Nauruno official capital211.90.0120.0140.0160.017NepalKathmandu140,8002.425.87431.2835.21839.652NetherlandsAmsterdam41,5260.416.06816.58916.92417.265Netherlands AntillesWillemstad9601.10.2140.2340.2470.261New CaledoniaNoumea19,0602.10.2080.2450.2720.302New ZealandWellington268,68013.9084.2324.4484.675NicaraguaManagua129,4942.85.0246.2667.1948.259NigerNiamey1,267,0003.210.6413.68916.02418.757NigeriaAbuja923,7682.4129.935157.082176.858199.125NiueAlofi260-1.90.0020.0020.0020.002Northern Mariana IslandsSaipan4775.90.0770.1220.1630.217NorwayOslo324,2200.54.5254.7094.8284.95OmanMuscat212,4603.42.7133.5464.1914.953PakistanIslamabad803,9402.8147.663184.17211.438242.744PalauKoror4582.40.0190.0230.0260.03PanamaPanama78,2001.72.8823.2983.5893.904Papua New GuineaPort Moresby462,8402.25.1726.1566.8637.652ParaguayAsuncion406,7502.65.8847.2268.2159.34PeruLima1,285,2201.727.9531.98534.79837.858PhilippinesManila300,0002.184.52699.815110.745122.872PolandWarsaw312,6850.138.62538.93639.13139.327PortugalLisbon92,391010.08410.08410.08410.084Puerto RicoSan Juan9,1040.83.9584.2194.394.568QatarDoha11,4371.80.7930.91511.094ReunionSaint-Denis2,5121.30.7440.8250.880.939RomaniaBucharest237,500-0.422.31821.61321.18520.764RussiaMoscow17,075,200-0.2144.979142.675141.254139.847RwandaKigali26,33887.39813.69320.1229.563SamoaApia2,9441.40.1790.20.2140.229Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome1,0012.10.170.2010.2230.248Saudi ArabiaRiyadh1,960,5823.423.51330.72436.31542.922SenegalDakar196,1902.610.5913.00314.78416.809SeychellesVictoria4551.10.080.0870.0920.098Sierra LeoneFreetown71,74035.6157.1138.2459.559SingaporeSingapore6931.44.4534.9775.3355.719SlovakiaBratislava48,8450.15.4225.4665.4935.521SloveniaLjubljana20,27301.9331.9331.9331.933Solomon IslandsHoniara28,4503.20.4950.6370.7450.872SomaliaMogadishu637,6574.27.75310.77513.23616.259South AfricaPretoria 1,219,9121.543.64849.16952.96957.062SpainMadrid504,782040.07740.07740.07740.077Sri LankaColombo65,610119.57721.19922.2823.417SudanKhartoum2,505,8102.137.0943.79948.59553.917SurinameParamaribo163,2700.40.4360.4510.460.469SwazilandMbabane 17,3632.91.1241.4121.6291.88SwedenStockholm449,9640.28.8779.029.119.202SwitzerlandBern41,2900.77.3027.7217.9958.279SyriaDamascus185,1802.617.15621.06623.95127.231TajikistanDushanbe143,1001.56.727.578.1558.785TanzaniaDar es Salaam945,0872.337.18844.60749.97955.997ThailandBangkok514,0000.962.35466.98870.05773.267TogoLome56,7852.75.2866.5417.4738.538TongaNuku'alofa7480.30.1060.1090.110.112Trinidad and TobagoPort-of-Spain5,1280.51.1641.2111.2421.273TunisiaTunis163,6101.49.81610.9711.7612.607TurkeyAnkara780,5801.767.30977.02783.891.17TurkmenistanAshgabat488,1001.84.6895.4085.9136.465UgandaKampala236,0402.824.69930.80535.36640.603UkraineKiev603,700-0.448.39646.86945.93945.028United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi82,88022.4462.8663.1643.493United KingdomLondon244,8200.259.77860.74161.35161.967United StatesWashington DC9,629,0910.8280.562299.029311.183323.832UruguayMontevideo176,2200.73.3873.5813.7083.84UzbekistanTashkent447,4001.625.56329.02531.42234.018VanuatuPort-Vila12,2002.40.1960.2370.2670.301VenezuelaCaracas912,050224.28828.45731.41934.689VietnamHanoi329,5601.681.09892.07999.685107.919Western Saharanone266,0003.40.2560.3350.3960.468YemenSanaa527,97018.70118.70118.70118.701YugoslaviaBelgrade102,3500.110.65710.74210.79610.85ZambiaLusaka752,6142.39.95911.94613.38414.996ZimbabweHarare390,5801.411.37712.71513.6314.612


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