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Table 1a - Population size
Last update : December 2011
			Population (in thousands)			Sex ratio	(NOTES)
Country or area	Year		Total	Women	Men	Women/100 men
Afghanistan	2011		32 358	15 618	16 740	93
Albania	2011		3 216	1 606	1 610	100
Algeria	2011		35 980	17 822	18 159	98
American Samoa	2011	**	66.7	32.7	34.0	96
Andorra	2010	*	84.5	40.6	44.0	92	a
Angola	2011		19 618	9 900	9 718	102
Anguilla	2009	*	16.0	8.1	7.9	103	b,c
Antigua and Barbuda	2007	*	85.9	45.6	40.3	113	c
Argentina	2011		40 765	20 823	19 941	104
Armenia	2011		3 100	1 657	1 443	115
Aruba	2011		108	57	51	111
Australia¹	2011		22 606	11 339	11 267	101
Austria	2011		8 413	4 305	4 108	105
Azerbaijan²	2011		9 306	4 699	4 607	102
Bahamas	2011		347	177	170	104
Bahrain	2011		1 324	495	828	60
Bangladesh	2011		150 494	74 338	76 155	98
Barbados	2011		274	138	136	102
Belarus	2011		9 559	5 116	4 444	115
Belgium	2011		10 754	5 482	5 273	104
Belize	2011		318	161	157	103
Benin	2011		9 100	4 610	4 490	103
Bermuda	2011	*	64.7	33.9	30.8	110	a
Bhutan	2011		738	347	391	89
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2011		10 088	5 055	5 033	100
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2011		3 752	1 949	1 803	108
Botswana	2011		2 031	1 006	1 025	98
Brazil	2011		196 655	99 910	96 745	103
British Virgin Islands	2001	*	20.6	10.0	10.6	94	d
Brunei Darussalam	2011		406	201	205	98
Bulgaria	2011		7 446	3 849	3 597	107
Burkina Faso	2011		16 968	8 543	8 425	101
Burundi	2011		8 575	4 364	4 211	104
Cambodia	2011		14 305	7 303	7 003	104
Cameroon	2011		20 030	10 030	10 000	100
Canada	2011		34 350	17 308	17 042	102
Cape Verde	2011		501	252	248	102
Cayman Islands	2010	*	54.4	27.5	26.9	102	e
Central African Republic	2011		4 487	2 276	2 210	103
Chad	2011		11 525	5 794	5 732	101
Channel Islands³	2011		154	79	75	104
Chile	2011		17 270	8 731	8 538	102
China⁴	2011		1 347 565	647 934	699 631	93
China, Hong Kong SAR⁵	2011		7 122	3 750	3 372	111
China, Macao SAR⁶	2011		556	289	267	108
Colombia	2011		46 927	23 847	23 080	103
Comoros	2011		754	374	380	99
Congo	2011		4 140	2 068	2 072	100
Cook Islands	2011	**	15.6	7.7	7.9	97
Costa Rica	2011		4 727	2 327	2 399	97
Côte d'Ivoire	2011		20 153	9 894	10 259	96
Croatia	2011		4 396	2 279	2 116	108
Cuba	2011		11 254	5 594	5 660	99
Cyprus⁷	2011		1 117	546	570	96
Czech Republic	2011		10 534	5 363	5 171	104
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	2011		24 451	12 453	11 999	104
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2011		67 758	34 057	33 701	101
Denmark	2011		5 573	2 809	2 764	102
Djibouti	2011		906	453	453	100
Dominica	2006	*	71.0	34.8	36.2	96	c
Dominican Republic	2011		10 056	5 013	5 043	99
Ecuador	2011		14 666	7 322	7 344	100
Egypt	2011		82 537	41 095	41 442	99
El Salvador	2011		6 227	3 272	2 955	111
Equatorial Guinea	2011		720	351	369	95
Eritrea	2011		5 415	2 746	2 669	103
Estonia	2011		1 341	722	618	117
Ethiopia	2011		84 734	42 562	42 172	101
Faeroe Islands	2008	*	48.4	23.3	25.2	92	e
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2006	*	3.0	1.4	1.6	88	d
Fiji	2011		868	425	443	96
Finland⁸	2011		5 385	2 741	2 644	104
France	2011		63 126	32 401	30 725	105
French Guiana	2011		237	118	119	100
French Polynesia	2011		274	134	140	95
Gabon	2011		1 534	765	770	99
Gambia	2011		1 776	899	877	103
Georgia⁹	2011		4 329	2 290	2 039	112
Germany	2011		82 163	41 870	40 293	104
Ghana	2011		24 966	12 264	12 701	97
Gibraltar	2009	*	29.4	14.6	14.8	99	c
Greece	2011		11 390	5 753	5 637	102
Greenland	2010	*	56.5	26.6	29.9	89	a
Grenada	2011		105	52	52	100
Guadeloupe¹⁰	2011		463	245	218	112
Guam	2011		182	90	93	97
Guatemala	2011		14 757	7 564	7 193	105
Guinea	2011		10 222	5 056	5 166	98
Guinea-Bissau	2011		1 547	780	767	102
Guyana	2011		756	376	380	99
Haiti	2011		10 124	5 102	5 022	102
Holy See¹¹	2009	*	0.5	0.1	0.3	46	a
Honduras	2011		7 755	3 878	3 877	100
Hungary	2011		9 966	5 234	4 732	111
Iceland	2011		324	161	163	99
India	2011		1 241 492	600 477	641 015	94
Indonesia	2011		242 326	121 507	120 819	101
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2011		74 799	36 866	37 933	97
Iraq	2011		32 665	16 272	16 393	99
Ireland	2011		4 526	2 261	2 265	100
Isle of Man	2009	*	82.4	41.5	40.8	102	a
Israel	2011		7 562	3 829	3 733	103
Italy	2011		60 789	31 024	29 764	104
Jamaica	2011		2 751	1 397	1 354	103
Japan	2011		126 497	64 888	61 609	105
Jordan	2011		6 330	3 075	3 255	94
Kazakhstan	2011		16 207	8 422	7 785	108
Kenya	2011		41 610	20 827	20 783	100
Kiribati	2011	**	103	52	51	101
Kuwait	2011		2 818	1 138	1 680	68
Kyrgyzstan	2011		5 393	2 733	2 660	103
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2011		6 288	3 149	3 139	100
Latvia	2011		2 243	1 211	1 032	117
Lebanon	2011		4 259	2 180	2 079	105
Lesotho	2011		2 194	1 113	1 080	103
Liberia	2011		4 129	2 053	2 075	99
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	2011		6 423	3 188	3 235	99
Liechtenstein	2010	*	36.0	18.2	17.8	102	a
Lithuania	2011		3 307	1 771	1 536	115
Luxembourg	2011		516	259	257	101
Madagascar	2011		21 315	10 689	10 626	101
Malawi	2011		15 381	7 681	7 700	100
Malaysia¹²	2011		28 859	14 225	14 634	97
Maldives	2011		320	159	161	98
Mali	2011		15 840	7 921	7 918	100
Malta	2011		418	211	207	102
Marshall Islands	2011	**	55.0	26.8	28.2	95
Martinique	2011		407	217	190	114
Mauritania	2011		3 542	1 762	1 780	99
Mauritius¹³	2011		1 307	662	645	103
Mayotte	2011		211	106	105	101
Mexico	2011		114 793	58 181	56 612	103
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2011		112	55	57	96
Monaco	2008	*	31.1	15.9	15.1	106	e,f
Mongolia	2011		2 800	1 418	1 382	103
Montenegro	2011		632	322	310	104
Montserrat	2008	*	4.9	2.3	2.6	86	b,c
Morocco	2011		32 273	16 461	15 812	104
Mozambique	2011		23 930	12 273	11 657	105
Myanmar	2011		48 337	24 517	23 819	103
Namibia	2011		2 324	1 169	1 155	101
Nauru	2011	**	10.2	5.0	5.2	97
Nepal	2011		30 486	15 365	15 121	102
Netherlands	2011		16 665	8 391	8 274	101
Netherlands Antilles¹⁴	2011		203	109	94	116
New Caledonia	2011		255	127	127	100
New Zealand	2011		4 415	2 246	2 169	104
Nicaragua	2011		5 870	2 967	2 903	102
Niger	2011		16 069	7 984	8 085	99
Nigeria	2011		162 471	80 199	82 271	97
Niue	2011	**	1.4	0.7	0.7	104
Norfolk Island	2006	*	2.5	1.3	1.2	107	d
Northern Mariana Islands	2011	**	63.5	31.4	32.1	98
Norway¹⁵	2011		4 925	2 459	2 466	100
Occupied Palestinian Territory¹⁶	2011		4 152	2 045	2 108	97
Oman	2011		2 846	1 167	1 679	69
Pakistan	2011		176 745	86 937	89 808	97
Palau	2011	**	20.6	9.6	11.1	87
Panama	2011		3 571	1 772	1 799	99
Papua New Guinea	2011		7 014	3 436	3 578	96
Paraguay	2011		6 568	3 256	3 312	98
Peru	2011		29 400	14 667	14 733	100
Philippines	2011		94 852	47 285	47 567	99
Poland	2011		38 299	19 828	18 471	107
Portugal	2011		10 690	5 510	5 180	106
Puerto Rico	2011		3 746	1 944	1 802	108
Qatar	2011		1 870	451	1 419	32
Republic of Korea	2011		48 391	24 270	24 121	101
Republic of Moldova¹⁷	2011		3 545	1 863	1 682	111
Réunion	2011		856	437	419	104
Romania	2011		21 436	11 037	10 399	106
Russian Federation	2011		142 836	76 773	66 063	116
Rwanda	2011		10 943	5 569	5 374	104
Saint Helena¹⁸	2008	*	5.2	2.5	2.7	94
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2005	*	39.0	19.6	19.4	101	b,c
Saint Lucia	2011		176	90	86	105
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2006	*	6.1	3.1	3.0	102	d
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2011		109	54	55	98
Samoa	2011		184	89	95	94
San Marino	2010	*	33.2	17.0	16.1	106	c
Sao Tome and Principe	2011		169	85	83	102
Saudi Arabia	2011		28 083	12 576	15 507	81
Senegal	2011		12 768	6 435	6 332	102
Serbia¹⁹	2011		9 854	4 976	4 878	102
Seychelles	2010	*	86.5	42.3	44.3	96	c
Sierra Leone	2011		5 997	3 066	2 931	105
Singapore	2011		5 188	2 573	2 615	98
Slovakia	2011		5 472	2 811	2 661	106
Slovenia	2011		2 035	1 039	996	104
Solomon Islands	2011	**	553	267	287	93
Somalia	2011		9 557	4 817	4 740	102
South Africa	2011		50 460	25 458	25 002	102
Spain²⁰	2011		46 455	23 507	22 947	102
Sri Lanka	2011		21 045	10 662	10 383	103
Sudan²¹	2011		44 632	22 145	22 487	98
Suriname	2011		529	264	265	99
Swaziland	2011		1 203	611	592	103
Sweden	2011		9 441	4 736	4 705	101
Switzerland	2011		7 702	3 914	3 788	103
Syrian Arab Republic	2011		20 766	10 261	10 505	98
Tajikistan	2011		6 977	3 547	3 429	103
TFYR Macedonia²²	2011		2 064	1 030	1 034	100
Thailand	2011		69 519	35 361	34 157	104
Timor-Leste	2011		1 154	566	588	96
Togo	2011		6 155	3 107	3 048	102
Tokelau	2011	**	1.2	0.6	0.6	97
Tonga	2011		105	52	52	100
Trinidad and Tobago	2011		1 346	694	652	106
Tunisia	2011		10 594	5 299	5 295	100
Turkey	2011		73 640	36 916	36 724	101
Turkmenistan	2011		5 105	2 592	2 513	103
Turks and Caicos Islands	2007	*	34.9	16.8	18.0	93	a
Tuvalu	2011	**	11.2	5.6	5.6	101
Uganda	2011		34 509	17 257	17 253	100
Ukraine	2011		45 190	24 403	20 787	117
United Arab Emirates	2011		7 891	2 409	5 482	44
United Kingdom	2011		62 417	31 683	30 734	103
United Republic of Tanzania²³	2011		46 218	23 125	23 094	100
United States of America	2011		313 085	158 524	154 562	103
United States Virgin Islands	2011		109	57	52	111
Uruguay	2011		3 380	1 748	1 632	107
Uzbekistan	2011		27 760	13 962	13 799	101
Vanuatu	2011		246	121	125	96
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2011		29 437	14 671	14 766	99
Viet Nam	2011		88 792	44 886	43 906	102
Wallis and Futuna Islands	2011	**	13.2	6.6	6.5	102
Western Sahara	2011		548	259	290	89
Yemen	2011		24 800	12 319	12 481	99
Zambia	2011		13 475	6 720	6 755	99
Zimbabwe	2011		12 754	6 463	6 291	103

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Sources:

Population
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011), World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. available in http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm; supplemented by official national statistics published in the United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2009-2010, available from the United Nations Statistics Division website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm (accessed December 2011); and data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics and Demography Programme, available from the SPC website, http://www.spc.int/sdp/ (accessed December 2011).

Sex ratio of population (women per 100 men)
Calculated by the United Nations Statistics Division based on the given population by sex.

Footnotes:

*	Data compiled by the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system.
**	Data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Demography Programme.
a	Refers to de jure national estimate.
b	The distribution between males and females was extrapolated from previous years.
c	Refers to de facto national estimate.
d	Refers to the latest available census, de facto population count.
e	Refers to the latest available census, de jure population count.
f	Figures for male and female population do not add up to the figure for total population, because they exclude 119 persons of unknown sex.
1	Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island.
2	Including Nagorno-Karabakh.
3	Refers to Guernsey, and Jersey.
4	For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
5	As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
6	As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
7	Including Northern-Cyprus.
8	Including Åland Islands.
9	Including Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
10	Including Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (French part).
11	Refers to the Vatican City State.
12	Including Sabah and Sarawak.
13	Including Agalega, Rodrigues, and Saint Brandon.
14	Refers to Curaçao, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius.
15	Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
16	Including East Jerusalem.
17	Including Transnistria.
18	Including Saint Helena ex. Dep (Refers to the latest available census, de facto population count), Ascension (Refers to de jure national estimate), and Tristan da Cunha (Refers to de facto national estimate).
19	Including Kosovo.
20	Including Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.
21	Including Southern Sudan which voted in favor of independence, but was not an official UN Member State as of May 2011.
22	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
23	Including Zanzibar.

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Technical notes:

Projections of the total population and population by sex are prepared by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and revised every two years in order to incorporate new data. The preparation of projections involves two distinct processes: (a) the incorporation of all relevant information regarding past demographic dynamics of the population of each country or area of the world; and (b) the formulation of detailed assumptions about the future paths of fertility, mortality, and international migration.

The medium variant projections for 2011 refer to 1 July of the given year and assume the following: Total fertility in all countries eventually converges toward a level of 1.85 children per woman by the end of the projection period (2010-2050). However, not all countries reach this level during the projection period. The basic principle of the fertility projection is the same for all countries, but projection procedures are slightly different depending on whether countries had a total fertility above or below 1.85 children per woman in 2005-2010. Mortality is projected on the basis of models of change of life expectancy that produce smaller gains the higher the life expectancy already reached. The selection of the model for each country is based on recent trends in life expectancy by sex. For the 60 countries highly affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, estimates of the impact of HIV/AIDS are made by explicitly modeling the course of the epidemic and by projecting the yearly incidence of HIV infection. International migration is projected on the basis of past international migration estimates and an assessment of the policy stance of countries with regard to future international migration flows.

In the case of official national statistics compiled through the Demographic Yearbook system, the total, female and male population refer to the population enumerated at the most recent census for which data are available.

The sex ratio is calculated as the number of females per 100 males.

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