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Indicators on population
Last update : June 2011
Country or area
(Notes)
2010-2015
Year
Total
Men
Women
Men/100 women
%
Afghanistan
2011
32 358
16 740
15 618
 107
3.1
Albania
2011
3 216
1 610
1 606
 100
0.3
Algeria
2011
35 980
18 159
17 822
 102
1.4
American Samoa
2011
 **
66.7
34.0
32.7
 104
1.6
Andorra
2010
 *
84.6
44.0
40.6
 108
1.5
a
Angola
2011
19 618
9 718
9 900
 98
2.7
Anguilla
2008
 *
15.4
7.6
7.8
 97
1.6
b,c
Antigua and Barbuda
2007
 *
85.9
40.3
45.6
 89
1.0
c
Argentina
2011
40 765
19 941
20 823
 96
0.9
Armenia
2011
3 100
1 443
1 657
 87
0.3
Aruba
2011
108
51
57
 90
0.3
Australia1
2011
22 606
11 267
11 339
 99
1.3
Austria
2011
8 413
4 108
4 305
 95
0.2
Azerbaijan2
2011
9 306
4 607
4 699
 98
1.2
Bahamas
2011
347
170
177
 96
1.1
Bahrain
2011
1 324
828
495
 167
2.1
Bangladesh
2011
150 494
76 155
74 338
 102
1.3
Barbados
2011
274
136
138
 98
0.2
Belarus
2011
9 559
4 444
5 116
 87
-0.3
Belgium
2011
10 754
5 273
5 482
 96
0.3
Belize
2011
318
157
161
 97
2.0
Benin
2011
9 100
4 490
4 610
 97
2.7
Bermuda
2011
 *
64.7
30.8
33.9
 91
0.2
a
Bhutan
2011
738
391
347
 113
1.5
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2011
10 088
5 033
5 055
 100
1.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2011
3 752
1 803
1 949
 93
-0.2
Botswana
2011
2 031
1 025
1 006
 102
1.1
Brazil
2011
196 655
96 745
99 910
 97
0.8
British Virgin Islands
2001
 *
20.6
10.6
10.0
 106
0.9
d
Brunei Darussalam
2011
406
205
201
 102
1.7
Bulgaria
2011
7 446
3 597
3 849
 93
-0.7
Burkina Faso
2011
16 968
8 425
8 543
 99
3.0
Burundi
2011
8 575
4 211
4 364
 96
1.9
Cambodia
2011
14 305
7 003
7 303
 96
1.2
Cameroon
2011
20 030
10 000
10 030
 100
2.1
Canada
2011
34 350
17 042
17 308
 98
0.9
Cape Verde
2011
501
248
252
 98
0.9
Cayman Islands
2009
 *
52.8
26.3
26.6
 99
0.9
a
Central African Republic
2011
4 487
2 210
2 276
 97
2.0
Chad
2011
11 525
5 732
5 794
 99
2.6
Channel Islands3
2011
154
75
79
 96
0.2
China4
2011
1 347 565
699 631
647 934
 108
0.4
Chile
2011
17 270
8 538
8 731
 98
0.9
China, Hong Kong SAR5
2011
7 122
3 372
3 750
 90
1.0
China, Macao SAR6
2011
556
267
289
 92
2.0
Colombia
2011
46 927
23 080
23 847
 97
1.3
Comoros
2011
754
380
374
 101
2.5
Congo
2011
4 140
2 072
2 068
 100
2.2
Cook Islands
2011
 **
15.6
7.9
7.7
 103
0.5
Costa Rica
2011
4 727
2 399
2 327
 103
1.4
Côte d'Ivoire
2011
20 153
10 259
9 894
 104
2.2
Croatia
2011
4 396
2 116
2 279
 93
-0.2
Cuba
2011
11 254
5 660
5 594
 101
0.0
Cyprus7
2011
1 117
570
546
 104
1.1
Czech Republic
2011
10 534
5 171
5 363
 96
0.3
Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2011
24 451
11 999
12 453
 96
0.4
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2011
67 758
33 701
34 057
 99
2.6
Denmark
2011
5 573
2 764
2 809
 98
0.3
Djibouti
2011
906
453
453
 100
1.9
Dominica
2006
 *
71.0
36.2
34.8
 104
0.0
c
Dominican Republic
2011
10 056
5 043
5 013
 101
1.2
Ecuador
2011
14 666
7 344
7 322
 100
1.3
Egypt
2011
82 537
41 442
41 095
 101
1.7
El Salvador
2011
6 227
2 955
3 272
 90
0.6
Equatorial Guinea
2011
720
369
351
 105
2.7
Eritrea
2011
5 415
2 669
2 746
 97
2.9
Estonia
2011
1 341
618
722
 86
-0.1
Ethiopia
2011
84 734
42 172
42 562
 99
2.1
Faeroe Islands
2008
 *
48.6
25.3
23.4
 108
0.5
a
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
2006
 *
3.0
1.6
1.4
 113
0.3
d
Fiji
2011
868
443
425
 104
0.8
Finland8
2011
5 385
2 644
2 741
 96
0.3
France
2011
63 126
30 725
32 401
 95
0.5
French Guiana
2011
237
119
118
 100
2.5
French Polynesia
2011
274
140
134
 105
1.0
Gabon
2011
1 534
770
765
 101
1.9
Gambia
2011
1 776
877
899
 98
2.7
Georgia9
2011
4 329
2 039
2 290
 89
-0.6
Germany
2011
82 163
40 293
41 870
 96
-0.2
Ghana
2011
24 966
12 701
12 264
 104
2.3
Gibraltar
2009
 *
29.4
14.8
14.6
 101
0.1
c
Greece
2011
11 390
5 637
5 753
 98
0.2
Greenland
2010
 *
56.5
29.9
26.6
 113
0.0
a
Grenada
2011
105
52
52
 100
0.4
Guadeloupe10
2011
463
218
245
 89
0.4
Guam
2011
182
93
90
 103
1.2
Guatemala
2011
14 757
7 193
7 564
 95
2.5
Guinea
2011
10 222
5 166
5 056
 102
2.5
Guinea-Bissau
2011
1 547
767
780
 98
2.1
Guyana
2011
756
380
376
 101
0.2
Haiti
2011
10 124
5 022
5 102
 98
1.3
Holy See11
2009
 *
0.5
0.3
0.1
 219
0.1
a
Honduras
2011
7 755
3 877
3 878
 100
2.0
Hungary
2011
9 966
4 732
5 234
 90
-0.2
Iceland
2011
324
163
161
 102
1.2
India
2011
1 241 492
641 015
600 477
 107
1.3
Indonesia
2011
242 326
120 819
121 507
 99
1.0
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2011
74 799
37 933
36 866
 103
1.0
Iraq
2011
32 665
16 393
16 272
 101
3.1
Ireland
2011
4 526
2 265
2 261
 100
1.1
Isle of Man
2009
 *
82.4
40.8
41.5
 98
0.5
a
Israel
2011
7 562
3 733
3 829
 97
1.7
Italy
2011
60 789
29 764
31 024
 96
0.2
Jamaica
2011
2 751
1 354
1 397
 97
0.4
Japan
2011
126 497
61 609
64 888
 95
-0.1
Jordan
2011
6 330
3 255
3 075
 106
1.9
Kazakhstan
2011
16 207
7 785
8 422
 92
1.0
Kenya
2011
41 610
20 783
20 827
 100
2.7
Kiribati
2011
 **
102.7
51.0
51.7
 99
1.5
Kuwait
2011
2 818
1 680
1 138
 148
2.4
Kyrgyzstan
2011
5 393
2 660
2 733
 97
1.1
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2011
6 288
3 139
3 149
 100
1.3
Latvia
2011
2 243
1 032
1 211
 85
-0.4
Lebanon
2011
4 259
2 079
2 180
 95
0.7
Lesotho
2011
2 194
1 080
1 113
 97
1.0
Liberia
2011
4 129
2 075
2 053
 101
2.6
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2011
6 423
3 235
3 188
 101
0.8
Liechtenstein
2009
 *
35.8
17.7
18.1
 98
0.8
a
Lithuania
2011
3 307
1 536
1 771
 87
-0.4
Luxembourg
2011
516
257
259
 99
1.4
Madagascar
2011
21 315
10 626
10 689
 99
2.8
Malawi
2011
15 381
7 700
7 681
 100
3.2
Malaysia12
2011
28 859
14 634
14 225
 103
1.6
Maldives
2011
320
161
159
 102
1.3
Mali
2011
15 840
7 918
7 921
 100
3.0
Malta
2011
418
207
211
 98
0.3
Marshall Islands
2011
 **
55.0
28.2
26.8
 105
1.6
Martinique
2011
407
190
217
 88
0.3
Mauritania
2011
3 542
1 780
1 762
 101
2.2
Mauritius13
2011
1 307
645
662
 98
0.5
Mayotte
2011
211
105
106
 99
3.0
Mexico
2011
114 793
56 612
58 181
 97
1.1
Micronesia (Fed. States of)
2011
112
57
55
 104
0.5
Monaco
2008
 *
31.1
15.1
15.9
 95
0.0
e,f
Mongolia
2011
2 800
1 382
1 418
 97
1.5
Montenegro
2011
632
310
322
 96
0.1
Montserrat
2008
 *
4.9
2.6
2.3
 113
0.9
b,c
Morocco
2011
32 273
15 812
16 461
 96
1.0
Mozambique
2011
23 930
11 657
12 273
 95
2.2
Myanmar
2011
48 337
23 819
24 517
 97
0.8
Namibia
2011
2 324
1 155
1 169
 99
1.7
Nauru
2011
 **
10.2
5.2
5.0
 103
0.6
Nepal
2011
30 486
15 121
15 365
 98
1.7
Netherlands
2011
16 665
8 274
8 391
 99
0.3
Netherlands Antilles14
2011
203
94
109
 86
0.7
New Caledonia
2011
255
127
127
 100
1.5
New Zealand
2011
4 415
2 169
2 246
 97
1.0
Nicaragua
2011
5 870
2 903
2 967
 98
1.4
Niger
2011
16 069
8 085
7 984
 101
3.5
Nigeria
2011
162 471
82 271
80 199
 103
2.5
Niue
2011
 **
1.4
0.7
0.7
 96
-2.8
Norfolk Island
2006
 *
2.5
1.2
1.3
 93
…
d
Northern Mariana Islands
2011
 **
63.5
32.1
31.4
 102
1.8
Norway15
2011
4 925
2 466
2 459
 100
0.7
Occupied Palestinian Territory16
2011
4 152
2 108
2 045
 103
2.8
Oman
2011
2 846
1 679
1 167
 144
1.9
Pakistan
2011
176 745
89 808
86 937
 103
1.8
Palau
2011
 **
20.6
11.1
9.6
 115
0.8
Panama
2011
3 571
1 799
1 772
 102
1.5
Papua New Guinea
2011
7 014
3 578
3 436
 104
2.2
Paraguay
2011
6 568
3 312
3 256
 102
1.7
Peru
2011
29 400
14 733
14 667
 100
1.1
Philippines
2011
94 852
47 567
47 285
 101
1.7
Poland
2011
38 299
18 471
19 828
 93
0.0
Portugal
2011
10 690
5 180
5 510
 94
0.0
Puerto Rico
2011
3 746
1 802
1 944
 93
0.0
Qatar
2011
1 870
1 419
451
 315
2.9
Republic of Korea
2011
48 391
24 121
24 270
 99
0.4
Republic of Moldova17
2011
3 545
1 682
1 863
 90
-0.7
Réunion
2011
856
419
437
 96
1.1
Romania
2011
21 436
10 399
11 037
 94
-0.2
Russian Federation
2011
142 836
66 063
76 773
 86
-0.1
Rwanda
2011
10 943
5 374
5 569
 96
2.9
Saint Helena18
2011
4
…
…
 …
-0.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2005
 *
39.0
19.4
19.6
 99
1.2
b,c
Saint Lucia
2011
176
86
90
 95
1.0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
2011
6
…
…
 …
0.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2011
109
55
54
 102
0.0
Samoa
2011
184
95
89
 107
0.5
San Marino
2009
 *
31.5
15.4
16.0
 96
0.6
a
Sao Tome and Principe
2011
169
83
85
 98
2.0
Saudi Arabia
2011
28 083
15 507
12 576
 123
2.1
Senegal
2011
12 768
6 332
6 435
 98
2.6
Serbia19
2011
9 854
4 878
4 976
 98
-0.1
Seychelles
2010
 *
86.5
44.3
42.3
 105
0.3
c
Sierra Leone
2011
5 997
2 931
3 066
 96
2.1
Singapore
2011
5 188
2 615
2 573
 102
1.1
Slovakia
2011
5 472
2 661
2 811
 95
0.2
Slovenia
2011
2 035
996
1 039
 96
0.2
Solomon Islands
2011
552
286
267
 107
2.5
Somalia
2011
9 557
4 740
4 817
 98
2.6
South Africa
2011
50 460
25 002
25 458
 98
0.5
Spain20
2011
46 455
22 947
23 507
 98
0.6
Sri Lanka
2011
21 045
10 383
10 662
 97
0.8
Sudan21
2011
44 632
22 487
22 145
 102
2.4
Suriname
2011
529
265
264
 101
0.9
Swaziland
2011
1 203
592
611
 97
1.4
Sweden
2011
9 441
4 705
4 736
 99
0.6
Switzerland
2011
7 702
3 788
3 914
 97
0.4
Syrian Arab Republic
2011
20 766
10 505
10 261
 102
1.7
Tajikistan
2011
6 977
3 429
3 547
 97
1.5
TFYR of Macedonia22
2011
2 064
1 034
1 030
 100
0.1
Thailand
2011
69 519
34 157
35 361
 97
0.5
Timor-Leste
2011
1 154
588
566
 104
2.9
Togo
2011
6 155
3 048
3 107
 98
2.0
Tokelau
2011
 **
1.2
0.6
0.6
 103
0.3
Tonga
2011
105
52
52
 100
0.4
Trinidad and Tobago
2011
1 346
652
694
 94
0.3
Tunisia
2011
10 594
5 295
5 299
 100
1.0
Turkey
2011
73 640
36 724
36 916
 99
1.1
Turkmenistan
2011
5 105
2 513
2 592
 97
1.2
Turks and Caicos Islands
2007
 *
34.9
18.0
16.8
 107
1.2
a
Tuvalu
2011
 **
11.2
5.6
5.6
 99
0.2
Uganda
2011
34 509
17 253
17 257
 100
3.1
Ukraine
2011
45 190
20 787
24 403
 85
-0.5
United Arab Emirates
2011
7 891
5 482
2 409
 228
2.2
United Kingdom
2011
62 417
30 734
31 683
 97
0.6
United Republic of Tanzania23
2011
46 218
23 094
23 125
 100
3.1
United States of America
2011
313 085
154 562
158 524
 98
0.9
United States Virgin Islands
2011
109
52
57
 90
-0.3
Uruguay
2011
3 380
1 632
1 748
 93
0.3
Uzbekistan
2011
27 760
13 799
13 962
 99
1.1
Vanuatu
2011
246
125
121
 104
2.4
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2011
29 437
14 766
14 671
 101
1.5
Viet Nam
2011
88 792
43 906
44 886
 98
1.0
Wallis and Futuna Islands
2011
 **
13.2
6.5
6.6
 98
-0.6
Western Sahara
2011
548
290
259
 112
3.2
Yemen
2011
24 800
12 481
12 319
 101
3.0
Zambia
2011
13 475
6 755
6 720
 101
3.0
Zimbabwe
2011
12 754
6 291
6 463
 97
2.2

 

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 2008, available from the United Nations Statistics Division website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm (accessed June 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 June 2011).

Sex ratio of population
Calculated by the United Nations Statistics Division based on the given population by sex.

Annual population growth rate
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011), World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. available in http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm.

Footnotes:

…
 Data not available.
*
 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 Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.
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, male and female 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 males per 100 females.

The annual rate of population change is an average for the five-year period 2010-2015 and refers to the rate at which the population is increasing or decreasing (negative sign) in a given year, expressed as a percentage of the base population.