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Country | Population
Afghanistan | 29,928,987 (July 2005 est.)
Akrotiri | no indigenous inhabitants note: approximately 1,300 military personnel are on the base; there are another 5,000 British citizens who are families of military personnel or civilian staff on both Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base, but do not live there
Albania | 3,563,112 (July 2005 est.)
Algeria | 32,531,853 (July 2005 est.)
American Samoa | 57,881 (July 2005 est.)
Andorra | 70,549 (July 2005 est.)
Angola | 11,190,786 (July 2005 est.)
Anguilla | 13,254 (July 2005 est.)
Antarctica | no indigenous inhabitants, but there are both permanent and summer-only staffed research stations note: 26 nations, all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, operate seasonal (summer) and year-round research stations on the continent and in its surrounding oceans; the population of persons doing and supporting science on the continent and its nearby islands south of 60 degrees south latitude (the region covered by the Antarctic Treaty) varies from approximately 4,000 in summer to 1,000 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; summer (January) population - 3,687 total; Argentina 302, Australia 201, Belgium 13, Brazil 80, Bulgaria 16, Chile 352, China 70, Finland 11, France 100, Germany 51, India 60, Italy 106, Japan 136, South Korea 14, Netherlands 10, NZ 60, Norway 40, Peru 28, Poland 70, Russia 254, South Africa 80, Spain 43, Sweden 20, UK 192, US 1,378 (1998-99); winter (July) population - 964 total; Argentina 165, Australia 75, Brazil 12, Chile 129, China 33, France 33, Germany 9, India 25, Japan 40, South Korea 14, NZ 10, Poland 20, Russia 102, South Africa 10, UK 39, US 248 (1998-99); research stations operated within the Antarctic Treaty area (south of 60 degrees south) by members of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP): year-round stations - 38 total; Argentina 6, Australia 3, Brazil 1, Chile 4, China 2, France 1, Germany 1, India 1, Japan 1, South Korea 1, NZ 1, Poland 1, Russia 6, South Africa 1, Ukraine 1, UK 2, US 3, Uruguay 1, Italy and France jointly 1 (2005); summer-only stations - 34 total; Argentina 8, Australia 2, Bulgaria 1, Chile 5, Ecuador 1, Finland 1, Germany 2, Italy 1, Japan 3, Norway 2, Peru 1, Russia 2, South Africa 1, Spain 2, Sweden 1, UK 1 (2004-2005); 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
Antigua and Barbuda | 68,722 (July 2005 est.)
Argentina | 39,537,943 (July 2005 est.)
Armenia | 2,982,904 (July 2005 est.)
Aruba | 71,566 (July 2005 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 (July 2005 est.)
Australia | 20,090,437 (July 2005 est.)
Austria | 8,184,691 (July 2005 est.)
Azerbaijan | 7,911,974 (July 2005 est.)
Bahamas, The | 301,790 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Bahrain | 688,345 note: includes 235,108 non-nationals (July 2005 est.)
Baker 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; a cemetery and remnants of structures from early settlement are located near the middle of the west coast; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service (2005 est.)
Bangladesh | 144,319,628 (July 2005 est.)
Barbados | 279,254 (July 2005 est.)
Bassas da India | uninhabited (July 2005 est.)
Belarus | 10,300,483 (July 2005 est.)
Belgium | 10,364,388 (July 2005 est.)
Belize | 279,457 (July 2005 est.)
Benin | 7,460,025 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Bermuda | 65,365 (July 2005 est.)
Bhutan | 2,232,291 note: other estimates range as low as 810,000 (July 2005 est.)
Bolivia | 8,857,870 (July 2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,025,476 (July 2005 est.)
Botswana | 1,640,115 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Bouvet Island | uninhabited (July 2005 est.)
Brazil | 186,112,794 note: Brazil took a count in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,799,170; that figure was about 3.3% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census; 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 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, in November 2000 they were granted the right of return by a British High Court ruling, though no timetable has been set; in 2001, there were approximately 1,500 UK and US military personnel and 2,000 civilian contractors living on the island of Diego Garcia (July 2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands | 22,643 (July 2005 est.)
Brunei | 372,361 (July 2005 est.)
Bulgaria | 7,450,349 (July 2005 est.)
Burkina Faso | 13,925,313 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Burma | 42,909,464 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 and death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Burundi | 6,370,609 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Cambodia | 13,607,069 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 and death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Cameroon | 16,380,005 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Canada | 32,805,041 (July 2005 est.)
Cape Verde | 418,224 (July 2005 est.)
Cayman Islands | 44,270 (July 2005 est.)
Central African Republic | 3,799,897 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Chad | 9,826,419 (July 2005 est.)
Chile | 15,980,912 (July 2005 est.)
China | 1,306,313,812 (July 2005 est.)
Christmas Island | 361 (July 2005 est.)
Clipperton Island | uninhabited (July 2005 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 628 (July 2005 est.)
Colombia | 42,954,279 (July 2005 est.)
Comoros | 671,247 (July 2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 60,085,804 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | 3,039,126 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Cook Islands | 21,388 (July 2005 est.)
Coral Sea Islands | no indigenous inhabitants note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological station (2005 est.)
Costa Rica | 4,016,173 (July 2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 17,298,040 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Croatia | 4,495,904 (July 2005 est.)
Cuba | 11,346,670 (July 2005 est.)
Cyprus | 780,133 (July 2005 est.)
Czech Republic | 10,241,138 (July 2005 est.)
Denmark | 5,432,335 (July 2005 est.)
Dhekelia | no indigenous personnel note: approximately 2,200 military personnel are on the base; there are another 5,000 British citizens who are families of military personnel or civilian staff on both the bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base, but do not live there
Djibouti | 476,703 (July 2005 est.)
Dominica | 69,029 (July 2005 est.)
Dominican Republic | 8,950,034 (July 2005 est.)
East Timor | 1,040,880 note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2005 est.)
Ecuador | 13,363,593 (July 2005 est.)
Egypt | 77,505,756 (July 2005 est.)
El Salvador | 6,704,932 (July 2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 535,881 (July 2005 est.)
Eritrea | 4,561,599 (July 2005 est.)
Estonia | 1,332,893 (July 2005 est.)
Ethiopia | 73,053,286 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Europa Island | no indigenous inhabitants note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2005 est.)
European Union | 456,953,258 (July 2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 2,967 (July 2005 est.)
Faroe Islands | 46,962 (July 2005 est.)
Fiji | 893,354 (July 2005 est.)
Finland | 5,223,442 (July 2005 est.)
France | 60,656,178 (July 2005 est.)
French Guiana | 195,506 (July 2005 est.)
French Polynesia | 270,485 (July 2005 est.)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands | no indigenous inhabitants (July 2005 est.) note: in 2002, there were 145 researchers whose numbers vary from winter (July) to summer (January) (July 2005 est.)
Gabon | 1,389,201 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Gambia, The | 1,593,256 (July 2005 est.)
Gaza Strip | 1,376,289 note: in addition, there are more than 5,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (July 2005 est.)
Georgia | 4,677,401 (July 2005 est.)
Germany | 82,431,390 (July 2005 est.)
Ghana | 21,029,853 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Gibraltar | 27,884 (July 2005 est.)
Glorioso Islands | no indigenous inhabitants note: there is a small French military garrison along with a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2005 est.)
Greece | 10,668,354 (July 2005 est.)
Greenland | 56,375 (July 2005 est.)
Grenada | 89,502 (July 2005 est.)
Guadeloupe | 448,713 (July 2005 est.)
Guam | 168,564 (July 2005 est.)
Guatemala | 14,655,189 (July 2005 est.)
Guernsey | 65,228 (July 2005 est.)
Guinea | 9,467,866 (July 2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | 1,416,027 (July 2005 est.)
Guyana | 765,283 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Haiti | 8,121,622 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands | uninhabited (July 2005 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) | 921 (July 2005 est.)
Honduras | 6,975,204 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Hong Kong | 6,898,686 (July 2005 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 (July 2005 est.)
Hungary | 10,006,835 (July 2005 est.)
Iceland | 296,737 (July 2005 est.)
India | 1,080,264,388 (July 2005 est.)
Indonesia | 241,973,879 (July 2005 est.)
Iran | 68,017,860 (July 2005 est.)
Iraq | 26,074,906 (July 2005 est.)
Ireland | 4,015,676 (July 2005 est.)
Israel | 6,276,883 note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, more than 5,000 in the Gaza Strip, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2005 est.)
Italy | 58,103,033 (July 2005 est.)
Jamaica | 2,731,832 (July 2005 est.)
Jan Mayen | no indigenous inhabitants note: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and the weather and coastal services radio station (July 2005 est.)
Japan | 127,417,244 (July 2005 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 (July 2005 est.)
Jersey | 90,812 (July 2005 est.)
Johnston Atoll | 361 no indigenous inhabitants 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 January 2004 the island population was just above 200 personnel, including US Air Force, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and civilian contractor personnel (July 2005 est.)
Jordan | 5,759,732 (July 2005 est.)
Juan de Nova Island | no indigenous inhabitants note: there is a small French military garrison along with a few meteorologists; occasionally visited by scientists (July 2005 est.)
Kazakhstan | 15,185,844 (July 2005 est.)
Kenya | 33,829,590 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Kingman Reef | uninhabited (July 2005 est.)
Kiribati | 103,092 (July 2005 est.)
Korea, North | 22,912,177 (July 2005 est.)
Korea, South | 48,422,644 (July 2005 est.)
Kuwait | 2,335,648 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 5,146,281 (July 2005 est.)
Laos | 6,217,141 (July 2005 est.)
Latvia | 2,290,237 (July 2005 est.)
Lebanon | 3,826,018 (July 2005 est.)
Lesotho | 1,867,035 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Liberia | 3,482,211 (July 2005 est.)
Libya | 5,765,563 note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2005 est.)
Liechtenstein | 33,717 (July 2005 est.)
Lithuania | 3,596,617 (July 2005 est.)
Luxembourg | 468,571 (July 2005 est.)
Macau | 449,198 (July 2005 est.)
Macedonia | 2,045,262 (July 2005 est.)
Madagascar | 18,040,341 (July 2005 est.)
Malawi | 12,158,924 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Malaysia | 23,953,136 (July 2005 est.)
Maldives | 349,106 (July 2005 est.)
Mali | 12,291,529 (July 2005 est.)
Malta | 398,534 (July 2005 est.)
Man, Isle of | 75,049 (July 2005 est.)
Marshall Islands | 59,071 (July 2005 est.)
Martinique | 432,900 (July 2005 est.)
Mauritania | 3,086,859 (July 2005 est.)
Mauritius | 1,230,602 (July 2005 est.)
Mayotte | 193,633 (July 2005 est.)
Mexico | 106,202,903 (July 2005 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 108,105 (July 2005 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 2005 est.)
Moldova | 4,455,421 (July 2005 est.)
Monaco | 32,409 (July 2005 est.)
Mongolia | 2,791,272 (July 2005 est.)
Montserrat | 9,341 note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2005 est.)
Morocco | 32,725,847 (July 2005 est.)
Mozambique | 19,406,703 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997 Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2005 est.)
Namibia | 2,030,692 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Nauru | 13,048 (July 2005 est.)
Navassa Island | uninhabited note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island (July 2005 est.)
Nepal | 27,676,547 (July 2005 est.)
Netherlands | 16,407,491 (July 2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | 219,958 (July 2005 est.)
New Caledonia | 216,494 (July 2005 est.)
New Zealand | 4,035,461 (July 2005 est.)
Nicaragua | 5,465,100 (July 2005 est.)
Niger | 11,665,937 (July 2005 est.)
Nigeria | 128,771,988 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Niue | 2,166 (July 2005 est.)
Norfolk Island | 1,828 (July 2005 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands | 80,362 (July 2005 est.)
Norway | 4,593,041 (July 2005 est.)
Oman | 3,001,583 note: includes 577,293 non-nationals (July 2005 est.)
Pakistan | 162,419,946 (July 2005 est.)
Palau | 20,303 (July 2005 est.)
Palmyra Atoll | no indigenous inhabitants; 4 to 20 Nature Conservancy staff, US Fish and Wildlife staff (July 2005 est.)
Panama | 3,039,150 (July 2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 5,545,268 (July 2005 est.)
Paracel Islands | no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons
Paraguay | 6,347,884 (July 2005 est.)
Peru | 27,925,628 (July 2005 est.)
Philippines | 87,857,473 (July 2005 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | 46 (July 2005 est.)
Poland | 38,635,144 (July 2005 est.)
Portugal | 10,566,212 (July 2005 est.)
Puerto Rico | 3,916,632 (July 2005 est.)
Qatar | 863,051 (July 2005 est.)
Reunion | 776,948 (July 2005 est.)
Romania | 22,329,977 (July 2005 est.)
Russia | 143,420,309 (July 2005 est.)
Rwanda | 8,440,820 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Saint Helena | 7,460 (July 2005 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 38,958 (July 2005 est.)
Saint Lucia | 166,312 (July 2005 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 7,012 (July 2005 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 117,534 (July 2005 est.)
Samoa | 177,287 (July 2005 est.)
San Marino | 28,880 (July 2005 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | 187,410 (July 2005 est.)
Saudi Arabia | 26,417,599 note: includes 5,576,076 non-nationals (July 2005 est.)
Senegal | 11,126,832 (July 2005 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | 10,829,175 (July 2005 est.)
Seychelles | 81,188 (July 2005 est.)
Sierra Leone | 6,017,643 (July 2005 est.)
Singapore | 4,425,720 (July 2005 est.)
Slovakia | 5,431,363 (July 2005 est.)
Slovenia | 2,011,070 (July 2005 est.)
Solomon Islands | 538,032 (July 2005 est.)
Somalia | 8,591,629 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 2005 est.)
South Africa | 44,344,136 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | no indigenous inhabitants note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001, to be 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 (July 2005 est.)
Spain | 40,341,462 (July 2005 est.)
Spratly Islands | no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by personnel of several claimant states (2004)
Sri Lanka | 20,064,776 note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West (July 2005 est.)
Sudan | 40,187,486 (July 2005 est.)
Suriname | 438,144 (July 2005 est.)
Svalbard | 2,701 (July 2005 est.)
Swaziland | 1,173,900 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Sweden | 9,001,774 (July 2005 est.)
Switzerland | 7,489,370 (July 2005 est.)
Syria | 18,448,752 note: in addition, about 40,000 people live in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 20,000 Arabs (18,000 Druze and 2,000 Alawites) and about 20,000 Israeli settlers (July 2005 est.)
Taiwan | 22,894,384 (July 2005 est.)
Tajikistan | 7,163,506 (July 2005 est.)
Tanzania | 36,766,356 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Thailand | 65,444,371 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Togo | 5,681,519 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Tokelau | 1,405 (July 2005 est.)
Tonga | 112,422 (July 2005 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 1,088,644 (July 2005 est.)
Tromelin Island | uninhabited, except for visits by scientists (July 2005 est.)
Tunisia | 10,074,951 (July 2005 est.)
Turkey | 69,660,559 (July 2005 est.)
Turkmenistan | 4,952,081 (July 2005 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 20,556 (July 2005 est.)
Tuvalu | 11,636 (July 2005 est.)
Uganda | 27,269,482 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Ukraine | 47,425,336 (July 2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 2,563,212 note: includes an estimated 1,606,079 non-nationals; the 17 December 1995 census presents a total population figure of 2,377,453, and there are estimates of 3.44 million for 2002 (July 2005 est.)
United Kingdom | 60,441,457 (July 2005 est.)
United States | 295,734,134 (July 2005 est.)
Uruguay | 3,415,920 (July 2005 est.)
Uzbekistan | 26,851,195 (July 2005 est.)
Vanuatu | 205,754 (July 2005 est.)
Venezuela | 25,375,281 (July 2005 est.)
Vietnam | 83,535,576 (July 2005 est.)
Virgin Islands | 108,708 (July 2005 est.)
Wake Island | no indigenous inhabitants note: US military personnel have left the island, but contractor personnel remain; as of October 2001, 200 contractor personnel were present (July 2005 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | 16,025 (July 2005 est.)
West Bank | 2,385,615 note: in addition, there are about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2004 est.)
Western Sahara | 273,008 (July 2005 est.)
World | 6,446,131,400 (July 2005 est.)
Yemen | 20,727,063 (July 2005 est.)
Zambia | 11,261,795 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Zimbabwe | 12,746,990 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
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