Country  Population

Afghanistan  28,513,677 (July 2004 est.)

Albania  3,544,808 (July 2004 est.)

Algeria  32,129,324 (July 2004 est.)

American Samoa  57,902 (July 2004 est.)

Andorra  69,865 (July 2004 est.)

Angola  10,978,552 (July 2004 est.)

Anguilla  13,008 (July 2004 est.)

Antarctica  no indigenous inhabitants

Antigua and Barbuda  68,320 (July 2004 est.)

Argentina  39,144,753 (July 2004 est.)

Armenia  2,991,360
note: Armenia's first census since independence was conducted in October
2001 (July 2004 est.)

Aruba  71,218 (July 2004 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 2004 est.)

Australia  19,913,144 (July 2004 est.)

Austria  8,174,762 (July 2004 est.)

Azerbaijan  7,868,385 (July 2004 est.)

Bahamas, The  299,697
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 2004 est.)

Bahrain  677,886
note: includes 235,108 non-nationals (July 2004 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 (2004 est.)

Bangladesh  141,340,476 (July 2004 est.)

Barbados  278,289 (July 2004 est.)

Bassas da India  uninhabited (July 2004 est.)

Belarus  10,310,520 (July 2004 est.)

Belgium  10,348,276 (July 2004 est.)

Belize  272,945 (July 2004 est.)

Benin  7,250,033
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 2004 est.)

Bermuda  64,935 (July 2004 est.)

Bhutan  2,185,569
note: other estimates range as low as 810,000 (July 2004 est.)

Bolivia  8,724,156 (July 2004 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  4,007,608 (July 2004 est.)

Botswana  1,561,973
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 2004 est.)

Bouvet Island  uninhabited (July 2004 est.)

Brazil  184,101,109
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 2004 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 2004 est.)

British Virgin Islands  22,187 (July 2004 est.)

Brunei  365,251 (July 2004 est.)

Bulgaria  7,517,973 (July 2004 est.)

Burkina Faso  13,574,820
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 2004 est.)

Burma  42,720,196
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 2004 est.)

Burundi  6,231,221
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 2004 est.)

Cambodia  13,363,421
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 2004 est.)

Cameroon  16,063,678
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 2004 est.)

Canada  32,507,874 (July 2004 est.)

Cape Verde  415,294 (July 2004 est.)

Cayman Islands  43,103 (July 2004 est.)

Central African Republic  3,742,482
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 2004 est.)

Chad  9,538,544 (July 2004 est.)

Chile  15,823,957 (July 2004 est.)

China  1,298,847,624 (July 2004 est.)

Christmas Island  396 (July 2004 est.)

Clipperton Island  uninhabited (July 2004 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands  629 (July 2004 est.)

Colombia  42,310,775 (July 2004 est.)

Comoros  651,901 (July 2004 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the  58,317,930
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 2004 est.)

Congo, Republic of the  2,998,040
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 2004 est.)

Cook Islands  21,200 (July 2004 est.)

Coral Sea Islands  no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological station (2004
est.)

Costa Rica  3,956,507 (July 2004 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire  17,327,724
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 2004 est.)

Croatia  4,496,869 (July 2004 est.)

Cuba  11,308,764 (July 2004 est.)

Cyprus  775,927 (July 2004 est.)

Czech Republic  10,246,178 (July 2004 est.)

Denmark  5,413,392 (July 2004 est.)

Djibouti  466,900 (July 2004 est.)

Dominica  69,278 (July 2004 est.)

Dominican Republic  8,833,634 (July 2004 est.)

East Timor  1,019,252
note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2004 est.)

Ecuador  13,212,742 (July 2004 est.)

Egypt  76,117,421 (July 2004 est.)

El Salvador  6,587,541 (July 2004 est.)

Equatorial Guinea  523,051 (July 2004 est.)

Eritrea  4,447,307 (July 2004 est.)

Estonia  1,341,664 (July 2004 est.)

Ethiopia  67,851,281
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 2004 est.)
Europa Island  no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists;
visited by scientists (July 2004 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)  2,967 (July 2004 est.)

Faroe Islands  46,662 (July 2004 est.)

Fiji  880,874 (July 2004 est.)

Finland  5,214,512 (July 2004 est.)

France  60,424,213 (July 2004 est.)

French Guiana  191,309 (July 2004 est.)

French Polynesia  266,339 (July 2004 est.)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands  no indigenous inhabitants (July 2002
est.)
note: in 2002, there were 145 researchers whose numbers vary from winter
(July) to summer (January) (July 2004 est.)

Gabon  1,355,246
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 2004 est.)

Gambia, The  1,546,848 (July 2004 est.)

Gaza Strip  1,324,991
note: in addition, there are more than 5,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza
Strip (July 2004 est.)

Georgia  4,693,892 (July 2004 est.)

Germany  82,424,609 (July 2004 est.)

Ghana  20,757,032
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 2004 est.)

Gibraltar  27,833 (July 2004 est.)

Glorioso Islands  no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison along with a few
meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2004 est.)

Greece  10,647,529 (July 2004 est.)

Greenland  56,384 (July 2004 est.)

Grenada  89,357 (July 2004 est.)

Guadeloupe  444,515 (July 2004 est.)

Guam  166,090 (July 2004 est.)

Guatemala  14,280,596 (July 2004 est.)

Guernsey  65,031 (July 2004 est.)

Guinea  9,246,462 (July 2004 est.)

Guinea-Bissau  1,388,363 (July 2004 est.)

Guyana  705,803
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 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 2004 est.)

Haiti  7,656,166
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 2004 est.)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands  uninhabited (July 2004 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)  921 (July 2004 est.)

Honduras  6,823,568
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 2004 est.)

Hong Kong  6,855,125 (July 2004 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 2004 est.)

Hungary  10,032,375 (July 2004 est.)

Iceland  293,966 (July 2004 est.)

India  1,065,070,607 (July 2004 est.)

Indonesia  238,452,952 (July 2004 est.)

Iran  69,018,924 (July 2004 est.)

Iraq  25,374,691 (July 2004 est.)

Ireland  3,969,558 (July 2004 est.)

Israel  6,199,008
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 2004 est.)

Italy  58,057,477 (July 2004 est.)

Jamaica  2,713,130 (July 2004 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 2004 est.)

Japan  127,333,002 (July 2004 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 2004 est.)

Jersey  90,502 (July 2004 est.)

Johnston Atoll  396 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 2004 est.)

Jordan  5,611,202 (July 2004 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 2004 est.)

Kazakhstan  15,143,704 (July 2004 est.)

Kenya  32,021,856
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 2004 est.)

Kingman Reef  uninhabited (July 2004 est.)

Kiribati  100,798 (July 2004 est.)

Korea, North  22,697,553 (July 2004 est.)

Korea, South  48,598,175 (July 2004 est.)

Kuwait  2,257,549
note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2004 est.)

Kyrgyzstan  5,081,429 (July 2004 est.)

Laos  6,068,117 (July 2004 est.)

Latvia  2,306,306 (July 2004 est.)

Lebanon  3,777,218 (July 2004 est.)

Lesotho  1,865,040
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 2004 est.)

Liberia  3,390,635 (July 2004 est.)

Libya  5,631,585
note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2004 est.)

Liechtenstein  33,436 (July 2004 est.)

Lithuania  3,607,899 (July 2004 est.)

Luxembourg  462,690 (July 2004 est.)

Macau  445,286 (July 2004 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of  2,071,210 (July 2004 est.)

Madagascar  17,501,871 (July 2004 est.)

Malawi  11,906,855
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 2004 est.)

Malaysia  23,522,482 (July 2004 est.)

Maldives  339,330 (July 2004 est.)

Mali  11,956,788 (July 2004 est.)

Malta  396,851 (July 2004 est.)

Man, Isle of  74,655 (July 2004 est.)

Marshall Islands  57,738 (July 2004 est.)

Martinique  429,510 (July 2004 est.)

Mauritania  2,998,563 (July 2004 est.)

Mauritius  1,220,481 (July 2004 est.)

Mayotte  186,026 (July 2004 est.)

Mexico  104,959,594 (July 2004 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of  108,155 (July 2004 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 2004 est.)

Moldova  4,446,455 (July 2004 est.)

Monaco  32,270 (July 2004 est.)

Mongolia  2,751,314 (July 2004 est.)

Montserrat  9,245
note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption
of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2004 est.)

Morocco  32,209,101 (July 2004 est.)

Mozambique  18,811,731
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 2004 est.)

Namibia  1,954,033
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 2004 est.)

Nauru  12,809 (July 2004 est.)

Navassa Island  uninhabited
note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island (July 2004
est.)

Nepal  27,070,666 (July 2004 est.)

Netherlands  16,318,199 (July 2004 est.)

Netherlands Antilles  218,126 (July 2004 est.)

New Caledonia  213,679 (July 2004 est.)

New Zealand  3,993,817 (July 2004 est.)

Nicaragua  5,359,759 (July 2004 est.)

Niger  11,360,538 (July 2004 est.)

Nigeria  137,253,133
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 2004 est.)

Niue  2,156 (July 2004 est.)

Norfolk Island  1,841 (July 2004 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands  78,252 (July 2004 est.)

Norway  4,574,560 (July 2004 est.)

Oman  2,903,165
note: includes 577,293 non-nationals (July 2004 est.)

Pakistan  159,196,336 (July 2004 est.)

Palau  20,016 (July 2004 est.)

Palmyra Atoll  no indigenous inhabitants; 4 to 20 Nature Conservancy staff,
US Fish and Wildlife staff (July 2004 est.)

Panama  3,000,463 (July 2004 est.)

Papua New Guinea  5,420,280 (July 2004 est.)

Paracel Islands  no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons (July 2004 est.)

Paraguay  6,191,368 (July 2004 est.)

Peru  27,544,305 (July 2004 est.)

Philippines  86,241,697 (July 2004 est.)

Pitcairn Islands  46 (July 2004 est.)

Poland  38,626,349 (July 2004 est.)

Portugal  10,524,145 (July 2004 est.)

Puerto Rico  3,897,960 (July 2004 est.)

Qatar  840,290 (July 2004 est.)

Reunion  766,153 (July 2004 est.)

Romania  22,355,551 (July 2004 est.)

Russia  143,782,338 (July 2004 est.)

Rwanda  7,954,013
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 2004 est.)

Saint Helena  7,415 (July 2004 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis  38,836 (July 2004 est.)

Saint Lucia  164,213 (July 2004 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon  6,995 (July 2004 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  117,193 (July 2004 est.)

Samoa  177,714 (July 2004 est.)

San Marino  28,503 (July 2004 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe  181,565 (July 2004 est.)

Saudi Arabia  25,795,938
note: includes 5,576,076 non-nationals (July 2004 est.)

Senegal  10,852,147 (July 2004 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro  10,825,900 (July 2004 est.)

Seychelles  80,832 (July 2004 est.)

Sierra Leone  5,883,889 (July 2004 est.)

Singapore  4,353,893 (July 2004 est.)

Slovakia  5,423,567 (July 2004 est.)

Slovenia  2,011,473 (July 2004 est.)

Solomon Islands  523,617 (July 2004 est.)

Somalia  8,304,601
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 cl
an warfare (July 2004 est.)

South Africa  42,718,530
note: South Africa took a census October 1996 that showed a population of
40,583,611 (after an official adjustment for a 6.8% underenumeration based
on a postenumeration survey); 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 2004 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 2004 est.)

Spain  40,280,780 (July 2004 est.)

Spratly Islands  no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by personnel of several
claimant states (July 2004 est.)

Sri Lanka  19,905,165
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; as of yearend 2000, approximately 65,000 were housed
in 131 refugee camps in south India, another 40,000 lived outside the Indian
camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West (July
2004 est.)

Sudan  39,148,162 (July 2004 est.)

Suriname  436,935 (July 2004 est.)

Svalbard  2,756 (July 2004 est.)

Swaziland  1,169,241
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 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 2004 est.)

Sweden  8,986,400 (July 2004 est.)

Switzerland  7,450,867 (July 2004 est.)

Syria  18,016,874
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 2004 est.)

Taiwan  22,749,838 (July 2004 est.)

Tajikistan  7,011,556 (July 2004 est.)

Tanzania  36,588,225
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 2004 est.)

Thailand  64,865,523
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 2004 est.)

Togo  5,556,812
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 2004 est.)

Tokelau  1,405 (July 2004 est.)

Tonga  110,237 (July 2004 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago  1,096,585 (July 2004 est.)

Tromelin Island  uninhabited, except for visits by scientists (July 2004
est.)

Tunisia  9,974,722 (July 2004 est.)

Turkey  68,893,918 (July 2004 est.)

Turkmenistan  4,863,169 (July 2004 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands  19,956 (July 2004 est.)

Tuvalu  11,468 (July 2004 est.)

Uganda  26,404,543
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 2004 est.)

Ukraine  47,732,079 (July 2004 est.)

United Arab Emirates  2,523,915
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 2004 est.)

United Kingdom  60,270,708 (July 2004 est.)

United States  293,027,571 (July 2004 est.)

Uruguay  3,399,237 (July 2004 est.)

Uzbekistan  26,410,416 (July 2004 est.)

Vanuatu  202,609 (July 2004 est.)

Venezuela  25,017,387 (July 2004 est.)

Vietnam  82,689,518 (July 2004 est.)

Virgin Islands  108,775 (July 2004 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 2004
est.)

Wallis and Futuna  15,880 (July 2004 est.)

West Bank  2,311,204
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  267,405 (July 2004 est.)

World  6,379,157,361 (July 2004 est.)

Yemen  20,024,867 (July 2004 est.)

Zambia  10,462,436
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 2004 est.)

Zimbabwe  12,671,860
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 2004 est.)