The CIA World Factbook Edition 1991 People
Population In 36 editions of 36.
Population was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1991 edition carries it in 243 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 1991 edition
- 243
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Population” (1990 to 2025).
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World
1 entryAfrica
61 entriesMalawi
9,438,462 (July 1991), growth rate 1.8% (1991); note--900,000 Mozambican refugees in Malawi (1990 est.)
Mozambique
15,113,282 (July 1991), growth rate 4.6% (1991); note--900,000 Mozambican refugees in Malawi (1990 est.)
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- 6,695 (July 1991), growth rate 0.6% (1991)
South Africa
- 40,600,518 (July 1991), growth rate 2.7% (1991);
- includes the 10 so-called homelands, which are not recognized by the US;
- four independent homelands--Bophuthatswana 2,419,515, growth rate 2.83%;
- Ciskei 1,056,552, growth rate 2.96%;
- Transkei 4,553,994, growth rate 4.16%;
- Venda 691,273, growth rate 3.83%;
- six other homelands--Gazankulu 772,532, growth rate 3.98%;
- Kangwane 576,573, growth rate 3.62%;
- KwaNdebele 360,582, growth rate 3.38%;
- KwaZulu 5,546,082, growth rate 3.60%;
- Lebowa 2,812,630, growth rate 3.91%;
- QwaQwa 277,957, growth rate 3.60%
Antarctic Region
5 entriesAntarctica
- no indigenous inhabitants;
- staffing of research stations varies seasonally;
- Summer (January) population--4,120;
- Argentina 207, Australia 268, Belgium 13, Brazil 80, Chile 256, China NA, Ecuador NA, Finland 16, France 78, Germany 32, Greenpeace 12, India 60, Italy 210, Japan 59, South Korea 14, Netherlands 10, NZ 264, Norway 23, Peru 39, Poland NA, South Africa 79, Spain 43, Sweden 10, UK 116, Uruguay NA, US 1,666, USSR 565 (1989-90);
- Winter (July) population--1,066 total;
- Argentina 150, Australia 71, Brazil 12, Chile 73, China NA, France 33, Germany 19, Greenpeace 5, India 21, Japan 38, South Korea 14, NZ 11, Poland NA, South Africa 12, UK 69, Uruguay NA, US 225, USSR 313 (1989-90);
- Year-round stations--42 total;
- Argentina 6, Australia 3, Brazil 1, Chile 3, China 2, France 1, Germany 2, Greenpeace 1, India 2, Japan 2, South Korea 1, NZ 1, Poland 1, South Africa 1, UK 5, Uruguay 1, US 3, USSR 6 (1990-91);
- Summer only stations--34 total;
- Argentina 1, Australia 3, Chile 5, Finland 1, Germany 4, India 1, Italy 1, Japan 1, NZ 2, Norway 1, Peru 1, South Africa 1, Spain 1, Sweden 2, UK 1, US 3, USSR 5 (1989-90)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
summer (January 1991)--180, winter (July 1991)--150, growth rate 0.0% (1991); note--mostly researchers
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- no permanent population;
- there is a small military garrison on South Georgia and the British Antarctic Survey has a biological station on Bird Island;
- the South Sandwich islands are uninhabited
Arctic Region
4 entriesSvalbard
- 3,942 (July 1991), growth rate NA% (1991);
- about one-third of the population resides in the Norwegian areas (Longyearbyen and Svea on Vestspitsbergen) and two-thirds in the Soviet areas (Barentsburg and Pyramiden on Vestspitsbergen);
- about 9 persons live at the Polish research station
Asia
14 entriesAfghanistan
- US Bureau of the Census--16,450,304 (July 1991), growth rate 5.2% (1991) and excludes 3,750,796 refugees in Pakistan and 1,607,281 refugees in Iran;
- note--another report indicates a July 1990 population of 16,904,904, including 3,271,580 refugees in Pakistan and 1,277,700 refugees in Iran
Central America and the Caribbean
32 entriesEurope
36 entriesMiddle East
18 entriesGaza Strip
642,253 (July 1991), growth rate 3.2% (1991); in addition, there are 2,500 Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip (1990 est.)
Israel
- 4,477,105 (July 1991), growth rate 1.5% (1991);
- includes 90,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank, 13,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, 2,500 in the Gaza Strip, and 120,000 in East Jerusalem (1990 est.)
Saudi Arabia
- 17,869,558 (July 1991), growth rate 4.2% (1991);
- note--the population figure is based on growth since the last official Saudi census of 1974 that reported a total of 7 million persons and included foreign workers;
- estimates from other sources may be 15-30% lower
Syria
- 12,965,996 (July 1991), growth rate 3.8% (1991);
- in addition, there are at least 12,000 Druze and 13,000 Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (1990 est.)
West Bank
1,086,081 (July 1991), growth rate 2.6% (1991); in addition, there are 90,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank and 120,000 in East Jerusalem (1990 est.)
North America
6 entriesOceania
34 entriesMicronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- 107,662 (July 1991), growth rate 2.5% (1991)
South America
14 entriesSoutheast Asia
18 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1991, “Population”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population/1991.