The CIA World Factbook Edition 1993 People
Population In 36 editions of 36.
Population was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1993 edition carries it in 262 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 1993 edition
- 262
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
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World
1 entryAfrica
62 entriesEthiopia
53,278,446 (July 1993 est.)
note: Ethiopian demographic data, except population and population growth rate, include Eritrea
Antarctic Region
5 entriesAntarctica
no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are seasonally staffed research stations
- Summer (January) population:
- over 4,115 total; Argentina 207, Australia 268, Belgium 13, Brazil 80, Chile 256, China NA, Ecuador NA, Finland 11, 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, former USSR 565 (1989-90)
- Winter (July) population:
- over 1,046 total; Argentina 150, Australia 71, Brazil 12, Chile 73, China NA, France 33, Germany 19, Greenpeace 5, India 1, Japan 38, South Korea 14, NZ 11, Poland NA, South Africa 12, UK 69, Uruguay NA, US 225, former USSR 313 (1989-90)
- Year-round stations:
- 42 total; Argentina 6, Australia 3, Brazil 1, Chile 3, China 2, Finland 1, France 1, Germany 1, India 1, Japan 2, South Korea 1, NZ 1, Poland 1, South Africa 3, UK 5, Uruguay 1, US 3, former USSR 6 (1990-91)
- Summer only stations:
- over 38 total;
- Argentina 7, Australia 3, Chile 5, Germany 3, India 1, Italy 1, Japan 4, NZ 2, Norway 1, Peru 1, South Africa 1, Spain 1, Sweden 2, UK 1, US numerous, former USSR 5 (1989-90);
- note - the disintegration of the former USSR has placed the status and future of its Antarctic facilities in doubt;
- stations may be subject to closings at any time because of ongoing economic difficulties
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are researchers whose numbers vary from 150 in winter (July) to 200 in summer (January)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- no indigenous 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 entriesIceland
261,270 (July 1993 est.)
note: population data estimates based on average growth rate may differ slightly from official population data because of volatile migration rates
Jan Mayen
no permanent inhabitants; note - there are personnel who man the LORAN C base and the weather and coastal services radio station
Asia
23 entriesBritish Indian Ocean Territory
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are UK-US military personnel; civilian inhabitants, known as the Ilois, evacuated to Mauritius before construction of UK-US military facilities
Sri Lanka
17,838,190 (July 1993 est.)
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 late 1992, nearly 115,000 were housed in refugee camps in south India, another 95,000 lived outside the Indian camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought political asylum in the West; fewer than 10,000 Tamils have been successfully repatriated to Sri Lanka
Central America and the Caribbean
32 entriesEurope
46 entriesBosnia and Herzegovina
4,618,804 (July 1993 est.)
note: all data dealing with population is subject to considerable error because of the dislocations caused by military action and ethnic cleansing
Middle East
17 entriesGaza Strip
705,834 (July 1993 est.)
note: in addition, there are 4,000 Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip (1993 est.)
Israel
4,918,946 (July 1993 est.)
note: includes 102,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank, 14,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, 4,000 in the Gaza Strip, and 134,000 in East Jerusalem (1993 est.)
Saudi Arabia
17,615,310 (July 1993 est.)
note: the population figure is consistent with a 3.3% growth rate; a 1992 census gives the number of Saudi citizens as 12,304,835 and the number of residents who are not citizens as 4,624,459
Syria
14,338,527 (July 1993 est.)
note: in addition, there are at least 14,500 Druze and 14,000 Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (1993 est.)
West Bank
1,404,114 (July 1993 est.)
note: in addition, there are 102,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank and 134,000 in East Jerusalem (1993 est.)
North America
6 entriesOceania
34 entriesBaker 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 only and generally restricted to scientists and educators;
- a cemetery and cemetery ruinsare located near the middle of the west coast
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 only and generally restricted to scientists and educators
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 only and generally restricted to scientists and educators
Johnston Atoll
no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are 1,400 US Government personnel and contractors
Wake Island
- no indigenous inhabitants;
- note - there are 302 US Air Force personnel, civilian weather service personnel, and US and Thai contractors;
- population peaked about 1970 with over 1,600 persons during the Vietnam conflict
South America
14 entriesSoutheast Asia
18 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1993, “Population”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population/1993.