The CIA World Factbook Edition 1997 People
Population In 36 editions of 36.
Population was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1997 edition carries it in 262 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
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World
1 entryAfrica
62 entriesRwanda
7,737,537 (July 1997 est.)
note : genocide and civil war in 1994 killed more than 1 million Rwandans and forced more than 2 million to flee to neighboring countries
Somalia
6,590,325 (July 1997 est.)
note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1987 by the Somali Government with the cooperation of the UN and the US Bureau of the Census; population estimates are updated year by year between census years by factoring growth rates into them and by taking account of refugee movements and of losses due to famine; lower estimates of Somalia's population in mid-1996 (on the order of 6.0 million to 6.5 million) have been made by aid and relief agencies, based on the number of persons being fed; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large numbers of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare
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 were 134 (1996) mostly researchers whose numbers vary from winter (July) to summer (January)
South Georgia and the now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
no indigenous population
note: 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
269,697 (July 1997 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 operate the Long Range Navigation (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 and civilian contractors; civilian inhabitants, known as the Ilois, evacuated to Mauritius before construction of UK-US military facilities
Sri Lanka
18,721,178 (July 1997 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 1996, 63,068 were housed in refugee camps in south India, another 30,000-40,000 lived outside the Indian camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought political asylum in the West
Central America and the Caribbean
32 entriesVirgin Islands
97,240 (July 1997 est.)
note: West Indian (45% born in the Virgin Islands and 29% born elsewhere in the West Indies) 74%, US mainland 13%, Puerto Rican 5%, other 8%
Europe
46 entriesBosnia and Herzegovina
3,222,584 (July 1997 est.)
note: all data dealing with population is subject to considerable error because of the dislocations caused by military action and ethnic cleansing
Macedonia, now North Macedonia
1,995,859 (July 1997 est.)
note: the Macedonian government census of July 1994 put the population at 1.94 million, but ethnic allocations were likely undercounted
Middle East
17 entriesGaza Strip
987,869 (July 1997 est.)
note: in addition, there are 5,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (August 1996 est.)
Israel
5,534,672 (July 1997 est.)
note: includes 136,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, 15,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, 5,000 in the Gaza Strip, and 156,000 in East Jerusalem (August 1996 est.)
Syria
16,137,899 (July 1997 est.)
note: in addition, there are 32,600 people living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 17,600 Arabs (16,000 Druze and 1,600 Alawites) and 15,000 Israeli settlers (August 1996 est.)
United Arab Emirates
2,262,309 (July 1997 est.)
note: includes 1,546,547 non-nationals (July 1997 est.)
West Bank
1,495,683 (July 1997 est.)
note: in addition, there are 136,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and 156,000 in East Jerusalem (August 1996 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 ruins are located near the middle of the west coast
Coral Sea Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a staff of four at the meteorological station
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 1,200 US military and civilian contractor personnel (January 1997 est.)
Wake Island
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are 302 US military and contract personnel (July 1995 est.)
South America
14 entriesSoutheast Asia
18 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1997, “Population”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population/1997.