The CIA World Factbook Edition 1998 People
Population In 36 editions of 36.
Population was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1998 edition carries it in 262 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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World
1 entryAfrica
62 entriesSomalia
6,841,695 (July 1998 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
South Africa
42,834,520 (July 1998 est.)
note: South Africa took a census 10 October 1996 which showed a total of 37,859,000 (after a 6.8% adjustment for underenumeration based on a post-enumeration survey); this figure is still about 10% below projections from earlier censuses; since the full results of the census have not been released for analysis, the numbers shown for South Africa do not take into consideration the results of this 1996 census
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 101 (1997) mostly researchers whose numbers vary from winter (July) to summer (January)
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
271,033 (July 1998 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; approximately 3,000 native inhabitants, known as the Chagosians or Ilois, were evacuated to Mauritius before construction of UK-US military facilities
Pakistan
135,135,195 (July 1998 est.)
note: population figures based on 1981 national census results-1998 census results are pending
Sri Lanka
18,933,558 (July 1998 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 entriesMontserrat
12,828 (July 1998 est.)
note: demographic figures include an estimated 8,000 refugees who left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995
Virgin Islands
118,211 (July 1998 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
3,365,727 (July 1998 est.)
note: all data dealing with population is subject to considerable error because of the dislocations caused by military action and ethnic cleansing
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia
2,009,387 (July 1998 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
1,054,173 (July 1998 est.)
note: in addition, there are 6,000 Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip (August 1997 est.)
Israel
5,643,966 (July 1998 est.)
note: includes 155,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, 17,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, 6,000 in the Gaza Strip, and 164,000 in East Jerusalem (August 1997 est.)
Syria
16,673,282 (July 1998 est.)
note: in addition, there are 35,150 people living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights-18,150 Arabs (16,500 Druze and 1,650 Alawites) and 17,000 Israeli settlers (August 1997 est.)
United Arab Emirates
2,303,088 (July 1998 est.)
note: includes 1,561,840 non-nationals (July 1998 est.)
West Bank
1,556,919 (July 1998 est.)
note: in addition, there are 155,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and 164,000 in East Jerusalem (August 1997 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 three to 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 no permanent US military personnel on the island; some civilian contract personnel remain (1998 est.)
South America
14 entriesBrazil
169,806,557 (July 1998 est.)
note: Brazil took a census in August 1996 which showed a total of 157,079,573; this figure is about 5% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, which is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for 1991; since the full results of the census have not been released for analysis, the numbers shown for Brazil do not take into consideration the results of this 1996 census
Southeast Asia
18 entriesSpratly Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by personnel of several claimant states
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1998, “Population”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population/1998.