The CIA World Factbook Edition 2006 People

Population In 36 editions of 36.

Population was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2006 edition carries it in 257 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2006 edition
257
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Population” (1990 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

6,525,170,264 (July 2006 est.)

Africa

58 entries

Algeria

32,930,091 (July 2006 est.)

Angola

12,127,071 (July 2006 est.)

Benin

7,862,944

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 2006 est.)

Botswana

1,639,833

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 2006 est.)

Burkina Faso

13,902,972

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 2006 est.)

Burundi

8,090,068

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 2006 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

420,979 (July 2006 est.)

Cameroon

17,340,702

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 2006 est.)

Central African Republic

4,303,356

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 2006 est.)

Chad

9,944,201 (July 2006 est.)

Comoros

690,948 (July 2006 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

62,660,551

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 2006 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

3,702,314

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 2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

17,654,843

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 2006 est.)

Djibouti

486,530 (July 2006 est.)

Egypt

78,887,007 (July 2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

540,109 (July 2006 est.)

Eritrea

4,786,994 (July 2006 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

1,136,334

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 2006 est.)

Ethiopia

74,777,981

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 2006 est.)

Gabon

1,424,906

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 2006 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

1,641,564 (July 2006 est.)

Ghana

22,409,572

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 2006 est.)

Guinea

9,690,222 (July 2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

1,442,029 (July 2006 est.)

Iles Eparses

Bassas da India:

uninhabitable

Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island: a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on each possession; visited by scientists

Tromelin Island:
uninhabited, except for visits by scientists

Kenya

34,707,817

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 2006 est.)

Lesotho

2,022,331

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 2006 est.)

Liberia

3,042,004 (July 2006 est.)

Libya

5,900,754

note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)

Madagascar

18,595,469 (July 2006 est.)

Malawi

13,013,926

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 2006 est.)

Mali

11,716,829 (July 2006 est.)

Mauritania

3,177,388 (July 2006 est.)

Mauritius

1,240,827 (July 2006 est.)

Mayotte

201,234 (July 2006 est.)

Morocco

33,241,259 (July 2006 est.)

Mozambique

19,686,505

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 2006 est.)

Namibia

2,044,147

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 2006 est.)

Niger

12,525,094 (July 2006 est.)

Nigeria

131,859,731

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 (July 2006 est.)

Reunion

787,584 (July 2006 est.)

Rwanda

8,648,248

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 2006 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

7,502

note: only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited (July 2006 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

193,413 (July 2006 est.)

Senegal

11,987,121 (July 2006 est.)

Seychelles

81,541 (July 2006 est.)

Sierra Leone

6,005,250 (July 2006 est.)

Somalia

8,863,338

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 clan warfare (July 2006 est.)

South Africa

44,187,637

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 2006 est.)

Sudan

41,236,378 (July 2006 est.)

Tanzania

37,445,392

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 2006 est.)

Togo

5,548,702

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 2006 est.)

Tunisia

10,175,014 (July 2006 est.)

Uganda

28,195,754

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 2006 est.)

Western Sahara

273,008 (July 2006 est.)

Zambia

11,502,010

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 2006 est.)

Zimbabwe

12,236,805

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 2006 est.)

Antarctic Region

5 entries

Antarctica

no indigenous inhabitants, but there are both permanent and summer-only staffed research stations

note: 26 nations, all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, operate through their National Antarctic Program a number of seasonal-only (summer) and year-round research stations on the continent and its nearby islands south of 60 degrees south latitude (the region covered by the Antarctic Treaty); these stations' population of persons doing and supporting science or engaged in the management and protection of the Antarctic region varies from approximately 4,000 in summer to 1,000 in winter; in addition, approximately 1,000 personnel, including ship's crew and scientists doing onboard research, are present in the waters of the treaty region; peak summer (December-February) population - 3,822 total; Argentina 417, Australia 213, Brazil 40, Bulgaria 15, Chile 224, China 70, Ecuador 22, Finland 20, France 123, Germany 78, India 65, Italy 112, Japan 150, South Korea 60, NZ 85, Norway 44, Peru 28, Poland 40, Russia 429, South Africa 80, Spain 28, Sweden 20, Ukraine 24, UK 205, US 1,170, Uruguay 60 (2005-2006); winter (June-August) station population - 1,028 total; Argentina 176, Australia 62, Brazil 12, Chile 88, China 29, France 37, Germany 9, India 25, Italy 2, Japan 40, South Korea 15, NZ 10, Norway 7, Poland 12, Russia 148, South Africa 10, Ukraine 12, UK 37, US 288, Uruguay 9 (2005); research stations operated within the Antarctic Treaty area (south of 60 degrees south latitude) by members of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP): year-round stations - 37 total; Argentina 6, Australia 3, Brazil 1, Chile 3, China 2, France 1, Germany 1, India 1, Japan 1, South Korea 1, NZ 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Russia 5, South Africa 1, Ukraine 1, UK 2, US 3, Uruguay 1, Italy and France jointly 1 (2005); seasonal-only (summer) stations - 15 total; Australia 1, Bulgaria 1, Chile 1, Ecuador 1, Finland 1, Germany 1, Italy 1, Japan 1, Norway 1, Peru 1, Russia 1, Spain 2, Sweden 1, UK 1 (2005-2006); in addition, during the austral summer some nations have numerous occupied locations such as tent camps, summer-long temporary facilities, and mobile traverses in support of research

Bouvet Island

  • uninhabited (July 2006 est.)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

no indigenous inhabitants

note: in 2002, there were 145 researchers whose numbers vary from winter (July) to summer (January) (July 2006 est.)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  • uninhabited (July 2006 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 2006 est.)

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

56,361 (July 2006 est.)

Iceland

299,388 (July 2006 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 2006 est.)

Svalbard

2,701 (July 2006 est.)

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

31,056,997 (July 2006 est.)

Armenia

2,976,372 (July 2006 est.)

Azerbaijan

7,961,619 (July 2006 est.)

Bangladesh

147,365,352 (July 2006 est.)

Bhutan

2,279,723

note: other estimates range as low as 810,000 (July 2006 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 November 2004, there were approximately 4,000 UK and US military personnel and civilian contractors living on the island of Diego Garcia (July 2006 est.)

China

1,313,973,713 (July 2006 est.)

Georgia

4,661,473 (July 2006 est.)

India

1,095,351,995 (July 2006 est.)

Japan

127,463,611 (July 2006 est.)

Kazakhstan

15,233,244 (July 2006 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

23,113,019 (July 2006 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

48,846,823 (July 2006 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

5,213,898 (July 2006 est.)

Maldives

359,008 (July 2006 est.)

Mongolia

2,832,224 (July 2006 est.)

Nepal

28,287,147 (July 2006 est.)

Pakistan

165,803,560 (July 2006 est.)

Russia

142,893,540 (July 2006 est.)

Sri Lanka

20,222,240

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 and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West (July 2006 est.)

Tajikistan

7,320,815 (July 2006 est.)

Turkmenistan

5,042,920 (July 2006 est.)

Uzbekistan

27,307,134 (July 2006 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

13,477 (July 2006 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

69,108 (July 2006 est.)

Aruba

71,891 (July 2006 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

303,770

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 2006 est.)

Barbados

279,912 (July 2006 est.)

Belize

287,730 (July 2006 est.)

British Virgin Islands

23,098 (July 2006 est.)

Cayman Islands

45,436

note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman (July 2006 est.)

Costa Rica

4,075,261 (July 2006 est.)

Cuba

11,382,820 (July 2006 est.)

Dominica

68,910 (July 2006 est.)

Dominican Republic

9,183,984 (July 2006 est.)

El Salvador

6,822,378 (July 2006 est.)

Grenada

89,703 (July 2006 est.)

Guadeloupe

452,776 (July 2006 est.)

Guatemala

12,293,545 (July 2006 est.)

Haiti

8,308,504

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 2006 est.)

Honduras

7,326,496

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 2006 est.)

Jamaica

2,758,124 (July 2006 est.)

Martinique

436,131 (July 2006 est.)

Montserrat

9,439

note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2006 est.)

Navassa Island

uninhabited

note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island (July 2006 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

221,736 (July 2006 est.)

Nicaragua

5,570,129 (July 2006 est.)

Panama

3,191,319 (July 2006 est.)

Puerto Rico

3,927,188 (July 2006 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

39,129 (July 2006 est.)

Saint Lucia

168,458 (July 2006 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

117,848 (July 2006 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

1,065,842 (July 2006 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

21,152 (July 2006 est.)

Virgin Islands

108,605 (July 2006 est.)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

3,581,655 (July 2006 est.)

Andorra

71,201 (July 2006 est.)

Austria

8,192,880 (July 2006 est.)

Belarus

10,293,011 (July 2006 est.)

Belgium

10,379,067 (July 2006 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4,498,976 (July 2006 est.)

Bulgaria

7,385,367 (July 2006 est.)

Croatia

4,494,749 (July 2006 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

10,235,455 (July 2006 est.)

Denmark

5,450,661 (July 2006 est.)

Estonia

1,324,333 (July 2006 est.)

European Union

456,953,258 (July 2006 est.)

Faroe Islands

47,246 (July 2006 est.)

Finland

5,231,372 (July 2006 est.)

France

60,876,136 (July 2006 est.)

Germany

82,422,299 (July 2006 est.)

Gibraltar

27,928 (July 2006 est.)

Greece

10,688,058 (July 2006 est.)

Guernsey

65,409 (July 2006 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

932 (July 2006 est.)

Hungary

9,981,334 (July 2006 est.)

Ireland

4,062,235 (July 2006 est.)

Isle of Man

75,441 (July 2006 est.)

Italy

58,133,509 (July 2006 est.)

Jersey

91,084 (July 2006 est.)

Latvia

2,274,735 (July 2006 est.)

Liechtenstein

33,987 (July 2006 est.)

Lithuania

3,585,906 (July 2006 est.)

Luxembourg

474,413 (July 2006 est.)

Malta

400,214 (July 2006 est.)

Moldova

4,466,706 (July 2006 est.)

Monaco

32,543 (July 2006 est.)

Montenegro

630,548 (2004)

Netherlands

16,491,461 (July 2006 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

2,050,554 (July 2006 est.)

Norway

4,610,820 (July 2006 est.)

Poland

38,536,869 (July 2006 est.)

Portugal

10,605,870 (July 2006 est.)

Romania

22,303,552 (July 2006 est.)

San Marino

29,251 (July 2006 est.)

Serbia

9,396,411 (2002 census)

Slovakia

5,439,448 (July 2006 est.)

Slovenia

2,010,347 (July 2006 est.)

Spain

40,397,842 (July 2006 est.)

Sweden

9,016,596 (July 2006 est.)

Switzerland

7,523,934 (July 2006 est.)

Ukraine

46,710,816 (July 2006 est.)

United Kingdom

60,609,153 (July 2006 est.)

Middle East

19 entries

Akrotiri

no indigenous inhabitants

note: approximately 1,300 military personnel are on the base; there are another 5,000 British citizens who are families of military personnel or civilian staff on both Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base, but do not live there

Bahrain

698,585

note: includes 235,108 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)

Cyprus

784,301 (July 2006 est.)

Dhekelia

no indigenous personnel

note: approximately 2,200 military personnel are on the base; there are another 5,000 British citizens who are families of military personnel or civilian staff on both the bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base, but do not live there

Gaza Strip

1,428,757 (July 2006 est.)

Iran

68,688,433 (July 2006 est.)

Iraq

26,783,383 (July 2006 est.)

Israel

6,352,117

note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2006 est.)

Jordan

5,906,760 (July 2006 est.)

Kuwait

2,418,393

note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)

Lebanon

3,874,050 (July 2006 est.)

Oman

3,102,229

note: includes 577,293 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)

Qatar

885,359 (July 2006 est.)

Saudi Arabia

27,019,731

note: includes 5,576,076 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)

Syria

18,881,361

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 2006 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

70,413,958 (July 2006 est.)

United Arab Emirates

2,602,713 (July 2006 est.)

West Bank

2,460,492

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.)

Yemen

21,456,188 (July 2006 est.)

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

65,773 (July 2006 est.)

Canada

33,098,932 (July 2006 est.)

Clipperton Island

  • uninhabited (July 2006 est.)

Mexico

107,449,525 (July 2006 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

7,026 (July 2006 est.)

United States

298,444,215 (July 2006 est.)

Oceania

28 entries

American Samoa

57,794 (July 2006 est.)

Australia

20,264,082 (July 2006 est.)

Cook Islands

21,388 (July 2006 est.)

Coral Sea Islands

no indigenous inhabitants

note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological station (2005 est.)

Fiji

905,949 (July 2006 est.)

French Polynesia

274,578 (July 2006 est.)

Guam

171,019 (July 2006 est.)

Kiribati

105,432 (July 2006 est.)

Marshall Islands

60,422 (July 2006 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

108,004 (July 2006 est.)

Nauru

13,287 (July 2006 est.)

New Caledonia

219,246 (July 2006 est.)

New Zealand

4,076,140 (July 2006 est.)

Niue

2,166 (July 2006 est.)

Norfolk Island

1,828 (July 2006 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

82,459 (July 2006 est.)

Palau

20,579 (July 2006 est.)

Papua New Guinea

5,670,544 (July 2006 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

45 (July 2006 est.)

Samoa

176,908 (July 2006 est.)

Solomon Islands

552,438 (July 2006 est.)

Tokelau

1,392 (July 2006 est.)

Tonga

114,689 (July 2006 est.)

Tuvalu

11,810 (July 2006 est.)

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

no indigenous inhabitants

note: 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

Johnston Atoll:
  • in previous years, an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel were present;
  • as of May 2005 all US government personnel had left the island
Midway Islands:
approximately 40 people make up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service and their services contractor living at the atoll
Palmyra Atoll:
four to 20 Nature Conservancy and US Fish and Wildlife staff

Vanuatu

208,869 (July 2006 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 2006 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

16,025 (July 2006 est.)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

39,921,833 (July 2006 est.)

Bolivia

8,989,046 (July 2006 est.)

Brazil

188,078,227

note: Brazil conducted a census 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 2006 est.)

Chile

16,134,219 (July 2006 est.)

Colombia

43,593,035 (July 2006 est.)

Ecuador

13,547,510 (July 2006 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

2,967 (July 2006 est.)

French Guiana

199,509 (July 2006 est.)

Guyana

767,245

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 2006 est.)

Paraguay

6,506,464 (July 2006 est.)

Peru

28,302,603 (July 2006 est.)

Suriname

439,117 (July 2006 est.)

Uruguay

3,431,932 (July 2006 est.)

Venezuela

25,730,435 (July 2006 est.)

Southeast Asia

19 entries

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 2006 est.)

Brunei

379,444 (July 2006 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

47,382,633

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 2006 est.)

Cambodia

13,881,427

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 2006 est.)

Christmas Island

1,493 (July 2006 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

574 (July 2006 est.)

Hong Kong

6,940,432 (July 2006 est.)

Indonesia

245,452,739 (July 2006 est.)

Laos

6,368,481 (July 2006 est.)

Macau

453,125 (July 2006 est.)

Malaysia

24,385,858 (July 2006 est.)

Paracel Islands

no indigenous inhabitants

note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons

Philippines

89,468,677 (July 2006 est.)

Singapore

4,492,150 (July 2006 est.)

Spratly Islands

no indigenous inhabitants

note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by personnel of several claimant states (2004)

Taiwan

23,036,087 (July 2006 est.)

Thailand

64,631,595

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 2006 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

1,062,777

note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2006 est.)

Vietnam

84,402,966 (July 2006 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2006, “Population”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population/2006.

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