The CIA World Factbook Edition 2015 People and Society
Population In 36 editions of 36.
Population was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2015 edition carries it in 261 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
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World
1 entryWorld
7,256,490,011 (July 2015 est.)
- top ten most populous countries (in millions):
- China 1361.51;
- India 1251.70;
- United States 321.36;
- Indonesia 255.99;
- Brazil 204.26;
- Pakistan 199.09;
- Nigeria 181.56;
- Bangladesh 168.96;
- Russia 142.42;
- Japan 126.92
Africa
56 entriesAngola
19,625,353
note: preliminary results from Angola's 2014 national census estimate the country's population to be 24.3 million (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 59
Benin
10,448,647
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
Botswana
2,182,719
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 145
Burkina Faso
18,931,686
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 60
Burundi
10,742,276
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
Cameroon
23,739,218
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 54
Central African Republic
5,391,539
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 118
Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo
79,375,136
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 20
Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo
4,755,097
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 125
Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire
23,295,302
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 55
Swaziland now Eswatini
1,435,613
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 155
Ethiopia
99,465,819
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 14
Gabon
1,705,336
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 154
Ghana
26,327,649
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 49
Kenya
45,925,301
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 31
Lesotho
1,947,701
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 149
Libya
6,411,776
note: immigrants make up just over 12% of the total population, according to UN data (2013) (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
Malawi
17,964,697
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 64
Mozambique
25,303,113
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
Namibia
2,212,307
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 143
Nigeria
181,562,056
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8
Rwanda
12,661,733
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
Saint Helena, Ascension, And Tristan Da Cunha now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
7,795
note: only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited, not any of the other nearby islands/islets (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 226
Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe
194,006 (July 2015 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 186
Somalia
10,616,380
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 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
South Africa
53,675,563
note: Statistics South Africa (the national statistical agency of South Africa) estimates the country's mid-year 2013 total population to be 52,981,991, which takes into account the findings of South Africa's 2011 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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 28
Tanzania
51,045,882
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 26
Togo
7,552,318
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
Uganda
37,101,745
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 36
Western Sahara
570,866 (July 2013 est.)
note: estimate is based on projections by age, sex, fertility, mortality, and migration; fertility and mortality are based on data from neighboring countries (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 172
Zambia
15,066,266
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
Zimbabwe
14,229,541
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 72
Antarctic Region
4 entriesFrench Southern And Antarctic Lands now French Southern and Antarctic Lands
no indigenous inhabitants
- Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul):
- has no permanent residents but has a meteorological station
- Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul):
- is uninhabited but is frequently visited by fishermen and has a scientific research cabin for short stays
- Iles Crozet:
- are uninhabited except for 18 to 30 people staffing the Alfred Faure research station on Ile del la Possession
- Iles Kerguelen:
- 50 to 100 scientists are located at the main base at Port-aux-Francais on Ile Kerguelen
- Bassas da India (Iles Eparses):
uninhabitable
Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on each possession; visited by scientists
- Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses):
- uninhabited, except for visits by scientists
South Georgia And South Sandwich Islands now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001 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
Arctic Region
4 entriesJan Mayen
no indigenous inhabitants
note: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and the weather and coastal services radio station
Asia
23 entriesBhutan
741,919
note: the Factbook population estimate is consistent with the first modern census of Bhutan, conducted in 2005; previous Factbook population estimates for Bhutan, which were on the order of three times the total population reported here, were based on Bhutanese Government publications that did not include the census (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
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; approximately 3,000 UK and US military personnel and civilian contractors were living on the island of Diego Garcia
Central America and the Caribbean
33 entriesAntigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda
92,436 (July 2015 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 198
Bahamas, The now The Bahamas
324,597
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 180
Cayman Islands
56,092 (July 2013 est.)
note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 207
Haiti
10,110,019
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 89
Honduras
8,746,673
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 94
Montserrat
5,241
note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 229
Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis
51,936 (July 2015 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 210
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
102,627 (July 2015 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 196
Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago
1,222,363 (July 2015 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 160
Turks And Caicos Islands now Turks and Caicos Islands
50,280 (July 2015 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 211
Europe
49 entriesAustria
Published as “Population”
8,665,550 (July 2015 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 95
Published as “Population”
8,665,550 (July 2015 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 95
Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina
3,867,055 (July 2015 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 129
France
66,553,766
note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 22
Lithuania
2,884,433
note: Statistics Lithuania (the national statistical agency of Lithuania) estimates the country's total population at the start of 2013 to be 2,971,905, which takes into account the findings of Lithuania's 2011 census and the high rate of net outmigration since the country joined the EU in 2004 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 134
Monaco
30,535
note: immigrants make up more than 60% of the total population, according to UN data (2013) (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 218
Serbia
7,176,794
note: does not include the population of Kosovo (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 101
Middle East
19 entriesAkrotiri
approximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 Service and UK-based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents
Bahrain
1,346,613
note: immigrants make up almost 55% of the total population, according to UN data (2013) (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 156
Dhekelia
approximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 service and UK based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents
Israel
8,049,314 (includes populations of the Golan Heights of Golan Sub-District and East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967) (July 2014 est.)
note: approximately 19,400 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights; approximately 200,000 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2013) (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 99
Jordan
8,117,564
note: increased estimate reflects revised assumptions about the net migration rate due to the increased flow of Syrian refugees (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 98
Kuwait
2,788,534
note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 3,996,899 for 2014, with immigrants accounting for almost 69% (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
Oman
3,286,936
note: immigrants make up just over 30% of the total population, according to UN data (2013) (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 135
Saudi Arabia
27,752,316
note: immigrants make up more than 30% of the total population, according to UN data (2013) (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 47
Syria
17,064,854 (July 2014 est.)
note: approximately 18,900 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2012) (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 61
United Arab Emirates
5,779,760
note: the UN estimates the country's total population to be 9,445,624 as of mid-year 2014; immigrants make up more than 80% of the total population, according to 2013 UN data (2014) (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 113
West Bank
- 2,785,366 (represents Palestinian population only) (July 2014 est.)
note: approximately 356,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank; approximately 200,000 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2013) (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 142
North America
6 entriesSaint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon
5,657 (July 2015 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 228
Oceania
34 entriesCook Islands
9,838
note: the Cook Islands' Ministry of Finance & Economic Management estimated the resident population to have been 13,700 in September 2013 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 224
Coral Sea Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological station on Willis Island (July 2007 est.)
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 from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service
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 from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service
Johnston Atoll
uninhabited
note: in previous years, there was an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel present; as of September 2001, population had decreased significantly when US Army Chemical Activity Pacific (USACAP) departed; as of May 2005 all US Government personnel had left the island
Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia
105,216 (July 2015 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 193
Midway Islands
no indigenous inhabitants; approximately 40 people make up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service and their services contractor living at the atoll (July 2014 est.)
Palmyra Atoll
no indigenous inhabitants
note: variable temporary population of 4 to 20 staff and scientists of the the Nature Conservancy and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2014 est.)
Samoa
197,773
note: prior estimates used official net migration data by sex, but a highly unusual pattern for 1993 lead to a significant imbalance in the sex ratios (more men and fewer women) and a seeming reduction in the female population; the revised total was calculated using a 1993 number that was an average of the 1992 and 1994 migration figures (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 185
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
no indigenous inhabitants
note: public entry is only by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service 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, US Fish and Wildlife staff, and researchers
Wake Island
no indigenous inhabitants
note: approximately 150 military personnel and civilian contractors maintain and operate the airfield and communications facilities (2009)
South America
13 entriesGuyana
735,222
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 165
Southeast Asia
19 entriesAshmore And Cartier Islands now 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; access to East and Middle Islands is by permit only
Burma now Burma (Myanmar)
56,320,206
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 25
Cambodia
15,708,756
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 69
Macau
592,731
note: Macau's statistical agency estimated the total population to be approximately 607,500 as of 31 December 2013 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 170
Spratly Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by military personnel of several claimant states
Thailand
67,976,405
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 21
Timor-Leste
1,231,116
note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 160
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