The CIA World Factbook Edition 2020 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 2020 edition carries it in 262 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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1990
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2025

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World

1 entry

World

7,684,292,383 (July 2020 est.)

top ten most populous countries (in millions):
  • China 1394.02;
  • India 1326.1;
  • United States 332.64;
  • Indonesia 267.03;
  • Pakistan 233.5;
  • Nigeria 214.03;
  • Brazil 211.72;
  • Bangladesh 162.65;
  • Russia 141.72;
  • Japan 128.65 ten least populous countries: Holy See (Vatican City) 1,000;
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,347;
  • Montserrat 5,373;
  • Saint Barthelemy 7,122;
  • Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan de Cunha 7,862;
  • Cook Islands 8,574;
  • Nauru 9,785;
  • Tuvalu 11,342;
  • Wallis and Futuna 15,854;
  • Anguilla 18,090 ten most densely populated countries (population per sq km): Macau 21,789;
  • Monaco 15,470;
  • Singapore 8,756;
  • Hong Kong 6,757;
  • Gaza Strip 5,328;
  • Gibraltar 4,551;
  • Bahrain 1,980;
  • Malta 1,447;
  • Bermuda 1,329;
  • Maldives 1,315 ten least densely populated countries (population per sq km): Greenland less than 1;
  • Mongolia 2;
  • Western Sahara 2.5;
  • Namibia 3.2;
  • Australia 3.3;
  • Iceland 3.5;
  • Guyana 3.8;
  • Libya 3.9;
  • Mauritania 3.9;
  • Suriname 3.9

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

42,972,878 (July 2020 est.)

Angola

32,522,339 (July 2020 est.)

note: Angola's national statistical agency projects the country's 2017 population to be 28.4 million

Benin

12,864,634 (July 2020 est.)

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

Botswana

2,317,233 (July 2020 est.)

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

Burkina Faso

20,835,401 (July 2020 est.)

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

Burundi

11,865,821 (July 2020 est.)

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

Cabo Verde

583,255 (July 2020 est.)

Cameroon

27,744,989 (July 2020 est.)

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

Central African Republic

5,990,855 (July 2020 est.)

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

Chad

16,877,357 (July 2020 est.)

Comoros

846,281 (July 2020 est.)

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

101,780,263 (July 2020 est.)

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

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

5,293,070 (July 2020 est.)

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

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

27,481,086 (July 2020 est.)

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

Djibouti

921,804 (July 2020 est.)

Egypt

104,124,440 (July 2020 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

836,178 (July 2020 est.)

Eritrea

6,081,196 (July 2020 est.)

Eswatini

1,104,479 (July 2020 est.)

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

Ethiopia

108,113,150 (July 2020 est.)

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

Gabon

2,230,908 (July 2020 est.)

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

Gambia, The now The Gambia

2,173,999 (July 2020 est.)

Ghana

29,340,248 (July 2020 est.)

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

Guinea

12,527,440 (July 2020 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

1,927,104 (July 2020 est.)

Kenya

53,527,936 (July 2020 est.)

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

Lesotho

1,969,334 (July 2020 est.)

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

Liberia

5,073,296 (July 2020 est.)

Libya

6,890,535 (July 2020 est.)

note: immigrants make up just over 12% of the total population, according to UN data (2017)

Madagascar

26,955,737 (July 2020 est.)

Malawi

21,196,629 (July 2020 est.)

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

Mali

19,553,397 (July 2020 est.)

Mauritania

4,005,475 (July 2020 est.)

Mauritius

1,379,365 (July 2020 est.)

Morocco

35,561,654 (July 2020 est.)

Mozambique

30,098,197 (July 2020 est.)

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

Namibia

2,630,073 (July 2020 est.)

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

Niger

22,772,361 (July 2020 est.)

Nigeria

214,028,302 (July 2020 est.)

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

Rwanda

12,712,431 (July 2020 est.)

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

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

7,862 (July 2020 est.)

note: Saint Helena's Statistical Office estimated the de facto population to be 4,577 in 2019; only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited, none of the other nearby islands/islets are

Sao Tome and Principe

211,122 (July 2020 est.)

Senegal

15,736,368 (July 2020 est.)

Seychelles

95,981 (July 2020 est.)

Sierra Leone

6,624,933 (July 2020 est.)

Somalia

11,757,124 (July 2020 est.)

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

South Africa

56,463,617 (July 2020 est.)

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

South Sudan

10,561,244 (July 2020 est.)

Sudan

45,561,556 (July 2020 est.)

Tanzania

58,552,845 (July 2020 est.)

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

Togo

8,608,444 (July 2020 est.)

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

Tunisia

11,721,177 (July 2020 est.)

Uganda

43,252,966 (July 2020 est.)

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

Western Sahara

652,271 (July 2020 est.)

note: estimate is based on projections by age, sex, fertility, mortality, and migration; fertility and mortality are based on data from neighboring countries

Zambia

17,426,623 (July 2020 est.)

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

Zimbabwe

14,546,314 (July 2020 est.)

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

Antarctic Region

5 entries

Antarctica

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

note: 53 countries have signed the 1959 Antarctic Treaty; 30 of those 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); the population engaging in and supporting science or managing and protecting the Antarctic region varies from approximately 4,400 in summer to 1,100 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

  • as of 2017, peak summer (December-February) maximum capacity in scientific stations - 4,877 total;
  • Argentina 601, Australia 243, Belarus 12, Belgium 40, Brazil 66, Bulgaria 22, Chile 433, China 166, Czechia 20, Ecuador 34, Finland 17, France 90, France and Italy jointly 80, Germany 104, India 113, Italy 120, Japan 130, South Korea 130, Netherlands 10, NZ 86, Norway 70, Peru 30, Poland 40, Russia 335, South Africa 80, Spain 98, Sweden 20, Ukraine 24, UK 196, US 1,399, Uruguay 68 (2017)
  • winter (June-August) maximum capacity in scientific station - 1,036 total;
  • Argentina 221, Australia 52, Brazil 15, Chile 114, China 32, France 24, France and Italy jointly 13, Germany 9, India 48, Japan 40, Netherlands 10, South Korea 25, NZ 11, Norway 7, Poland 16, Russia 125, South Africa 15, Ukraine 12, UK 44, US 215, Uruguay 8 (2017)
  • research stations operated within the Antarctic Treaty area (south of 60 degrees south latitude) by National Antarctic Programs year-round stations - approximately 40 total;
  • Argentina 6, Australia 3, Brazil 1, Chile 6, China 2, France 1, France and Italy jointly 1, Germany 1, India 2, Japan 1, Netherlands 1, South Korea 2, NZ 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Russia 5, South Africa 1, Ukraine 1, UK 2, US 3, Uruguay 2 (2017)

a range of seasonal-only (summer) stations, camps, and refuges - Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Czechia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, US, and Uruguay (2017)

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

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

no indigenous inhabitants

Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul):
uninhabited but has a meteorological station
Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul):
uninhabited but is frequently visited by fishermen and has a scientific research cabin for short stays
Iles Crozet :
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

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

uninhabited

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 entries

Greenland

57,616 (July 2020 est.)

Iceland

350,734 (July 2020 est.)

Jan Mayen

no indigenous inhabitants

note: military personnel operate the the weather and coastal services radio station

Svalbard

2,926 (July 2019 est.)

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

36,643,815 (July 2020 est.)

Armenia

3,021,324 (July 2020 est.)

Azerbaijan

10,205,810 (July 2020 est.)

Bangladesh

162,650,853 (July 2020 est.)

Bhutan

782,318 (July 2020 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; approximately 3,000 UK and US military personnel and civilian contractors living on the island of Diego Garcia (2018)

China

1,394,015,977 (July 2020 est.)

Georgia

3.997 million (2019 est. est.)

India

1,326,093,247 (July 2020 est.)

Japan

125,507,472 (July 2020 est.)

Kazakhstan

19,091,949 (July 2020 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

25,643,466 (July 2020 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

51,835,110 (July 2020 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

5,964,897 (July 2020 est.)

Maldives

391,904 (July 2020 est.)

Mongolia

3,168,026 (July 2020 est.)

note: Mongolia is one of the least densely populated countries in the world (2 people per sq km); twice as many ethnic Mongols (some 6 million) live in Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) in neighboring China

Nepal

30,327,877 (July 2020 est.)

Pakistan

233,500,636 (July 2020 est.)

note: provisional results of Pakistan's 2017 national census estimate the country's total population to be 207,774,000

Russia

141,722,205 (July 2020 est.)

Sri Lanka

22,889,201 (July 2020 est.)

Tajikistan

8,873,669 (July 2020 est.)

Turkmenistan

5,528,627 (July 2020 est.)

some sources suggest Turkmenistan's population could be as much as 1 to 2 million people lower than available estimates because of large-scale emigration during the last 10 years

Uzbekistan

30,565,411 (July 2020 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

33 entries

Anguilla

18,090 (July 2020 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

98,179 (July 2020 est.)

Aruba

119,428 (July 2020 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

337,721 (July 2020 est.)

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

Barbados

294,560 (July 2020 est.)

Belize

399,598 (July 2020 est.)

British Virgin Islands

37,381 (July 2020 est.)

Cayman Islands

61,944 (July 2020 est.)

note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman

Costa Rica

5,097,988 (July 2020 est.)

Cuba

11,059,062 (July 2020 est.)

Curacao

151,345 (July 2020 est.)

Dominica

74,243 (July 2020 est.)

Dominican Republic

10,499,707 (July 2020 est.)

El Salvador

6,481,102 (July 2020 est.)

Grenada

113,094 (July 2020 est.)

Guatemala

17,153,288 (July 2020 est.)

Haiti

11,067,777 (July 2020 est.)

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

Honduras

9,235,340 (July 2020 est.)

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

Jamaica

2,808,570 (July 2020 est.)

Montserrat

5,373 (July 2020 est.)

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

Navassa Island

uninhabited; transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island

Nicaragua

6,203,441 (July 2020 est.)

Panama

3,894,082 (July 2020 est.)

Puerto Rico

3,189,068 (July 2020 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

7,122 (July 2020 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

53,821 (July 2020 est.)

Saint Lucia

166,487 (July 2020 est.)

Saint Martin

32,556 (July 2020 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

101,390 (July 2020 est.)

Sint Maarten

43,847 (July 2020 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

1,208,789 (July 2020 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

55,926 (July 2020 est.)

Virgin Islands

106,235 (July 2020 est.)

Europe

49 entries

Albania

3,074,579 (July 2020 est.)

Andorra

77,000 (2019 est.)

Austria

8,859,449 (July 2020 est.)

Belarus

9,477,918 (July 2020 est.)

Belgium

11,720,716 (July 2020 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3,835,586 (July 2020 est.)

Bulgaria

6,966,899 (July 2020 est.)

Croatia

4,227,746 (July 2020 est.)

Czechia

10,702,498 (July 2020 est.)

Denmark

5,869,410 (July 2020 est.)

Estonia

1,228,624 (July 2020 est.)

European Union

453,007,803

rank by population:
  • Germany - 80,159,662;
  • France - 67,848,156;
  • Italy - 62,402,659;
  • Spain - 50,015,792;
  • Poland - 38,282,325;
  • Romania - 21,302,893;
  • Netherlands - 17,280,397;
  • Belgium - 11,720,716;
  • Czechia - 10,702,498;
  • Greece - 10,607,051;
  • Portugal - 10,302,674;
  • Sweden - 10,202,491;
  • Hungary - 9,771,827;
  • Austria - 8,859,449;
  • Bulgaria - 6,966,899;
  • Denmark - 5,869,410;
  • Finland - 5,571,665;
  • Slovakia - 5,440,602;
  • Ireland - 5,176,569;
  • Croatia - 4,227,746;
  • Lithuania - 2,731,464;
  • Slovenia - 2,102,678;
  • Latvia - 1,881,232;
  • Cyprus - 1,266,676;
  • Estonia - 1,228,624;
  • Luxembourg - 628,381;
  • Malta - 457,267 (July 2020 est.)

Faroe Islands

51,628 (July 2020 est.)

Finland

5,571,665 (July 2020 est.)

France

67,848,156 (July 2020 est.)

note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233

Germany

80,159,662 (July 2020 est.)

Gibraltar

29,581 (July 2020 est.)

Greece

10,607,051 (July 2020 est.)

Guernsey

67,052 (July 2020 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

1,000 (2019 est.)

Hungary

9,771,827 (July 2020 est.)

Ireland

5,176,569 (July 2020 est.)

Isle of Man

90,499 (July 2020 est.)

Italy

62,402,659 (July 2020 est.)

Jersey

101,073 (July 2020 est.)

Kosovo

1,932,774 (July 2020 est.)

Latvia

1,881,232 (July 2020 est.)

Liechtenstein

39,137 (July 2020 est.)

note: immigrants make up 65% of the total population, according to UN data (2017)

Lithuania

2,731,464 (July 2020 est.)

Luxembourg

628,381 (July 2020 est.)

Malta

457,267 (July 2020 est.)

Moldova

3,364,496 (July 2020 est.)

Monaco

39,000 (2019 est.)

note: immigrants make up almost 68% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)

Montenegro

609,859 (July 2020 est.)

Netherlands

17,280,397 (July 2020 est.)

North Macedonia

2,125,971 (July 2020 est.)

Norway

5,467,439 (July 2020 est.)

Poland

38,282,325 (July 2020 est.)

Portugal

10,302,674 (July 2020 est.)

Romania

21,302,893 (July 2020 est.)

San Marino

34,232 (July 2020 est.)

Serbia

7,012,165 (July 2020 est.)

note: does not include the population of Kosovo

Slovakia

5,440,602 (July 2020 est.)

Slovenia

2,102,678 (July 2020 est.)

Spain

50,015,792 (July 2020 est.)

Sweden

10,202,491 (July 2020 est.)

Switzerland

8,403,994 (July 2020 est.)

Ukraine

43,922,939 (July 2020 est.)

United Kingdom

65,761,117 United Kingdom (July 2020 est.)

  • constituent countries by percentage of total population: England 84%
  • Scotland 8%
  • Wales 5%
  • Northern Ireland 3%

Middle East

19 entries

Akrotiri

approximately 18,195 on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 11,000 Cypriots and 7,195 Service and UK-based contract personnel and dependents (2020)

Bahrain

1,505,003 (July 2020 est.)

note: immigrants make up approximately 48% of the total population, according to UN data (2017)

Cyprus

1,266,676 (July 2020 est.)

Dhekelia

approximately 15,500 on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 9,700 Cypriots and 5,800 Service and UK-based contract personnel and dependents

Gaza Strip

1,918,221 (July 2020 est.)

Iran

84,923,314 (July 2020 est.)

Iraq

38,872,655 (July 2020 est.)

Israel

8,675,475 (includes populations of the Golan Heights or Golan Sub-District and also East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967) (July 2020 est.)

note: approximately 22,900 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2018); approximately 215,900 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2017)

Jordan

10,820,644 (July 2020 est.)

note: increased estimate reflects revised assumptions about the net migration rate due to the increased flow of Syrian refugees

Kuwait

2,993,706 (July 2020 est.)

note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,420,110 for 2019, with non-Kuwaitis accounting for nearly 70% of the population

Lebanon

5,469,612 (July 2020 est.)

Oman

4,664,844 (December 2019 est.)

note: immigrants make up approximately 46% of the total population (2019)

Qatar

2,444,174 (July 2020 est.)

Saudi Arabia

34,173,498 (July 2020 est.)

note: immigrants make up 38.3% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)

Syria

19,398,448 (July 2020 est.)

note: approximately 22,000 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2016)

Turkey now Turkiye

82,017,514 (July 2020 est.)

United Arab Emirates

9,992,083 (July 2020 est.)

note: the UN estimated the country's total population was 9,771,000 as of mid-year 2019; immigrants make up 87.9% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)

West Bank

2,900,034 (July 2020 est.)

note: approximately 418,600 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2018); approximately 215,900 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2014)

Yemen

29,884,405 (July 2020 est.)

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

71,750 (July 2020 est.)

Canada

37,694,085 (July 2020 est.)

Clipperton Island

uninhabited

Mexico

128,649,565 (July 2020 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

5,347 (July 2020 est.)

United States

332,639,102 (July 2020 est.)

Oceania

34 entries

American Samoa

49,437 (July 2020 est.)

Australia

25,466,459 (July 2020 est.)

Cook Islands

8,574 (July 2020 est.)

note: the Cook Islands' Ministry of Finance & Economic Management estimated the resident population to have been 11,700 in September 2016

Coral Sea Islands

  • no indigenous inhabitants (2017 est.)

note: there is a staff of four at the meteorological station on Willis Island

Fiji

935,974 (July 2020 est.)

French Polynesia

295,121 (July 2020 est.)

Guam

168,485 (July 2020 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

Kingman Reef

uninhabited

Kiribati

111,796 (July 2020 est.)

Marshall Islands

77,917 (July 2020 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

102,436 (July 2020 est.)

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.)

Nauru

11,000 (2019 est.)

New Caledonia

290,009 (July 2020 est.)

New Zealand

4,925,477 (July 2020 est.)

Niue

2,000 (2019)

note: because of the island's limited economic and educational opportunities, Niueans have emigrated for decades - primarily to New Zealand, but also to Australia and other Pacific island states; Niue's population peaked in 1966 at 5,194, but by 2005 had fallen to 1,508; since then it has rebounded slightly; as of 2013, 23,883 people of Niuean ancestry lived in New Zealand - with more than 20% Niue-born; this means that there are about 15 times as many persons of Niuean living in New Zealand as in Niue, possibly the most eccentric population distribution in the world

Norfolk Island

1,748 (2016 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

51,433 (July 2020 est.)

Palau

21,685 (July 2020 est.)

Palmyra Atoll

  • no indigenous inhabitants (July 2014 est.)

note: variable temporary population of 4 to 20 staff and scientists of the Nature Conservancy and the US Fish and Wildlife Service

Papua New Guinea

7,259,456 (July 2020 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

50 (2020 est. est.)

Samoa

203,774 (July 2020 est.)

Solomon Islands

685,097 (July 2020 est.)

Tokelau

1,647 (2019 est.)

Tonga

106,095 (July 2020 est.)

Tuvalu

11,342 (July 2020 est.)

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 Jarvis Island: 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; currently unoccupied 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

Vanuatu

298,333 (July 2020 est.)

Wake Island

  • no indigenous inhabitants (2018 est.)

note: approximately 100 military personnel and civilian contractors maintain and operate the airfield and communications facilities

Wallis and Futuna

15,854 (July 2020 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

45,479,118 (July 2020 est.)

Bolivia

11,639,909 (July 2020 est.)

Brazil

211,715,973 (July 2020 est.)

Chile

18,186,770 (July 2020 est.)

Colombia

49,084,841 (July 2020 est.)

Ecuador

16,904,867 (July 2020 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

3,198 (2016 est.)

note: data include all persons usually resident in the islands at the time of the 2016 census

Guyana

750,204 (July 2020 est.)

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

Paraguay

7,191,685 (July 2020 est.)

Peru

31,914,989 (July 2020 est.)

Suriname

609,569 (July 2020 est.)

Uruguay

3,387,605 (July 2020 est.)

Venezuela

28,644,603 (July 2020 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; access to East and Middle Islands is by permit only

Brunei

464,478 (July 2020 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

56,590,071 (July 2020 est.)

Cambodia

16,926,984 (July 2020 est.)

Christmas Island

2,205 (2016 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

596 (July 2014 est.)

Hong Kong

7,249,907 (July 2020 est.)

Indonesia

267,026,366 (July 2020 est.)

Laos

7,447,396 (July 2020 est.)

Macau

614,458 (July 2020 est.)

Malaysia

32,652,083 (July 2020 est.)

Paracel Islands

1,440 (2014 est.)

note: Chinese activity has increased in recent years, particularly on Woody Island, where the population exceeds 1,000; there are scattered Chinese garrisons on some other islands

Philippines

109,180,815 (July 2020 est.)

Singapore

6,209,660 (July 2020 est.)

Spratly Islands

no indigenous inhabitants

note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by military personnel of several claimant states

Taiwan

23,603,049 (July 2020 est.)

Thailand

68,977,400 (July 2020 est.)

Timor-Leste

1,383,723 (July 2020 est.)

Vietnam

98,721,275 (July 2020 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2020, “Population”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population/2020.

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