The CIA World Factbook Edition 2024 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 2024 edition carries it in 255 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2024 edition
- 255
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Population” (1990 to 2025).
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World
1 entryAfrica
55 entriesCongo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 115,403,027
- male:
- 57,688,160
- female:
- 57,714,867 (2024 est.)
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 6,097,665
- male:
- 3,045,973
- female:
- 3,051,692 (2024 est.)
Libya
- total:
- 7,361,263
- male:
- 3,747,364
- female:
- 3,613,899 (2024 est.)
note: immigrants make up just over 12% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)
Antarctic Region
5 entriesAntarctica
no indigenous inhabitants, but staff is present at year-round and summer-only research stations
note: 56 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 5,000 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 2024, peak summer (December-February) maximum capacity in scientific stations - 4,713 total; Argentina 425, Australia 238, Belarus 15, Belgium 55, Brazil 64, Bulgaria 25, Chile 375, China 164, Czechia 32, Ecuador 35, Finland 16, France 136, France and Italy jointly 70, Germany 60, India 72, Italy 150, Japan 130, South Korea 158, New Zealand 85, Norway 60, Peru 30, Poland 41, Russia 211, South Africa 80, Spain 79, Sweden 16, Ukraine 15, United Kingdom 315, United States 1,495 , Uruguay 66 (2024)
- winter (June-August) maximum capacity in scientific stations - 1,056 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 (2024)
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
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- total:
- 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, visited by scientists
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- total:
- (July 2021 est.) no indigenous inhabitants
note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001 and was replaced by a permanent group of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey, which also has a biological station on Bird Island; the South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited
Arctic Region
4 entriesAsia
23 entriesBritish Indian Ocean Territory
- total:
- 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)
Pakistan
- total:
- 252,363,571
- male:
- 128,387,797
- female:
- 123,975,774 (2024 est.)
note: results of Pakistan's 2017 national census estimate the country's total population to be 207,684,626
Central America and the Caribbean
33 entriesMontserrat
- total:
- 5,468
- male:
- 2,728
- female:
- 2,740 (2024 est.)
note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned
Europe
49 entriesMiddle East
19 entriesAkrotiri
(2020) 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
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
Israel
- total:
- 9,402,617
- male:
- 4,731,275
- female:
- 4,671,342 (2024 est.)
note: approximately 236,600 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2021); following the March 2019 US recognition of the Golan Heights as being part of Israel, The World Factbook no longer includes Israeli settler population of the Golan Heights (estimated at 23,400 in 2019) in its overall Israeli settler total
Jordan
- total:
- 11,174,024
- male:
- 5,844,979
- female:
- 5,329,045 (2024 est.)
note: increased estimate reflects revised assumptions about the net migration rate due to the increased flow of Syrian refugees
West Bank
- total:
- 3,243,369
- male:
- 1,648,450
- female:
- 1,594,919 (2024 est.)
note: approximately 468,300 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2022); approximately 236,600 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2021)
North America
6 entriesOceania
28 entriesCoral Sea Islands
- total:
- no indigenous inhabitants (2021)
note: a staff of four operates the meteorological station on Willis Island
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- total:
- 99,603
- male:
- 48,708
- female:
- 50,895 (2024 est.)
Niue
- total:
- 2,000 (2022 est.)
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 - or about 15 times as many persons of Niuean ancestry living in New Zealand as in Niue
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
- total:
- 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:
- 4 to 20 Nature Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife staff, and researchers
Wake Island
- total:
- (2018 est.) no indigenous inhabitants
note: approximately 100 military personnel and civilian contractors maintain and operate the airfield and communications facilities
South America
13 entriesFalkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
- total:
- 3,662 (2021 est.)
note: data include all persons usually resident in the islands at the time of the 2021 census
Southeast Asia
19 entriesAshmore and Cartier Islands
- total:
- (2021 est.) 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
Paracel Islands
- total:
- 1,440 (July 2014 est.)
note: Chinese activity has increased in recent years, particularly on Woody Island, where the population exceeds 1,000; some other islands have scattered Chinese garrisons
Spratly Islands
- total:
- (July 2021 est.) no indigenous inhabitants
note: scattered garrisons are occupied by military personnel of several claimant states
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2024, “Population”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population/2024.