Annexe K

Population 1980-2005, by Country

*Source

Population, in thousands

% growth

Country
1980
1990
1995
2000
2005
1990-95
Afghanistan, Islamic State
16063
14754
19661
25592
29494
5.74 
Albania
2671
3289
3383
3493
3616
0.56 
Algeria
18740
24935
28109
31599
35186
2.40 
Angola
7019
9229
10816
12781
14882
3.17 
Argentina
28094
32527
34768
37032
39302
1.33 
Armenia, Rep
3096
3545
3632
3662
3773
0.49 
Australia
14569
16888
17866
18838
19846
1.13 
Austria
7549
7705
8045
8292
8419
0.86 
Azerbaijan
6161
7159
7531
7828
8116
1.01 
Bahamas
210
255
279
302
324
1.78 
Bahrain
347
490
557
618
671
2.56 
Bangladesh
88221
109765
118229
128310
139911
1.49 
Barbados
249
257
261
264
269
0.26 
Belarus, Rep
9659
10260
10352
10284
10169
0.18 
Belgium
9852
9951
10127
10257
10321
0.35 
Belgium/Luxembourg
X
X
X
X
X
X
Belize
146
187
213
242
270
2.59 
Benin
3459
4684
5409
6222
7193
2.88 
Bhutan
1292
1645
1770
2032
2313
1.47 
Bolivia
5355
6573
7414
8329
9275
2.41 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3914
4308
3569
4338
4361
-3.76 
Botswana
906
1272
1450
1619
1798
2.62 
Brazil
121672
148002
159015
169202
179446
1.44 
Brunei
193
257
293
326
354
2.64 
Bulgaria
8862
8718
8509
8306
8110
-0.49 
Burkina Faso
6909
9082
10479
12057
13857
2.86 
Burundi
4130
5487
6064
6974
7899
2.00 
Cambodia
6498
8695
10024
11207
12302
2.84 
Cameroon
8655
11484
13192
15129
17340
2.77 
Canada
24593
27791
29402
30679
31856
1.13 
Cape Verde
289
341
386
437
490
2.52 
Central African Rep
2313
2929
3273
3640
4046
2.22 
Chad
4477
5552
6335
7270
8184
2.64 
Chile
11147
13099
14210
15211
16136
1.63 
China
998877
1155305
1220224
1276301
1321569
1.09 
Colombia
26525
32596
35814
38905
41877
1.88 
Comoros
383
523
612
714
827
3.16 
Congo, Dem Rep
27009
37405
45453
51749
60065
3.90 
Congo, Rep
1669
2232
2593
2982
3416
2.99 
Costa Rica
2284
3035
3424
3798
4165
2.41 
Croatia, Rep
4377
4517
4505
4485
4449
-0.06 
Cuba
9710
10628
10964
11201
11371
0.62 
Cyprus
611
681
745
793
833
1.81 
Czech Rep
10283
10306
10263
10195
10126
-0.08 
Czechoslovakia (former)
X
X
X
X
X
X
Cìte d'Ivoire
8194
11682
13694
15144
17003
3.18 
Denmark
5123
5140
5223
5274
5307
0.32 
Djibouti
281
517
601
687
776
3.00 
Dominican Rep
5697
7110
7823
8495
9123
1.91 
Ecuador
7961
10264
11460
12646
13798
2.20 
Egypt
43749
56312
62096
68119
74273
1.96 
El Salvador
4547
5031
5662
6319
6957
2.36 
Equatorial Guinea
217
352
400
452
510
2.55 
Eritrea
2382
2881
3171
3809
4286
1.92 
Estonia, Rep
1473
1571
1488
1418
1374
-1.09 
Ethiopia
36368
48140
56404
66175
77114
3.17 
Fiji
634
726
784
848
917
1.53 
Finland
4780
4986
5107
5179
5216
0.48 
France
53880
56718
58104
59061
59607
0.48 
French Guiana
68
117
147
179
211
X
Gabon
691
935
1076
1235
1396
2.80 
Gambia, The
641
921
1111
1244
1379
3.76 
SEWrgia
5073
5460
5450
5418
5424
-0.04 
German Dem Rep (former)
X
X
X
X
X
X
Germany
78304
79365
81594
82688
82769
0.55 
Germany, Fed Rep (former)
X
X
X
X
X
X
Ghana
10808
15018
17338
19928
22818
2.87 
Greece
9643
10220
10454
10597
10643
0.45 
Guatemala
6917
9197
10621
12222
13971
2.88 
Guinea
4461
5755
7349
7861
9069
4.89 
Guinea-Bissau
795
964
1069
1180
1302
2.06 
Guyana
759
795
830
874
918
0.85 
Haiti
5353
6473
7124
7817
8572
1.92 
Honduras
3569
4879
5654
6485
7346
2.95 
Hong Kong
5039
5705
6123
6373
6457
1.42 
Hungary
10707
10365
10106
9811
9541
-0.51 
Iceland
228
255
269
282
295
1.05 
India
688856
850793
929005
1006770
1082184
1.76 
Indonesia
150958
182812
197460
212565
226938
1.54 
Iran, Islamic Rep
39254
59219
68365
76429
87024
2.87 
Iraq
13007
18078
20095
23109
26668
2.11 
Ireland
3401
3503
3546
3574
3615
0.24 
Israel
3879
4660
5525
6077
6570
3.41 
Italy
56434
57023
57204
57194
56703
0.06 
Jamaica
2133
2366
2468
2587
2713
0.85 
Japan
116807
123537
125068
126428
127196
0.25 
Jordan
2923
4259
5373
6330
7371
4.65 
Kazakstan, Rep
14919
16742
16817
16928
17311
0.09 
Kenya
16632
23475
27150
30340
34469
2.91 
Korea, Dem People's Rep
17666
20363
22097
23913
25416
1.64 
Korea, Rep
38124
42869
44909
46883
48594
0.93 
Kuwait
1375
2143
1691
1966
2192
-4.74 
Kyrgyz Rep
3628
4395
4460
4543
4742
0.29 
Lao People's Dem Rep
3205
4202
4882
5693
6547
3.00 
Latvia, Rep
2529
2684
2536
2397
2299
-1.13 
Lebanon
2669
2555
3009
3289
3535
3.27 
Lesotho
1367
1783
2027
2294
2594
2.56 
Liberia
1876
2575
2123
3256
3830
-3.86 
Libya
3043
4545
5407
6387
7495
3.47 
Lithuania, Rep
3421
3737
3736
3690
3645
-0.01 
Luxembourg
364
381
407
430
446
1.35 
Macao
252
372
430
477
496
2.87 
Macedonia, FYR
1795
2046
2156
2233
2306
1.04 
Madagascar
9072
12642
14874
17395
20254
3.25 
Malawi
6183
9329
9673
10984
12451
0.72 
Malaysia
13763
17891
20140
22299
24329
2.37 
Maldives
158
216
254
302
355
3.31 
Mali
6863
9212
10795
12559
14529
3.17
Malta
324
354
367
378
389
0.69 
Martinique
326
360
380
399
417
1.07 
Mauritania
1551
2003
2274
2580
2918
2.54 
Mauritius
966
1057
1117
1179
1242
1.10 
Mexico
67570
83226
91145
98881
106147
1.82 
Moldova, Rep
4010
4364
4437
4458
4508
0.33 
Mongolia
1663
2216
2463
2736
3023
2.11 
Morocco
19382
24043
26524
28984
31298
1.96 
Mozambique
12095
14182
17260
19563
22137
3.93 
Myanmar
33821
41354
45106
49342
53479
1.74 
Namibia
1030
1352
1536
1733
1949
2.56 
Nepal
14498
18772
21456
24347
27439
2.67 
Netherlands
14144
14952
15482
15871
16073
0.70 
Netherlands. Ant. & Aruba
X
X
X
X
X
X
New Caledonia 
143
168
181
195
208
1.53 
New Zealand
3113
3360
3561
3760
3973
1.16 
Nicaragua
2790
3568
4123
4694
5295
2.90 
Niger
5586
7731
9151
10805
12659
3.37 
Nigeria
72024
96154
111721
128786
147610
3.00 
Norway
4086
4241
4332
4407
4467
0.42 
Oman
1130
1785
2207
2717
3302
4.25 
Pakistan
85299
119141
136257
156007
177590
2.69 
Panama
1950
2398
2631
2856
3067
1.86 
Papua New Guinea
3086
3839
4301
4811
5357
2.27 
Paraguay
3114
4219
4828
5496
6216
2.70 
Peru
17324
21569
23532
25662
27804
1.74 
Philippines
48317
60779
67839
75037
82102
2.20 
Poland, Rep
35574
38119
38557
38727
39000
0.23 
Portugal
9766
9869
9815
9788
9751
-0.11 
Puerto Rico
3197
3528
3701
3877
4054
0.96 
Qatar
229
485
548
599
648
2.43 
Reunion
506
604
655
699
743
1.62 
Romania
22201
23207
22728
22505
22251
-0.42 
Russian Federation
138660
148292
148460
146196
143618
0.02 
Rwanda
5163
6954
5184
7674
8640
-5.88 
Sao Tome and Principe
94
119
133
146
161
X
Saudi Arabia
9604
16048
18255
21661
25255
2.58 
Senegal
5538
7327
8312
9495
10810
2.52 
Sierra Leone
3236
3997
4195
4866
5432
0.97 
Singapore
2415
3016
3327
3587
3778
1.96 
Slovak Rep
4976
5256
5338
5372
5408
0.31 
Slovenia, Rep
1832
1918
1925
1914
1894
0.07 
Solomon Islands
227
320
378
444
517
3.32 
Somalia
6713
8623
9491
11530
13511
1.92 
South Africa
29170
37066
41465
46257
51365
2.24 
Spain
37542
39272
39627
39801
39748
0.18 
Sri Lanka
14819
17057
17928
18821
19858
1.00 
Sudan
18681
24061
26707
29823
33246
2.09 
Suriname
355
400
427
452
476
1.28 
Swaziland
560
744
857
984
1121
2.81 
Sweden
8310
8559
8788
8898
8989
0.53 
Switzerland
6319
6834
7166
7412
7571
0.95 
Syrian Arab Rep
8704
12388
14203
16126
18237
2.74 
Taiwan
X
X
X
X
X
X
Tajikistan, Rep
3953
5303
5828
6398
7036
1.89 
Tanzania
18581
25483
30026
33687
38574
3.28 
Thailand
46718
55580
58242
60495
62612
0.94 
Togo
2615
3524
4085
4676
5332
2.96 
Trinidad and Tobago
1082
1236
1287
1341
1409
0.80 
Tunisia
6448
8162
8987
9837
10657
1.93 
Turkey
44438
56098
60838
65732
70456
1.62 
Turkmenistan, Rep
2861
3668
4075
4479
4907
2.11 
U.S.S.R. (former)
X
X
X
X
X
X
Uganda
13120
16649
19689
22459
26032
3.35 
Ukraine
50044
51891
51757
50801
49903
-0.05 
United Arab Emirates
1015
1921
2210
2444
2660
2.81 
United Kingdom
56330
57561
58079
58336
58541
0.18 
United States
230406
254106
267115
277825
287863
1.00 
Uruguay
2914
3094
3186
3274
3365
0.58 
Uzbekistan, Rep
15952
20515
22762
25018
27402
2.08 
Vanuatu
117
149
169
192
217
2.49 
Venezuela
15091
19502
21844
24170
26468
2.27 
Vietnam
53711
66689
73793
80549
86847
2.02 
Vietnam, Democratic Rep
X
X
X
X
X
X
Vietnam, South
X
X
X
X
X
X
Western Samoa
155
160
165
174
189
0.57 
Yemen
8219
11592
15027
18118
21577
5.19 
Yemen, People's Dem Rep
X
X
X
X
X
X
Yemen, Rep
X
X
X
X
X
X
Yugoslavia (former)
X
X
X
X
X
X
Yugoslavia, Fed Rep
9522
10156
10251
10502
10512
0.19 
Zambia
5738
7224
8081
9133
10342
2.24 
Zimbabwe
7126
9855
11190
12423
13805
2.54 
Africa
475711
629385
719495
819910
930735
2.68 
Asia
2641310
3184342
3437787
3688535
3929031
1.53 
Central America
89772
111520
123474
135497
147221
2.04 
Europe
693260
722314
728244
729328
726474
0.16 
North America
255109
282020
296645
308636
319855
1.01 
Oceania
22682
26425
28305
30253
32312
1.37 
South America
240380
292760
317477
341434
365293
1.62 
World
4447374
5282306
5687113
6091351
6490722
1.48 
Less developed regions
3364515
4134187
4515729
4904360
5293378
1.77 
More developed regions
1082859
1148119
1171384
1186990
1197344
0.40 

Source: United Nations Energy Statistics Yearbooks. Source: World Resources Institute (1998), Data Tables CD, spreadsheets HD-16101 and HD-16105, Washington, DC.

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