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2007/2008 Human Development Report

05Demographic trends
Population, total (millions) Excel Export results to Excel

HDI Rank Country 1975 2005 2015 1
1 Iceland 0.2 0.3 0.3
2 Norway 4.0 4.6 4.9
3 Australia 13.6 20.3 22.4
4 Canada 23.1 32.3 35.2
5 Ireland 3.2 4.1 4.8
6 Sweden 8.2 9.0 9.4
7 Switzerland 6.3 7.4 7.7
8 Japan 111.5 127.9 126.6
9 Netherlands 13.7 16.3 16.6
10 France 52.7 61.0 63.7
11 Finland 4.7 5.2 5.4
12 United States 220.2 299.8 329.0
13 Spain 35.7 43.4 46.0
14 Denmark 5.1 5.4 5.5
15 Austria 7.6 8.3 8.5
16 United Kingdom 56.2 60.2 62.8
17 Belgium 9.8 10.4 10.6
18 Luxembourg 0.4 0.5 0.5
19 New Zealand 3.1 4.1 4.5
20 Italy 55.4 58.6 59.0
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 4.4 7.1 7.7
22 Germany 78.7 82.7 81.8
23 Israel 3.4 6.7 7.8
24 Greece 9.0 11.1 11.3
25 Singapore 2.3 4.3 4.8
26 Korea (Republic of) 35.3 47.9 49.1
27 Slovenia 1.7 2.0 2.0
28 Cyprus 0.6 0.8 0.9
29 Portugal 9.1 10.5 10.8
30 Brunei Darussalam 0.2 0.4 0.5
31 Barbados 0.2 0.3 0.3
32 Czech Republic 10.0 10.2 10.1
33 Kuwait 1.0 2.7 3.4
34 Malta 0.3 0.4 0.4
35 Qatar 0.2 0.8 1.0
36 Hungary 10.5 10.1 9.8
37 Poland 34.0 38.2 37.6
38 Argentina 26.0 38.7 42.7
39 United Arab Emirates 0.5 4.1 5.3
40 Chile 10.4 16.3 17.9
41 Bahrain 0.3 0.7 0.9
42 Slovakia 4.7 5.4 5.4
43 Lithuania 3.3 3.4 3.3
44 Estonia 1.4 1.3 1.3
45 Latvia 2.5 2.3 2.2
46 Uruguay 2.8 3.3 3.4
47 Croatia 4.3 4.6 4.5
48 Costa Rica 2.1 4.3 5.0
49 Bahamas 0.2 0.3 0.4
50 Seychelles 0.1 0.1 0.1
51 Cuba 9.4 11.3 11.3
52 Mexico 60.7 104.3 115.8
53 Bulgaria 8.7 7.7 7.2
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis (.) (.) 0.1
55 Tonga 0.1 0.1 0.1
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2.5 5.9 7.1
57 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1 0.1 0.1
58 Oman 0.9 2.5 3.1
59 Trinidad and Tobago 1.0 1.3 1.4
60 Romania 21.2 21.6 20.6
61 Saudi Arabia 7.3 23.6 29.3
62 Panama 1.7 3.2 3.8
63 Malaysia 12.3 25.7 30.0
64 Belarus 9.4 9.8 9.3
65 Mauritius 0.9 1.2 1.3
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.7 3.9 3.9
67 Russian Federation 134.2 144.0 136.5
68 Albania 2.4 3.2 3.3
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 1.7 2.0 2.0
70 Brazil 108.1 186.8 210.0
71 Dominica 0.1 0.1 0.1
72 Saint Lucia 0.1 0.2 0.2
73 Kazakhstan 14.1 15.2 16.3
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12.7 26.7 31.3
75 Colombia 25.3 44.9 50.7
76 Ukraine 49.0 46.9 43.4
77 Samoa 0.2 0.2 0.2
78 Thailand 42.2 63.0 66.8
79 Dominican Republic 5.3 9.5 10.9
80 Belize 0.1 0.3 0.3
81 China 927.8 2 1,313.0 2 1,388.6 2
82 Grenada 0.1 0.1 0.1
83 Armenia 2.8 3.0 3.0
84 Turkey 41.2 73.0 82.1
85 Suriname 0.4 0.5 0.5
86 Jordan 1.9 5.5 6.9
87 Peru 15.2 27.3 30.8
88 Lebanon 2.7 4.0 4.4
89 Ecuador 6.9 13.1 14.6
90 Philippines 42.0 84.6 101.1
91 Tunisia 5.7 10.1 11.2
92 Fiji 0.6 0.8 0.9
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1 0.1 0.1
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 33.3 69.4 79.4
95 Paraguay 2.8 5.9 7.0
96 Georgia 4.9 4.5 4.2
97 Guyana 0.7 0.7 0.7
98 Azerbaijan 5.7 8.4 9.0
99 Sri Lanka 13.7 19.1 20.0
100 Maldives 0.1 0.3 0.4
101 Jamaica 2.0 2.7 2.8
102 Cape Verde 0.3 0.5 0.6
103 El Salvador 4.1 6.7 7.6
104 Algeria 16.0 32.9 38.1
105 Viet Nam 48.0 85.0 96.5
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 1.3 3.8 5.1
107 Indonesia 135.4 226.1 251.6
108 Syrian Arab Republic 7.5 18.9 23.5
109 Turkmenistan 2.5 4.8 5.5
110 Nicaragua 2.8 5.5 6.3
111 Moldova 3.8 3.9 3.6
112 Egypt 39.2 72.8 86.2
113 Uzbekistan 14.0 26.6 30.6
114 Mongolia 1.4 2.6 2.9
115 Honduras 3.1 6.8 8.3
116 Kyrgyzstan 3.3 5.2 5.8
117 Bolivia 4.8 9.2 10.9
118 Guatemala 6.2 12.7 16.2
119 Gabon 0.6 1.3 1.5
120 Vanuatu 0.1 0.2 0.3
121 South Africa 25.7 47.9 50.3
122 Tajikistan 3.4 6.6 7.7
123 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1 0.2 0.2
124 Botswana 0.8 1.8 2.1
125 Namibia 0.9 2.0 2.3
126 Morocco 17.3 30.5 34.3
127 Equatorial Guinea 0.2 0.5 0.6
128 India 613.8 1,134.4 1,302.5
129 Solomon Islands 0.2 0.5 0.6
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.9 5.7 6.7
131 Cambodia 7.1 14.0 16.6
132 Myanmar 29.8 48.0 52.0
133 Bhutan 0.4 0.6 0.7
134 Comoros 0.3 0.8 1.0
135 Ghana 10.3 22.5 27.3
136 Pakistan 68.3 158.1 190.7
137 Mauritania 1.3 3.0 3.8
138 Lesotho 1.1 2.0 2.1
139 Congo 1.5 3.6 4.5
140 Bangladesh 79.0 153.3 180.1
141 Swaziland 0.5 1.1 1.2
142 Nepal 13.5 27.1 32.8
143 Madagascar 7.9 18.6 24.1
144 Cameroon 7.8 17.8 21.5
145 Papua New Guinea 2.9 6.1 7.3
146 Haiti 5.1 9.3 10.8
147 Sudan 16.8 36.9 45.6
148 Kenya 13.5 35.6 46.2
149 Djibouti 0.2 0.8 1.0
150 Timor-Leste 0.7 1.1 1.5
151 Zimbabwe 6.2 13.1 14.5
152 Togo 2.4 6.2 8.0
153 Yemen 7.1 21.1 28.3
154 Uganda 10.9 28.9 40.0
155 Gambia 0.6 1.6 2.1
156 Senegal 5.1 11.8 14.9
157 Eritrea 2.1 4.5 6.2
158 Nigeria 61.2 141.4 175.7
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 16.0 38.5 49.0
160 Guinea 4.0 9.0 11.4
161 Rwanda 4.4 9.2 12.1
162 Angola 6.8 16.1 21.2
163 Benin 3.2 8.5 11.3
164 Malawi 5.3 13.2 17.0
165 Zambia 5.0 11.5 13.8
166 Côte d'Ivoire 6.6 18.6 22.3
167 Burundi 3.7 7.9 11.2
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 24.0 58.7 80.6
169 Ethiopia 34.2 79.0 101.0
170 Chad 4.2 10.1 13.4
171 Central African Republic 2.1 4.2 5.0
172 Mozambique 10.6 20.5 24.7
173 Mali 5.4 11.6 15.7
174 Niger 4.9 13.3 18.8
175 Guinea-Bissau 0.7 1.6 2.2
176 Burkina Faso 6.1 13.9 18.5
177 Sierra Leone 2.9 5.6 6.9

Notes :
1 - Data refer to medium-variant projections.
2 - Population estimates include Taiwan Province of China.

Sources :
UN (United Nations). 2007e. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2006 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York. Accessed July 2007.
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