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Ethiopia 82,544,840 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 2008 est.)
European Union 491,018,683 (July 2008 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3,140 (July 2008 est.)
Faroe Islands 48,668 (July 2008 est.)
Fiji 931,741 (July 2008 est.)
Finland 5,244,749 (July 2008 est.)
France total: 64,057,792 note: 62,150,775 in metropolitan France (July 2008 est.)
French Polynesia 283,019 (July 2008 est.)
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
Gabon 1,485,832 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 2008 est.)
Gambia, The 1,735,464 (July 2008 est.)
Gaza Strip 1,500,202 (July 2008 est.)
Georgia 4,630,841 (July 2008 est.)
Germany 82,369,552 (July 2008 est.)
Ghana 23,382,848 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 2008 est.)
Gibraltar 28,002 (July 2008 est.)
Greece 10,722,816 (July 2008 est.)
Greenland 57,564 (July 2008 est.)
Grenada 90,343 (July 2008 est.)
Guam 175,877 (July 2008 est.)
Guatemala 13,002,206 (July 2008 est.)
Guernsey 65,726 (July 2008 est.)
Guinea 9,806,509 (July 2008 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 1,503,182 (July 2008 est.)
Guyana 770,794 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 2008 est.)
Haiti 8,924,553 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 2008 est.)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands uninhabited
Holy See (Vatican City) 824 (July 2008 est.)
Honduras 7,639,327 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 2008 est.)
Hong Kong 7,018,636 (July 2008 est.)
Hungary 9,930,915 (July 2008 est.)
Iceland 304,367 (July 2008 est.)
India 1,147,995,904 (July 2008 est.)
Indonesia 237,512,352 (July 2008 est.)
Iran 65,875,224 (July 2008 est.)
Iraq 28,221,180 (July 2008 est.)
Ireland 4,156,119 (July 2008 est.)
Isle of Man 76,220 (July 2008 est.)
Israel 7,112,359 note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2008 est.)
Italy 58,145,320 (July 2008 est.)
Jamaica 2,804,332 (July 2008 est.)
Jan Mayen no indigenous inhabitants note: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and the weather and coastal services radio station
Japan 127,288,416 (July 2008 est.)
Jersey 91,533 (July 2008 est.)
Jordan 6,198,677 (July 2008 est.)
Kazakhstan 15,340,533 (July 2008 est.)
Kenya 37,953,840 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 2008 est.)
Kiribati 110,356 (July 2008 est.)
Korea, North 23,479,088 (July 2008 est.)
Korea, South 48,379,392 (July 2008 est.)
Kosovo 2,126,708 (2007 est.)
Kuwait 2,596,799 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2008 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 5,356,869 (July 2008 est.)
Laos 6,677,534 (July 2008 est.)
Latvia 2,245,423 (July 2008 est.)
Lebanon 3,971,941 (July 2008 est.)
Lesotho 2,128,180 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 2008 est.)
Liberia 3,334,587 (July 2008 est.)
Libya 6,173,579 note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2008 est.)
Liechtenstein 34,498 (July 2008 est.)
Lithuania 3,565,205 (July 2008 est.)
Luxembourg 486,006 (July 2008 est.)
Macau 545,674 (July 2008 est.)
Macedonia 2,061,315 (July 2008 est.)
Madagascar 20,042,552 (July 2008 est.)
Malawi 13,931,831 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 2008 est.)
Malaysia 25,274,132 (July 2008 est.)
Maldives 385,925 (July 2008 est.)
Mali 12,324,029 (July 2008 est.)
Malta 403,532 (July 2008 est.)
Marshall Islands 63,174 (July 2008 est.)
Mauritania 3,364,940 (July 2008 est.)
Mauritius 1,274,189 (July 2008 est.)
Mayotte 216,306 (July 2008 est.)
Mexico 109,955,400 (July 2008 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 107,665 (July 2008 est.)
Moldova 4,324,450 (July 2008 est.)
Monaco 32,796 (July 2008 est.)
Mongolia 2,996,081 (July 2008 est.)
Montenegro 678,177 (July 2008 est.)
Montserrat 5,079 note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2008 est.)
Morocco 34,343,220 (July 2008 est.)
Mozambique 21,284,700 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; the 1997 Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2008 est.)
Namibia 2,088,669 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 2008 est.)
Nauru 13,770 (July 2008 est.)
Navassa Island uninhabited note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island
Nepal 29,519,114 (July 2008 est.)
Netherlands 16,645,313 (July 2008 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 225,369 (July 2008 est.)
New Caledonia 224,824 (July 2008 est.)
New Zealand 4,173,460 (July 2008 est.)
Nicaragua 5,785,846 (July 2008 est.)
Niger 13,272,679 (July 2008 est.)
Nigeria 146,255,312 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 2008 est.)
Niue 1,444 (July 2008 est.)
Norfolk Island 2,128 (July 2008 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands 86,616 (July 2008 est.)
Norway 4,644,457 (July 2008 est.)
Oman 3,311,640 note: includes 577,293 non-nationals (July 2008 est.)
Pakistan 172,800,048 (July 2008 est.)
Palau 21,093 (July 2008 est.)
Panama 3,309,679 (July 2008 est.)
Papua New Guinea 5,931,769 (July 2008 est.)
Paracel Islands no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons
Paraguay 6,831,306 (July 2008 est.)
Peru 29,180,900 (July 2008 est.)
Philippines 96,061,680 (July 2008 est.)
Pitcairn Islands 48 (July 2008 est.)
Poland 38,500,696 (July 2008 est.)
Portugal 10,676,910 (July 2008 est.)
Puerto Rico 3,958,128 (July 2008 est.)
Qatar 824,789 (July 2008 est.)
Romania 22,246,862 (July 2008 est.)
Russia 140,702,096 (July 2008 est.)
Rwanda 10,186,063 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 2008 est.)
Saint Barthelemy 7,492 (July 2008 est.)
Saint Helena 7,601 note: only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited (July 2008 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 39,817 (July 2008 est.)
Saint Lucia 159,585 (July 2008 est.)
Saint Martin 29,376 (July 2008 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7,044 (July 2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 118,432 (July 2008 est.)
Samoa 217,083 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 2008 est.)
San Marino 29,973 (July 2008 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 206,178 (July 2008 est.)
Saudi Arabia 28,146,656 note: includes 5,576,076 non-nationals (July 2008 est.)
Senegal 12,853,259 (July 2008 est.)
Serbia 10,159,046 note: all population data includes Kosovo (July 2008 est.)
Seychelles 82,247 (July 2008 est.)
Sierra Leone 6,294,774 (July 2008 est.)
Singapore 4,608,167 (July 2008 est.)
Slovakia 5,455,407 (July 2008 est.)
Slovenia 2,007,711 (July 2008 est.)
Solomon Islands 581,318 (July 2008 est.)
Somalia 9,558,666 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 2008 est.)
South Africa 48,782,756 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 2008 est.)
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
Spain 40,491,052 (July 2008 est.)
Spratly Islands no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by personnel of several claimant states
Sri Lanka 21,128,772 note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West (July 2008 est.)
Sudan 40,218,456 (July 2008 est.)
Suriname 475,996 (July 2008 est.)
Svalbard 2,165 (July 2008 est.)
Swaziland 1,128,814 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 2008 est.)
Sweden 9,045,389 (July 2008 est.)
Switzerland 7,581,520 (July 2008 est.)
Syria 19,747,586 note: in addition, about 40,000 people live in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 20,000 Arabs (18,000 Druze and 2,000 Alawites) and about 20,000 Israeli settlers (July 2008 est.)
Taiwan 22,920,946 (July 2008 est.)
Tajikistan 7,211,884 (July 2008 est.)
Tanzania 40,213,160 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 2008 est.)
Thailand 65,493,296 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 2008 est.)
Timor-Leste 1,108,777 note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2008 est.)
Togo 5,858,673 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 2008 est.)
Tokelau 1,433 (July 2008 est.)
Tonga 119,009 (July 2008 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 1,047,366 (July 2008 est.)
Tunisia 10,383,577 (July 2008 est.)
Turkey 71,892,808 (July 2008 est.)
Turkmenistan 5,179,571 (July 2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 22,352 (July 2008 est.)
Tuvalu 12,177 (July 2008 est.)
Uganda 31,367,972 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 2008 est.)
Ukraine 45,994,288 (July 2008 est.)
United Arab Emirates 4,621,399 note: estimate is based on the results of the 2005 census that included a significantly higher estimate of net inmigration of non-citizens than previous estimates (July 2008 est.)
United Kingdom 60,943,912 (July 2008 est.)
United States 303,824,640 (July 2008 est.)
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges no indigenous inhabitants note: 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: 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
Uruguay 3,477,778 (July 2008 est.)
Uzbekistan 27,345,026 (July 2008 est.)
Vanuatu 215,446 (July 2008 est.)
Venezuela 26,414,816 (July 2008 est.)
Vietnam 86,116,560 (July 2008 est.)
Virgin Islands 109,840 (July 2008 est.)
Wake Island no indigenous inhabitants note: since super typhoon IOKE, a small military contingent along with 75 contractor personnel have returned to the island to conduct clean-up and restore basic operations on the island (July 2008 est.)
Wallis and Futuna 15,237 (July 2008 est.)
West Bank 2,407,681 note: in addition, there are about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2008 est.)
Western Sahara 393,831 note: estimate is based on projections by age, sex, fertility, mortality, and migration; fertility and mortality are based on data from neighboring countries (July 2008 est.)
World 6,706,993,152 (July 2008 est.)
Yemen 23,013,376 (July 2008 est.)
Zambia 11,669,534 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 2008 est.)
Zimbabwe 11,350,111 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 2008 est.)
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@2120 Ports and terminals
Afghanistan Kheyrabad, Shir Khan
Albania Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore
Algeria Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Djendjene, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda
American Samoa Pago Pago
Angola Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Namibe
Anguilla Blowing Point, Road Bay
Antarctica there are no developed ports and harbors in Antarctica; most coastal stations have offshore anchorages, and supplies are transferred from ship to shore by small boats, barges, and helicopters; a few stations have a basic wharf facility; US coastal stations include McMurdo (77 51 S, 166 40 E), and Palmer (64 43 S, 64 03 W); government use only except by permit (see Permit Office under "Legal System"); all ships at port are subject to inspection in accordance with Article 7, Antarctic Treaty; offshore anchorage is sparse and intermittent; relevant legal instruments and authorization procedures adopted by the states parties to the Antarctic Treaty regulating access to the Antarctic Treaty area, to all areas between 60 and 90 degrees of latitude south, have to be complied with (see "Legal System"); The Hydrographic Committee on Antarctica (HCA), a special hydrographic commission of International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), is responsible for hydrographic surveying and nautical charting matters in Antarctic Treaty area; it coordinates and facilitates provision of accurate and appropriate charts and other aids to navigation in support of safety of navigation in region; membership of HCA is open to any IHO Member State whose government has acceded to the Antarctic Treaty and which contributes resources and/or data to IHO Chart coverage of the area; members of HCA are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, NZ, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Spain, UK, and US (2007)
Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's
Arctic Ocean Churchill (Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US)
Argentina Arroyo Seco, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin
Aruba Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas
Ashmore and Cartier Islands none; offshore anchorage only
Atlantic Ocean Alexandria (Egypt), Algiers (Algeria), Antwerp (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Casablanca (Morocco), Colon (Panama), Copenhagen (Denmark), Dakar (Senegal), Gdansk (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain), Le Havre (France), Lisbon (Portugal), London (UK), Marseille (France), Montevideo (Uruguay), Montreal (Canada), Naples (Italy), New Orleans (US), New York (US), Oran (Algeria), Oslo (Norway), Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Stockholm (Sweden)
Australia Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney
Austria Enns, Krems, Linz, Vienna
Azerbaijan Baku (Baki)
Bahamas, The Freeport, Nassau, South Riding Point
Bahrain Mina' Salman, Sitrah
Bangladesh Chittagong, Mongla Port
Barbados Bridgetown
Belarus Mazyr
Belgium Antwerp, Gent, Liege, Zeebrugge
Belize Belize City, Big Creek
Benin Cotonou
Bermuda Hamilton, Saint George
Bolivia Puerto Aguirre (inland port on the Paraguay/Parana waterway at the Bolivia/Brazil border); Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosanska Gradiska, Bosanski Brod, Bosanski Samac, and Brcko (all inland waterway ports on the Sava), Orasje
Bouvet Island none; offshore anchorage only
Brazil Guaiba, Ilha Grande, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao
British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia
British Virgin Islands Road Town
Brunei Lumut, Muara, Seria
Bulgaria Burgas, Varna
Burma Moulmein, Rangoon, Sittwe
Burundi Bujumbura
Cambodia Phnom Penh, Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville)
Cameroon Douala, Limboh Terminal
Canada Fraser River Port, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, Port-Cartier, Quebec City, Saint John (New Brunswick), Sept-Isles, Vancouver
Cape Verde Porto Grande
Cayman Islands Cayman Brac, George Town
Central African Republic Bangui, Nola, Salo, Nzinga
Chile Coronel, Huasco, Lirquen, Puerto Ventanas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Valparaiso
China Dalian, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin
Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove
Clipperton Island none; offshore anchorage only
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Port Refuge
Colombia Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo
Comoros Mayotte, Mutsamudu
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka
Congo, Republic of the Brazzaville, Djeno, Impfondo, Ouesso, Oyo, Pointe-Noire
Cook Islands Avatiu
Coral Sea Islands none; offshore anchorage only
Costa Rica Caldera, Puerto Limon
Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan, Espoir, San-Pedro
Croatia Omisalj, Ploce, Rijeka, Sibenik, Vukovar (on Danube)