Rank | Country | Capital city | 2008 Population | Estimate | 2002 Population | Est | Population growth 2002-2008 | Land area (sq km) | Population density #/sq km |
38 | Afghanistan | Kabul | 32,738,000 | Jul-08 | 27,755,775 | 2002 | 17.95% | 647500 | 50.6 |
130 | Albania | Tirana | 3,620,000 | Jul-08 | 3,544,841 | 2002 | 2.12% | 28748 | 125.9 |
36 | Algeria | Algiers | 33,770,000 | Jul-08 | 32,277,942 | 2002 | 4.62% | 2381740 | 14.2 |
209 | American Samoa | Pago Pago | 57,500 | Jul-08 | 68,688 | 2002 | -16.29% | 199 | 288.9 |
204 | Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 72,400 | Jul-08 | 68,403 | 2002 | 5.84% | 468 | 154.7 |
69 | Angola | Luanda | 12,531,000 | Jul-08 | 10,593,171 | 2002 | 18.29% | 1246700 | 10.1 |
224 | Anguilla | The Valley | 14,100 | Jul-08 | 12,446 | 2002 | 13.29% | 102 | 138.2 |
205 | Antigua & Barbuda | Saint John's | 69,800 | Jul-08 | 67,448 | 2002 | 3.49% | 443 | 157.6 |
29 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 40,677,000 | Jul-08 | 37,812,817 | 2002 | 7.57% | 2766890 | 14.7 |
138 | Armenia | Yerevan | 2,969,000 | Jul-08 | 3,330,099 | 2002 | -10.84% | 29800 | 99.6 |
197 | Aruba | Oranjestad | 101,500 | Jul-08 | 70,441 | 2002 | 44.09% | 193 | 525.9 |
54 | Australia | Canberra | 20,601,000 | Jul-08 | 19,546,792 | 2002 | 5.39% | 7686850 | 2.7 |
92 | Austria | Vienna | 8,206,000 | Jul-08 | 8,169,929 | 2002 | 0.44% | 83858 | 97.9 |
93 | Azerbaijan | Baku | 8,178,000 | Jul-08 | 7,798,497 | 2002 | 4.87% | 86600 | 94.4 |
178 | Bahamas | Nassau | 307,500 | Jul-08 | 300,529 | 2002 | 2.32% | 13940 | 22.1 |
162 | Bahrain | Manama | 718,300 | Jul-08 | 656,397 | 2002 | 9.43% | 665 | 1080.2 |
7 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 153,547,000 | Jul-08 | 133,376,684 | 2002 | 15.12% | 144000 | 1066.3 |
182 | Barbados | Bridgetown | 282,000 | Jul-08 | 276,607 | 2002 | 1.95% | 431 | 654.3 |
84 | Belarus | Minsk | 9,686,000 | Jul-08 | 10,335,382 | 2002 | -6.28% | 207600 | 46.7 |
76 | Belgium | Brussels | 10,404,000 | Jul-08 | 10,274,595 | 2002 | 1.26% | 30510 | 341.0 |
180 | Belize | Belmopan | 301,300 | Jul-08 | 262,999 | 2002 | 14.56% | 22966 | 13.1 |
91 | Benin | Porto-Novo | 8,295,000 | Jul-08 | 6,787,625 | 2002 | 22.21% | 112620 | 73.7 |
206 | Bermuda | Hamilton | 66,500 | Jul-08 | 63,960 | 2002 | 3.97% | 53 | 1254.7 |
163 | Bhutan | Thimphu | 682,300 | Jul-08 | 2,094,176 | 2002 | -67.42% | 47000 | 14.5 |
87 | Bolivia | Sucre | 9,248,000 | Jul-08 | 8,445,134 | 2002 | 9.51% | 1098580 | 8.4 |
119 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 4,590,000 | Jul-08 | 3,964,388 | 2002 | 15.78% | 51129 | 89.8 |
147 | Botswana | Gaborone | 1,842,000 | Jul-08 | 1,591,232 | 2002 | 15.76% | 600370 | 3.1 |
5 | Brazil | Brasilia | 191,909,000 | Jul-08 | 176,029,560 | 2002 | 9.02% | 8511965 | 22.5 |
219 | British Virgin Islands | Road Town | 24,000 | Jul-08 | 21,272 | 2002 | 12.82% | 153 | 156.9 |
176 | Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 381,400 | Jul-08 | 350,898 | 2002 | 8.69% | 5770 | 66.1 |
96 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 7,263,000 | Jul-08 | 7,621,337 | 2002 | -4.70% | 110910 | 65.5 |
62 | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 15,265,000 | Jul-08 | 12,603,185 | 2002 | 21.12% | 274200 | 55.7 |
25 | Burma (Myanmar | Rangoon | 47,758,000 | Jul-08 | 42,238,224 | 2002 | 13.07% | 678500 | 70.4 |
90 | Burundi | Bujumbura | 8,691,000 | Jul-08 | 6,373,002 | 2002 | 36.37% | 27830 | 312.3 |
63 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 14,242,000 | Jul-08 | 12,775,324 | 2002 | 11.48% | 181040 | 78.7 |
57 | Cameroon | Yaounde | 18,468,000 | Jul-08 | 16,184,748 | 2002 | 14.11% | 475440 | 38.8 |
37 | Canada | Ottawa | 33,213,000 | Jul-08 | 31,902,268 | 2002 | 4.11% | 9976140 | 3.3 |
172 | Cape Verde | Praia | 427,000 | Jul-08 | 408,760 | 2002 | 4.46% | 4033 | 105.9 |
212 | Cayman Islands | George Town | 47,900 | Jul-08 | 36,273 | 2002 | 32.05% | 262 | 182.8 |
121 | Central African Republic | Bangui | 4,435,000 | Jul-08 | 3,642,739 | 2002 | 21.75% | 622984 | 7.1 |
82 | Chad | N'Djamena | 10,111,000 | Jul-08 | 8,997,237 | 2002 | 12.38% | 1284000 | 7.9 |
60 | Chile | Santiago | 16,454,000 | Jul-08 | 15,498,930 | 2002 | 6.16% | 756950 | 21.7 |
1 | China | Beijing | 1,330,045,000 | Jul-08 | 1,284,303,705 | 2002 | 3.56% | 9596960 | 138.6 |
236 | Christmas Island | The Settlement | 1,400 | Jul-07 | 474 | 2002 | 195.36% | 135 | 10.4 |
238 | Cocos Islands | West Island | 600 | Jul-07 | 632 | 2002 | -5.06% | 14 | 42.9 |
27 | Colombia | Bogota | 45,014,000 | Jul-08 | 41,008,227 | 2002 | 9.77% | 1138910 | 39.5 |
161 | Comoros | Moroni | 731,800 | Jul-08 | 614,382 | 2002 | 19.11% | 2170 | 337.2 |
18 | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | Kinshasa | 66,515,000 | Jul-08 | 55,225,478 | 2002 | 20.44% | 2345410 | 28.4 |
129 | Congo (Republic) | Brazzaville | 3,903,000 | Jul-08 | 2,958,448 | 2002 | 31.93% | 342000 | 11.4 |
221 | Cook Islands | Avarua | 21,900 | Jul-08 | 20,811 | 2002 | 5.23% | 240 | 91.3 |
123 | Costa Rica | San Jose | 4,196,000 | Jul-08 | 3,834,934 | 2002 | 9.42% | 51100 | 82.1 |
58 | Cote d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | 18,373,000 | Jul-08 | 16,804,784 | 2002 | 9.33% | 322460 | 57.0 |
120 | Croatia | Zagreb | 4,492,000 | Jul-08 | 4,390,751 | 2002 | 2.31% | 56542 | 79.4 |
73 | Cuba | Havana | 11,424,000 | Jul-08 | 11,224,321 | 2002 | 1.78% | 110860 | 103.0 |
159 | Cyprus | Nicosia | 792,600 | Jul-08 | 767,314 | 2002 | 3.30% | 9250 | 85.7 |
78 | Czech Republic | Prague | 10,221,000 | Jul-08 | 10,256,760 | 2002 | -0.35% | 78866 | 129.6 |
109 | Denmark | Copenhagen | 5,485,000 | Jul-08 | 5,368,854 | 2002 | 2.16% | 43094 | 127.3 |
167 | Djibouti | Djibouti | 506,200 | Jul-08 | 472,810 | 2002 | 7.06% | 23000 | 22.0 |
203 | Dominica | Roseau | 72,500 | Jul-08 | 70,158 | 2002 | 3.34% | 754 | 96.2 |
86 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 9,507,000 | Jul-08 | 8,721,594 | 2002 | 9.01% | 48730 | 195.1 |
154 | East Timor | Dili | 1,109,000 | Jul-08 | 952,618 | 2002 | 16.42% | 15007 | 73.9 |
65 | Ecuador | Quito | 13,928,000 | Jul-08 | 13,447,494 | 2002 | 3.57% | 283560 | 49.1 |
15 | Egypt | Cairo | 81,714,000 | Jul-08 | 70,712,345 | 2002 | 15.56% | 1001450 | 81.6 |
99 | El Salvador | San Salvador | 7,066,000 | Jul-08 | 6,353,681 | 2002 | 11.21% | 21040 | 335.8 |
165 | Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 616,500 | Jul-08 | 498,144 | 2002 | 23.76% | 28051 | 22.0 |
114 | Eritrea | Asmara | 5,028,000 | Jul-08 | 4,465,651 | 2002 | 12.59% | 121320 | 41.4 |
151 | Estonia | Tallinn | 1,308,000 | Jul-08 | 1,415,681 | 2002 | -7.61% | 45226 | 28.9 |
16 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 78,254,000 | Jul-08 | 67,673,031 | 2002 | 15.64% | 1127127 | 69.4 |
231 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Stanley | 3,140 | Jul-08 | 2,967 | 2002 | 5.83% | 12173 | 0.3 |
211 | Faroe Islands | Torshavn | 48,700 | Jul-08 | 46,011 | 2002 | 5.84% | 1399 | 34.8 |
156 | Fiji | Suva | 931,700 | Jul-08 | 856,346 | 2002 | 8.80% | 18270 | 51.0 |
112 | Finland | Helsinki | 5,245,000 | Jul-08 | 5,183,545 | 2002 | 1.19% | 337030 | 15.6 |
21 | France | Paris | 62,100,000 | Jul-08 | 59,765,983 | 2002 | 3.91% | 547030 | 113.5 |
185 | French Guiana | Cayenne | 219,600 | Jul-08 | 182,333 | 2002 | 20.44% | 91000 | 2.4 |
181 | French Polynesia | Papeete | 283,000 | Jul-08 | 257,847 | 2002 | 9.76% | 4167 | 67.9 |
150 | Gabon | Libreville | 1,486,000 | Jul-08 | 1,233,353 | 2002 | 20.48% | 267667 | 5.6 |
148 | Gambia, The | Banjul | 1,735,000 | Jul-08 | 1,455,842 | 2002 | 19.18% | 11300 | 153.5 |
116 | Georgia | T'bilisi | 4,631,000 | Jul-08 | 4,960,951 | 2002 | -6.65% | 69700 | 66.4 |
14 | Germany | Berlin | 82,370,000 | Jul-08 | 83,251,851 | 2002 | -1.06% | 357021 | 230.7 |
48 | Ghana | Accra | 23,383,000 | Jul-08 | 20,244,154 | 2002 | 15.50% | 239460 | 97.6 |
218 | Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 28,000 | Jul-08 | 27,714 | 2002 | 1.03% | 7 | 4000.0 |
22 | Great Britain & Northern Ireland | London | 60,944,000 | Jul-08 | 59,778,002 | 2002 | 1.95% | 244820 | 248.9 |
74 | Greece | Athens | 10,723,000 | Jul-08 | 10,645,343 | 2002 | 0.73% | 131940 | 81.3 |
210 | Greenland | Nuuk | 56,300 | Jul-08 | 56,376 | 2002 | -0.13% | 2166086 | 0.0 |
199 | Grenada | Saint George's | 90,300 | Jul-08 | 89,211 | 2002 | 1.22% | 344 | 262.5 |
171 | Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre | 457,100 | Jul-08 | 435,739 | 2002 | 4.90% | 1780 | 256.8 |
190 | Guam | Hagatna | 175,900 | Jul-08 | 160,796 | 2002 | 9.39% | 549 | 320.4 |
67 | Guatemala | Guatemala | 13,002,000 | Jul-08 | 13,314,079 | 2002 | -2.34% | 108890 | 119.4 |
207 | Guernsey | Saint Peter Port | 65,700 | Jul-08 | 64,587 | 2002 | 1.72% | 78 | 842.3 |
79 | Guinea | Conakry | 10,211,000 | Jul-08 | 7,775,065 | 2002 | 31.33% | 245857 | 41.5 |
149 | Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 1,503,000 | Jul-08 | 1,345,479 | 2002 | 11.71% | 36120 | 41.6 |
160 | Guyana | Georgetown | 770,800 | Jul-08 | 698,209 | 2002 | 10.40% | 214970 | 3.6 |
89 | Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 8,925,000 | Jul-08 | 7,063,722 | 2002 | 26.35% | 27750 | 321.6 |
94 | Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 7,639,000 | Jul-08 | 6,560,608 | 2002 | 16.44% | 112090 | 68.2 |
100 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 7,019,000 | Jul-08 | 7,303,334 | 2002 | -3.89% | 1092 | 6427.7 |
83 | Hungary | Budapest | 9,931,000 | Jul-08 | 10,075,034 | 2002 | -1.43% | 93030 | 106.8 |
179 | Iceland | Reykjavik | 304,400 | Jul-08 | 279,384 | 2002 | 8.95% | 103000 | 3.0 |
2 | India | New Delhi | 1,147,996,000 | Jul-08 | 1,045,845,226 | 2002 | 9.77% | 3287590 | 349.2 |
4 | Indonesia | Jakarta | 237,512,000 | Jul-08 | 231,328,092 | 2002 | 2.67% | 1919440 | 123.7 |
19 | Iran | Tehran | 65,875,000 | Jul-08 | 66,622,704 | 2002 | -1.12% | 1648000 | 40.0 |
43 | Iraq | Baghdad | 28,221,000 | Jul-08 | 24,001,816 | 2002 | 17.58% | 437072 | 64.6 |
125 | Ireland | Dublin | 4,156,000 | Jul-08 | 3,883,159 | 2002 | 7.03% | 70280 | 59.1 |
98 | Israel | Jerusalem | 7,112,000 | Jul-08 | 6,029,529 | 2002 | 17.95% | 20770 | 342.4 |
23 | Italy | Rome | 58,145,000 | Jul-08 | 57,715,625 | 2002 | 0.74% | 301230 | 193.0 |
139 | Jamaica | Kingston | 2,804,000 | Jul-08 | 2,680,029 | 2002 | 4.63% | 10831 | 258.9 |
10 | Japan | Tokyo | 127,288,000 | Jul-08 | 126,974,628 | 2002 | 0.25% | 377835 | 336.9 |
198 | Jersey | Saint Helier | 91,500 | Jul-08 | 89,775 | 2002 | 1.92% | 116 | 788.8 |
104 | Jordan | Amman | 6,199,000 | Jul-08 | 5,307,470 | 2002 | 16.80% | 92300 | 67.2 |
61 | Kazakhstan | Astana | 15,341,000 | Jul-08 | 16,741,519 | 2002 | -8.37% | 2717300 | 5.6 |
34 | Kenya | Nairobi | 37,954,000 | Jul-08 | 31,138,735 | 2002 | 21.89% | 582650 | 65.1 |
194 | Kiribati | Tarawa | 110,400 | Jul-08 | 96,335 | 2002 | 14.60% | 811 | 136.1 |
47 | Korea (North) | P'yongyang | 23,479,000 | Jul-08 | 22,224,195 | 2002 | 5.65% | 120540 | 194.8 |
24 | Korea (South) | Seoul | 49,233,000 | Jul-08 | 48,324,000 | 2002 | 1.88% | 98480 | 499.9 |
143 | Kosovo | Priština | 2,127,000 | Jun-09 | 2,325,000 | 2002 | -8.52% | 4203 | 506.1 |
140 | Kuwait | Kuwait | 2,597,000 | Jul-08 | 2,111,561 | 2002 | 22.99% | 17820 | 145.7 |
111 | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 5,357,000 | Jul-08 | 4,822,166 | 2002 | 11.09% | 198500 | 27.0 |
102 | Laos | Vientiane | 6,678,000 | Jul-08 | 5,777,180 | 2002 | 15.59% | 236800 | 28.2 |
141 | Latvia | Riga | 2,245,000 | Jul-08 | 2,366,515 | 2002 | -5.13% | 64589 | 34.8 |
127 | Lebanon | Beirut | 3,972,000 | Jul-08 | 3,677,780 | 2002 | 8.00% | 10400 | 381.9 |
142 | Lesotho | Maseru | 2,128,000 | Jul-08 | 2,207,954 | 2002 | -3.62% | 30355 | 70.1 |
134 | Liberia | Monrovia | 3,335,000 | Jul-08 | 3,288,198 | 2002 | 1.42% | 111370 | 29.9 |
105 | Libya | Tripoli | 6,174,000 | Jul-08 | 5,368,585 | 2002 | 15.00% | 1759540 | 3.5 |
214 | Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 34,500 | Jul-08 | 32,842 | 2002 | 5.05% | 160 | 215.6 |
131 | Lithuania | Vilnius | 3,565,000 | Jul-08 | 3,601,138 | 2002 | -1.00% | 65200 | 54.7 |
168 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 486,000 | Jul-08 | 448,569 | 2002 | 8.34% | 2586 | 187.9 |
170 | Macau | Macau | 460,800 | Jul-08 | 461,833 | 2002 | -0.22% | 25 | 18432.0 |
145 | Macedonia | Skopje | 2,061,000 | Jul-08 | 2,054,800 | 2002 | 0.30% | 25333 | 81.4 |
55 | Madagascar | Antananarivo | 20,043,000 | Jul-08 | 16,473,477 | 2002 | 21.67% | 587040 | 34.1 |
64 | Malawi | Lilongwe | 13,932,000 | Jul-08 | 10,701,824 | 2002 | 30.18% | 118480 | 117.6 |
46 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 25,274,000 | Jul-08 | 22,662,365 | 2002 | 11.52% | 329750 | 76.6 |
177 | Maldives | Male | 379,200 | Jul-08 | 320,165 | 2002 | 18.44% | 300 | 1264.0 |
71 | Mali | Bamako | 12,324,000 | Jul-08 | 11,340,480 | 2002 | 8.67% | 1240000 | 9.9 |
174 | Malta | Valletta | 403,500 | Jul-08 | 397,499 | 2002 | 1.51% | 316 | 1276.9 |
202 | Man, Isle of | Douglas | 76,200 | Jul-08 | 73,873 | 2002 | 3.15% | 572 | 133.2 |
208 | Marshall Islands | Majuro | 63,200 | Jul-08 | 73,630 | 2002 | -14.17% | 181 | 349.2 |
173 | Martinique | Fort-de-France | 404,000 | Jul-08 | 422,277 | 2002 | -4.33% | 1100 | 367.3 |
133 | Mauritania | Nouakchott | 3,365,000 | Jul-08 | 2,828,858 | 2002 | 18.95% | 1030700 | 3.3 |
152 | Mauritius | Port Louis | 1,274,000 | Jul-08 | 1,200,206 | 2002 | 6.15% | 2040 | 624.5 |
187 | Mayotte | Mamoutzou | 216,300 | Jul-08 | 170,879 | 2002 | 26.58% | 374 | 578.3 |
11 | Mexico | Mexico | 109,955,000 | Jul-08 | 103,400,165 | 2002 | 6.34% | 1972550 | 55.7 |
196 | Micronesia, Federated States of | Palikir | 107,700 | Jul-08 | 135,869 | 2002 | -20.73% | 702 | 153.4 |
122 | Moldova | Chisinau | 4,324,000 | Jul-08 | 4,434,547 | 2002 | -2.49% | 33843 | 127.8 |
215 | Monaco | Monaco | 32,800 | Jul-08 | 31,987 | 2002 | 2.54% | 2 | 16400.0 |
137 | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 2,996,000 | Jul-08 | 2,694,432 | 2002 | 11.19% | 1565000 | 1.9 |
164 | Montenegro | Podgorica | 678,200 | Jul-08 | 620,145 | 2002 | 9.36% | 14026 | 48.4 |
227 | Montserrat | Plymouth ¹ | 9,640 | Jul-08 | 8,437 | 2002 | 14.26% | 102 | 94.5 |
35 | Morocco | Rabat | 34,343,000 | Jul-08 | 31,167,783 | 2002 | 10.19% | 446550 | 76.9 |
52 | Mozambique | Maputo | 21,285,000 | Jul-08 | 19,607,519 | 2002 | 8.56% | 801590 | 26.6 |
144 | Namibia | Windhoek | 2,089,000 | Jul-08 | 1,820,916 | 2002 | 14.72% | 825418 | 2.5 |
225 | Nauru | no official capital | 13,800 | Jul-08 | 12,329 | 2002 | 11.93% | 21 | 657.1 |
40 | Nepal | Kathmandu | 29,519,000 | Jul-08 | 25,873,917 | 2002 | 14.09% | 140800 | 209.7 |
59 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 16,645,000 | Jul-08 | 16,067,754 | 2002 | 3.59% | 41526 | 400.8 |
183 | Netherlands Antilles | Willemstad | 225,400 | Jul-08 | 214,258 | 2002 | 5.20% | 960 | 234.8 |
184 | New Caledonia | Noumea | 224,800 | Jul-08 | 207,858 | 2002 | 8.15% | 19060 | 11.8 |
124 | New Zealand | Wellington | 4,173,000 | Jul-08 | 3,908,037 | 2002 | 6.78% | 268680 | 15.5 |
108 | Nicaragua | Managua | 5,786,000 | Jul-08 | 5,023,818 | 2002 | 15.17% | 129494 | 44.7 |
66 | Niger | Niamey | 13,273,000 | Jul-08 | 10,639,744 | 2002 | 24.75% | 1267000 | 10.5 |
9 | Nigeria | Abuja | 138,283,000 | Jul-08 | 129,934,911 | 2002 | 6.42% | 923768 | 149.7 |
234 | Niue | Alofi | 1,440 | Jul-08 | 2,134 | 2002 | -32.52% | 260 | 5.5 |
233 | Norfolk Island | Kingston | 2,130 | Jul-08 | 1,866 | 2002 | 14.15% | 10991 | 0.2 |
200 | Northern Mariana Is. | Saipan | 86,600 | Jul-08 | 77,311 | 2002 | 12.02% | 477 | 181.6 |
115 | Norway | Oslo | 4,644,000 | Jul-08 | 4,525,116 | 2002 | 2.63% | 324220 | 14.3 |
135 | Oman | Muscat | 3,312,000 | Jul-08 | 2,713,462 | 2002 | 22.06% | 212460 | 15.6 |
6 | Pakistan | Islamabad | 167,762,000 | Jul-08 | 147,663,429 | 2002 | 13.61% | 803940 | 208.7 |
222 | Palau | Koror | 21,100 | Jul-08 | 19,409 | 2002 | 8.71% | 458 | 46.1 |
126 | Palestinian Territories | Ramallah | 4,149,000 | Jul-08 | 3,389,578 | 2002 | 22.40% | 6220 | 667.0 |
136 | Panama | Panama | 3,293,000 | Jul-08 | 2,882,329 | 2002 | 14.25% | 78200 | 42.1 |
106 | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 5,932,000 | Jul-08 | 5,172,033 | 2002 | 14.69% | 462840 | 12.8 |
101 | Paraguay | Asuncion | 6,831,000 | Jul-08 | 5,884,491 | 2002 | 16.08% | 406750 | 16.8 |
41 | Peru | Lima | 29,181,000 | Jul-08 | 27,949,639 | 2002 | 4.41% | 1285220 | 22.7 |
12 | Philippines | Manila | 92,681,000 | Jul-08 | 84,525,639 | 2002 | 9.65% | 300000 | 308.9 |
239 | Pitcairn | Adamstown | 48 | Jul-08 | 47 | 2002 | 2.13% | 47 | 1.0 |
33 | Poland | Warsaw | 38,501,000 | Jul-08 | 38,625,478 | 2002 | -0.32% | 312685 | 123.1 |
75 | Portugal | Lisbon | 10,677,000 | Jul-08 | 10,084,245 | 2002 | 5.88% | 92391 | 115.6 |
128 | Puerto Rico | San Juan | 3,958,000 | Jul-08 | 3,957,988 | 2002 | 0.00% | 9104 | 434.8 |
157 | Qatar | Doha | 928,600 | Jul-08 | 793,341 | 2002 | 17.05% | 11437 | 81.2 |
158 | Reunion | Saint-Denis | 806,700 | Jul-08 | 743,981 | 2002 | 8.43% | 2512 | 321.1 |
51 | Romania | Bucharest | 22,247,000 | Jul-08 | 22,317,730 | 2002 | -0.32% | 237500 | 93.7 |
8 | Russia | Moscow | 140,702,000 | Jul-08 | 144,978,573 | 2002 | -2.95% | 17075200 | 8.2 |
80 | Rwanda | Kigali | 10,186,000 | Jul-08 | 7,398,074 | 2002 | 37.68% | 26338 | 386.7 |
229 | Saint Barthelemy | Gustavia | 7,490 | Jul-08 | 7,998 | 2002 | -6.35% | 21 | 356.7 |
228 | Saint Helena | Jamestown | 7,600 | Jul-08 | 7,317 | 2002 | 3.87% | 410 | 18.5 |
213 | Saint Kitts & Nevis | Basseterre | 39,600 | Jul-08 | 38,736 | 2002 | 2.23% | 261 | 151.7 |
191 | Saint Lucia | Castries | 172,900 | Jul-08 | 160,145 | 2002 | 7.96% | 616 | 280.7 |
217 | Saint Martin | Marigot | 29,400 | Jul-08 | 29,078 | 2002 | 1.11% | 54.4 | 540.4 |
230 | Saint Pierre & Miquelon | Kingstown | 7,040 | Jul-08 | 116,394 | 2002 | -93.95% | 389 | 18.1 |
193 | Saint Vincent & the Grenadines | Saint-Pierre | 118,400 | Jul-08 | 6,954 | 2002 | 1602.62% | 242 | 489.3 |
186 | Samoa | Apia | 217,100 | Jul-08 | 178,631 | 2002 | 21.54% | 2944 | 73.7 |
216 | San Marino | San Marino | 30,000 | Jul-08 | 27,730 | 2002 | 8.19% | 61 | 491.8 |
189 | Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome | 206,200 | Jul-08 | 170,372 | 2002 | 21.03% | 1001 | 206.0 |
44 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 28,161,000 | Jul-08 | 23,513,330 | 2002 | 19.77% | 1960582 | 14.4 |
68 | Senegal | Dakar | 12,853,000 | Jul-08 | 10,589,571 | 2002 | 21.37% | 196190 | 65.5 |
81 | Serbia | Belgrade | 10,159,000 | Jul-08 | 7,498,001 | 2002 | 35.49% | 102350 | 99.3 |
201 | Seychelles | Victoria | 82,200 | Jul-08 | 80,098 | 2002 | 2.62% | 455 | 180.7 |
103 | Sierra Leone | Freetown | 6,295,000 | Jul-08 | 5,614,743 | 2002 | 12.12% | 71740 | 87.7 |
118 | Singapore | Singapore | 4,608,000 | Jul-08 | 4,452,732 | 2002 | 3.49% | 693 | 6649.4 |
110 | Slovakia | Bratislava | 5,455,000 | Jul-08 | 5,422,366 | 2002 | 0.60% | 48845 | 111.7 |
146 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | 2,008,000 | Jul-08 | 1,932,917 | 2002 | 3.88% | 20273 | 99.0 |
166 | Solomon Islands | Honiara | 581,300 | Jul-08 | 494,786 | 2002 | 17.49% | 28450 | 20.4 |
85 | Somalia | Mogadishu | 9,559,000 | Jul-08 | 7,753,310 | 2002 | 23.29% | 637657 | 15.0 |
28 | South Africa | Pretoria ² | 43,786,000 | Jul-08 | 43,647,658 | 2002 | 0.32% | 1219912 | 35.9 |
30 | Spain | Madrid | 40,491,000 | Jul-08 | 40,077,100 | 2002 | 1.03% | 504782 | 80.2 |
53 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 21,129,000 | Jul-08 | 19,576,783 | 2002 | 7.93% | 65610 | 322.0 |
31 | Sudan | Khartoum | 40,218,000 | Jul-08 | 37,090,298 | 2002 | 8.43% | 2505810 | 16.0 |
169 | Suriname | Paramaribo | 476,000 | Jul-08 | 436,494 | 2002 | 9.05% | 163270 | 2.9 |
232 | Svalbard | Longyearbyen | 2,170 | Jul-08 | 2,868 | 2002 | -24.34% | 62049 | 0.0 |
153 | Swaziland | Mbabane ³ | 1,129,000 | Jul-08 | 1,123,605 | 2002 | 0.48% | 17363 | 65.0 |
88 | Sweden | Stockholm | 9,045,000 | Jul-08 | 8,876,744 | 2002 | 1.90% | 449964 | 20.1 |
95 | Switzerland | Bern | 7,582,000 | Jul-08 | 7,301,994 | 2002 | 3.83% | 41290 | 183.6 |
56 | Syria | Damascus | 19,748,000 | Jul-08 | 17,155,814 | 2002 | 15.11% | 185180 | 106.6 |
50 | Taiwan (Rep. of China) | Taipei | 22,921,000 | Jul-08 | 22,548,009 | 2002 | 1.65% | 35980 | 637.0 |
97 | Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 7,212,000 | Jul-08 | 6,719,567 | 2002 | 7.33% | 143100 | 50.4 |
32 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 40,213,000 | Jul-08 | 37,187,939 | 2002 | 8.13% | 945087 | 42.5 |
20 | Thailand | Bangkok | 65,493,000 | Jul-08 | 62,354,402 | 2002 | 5.03% | 514000 | 127.4 |
107 | Togo | Lome | 5,859,000 | Jul-08 | 5,285,501 | 2002 | 10.85% | 56785 | 103.2 |
235 | Tokelau | none | 1,430 | Jul-08 | 1,431 | 2002 | -0.07% | 266000 | 0.0 |
192 | Tonga | Nuku'alofa | 119,000 | Jul-08 | 106,137 | 2002 | 12.12% | 748 | 159.1 |
155 | Trinidad & Tobago | Port-of-Spain | 1,047,000 | Jul-08 | 1,163,724 | 2002 | -10.03% | 5128 | 204.2 |
77 | Tunisia | Tunis | 10,384,000 | Jul-08 | 9,815,644 | 2002 | 5.79% | 163610 | 63.5 |
17 | Turkey | Ankara | 71,893,000 | Jul-08 | 67,308,928 | 2002 | 6.81% | 780580 | 92.1 |
113 | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 5,180,000 | Jul-08 | 4,688,963 | 2002 | 10.47% | 488100 | 10.6 |
220 | Turks & Caicos Islands | Cockburn Town | 22,400 | Jul-08 | 18,738 | 2002 | 19.54% | 430 | 52.1 |
226 | Tuvalu | Fongafale | 12,200 | Jul-08 | 11,146 | 2002 | 9.46% | 26 | 469.2 |
39 | Uganda | Kampala | 31,368,000 | Jul-08 | 24,699,073 | 2002 | 27.00% | 236040 | 132.9 |
26 | Ukraine | Kiev | 45,994,000 | Jul-08 | 48,396,470 | 2002 | -4.96% | 603700 | 76.2 |
117 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 4,621,000 | Jul-08 | 2,445,989 | 2002 | 88.92% | 82880 | 55.8 |
3 | United States of America | Washington DC | 303,825,000 | Jul-08 | 280,562,489 | 2002 | 8.29% | 9629091 | 31.6 |
132 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 3,478,000 | Jul-08 | 3,386,575 | 2002 | 2.70% | 176220 | 19.7 |
42 | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 28,268,000 | Jul-08 | 25,563,441 | 2002 | 10.58% | 447400 | 63.2 |
188 | Vanuatu | Port-Vila | 215,400 | Jul-08 | 196,178 | 2002 | 9.80% | 12200 | 17.7 |
237 | Vatican City | Vatican City | 820 | Jul-08 | 900 | 2002 | -8.89% | 0 | n/a |
45 | Venezuela | Caracas | 26,415,000 | Jul-08 | 24,287,670 | 2002 | 8.76% | 912050 | 29.0 |
13 | Vietnam | Hanoi | 86,117,000 | Jul-08 | 81,098,416 | 2002 | 6.19% | 329560 | 261.3 |
195 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | Charlotte Amalie | 108,200 | Jul-08 | 123,498 | 2002 | -12.39% | 352 | 307.4 |
223 | Wallis and Futuna | Mata-Utu | 16,400 | Jul-08 | 15,585 | 2002 | 5.23% | 274 | 59.9 |
175 | Western Sahara | none | 393,800 | Jul-08 | 256,177 | 2002 | 53.72% | 0 | #DIV/0! |
49 | Yemen | Sanaa | 23,013,000 | Jul-08 | 18,701,257 | 2002 | 23.06% | 527970 | 43.6 |
72 | Zambia | Lusaka | 11,670,000 | Jul-08 | 9,959,037 | 2002 | 17.18% | 752614 | 15.5 |
70 | Zimbabwe | Harare | 12,383,000 | Jul-08 | 11,376,676 | 2002 | 8.85% | 390580 | 31.7 |
WORLD | 6679676248 | 6234294638 | 7.14% | 510,072,000 | 13.1 |