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DEFINITION: This entry gives an estimate from the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. Note: starting with the 1993 Factbook, demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These countries are currently: The Bahamas, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	India	1.15 billion	2008
2	Indonesia	237.51 million	2008
3	Brazil	196.34 million	2008
4	Pakistan	172.8 million	2008
5	Bangladesh	153.55 million	2008
6	Nigeria	146.26 million	2008
7	Mexico	109.96 million	2008
8	Philippines	96.06 million	2008
9	Vietnam	86.12 million	2008
10	Ethiopia	82.54 million	2008
11	Egypt	81.71 million	2008
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	66.51 million	2008
13	Thailand	65.49 million	2008
14	Burma	47.76 million	2008
15	Colombia	45.01 million	2008
16	Sudan	40.22 million	2008
17	Tanzania	40.21 million	2008
18	Kenya	37.95 million	2008
19	Algeria	33.77 million	2008
20	Uganda	31.37 million	2008
21	Iraq	28.22 million	2008
22	Saudi Arabia	28.15 million	2008
23	Venezuela	26.41 million	2008
24	Malaysia	25.27 million	2008
25	Ghana	23.38 million	2008
26	Yemen	23.01 million	2008
27	Mozambique	21.28 million	2008
28	Sri Lanka	21.13 million	2008
29	Australia	21.01 million	2008
30	Cote d'Ivoire	20.18 million	2008
31	Madagascar	20.04 million	2008
32	Cameroon	18.47 million	2008
33	Burkina Faso	15.26 million	2008
34	Cambodia	14.24 million	2008
35	Malawi	13.93 million	2008
36	Ecuador	13.93 million	2008
37	Niger	13.27 million	2008
38	Guatemala	13 million	2008
39	Senegal	12.85 million	2008
40	Angola	12.53 million	2008
41	Mali	12.32 million	2008
42	Zambia	11.67 million	2008
43	Cuba	11.42 million	2008
44	Zimbabwe	11.35 million	2008
45	Chad	10.11 million	2008
46	Guinea	9.81 million	2008
47	Somalia	9.56 million	2008
48	Dominican Republic	9.51 million	2008
49	Bolivia	9.25 million	2008
50	Haiti	8.92 million	2008
51	Benin	8.53 million	2008
52	Honduras	7.64 million	2008
53	El Salvador	7.07 million	2008
54	Hong Kong	7.02 million	2008
55	Paraguay	6.83 million	2008
56	Laos	6.68 million	2008
57	Sierra Leone	6.29 million	2008
58	Libya	6.17 million	2008
59	Papua New Guinea	5.93 million	2008
60	Togo	5.86 million	2008
61	Nicaragua	5.79 million	2008
62	Eritrea	5.5 million	2008
63	Singapore	4.61 million	2008
64	Costa Rica	4.2 million	2008
65	Mauritania	3.36 million	2008
66	Liberia	3.33 million	2008
67	Oman	3.31 million	2008
68	Panama	3.31 million	2008
69	Jamaica	2.8 million	2008
70	Kuwait	2.6 million	2008
71	Botswana	1.84 million	2008
72	Guinea-Bissau	1.5 million	2008
73	Gabon	1.49 million	2008
74	Mauritius	1.27 million	2008
75	Swaziland	1.13 million	2008
76	Trinidad and Tobago	1.05 million	2008
77	Fiji	931,741	2008
78	Qatar	824,789	2008
79	Reunion	787,584	2006
80	Guyana	770,794	2008
81	Comoros	731,775	2008
82	Bahrain	718,306	2008
83	Equatorial Guinea	616,459	2008
84	Solomon Islands	581,318	2008
85	Macau	545,674	2008
86	Djibouti	506,221	2008
87	Suriname	475,996	2008
88	Guadeloupe	452,776	2006
89	Martinique	436,131	2006
90	Cape Verde	426,998	2008
91	Western Sahara	393,831	2008
92	Maldives	385,925	2008
93	Brunei	381,371	2008
94	The Bahamas	307,451	2008
95	Belize	301,270	2008
96	Barbados	281,968	2008
97	New Caledonia	224,824	2008
98	Samoa	217,083	2008
99	French Guiana	199,509	2006
100	Saint Lucia	159,585	2008
101	Tonga	119,009	2008
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	118,432	2008
103	Kiribati	110,356	2008
104	Virgin Islands	109,840	2008
105	Grenada	90,343	2008
106	Antigua and Barbuda	84,522	2008
107	Seychelles	82,247	2008
108	Dominica	72,514	2008
109	Bermuda	66,536	2008
110	Marshall Islands	63,174	2008
111	Anguilla	14,108	2008
112	Nauru	13,770	2008
113	Cook Islands	12,271	2008
114	Tuvalu	12,177	2008
115	Montserrat	5,079	2008
116	Niue	1,444	2008
117	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	596	2007

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