Table 1a - Population size

Last update : December 2012

Country or area

Population (in thousands)

Sex ratio

(Notes)

Year

Total

Women

Men

Women/100
men

Afghanistan

2012

33 397

16 121

17 276

93

Albania

2012

3 227

1 613

1 614

100

Algeria

2012

36 486

18 072

18 414

98

American Samoa

2011 **

66.7

32.7

34.0

96

Andorra

2011 *

79.3

38.8

40.5

96 a

Angola

2012

20 163

10 172

9 990

Anguilla

2011 *

16.7

8.5

8.2

103 b,c

Antigua and Barbuda

2010 *

90.8

48.2

42.6

113 b,c

Argentina

2012

41 119

21 004

20 115

104

Armenia

2012

3 109

1 662

1 447

115

Aruba

2012

109

57.1

51.5

111

Australia

2012

22 919

11 490

11 428

101

Austria

2012

8 429

4 311

4 118

105

Azerbaijan2

2012

9 421

4 753

4 668

102

Bahamas

2012

351

179

172

104

Bahrain

2012

1 359

510

850

60

Bangladesh

2012

152 409

75 314

77 095

98

Barbados

2012

275

138

136

102

Belarus

2012

9 527

5 100

4 427

115

Belgium

2012

10 788

5 498

5 290

104

Belize

2012

324

164

160

103

Benin

2012

9 352

4 734

4 618

103

Bermuda

2012 *

64.9

34.0

30.9

Bhutan

2012

750

353

398

89

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

2012

10 248

5 133

5 115

100

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2012

3 744

1 945

1 799

108

Botswana

2012

2 053

1 015

1 038

98

Brazil

2012

198 361

100 806

97 555

103

British Virgin Islands

2004 *

21.7

10.5

11.2

Brunei Darussalam

2012

413

204

208

98

Bulgaria

2012

7 398

3 826

3 572

107

Burkina Faso

2012

17 482

8 796

8 686

101

Burundi

2012

8 749

4 451

4 299

104

Cambodia

2012

14 478

7 386

7 092

104

Cameroon

2012

20 469

10 248

10 221

100

Canada

2012

34 675

17 463

17 212

101

Cape Verde

2012

101

Cayman Islands

2010 *

Central African Republic

2012

505

254

251

55.0

27.8

27.2

4 576

2 321

2 255

102

110 a,c

94 b,c

102 d
103

Chad

2012

11 831

5 946

5 884

101

Channel Islands3

2012

154

78.7

75.5

104

Chile

2012

17 423

8 810

8 613

102

China

2012

1 353 601

650 798

702 802

93

China, Hong Kong SAR5

2012

7 196

3 790

3 406

111

China, Macao SAR6

2012

567

295

273

108

Colombia

2012

47 551

24 169

23 382

103

Comoros

2012

773

384

390

98

Congo

2012

4 233

2 114

2 119

100

Cook Islands

2011 **

15.6

7.7

7.9

97

Costa Rica

2012

4 794

2 361

2 433

97

Cte d'Ivoire

2012

20 595

10 122

10 473

97

Croatia

2012

4 387

2 275

2 112

108

Cuba

2012

11 249

5 592

5 657

99

2012

1 129

552

577

96

Czech Republic

2012

10 566

5 377

5 189

104

Dem. People's Republic of Korea

2012

24 554

12 501

12 052

104

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2012

69 575

34 970

34 606

101

Denmark

2012

5 593

2 818

2 775

102

Djibouti

2012

100

Dominica

2011 *

Dominican Republic

Cyprus

923

461

462

71.3

34.9

36.4

2012

10 183

5 078

5 106

99

Ecuador

2012

14 865

7 424

7 441

100

Egypt

2012

83 958

41 803

42 156

99

El Salvador

2012

6 264

3 295

2 969

111

Equatorial Guinea

2012

740

361

379

95

Eritrea

2012

5 581

2 829

2 752

103

Estonia

2012

1 340

722

618

117

Ethiopia

2012

86 539

43 467

43 072

101

Faeroe Islands

2012 *

48.4

23.2

25.1

93 a

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

2006 *

3.0

1.4

1.6

88 e

Fiji

2012

876

429

447

96

2012

5 403

2 749

2 654

104

France

2012

63 458

32 558

30 899

105

French Guiana

2012

243

121

122

100

French Polynesia

2012

277

135

142

95

Gabon

2012

1 564

779

785

99

2012

1 825

924

901

103

Finland

Gambia
9

96 e

Georgia

2012

4 304

2 278

2 027

112

Germany

2012

81 991

41 759

40 232

104

Ghana

2012

25 546

12 549

12 997

97

Gibraltar

2010 *

Greece

2012

Greenland

2011 *

29.4

14.8

14.7

11 419

5 766

5 653

56.7

26.7

30.0

101 b
102
89 a

Grenada

2012

105

52.6

52.7

100

Guadeloupe10

2012

465

246

219

112

Guam

2012

184

90.7

93.7

97

Guatemala

2012

15 138

7 757

7 380

105

Guinea

2012

10 481

5 184

5 297

98

Guinea-Bissau

2012

1 580

797

783

102

Guyana

2012

758

377

380

99

Haiti

2012

10 256

5 168

5 087

102

Holy See11

2010 *

0.5

0.1

0.3

Honduras

2012

7 912

3 956

3 956

100

Hungary

2012

9 950

5 224

4 726

111

Iceland

2012

328

163

165

98

India

2012

1 258 351

608 877

649 474

94

Indonesia

2012

244 769

122 756

122 013

101

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

2012

75 612

37 288

38 323

97

Iraq

2012

33 703

16 778

16 925

99

Ireland

2012

4 579

2 287

2 293

100

Isle of Man

2011 *

84.5

42.5

42.0

Israel

2012

7 695

3 895

3 800

102

Italy

2012

60 964

31 088

29 876

104

Jamaica

2012

2 761

1 402

1 359

103

Japan

2012

126 435

64 883

61 551

105

Jordan

2012

6 457

3 137

3 320

95

Kazakhstan

2012

16 381

8 512

7 870

108

Kenya

2012

42 749

21 395

21 354

100

Kiribati

2011 **

103

52

51

101

Kuwait

2012

2 892

1 168

1 723

68

Kyrgyzstan

2012

5 448

2 761

2 687

103

Lao People's Democratic Republic

2012

6 374

3 191

3 183

100

Latvia

2012

2 235

1 206

1 029

117

Lebanon

2012

4 292

2 197

2 095

105

Lesotho

2012

2 217

1 123

1 094

103

Liberia

2012

4 245

2 110

2 135

99

Libya

2012

6 469

3 241

3 229

100

Liechtenstein

2012 *

36.5

18.4

18.0

Lithuania

2012

3 292

1 764

1 528

115

Luxembourg

2012

523

263

261

101

Madagascar

2012

21 929

10 996

10 933

101

Malawi

2012

15 883

7 927

7 956

100

Malaysia12

2012

29 322

14 459

14 863

97

Maldives

2012

324

161

163

99

Mali

2012

16 319

8 157

8 162

100

Malta

2012

419

211

208

102

Marshall Islands

2011 **

55.0

26.8

28.2

95

46 d

101 d

102 a

Martinique

2012

408

217

191

114

Mauritania

2012

3 623

1 802

1 821

99

13

2012

1 314

665

648

103

Mauritius
Mayotte

2012

217

109

108

101

Mexico

2012

116 147

58 859

57 288

103

Micronesia (Fed. States of)

2012

112

54.9

57.2

96

Monaco

2011 *

36.1

18.5

17.5

Mongolia

2012

2 844

1 440

1 404

103

Montenegro

2012

633

322

311

104

Montserrat

2009 *

4.9

2.3

2.7

Morocco

2012

32 599

16 642

15 957

104

Mozambique

2012

24 475

12 539

11 936

105

Myanmar

2012

48 724

24 717

24 007

103

Namibia

2012

2 364

1 189

1 176

101

Nauru

2011 **

10.2

5.0

5.2

97

Nepal

2012

31 011

15 632

15 379

102

Netherlands

2012

16 714

8 412

8 303

101

Netherlands Antilles14

2012

205

110

95

116

New Caledonia

2012

259

130

129

100

New Zealand

2012

4 461

2 268

2 193

103

Nicaragua

2012

5 955

3 010

2 945

102

Niger

2012

16 644

8 267

8 378

99

Nigeria

2012

166 629

82 231

84 398

97

Niue

2011 **

1.4

0.7

0.7

104

2011 **

63.5

31.4

32.1

98

Northern Mariana Islands

Norway

15

106 a,c

86 b,c

2012

4 960

2 475

2 485

100

Occupied Palestinian Territory16

2012

4 271

2 103

2 168

97

Oman

2012

2 904

1 188

1 716

69

Pakistan

2012

179 951

88 530

91 421

97

Palau

2011 **

20.6

9.6

11.1

87

Panama

2012

3 625

1 799

1 826

99

Papua New Guinea

2012

7 170

3 512

3 658

96

Paraguay

2012

6 683

3 314

3 369

98

Peru

2012

29 734

14 833

14 901

100

Philippines

2012

96 471

48 105

48 367

99

Poland

2012

38 317

19 843

18 474

107

Portugal

2012

10 699

5 514

5 186

106

Puerto Rico

2012

3 743

1 942

1 801

108

Qatar

2012

1 939

468

1 471

32

Republic of Korea

2012

48 588

24 373

24 216

101

Republic of Moldova17

2012

3 519

1 850

1 669

111

Runion

2012

865

442

424

104

Romania

2012

21 388

11 017

10 370

106

Russian Federation

2012

142 703

76 712

65 992

116

Rwanda

2012

11 272

5 734

5 538

Saint Helena18

2010 *

5.2

2.5

2.7

94 b,c

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2009 *

52.0

26.1

25.8

101 b,c

Saint Lucia

2012

178

91

86

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

2006 *

6.1

3.1

3.0

102 e

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

2012

109

54

55

98

Samoa

2012

San Marino

2012 *

Sao Tome and Principe

2012

172

87

85

102

Saudi Arabia

2012

28 705

12 888

15 817

81

Senegal

2012

13 108

6 607

6 501

102

19

Serbia

2012

9 847

4 972

4 875

102

Seychelles

2011 *

87.4

44.3

43.1

Sierra Leone

2012

6 126

3 130

2 996

Singapore

2012

5 256

2 607

2 649

98

Slovakia

2012

5 480

2 816

2 665

106

Slovenia

2012

2 040

1 041

999

104

Solomon Islands

2012

566

274

293

93

Somalia

2012

9 797

4 937

4 860

102

South Africa

2012

50 738

25 584

25 154

102

Spain20

2012

46 772

23 654

23 117

102

Sri Lanka

2012

21 224

10 760

10 464

103

Sudan

2012

45 722

22 686

23 036

98

Suriname

2012

534

266

268

100

Swaziland

2012

1 220

619

601

103

Sweden

2012

9 495

4 760

4 735

101

Switzerland

2012

7 734

3 928

3 805

103

Syrian Arab Republic

2012

21 118

10 436

10 682

98

Tajikistan

2012

7 079

3 603

3 476

104

TFYR Macedonia22

2012

2 067

1 031

1 035

100

Thailand

2012

69 892

35 562

34 331

104

Timor-Leste

2012

1 187

582

605

96

Togo

2012

6 283

3 171

3 112

102

Tokelau

2011 **

1.2

0.6

0.6

97

Tonga

2012

105

52

53

100

Trinidad and Tobago

2012

1 351

697

654

107

Tunisia

2012

10 705

5 356

5 348

100

Turkey

2012

74 509

37 356

37 153

101

Turkmenistan

2012

5 170

2 626

2 544

103

Turks and Caicos Islands

2010 *

40.4

20.3

20.1

Tuvalu

2011 **

11.2

5.6

5.6

101

Uganda

2012

35 621

17 806

17 815

100

Ukraine

2012

44 940

24 274

20 667

117

United Arab Emirates

2012

8 106

2 487

5 619

44

21

185

89

95

33.4

17.2

16.2

104

106

94
106 b

103 b
104

101 a,c

United Kingdom

2012

62 798

31 844

30 954

103

United Republic of Tanzania23

2012

47 656

23 837

23 820

100

United States of America

2012

315 791

159 788

156 003

102

United States Virgin Islands

2012

109

57

51

111

Uruguay

2012

3 391

1 754

1 638

107

Uzbekistan

2012

28 077

14 120

13 958

101

Vanuatu

2012

252

124

128

96

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

2012

29 891

14 901

14 989

99

Viet Nam

2012

89 730

45 343

44 388

102

Wallis and Futuna Islands

2011 **

13.2

6.6

6.5

102

Western Sahara

2012

567

268

299

89

Yemen

2012

25 569

12 700

12 869

99

Zambia

2012

13 884

6 922

6 961

99

Zimbabwe

2012

13 014

6 587

6 427

102

Footnotes
* Data compiled by the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system.
** Data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Demography Programme.
a de jure national estimate.
b de facto national estimate.
c The distribution between males and females was extrapolated from previous years.
d Census - de jure - complete tabulation
e Census - de facto - complete tabulation
1 Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island.
2 Including Nagorno-Karabakh.
3 Refers to Guernsey, and Jersey.
4 For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions
(SAR) of China.
5 As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
6 As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
7 Including Northern-Cyprus.
8 Including land Islands.
9 Including Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
10 Including Saint-Barthlemy and Saint-Martin (French part).
11 Refers to the Vatican City State.
12 Including Sabah and Sarawak.
13 Including Agalega, Rodrigues, and Saint Brandon.
14 Refers to Curaao, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius.
15 Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
16 Including East Jerusalem.
17 Including Transnistria.
18 Including Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.
19 Including Kosovo.
20 Including Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.
Including Southern Sudan which voted in favor of independence, but was not an official UN Member State as of May
21
2011.
22 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
23 Including Zanzibar.

Sources:
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011), World Population Prospects: The
2010 Revision. available in http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm; supplemented by official national statistics
published in the United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2009-2010 , available from the United Nations Statistics Division
website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm; and data compiled by the Secretariat of the
Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics and Demography Programme, available from the SPC website, http://www.spc.int/sdp.
Sex ratio of population (women per 100 men)
the United Nations Statistics Division based on the given population by sex.

Calculated by

Technical notes:
Projections of the total population and population by sex are prepared by the Population Division of the United
Nations Secretariat and revised every two years in order to incorporate new data. The preparation of projections
involves two distinct processes: (a) the incorporation of all relevant information regarding past demographic
dynamics of the population of each country or area of the world; and (b) the formulation of detailed assumptions
about the future paths of fertility, mortality, and international migration.
The medium variant projections for 2012 refer to 1 July of the given year and assume the following: Total fertility in
all countries eventually converges toward a level of 1.85 children per woman by the end of the projection period
(2010-2050). However, not all countries reach this level during the projection period. The basic principle of the
fertility projection is the same for all countries, but projection procedures are slightly different depending on whether
countries had a total fertility above or below 1.85 children per woman in 2005-2010. Mortality is projected on the
basis of models of change of life expectancy that produce smaller gains the higher the life expectancy already
reached. The selection of the model for each country is based on recent trends in life expectancy by sex. For the 60
countries highly affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, estimates of the impact of HIV/AIDS are made by explicitly
modeling the course of the epidemic and by projecting the yearly incidence of HIV infection. International migration
is projected on the basis of past international migration estimates and an assessment of the policy stance of
countries with regard to future international migration flows.
In the case of official national statistics compiled through the Demographic Yearbook system, the total, female and
male population refer to the population enumerated at the most recent census for which data are available.
The sex ratio is calculated as the number of females per 100 males.