APPENDIX 3-1 TERRITORY AND POPULATION

Sources: United NationsMonthly Bulletin of StatisticsJanuary 1999; FAO Database; The World BankWorld Development Report1998/99.

Country or

Area

Mid-year of 1997

1991-1997

1997

Territory

 

Population

Annual Average

Population Density

 

(10 000 sq.km)

(10 000 persons)

Growth Rate(%)

(persons/sq.km)

World

13381.6

584873

1.5

44

Asia

3174.8

353845

1.6

111

China

960.0

123626

1.1

129

Japan

37.8

12564

0.3

333

India

297.4

94634

1.8

313

Indonesia

190.5

19987

1.7

107

Philippines

30.0

7353

2.3

236

Thailand

51.3

6060

1.2

116

Malaysia

33.0

2167

2.3

61

Singapore

0.06

374

1.9

4896

Pakistan

79.6

13816

2.9

169

Myanmar

67.7

4640

1.8

71

Bangladesh

14.4

12201

1.6

920

Turkey

78.0

6375

1.8

80

Mongolia

156.7

231

2.1

2

Korea D.P.Rep.

12.3

2284

1.7

189

Korea Rep.

9.9

4599

1.0

456

Viet Nam

33.0

7655

2.1

227

Africa

3031.2

75839

2.7

25

Egypt

100.2

6201

2.0

58

Nigeria

92.4

11837

2.9

122

Europe

2298.8

72917

0.2

32

Germany

35.7

8206

0.5

234

United Kingdom

24.2

5901

0.3

243

France

55.2

5861

0.5

106

Italy

30.1

5752

0.2

195

Czech Rep.

7.9

1030

-0.1

134

Poland

31.3

3865

0.2

127

Hungary

9.3

1015

-0.3

111

Romania

23.8

2255

-0.4

98

Bulgaria

11.1

831

-0.7

76

Yugoslavia F.R.

10.2

1060

0.9

104

Russian Fed.

1707.5

14710

-0.1

9

North America

2239.1

46654

1.3

21

United States

937.3

26790

1.0

29

Canada

997.1

3029

1.2

3

Mexico

196.7

9640

1.8

48

South America

1783.2

32711

1.6

18

Brazil

854.7

15964

1.4

19

Argentina

277.7

3567

1.3

13

Oceania

853.6

2907

1.4

3

Australia

768.2

1853

1.2

2

New Zealand

27.1

376

1.2

13

 

 

 

 

 

The data exclude the Antarctic Continent. If included, it would be 149.50 million sq.km. The population

 

 

 

 

of China refers to the population of the year-end. Excluding Jammu, Kashmir and Sikkim.