25-1  Territory and Population

Sources: United NationsMonthly Bulletin of StatisticsMarch 2000; FAO Database;

             The World BankWorld Development Indicators2000.

 

 

 

 

 

Country or

Area

Mid-year

Annual Average

Population

Territory

 

Population

Growth Rate(%)

Density

 

(10 000 sq.km)

(10 000 persons)

 

(persons/sq.km)

World

13381.6

584900

1.6

44

Asia

3174.8

358537

1.8

113

China

960.0

124810

1.1

130

Japan

37.8

12641

0.4

334

India

297.4

96200

2.0

323

Indonesia

190.5

20442

1.8

107

Philippines

30.0

7515

2.5

251

Thailand

51.3

6120

1.5

119

Malaysia

33.0

2218

2.7

67

Singapore

0.06

387

1.8

6450

Pakistan

79.6

13058

2.6

164

Myanmar

67.7

4450

1.5

66

Bangladesh

14.4

12477

2.1

866

Turkey

78.0

6345

2.0

81

Mongolia

156.7

240

2.4

2

Korea,D.P.Rep.

12.3

2355

1.5

191

Korea,Rep.of

9.9

4643

1.1

469

VietNam

33.0

7756

2.0

235

Africa

3031.2

75893

2.5

25

Egypt

100.2

6598

2.3

66

Nigeria

92.4

10641

2.9

115

Europe

2298.8

72887

0.2

32

Germany

35.7

8202

0.3

230

UnitedKingdom

24.2

5865

0.3

242

France

55.2

5885

0.5

107

Italy

30.1

5759

0.1

191

CzechRep.

7.9

1029

130

Poland

31.3

3867

0.5

124

Hungary

9.3

1011

-0.3

109

Romania

23.8

2250

0.1

95

Bulgaria

11.1

825

-0.4

74

YugoslaviaF.R.

10.2

1062

0.5

104

RussianFed.

1707.5

14654

0.3

9

NorthAmerica

2239.1

47253

1.3

21

UnitedStates

937.3

27056

1.0

29

Canada

997.1

3030

1.2

3

Mexico

196.7

9583

1.9

49

SouthAmerica

1783.2

33572

1.6

19

Brazil

854.7

16129

1.7

19

Argentina

277.7

3612

1.4

13

Oceania

853.6

2964

1.5

3

Australia

768.2

1875

1.4

2

NewZealand

27.1

379

1.1

14

 

 

 

 

 

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.