APPENDIX 2-1  Surface Area and Population
Source: World Bank Database.
Country or Region	Surface	Mid-year	Population	Population
	Area	Population	Growth	Density
	(10 000 sq.km)	(10 000 persons)	(annual %)	(persons/sq.km)
World	13394.6	653808	1.18	50
China	960.0	131180	0.56	141
Bangladesh	14.4	15599	1.75	1198
India	328.7	110981	1.38	373
Indonesia	190.5	22304	1.12	123
Iran	174.5	7009	1.45	43
Israel	2.2	705	1.79	326
Japan	37.8	12776	-0.01	350
Kazakhstan	272.5	1531	1.06	6
Korea, Dem.	12.1	2371	0.39	197
Korea, Rep.	9.9	4842	0.26	490
Malaysia	33.0	2611	1.78	79
Mongolia	156.7	258	1.19	2
Myanmar	67.7	4838	0.86	74
Pakistan	79.6	15900	2.05	206
Philippines	30.0	8626	1.99	289
Singapore	0.1	448	3.22	6508
Sri Lanka	6.6	1989	1.10	308
Thailand	51.3	6344	0.70	124
Viet Nam	32.9	8411	1.20	271
Egypt	100.1	7417	1.79	75
Nigeria	92.4	14472	2.35	159
South Africa	121.9	4739	1.06	39
Belarus	20.8	973	-0.44	47
Bulgaria	11.1	769	-0.61	71
Czech Republic	7.9	1027	0.35	133
France	55.2	6126	0.63	111
Germany	35.7	8237	-0.11	236
Italy	30.1	5884	0.40	200
Netherlands	4.2	1634	0.12	482
Poland	31.3	3813	-0.09	124
Romania	23.8	2159	-0.20	94
Russian Fed.	1709.8	14250	-0.46	9
Spain	50.5	4412	1.65	88
Turkey	78.4	7298	1.25	95
Ukraine	60.4	4679	-0.68	81
United Kingdom	24.4	6055	0.54	250
Canada	998.5	3265	1.04	4
Mexico	196.4	10422	1.09	54
United States	963.2	29940	0.97	33
Argentina	278.0	3913	0.99	14
Brazil	851.5	18932	1.33	22
Venezuela	91.2	2702	1.66	31
Australia	774.1	2070	1.47	3
New Zealand	26.8	418	1.22	16