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 13409.7 669725 1.17 52
  China   960.0 132466 0.51 142
  Bangladesh 14.4 16000 1.41 1229
   India  328.7 113996 1.34 383
   Indonesia 190.5 22735 1.18 125
   Iran  174.5 7196 1.31 44
   Israel  2.2 731 1.78 338
   Japan 37.8 12770 -0.05 350
   Kazakhstan 272.5 1567 1.22 6
   Korea, Dem.  12.1 2382 0.38 198
   Korea, Rep. 10.0 4861 0.31 502
   Malaysia 33.0 2701 1.71 82
   Mongolia 156.4 264 1.13 2
   Myanmar 67.7 4956 0.88 76
   Pakistan 79.6 16611 2.14 215
   Philippines 30.0 9035 1.82 303
   Singapore 0.1 484 5.32 6943
   Sri Lanka 6.6 2016 0.73 312
   Thailand 51.3 6739 0.61 132
   Viet Nam 33.1 8621 1.23 278
   Egypt 100.1 8153 1.82 82
   Nigeria 92.4 15121 2.34 166
   South Africa 121.9 4869 1.73 40
   Canada 998.5 3331 1.01 4
   Mexico 196.4 10635 1.01 55
   United States 963.2 30406 0.92 33
   Argentina 278.0 3988 0.99 15
   Brazil 851.5 19197 0.97 23
   Venezuela 91.2 2794 1.63 32
   Belarus 20.8 968 -0.22 48
   Bulgaria 11.1 762 -0.48 70
   Czech Republic 7.9 1042 0.87 135
   France 54.9 6228 0.55 114
   Germany 35.7 8211 -0.19 235
   Italy 30.1 5983 0.77 203
   Netherlands 4.2 1645 0.39 487
   Poland 31.3 3813 0.01 125
   Romania 23.8 2151 -0.15 94
   Russian Fed. 1709.8 14195 -0.11 9
   Spain 50.5 4556 1.50 91
   Turkey 78.4 7391 1.24 96
   Ukraine 60.4 4626 -0.54 80
   United Kingdom 24.4 6141 0.67 254
   Australia 774.1 2143 1.69 3
   New Zealand 26.8 427 0.96 16