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Global Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 5,912,829   Population 2000 (UN '000) 6,056,471
Area (km2) 130,677,398   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 18
Number of Administrative Units 399,747   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 15
Number of Urban Extents 21,905   Number of Settlement Points 55,412

Country Summaries

Country Name
(English)		 Population 2000
(UN '000)		 Area
(km2)		 Resolution
(km)		 Admin
Units		 Population Per
Admin Unit ('000)		 Urban
Extents		 Settlement
Points
Afghanistan 21,765 634,908 44 329 65 52 50
Albania 3,134 28,346 33 26 119 39 47
Algeria 30,291 2,302,498 219 48 634 329 151
American Samoa 68 198 6 5 11 1 15
Andorra 86 464 8 7 9 1 7
Angola 13,134 1,251,924 264 18 1 30 8
Anguilla 11 83 9 1 11 1 3
Antigua and Barbuda 65 444 15 2 32 1 12
Argentina 37,032 2,736,391 74 499 72 419 1,091
Armenia 3,787 28,277 51 11 293 33 42
Aruba 101 189 14 1 101 1 2
Australia 19,138 7,634,648 76 1,329 14 157 224
Austria 8,080 83,145 29 99 81 85 289
Azerbaijan 8,041 85,355 34 74 108 41 29
Bahamas 304 13,162 28 17 18 4 12
Bahrain 640 623 8 11 0 3 7
Bangladesh 137,439 136,305 17 486 251 187 157
Barbados 267 441 21 1 267 1 3
Belarus 10,187 207,013 42 119 84 35 35
Belgium 10,249 30,553 7 589 17 46 574
Belize 226 22,290 61 6 40 6 9
Benin 6,272 115,828 39 78 80 36 38
Bermuda 63 63 8 1 63 3 1
Bhutan 2,085 38,040 45 19 110 5 18
Bolivia 8,329 1,069,350 103 100 80 69 95
Bosnia-Herzegovina 3,977 51,295 131 3 1,301 26 22
Botswana 1,541 559,502 156 23 71 27 67
Brazil 170,406 8,480,395 29 9,847 17 762 4,243
British Virgin Islands 24 166 6 4 5 1 1
Brunei Darussalam 328 5,901 38 4 81 2 5
Bulgaria 7,949 111,307 21 261 30 44 41
Burkina Faso 11,535 275,747 28 353 33 118 205
Burundi 6,356 25,227 15 114 58 15 15
Cambodia 13,104 179,492 11 1,604 8 26 27
Cameroon 14,876 465,765 97 49 255 104 166
Canada 30,757 9,458,886 40 5,984 5 327 884
Cape Verde 427 4,072 21 9 48 11 16
Cayman Islands 38 279 10 3 14 1 3
Central African Republic 3,717 622,868 111 51 69 33 37
Chad 7,885 1,243,139 298 14 527 38 51
Chile 15,211 721,229 50 292 50 49 62
China 1,275,133 9,198,103 62 2,370 523 6,769 4,707
Colombia 42,105 1,141,569 33 1,059 34 352 783
Commonwealth of Dominica 71 769 9 10 7 3 17
Comoros 706 2,046 23 4 140 12 93
Congo 3,018 343,235 86 46 60 22 22
Congo, Democratic Republic 50,948 2,313,414 124 150 347 162 182
Cook Islands 20 688 7 15 1 1 1
Costa Rica 4,024 51,015 25 82 46 16 32
Croatia 4,654 56,406 10 544 8 55 121
Cuba 11,199 111,199 26 169 66 109 140
Cyprus 784 9,273 5 414 2 4 73
Czech Republic 10,272 78,616 4 6,258 2 118 131
Denmark 5,320 42,484 12 276 19 77 429
Djibouti 632 20,903 65 5 128 6 5
Dominican Republic 8,373 48,092 40 30 267 31 42
East Timor 737 14,923 29 18 46 6 19
Ecuador 12,646 246,700 16 931 13 52 55
Egypt 67,884 968,071 65 230 281 77 151
El Salvador 6,278 20,279 9 263 23 23 43
Equatorial Guinea 457 27,104 62 7 127 3 15
Eritrea 3,659 121,863 57 38 94 11 9
Estonia 1,393 43,179 13 251 5 21 42
Ethiopia 62,908 1,123,714 46 523 119 206 407
Faeroe Islands 46 1,408 10 15 3 3 11
Falkland Islands 2 11,988 77 2 1 0 1
Federated State of Micronesia 123 675 13 4 27 9 17
Fiji 814 18,254 35 15 54 5 15
Finland 5,172 317,001 27 448 12 54 101
France 59,238 547,120 4 36,585 2 441 348
French Guiana 165 83,634 63 21 7 4 16
French Polynesia 233 3,745 10 39 6 4 36
Gabon 1,230 265,146 76 46 27 20 35
Gambia 1,303 10,838 17 37 32 14 96
Georgia 5,262 69,236 29 80 59 50 61
Germany 82,017 356,027 28 446 184 607 1,132
Ghana 19,306 231,730 46 110 172 126 175
Gibraltar 27 5 2 1 27 1 1
Greece 10,610 131,891 11 1,034 10 121 1,103
Greenland 56 377,972 149 17 3 1 14
Grenada 94 325 18 1 94 3 6
Guadeloupe 428 1,751 8 31 14 4 33
Guam 155 546 2 203 1 1 27
Guatemala 11,385 108,523 18 329 32 36 46
Guernsey -- 85 9 1 56 1 5
Guinea 8,154 245,860 86 33 257 33 44
Guinea-Bissau 1,199 34,106 30 37 33 13 19
Guyana 761 211,156 145 10 79 9 11
Haiti 8,142 26,876 14 135 57 13 15
Holy See 1 1 1 1 1 0 --
Honduras 6,417 112,079 6 3,696 2 41 53
Hong Kong 6,860 1,054 8 18 367 18 13
Hungary 9,968 92,046 5 3,158 3 77 1,426
Iceland 279 91,116 27 123 2 5 29
India 1,008,937 3,209,716 25 5,209 194 3,200 3,570
Indonesia 212,092 1,898,776 5 69,349 3 378 443
Iran 70,330 1,590,351 80 250 260 182 193
Iraq 22,946 430,575 151 19 1,258 38 24
Ireland 3,803 69,474 4 3,440 1 52 189
Isle of Man 75 572 5 24 3 2 8
Israel 6,040 21,878 38 15 411 8 91
Italy 57,530 299,287 6 8,105 7 403 1,349
Ivory Coast 16,013 320,329 42 185 89 66 76
Jamaica 2,576 11,060 28 14 185 17 18
Japan 127,096 371,705 10 3,373 38 217 995
Jersey -- 119 11 1 87 1 12
Jordan 4,913 88,362 48 39 141 16 26
Kazakhstan 16,172 2,619,352 101 256 62 47 34
Kenya 30,669 579,617 9 6,624 4 72 77
Kiribati 83 1,073 6 28 3 4 17
Korea 46,740 98,977 21 227 204 83 129
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. of 22,268 122,440 30 136 169 35 24
Kuwait 1,914 17,259 59 5 445 2 27
Kyrgyz Republic 4,921 184,763 58 55 89 49 97
Lao People's Democratic Republic 5,279 230,230 42 133 39 15 17
Latvia 2,421 64,196 10 585 4 35 76
Lebanon 3,496 10,328 20 26 128 13 17
Lesotho 2,035 30,582 55 10 209 10 15
Liberia 2,913 96,166 42 54 70 17 27
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5,290 1,611,363 254 25 223 33 39
Liechtenstein 33 160 4 11 3 1 9
Lithuania 3,696 64,995 36 51 69 46 98
Luxembourg 437 2,587 5 118 4 3 82
Macao 444 19 3 3 142 3 1
Macedonia 2,034 24,702 14 123 16 21 30
Madagascar 15,970 592,965 22 1,242 12 74 98
Malawi 11,308 94,958 3 9,219 1 31 34
Malaysia 22,218 329,941 19 920 24 101 123
Maldives 291 189 3 21 13 0 58
Mali 11,351 1,248,137 68 272 39 105 155
Malta 390 315 2 67 6 2 60
Marshall Islands 51 219 3 33 2 2 2
Martinique 383 1,146 34 1 383 1 32
Mauritania 2,665 1,036,905 140 53 48 17 27
Mauritius 1,161 1,993 3 186 6 5 85
Mayotte 153 372 19 1 155 3 3
Mexico 98,872 1,943,018 28 2,414 40 483 786
Monaco 33 10 3 1 34 2 4
Mongolia 2,533 1,546,294 265 22 108 21 24
Montserrat 4 103 10 1 4 0 1
Morocco (includes Western Sahara) 29,878 669,159 107 58 508 85 78
Mozambique 18,292 777,123 44 402 42 78 78
Myanmar 47,749 669,310 49 284 165 90 64
Namibia 1,757 819,964 90 102 18 24 34
Nauru 12 18 4 1 12 1 1
Nepal 23,043 139,087 43 75 302 41 45
Netherland Antilles 215 818 3 71 2 4 1
Netherlands 15,864 41,364 9 469 33 87 230
New Caledonia 215 18,837 52 7 31 3 10
New Zealand 3,778 265,334 27 371 10 51 113
Nicaragua 5,071 118,279 29 144 37 32 40
Niger 10,832 1,157,232 95 129 76 36 40
Nigeria 113,862 904,235 41 538 231 167 138
Niue 2 267 16 1 2 0 --
Norfolk Island -- 40 4 3 1 0 --
Northern Mariana Islands 73 466 3 72 1 1 13
Norway 4,469 318,524 27 434 10 74 305
Occupied Palestinian Territory 3,191 6,006 19 16 199 20 226
Oman 2,538 304,190 134 60 37 13 25
Pakistan 141,256 785,320 87 104 1,309 354 202
Palau 19 463 8 7 3 3 2
Panama 2,856 74,515 33 67 41 23 40
Papua New Guinea 4,809 464,043 152 20 241 23 33
Paraguay 5,496 395,886 41 236 21 20 37
Peru 25,662 1,289,475 27 1,800 13 171 644
Philippines 75,653 295,408 14 1,541 49 134 130
Pitcairn 0 41 6 1 0 0 --
Poland 38,605 311,195 11 2,489 16 263 226
Portugal 10,016 91,421 5 4,228 2 68 460
Puerto Rico 3,915 8,985 11 78 51 1 216
Qatar 565 10,973 35 9 70 2 10
Republic of Moldova 4,295 34,012 26 49 88 40 26
Reunion 721 2,548 50 1 719 4 24
Romania 22,438 237,057 9 2,935 7 308 864
Russia 145,491 16,679,998 82 2,486 55 558 704
Rwanda 7,609 24,349 13 142 55 16 16
Saint Helena 6 127 7 3 2 0 1
Saint Kitts and Nevis 38 277 12 2 19 2 4
Saint Lucia 148 620 25 1 148 3 9
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7 227 9 3 2 0 1
Saint Vincent 113 453 21 1 113 1 6
San Marino 27 62 8 1 26 1 4
Sao Tome and Principe 138 1,008 22 2 72 3 11
Saudi Arabia 20,346 1,938,837 386 13 1,604 50 47
Senegal 9,421 196,151 46 93 107 38 37
Serbia and Montenegro 10,552 101,561 159 4 2,658 70 62
Seychelles 80 196 10 2 40 1 4
Sierra Leone 4,405 72,616 22 147 31 24 76
Singapore 4,018 597 9 8 488 8 1
Slovakia 5,399 48,875 4 2,919 2 66 137
Slovenia 1,988 20,224 2 5,989 0 29 116
Solomon Islands 447 28,707 54 10 42 1 4
Somalia 8,778 634,315 93 74 110 10 8
South Africa 43,309 1,217,645 0 83,125 1 345 310
Spain 39,910 505,275 8 8,186 5 181 737
Sri Lanka 18,924 65,830 16 242 75 47 55
Sudan 31,095 2,492,385 171 85 358 73 71
Suriname 417 141,133 119 10 45 4 15
Svalbard -- 60,543 246 1 2 0 1
Swaziland 925 17,410 66 4 247 5 15
Sweden 8,842 431,704 39 288 31 127 558
Switzerland 7,170 38,975 4 2,912 2 62 341
Syrian Arab Republic 16,189 184,366 119 13 1,241 58 36
Taiwan -- 36,223 42 21 1,030 10 89
Tajikistan 6,087 130,295 47 60 99 26 26
Thailand 62,806 513,618 26 792 77 214 167
Togo 4,527 57,277 52 21 216 34 43
Tokelau 1 15 0 3 0 0 --
Tonga 99 664 13 4 25 1 8
Trinidad and Tobago 1,294 5,202 13 30 41 3 21
Tunisia 9,459 147,882 80 23 416 64 114
Turkey 66,668 768,690 98 80 848 364 417
Turkmenistan 4,737 460,254 98 48 86 13 14
Turks and Caicos Islands 17 548 23 1 17 1 2
Tuvalu 10 32 2 9 1 0 --
Uganda 23,300 206,968 7 4,122 5 25 68
Ukraine 49,568 588,417 31 622 77 147 102
United Arab Emirates 2,606 74,777 97 8 399 11 9
United Kingdom 59,415 247,193 11 2,143 27 154 447
United Rep. of Tanzania 35,119 891,021 99 90 362 58 56
United States Virgin Islands 121 374 3 32 3 3 8
United States of America 283,230 9,210,755 12 60,884 5 2,103 14,462
Uruguay 3,337 173,985 96 19 171 40 106
Uzbekistan 24,881 412,914 45 208 118 94 83
Vanuatu 197 12,274 45 6 27 3 2
Venezuela 24,170 911,559 53 324 70 76 591
Viet Nam 78,137 328,535 6 10,476 7 119 55
Wallis and Futuna 14 176 9 2 7 0 2
Western Samoa 159 2,888 31 3 58 2 20
Yemen 18,349 415,196 43 227 77 43 33
Zambia 10,421 745,317 114 57 173 38 44
Zimbabwe 12,627 389,055 82 58 196 25 27