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Country name 2008 2009 2010 2011
Afghanistan 7,380,272 7,679,982 7,990,746 8,316,976
Albania 1,594,351 1,635,262 1,676,545 1,716,842
Algeria 24,061,749 24,799,591 25,545,622 26,216,968
American Samoa 61,118 62,357 63,616 64,817
Andorra 73,335 73,897 74,525 75,207
Angola 10,210,317 10,667,670 11,139,829 11,602,851
Antigua and Barbuda 26,223 26,369 26,508 26,771
Argentina 36,522,142 36,919,810 37,320,425 37,705,099
Armenia 1,974,101 1,977,151 1,980,967 1,987,710
Aruba 49,287 49,832 50,280 50,687
Australia 18,968,048 19,355,516 19,648,267 19,911,044
Austria 5,592,910 5,627,320 5,659,236 5,700,055
Azerbaijan 4,644,269 4,759,808 4,835,104 4,920,881
Bahamas, The 279,159 283,763 288,236 292,516
Bahrain 931,742 1,035,991 1,118,213 1,173,806
Bangladesh 39,265,757 40,348,601 41,476,183 42,725,450
Barbados 116,510 118,231 119,962 121,622
Belarus 7,023,146 7,050,657 7,080,964 7,106,796
Belgium 10,430,486 10,518,289 10,618,402 10,743,819
Belize 146,563 150,715 154,987 159,673
Benin 3,589,395 3,750,974 3,916,785 4,086,648
Bermuda 64,200 64,400 64,237 64,700
Bhutan 233,286 242,842 252,576 262,578
Bolivia 6,301,538 6,446,268 6,593,320 6,740,006
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,764,188 1,779,793 1,794,832 1,811,313
Botswana 1,163,397 1,193,812 1,223,775 1,251,235
Brazil 160,387,963 162,394,402 164,408,105 166,376,435
Brunei Darussalam 287,619 294,588 301,572 308,353
Bulgaria 5,457,284 5,465,466 5,464,168 5,370,276
Burkina Faso 3,725,989 3,970,704 4,227,025 4,498,006
Burundi 805,078 848,837 892,103 937,095
Cambodia 2,703,433 2,751,690 2,801,354 2,861,466
Cameroon 9,440,092 9,763,502 10,095,780 10,432,814
Canada 26,781,137 27,139,239 27,490,299 27,815,395
Cape Verde 293,277 299,909 306,691 313,259
Cayman Islands 55,295 55,763 56,230 56,729
Central African Republic 1,633,149 1,670,796 1,709,764 1,754,380
Chad 2,311,248 2,375,164 2,440,683 2,515,947
Chile 14,849,723 15,036,042 15,221,256 15,395,022
China 616,552,722 637,476,514 658,498,663 678,796,403
Colombia 33,504,284 34,118,271 34,730,390 35,332,746
Comoros 194,696 200,066 205,510 211,621
Congo, Dem. Rep. 20,429,168 21,324,432 22,248,284 23,226,620
Congo, Rep. 2,391,152 2,474,287 2,556,042 2,634,925
Costa Rica 2,857,711 2,923,874 2,990,353 3,055,438
Cote d'Ivoire 9,316,659 9,638,790 9,978,840 10,334,364
Croatia 2,531,131 2,538,295 2,541,985 2,546,000
Cuba 8,491,754 8,479,858 8,467,689 8,461,968
Curacao
Cyprus 753,515 764,832 775,985 787,274
Czech Republic 7,667,891 7,709,208 7,728,260 7,708,579
Denmark 4,747,554 4,783,398 4,815,111 4,842,543
Djibouti 658,017 671,085 684,302 698,009
Dominica 45,664 45,527 45,438 45,463
Dominican Republic 6,544,736 6,700,518 6,857,098 7,003,084
Ecuador 9,215,683 9,442,840 9,671,558 9,888,324
Egypt, Arab Rep. 33,863,704 34,521,421 35,186,267 35,935,354
El Salvador 3,875,592 3,927,491 3,980,856 4,033,135
Equatorial Guinea 259,316 267,301 275,517 284,572
Eritrea 997,519 1,046,670 1,098,018 1,156,866
Estonia 931,053 930,869 930,889 931,488
Ethiopia 12,976,937 13,433,001 13,899,855 14,420,416
Faeroe Islands 19,666 19,789 19,934 20,102
Fiji 430,689 438,467 446,121 453,588
Finland 4,425,891 4,454,081 4,481,510 4,509,326
France 53,916,357 54,684,842 55,463,257 56,105,091
French Polynesia 136,407 137,836 139,227 140,817
Gabon 1,231,319 1,261,342 1,292,259 1,321,733
Gambia, The 903,818 940,913 979,239 1,016,080
Georgia 2,307,282 2,323,945 2,348,496 2,371,335
Germany 60,458,486 60,380,838 60,363,641 60,484,799
Ghana 11,587,095 12,033,896 12,492,272 12,949,369
Greece 6,838,648 6,886,816 6,927,241 6,945,548
Greenland 47,188 47,355 48,018 48,120
Grenada 39,616 40,081 40,555 41,068
Guam 163,506 165,551 167,616 169,739
Guatemala 6,635,351 6,861,993 7,097,771 7,346,546
Guinea 3,261,454 3,371,856 3,490,362 3,624,244
Guinea-Bissau 606,944 630,528 654,880 679,120
Guyana 212,770 213,181 213,605 214,715
Haiti 4,753,939 4,972,406 5,195,489 5,397,254
Honduras 3,681,006 3,798,820 3,920,122 4,044,147
Hong Kong SAR, China 6,977,700 7,003,700 7,067,800 7,071,600
Hungary 6,818,439 6,860,003 6,896,516 6,923,948
Iceland 296,430 297,818 297,763 299,009
India 360,260,080 369,459,868 378,773,211 388,524,909
Indonesia 113,550,013 116,633,669 119,753,167 122,824,688
Iran, Islamic Rep. 49,435,755 50,217,429 50,995,941 51,672,518
Iraq 20,140,509 20,718,014 21,312,028 21,920,955
Ireland 2,714,254 2,747,324 2,769,537 2,846,698
Isle of Man 41,580 41,766 41,925 42,123
Israel 6,702,243 6,868,936 7,000,218 7,135,588
Italy 40,666,257 40,987,375 41,261,765 41,534,944
Jamaica 1,397,505 1,401,685 1,404,408 1,409,383
Japan 113,293,661 114,328,157 115,394,920 116,486,531
Jordan 4,742,713 4,862,946 4,987,142 5,112,416
Kazakhstan 8,483,834 8,679,118 8,770,829 8,881,544
Kenya 8,772,681 9,151,992 9,549,244 9,979,760
Kiribati 42,189 42,892 43,608 44,417
Korea, Dem. Rep. 14,487,378 14,574,175 14,658,864 14,754,394
Korea, Rep. 40,283,950 40,631,906 40,977,195 41,416,526
Kosovo
Kuwait 2,502,888 2,599,420 2,688,620 2,768,862
Kyrgyz Republic 1,877,416 1,900,369 1,923,327 1,951,595
Lao PDR 1,856,402 1,954,297 2,053,798 2,151,917
Latvia 1,537,082 1,528,164 1,516,167 1,393,679
Lebanon 3,621,449 3,652,338 3,683,759 3,716,237
Lesotho 540,758 561,646 582,934 604,926
Liberia 1,723,171 1,820,187 1,909,230 1,989,237
Libya 4,752,635 4,848,757 4,929,216 4,992,742
Liechtenstein 5,172 5,189 5,206 5,233
Lithuania 2,245,054 2,235,024 2,202,202 2,033,707
Luxembourg 413,803 422,789 431,853 442,657
Macao SAR, China 518,463 531,195 543,656 555,731
Macedonia, FYR 1,213,768 1,216,830 1,219,627 1,224,211
Madagascar 5,997,503 6,300,227 6,613,922 6,941,998
Malawi 2,149,421 2,230,641 2,316,038 2,414,123
Malaysia 19,315,650 19,877,554 20,450,436 20,975,987
Maldives 115,351 120,784 126,335 131,597
Mali 4,772,346 5,015,721 5,268,309 5,532,085
Malta 388,307 391,080 393,827 394,136
Marshall Islands 37,494 38,028 38,654 39,379
Mauritania 1,347,073 1,386,672 1,426,464 1,470,093
Mauritius 532,029 533,718 535,157 537,536
Mexico 85,424,300 86,850,060 88,271,486 89,660,257
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 24,767 24,877 25,005 25,223
Moldova 1,621,785 1,646,645 1,671,889 1,696,063
Monaco 35,336 35,377 35,407 35,427
Mongolia 1,748,204 1,804,674 1,862,147 1,916,908
Montenegro 394,736 396,650 398,445 400,149
Morocco 17,538,009 17,821,246 18,108,782 18,408,827
Mozambique 6,828,150 7,032,725 7,241,313 7,469,802
Myanmar 14,649,393 15,015,092 15,387,973 15,783,113
Namibia 807,731 835,466 863,494 892,204
Nepal 4,636,188 4,811,547 4,990,032 5,181,305
Netherlands 13,438,845 13,593,269 13,748,740 13,877,286
New Caledonia 152,271 152,639 154,743 156,873
New Zealand 3,677,111 3,718,735 3,764,782 3,799,044
Nicaragua 3,196,747 3,254,157 3,313,839 3,378,480
Niger 2,494,418 2,611,042 2,732,586 2,871,272
Nigeria 71,868,457 74,696,219 77,628,943 80,610,181
Northern Mariana Islands 57,136 56,083 55,646 55,948
Norway 3,741,006 3,804,051 3,867,496 3,931,464
Oman 1,916,429 1,978,013 2,036,409 2,090,220
Pakistan 59,143,285 60,699,064 62,288,778 64,009,394
Palau 16,405 16,731 17,067 17,335
Panama 2,488,882 2,556,164 2,623,935 2,685,431
Papua New Guinea 817,742 835,172 852,620 876,883
Paraguay 3,751,254 3,855,376 3,961,414 4,066,087
Peru 21,677,735 22,015,589 22,363,036 22,709,595
Philippines 43,645,603 44,498,924 45,369,513 46,368,984
Poland 23,313,673 23,290,485 23,271,046 23,465,298
Portugal 6,302,660 6,370,962 6,436,233 6,444,161
Puerto Rico 3,697,646 3,686,024 3,676,309 3,664,664
Qatar 1,370,548 1,572,421 1,735,137 1,847,092
Romania 11,354,890 11,338,644 11,317,549 11,295,639
Russian Federation 104,139,062 104,314,635 104,872,346 105,539,362
Rwanda 1,830,909 1,913,340 1,998,375 2,092,204
Samoa 37,333 37,038 36,759 36,563
San Marino 29,345 29,501 29,670 29,867
Sao Tome and Principe 96,554 99,451 102,526 105,582
Saudi Arabia 21,362,967 21,946,738 22,530,487 23,109,123
Senegal 4,926,970 5,088,007 5,253,499 5,433,846
Serbia 4,071,508 4,078,641 4,085,610 4,092,408
Seychelles 45,724 46,188 46,062 46,116
Sierra Leone 2,145,562 2,212,693 2,281,063 2,354,361
Singapore 4,839,400 4,987,600 5,076,700 5,183,700
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic 2,980,435 2,979,130 2,977,540 2,957,310
Slovenia 1,013,953 1,021,079 1,023,452 1,024,972
Solomon Islands 97,592 102,551 107,657 112,995
Somalia 3,251,040 3,361,868 3,479,389 3,608,713
South Africa 29,583,209 30,128,693 30,767,645 31,357,112
South Sudan 1,577,806 1,684,450 1,776,568 1,862,114
Spain 35,101,044 35,426,468 35,605,489 35,752,347
Sri Lanka 3,047,794 3,079,402 3,106,418 3,156,728
St. Kitts and Nevis 16,350 16,544 16,737 16,989
St. Lucia 34,457 33,229 31,887 31,060
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 52,580 53,038 53,484 53,925
Sudan 10,689,849 10,886,721 11,117,427 11,405,784
Suriname 352,610 358,146 363,709 369,127
Swaziland 222,403 223,687 224,992 227,231
Sweden 7,814,675 7,895,239 7,976,659 8,051,278
Switzerland 5,626,058 5,699,599 5,762,106 5,832,213
Syrian Arab Republic 10,784,477 11,080,074 11,383,241 11,673,657
Tajikistan 1,771,325 1,796,635 1,822,839 1,852,661
Tanzania 10,754,670 11,256,194 11,783,826 12,359,932
Thailand 22,620,186 22,969,968 23,314,930 23,713,057
Timor-Leste 293,278 306,202 319,444 333,298
Togo 2,113,964 2,187,430 2,262,413 2,340,060
Tonga 23,960 24,146 24,316 24,524
Trinidad and Tobago 171,906 176,125 180,347 184,606
Tunisia 6,787,120 6,880,114 6,972,744 7,078,245
Turkey 48,957,658 50,118,337 51,280,931 52,585,594
Turkmenistan 2,354,200 2,397,095 2,440,830 2,488,405
Turks and Caicos Islands 33,017 34,490 35,768 36,702
Tuvalu 4,827 4,877 4,928 4,979
Uganda 4,510,992 4,782,682 5,066,513 5,376,189
Ukraine 31,606,840 31,549,274 31,506,290 31,484,190
United Arab Emirates 5,171,979 5,806,817 6,312,975 6,654,542
United Kingdom 48,689,728 49,082,777 49,503,896 49,966,625
United States 248,074,384 251,125,014 254,109,115 256,701,885
Uruguay 3,075,390 3,088,963 3,103,263 3,117,433
Uzbekistan 9,936,217 10,079,122 10,340,731 10,635,598
Vanuatu 54,714 56,790 58,928 61,165
Venezuela, RB 25,910,495 26,406,600 26,906,159 27,376,335
Vietnam 24,811,618 25,610,159 26,421,395 27,261,671
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 104,177 104,391 104,571 104,650
West Bank and Gaza 2,650,910 2,736,628 2,825,284 2,919,825
Yemen, Rep. 6,928,173 7,273,924 7,634,749 8,016,512
Zambia 4,689,372 4,873,500 5,005,752 5,277,522
Zimbabwe 4,634,713 4,699,701 4,793,495 4,925,817

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