Population Table 2009
From Future Of Mankind
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Figures compiled by Stephen Moore using land statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Country | Surface (km2) | Arable Land (%) | Permanent Pasture (%) | Possible Population | Current Population | Times Overpopulated | |
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Afganistan | 647,500 | 12% | 46.00% | 4,506,600 | 33,609,937 | 7.82 | |
Albania | 28,748 | 20.1% | 15% | 122,466 | 3,639,453 | 31.5 | |
Algeria | 2,381,740 | 3.2% | 14% | 4,850,175 | 34,178,188 | 7.29 | |
Andorra | 468 | 2.1% | 45% | 2,647 | 83,888 | 33.24 | |
Angola | 1,246,700 | 2% | 23% | 3,740,100 | 12,799,293 | 3.59 | |
Antarctica | 20,327,000 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 442 | 18% | 9% | 1,432 | 85,632 | 62.67 | |
Argentina | 2,736,690 | 9% | 52% | 20,032,571 | 40,913,584 | 2.14 | |
Armenia | 28,400 | 17% | 24% | 139,728 | 2,967,004 | 22.25 | |
Atoll of Johnston | 2.8 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Australia | 7,686,850 | 6% | 54% | 55,345,320 | 21,262,641 | 0.4 | |
Austria | 83,870 | 17% | 23% | 398,450 | 8,210,281 | 21.37 | |
Azerbaijan | 86,100 | 18% | 25% | 444,276 | 8,238,672 | 19.43 | |
Bahamas | 13,940 | 1% | 0% | 1,673 | 309,156 | 193.69 | |
Bahrain | 665 | 3% | 6% | 704 | 727,785 | 1061.98 | |
Bangladesh | 133,910 | 55.4% | 5% | 970,419 | 156,050,883 | 168.5 | |
Barbados | 431 | 37% | 5% | 2,183 | 284,589 | 136 | |
Bassas | 0.2 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Belgium | 30,278 | 27% | 20% | 172,294 | 10,414,336 | 63.91 | |
Belize | 22,800 | 3% | 2% | 13,817 | 307,899 | 23.59 | |
Benin | 110,620 | 13% | 4% | 225,665 | 8,791,832 | 40.83 | |
Bhutan | 47,000 | 2% | 6% | 46,812 | 691,141 | 16.05 | |
Belarus (Belorussia) | 207,600 | 27% | 15% | 1,040,574 | 9,648,533 | 9.66 | |
Bolivia | 1,084,390 | 2% | 24% | 3,383,297 | 9,775,246 | 3.03 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,129 | 14% | 20% | 208,606 | 4,613,414 | 23.18 | |
Botswana | 585,370 | 1% | 46% | 3,276,901 | 1,990,876 | 0.63 | |
Bouvet Island | 49.0 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brazil | 8,456,510 | 6% | 22% | 28,413,874 | 198,739,269 | 7.33 | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | 60 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
British Virgin Islands | 153 | 20% | 33% | 973 | 24,491 | 26.38 | |
Brunei | 5,270 | 1% | 1% | 1,265 | 388,190 | 321.65 | |
Burma | 657,740 | 15% | 1% | 1,262,861 | 48,137,741 | 39.95 | |
Bulgaria | 110,550 | 30% | 14% | 582,908 | 7,204,687 | 12.94 | |
Burkina Faso | 273,800 | 18% | 22% | 1,303,069 | 15,746,232 | 12.56 | |
Burundi | 25,650 | 36% | 36% | 220,292 | 8,988,091 | 42.5 | |
Cambodia | 176,520 | 13% | 11% | 508,378 | 14,494,293 | 29.88 | |
Cameroon | 469,440 | 13% | 4% | 931,745 | 18,879,301 | 20.66 | |
Canada | 9,984,670 | 5% | 3% | 9,070,074 | 33,487,208 | 3.66 | |
Capo Verde | 4,033 | 11% | 6% | 8,426 | 429,474 | 54.7 | |
Central African Republic | 622,984 | 3% | 5% | 598,065 | 4,511,488 | 7.91 | |
Chad | 1,259,200 | 3% | 36% | 5,893,056 | 10,329,208 | 1.84 | |
Chile | 748,800 | 3% | 18% | 1,852,831 | 16,601,707 | 9.22 | |
China | 9,326,410 | 15% | 43% | 64,755,130 | 1,338,612,968 | 21.61 | |
Colombia | 1,038,700 | 2% | 39% | 5,111,650 | 45,644,023 | 9.36 | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2,267,600 | 3% | 7% | 2,683,024 | 68,692,542 | 26.46 | |
Congo, Republic of -- | 341,500 | 1.5% | 29% | 1,247,841 | 4,012,809 | 3.36 | |
Costa Rica | 50,660 | 4% | 46% | 306,392 | 4,253,877 | 14.67 | |
Croatia | 56,414 | 22% | 26% | 326,299 | 4,489,409 | 14.48 | |
Cuba | 110,860 | 28% | 21% | 641,613 | 11,451,652 | 18.41 | |
Cyprus | 9,240 | 11% | 0% | 11,986 | 796,470 | 68.46 | |
Czech Republic | 77,276 | 39% | 11% | 463,656 | 10,211,904 | 23.08 | |
Denmark | 42,394 | 53% | 8% | 308,747 | 5,500,510 | 18.58 | |
Djibouti | 21,980 | 0% | 9% | 23,844 | 516,055 | 22.78 | |
Dominica | 754 | 7% | 3% | 875 | 72,660 | 84.16 | |
Dominican Republic | 48,380 | 22% | 43% | 377,364 | 9,650,054 | 26.8 | |
Dutch Antilles | 960 | 10% | 0% | 1,152 | 227,049 | 206.55 | |
Ecuador | 276,840 | 6% | 18% | 797,299 | 14,573,101 | 19.16 | |
Egypt | 995,450 | 2% | 0% | 238,908 | 83,082,869 | 364.45 | |
El Salvador | 20,720 | 31% | 29% | 150,104 | 7,185,218 | 50.48 | |
Estonia | 43,211 | 12% | 11% | 119,522 | 1,299,371 | 11.42 | |
Ethiopia | 1,119,683 | 10% | 20% | 4,032,202 | 85,237,338 | 22.16 | |
Europa Island | 28 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Finland | 304,473 | 7% | 0% | 238,950 | 5,250,275 | 21.51 | |
Fiji Islands | 18,270 | 10% | 10% | 43,848 | 944,720 | 22.58 | |
France | 545,630 | 33% | 18% | 3,375,922 | 64,057,792 | 20.1 | |
Gabon | 257,667 | 1% | 18% | 593,974 | 1,514,993 | 2.7 | |
Gambia | 10,000 | 28% | 9% | 44,256 | 1,782,893 | 42.08 | |
Georgia | 69,700 | 12% | 25% | 305,370 | 4,615,807 | 15.63 | |
Germany | 349,223 | 33% | 14% | 1,979,256 | 82,329,758 | 43.81 | |
Ghana | 230,940 | 18% | 37% | 1,503,142 | 23,832,495 | 16.39 | |
Gibraltar | 6.5 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 28,034 | infinite | |
Great Britain | 241,590 | 23% | 46% | 2,007,033 | 61,113,205 | 32.02 | |
Greece | 130,800 | 20% | 36% | 881,330 | 10,737,428 | 12.8 | |
Grenada | 344 | 6% | 3% | 367 | 90,739 | 255.96 | |
Greenland | 2,166,086 | 0% | 1% | 259,930 | 57,600 | 0.23 | |
Guatemala | 108,430 | 13% | 24% | 484,292 | 13,276,517 | 28.9 | |
Guinea | 245,857 | 4% | 44% | 1,415,251 | 10,057,975 | 7.44 | |
Guinea (Equatorial) | 28,051 | 5% | 4% | 30,295 | 633,441 | 21.91 | |
Guinea-Bissau | 28,000 | 8% | 38% | 155,602 | 1,533,964 | 10.4 | |
Guyana | 196,850 | 2% | 6% | 194,409 | 772,298 | 4.28 | |
Haiti | 27,560 | 28% | 18% | 152,495 | 9,035,536 | 62.24 | |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 412 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Honduras | 111,890 | 10% | 14% | 315,933 | 7,792,854 | 25.34 | |
Hong Kong | 1,042 | 5% | 1% | 750 | 7,055,071 | 9855.09 | |
Howland Island | 2.6 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hungary | 92,340 | 50% | 12.4% | 691,442 | 9,905,596 | 15.01 | |
India | 2,973,190 | 49% | 4% | 18,848,835 | 1,166,079,217 | 64.63 | |
Indonesia | 1,826,440 | 11% | 6% | 3,769,772 | 240,271,522 | 67.58 | |
Iran | 1,636,000 | 10% | 18% | 5,473,402 | 66,429,284 | 12.66 | |
Iraq | 432,162 | 13% | 9% | 1,147,131 | 28,945,657 | 26.59 | |
Ireland | 68,890 | 17% | 44% | 500,307 | 4,203,200 | 8.74 | |
Iceland | 100,250 | 0% | 23% | 277,532 | 306,694 | 1.16 | |
Israel | 20,330 | 15% | 6% | 51,842 | 7,233,701 | 147.97 | |
Italy | 294,020 | 26% | 15% | 1,461,044 | 58,126,212 | 42.11 | |
Ivory Coast | 318,000 | 10% | 41% | 1,954,937 | 20,617,068 | 11.1 | |
Jamaica | 10,830 | 16% | 24% | 51,984 | 2,825,928 | 56.97 | |
Jarvis Island | 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jersey (Island of) | 116.0 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 91,626 | infinite | |
Jordan | 91,971 | 3% | 8% | 125,816 | 6,342,948 | 54.76 | |
Japan | 374,744 | 11% | 1% | 544,128 | 127,078,679 | 246.79 | |
Jan Mayen | 377 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kazakhstan | 2,669,800 | 8% | 69% | 24,630,507 | 15,399,437 | 0.65 | |
Kenya | 569,250 | 8% | 37% | 3,073,950 | 39,002,772 | 13.3 | |
Kingman Reef | 0.2 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kiribati | 811 | 3% | 0% | 267 | 112,850 | 405.08 | |
Korea (North) | 120,410 | 22% | 0.0% | 323,662 | 22,665,345 | 74.72 | |
Korea (South) | 98,190 | 17% | 1% | 207,142 | 48,508,972 | 239.7 | |
Kuwait | 17,820 | 0% | 8% | 17,107 | 2,691,158 | 164.93 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 191,300 | 7% | 44% | 1,170,756 | 5431747 | 4.86 | |
Laos | 230,800 | 4% | 3% | 193,872 | 6,834,942 | 36.95 | |
Latvia | 63,589 | 28% | 13% | 312,858 | 2,231,503 | 7.47 | |
Lebanon | 10,230 | 16% | 1% | 21,299 | 4,017,095 | 201.72 | |
Lesotho | 30,355 | 11% | 66% | 280,007 | 2,130,819 | 7.96 | |
Liberia | 96,320 | 3% | 59% | 721,591 | 3,441,790 | 5.03 | |
Libya | 1,759,540 | 1% | 8% | 1,906,638 | 6,310,434 | 3.48 | |
Liechtenstein | 160 | 25% | 16% | 787 | 34,761 | 46.28 | |
Lithuania | 65,300 | 45% | 7% | 405,983 | 3,555,179 | 9.14 | |
Luxembourg | 2,586 | 27% | 20% | 14,585 | 491,775 | 35.34 | |
Macau | 28 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 559,846 | infinite | |
Macedonia | 24,856 | 22% | 25% | 140,188 | 2,066,718 | 15.45 | |
Madagascar | 581,540 | 5% | 64% | 4,815,151 | 20,653,556 | 4.5 | |
Malawi | 94,080 | 21% | 39% | 673,763 | 14,268,711 | 22.08 | |
Maldives | 300 | 13% | 3% | 576 | 396,334 | 721.1 | |
Malaysia | 328,550 | 5% | 0% | 197,130 | 25,715,819 | 136.71 | |
Mali | 1,220,000 | 4% | 25% | 4,201,680 | 12,666,987 | 3.13 | |
Malta | 316 | 31% | 0% | 1,176 | 405,165 | 361.21 | |
Marianne - northern islands | 477 | 21% | 19% | 2,290 | 88,662 | 40.58 | |
Marshall Islands | 181 | 11% | 0% | 241 | 64,522 | 283.01 | |
Mauritania | 1,030,400 | 0% | 38% | 4,723,354 | 3,129,486 | 0.7 | |
Mauritius | 2,030 | 49% | 3% | 12,672 | 1,284,264 | 106.25 | |
Mexico | 1,923,040 | 12% | 41% | 12,230,534 | 111,211,789 | 9.53 | |
Micronesia | 702 | 6% | 0% | 505 | 107,434 | 222.76 | |
Midway | 6.2 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Moldova | 33,371 | 54% | 13% | 268,303 | 4,320,748 | 16.88 | |
Monaco | 1.95 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 32,965 | 2878.93 | |
Mongolia | 1,554,731 | 1% | 80% | 15,067,209 | 3,041,142 | 0.21 | |
Montenegro | 13,812 | 14% | 0% | 22,707 | 672,180 | 30.36 | |
Montserrat | 102 | 20% | 10% | 367 | 5,097 | 14.55 | |
Morocco | 446,300 | 19% | 47% | 3,534,696 | 34,859,364 | 12.18 | |
Mozambique | 784,090 | 5% | 56% | 5,739,539 | 21,669,278 | 3.96 | |
Namibia | 825,418 | 1% | 46% | 4,654,367 | 2,108,665 | 0.47 | |
Nauru | 21 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 14,019 | infinite | |
Navassa Island | 5.4 | 0% | 10% | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Nepal | 143,181 | 17% | 15% | 549,815 | 28,563,377 | 54.44 | |
Nicaragua | 120,254 | 15% | 46% | 880,259 | 5,891,199 | 7.01 | |
Niger | 1,266,700 | 11% | 7% | 2,801,434 | 15,306,252 | 5.86 | |
Nigeria | 910,768 | 33% | 43% | 8,308,390 | 149,229,090 | 18.83 | |
Niue | 260 | 12% | 4% | 499 | 1,398 | 2.93 | |
Norway | 307,442 | 3% | 0% | 99,611 | 4,660,539 | 44.13 | |
New Caledonia | 18,575 | 0% | 12% | 26,748 | 227,436 | 8.91 | |
New Zealand | 268,021 | 6% | 1% | 197,478 | 4,213,418 | 19.61 | |
Netherlands (Holland) | 33,883 | 22% | 29% | 207,364 | 16,715,999 | 84.48 | |
Norfolk Island | 35 | 0% | 25% | 104 | 2,141 | 21.37 | |
Oman | 212,460 | 0% | 5% | 130,535 | 3,418,085 | 28.1 | |
Palau | 458 | 9% | 0% | 495 | 20,796 | 44.06 | |
Pakistan | 778,720 | 24% | 6% | 2,803,392 | 176,242,949 | 65.89 | |
Panama | 75,990 | 7% | 20% | 248,578 | 3,360,474 | 14.3 | |
Papua New Guinea | 452,860 | 0.1% | 0% | 5,434 | 6,057,263 | 1168.13 | |
Paraguay | 397,300 | 7% | 55% | 2,955,912 | 6,995,655 | 2.48 | |
Perù | 1,280,000 | 3% | 13% | 2,485,248 | 29,546,963 | 12.6 | |
Philippines | 298,170 | 19% | 5% | 858,730 | 97,976,603 | 119.57 | |
Poland | 304,459 | 40% | 11% | 1,872,423 | 38,482,919 | 21.64 | |
Portugal | 91,951 | 17% | 19% | 397,228 | 10,707,924 | 28.25 | |
Puerto Rico | 8,870 | 4% | 26% | 31,602 | 3,971,020 | 130.33 | |
Qatar | 11,437 | 2% | 5% | 9,607 | 833,285 | 90.9 | |
Reunion | 2,502 | 17% | 5% | 6,605 | 802,000 | 127.25 | |
Romania | 230,340 | 39% | 20% | 1,630,807 | 22,215,421 | 14.28 | |
Russia | 16,995,800 | 7% | 6% | 26,860,162 | 140,041,247 | 5.54 | |
Rwanda | 24,948 | 46% | 18% | 191,601 | 10,473,282 | 57.29 | |
S. Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 | 18% | 5% | 1,074 | 104,574 | 102.08 | |
Sahara Occidental (Western Sahara) | 266,000 | 0% | 19% | 607,118 | 405,210 | 0.7 | |
Saint Helena | 413 | 13% | 6% | 937 | 7,637 | 8.5 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 | 19% | 3% | 689 | 40,131 | 61.04 | |
Saint Lucia | 606 | 6% | 5% | 800 | 160,267 | 209.97 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 242 | 13% | 0% | 378 | 7,051 | 19.57 | |
Samoa | 2,934 | 21% | 0% | 7,394 | 219,998 | 31.18 | |
San Marino | 61 | 17% | 0% | 122 | 30,324 | 255.38 | |
Sao Tome and Príncipe | 1,001 | 8% | 1% | 1,081 | 212,679 | 206.17 | |
Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 | 2% | 56% | 14,876,715 | 28,686,633 | 2 | |
Senegal | 192,000 | 12% | 16% | 645,120 | 13,711,597 | 22.27 | |
Serbia | 77,474 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 7,379,339 | infinite | |
Seychelles | 455 | 2% | 0% | 118 | 87,476 | 839.5 | |
Sierrra Leone | 71,620 | 8% | 31% | 335,182 | 6,440,053 | 20.14 | |
Singapore | 682.7 | 1% | 0% | 82 | 4,657,542 | 59554.48 | |
Slovakia | 48,800 | 29% | 11% | 234,240 | 5,463,046 | 24.44 | |
Slovenia | 20,151 | 9% | 15% | 58,035 | 2,005,692 | 36.22 | |
Solomon Islands | 27,540 | 1% | 1% | 5,354 | 595,613 | 94.44 | |
Somalia | 627,337 | 2% | 69% | 5,317,810 | 9,832,017 | 1.93 | |
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | 3,903 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Spain | 499,542 | 27% | 21% | 2,888,152 | 40,525,002 | 14.76 | |
Spratly Islands | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sri Lanka | 64,740 | 14% | 7% | 163,145 | 21,324,791 | 136.98 | |
South Africa | 1,219,912 | 12% | 69% | 11,857,545 | 49,052,489 | 4.34 | |
Sudan | 2,376,000 | 7% | 49% | 15,966,720 | 41,087,825 | 2.7 | |
Suriname | 161,470 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 481,267 | infinite | |
Svalbard | 61,020 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2,116 | infinite | |
Sweden | 410,934 | 6% | 1% | 345,185 | 9,059,651 | 27.5 | |
Switzerland | 39,770 | 10% | 27% | 176,149 | 7,604,467 | 45.13 | |
Swaziland | 17,203 | 10% | 62% | 148,634 | 1,123,913 | 7.92 | |
Syria | 184,050 | 25% | 45% | 1,546,020 | 20,178,485 | 13.68 | |
Taiwan | 32,260 | 24% | 0% | 92,909 | 22,974,347 | 259.15 | |
Tajikistan | 142,700 | 7% | 25% | 547,968 | 7,349,145 | 14.06 | |
Tanzania | 886,037 | 4% | 27% | 3,296,058 | 41,048,532 | 13.05 | |
Thailand | 511,770 | 26% | 2% | 1,719,547 | 65902410 | 40.17 | |
Togo | 54,385 | 44% | 4% | 313,258 | 6,019,877 | 20.14 | |
Tokelau | 10.0 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1,416 | 123.66 | |
Tonga | 718 | 20% | 6% | 2,240 | 120,898 | 56.56 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 | 15% | 2% | 10,461 | 1,229,953 | 123.22 | |
Tunisia | 155,360 | 17% | 31% | 894,874 | 10,486,339 | 12.28 | |
Turkey | 770,760 | 30% | 19% | 4,532,069 | 76,805,524 | 17.76 | |
Turkmenistan | 488,100 | 5% | 63% | 3,982,896 | 4,884,887 | 1.29 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 430 | 2% | 0% | 103 | 22,942 | 232.98 | |
Tuvalu | 26 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 12,373 | infinite | |
Ukraine | 603,700 | 54% | 14% | 4,926,192 | 45,700,395 | 9.72 | |
Uganda | 199,710 | 22% | 9% | 742,921 | 32,369,558 | 45.66 | |
Union of the Comoros | 2,170 | 36% | 7% | 11,197 | 752,438 | 70.42 | |
United Arab Emirates | 83,600 | 0% | 2% | 20,064 | 4,798,491 | 250.64 | |
United States of America (USA) | 9,161,923 | 18% | 26% | 48,374,953 | 307,212,123 | 6.66 | |
Uruguay | 173,620 | 7% | 77% | 1,750,090 | 3,494,382 | 2.09 | |
Uzbekistan | 425,400 | 11% | 46% | 2,909,736 | 27,606,007 | 9.94 | |
Vanuatu | 12,200 | 2% | 2% | 5,856 | 218,519 | 39.1 | |
Venezuela | 882,050 | 3% | 21% | 2,540,304 | 26,814,843 | 11.06 | |
Vatican City | 0.44 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vietnam | 325,360 | 20% | 2% | 858,950 | 86,967,524 | 106.1 | |
Virgin Islands | 346 | 6% | 26% | 1,317 | 109,825 | 86.63 | |
Wake Island | 6.5 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wallis and Futuna Islands | 274 | 7% | 0% | 230 | 15,289 | 69.62 | |
West Bank | 5,640 | 17% | 32% | 33,096 | 2,461,267 | 77.78 | |
Yemen | 527,970 | 3% | 30% | 2,085,059 | 23,822,783 | 11.94 | |
Zambia | 740,724 | 7% | 40% | 4,176,794 | 11,862,740 | 2.98 | |
Zimbabwe | 386,670 | 8% | 13% | 974,408 | 11,392,629 | 12.25 | |
World Total | 153,631,079 | 563,167,585 | 6,779,140,655 | ||||
Related
- Interpretation of the Population Table 2009 - Summery of the Population Table 2009
- Overpopulation Calculations 2009 - Calculations for 'current population' and 'times overpopulated'