PortugalDemocratic and Social Center/Popular Party or CDS/PP [PauloPORTAS]; Green Ecologist Party (The Greens) or PEV [leadershipcommission elected by members]; Portuguese Communist Party or PCP[Jeronimo DE SOUSA]; Portuguese Socialist Party or PS [Jose SOCRATESCarvalho Pinto de Sousa]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [ManuelaFERREIRA LEITE]; The Left Bloc or BE [Franciso Anacleto LOUCA];Unitarian Democratic Coalition or CDU [Jeronimo DE SOUSA] (includesPCP and PEV)
Puerto RicoNational Democratic Party [Roberto PRATS]; NationalRepublican Party of Puerto Rico [Dr. Tiody FERRE]; New ProgressiveParty or PNP [Pedro ROSSELLO] (pro-US statehood); Popular DemocraticParty or PPD [Anibal ACEVEDO-VILA] (pro-commonwealth); Puerto RicanIndependence Party or PIP [Ruben BERRIOS Martinez] (pro-independence)
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RomaniaConservative Party or PC [Daniela POPA] (formerly HumanistParty or PUR); Democratic Liberal Party or PDL [Emil BOC];Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania or UDMR [Bela MARKO];National Liberal Party or PNL [Calin Popescu-TARICEANU]; SocialDemocratic Party or PSD [Mircea Dan GEOANA] (formerly Party ofSocial Democracy in Romania or PDSR)
RussiaA Just Russia [Sergey MIRONOV]; Communist Party of theRussian Federation or CPRF [Gennadiy Andreyevich ZYUGANOV]; LiberalDemocratic Party of Russia or LDPR [Vladimir VolfovichZHIRINOVSKIY]; Patriots of Russia [Gennadiy SEMIGIN]; People's Union[Sergey BABURIN]; Right Cause [Leonid Yakovlevich GOZMAN, BorisYuriyevich TITOV, and Georgiy Georgiyevich BOVT] (registrationpending; formed from merger of Union of Right Forces, DemocraticParty of Russia, and Civic Force); United Russia [VladimirVladimirovich PUTIN]; Yabloko Party [Sergey Sergeyevich MITROKHIN]
RwandaCentrist Democratic Party or PDC [Alfred MUKEZAMFURA];Democratic Popular Union of Rwanda or UDPR [Adrien RANGIRA];Democratic Republican Movement or MDR [Celestin KABANDA] (officiallybanned); Islamic Democratic Party or PDI [Andre BUMAYA]; LiberalParty or PL [Protais MITALI]; Party for Democratic Renewal(officially banned); Rwandan Patriotic Front or RPF [Paul KAGAME];Social Democratic Party or PSD [Vincent BIRUTA]
Saint BarthelemyAction-Equilibre-Transparence [Maxime DESOUCHES];Ensemble pour Saint-Barthelemy [Benoit CHAUVIN]; Saint-Barthd'Abord! or SBA [Bruno MAGRAS]; Tous Unis pour Saint-Barthelemy[Karine MIOT-RICHARD]
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Saint Kitts and NevisConcerned Citizens Movement or CCM [VanceAMORY]; Nevis Reformation Party or NRP [Joseph PARRY]; People'sAction Movement or PAM [Lindsay GRANT]; Saint Kitts and Nevis LaborParty or SKNLP [Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS]
Saint LuciaNational Alliance or NA [George ODLUM]; Saint LuciaFreedom Party or SFP [Martinus FRANCOIS]; Saint Lucia Labor Party orSLP [Kenneth ANTHONY]; Sou Tout Apwe Fete Fini or STAFF [ChristopherHUNTE]; United Workers Party or UWP [Stephenson KING]
Saint MartinUnion Pour le Progres or UPP [Louis-Constant FLEMING];Rassemblement Responsabilite Reussite or RRR [Alain RICHARDSON];Reussir Saint-Martin [Jean-Luc HAMLET]
Saint Pierre and MiquelonArchipelago Tomorrow or AD affiliated withUDF/RPR list; Cap sur l'Avenir affiliated with PRG; Left RadicalParty or PRG; Rassemblement pour la Republique or RPR (now UMP);Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2000/Avenir Miquelon or SPM 2000/AM;Socialist Party or PS; Union pour la Democratie Francaise or UDF
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNew Democratic Party or NDP [ArnhimEUSTACE]; Unity Labor Party or ULP [Ralph GONSALVES] (formed by thecoalition of Saint Vincent Labor Party or SVLP and the Movement forNational Unity or MNU)
SamoaHuman Rights Protection Party or HRPP [Sailele MalielegaoiTUILA'EPA]; Samoa Christian Party or TCP [Tuala Tiresa MALIETOA];Samoa Democratic United Party or SDUP [LE MAMEA Ropati]; Samoa Partyor SP [Su'a Rimoni Ah CHONG]; Samoa Progressive Political Party orSPPP [Toeolesulusulu SIUEVA]
San MarinoChristian Democrats or PDCS [Pasquale VALENTINI];Communist Refoundation or RC [Ivan FOSHI]; Democrats of the Centeror DdC [Giovanni LONGERNINI]; Freedom List (including NPS and WeSammarinesi or NS [Gabriele GATTEI]; New Socialist Party or NPS[Augusto CASALI]; Party of Socialists and Democrats or PDS [ParideANDREOLI]; Popular Alliance or AP [Carlo FRANCIOSI]; Union ofModerates (including National Alliance or ANS [Glcuco SANSOVINI] andSan Marino Populars or pop [Romeo MORRI and Angela VENTURINI];United Left of SU [Alessandro ROSSI]
Sao Tome and PrincipeForce for Change Democratic Movement or MDFM[Tome Soares da VERA CRUZ]; Independent Democratic Action or ADI[[Patrice TROVOADA]; Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome andPrincipe-Social Democratic Party or MLSTP-PSD [Rafael BRANCO]; NewWay Movement or NR; Party for Democratic Convergence or PCD [DelfimNEVES]; Ue-Kedadji coalition; other small parties
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SenegalAfrican Party of Independence [Majhemout DIOP]; Alliance forthe Republic-Yakaar [Macky Sall]; And-Jef/African Party forDemocracy and Socialism or AJ/PADS [Landing SAVANE]; Alliance ofForces of Progress or AFP [Moustapha NIASSE]; DemocraticLeague-Labor Party Movement or LD-MPT [Dr. Abdoulaye BATHILY]; Frontfor Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubel or FSD/BJ [Cheikh AbdoulayeBamba DIEYE]; Gainde Centrist Bloc or BGC [Jean-Paul DIAS];Independence and Labor Party or PIT [Amath DANSOKHO]; Jef-Jel [TallaSYLLA]; National Democratic Rally or RND [Madior DIOUF]; People'sLabor Party or PTP [El Hadji DIOUF]; Reform Party or PR [AbdourahimAGNE]; Rewmi Party [Idrissa Seck]; Senegalese Democratic Party orPDS [Abdoulaye WADE]; Socialist Party or PS [Ousmane Tanor DIENG];SOPI Coalition [Abdoulaye WADE] (a coalition led by the PDS); Unionfor Democratic Renewal or URD [Djibo Leyti KA]
SerbiaCoalition of Albanians of the Presevo Valley or KAPD [RizaHALIMI]; Coalition for Sandzak or KZS [Sulejman UGLJANIN];Democratic Party of Albanians or PDSh [Ragmi MUSTAFA]; DemocraticParty of Serbia or DSS [Vojislav KOSTUNICA]; Democratic Party or DS[Boris TADIC]; Democratic Union of the Valley or BDL [SkenderDESTANI]; For a European Serbia [Boris TADIC]; Force of SerbiaMovement or PSS [Bogoljub KARIC]; G17 Plus [Mladjan DINKIC]; Leagueof Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM [Istvan PASTOR]; Liberal DemocraticParty or LDP [Cedomir JOVANOVIC]; Movement for Democratic Progressor LPD [Jonuz MUSLIU]; New Serbia or NS [Velimir ILIC]; Party ofDemocratic Action or PVD [Riza HALIMI]; People's Party or NS [MajaGOJKOVIC]; Roma Party or RP [Srdjan SAJN]; Serbian Progressive Partyor SNS [Tomislav NIKOLIC]; Serbian Radical Party or SRS [VojislavSESELJ (currently on trial at The Hague), with Dragan TODOROVIC asacting leader]; Socialist Party of Serbia or SPS [Ivica DACIC];Union of Roma of Serbia or URS [Rajko DJURIC]
SeychellesDemocratic Party or DP [James MANCHAM, Paul CHOW];Seychelles National Party or SNP [Wavel RAMKALAWAN] (formerly theUnited Opposition or UO); People's Party (Parti Lepep) or PL [FranceAlbert RENE, James MICHEL] (the governing party)
Sierra LeoneAll People's Congress or APC [Ernest Bai KOROMA]; Peaceand Liberation Party or PLP [Darlington MORRISON]; People's Movementfor Democratic Change or PMDC [Charles MARGAI]; Sierra LeonePeople's Party or SLPP [Solomon BEREWA]; numerous others
SingaporePeople's Action Party or PAP [LEE Hsien Loong]; ReformParty [NG Teck Siong]; Singapore Democratic Alliance or SDA [CHIAMSee Tong]; Singapore Democratic Party or SDP [CHEE Soon Juan];Workers' Party or WP [Sylvia LIM Swee Lian]note: SDA includes Singapore Justice Party or SJP, SingaporeNational Malay Organization or PKMS, Singapore People's Party or SPP
Slovakiaparties in the Parliament:: Christian Democratic Movementor KDH [Pavol HRUSOVSKY]; Direction-Social Democracy or Smer-SD[Robert FICO]; Party of the Hungarian Coalition or SMK [Pal CSAKY];People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia or LS-HZDS[Vladimir MECIAR]; Slovak Democratic and Christian Union-DemocraticParty or SDKU-DS [Mikulas DZURINDA]; Slovak National Party or SNS[Jan SLOTA]selected parties outside the Parliament:: Agrarian Party of theProvinces or ASV [Vladimir GOZORA]; Alliance of the New Citizen orANO [Pavol RUSKO]; Civic Conservative Party or OKS [Peter ZAJAC];Free Forum [Zuzana MARTINAKOVA]; Mission 21 - New ChristianDemocracy or MISIA 21 [Ivan SIMKO]; Movement for Democracy or HZD[Jozef GRAPA]; Party of the Democratic Left or SDL [LadislavKOZMON]; Prosperita Slovenska or PS [Frantisek A. ZVRSKOVEC]; SlovakCommunist Party or KSS [Jozef HRDLICKA]; Slovak People's Party orSLS [Jozef SASIK]; Union of the Workers of Slovakia or ZRS [JanLUPTAK]
SloveniaLiberal Democracy of Slovenia or LDS [Katarina KRESAL]; NewSlovenia or NSi [Ljudmila NOVAK (acting)]; Slovenian DemocraticParty or SDS [Janez JANSA]; Democratic Party of Pensioners ofSlovenia or DeSUS [Karl ERJAVEC]; Slovene National Party or SNS[Zmago JELINCIC]; Slovene People's Party or SLS [Bojan SROT];Slovene Youth Party or SMS [Darko KRANJC]; Social Democrats or SD[Borut PAHOR] (formerly ZLSD); ZARES [Gregor Golobic]
Solomon IslandsAssociation of Independent Members or AIM [ThomasCHAN]; Christian Alliance Solomon Islands or CASI [Edward RONIA];LAFARI Party [John GARO]; National Party [Francis HILLY]; People'sAlliance Party or PAP [Sir Allan KEMAKEZA]; Social Credit Party orSOCRED [Manasseh Damukana SOGAVARE]; Solomon First Party [DavidQUAN]; Solomon Islands Democratic Party [Gabriel SURI]; SolomonIslands Labor Party or SILP [Joses TUHANUKU]; Solomon IslandsLiberal Party [Bartholomew ULUFA'ALU]; Solomon Islands Party forRural Advancement or SIPRA [Job D. TAUSINGA]; United Party [SirPeter KENILOREA]note: in general, Solomon Islands politics is characterized by fluidcoalitions
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South AfricaAfrican Christian Democratic Party or ACDP [KennethMESHOE]; African National Congress or ANC [Jacob ZUMA]; Congress ofthe People or COPE [Mosiuoa LEKOTA]; Democratic Alliance or DA[Helen ZILLE]; Freedom Front Plus or FF+ [Pieter MULDER];Independent Democrats or ID [Patricia DE LILLE]; Inkatha FreedomParty or IFP [Mangosuthu BUTHELEZI]; Pan-Africanist Congress or PAC[Motsoko PHEKO]; United Christian Democratic Party or UCDP [LucasMANGOPE]; United Democratic Movement or UDM [Bantu HOLOMISA]
SpainAragonese Party or CHA [Bizen FUSTER]; Basque NationalistParty or PNV or EAJ [Inigo URKULLU]; Basque Solidarity or EA [BegonaERRAZTI]; Canarian Coalition or CC [Jose Torres STINGA] (a coalitionof five parties); Convergence and Union or CiU [Artur MAS i Gavarro](a coalition of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia or CDC[Artur MAS i Gavarro] and the Democratic Union of Catalonia or UDC[Josep Antoni DURAN i LLEIDA]); Entesa Catalonia de Progress (aSenate coalition grouping four Catalan parties - PSC, ERC, ICV,EUA); Galician Nationalist Bloc or BNG [Anxo Manuel QUINTANAGonzalez]; Initiative for Catalonia Greens or ICV [Joan SAURA iLaporta]; Navarra yes or Na Bai [Uxue BARKOS Berruezo] (a coalitionof four Navarran parties); Popular Party or PP [Mariano RAJOY Brey];Republican Left of Catalonia or ERC [Joan RIDAO]; Spanish SocialistWorkers Party or PSOE [Jose Luis Rodriguez ZAPATERO]; United Left orIU [Cayo LARA] (a coalition of parties including the Communist Partyof Spain or PCE and other small parties)
Sri LankaAll Ceylon Tamil Congress or ACTC [G.PONNAMBALAM]; CeylonWorkers Congress or CWC [Arumugam THONDAMAN]; Communist Party or CP[D. GUNASEKERA]; Eelam People's Democratic Party or EPDP [DouglasDEVANANDA]; Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front or EPRLF[Suresh PREMACHANDRAN]; Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or JVP [SomawansaAMARASINGHE]; Lanka Sama Samaja Party or LSSP [Tissa VITHARANA];Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (People's United Front) or MEP [D.GUNAWARDENE]; National Heritage Party or JHU [Ellawala METHANANDA];National Unity Alliance or NUA [Ferial ASHRAFF]; People's LiberationOrganization of Tamil Eelam or PLOTE [D. SIDHARTHAN]; Sri LankaFreedom Party or SLFP [Mahinda RAJAPAKSA]; Sri Lanka Muslim Congressor SLMC [Rauff HAKEEM]; Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization or TELO[Selvam ADAIKALANATHAN]; Tamil National Alliance or TNA [R.SAMPANTHAN]; Tamil United Liberation Front or TULF [V.ANANDASANGAREE]; United National Party or UNP [RanilWICKREMASINGHE]; Up-country People's Front or UPF [P. CHANDRASEKARAN]
SudanNational Congress Party or NCP [Umar Hassan al-BASHIR]; SudanPeople's Liberation Movement or SPLM [Salva KIIR]; and elements ofthe National Democratic Alliance or NDA including factions of theDemocratic Union Party [Muhammad Uthman al-MIRGHANI] and Umma Party;Popular Congress Party or PCP [Hassan al-TURABI]
SurinameAlternative-1 or A-1 (a coalition of Amazone Party ofSuriname or APS [Kenneth VAN GENDEREN], Democrats of the 21stCentury or D-21 [Soewarto MOESTADJA], Nieuw Suriname or NS [RadjenNanan PANDAY], Political Wing of the FAL or PVF [Jiwan SITAL],Trefpunt 2000 or T-2000 [Arti JESSURUN]); General InteriorDevelopment Party or ABOP [Ronnie BRUNSWIJK]; National DemocraticParty or NDP [Desire BOUTERSE]; New Front for Democracy andDevelopment or NF (a coalition that includes A-Combination or A-Com,Democratic Alternative 1991 or DA-91, an independent,business-oriented party [Winston JESSURUN], National Party Surinameor NPS [Ronald VENETIAAN], United Reform Party or VHP [RamdienSARDJOE], Pertjaja Luhur or PL [Salam Paul SOMOHARDJO], SurinameseLabor Party or SPA [Siegfried GILDS]); Party for Democracy andDevelopment in Unity or DOE [Marten SCHALKWIJK]; People's Alliancefor Progress or VVV (a coalition of Democratic National Platform2000 or DNP-2000 [Jules WIJDENBOSCH], Grassroots Party for Renewaland Democracy or BVD [Tjan GOBARDHAN], Party for National Unity andSolidarity of the Highest Order or KTPI [Willy SOEMITA], Party forProgression, Justice, and Perseverance or PPRS [Renee KAIMAN],Pendawalima or PL [Raymond SAPOEN]); Progressive Laborers andFarmers Union or PALU [Jim HOK]; Progressive Political Party or PPP[Surinder MUNGRA]; Seeka [Paul ABENA]; Union of ProgressiveSurinamers or UPS [Sheoradj PANDAY]
Swazilandthe status of political parties, previously banned, isunclear under the new (2006) Constitution and currently beingdebated - the following are considered political associations;African United Democratic Party or AUDP [Stanley MAUNDZISA,president]; Imbokodvo National Movement or INM; Ngwane NationalLiberatory Congress or NNLC [Obed DLAMINI, president]; People'sUnited Democratic Movement or PUDEMO [Mario MASUKU, president]
SwedenCenter Party [Maud OLOFSSON]; Christian Democratic Party[Goran HAGGLUND]; Environment Party the Greens [no formal leader butparty spokespersons are Maria WETTERSTRAND and Peter ERIKSSON]; LeftParty or V (formerly Communist) [Lars OHLY]; Liberal People's Party[Jan BJORKLUND]; Moderate Party (conservative) [Fredrik REINFELDT];Social Democratic Party [Mona SAHLIN]
SwitzerlandGreen Party (Gruene Partei der Schweiz or Gruene, PartiEcologiste Suisse or Les Verts, Partito Ecologista Svizzero or IVerdi, Partida Ecologica Svizra or La Verda) [Ueli LEUENBERGER];Christian Democratic People's Party (ChristlichdemokratischeVolkspartei der Schweiz or CVP, Parti Democrate-Chretien Suisse orPDC, Partito Democratico-Cristiano Popolare Svizzero or PDC, PartidaCristiandemocratica dalla Svizra or PCD) [Christophe DARBELLAY];Radical Free Democratic Party (Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei derSchweiz or FDP, Parti Radical-Democratique Suisse or PRD, PartitioLiberal-Radicale Svizzero or PLR) [Fulvio PELLI]; Social DemocraticParty (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz or SPS, PartiSocialist Suisse or PSS, Partito Socialista Svizzero or PSS, PartidaSocialdemocratica de la Svizra or PSS) [Christian LEVRAT]; SwissPeople's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei or SVP, UnionDemocratique du Centre or UDC, Unione Democratica de Centro or UDC,Uniun Democratica dal Center or UDC) [Toni BRUNNER]; and other minorparties
Syrialegal parties: National Progressive Front or NPF [PresidentBashar al-ASAD, Dr. Suleiman QADDAH] (includes Arab SocialistRenaissance (Ba'th) Party [President Bashar al-ASAD]; SocialistUnionist Democratic Party [Fadlallah Nasr Al-DIN]; Syrian ArabSocialist Union or ASU [Safwan QUDSI]; Syrian Communist Party (twobranches) [Wissal Farha BAKDASH, Yusuf Rashid FAYSAL]; Syrian SocialNationalist Party [Ali QANSU]; Unionist Socialist Party [FayezISMAIL])opposition parties not legally recognized: Arab Democratic SocialistUnion Party [Hasan Abdul AZIM]; Arab Socialist Movement; DemocraticBa'th Party [Ibrahim MAHKOS]; National Democratic Front [Hasan AbdulAZIM, spokesman] (includes five parties - Arab Democratic SocialistUnion Party [Hasan Abdul AZIM], Arab Socialist Movement, DemocraticBa'th Party [Ibrahim MAHKOS], People's Democratic Party [Riad alTURK], Revolutionary Workers' Party [Abdul Hafeez al HAFEZ]);People's Democratic Party; Revolutionary Workers' Party [AbdulHafeez al HAFEZ]Kurdish parties (considered illegal): Azadi Party [Kheirudin MURAD];Future Party [Masha'l TAMMO]; Kurdish Democratic Alliance (includesfour parties); Kurdish Democratic Front (includes three parties);Yekiti Party [Hasan SALEH, Fu'ad ALEYKO]other parties: Nahda Party [Abdul Aziz al MISLET]; Syrian DemocraticParty [Mustafa QALAAJI]
TaiwanDemocratic Progressive Party or DPP [TSAI Ing-wen];Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [WU Po-hsiung], MA Ying-jeouelected in July 2009, takes office on 12 September 2009;Non-Partisan Solidarity Union or NPSU [LIN Pin-kuan]; People FirstParty or PFP [James SOONG]
TajikistanAgrarian Party of Tajikistan or APT [Amir QARAQULOV];Democratic Party or DPT [Mahmadruzi ISKANDAROV (imprisoned October2005); Rahmatullo VALIYEV, deputy]; Islamic Revival Party [MuhiddinKABIRI]; Party of Economic Reform or PER [Olimjon BOBOEV]; People'sDemocratic Party of Tajikistan or PDPT [Emomali RAHMON]; SocialDemocratic Party or SDPT [Rahmatullo ZOYIROV]; Socialist Party orSPT [Mirhuseyn NARZIEV]; Tajik Communist Party or CPT [ShodiSHABDOLOV]
TanzaniaChama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Party of Democracy andDevelopment) or CHADEMA [Bob MAKANI]; Chama Cha Mapinduzi or CCM(Revolutionary Party) [Jakaya Mrisho KIKWETE]; Civic United Front orCUF [Ibrahim LIPUMBA]; Democratic Party [Christopher MTIKLA](unregistered); Tanzania Labor Party or TLP [Augustine LyatongaMREME]; United Democratic Party or UDP [John CHEYO]
ThailandChat Thai Phattana Party or CP (Thai Nation DevelopmentParty) [CHUMPON Silpa-archa]; Democrat Party or DP (PrachathipatParty) [ABHISIT Wetchachiwa, also spelled ABHISIT Vejjajiva];Motherland Party (Phuea Phaendin Party) [CHANCHAI Chairungrueang];Phuea Thai Party (For Thais Party) or PTP [CHAVALIT Yongchaiyudh];Phumchai (Bhumjai) Thai Party or PCT (Thai Pride) [CHAVARATCharnvirakul]; Royalist People's Party (Pracharaj) [SANOHThienthong]; Ruam Jai Thai Party (Thai Unity Party) [WANNARATChannukul]
Timor-LesteDemocratic Party or PD [Fernando de ARAUJO]; NationalCongress for Timorese Reconstruction or CNRT [Xanana GUSMAO];National Democratic Union of Timorese Resistance or UNDERTIM[Cornelio DA Conceicao GAMA]; National Unity Party or PUN [FernandaBORGES]; People's Party of Timor or PPT [Jacob XAVIER];Revolutionary Front of Independent Timor-Leste or FRETILIN [MariALKATIRI]; Social Democratic Association of Timor or ASDT [FranciscoXavier do AMARAL]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [Zacarias Albanoda COSTA]; Sons of the Mountain Warriors or KOTA [Manuel TILMAN](also known as Association of Timorese Heroes)
TogoAction Committee for Renewal or CAR [Yawovi AGBOYIBO];Democratic Convention of African Peoples or CDPA; Democratic Partyfor Renewal or PDR; Juvento [Monsilia DJATO]; Movement of theBelievers of Peace and Equality or MOCEP; Pan-African PatrioticConvergence or CPP; Rally for the Support for Development andDemocracy or RSDD [Harry OLYMPIO]; Rally of the Togolese People orRPT [Faure GNASSINGBE]; Socialist Pact for Renewal or PSR; Union forDemocracy and Social Progress or UDPS [Gagou KOKOU]; Union of Forcesfor a Change or UFC [Gilchrist OLYMPIO]
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TongaTonga Human Rights and Democracy Movement or THRDM [UlitiUATA]; People's Democratic Party or PDP [Tesina FUKO]
Trinidad and TobagoCongress of the People [Winston DOOKERAN];Democratic Action Congress or DAC [Hochoy CHARLES] (only active inTobago); Democratic National Alliance or DNA [Gerald YETMING](coalition of NAR, DDPT, MND); Movement for National Development orMND [Garvin NICHOLAS]; National Alliance for Reconstruction or NAR[Dr. Carson CHARLES]; People's National Movement or PNM [PatrickMANNING]; United National Congress or UNC [Basdeo PANDAY]
TunisiaAl-Tajdid Movement [Ahmed IBRAHIM]; ConstitutionalDemocratic Rally Party (Rassemblement Constitutionnel Democratique)or RCD (official ruling party) [President Zine El Abidine BEN ALI];Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberties or FDTL [Mustapha BenJAFAAR]; Green Party for Progress or PVP [Mongi KHAMASSI]; LiberalSocial Party or PSL [Mondher THABET]; Movement of SocialistDemocrats or MDS [Ismail BOULAHYA]; Popular Unity Party or PUP[Mohamed BOUCHIHA]; Progressive Democratic Party [Maya JERIBI];Unionist Democratic Union or UDU [Ahmed INOUBLI]; note - theIslamist party, Al Nahda (Renaissance), is outlawed
TurkeyAnavatan Partisi (Motherland Party) or Anavatan [ErkanMUMCU]; note - True Path Party or DYP has merged with the MotherlandParty; Democratic Party or DP [Husamettin CINDORUK]; Democratic LeftParty or DSP [Masum TURKER]; Democratic Society Party or DTP [AhmetTURK]; Felicity Party or SP [Numan KURTULMUS] (sometimes translatedas Contentment Party); Freedom and Solidarity Party or ODP [HayriKOZANOGLU]; Grand Unity Party or BBP; note - Mushin YAZICIOGLU,former leader of the Grand Unity Party was killed in an March 2009helicopter crash; Justice and Development Party or AKP [Recep TayyipERDOGAN]; Nationalist Movement Party or MHP [Devlet BAHCELI](sometimes translated as Nationalist Action Party); People's RiseParty (Halkin Yukselisi Partisi) or HYP [Yasar Nuri OZTURK];Republican People's Party or CHP [Deniz BAYKAL]; Social DemocraticPeople's Party or SHP [Ugur CILASUN (acting)]; Young Party or GP[Cem Cengiz UZAN]note: the parties listed above are some of the more significant ofthe 49 parties that Turkey had as of 31 January 2009
TurkmenistanDemocratic Party of Turkmenistan or DPT [GurbangulyBERDIMUHAMEDOW]note: formal opposition parties are outlawed; unofficial, smallopposition movements exist abroad; the three most prominentopposition groups-in-exile are the National Democratic Movement ofTurkmenistan (NDMT), the Republican Party of Turkmenistan, and theWatan (Fatherland) Party; the NDMT was led by former ForeignMinister Boris SHIKHMURADOV until his arrest and imprisonment in thewake of the 25 November 2002 attack on President NYYAZOW's motorcade
Turks and Caicos IslandsPeople's Democratic Movement or PDM [FloydSEYMOUR]; Progressive National Party or PNP [Michael Eugene MISICK]
Tuvaluthere are no political parties but members of parliamentusually align themselves in informal groupings
UgandaConservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI]; Democratic Party orDP [Kizito SSEBAANA]; Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [KizzaBESIGYE]; Justice Forum or JEEMA [Muhammad Kibirige MAYANJA];National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]; PeoplesProgressive Party or PPP [Bidandi SSALI]; Ugandan People's Congressor UPC [Miria OBOTE]note: a national referendum in July 2005 opened the way for Uganda'stransition to a multi-party political system
UkraineChristian Democratic Union [Volodymyr STRETOVYCH]; CommunistParty of Ukraine or CPU [Petro SYMONENKO]; European Party of Ukraine[Mykola KATERYNCHUK]; Fatherland Party (Batkivshchyna) [YuliyaTYMOSHENKO]; Forward Ukraine! [Viktor MUSIYAKA]; Labor Party ofUkraine [Mykola SYROTA]; Our Ukraine [Viktor YUSHCHENKO]; Party ofIndustrialists and Entrepreneurs [Anatoliy KINAKH]; Party of theDefenders of the Fatherland [Yuriy Karmazin]; People's Movement ofUkraine (Rukh) [Borys TARASYUK]; People's Party [Volodymyr LYTVYN];Peoples' Self-Defense [Yuriy LUTSENKO]; PORA! (It's Time!) party[Vladyslav KASKIV]; Progressive Socialist Party [Natalya VITRENKO];Reforms and Order Party [Viktor PYNZENYK]; Party of Regions [ViktorYANUKOVYCH]; Sobor [Anatoliy MATVIYENKO]; Social Democratic Party[Yevhen KORNICHUK]; Social Democratic Party (United) or SDPU(o)[Yuriy ZAHORODNIY]; Socialist Party of Ukraine or SPU [OleksandrMOROZ]; Ukrainian People's Party [Yuriy KOSTENKO]; United Center[Ihor Krill]; Viche [Inna BOHOSLOVSKA]
United Arab Emiratesnone; political parties are not allowed
United KingdomConservative [David CAMERON]; Democratic UnionistParty or DUP (Northern Ireland) [Peter ROBINSON]; Labor Party[Gordon BROWN]; Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) [Nick CLEGG]; Party ofWales (Plaid Cymru) [Ieuan Wyn JONES]; Scottish National Party orSNP [Alex SALMOND]; Sinn Fein (Northern Ireland) [Gerry ADAMS];Social Democratic and Labor Party or SDLP (Northern Ireland) [MarkDURKAN]; Ulster Unionist Party (Northern Ireland) [Sir Reg EMPEY]
United StatesDemocratic Party [Timothy KAINE]; Green Party;Libertarian Party [William (Bill) REDPATH]; Republican Party[Michael STEELE]
UruguayBroad Front (Frente Amplio) - formerly known as theProgressive Encounter/Broad Front Coalition or EP-FA [JorgeBROVETTO] (a broad governing coalition that includes Movement of thePopular Participation or MPP [Jose MUJICA], New Space Party (NuevoEspacio) [Rafael MICHELINI], Progressive Alliance (AlianzaProgresista) [Rodolfo NIN NOVOA], Socialist Party [EduardoFERNANDEZ], the Communist Party [Marina ARISMENDI], UruguayanAssembly (Asamblea Uruguay) [Danilo ASTORI], and VertienteArtiguista [Mariano ARANA]); Colorado Party (Foro Batllista) [JulioMaria SANGUINETTI]; National Party or Blanco [Luis Alberto LACALLEand Jorge LARRANAGA]
UzbekistanAdolat (Justice) Social Democratic Party [DiloromTOSHMUHAMEDOVA]; Democratic National Rebirth Party (MilliyTiklanish) or MTP [Hurshid DOSMUHAMMEDOV]; Fidokorlar NationalDemocratic Party (Self-Sacrificers) [Ahtam TURSUNOV]; LiberalDemocratic Party of Uzbekistan or LDPU [Adham SHADMANOV; People'sDemocratic Party or NDP (formerly Communist Party) [AsliddinRUSTAMOV]
VanuatuGreens Confederation or GC [Moana CARCASSES]; Jon FrumMovement or JF [Song KEASPAI]; Melanesian Progressive Party or MPP[Barak SOPE]; Nagriamel movement or NAG [Havo MOLI]; Namangi Aute orNA [Paul TELUKLUK]; National United Party or NUP [Ham LINI];People's Action Party or PAP [Peter VUTA]; People's ProgressiveParty or PPP [Sato KILMAN]; Shepherds Alliance Party [leader NA];Union of Moderate Parties or UMP [Serge VOHOR]; Vanuatu Family FirstParty or VFFP [Eta RORI]; Vanuatu Labor Party or VLP [JoshuaKALSAKAU]; Vanuatu National Party or VNP [Issac HAMARILIU];Vanua'aku Pati (Our Land Party) or VP [Edward NATAPEI]; VanuatuRepublican Party or VRP [Maxime Carlot KORMAN]; Vanuatu RepublicanFarmers Party or VPRFP [Jean RAVOU]
VenezuelaA New Time or UNT [Manuel ROSALES]; Christian Democrats orCOPEI [Cesar PEREZ Vivas]; Communist Party of Venezuela or PCV[Jeronimo CARRERA]; Democratic Action or AD [Henry RAMOS Allup];Fatherland for All or PPT [Jose ALBORNOZ]; Justice First [JulioBORGES]; Movement Toward Socialism or MAS [Hector MUJICA]; UnitedSocialist Party of Venezuela or PSUV [Hugo CHAVEZ]; VenezuelaProject or PV [Henrique SALAS Romer]; We Can or PODEMOS [IsmaelGARCIA]
VietnamCommunist Party of Vietnam or CPV [Nong Duc MANH]; otherparties proscribed
Virgin IslandsDemocratic Party [Arturo WATLINGTON]; IndependentCitizens' Movement or ICM [Usie RICHARDS]; Republican Party [GarySPRAUVE]
Wallis and FutunaLua Kae Tahi (Giscardians); Mouvement des Radicauxde Gauche or MRG; Rally for the Republic or RPR (UMP) [ClovisLOGOLOGOFOLAU]; Socialist Party or PS; Taumu'a Lelei [Soane MuniUHILA]; Union Populaire Locale or UPL [Falakiko GATA]; Union Pour laDemocratie Francaise or UDF
YemenGeneral People's Congress or GPC [Abdul-Kader BAJAMMAL];Islamic Reform Grouping or Islah [Mohammed Abdullah AL-YADOUMI(acting)]; Nasserite Unionist Party [Abdal Malik al-MAKHLAFI];National Arab Socialist Ba'th Party [Dr. Qasim SALAM]; YemeniSocialist Party or YSP [Ali Salih MUQBIL]; note - there are at leastseven more active political parties
ZambiaForum for Democracy and Development or FDD [Edith NAWAKWI];Heritage Party or HP [Godfrey MIYANDA]; Movement for MultipartyDemocracy or MMD [vacant]; Patriotic Front or PF [Michael SATA];Party of Unity for Democracy and Development or PUDD [Dan PULE];Reform Party [Nevers MUMBA]; United Democratic Alliance or UDA (acoalition of RP, ZADECO, PUDD, and ZRP); United Liberal Party or ULP[Sakwiba SIKOTA]; United National Independence Party or UNIP[Tilyenji KAUNDA]; United Party for National Development or UPND[Hakainde HICHILEMA]; Zambia Democratic Congress or ZADECO [LangtonSICHONE]; Zambian Republican Party or ZRP [Benjamin MWILA]
ZimbabweAfrican National Party or ANP [Egypt DZINEMUNHENZVA];Movement for Democratic Change or MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI]; Movementfor Democratic Change - Mutambara or MDC-M [splinter faction underArthur MUTAMBARA]; Peace Action is Freedom for All or PAFA; UnitedParties [Abel MUZOREWA]; United People's Party or UPP [DanielSHUMBA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Ndonga or ZANU-Ndonga[Wilson KUMBULA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front orZANU-PF [Robert Gabriel MUGABE]; Zimbabwe African Peoples Union orZAPU [Agrippa MADLELA]; Zimbabwe Youth in Alliance or ZIYA
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Field Listing :: Population
This entry gives an estimate from the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. Note: Starting with the 1993 Factbook, demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These countries are currently: The Bahamas, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Country Comparison to the World Country
Population
Afghanistan28.396 million (July 2009 est.)note: this is a significantly revised figure; the previous estimateof 33,609,937 was extrapolated from the last Afghan census held in1979, which was never completed because of the Soviet invasion; anew Afghan census is scheduled to take place in 2010
Akrotiriapproximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas ofAkrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 Service andUK-based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents
Albania3,639,453 (July 2009 est.)
Algeria34,178,188 (July 2009 est.)
American Samoa65,628 (July 2009 est.)
Andorra83,888 (July 2009 est.)
Angola12,799,293 (July 2009 est.)
Anguilla14,436 (July 2009 est.)
Antarcticano indigenous inhabitants, but there are both permanentand summer-only staffed research stationsnote: 29 nations, all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, operatethrough their National Antarctic Program a number of seasonal-only(summer) and year-round research stations on the continent and itsnearby islands south of 60 degrees south latitude (the regioncovered by the Antarctic Treaty); the population doing andsupporting science or engaged in the management and protection ofthe Antarctic region varies from approximately 4,400 in summer to1,100 in winter; in addition, approximately 1,000 personnel,including ship's crew and scientists doing onboard research, arepresent in the waters of the treaty region; peak summer(December-February) population - 4,490 total; Argentina 667,Australia 200, Australia and Romania jointly 13, Belgium 20, Brazil40, Bulgaria 18, Chile 359, China 90, Czech Republic 20, Ecuador 26,Finland 20, France 125, France and Italy jointly 60, Germany 90,India 65, Italy 102, Japan 125, South Korea 70, NZ 85, Norway 44,Peru 28, Poland 40, Russia 429, South Africa 80, Spain 50, Sweden20, Ukraine 24, UK 217, US 1,293, Uruguay 70 (2008-2009); winter(June-August) station population - 1,106 total; Argentina 176,Australia 62, Brazil 12, Chile 114, China 29, France 26, France andItaly jointly 13, Germany 9, India 25, Japan 40, South Korea 18, NZ10, Norway 7, Poland 12, Russia 148, South Africa 10, Ukraine 12, UK37, US 337, Uruguay 9 (2009); research stations operated within theAntarctic Treaty area (south of 60 degrees south latitude) byNational Antarctic Programs: year-round stations - 40 total;Argentina 6, Australia 3, Brazil 1, Chile 6, China 2, France 1,France and Italy jointly 1, Germany 1, India 1, Japan 1, South Korea1, NZ 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Russia 5, South Africa 1, Ukraine 1, UK2, US 3, Uruguay 1 (2009); a range of seasonal-only (summer)stations, camps, and refuges - Argentina, Australia, Belgium,Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland,France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand,Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania (with Australia), Russia, SouthAfrica, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, US, and Uruguay (2008-2009); inaddition, during the austral summer some nations have numerousoccupied locations such as tent camps, summer-long temporaryfacilities, and mobile traverses in support of research (May 2009est.)
Antigua and Barbuda85,632 (July 2009 est.)
Argentina40,913,584 (July 2009 est.)
Armenia2,967,004 (July 2009 est.)
Aruba103,065note: estimate based on a revision of the base population,fertility, and mortality numbers, as well as a revision of 1985-99migration estimates from outmigration to inmigration, which isassumed to continue into the future; the new results are consistentwith the 2000 census (July 2009 est.)
Ashmore and Cartier Islands no indigenous inhabitants note: Indonesian fishermen are allowed access to the lagoon and fresh water at Ashmore Reef's West Island; access to East and Middle Islands is by permit only
Australia21,262,641 (July 2009 est.)
Austria8,210,281 (July 2009 est.)
Azerbaijan8,238,672 (July 2009 est.)
Bahamas, The309,156note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Bahrain 727,785 note: includes 235,108 non-nationals (July 2009 est.)
Bangladesh156,050,883 (July 2009 est.)
Barbados284,589 (July 2009 est.)
Belarus9,648,533 (July 2009 est.)
Belgium10,414,336 (July 2009 est.)
Belize307,899 (July 2009 est.)
Benin8,791,832note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Bermuda67,837 (July 2009 est.)
Bhutan691,141note: the Factbook population estimate is consistent with the firstmodern census of Bhutan, conducted in 2005; previous Factbookpopulation estimates for this country, which were on the order ofthree times the total population reported here, were based onBhutanese government publications that did not include the census(July 2009 est.)
Bolivia9,775,246 (July 2009 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina4,613,414 (July 2009 est.)
Botswana1,990,876note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Bouvet Islanduninhabited
Brazil198,739,269note: Brazil conducted a census in August 2000, which reported apopulation of 169,872,855; that figure was about 3.8% lower thanprojections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the impliedunderenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census (July 2009 est.)
British Indian Ocean Territoryno indigenous inhabitantsnote: approximately 1,200 former agricultural workers resident inthe Chagos Archipelago, often referred to as Chagossians or Ilois,were relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles in the 1960s and1970s; in November 2004, approximately 4,000 UK and US militarypersonnel and civilian contractors were living on the island ofDiego Garcia
British Virgin Islands24,491 (July 2009 est.)
Brunei388,190 (July 2009 est.)
Bulgaria7,204,687 (July 2009 est.)
Burkina Faso15,746,232note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Burma48,137,741note: estimates for this country take into account the effects ofexcess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower lifeexpectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Burundi8,988,091note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Cambodia14,494,293note: estimates for this country take into account the effects ofexcess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower lifeexpectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Cameroon18,879,301note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Canada33,487,208 (July 2009 est.)
Cape Verde429,474 (July 2009 est.)
Cayman Islands49,035note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman (July 2009 est.)
Central African Republic4,511,488note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Chad10,329,208 (July 2009 est.)
Chile16,601,707 (July 2009 est.)
China1,338,612,968 (July 2009 est.)
Christmas Island1,402 (July 2009 est.)
Clipperton Islanduninhabited
Cocos (Keeling) Islands596 (July 2009 est.)
Colombia45,644,023 (July 2009 est.)
Comoros752,438 (July 2009 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the68,692,542note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Congo, Republic of the4,012,809note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Cook Islands11,870 (July 2009 est.)
Coral Sea Islandsno indigenous inhabitantsnote: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorologicalstation on Willis Island (July 2007 est.)
Costa Rica4,253,877 (July 2009 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire20,617,068note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Croatia4,489,409 (July 2009 est.)
Cuba11,451,652 (July 2009 est.)
Cyprus796,740 (July 2009 est.)
Czech Republic10,211,904 (July 2009 est.)
Denmark5,500,510 (July 2009 est.)
Dhekeliaapproximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas ofAkrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 Service and UKBased Contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents
Djibouti516,055 (July 2009 est.)
Dominica72,660 (July 2009 est.)
Dominican Republic9,650,054 (July 2009 est.)
Ecuador14,573,101 (July 2009 est.)
Egypt83,082,869 (July 2009 est.)
El Salvador7,185,218 (July 2009 est.)
Equatorial Guinea633,441 (July 2009 est.)
Eritrea5,647,168 (July 2009 est.)
Estonia1,299,371 (July 2009 est.)
Ethiopia85,237,338note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
European Union491,582,852 (July 2009 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)3,140 (July 2008 est.)
Faroe Islands48,856 (July 2009 est.)
Fiji944,720 (July 2009 est.)
Finland5,250,275 (July 2009 est.)
Francetotal: 64,057,792note: 62,150,775 in metropolitan France (July 2009 est.)
French Polynesia287,032 (July 2009 est.)
French Southern and Antarctic Landsno indigenous inhabitantsIle Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): has no permanentresidents but has a meteorological stationIle Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): is uninhabited butis frequently visited by fishermen and has a scientific researchcabin for short staysIles Crozet: are uninhabited except for 18 to 30 people staffing theAlfred Faure research station on Ile del la PossessionIles Kerguelen: 50 to 100 scientists are located at the main base atPort-aux-Francais on Ile KerguelenBassas da India (Iles Eparses): uninhabitableEuropa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses):a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on eachpossession; visited by scientistsTromelin Island (Iles Eparses): uninhabited, except for visits byscientists
Gabon1,514,993note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Gambia, The1,782,893 (July 2009 est.)
Gaza Strip1,551,859 (July 2009 est.)
Georgia4,615,807 (July 2009 est.)
Germany82,329,758 (July 2009 est.)
Ghana23,832,495note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Gibraltar28,034 (July 2009 est.)
Greece10,737,428 (July 2009 est.)
Greenland57,600 (July 2009 est.)
Grenada90,739 (July 2009 est.)
Guam178,430 (July 2009 est.)
Guatemala13,276,517 (July 2009 est.)
Guernsey65,870 (July 2009 est.)
Guinea10,057,975 (July 2009 est.)
Guinea-Bissau1,533,964 (July 2009 est.)
Guyana772,298note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Haiti9,035,536note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Heard Island and McDonald Islandsuninhabited
Holy See (Vatican City)826 (July 2009 est.)
Honduras7,792,854note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Hong Kong7,055,071 (July 2009 est.)
Hungary9,905,596 (July 2009 est.)
Iceland306,694 (July 2009 est.)
India1,166,079,217 (July 2009 est.)
Indonesia240,271,522 (July 2009 est.)
Iran66,429,284 (July 2009 est.)
Iraq28,945,657 (July 2009 est.)
Ireland4,203,200 (July 2009 est.)
Isle of Man76,512 (July 2009 est.)
Israel7,233,701note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank,about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and fewer than177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2009 est.)
Italy58,126,212 (July 2009 est.)
Jamaica2,825,928 (July 2009 est.)
Jan Mayenno indigenous inhabitantsnote: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base andthe weather and coastal services radio station
Japan127,078,679 (July 2009 est.)
Jersey91,626 (July 2009 est.)
Jordan6,342,948 (July 2009 est.)
Kazakhstan15,399,437 (July 2009 est.)
Kenya39,002,772note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Kiribati112,850 (July 2009 est.)
Korea, North22,665,345 (July 2009 est.)
Korea, South48,508,972 (July 2009 est.)
Kosovo1,804,838 (July 2009 est.)
Kuwait 2,691,158 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2009 est.)
Kyrgyzstan5,431,747 (July 2009 est.)
Laos6,834,942 (July 2009 est.)
Latvia2,231,503 (July 2009 est.)
Lebanon4,017,095 (July 2009 est.)
Lesotho2,130,819note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Liberia3,441,790 (July 2009 est.)
Libya 6,310,434 note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2009 est.)
Liechtenstein34,761 (July 2009 est.)
Lithuania3,555,179 (July 2009 est.)
Luxembourg491,775 (July 2009 est.)
Macau559,846 (July 2009 est.)
Macedonia2,066,718 (July 2009 est.)
Madagascar20,653,556 (July 2009 est.)
Malawi14,268,711note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Malaysia25,715,819 (July 2009 est.)
Maldives396,334 (July 2009 est.)
Mali12,666,987 (July 2009 est.)
Malta405,165 (July 2009 est.)
Marshall Islands64,522 (July 2009 est.)
Mauritania3,129,486 (July 2009 est.)
Mauritius1,284,264 (July 2009 est.)
Mayotte223,765 (July 2009 est.)
Mexico111,211,789 (July 2009 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of107,434 (July 2009 est.)
Moldova4,320,748 (July 2009 est.)
Monaco32,965 (July 2009 est.)
Mongolia3,041,142 (July 2009 est.)
Montenegro672,180 (July 2009 est.)
Montserrat5,097note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following theresumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned(July 2009 est.)
Morocco34,859,364 (July 2009 est.)
Mozambique21,669,278note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2009est.)
Namibia2,108,665note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Nauru14,019 (July 2009 est.)
Navassa Island uninhabited note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island
Nepal28,563,377 (July 2009 est.)
Netherlands16,715,999 (July 2009 est.)
Netherlands Antilles227,049 (July 2009 est.)
New Caledonia227,436 (July 2009 est.)
New Zealand4,213,418 (July 2009 est.)
Nicaragua5,891,199 (July 2009 est.)
Niger15,306,252 (July 2009 est.)
Nigeria149,229,090note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Niue1,398 (July 2009 est.)
Norfolk Island2,141 (July 2009 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands88,662 (July 2009 est.)
Norway4,660,539 (July 2009 est.)
Oman 3,418,085 note: includes 577,293 non-nationals (July 2009 est.)
Pakistan176,242,949 (July 2009 est.)
Palau20,796 (July 2009 est.)
Panama3,360,474 (July 2009 est.)
Papua New Guinea6,057,263 (July 2009 est.)
Paracel Islands no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons
Paraguay6,995,655 (July 2009 est.)
Peru29,546,963 (July 2009 est.)
Philippines97,976,603 (July 2009 est.)
Pitcairn Islands48 (July 2009 est.)
Poland38,482,919 (July 2009 est.)
Portugal10,707,924 (July 2009 est.)
Puerto Rico3,971,020 (July 2009 est.)
Qatar833,285 (July 2009 est.)
Romania22,215,421 (July 2009 est.)
Russia140,041,247 (July 2009 est.)
Rwanda10,473,282note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)
Saint Barthelemy7,448 (July 2009 est.)
Saint Helena7,637note: only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands areinhabited (July 2009 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis40,131 (July 2009 est.)
Saint Lucia160,267 (July 2009 est.)
Saint Martin29,820 (July 2009 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon7,051 (July 2009 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines104,574 (July 2009 est.)
Samoa219,998note: prior estimates used official net migration data by sex, but ahighly unusual pattern for 1993 lead to a significant imbalance inthe sex ratios (more men and fewer women) and a seeming reduction inthe female population; the revised total was calculated using a 1993number that was an average of the 1992 and 1994 migration figures(July 2009 est.)
San Marino30,324 (July 2009 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe212,679 (July 2009 est.)
Saudi Arabia 28,686,633 note: includes 5,576,076 non-nationals (July 2009 est.)
Senegal 13,711,597 (July 2009 est.)
Serbia 7,379,339 note: does not include the population of Kosovo (July 2009 est.)
Seychelles87,476 (July 2009 est.)
Sierra Leone6,440,053 (July 2009 est.)
Singapore4,657,542 (July 2009 est.)
Slovakia5,463,046 (July 2009 est.)
Slovenia2,005,692 (July 2009 est.)
Solomon Islands595,613 (July 2009 est.)
Somalia9,832,017note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia iscomplicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movementsin response to famine and clan warfare (July 2009 est.)
South Africa49,052,489note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lowerpopulation growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2009 est.)