In 2010, American Samoa had an estimated population of 65 896. Based on 2010 population estimates, around 35% of the population is below 15 years of age, while 4% is above 65...
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In 2010, Australia had a population of 22 342 398: 11 124 254 males and 11 218 144 females. Most of the population is concentrated along the eastern seaboard ...
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The population of Brunei Darussalam is estimated to have been 406 200 in 2009, and is increasing at a rate of 2.0% per annum. With an area of 5765 square kilometres, the country’s...
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The General Population Census of 2008 put Cambodia’s population at 13.4 million by March 2008. The population density is 75 per square kilometre. The male-to-female ratio is...
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Since economic reforms were launched in the late 1970s, China’s rapid economic growth has helped lift several hundred million people out of poverty, and led to a higher standard of...
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The population of Cook Islands decreased between 1996 and 2001 due to outmigration, but then began to increase again, with an estimated 23 300 people in 2010. Around 28.6% are...
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Fiji has the largest population of all the South Pacific island countries, with an estimated 2010 population of 854 000: 433 000 males and 421 000 females. The average annual...
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Located about 6000 kilometres east of Australia, French Polynesia is a group of five archipelagos covering an area of 4167 million square kilometres, with a land area of 3521...
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The population of Guam was estimated at 180 692 in 2010, with 103 males for every 100 females. Population density is 335 per square kilometre. Total life expectancy for both sexes...
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Hong Kong (China) had an estimated mid-year population of 7 067 800 in 2010, representing an increase of 0.9% over mid-2009. There were 881 males for every 1000 females...
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As of 1 October 2010, the total population of Japan was estimated to be 128 056 000, comprising 62 360 000 males and 65 697 000 females. With regard to distribution by age group...
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The Republic of Kiribati, located in the Pacific, consists of 32 low-lying atolls and one volcanic island in three main groups, the Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands ...
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The Lao People’s Democratic Republic was projected to have a population of 6.1 million in 2009, based on the 1995-2005 population growth rate of 2.1% ...
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With an annual growth rate of 1.9%, the end-year estimated population of Macao (China) was 552 300 in 2010, with 52.0% female and 48.0% male. Those aged 0-14 years ...
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Malaysia is an upper-middle income country with a stable political system and democratically elected government. The Outline Perspective Plan and the Ninth Malaysia Development...
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The Republic of the Marshall Islands covers an area of 181 square kilometres and comprises 29 atolls and five major islands that form two parallel groups: the Ratak (sunrise) chain...
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The Federated States of Micronesia contains 607 volcanic islands and atolls scattered over 1 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean. The land area totals 704.6 square kilometres...
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Mongolia is the fifth largest country in Asia, covering a total area of 1.6 million square kilometres. In 2010, the population reached 2.78 million, giving an overall population...
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The population of Nauru was estimated to be 9976 in 2010, with about 35.6% below 15 years of age and around 1.3% 65 years and above.
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New Caledonia is an archipelago consisting of a main island, the Grande Terre, and several smaller islands (the Belep archipelago, the Loyalty Islands, the Ile des Pins, the...
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New Zealand had a population of 4 143 279 at the time of the 2006 census, with 1 965 621 male and 2 062 328 female residents, or around 104 women for every 100 men. The estimated...
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The population of Niue decreased from a peak of 5194 in 1966, to 2322 in 1991, 1788 in 2001 and an estimated 1496 residents in June 2010. There is substantial emigration to New...
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The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands comprises 14 islands with a total land area of 457 square kilometres spread out over 683 760 square kilometres of the Pacific...
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The estimated multi-ethnic population of Palau was 20 550 in 2009, with an estimated annual population growth rate of 0.99%. The population consists of 69.9% Palauans (who are a...
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Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the most diverse countries in the world - geographically, biologically, linguistically, and culturally. Its abundant natural resources have not led...
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The population of the Philippines, as of the last census in 2007, numbered 88 574 614, with a population density of 295 per square kilometre. This translates to an average annual...
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The Pitcairn Islands comprise a group of four islands, officially named Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno. The group is situated in the South Pacific Ocean about midway between...
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The population of the Republic of Korea, as of 2010, was 48 874 530, with a population density of 489 persons per square kilometre. The Republic saw its population grow by an...
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Samoa is a Pacific island state comprising two main islands, Savaii and Upolu, plus several smaller islands. It lies about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand and has a land...
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Singapore is a small country with a total land area of 712 square kilometres. The total population is about 5.1 million, with a resident population of 3.8 million in 2010. The...
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Solomon Islands is a double-chain archipelago of more than 900 coral atolls located in the south-west Pacific Ocean about 1800 kilometres north-east of Australia. Its total land...
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The Tokelau Census of Population and Dwellings in 2006 yielded a resident population of 1466.1 The population was relatively young, with 35% below 15 years of age and 7.4% above 65...
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Tonga’s estimated population for 2010 was 103 365, giving a population density of 159 persons per square kilometre. The population, about 23.4% of whom live in urban settings, is...
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Tuvalu comprises nine coral islands and is, by population, the smallest member of the United Nations. The population has, however, more than doubled since 1980 and was estimated to...
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The 2009 National Census of Population and Housing reported the population of Vanuatu to be 234 023, with a growth rate of 2.3% per annum. Life expectancy at birth is 69 for males...
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The estimated population of Viet Nam was 86 025 000 in 2009, 49.4% of them male. The population density is 263 persons per square kilometre, with most (70.3%) of the population...
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The Wallis and Futuna Islands are located in the Oceania Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand. The total area is 142 square...
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