| Rank | Country | Population |
86 | Somalia | 9,925,640 (July 2011 est.) note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare |
25 | South Africa | 49,004,031 (July 2011 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | no indigenous inhabitants note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001 replaced by a permanent group of scientists of the British Antarctic Survey, which also has a biological station on Bird Island; the South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited |
92 | South Sudan | 8,260,490 (according to disputed 2008 census; actual number may be as high as 9.28 million) (2008) |
| Southern Ocean | void |
27 | Spain | 46,754,784 (July 2011 est.) |
| Spratly Islands | no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by military personnel of several claimant states |
57 | Sri Lanka | 21,283,913 (July 2011 est.) |
29 | Sudan | 45,047,502 note: includes the population of South Sudan (8,260,490); demographic data includes South Sudan (July 2011 est.) |
173 | Suriname | 491,989 (July 2011 est.) |
232 | Svalbard | 2,019 (July 2011 est.) |
153 | Swaziland | 1,370,424 (July 2011 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
90 | Sweden | 9,088,728 (July 2011 est.) |
95 | Switzerland | 7,639,961 (July 2011 est.) |
52 | Syria | 22,517,750 (July 2010 est.) note: approximately 19,100 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2008 est.) |
50 | Taiwan | 23,071,779 (July 2011 est.) |
96 | Tajikistan | 7,627,200 (July 2011 est.) |
31 | Tanzania | 42,746,620 (July 2011 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
20 | Thailand | 66,720,153 (July 2011 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
158 | Timor-Leste | 1,177,834 note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2011 est.) |
101 | Togo | 6,771,993 (July 2011 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
234 | Tokelau | 1,384 (July 2011 est.) |
194 | Tonga | 105,916 (July 2011 est.) |
156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,227,505 (July 2011 est.) |
78 | Tunisia | 10,629,186 (July 2011 est.) |
17 | Turkey | 78,785,548 (July 2011 est.) |
116 | Turkmenistan | 4,997,503 (July 2011 est.) |
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