| Rank | Country | | Population |
49 | Yemen | 23,013,376 | 23,013,376 (July 2008 est.) |
50 | Taiwan | 22,920,946 | 22,920,946 (July 2008 est.) |
51 | Romania | 22,246,862 | 22,246,862 (July 2008 est.) |
52 | Mozambique | 21,284,701 | 21,284,701
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; the 1997 Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2008 est.) |
53 | Sri Lanka | 21,128,773 | 21,128,773
note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West (July 2008 est.) |
54 | Australia | 20,600,856 | 20,600,856 (July 2008 est.) |
55 | Madagascar | 20,042,551 | 20,042,551 (July 2008 est.) |
56 | Syria | 19,747,586 | 19,747,586
note: in addition, about 40,000 people live in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 20,000 Arabs (18,000 Druze and 2,000 Alawites) and about 20,000 Israeli settlers (July 2008 est.) |
57 | Cameroon | 18,467,692 | 18,467,692
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 (July 2008 est.) |
58 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18,373,060 | 18,373,060
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 (July 2008 est.) |
59 | Netherlands | 16,645,313 | 16,645,313 (July 2008 est.) |
60 | Chile | 16,454,143 | 16,454,143 (July 2008 est.) |
61 | Kazakhstan | 15,340,533 | 15,340,533 (July 2008 est.) |
62 | Burkina Faso | 15,264,735 | 15,264,735
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 (July 2008 est.) |
63 | Cambodia | 14,241,640 | 14,241,640
note: estimates for this country 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 (July 2008 est.) |
64 | Malawi | 13,931,831 | 13,931,831
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 (July 2008 est.) |
65 | Ecuador | 13,927,650 | 13,927,650 (July 2008 est.) |
66 | Niger | 13,272,679 | 13,272,679 (July 2008 est.) |
67 | Guatemala | 13,002,206 | 13,002,206 (July 2008 est.) |
68 | Senegal | 12,853,259 | 12,853,259 (July 2008 est.) |
69 | Angola | 12,531,357 | 12,531,357 (July 2008 est.) |
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