| Table 15 Population | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Million persons at midyear | ||||||||||
| 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | ||
| OECD | 784.8b | 865.9b | 1,041.0 | 1,050.0 | 1,058.0 | 1,067.0 | 1,076.0 | 1,084.0 | 1,092.0 | |
| United States | 205.1 | 227.7 | 249.9 | 252.6 | 255.4 | 258.1 | 260.7 | 263.2 | 265.6 | |
| Australia | 12.7 | 14.6 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 18.1 | 18.3 | |
| Canada | 21.7 | 24.6 | 27.8 | 28.1 | 28.5 | 28.9 | 29.3 | 29.6 | 30.0 | |
| Czech Republic | 9.8 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | |
| Hungary | 10.3 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.0 | |
| Iceland | .2 | .2 | .3 | .3 | .3 | .3 | .3 | .3 | .3 | |
| Japan | 104.3 | 116.8 | 123.5 | 124.0 | 124.4 | 124.7 | 125.0 | 125.2 | 125.5 | |
| Mexico | 52.2 | 68.7 | 85.1 | 86.9 | 88.6 | 90.4 | 92.2 | 94.0 | 95.8 | |
| New Zealand | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
| Norway | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | |
| Poland | 32.5 | 35.6 | 38.1 | 38.2 | 38.4 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 38.6 | 38.6 | |
| South Korea | 32.2 | 38.1 | 42.9 | 43.2 | 43.7 | 44.1 | 44.6 | 45.0 | 45.5 | |
| Switzerland | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | |
| Turkey | 35.8 | 45.1 | 56.1 | 57.2 | 58.3 | 59.3 | 60.4 | 61.4 | 62.5 | |
| European Union | 340.6 | 355.4 | 365.2 | 367.3 | 368.2 | 370.0 | 371.6 | 373.0 | 374.4 | |
| Austria | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | |
| Belgium | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.2 | |
| Denmark | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | |
| Finland | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | |
| France | 50.8 | 53.9 | 56.7 | 57.1 | 57.4 | 57.7 | 57.9 | 58.1 | 58.3 | |
| Germany | 77.8 | 78.3 | 79.4 | 80.1 | 80.7 | 81.5 | 82.3 | 82.9 | 83.5 | |
| Greece | 8.8 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.5 | |
| Ireland | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | |
| Italy | 53.7 | 56.5 | 57.7 | 57.8 | 57.2 | 57.2 | 57.3 | 57.4 | 57.5 | |
| Luxembourg | .3 | .4 | .4 | .4 | .4 | .4 | .4 | .4 | .4 | |
| Netherlands | 13.0 | 14.1 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.6 | |
| Portugal | 9.0 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | |
| Spain | 33.9 | 37.5 | 38.8 | 38.8 | 38.9 | 39.0 | 39.1 | 39.1 | 39.2 | |
| Sweden | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.9 | |
| United Kingdom | 55.6 | 56.3 | 57.4 | 57.8 | 58.0 | 58.1 | 58.2 | 58.4 | 58.5 | |
| Other | ||||||||||
| Albania | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | |
| Argentina | 24.0 | 28.2 | 32.6 | 33.1 | 33.5 | 34.0 | 34.4 | 34.9 | 35.3 | |
| Bangladesh | 67.4 | 88.1 | 110.1 | 112.2 | 114.3 | 116.4 | 118.6 | 120.8 | 123.1 | |
| Brazil | 95.7 | 122.8 | 150.1 | 152.3 | 154.5 | 156.7 | 158.7 | 160.7 | 162.7 | |
| Bulgaria | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.6 | |
| Burma | 27.4 | 33.8 | 41.1 | 41.9 | 42.7 | 43.5 | 44.3 | 45.1 | 46.0 | |
| Cambodia | 7.0 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.9 | |
| China | 820.4 | 984.7 | 1,133.7 | 1,148.1 | 1,161.1 | 1,173.6 | 1,185.9 | 1,198.1 | 1,210.0 | |
| Colombia | 21.4 | 26.6 | 33.0 | 33.6 | 34.3 | 34.9 | 35.6 | 36.2 | 36.8 | |
| Cuba | 8.5 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.0 | |
| Egypt | 33.6 | 42.4 | 56.1 | 57.5 | 58.7 | 59.9 | 61.1 | 62.4 | 63.6 | |
| Ethiopia | 29.7 | 36.4 | 48.2 | 49.8 | 51.0 | 52.4 | 54.0 | 55.6 | 57.2 | |
| India | 555.0 | 690.5 | 850.6 | 866.9 | 883.1 | 899.5 | 916.3 | 933.3 | 950.1 | |
| Indonesia | 122.9 | 154.9 | 187.7 | 190.9 | 194.0 | 197.2 | 200.3 | 203.5 | 206.6 | |
| Iran | 28.9 | 39.3 | 56.9 | 59.1 | 60.9 | 62.0 | 63.1 | 64.6 | 66.1 | |
| Iraq | 9.4 | 13.2 | 18.4 | 17.9 | 18.5 | 19.2 | 19.9 | 20.6 | 21.4 | |
| Laos | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | |
| Mongolia | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| Morocco | 15.9 | 20.5 | 26.2 | 26.8 | 27.4 | 28.0 | 28.6 | 29.2 | 29.8 | |
| Nigeria | 49.3 | 65.7 | 86.5 | 89.2 | 92.0 | 94.8 | 97.7 | 100.8 | 103.9 | |
| North Korea | 14.4 | 18.0 | 21.4 | 21.8 | 22.2 | 22.6 | 23.1 | 23.5 | 23.9 | |
| Pakistan | 65.7 | 85.2 | 113.9 | 116.9 | 118.9 | 120.9 | 123.7 | 126.4 | 129.3 | |
| Philippines | 38.7 | 51.1 | 65.0 | 66.6 | 68.1 | 69.7 | 71.3 | 72.9 | 74.5 | |
| Romania | 20.3 | 22.1 | 22.8 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 21.7 | |
| Russia | 130.2 | 139.0 | 148.1 | 148.5 | 148.6 | 148.5 | 148.4 | 148.3 | 148.2 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 6.1 | 9.9 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.7 | 17.4 | 18.0 | 18.7 | 19.4 | |
| Slovakia | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 | |
| South Africa | 22.7 | 29.3 | 37.2 | 38.0 | 38.8 | 39.5 | 40.2 | 41.0 | 41.7 | |
| Sudan | 13.8 | 19.1 | 26.6 | 27.4 | 28.2 | 28.9 | 29.7 | 30.6 | 31.5 | |
| Tanzania | 14.0 | 18.7 | 24.8 | 25.5 | 26.1 | 26.7 | 27.6 | 28.6 | 29.1 | |
| Thailand | 37.1 | 47.0 | 55.1 | 55.7 | 56.3 | 57.0 | 57.6 | 58.2 | 58.9 | |
| Ukraine | 47.2 | 50.0 | 51.6 | 51.6 | 51.7 | 51.6 | 51.3 | 51.1 | 50.9 | |
| Vietnam | 43.0 | 54.2 | 66.3 | 67.7 | 69.0 | 70.3 | 71.6 | 72.8 | 74.0 | |
| Zaire | 20.9 | 28.0 | 37.8 | 39.1 | 40.2 | 41.4 | 42.7 | 45.4 | 46.5 | |
a Source: US Bureau of the Census, International Data Base.
b Does not include Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and South Korea.