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				(10 000 persons)
Country or Area	Mid-year Population				Growth Rate in 2007
	2000	2005	2006	2007
Lao	522	566	576	586	1.7
Latvia	237	230	229	228	-0.5
Lebanon	377	401	406	410	1.0
Lesotho	189	198	199	201	0.5
Liberia	307	344	358	375	4.8
Libya	535	592	604	616	1.9
Liechtenstein		3	3	4	0.9
Lithuania	350	341	339	338	-0.5
Luxembourg	44	46	47	48	2.6
Macedonia, FYR	201	203	204	204	0.0
Madagascar	1619	1864	1916	1967	2.6
Malawi	1162	1323	1357	1392	2.5
Malaysia	2327	2565	2611	2655	1.7
Maldives	27	30	30	31	1.7
Mali	1000	1161	1197	1233	3.0
Malta	39	40	41	41	0.8
Marshall Islands	5	6	7	7	1.7
Mauritania	257	296	304	312	2.5
Mauritius	119	124	125	126	0.7
Mayotte		18	19	19	3.6
Mexico	9797	10309	10422	10528	1.0
Micronesia, Fed.	11	11	11	11	0.3
Moldova	415	388	383	379	-1.1
Monaco		3	3	3	0.3
Mongolia	240	255	258	261	1.1
Morocco	2847	3014	3050	3086	1.2
Mozambique	1819	2053	2097	2137	1.9
Myanmar	4588	4797	4838	4878	0.8
Namibia	188	202	205	207	1.3
Nepal	2442	2709	2764	2811	1.7
Netherlands	1593	1632	1635	1638	0.2
Netherlands Antilles	18	19	19	19	1.3
New Caledonia	21	23	24	24	1.6
New Zealand	386	413	418	423	1.0
Nicaragua	511	546	553	560	1.3
Niger	1112	1326	1374	1420	3.3
Nigeria	12477	14136	14472	14798	2.2
Norway	449	462	466	471	1.0
Oman	240	251	255	260	2.1
Pakistan	13808	15577	15900	16239	2.1
Palau		2	2	2	0.5
Panama	295	323	329	334	1.6
Papua New Guinea	538	607	620	632	2.0
Paraguay	535	590	602	612	1.7
Peru	2566	2727	2759	2790	1.1
Philippines	7621	8457	8626	8789	1.9
Poland	3845	3817	3813	3806	-0.2
Portugal	1023	1055	1058	1061	0.2
Puerto Rico	382	391	393	394	0.4
Qatar	62	80	82	84	1.8
Romania	2244	2163	2159	2155	-0.2
Russian Fed.	14630	14315	14250	14164	-0.6