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					(10 000 persons)
Country or Area	Mid-year Population				Growth Rate in 2008
	2000	2005	2007	2008
Laos	540	588	609	621	1.8
Latvia	237	230	228	227	-0.4
Lebanon	377	401	410	414	1.0
Lesotho	189	198	201	202	0.6
Liberia	282	333	363	379	4.5
Libya	535	592	616	628	1.9
Liechtenstein	3	3	4	4	0.7
Lithuania	350	341	338	336	-0.5
Luxemburg	44	47	48	49	1.6
Macedonia, FYR	201	203	204	204	0.0
Madagascar	1528	1761	1860	1911	2.7
Malawi	1162	1323	1392	1428	2.5
Malaysia	2327	2565	2655	2699	1.7
Maldives	27	30	31	31	1.7
Mali	1000	1161	1233	1271	3.0
Malta	39	40	41	41	0.6
Marshall Islands	5	6	6	6	2.3
Mauritania	257	296	312	320	2.5
Mauritius	119	124	126	127	0.6
Mayotte		18	19	19	2.8
Mexico	9797	10309	10528	10635	1.0
Micronesia, Fed.	11	11	11	11	0.3
Moldova	410	376	367	363	-0.9
Monaco		3	3	3	0.3
Mongolia	240	255	261	263	0.9
Montenegro	66	62	62	62	0.2
Morocco	2847	3014	3086	3123	1.2
Mozambique	1819	2053	2137	2178	1.9
Myanmar	4588	4797	4878	4919	0.8
Namibia	188	202	208	211	1.6
Nepal	2442	2709	2811	2858	1.7
Netherlands	1593	1632	1638	1644	0.4
Netherlands Antilles	18	19	19	19	1.3
New Caledonia	21	23	24	25	1.7
New Zealand	386	413	423	427	1.0
Nicaragua	511	546	560	568	1.3
Niger	1112	1326	1420	1467	3.3
Nigeria	12477	14136	14798	15132	2.2
Northern Mariana Islands		8	8	9	1.9
Norway	449	462	471	477	1.3
Oman	240	262	273	279	2.1
Pakistan	13808	15577	16248	16604	2.2
Palau	2	2	2	2	0.6
Panama	295	323	334	339	1.6
Papua New Guinea	538	607	632	645	2.0
Paraguay	535	590	612	623	1.7
Peru	2600	2784	2851	2884	1.1
Philippines	7769	8550	8872	9035	1.8
Poland	3845	3817	3812	3812	0.0
Portugal	1023	1055	1061	1062	0.2
Puerto Rico	381	391	394	395	0.3
Qatar	62	89	114	128	11.9
Romania	2244	2163	2155	2151	-0.2