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Country or Area Mid-year Population (10 000 persons) Growth Rate in
2009 (%)
2000 2005 2008 2009
   Kyrgyzstan 491.5 514.4 527.8 532.1 0.8
   Laos 540.3 588.0 620.5 632.0 1.8
   Latvia 237.2 230.1 226.6 225.5 -0.5
   Lebanon 377.2 408.2 419.4 422.4 0.7
   Lesotho 188.9 199.5 204.9 206.7 0.9
   Liberia 282.4 333.4 379.3 395.5 4.2
   Libya 534.6 592.3 629.4 642.0 2.0
   Liechtenstein 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6 0.8
   Lithuania 350.0 341.4 335.8 334.0 -0.6
   Luxemburg 43.6 46.5 48.9 49.8 1.9
   Macedonia,FYR 201.2 203.5 204.1 204.3 0.1
   Madagascar 1527.5 1761.4 1911.1 1962.5 2.7
   Malawi 1183.1 1365.5 1484.6 1526.3 2.8
   Malaysia 2327.4 2563.3 2701.4 2746.8 1.7
   Maldives 27.2 29.2 30.5 30.9 1.4
   Mali 1052.3 1183.3 1270.6 1301.0 2.4
   Malta 39.0 40.4 41.2 41.5 0.7
   Marshall Islands 5.1 5.6 6.0 6.1 2.3
   Mauritania 260.4 298.5 321.5 329.1 2.3
   Mauritius 118.7 124.3 126.9 127.5 0.5
   Mayotte   17.7 19.1 19.7 2.8
   Mexico 9796.6 10308.9 10635.0 10743.1 1.0
   Micronesia,Fed. 10.7 10.9 11.0 11.1 0.3
   Moldova 410.0 375.9 363.3 360.4 -0.8
   Monaco 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 0.3
   Mongolia 238.9 255.0 264.1 267.1 1.1
   Montenegro 66.1 62.5 62.2 62.4 0.3
   Morocco 2882.7 3049.5 3160.6 3199.3 1.2
   Mozambique 1824.9 2083.4 2238.3 2289.4 2.3
   Myanmar 4661.0 4834.5 4956.3 5002.0 0.9
   Namibia 182.4 200.9 213.0 217.1 1.9
   Nepal 2443.2 2722.2 2881.0 2933.1 1.8
   Netherlands 1592.5 1632.0 1644.6 1653.1 0.5
   Netherlands Antilles 18.1 18.7 19.5 19.8 1.5
   New Caledonia 21.3 23.4 24.7 25.0 1.5
   New Zealand 385.8 413.4 426.9 431.6 1.1
   Nicaragua 510.1 545.5 566.7 574.3 1.3
   Niger 1103.1 1310.2 1470.4 1529.0 3.9
   Nigeria 12484.2 14087.9 15121.2 15472.9 2.3
   Northern Mariana Islands 6.9 8.0 8.5 8.7 1.8
   Norway 449.1 462.3 476.8 482.7 1.2
   Oman 240.2 261.8 278.5 284.5 2.1
   Pakistan 13808.0 15577.2 16611.2 16970.8 2.1
   Palau 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.6
   Panama 295.1 323.2 339.9 345.4 1.6
   Papua New Guinea 538.8 611.8 657.7 673.2 2.3
   Paraguay 535.0 590.4 623.8 634.9 1.8
   Peru 2600.4 2783.6 2883.7 2916.5 1.1
   Philippines 7768.9 8549.6 9034.8 9198.3 1.8
   Poland 3845.4 3816.5 3812.6 3815.0 0.1
   Portugal 1022.6 1054.9 1062.2 1063.2 0.1
   Puerto Rico 381.4 391.1 395.5 396.7 0.3
   Qatar 61.7 88.5 128.1 140.9 9.6
   Romania 2244.3 2163.4 2151.4 2148.2 -0.1