United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Population and Area 8 5 7
No. 1518. P o p u la t io n a n d A r e a , b y r e g io n a n d C o u n t r y
(Population data generally are de facto figures for the present territory. Population estimates were derived based on information
available as of mid-1979 for countries under 10 million in 19B1, and mid-1982 for other countries; no revisions were made to
take account of later data. See table 1519 for country components of regions. See text, p. 854, for general comments
concerning the data. For details of methodology, coverage, and r e lia b ility , see s o u rc e s . M in u s s ig n { - ) d e n o te s d e c re a s e )
LATEST
MIDYEAR POPULATION ESTIMATES
C E N S U S 1
COUNTRY AND STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT
Number (1,000) Aver- Population
age
per
• = More developed
annual
Number
1970 1979 1982 change, mile,
sq.
★ — Less developed
percent
Year
(X) 191,109 235,866 252,119 2 .3 37 6,684,935
East Asia........................................................... (X) (X) 1,019,611 1,208,942 1.256,277 1.7 277 4,538,992
(X) (X) 1,121,165 1,382,079 1,481,931 2.3 243 6,110,033
(X) (X) 459,660 482,235 48B.221 .5 256 1,906,176
(X) (X) 242,766 263,425 269,919 .9 31 8,649,489
(X) (X) 19,420 22,461 23,404 1.6 7 3,285,711
COUNTRIES
i960 227,020 205,052 225,055 232,464 1.0 64 3,615,102
1979 15,540 13,185 13,913 15,328 1.3 61 249,999
1979 2,595 2,136 2,626 (NA) '2.3 *237 11,100
1977 16,260 13,932 18,256 20,030 3.0 22 919,690
1970 5,646 5,573 6,543 (NA) *1.8 *14 481,361
1980 27,863 23,758 27,226 28,593 1.5 27 1,068,296
1978 13,548 12,660 1 4 ,4 2 2 15,011 1 .4 5 2,067,892
1971 7,456 7,426 7,506 (NA) M '232 32,374
1 9 8 0 2 4 2 1 7 1 236 (NA) *3.6 ‘ 44 5,380
1981 359 219 370 (NA) *5.8 ‘ 1,542 240
1 9 8 1 67,052 69,700 8 6 ,1 2 8 93,040 2 .4 1 ,6 7 3 5 5 ,5 9 6
1980 249 239 279 (NA) 61 ,7 •1,681 166
1970 9,651 9,849 (NA) 8.2 "836 11,779
-yyBetlze.............................................................. 1980 145 122 162 (NA) ‘ 2 .4 ‘ 17 8,666
1979 3,343 2,653 3,379 (NA) *2.7 *78 43,483
1969 1,035 1,048 1,273 (NA) 62.2
*70 18,147
1976 4,613 4,140
*2.0
A-Bolivia.............................................................
5,213 (NA)
*12 424,162
1971 609
6 3 0
7 6 4 (NA) s 2 .1 * 3 2 3 1 ,6 0 4
^Rra^il . . ...................... 1980 119,025 9&,bd4 119,175 127,734 2.4 39 3,286,470
1975 8,728 8,490 8,827 (NA) *.4
42.823
1973 28,886 27,078 33.690 36,166
261,217
1979 4,110 3,566 4,192 (NA)
1 0 ,7 4 7
•C anada...................... ............. — ................
y^Cape Verde....................................- ..........
China:
See footnotes at end of table.
1976
1976
1980
1975
7,132
269
2,066
6,727
21,324
269
1,855
3,707
1964 4,528 (NA)
1970 10,848 11,323
6,323 (NA) *2.4 *45 183,568
23,690 24,436
328 (NA) *2.2 *211 1,557
2,284 (NA) *2.3 *9 240,534
495,752
1953 582,603 848,348 1,012,197 1,055,304 1.8 285 3,706.560
1980 18,032 14,598 1/.459 18,456 2.0 1,4B2 .12,456
1973 21,147 24,692 25,631
1980 359 (NA)
1974 1,300 1,183 1,508 (NA) *2,7 e11 132,046
1973 2 ,1 8 4 (NA)
1981 9 ,8 2 4 (NA)
1976
1080
1976
1070-
71
1970
1974
1076
1971
1960
W
1976
1975
1975
1980
164
4,009
6,522
36,626
3,555
246
( n a )
586
4,718
52,656
1,232
160
4,343
5,958
33,197
3,582
291
25,299
521
4,606
50,787
493
621 (n a )
5,1 IB IN A/
386
5,551
7.763
40,891
4,662
244
29,977
618
4.764
53,477
637
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
44,740
(NA)
(NA)
30,669
(NA)
(NA)
54,160
(NA)
*5 311 49,370
\4 *308 .16,629
*9.8
*2.7
*2.9
2.5
*2.9
* —2.0
t,6
*1.9
*.4
.5
*2.8
*45
•295
•71
116
*674
*23
65
•88
*37
256
*6
8,494
IB,616
109,463
3 6 6 ,6 5 9
8,124
10,830
471,776
7,055
130,119
211,207
103,346