Which COUNTRY has a population of 1.5 million right now or very recently(2007)?

Question

I'm trying to compare it to Dubai's population in 1007 which was 1.5 million ( trying to show the very rapid growth of the emirate) - for a school project! Thanks!

Answer 1

Approximately 4.3 billion people live in these 15 countries, representing roughly two-thirds of the world's population. If added together, all nations in the European Union, with 494 million people – about 7.3% of world's population in 2006 – would be third in the list below.

Country Population in millions

Percentage of the world population

China 1,320 19.84%

India 1,130 16.96%

United States 304 4.56%

Indonesia 232 3.47%

Brazil 187 2.80%

Pakistan 163 2.44%

Bangladesh 159 2.38%

Nigeria 148 2.22%

Russia 142 2.13%

Japan 128 1.92%

Mexico 107 1.60%

Philippines 89 1.33%

Vietnam 84 1.31%

Germany 82 1.23%

Egypt 81 1.13%

here is a good website for all these facts regarding populations :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_popul...

and a list of every country by population over 1.5 million

as of JAn 2008

1  People's Republic of China1,324,704,000 July 2, 2008

2  India 1,134,851,000 July 2, 2008

3  United States 304,490,000 July 2, 2008

4  Indonesia 231,627,000  

5  Brazil 187,108,615 June 23, 2008

6  Pakistan 163,698,000 July 2, 2008

7  Bangladesh 158,665,000  

8  Nigeria 148,093,000  2.22% UN estimate

9  Russia 141,912,800 May 1, 2008 2.13% Federal State Statistics Service

10  Japan 127,690,000 May 1, 2008 1.91% Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate

11  Mexico 106,682,500 mid-2008 1.6% INEGI projection

12  Philippines 88,574,614 August 1, 2007

13  Vietnam 87,375,000  1.31% UN estimate



14  Germany 82,217,800

15  Ethiopia 77,127,000 July 2007

16  Egypt 75,498,000  1.13% UN estimate

17  Turkey 70,586,256 December 31, 2007

18  Iran 70,495,782 November, 2006

19  France (incl. overseas France) 64,473,140 January 1, 2008 0.97% Official INSEE estimate

20  Thailand 63,038,247 December 31, 2007

21  Dem. Rep. of Congo 62,636,000  0.94% UN estimate

22  United Kingdom 60,587,300 June 30, 2006 0.91% Official ONS estimate

23  Italy 59,536,507 October 31, 2007 0.89% Official Istat estimate

24  Myanmar 48,798,000  0.73% UN estimate



25  South Korea 48,224,000  0.72% UN estimate

26  South Africa 47,850,700 July 1, 2007 0.72% Official Stat SA estimate

27  Ukraine 46,263,079 May 1, 2008 0.69% Official UKRSTAT estimate

28  Spain 46,063,000 January 1, 2008 0.68% Official INE estimate

29  Colombia 44,090,118 May 5, 2008 0.66% Official Colombian Population clock

30  Argentina 41,000,000 September 2007 0.61% Official INDEC estimate

31  Tanzania 40,454,000  0.61% UN estimate

32  Sudan 38,560,000  0.58% UN estimate

33  Poland 38,115,967 June 30, 2007 0.57% Official GUS estimate

34  Kenya 37,538,000  0.56% UN estimate

35  Algeria 33,858,000  0.51% UN estimate

36  Canada 33,306,700 July 2, 2008 0.5% Official Canadian Population clock

37  Morocco 31,224,000  0.47% UN estimate

38  Uganda 30,884,000  0.46% UN estimate

39  Iraq 28,993,000  0.43% UN estimate

40  Peru 28,750,770 June 30, 2007 0.43% Official INEI estimate[4]

41  Nepal 28,196,000  0.42% UN estimate

42  Venezuela 27,933,000 Jun 27, 2008 0.42% Official Venezuelan Population clock

43  Uzbekistan 27,372,000  0.41% UN estimate

44  Malaysia 27,170,000 July 13, 2007 0.41% Department of Statistics Malaysia

45  Afghanistan 27,145,000  0.41% UN estimate

46  Saudi Arabia 24,735,000  0.37% UN estimate

47  North Korea 23,790,000  0.36% UN estimate

48  Ghana 23,478,000  0.35% UN estimate

49  Republic of China (Taiwan)[5] 22,990,000 April 30, 2008 0.34% Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate

50  Yemen 22,389,000  0.34% UN estimate

51  Romania 21,438,000  0.32% UN estimate

52  Mozambique 21,397,000  0.32% UN estimate

53  Australia[6] 21,350,000 June 30, 2008 0.32% Official Australian Population clock

54  Syria 19,929,000  0.3% UN estimate

55  Madagascar 19,683,000  0.3% UN estimate

56  Sri Lanka 19,299,000  0.29% UN estimate

57  Côte d'Ivoire 19,262,000  0.29% UN estimate

58  Cameroon 18,549,000  0.28% UN estimate

59  Angola 17,024,000  0.26% UN estimate

60  Chile 16,598,074 June 30, 2007 0.25% Official INE projection

61  Netherlands 16,428,071 June 26, 2008 0.25% Official Netherlands Population clock

62  Kazakhstan 15,422,000  0.23% UN estimate

63  Burkina Faso 14,784,000  0.22% UN estimate

64  Cambodia 14,444,000  0.22% UN estimate

65  Niger 14,226,000  0.21% UN estimate

66  Malawi 13,925,000  0.21% UN estimate

67  Guatemala 13,354,000  0.2% UN estimate

68  Zimbabwe 13,349,000  0.2% UN estimate

69  Ecuador 13,341,000  0.2% UN estimate

70  Senegal 12,379,000  0.19% UN estimate

71  Mali 12,337,000  0.18% UN estimate

72  Zambia 11,922,000  0.18% UN estimate

73  Cuba 11,268,000  0.17% UN estimate

74  Greece 11,147,000  0.17% UN estimate

75  Chad 10,781,000  0.16% UN estimate

76  Portugal 10,623,000  0.16% UN estimate

77  Belgium 10,584,534 January 1, 2007 0.16% Official Statbel estimate

78  Czech Republic 10,403,136 March 31, 2008 0.16% Official ČSÚ estimate

79  Tunisia 10,327,000  0.15% UN estimate

80  Hungary 10,043,000 January 31, 2008 0.15% Hungarian Central Statistical Office

81  Serbia[7] 9,858,000  0.15% UN estimate

82  Dominican Republic 9,760,000  0.15% UN estimate

83  Rwanda 9,725,000  0.15% UN estimate

84  Belarus 9,690,000 December 31, 2007 0.15% Official statistics of Belarus

85  Haiti 9,598,000  0.14% UN estimate

86  Bolivia 9,525,000  0.14% UN estimate

87  Guinea 9,370,000  0.14% UN estimate

88  Sweden 9,201,650 April 30, 2008 0.14% Statistics Sweden

89  Benin 9,033,000  0.14% UN estimate

90  Somalia 8,699,000  0.13% UN estimate

91  Burundi 8,508,000  0.13% UN estimate

92  Azerbaijan 8,467,000  0.13% UN estimate

93  Austria 8,340,924 April 1, 2008 0.12% Official Statistics Austria estimate

94  Bulgaria 7,640,238 December 31, 2007 0.11% National Statistical Institute

95  Switzerland 7,628,600 April 30, 2008 0.11% Swiss Federal Statistical Office

96  Israel 7,282,400[8] April 30, 2008 0.11% Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics

97  Honduras 7,106,000  0.11% UN estimate

—  Hong Kong 6,963,100 December 31, 2007 0.11% Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong

98  El Salvador 6,857,000  0.1% UN estimate

99  Tajikistan 6,736,000  0.1% UN estimate

100  Togo 6,585,000  0.099% UN estimate

101  Papua New Guinea 6,331,000  0.095% UN estimate

102  Libya 6,160,000  0.092% UN estimate

103  Paraguay 6,127,000  0.092% UN estimate

104  Jordan 5,924,000  0.089% UN estimate

105  Sierra Leone 5,866,000  0.088% UN estimate

106  Laos 5,859,000  0.088% UN estimate

107  Nicaragua 5,603,000  0.084% UN estimate

108  Denmark 5,482,266 March 31, 2008 0.082% Statistics Denmark

109  Slovakia 5,402,273 March 31, 2008 0.081% Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

110  Kyrgyzstan 5,317,000  0.08% UN estimate

111  Finland 5,313,026[9] June 27, 2008 0.08% Official Finnish Population clock

112  Turkmenistan 4,965,000  0.074% UN estimate

113  Eritrea 4,851,000  0.073% UN estimate

114  Norway 4,770,100[10] July 3, 2008 0.071% Official Norwegian Population clock

115  Singapore 4,588,600 mid-2007 0.069% Statistics Singapore

116  Croatia 4,555,000  0.068% UN estimate

117  Costa Rica 4,468,000  0.067% UN estimate

118  Georgia 4,395,000[11]  0.066% UN estimate

119  United Arab Emirates 4,380,000  0.066% UN estimate

120  Central African Republic 4,343,000  0.065% UN estimate

121  Ireland 4,339,000 April 30, 2007 0.065% Official CSO Ireland Statistics

122  New Zealand 4,268,330 June 27, 2008 0.064% Official New Zealand Population clock

123  Lebanon 4,099,000  0.061% UN estimate

124  Palestinian territories 4,017,000  0.06% UN estimate

125  Puerto Rico 3,991,000  0.06% UN estimate

126  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,935,000  0.059% UN estimate

127  Moldova 3,794,000[12]  0.057% UN estimate

128  Republic of the Congo 3,768,000  0.056% UN estimate

129  Liberia 3,750,000  0.056% UN estimate

—  Somaliland 3,500,000 Date unknown 0.052% Somaliland government

130  Lithuania 3,361,100 April 1, 2008 0.051% Statistics Lithuania

131  Panama 3,343,000  0.05% UN estimate

132  Uruguay 3,340,000  0.05% UN estimate

133  Albania 3,190,000  0.048% UN estimate

134  Mauritania 3,124,000  0.047% UN estimate

135  Armenia 3,002,000  0.045% UN estimate

136  Kuwait 2,851,000  0.043% UN estimate

137  Jamaica 2,714,000  0.041% UN estimate

138  Mongolia 2,629,000  0.039% UN estimate

139  Oman 2,595,000  0.039% UN estimate

140  Latvia 2,268,000 May 1, 2008 0.034% Latvijas Statistika

—  Kosovo 2,126,708 2007 0.031% The World Factbook

141  Namibia 2,074,000  0.031% UN estimate

142  Macedonia 2,038,000  0.031% UN estimate

143  Slovenia 2,028,683 June 23, 2008 0.031% Official Slovenian population clock

144  Lesotho 2,008,000  0.03% UN estimate

145  Botswana 1,882,000  0.028% UN estimate

146  Gambia 1,709,000  0.026% UN estimate

147  Guinea-Bissau 1,695,000  0.025% UN estimate

all this is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cou...

Answer 2

Gaza Strip or Guinea-Bissau