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World's 50 Most Populous Countries: 2007 This table provides figures about the 50 most populous nations on Earth, from China to Romania. RankCountryPopulation 1. China1,321,851,888 2. India1,129,866,154 3. United States301,139,947 4. Indonesia234,693,997 5. Brazil190,010,647 6. Pakistan169,270,617 7. Bangladesh150,448,339 8. Russia141,377,752 9. Nigeria135,031,164 10. Japan127,467,972 11. Mexico108,700,891 12. Philippines91,077,287 13. Vietnam85,262,356 14. Germany82,400,996 15. Egypt80,264,543 16. Ethiopia76,511,887 17. Turkey71,158,647 18. Iran65,397,521 19. Thailand65,068,149 20.Congo, Dem. Rep.64,606,759 21. France61,083,916 22. United Kingdom60,776,238 23. Italy58,147,733 24. Korea, South49,044,790 25.Myanmar (Burma)47,373,958 26. Ukraine46,299,862 27. Colombia44,227,550 28. South Africa43,997,828 29. Sudan42,292,929 30. Spain40,448,191 31. Argentina40,301,927 32. Poland38,518,241 33. Tanzania38,139,640 34. Kenya36,913,721 35. Morocco33,757,175 36. Canada33,390,141 37. Algeria33,333,216 38. Afghanistan31,889,923 39. Uganda30,262,610 40. Nepal28,901,790 41. Peru28,674,757 42. Uzbekistan27,780,059 43. Saudi Arabia27,601,038 44. Iraq27,499,638 45. Venezuela26,084,662 46. Malaysia24,821,286 47. Korea, North23,301,725 48. Taiwan23,174,294 49. Ghana22,931,299 50. Romania22,276,056 Source:U.S. Census Bureau, International Database.

Most Populous Cities of the World: The following tables lists the most populous cities in the world. Data includes the most recent figures available. RankCity*PopulationYear 1 Shanghai, China 17,836,133 2011c 2 Istanbul, Turkey 13,854,740 2012e 3 Karachi, Pakistan 12,991,000 2013c 4 Mumbai, India 12,478,447 2011c 5 Moscow, Russia 11,977,988 2013e 6 Manila, Philippines 11,953,140 2012c 7 São Paulo, Brazil 11,821,876 2013c 8 Beijing, China 11,716,000 2010c 9 Tianjin, China 11,090,314 2010c 10 Guangzhou, China 11,070,654 2010c 11 Delhi, India 11,007,835 2010c 12 Seoul, South Korea 10,442,426 2012c 13 Shenzhen, China 10,357,938 2010c 14 Jakarta, Indonesia 10,187,595 2012e 15 Tokyo, Japan 8,967,665 2010c 16 Mexico City, Mexico 8,873,017 2010c 17 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 8,754,000 2010e 18 Bangalore, India 8,425,970 2011c 19 New York City, United States 8,336,697 2013e 20 London 8,308,369 2012e NOTES: “c” = census figure; “e” = estimated; “p” = preliminary census figure. *Refers to the city proper, as opposed to an urban agglomeration, which would also count the surrounding urban areas in the total. Source:CIA World Factbook

Most Populous Cities of the World: The following tables lists the most populous cities in the world. Data includes the most recent figures available. RankCity*PopulationYear 1 Shanghai, China 17,836,133 2011c 2 Istanbul, Turkey 13,854,740 2012e 3 Karachi, Pakistan 12,991,000 2013c 4 Mumbai, India 12,478,447 2011c 5 Moscow, Russia 11,977,988 2013e 6 Manila, Philippines 11,953,140 2012c 7 São Paulo, Brazil 11,821,876 2013c 8 Beijing, China 11,716,000 2010c 9 Tianjin, China 11,090,314 2010c 10 Guangzhou, China 11,070,654 2010c 11 Delhi, India 11,007,835 2010c 12 Seoul, South Korea 10,442,426 2012c 13 Shenzhen, China 10,357,938 2010c 14 Jakarta, Indonesia 10,187,595 2012e 15 Tokyo, Japan 8,967,665 2010c 16 Mexico City, Mexico 8,873,017 2010c 17 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 8,754,000 2010e 18 Bangalore, India 8,425,970 2011c 19 New York City, United States 8,336,697 2013e 20 London 8,308,369 2012e NOTES: “c” = census figure; “e” = estimated; “p” = preliminary census figure. *Refers to the city proper, as opposed to an urban agglomeration, which would also count the surrounding urban areas in the total. Source:CIA World Factbook

Ethnicity and Race by Countries (part 2): East Timor Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority Ecuadormestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 65%, Amerindian 25%, Spanish and others 7%, black 3% EgyptEgyptian 98%, Berber, Nubian, Bedouin, and Beja 1%, Greek, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1% El Salvadormestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1% Equatorial GuineaBioko (primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos), Río Muni (primarily Fang); less than 1,000 Europeans, mostly Spanish Eritreaethnic Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%, other 3% EstoniaEstonian 67.9%, Russian 25.6%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Belorussian 1.3%, Finn 0.9%, other 2.2% (2000) EthiopiaOromo 40%, Amhara and Tigrean 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella 6%, Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1% FijiFijian 51%, Indian 44%, European, other Pacific Islanders, overseas Chinese, and other 5% (1998) FinlandFinn 93.4%, Swede 5.7%, Sami (Lapp) 0.1%, Roma 0.2%, Estonian 0.2% FranceCeltic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Southeast Asian, and Basque minorities GabonBantu tribes, including four major tribal groupings: Fang, Punu, Nzeiby, Mbede (Obamba/Bateke); other Africans and Europeans 10.8%, including 0.8% French and 0.8% persons of dual nationality GambiaAfrican 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-African 1% GeorgiaGeorgian 83.8%, Azeri 6.5%, Armenian 5.7%, Russian 1.5%, other 2.5% (2002) GermanyGerman 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, Italian 0.7%, Greek 0.4%, Polish 0.4%, other 4.6% Ghanablack African 98.5% (major tribes: Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%, Gurma 3%, Yoruba 1%), European and other 1.5% (1998) GreeceGreek 98%, other 2%; note: the Greek government states there are no ethnic divisions in Greece Grenadablack 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian GuatemalaMestizo (Ladino)—mixed Amerindian-Spanish ancestry—and European 59.4%, K'iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q'eqchi 6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.1% (2001) GuineaPeuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Susu 20%, smaller tribes 10% Guinea-BissauAfrican 99% (Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1% GuyanaEast Indian 50%; black 36%; Amerindian 7%; white, Chinese, and mixed 7% Haitiblack 95%, mulatto and white 5% Hondurasmestizo 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1% HungaryHungarian 92.3%, Roma 1.9%, other or unknown 5.8% (2001) Icelandhomogeneous mixture of Norse/Celtic descendants 94%, population of foreign origin 6% IndiaIndo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) IndonesiaJavanese 45%, Sundanese 14%, Madurese 7.5%, coastal Malays 7.5%, other 26% IranPersian 51%, Azerbaijani 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1% IraqArab 75%–80%, Kurdish 15%–20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5% IrelandCeltic, English IsraelJewish 80.1% (Europe/Americas/Oceania-born 32.1%, Israel-born 20.8%, Africa-born 14.6%, Asia-born 12.6%), non-Jewish 19.9% (mostly Arab) (1996 est.) ItalyItalian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian- and Greek-Italians in the south) Jamaicablack 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, white 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.1% JapanJapanese 99%; Korean, Chinese, Brazillian, Filipino, other 1% (2004) JordanArab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1% KazakhstanKazak (Qazaq) 53.4%, Russian 30%, Ukrainian 3.7%, Uzbek 2.5%, German 2.4%, Tatar 1.4%, Uygur 1.4%, other 4.9% (1999) KenyaKikuyu 22%; Luhya 14%; Luo 13%; Kalenjin 12%; Kamba 11%; Kisii 6%; Meru 6%; other African 15%; Asian, European, and Arab 1% KiribatiMicronesian 98.8%, other 1.2% Korea, Northracially homogeneous; small Chinese community, a few ethnic Japanese Korea, Southhomogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese) KuwaitKuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7% KyrgyzstanKyrgyz 64.9%, Uzbek 13.8%, Russian 12.5%, Dungan 1.1%, Ukrainian 1%, Uygur 1%, other 5.7% (1999) LaosLao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong (“Meo”) and the Yao (Mien) 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1% LatviaLatvian 57.7%, Russian 29.6%, Belorussian 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.7%, Polish 2.5%, Lithuanian 1.4%, other 2% (2002) LebanonArab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1% LesothoSotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3% Liberiaindigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Bella, Mandingo, and Mende),

Ethnicity and Race by Countries (part 1): Find the ethnic and racial composition of every country in the world, listed alphabetically. AfghanistanPashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimaks 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, others 4% AlbaniaAlbanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2%: Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians (1989 est.) AlgeriaArab-Berber 99%, European less than 1% AndorraSpanish 43%, Andorran 33%, Portuguese 11%, French 7%, other 6% (1998) AngolaOvimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22% Antigua and Barbudablack, British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Syrian Argentinawhite (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%; mestizo, Amerindian, other 3% ArmeniaArmenian 97.9%, Russian 0.5%, Kurds 1.3%, other 0.3% (2001) AustraliaCaucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1% AustriaAustrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001) AzerbaijanAzeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9% (1999). Note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region Bahamasblack 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3% BahrainBahraini 62.4%, non-Bahraini 37.6% (2001) BangladeshBengali 98%, tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims (1998) Barbadosblack 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6% BelarusBelorussian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish 3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1% (1999) BelgiumFleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11% Belizemestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7% BeninAfrican 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500 BhutanBhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35%, indigenous or migrant tribes 15% BoliviaQuechua 30%, mestizo 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15% Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosniak 48%, Serb 37.1%, Croat 14.3%, other 0.6% (2000) BotswanaTswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other (including Kgalagadi and white) 7% Brazilwhite 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2000) BruneiMalay 67%, Chinese 15%, indigenous 6%, other 12% BulgariaBulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) 2% (2001) Burkina FasoMossi (over 40%), Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani BurundiHutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1% CambodiaKhmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4% CameroonCameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwest Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1% CanadaBritish Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, indigenous Indian and Inuit 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26% Cape VerdeCreole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1% Central African RepublicBaya 33%, Banda 27%, Mandjia 13%, Sara 10%, Mboum 7%, M'Baka 4%, Yakoma 4%, other 2% Chad200 distinct groups. North and center, mostly Muslim: Arabs, Gorane (Toubou, Daza, Kreda), Zaghawa, Kanembou, Ouaddai, Baguirmi, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Hausa, Boulala, and Maba. South, mostly Christian or animist: Sara (Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye), Moundang, Moussei, Massa Chilewhite and white-Amerindian 95%, Amerindian 3%, other 2% ChinaHan Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1% Colombiamestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1% ComorosAntalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava Congo, Democratic Republic of theWith over 200 African ethnic groups, the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes—Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic)—make up about 45% of the population Congo, Republic ofKongo 48%, Sangha 20%, M'Bochi 12%, Teke 17%, Europeans and other 3% Costa Ricawhite (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1% Côte d'IvoireAkan 42.1%, Voltaiques (Gur) 17.6%, Northern Mandes 16.5%, Krous 11%, Southern Mandes 10%, other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French) (1998) CroatiaCroat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, Bosniak 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4%, Slovene 0.3%, Czech 0.2%, Roma 0.2%, Albanian 0.1%, Montenegrin 0.1%, others 4.1% (2001) Cubamulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% CyprusGreek 77%, Turkish 18% (each concentrated almost exclusively in separate areas); other 5% (2001) Czech RepublicCzech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001) DenmarkScandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali DjiboutiSomali 60%, Afar 35%, French, Arab, Ethiopian, and Italian 5% Dominicablack, mixed black and European, European, Syrian, Carib Amerindian Dominican Republicwhite 16%, black 11%, mixed 73%