World Population at June 2008

World Population at June 2008: 6,700 million

Based on Statistics at U.S. Census Bureau
Contrast this with the population in 1930, just over 2,000 million, when only a handful of countries, eighteen to be exact, had a population of 20 million or more, based on statistics at www.populstat.info

Continent	Population	Countries	Census Data
			Christian	Muslim	Other
AFRICA	970 million	1. Nigeria 150 million	48%	50%
		2. Ethiopia 80 million	65%	34%
		3. Egypt 80 million	10%	90%
		4. Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) 70 million	90%	1%
		5. South Africa 50 million	80%	2%
		6. Sudan 40 million	15%	71%
		7. Tanzania 40 million	35%	30%
		8. Kenya 40 million	85%	7%
		9. Algeria 35 million	2%	90%
		10. Morocco 35 million	1%	99%
		11. Uganda 30 million	84%	12%
		12. Ghana 25 million	69%	16%
		13. Mozambique 20 million	41%	23%
		14. Cote d'Ivoire 20 million	33%	37%
		15. Madagascar 20 million	41%	1%
		16. Cameroon 20 million	40%	18%
		17. Burkina Faso 15 million	23%	59%
		18. Malawi 15 million	80%	13%
		19. Niger 13 million	5%	95%
		20. Senegal 13 million	7%	93%
		21. Angola 12 million	90%	1%
		22. Mali 12 million	5%	92%
		23. Zambia 12 million	98%	½%
		24. Zimbabwe 10 million	85%	1%
		25. Tunisia 10 million	0.2%	99%
		26. Rwanda 10 million	94%	2%
		27. Chad 10 million	34%	56%
		28. Guinea 10 million	10%	84%
		29. Somalia 10 million	0.01%	99%
		30. Burundi 9 million	67%	2%

Continent	Population	Countries	Census Data
			Christian	Muslim	Other
AFRICA continued	970 million	31. Benin 9 million	43%	24%
		32. Sierra Leone 6 million	30%	60%
		33. Libya 6 million	2%	97%
		34. Togo 6 million	29%	12%
		35. Eritrea 6 million	51%	37%
		36. Central African Republic 4 million	50%	9%
		37. Republic of the Congo 4 million	91%
		38. Mauritania 3 million	0.1%	99%
		39. Liberia 3 million	40%	12%
		40. Lesotho 2 million	90%
		41. Namibia 2 million	90%	½%
		42. Botswana 2 million	72%	½%
		43. Gambia 2 million	9%	91%
		44. Guinea-Bissau 2 million	10%	42%
		45. Gabon 1 million	72%	10%
		46. Mauritius 1 million	32%	17%	Hinduism 48-50%
		47. Swaziland 1 million	83%	0.2%
		48. Comoros 700 thousand	2%	98%
		49. Equatorial Guinea 600 thousand	99%
		50. Djibouti 500 thousand	6%	94%
		51. Cape Verde 400 thousand	95%
		52. Western Sahara 400 thousand	0.04%	99½%
		53. Mayotte 200 thousand
		54. Sao Tome and Principe 200 thousand
		55. Seychelles 80 thousand	95%	1%
		56. Saint Helena 8 thousand

Continent	Population	Countries	Census Data
			Christian	Muslim	Other
NORTH and CENTRAL AMERICA	525 million	1. U.S.A. 300 million	78%	1%	Judaism 1% Buddhism 1%
		2. Mexico 110 million	95%
		3. Canada 33 million	77%	2%	Buddhism 1% Hinduism 1%
		4. Guatemala 13 million	98%
		5. Cuba 11 million	85%
		6. Dominican Republic 10 million	95%
		7. Haiti 9 million	84%
		8. Honduras 8 million	83%
		9. El Salvador 7 million	82%
		10. Nicaragua 6 million	90%
		11. Costa Rica 4 million	84%
		12. Puerto Rico 4 million	97%
		13. Panama 3 million	92%	1%
		14. Jamaica 3 million	65%
		15. Trinidad and Tobago 1 million	58%	6%	Hinduism 22%
		16. Bahamas 300 thousand	96%
		17. Belize 300 thousand	77%
		18. Barbados 280 thousand	95%
		19. Netherlands Antilles 220 thousand
		20. Saint Lucia 160 thousand
		21. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 120 thousand
		22. Virgin Islands U.S. 110 thousand
		23. Aruba 100 thousand	90%

Continent	Population	Countries	Census Data
			Christian	Muslim	Other
NORTH and CENTRAL AMERICA continued	525 million	24. Grenada 90 thousand	97%
		25. Antigua and Barbuda 85 thousand	74%
		26. Dominica 70 thousand	89%
		27. Bermuda 70 thousand	67%
		28. Cayman Islands 50 thousand	74%
		29. Saint Kitts and Nevis 40 thousand
		30. Saint Martin 30 thousand
		31. Virgin Islands British 25 thousand	96%
		32. Turks and Caicos Islands 20 thousand
		33. Anguilla 15 thousand	90%
		34. Saint Barthelemy 7 thousand
		35. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7 thousand
		36. Montserrat 5 thousand

SOUTH AMERICA	390 million	1. Brazil 200 million	90%
		2. Colombia 45 million	98%
		3. Argentina 40 million	93%	2%
		4. Peru 30 million	94%
		5. Venezuela 25 million	98%
		6. Chile 16 million	87%
		7. Ecuador 14 million	99%
		8. Bolivia 9 million	97%
		9. Paraguay 7 million	97%
		10. Uruguay 3 million	58%
		11. Guyana 800 thousand	57%	7%	Hinduism 28-33%
		12. Suriname 500 thousand	48%	16%	Hinduism 20-27%

Continent	Population	Countries	Census Data
			Christian	Muslim	Other
ASIA and MIDDLE EAST	4.050 billion	1. China 1.330 billion	5%	2%	Buddhism 8%-80%
		2. India 1.150 billion	2%	13%	Hinduism 80%
		3. Indonesia 240 million	9%	86%	Hinduism 3% Buddhism 2%
		4. Pakistan 170 million	2%	96%
		5. Bangladesh 150 million		90%	Hinduism 10%
		6. Japan 130 million	2%		Buddhism 45-71%
		7. Philippines 100 million	91%	5%	Hinduism 2% Buddhism 2%
		8. Vietnam 90 million	8%		Buddhism 16-85%
		9. Turkey 70 million		98%
		10. Iran 65 million	½%	99%
		11. Thailand 65 million	½%	4½%	Buddhism 95%
		12. South Korea 50 million	29%		Buddhism 23%
		13. Burma (Myanmar) 50 million	4%	4%	Buddhism 90%
		14. Afghanistan 30 million	0.02%	99.7%	Buddhism 0.2%
		15. Nepal 30 million	1%	4%	Hinduism 81% Buddhism 11%
		16. Iraq 30 million	3%	97%
		17. Saudi Arabia 30 million	5%	95%
		18. Uzbekistan 30 million	5%	95%
		19. Malaysia 25 million	9%	60%	Buddhism 22% Hinduism 6%
		20. North Korea 25 million	2%		Buddhism 65%
		21. Yemen 25 million		99%
		22. Taiwan 23 million			Buddhism 35-93%
		23. Sri Lanka 20 million	7%	8%	Buddhism 70% Hinduism 7-15%
		24. Syria 20 million	10%	90%

Continent	Population	Countries	Census Data
			Christian	Muslim	Other
ASIA and MIDDLE EAST continued	4.050 billion	25. Kazakhstan 15 million	45%	55%
		26. Cambodia 14 million	2%	1½%	Buddhism 95%
		27. Azerbaijan 8 million	5%	95%
		28. Tajikistan 7 million	1%	84%
		29. Israel 7 million	2%	16%	Judaism 76%
		30. Hong Kong 7 million	10%		Buddhism 10-90%
		31. Laos 7 million	1%		Buddhism 67%
		32. Jordan 6 million	6%	94%
		33. Kyrgyzstan 5 million	17%	83%
		34. Turkmenistan 5 million	9%	91%
		35. Georgia 5 million	89%	10%
		36. United Arab Emirates 5 million	9%	76%	Hinduism 10% Buddhism 5%
		37. Singapore 5 million	15%	15%	Buddhism 42-61% Hinduism 4%
		38. Lebanon 4 million	40%	59%
		39. Oman 3 million	2%	88%	Hinduism 3-6%
		40. Mongolia 3 million	2%	5%	Buddhism 50-93%
		41. Armenia 3 million	99%
		42. Kuwait 3 million	14%	70%	Hinduism 12% Buddhism 4%
		43. West Bank 2 million		98%
		44. Gaza Strip 2 million		98%
		45. Timor-Leste 1 million	97%	3%
		46. Qatar 800 thousand	8%	77%	Hinduism 7% Buddhism 5%
		47. Bahrain 700 thousand	9%	81%	Hinduism 6%
		48. Bhutan 700 thousand	1%	1%	Buddhism 66-75% Hinduism 2-25%
		49. Macau 550 thousand			Buddhism 17-85%
		50. Maldives 400 thousand		98%	Buddhism ½%
		51. Brunei 380 thousand	11%	67%	Buddhism 9%

Continent	Population	Countries	Census Data
			Christian	Muslim	Other
EUROPE and RUSSIA	730 million	1. Russia 140 million	70%	12%	Buddhism 1%
		2. Germany 80 million	83%	4%	Buddhism 1%
		3. France 65 million	84%	6%	Buddhism 1%
		4. United Kingdom 60 million	48%	3%	Hinduism 1%
		5. Italy 60 million	91%
		6. Ukraine 45 million	92%	1%
		7. Spain 40 million	77%	1%
		8. Poland 40 million	96%
		9. Romania 22 million	98%
		10. Netherlands 17 million	43%	6%
		11. Greece 10 million	98%	2%
		12. Portugal 10 million	87%
		13. Belgium 10 million	48%	3%
		14. Czech Republic 10 million	29%		Buddhism ½%
		15. Serbia 10 million This figure includes Kosovo 2 million Declares independence in 2008	92%	3% excluding Kosovo 90%
		16. Hungary 10 million	74%
		17. Belarus 10 million	80%
		18. Sweden 9 million	76%	2%
		19. Austria 8 million	66%	4%
		20. Switzerland 8 million	79%	4%
		21. Bulgaria 7 million	84%	12%
		22. Denmark 5 million	82%	2%
		23. Slovakia 5 million	71%
		24. Finland 5 million	81%
		25. Norway 5 million	86%	1%	Buddhism ½%
		26. Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 million	51%	40%
		27. Croatia 4 million	93%
		28. Moldova 4 million	98%	½%
		29. Ireland 4 million	92%	½%
		30. Albania 4 million	35%	65%
		31. Lithuania 3 million	85%
		32. Latvia 2 million	57%
		33. Macedonia 2 million	65%	33%
		34. Slovenia 2 million	58%	2%
		35. Estonia 1 million	28%		Buddhism ½%
		36. Cyprus 800 thousand	77%	22%	Buddhism 1%
		37. Montenegro 680 thousand	78%	18%

Continent	Population	Countries	Census Data
			Christian	Muslim	Other
EUROPE and RUSSIA continued	730 million	38. Luxembourg 500 thousand	87%	3%
		39. Malta 400 thousand	98%
		40. Iceland 300 thousand	89%
		41. Jersey 90 thousand
		42. Andorra 80 thousand	90%
		43. Isle of Man 75 thousand
		44. Guernsey 65 thousand
		45. Greenland 60 thousand	97%
		46. Faroe Islands 50 thousand	94%
		47. Liechtenstein 35 thousand	88%
		48. Monaco 35 thousand	88%
		49. San Marino 30 thousand	97%
		50. Gibraltar 30 thousand

OCEANIA	35 million	1. Australia 21 million	64%	2%	Buddhism 2%
		2. Papua New Guinea 6 million	96%
		3. New Zealand 4 million	55%	1%	Buddhism 1%
		4. Fiji 940 thousand	58%	6%	Hinduism 30-33%
		5. Solomon Islands 580 thousand
		6. French Polynesia (includes Tahiti) 280 thousand			Buddhism 7%
		7. New Caledonia 225 thousand		3%	Buddhism 3%
		8. Samoa 220 thousand
		9. Vanuatu 215 thousand
		10. Guam 175 thousand
		11. Tonga 120 thousand	81%
		12. Kiribati 110 thousand
		13. Micronesia Federated States 110 thousand	95%
		14. Northern Mariana Islands 90 thousand
		15. American Samoa 65 thousand	98%
		16. Marshall Islands 65 thousand
		17. Palau 20 thousand	78%
		18. Wallis and Futuna 15 thousand
		19. Nauru 15 thousand
		20. Cook Islands 10 thousand
		21. Tuvalu 10 thousand

What countries use Sharia Law?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_countries_use_Sharia_Law#ixzz1Nz6U2qwo

Countries using strict forms of Sharia Law include:

Death for Blasphemy:

1. Afghanistan
2. Bahrain
3. Iran
4. Mauritania
5. Oman
6. Pakistan
7. Yemen
8. Saudi Arabia
9. Gaza

Imprisonment for Blasphemy:

1. Algeria
2. Bangladesh
3. Egypt
4. Iraq
5. Kuwait
6. Libya
7. Malaysia
8. Maldives
9. Morocco
10. Somalia
11. Tunisia
12. United Arab Emirates

Nations that include some level of Sharia

(lenient sentences for honour killings, ban on new churches, floggings, etc):

1. Indonesia (Flogging, Caning; Sharia applied strictly in Aceh province)
2. Turkey (Restrictions on alcohol)
3. Brunei (Caning, Alcohol is illegal)
4. Jordan (2 years or less for honour killings)
5. Eritrea (Girls as young as 8 can be married, spousal rape is not recognized)
6. Syria (1 year or less for honour killings)
7. Djibouti (Sharia law regarding divorce)
8. Chechnya (Modest dress enforced, Alcohol and gambling suppressed by local authorities)
9. Niger (girls can be married off before they reach puberty)
10. Nigeria (Sharia is enforced in the northern states)
11. Kenya (Ad Hoc Sharia enforced in the east near the border with Somalia)
12. Gambia (Sharia courts decide all family matters, including for non-Muslims)
13. Qatar (public consumption is illegal during Ramadan, Alcohol heavily restricted, blood money acceptable punishment for murder, "kafala" law which is also shared by all Gulf states but Bahrain is technically slavery)
14. Uganda (Kadhi Courts overseeing family and civil matters)

Most "Western" nations also have parallel Sharia legal systems (for example in Canada polygamy is widely practiced and authorities look the other way, Imams refusing to condemn or work to stop it). Sharia finance is also practiced in many nations around the world. Many other Islamic nations that do not apply Sharia (such as Azerbaijan, Albania, Bosnia, Uzbekistan, and Tajikstan) have large portions of their population who do want it applied or who actively seek to abide by it extra-legally.

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