Based on Statistics at www.worldometers.info
Past Historical Data: Click here for some estimates on the native population in America prior to Columbus in 1492. Since the 1960's it has been popular to state that the population was 100 million + with the Aztec empire in Mexico about 25 million, and that 95% of these people were wiped out by diseases and war. We have zero written records of the time supporting this statement, and based on early writings and ongoing census taking, the total indigenous population in America may have been about 8 million or so if not less.
Similarly, the population in Australia prior to Captain Cook in 1770 has been recently stated as being about one million, though based on early writings and ongoing census taking, the number may well have been one third of this figure or less.
Click here for an estimate world population in 1800, just 1 billion.
Contrast this too with the population in 1930, just over 2 billion, 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.
Past Century: Over 11 billion people have been born since 1900, a phenomenal increase on previous centuries.
1900‑1959 | Births 4.4 billion (Average 35 per 1000 or 74 million each year) |
Deaths 3.1 billion (Average 25 per 1000 or 52 million each year) | |
Nett growth 1.7 billion in 1900 to 3 billion in 1959 |
1959‑2017 | Births 7.2 billion (Average 25 per 1000 or 125 million each year) |
Deaths 2.7 billion (Average 9.5 per 1000 or 47 million each year) | |
Nett growth 3 billion to 7.5 billion in **2017 | |
**In 2019 the total population was 7.7 billion. | |
Averages per 1000 are based on a midpoint of 2.3 billion in 1900-1959 and 5 billion in 1959-2017. |
In 2016, the average birth rate was 18.5 per 1000 (i.e. 138 million for the year, that's 380,000 daily, or about 4 to 5 babies per second) and the death rate was 7.8 per 1000 (i.e. 58 million per year, that's 160,000 daily) leading to a net yearly increase of about 80 million.
Average Life Span (Life Expectancy at birth) as shown below is based on statistics at Nation Master in 2011. It showed a weighted average of three score and ten (or 69.82 years to be exact) for all the population.
Click here to view 2019 statistics resorted by population size and displaying (at the end) a new weighted average of 69.75 years.
Click here to view these same statistics in a spreadsheet .csv file.
Click here for an estimate of the total number of individuals who have passed on to eternity since Adam, perhaps 17½ billion.
Countries | Census Data | Average Life Span | ||
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Christian | Muslim | Other | ||
AFRICA 1.25 billion | ||||
1. Nigeria 195 million | 48% | 50% | 48 years | |
2. Ethiopia (prior to about 1945, known to outsiders as Abyssinia) 105 million | 65% | 34% | 56 years | |
3. Egypt 97 million | 10% | 90% | 73 years | |
4. Democratic Republic of the Congo (Formerly Zaire / Belgian Congo) 85 million | 80% | 10% | 55 years | |
5. Tanzania 58 million | 35% | 30% | 53 years | |
6. South Africa 56 million | 80% | 2% | 49 years | |
7. Kenya 49 million | 85% | 7% | 59 years | |
8. Uganda 43 million | 84% | 12% | 53 years | |
9. Sudan 43 million | 1½% | 97% | 61 years | |
10. Algeria 42 million | 2% | 90% | 75 years | |
11. Morocco 36 million | 1% | 99% | 76 years | |
12. Mozambique 30 million | 41% | 23% | 52 years | |
13. Ghana 30 million | 69% | 16% | 61 years | |
14. Angola 27 million | 90% | 1% | 39 years | |
15. Madagascar 26 million | 41% | 1% | 64 years | |
16. Cameroon 25 million | 40% | 18% | 54 years | |
17. Cote d'Ivoire 24 million | 33% | 37% | 57 years | |
18. Niger 22 million | 5% | 95% | 53 years | |
19. Burkina Faso 20 million | 23% | 59% | 54 years | |
20. Malawi 19 million | 80% | 13% | 52 years | |
21. Mali 19 million | 5% | 92% | 53 years | |
22. Zambia 18 million | 98% | ½% | 52 years | |
23. Zimbabwe 17 million | 85% | 1% | 50 years | |
24. Senegal 16 million | 7% | 93% | 60 years | |
25. Chad 15 million | 34% | 56% | 48 years | |
26. Guinea 14 million | 10% | 84% | 58 years | |
27. South Sudan 13 million | 60% | 6% | 54 years | |
28. Rwanda 12 million | 94% | 2% | 58 years | |
29. Tunisia 12 million | 0.2% | 99% | 75 years | |
30. Somalia 12 million | 0.01% | 99% | 50 years | |
31. Burundi 12 million | 67% | 2% | 59 years | |
32. Benin 12 million | 43% | 24% | 60 years | |
33. Togo 8 million | 29% | 12% | 63 years | |
34. Sierra Leone 7 million | 30% | 60% | 56 years | |
35. Libya 6 million | 2% | 97% | 78 years | |
36. Eritrea 6 million | 51% | 37% | 63 years | |
37. Central African Republic 5 million | 50% | 9% | 50 years | |
38. Republic of the Congo 5 million | 91% | 55 years | ||
39. Liberia 5 million | 40% | 12% | 57 years | |
40. Mauritania 4 million | 0.1% | 99% | 61 years | |
41. Lesotho 2 million | 90% | 52 years | ||
42. Namibia 2 million | 90% | ½% | 52 years | |
43. Botswana 2 million | 72% | ½% | 58 years | |
44. Gambia 2 million | 9% | 91% | 64 years | |
45. Guinea-Bissau 2 million | 10% | 42% | 49 years | |
46. Gabon 1 million | 72% | 10% | 52 years | |
47. Mauritius 1 million | 32% | 17% | Hinduism 48-50% | 74 years |
48. Swaziland 1 million | 83% | 0.2% | 49 years | |
49. Reunion Island 880 thousand | 80% | 2% | Hinduism 10% | 74 years |
50. Comoros 700 thousand | 2% | 98% | 64 years | |
51. Equatorial Guinea 600 thousand | 99% | 62 years | ||
52. Djibouti 500 thousand | 6% | 94% | 61 years | |
53. Cape Verde 400 thousand | 95% | 71 years | ||
54. Western Sahara 400 thousand | 0.04% | 99½% | 54 years | |
55. Mayotte 200 thousand | 77 years | |||
56. Sao Tome and Principe 200 thousand | 63 years | |||
57. Seychelles 80 thousand | 95% | 1% | 74 years | |
58. Saint Helena 8 thousand | 78 years |
Countries | Census Data | Average Life Span | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Christian | Muslim | Other | ||
NORTH and CENTRAL AMERICA 585 million | ||||
1. U.S.A. 330 million | 78% | 1% | Judaism 1% Buddhism 1% | 78 years |
2. Mexico 130 million | 95% | 76 years | ||
3. Canada 37 million | 77% | 2% | Buddhism 1% Hinduism 1% | 81 years |
4. Guatemala 17 million | 98% | 71 years | ||
5. Cuba 11 million | 85% | 78 years | ||
6. Dominican Republic 11 million | 95% | 77 years | ||
7. Haiti 11 million | 84% | 62 years | ||
8. Honduras 8 million | 83% | 71 years | ||
9. El Salvador 6 million | 82% | 73 years | ||
10. Nicaragua 6 million | 90% | 72 years | ||
11. Costa Rica 5 million | 84% | 78 years | ||
12. Puerto Rico 4 million | 97% | 79 years | ||
13. Panama 4 million | 92% | 1% | 78 years | |
14. Jamaica 3 million | 65% | 73 years | ||
15. Trinidad and Tobago 1 million | 58% | 6% | Hinduism 22% | 71 years |
16. Guadeloupe 470 thousand | 80% | 78 years | ||
17. Martinique 400 thousand | 90% | Hinduism 5% | 79 years | |
18. Bahamas 300 thousand | 96% | 71 years | ||
19. Belize 300 thousand | 77% | 68 years | ||
20. Barbados 280 thousand | 95% | 74 years | ||
21. Curacao ("Kew-ra-sow") 160 thousand | 76 years | |||
22. Saint Lucia 160 thousand | 77 years | |||
23. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 120 thousand | 74 years | |||
24. Virgin Islands U.S. 110 thousand | 79 years | |||
25. Aruba 100 thousand | 90% | 76 years | ||
26. Grenada 90 thousand | 97% | 73 years | ||
27. Antigua and Barbuda 85 thousand | 74% | 75 years | ||
28. Saint Martin 80 thousand | 79 years | |||
29. Dominica 70 thousand | 89% | 76 years | ||
30. Bermuda 70 thousand | 67% | 81 years | ||
31. Cayman Islands 50 thousand | 74% | 81 years | ||
32. Saint Kitts and Nevis 40 thousand | 75 years | |||
33. Caribbean Netherlands (BES Islands) 25 thousand | 76 years | |||
34. Virgin Islands British 25 thousand | 96% | 78 years | ||
35. Turks and Caicos Islands 20 thousand | 79 years | |||
36. Anguilla 15 thousand | 90% | 81 years | ||
37. Saint Barthelemy 7 thousand | ||||
38. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7 thousand | 80 years | |||
39. Montserrat 5 thousand | 73 years |
Countries | Census Data | Average Life Span | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Christian | Muslim | Other | ||
SOUTH AMERICA 425 million | ||||
1. Brazil 212 million | 90% | 73 years | ||
2. Colombia 49 million | 98% | 75 years | ||
3. Argentina 44 million | 93% | 2% | 77 years | |
4. Peru 32 million | 94% | 72 years | ||
5. Venezuela 30 million | 98% | 74 years | ||
6. Chile 19 million | 87% | 78 years | ||
7. Ecuador 17 million | 99% | 76 years | ||
8. Bolivia 11 million | 97% | 68 years | ||
9. Paraguay 7 million | 97% | 76 years | ||
10. Uruguay 3 million | 58% | 76 years | ||
11. Guyana 800 thousand | 57% | 7% | Hinduism 28-33% | 67 years |
12. Suriname 500 thousand | 48% | 16% | Hinduism 20-27% | 74 years |
13. French Guiana 280 thousand | 84% | 77 years | ||
14. Falkland Islands (administered by UK) 3 thousand |
Countries | Census Data | Average Life Span | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Christian | Muslim | Other | ||
ASIA and MIDDLE EAST 4.485 billion | ||||
1. China 1.390 billion | 5% | 2% | Buddhism 8%-80% | 75 years |
2. India 1.350 billion | 2% | 13% | Hinduism 80% | 67 years |
3.
Indonesia 265 million Java 140million Sumatra 50million Sulawesi 20million Kalimantan 15million 900 other islands 40million | 9% | 86% | Hinduism 3% Buddhism 2% | 71 years |
4. Pakistan 200 million | 2% | 96% | 66 years | |
5. Bangladesh 165 million | 90% | Hinduism 10% | 70 years | |
6. Japan 125 million | 2% | Buddhism 45-71% | 82 years | |
7. Philippines 105 million | 91% | 5% | Hinduism 2% Buddhism 2% | 72 years |
8. Vietnam 95 million | 8% | Buddhism 16-85% | 72 years | |
9. Iran (previously known as Persia) 82 million | ½% | 99% | 70 years | |
10. Turkey 81 million | 98% | 73 years | ||
11. Thailand 68 million | ½% | 4½% | Buddhism 95% | 74 years |
12. Myanmar (previously known as Burma) 55 million | 4% | 4% | Buddhism 90% | 65 years |
13. South Korea 51 million | 29% | Buddhism 23% | 79 years | |
14. Iraq 40 million | 3% | 97% | 71 years | |
15. Afghanistan 35 million | 0.02% | 99.7% | Buddhism 0.2% | 45 years |
16. Saudi Arabia 33 million | 5% | 95% | 74 years | |
17. Malaysia 32 million | 9% | 60% | Buddhism 22% Hinduism 6% | 74 years |
18. Uzbekistan 31 million | 5% | 95% | 73 years | |
19. Nepal 30 million | 1% | 4% | Hinduism 81% Buddhism 11% | 66 years |
20. Yemen 29 million | 99% | 64 years | ||
21. North Korea 25 million | 2% | Buddhism 65% | 69 years | |
22. Taiwan 23 million | Buddhism 35-93% | 78 years | ||
23. Sri Lanka 21 million | 7% | 8% | Buddhism 70% Hinduism 7-15% | 76 years |
24. Syria 19 million | 10% | 90% | 75 years | |
25. Kazakhstan 18 million | 45% | 55% | 69 years | |
26. Cambodia 16 million | 2% | 1½% | Buddhism 95% | 63 years |
27. Azerbaijan 10 million | 5% | 95% | 67 years | |
28. Tajikistan 9 million | 1% | 84% | 66 years | |
29. United Arab Emirates 9 million | 9% | 76% | Hinduism 10% Buddhism 5% | 77 years |
30. Israel 8 million | 2% | 16% | Judaism 76% | 81 years |
31. Jordan 8 million | 6% | 94% | 80 years | |
32. Hong Kong 7 million | 10% | Buddhism 10-90% | 82 years | |
33. Laos 7 million | 1% | Buddhism 67% | 62 years | |
34. Kyrgyzstan 6 million | 17% | 83% | 70 years | |
35. Turkmenistan 6 million | 9% | 91% | 69 years | |
36. Lebanon 6 million | 40% | 59% | 75 years | |
37. Singapore 5 million | 15% | 15% | Buddhism 42-61% Hinduism 4% | 82 years |
38. Oman 5 million | 6% | 86% | Hinduism 5% | 74 years |
39. Georgia 4 million | 89% | 10% | 77 years | |
40. Kuwait 4 million | 14% | 70% | Hinduism 12% Buddhism 4% | 77 years |
41. Mongolia 3 million | 2% | 5% | Buddhism 50-93% | 68 years |
42. Armenia 3 million | 99% | 73 years | ||
43. Qatar 3 million | 14% | 68% | Hinduism 14% Buddhism 3% | 76 years |
44. West Bank (technically in State of Palestine) 3 million | 2% | 82% | Judaism 15% | 74 years |
45. Gaza Strip (technically in State of Palestine) 2 million | 99% | 73 years | ||
46.
Timor-Leste 1 million Nation occupies mountainous eastern half of island. Official languages are Portuguese and Tetum, with numerous tribal languages outside Dili, the capital. Click here for a recent news article | 97% | 3% | 68 years | |
47. Bahrain 1 million | 9% | 81% | Hinduism 6% | 78 years |
48. Bhutan 700 thousand | 1% | 1% | Buddhism 66-75% Hinduism 2-25% | 67 years |
49. Macau 650 thousand | Buddhism 17-85% | 84 years | ||
50. Maldives 400 thousand | 98% | Buddhism ½% | 74 years | |
51. Brunei 400 thousand | 11% | 67% | Buddhism 9% | 76 years |
Countries | Census Data | Average Life Span | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Christian | Muslim | Other | ||
EUROPE and RUSSIA 740 million | ||||
1. Russia 143 million | 70% | 12% | Buddhism 1% | 66 years |
2. Germany 80 million | 83% | 4% | Buddhism 1% | 80 years |
3. United Kingdom 66 million | 48% | 5% | Hinduism 1% | 80 years |
4. France 65 million | 84% | 10% | Buddhism 1% | 81 years |
5. Italy 60 million | 91% | 82 years | ||
6. Spain 46 million | 77% | 1% | 81 years | |
7. Ukraine 44 million | 92% | 1% | 69 years | |
8. Poland 39 million | 96% | 76 years | ||
9. Romania 19 million | 98% | 74 years | ||
10. Netherlands 17 million | 43% | 6% | 80 years | |
11. Belgium 12 million | 48% | 3% | 80 years | |
12. Greece 11 million | 98% | 2% | 80 years | |
13. Czech Republic 11 million | 29% | Buddhism ½% | 77 years | |
14. Portugal 10 million | 87% | 79 years | ||
15. Hungary 10 million | 74% | 75 years | ||
16. Sweden 10 million | 76% | 2% | 81 years | |
17. Belarus 9 million | 80% | 71 years | ||
18. Austria 8 million | 66% | 4% | 80 years | |
19. Switzerland 8 million | 79% | 4% | 81 years | |
20. Serbia 7 million | 91% | 3% | 75 years | |
21. Bulgaria 7 million | 84% | 12% | 74 years | |
22. Denmark 6 million | 82% | 2% | 79 years | |
23. Slovakia 5 million | 71% | 76 years | ||
24. Finland 5 million | 81% | 79 years | ||
25. Norway 5 million | 86% | 1% | Buddhism ½% | 80 years |
26. Ireland 5 million | 92% | ½% | 80 years | |
27. Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 million | 51% | 40% | 79 years | |
28. Croatia 4 million | 93% | 76 years | ||
29. Moldova 4 million | 98% | ½% | 71 years | |
30. Albania 3 million | 35% | 65% | 77 years | |
31. Lithuania 3 million | 85% | 75 years | ||
32. Latvia 2 million | 57% | 73 years | ||
33. Macedonia 2 million | 65% | 33% | 75 years | |
34. Slovenia 2 million | 58% | 2% | 77 years | |
35. Kosovo (technically part of Serbia) 2 million | 4% | 95% | 70 years | |
36. Estonia 1 million | 28% | Buddhism ½% | 73 years | |
37. Cyprus 800 thousand | 77% | 22% | Buddhism 1% | 78 years |
38. Montenegro 680 thousand | 78% | 18% | 74 years | |
39. Luxembourg 500 thousand | 87% | 3% | 80 years | |
40. Malta 400 thousand | 98% | 80 years | ||
41. Iceland 300 thousand | 89% | 81 years | ||
42. Jersey (part of British Channel Islands) 90 thousand | 81 years | |||
43. Andorra (landlocked in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain) 80 thousand | 90% | 82 years | ||
44. Isle of Man (British Island) 75 thousand | 81 years | |||
45. Guernsey (part of British Channel Islands) 65 thousand | 82 years | |||
46. Greenland (technically part of Denmark since 1814, self-rule since 2009. Island mass is mostly inside the Arctic Circle) 60 thousand | 97% | 71 years | ||
47. Faroe Islands (part of Denmark) 50 thousand | 94% | 80 years | ||
48. Liechtenstein 35 thousand | 88% | 80 years | ||
49. Monaco 35 thousand | 88% | 90 years | ||
50. San Marino 30 thousand | 97% | 83 years | ||
51. Gibraltar 30 thousand | 79 years | |||
52. Holy See (Rome) 1 thousand | 100% |
Countries | Census Data | Average Life Span | ||
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Christian | Muslim | Other | ||
OCEANIA 40 million | ||||
1. Australia 25 million | 52% | 2% | Buddhism 2% | 82 years |
2. Papua New Guinea 8 million | 96% | 66 years | ||
3. New Zealand 5 million | 55% | 1% | Buddhism 1% | 81 years |
4. Fiji 940 thousand | 58% | 6% | Hinduism 30-33% | 71 years |
5. Solomon Islands 580 thousand | 74 years | |||
6. French Polynesia (includes Tahiti) 280 thousand | Buddhism 7% | 77 years | ||
7. New Caledonia 225 thousand | 3% | Buddhism 3% | 77 years | |
8. Samoa 220 thousand | 72 years | |||
9. Vanuatu 215 thousand | 65 years | |||
10. Guam 175 thousand | 78 years | |||
11. Tonga 120 thousand | 81% | 75 years | ||
12. Kiribati 110 thousand | 64 years | |||
13. Micronesia Federated States 110 thousand | 95% | 72 years | ||
14. Northern Mariana Islands 90 thousand | 77 years | |||
15. American Samoa 65 thousand | 98% | 74 years | ||
16. Marshall Islands 65 thousand | 72 years | |||
17. Palau 20 thousand | 78% | 72 years | ||
18. Wallis and Futuna 15 thousand | 79 years | |||
19. Nauru 15 thousand | 65 years | |||
20. Cook Islands 10 thousand | 75 years | |||
21. Tuvalu 10 thousand | 65 years | |||
22. Niue (administered by New Zealand) 2 thousand | ||||
23. Tokelau (administered by New Zealand) 1 thousand |
Sharia (in the Arab world) is a word that is fairly close in meaning to Torah (in the Hebrew scriptures) from Yara — Pathway (to pasture) — normally translated as Law — that which points out the pathway to ongoing sustenance (from God).
See Paul's words in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more. And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews, to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; to them that are without law, as without law - being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ (the Anointed one) that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Note the words in the Koran, declaring that yes, Jesus was born of a virgin, Mary, but in the Koran it is blasphemy to declare him to be the Son of God, interceding and atoning for man's sins through his shed blood.
See the applicable extract below, from Maryam - Sura (chapter) 19: verses 29-40
So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?" [Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah . He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet. And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah (i.e. contribution-payment) as long as I remain alive. And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant. And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive." That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute. It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is. [Jesus said], "And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path." Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day. How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error. And warn them, [O Muhammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe. Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned. And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth …
http://wiki.answers.com /Q/What countries use Sharia Law#ixzz1Nz6U2qwo
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
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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