Sri Lankan Students

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Oct. 12, 1999 — The world’s population topped the 6 billion mark Tuesday, with the birth of a baby in Sarajevo.

Every second 5 people are born and 2 people die, a net gain of 3 people. At this rate, the world population will double every 40 years and would be 12 billion in 40 years, 24 billion in 80 years, and more than 48 billion in 120 years. However the United Nations estimate that world population will stabalize at 12 billion in 120 years, citing that effective family planning will result in a universally low birth rate. Education plays a key role: almost half of the 6 billion people are under age 25.

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Rank - Country - Capital City - 2002 Population Estimate

1 - China - Beijing - 1,284,303,705
2 - India - New Delhi - 1,045,845,226
3 - United States - Washington DC - 280,562,489
4 - Indonesia - Jakarta - 231,328,092
5 - Brazil - Brasilia - 176,029,560
6 - Pakistan - Islamabad - 147,663,429
7 - Russia - Moscow - 144,978,573
8 - Bangladesh - Dhaka - 133,376,684
9 - Nigeria - Abuja - 129,934,911
10 - Japan - Tokyo - 126,974,628
11 - Mexico - Mexico - 103,400,165
12 - Philippines - Manila - 84,525,639
13 - Germany - Berlin - 83,251,851
14 - Vietnam - Hanoi - 81,098,416
15 - Egypt - Cairo - 70,712,345
16 - Ethiopia - Addis Ababa - 67,673,031
17 - Turkey - Ankara - 67,308,928
18 - Iran - Tehran - 66,622,704
19 - Thailand - Bangkok - 62,354,402
20 - United Kingdom - London - 59,778,002
21 - France - Paris - 59,765,983
22 - Italy - Rome - 57,715,625
23 - Congo, Dem. Rep. of the - Kinshasa - 55,225,478
24 - Ukraine - Kiev - 48,396,470
25 - Korea, South - Seoul - 48,324,000
26 - South Africa - Pretoria ² - 43,647,658
27 - Burma (Myanmar) - Rangoon - 42,238,224
28 - Colombia - Bogota - 41,008,227
29 - Spain - Madrid - 40,077,100
30 - Poland - Warsaw - 38,625,478
31 - Argentina - Buenos Aires - 37,812,817
32 - Tanzania - Dar es Salaam - 37,187,939
33 - Sudan - Khartoum - 37,090,298
34 - Algeria - Algiers - 32,277,942
35 - Canada - Ottawa - 31,902,268
36 - Morocco - Rabat - 31,167,783
37 - Kenya - Nairobi - 31,138,735
38 - Peru - Lima - 27,949,639
39 - Afghanistan - Kabul - 27,755,775
40 - Nepal - Kathmandu - 25,873,917
41 - Uzbekistan - Tashkent - 25,563,441
42 - Uganda - Kampala - 24,699,073
43 - Venezuela - Caracas - 24,287,670
44 - Iraq - Baghdad - 24,001,816
45 - Saudi Arabia - Riyadh - 23,513,330
46 - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - 22,662,365
47 - Taiwan - Taipei - 22,548,009
48 - Romania - Bucharest - 22,317,730
49 - Korea, North - P'yongyang - 22,224,195
50 - Ghana - Accra - 20,244,154
51 - Mozambique - Maputo - 19,607,519
52 - Sri Lanka - Colombo - 19,576,783
53 - Australia - Canberra - 19,546,792
54 - Yemen - Sanaa - 18,701,257
55 - Syria - Damascus - 17,155,814
56 - Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro - 16,804,784
57 - Kazakhstan - Astana - 16,741,519
58 - Madagascar - Antananarivo - 16,473,477
59 - Cameroon - Yaounde - 16,184,748
60 - Netherlands - Amsterdam - 16,067,754
61 - Chile - Santiago - 15,498,930
62 - Ecuador - Quito - 13,447,494
63 - Guatemala - Guatemala - 13,314,079
64 - Cambodia - Phnom Penh - 12,775,324
65 - Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou - 12,603,185
66 - Zimbabwe - Harare - 11,376,676
67 - Mali - Bamako - 11,340,480
68 - Cuba - Havana - 11,224,321
69 - Malawi - Lilongwe - 10,701,824
70 - Yugoslavia - Belgrade - 10,656,929
71 - Greece - Athens - 10,645,343
72 - Niger - Niamey - 10,639,744
73 - Angola - Luanda - 10,593,171
74 - Senegal - Dakar - 10,589,571
75 - Belarus - Minsk - 10,335,382
76 - Belgium - Brussels - 10,274,595
77 - Czech Republic - Prague - 10,256,760
78 - Portugal - Lisbon - 10,084,245
79 - Hungary - Budapest - 10,075,034
80 - Zambia - Lusaka - 9,959,037
81 - Tunisia - Tunis - 9,815,644
82 - Chad - N'Djamena - 8,997,237
83 - Sweden - Stockholm - 8,876,744
84 - Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo - 8,721,594
85 - Bolivia - Sucre - 8,445,134
86 - Austria - Vienna - 8,169,929
87 - Azerbaijan - Baku - 7,798,497
88 - Guinea - Conakry - 7,775,065
89 - Somalia - Mogadishu - 7,753,310
90 - Bulgaria - Sofia - 7,621,337
91 - Rwanda - Kigali - 7,398,074
92 - China, Hong Kong SAR - Victoria - 7,303,334
93 - Switzerland - Bern - 7,301,994
94 - Haiti - Port-au-Prince - 7,063,722
95 - Benin - Porto-Novo - 6,787,625
96 - Tajikistan - Dushanbe - 6,719,567
97 - Honduras - Tegucigalpa - 6,560,608
98 - Burundi - Bujumbura - 6,373,002
99 - El Salvador - San Salvador - 6,353,681
100 - Israel - Jerusalem - 6,029,529
101 - Paraguay - Asuncion - 5,884,491
102 - Laos - Vientiane - 5,777,180
103 - Sierra Leone - Freetown - 5,614,743
104 - Slovakia - Bratislava - 5,422,366
105 - Denmark - Copenhagen - 5,368,854
106 - Libya - Tripoli - 5,368,585
107 - Jordan - Amman - 5,307,470
108 - Togo - Lome - 5,285,501
109 - Finland - Helsinki - 5,183,545
110 - Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby - 5,172,033
111 - Nicaragua - Managua - 5,023,818
112 - Georgia - T'bilisi - 4,960,951
113 - Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek - 4,822,166
114 - Turkmenistan - Ashgabat - 4,688,963
115 - Norway - Oslo - 4,525,116
116 - Eritrea - Asmara - 4,465,651
117 - Singapore - Singapore - 4,452,732
118 - Moldova - Chisinau - 4,434,547
119 - Croatia - Zagreb - 4,390,751
120 - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo - 3,964,388
121 - Puerto Rico - San Juan - 3,957,988
122 - New Zealand - Wellington - 3,908,037
123 - Ireland - Dublin - 3,883,159
124 - Costa Rica - San Jose - 3,834,934
125 - Lebanon - Beirut - 3,677,780
126 - Central African Republic - Bangui - 3,642,739
127 - Lithuania - Vilnius - 3,601,138
128 - Albania - Tirana - 3,544,841
129 - Occupied Palestinian Territory - Ramallah - 3,389,578
130 - Uruguay - Monte* - 3,386,575
131 - Armenia - Yerevan - 3,330,099
132 - Liberia - Monrovia - 3,288,198
133 - Congo, Rep. of the - Brazzaville - 2,958,448
134 - Panama - Panama - 2,882,329
135 - Mauritania - Nouakchott - 2,828,858
136 - Oman - Muscat - 2,713,462
137 - Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar - 2,694,432
138 - Jamaica - Kingston - 2,680,029
139 - United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi - 2,445,989
140 - Latvia - Riga - 2,366,515
141 - Lesotho - Maseru - 2,207,954
142 - Kuwait - Kuwait - 2,111,561
143 - Bhutan - Thimphu - 2,094,176
144 - Macedonia - Skopje - 2,054,800
145 - Slovenia - Ljubljana - 1,932,917
146 - Namibia - Windhoek - 1,820,916
147 - Botswana - Gaborone - 1,591,232
148 - Gambia, The - Banjul - 1,455,842
149 - Estonia - Tallinn - 1,415,681
150 - Guinea-Bissau - Bissau - 1,345,479
151 - Gabon - Libreville - 1,233,353
152 - Mauritius - Port Louis - 1,200,206
153 - Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain - 1,163,724
154 - Swaziland - Mbabane ³ - 1,123,605
155 - East Timor - Dili - 952,618
156 - Fiji - Suva - 856,346
157 - Qatar - Doha - 793,341
158 - Cyprus - Nicosia - 767,314
159 - Reunion - Saint-Denis - 743,981
160 - Guyana - Georgetown - 698,209
161 - Bahrain - Manama - 656,397
162 - Comoros - Moroni - 614,382
163 - Equatorial Guinea - Malabo - 498,144
164 - Solomon Islands - Honiara - 494,786
165 - Djibouti - Djibouti - 472,810
166 - China, Macau SAR - Macau - 461,833
167 - Luxembourg - Luxembourg - 448,569
168 - Suriname - Paramaribo - 436,494
169 - Guadeloupe - Basse-Terre - 435,739
170 - Martinique - Fort-de-France - 422,277
171 - Cape Verde - Praia - 408,760
172 - Malta - Valletta - 397,499
173 - Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan - 350,898
174 - Maldives - Male - 320,165
175 - Bahamas, The - Nassau - 300,529
176 - Iceland - Reykjavik - 279,384
177 - Barbados - Bridgetown - 276,607
178 - Belize - Belmopan - 262,999
179 - French Polynesia - Papeete - 257,847
180 - Western Sahara - none - 256,177
181 - Netherlands Antilles - Willemstad - 214,258
182 - New Caledonia - Noumea - 207,858
183 - Vanuatu - Port-Vila - 196,178
184 - French Guiana - Cayenne - 182,333
185 - Samoa - Apia - 178,631
186 - Mayotte - Mamoutzou - 170,879
187 - Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome - 170,372
188 - Guam - Hagatna - 160,796
189 - Saint Lucia - Castries - 160,145
190 - Micronesia, Federated States of - Palikir - 135,869
191 - Virgin Islands, U.S. - Charlotte Amalie - 123,498
192 - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown - 116,394
193 - Tonga - Nuku'alofa - 106,137
194 - Kiribati - Tarawa - 96,335
195 - Jersey - Saint Helier - 89,775
196 - Grenada - Saint George's - 89,211
197 - Seychelles - Victoria - 80,098
198 - Northern Mariana Islands - Saipan - 77,311
199 - Man, Isle of - Douglas - 73,873
200 - Marshall Islands - Majuro - 73,630
201 - Aruba - Oranjestad - 70,441
202 - Dominica - Roseau - 70,158
203 - American Samoa - Pago Pago - 68,688
204 - Andorra - Andorra la Vella - 68,403
205 - Antigua and Barbuda - Saint John's - 67,448
206 - Guernsey - Saint Peter Port - 64,587
207 - Bermuda - Hamilton - 63,960
208 - Greenland - Nuuk - 56,376
209 - Faroe Islands - Torshavn - 46,011
210 - Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre - 38,736
211 - Cayman Islands - George Town - 36,273
212 - Liechtenstein - Vaduz - 32,842
213 - Monaco - Monaco - 31,987
214 - San Marino - San Marino - 27,730
215 - Gibraltar - Gibraltar - 27,714
216 - British Virgin Islands - Road Town - 21,272
217 - Cook Islands - Avarua - 20,811
218 - Palau - Koror - 19,409
219 - Turks and Caicos Islands - Cockburn Town - 18,738
220 - Wallis and Futuna - Mata-Utu - 15,585
221 - Anguilla - The Valley - 12,446
222 - Nauru - no official capital - 12,329
223 - Tuvalu - Fongafale - 11,146
224 - Montserrat - Plymouth - 8,437
225 - Saint Helena - Jamestown - 7,317
226 - Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Saint-Pierre - 6,954
227 - Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) - Stanley - 2,967
228 - Svalbard - Longyearbyen - 2,868
229 - Niue - Alofi - 2,134
230 - Norfolk Island - Kingston - 1,866
231 - Tokelau - none - 1,431
232 - Holy See (Vatican City) - Vatican City - 900
233 - Cocos Islands - West Island - 632
234 - Christmas Island - The Settlement - 474
235 - Pitcairn Islands - Adamstown - 47