ise be expected (July
2005 est.)

Bahrain
688,345
note: includes 235,108 non-nationals (July 2005 est.)

Baker Island
uninhabited
note: American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and
naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during
World War II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is by
special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and
generally restricted to scientists and educators; a cemetery and
remnants of structures from early settlement are located near the
middle of the west coast; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife
Service (2005 est.)

Bangladesh
144,319,628 (July 2005 est.)

Barbados
279,254 (July 2005 est.)

Bassas da India
uninhabited (July 2005 est.)

Belarus
10,300,483 (July 2005 est.)

Belgium
10,364,388 (July 2005 est.)

Belize
279,457 (July 2005 est.)

Benin
7,460,025
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2005 est.)

Bermuda
65,365 (July 2005 est.)

Bhutan
2,232,291
note: other estimates range as low as 810,000 (July 2005 est.)

Bolivia
8,857,870 (July 2005 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
4,025,476 (July 2005 est.)

Botswana
1,640,115
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2005 est.)

Bouvet Island
uninhabited (July 2005 est.)

Brazil
186,112,794
note: Brazil took a count in August 2000, which reported a
population of 169,799,170; that figure was about 3.3% lower than
projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied
underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census; estimates for this
country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality
due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant
mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and
changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than