t.)

Iran
69,018,924 (July 2004 est.)

Iraq
25,374,691 (July 2004 est.)

Ireland
3,969,558 (July 2004 est.)

Israel
6,199,008
note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank,
about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, more than 5,000
in the Gaza Strip, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July
2004 est.)

Italy
58,057,477 (July 2004 est.)

Jamaica
2,713,130 (July 2004 est.)

Jan Mayen
no indigenous inhabitants
note: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and
the weather and coastal services radio station (July 2004 est.)

Japan
127,333,002 (July 2004 est.)

Jarvis Island
uninhabited
note: Millersville settlement on western side of island occasionally
used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it was
abandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical
Year by scientists who left in 1958; public entry is by special-use
permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally
restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish
and Wildlife Service (July 2004 est.)

Jersey
90,502 (July 2004 est.)

Johnston Atoll
396 no indigenous inhabitants
note: in previous years, there was an average of 1,100 US military
and civilian contractor personnel present; as of September 2001,
population had decreased significantly when US Army Chemical
Activity Pacific (USACAP) departed; as of January 2004 the island
population was just above 200 personnel, including US Air Force, US
Fish and Wildlife Service, and civilian contractor personnel (July
2004 est.)

Jordan
5,611,202 (July 2004 est.)

Juan de Nova Island
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison along with a few
meteorologists; occasionally visited by scientists (July 2004 est.)

Kazakhstan
15,143,704 (July 2004 est.)

Kenya
32,021,856
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
2004 est.)

Kingman Reef
uninhabited (July 2004 est.)

Kiribati
100,798 (July 2004 est.)

Korea, North
22,697,553 (July 2004 est.)

Korea, South
48,598,175 (July 2