004 est.)

Kuwait
2,257,549
note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2004 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
5,081,429 (July 2004 est.)

Laos
6,068,117 (July 2004 est.)

Latvia
2,306,306 (July 2004 est.)

Lebanon
3,777,218 (July 2004 est.)

Lesotho
1,865,040
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.)

Liberia
3,390,635 (July 2004 est.)

Libya
5,631,585
note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2004 est.)

Liechtenstein
33,436 (July 2004 est.)

Lithuania
3,607,899 (July 2004 est.)

Luxembourg
462,690 (July 2004 est.)

Macau
445,286 (July 2004 est.)

Macedonia
2,071,210 (July 2004 est.)

Madagascar
17,501,871 (July 2004 est.)

Malawi
11,906,855
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.)

Malaysia
23,522,482 (July 2004 est.)

Maldives
339,330 (July 2004 est.)

Mali
11,956,788 (July 2004 est.)

Malta
396,851 (July 2004 est.)

Man, Isle of
74,655 (July 2004 est.)

Marshall Islands
57,738 (July 2004 est.)

Martinique
429,510 (July 2004 est.)

Mauritania
2,998,563 (July 2004 est.)

Mauritius
1,220,481 (July 2004 est.)

Mayotte
186,026 (July 2004 est.)

Mexico
104,959,594 (July 2004 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
108,155 (July 2004 est.)

Midway Islands
no indigenous inhabitants; approximately 40 people
make up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service and their services
contractor living at the atoll (July 2004 est.)

Moldova
4,446,455 (July 2004 est.)

Monaco
32,270 (July 2004 est.)

Mongolia
2,751,314 (July 2004 est.)

Montserrat
9,245
note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the
resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned
(July 2004 est.)

Morocco
32,209,101 (July 2004 est.)

Mozambique
18,811,731
note: estimates for this co