onnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and
the weather and coastal services radio station (July 2006 est.)

Japan
127,463,611 (July 2006 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 2006 est.)

Jersey
91,084 (July 2006 est.)

Johnston Atoll
uninhabited
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 May 2005 all US government
personnel had left the island (July 2006 est.)

Jordan
5,906,760 (July 2006 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 2006 est.)

Kazakhstan
15,233,244 (July 2006 est.)

Kenya
34,707,817
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
2006 est.)

Kingman Reef
uninhabited (July 2006 est.)

Kiribati
105,432 (July 2006 est.)

Korea, North
23,113,019 (July 2006 est.)

Korea, South
48,846,823 (July 2006 est.)

Kuwait
2,418,393
note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
5,213,898 (July 2006 est.)

Laos
6,368,481 (July 2006 est.)

Latvia
2,274,735 (July 2006 est.)

Lebanon
3,874,050 (July 2006 est.)

Lesotho
2,022,331
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
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