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These are the World Wildlife Fund's
Population Targets, via the Optimum Population Trust, by country, below
(The WWF cuts even deeper when it calculates your carbon footprint):
these are rather more generous than the stones'
limit*
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|
Country |
Population |
Carrying |
Surplus |
|
|
in
|
capacity |
Excess
|
|
|
millions |
in millions |
Population |
|
|
now alive |
may live |
in red |
|
ASIA-PACIFIC |
|
|
room for more in blue |
|
Australia |
22.6 |
10 |
12.6 |
|
Bangladesh |
135 |
13 |
122 |
|
Cambodia |
13 |
6 |
7 |
|
China |
1272 |
372 |
900 |
|
India |
1210 |
253 |
957 |
|
Indonesia |
209 |
150 |
59 |
|
Japan |
127 |
13 |
114 |
|
Korea, Dem People's Rep |
24 |
5 |
19 |
|
Korea, Rep. |
49 |
8 |
41 |
|
Laos |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
|
Malaysia |
27 |
21 |
6 |
|
Mongolia |
2.8 |
5 |
-2.2 |
|
Myanmar |
48 |
25 |
23 |
|
Nepal |
28 |
4 |
24 |
|
New Zealand |
4 |
9 |
-5 |
|
Pakistan |
176 |
16 |
160 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
5 |
22 |
-17 |
|
Philippines |
94 |
13 |
81 |
|
Sri Lanka |
20 |
3 |
17 |
|
Thailand |
67 |
28 |
39 |
|
Vietnam |
87.3 |
19 |
68.3 |
|
MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA |
Population |
Carrying Capacity |
Surplus millions |
|
Afghanistan |
31 |
5 |
26 |
|
Armenia |
3.2 |
1 |
2.2 |
|
Azerbaijan |
8.9 |
4 |
4.9 |
|
Georgia |
4.4 |
2 |
2.4 |
|
Iran |
75.3 |
18 |
57.3 |
|
Iraq |
31.6 |
1 |
30.6 |
|
Israel |
7.7 |
1 |
6.7 |
|
Jordan |
6.2 |
0 |
6.2 |
|
Kazakhstan |
16.5 |
13.5 |
3 |
|
Kuwait |
2.7 |
0 |
2.7 |
|
Kyrgyz Republic |
5.4 |
2 |
3.4 |
|
Lebanon |
4.2 |
0 |
4.2 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
27 |
4 |
23 |
|
Syria |
21 |
3 |
18 |
|
Tajikistan |
6.8 |
2 |
4.8 |
|
Turkey |
73.7 |
25 |
48.7 |
|
Turkmenistan |
5.1 |
3 |
2.1 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
8.2 |
0 |
8.2 |
|
Uzbekistan |
27.7 |
5 |
22.7 |
|
Yemen |
22.5 |
2 |
20.5 |
|
AFRICA |
Population |
Carrying Capacity |
Surplus millions |
|
Algeria |
36.3 |
6 |
30.3 |
|
Angola |
19 |
25 |
-6 |
|
Benin |
8.7 |
2 |
6.7 |
|
Botswana |
1.8 |
2 |
-0.2 |
|
Burkina Faso |
15.7 |
3 |
12.7 |
|
Burundi |
8.4 |
1 |
7.4 |
|
Cameroon |
19.4 |
19 |
0.4 |
|
Central African Rep |
4.4 |
8 |
-3.6 |
|
Chad |
11.2 |
4 |
7.2 |
|
Congo |
4 |
9 |
-5 |
|
Congo, Dem. Rep. |
66 |
55 |
11 |
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
19.7 |
10 |
9.7 |
|
Egypt |
80.2 |
7 |
73.2 |
|
Eritrea |
5.2 |
1 |
4.2 |
|
Ethiopia |
79.4 |
8 |
71.4 |
|
Gabon |
1.5 |
12 |
-10.5 |
|
Gambia |
1.7 |
0 |
1.7 |
|
Ghana |
24.2 |
5 |
19.2 |
|
Guinea |
9.9 |
5 |
4.9 |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
1.5 |
2 |
-0.5 |
|
Kenya |
38.6 |
10 |
28.6 |
|
Lesotho |
2.2 |
0 |
2.2 |
|
Liberia |
3.9 |
3 |
0.9 |
|
Libya |
6.3 |
1 |
5.3 |
|
Madagascar |
20.7 |
3 |
17.7 |
|
Malawi |
14.9 |
1 |
13.9 |
|
Mali |
14.5 |
9 |
5.5 |
|
Mauritania |
3.4 |
3 |
0.4 |
|
Mauritius |
1.3 |
5 |
-3.7 |
|
Morocco |
32.1 |
8 |
24.1 |
|
Mozambique |
22.4 |
11 |
11.4 |
|
Namibia |
2.3 |
3 |
-0.7 |
|
Niger |
15.2 |
3 |
12.2 |
|
Nigeria |
158 |
29 |
129 |
|
Rwanda |
10.4 |
2 |
8.4 |
|
Senegal |
12.4 |
4 |
8.4 |
|
Sierra Leone |
5.8 |
1 |
4.8 |
|
Somalia |
9.3 |
3 |
6.3 |
|
South Africa |
50 |
22 |
28 |
|
Sudan |
43.5 |
20 |
23.5 |
|
Tanzania |
43.2 |
14 |
29.2 |
|
Togo |
6 |
1 |
5 |
|
Tunisia |
10.5 |
3 |
7.5 |
|
Uganda |
31.8 |
6 |
25.8 |
|
Zambia |
13 |
9 |
4 |
|
Zimbabwe |
12.5 |
6 |
6.5 |
|
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN |
Population |
Carrying
Capacity |
Surplus millions |
|
Argentina |
40 |
3 |
37 |
|
Bolivia |
10.4 |
17 |
-6.6 |
|
Brazil |
190.7 |
336 |
-145.3 |
|
Chile |
17.2 |
18 |
-0.8 |
|
Colombia |
45.9 |
34 |
11.9 |
|
Costa Rica |
4.5 |
3 |
1.5 |
|
Cuba |
11.2 |
4 |
7.2 |
|
Dominican Republic |
9.4 |
3 |
6.4 |
|
Ecuador |
14.3 |
11 |
3.3 |
|
El Salvador |
16.2 |
1 |
15.2 |
|
Guatemala |
14.3 |
4 |
10.3 |
|
Haiti |
10.1 |
1 |
9.1 |
|
Honduras |
8.2 |
3 |
5.2 |
|
Jamaica |
2.7 |
1 |
1.7 |
|
Mexico |
112.3 |
56 |
56.3 |
|
Nicaragua |
5.7 |
9 |
-3.3 |
|
Panama |
3.4 |
5 |
-1.6 |
|
Paraguay |
6.2 |
13 |
-6.8 |
|
Peru |
29.4 |
44 |
-14.6 |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
1.3 |
0 |
1.3 |
|
Uruguay |
3.3 |
4 |
-0.7 |
|
Venezuela |
29.2 |
25 |
4.2 |
|
NORTH AMERICA |
Population |
Carrying
Capacity |
Surplus millions |
|
Canada |
34.5 |
44 |
-9.5 |
|
United States of America |
311 |
91 |
220 |
|
WESTERN EUROPE |
Population |
Carrying
Capacity |
Surplus millions |
|
Austria |
8.4 |
4 |
4.4 |
|
Belgium & Luxembourg |
11.5 |
1 |
10.5 |
|
Denmark |
5.5 |
2 |
3.5 |
|
Finland |
5.4 |
5 |
0.4 |
|
France |
65.8 |
27 |
38.8 |
|
Germany |
81.8 |
24 |
57.8 |
|
Greece |
11.3 |
4 |
7.3 |
|
Ireland |
4.4 |
4 |
0.4 |
|
Italy |
60.6 |
15 |
45.6 |
|
Netherlands |
16.6 |
2 |
14.6 |
|
Norway |
4.9 |
3 |
1.9 |
|
Portugal |
10.6 |
3 |
7.6 |
|
Spain |
46.2 |
13 |
33.2 |
|
Sweden |
9.4 |
9 |
0.4 |
|
Switzerland |
7.8 |
3 |
4.8 |
|
United Kingdom |
62 |
15 |
47 |
|
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE |
Population |
Carrying
Capacity |
Surplus millions |
|
Albania |
3.2 |
2 |
1.2 |
|
Belarus |
9.5 |
7 |
2.5 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3.8 |
5 |
-1.2 |
|
Bulgaria |
7.3 |
1 |
6.3 |
|
Croatia |
4.4 |
3 |
1.4 |
|
Czech Republic |
10.5 |
4 |
6.5 |
|
Estonia |
1.3 |
1 |
0.3 |
|
Hungary |
10 |
5 |
5 |
|
Latvia |
2.2 |
3 |
-0.8 |
|
Lithuania |
3.2 |
2 |
1.2 |
|
Macedonia |
2.05 |
1 |
1.05 |
|
Moldova Republic |
3.5 |
1 |
2.5 |
|
Poland |
39 |
14 |
25 |
|
Romania |
21.5 |
10 |
11.5 |
|
Russian Federation |
142.9 |
139 |
3.9 |
|
Slovak Republic |
5.4 |
3 |
2.4 |
|
Slovenia |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Ukraine |
45.7 |
19 |
26.7 |
|
Yugoslavia |
21 |
8 |
13 |
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