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Table 1. Total population - thousands of person

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Australia	19,153	19,413	19,651	19,895	20,127	20,395	20,698	21,015	21,499	21,955	22,343
The mainland of China	1,267,430	1,276,270	1,284,530	1,292,270	1,299,880	1,307,560	1,314,480	1,321,290	1,328,020	1,334,740
Hong Kong SAR	6,665	6,714	6,744	6,731	6,784	6,813	6,857	6,916	6,958	6,973	7,024
Japan	126,927	127,290	127,437	127,623	127,686	127,767	127,768	127,770	127,692	127,509	127,176
New Zealand	3,858	3,881	3,948	4,027	4,088	4,134	4,185	4,228	4,272	4,317	4,366
Singapore⁽¹⁾	4,028	4,138	4,176	4,115	4,167	4,266	4,401	4,589	4,839	4,988	5,077
South Korea	47,008	47,357	47,622	47,859	48,039	48,138	48,297	48,456	48,607	48,747	50,516
Taiwan	22,277	22,406	22,521	22,605	22,689	22,770	22,877	22,958	23,037	23,120	23,162
Denmark	5,337	5,355	5,374	5,387	5,401	5,416	5,435	5,457	5,489	5,519	5,544
Finland	5,176	5,188	5,201	5,213	5,228	5,246	5,266	5,289	5,313	5,339	5,363
France	59,062	59,476	59,894	60,304	60,734	61,182	61,598	61,965	62,304	62,636	62,452
Germany	82,212	82,350	82,489	82,534	82,516	82,469	82,376	82,266	82,110	81,902	82,834
Italy	56,942	56,977	57,157	57,605	58,175	58,607	58,942	59,348	58,863	58,947	59,019
Netherlands	15,926	16,046	16,149	16,225	16,282	16,320	16,346	16,382	16,390	16,418	16,448
Norway	4,491	4,514	4,538	4,565	4,592	4,623	4,661	4,709	4,768	4,829	4,889
Spain	40,264	40,721	41,314	42,005	42,692	43,398	44,068	44,874	45,593	45,930	46,073
Sweden	8,872	8,896	8,925	8,958	8,994	9,030	9,081	9,148	9,217	9,301	9,385
Switzerland	7,184	7,227	7,285	7,339	7,390	7,437	7,484	7,551	7,648	7,744	7,822
United Kingdom	58,888	59,115	59,324	59,557	59,846	59,403	59,742	60,123	60,519	60,931	61,349
Canada	30,689	31,021	31,373	31,676	31,995	32,312	32,650	32,976	33,095	33,368	33,640
United States	282,166	285,050	287,746	290,242	292,936	295,619	298,432	301,394	304,177	306,656	309,051

Note
⁽¹⁾ Including Singapore residents and foreigners staying in Singapore for at least 1 year

Source
Unless otherwise specified, all figures are from OECD.Stat website; accessed on 2.3.2012.
Figures for the mainland of China from China Statistical Yearbook 2010.
Hong Kong SAR figures from Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong website; accessed on 5.3.2012.
Singapore figures from Population Trends 2011, Department of Statistics, Singapore website.
Taiwan figures from Statistical Yearbook of The Republic of China 2010, Edited 2011.


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