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
2001 est.)

Bahrain:
645,361

note: includes 228,424 non-nationals (July 2001 est.)

Baker Island:
uninhabited

note: American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and
naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during
World War II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is by
special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and
generally restricted to scientists and educators; a cemetery and
remnants of structures from early settlement are located near the
middle of the west coast; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife
Service (July 2001 est.)

Bangladesh:
131,269,860 (July 2001 est.)

Barbados:
275,330 (July 2001 est.)

Bassas da India:
uninhabited (July 2001 est.)

Belarus:
10,350,194 (July 2001 est.)

Belgium:
10,258,762 (July 2001 est.)

Belize:
256,062 (July 2001 est.)

Benin:
6,590,782

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
2001 est.)

Bermuda:
63,503 (July 2001 est.)

Bhutan:
2,049,412 (July 2001 est.)

note: other estimates range as low as 800,000

Bolivia:
8,300,463 (July 2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
3,922,205

note: all data dealing with population are subject to considerable
error because of the dislocations caused by military action and
ethnic cleansing (July 2001 est.)

Botswana:
1,586,119

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
2001 est.)

Bouvet Island:
uninhabited (July 2001 est.)

Brazil:
174,468,575

note: Brazil took an intercensal count in August 1996 which