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Table 8 Population size in selected years (in millions)

From: Disparities in length of life across developed countries: measuring and decomposing changes over time within and between country groups

 

Males

Females

 

1970

1984

1994

2004

2010

1970

1984

1994

2004

2010

Established market economies

325.9

361.9

387.9

414.4

431.5

342.5

380.3

405.7

431.7

448.5

Australiaa

6.3

7.8

8.9

10.0

10.9

6.3

7.8

9.0

10.1

11.0

Austria

3.5

3.6

3.8

4.0

4.1

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.3

Belgium

4.7

4.8

4.9

5.1

5.3

4.9

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.6

Canadaa

10.7

12.7

14.3

15.8

16.7

10.7

12.9

14.6

16.1

17.0

Denmark

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.8

England & Wales

23.8

24.2

24.9

26.0

27.4

25.2

25.5

26.3

27.1

28.3

Finlanda

2.2

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.7

France

24.8

26.8

28.0

29.4

30.5

26.0

28.2

29.6

31.3

32.5

Iceland

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

Irelanda

1.5

1.8

1.8

2.0

2.2

1.5

1.8

1.8

2.0

2.2

Italya

25.9

27.6

27.6

28.2

29.2

27.4

29.2

29.4

30.0

31.0

Japan

50.5

58.7

60.9

61.6

61.6

52.4

60.7

63.2

64.5

64.8

Luxembourga

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

Netherlandsa

6.5

7.1

7.6

8.1

8.2

6.5

7.3

7.8

8.2

8.4

New Zealandb

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.0

2.1

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.1

2.2

Northern Ireland

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.9

Norwaya

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.3

2.4

1.9

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

Portugal

4.1

4.8

4.8

5.1

5.1

4.6

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.5

Scotland

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.7

Spain

16.5

18.8

19.4

21.1

23.0

17.3

19.5

20.2

21.8

23.6

Sweden

4.0

4.1

4.3

4.5

4.7

4.0

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.7

Switzerland

3.0

3.1

3.4

3.6

3.9

3.2

3.3

3.6

3.8

4.0

United States of America

99.3

114.7

128.5

143.7

152.0

104.7

121.2

134.4

148.8

157.1

West Germany

29.1

29.2

32.0

33.1

33.1

32.0

31.9

33.8

34.6

34.4

Central and Eastern Europe

39.9

42.9

42.9

41.9

41.6

42.8

45.6

45.5

44.5

44.1

Bulgaria

4.2

4.4

4.1

3.8

3.6

4.2

4.5

4.3

4.0

3.8

Czech Republic

4.7

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

East Germany

7.9

7.9

7.5

7.2

7.0

9.2

8.8

8.0

7.5

7.2

Hungarya

5.0

5.1

4.9

4.8

4.8

5.3

5.5

5.4

5.3

5.3

Polanda

15.8

18.0

18.7

18.5

18.4

16.7

18.9

19.7

19.7

19.7

Slovakiaa

2.2

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.3

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.8

Former Soviet Union

88.1

97.3

101.1

96.4

94.2

105.4

113.0

115.1

111.4

109.6

Belarus

4.2

4.6

4.8

4.5

4.4

4.9

5.3

5.4

5.2

5.1

Estonia

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.7

0.7

Latvia

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.1

Lithuania

1.5

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.7

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.7

Russian Federation

59.4

65.8

68.9

66.8

65.6

70.9

76.2

78.0

77.0

76.3

Ukrainea

21.4

23.3

23.9

21.8

21.1

25.9

27.5

27.6

25.4

24.7

All countries

453.8

502.1

531.9

552.7

567.3

490.8

538.9

566.2

587.7

602.2

  1. Note: aData of 2009 used as the last point; bData of 2008 used as the last point