I thought I'd start looking more closely at the nations of the world. I'm trying to be a man without a country. I promote the application of the U.S. Constitution throughout the solar system - but I do not promote American rule or uber alles. There are some subtle distinctions here. I am for improved working conditions and reduced environmental destruction - achieved through global standards - but I am not nationalist or protectionist. I haven't crunched the numbers - but I think that things would eventually balance out at a higher level for nearly everyone on the planet. But, as I have said before, no matter what we do, things will continue to be difficult for the people of the world. Pain may be the cost of doing business in the universe. Anyway, here is a list of the countries of the world. Enjoy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population This is a list of countries by population. The list includes independent countries and inhabited dependent territories. Also given, as a percentage, is each country's population compared to the population of the world, which is currently about 6,895,800,000. Areas that form integral parts of sovereign states, such as the countries of the United Kingdom, are counted as part of the sovereign states concerned. Not included are other entities, such as the European Union, that are not sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica.
Perhaps meditating on each country would be a beneficial mental and spiritual exercise. What if each of these countries were states of the United States of the Solar System? I'm sure this would make a lot of people bristle - for a lot of reasons - but the potential extinction of the human race really makes me bristle. Can't we just all get along? Each country could continue to govern themselves internally, as they always have. This would not be a militaristic New World Order. Ideally, it would become a kinder, gentler, and smaller government going forward. The more responsible everyone becomes - the less we have to be managed. We seem to be more compartmentalized and isolated than necessary. The more we get together - the happier we'll be. One more thing. If we double our nuclear arsenals - will we be twice as safe? If we had no weapons of mass destruction - would we be less safe than we are presently? Who REALLY controls the WMD's? Are they in the best of hands - or the worst of hands? We need to contain this madness NOW. Remember - once the mass murder commences - it may not stop until there is no one left to kill. Think about THAT. Again - I would like to see representatives of the 150 largest nations (by population) in the solar system, meeting together in one room - 24 hours a day - 7 days a week - 365 days a year (in shifts, of course - with probably three groups). They would serve as a think-tank of sorts, in an advisory capacity. They would discuss various topics, follow current events, formulate position papers - and when the $h!+ hits the fan - they could immediately interact with each other to seek satisfactory resolutions to any crisis - and then pass recommendations on to their respective countries. This type of a situation should already exist - and I sincerely hope that it does. If it does not - I'd like to know why the hell not.
1 China 1,341,970,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/youngchina/view/2 India 1,193,250,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India3 United States 310,000,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States4 Indonesia 237,556,363
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia 5 Brazil 190,732,694
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil 6 Pakistan 171,671,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan 7 Nigeria 158,259,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria 8 Bangladesh 149,937,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh 9 Russia 141,927,297
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia 10 Japan 127,390,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan 11 Mexico 112,322,757
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico 12 Philippines 94,013,200 Mid-2010 1.36% National Statistics Office medium projection
13 Vietnam 86,930,000 April 1, 2010 1.26% Official estimate
14 Germany 81,802,000 December 31, 2009 1.19% Official estimate
15 Egypt 79,711,000 January 26, 2011 1.16% Official Egyptian Population clock
16 Ethiopia 79,455,634 July 2010 1.15% Official estimate
17 Iran 75,078,000 2010 1.09% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
18 Turkey 72,561,312 December 31, 2009 1.05% Turkish Statistical Institute estimate
19 Dem. Rep. of Congo 67,827,000 2010 0.98% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
20 Thailand 67,070,000 December 1, 2009 0.97% Official estimate
21 France 65,821,885 January 1, 2011 0.95% Official INSEE estimate
The population figure for metropolitan France (that is, without its
overseas departments and oveseas collectivities) is 63,118,000.[4]
22 United Kingdom 61,792,000 Mid-2009 0.9% Official estimate
23 Italy 60,494,632 July 31, 2010 0.88% Official ISTAT estimate
24 Myanmar (Burma) 50,496,000 2010 0.73% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
25 South Africa 49,991,300 July 1, 2010 0.72% Statistics South Africa
26 South Korea 48,501,000 2010 0.7% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
27 Spain 46,152,925 January 1, 2011 0.67% Official INE estimate
28 Colombia 45,816,000 January 26, 2011 0.66% Official Colombian Population clock
29 Ukraine 45,795,911 December 1, 2010 0.66% Official UKRSTAT estimate
30 Sudan 43,192,000 2010 0.63% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
31 Tanzania 43,187,823 2010 0.63% Official estimate
32 Argentina 40,091,359 October 27, 2010 0.58% Provisional census results
33 Kenya 38,610,097 August 24-25, 2009 0.56% Official census results
34 Poland 38,092,000 2010 0.55% Official estimate
35 Algeria 36,300,000 January 1, 2011 0.53% Official estimate
36 Canada 34,334,000 January 26, 2011 0.5% Official Canadian Population clock
37 Morocco 32,044,000 January 26, 2011 0.46% Official Moroccan Population clock
38 Uganda 31,800,000 2010 0.46% Official estimate
39 Iraq 31,467,000 2010 0.46% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
40 Peru 29,461,933 June 30, 2010 0.43% Official INEI estimate (in Spanish)
41 Afghanistan 29,117,000 2010 0.42% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
42 Venezuela 29,086,000 January 26, 2011 0.42% Official Venezuelan Population clock
43 Nepal 28,584,975 2011 0.41% Official estimate
44 Malaysia 28,250,500 July 2010 0.41% Statistic Department of Malaysia
45 Uzbekistan 27,794,000 2010 0.4% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
46 Saudi Arabia 27,136,977 2010 0.39% Official Saudi estimate
47 North Korea 23,991,000 2010 0.35% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
48 Ghana 23,951,519 July 1, 2010 0.35% Official estimate
49 Republic of China (Taiwan) 23,157,178 November 30, 2010 0.34% Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
50 Australia 22,544,000 January 26, 2011 0.32% Australian Official Population Clock
51 Yemen 22,492,035 2009 0.33% Official estimate
52 Mozambique 22,416,881 2010 0.33% Official estimate
53 Côte d'Ivoire 21,571,000 2010 0.31% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
54 Romania 21,466,174 January 1, 2010 0.31% Eurostat estimate
55 Syria 20,903,000 January 26, 2011 0.3% Syrian Official Population Clock
56 Sri Lanka 20,410,000 2010 0.3% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
57 Madagascar 20,146,000 2010 0.29% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
58 Cameroon 19,406,100 January 1, 2010 0.28% Official estimate
59 Angola 18,993,000 2010 0.28% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
60 Chile 17,182,900 January 26, 2011 0.25% Official INE projection (page 36)
61 Netherlands 16,644,000 January 26, 2011 0.241% Official Netherlands population clock
62 Kazakhstan 16,417,000 December 1, 2010 0.24% National Statistics Agency estimate
63 Burkina Faso 15,730,977 July 1, 2010 0.23% Official estimate
64 Malawi 15,692,000 2010 0.23% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
65 Niger 15,203,822 2010 0.22% Official estimate
66 Mali 14,517,176 April 1, 2009 0.21% Preliminary 2009 census result
67 Guatemala 14,361,666 2010 0.21% Official estimate
68 Ecuador 14,319,000 January 26, 2011 0.21% Official Ecuadorian population clock
69 Cambodia 13,395,682 March 3, 2008 0.19% Cambodian 2008 Census
70 Zambia 13,257,000 2010 0.19% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
71 Senegal 12,861,000 2010 0.19% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
72 Zimbabwe 12,644,000 2010 0.18% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
73 Chad 11,506,000 2010 0.17% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
74 Greece 11,306,183 January 1, 2010 0.16% Eurostat estimate
75 Cuba 11,239,245 2010 average 0.16% Official estimate
76 Belgium 10,827,519 January 1, 2010 0.16% Eurostat estimate
77 Portugal 10,636,888 January 1, 2010 0.15% Eurostat estimate
78 Czech Republic 10,515,818 June 30, 2010 0.15% Official estimate
79 Tunisia 10,439,600 July 1, 2009 0.15% National Statistics Institute of Tunisia
80 Bolivia 10,426,154 2010 0.15% Official estimate
81 Rwanda 10,412,820 2010 0.15% Official estimate
82 Guinea 10,324,000 2010 0.15% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
83 Haiti 10,085,214 2010 0.15% Official estimate
84 Hungary 10,014,324 January 1, 2010 0.15% Official estimate
85 Dominican Republic 9,884,371 2010 0.14% Official estimate
86 Serbia 9,856,000 2010 0.14% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
87 Belarus 9,484,300 November 1, 2010 0.14% National Statistical Committee
88 Sweden 9,412,851 November 30, 2010 0.14% Statistics Sweden
89 Somalia 9,359,000 2010 0.14% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
90 Azerbaijan 8,997,400 January 1, 2010 0.13% State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan
91 Benin 8,778,646 2010 0.13% Official estimate
92 Burundi 8,519,000 2010 0.12% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
93 Austria 8,396,760 2010 0.12% Official estimate
94 Switzerland 7,782,900 December 31, 2009 0.11% Official Switzerland Statistics estimate
95 Israel 7,683,900 November 30, 2010 0.11% Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
96 Honduras 7,616,000 2010 0.11% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
97 Bulgaria 7,528,103 2010 0.11% Official estimate
98 Tajikistan 7,075,000 2010 0.103% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
99 Hong Kong 7,061,200 July 31, 2010 0.102% Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department
100 Papua New Guinea 6,888,000 2010 0.1% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
101 Togo 6,780,000 2010 0.098% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
102 Libya 6,546,000 2010 0.095% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
103 Jordan 6,472,000 2010 0.094% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
104 Paraguay 6,460,000 2010 0.094% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
105 Laos 6,230,200 2010 0.09% Official estimate
106 El Salvador 6,194,000 2010 0.09% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
107 Sierra Leone 5,836,000 2010 0.085% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
108 Nicaragua 5,822,000 2010 0.084% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
109 Denmark 5,557,709 September 30, 2010 0.081% Statistics Denmark
110 Slovakia 5,429,763 June 30, 2010 0.079% Statistics Slovakia
111 Kyrgyzstan 5,418,300 2010 0.079% Official estimate
112 Finland 5,377,600 January 26, 2011 0.078% Official Finnish Population clock
113 Eritrea 5,224,000 2010 0.076% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
114 Turkmenistan 5,177,000 2010 0.075% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
115 Singapore 5,076,700 June 30, 2010 0.074% Statistics Singapore
116 Norway 4,934,300 January 26, 2011 0.072% Official Norwegian Population clock
117 United Arab Emirates 4,707,000 2010 0.068% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
118 Costa Rica 4,563,538 2010 0.066% Official estimate
119 Central African Republic 4,506,000 2010 0.065% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
120 Ireland 4,470,700 April 2010 0.065% Irish Central Statistics Office estimate 2010
121 Georgia 4,436,000 January 1, 2010 0.064% National Statistics Office of Georgia
122 Croatia 4,435,056 January 1, 2009 0.064% Eurostat estimate
123 New Zealand 4,397,700 January 26, 2011 0.064% Official New Zealand Population clock
124 Lebanon 4,255,000 2010 0.062% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
125 Liberia 4,102,000 2010 0.059% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
126 Palestinian territories 3,935,249 2009 0.057% Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,843,126 June 30, 2010 0.056% Official estimate
128 Republic of the Congo 3,759,000 2010 0.055% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
129 Puerto Rico 3,725,789 April 1, 2010 0.054% 2010 census
130 Moldova 3,563,800 January 1, 2010 0.052% National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova
131 Panama 3,405,813 May 16, 2010 0.049% Final 2010 census results
132 Mauritania 3,366,000 2010 0.049% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
133 Uruguay 3,356,584 June 30, 2010 0.049% Official estimate
134 Armenia 3,254,300 September 2010 0.047% Monthly official estimate
135 Lithuania 3,249,400 December 2010 0.047% Monthly official estimate
136 Albania 3,195,000 January 1, 2010 0.046% Institute of Statistics INSTAT Albania
137 Kuwait 3,051,000 2010 0.044% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
138 Mongolia 2,788,900 January 26, 2011 0.04% Official Mongolian population clock
139 Jamaica 2,730,000 2010 0.04% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
140 Oman 2,694,094 December 12, 2010 0.039% Preliminary census results
141 Latvia 2,231,100 December 1, 2010 0.032% Official Statistics of Latvia
142 Namibia 2,212,000 2010 0.032% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
143 Lesotho 2,084,000 2010 0.03% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
144 Slovenia 2,049,730 January 26, 2011 0% Official Slovenian population clock
145 Republic of Macedonia 2,048,620 January 1, 2009 0.03% Eurostat estimate
146 Botswana 1,800,098 2010 0.026% Official estimate
147 Gambia 1,751,000 2010 0.025% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
148 Qatar 1,696,563 April 20, 2010 0.025% Preliminary 2010 Census Results
149 Guinea-Bissau 1,647,000 2010 0.024% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
150 Gabon 1,501,000 2010 0.022% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
151 Estonia 1,340,127 January 1, 2010 0.019% Official estimate
152 Trinidad and Tobago 1,317,714 July 1, 2010 0.019% Official estimate
153 Mauritius 1,280,925 July 1, 2010 0.019% Official estimate
154 Swaziland 1,202,000 2010 0.017% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
155 East Timor 1,171,000 2010 0.017% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
156 Djibouti 879,000 2010 0.013% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
157 Fiji 854,000 2010 0.012% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
158 Bahrain 807,000 2010 0.012% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
159 Cyprus 801,851 January 1, 2010 0.012% Eurostat estimate
160 Guyana 784,894 2010 0.011% Official estimate
161 Bhutan 695,822 2010 0.01% Official estimate
162 Equatorial Guinea [5] 693,000 2010 0.01% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
163 Comoros 691,000 2010 0.01% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
164 Montenegro 641,966 2010 0.009% Official estimate
165 Macau 542,200 December 31, 2009 0.008% Macau Statistics and Census Service
166 Solomon Islands 530,669 2010 0.008% Official estimate
167 Western Sahara 530,000 2010 0.008% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
168 Suriname 524,000 2010 0.008% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
169 Luxembourg 502,100 2010 0.007% Official estimate
170 Cape Verde 491,575 June 16, 2010 0.007% Official estimate
171 Malta 416,333 January 1, 2010 0.006% Eurostat estimate
172 Brunei 407,000 2010 0.006% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
173 Bahamas 353,658 May 3, 2010 0.005% Official estimate
174 Belize 333,200 Mid-2009 0.005% Statistical Institute of Belize
175 Iceland 318,236 December 1, 2010 0.005% Statistics Iceland
176 Maldives 317,280 2010 0.005% Official estimate
177 Barbados 257,000 2010 0.004% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
178 Vanuatu 246,000 2010 0.004% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
179 Samoa 187,032 2010 0.003% Official estimate
180 Guam 180,000 2010 0.003% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
181 Saint Lucia 174,000 2010 0.003% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
182 São Tomé and Príncipe 165,000 2010 0.002% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
183 Curaçao 142,180 January 1, 2010 0.002% Official estimate
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109,000 2010 0.002% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
185 U.S. Virgin Islands 109,000 2010 0.002% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
186 Aruba 107,000 2010 0.002% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
187 Grenada 104,000 2010 0.002% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
188 Tonga 104,000 2010 0.002% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
189 Federated States of Micronesia 102,624 April 4, 2010 0.001% Preliminary census results
190 Kiribati 100,000 2010 0.001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
191 Jersey 92,500 December 31, 2009 0.001% Official estimate
192 Antigua and Barbuda 89,000 2010 0.001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
193 Northern Mariana Islands 88,000 2010 0.001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
194 Seychelles 86,525 July 1, 2010 0.001% Official estimate
195 Andorra 84,082 December 31, 2009 0.001% Official estimate
196 Isle of Man 80,000 2010 0.001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
197 American Samoa 69,000 2010 0.001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
198 Dominica 67,000 2010 0.001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
199 Bermuda 64,566 July 1, 2010 0.001% Official estimate
200 Guernsey 62,274 March 31, 2009 0.001% Official estimate
201 Cayman Islands 57,000 2010 0.001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
202 Greenland 56,452 2010 0.001% Official estimate
203 Marshall Islands 54,305 2010 0.001% Official estimate
204 Saint Kitts and Nevis 52,000 2010 0.001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
205 Faroe Islands 48,545 October 1, 2010 0.001% Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
206 Turks and Caicos Islands 40,357 2010 0.0006% Official estimate
207 Sint Maarten 37,429 January 1, 2010 0.0005% Official estimate
208 Liechtenstein 35,904 December 31, 2009 0.0005% Official estimate
209 Monaco 33,000 2010 0.0005% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
210 San Marino 31,871 October 31, 2010 0.0005% Monthly official estimate
211 Gibraltar 31,000 2010 0.0004% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
212 British Virgin Islands 28,213 2008 0.0004% Official estimate
213 Cook Islands 23,400 September 2010 0.0003% Official monthly estimate
214 Palau 21,000 0.0003% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
215 Anguilla 15,236 2011 0.0002% Official estimate
216 Nauru 10,000 0.0001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
217 Tuvalu 10,000 0.0001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
218 Montserrat 6,000 0.0001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
219 Saint Helena 4,000 0.0001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
220 Falkland Islands 3,000 0.00005% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
221 Niue 1,500 0.00003% UN estimate
222 Tokelau 1,200 0.00003% UN estimate
223 Vatican City 800 0.00002% UN estimate
224 Pitcairn Islands 50 0.000001% UN estimate
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