[The Population Reference Bureau <http://www.prb.org> has published a Data
Sheet with a lot of interesting information, including the two tables below

Note the number of Caribbean nations among the non-African top-ten AIDS
countries --- reinforcing Vidya's points at the CARDICIS meeting.]

Top 15 HIV/AIDS Prevalence Countries (end 2003)
Africa
Rank Country Percent of Population
1 Swaziland 38.8
2 Botswana 37.3
3 Lesotho 28.9
4 Zimbabwe 24.6
5 South Africa 21.5
6 Namibia 21.3
7 Zambia 16.5
8 Malawi 14.2
9 Central African Rep. 13.5
10 Mozambique 12.2
11 Tanzania 8.8
12 Gabon 8.1
13 C=F4te d'Ivoire 7.0
14 Cameroon 6.9
15 Kenya 6.7

Outside Africa
Rank Country Percent of Population
1 Haiti 5.6
2 Trinidad and Tobago 3.2
3 Bahamas 3.0
4 Cambodia 2.6
5 Guyana 2.5
6 Belize 2.4
7 Honduras 1.8
8 Dominican Republic 1.7
8 Suriname 1.7
10 Thailand 1.5
10 Barbados 1.5
12 Ukraine 1.4
13 Myanmar 1.2
14 Jamaica 1.2
15 Estonia 1.1

The World's 10 Largest Countries

Three of the world's 10 most populous countries in 2004 are the United
States, Russia, and Japan. By 2050, only one, the United States, is
expected to remain in that top 10 list.
World's Largest Countries, 2004
Rank Country Population (millions)
1 China 1,300
2 India 1,087
3 United States 294
4 Indonesia 219
5 Brazil 179
6 Pakistan 159
7 Russia 144
8 Bangladesh 141
9 Nigeria 137
10 Japan 128

World's Largest Countries, 2050
Rank Country Population (millions)
1 India 1,628
2 China 1,437
3 United States 420
4 Indonesia 308
5 Nigeria 307
6 Pakistan 295
7 Bangladesh 280
8 Brazil 221
9 Congo, Dem. Rep. of 181
10 Ethiopia 173
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