Appreciate Talent : Arina Pozdnyak : Perpetual Calendar

We place too much value into something as elusive as time. This is the lesson that Arina Pozdnyak, the creator of Perpetual Calendar, is trying to teach us. Days fly by, and even months are mere speckles of sand in an hourglass of eternity. People do not realize that the time given to us by fate cannot be measured using months or even years. It is measured using emotions and impressions. If a person lives to be 150 years old without experiencing any emotions, he might as well have lived one day, for all it’s worth. On the other hand, a person who lived an exciting, fulfilling life, read countless books and cherished every moment that he had, is actually the one who lived a longer life, even if in reality his flame was snuffed out much too soon.

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Courtesy : Arina Pozdnyak

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Documentary : Planet Earth 100 Million Years In The Future!

What will happen to the Earth? We tend to worry about issues like climate change that can have an impact over periods of time comparable to an average human lifetime.

For the Earth, however, the biggest changes generally happen over hundreds of millions or billions of years. Supercontinents come and go, mass extinctions wipe out almost all life, and changes in the surrounding Solar System have an impact.

It is ultimately the Sun that will decide Earth’s fate. Billions of years from now, as our aging star begins to runs out of hydrogen fuel, it will change into a red giant and expand out into the inner Solar System as far out as the Earth’s orbit.

Documentary : History of the World in 2 hours

Must Watch : A fascinating documentary about the world’s history, throws some light on our “Human- Pride!”

Imagine compressing 14 billion years of history down to just 14 years and on the scale the earth would have existed only for the past five years. So that’s about a third of the history of the universe wall large complex creatures would have developed seven months ago. On the scale dinosaurs went extinct only about three weeks ago. The entire recorded history of humans would span only the last three minutes . Modern industrial societies the Industrial Revolution effectively 6 seconds ago.

So welcome to the journey, well just one and a half hours without commercials.

A rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, emergence of life, spread of man and the growth of civilization–and reveals their surprising connections to our world today.

The complete credits go to the director Douglas Cohen and his team for this awesome work.

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Courtesy : History Channel, Douglas Cohen,  Bartek Juszczak via YouTube

Note: Shared for Educational purposes only, from public resources available online (YouTube)

Know : World Population List and Facts

 

What is the Total Population of the World?

Check out the list below, but here are some interesting facts about Population

World population refers to the total number of humans living in the world. The world population has been on a constant rise since the Great Famine and Black Death ended in 1350. With more humans born every year than dead, the earth is under increasing pressure to provide for their sustenance. Census is the exercise of counting the number of individuals living in a country. It is held by every country separately at regular intervals. The census come out with interesting facts and figures and some of them are listed below:

1. The world population is estimated to be more than 7.08 billion according the report of USCB (United States Census Bureau).

2. The highest growth rate of world population, ever recorded, was 2.2% back in 1963.

3. The rate of growth of world population reached its lowest level in recorded history during 2011 when it was just 1.1%.

4. The continent with highest population is Asia that accounts for 60% of world’s population. It has 4.2 billion inhabitants.

5. Antarctica is the only continent that does not have permanent inhabitants. Its population varies depending on the number of polar stations established there.

6. China is the most populous country of the world closely followed by India. China has a population of 1.35 billion whereas India closely follows it with a population of 1.21 billion. They, together, are home to 37% of world’s population.

7. Singapore is the most densely populated country of the world housing more than 7300 persons in an area of 1 square kilometer.

8. It is estimated that it took almost 123 years for the world’s population to reach 2 billion mark in 1927 from 1 billion in 1804 whereas it took only 13 years to reach 7 billion in 2012 form 6 billion in 1999.

9. The global sex ratio is 1010 males per 1000 females. This gender imbalance has been because of the severe imbalances present in Indian and Chinese populations.

10. The average life expectancy of the global population is 65.07 years. This means that an individual, on an average, dies at an age of 65.07 years.

11. Women have higher life expectancy of 69 years as compared to men who, on an average, live for only 65 years.

12. If the average weight of a person is considered to be 140 pounds then the total weight of the entire global population is estimated to be 287 million tonnes.

13. 12.44% of world’s population speaks Mandarin making it the most spoken language of the world. Mandarin is followed by Spanish (4.85%) and English (4.83%).

14. The global literacy rate is 85%. This means that 85 out of 100 people of the world which are aged 15 or more can read and write.

15. The number of individuals with age less than 15 years constitute 26.3% of the total population whereas those aged between 15 and 64 have a 65.9% share of the global .population. 7.9% of the world population has an age of 65 years or above.

Rank	Continent	Population 2013	±% p.a. 2010-2013
—	World	7,162,119,000	1.17%
1	Asia	4,298,723,000	1.06%
2	Africa	1,110,635,000	2.51%
3	Americas	972,005,000	1.03%
4	Europe	742,452,000	0.10%
5	Oceania	38,304,000	1.47%

Countrywise List

Note: All dependent territories are shown in italics.

Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	Population	Date	% of world population	Source
1	China	1,364,430,000	May 14, 2014	19%	Official population clock
2	India	1,244,050,000	May 14, 2014	17.4%	Population clock
3	United States	318,036,000	May 14, 2014	4.44%	Official population clock
4	Indonesia	247,424,598	July 1, 2013	3.45%	Official estimate
5	Brazil	202,554,000	May 14, 2014	2.83%	Official population clock
6	Pakistan	186,444,000	May 14, 2014	2.6%	Official population clock[9]
7	Nigeria	173,615,000	July 1, 2013	2.42%	UN projection[6]
8	Bangladesh	152,518,015	July 16, 2012	2.13%	Official estimate
9	Russia	143,700,000	January 1, 2014	2.04%	Official estimate
10	Japan	127,140,000	April 1, 2014	1.78%	Monthly official estimate
11	Mexico	119,713,203	July 1, 2014	1.67%	CONAPO Official projection
12	Philippines	99,559,300	May 14, 2014	1.39%	Official population clock
13	Vietnam	89,708,900	July 1, 2013	1.25%	Official estimate
14	Ethiopia	86,613,986	July 1, 2013	1.21%	Official estimate
15	Egypt	86,452,000	May 14, 2014	1.21%	Official population clock
16	Germany	80,716,000	September 30, 2013	1.13%	Monthly official estimate
17	Iran	77,430,000	May 14, 2014	1.08%	Official population clock
18	Turkey	76,667,864	December 31, 2013	1.07%	Official estimate
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	67,514,000	July 1, 2013	0.94%	UN projection
20	France[10]	65,885,000	April 1, 2014	0.92%	Monthly official estimate
21	Thailand	64,456,700	July 1, 2012	0.9%	Official estimate
22	United Kingdom	63,705,000	July 1, 2012	0.89%	Official estimate
23	Italy	60,021,955	November 30, 2013	0.84%	Monthly official estimate
24	Burma	53,259,000	July 1, 2013	0.74%	UN projection
25	South Africa	52,981,991	July 1, 2013	0.74%	Official estimate
26	South Korea	50,423,955	July 1, 2014	0.7%	Official projection
27	Colombia	47,590,000	May 14, 2014	0.66%	Official population clock
28	Spain	46,609,700	July 1, 2013	0.65%	Annual official estimate
29	Ukraine	45,395,604	March 1, 2014	0.63%	Monthly official estimate
30	Tanzania	44,928,923	August 26, 2012	0.63%	2012 census result
31	Kenya	44,354,000	July 1, 2013	0.62%	UN projection
32	Argentina	42,669,500	July 1, 2014	0.6%	Official annual projection
33	Algeria	38,700,000	January 1, 2014	0.54%	Official estimate
34	Poland	38,496,000	December 31, 2013	0.54%	Official estimate
35	Sudan	37,289,406	July 1, 2014	0.52%	Official annual projection
36	Uganda	35,357,000	July 1, 2013	0.49%	Annual official estimate
37	Canada	35,344,962	January 1, 2014	0.49%	Official estimate
38	Iraq	34,035,000	July 1, 2012	0.48%	Annual official estimate
39	Morocco	33,258,800	May 14, 2014	0.46%	Official population clock
40	Peru	30,475,144	June 30, 2013	0.43%	Annual official estimate
41	Uzbekistan	30,183,400	July 1, 2013	0.42%	Official estimate
42	Malaysia	30,114,000	May 14, 2014	0.42%	Official population clock
43	Saudi Arabia	29,994,272	July 1, 2013	0.42%	Official estimate
44	Venezuela	28,946,101	October 30, 2011	0.4%	Preliminary 2011 census result
45	Nepal	26,494,504	June 22, 2011	0.37%	Final 2011 census result
46	Afghanistan	25,500,100	January 1, 2013	0.36%	Official estimate
47	Yemen	25,235,000	July 1, 2013	0.35%	Official estimate
48	North Korea	24,895,000	July 1, 2013	0.35%	UN projection
49	Ghana	24,658,823	September 26, 2010	0.34%	Final 2010 census result
50	Mozambique	23,700,715	July 1, 2012	0.33%	Official estimate
51	Australia	23,489,400	May 14, 2014	0.328%	Official population clock
52	Taiwan	23,382,948	April 30, 2014	0.33%	Monthly official estimate
53	Ivory Coast	23,202,000	July 1, 2012	0.32%	Official estimate
54	Syria	21,898,000	July 1, 2013	0.31%	UN projection
55	Madagascar	21,263,403	July 1, 2012	0.3%	Annual official estimate
56	Angola	20,609,294	July 1, 2012	0.29%	Official estimate
57	Cameroon	20,386,799	July 1, 2012	0.28%	Annual official estimate
58	Sri Lanka	20,277,597	March 21, 2012	0.28%	Preliminary 2012 census result
59	Romania	20,121,641	October 20, 2011	0.28%	Final 2011 census result
60	Chile	17,620,000	July 1, 2013	0.25%	UN projection
61	Burkina Faso	17,322,796	July 1, 2013	0.24%	Official estimate
62	Kazakhstan	17,221,000	April 1, 2014	0.24%	Monthly official estimate
63	Niger	17,138,707	December 10, 2012	0.24%	Preliminary 2012 census result
64	Netherlands	16,850,400	May 14, 2014	0.24%	Official population clock
65	Malawi	16,363,000	July 1, 2013	0.23%	UN projection
66	Guatemala	15,806,675	June 30, 2014	0.22%	Official estimate
67	Ecuador	15,739,500	May 14, 2014	0.22%	Official population clock
68	Mali	15,302,000	July 1, 2013	0.21%	UN projection
69	Cambodia	15,135,000	July 1, 2013	0.21%	UN projection
70	Zambia	14,580,290	July 1, 2013	0.2%	Official estimate
71	Zimbabwe	13,061,239	August 17, 2012	0.18%	2012 Census Result
72	Senegal	12,873,601	November 19, 2013	0.18%	Preliminary 2013 census result
73	Chad	12,825,000	July 1, 2013	0.18%	UN projection
74	South Sudan	11,296,000	July 1, 2013	0.16%	UN projection
75	Belgium	11,190,649	March 1, 2014	0.16%	Monthly official estimate
76	Cuba	11,167,325	September 15, 2012	0.16%	Preliminary 2012 census result
77	Tunisia	10,886,500	July 1, 2013	0.15%	Official estimate
78	Guinea	10,824,200	July 1, 2010	0.15%	Official estimate
79	Greece	10,815,197	May 24, 2011	0.15%	Final 2011 census result
80	Rwanda	10,537,222	August 15, 2012	0.15%	Preliminary 2012 census result
81	Czech Republic	10,512,400	December 31, 2013	0.15%	Official quarterly estimate
82	Somalia	10,496,000	July 1, 2013	0.15%	UN projection
83	Portugal	10,477,800	December 31, 2013	0.15%	Annual official estimate
84	Haiti	10,413,211	July 1, 2012	0.15%	Official estimate
85	Bolivia	10,027,254	November 21, 2012	0.14%	2012 census result
86	Benin	9,988,068	July 1, 2014	0.14%	Official annual projection
87	Hungary	9,879,000	January 1, 2014	0.14%	Annual official estimate
88	Sweden	9,666,871	March 31, 2014	0.13%	Monthly official estimate
89	Azerbaijan	9,477,100	December 31, 2013	0.13%	Official estimate
90	Belarus	9 467,000	April 1, 2014	0.13%	Monthly official estimate
91	Dominican Republic	9,445,281	December 1, 2010	0.13%	Final 2010 census result
92	Burundi	9,420,248	July 1, 2013	0.13%	Official estimate
93	United Arab Emirates	9,346,000	July 1, 2013	0.13%	UN projection
94	Honduras	8,555,072	July 1, 2013	0.12%	Annual official estimate
95	Austria	8,504,850	January 1, 2014	0.12%	Official quarterly estimate
96	Israel	8,169,700	March 31, 2014	0.11%	Official Monthly Estimate
97	Tajikistan	8,160,000	January 1, 2014	0.11%	Official estimate
98	Switzerland	8,136,700	December 31, 2013	0.11%	Annual provisional figure
99	Papua New Guinea	7,398,500	July 1, 2013	0.103%	Annual official estimate
100	Bulgaria	7,245,677	December 31, 2013	0.101%	Official estimate
101	Hong Kong (China)	7,219,700	December 31, 2013	0.101%	Official estimate
102	Serbia	7,181,505	January 1, 2013	0.1%	Annual official estimate
103	Paraguay	6,783,374	2013	0.095%	Official estimate
104	Jordan	6,582,890	May 14, 2014	0.0919%	Official population clock
105	Laos	6,580,800	July 1, 2013	0.092%	Annual official estimate
106	El Salvador	6,340,000	July 1, 2013	0.089%	UN projection
107	Eritrea	6,333,000	July 1, 2013	0.088%	UN projection
108	Libya	6,202,000	July 1, 2013	0.087%	UN projection
109	Togo	6,191,155	November 6, 2010	0.086%	Final 2010 census result
110	Sierra Leone	6,190,280	2013	0.086%	Official estimate
111	Nicaragua	6,071,045	June 30, 2012	0.085%	Official estimate
112	Kyrgyzstan	5,776,570	2014	0.081%	Official estimate
113	Denmark	5,634,437	April 1, 2014	0.079%	Quarterly official estimate
114	Finland	5,453,784	February 28, 2014	0.076%	Monthly official estimate
115	Slovakia	5,415,949	December 31, 2013	0.076%	Official estimate
116	Singapore	5,399,200	July 1, 2013	0.075%	Official estimate
117	Turkmenistan	5,240,000	July 1, 2013	0.073%	UN projection
118	Norway	5,109,056	January 1, 2014	0.071%	Quarterly official estimate
119	Lebanon	4,822,000	July 1, 2013	0.067%	UN projection
120	Costa Rica	4,667,096	July 1, 2013	0.065%	Official estimate
121	Central African Republic	4,616,000	July 1, 2013	0.064%	UN projection
122	Ireland	4,593,100	April 1, 2013	0.064%	Annual official estimate
123	New Zealand	4,529,170	May 14, 2014	0.063%	Official population clock
124	Georgia	4,490,500	January 1, 2014	0.063%	Annual official estimate
125	Republic of the Congo	4,448,000	July 1, 2013	0.062%	UN projection
126	Palestine	4,420,549	July 1, 2013	0.062%	Official estimate
127	Liberia	4,294,000	July 1, 2013	0.06%	UN projection
128	Croatia	4,290,612	March 31, 2011	0.114%	2011 census result
129	Moldova	4,062,800	January 1, 2014	0.05%	Official estimate
130	Oman	4,018,000	April 30, 2014	0.056%	Monthly official estimate
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,791,622	October 15, 2013	0.053%	Preliminary 2013 census result
132	Puerto Rico (USA)	3,615,086	July 1, 2013	0.05%	Official estimate
133	Mauritania	3,461,041	July 1, 2013	0.048%	Annual official estimate
134	Panama	3,405,813	May 16, 2010	0.048%	Final 2010 census result
135	Uruguay	3,286,314	September 30, 2011	0.046%	Final 2011 census result
136	Kuwait	3,065,850	July 1, 2011	0.043%	Official estimate
137	Armenia	3,017,400	December 31, 2013	0.042%	Quarterly official estimate
138	Lithuania	2,939,431	March 1, 2014	0.041%	Monthly official estimate
139	Mongolia	2,931,300	December 31, 2013	0.041%	Official preliminary result
140	Albania	2,821,977	October 1, 2011	0.039%	2011 census result
141	Jamaica	2,711,476	December 31, 2012	0.038%	Annual official estimate
142	Qatar	2,155,446	April 30, 2014	0.301%	Monthly official estimate
143	Namibia	2,113,077	August 28, 2011	0.03%	Final 2011 census result
144	Lesotho	2,074,000	July 1, 2013	0.029%	UN projection
145	Slovenia	2,062,601	May 14, 2014	0.029%	Official population clock
146	Macedonia	2,062,294	December 31, 2012	0.029%	Official estimate
147	Botswana	2,024,904	August 22, 2011	0.028%	Final 2011 census result
148	Latvia	2,003,000	March 1, 2014	0.028%	Monthly official estimate
149	Gambia	1,882,450	April 15, 2013	0.026%	Preliminary 2013 census result
150	Kosovo	1,815,606	December 31, 2012	0.025%	Official estimate
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,704,000	July 1, 2013	0.024%	UN projection
152	Gabon	1,672,000	July 1, 2013	0.023%	UN projection
153	Equatorial Guinea	1,622,000	July 1, 2010	0.023%	Annual official estimate
154	Trinidad and Tobago	1,328,019	January 9, 2011	0.019%	2011 census result
155	Estonia	1,311,870	January 1, 2014	0.018%	Official estimate
156	Mauritius	1,257,900	July 3, 2011	0.018%	2011 census result
157	Swaziland	1,250,000	July 1, 2013	0.017%	UN projection
158	Bahrain	1,234,571	April 27, 2010	0.017%	Final 2010 census result
159	Timor-Leste	1,066,409	July 11, 2010	0.015%	Final 2010 census result
160	Djibouti	873,000	July 1, 2013	0.012%	UN projection
161	Cyprus	865,878	December 31, 2012	0.012%	Official estimate
162	Fiji	858,038	July 1, 2012	0.012%	Annual official estimate
163	Réunion (France)	840,974	January 1, 2013	0.012%	Official annual estimate
164	Guyana	784,894	July 1, 2010	0.011%	Annual official estimate
165	Bhutan	747,290	May 14, 2014	0.0104%	Official population clock
166	Comoros	743,798	July 1, 2013	0.0104%	Official estimate
167	Montenegro	620,029	April 1, 2011	0.0087%	Final 2011 census result
168	Macau (China)	607,500	December 31, 2013	0.0084%	Official quaterly estimate
169	Solomon Islands	581,344	July 1, 2013	0.0081%	Annual official estimate
170	Western Sahara	567,000	July 1, 2013	0.0079%	UN projection
171	Luxembourg	549,700	December 31, 2013	0.0075%	Annual official estimate
172	Suriname	534,189	August 13, 2012	0.0075%	Preliminary 2012 census result
173	Cape Verde	491,875	June 16, 2010	0.0069%	Final 2010 census result
174	Malta	416,055	November 20, 2011	0.0058%	Preliminary 2011 census result
175	Guadeloupe (France)	405,739	January 1, 2013	0.0057%	Official annual estimate
176	Brunei	393,162	June 20, 2011	0.0055%	Preliminary 2011 census result
177	Martinique (France)	392,291	January 1, 2011	0.0055%	Official annual estimate
178	Bahamas	351,461	May 3, 2010	0.0049%	Final 2010 census result
179	Belize	349,728	July 1, 2013	0.0049%	Official estimate
180	Iceland	326,340	March 31, 2014	0.0045%	Quarterly official estimate
181	Maldives	317,280	July 1, 2010	0.0044%	Official estimate
182	Barbados	285,000	July 1, 2013	0.004%	Official estimate
183	French Polynesia (France)	268,270	August 22, 2012	0.0037%	Preliminary 2012 census result
184	Vanuatu	264,652	July 1, 2013	0.0037%	Annual official estimate
185	New Caledonia (France)	258,958	July 1, 2013	0.0036%	Annual official estimate
186	French Guiana (France)	237,549	January 1, 2011	0.0033%	Official annual estimate
187	Mayotte (France)	212,645	August 21, 2012	0.003%	2012 census result
188	Samoa	187,820	November 7, 2011	0.0026%	Final 2011 census result
189	São Tomé and Príncipe	187,356	May 13, 2012	0.0026%	2012 census result
190	Saint Lucia	180,000	May 10, 2013	0.0025%	Preliminary 2010 census result
191	Guam (USA)	159,358	April 1, 2010	0.0022%	Final 2010 census result
192	Curaçao (Netherlands)	150,563	March 26, 2011	0.0021%	2011 census result
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,000	July 1, 2013	0.0015%	UN projection
194	Kiribati	106,461	July 1, 2013	0.0015%	Annual official estimate
195	United States Virgin Islands (USA)	106,405	April 1, 2010	0.0015%	Final 2010 census result
196	Grenada	103,328	May 12, 2011	0.0014%	2011 census result
197	Tonga	103,036	November 30, 2011	0.0014%	2011 census result
198	Aruba (Netherlands)	101,484	September 29, 2010	0.0014%	2010 census result
199	Federated States of Micronesia	101,351	July 1, 2013	0.0014%	Annual official estimate
200	Jersey (UK)	99,000	December 31, 2012	0.0014%	2011 census result
201	Seychelles	90,945	August 26, 2010	0.0013%	Final 2010 census result
202	Antigua and Barbuda	86,295	May 27, 2011	0.0012%	Preliminary 2011 census result
203	Isle of Man (UK)	84,497	March 27, 2011	0.0012%	2011 census result
204	Andorra	76,098	July 1, 2013	0.0011%	Annual official estimate
205	Dominica	71,293	May 14, 2011	0.001%	Preliminary 2011 census result
206	Bermuda (UK)	64,237	May 20, 2010	0.0009%	Final 2010 census result
207	Guernsey (UK)	63,085	March 31, 2012	0.00088%	Annual official estimate
208	Greenland (Denmark)	56,483	July 1, 2013	0.00079%	Annual official estimate
209	Marshall Islands	56,086	July 1, 2013	0.00078%	Annual official estimate
210	American Samoa (USA)	55,519	April 1, 2010	0.00078%	Final 2010 census result
211	Cayman Islands (UK)	55,456	October 10, 2010	0.00077%	Final 2010 census result
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	54,000	July 1, 2013	0.00075%	UN projection
213	Northern Mariana Islands (USA)	53,883	April 1, 2010	0.00075%	Final 2010 census result
214	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	48,308	January 1, 2014	0.00067%	Monthly official estimate
215	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	37,429	January 1, 2010	0.00052%	Official estimate
216	Liechtenstein	37,132	December 31, 2013	0.00052%	Semi annual official estimate
217	Saint Martin (France)	36,979	January 1, 2010	0.00052%	Official estimate
218	Monaco	36,950	December 31, 2013	0.0005%	Annual official estimate
219	San Marino	32,646	March 31, 2014	0.00046%	Monthly official estimate
220	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	31,458	January 25, 2012	0.00044%	2012 census result
221	Gibraltar (UK)	30,001	December 31, 2012	0.00042%	Annual official estimate
222	British Virgin Islands (UK)	29,537	July 1, 2010	0.00041%	Annual official estimate
223	Åland Islands (Finland)	28,502	December 31, 2012	0.0004%	Official estimate
224	Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)	23,296	January 1, 2013	0.00033%	Official estimate
225	Palau	20,901	July 1, 2013	0.00029%	Annual official estimate
226	Cook Islands (NZ)	14,974	December 1, 2011	0.00021%	Final 2011 census result
227	Anguilla (UK)	13,452	May 11, 2011	0.00019%	Preliminary 2011 census result
228	Wallis and Futuna (France)	13,135	July 1, 2013	0.00018%	Annual official estimate
229	Tuvalu	11,323	July 1, 2013	0.00016%	Annual official estimate
230	Nauru	9,945	October 30, 2011	0.00014%	2011 census result
231	Saint Barthélemy (France)	8,938	January 1, 2010	0.00012%	Official estimate
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	6,081	January 1, 2010	0.000085%	Official estimate
233	Montserrat (UK)	4,922	May 12, 2011	0.000069%	2011 census result
234	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	4,000	July 1, 2013	0.000056%	UN projection
235	Falkland Islands (UK)	3,000	July 1, 2013	0.000042%	UN projection
236	Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)	2,655	September 1, 2012	0.000037%	Official estimate
237	Norfolk Island (Australia)	2,302	August 9, 2011	0.000032%	2011 census result
238	Christmas Island (Australia)	2,072	August 9, 2011	0.000029%	2011 census result
239	Niue (NZ)	1,613	September 10, 2011	0.000023%	Final 2011 census result
240	Tokelau (NZ)	1,411	October 18, 2011	0.000020%	Final 2011 census result
241	Vatican City	839	July 1, 2012	0.000012%	Official estimate
242	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	596	January 14, 2014	0.0000083%	2011 census result
243	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	56	February 1, 2013	0.00000078%	Official estimate

Know : No. of Nuclear Reactors in the World (Country wise)

Currently, 73 reactors are under construction in 15 countries. Some new countries will be starting their first nuclear power plants including: Belarus, Vietnam, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Ghana, Morocco and Saudi Arabia.

Nuclear power stations operate in 31 countries. In 2010, before the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, it was reported that an average of about 10 nuclear reactors were expected to become operational per year, although according to the World Nuclear Association, of the 17 civilian reactors planned to become operational between 2007 and 2009, only five actually came on stream. As of June 2011, Germany and Switzerland are phasing-out nuclear power Which will be replaced mostly by fossil fuels, and a smaller part renewable energy.

As of June 2011, countries such as Australia, Austria, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,  Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Norway and Portugal remain opposed to nuclear power.

Of the thirty countries in which nuclear power plants operate, only France, Belgium and Slovakia use them as the primary source of electricity, although many other countries have a significant nuclear power generation capacity. According to the World Nuclear Association, a nuclear power advocacy group, over 45 countries are giving “serious consideration” to introducing a nuclear power capability, with Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Vietnam, Belarus, and Jordan at the forefront. China, South Korea and India are pursuing ambitious expansions of their nuclear power capacities.

Rank	Country	Capacity (MW) (2012)	Nuclear share of electricity production
1	United States	102,136	19.0%
2	France	63,130	74.8%
3	Japan	44,215	18.1%
4	Russia	23,643	17.8%
5	South Korea	20,739	30.4%
6	Canada	14,135	15.3%
7	Ukraine	13,107	46.2%
8	China	12,860	2.0%
9	Germany	12,068	16.1%
10	United Kingdom	9,938	18.1%
11	Sweden	9,395	38.1%
12	Spain	7,560	20.5%
13	Belgium	5,927	51.0%
14	Taiwan	5,028	18.4%
15	India	4,780	3.6%
16	Czech Republic	3,804	35.3%
17	Switzerland	3,278	35.3%
18	Finland	2,752	32.6%
19	Bulgaria	1,906	31.6%
20	Hungary	1,889	45.9%
21	Brazil	1,884	3.1%
22	South Africa	1,860	5.1%
23	Slovakia	1,816	53.8%
24	Mexico	1,530	4.7%
24	Romania	1,300	19.4%
26	Argentina	935	4.7%
27	Iran	915	0.6%
28	Pakistan	725	5.3%
29	Slovenia	688	36.0%
30	Netherlands	482	4.4%
31	Armenia	375	26.6%
	World	374,411

Courtesy : WIki

Country	Operating	Under construction	References and notes
United States	104	5
France	58	1	First French EPR under construction at Flamanville
Russia	33	10
South Korea	23	4
India	20	7
Canada	19	0	2 new reactors at Darlington planned
China	17	32	80 GWe by 2020(~6%)
United Kingdom	16	0
Ukraine	15	2	2 new reactors by 2018
Sweden	10	0
Germany	9	0	Phase-out in place.
Belgium	7	0
Spain	7	0	Stable
Taiwan	6	2
Czech Republic	6	0
Switzerland	5	0	Phase-out in place.
Slovakia	4	2
Finland	4	1	As of 2012, TVO is planning new reactor to be build and operational by 2020.
Hungary	4	0
Pakistan	3	2
Argentina	2	1
Brazil	2	1
Bulgaria	2	0	Four reactors were shut down in 2004 and 2007. Belene Nuclear Power Plant construction was officially terminated in March 2012.
Japan	2 (50)*	0 (2)*	After Fukushima, Japan shut down all of its 54 nuclear reactors, but has since restarted two reactors. Further restarts are planned, with the reactors with the best seismic ratings to be restarted first.
Mexico	2	0
Romania	2	0
South Africa	2	0
Armenia	1	0	Replacement
Iran	1	0	The first reactor of Bushehr Plant has power generation capacity of 915 MW
Netherlands	1	0
Slovenia	1	0
Belarus	0	1
World	436	73

Note: Only the commercial reactors registered with the International Atomic Energy Agency are listed

Courtesy and Source : Wikipedia

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