Solomon Islands
559,198 (July 2010 est.)
Somalia
10,112,453
note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in
1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is
complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements
in response to famine and clan warfare (July 2010 est.)
South Africa
49,109,107
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, higher death rates, lower
population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2010 est.)
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands no indigenous inhabitants note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001 replaced by a permanent group of scientists of the British Antarctic Survey, which also has a biological station on Bird Island; the South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited
Spain
46,505,963 (July 2010 est.)
Spratly Islands
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by personnel of several
claimant states
Sri Lanka
21,513,990
note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and
armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand
Tamil civilians have fled the island and more than 200,000 Tamils
have sought refuge in the West (July 2010 est.)
Sudan
43,939,598 (July 2010 est.)
Suriname
486,618 (July 2010 est.)
Svalbard
2,067 (July 2010 est.)