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South America Regional OverviewTABLE 49. SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES1 |
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| Country |
Territory (kmē) |
Population (1995) |
| French Guiana2 | 90,976 |
127,500 (1992) |
| Surinam | 156,000 |
460,000 |
| Guyana | 196,850 |
830,000 |
| Venezuela | 882,050 |
21,480,000 |
| Brazil | 8,456,510 |
161,380,000 |
| Colombia | 1,038,700 |
35,100,000 |
| Ecuador | 276,840 |
11,820,000 |
| Peru | 1,280,000 |
23,850,000 |
| Bolivia | 1,084,380 |
8,070,000 |
| Paraguay | 397,300 |
4,890,000 |
| Uruguay | 174,810 |
3,190,000 |
| Argentina | 2,736,690 |
34,260,000 |
| Chile | 748,800 |
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| Sources: 1 WRI, UNEP and UNDP 1994 2 1994 almanac |
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