List of countries by population
This is a list of countries ordered according to population. The list includes and ranks sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories. Figures are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census authority where available and generally rounded off. Other figures are based on the July 1, 2007 estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.[1] Because these figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting rankings may be misleading.
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| Rank | Country / Territory | Population | Date | % of world population | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — |  World |
6,736,100,000 | November 11, 2008 | 100% | International Programs Center - census.gov |
| 1 |  People's Republic of China[2] |
1,327,170,000 | November 11, 2008 | 19.7% | Chinese Population clock |
| 2 |  India |
1,140,420,000 | November 11, 2008 | 16.93% | Indian Population clock |
| 3 |  United States |
305,627,000 | November 11, 2008 | 4.54% | Official USA Population clock |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
228,728,495 | November 8, 2008 | 3.39% | Indonesian Population Clock |
| 5 |  Brazil |
188,070,000 | November 11, 2008 | 2.79% | Official Brazilian Population clock |
| 6 |  Pakistan |
164,820,000 | November 11, 2008 | 2.45% | Official Pakistani Population clock |
| 7 |  Bangladesh |
158,665,000 | 2.36% | UN estimate | |
| 8 |  Nigeria |
148,093,000 | 2.2% | UN estimate | |
| 9 |  Russia |
141,900,000 | August 1, 2008 | 2.11% | Federal state statistics service |
| 10 |  Japan |
127,690,000 | May 1, 2008 | 1.9% | Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate |
| 11 |  Mexico |
106,682,500 | mid-2008 | 1.58% | INEGI projection |
| 12 |  Philippines |
90,457,200 | mid-2008 | 1.34% | |
| 13 |  Vietnam |
87,375,000 | 1.3% |
UN estimate |
|
| 14 |  Germany |
82,169,000 | February 29, 2008 | 1.22% | Federal Statistics Office estimate |
| 15 |  Ethiopia |
79,221,000 | July 2008 | 1.18% | |
| 16 |  Egypt |
75,523,000 | November 11, 2008 | 1.12% | Official population clock |
| 17 |  Turkey |
70,586,256 | December 31, 2007 | 1.05% | Turkish Statistical Institute |
| 18 |  Iran |
70,495,782 | November 2006 | 1.05% | |
| 19 |  France (incl. overseas France) |
64,473,140 | January 1, 2008 | 0.96% | Official INSEE estimate |
| 20 |  Thailand |
63,038,247 | December 31, 2007 | 0.94% | |
| 21 |  Dem. Rep. of Congo |
62,636,000 | 0.93% | UN estimate | |
| 22 |  United Kingdom |
61,186,000 | January 1, 2008 | 0.9% | [2] |
| 23 |  Italy |
59,619,290 | December 31, 2007 | 0.89% | Official Istat estimate |
| 24 |  Burma |
48,798,000 | 0.72% |
UN estimate |
|
| 25 |  South Korea |
48,224,000 | 0.72% | UN estimate | |
| 26 |  South Africa |
47,850,700 | July 1, 2007 | 0.71% | Official Stat SA estimate |
| 27 |  Spain |
46,063,500 | January 2008 | 0.67% | Official INE estimate |
| 28 |  Ukraine |
46,020,521 | September 1, 2008 | 0.69% | Official UKRSTAT estimate |
| 29 |  Colombia |
44,603,000 | October 13, 2008 | 0.65% | Official Colombian Population clock |
| 30 |  Tanzania |
40,454,000 | 0.6% | UN estimate | |
| 31 |  Argentina |
40,301,927 | September 2007 | 0.61% | Official INDEC estimate |
| 32 |  Sudan |
38,560,000 | 0.57% | UN estimate | |
| 33 |  Poland |
38,115,967 | June 30, 2007 | 0.57% | Official GUS estimate |
| 34 |  Kenya |
37,538,000 | 0.56% | UN estimate | |
| 35 |  Algeria |
33,858,000 | 0.5% | UN estimate | |
| 36 |  Canada |
33,425,700 | November 11, 2008 | 0.5% | Official Canadian Population clock |
| 37 |  Morocco |
31,224,000 | 0.46% | UN estimate | |
| 38 |  Uganda |
30,884,000 | 0.46% | UN estimate | |
| 39 |  Iraq |
28,993,000 | 0.43% | UN estimate | |
| 40 |  Peru |
28,750,770 | June 30, 2007 | 0.43% | Official INEI estimate[3] |
| 41 |  Nepal |
28,196,000 | 0.42% | UN estimate | |
| 42 |  Venezuela |
28,018,018 | September 25, 2008 | 0.42% | Official Venezuelan Population clock |
| 43 |  Malaysia |
27,730,000 | September 5, 2008 | 0.41% | Official Malaysian population website |
| 44 |  Uzbekistan |
27,372,000 | 0.41% | UN estimate | |
| 45 |  Afghanistan |
27,145,000 | 0.4% | UN estimate | |
| 46 |  Saudi Arabia |
24,735,000 | 0.37% | UN estimate | |
| 47 |  North Korea |
23,790,000 | 0.35% | UN estimate | |
| 48 |  Ghana |
23,478,000 | 0.35% | UN estimate | |
| 49 |  Republic of China (Taiwan)[4] |
23,007,007 | August 31, 2008 | 0.34% | Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate |
| 50 |  Yemen |
22,389,000 | 0.33% | UN estimate | |
| 51 |  Romania |
21,528,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.32% | [3] |
| 52 |  Australia[5] |
21,480,000 | November 8, 2008 | 0.32% | Official Australian Population clock |
| 53 |  Mozambique |
21,397,000 | 0.32% | UN estimate | |
| 54 |  Syria |
19,929,000 | 0.3% | UN estimate | |
| 55 |  Madagascar |
19,683,000 | 0.29% | UN estimate | |
| 56 |  Sri Lanka |
19,299,000 | 0.29% | UN estimate | |
| 57 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
19,262,000 | 0.29% | UN estimate | |
| 58 |  Cameroon |
18,549,000 | 0.28% | UN estimate | |
| 59 |  Angola |
17,024,000 | 0.25% | UN estimate | |
| 60 |  Chile |
16,824,000 | November 11, 2008 | 0.25% | Official INE projection |
| 61 |  Netherlands |
16,466,268 | November 6, 2008 | 0.24% | Official Netherlands Population clock |
| 62 |  Kazakhstan |
15,422,000 | 0.23% | UN estimate | |
| 63 |  Burkina Faso |
14,784,000 | 0.22% | UN estimate | |
| 64 |  Cambodia |
14,444,000 | 0.21% | UN estimate | |
| 65 |  Niger |
14,226,000 | 0.21% | UN estimate | |
| 66 |  Malawi |
13,925,000 | 0.21% | UN estimate | |
| 67 |  Ecuador |
13,867,761 | October 23, 2008 | 0.21% | INEC |
| 68 |  Guatemala |
13,354,000 | 0.2% | UN estimate | |
| 69 |  Zimbabwe |
13,349,000 | 0.2% | UN estimate | |
| 70 |  Senegal |
12,379,000 | 0.18% | UN estimate | |
| 71 |  Mali |
12,337,000 | 0.18% | UN estimate | |
| 72 |  Zambia |
11,922,000 | 0.18% | UN estimate | |
| 73 |  Cuba |
11,268,000 | 0.17% | UN estimate | |
| 74 |  Greece |
11,215,000 | January 1, 2008 | 0.17% | [4] |
| 75 |  Chad |
10,781,000 | 0.16% | UN estimate | |
| 76 |  Belgium |
10,666,866 | January 1, 2008 | 0.16% | Official Statbel estimate |
| 77 |  Portugal |
10,617,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.16% | [5] |
| 78 |  Czech Republic |
10,424,926 | June 30, 2008 | 0.15% | Official ČSÚ estimate |
| 79 |  Tunisia |
10,327,000 | 0.15% | UN estimate | |
| 80 |  Hungary |
10,035,000 | June 30, 2008 | 0.15% | Hungarian Central Statistical Office |
| 81 |  Serbia[6] |
9,527,100 | January 1, 2008 | 0.15% | [6] |
| 82 |  Dominican Republic |
9,760,000 | 0.14% | UN estimate | |
| 83 |  Rwanda |
9,725,000 | 0.14% | UN estimate | |
| 84 |  Belarus |
9,690,000 | December 31, 2007 | 0.14% | Official statistics of Belarus |
| 85 |  Haiti |
9,598,000 | 0.14% | UN estimate | |
| 86 |  Bolivia |
9,525,000 | 0.14% | UN estimate | |
| 87 |  Guinea |
9,370,000 | 0.14% | UN estimate | |
| 88 |  Sweden |
9,234,209 | August 31, 2008 | 0.14% | Statistics Sweden |
| 89 |  Benin |
9,033,000 | 0.13% | UN estimate | |
| 90 |  Somalia |
8,699,000 | 0.13% | UN estimate | |
| 91 |  Burundi |
8,508,000 | 0.13% | UN estimate | |
| 92 |  Azerbaijan |
8,629,900 | January 1, 2008 | 0.13% | [7] |
| 93 |  Austria |
8,340,924 | April 1, 2008 | 0.12% | Official Statistics Austria estimate |
| 94 |  Switzerland |
7,647,600 | June 30, 2008 | 0.11% | Swiss Federal Statistical Office |
| 95 |  Bulgaria |
7,640,238 | December 31, 2007 | 0.11% | National Statistical Institute |
| 96 |  Israel |
7,337,000[7] | September 30, 2008 | 0.11% | Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics |
| 97 |  Honduras |
7,106,000 | 0.11% | UN estimate | |
| — |  Hong Kong |
6,985,260 | June 30, 2008 | 0.11% | Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong SAR |
| 98 |  El Salvador |
6,857,000 | 0.1% | UN estimate | |
| 99 |  Tajikistan |
6,736,000 | 0.1% | UN estimate | |
| 100 |  Togo |
6,585,000 | 0.098% | UN estimate | |
| 101 |  Papua New Guinea |
6,331,000 | 0.094% | UN estimate | |
| 102 |  Libya |
6,160,000 | 0.091% | UN estimate | |
| 103 |  Paraguay |
6,127,000 | 0.091% | UN estimate | |
| 104 |  Jordan |
5,924,000 | 0.088% | UN estimate | |
| 105 |  Sierra Leone |
5,866,000 | 0.087% | UN estimate | |
| 106 |  Laos |
5,859,000 | 0.087% | UN estimate | |
| 107 |  Nicaragua |
5,603,000 | 0.083% | UN estimate | |
| 108 |  Denmark |
5,506,000 | October 1, 2008 | 0.081% | Statistics Denmark |
| 109 |  Slovakia |
5,404,784 | June 30, 2008 | 0.08% | Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic |
| 110 |  Finland |
5,324,060[8] | November 5, 2008 | 0.079% | Official Finnish Population clock |
| 111 |  Kyrgyzstan |
5,317,000 | 0.079% | UN estimate | |
| 112 |  Turkmenistan |
4,965,000 | 0.074% | UN estimate | |
| 113 |  Eritrea |
4,851,000 | 0.072% | UN estimate | |
| 114 |  Singapore |
4,839,400 | Mid-2008 | 0.072% | Statistics Singapore |
| 115 |  Norway |
4,791,100[9] | November 10, 2008 | 0.071% | Official Norwegian Population clock |
| 116 |  Croatia |
4,435,400 | January 1, 2008 | 0.068% | [8] |
| 117 |  Costa Rica |
4,468,000 | 0.066% | UN estimate | |
| 118 |  Ireland |
4,422,100 | April 30, 2008 | 0.064% | Official CSO Ireland Statistics |
| 119 |  Georgia |
4,382,100[10] | January 1, 2008 | 0.065% | [9] |
| 120 |  United Arab Emirates |
4,380,000 | 0.065% | UN estimate | |
| 121 |  Central African Republic |
4,343,000 | 0.065% | UN estimate | |
| 122 |  New Zealand |
4,284,100 | November 3, 2008 | 0.063% | Official New Zealand Population clock |
| 123 |  Lebanon |
4,099,000 | 0.061% | UN estimate | |
| 124 |  Puerto Rico |
3,991,000 | 0.059% | UN estimate | |
| 125 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,935,000 | 0.058% | UN estimate | |
| 126 |  Moldova |
3,572,700[11] | January 1, 2008 | 0.056% | [10] |
| 127 |  Republic of the Congo |
3,768,000 | 0.056% | UN estimate | |
| 128 |  Palestinian territories |
3,761,646 | December 1, 2007 | 0.056% | Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics - 2007 Census |
| 129 |  Liberia |
3,750,000 | 0.056% | UN estimate | |
| — |  Somaliland |
3,500,000 | Date unknown | 0.052% | Somaliland government |
| 130 |  Lithuania |
3,361,100 | April 1, 2008 | 0.05% | Statistics Lithuania |
| 131 |  Panama |
3,343,000 | 0.05% | UN estimate | |
| 132 |  Uruguay |
3,340,000 | 0.05% | UN estimate | |
| 133 |  Armenia |
3,230,100 | January 1, 2008 | 0.045% | [11] |
| 134 |  Albania |
3,170,000 | January 1, 2008 | 0.047% | [12] |
| 135 |  Mauritania |
3,124,000 | 0.046% | UN estimate | |
| 136 |  Kuwait |
2,851,000 | 0.042% | UN estimate | |
| 137 |  Jamaica |
2,714,000 | 0.04% | UN estimate | |
| 138 |  Mongolia |
2,629,000 | 0.039% | UN estimate | |
| 139 |  Oman |
2,595,000 | 0.039% | UN estimate | |
| 140 |  Latvia |
2,268,000 | May 1, 2008 | 0.034% | Latvijas Statistika |
| 141 |  Namibia |
2,074,000 | 0.031% | UN estimate | |
| 142 |  Republic of Macedonia |
2,045,200 | January 1, 2008 | 0.03% | [13] |
| 143 |  Slovenia |
2,029,000 | July 15, 2008 | 0.031% | Official Slovenian population clock |
| 144 |  Lesotho |
2,008,000 | 0.03% | UN estimate | |
| 145 |  Botswana |
1,882,000 | 0.028% | UN estimate | |
| 146 |  Gambia |
1,709,000 | 0.025% | UN estimate | |
| 147 |  Guinea-Bissau |
1,695,000 | 0.025% | UN estimate | |
| 148 |  Estonia |
1,340,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.02% | Statistics Estonia |
| 149 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
1,333,000 | 0.02% | UN estimate | |
| 150 |  Gabon |
1,331,000 | 0.02% | UN estimate | |
| 151 |  Mauritius |
1,262,000[12] | 0.019% | UN estimate | |
| 152 |  East Timor |
1,155,000 | 0.017% | UN estimate | |
| 153 |  Swaziland |
1,141,000 | 0.017% | UN estimate | |
| 154 |  Cyprus |
794,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.012% | [14] |
| 155 |  Qatar |
841,000[13] | 0.012% | UN estimate | |
| 156 |  Djibouti |
833,000 | 0.012% | UN estimate | |
| 157 |  Fiji |
827,900 | 2007 | 0.012% | Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics |
| — | Réunion[14] |
793,000 | January 1, 2007 | 0.012% | Official INSEE estimate |
| 158 |  Bahrain |
760,168 | Date unknown | 0.011% | Kingdom of Bahrain Government Statistics |
| 159 |  Guyana |
738,000 | 0.011% | UN estimate | |
| 160 |  Comoros |
682,000[15] | July 2007 | 0.01% | World Gazetteer projection |
| 161 |  Bhutan |
658,000 | 0.01% | UN estimate | |
| 162 |  Montenegro |
598,000 | 0.009% | UN estimate | |
| — |  Macau |
538,100 | December 31, 2007 | 0.008% | Statistics and Census Service of Macau |
| 163 |  Cape Verde |
530,000 | 0.008% | UN estimate | |
| 164 |  Equatorial Guinea[16] |
507,000 | 0.008% | UN estimate | |
| 165 |  Solomon Islands |
506,992 | January 1, 2008 | 0.007% | [15] |
| 166 |  Luxembourg |
483,800 | January 1, 2008 | 0.007% | Le portail des statistiques du Luxenbourg |
| 167 |  Western Sahara |
480,000 | 0.007% | UN estimate | |
| 168 |  Suriname |
458,000 | 0.007% | UN estimate | |
| — | Guadeloupe[14] |
451,000 | January 1, 2007 | 0.007% | INSEE estimate (minus the populations of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy) |
| 169 |  Malta |
410,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.006% | [16] |
| — | Martinique[14] |
401,000 | January 1, 2007 | 0.006% | Official INSEE estimate |
| 170 |  Brunei |
390,000 | 0.006% | UN estimate | |
| 171 |  Bahamas |
331,000 | 0.005% | UN estimate | |
| 172 |  Iceland |
320,169 | October 1, 2008 | 0.005% | Hagstofa Íslands |
| 173 |  Maldives |
306,000 | 0.005% | UN estimate | |
| 174 |  Barbados |
294,000 | 0.004% | UN estimate | |
| 175 |  Belize |
288,000 | 0.004% | UN estimate | |
| — |  French Polynesia[14] |
259,596 | August 20, 2007 | 0.004% | August 2007 census |
| — | New Caledonia[14] |
244,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.004% | Official ISEE estimate |
| 176 |  Vanuatu |
226,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | |
| — | French Guiana[14] |
209,000 | January 1, 2007 | 0.003% | Official INSEE estimate |
| 177 |  Netherlands Antilles |
192,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | |
| 178 |  Samoa |
188,540 | 2008 | 0.003% | Samoa Statistics Department |
| — | Mayotte[14] |
186,452 | July 31, 2007 | 0.003% | July 2007 census |
| 179 |  Guam |
173,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | |
| 180 |  Saint Lucia |
165,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | |
| 181 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
158,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | |
| 182 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
120,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | |
| 183 |  U.S. Virgin Islands |
111,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | |
| 184 |  Federated States of Micronesia |
111,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | |
| 185 |  Grenada |
106,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | |
| 186 |  Aruba |
104,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | |
| 187 |  Tonga |
100,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 188 |  Kiribati |
95,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 189 |  Jersey |
89,300 | December 31, 2006 | 0.001% | [17] |
| 190 |  Seychelles |
87,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 191 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
85,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 192 |  Northern Mariana Islands |
84,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 193 |  Andorra |
83,137 | December 31, 2007 | 0.001% | [18] |
| 194 |  Isle of Man |
80,058 | 2006 | 0.001% | Isle of Man Government |
| 195 |  Dominica |
67,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 196 |  American Samoa |
67,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 197 |  Guernsey |
65,726 | July 2008 | 0.001% | The World Factbook |
| 198 |  Bermuda |
65,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 199 |  Marshall Islands |
59,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 200 |  Greenland |
58,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 201 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
50,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 202 |  Faroe Islands |
48,839 | August 1, 2008 | 0.001% | Official statistics of the Faroe Islands |
| 203 |  Cayman Islands |
47,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 204 |  Liechtenstein |
35,365 | December 31, 2007 | 0.0005% | Statistik Liechtenstein |
| — | Saint-Martin |