List of countries by population
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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 2007 mid-year estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.[1] Because the figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or with the same level of accuracy, the resulting rankings may be misleading. For comparison purposes, some non-sovereign entities are included in this list, although only sovereign territories are ranked.
| Rank | Country/territory/entity | Population | Date | % of world population | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — |  World |
6,671,226,000 | July 1, 2007 | 100% | UN estimate |
| 1 |  People's Republic of China[2] |
1,321,461,000 | October 23, 2007 | 19.81% | Official Chinese Population clock |
| 2 |  India[3] |
1,169,016,000 | 17.52% | UN estimate | |
| — |  European Union |
492,964,961 | Jan 1, 2006 | 7.39% | Eurostat |
| 3 |  United States |
303,203,064 | October 24, 2007 | 4.54% | Official USA Population clock |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
231,627,000 | 3.47% | UN estimate | |
| 5 |  Brazil |
187,223,000 | September 29, 2007 | 2.81% | Official Brazilian Population clock |
| 6 |  Pakistan |
161,488,000 | October 16, 2007 | 2.42% | Official Pakistani Population clock |
| 7 |  Bangladesh |
158,665,000 | 2.38% | UN estimate | |
| 8 |  Nigeria |
148,093,000 | 2.22% | UN estimate | |
| 9 |  Russia |
142,499,000 | 2.14% | UN estimate | |
| 10 |  Japan |
127,750,000 | June 1, 2007 | 1.91% | Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate |
| 11 |  Mexico |
106,535,000 | 1.6% | UN estimate | |
| 12 |  Philippines |
88,706,300 | July 1, 2007 | 1.33% | |
| 13 |  Vietnam |
87,375,000 | 1.31% |
UN estimate |
|
| 14 |  Germany |
82,314,900 | Dec 31, 2006 | 1.23% | Official Destatis estimate |
| 15 |  Ethiopia |
77,127,000 | July 2007 | 1.16% | |
| 16 |  Egypt |
75,498,000 | 1.13% |
UN estimate |
|
| 17 |  Turkey |
74,877,000 | 1.12% | UN estimate | |
| 18 |  Iran |
71,208,000 | 1.07% | UN estimate | |
| 19 |  France (including overseas France) |
64,102,140 | January 1, 2007 | 0.96% | Official INSEE estimate |
| 20 |  Thailand |
62,828,706 | Dec 31, 2006 | 0.94% | |
| 21 |  Dem. Rep. of Congo |
62,636,000 | 0.94% | UN estimate | |
| 22 |  United Kingdom |
60,587,300 | July 1, 2006 | 0.91% | Official ONS estimate |
| 23 |  Italy |
59,131,287 | Dec 31, 2006 | 0.89% | Official Istat estimate |
| 24 |  Myanmar |
48,798,000 | 0.73% |
UN estimate |
|
| 25 |  South Africa |
48,577,000 | 0.73% | UN estimate | |
| 26 |  South Korea |
48,512,000 | 0.73% | Official Korean Population clock | |
| 27 |  Ukraine |
46,205,000 | 0.69% | UN estimate | |
| 28 |  Spain |
45,116,894 | January 1, 2007 | 0.68% | Official INE estimate |
| 29 |  Colombia |
44,046,000 | October 21, 2007 | 0.66% | Official Colombian Population clock |
| 30 |  Tanzania |
40,454,000 | 0.61% | UN estimate | |
| 31 |  Argentina |
39,531,000 | 0.59% | UN estimate | |
| 32 |  Sudan |
38,560,000 | 0.58% | UN estimate | |
| 33 |  Poland |
38,125,479 | Dec 31, 2006 | 0.57% | Official GUS estimate |
| 34 |  Kenya |
37,538,000 | 0.56% | UN estimate | |
| 35 |  Algeria |
33,858,000 | 0.51% | UN estimate | |
| 36 |  Canada |
33,052,864 | October 23, 2007 | 0.5% | Official Canadian Population clock |
| 37 |  Morocco |
31,224,000 | 0.47% | UN estimate | |
| 38 |  Uganda |
30,884,000 | 0.46% | UN estimate | |
| 39 |  Iraq |
28,993,000 | 0.43% | UN estimate | |
| 40 |  Nepal |
28,196,000 | 0.42% | UN estimate | |
| 41 |  Peru |
27,903,000 | 0.42% | UN estimate | |
| 42 |  Venezuela |
27,657,000 | 0.41% | UN estimate | |
| 43 |  Uzbekistan |
27,372,000 | 0.41% | UN estimate | |
| 44 |  Malaysia |
27,329,000 | October 11, 2007 | 0.41% | Official Malaysian Population clock |
| 45 |  Afghanistan |
27,145,000 | 0.41% | UN estimate | |
| 46 |  Saudi Arabia |
24,735,000 | 0.37% | UN estimate | |
| 47 |  North Korea |
23,790,000 | 0.36% | UN estimate | |
| 48 |  Ghana |
23,478,000 | 0.35% | UN estimate | |
| 49 |  Republic of China (Taiwan)[4] |
22,925,000 | Sep 2007 | 0.34% | Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate |
| 50 |  Yemen |
22,389,000 | 0.34% | UN estimate | |
| 51 |  Romania |
21,438,000 | 0.32% | UN estimate | |
| 52 |  Mozambique |
21,397,000 | 0.32% | UN estimate | |
| 53 |  Australia[5] |
21,101,000 | September 29, 2007 | 0.32% | Official Australian Population clock |
| 54 |  Syria |
19,929,000 | 0.3% | UN estimate | |
| 55 |  Madagascar |
19,683,000 | 0.3% | 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 | 0.26% | UN estimate | |
| 60 |  Chile |
16,598,074 | June 30, 2007 | 0.25% | Official INE projection |
| 61 |  Netherlands |
16,384,000 | Sep. 29, 2007 | 0.25% | 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 | 0.22% | UN estimate | |
| 65 |  Niger |
14,226,000 | 0.21% | UN estimate | |
| 66 |  Malawi |
13,925,000 | 0.21% | UN estimate | |
| 67 |  Guatemala |
13,354,000 | 0.2% | UN estimate | |
| 68 |  Zimbabwe |
13,349,000 | 0.2% | UN estimate | |
| 69 |  Ecuador |
13,341,000 | 0.2% | UN estimate | |
| 70 |  Senegal |
12,379,000 | 0.19% | 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 |
11,147,000 | 0.17% | UN estimate | |
| 75 |  Chad |
10,781,000 | 0.16% | UN estimate | |
| 76 |  Portugal |
10,623,000 | 0.16% | UN estimate | |
| 77 |  Belgium |
10,457,000 | 0.16% | UN estimate | |
| 78 |  Tunisia |
10,327,000 | 0.15% | UN estimate | |
| 79 |  Czech Republic |
10,325,900 | June 30, 2007 | 0.15% | Official ČSÚ estimate |
| 80 |  Hungary |
10,030,000 | 0.15% | UN estimate | |
| 81 |  Serbia[6] |
9,858,000 | 0.15% | UN estimate | |
| 82 |  Dominican Republic |
9,760,000 | 0.15% | UN estimate | |
| 83 |  Rwanda |
9,725,000 | 0.15% | UN estimate | |
| 84 |  Belarus |
9,714,000 | end of 2006 | 0.15% | 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 |
9,150,000 | June 2007 | 0.14% | Official Statistics Sweden estimate |
| 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 |
8,467,000 | 0.13% | UN estimate | |
| 93 |  Austria |
8,316,487 | 3rd quarter, 2007 | 0.12% | Official Statistics Austria estimate |
| 94 |  Bulgaria |
7,639,000 | 0.11% | UN estimate | |
| 95 |  Switzerland |
7,508,700 | December 31, 2006 | 0.11% | Swiss Federal Statistical Office |
| — |  Hong Kong |
7,206,000 | 0.11% | UN estimate | |
| 96 |  Israel |
7,197,200[7] | August 31, 2007 | 0.11% | Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics |
| 97 |  Honduras |
7,106,000 | 0.11% | UN estimate | |
| 98 |  El Salvador |
6,857,000 | 0.1% | UN estimate | |
| 99 |  Tajikistan |
6,736,000 | 0.1% | UN estimate | |
| 100 |  Togo |
6,585,000 | 0.099% | UN estimate | |
| 101 |  Papua New Guinea |
6,331,000 | 0.095% | UN estimate | |
| 102 |  Libya |
6,160,000 | 0.092% | UN estimate | |
| 103 |  Paraguay |
6,127,000 | 0.092% | UN estimate | |
| 104 |  Jordan |
5,924,000 | 0.089% | UN estimate | |
| 105 |  Sierra Leone |
5,866,000 | 0.088% | UN estimate | |
| 106 |  Laos |
5,859,000 | 0.088% | UN estimate | |
| 107 |  Nicaragua |
5,603,000 | 0.084% | UN estimate | |
| 108 |  Denmark |
5,457,415 | June 30, 2007 | 0.082% | Official "Statistics Denmark" |
| 109 |  Slovakia |
5,390,000 | 0.081% | UN estimate | |
| 110 |  Kyrgyzstan |
5,317,000 | 0.08% | UN estimate | |
| 111 |  Finland |
5,297,300[8] | October 23, 2007 | 0.079% | Official Finnish Population clock |
| 112 |  Turkmenistan |
4,965,000 | 0.074% | UN estimate | |
| 113 |  Eritrea |
4,851,000 | 0.073% | UN estimate | |
| 114 |  Norway |
4,721,300[9] | October 23, 2007 | 0.071% | Official Norwegian Population clock |
| 115 |  Croatia |
4,555,000 | 0.068% | UN estimate | |
| 116 |  Costa Rica |
4,468,000 | 0.065% | UN estimate | |
| 117 |  Singapore |
4,436,000 | 0.066% | UN estimate | |
| 118 |  Georgia |
4,395,000[10] | 0.066% | UN estimate | |
| 119 |  United Arab Emirates |
4,380,000 | 0.066% | UN estimate | |
| 120 |  Central African Republic |
4,343,000 | 0.065% | UN estimate | |
| 121 |  Ireland |
4,301,000 | 0.064% | UN estimate | |
| 122 |  New Zealand |
4,239,600 | Oct. 24, 2007 | 0.064% | Official New Zealand Population clock |
| 123 |  Lebanon |
4,099,000 | 0.061% | UN estimate | |
| 124 |  Palestinian territories |
4,017,000 | 0.06% | UN estimate | |
| 125 |  Puerto Rico |
3,991,000 | 0.06% | UN estimate | |
| 126 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,935,000 | 0.059% | UN estimate | |
| 127 |  Moldova |
3,794,000[11] | 0.057% | UN estimate | |
| 128 |  Republic of the Congo |
3,768,000 | 0.056% | UN estimate | |
| 129 |  Liberia |
3,750,000 | 0.056% | UN estimate | |
| — |  Somaliland |
3,500,000 | 0.052% | Somaliland government | |
| 130 |  Lithuania |
3,372,400 | September 1, 2007 | 0.051% | Statistics Lithuania |
| 131 |  Panama |
3,343,000 | 0.05% | UN estimate | |
| 132 |  Uruguay |
3,340,000 | 0.05% | UN estimate | |
| 133 |  Albania |
3,190,000 | 0.048% | UN estimate | |
| 134 |  Mauritania |
3,124,000 | 0.047% | UN estimate | |
| 135 |  Armenia |
3,002,000 | 0.045% | UN estimate | |
| 136 |  Kuwait |
2,851,000 | 0.043% | UN estimate | |
| 137 |  Jamaica |
2,714,000 | 0.041% | UN estimate | |
| 138 |  Mongolia |
2,629,000 | 0.039% | UN estimate | |
| 139 |  Oman |
2,595,000 | 0.039% | UN estimate | |
| 140 |  Latvia |
2,277,000 | 0.034% | UN estimate | |
| 141 |  Namibia |
2,074,000 | 0.031% | UN estimate | |
| 142 |  Republic of Macedonia |
2,038,000 | 0.031% | UN estimate | |
| 143 |  Slovenia |
2,020,000 | October 23, 2007 | 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 | 0.026% | UN estimate | |
| 147 |  Guinea-Bissau |
1,695,000 | 0.025% | UN estimate | |
| 148 |  Estonia |
1,342,409 | January 1, 2007 | 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 |
855,000[13] | 0.013% | UN estimate | |
| 155 |  Qatar |
841,000 | 0.013% | UN estimate | |
| 156 |  Fiji |
839,000 | 0.013% | UN estimate | |
| 157 |  Djibouti |
833,000 | 0.012% | UN estimate | |
| — | Réunion[14] |
784,000 | January 1, 2006 | 0.012% | Official INSEE estimate |
| 158 |  Bahrain |
753,000 | 0.011% | UN estimate | |
| 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 | |
| — |  Transnistria |
555,347 | 0.008% | Pridnestrivie government website | |
| 163 |  Cape Verde |
530,000 | 0.008% | UN estimate | |
| 164 |  Equatorial Guinea |
507,000 | 0.008% | UN estimate | |
| 165 |  Solomon Islands |
496,000 | 0.007% | UN estimate | |
| — |  Macau |
481,000 | 0.007% | UN estimate | |
| 166 |  Western Sahara |
480,000 | 0.007% | UN estimate | |
| 167 |  Luxembourg |
467,000 | 0.007% | UN estimate | |
| 168 |  Suriname |
458,000 | 0.007% | UN estimate | |
| 169 |  Malta |
407,000 | 0.006% | UN estimate | |
| — | Guadeloupe[14] |
405,000 | January 1, 2006 | 0.006% | INSEE est. subtracting St Martin and St Bath. |
| — | Martinique[14] |
399,000 | January 1, 2006 | 0.006% | Official INSEE estimate |
| 170 |  Brunei |
390,000 | 0.006% | UN estimate | |
| 171 |  Bahamas |
331,000 | 0.005% | UN estimate | |
| 172 |  Iceland |
312,851 | October 1, 2007 | 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] |
259,800 | January 1, 2007 | 0.004% | Official ISPF estimate |
| — | New Caledonia[14] |
240,390 | January 1, 2007 | 0.004% | Official INSEE estimate |
| 176 |  Vanuatu |
226,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | |
| — | French Guiana[14] |
202,000 | January 1, 2006 | 0.003% | Official INSEE estimate |
| 177 |  Netherlands Antilles |
192,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | |
| 178 |  Samoa |
187,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | |
| — | Mayotte[14] |
182,000 | January 1, 2006 | 0.003% | Estimate based on last INSEE 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 |
88,200 | 0.001% | States of Jersey Statistics Unit | |
| 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 |
81,200 | December 31, 2006 | 0.001% | Andorra Servei d’Estudis |
| 194 |  Isle of Man |
79,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 195 |  Dominica |
67,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 196 |  American Samoa |
67,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 197 |  Guernsey |
65,573 | 0.001% | World Fact Book, 2007 | |
| 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 |
48,455 | Jun 1, 2007 | 0.001% | Official statistics of the Faroe Islands |
| 203 |  Cayman Islands |
47,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | |
| 204 |  Liechtenstein |
35,000 | 0.0005% | UN estimate | |
| — | Saint-Martin[14] |
33,102 | October 2004 | 0.0005% | October 2004 supplementary census. |
| 205 |  Monaco |
33,000 | 0.0005% |
UN estimate |
|
| 206 |  San Marino |
31,000 | 0.0005% | UN estimate | |
| 207 |  Gibraltar |
29,000 | 0.0004% | UN estimate | |
| 208 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
26,000 | 0.0004% | UN estimate | |
| 209 |  British Virgin Islands |
23,000 | 0.0003% | UN estimate | |
| 210 |  Palau |
20,000 | 0.0003% | UN estimate | |
| — | Wallis and Futuna[14] |
15,000 | July 2007 | 0.0002% | UN estimate |
| 211 |  Cook Islands |
13,000 | 0.0002% | UN estimate | |
| 212 |  Anguilla |
13,000 | 0.0002% | UN estimate | |
| 213 |  Tuvalu |
11,000 | 0.0002% | UN estimate | |
| 214 |  Nauru |
10,000 | 0.0001% | UN estimate | |
| — | Saint-Barthélemy[14] |
6,852 | March 1999 | 0.0001% | March 1999 census |
| 215 |  Saint Helena |
6,600[16] | 0.0001% | UN estimate | |
| — | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon[14] |
6,125 | January 2006 | 0.0001% | January 2006 census |
| 216 |  Montserrat |
5,900 | 0.0001% | UN estimate | |
| 217 |  Falkland Islands |
3,000 | 0.00005% | UN estimate | |
| 218 |  Niue |
1,600 | 0.00003% | UN estimate | |
| 219 | Tokelau |
1,400 | 0.00003% | UN estimate | |
| 220 |  Vatican City |
800 | 0.00002% | UN estimate | |
| 221 |  Pitcairn Islands |
50 | 0.000001% | UN estimate | |
| — | World |
6,671,226,000 | July 1, 2007 | 100% | UN estimate |
[edit] See also
- List of countries by population in 1907
- List of countries by population in 2005
- List of regional organizations by population
- List of continents by population
- List of countries by population density
- Lists of countries in various regions by populations:
- List of religious populations
- World population
- Human geography
[edit] Notes
- ^ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2006). "World Population Prospects, Table A.2" (.PDF). 2006 revision. United Nations. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
- ^ Mainland China only
- ^ Includes data from Jammu and Kashmir (India-administered), Azad Kashmir (Pakistan-administered) , and Aksai Chin (PRC-administered).
- ^ Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.
- ^ Includes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828)
- ^ Includes Kosovo
- ^ UN figure for mid-2007 is 6,967,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.
- ^ Includes Åland Islands
- ^ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island
- ^ Figure includes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000)
- ^ Includes Transnistria (555,347)
- ^ Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon
- ^ Includes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (264,172). The Statistical Institute of the Republic of Cyprus shows a population of 749,200 (2004 Census).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Part of France.
- ^ Excludes the island of Mayotte. The UN estimate is 839,000 (including Mayotte)
- ^ Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
[edit] External links
- United Nations Analytical Report for the 2004 revision of World Population Prospects - includes details of methodology and sources used for the population estimates above.
- Population clocks & projected growth charts for all countries
