List of countries by population
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This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population, using the most recently available official figures. Because such figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or with the same level of accuracy, the resulting rankings may be misleading.
The list includes all sovereign states and dependent territories recognized by the United Nations plus seven sovereign states that are not.
The European Union is listed unranked for comparison. The EU is not a country, but has many of the features of a confederal state such as a central administration, a parliament, a superior judiciary, a common market, a common currency (used by approximately 60% of its population) [1], EU citizenship and free settlement of its citizens across its territory.
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[edit] List of countries by population
| Rank | Country / Territory / Entity | Population | Date | % of World Population | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | World | 6,587,000,000 | 100% | population clock | |
| 1 |  People's Republic of China |
1,318,000,000 | 20.03% | population clock | |
| 2 |  India[2] |
1,127,000,000 | 17.13% | population clock | |
| — |  European Union |
494,900,000 | 7.52% | Eurostat data [3] | |
| 3 |  United States of America |
301,600,000 | 4.58% | population clock | |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
234,600,000 | 3.56% | population clock | |
| 5 |  Brazil |
186,250,000 | 2.83% | population clock | |
| 6 |  Pakistan |
159,950,000 | 2.43% | population clock, [4] | |
| 7 |  Bangladesh |
149,950,000 | 2.28% | population clock | |
| 8 |  Russia |
141,500,000 | 2.15% | population clock | |
| 9 |  Nigeria |
134,300,000 | 2.04% | population clock | |
| 10 |  Japan |
127,720,000 | March 1, 2007 | 1.94% | official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate |
| 11 |  Mexico |
109,300,000 | 1.66% | ||
| 12 |  Philippines |
91,100,000 | 1.38% | ||
| 13 |  Vietnam |
85,250,224 | 1.3% | ||
| 14 |  Germany |
82,310,000 | Dec. 31, 2006 | 1.25% | official Destatis estimate |
| 15 |  Egypt |
79,990,000 | 1.22% | ||
| 16 |  Ethiopia |
77,431,000 | 1.18% | ||
| 17 |  Turkey |
72,600,000 | 2005 | 1.1% | World Bank estimate |
| 18 |  Iran |
70,049,262 | 1.08% | population clock[5] | |
| 19 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
64,100,000 | 0.97% | population clock | |
| 20 |  Thailand |
62,828,706 | 2006 | 0.95% | |
| 21 |  France |
61,538,322 | Jan. 1, 2007 | 0.94% | official INSEE estimate |
| 22 |  United Kingdom |
60,209,500 | Jul. 1, 2005 | 0.91% | official ONS estimate |
| 23 |  Italy |
58,863,124 | Jul. 1, 2006 | 0.89% | official Istat estimate |
| 24 |  South Korea |
49,024,737 | 0.74% | population clock | |
| 25 |  Myanmar (Burma) |
47,270,000 | 0.72% | ||
| 26 |  Ukraine |
46,360,000 | 0.7% | population clock | |
| 27 |  Spain |
44,708,964 | Jan. 1, 2006 | 0.68% | official INE estimate |
| 28 |  South Africa |
44,120,000 | 0.67% | population clock | |
| 29 |  Colombia |
42,600,000 | 0.65% | population clock | |
| 30 |  Sudan |
42,150,000 | 0.64% | population clock | |
| 31 |  Argentina |
40,200,000 | 0.61% | population clock | |
| 32 |  Tanzania |
38,160,000 | 0.58% | population clock | |
| 33 |  Poland |
38,132,277 | Jun. 30, 2006 | 0.58% | official GUS estimate |
| 34 |  Kenya |
36,660,000 | 0.56% | population clock | |
| 35 |  Morocco |
33,770,000 | 0.51% | population clock | |
| 36 |  Algeria |
33,250,000 | 0.51% | population clock | |
| 37 |  Canada |
32,900,000 | 0.5% | population clock | |
| 38 |  Afghanistan |
31,350,000 | 0.48% | population clock | |
| 39 |  Uganda |
29,950,000 | 0.46% | population clock | |
| 40 |  Nepal |
28,770,000 | 0.44% | population clock | |
| 41 |  Peru |
28,700,000 | 0.44% | population clock | |
| 42 |  Uzbekistan |
27,730,000 | 0.42% | population clock | |
| 43 |  Malaysia |
26,900,000 | Jan. 2007 | 0.41% | population clock |
| 44 |  Iraq |
26,783,383 | 0.41% | population clock | |
| 45 |  Venezuela |
26,070,000 | 0.4% | population clock | |
| 46 |  Saudi Arabia |
25,970,000 | 0.39% | population clock | |
| 47 |  North Korea |
23,290,000 | 0.35% | population clock | |
| 48 |  Republic of China (Taiwan) [6] |
22,880,000 | Jan. 2007 | 0.35% | official National Statistics ROC estimate |
| 49 |  Ghana |
22,840,000 | 0.35% | population clock | |
| 50 |  Romania |
22,280,000 | 0.34% | population clock | |
| 51 |  Yemen |
21,970,000 | 0.33% | population clock | |
| 52 |  Sri Lanka |
20,940,000 | 0.32% | population clock | |
| 53 |  Australia |
20,810,000 | March 29, 2007 | 0.32% | population clock, [7] |
| 54 |  Mozambique |
20,765,000 | 0.32% | population clock | |
| 55 |  Madagascar |
19,280,000 | 0.29% | population clock | |
| 56 |  Syria |
19,220,000 | 0.29% | population clock | |
| 57 |  Cameroon |
18,080,000 | 0.27% | population clock | |
| 58 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
17,950,000 | 0.27% | population clock | |
| 59 |  Netherlands |
16,370,000 | 0.25% | population clock | |
| 60 |  Chile |
16,295,000 | 0.25% | population clock | |
| 61 |  Kazakhstan |
15,390,000 | 0.23% | population clock | |
| 62 |  Burkina Faso |
14,150,000 | 0.22% | population clock | |
| 63 |  Cambodia |
14,071,000 | 0.21% | population clock | |
| 64 |  Niger |
13,957,000 | 0.21% | population clock | |
| 65 |  Ecuador |
13,778,000 | 0.21% | population clock | |
| 66 |  Mali |
13,518,000 | 0.21% | population clock | |
| 67 |  Malawi |
13,482,000 | 0.2% | population clock | |
| 68 |  Zimbabwe |
13,010,000 | 0.2% | population clock | |
| 69 |  Guatemala |
12,678,000 | 0.19% | population clock | |
| 70 |  Angola |
12,070,000 | 0.18% | population clock | |
| 71 |  Zambia |
11,668,000 | 0.18% | population clock | |
| 72 |  Senegal |
11,658,000 | 0.18% | population clock | |
| 73 |  Cuba |
11,440,000 | 0.17% | population clock | |
| 74 |  Greece |
10,668,000 | 0.16% | population clock | |
| 75 |  Portugal |
10,605,870 | 0.16% | population clock | |
| 76 |  Belgium |
10,419,000 | 0.16% | population clock | |
| 77 |  Czech Republic |
10,287,189 | Dec. 31, 2006 | 0.16% | official ČSÚ estimate |
| 78 |  Tunisia |
10,256,000 | 0.16% | population clock | |
| 79 |  Chad |
10,112,000 | 0.15% | population clock | |
| 80 |  Hungary |
9,950,000 | 0.15% | population clock | |
| 81 |  Guinea |
9,890,000 | 0.15% | population clock | |
| 82 |  Belarus |
9,720,000 | 0.15% | population clock | |
| 83 |  Serbia |
9,396,411 | 2002 | 0.15% | population clock [8] |
| 84 |  Bolivia |
9,182,000 | 0.14% | population clock | |
| 85 |  Sweden |
9,122,000 | 0.14% | population clock | |
| 86 |  Rwanda |
9,038,000 | 0.14% | ||
| 87 |  Dominican Republic |
8,895,000 | 0.14% | ||
| 88 |  Somalia |
9,030,000 | 0.14% | population clock | |
| 89 |  Haiti |
8,660,000 | 0.13% | population clock | |
| 90 |  Benin |
8,439,000 | 0.13% | ||
| 91 |  Azerbaijan |
8,411,000 | 0.13% | ||
| 92 |  Austria |
8,292,322 | 0.12% | population clock | |
| 93 |  Burundi |
8,150,000 | 0.12% | population clock | |
| 94 |  Bulgaria |
7,726,000 | 0.12% | population clock | |
| 95 |  Switzerland |
7,520,000 | 0.11% | population clock | |
| 96 |  Honduras |
7,448,000 | 0.11% | population clock | |
| 97 |  Israel |
7,115,000 | 0.11% | ||
| 98 |  El Salvador |
7,104,999 | 0.11% | ||
| 99 |  Hong Kong |
7,041,000 | 0.11% | population clock | |
| 100 |  Tajikistan |
6,507,000 | 0.1% | ||
| 101 |  Paraguay |
6,158,000 | 0.094% | ||
| 102 |  Togo |
6,145,000 | 0.093% | ||
| 103 |  Laos |
5,924,000 | 0.09% | ||
| 104 |  Papua New Guinea |
5,887,000 | 0.09% | ||
| 105 |  Libya |
5,853,000 | 0.089% | ||
| 106 |  Nicaragua |
5,652,000 | 0.086% | population clock | |
| 107 |  Sierra Leone |
5,525,000 | 0.084% | ||
| 108 |  Slovakia |
5,450,000 | 0.083% | population clock | |
| 109 |  Denmark |
5,447,000 | 0.083% | population clock | |
| 110 |  Jordan |
5,350,000 | 0.081% | ||
| 111 |  Finland |
5,280,000 | 0.08% | population clock [9] | |
| 112 |  Kyrgyzstan |
5,272,000 | 0.08% | population clock | |
| 113 |  Turkmenistan |
5,105,000 | 0.078% | population clock | |
| 114 |  Norway |
4,690,000 | 0.071% | population clock, [10] | |
| 115 |  Croatia |
4,551,000 | 0.069% | ||
| 116 |  United Arab Emirates |
4,496,000 | 0.068% | ||
| 117 |  Singapore |
4,483,900 | 0.068% | population clock | |
| 118 |  Georgia |
4,474,000 | 0.068% | [11] | |
| 119 |  Eritrea |
4,401,000 | 0.067% | ||
| 120 |  Costa Rica |
4,327,000 | 0.066% | population clock | |
| 121 |  Republic of Ireland |
4,234,925 | 0.064% | [12] | |
| 122 |  New Zealand |
4,179,000 | 0.063% | population clock | |
| 123 |  Moldova |
4,148,000 | 0.063% | [13] | |
| 124 |  Central African Republic |
4,038,000 | 0.061% | ||
| 125 |  Republic of the Congo |
3,999,000 | 0.061% | population clock | |
| 126 |  Puerto Rico (US) |
3,955,000 | 0.06% | population clock | |
| 127 |  Palestine |
3,951,000 | 0.06% | population clock population clock | |
| 128 |  Lebanon |
3,907,000 | 0.059% | population clock | |
| 129 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,900,000 | 0.059% | ||
| 130 |  Albania |
3,622,720 | 0.054% | population clock | |
| 131 |  Somaliland |
3,500,000 | 0.053% | ||
| 132 |  Uruguay |
3,463,000 | 0.053% | population clock | |
| 133 |  Lithuania |
3,431,000 | 0.052% | population clock | |
| 134 |  Liberia |
3,283,000 | 0.05% | population clock | |
| 135 |  Panama |
3,232,000 | 0.049% | population clock | |
| 136 |  Armenia |
3,215,800 | 0.049% | population clock | |
| 137 |  Mauritania |
3,069,000 | 0.047% | ||
| 138 |  Kuwait |
2,687,000 | 0.041% | population clock | |
| 139 |  Jamaica |
2,651,000 | 0.04% | ||
| 140 |  Mongolia |
2,646,000 | 0.04% | ||
| 141 |  Oman |
2,567,000 | 0.039% | population counter | |
| 142 |  Bhutan |
2,279,723 | 0.035% | [14] | |
| 143 |  Latvia |
2,270,000 | 0.035% | population clock | |
| 144 |  Namibia |
2,054,500 | 0.031% | population clock | |
| 145 |  Macedonia |
2,054,500 | 0.031% | population clock | |
| 146 |  Slovenia |
2,009,000 | 0.031% | population clock | |
| 147 |  Lesotho |
2,022,000 | 0.027% | population clock | |
| 148 |  Botswana |
1,765,000 | 0.027% | population clock | |
| 149 |  Guinea-Bissau |
1,586,000 | 0.024% | population clock | |
| 150 |  The Gambia |
1,517,000 | 0.023% | ||
| 151 |  Gabon |
1,384,000 | 0.021% | ||
| 152 |  Estonia |
1,326,500 | 0.02% | population clock | |
| 153 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
1,305,000 | 0.02% | population clock | |
| 154 |  Mauritius |
1,249,000 | 0.019% | population clock[15] | |
| 155 |  Swaziland |
1,032,000 | 0.016% | population clock | |
| 156 |  East Timor |
947,000 | 0.014% | ||
| 157 |  Fiji |
848,000 | 0.013% | ||
| 158 |  Cyprus |
835,000 | 0.013% | population clock [16] | |
| 159 |  Qatar |
813,000 | 0.012% | ||
| 160 |  Comoros |
798,000 | 0.012% | population clock[17] | |
| 161 | Réunion (France) |
794,700 | 0.012% | population clock | |
| 162 |  Djibouti |
793,000 | 0.012% | ||
| 163 |  Guyana |
751,000 | 0.011% | ||
| 164 |  Bahrain |
727,000 | 0.011% | population clock | |
| 165 |  Montenegro |
620,145 | 0.009% | [18] | |
| 166 |  Transnistria |
555,347 | 0.008% | ||
| 167 |  Macau |
508,500 | 0.008% | population clock | |
| 168 |  Cape Verde |
507,000 | 0.008% | population clock | |
| 169 |  Equatorial Guinea |
504,000 | 0.008% | ||
| 170 |  Solomon Islands |
478,000 | 0.007% | ||
| 171 |  Luxembourg |
472,000 | 0.007% | population clock | |
| 172 | Guadeloupe (France) |
455,300 | 0.007% | population clock | |
| 173 |  Suriname |
449,000 | 0.007% | ||
| 174 |  Malta |
402,000 | 0.006% | population clock | |
| 175 | Martinique (France) |
396,000 | 0.006% | ||
| 176 |  Brunei |
382,100 | 0.006% | population clock | |
| 177 |  Western Sahara |
341,000 | 0.005% | ||
| 178 |  Maldives |
329,000 | 0.005% | ||
| 179 |  The Bahamas |
323,000 | 0.005% | population clock | |
| 180 |  Iceland |
309,699 | April 1, 2007 | 0.005% | population clock |
| 181 |  Belize |
291,600 | 0.004% | population clock | |
| 182 |  Barbados |
280,700 | 0.004% | population clock | |
| 183 |  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
264,172 | 0.004% | ||
| 184 |  French Polynesia (France) |
257,000 | 0.004% | ||
| 185 | New Caledonia (France) |
237,000 | 0.004% | population clock | |
| 186 |  Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) |
221 736 | 0.003% | ||
| 187 |  Vanuatu |
211,000 | 0.003% | population clock | |
| 188 | French Guiana (France) |
200,600 | 0.003% | population clock | |
| 189 |  Samoa |
185,000 | 0.003% | population clock | |
| 190 |  Guam (US) |
170,000 | 0.003% | ||
| 191 |  Saint Lucia |
161,000 | 0.002% | ||
| 192 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
157,000 | 0.002% | ||
| 193 |  Nagorno-Karabakh |
145,000 | 0.002% | ||
| 194 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
119,460 | 0.002% | population clock | |
| 195 |  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) |
112,000 | 0.002% | population clock | |
| 196 |  Federated States of Micronesia |
110,000 | 0.002% | ||
| 197 |  Grenada |
103,000 | 0.002% | population clock | |
| 198 |  Aruba (Netherlands) |
102,695 | 0.002% | population clock | |
| 199 |  Tonga |
102,000 | 0.002% | ||
| 200 |  Kiribati |
99,000 | 0.002% | ||
| 201 |  Jersey (British Crown Dependency) |
91,084 | 0.001% | population clock | |
| 202 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
81,000 | 0.001% | population clock | |
| 203 |  Northern Mariana Islands (US) |
81,000 | 0.001% | ||
| 204 |  Seychelles |
81,000 | 0.001% | ||
| 205 |  Isle of Man (British crown dependency) |
80,058 | 0.001% | ||
| 206 |  Andorra |
70,900 | 0.001% | population clock | |
| 207 |  Dominica |
70,040 | 0.001% | population clock | |
| 208 |  Bermuda (UK) |
65,800 | 0.001% | population clock | |
| 209 |  Guernsey (British crown dependency) |
65,228 | 0.001% | ||
| 210 |  Marshall Islands |
62,000 | 0.0009% | population clock | |
| 211 |  American Samoa (US) |
59,800 | 0.0009% | population clock | |
| 212 |  Greenland (Denmark) |
57,110 | 0.0009% | population clock | |
| 213 |  Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
47,400 | 0.0007% | population clock | |
| 214 |  Cayman Islands (UK) |
45,000 | 0.0007% | population clock | |
| 215 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
43,000 | 0.0007% | population clock | |
| 216 |  Monaco |
35,657 | 0.0005% | ||
| 217 |  Liechtenstein |
34,000 | 0.0005% | population clock | |
| 218 |  San Marino |
29,000 | 0.0004% | population clock | |
| 219 |  Gibraltar (UK) |
28,000 | 0.0004% | population clock | |
| 220 |  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) |
26,000 | 0.0004% | ||
| 221 |  British Virgin Islands (UK) |
23,100 | 0.0004% | population clock | |
| 222 |  Palau |
20,700 | 0.0003% | population clock | |
| 223 |  Cook Islands (NZ) |
18,700 | 0.0003% | ||
| 224 | Wallis and Futuna (France) |
15,480 | 0.0002% | ||
| 225 |  Anguilla (UK) |
13,450 | 0.0002% | population clock | |
| 226 |  Nauru |
13,430 | 0.0002% | population clock | |
| 227 |  Tuvalu |
11,920 | 0.0002% | population clock | |
| 228 | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
7,093 | 0.0001% | population clock | |
| 229 |  Saint Helena (UK) |
5,000 | less than 0.00008% | [19] | |
| 230 |  Montserrat (UK) |
4,000 | less than 0.00007% | ||
| 231 |  Falkland Islands (UK) |
3,000 | less than 0.00005% | ||
| 232 |  Niue (NZ) |
1,000 | less than 0.00002% | ||
| 233 | Tokelau (NZ) |
1,000 | less than 0.00002% | ||
| 234 |  Vatican City |
783 | less than 0.00002% | ||
| 235 |  Pitcairn Islands (UK) |
45 | less than 0.0000011% |
[edit] Notes
South Sudan 15,000,0000
- ^ The population of the Euro area as of 1 January 2007 is 318,000,000.
- ^ Includes data from Jammu and Kashmir (India-administered), Azad Kashmir (Pakistan-administered) , and Aksai Chin (PRC-administered).
- ^ Eurostat population demography data as of 1 January 2006, extrapolated to 1 January 2007
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pk.html
- ^ Statistical Centre, Government of Iran. "سرشماری ۱۳۸۵". Retrieved on December 3, 2006.
- ^ 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
- ^ Includes Åland Islands
- ^ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island
- ^ Excludes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000)
- ^ Central Statistics OfficePDF (139 KiB): 2006 Prelliminary Census figure is 4,234,925.
- ^ Includes Transnistria (555,347)
- ^ The figure from the government of Bhutan does not agree with the UN figure. The 2005 CensusPDF (2.02 MiB) figure is 672,425.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Includes the island of Mayotte (with a population as of 2002 of 160,265)
- ^ [1]: Official Figure from 2003 census.
- ^ Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
[edit] See also
- List of continents by population
- Lists of countries in various regions by populations:
- List of religious populations
- World population
- Human geography
[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
