List of countries by population

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See also: List of countries by past and future population, List of countries by population in 2005, and List of countries by population in 1907
Map of countries by population for the year 2007

This is a list of countries ordered according to population. The list includes sovereign states and inhabited dependent territories.

Areas that form integral parts of sovereign states, such as the countries of the United Kingdom, are counted as part of the sovereign states concerned. Not included are other entities, such as the European Union,[1] that have some degree of sovereignty but do not consider themselves to be sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica.[2] The estimated total population of the world is 6,768,600,000.[3]

Sovereign states are listed in bold text and dependent territories in italic. States listed that do not have general recognition are in bold and italic.

For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by population (graphical). See also the list of regional organizations by population.

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Rank Country / Territory Population Date Last Updated  % of world population Source
1  China (including Hong Kong and Macau)[4] 1,335,962,133 January 13, 2009 19.84% Chinese Population clock
Hong Kong Statistics
Macau statistics
Figure for Mainland China is 1,328,718,000
2  India 1,161,030,000 March 24, 2009 17.15% Indian Population clock
3  United States 306,075,000 March 24, 2009 4.52% Official USA Population clock
4  Indonesia 229,850,000 March 17, 2009 3.41% Indonesian Population clock
5  Brazil 190,888,000 March 24, 2009 2.81% Official Brazilian Population clock
6  Pakistan 165,899,500 March 18, 2009 2.46% Official Pakistani Population clock
7  Bangladesh 162,221,000 2.41% UN estimate
8  Nigeria 154,729,000 2.3% UN estimate
9  Russia 141,850,000 March 2, 2009 2.11% Russian Population clock
10  Japan 127,630,000 February 1, 2009 1.9% Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate
11  Mexico 109,610,000 1.63% UN estimate
12  Philippines 90,457,200 June 2008 1.34%

National Statistics Office projection
13  Vietnam 88,069,000 1.31%

UN estimate
14  Germany 82,062,200 January 1, 2009 1.22% Eurostat estimate
15  Ethiopia 79,221,000 July 2008 1.18%

Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16  Egypt 76,030,000 March 17, 2009 1.13% Official population clock
17  Turkey 71,517,100 December 31, 2008 1.06% Turkish Statistical Institute estimate
18  Iran 70,495,782 November 2006 1.05%

Statistical Center of IRAN
19  Dem. Rep. of Congo 66,020,000 0.98% UN estimate
20  France (incl. overseas collectivities)[5] 65,073,482 January 1, 2009 0.97% Official INSEE estimate
The figure for France without the overseas collectivities is 64,303,482.
21  Thailand 63,389,730 December 31, 2008 0.94%

Official Thai Statistics estimate
22  United Kingdom 61,612,300 January 1, 2009 0.92% Eurostat estimate
23  Italy 60,090,400 January 1, 2009 0.89% Eurostat estimate
24  Myanmar (Burma) 50,020,000 0.74%

UN estimate
25  South Africa 48,697,000 July 1, 2008 0.71% Statistics South Africa
26  South Korea 48,333,000 0.72% UN estimate
27  Ukraine 46,143,700 January 1, 2009 0.69% Official UKRSTAT estimate
28  Spain 45,853,000 January 1, 2009 0.68% Eurostat estimate
29  Colombia 44,830,423 March 18, 2009 0.67% Official Colombian Population clock
30  Tanzania 43,739,000 0.65% UN estimate
31  Sudan 42,272,000 0.63% UN estimate
32  Kenya 39,802,000 0.59% UN estimate
33  Argentina 39,745,613 June 30, 2008 0.59% Official INDEC estimate
34  Poland 38,130,300 January 1, 2009 0.57% Eurostat estimate
35  Algeria 34,895,000 0.52% UN estimate
36  Canada 33,594,000 March 24, 2009 0.5% Official Canadian Population clock
37  Uganda 32,710,000 0.49% UN estimate
38  Morocco 31,394,044 February 21, 2009 0.47% Official Moroccan Population clock
39  Iraq 30,747,000 0.46% UN estimate
40  Nepal 29,331,000 0.44% UN estimate
41  Peru 29,165,000 0.43% UN estimate
42  Venezuela 28,685,400 March 2, 2009 0.43% Official Venezuelan Population clock
43  Afghanistan 28,150,000 0.42% UN estimate
44  Malaysia 28,067,000 March 2, 2008 0.41% Official Malaysian Population clock
45  Uzbekistan 27,488,000 0.41% UN estimate
46  Saudi Arabia 25,721,000 0.38% UN estimate
47  North Korea 23,906,000 0.36% UN estimate
48  Ghana 23,837,000 0.35% UN estimate
49  Yemen 23,580,000 0.35% UN estimate
50  Taiwan[6] 23,027,672 November 30, 2008 0.34% Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
51  Mozambique 22,894,000 0.34% UN estimate
52  Syria 21,906,000 0.33% UN estimate
53  Australia[7] 21,707,964 March 21, 2009 0.32% Official Australian Population clock
54  Romania 21,496,700 January 1, 2009 0.32% Eurostat estimate
55  Côte d'Ivoire 21,075,000 0.31% UN estimate
56  Sri Lanka 20,238,000 0.3% UN estimate
57  Madagascar 19,625,000 0.29% UN estimate
58  Cameroon 19,522,000 0.29% UN estimate
59  Angola 18,498,000 0.27% UN estimate
60  Chile 16,884,000 March 24, 2009 0.25% Official INE projection (p.43)
61  Netherlands 16,492,476 March 16, 2009 0.24% Official Netherlands population clock
62  Burkina Faso 15,757,000 0.23% UN estimate
63  Kazakhstan 15,571,506 August 1, 2008 0.23% National Statistics Agency estimate
64  Niger 15,290,000 0.23% UN estimate
65  Malawi 15,263,000 0.23% UN estimate
66  Guatemala 14,027,000 0.21% UN estimate
67  Ecuador 13,938,115 March 1, 2009 0.21% INEC
68  Cambodia 13,388,910 March 3, 2008 0.2% 2008 Census[8]
69  Mali 13,010,000 0.19% UN estimate
70  Zambia 12,935,000 0.19% UN estimate
71  Senegal 12,534,000 0.19% UN estimate
72  Zimbabwe 12,523,000 0.19% UN estimate
73  Greece 11,262,500 January 1, 2009 0.17% Eurostat estimate
74  Chad 11,206,000 0.17% UN estimate
75  Cuba 11,204,000 0.17% UN estimate
76  Belgium 10,741,000 January 1, 2009 0.16% Eurostat estimate
77  Portugal 10,631,800 January 1, 2009 0.16% Eurostat estimate
78  Czech Republic 10,474,600 January 1, 2009 0.16% Eurostat estimate
79  Tunisia 10,327,800 July 1, 2008 0.15% [9]
80  Dominican Republic 10,090,000 0.15% UN estimate
81  Guinea 10,069,000 0.15% UN estimate
82  Haiti 10,033,000 0.15% UN estimate
83  Hungary 10,029,900 January 1, 2009 0.15% Eurostat estimate
84  Rwanda 9,998,000 0.15% UN estimate
85  Bolivia 9,863,000 0.15% UN estimate
86  Serbia[10] 9,850,000 0.15% UN estimate
87  Belarus 9,690,000 December 31, 2007 0.14% Official statistics of Belarus
88  Sweden 9,259,828 January 31, 2009 0.14% Statistics Sweden
89  Somalia 9,133,000 0.14% UN estimate
90  Benin 8,935,000 0.13% UN estimate
91  Azerbaijan 8,629,900 January 1, 2008 0.13% [3]
92  Austria 8,356,700 January 1, 2009 0.12% Eurostat estimate
93  Burundi 8,303,000 0.12% UN estimate
94  Switzerland 7,700,200 December 31, 2008 0.11% Swiss Statistics
95  Bulgaria 7,602,100 January 1, 2009 0.11% Eurostat estimate
96  Honduras 7,466,000 0.11% UN estimate
97  Israel 7,382,200[11] February 1, 2009 0.11% Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
98  Tajikistan 6,952,000 0.1% UN estimate
99  Papua New Guinea 6,732,000 0.1% UN estimate
100  Togo 6,619,000 0.098% UN estimate
101  Libya 6,420,000 0.095% UN estimate
102  Paraguay 6,349,000 0.094% UN estimate
103  Laos 6,320,000 0.094% UN estimate
104  Jordan 6,316,000 0.094% UN estimate
105  El Salvador 6,163,000 0.09% UN estimate
106  Nicaragua 5,743,000 0.085% UN estimate
107  Sierra Leone 5,696,000 0.085% UN estimate
108  Denmark 5,511,451 December 31, 2008 0.08% Statistics Denmark
109  Kyrgyzstan 5,482,000 0.081% UN estimate
110  Slovakia 5,411,100 January 1, 2009 0.08% Eurostat estimate
111  Finland 5,331,096[12] March 24, 2009 0.079% Official Finnish Population clock
112  Turkmenistan 5,110,000 0.076% UN estimate
113  Eritrea 5,073,000 0.075% UN estimate
114  Singapore 4,839,400 Mid-2008 0.072% Statistics Singapore
115  Norway 4,810,122[13] March 22, 2009 0.071% Official Norwegian Population clock
116  United Arab Emirates 4,599,000 0.068% UN estimate
117  Costa Rica 4,579,000 0.068% UN estimate
118  Ireland 4,517,800 January 1, 2009 0.07% Eurostat estimate
119  Croatia 4,432,000 January 1, 2009 0.07% Eurostat estimate
120  Central African Republic 4,422,000 0.066% UN estimate
121  Georgia 4,382,100[14] January 1, 2008 0.065% [4]
122  New Zealand 4,302,010 March 23, 2009 0.064% Official New Zealand Population clock
123  Lebanon 4,224,000 0.063% UN estimate
124  Puerto Rico 3,982,000 0.059% UN estimate
125  Liberia 3,955,000 0.059% UN estimate
126  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,767,000 0.056% UN estimate
127  Palestine 3,761,646 December 1, 2007 0.056% 2007 Census
128  Republic of the Congo 3,683,000 0.055% UN estimate
129  Moldova 3,572,700[15] January 1, 2008 0.056% [5]
130  Panama 3,454,000 0.051% UN estimate
131  Uruguay 3,361,000 0.05% UN estimate
132  Lithuania 3,350,400 January 1, 2009 0.05% Eurostat estimate
133  Mauritania 3,291,000 0.049% UN estimate
134  Armenia 3,230,100 January 1, 2008 0.045% [6]
135  Albania 3,170,000 January 1, 2008 0.047% [7]
136  Kuwait 2,985,000 0.044% UN estimate
137  Oman 2,845,000 0.042% UN estimate
138  Jamaica 2,719,000 0.04% UN estimate
139  Mongolia 2,671,000 0.04% UN estimate
140  Latvia 2,260,000 February 1, 2009 0.034% [8]
141  Namibia 2,171,000 0.032% UN estimate
142  Lesotho 2,067,000 0.031% UN estimate
143  Slovenia 2,053,355 March 1, 2009 0.031% Official Slovenian population clock
144  Republic of Macedonia 2,048,900 January 1, 2009 0.03% Eurostat estimate
145  Botswana 1,950,000 0.029% UN estimate
146  Gambia 1,705,000 0.025% UN estimate
147  Guinea-Bissau 1,611,000 0.024% UN estimate
148  Gabon 1,475,000 0.022% UN estimate
149  Qatar 1,409,000 0.021% UN estimate
150  Estonia 1,340,341 January 1, 2009 0.02% [9]
151  Trinidad and Tobago 1,339,000 0.02% UN estimate
152  Mauritius 1,288,000[16] 0.019% UN estimate
153  Swaziland 1,185,000 0.018% UN estimate
154  East Timor 1,134,000 0.017% UN estimate
155  Djibouti 864,000 0.013% UN estimate
156  Fiji 849,000 0.013% UN estimate
157  Cyprus 801,600[17] January 1, 2009 0.012% Eurostat estimate
158  Bahrain 791,000 0.012% UN estimate
159  Guyana 762,000 0.011% UN estimate
160  Bhutan 697,000 0.01% UN estimate
161  Comoros 676,000[18] January 2009 0.01% UN estimate
162  Equatorial Guinea[19] 676,000 0.008% UN estimate
163  Montenegro 624,000 0.009% UN estimate
164  Solomon Islands 523,000 0.007% UN estimate
165  Suriname 520,000 0.008% UN estimate
166  Western Sahara 513,000 0.008% UN estimate
167  Cape Verde 506,000 0.008% UN estimate
168  Luxembourg 491,700 January 1, 2009 0.007% Eurostat estimate
169  Malta 412,600 January 1, 2009 0.006% Eurostat estimate
170  Brunei 400,000 0.006% UN estimate
171  Bahamas 342,000 0.005% UN estimate
172  Iceland 320,500 January 1, 2009 0.005% Eurostat estimate
173  Maldives 309,000 0.005% UN estimate
174  Belize 307,000 0.005% UN estimate
175  Barbados 256,000 0.004% UN estimate
176  Vanuatu 240,000 0.004% UN estimate
177  Netherlands Antilles 198,000 0.003% UN estimate
178  Samoa 179,000 0.003% UN estimate
179  Guam 178,000 0.003% UN estimate
180  Saint Lucia 172,000 0.003% UN estimate
181  São Tomé and Príncipe 163,000 0.002% UN estimate
182  Federated States of Micronesia 111,000 0.002% UN estimate
183  U.S. Virgin Islands 110,000 0.002% UN estimate
184  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109,000 0.002% UN estimate
185  Aruba 107,000 0.002% UN estimate
186  Grenada 104,000 0.002% UN estimate
187  Tonga 104,000 0.002% UN estimate
188  Kiribati 98,000 0.001% UN estimate
189  Jersey 89,300 December 31, 2006 0.001% [10]
190  Antigua and Barbuda 88,000 0.001% UN estimate
191  Northern Mariana Islands 87,000 0.001% UN estimate
192  Andorra 86,000 0.001% UN estimate
193  Seychelles 84,000 0.001% UN estimate
194  Isle of Man 80,000 0.001% UN estimate
195  Dominica 67,000 0.001% UN estimate
196  American Samoa 67,000 0.001% UN estimate
197  Bermuda 65,000 0.001% UN estimate
198  Marshall Islands 62,000 0.001% UN estimate
199  Guernsey 61,811 March 1, 2007 0.001% UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
200  Greenland 57,000 0.001% UN estimate
201  Cayman Islands 56,000 0.001% UN estimate
202  Saint Kitts and Nevis 52,000 0.001% UN estimate
203  Faroe Islands 48,797 February 1, 2009 0.001% Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
204  Liechtenstein 35,700 January 1, 2009 0.0005% Eurostat estimate
205  Monaco 33,000 0.0005%

UN estimate
206  Turks and Caicos Islands 33,000 0.0005% UN estimate
207  San Marino 30,800 January 1, 2008 0.0005% [11]
208  Gibraltar 31,000 0.0005% UN estimate
209  British Virgin Islands 23,000 0.0003% UN estimate
210  Cook Islands 20,000 0.0003% UN estimate
211  Palau 20,000 0.0003% UN estimate
212  Anguilla 15,000 0.0002% UN estimate
213  Tuvalu 10,000 0.0001% UN estimate
214  Nauru 10,000 0.0001% UN estimate
215  Saint Helena 6,600[20] 2008 0.0001% UN estimate
216  Montserrat 5,900 2008 0.0001% UN estimate
217  Falkland Islands 3,000 2008 0.00005% UN estimate
218  Niue 1,500 2008 0.00003% UN estimate
219  Tokelau 1,400 2008 0.00003% UN estimate
220  Vatican City 800 2008 0.00002% UN estimate
221  Pitcairn Islands 50 2008 0.000001% UN estimate

[edit] References

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 2009 July 1 estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.[21] 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.

  1. ^ The European Union is a sui generis supranational union possessing several characteristics of a sovereign state. Its combined population has been estimated at 499,673,300 on January 1, 2009, and it would be ranked 3rd if it were included in the list (7.4% of world population) - see "Total population". Eurostat. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=0,1136184,0_45572592&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL. Retrieved on 2008-12-20. .
  2. ^ Antarctica has no permanent residents, but a number of governments maintain permanent research stations throughout the continent. The number of people varies from about 1,000 in winter to about 5000 in the summer.
  3. ^ International Programs Center - census.gov
  4. ^ Hong Kong had 6,985,200 inhabitants in June 2008. Macau had 557,400 inhabitants on October 31, 2008.
  5. ^ The 7 French overseas collectivities are: French Polynesia (259,596 inh. in Aug. 2007), New Caledonia (244,410 inh. in Jan. 2008), Mayotte (186,452 inh. in July 2007), Saint Martin (35,263 inh. in Jan. 2006), Wallis and Futuna (13,484 inh. in Jul. 2008), Saint Barthélemy (8,450 inh. in Jan. 2007), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (6,125 inh. in Jan. 2006).
  6. ^ Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.
  7. ^ Includes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828)
  8. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional Population Totals, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, released 3rd September, 2008[1]
  9. ^ National Statistics Institute of Tunisia
  10. ^ Includes Kosovo
  11. ^ UN figure for mid-2009 is 7,170,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.
  12. ^ Includes Åland Islands
  13. ^ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island
  14. ^ Figure includes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000)
  15. ^ Includes Transnistria (555,347)
  16. ^ Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon
  17. ^ UN estimate for mid-2009 is 871,000
  18. ^ Excludes the island of Mayotte.
  19. ^ A 2003 U.S State Department report states the following: "Although the 2002 census estimated the population at 1,015,000, credible estimates put the number at closer to 500,000. The opposition claimed that the Government inflated the census in anticipation of the December presidential election." (...) "Opposition leaders charged earlier in the year that census results showing a twofold population increase were flawed and that numbers were inflated to perpetuate election fraud." [2] The official census figures are available here.
  20. ^ Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  21. ^ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009) (.PDF). World Population Prospects, Table A.1. 2008 revision. United Nations. http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-03-12. 

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