List of countries by population
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This is a list of countries ordered according to population. The list ranks sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories. Areas that form integral parts of sovereign states, such as the Countries of the United Kingdom and China's Special Administrative Regions are counted only as part of the sovereign states concerned. 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 July 1 estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.[1]
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The European Union is a sui generis supranational union possessing "country-like" characteristics. The entity is composed of 27 member states. Its combined population has been estimated at 499,673,300 on January 1, 2009,[2] and it would be ranked 3rd if it were included in the list (7.4% of world population). See also: List of regional organizations by population.
| Rank | Country / Territory | Population | Date | % of world population | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — |  World |
6,748,700,000 | January 8, 2009 | 100% | International Programs Center - census.gov |
| 1 |  China[3] |
1,335,770,000 | January 8, 2009 | 19.79% | Chinese Population clock Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong SAR (June 30, 2008) Statistics and Census Service of Macau (December 31, 2007) |
| 2 |  India |
1,142,870,000 | January 8, 2009 | 16.93% | Indian Population clock |
| 3 |  United States |
306,086,000 | January 8, 2009 | 4.54% | Official USA Population clock |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
229,221,000 | January 8, 2009 | 3.39% | Indonesian Population clock |
| 5 |  Brazil |
188,467,000 | January 8, 2009 | 2.8% | Official Brazilian Population clock |
| 6 |  Pakistan |
165,313,000 | January 8, 2009 | 2.46% | Official Pakistani Population clock |
| 7 |  Bangladesh |
158,665,000 | 2.36% | UN estimate | |
| 8 |  Nigeria |
148,093,000 | 2.2% | UN estimate | |
| 9 |  Russia |
141,735,840 | January 6, 2009 | 2.11% | Russian Population clock |
| 10 |  Japan |
127,704,000 | July 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 |
82,127,000 | June 30, 2008 | 1.22% | Federal Statistics Office estimate |
| 15 |  Ethiopia |
79,221,000 | July 2008 | 1.18% | |
| 16 |  Egypt |
75,737,000 | January 8, 2009 | 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 | 1% | 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[4] |
61,186,000 | January 1, 2008 | 0.9% | [3] |
| 23 |  Italy |
59,619,290 | December 31, 2007 | 0.89% | Official Istat estimate |
| 24 |  Myanmar (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 |  Ukraine |
46,191,022 | September 1, 2008 | 0.69% | Official UKRSTAT estimate |
| 28 |  Spain |
46,063,500 | January 2008 | 0.67% | Official INE estimate |
| 29 |  Colombia |
44,660,000 | November 21, 2008 | 0.65% | Official Colombian Population clock |
| 30 |  Tanzania |
40,454,000 | 0.6% | UN estimate | |
| 31 |  Argentina |
39,745,613 | June 30, 2008 | 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 |
33,514,000 | January 8, 2009 | 0.5% | Official Canadian Population clock |
| 37 |  Morocco |
31,343,359 | December 28, 2008 | 0.47% | Official Moroccan Population clock |
| 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[5] |
| 41 |  Nepal |
28,196,000 | 0.42% | UN estimate | |
| 42 |  Venezuela |
28,068,389 | November 23, 2008 | 0.42% | Official Venezuelan Population clock |
| 43 |  Malaysia |
27,757,000 | December 27, 2008 | 0.41% | Official Malaysian Population clock |
| 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 |  Taiwan[6] |
23,027,672 | November 30, 2008 | 0.34% | Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate |
| 50 |  Yemen |
22,389,000 | 0.33% | UN estimate | |
| 51 |  Australia[7] |
21,555,500 | January 8, 2009 | 0.32% | Official Australian Population clock |
| 52 |  Romania |
21,528,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.32% | [4] |
| 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 |
16,850,000 | January 8, 2009 | 0.25% | Official INE projection |
| 61 |  Netherlands |
16,490,950 | Jan. 3, 2009 | 0.24% | Official Netherlands Population clock |
| 62 |  Kazakhstan |
15,571,506 | August 1, 2008 | 0.23% | National Statistics Agency estimate |
| 63 |  Burkina Faso |
14,784,000 | 0.22% | UN estimate | |
| 64 |  Niger |
14,226,000 | 0.21% | UN estimate | |
| 65 |  Malawi |
13,925,000 | 0.21% | UN estimate | |
| 66 |  Ecuador |
13,867,761 | October 23, 2008 | 0.21% | INEC |
| 67 |  Cambodia |
13,388,910 | March 3, 2008 | 0.2% | 2008 Census[8] |
| 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% | [5] |
| 75 |  Chad |
10,781,000 | 0.16% | UN estimate | |
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10,666,866 | January 1, 2008 | 0.16% | Official Statbel estimate |
| 77 |  Portugal |
10,617,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.16% | [6] |
| 78 |  Czech Republic |
10,446,157 | September 30, 2008 | 0.15% | Official ČSÚ estimate |
| 79 |  Tunisia |
10,327,800 | July 1, 2008 | 0.15% | National Statistics Institute of Tunisia - المعهد الوطني للإحصاء. |
| 80 |  Hungary |
10,035,000 | June 30, 2008 | 0.15% | Hungarian Central Statistical Office |
| 81 |  Serbia[9] |
9,527,100 | January 1, 2008 | 0.15% | [7] |
| 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 |
9,248,805 | October 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% | [8] |
| 93 |  Austria |
8,340,924 | April 1, 2008 | 0.12% | Official Statistics Austria estimate |
| 94 |  Switzerland |
7,689,100 | October 31, 2008 | 0.11% | Swiss Federal Statistical Office |
| 95 |  Bulgaria |
7,640,238 | December 31, 2007 | 0.11% | National Statistical Institute |
| 96 |  Israel |
7,373,000[10] | December 31, 2008 | 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 | 0.098% | 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 |
5,327,490[11] | December 31, 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 |
4,802,050[12] | January 6, 2009 | 0.071% | Official Norwegian Population clock |
| 116 |  Croatia |
4,435,400 | January 1, 2008 | 0.068% | [9] |
| 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[13] | January 1, 2008 | 0.065% | [10] |
| 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 |
4,294,350 | January 8, 2009 | 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[14] | January 1, 2008 | 0.056% | [11] |
| 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 | |
| 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% | [12] |
| 134 |  Albania |
3,170,000 | January 1, 2008 | 0.047% | [13] |
| 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% | [14] |
| 143 |  Slovenia |
2,041,050 | November 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[15] | 0.019% | UN estimate | |
| 152 |  East Timor |
1,155,000 | 0.017% | UN estimate | |
| 153 |  Swaziland |
1,141,000 | 0.017% | UN estimate | |
| 154 |  Qatar |
841,000[16] | 0.012% | UN estimate | |
| 155 |  Djibouti |
833,000 | 0.012% | UN estimate | |
| 156 |  Fiji |
827,900 | 2007 | 0.012% | Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics |
| 157 |  Cyprus |
794,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.012% | [15] |
| 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[17] | July 2007 | 0.01% | World Gazetteer projection |
| 161 |  Bhutan |
658,000 | 0.01% | UN estimate | |
| 162 |  Montenegro |
620,000 | 0.009% | UN estimate | |
| 163 |  Cape Verde |
530,000 | 0.008% | UN estimate | |
| 164 |  Equatorial Guinea[18] |
507,000 | 0.008% | UN estimate | |
| 165 |  Solomon Islands |
506,992 | January 1, 2008 | 0.007% | [16] |
| 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 | |
| 169 |  Malta |
410,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.006% | [17] |
| 170 |  Brunei |
390,000 | 0.006% | UN estimate | |
| 171 |  Bahamas |
331,000 | 0.005% | UN estimate | |
| 172 |  Iceland |
319,765 | December 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 | |
| 176 |  Vanuatu |
226,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | |
| 177 |  Netherlands Antilles |
192,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | |
| 178 |  Samoa |
188,540 | 2008 | 0.003% | Samoa Statistics Department |
| 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 | |
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