Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 06:57, 19 May 2010

This is a list of countries by population. The list includes independent countries and inhabited dependent territories based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. Also given, as a percentage, is each country's population compared to the population of the world, which is currently 8,155,400,000.

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, that are not sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica.

Figures used in this chart are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census authority where available and usually rounded off. Where national data is unavailable, figures are based on the July 1, 2009 estimate by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Because the compiled figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting numerical comparisons may result in misleading conclusions. Further, the addition of all countries may not equal the world total.

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 list of countries and dependencies by population density and the list of regional organizations by population.

List

Figures indicated by "UN estimate" are based on the July 1, 2009 estimate by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Rank	Country / Territory	Population	Date of estimate	% of World Population	Source
1	People's Republic of China	1,437,640,000	January 23, 2025	17.63%	Chinese Official Population Clock
2	India	Template:IndiaPopCommas	January 23, 2025	17.26%	Indian Official Population Clock
3	United States	339,119,000	January 23, 2025	4.16%	United States Official Population Clock
4	Indonesia	231,369,500	July 2009	2.84%	Statistics Indonesia
5	Brazil	218,984,000	January 23, 2025	2.69%	Brazilian Official Population Clock
6	Pakistan	Template:PakistanPopCommas	January 23, 2025	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".%	Official Pakistani Population clock
7	Bangladesh	162,221,000		1.99%	UN estimate
8	Nigeria	154,729,000		1.9%	UN estimate
9	Russia	141,927,297	January 1, 2010	1.74%	Federal State Statistics Service of Russia
10	Japan	127,390,000	April 1, 2010	1.56%	Official Japan Statistics Bureau
11	Mexico	107,550,697	July 1, 2009	1.32%	INEGI estimate National Population Statistics of Mexico
12	Philippines	92,226,600	Mid-2009	1.13%	National Statistics Office medium projection
13	Vietnam	85,789,573	April 1, 2009	1.05%	Preliminary 2009 census results
14	Germany	81,757,600	January 1, 2010	1%	Eurostat estimate
15	Ethiopia	79,221,000	July 2008	0.97%	Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16	Egypt	101,172,000	January 23, 2025	1.24%	Official Egyptian Population clock
17	Iran	74,196,000		0.91%	UN estimate
18	Turkey	72,561,312	December 31, 2009	0.89%	Turkish Statistical Institute estimate
19	Dem. Rep. of Congo	66,020,000		0.81%	UN estimate
20	France	65,447,374	January 1, 2010	0.8%	Official INSEE estimate The figure for France without the overseas collectivities is 64,667,374.
21	Thailand	63,525,062	December 31, 2009	0.78%	Official Thai Statistics estimate
22	United Kingdom	62,041,708	January 1, 2010	0.76%	Eurostat estimate
23	Italy	60,325,805	November 1, 2009	0.74%	Official ISTAT estimate
24	Myanmar (Burma)	50,020,000		0.61%	UN estimate
25	South Korea	49,773,145	December 31, 2009	0.61%	Statistics Korea
26	South Africa	49,320,500	July 1, 2009	0.6%	Statistics South Africa
27	Spain	46,030,109	April 1, 2010	0.56%	Official INE estimate
28	Ukraine	45,962,900	January 1, 2010	0.56%	Official UKRSTAT estimate
29	Colombia	53,126,000	January 23, 2025	0.65%	Official Colombian Population clock
30	Tanzania	43,739,000		0.54%	UN estimate
31	Argentina	40,134,425	June 30, 2009	0.49%	Official INDEC estimate
32	Kenya	39,802,000		0.49%	UN estimate
33	Sudan	39,154,490	April 22, 2008	0.48%	2008 Sudanese census
34	Poland	38,163,895	January 1, 2010	0.47%	Eurostat estimate
35	Algeria	34,895,000		0.43%	UN estimate
36	Canada	Template:CanPopCommas	January 23, 2025	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".%	Official Canadian Population clock
37	Uganda	32,710,000		0.4%	UN estimate
38	Morocco	36,762,000	January 23, 2025	0.45%	Official Moroccan Population clock
39	Iraq	30,747,000		0.38%	UN estimate
40	Nepal	29,331,000		0.36%	UN estimate
41	Peru	29,132,013	June 30, 2009	0.36%	Official INEI estimate
42	Venezuela	35,384,000	January 23, 2025	0.43%	Official Venezuelan Population clock
43	Malaysia	28,306,700	July 2009	0.35%	Statistic Department of Malaysia
44	Afghanistan	28,150,000		0.34%	UN estimate
45	Uzbekistan	27,488,000		0.34%	UN estimate
46	Saudi Arabia	25,721,000		0.32%	UN estimate
47	North Korea	24,051,706	October 2008	0.29%	UNFPA
48	Ghana	23,837,000		0.29%	UN estimate
49	Yemen	23,580,000		0.29%	UN estimate
50	Taiwan	23,131,093	March 31, 2010	0.28%	Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
51	Australia	28,970,324	January 23, 2025	0.35%	Australian Official Population Clock
52	Syria	21,906,000		0.27%	UN estimate
53	Romania	21,466,174	January 1, 2010	0.26%	Eurostat estimate
54	Mozambique	21,350,080	Mid 2009	0.25%	Mozambique Ministry of Health
55	Côte d'Ivoire	21,075,000		0.26%	UN estimate
56	Sri Lanka	20,238,000		0.25%	UN estimate
57	Madagascar	19,625,000		0.24%	UN estimate
58	Cameroon	19,522,000		0.24%	UN estimate
59	Angola	18,498,000		0.23%	UN estimate
60	Chile	19,505,000	January 23, 2025	0.24%	Official INE projection (p.36)
61	Netherlands	Template:NetherlandsPopCommas	January 23, 2025	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".%	Official Netherlands population clock
62	Kazakhstan	15,776,492	July 1, 2009	0.19%	National Statistics Agency estimate
63	Burkina Faso	15,757,000		0.19%	UN estimate
64	Niger	15,290,000		0.19%	UN estimate
65	Malawi	15,263,000		0.19%	UN estimate
66	Cambodia	14,805,000		0.18%	UN estimate
67	Mali	14,517,176	April 1, 2009	0.18%	Preliminary 2009 census
68	Ecuador	17,104,000	January 23, 2025	0.21%	Official Ecuadorian population clock
69	Guatemala	14,027,000		0.17%	UN estimate
70	Zambia	12,935,000		0.16%	UN estimate
71	Senegal	12,534,000		0.15%	UN estimate
72	Zimbabwe	12,523,000		0.15%	UN estimate
73	Greece	11,306,183	January 1, 2010	0.14%	Eurostat estimate
74	Chad	11,274,106	June 2009	0.14%	Chadian 2009 census
75	Cuba	11,204,000		0.14%	UN estimate
76	Belgium	10,827,519	January 1, 2010	0.13%	Eurostat estimate
77	Portugal	10,636,888	January 1, 2010	0.13%	Eurostat estimate
78	Czech Republic	10,512,397	January 1, 2010	0.13%	Eurostat estimate
79	Tunisia	10,432,500	July 1, 2009	0.13%	National Statistics Institute of Tunisia
80	Dominican Republic	10,090,000		0.12%	UN estimate
81	Guinea	10,069,000		0.12%	UN estimate
82	Haiti	10,033,000		0.12%	UN estimate
83	Hungary	10,013,628	January 1, 2010	0.12%	Eurostat estimate
84	Rwanda	9,998,000		0.12%	UN estimate
85	Bolivia	9,879,000		0.12%	UN estimate
86	Serbia	9,850,000		0.12%	UN estimate
87	Belarus	9,473,600	April 1, 2010	0.12%	Official statistics of Belarus
88	Sweden	9,349,059	February 28, 2010	0.11%	Statistics Sweden
89	Somalia	9,133,000		0.11%	UN estimate
90	Benin	8,935,000		0.11%	UN estimate
91	Azerbaijan	8,922,300	April 13, 2009	0.11%	State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan
92	Austria	8,372,930	January 1, 2010	0.1%	Eurostat estimate
93	Burundi	8,303,000		0.1%	UN estimate
94	Switzerland	7,782,900	December 31, 2009	0.09%	Official Switzerland Statistics estimate
95	Israel	7,579,500	March 31, 2010	0.09%	Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
96	Bulgaria	7,576,751	January 1, 2010	0.09%	Eurostat estimate
97	Honduras	7,466,000		0.09%	UN estimate
98	Hong Kong	7,026,400	December 31, 2009	0.086%	Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department
99	Tajikistan	6,952,000		0.085%	UN estimate
100	Papua New Guinea	6,732,000		0.083%	UN estimate
101	Togo	6,619,000		0.081%	UN estimate
102	Libya	6,420,000		0.079%	UN estimate
103	Paraguay	6,349,000		0.078%	UN estimate
104	Laos	6,320,000		0.077%	UN estimate
105	Jordan	6,316,000		0.077%	UN estimate
106	El Salvador	6,163,000		0.076%	UN estimate
107	Nicaragua	5,743,000		0.07%	UN estimate
108	Sierra Leone	5,696,000		0.07%	UN estimate
109	Denmark	5,534,738	December 31, 2009	0.068%	Statistics Denmark
110	Kyrgyzstan	5,482,000		0.067%	UN estimate
111	Slovakia	5,424,925	December 31, 2009	0.067%	Statistics Slovakia
112	Finland	5,724,900	January 23, 2025	0.07%	Official Finnish Population clock
113	Turkmenistan	5,110,000		0.063%	UN estimate
114	Eritrea	5,073,000		0.062%	UN estimate
115	Singapore	4,987,600	Mid-2009	0.061%	Statistics Singapore
116	Norway	5,804,400	January 23, 2025	0.071%	Official Norwegian Population clock
117	United Arab Emirates	4,599,000		0.056%	UN estimate
118	Costa Rica	4,579,000		0.056%	UN estimate
119	Ireland	4,459,300	April 1, 2009	0.054%	Irish Central Statistics Office estimate
120	Croatia	4,435,056	January 1, 2009	0.054%	Eurostat estimate
121	Central African Republic	4,422,000		0.054%	UN estimate
122	Georgia	4,385,400	January 1, 2009	0.054%	National Statistics Office of Georgia
123	New Zealand	5,249,100	January 23, 2025	0.064%	Official New Zealand Population clock
124	Lebanon	4,224,000		0.052%	UN estimate
125	Puerto Rico	3,982,000		0.049%	UN estimate
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,767,000		0.046%	UN estimate
127	Palestinian territories not sovereign	3,935,249	Mid 2009	0.048%	Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
128	Republic of the Congo	3,683,000		0.045%	UN estimate
129	Moldova	3,563,800	January 1, 2010	0.044%	National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova
130	Liberia	3,476,608	March 21, 2008	0.043%	2008 Population and Housing Census
131	Panama	3,454,000		0.042%	UN estimate
132	Uruguay	3,361,000		0.041%	UN estimate
133	Lithuania	3,329,227	January 1, 2010	0.041%	Eurostat estimate
134	Mauritania	3,291,000		0.04%	UN estimate
135	Armenia	3,238,000	January 1, 2009	0.04%	National Statistical Service of Armenia
136	Albania	3,182,000	Mid 2008	0.039%	UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
137	Kuwait	2,985,000		0.037%	UN estimate
138	Oman	2,845,000		0.035%	UN estimate
139	Mongolia	3,459,500	January 23, 2025	0.04%	Official Mongolian population clock
140	Jamaica	2,719,000		0.033%	UN estimate
141	Latvia	2,244,600	April 1, 2010	0.028%	Official Statistics of Latvia
142	Namibia	2,171,000		0.027%	UN estimate
143	Lesotho	2,067,000		0.025%	UN estimate
144	Slovenia	2,342,380	January 23, 2025	0.03%	Official Slovenian population clock
145	Macedonia	2,048,620	January 1, 2009	0.025%	Eurostat estimate
146	Botswana	1,950,000		0.024%	UN estimate
147	Gambia	1,705,000		0.021%	UN estimate
148	Guinea-Bissau	1,611,000		0.02%	UN estimate
149	Gabon	1,475,000		0.018%	UN estimate
150	Qatar	1,409,000		0.017%	UN estimate
151	Estonia	1,340,021	January 1, 2010	0.016%
152	Trinidad and Tobago	1,339,000		0.016%	UN estimate
153	Mauritius	1,288,000		0.016%	UN estimate
154	Swaziland	1,185,000		0.015%	UN estimate
155	East Timor	1,134,000		0.014%	UN estimate
156	Djibouti	864,000		0.011%	UN estimate
157	Fiji	849,000		0.01%	UN estimate
158	Cyprus	801,851	January 1, 2010	0.01%	Eurostat estimate
159	Bahrain	791,000		0.01%	UN estimate
160	Guyana	762,000		0.009%	UN estimate
161	Bhutan	697,000		0.009%	UN estimate
162	Comoros	676,000		0.008%	UN estimate
163	Equatorial Guinea	676,000		0.006%	UN estimate
164	Montenegro	624,000		0.008%	UN estimate
165	Macau	542,200	December 31, 2009	0.007%	Macau Statistics and Census Service
166	Solomon Islands	523,000		0.006%	UN estimate
167	Suriname	520,000		0.006%	UN estimate
168	Western Sahara	513,000		0.006%	UN estimate
169	Cape Verde	506,000		0.006%	UN estimate
170	Luxembourg	502,207	January 1, 2010	0.006%	Eurostat estimate
171	Malta	416,333	January 1, 2010	0.005%	Eurostat estimate
172	Brunei	400,000		0.005%	UN estimate
173	Bahamas	342,000		0.004%	UN estimate
174	Belize	322,100	June 30, 2008	0.004%	Statistical Institute of Belize
175	Iceland	317,900	April 1, 2010	0.004%	Statistics Iceland
176	Maldives	309,000		0.004%	UN estimate
177	Barbados	256,000		0.003%	UN estimate
178	Vanuatu	240,000		0.003%	UN estimate
179	Netherlands Antilles	198,000		0.002%	UN estimate
180	Samoa	179,000		0.002%	UN estimate
181	Guam	178,000		0.002%	UN estimate
182	Saint Lucia	172,000		0.002%	UN estimate
183	São Tomé and Príncipe	163,000		0.002%	UN estimate
184	Federated States of Micronesia	111,000		0.001%	UN estimate
185	U.S. Virgin Islands	110,000		0.001%	UN estimate
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,000		0.001%	UN estimate
187	Aruba	107,000		0.001%	UN estimate
188	Grenada	104,000		0.001%	UN estimate
189	Tonga	104,000		0.001%	UN estimate
190	Kiribati	98,000		0.001%	UN estimate
191	Jersey	90,050	Mid 2007	0.001%	UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
192	Antigua and Barbuda	88,000		0.001%	UN estimate
193	Northern Mariana Islands	87,000		0.001%	UN estimate
194	Andorra	84,082	December 31, 2009	0.001%
195	Seychelles	84,000		0.001%	UN estimate
196	Isle of Man	80,000		0.001%	UN estimate
197	Dominica	67,000		0.001%	UN estimate
198	American Samoa	67,000		0.001%	UN estimate
199	Bermuda	65,000		0.001%	UN estimate
200	Marshall Islands	62,000		0.001%	UN estimate
201	Guernsey	61,811	March 1, 2007	0.001%	UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
202	Greenland	57,000		0.001%	UN estimate
203	Cayman Islands	56,000		0.001%	UN estimate
204	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52,000		0.001%	UN estimate
205	Faroe Islands	48,703	March 1, 2010	0.001%	Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
206	Liechtenstein	35,904	December 31, 2009	0.0004%
207	Monaco	33,000		0.0004%	UN estimate
208	Turks and Caicos Islands	33,000		0.0004%	UN estimate
209	San Marino	32,386	Mid 2008	0.0004%	UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
210	Gibraltar	31,000		0.0004%	UN estimate
211	British Virgin Islands	23,000		0.0003%	UN estimate
212	Cook Islands	20,000		0.0002%	UN estimate
213	Palau	20,000		0.0002%	UN estimate
214	Anguilla	15,000		0.0002%	UN estimate
215	Tuvalu	10,000		0.0001%	UN estimate
216	Nauru	10,000		0.0001%	UN estimate
217	Montserrat	5,900		0.0001%	UN estimate
218	Saint Helena	4,500		0.0001%	UN estimate
219	Falkland Islands	3,000		0.00005%	UN estimate
220	Niue	1,500		0.00003%	UN estimate
221	Tokelau	1,200		0.00003%	UN estimate
222	Vatican City	800		0.00002%	UN estimate
223	Pitcairn Islands	50		0.000001%	UN estimate

1. 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 5,000 in the summer.
2. Figure refers to Mainland China only. It excludes the special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau) and areas controlled by the Republic of China (commonly known as "Taiwan").
3. Includes 7 French overseas collectivities: French Polynesia (259,596 inh. in Aug. 2007), New Caledonia (245,580 inh. on July 27, 2009), Mayotte (186,452 inh. in July 2007), Saint Martin (35,925 inh. in Jan. 2007), 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).
4. Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.
5. Includes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828).
6. Includes Kosovo.
7. Includes Somaliland.
8. UN figure for mid-2009 is 7,170,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.
9. Includes Åland Islands.
10. Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island.
11. Figure includes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000).
12. Includes Transnistria (555,347).
13. Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
14. Includes North Cyprus; UN estimate for mid-2009 is 871,000.
15. Excludes the island of Mayotte.
16. Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

See also

Template:Multicol

• Human geography
• List of cities by population
• List of national capitals by population
• List of continents by population
• List of countries
• List of countries by population in 1900
• List of countries by population in 1907
• List of countries by population in 2000
• List of countries by population in 2005
• List of countries by past and future population
• List of countries by refugee population
• List of countries by urban population
• List of regional organizations by population
• List of religious populations
• World population

Template:Multicol-break

• Lists of countries in various regions by populations:
  • Africa
  • Americas
    • Caribbean islands
    • Latin America
    • North America
    • South America
  • Arab states
  • Asia
  • Commonwealth of Nations
  • Europe
    • European Union member states
  • Middle East
  • Oceania

Template:Multicol-end

References

1. International Programs Centre
2. The European Union is a sui generis supranational union whose sovereign members delegate to it by treaty certain powers that are often exercised by sovereign states. Its combined population has been estimated at 499,794,855 on January 1, 2009, it would be ranked 3rd if it were included in the list, and it has 6.13% of the world's population - see "Total population". Eurostat. Retrieved 2009-07-25..
3. ^ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009). "World Population Prospects, Table A.1" (.PDF). 2008 revision. United Nations. Retrieved 2009-03-12. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. For the Conapo estimates, check under Republica Mexicana and press "Ver" for statistics.
5. 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." The official census figures are available here.

External links

• United Nations Analytical Report for the 2004 revision of World Population Prospects (the analytical report for the 2006 revision is not available online) — includes details of methodology and sources used for the population estimates above.

• Lists of countries
• Demography
• Lists by population