List of countries by population

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List of countries by population

See also: List of countries by past and future population, List of countries by population in 2000, and List of countries by population in 1900
Map of countries by population for the year 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 about 6,962,500,000.

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 not available, figures are based on the 2010 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.

Contents

List

Rank Country / Territory Population Date of estimate  % of World population Source
- World 6,962,500,000 September 17, 2011 100% US Census Bureau's World Population Clock
1  China 1,339,724,852 November 1, 2010 19.24% 2010 China Census
2  India 1,210,193,422 March 1, 2011 17.38% Provisional 2011 Indian Census result
3  United States 312,229,000 September 17, 2011 4.48% Official United States Population Clock
4  Indonesia 237,556,363 May 2010 3.41% 2010 Indonesian Census
5  Brazil 190,732,694 August 1, 2010 2.74% 2010 Official Brazilian Census results
6  Pakistan 177,250,000 September 17, 2011 2.55% Official Pakistani Population clock
7  Nigeria 158,423,000 2010 2.27% UN estimate for 2010
8  Bangladesh 151,279,000 September 17, 2011 2.17% Official Bangladeshi Population Clock
9  Russia 142,914,136 January 1, 2011 2.05% [3][4]
10  Japan 127,950,000 June 1, 2011 1.84% Official Japan Statistics Bureau
11  Mexico 112,336,538 April 15, 2011 1.61% 2010 final census result
12  Philippines 94,013,200 Mid-2010 1.35% National Statistics Office medium projection
13  Vietnam 87,375,000 2011 1.25% Official estimate
14  Ethiopia 82,101,998 2011 1.18% Official estimate
15  Germany 81,751,602 January 1, 2011 1.17% Official estimate
16  Egypt 80,829,000 September 17, 2011 1.16% Official Egyptian Population clock
17  Iran 75,656,000 September 17, 2011 1.09% Official Iranian Population clock
18  Turkey 73,722,988 December 31, 2010 1.06% Turkish Statistical Institute
19  Thailand 67,041,000 July 1, 2010 0.96% Key Statistics of Thailand, 2009, Table 1.4 (Population projections), National Statistics Office of Thailand
20  Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 65,966,000 2010 0.95% UN estimate for 2010
21  France 65,821,885 January 1, 2011 0.95% Official INSEE estimate
The population figure for metropolitan France alone (without its overseas departments and oveseas collectivities) is 63,182,000.
22  United Kingdom 62,435,709 January 1, 2011 0.9% Eurostat estimate
23  Italy 60,626,442 December 31, 2010 0.87% Official ISTAT estimate
24  South Africa 50,586,757 July 1, 2011 0.73% Statistics South Africa: Mid-year population estimates, 2011
25  South Korea 48,988,833 2011 0.7% Statistics Korea
26  Myanmar 47,963,000 2010 0.73% UN estimate for 2010
27  Spain 46,125,154 July 1, 2011 0.66% Official INE estimate
28  Colombia 46,159,000 September 17, 2011 0.66% Official Colombian Population clock
29  Ukraine 45,706,126 May 1, 2011 0.66% Official UKRSTAT estimate
30  Tanzania 43,187,823 2010 0.62% Official estimate
31  Argentina 40,091,359 October 27, 2010 0.58% Provisional census results
32  Kenya 38,610,097 August 24–25, 2009 0.55% Official census results
33  Poland 38,186,860 2010 0.55% Official estimate
34  Algeria 36,300,000 January 1, 2011 0.52% Official estimate
35  Canada 34,586,000 September 17, 2011 0.5% Official Canadian Population clock
36  Morocco 32,261,000 September 17, 2011 0.46% Official Moroccan Population clock
37  Uganda 31,800,000 2010 0.46% Official estimate
38  Iraq 31,672,000 2010 0.45% UN estimate for 2010
39  Afghanistan 31,412,000 2010 0.42% UN estimate for 2010
40  Sudan 30,894,000 2008 0.44% 2008 census results
41  Peru 29,461,933 June 30, 2010 0.42% Official INEI estimate (in Spanish)
42  Venezuela 29,368,000 September 17, 2011 0.42% Official Venezuelan Population clock
43  Nepal 28,584,975 2011 0.41% Official estimate
44  Malaysia 27,565,821 2010 0.4% The 2010 Population and Housing Census (Census 2010)
45  Uzbekistan 27,445,000 2010 0.4% UN estimate for 2010
46  Saudi Arabia 27,136,977 2010 0.39% Official Saudi estimate
47  Ghana 24,233,431 September 26, 2010 0.35% Provisional 2010 census results
48  North Korea 24,052,231 2008 0.35% 2008 census
49  Syria 23,695,000 2010 0.34% Civil affairs records(2010)
50  China, Republic of (Taiwan) 23,188,078 July 31, 2011 0.33% Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
51  Australia 22,708,583 September 17, 2011 0.33% Australian Official Population Clock
52  Yemen 22,492,035 2009 0.32% Official estimate
53  Romania 21,413,815 January 1, 2011 0.31% Eurostat estimate
54  Madagascar 20,714,000 2010 0.3% UN estimate for 2010
55  Sri Lanka 20,653,000 2010 0.3% Official estimate
56  Mozambique 20,579,265 2007 0.3% 2007 census
57  Côte d'Ivoire 19,738,000 2010 0.28% UN estimate for 2010
58  Cameroon 19,406,100 January 1, 2010 0.28% Official estimate
59  Angola 19,082,000 2010 0.27% UN estimate for 2010
60  Chile 17,281,600 September 17, 2011 0.25% Official INE projection (page 36)
61  Netherlands 16,696,700 September 17, 2011 0.24% Official Netherlands population clock
62  Kazakhstan 16,518,000 May 1, 2011 0.24% National Statistics Agency estimate
63  Burkina Faso 15,730,977 July 1, 2010 0.23% Official estimate
64  Niger 15,730,754 2011 0.23% Official estimate
65  Malawi 14,901,000 2010 0.23% UN estimate for 2010
66  Mali 14,517,176 April 1, 2009 0.21% Preliminary 2009 census result
67  Guatemala 14,361,666 2010 0.21% Official estimate
68  Ecuador 14,306,876 November 28, 2010 0.21% Preliminary 2010 Ecuadorian census result
69  Cambodia 13,395,682 March 3, 2008 0.19% Cambodian 2008 Census
70  Zambia 13,046,508 October 16, 2010 0.19% 2010 Zambia Census result
71  Zimbabwe 12,571,000 2010 0.18% UN estimate for 2010
72  Senegal 12,434,000 2010 0.18% UN estimate for 2010
73  Cuba 11,241,161 December 31, 2010 0.16% Official estimate
74  Chad 11,227,000 2010 0.17% UN estimate for 2010
75  Belgium 10,918,405 January 1, 2011 0.16% Eurostat estimate
76  Greece 10,787,690 June 1, 2011 0.16% 2011 census estimate
77  Portugal 10,636,979 January 1, 2011 0.15% Eurostat estimate
78  Tunisia 10,549,100 July 1, 2010 0.15% National Statistics Institute of Tunisia
79  Czech Republic 10,535,811 March 31, 2011 0.15% Official estimate
80  Bolivia 10,426,154 2010 0.15% Official estimate
81  Rwanda 10,412,820 2010 0.15% Official estimate
82  Haiti 10,085,214 2010 0.14% Official estimate
83  Hungary 9,986,000 January 1, 2011 0.14% Official estimate
84  Guinea 9,982,000 2010 0.15% UN estimate for 2010
85  Belarus 9,503,807 2009 0.14% 2009 census
86  Sweden 9,440,588 May 31, 2011 0.14% Statistics Sweden
87  Dominican Republic 9,378,818 December 1, 2010 0.13% Preliminary census result
88  Somalia 9,331,000 2010 0.13% UN estimate for 2010
89  Azerbaijan 9,165,000 July 1, 2011 0.13% State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan
90  Benin 8,778,646 2010 0.13% Official estimate
91  Austria 8,404,252 January 1, 2011 0.12% [5]
92  Burundi 8,383,000 2010 0.12% UN estimate for 2010
93  United Arab Emirates 8,264,070 Mid-2010 0.119% Official estimate
94  South Sudan 8,260,490 2008 0.12% 2008 census results
95  Honduras 8,215,313 2011 0.12% Official estimate
96  Switzerland 7,866,500 December 31, 2010 0.11% Official Switzerland Statistics estimate
97  Israel 7,759,300 June 30, 2011 0.11% Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
98  Bulgaria 7,364,570 February, 2011 0.11% Census figures
99  Serbia 7,306,677 January 1, 2010 0.1% Official estimate
100  Hong Kong 7,097,600 December 31, 2010 0.102% Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department
101  Tajikistan 6,879,000 2010 0.102% UN estimate for 2010
102  Papua New Guinea 6,703,000 2010 0.099% UN estimate for 2010
103  Libya 6,355,000 2010 0.094% UN estimate for 2010
104  Laos 6,230,200 2010 0.089% Official estimate
105  Paraguay 6,230,000 2010 0.093% UN estimate for 2010
106  Jordan 6,187,000 2010 0.093% UN estimate for 2010
107  Togo 6,028,000 2010 0.087% UN estimate for 2010
108  Sierra Leone 5,868,000 2010 0.084% UN estimate for 2010
109  Nicaragua 5,788,000 2010 0.084% UN estimate for 2010
110  El Salvador 5,744,113 2009 0.083% 2009 Census
111  Denmark 5,564,219 April 1, 2011 0.08% Statistics Denmark
112  Slovakia 5,435,273 December 31, 2010 0.078% Statistics Slovakia
113  Finland 5,391,110 September 17, 2011 0.077% Official Finnish Population clock
114  Kyrgyzstan 5,362,800 2009 0.077% 2009 census
115  Eritrea 5,254,000 2010 0.075% UN estimate for 2010
116  Singapore 5,076,700 June 30, 2010 0.073% Statistics Singapore
117  Turkmenistan 5,042,000 2010 0.074% UN estimate for 2010
118  Norway 4,969,000 September 17, 2011 0.071% Official Norwegian Population clock
119  Ireland 4,581,269 April 10, 2011 0.066% Central Statistics Office Ireland
120  Costa Rica 4,563,538 2010 0.066% Official estimate
121  Central African Republic 4,401,000 2010 0.065% UN estimate for 2010
122  Georgia 4,436,400 January 1, 2010 0.064% National Statistics Office of Georgia
123  New Zealand 4,416,600 September 17, 2011 0.063% Official New Zealand Population clock
124  Croatia 4,290,612 2011 0.062% 2011 census
125  Lebanon 4,228,000 2010 0.061% UN estimate for 2010
126  Republic of the Congo 4,043,000 2010 0.054% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
127  Liberia 3,994,000 2010 0.059% UN estimate for 2010
128  Palestinian territories 3,935,249 2009 0.057% Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
129  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,843,126 June 30, 2010 0.055% Official estimate
130  Puerto Rico 3,725,789 April 1, 2010 0.054% 2010 census
131  Moldova 3,563,800 January 1, 2010 0.051% National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova
132  Mauritania 3,460,000 2010 0.048% UN estimate for 2010
133  Panama 3,405,813 May 16, 2010 0.049% Final 2010 census results
134  Uruguay 3,356,584 June 30, 2010 0.048% Official estimate
135  Armenia 3,264,500 June 2011 0.047% Monthly official estimate
136  Lithuania 3,221,200 June 2011 0.046% Monthly official estimate
137  Albania 3,195,000 January 1, 2010 0.046% Institute of Statistics INSTAT Albania
138  Mongolia 2,820,700 September 17, 2011 0.04% Official Mongolian population clock
139  Kuwait 2,737,000 2010 0.044% UN estimate for 2010
140  Jamaica 2,705,827 December 31, 2010 0.039% [6]
141  Oman 2,694,094 December 12, 2010 0.039% Preliminary census results
142  Latvia 2,218,800 June 2011 0.032% Official Statistics of Latvia
143  Lesotho 2,171,000 2010 0.03% UN estimate for 2010
144  Namibia 2,088,669 2008 0.03% 2008 census
145  Macedonia, Republic of 2,057,284 January 1, 2011 0.03% Eurostat estimate
146  Slovenia 2,053,160 September 17, 2011 0.029% Official Slovenian population clock
147  Botswana 1,800,098 2010 0.026% Official estimate
148  Gambia 1,728,000 2010 0.025% UN estimate for 2010
149  Qatar 1,696,563 April 20, 2010 0.024% Preliminary 2010 Census Results
150  Guinea-Bissau 1,515,000 2010 0.024% UN estimate for 2010
151  Gabon 1,505,000 2010 0.022% UN estimate for 2010
152  Estonia 1,340,122 January 1, 2011 0.019% Official estimate
153  Trinidad and Tobago 1,317,714 July 1, 2010 0.019% Official estimate
154  Mauritius 1,280,925 July 1, 2010 0.018% Official estimate
155  Bahrain 1,262,000 2010 0.012% UN estimate for 2010
156  Swaziland 1,186,000 2010 0.017% UN estimate for 2010
157  East Timor 1,124,000 2010 0.017% UN estimate for 2010
158  Djibouti 889,000 2010 0.013% UN estimate for 2010
159  Fiji 861,000 2010 0.012% UN estimate for 2010
160  Cyprus 804,435 January 1, 2011 0.012% Eurostat Statistics
161  Guyana 784,894 2010 0.011% Official estimate
162  Comoros 735,000 2010 0.01% UN estimate for 2010
163  Equatorial Guinea 700,000 2010 0.01% UN estimate for 2010
164  Bhutan 695,822 2010 0.01% Official estimate
165  Montenegro 625,266 2011 0.009% 2011 Preliminary Census Data
166  Macau 556,800 March 31, 2011 0.008% Macau Statistics and Census Service
167  Western Sahara 531,000 2010 0.008% UN estimate for 2010
168  Solomon Islands 530,669 2010 0.008% Official estimate
169  Suriname 525,000 2010 0.008% UN estimate for 2010
170  Luxembourg 502,100 2010 0.007% Official estimate
171  Cape Verde 491,575 June 16, 2010 0.007% Official estimate
172  Malta 417,608 January 1, 2011 0.006% Eurostat estimate
173  Brunei 399,000 2010 0.006% UN estimate for 2010
174  Bahamas 353,658 May 3, 2010 0.005% Official estimate
175  Belize 333,200 Mid-2009 0.005% Statistical Institute of Belize
176  Iceland 318,452 January 1, 2011 0.005% Statistics Iceland
177  Maldives 317,280 2010 0.005% Official estimate
178  Barbados 273,000 2010 0.004% UN estimate for 2010
179  Vanuatu 240,000 2010 0.004% UN estimate for 2010
180  Samoa 187,032 2010 0.003% Official estimate
181  Guam 180,000 2010 0.003% UN estimate for 2010
182  Saint Lucia 166,526 May 10, 2010 0.002% Preliminary census result
183  São Tomé and Príncipe 165,000 2010 0.002% UN estimate for 2010
184  Curaçao 142,180 January 1, 2010 0.002% Official estimate
185  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109,000 2010 0.002% UN estimate for 2010
186  U.S. Virgin Islands 109,000 2010 0.002% UN estimate for 2010
187  Aruba 107,000 2010 0.002% UN estimate for 2010
188  Grenada 104,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
189  Tonga 104,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
190  Micronesia, Federated States of 102,624 April 4, 2010 0.001% Preliminary census results
191  Kiribati 100,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
192  Jersey 92,500 December 31, 2009 0.001% Official estimate
193  Antigua and Barbuda 89,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
194  Seychelles 86,525 July 1, 2010 0.001% Official estimate
195  Andorra 84,082 December 31, 2009 0.001% Official estimate
196  Isle of Man 83,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
197  American Samoa 68,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
198  Dominica 68,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
199  Bermuda 64,566 July 1, 2010 0.001% Official estimate
200  Guernsey 62,431 March 31, 2010 0.001% Official estimate
201  Northern Mariana Islands 61,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
202  Greenland 56,452 2010 0.001% Official estimate
203  Cayman Islands 54,878 October 10, 2010 0.001% Preliminary census result
204  Marshall Islands 54,305 2010 0.001% Official estimate
205  Saint Kitts and Nevis 52,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
206  Faroe Islands 48,596 April 1, 2011 0.001% Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
207  Turks and Caicos Islands 40,357 2010 0.0006% Official estimate
208  Sint Maarten 37,429 January 1, 2010 0.0005% Official estimate
209  Liechtenstein 36,157 December 31, 2010 0.0005% Official estimate
210  Monaco 35,000 2010 0.0005% UN estimate for 2010
211  San Marino 31,887 December 31, 2010 0.0005% Monthly official estimate
212  Gibraltar 29,441 2010 0.0004% [7]
213  British Virgin Islands 28,213 2008 0.0004% Official estimate
214  Cook Islands 24,600 December 2010 0.0004% Official monthly estimate
215  Palau 20,000 0.0003% UN estimate for 2010
216  Anguilla 15,236 2011 0.0002% Official estimate
217  Nauru 10,000 0.0001% UN estimate for 2010
218  Tuvalu 10,000 0.0001% UN estimate for 2010
219  Montserrat 6,000 0.0001% UN estimate for 2010
220  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 4,000 0.0001% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
221  Falkland Islands 3,000 0.00005% UN estimate for 2010
222  Niue 1,500 0.00003% UN estimate for 2010
223  Tokelau 1,100 0.00003% UN estimate for 2010
224  Vatican City 500 0.00001% UN estimate for 2010
225  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 (266,952 inh. in Jan. 2010), New Caledonia (245,580 inh. on July 27, 2009), Mayotte (186,452 inh. in July 2007), Saint Martin (36,661 inh. in Jan. 2008), Wallis and Futuna (13,484 inh. in Jul. 2008), Saint Barthélemy (8,673 inh. in Jan. 2008), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (6,072 inh. in Jan. 2008).
  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. Excludes the disputed territory of Kosovo (~ 1,800,000 inh.).
  7. Includes Puntland (~ 3,900,000 inh.) and Somaliland (~ 3,500,000 inh.).
  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. Excludes (geostat.ge.2010.xls) the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000, census 2003) and South Ossetia (70,000, 2006).
  12. Excludes (statistica.md.2010.pdf) Transnistria (555,347, census 2005).
  13. Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
  14. Excludes Northern Cyprus (287,856, end of 2010, North Cyprus State Planning Organization, 0.004% ).
  15. Excludes the island of Mayotte.
  16. Census results are based on contemporary geographic split between Northern Sudan and Southern Sudan, which have since become separate countries. Results were disputed by the Autonomous Government of Southern Sudan.

See also

  • Human geography
  • List of countries by population density
  • 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, projected through 2050
  • List of countries by refugee population
  • List of countries by urban population
  • List of regional organizations by population
  • List of religious populations
  • World population
  • Lists of countries by population
    • Continental
      • Africa
      • Asia
      • Europe
      • North America
      • Oceania
      • South America
    • Intercontinental
      • Americas
      • Arab states
      • Commonwealth of Nations
      • Latin America
      • Middle East
    • Subcontinental
      • Caribbean islands
      • European Union member states

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  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 501,259,840 on January 1, 2010, it would be ranked 3rd if it were included in the list, and it has 7.2% of the world's population — see "Total population". Eurostat. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&language=en&pcode=tps00001. Retrieved 18 June 2010. 
  3. ^ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2011). World Population Prospects. 2010 revision. United Nations. http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  4. ^ Official monthly population estimates for metropolitan France.
  5. ^ "Croatia has 4,290,612 inhabitants, 2011 census shows - Daily - tportal.hr". tportal.hr. http://daily.tportal.hr/135831/Croatia-has-4-290-612-inhabitants.html. Retrieved 2011-06-29 preliminary results. 
  6. ^ 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." [1] The official census figures are available here [2].
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