List of countries and dependencies by population
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.
List of countries by population
| Rank | Country / Territory / Entity | Population | % of World Population | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | World | 6,581,000,000 | 100% | population clock |
| 1 |  People's Republic of China [2] |
1,316,600,000 | 20.01% | population clock, [3] |
| 2 |  India |
1,124,800,000 | 17.09% | population clock, [4] |
| — |  European Union |
494,900,000 | 7.52% | Eurostat data [5] |
| 3 |  United States of America |
301,500,000 | 4.58% | population clock |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
234,500,000 | 3.56% | population clock |
| 5 |  Brazil |
186,250,000 | 2.83% | population clock |
| 6 |  Pakistan |
159,770,000 | 2.43% | population clock, [6] |
| 7 |  Bangladesh |
149,800,000 | 2.28% | population clock |
| 8 |  Russia |
141,540,000 | 2.15% | population clock |
| 9 |  Nigeria |
134,300,000 | 2.04% | population clock |
| 10 |  Japan |
127,417,000 | 1.94% | population clock |
| 11 |  Mexico |
109,200,000 | 1.66% | |
| 12 |  Philippines |
91,100,000 | 1.38% | |
| 13 |  Vietnam |
85,080,000 | 1.29% | |
| 14 |  Germany |
82,010,000 | 1.25% | population clock |
| 15 |  Egypt |
79,900,000 | 1.21% | |
| 16 |  Ethiopia |
77,431,000 | 1.18% | |
| 17 |  Turkey |
72,600,000 | 1.1% | population clock[7] |
| 18 |  Iran |
70,049,262 | 1.08% | population clock[8] |
| 19 |  Thailand |
64,990,000 | 0.99% | |
| 20 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
64,000,000 | 0.97% | population clock |
| 21 |  France |
60,961,000 | 0.93% | population clock |
| 22 |  United Kingdom |
60,609,000 | 0.92% | population clock, [9] |
| 23 |  Italy |
57,990,000 | 0.88% | population clock |
| 24 |  Myanmar (Burma) |
50,519,000 | 0.77% | |
| 25 |  South Korea |
49,024,737 | 0.74% | population clock |
| 26 |  South Africa |
46,440,000 | 0.71% | population clock |
| 27 |  Ukraine |
46,409,000 | 0.71% | population clock |
| 28 |  Spain |
44,708,964 | 0.68% | INE(2006) population clock |
| 29 |  Colombia |
42,560,000 | 0.65% | population clock |
| 30 |  Argentina |
40,140,000 | 0.61% | population clock |
| 31 |  Poland |
38,122,000 | 0.58% | population clock[10] |
| 32 |  Tanzania |
38,060,000 | 0.58% | population clock |
| 33 |  Sudan |
37,992,500 | 0.58% | population clock |
| 34 |  Kenya |
36,550,000 | 0.56% | population clock |
| 35 |  Algeria |
33,190,000 | 0.5% | population clock |
| 36 |  Canada |
32,850,000 | 0.5% | population clock |
| 37 |  Morocco |
32,770,000 | 0.5% | population clock |
| 38 |  Afghanistan |
31,235,000 | 0.47% | population clock |
| 39 |  Uganda |
29,850,000 | 0.45% | population clock |
| 40 |  Iraq |
26,783,383 | 0.41% | population clock |
| 41 |  Nepal |
28,740,000 | 0.44% | population clock |
| 42 |  Peru |
28,660,000 | 0.44% | population clock |
| 43 |  Uzbekistan |
27,730,000 | 0.42% | population clock |
| 44 |  Malaysia |
26,900,000 | 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 |
23,270,000 | 0.35% | population clock |
| 48 |  Republic of China (Taiwan) |
23,180,000 | 0.35% | population clock [11] |
| 49 |  Ghana |
22,830,000 | 0.35% | population clock |
| 50 |  Romania |
22,280,000 | 0.34% | population clock |
| 51 |  Yemen |
21,950,000 | 0.33% | population clock |
| 52 |  Sri Lanka |
20,930,000 | 0.32% | population clock |
| 53 |  Australia |
20,790,000 | 0.32% | population clock, [12] |
| 54 |  Mozambique |
20,765,000 | 0.32% | population clock |
| 55 |  Madagascar |
19,235,000 | 0.29% | population clock |
| 56 |  Syria |
19,165,000 | 0.29% | population clock |
| 57 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
18,154,000 | 0.28% | population clock |
| 58 |  Netherlands |
16,365,000 | 0.25% | population clock |
| 59 |  Cameroon |
16,322,000 | 0.25% | population clock |
| 60 |  Chile |
16,295,000 | 0.25% | population clock |
| 61 |  Kazakhstan |
15,360,000 | 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 |
10,800,000 | 0.16% | population clock |
| 75 |  Somalia |
10,700,000 | 0.16% | |
| 76 |  Portugal |
10,585,000 | 0.16% | [13] |
| 77 |  Belgium |
10,419,000 | 0.16% | population clock |
| 78 |  Czech Republic |
10,280,968 | 0.16% | population clock[14] |
| 79 |  Tunisia |
10,256,000 | 0.16% | population clock |
| 80 |  Chad |
10,112,000 | 0.15% | population clock |
| 81 |  Hungary |
9,958,000 | 0.15% | population clock |
| 82 |  Guinea |
9,880,000 | 0.15% | population clock |
| 83 |  Belarus |
9,728,000 | 0.15% | population clock |
| 84 |  Serbia |
9,396,000 | 0.14% | [15] |
| 85 |  Bolivia |
9,182,000 | 0.14% | population clock |
| 86 |  Sweden |
9,122,000 | 0.14% | population clock |
| 87 |  Rwanda |
9,038,000 | 0.14% | |
| 88 |  Dominican Republic |
8,895,000 | 0.14% | |
| 89 |  Haiti |
8,636,000 | 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 |  El Salvador |
7,104,999 | 0.11% | |
| 98 |  Israel |
7,100,000 | 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 |  Jordan |
5,703,000 | 0.087% | |
| 107 |  Nicaragua |
5,652,000 | 0.086% | population clock |
| 108 |  Sierra Leone |
5,525,000 | 0.084% | |
| 109 |  Slovakia |
5,450,000 | 0.083% | population clock |
| 110 |  Denmark |
5,447,000 | 0.083% | population clock |
| 111 |  Finland |
5,280,000 | 0.08% | population clock [16] |
| 112 |  Kyrgyzstan |
5,272,000 | 0.08% | population clock |
| 113 |  Turkmenistan |
5,105,000 | 0.078% | population clock |
| 114 |  Norway |
4,689,000 | 0.071% | population clock, [17] |
| 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% | [18] |
| 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% | [19] |
| 122 |  New Zealand |
4,176,000 | 0.063% | population clock |
| 123 |  Moldova |
4,148,000 | 0.063% | [20] |
| 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% | [21] |
| 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 |
1,795,000 | 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[22] |
| 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 [23] |
| 159 |  Qatar |
813,000 | 0.012% | |
| 160 |  Comoros |
798,000 | 0.012% | population clock[24] |
| 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% | [25] |
| 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 |
307,261 | 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% | [26] |
| 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% |
Notes
- ^ The population of the Euro area as of 1 January 2007 is 318,000,000.
- ^ Excluding figures from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
- ^ Date from Mainland China
- ^ 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
- ^ http://www.worldbank.org.tr/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/TURKEYEXTN/0,,menuPK:361738~pagePK:141132~piPK:141109~theSitePK:361712,00.html Statistics from the World Bank office in Turkey
- ^ Statistical Centre, Government of Iran. ""سرشماری ۱۳۸۵"". Retrieved 2006-12-03.
- ^ The UK Office of National Statistics official 2005 estimate is 60,209,500
- ^ "Population. Size and Structure by Territorial division as of June 30 2006" (PDF 8.4MB). Central Statistical Office in Warsaw. 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc. Population figure is from the CIA World Factbook (as of 2005-07-01).
- ^ Includes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828)
- ^ INE (2006), Estimativas de população residente, por sexo e grandes grupos etários e índices em 31/XII/2005 (NUTS novas), Lisbon, Portugal
- ^ Czech Statistical Office (30 September 2006). Population of the Czech Republic in January - September 2006 (PDF). Prague: Czech Statistical Office.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ 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)
- ^ Template:PDFlink: 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 Template:PDFlink 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
See also
- List of continents by population
- Lists of countries in various regions by populations:
- List of religious populations
- World population
- Human geography
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