Country Comparison > Population

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,338,612,968
2	India	1,166,079,217
3	United States	307,212,123
4	Indonesia	240,271,522
5	Brazil	198,739,269
6	Pakistan	176,242,949
7	Bangladesh	156,050,883
8	Nigeria	149,229,090
9	Russia	140,041,247
10	Japan	127,078,679
11	Mexico	111,211,789
12	Philippines	97,976,603
13	Vietnam	86,967,524
14	Ethiopia	85,237,338
15	Egypt	83,082,869
16	Germany	82,329,758
17	Turkey	76,805,524
18	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	68,692,542
19	Iran	66,429,284
20	Thailand	65,905,410
21	France	64,057,792
22	United Kingdom	61,113,205
23	Italy	58,126,212
24	South Africa	49,052,489
25	Korea, South	48,508,972
26	Burma	48,137,741
27	Ukraine	45,700,395
28	Colombia	45,644,023
29	Sudan	41,087,825
30	Tanzania	41,048,532
31	Argentina	40,913,584
32	Spain	40,525,002
33	Kenya	39,002,772
34	Poland	38,482,919
35	Morocco	34,859,364
36	Algeria	34,178,188
37	Canada	33,487,208
38	Uganda	32,369,558
39	Peru	29,546,963
40	Iraq	28,945,657
41	Saudi Arabia	28,686,633
42	Nepal	28,563,377
43	Afghanistan	28,396,000
44	Uzbekistan	27,606,007
45	Venezuela	26,814,843
46	Malaysia	25,715,819
47	Ghana	23,832,495
48	Yemen	23,822,783
49	Taiwan	22,974,347
50	Korea, North	22,665,345
51	Romania	22,215,421
52	Mozambique	21,669,278
53	Sri Lanka	21,324,791
54	Australia	21,262,641
55	Madagascar	20,653,556
56	Cote d'Ivoire	20,617,068
57	Syria	20,178,485
58	Cameroon	18,879,301
59	Netherlands	16,715,999
60	Chile	16,601,707
61	Burkina Faso	15,746,232
62	Kazakhstan	15,399,437
63	Niger	15,306,252
64	Ecuador	14,573,101
65	Cambodia	14,494,293
66	Malawi	14,268,711
67	Senegal	13,711,597
68	Guatemala	13,276,517
69	Angola	12,799,293
70	Mali	12,666,987
71	Zambia	11,862,740
72	Cuba	11,451,652
73	Zimbabwe	11,392,629
74	Greece	10,737,428
75	Portugal	10,707,924
76	Tunisia	10,486,339
77	Rwanda	10,473,282
78	Belgium	10,414,336
79	Chad	10,329,208
80	Czech Republic	10,211,904
81	Guinea	10,057,975
82	Hungary	9,905,596
83	Somalia	9,832,017
84	Bolivia	9,775,246
85	Dominican Republic	9,650,054
86	Belarus	9,648,533
87	Sweden	9,059,651
88	Haiti	9,035,536
89	Burundi	8,988,091
90	Benin	8,791,832
91	Azerbaijan	8,238,672
92	Austria	8,210,281
93	Honduras	7,792,854
94	Switzerland	7,604,467
95	Tajikistan	7,349,145
96	Israel	7,233,701
97	Bulgaria	7,204,687
98	El Salvador	7,185,218
99	Hong Kong	7,055,071
100	Paraguay	6,995,655
101	Laos	6,834,942
102	Sierra Leone	6,440,053
103	Jordan	6,342,948
104	Libya	6,310,434
105	Papua New Guinea	6,057,263
106	Togo	6,019,877
107	Nicaragua	5,891,199
108	Eritrea	5,647,168
109	Denmark	5,500,510
110	Slovakia	5,463,046
111	Kyrgyzstan	5,431,747
112	Finland	5,250,275
113	Turkmenistan	4,884,887
114	United Arab Emirates	4,798,491
115	Norway	4,660,539
116	Singapore	4,657,542
117	Georgia	4,615,807
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,613,414
119	Central African Republic	4,511,488
120	Croatia	4,489,409
121	Moldova	4,320,748
122	Costa Rica	4,253,877
123	New Zealand	4,213,418
124	Ireland	4,203,200
125	Lebanon	4,017,095
126	Congo, Republic of the	4,012,809
127	Puerto Rico	3,971,020
128	Albania	3,639,453
129	Lithuania	3,555,179
130	Uruguay	3,494,382
131	Liberia	3,441,790
132	Oman	3,418,085
133	Panama	3,360,474
134	Mauritania	3,129,486
135	Mongolia	3,041,142
136	Armenia	2,967,004
137	Jamaica	2,825,928
138	Kuwait	2,691,158
139	West Bank	2,461,267
140	Latvia	2,231,503
141	Lesotho	2,130,819
142	Namibia	2,108,665
143	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	2,066,718
144	Slovenia	2,005,692
145	Botswana	1,990,876
146	Gambia, The	1,782,893
147	Gaza Strip	1,551,859
148	Guinea-Bissau	1,533,964
149	Gabon	1,514,993
150	Estonia	1,299,371
151	Mauritius	1,284,264
152	Trinidad and Tobago	1,229,953
153	East Timor	1,131,612
154	Swaziland	1,123,913
155	Fiji	944,720
156	Qatar	833,285
157	Guyana	772,298
158	Comoros	752,438
159	Bahrain	727,785
160	Bhutan	691,141
161	Montenegro	672,180
162	Equatorial Guinea	633,441
163	Solomon Islands	595,613
164	Macau	559,846
165	Djibouti	516,055
166	Luxembourg	491,775
167	Suriname	481,267
168	Cape Verde	429,474
169	Western Sahara	405,210
170	Malta	405,165
171	Maldives	396,334
172	Brunei	388,190
173	Bahamas, The	309,156
174	Belize	307,899
175	Iceland	306,694
176	French Polynesia	287,032
177	Barbados	284,589
178	New Caledonia	227,436
179	Netherlands Antilles	227,049
180	Mayotte	223,765
181	Samoa	219,998
182	Vanuatu	218,519
183	Sao Tome and Principe	212,679
184	Guam	178,430
185	Saint Lucia	160,267
186	Tonga	120,898
187	Kiribati	112,850
188	Virgin Islands	109,825
189	Micronesia, Federated States of	107,434
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,574
191	Aruba	103,065
192	Jersey	91,626
193	Grenada	90,739
194	Northern Mariana Islands	88,662
195	Seychelles	87,476
196	Antigua and Barbuda	85,632
197	Andorra	83,888
198	Man, Isle of	76,512
199	Dominica	72,660
200	Bermuda	67,837
201	Guernsey	65,870
202	American Samoa	65,628
203	Marshall Islands	64,522
204	Greenland	57,600
205	Cayman Islands	49,035
206	Faroe Islands	48,856
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40,131
208	Liechtenstein	34,761
209	Monaco	32,965
210	San Marino	30,324
211	Gibraltar	28,034
212	British Virgin Islands	24,491
213	Turks and Caicos Islands	22,942
214	Palau	20,796
215	Wallis and Futuna	15,289
216	Anguilla	14,436
217	Nauru	14,019
218	Tuvalu	12,373
219	Cook Islands	11,870
220	Saint Helena	7,637
221	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	7,051
222	Montserrat	5,097
223	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	3,140
224	Norfolk Island	2,141
225	Svalbard	2,116
226	Tokelau	1,416
227	Christmas Island	1,402
228	Niue	1,398
229	Holy See (Vatican City)	826
230	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	596
231	Pitcairn Islands	48
232	Antarctica	0
233	Coral Sea Islands	0
234	Wake Island	0

Definition: This entry gives an estimate from the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. Note: Starting with the 1993 Factbook, demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These countries are currently: The Bahamas, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009