| 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
See also: Population Map
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