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List of countries by population

This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population. Only sovereign states are numbered, but non-sovereign territories are also included for purposes of comparison. The data are generally a projection for July 2005 made by the United States Census Bureau, unless otherwise specified.

Rank Country Population
World 6,445,398,968
1 People's Republic of China 1,306,313,8121
2 India 1,080,264,388
  European Union 456,285,8392
3 United States 295,900,500 3
4 Indonesia 241,973,879
5 Brazil 186,112,794
6 Pakistan 162,419,946
7 Bangladesh 144,319,628
8 Russia 143,420,309
9 Nigeria 128,771,988
10 Japan 127,417,244
11 Mexico 106,202,903
12 Philippines 87,857,473
13 Vietnam 83,535,576
14 Germany 82,431,390
15 Egypt 77,505,756
16 Ethiopia 73,053,286
17 Turkey 69,660,559
18 Iran 68,017,860
19 Thailand 65,444,371
20 France (Metropolitan) 60,656,178
21 Congo (Kinshasa) 60,085,004
22 United Kingdom 59,553,8004
23 Italy 58,103,033
24 South Korea 48,422,644
25 Ukraine 47,425,336
26 South Africa 44,344,136
27 Colombia 42,954,279
28 Myanmar 42,909,464
29 Spain 40,341,462
30 Sudan 40,187,486
31 Argentina 39,537,943
32 Poland 38,635,144
33 Tanzania 36,766,356
34 Kenya 33,829,590
35 Canada 32,805,041
36 Morocco 32,725,847
37 Algeria 32,531,853
38 Afghanistan 29,928,987
39 Peru 27,925,628
40 Nepal 27,676,547
41 Uganda 27,269,482
42 Uzbekistan 26,851,195
43 Saudi Arabia 26,417,599
44 Iraq 26,074,906
45 Venezuela 25,375,281
46 Malaysia 23,953,136
47 North Korea 22,912,177
48 Republic of China (Taiwan) 22,894,384
49 Romania 22,329,977
50 Ghana 21,029,853
51 Yemen 20,727,063
52 Australia 20,090,437
53 Sri Lanka 20,064,776
54 Mozambique 19,406,703
55 Syria 18,448,752
56 Madagascar 18,040,341
57 Côte d'Ivoire 17,298,040
58 The Netherlands 16,407,491
59 Cameroon 16,380,005
60 Chile 16,136,1375
61 Kazakhstan 15,185,844
62 Guatemala 14,655,189
63 Burkina Faso 13,925,313
64 Cambodia 13,607,069
65 Ecuador 13,363,593
66 Zimbabwe 12,746,990
67 Mali 12,291,529
68 Malawi 12,158,924
69 Niger 11,665,937
70 Cuba 11,346,670
71 Zambia 11,261,795
72 Angola 11,190,786
73 Senegal 11,126,832
74 Serbia and Montenegro 10,829,175
75 Greece 10,668,354
76 Portugal 10,566,212
77 Belgium 10,364,388
78 Belarus 10,300,483
79 Czech Republic 10,241,138
80 Tunisia 10,074,951
81 Hungary 10,006,835
82 Chad 9,826,419
83 Guinea 9,467,866
84 Sweden 9,001,774
85 Dominican Republic 8,950,034
86 Bolivia 8,857,870
87 Somalia 8,591,629
88 Rwanda 8,440,820
89 Austria 8,184,691
90 Haiti 8,121,622
91 Azerbaijan 7,911,974
92 Switzerland 7,489,370
93 Benin 7,460,025
94 Bulgaria 7,450,349
95 Tajikistan 7,163,506
96 Honduras 6,975,204
  Hong Kong, SAR, PRC 6,898,686
97 El Salvador 6,704,932
98 Burundi 6,370,609
99 Paraguay 6,347,884
100 Israel 6,276,883
101 Laos 6,217,141
102 Sierra Leone 6,017,643
103 Libya 5,765,563
104 Jordan 5,759,732
105 Togo 5,681,519
106 Papua New Guinea 5,545,268
107 Nicaragua 5,465,100
108 Denmark 5,432,335
109 Slovakia 5,431,363
110 Finland 5,223,442
111 Kyrgyzstan 5,146,281
112 Turkmenistan 4,952,081
113 Georgia 4,677,401
114 Norway 4,593,041
115 Eritrea 4,561,599
116 Croatia 4,495,904
117 Moldova 4,455,421
118 Singapore 4,425,720
119 New Zealand 4,061,4006
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,025,476
121 Costa Rica 4,016,173
122 Republic of Ireland 4,015,676
  Puerto Rico 3,916,632
123 Lebanon 3,826,018
124 Central African Republic 3,799,897
  Palestinian Territories 3,761,904
125 Lithuania 3,596,617
126 Albania 3,563,112
127 Liberia 3,482,211
128 Uruguay 3,415,920
129 Mauritania 3,086,859
130 Panama 3,039,150
131 Congo (Brazzaville) 3,039,126
132 Oman 3,001,583
133 Armenia 2,982,904
134 Mongolia 2,791,272
135 Jamaica 2,731,832
136 United Arab Emirates 2,563,212
137 Kuwait 2,335,648
138 Latvia 2,290,237
139 Bhutan 2,232,291
140 Republic of Macedonia 2,045,262
141 Namibia 2,030,692
142 Slovenia 2,011,070
143 Lesotho 1,867,035
144 Botswana 1,640,115
145 The Gambia 1,593,256
146 Guinea-Bissau 1,416,027
147 Gabon 1,389,201
148 Estonia 1,332,893
149 Mauritius 1,230,602
150 Swaziland 1,173,900
151 Trinidad and Tobago 1,088,644
152 East Timor 1,040,880
153 Fiji 893,354
154 Qatar 863,051
155 Cyprus 780,133
  Reunion 776,948
156 Guyana 765,283
157 Bahrain 688,345
158 Comoros 671,247
159 Solomon Islands 538,032
160 Equatorial Guinea 535,881
161 Djibouti 476,703
162 Luxembourg 468,571
  Macau, SAR, PRC 449,198
  Guadeloupe 448,713
163 Suriname 438,144
  Martinique 432,900
163 Cape Verde 418,224
164 Malta 398,534
165 Brunei 372,361
166 Maldives 349,106
167 The Bahamas 301,790
168 Iceland 296,737
169 Belize 279,457
170 Barbados 279,254
  Western Sahara 273,008
  French Polynesia 270,485
  Netherlands Antilles 219,958
  New Caledonia 216,494
171 Vanuatu 205,754
  French Guiana 195,506
  Mayotte 193,633
172 Sao Tome and Principe 187,410
173 Samoa 177,287
  Guam 168,564
174 Saint Lucia 166,312
175 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 117,534
176 Tonga 112,422
  U.S. Virgin Islands 108,708
177 Federated States of Micronesia 108,105
178 Kiribati 103,092
  Jersey 90,812
179 Grenada 89,502
180 Seychelles 81,188
  Northern Mariana Islands 80,362
  Isle of Man 75,049
  Aruba 71,566
181 Andorra 70,549
182 Dominica 69,029
183 Antigua and Barbuda 68,722
  Bermuda 65,365
  Guernsey 65,228
184 Marshall Islands 59,071
  American Samoa 57,881
  Greenland 56,375
  Faroe Islands 46,962
  Cayman Islands 44,270
185 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,958
186 Liechtenstein 33,717
187 Monaco 32,409
188 San Marino 28,880
  Gibraltar 27,884
  British Virgin Islands 22,643
  Cook Islands 21,388
  Turks and Caicos Islands 20,556
189 Palau 20,303
  Wallis and Futuna 16,025
  Anguilla 13,254
190 Nauru 13,048
191 Tuvalu 11,636
  Montserrat 9,341
  Saint Helena 7,460
  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 7,012
  Falkland Islands 2,9672
  Svalbard 2,7562
  Norfolk Island 1,8412
  Tokelau 1,4052
192 Vatican City 9212
  Cocos (Keeling) Islands 6292
  Christmas Island 3962
  Johnston Atoll 3962
  Pitcairn Islands 462

1 This figure does not include Hong Kong, Macau or the territories administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan)
2 Estimate for July 2004 by CIA The World Factbook [1]
3 Estimate for April 17 2005 by the U.S. Census Bureau [2]
4 Estimate for July 1 2003 by the UK Office of National Statistics [3]
5 Estimate for June 30 2005 by Chile's Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas [4]
6 Estimated resident population for June 30 2004 by Statistics New Zealand

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