List_of_countries_by_population

See also: List of countries by population in 2005 and List of countries by population in 1907

This is a list of countries ordered according to population. The list includes and ranks sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories. Figures are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census authority where available and generally rounded off. Other figures are based on the 2007 mid-year estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2006). "World Population Prospects, Table A.2" (.PDF). 2006 revision. United Nations. Retrieved on 2007-06-30. Because the 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 European Union is a sui generis supranational union. The entity is composed of 27 member states. Its combined population has been estimated at 497,198,740 in January 2008,Total population. Eurostat. Retrieved on 2007-07-14. and would be ranked 3rd if it were included (7.39% of world\'s population). See also:List of regional organizations by population

Rank	Country/territory/entity	Population	Date	% of world population	Source
—	World	6,671,226,000	July 1, 2007	100%	UN estimate
1	People\'s Republic of ChinaMainland China only	1,328,590,000	December 4 2008	19.92%	Chinese Population clock, in Chinese
2	India	1,141,390,000	December 4 2008	17.11%	Official Indian Population clock
3	United States	303,605,941	March 11, 2008	4.55%	Official USA Population clock
4	Indonesia	231,627,000		3.47%	UN estimate
5	Brazil	186,315,468	March 1, 2008	2.79%	Official Brazilian Population clock
6	Pakistan	162,652,500	February 29, 2008	2.44%	Official Pakistani Population clock
7	Bangladesh	158,665,000		2.38%	UN estimate
8	Nigeria	148,093,000		2.22%	UN estimate
9	Russia	141,933,955	March 1, 2008	2.13%	Russian Population clock
10	Japan	127,790,000	December 1, 2007	1.92%	Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate
11	Mexico	106,535,000		1.6%	UN estimate
12	Philippines	88,706,300	July 1, 2007	1.33%	Official Philippine National Statistics
13	Vietnam	87,375,000		1.31%	UN estimate
14	Germany	82,210,000	December 31, 2007	1.23%	Federal Statistics Office estimate
15	Ethiopia	77,127,000	July 2007	1.16%	Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16	Egypt	75,498,000		1.13%	UN estimate
17	Iran	71,208,000		1.07%	UN estimate
18	Turkey	70,586,256	December 31, 2007	1.06%	Turkish Statistical Institute
19	France (incl. overseas France)	64,473,140	January 1, 2008	0.97%	Official INSEE estimate
20	Thailand	63,038,247	December 31, 2007	0.94%	Official Thai Statistics estimate
21	Dem. Rep. of Congo	62,636,000		0.94%	UN estimate
22	United Kingdom	60,587,300	June 30, 2006	0.91%	Official ONS estimate
23	Italy	59,337,888	May 31, 2007	0.89%	Official Istat estimate
24	Myanmar	48,798,000		0.73%	UN estimate
25	South Korea	48,224,000		0.72%	UN estimate
26	South Africa	47,850,700	July 1, 2007	0.72%	Official Stat SA estimate
27	Ukraine	46,398,114	December 1, 2007	0.69%	Official UKRSTAT estimate
28	Spain	45,200,737	January 1, 2007	0.68%	Official INE estimate
29	Colombia	44,075,701	March 1, 2008	0.66%	Official Colombian Population clock
30	Argentina	41,000,000	September 2007	0.61%	Official INDEC estimate
31	Tanzania	40,454,000		0.61%	UN estimate
32	Sudan	38,560,000		0.58%	UN estimate
33	Poland	38,115,967	June 30, 2007	0.57%	Official GUS estimate
34	Kenya	37,538,000		0.56%	UN estimate
35	Algeria	33,858,000		0.51%	UN estimate
36	Canada	33,446,400	December 4 2008	0.5%	Official Canadian Population clock
37	Morocco	31,224,000		0.47%	UN estimate
38	Uganda	30,884,000		0.46%	UN estimate
39	Iraq	28,993,000		0.43%	UN estimate
40	Venezuela	28,199,822	February 24, 2008	0.42%	Official Venezuelan Population clock
41	Nepal	28,196,000		0.42%	UN estimate
42	Peru	27,903,000		0.42%	UN estimate
43	Malaysia	27,452,978	February 29, 2008	0.41%	Official Malaysian Population clock
44	Uzbekistan	27,372,000		0.41%	UN estimate
45	Afghanistan	27,145,000		0.41%	UN estimate
46	Saudi Arabia	24,735,000		0.37%	UN estimate
47	North Korea	23,790,000		0.36%	UN estimate
48	Ghana	23,478,000		0.35%	UN estimate
49	Republic of China (Taiwan)Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.	22,967,000	December 31, 2007	0.34%	Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
50	Yemen	22,389,000		0.34%	UN estimate
51	Romania	21,438,000		0.32%	UN estimate
52	Mozambique	21,397,000		0.32%	UN estimate
53	AustraliaIncludes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828)	21,228,525	March 6, 2008	0.32%	Official Australian Population clock
54	Syria	19,929,000		0.3%	UN estimate
55	Madagascar	19,683,000		0.3%	UN estimate
56	Sri Lanka	19,299,000		0.29%	UN estimate
57	Côte d\'Ivoire	19,262,000		0.29%	UN estimate
58	Cameroon	18,549,000		0.28%	UN estimate
59	Angola	17,024,000		0.26%	UN estimate
60	Chile	16,598,074	June 30, 2007	0.25%	Official INE projection
61	Netherlands	16,408,691	March 2, 2008	0.25%	Official Netherlands Population clock
62	Kazakhstan	15,422,000		0.23%	UN estimate
63	Burkina Faso	14,784,000		0.22%	UN estimate
64	Cambodia	14,444,000		0.22%	UN estimate
65	Niger	14,226,000		0.21%	UN estimate
66	Malawi	13,925,000		0.21%	UN estimate
67	Guatemala	13,354,000		0.2%	UN estimate
68	Zimbabwe	13,349,000		0.2%	UN estimate
69	Ecuador	13,341,000		0.2%	UN estimate
70	Senegal	12,379,000		0.19%	UN estimate
71	Mali	12,337,000		0.18%	UN estimate
72	Zambia	11,922,000		0.18%	UN estimate
73	Cuba	11,268,000		0.17%	UN estimate
74	Greece	11,147,000		0.17%	UN estimate
75	Chad	10,781,000		0.16%	UN estimate
76	Portugal	10,623,000		0.16%	UN estimate
77	Belgium	10,584,534	January 1, 2007	0.16%	Official Statbel estimate
78	Czech Republic	10,349,372	September 30, 2007	0.16%	Official ČSÚ estimate
79	Tunisia	10,327,000		0.15%	UN estimate
80	Hungary	10,053,000	June 26, 2007	0.15%	Official KSH estimate
81	Dominican Republic	9,760,000		0.15%	UN estimate
82	Rwanda	9,725,000		0.15%	UN estimate
83	Belarus	9,714,000	end of 2006	0.15%	Official statistics of Belarus
84	Haiti	9,598,000		0.14%	UN estimate
85	Bolivia	9,525,000		0.14%	UN estimate
86	Guinea	9,370,000		0.14%	UN estimate
87	Sweden	9,182,927	December 31, 2007	0.14%	[1]
88	Benin	9,033,000		0.14%	UN estimate
89	Somalia	8,699,000		0.13%	UN estimate
90	Burundi	8,508,000		0.13%	UN estimate
91	Azerbaijan	8,467,000		0.13%	UN estimate
92	Austria	8,327,709	December 31 2007	0.12%	Official Statistics Austria estimate
93	SerbiaExcludes Kosovo. Mid-2007 UN estimate, which includes Kosovo is 9,858,000	7,758,000[citation needed]		0.12%
94	Bulgaria	7,639,000		0.11%	UN estimate
95	Switzerland	7,591,400	December 31, 2007	0.11%	Swiss Federal Statistical Office
96	Israel	7,254,500UN figure for mid-2007 is 6,967,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.	January 31, 2008	0.11%	Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
97	Honduras	7,106,000		0.11%	UN estimate
—	Hong Kong	6,963,100	December 31, 2007	0.11%	Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong
98	El Salvador	6,857,000		0.1%	UN estimate
99	Tajikistan	6,736,000		0.1%	UN estimate
100	Togo	6,585,000		0.099%	UN estimate
101	Papua New Guinea	6,331,000		0.095%	UN estimate
102	Libya	6,160,000		0.092%	UN estimate
103	Paraguay	6,127,000		0.092%	UN estimate
104	Jordan	5,924,000		0.089%	UN estimate
105	Sierra Leone	5,866,000		0.088%	UN estimate
106	Laos	5,859,000		0.088%	UN estimate
107	Nicaragua	5,603,000		0.084%	UN estimate
108	Denmark	5,475,791	December 31, 2007	0.082%	Official "Statistics Denmark"
109	Slovakia	5,398,629	September 30, 2007	0.081%	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
110	Kyrgyzstan	5,317,000		0.08%	UN estimate
111	Finland	5,305,262Includes Åland Islands	March 5, 2008	0.08%	Official Finnish Population clock
112	Turkmenistan	4,965,000		0.074%	UN estimate
113	Eritrea	4,851,000		0.073%	UN estimate
114	Norway	4,748,300Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island	March 5, 2008	0.071%	Official Norwegian Population clock
115	Singapore	4,681,000	September 27, 2007	0.07%	Statistics Singapore
116	Croatia	4,555,000		0.068%	UN estimate
117	Costa Rica	4,468,000		0.067%	UN estimate
118	Georgia	4,395,000Figure includes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000)		0.066%	UN estimate
119	United Arab Emirates	4,380,000		0.066%	UN estimate
120	Central African Republic	4,343,000		0.065%	UN estimate
121	Ireland	4,339,000	April 30, 2007	0.065%	Official CSO Ireland Statistics
122	New Zealand	4,260,500	March 6, 2008	0.064%	Official New Zealand Population clock
123	Lebanon	4,099,000		0.061%	UN estimate
124	Palestinian territories	4,017,000		0.06%	UN estimate
125	Puerto Rico	3,991,000		0.06%	UN estimate
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,935,000		0.059%	UN estimate
127	Moldova	3,794,000Includes Transnistria (555,347)		0.057%	UN estimate
128	Republic of the Congo	3,768,000		0.056%	UN estimate
129	Liberia	3,750,000		0.056%	UN estimate
—	Somaliland	3,500,000		0.052%	Somaliland government
130	Lithuania	3,366,200	January 1, 2008	0.051%	Statistics Lithuania
131	Panama	3,343,000		0.05%	UN estimate
132	Uruguay	3,340,000		0.05%	UN estimate
133	Albania	3,190,000		0.048%	UN estimate
134	Mauritania	3,124,000		0.047%	UN estimate
135	Armenia	3,002,000		0.045%	UN estimate
136	Kuwait	2,851,000		0.043%	UN estimate
137	Jamaica	2,714,000		0.041%	UN estimate
138	Mongolia	2,629,000		0.039%	UN estimate
139	Oman	2,595,000		0.039%	UN estimate
140	Latvia	2,269,600	January 31, 2008	0.034%	Latvijas Statistika
141	Kosovo	2,126,708		0.031%	The World Factbook
142	Namibia	2,074,000		0.031%	UN estimate
143	FYROM	2,038,000		0.031%	UN estimate
144	Slovenia	2,024,466	February 24, 2008	0.031%	Official Slovenian population clock
145	Lesotho	2,008,000		0.03%	UN estimate
146	Botswana	1,882,000		0.028%	UN estimate
147	Gambia	1,709,000		0.026%	UN estimate
148	Guinea-Bissau	1,695,000		0.025%	UN estimate
149	Estonia	1,340,600	January 1, 2008	0.02%	Statistics Estonia
150	Trinidad and Tobago	1,333,000		0.02%	UN estimate
151	Gabon	1,331,000		0.02%	UN estimate
152	Mauritius	1,262,000Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon		0.019%	UN estimate
153	East Timor	1,155,000		0.017%	UN estimate
154	Swaziland	1,141,000		0.017%	UN estimate
155	Cyprus	855,000Includes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (264,172). The Statistical Institute of the Republic of Cyprus shows a population of 749,200 (2004 Census).		0.013%	UN estimate
156	Qatar	841,000		0.013%	UN estimate
157	Djibouti	833,000		0.012%	UN estimate
158	Fiji	827,900	2007 Population Census	0.013%	[http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/ Fiji Islands bureau of statistics]
—	RéunionPart of France.	793,000	January 1, 2007	0.012%	Official INSEE estimate
159	Bahrain	760,168		0.011%	Kingdom of Bahrain Government Statistics
160	Guyana	738,000		0.011%	UN estimate
161	Comoros	682,000Excludes the island of Mayotte. The UN estimate is 839,000 (including Mayotte)	July 2007	0.01%	World Gazetteer projection
162	Bhutan	658,000		0.01%	UN estimate
163	Montenegro	598,000		0.009%	UN estimate
—	Macau	531,400	September 30, 2007	0.007%	Census and Statistics Department of Macao
164	Cape Verde	530,000		0.008%	UN estimate
165	Equatorial Guinea	507,000		0.008%	UN estimate
166	Solomon Islands	496,000		0.007%	UN estimate
167	Western Sahara	480,000		0.007%	UN estimate
168	Luxembourg	476,200	January 1, 2007	0.007%	[Le portail des statistiques du Luxenbourg
169	Suriname	458,000		0.007%	UN estimate
—	Guadeloupe	408,000	January 1, 2007	0.006%	INSEE est. subtracting St Martin and St Barth.
170	Malta	407,000		0.006%	UN estimate
—	Martinique	401,000	January 1, 2007	0.006%	Official INSEE estimate
171	Brunei	390,000		0.006%	UN estimate
172	Bahamas	331,000		0.005%	UN estimate
173	Iceland	313,376	January 1, 2008	0.005%	Hagstofa Íslands
174	Maldives	306,000		0.005%	UN estimate
175	Barbados	294,000		0.004%	UN estimate
176	Belize	288,000		0.004%	UN estimate
—	French Polynesia	259,596	August 20, 2007	0.004%	August 2007 census
—	New Caledonia	240,390	January 1, 2007	0.004%	Official INSEE estimate
177	Vanuatu	226,000		0.003%	UN estimate
—	French Guiana	209,000	January 1, 2007	0.003%	Official INSEE estimate
178	Netherlands Antilles	192,000		0.003%	UN estimate
179	Samoa	188,540	2008	0.003%	[ http://www.spc.int/prism/Country/WS/stats/ Samoa Statistics Department]
—	Mayotte	186,452	July 31, 2007	0.003%	July 2007 census
180	Guam	173,000		0.003%	UN estimate
181	Saint Lucia	165,000		0.002%	UN estimate
182	São Tomé and Príncipe	158,000		0.002%	UN estimate
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	120,000		0.002%	UN estimate
184	U.S. Virgin Islands	111,000		0.002%	UN estimate
185	Federated States of Micronesia	111,000		0.002%	UN estimate
186	Grenada	106,000		0.002%	UN estimate
187	Aruba	104,000		0.002%	UN estimate
188	Tonga	100,000		0.001%	UN estimate
189	Kiribati	95,000		0.001%	UN estimate
190	Jersey	88,200	December 2005	0.001%	States of Jersey Statistics Unit
191	Seychelles	87,000		0.001%	UN estimate
192	Antigua and Barbuda	85,000		0.001%	UN estimate
193	Northern Mariana Islands	84,000		0.001%	UN estimate
194	Andorra	81,200	December 31, 2006	0.001%	Andorra Servei d’Estudis
195	Isle of Man	80,058		0.001%	Isle of Man Government
196	Dominica	67,000		0.001%	UN estimate
197	American Samoa	67,000		0.001%	UN estimate
198	Guernsey	65,573		0.001%	World Fact Book, 2007
199	Bermuda	65,000		0.001%	UN estimate
200	Marshall Islands	59,000		0.001%	UN estimate
201	Greenland	58,000		0.001%	UN estimate
202	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50,000		0.001%	UN estimate
203	Faroe Islands	48,425	February 1, 2008	0.001%	Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
204	Cayman Islands	47,000		0.001%	UN estimate
205	Liechtenstein	35,322	June 30, 2007	0.0005%	Statistik Liechtenstein
—	Saint-Martin	33,102	October 2004	0.0005%	October 2004 supplementary census.
206	Monaco	33,000		0.0005%	UN estimate
207	San Marino	31,000		0.0005%	UN estimate
208	Gibraltar	28,875	2006	0.0004%	Government of Gibraltar - information services
209	Turks and Caicos Islands	26,000		0.0004%	UN estimate
210	British Virgin Islands	23,000		0.0003%	UN estimate
211	Cook Islands	20,200UN estimate for mid-2007 is 13,000, which includes the population of residents only.	September 2007	0.0002%	Statistics office
212	Palau	20,000		0.0003%	UN estimate
—	Wallis and Futuna	15,000	July 2007	0.0002%	UN estimate
213	Anguilla	13,000		0.0002%	UN estimate
214	Tuvalu	11,000		0.0002%	UN estimate
215	Nauru	10,000		0.0001%	UN estimate
—	Saint-Barthélemy	8,450	January 1, 2007	0.0001%	January 2007 census
216	Saint Helena	6,600Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha		0.0001%	UN estimate
—	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	6,125	January 1, 2006	0.0001%	January 2006 census
217	Montserrat	5,900		0.0001%	UN estimate
218	Falkland Islands	3,000		0.00005%	UN estimate
219	Niue	1,600		0.00003%	UN estimate
220	Tokelau	1,400		0.00003%	UN estimate
221	Vatican City	800		0.00002%	UN estimate
222	Pitcairn Islands	50		0.000001%	UN estimate

See also

• List of countries by population in 1907
• List of countr