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 July 1, 2007 estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.^[1] Because these figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting rankings may be misleading.

1 List
2 See also
3 Notes
4 External links

List

Note that the European Union is a sui generis supranational union possessing some "country-like" characteristics. The entity is composed of 27 member states. Its combined population has been estimated at 497,198,740 on January 1, 2008,^[2] and it would be ranked 3rd if it were included in the list (7.45% of world 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 China^[3]	1,324,313,000	June 11, 2008	19.85%	Chinese Population clock
2	India	1,133,965,000	June 11, 2008	17%	Indian Population clock
3	United States	304,282,000	June 11, 2008	4.56%	Official USA Population clock
4	Indonesia	231,627,000		3.47%	UN estimate
5	Brazil	187,008,074	June 9, 2008	2.8%	Official Brazilian Population clock
6	Pakistan	163,520,000	June 11, 2008	2.45%	Official Pakistani Population clock
7	Bangladesh	158,665,000		2.38%	UN estimate
8	Nigeria	148,093,000		2.22%	UN estimate
9	Russia	141,927,900	April 1, 2008	2.13%	Federal State Statistics Service
10	Japan	127,690,000	May 1, 2008	1.91%	Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate
11	Mexico	106,535,000		1.6%	UN estimate
12	Philippines	88,574,614	August 1, 2007	1.33%	2007 Official NSO Census Results
13	Vietnam	87,375,000		1.31%	UN estimate
14	Germany	82,244,000	November 30, 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	59,536,507	October 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	46,287,138	April 1, 2008	0.69%	Official UKRSTAT estimate
28	Spain	45,200,737	January 1, 2007	0.68%	Official INE estimate
29	Colombia	44,090,118	May 5, 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	33,287,800	June 11, 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	Peru	28,750,770	June 30, 2007	0.43%	Official INEI estimate^[4]
41	Nepal	28,196,000		0.42%	UN estimate
42	Venezuela	27,877,000	May 17, 2008	0.42%	Official Venezuelan Population clock
43	Uzbekistan	27,372,000		0.41%	UN estimate
44	Malaysia	27,170,000	July 13, 2007	0.41%	Department of Statistics Malaysia
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)^[5]	22,990,000	April 30, 2008	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	Australia^[6]	21,305,000	May 21, 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	16,426,371	May 5, 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	10,381,130	December 31, 2007	0.16%	Official ČSÚ estimate
79	Tunisia	10,327,000		0.15%	UN estimate
80	Hungary	10,043,000	January 31, 2008	0.15%	Hungarian Central Statistical Office
81	Serbia^[7]	9,858,000		0.15%	UN estimate
82	Dominican Republic	9,760,000		0.15%	UN estimate
83	Rwanda	9,725,000		0.15%	UN estimate
84	Belarus	9,690,000	December 31, 2007	0.15%	Official statistics of Belarus
85	Haiti	9,598,000		0.14%	UN estimate
86	Bolivia	9,525,000		0.14%	UN estimate
87	Guinea	9,370,000		0.14%	UN estimate
88	Sweden	9,201,650	April 30, 2008	0.14%	Statistics Sweden
89	Benin	9,033,000		0.14%	UN estimate
90	Somalia	8,699,000		0.13%	UN estimate
91	Burundi	8,508,000		0.13%	UN estimate
92	Azerbaijan	8,467,000		0.13%	UN estimate
93	Austria	8,334,325	March 31, 2008	0.12%	Official Statistics Austria estimate
94	Bulgaria	7,639,000		0.11%	UN estimate
95	Switzerland	7,619,800	March 31, 2008	0.11%	Swiss Federal Statistical Office
96	Israel	7,282,400 ^[8]	April 30, 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	5,482,266	March 31, 2008	0.082%	Statistics Denmark
109	Slovakia	5,402,273	March 31, 2008	0.081%	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
110	Kyrgyzstan	5,317,000		0.08%	UN estimate
111	Finland	5,310,037^[9]	May 20, 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	4,765,200^[10]	June 5, 2008	0.071%	Official Norwegian Population clock
115	Singapore	4,588,600	mid-2007	0.069%	Statistics Singapore
116	Croatia	4,555,000		0.068%	UN estimate
117	Costa Rica	4,468,000		0.067%	UN estimate
118	Georgia	4,395,000^[11]		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	4,267,000	June 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	3,794,000^[12]		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	Date unknown	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
—	Kosovo	2,126,708	2007	0.031%	The World Factbook
141	Namibia	2,074,000		0.031%	UN estimate
142	Macedonia	2,038,000		0.031%	UN estimate
143	Slovenia	2,025,768	April 1, 2008	0.031%	Official Slovenian population clock
144	Lesotho	2,008,000		0.03%	UN estimate
145	Botswana	1,882,000		0.028%	UN estimate
146	Gambia	1,709,000		0.026%	UN estimate
147	Guinea-Bissau	1,695,000		0.025%	UN estimate
148	Estonia	1,340,600	January 1, 2008	0.02%	Statistics Estonia
149	Trinidad and Tobago	1,333,000		0.02%	UN estimate
150	Gabon	1,331,000		0.02%	UN estimate
151	Mauritius	1,262,000^[13]		0.019%	UN estimate
152	East Timor	1,155,000		0.017%	UN estimate
153	Swaziland	1,141,000		0.017%	UN estimate
154	Cyprus	855,000^[14]		0.013%	UN estimate
155	Qatar	841,000^[15]		0.013%	UN estimate
156	Djibouti	833,000		0.012%	UN estimate
157	Fiji	827,900	2007	0.013%	Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics
—	Réunion^[16]	793,000	January 1, 2007	0.012%	Official INSEE estimate
158	Bahrain	760,168	Date unknown	0.011%	Kingdom of Bahrain Government Statistics
159	Guyana	738,000		0.011%	UN estimate
160	Comoros	682,000^[17]	July 2007	0.01%	World Gazetteer projection
161	Bhutan	658,000		0.01%	UN estimate
162	Montenegro	598,000		0.009%	UN estimate
—	Macau	538,100	December 31, 2007	0.008%	Statistics and Census Service of Macau
163	Cape Verde	530,000		0.008%	UN estimate
164	Equatorial Guinea	507,000		0.008%	UN estimate
165	Solomon Islands	496,000		0.007%	UN estimate
166	Western Sahara	480,000		0.007%	UN estimate
167	Luxembourg	476,200	January 1, 2007	0.007%	Le portail des statistiques du Luxenbourg
168	Suriname	458,000		0.007%	UN estimate
—	Guadeloupe^[16]	408,000	January 1, 2007	0.006%	INSEE estimate (minus the populations of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy)
169	Malta	407,000		0.006%	UN estimate
—	Martinique^[16]	401,000	January 1, 2007	0.006%	Official INSEE estimate
170	Brunei	390,000		0.006%	UN estimate
171	Bahamas	331,000		0.005%	UN estimate
172	Iceland	316,252	April 1, 2008	0.005%	Hagstofa Íslands
173	Maldives	306,000		0.005%	UN estimate
174	Barbados	294,000		0.004%	UN estimate
175	Belize	288,000		0.004%	UN estimate
—	French Polynesia^[16]	259,596	August 20, 2007	0.004%	August 2007 census
—	New Caledonia^[16]	244,600	January 1, 2008	0.004%	Official ISEE estimate
176	Vanuatu	226,000		0.003%	UN estimate
—	French Guiana^[16]	209,000	January 1, 2007	0.003%	Official INSEE estimate
177	Netherlands Antilles	192,000		0.003%	UN estimate
178	Samoa	188,540	2008	0.003%	Samoa Statistics Department
—	Mayotte^[16]	186,452	July 31, 2007	0.003%	July 2007 census
179	Guam	173,000		0.003%	UN estimate
180	Saint Lucia	165,000		0.002%	UN estimate
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	158,000		0.002%	UN estimate
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	120,000		0.002%	UN estimate
183	U.S. Virgin Islands	111,000		0.002%	UN estimate
184	Federated States of Micronesia	111,000		0.002%	UN estimate
185	Grenada	106,000		0.002%	UN estimate
186	Aruba	104,000		0.002%	UN estimate
187	Tonga	100,000		0.001%	UN estimate
188	Kiribati	95,000		0.001%	UN estimate
189	Jersey	88,200	December 2005	0.001%	States of Jersey Statistics Unit
190	Seychelles	87,000		0.001%	UN estimate
191	Antigua and Barbuda	85,000		0.001%	UN estimate
192	Northern Mariana Islands	84,000		0.001%	UN estimate
193	Andorra	81,200	December 31, 2006	0.001%	Andorra Servei d’Estudis
194	Isle of Man	80,058	2006	0.001%	Isle of Man Government
195	Dominica	67,000		0.001%	UN estimate
196	American Samoa	67,000		0.001%	UN estimate
197	Guernsey	65,726	July 2008	0.001%	The World Factbook
198	Bermuda	65,000		0.001%	UN estimate
199	Marshall Islands	59,000		0.001%	UN estimate
200	Greenland	58,000		0.001%	UN estimate
201	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50,000		0.001%	UN estimate
202	Faroe Islands	48,501	March 1, 2008	0.001%	Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
203	Cayman Islands	47,000		0.001%	UN estimate
204	Liechtenstein	35,322	June 30, 2007	0.0005%	Statistik Liechtenstein
—	Saint-Martin^[16]	33,102^{[citation needed]}	October 2004	0.0005%	October 2004 supplementary census^{[citation needed]}
205	Monaco	33,000		0.0005%	UN estimate
206	San Marino	31,000		0.0005%	UN estimate
207	Gibraltar	28,875	2006	0.0004%	Government of Gibraltar - information services
208	Turks and Caicos Islands	26,000		0.0004%	UN estimate
209	British Virgin Islands	23,000		0.0003%	UN estimate
210	Cook Islands	20,200^[18]	September 2007	0.0002%	Statistics office
211	Palau	20,000		0.0003%	UN estimate
—	Wallis and Futuna^[16]	15,000		0.0002%	UN estimate
212	Anguilla	13,000		0.0002%	UN estimate
213	Tuvalu	11,000		0.0002%	UN estimate
214	Nauru	10,000		0.0001%	UN estimate
—	Saint-Barthélemy^[16]	8,450	January 1, 2007	0.0001%	January 2007 census
215	Saint Helena	6,600^[19]		0.0001%	UN estimate
—	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon^[16]	6,125	January 1, 2006	0.0001%	January 2006 census
216	Montserrat	5,900		0.0001%	UN estimate
217	Falkland Islands	3,000		0.00005%	UN estimate
218	Niue	1,600		0.00003%	UN estimate
219	Tokelau	1,400		0.00003%	UN estimate
220	Vatican City	800		0.00002%	UN estimate
221	Pitcairn Islands	50		0.000001%	UN estimate

Notes

^ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2006). "World Population Prospects, Table A.2" (.PDF). 2006 revision. p. 37-42. United Nations Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
^ Total population. Eurostat. Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
^ Mainland China only
^ To access the most recent estimates, go to: Información Social - Compendio Estadístico 2007 - Población e Indicadores Demográficos - Poblacional - Población total al 30 de junio, según sexo y grupos quinquenales de edad
^ Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.
^ Includes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828)
^ Includes Kosovo
^ UN figure for mid-2007 is 6,967,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.
^ Includes Åland Islands
^ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island
^ Figure includes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000)
^ Includes Transnistria (555,347)
^ 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).
^ Figure for Qatari residents only. Estimates for 2008 that include non-resident, transient laborers indicate a population of 1,448,446. From Qatar General Secretariat for Development Planning
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Part of France.
^ Excludes the island of Mayotte. The UN estimate is 839,000 (including Mayotte)
^ UN estimate for mid-2007 is 13,000, which includes the population of residents only.
^ Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

External links

Population clocks & projected growth charts for all countries
United Nations Analytical Report for the 2004 revision of World Population Prospects - includes details of methodology and sources used for the population estimates above.

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Geography	Area • Coastline • Coast/area ratio • Exclusive Economic Zone • Number of neighbouring countries • Highest point • Lowest point • Northernmost point • Southernmost point

Demographics	Population (graphical • by density) • Population growth • Human Development Index • Life expectancy • Infant mortality • Fertility • Birth rate • Death rate • Sex ratio • Homicides • Income equality • Literacy • National IQ • HIV/AIDS • Unemployment • Employment • Labour force • Poverty • Immigrant population • Suicides (OECD) • Undernourishment • Firearm-related deaths • Gun ownership

GDP	Nominal (per capita) • PPP (per capita • per hour) • Past (nominal • PPP) • Future (nominal • PPP • PPP per capita) • GNI per capita • Growth (real • real per capita) • Sector composition • Demographics comparison

Finances	Current account balance • Foreign exchange reserves • Foreign Direct Investment • Debt (External, Public) • Imports • Exports (per capita)

Energy Industry	Energy ( consumption • production • intensity) • Natural gas ( consumption • production • reserves • imports • exports) • Oil ( consumption • production • reserves • imports • exports) • Coal ( production • reserves) • Nuclear power • Uranium reserves • Renewable energy ( Hydropower) • Iron production • Steel production • Aluminium production • Zinc production • Automobile production • Industrial growth

Agriculture	Fishing • Milk production • Crops production ( Fruits • Sugar cane • Maize • Wheat • Rice • Potatoes • Sugar beet • Soybean • Barley )

Politics Society	Freedom • Press freedom • Privacy • Perception of corruption • Bribe paying • Property rights • Economic freedom • Democracy • Globalization • Ease of doing business • Economic competitiveness • Date of formation • Legal drinking age • School leaving age • Abortion law • Euthanasia law • Homosexuality laws • Death penalty • Quality-of-life • Failed States • Student performance

Sports	Olympics ( medals • hosts) • FIFA World Cup ( winners • hosts) • FIFA World Rankings • Ice Hockey World Championship

Military	Size of armed forces • Number of active troops • Military expenditures • Possession of nuclear weapons • Exports of arms • UN peacekeepers currently deployed • Global Peace Index

Communication	Telephone lines • Television sets • Mobile phones • Internet users ( Broadband) • E-readiness

Transport	Waterways • Merchant marine • Railways • Rail usage • Rapid transit systems • Roadways ( OECD) • Vehicles • Road fatalities • Airports

Tourism	Tourist visits • World Heritage Sites

Environment	Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita) • Greenhouse gas emissions per capita • GDP per emissions • Sustainability • Environmental Performance • Happy Planet Index

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