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List of countries by population

This is a list of countries by population. The data are from the CIA World Factbook 2003 and although not always quite up to date, at least roughly accurate. In the main list dependent or occupied areas are listed under the country which governs the area; the total population is also given, but the list is ordered according to the populations excluding dependencies and occupied areas. In the second list dependencies are positioned according to their own population.

See also: List of countries, List of countries by area, List of countries by population density, List of countries by continent, Most populous nations by 2025, List of countries by date of nationhood

Table of contents
1 List of countries by population with dependencies shown with the main country
2 List of countries and dependencies, all ordered according to population
3 Reference

List of countries by population with dependencies shown with the main country

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pos Country Population
1 People's Republic of China
Mainland China
Hong Kong
Macau
Total

1,286,975,468
7,394,170
469,903
1,294,839,541
2 India 1,049,700,118
3 United States
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
United States Virgin Islands
Total
290,342,554
70,260
163,941
80,006
3,885,877
124,778
294,667,416
4 Indonesia 234,893,453
5 Brazil 182,032,604
6 Pakistan 150,694,740
7 Russia 144,524,278
8 Bangladesh 138,448,210
9 Nigeria 133,881,703
10 Japan 127,214,499
11 Mexico 104,907,991
12 Philippines 84,619,974
13 Germany 82,398,326
14 Vietnam 81,624,716
15 Egypt 74,718,797
16 Iran 68,278,031
17 Turkey 68,109,469
18 Ethiopia 66,557,553
19 Thailand 64,265,276
20 Metropolitan France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Mayotte
New Caledonia
Reunion
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Wallis and Futuna
Total
60,180,529
186,917
262,125
440,189
425,966
178,437
210,798
755,171
6,976
15,734
62,662,842
21 United Kingdom
Anguilla
British Virgin Islands
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Jersey
Montserrat
Pitcairn Islands
Saint Helena
Turks and Caicos Islands
Total
60,094.648
12,738
21,730
64,482
41,934
2,967
27,776
64,818
74,261
90,156
8,995
47
7,367
19,350
60,531,269
22 Italy 57,998,353
23 Democratic Republic of the Congo 56,625,039
24 South Korea 48,289,037
25 Ukraine 48,005,439
26 South Africa 42,768,678
27 Myanmar 42,510,537
28 Colombia 41,662,073
29 Spain 40,217,413
30 Argentina 38,740,807
31 Poland 38,622,660
32 Sudan 38,114,160
33 Tanzania 35,922,454
34 Algeria 32,818,500
35 Canada 32,207,113
36 Morocco
Western Sahara
Total
31,689,267
250,559
31,939,826
37 Kenya 31,639,091
38 Afghanistan 28,717,213
39 Peru 28,409,897
40 Nepal 26,469,569
41 Uzbekistan 25,981,647
42 Uganda 25,632,794
43 Iraq 24,683,313
44 Venezuela 24,654,694
45 Saudi Arabia 24,293,844
46 Malaysia 23,092,940
47 Republic of China (Taiwan, Quemoy, Matsu) 22,603,001
48 North Korea 22,466,481
49 Romania 22,271,839
50 Ghana 20,467,747
51 Sri Lanka 19,742,439
52 Australia
Christmas Island
Cocos Islands
Norfolk Island
Total
19,731,984
433
630
1,853
19,734,900
53 Yemen 19,349,881
54 Syria 17,585,540
55 Mozambique 17,479,266
56 Madagascar 16,979,744
57 Côte d'Ivoire 16,962,491
58 Kazakhstan 16,763,795
59 Netherlands
Aruba
Netherlands Antilles
Total
16,150,511
70,844
216,226
16,437,581
60 Cameroon 15,746,179
61 Chile 15,665,216
62 Guatemala 13,909,384
63 Ecuador 13,710,234
64 Burkina Faso 13,228,460
65 Cambodia 13,124,764
66 Zimbabwe 12,576,742
67 Malawi 11,651,239
68 Mali 11,626,219
69 Cuba 11,263,429
70 Niger 11,058,590
71 Angola 10,766,471
72 Greece 10,665,989
73 Serbia and Montenegro 10,655,774
 
74 Senegal 10,580,307
75 Belarus 10,322,151
76 Zambia 10,307,333
77 Belgium 10,289,088
78 Czech Republic 10,249,216
79 Portugal 10,102,022
80 Hungary 10,045,407
81 Tunisia 9,924,742
82 Chad 9,253,493
83 Guinea 9,030,220
84 Sweden 8,878,085
85 Dominican Republic 8,715,602
86 Bolivia 8,586,443
87 Austria 8,188,207
88 Somalia 8,025,190
89 Azerbaijan 7,830,764
90 Rwanda 7,810,056
91 Bulgaria 7,537,929
92 Haiti 7,527,817
93 Switzerland 7,318,638
94 Benin 7,041,490
95 Tajikistan 6,863,752
96 Honduras 6,669,789
97 El Salvador 6,470,379
98 Israel
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Total
6,116,533
1,274,868
2,237,194
9,628,595
99 Burundi 6,096,156
100 Paraguay 6,036,900
101 Laos 5,921,545
102 Sierra Leone 5,732,681
103 Libya 5,499,074
104 Jordan 5,460,265
105 Slovakia 5,430,033
106 Togo 5,429,299
107 Denmark
Greenland
Faroe Islands
Total
5,384,384
56,385
46,345
5,487,114
108 Papua New Guinea 5,295,816
109 Finland 5,190,785
110 Nicaragua 5,128,517
111 Georgia 4,934,413
112 Kyrgyzstan 4,892,808
113 Turkmenistan 4,775,544
114 Singapore 4,608,595
115 Norway
Svalbard
Total
4,546,123
2,811
4,548,934
116 Moldova 4,439,502
117 Croatia 4,422,248
118 Eritrea 4,362,254
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,989,018
120 New Zealand
Cook Islands
Tokelau
Total
3,951,307
21,008
1,418
3,973,733
121 Republic of Ireland 3,924,140
122 Costa Rica 3,896,092
123 Lebanon 3,727,703
124 Central African Republic 3,683,538
125 Lithuania 3,529,561
126 Albania 3,582,205
127 Uruguay 3,413,329
128 Armenia 3,326,448
129 Liberia 3,317,176
130 Panama 2,960,784
131 Republic of the Congo 2,954,258
132 Mauritania 2,912,584
133 Oman 2,807,125
134 Mongolia 2,712,315
135 Jamaica 2,695,867
136 United Arab Emirates 2,484,818
137 Latvia 2,384,784
138 Kuwait 2,183,161
139 Bhutan 2,139,549
140 Republic of Macedonia 2,063,122
141 Slovenia 1,935,677
142 Namibia 1,927,447
143 Lesotho 1,861,959
144 Botswana 1,573,267
145 The Gambia 1,501,050
146 Estonia 1,408,556
147 Guinea-Bissau 1,360,827
148 Gabon 1,321,560
149 Mauritius 1,210,447
150 Swaziland 1,161,219
151 Trinidad and Tobago 1,104,209
152 East Timor 997,853
153 Fiji 868,531
154 Qatar 817,052
155 Cyprus 771,657
156 Guyana 702,100
157 Bahrain 667,238
158 Comoros 632,948
159 Equatorial Guinea 510,437
160 Solomon Islands 509,190
161 Djibouti 457,130
162 Luxembourg 454,157
163 Suriname 435,449
164 Cape Verde 412,137
165 Malta 400,420
166 Brunei 358,098
167 Maldives 329,684
168 The Bahamas 297,477
169 Iceland 280,798
170 Barbados 277,264
171 Belize 266,440
172 Vanuatu 199,414
173 Samoa 178,173
174 Sao Tome and Principe 175,883
175 Saint Lucia 162,157
176 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 116,812
177 Federated States of Micronesia 108,143
178 Tonga 108,141
179 Kiribati 98,549
180 Grenada 89,258
181 Seychelles 80,469
182 Dominica 69,655
183 Andorra 69,150
184 Antigua and Barbuda 67,897
185 Marshall Islands 56,429
186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,763
187 Liechtenstein 33,145
188 Monaco 32,130
189 San Marino 28,119
190 Palau 19,717
191 Nauru 12,570
192 Tuvalu 11,305
193 Niue 2,145
194 Vatican City 911

Note

The 194 countries in the list are the 191 United Nations member states, as well as Taiwan, Niue and Vatican City. Thus the UK, being one member state, is considered one country in the list. The German Wikipedia considers Niue to be a dependency of New Zealand and therefore has a list of 193 countries.

The list also shows the 11 countries which have a total of 42 permanently inhabited dependencies. The total is 236 countries and permanently inhabited dependencies. They correspond with those which the CIA World Factbook lists.

List of countries and dependencies, all ordered according to population

The list includes the world (rank nr. 1) and the 236 countries and dependencies which are also listed above.

1 World 6,302,309,691 July 2003 est. 2 China 1,286,975,468 July 2003 est. 3 India 1,049,700,118 July 2003 est. 4 United States 290,342,554 July 2003 est. 5 Indonesia 234,893,453 July 2003 est. 6 Brazil 182,032,604 July 2003 est. 7 Pakistan 150,694,740 July 2003 est. 8 Russia 144,526,278 July 2003 est. 9 Bangladesh 138,448,210 July 2003 est. 10 Nigeria 133,881,703 July 2003 est. 11 Japan 127,214,499 July 2003 est. 12 Mexico 104,907,991 July 2003 est. 13 Philippines 84,619,974 July 2003 est. 14 Germany 82,398,326 July 2003 est. 15 Vietnam 81,624,716 July 2003 est. 16 Egypt 74,718,797 July 2003 est. 17 Iran 68,278,826 July 2003 est. 18 Turkey 68,109,469 July 2003 est. 19 Ethiopia 66,557,553 July 2003 est. 20 Thailand 64,265,276 July 2003 est. 21 France 60,180,529 July 2003 est. 22 United Kingdom 60,094,648 July 2003 est. 23 Italy 57,998,353 July 2003 est. 24 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 56,625,039 July 2003 est. 25 Korea, South 48,289,037 July 2003 est. 26 Ukraine 48,055,439 July 2003 est. 27 South Africa 42,768,678 July 2003 est. 28 Burma 42,510,537 July 2003 est. 29 Colombia 41,662,073 July 2003 est. 30 Spain 40,217,413 July 2003 est. 31 Argentina 38,740,807 July 2003 est. 32 Poland 38,622,660 July 2003 est. 33 Sudan 38,114,160 July 2003 est. 34 Tanzania 35,922,454 July 2003 est. 35 Algeria 32,818,500 July 2003 est. 36 Canada 32,207,113 July 2003 est. 37 Morocco 31,689,265 July 2003 est. 38 Kenya 31,639,091 July 2003 est. 39 Afghanistan 28,717,213 July 2003 est. 40 Peru 28,409,897 July 2003 est. 41 Nepal 26,469,569 July 2003 est. 42 Uzbekistan 25,981,647 July 2003 est. 43 Uganda 25,632,794 July 2003 est. 44 Iraq 24,683,313 July 2003 est. 45 Venezuela 24,654,694 July 2003 est. 46 Saudi Arabia 24,293,844 July 2003 est. 47 Malaysia 23,092,940 July 2003 est. 48 Taiwan 22,603,001 July 2003 est. 49 Korea, North 22,466,481 July 2003 est. 50 Romania 22,271,839 July 2003 est. 51 Ghana 20,467,747 July 2003 est. 52 Sri Lanka 19,742,439 July 2003 est. 53 Australia 19,731,984 July 2003 est. 54 Yemen 19,349,881 July 2003 est. 55 Syria 17,585,540 July 2003 est. 56 Mozambique 17,479,266 July 2003 est. 57 Madagascar 16,979,744 July 2003 est. 58 Cote d'Ivoire 16,962,491 July 2003 est. 59 Kazakhstan 16,763,795 July 2003 est. 60 Netherlands 16,150,511 July 2003 est. 61 Cameroon 15,746,179 July 2003 est. 62 Chile 15,665,216 July 2003 est. 63 Guatemala 13,909,384 July 2003 est. 64 Ecuador 13,710,234 July 2003 est. 65 Burkina Faso 13,228,460 July 2003 est. 66 Cambodia 13,124,764 July 2003 est. 67 Zimbabwe 12,576,742 July 2003 est. 68 Malawi 11,651,239 July 2003 est. 69 Mali 11,626,219 July 2003 est. 70 Cuba 11,263,429 July 2003 est. 71 Niger 11,058,590 July 2003 est. 72 Greece 10,964,020 2001 Census. 73 Angola 10,766,471 July 2003 est. 74 Serbia and Montenegro 10,655,774 July 2003 est. 75 Senegal 10,580,307 July 2003 est. 76 Belarus 10,322,151 July 2003 est. 77 Zambia 10,307,333 July 2003 est. 78 Belgium 10,289,088 July 2003 est. 79 Czech Republic 10,249,216 July 2003 est. 80 Portugal 10,102,022 July 2003 est. 81 Hungary 10,045,407 July 2003 est. 82 Tunisia 9,924,742 July 2003 est. 83 Chad 9,253,493 July 2003 est. 84 Guinea 9,030,220 July 2003 est. 85 Sweden 8,878,085 July 2003 est. 86 Dominican Republic 8,715,602 July 2003 est. 87 Bolivia 8,586,443 July 2003 est. 88 Austria 8,188,207 July 2003 est. 89 Somalia 8,025,190 July 2003 est. 90 Azerbaijan 7,830,764 July 2003 est. 91 Rwanda 7,810,056 July 2003 est. 92 Bulgaria 7,537,929 July 2003 est. 93 Haiti 7,527,817 July 2003 est. 94 Hong Kong 7,394,170 July 2003 est. 95 Switzerland 7,318,638 July 2003 est. 96 Benin 7,041,490 July 2003 est. 97 Tajikistan 6,863,752 July 2003 est. 98 Honduras 6,669,789 July 2003 est. 99 El Salvador 6,470,379 July 2003 est. 100 Israel 6,116,533 July 2003 est. 101 Burundi 6,096,156 July 2003 est. 102 Paraguay 6,036,900 July 2003 est. 103 Laos 5,921,545 July 2003 est. 104 Sierra Leone 5,732,681 July 2003 est. 105 Libya 5,499,074 July 2003 est. 106 Jordan 5,460,265 July 2003 est. 107 Slovakia 5,430,033 July 2003 est. 108 Togo 5,429,299 July 2003 est. 109 Denmark 5,384,384 July 2003 est. 110 Papua New Guinea 5,295,816 July 2003 est. 111 Finland 5,190,785 July 2003 est. 112 Nicaragua 5,128,517 July 2003 est. 113 Georgia 4,934,413 July 2003 est. 114 Kyrgyzstan 4,892,808 July 2003 est. 115 Turkmenistan 4,775,544 July 2003 est. 116 Singapore 4,608,595 July 2003 est. 117 Norway 4,546,123 July 2003 est. 118 Moldova 4,439,502 July 2003 est. 119 Croatia 4,422,248 July 2003 est. 120 Eritrea 4,362,254 July 2003 est. 121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,989,018 July 2003 est. 122 New Zealand 3,951,307 July 2003 est. 123 Ireland 3,924,140 July 2003 est. 124 Costa Rica 3,896,092 July 2003 est. 125 Puerto Rico 3,885,877 July 2003 est. 126 Lebanon 3,727,703 July 2003 est. 127 Central African Republic 3,683,538 July 2003 est. 128 Lithuania 3,592,561 July 2003 est. 129 Albania 3,582,205 July 2003 est. 130 Uruguay 3,413,329 July 2003 est. 131 Armenia 3,326,448 July 2003 est. 132 Liberia 3,317,176 July 2003 est. 133 Panama 2,960,784 July 2003 est. 134 Congo, Republic of the 2,954,258 July 2003 est.

135 Mauritania 2,912,584 July 2003 est. 136 Oman 2,807,125 July 2003 est. 137 Mongolia 2,712,315 July 2003 est. 138 Jamaica 2,695,867 July 2003 est. 139 United Arab Emirates 2,484,818 July 2003 est. 140 Latvia 2,348,784 July 2003 est. 141 West Bank 2,237,194 July 2003 est. 142 Kuwait 2,183,161 July 2003 est. 143 Bhutan 2,139,549 July 2003 est. 144 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 2,063,122 July 2003 est. 145 Slovenia 1,935,677 July 2003 est. 146 Namibia 1,927,447 July 2003 est. 147 Lesotho 1,861,959 July 2003 est. 148 Botswana 1,573,267 July 2003 est. 149 Gambia, The 1,501,050 July 2003 est. 150 Estonia 1,408,556 July 2003 est. 151 Guinea-Bissau 1,360,827 July 2003 est. 152 Gabon 1,321,560 July 2003 est. 153 Gaza Strip 1,274,868 July 2003 est. 154 Mauritius 1,210,447 July 2003 est. 155 Swaziland 1,161,219 July 2003 est. 156 Trinidad and Tobago 1,104,209 July 2003 est. 157 East Timor 997,853 July 2003 est. 158 Fiji 868,531 July 2003 est. 159 Qatar 817,052 July 2003 est. 160 Cyprus 771,657 July 2003 est. 161 Reunion 755,171 July 2003 est. 162 Guyana 702,100 July 2003 est. 163 Bahrain 667,238 July 2003 est. 164 Comoros 632,948 July 2003 est. 165 Equatorial Guinea 510,473 July 2003 est. 166 Solomon Islands 509,190 July 2003 est. 167 Macau 469,903 July 2003 est. 168 Djibouti 457,130 July 2003 est. 169 Luxembourg 454,157 July 2003 est. 170 Guadeloupe 440,189 July 2003 est. 171 Suriname 435,449 July 2003 est. 172 Martinique 425,966 July 2003 est. 173 Cape Verde 412,137 July 2003 est. 174 Malta 400,420 July 2003 est. 175 Brunei 358,098 July 2003 est. 176 Maldives 329,684 July 2003 est. 177 Bahamas, The 297,477 July 2003 est. 178 Iceland 280,798 July 2003 est. 179 Barbados 277,264 July 2003 est. 180 Belize 266,440 July 2003 est. 181 French Polynesia 262,125 July 2003 est. 182 Western Sahara 261,794 July 2003 est. 183 Netherlands Antilles 216,226 July 2003 est. 184 New Caledonia 210,798 July 2003 est. 185 Vanuatu 199,414 July 2003 est. 186 French Guiana 186,917 July 2003 est. 187 Mayotte 178,437 July 2003 est. 188 Samoa 178,173 July 2003 est. 189 Sao Tome and Principe 175,883 July 2003 est. 190 Guam 163,941 July 2003 est. 191 Saint Lucia 162,157 July 2003 est. 192 Virgin Islands 124,778 July 2003 est. 193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 116,812 July 2003 est. 194 Micronesia, Federated States of 108,143 July 2003 est. 195 Tonga 108,141 July 2003 est. 196 Kiribati 98,549 July 2003 est. 197 Jersey 90,156 July 2003 est. 198 Grenada 89,258 July 2003 est. 199 Seychelles 80,469 July 2003 est. 200 Northern Mariana Islands 80,006 July 2003 est. 201 Man, Isle of 74,261 July 2003 est. 202 Aruba 70,844 July 2003 est. 203 American Samoa 70,260 July 2003 est. 204 Dominica 69,655 July 2003 est. 205 Andorra 69,150 July 2003 est. 206 Antigua and Barbuda 67,897 July 2003 est. 207 Guernsey 64,818 July 2003 est. 208 Bermuda 64,482 July 2003 est. 209 Marshall Islands 56,429 July 2003 est. 210 Greenland 56,385 July 2003 est. 211 Faroe Islands 46,345 July 2003 est. 212 Cayman Islands 41,934 July 2003 est. 213 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,763 July 2003 est. 214 Liechtenstein 33,145 July 2003 est. 215 Monaco 32,130 July 2003 est. 216 San Marino 28,119 July 2003 est. 217 Gibraltar 27,776 July 2003 est. 218 British Virgin Islands 21,730 July 2003 est. 219 Cook Islands 21,008 July 2003 est. 220 Palau 19,717 July 2003 est. 221 Turks and Caicos Islands 19,350 July 2003 est. 222 Wallis and Futuna 15,734 July 2003 est. 223 Anguilla 12,738 July 2003 est. 224 Nauru 12,570 July 2003 est. 225 Tuvalu 11,305 July 2003 est. 226 Montserrat 8,995 July 2003 est. 227 Saint Helena 7,367 July 2003 est. 228 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6,976 July 2003 est. 229 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,967 July 2003 est. 230 Svalbard 2,811 July 2003 est. 231 Niue 2,145 July 2003 est. 232 Norfolk Island 1,853 July 2003 est. 233 Tokelau 1,418 July 2003 est. 234 Holy See (Vatican City) 911 July 2003 est. 235 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 630 July 2003 est. 236 Christmas Island 433 July 2003 est. 237 Pitcairn Islands 48 November 2003 est.

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