This is a list of countries ordered according to population. The list includes sovereign states and inhabited dependent territories based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
Areas that form integral parts of sovereign states, such as the countries of the United Kingdom, are counted as part of the sovereign states concerned. Not included are other entities, such as the European Union,[1] that are not sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica.[2] The estimated total population of the world is 6,799,400,000.[3]
Figures used in this chart are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census authority where available and generally rounded off. Where national data is unavailable, figures are based on the 2009 July 1 estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.[4] Because the compiled figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting numerical comparisons may result in misleading conclusions. Further, the addition of all countries may not equal the world total.
Sovereign states are listed in bold text and dependent territories in italic. States listed that do not have general recognition are in bold and italic.
For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by population (graphical). See also list of countries and dependencies by population density and the list of regional organizations by population.
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Figures indicated by "UN estimate" are based on the July 1, 2009 estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.[4]
| Rank | Country / Territory | Population | Date Last Updated | % of World Population | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,334,340,000 | November 26, 2009 | 19.62% | Chinese Population clock | |
| 2 | 1,173,060,000 | November 26, 2009 | 17.25% | Indian Population clock | |
| 3 | 308,018,000 | November 26, 2009 | 4.53% | Official USA Population clock | |
| 4 | 231,369,500 | 3.4% | Statistics Indonesia estimate | ||
| 5 | 192,093,000 | November 26, 2009 | 2.83% | Official Brazilian population clock | |
| 6 | 168,050,000 | November 26, 2009 | 2.47% | Official Pakistani Population clock | |
| 7 | 162,221,000 | 2.39% | UN estimate | ||
| 8 | 154,729,000 | 2.28% | UN estimate | ||
| 9 | 141,909,279 | October 1, 2009 | 2.09% | Federal State Statistics Service of Russia | |
| 10 | 127,560,000 | October 1, 2009 | 1.88% | Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate | |
| 11 | 107,550,697 | 1.58% | INEGI estimate | ||
| 12 | 92,226,600 | Mid-2009 | 1.36% | ||
| 13 | 85,789,573 | April 1, 2009 | 1.26% | Official preliminary results of the 2009 census | |
| 14 | 81,882,342 | March 31, 2009 | 1.2% | Federal Statistical Office | |
| 15 | 79,221,000 | July 2008 | 1.17% | ||
| 16 | 77,509,000 | November 26, 2009 | 1.14% | Official Egyptian Population clock | |
| 17 | 74,196,000 | 1.09% | UN estimate | ||
| 18 | 71,517,100 | December 31, 2008 | 1.05% | Turkish Statistical Institute estimate | |
| 19 | 66,020,000 | 0.97% | UN estimate | ||
| 20 | 65,073,482 | January 1, 2009 | 0.96% | Official INSEE estimate The figure for France without the overseas collectivities is 64,303,482. |
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| 21 | 63,389,730 | December 31, 2008 | 0.93% | ||
| 22 | 61,634,599 | January 1, 2009 | 0.91% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 23 | 60,157,214 | April 2009 | 0.88% | Official ISTAT estimate | |
| 24 | 50,020,000 | 0.74% |
UN estimate |
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| 25 | 49,320,500 | July 1, 2009 | 0.73% | Statistics South Africa | |
| 26 | 48,333,000 | 0.71% | UN estimate | ||
| 27 | 46,029,281 | July 1, 2009 | 0.68% | Official UKRSTAT estimate | |
| 28 | 45,967,632 | October 1, 2009 | 0.68% | Official INE estimate | |
| 29 | 45,194,000 | November 26, 2009 | 0.66% | Official Colombian Population clock | |
| 30 | 43,739,000 | 0.64% | UN estimate | ||
| 31 | 40,134,425 | June 30, 2009 | 0.59% | Official INDEC estimate | |
| 32 | 39,802,000 | 0.59% | UN estimate | ||
| 33 | 39,154,490 | April 22, 2008 | 0.58% | 2008 Sudanese census | |
| 34 | 38,100,700 | 0.56% | Official Central Statistics Office of Poland | ||
| 35 | 34,895,000 | 0.51% | UN estimate | ||
| 36 | 33,856,000 | November 26, 2009 | 0.5% | Official Canadian Population clock | |
| 37 | 32,710,000 | 0.48% | UN estimate | ||
| 38 | 31,651,000 | November 26, 2009 | 0.47% | Official Moroccan Population clock | |
| 39 | 30,747,000 | 0.45% | UN estimate | ||
| 40 | 29,331,000 | 0.43% | UN estimate | ||
| 41 | 29,132,013 | June 30, 2009 | 0.43% | Official INEI estimate | |
| 42 | 28,564,000 | November 26, 2009 | 0.42% | Official Venezuelan Population clock | |
| 43 | 28,310,000 | July 31, 2009 | 0.41% | Statistic Department of Malaysia | |
| 44 | 28,150,000 | 0.4% | UN estimate | ||
| 45 | 27,488,000 | 0.4% | UN estimate | ||
| 46 | 25,721,000 | 0.38% | UN estimate | ||
| 47 | 24,051,706 | October, 2008 | 0.35% | UNFPA | |
| 48 | 23,837,000 | 0.35% | UN estimate | ||
| 49 | 23,580,000 | 0.35% | UN estimate | ||
| 50 | 23,069,345 | June 30, 2009 | 0.34% | Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate | |
| 51 | 22,894,000 | 0.34% | UN estimate | ||
| 52 | 22,069,000 | November 26, 2009 | 0.32% | Official Australian Population clock | |
| 53 | 21,906,000 | 0.32% | UN estimate | ||
| 54 | 21,498,616 | January 1, 2009 | 0.32% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 55 | 21,075,000 | 0.31% | UN estimate | ||
| 56 | 20,238,000 | 0.3% | UN estimate | ||
| 57 | 19,625,000 | 0.29% | UN estimate | ||
| 58 | 19,522,000 | 0.29% | UN estimate | ||
| 59 | 18,498,000 | 0.27% | UN estimate | ||
| 60 | 16,996,000 | November 26, 2009 | 0.25% | Official INE projection (p.36) | |
| 61 | 16,575,900 | November 26, 2009 | 0.24% | Official Netherlands population clock | |
| 62 | 15,776,492 | July 1, 2009 | 0.23% | National Statistics Agency estimate | |
| 63 | 15,757,000 | 0.23% | UN estimate | ||
| 64 | 15,290,000 | 0.22% | UN estimate | ||
| 65 | 15,263,000 | 0.22% | UN estimate | ||
| 66 | 14,805,000 | 0.22% | UN estimate | ||
| 67 | 14,085,000 | November 26, 2009 | 0.21% | Official Ecuadorian population clock | |
| 68 | 14,027,000 | 0.21% | UN estimate | ||
| 69 | 13,010,000 | 0.19% | UN estimate | ||
| 70 | 12,935,000 | 0.19% | UN estimate | ||
| 71 | 12,534,000 | 0.18% | UN estimate | ||
| 72 | 12,523,000 | 0.18% | UN estimate | ||
| 73 | 11,274,106 | June 2009 | 0.17% | Chadian 2009 census | |
| 74 | 11,260,402 | January 1, 2009 | 0.17% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 75 | 11,204,000 | 0.16% | UN estimate | ||
| 76 | 10,754,528 | January 1, 2009 | 0.16% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 77 | 10,627,250 | January 1, 2009 | 0.16% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 78 | 10,476,543 | March 31, 2009 | 0.15% | Czech Statistical Office | |
| 79 | 10,327,800 | July 1, 2008 | 0.15% | National Statistics Institute of Tunisia | |
| 80 | 10,090,000 | 0.15% | UN estimate | ||
| 81 | 10,069,000 | 0.15% | UN estimate | ||
| 82 | 10,033,000 | 0.15% | UN estimate | ||
| 83 | 10,031,208 | January 1, 2009 | 0.15% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 84 | 9,998,000 | 0.15% | UN estimate | ||
| 85 | 9,879,000 | 0.15% | UN estimate | ||
| 86 | 9,850,000 | 0.14% | UN estimate | ||
| 87 | 9,671,900 | January 1, 2009 | 0.14% | Official statistics of Belarus | |
| 88 | 9,325,429 | September 30, 2009 | 0.14% | Statistics Sweden | |
| 89 | 9,133,000 | 0.13% | UN estimate | ||
| 90 | 8,935,000 | 0.13% | UN estimate | ||
| 91 | 8,896,900 | April 1, 2009 | 0.13% | State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan | |
| 92 | 8,355,260 | January 1, 2009 | 0.12% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 93 | 8,303,000 | 0.12% | UN estimate | ||
| 94 | 7,761,800 | September 30, 2009 | 0.11% | Official Switzerland Statistics estimate | |
| 95 | 7,606,551 | January 1, 2009 | 0.11% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 96 | 7,466,000 | 0.11% | UN estimate | ||
| 97 | 7,472,700 | September 30, 2009 | 0.11% | Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics | |
| 98 | 7,008,900 | December 31, 2008 | 0.103% | Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department | |
| 99 | 6,952,000 | 0.102% | UN estimate | ||
| 100 | 6,732,000 | 0.099% | UN estimate | ||
| 101 | 6,619,000 | 0.097% | UN estimate | ||
| 102 | 6,420,000 | 0.094% | UN estimate | ||
| 103 | 6,349,000 | 0.093% | UN estimate | ||
| 104 | 6,320,000 | 0.093% | UN estimate | ||
| 105 | 6,316,000 | 0.093% | UN estimate | ||
| 106 | 6,163,000 | 0.091% | UN estimate | ||
| 107 | 5,743,000 | 0.084% | UN estimate | ||
| 108 | 5,696,000 | 0.084% | UN estimate | ||
| 109 | 5,532,531 | September 30, 2009 | 0.081% | Statistics Denmark | |
| 110 | 5,482,000 | 0.081% | UN estimate | ||
| 111 | 5,416,958 | June 31, 2009 | 0.08% | Statistics Slovakia | |
| 112 | 5,350,600 | November 26, 2009 | 0.079% | Official Finnish Population clock | |
| 113 | 5,110,000 | 0.075% | UN estimate | ||
| 114 | 5,073,000 | 0.075% | UN estimate | ||
| 115 | 4,987,600 | Mid-2009 | 0.073% | Statistics Singapore | |
| 116 | 4,846,900 | November 26, 2009 | 0.071% | Official Norwegian Population clock | |
| 117 | 4,599,000 | 0.068% | UN estimate | ||
| 118 | 4,579,000 | 0.067% | UN estimate | ||
| 119 | 4,459,300 | April 1, 2009 | 0.065% | Irish Central Statistics Office estimate | |
| 120 | 4,435,056 | January 1, 2009 | 0.065% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 121 | 4,422,000 | 0.065% | UN estimate | ||
| 122 | 4,385,400 | January 1, 2009 | 0.064% | Statistics Georgia | |
| 123 | 4,315,800 | June 30, 2009 | 0.063% | "|Population Estimates as at 30 June 2009 | |
| 124 | 4,224,000 | 0.062% | UN estimate | ||
| 125 | 3,982,000 | 0.059% | UN estimate | ||
| 126 | 3,767,000 | 0.055% | UN estimate | ||
| 127 | 3,761,646 | December 1, 2007 | 0.055% | 2007 Palestinian Bureau Census | |
| 128 | 3,683,000 | 0.054% | UN estimate | ||
| 129 | 3,567,500 | January 1, 2009 | 0.052% | National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova | |
| 130 | 3,476,608 | March 21, 2008 | 0.051% | 2008 Population and Housing Census | |
| 131 | 3,454,000 | 0.051% | UN estimate | ||
| 132 | 3,361,000 | 0.049% | UN estimate | ||
| 133 | 3,349,872 | January 1, 2009 | 0.049% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 134 | 3,291,000 | 0.048% | UN estimate | ||
| 135 | 3,230,100 | January 1, 2008 | 0.044% | [2] | |
| 136 | 3,170,000 | January 1, 2008 | 0.047% | [3] | |
| 137 | 2,985,000 | 0.044% | UN estimate | ||
| 138 | 2,845,000 | 0.042% | UN estimate | ||
| 139 | 2,719,000 | 0.04% | UN estimate | ||
| 140 | 2,671,000 | 0.039% | UN estimate | ||
| 141 | 2,254,000 | September 2009 | 0.033% | Official Statistics of Latvia | |
| 142 | 2,171,000 | 0.032% | UN estimate | ||
| 143 | 2,067,000 | 0.03% | UN estimate | ||
| 144 | 2,048,620 | January 1, 2009 | 0.03% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 145 | 2,049,540 | November 26, 2009 | 0.03% | Official Slovenian population clock | |
| 146 | 1,950,000 | 0.029% | UN estimate | ||
| 147 | 1,705,000 | 0.025% | UN estimate | ||
| 148 | 1,611,000 | 0.024% | UN estimate | ||
| 149 | 1,475,000 | 0.022% | UN estimate | ||
| 150 | 1,409,000 | 0.021% | UN estimate | ||
| 151 | 1,340,415 | January 1, 2009 | 0.02% | [4] | |
| 152 | 1,339,000 | 0.02% | UN estimate | ||
| 153 | 1,288,000 | 0.019% | UN estimate | ||
| 154 | 1,185,000 | 0.017% | UN estimate | ||
| 155 | 1,134,000 | 0.017% | UN estimate | ||
| 156 | 864,000 | 0.013% | UN estimate | ||
| 157 | 849,000 | 0.012% | UN estimate | ||
| 158 | 793,963 | January 1, 2009 | 0.012% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 159 | 791,000 | 0.012% | UN estimate | ||
| 160 | 762,000 | 0.011% | UN estimate | ||
| 161 | 697,000 | 0.01% | UN estimate | ||
| 162 | 676,000 | 0.01% | UN estimate | ||
| 163 | 676,000 | 0.007% | UN estimate | ||
| 164 | 624,000 | 0.009% | UN estimate | ||
| 165 | 541,200 | September 30, 2009 | 0.008% | Macau Statistics and Census Service | |
| 166 | 523,000 | 0.007% | UN estimate | ||
| 167 | 520,000 | 0.008% | UN estimate | ||
| 168 | 513,000 | 0.008% | UN estimate | ||
| 169 | 506,000 | 0.007% | UN estimate | ||
| 170 | 493,500 | January 1, 2009 | 0.007% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 171 | 413,627 | January 1, 2009 | 0.006% | Eurostat estimate | |
| 172 | 400,000 | 0.006% | UN estimate | ||
| 173 | 342,000 | 0.005% | UN estimate | ||
| 174 | 322,100 | June 30, 2008 | 0.005% | Statistical Institute of Belize | |
| 175 | 319,246 | July 1, 2009 | 0.005% | Statistics Iceland | |
| 176 | 309,000 | 0.005% | UN estimate | ||
| 177 | 256,000 | 0.004% | UN estimate | ||
| 178 | 240,000 | 0.004% | UN estimate | ||
| 179 | 198,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | ||
| 180 | 179,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | ||
| 181 | 178,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | ||
| 182 | 172,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | ||
| 183 | 163,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | ||
| 184 | 111,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | ||
| 185 | 110,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | ||
| 186 | 109,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | ||
| 187 | 107,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | ||
| 188 | 104,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | ||
| 189 | 104,000 | 0.002% | UN estimate | ||
| 190 | 98,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 191 | 89,300 | December 31, 2006 | 0.001% | States of Jersey Statistics Unit[5] | |
| 192 | 88,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 193 | 87,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 194 | 86,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 195 | 84,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 196 | 80,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 197 | 67,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 198 | 67,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 199 | 65,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 200 | 62,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 201 | 61,811 | March 1, 2007 | 0.001% | UN estimate: Series A, Table 2 | |
| 202 | 57,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 203 | 56,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 204 | 52,000 | 0.001% | UN estimate | ||
| 205 | 49,006 | August 1, 2009 | 0.001% | Official statistics of the Faroe Islands | |
| 206 | 35,593 | January 1, 2009 | 0.0005% | [6] | |
| 207 | 33,000 | 0.0005% |
UN estimate |
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| 208 | 33,000 | 0.0005% | UN estimate | ||
| 209 | 31,000 | 0.0005% | UN estimate | ||
| 210 | 30,800 | January 1, 2008 | 0.0005% | [7] | |
| 211 | 23,000 | 0.0003% | UN estimate | ||
| 212 | 20,000 | 0.0003% | UN estimate | ||
| 213 | 20,000 | 0.0003% | UN estimate | ||
| 214 | 15,000 | 0.0002% | UN estimate | ||
| 215 | 10,000 | 0.0001% | UN estimate | ||
| 216 | 10,000 | 0.0001% | UN estimate | ||
| 217 | 5,900 | 0.0001% | UN estimate | ||
| 218 | 4,500 | 0.0001% | UN estimate | ||
| 219 | 3,000 | 0.00005% | UN estimate | ||
| 220 | 1,500 | 0.00003% | UN estimate | ||
| 221 | 1,200 | 0.00003% | UN estimate | ||
| 222 | 800 | 0.00002% | UN estimate | ||
| 223 | 50 | 0.000001% | UN estimate |
References
- ^ The European Union is a sui generis supranational union whose sovereign members delegate to it by treaty certain powers that are often exercised by sovereign states. Its combined population has been estimated at 499,794,855 on January 1, 2009, and it would be ranked 3rd if it were included in the list (7.4% of world population) - see "Total population". Eurostat. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&language=en&pcode=tps00001. Retrieved 2009-07-25..
- ^ Antarctica has no permanent residents, but a number of governments maintain permanent research stations throughout the continent. The number of people varies from about 1,000 in winter to about 5000 in the summer.
- ^ International Programs Center - census.gov
- ^ a b Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009) (.PDF). World Population Prospects, Table A.1. 2008 revision. United Nations. http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ Figure refers to Mainland China only. It excludes the special administrative regions
- ^ For the Conapo estimates, check under Republica Mexicana and press "Ver" for statistics.
- ^ Includes 7 French overseas collectivities: French Polynesia (259,596 inh. in Aug. 2007), New Caledonia (244,410 inh. in Jan. 2008), Mayotte (186,452 inh. in July 2007), Saint Martin (35,263 inh. in Jan. 2006), Wallis and Futuna (13,484 inh. in Jul. 2008), Saint Barthélemy (8,450 inh. in Jan. 2007), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (6,125 inh. in Jan. 2006).
- ^ 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
- ^ includes Somaliland
- ^ UN figure for mid-2009 is 7,170,000, 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 North Cyprus; UN estimate for mid-2009 is 871,000
- ^ Excludes the island of Mayotte.
- ^ A 2003 U.S State Department report states the following: "Although the 2002 census estimated the population at 1,015,000, credible estimates put the number at closer to 500,000. The opposition claimed that the Government inflated the census in anticipation of the December presidential election." (...) "Opposition leaders charged earlier in the year that census results showing a twofold population increase were flawed and that numbers were inflated to perpetuate election fraud." [1] The official census figures are available here.
- ^ Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
See also
- Human geography
- List of cities by population
- List of national capitals by population
- List of continents by population
- List of countries
- List of countries by population density
- List of countries by population in 1900
- List of countries by population in 1907
- List of countries by population in 2000
- List of countries by population in 2005
- List of countries by past and future population
- List of countries by refugee population
- Lists of countries in various regions by populations:
- List of regional organizations by population
- List of religious populations
- World population
External link
- United Nations Analytical Report for the 2004 revision of World Population Prospects (the analytical report for the 2006 revision is not available online) — includes details of methodology and sources used for the population estimates above.
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