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.

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 of America  - 50 states and Washington, D.C.  - 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	84,515,000
14	Vietnam	81,624,716
15	Egypt	74,718,797
16	Iran	68,278,031
17	Turkey	72,000,000
18	Ethiopia	66,557,553
19	Thailand	64,265,276
20	France  - Metropolitan France  - French Guiana  - French Polynesia  - Guadeloupe  - Martinique  - Mayotte  - New Caledonia  - Réunion  - 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  - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland  - 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	25,581,000
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	Australia  - Christmas Island  - Cocos Islands  - Lord Howe Island  - Norfolk Island Total	19,913,144  396  629  315  1,841 19,916,325
52	Sri Lanka	19,742,439
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	16,318,199  70,844  216,226 16,605,269
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	7,364,100
94	Benin	7,041,490
95	Tajikistan	6,863,752
96	Honduras	6,669,789
97	El Salvador	6,470,379
98	Israel	6,116,533
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  48,228 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  - Niue  - Tokelau Total	4,061,300 (2004[1] (http://www.stats.govt.nz/))  21,008 (WFB 2003)  2,145 (WFB 2003)  1,418 (WFB 2003) 4,085,871
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	Palestinian territories:  - West Bank  - Gaza Strip Total	2,237,194  1,274,868 3,512,062
128	Uruguay	3,413,329
129	Armenia	3,326,448
130	Liberia	3,317,176
131	Panama	2,960,784
132	Republic of the Congo	2,954,258
133	Mauritania	2,912,584
134	Oman	2,807,125
135	Mongolia	2,712,315
136	Jamaica	2,695,867
137	United Arab Emirates	2,484,818
138	Latvia	2,384,784
139	Kuwait	2,183,161
140	Bhutan	2,139,549
141	Republic of Macedonia	2,063,122
142	Slovenia	1,935,677
143	Namibia	1,927,447
144	Lesotho	1,861,959
145	Botswana	1,573,267
146	The Gambia	1,501,050
147	Estonia	1,408,556
148	Guinea-Bissau	1,360,827
149	Gabon	1,321,560
150	Mauritius	1,210,447
151	Swaziland	1,161,219
152	Trinidad and Tobago	1,104,209
153	East Timor	997,853
154	Fiji	868,531
155	Qatar	817,052
156	Cyprus	771,657
157	Guyana	702,100
158	Bahrain	667,238
159	Comoros	632,948
160	Equatorial Guinea	510,437
161	Solomon Islands	509,190
162	Djibouti	457,130
163	Luxembourg	454,157
164	Suriname	435,449
165	Cape Verde	412,137
166	Malta	400,420
167	Brunei	358,098
168	Maldives	329,684
169	The Bahamas	297,477
170	Iceland	280,798
171	Barbados	277,264
172	Belize	266,440
173	Vanuatu	199,414
174	Samoa	178,173
175	São Tomé and Príncipe	175,883
176	Saint Lucia	162,157
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	116,812
178	Federated States of Micronesia	108,143
179	Tonga	108,141
180	Kiribati	98,549
181	Grenada	89,258
182	Seychelles	80,469
183	Dominica	69,655
184	Andorra	69,150
185	Antigua and Barbuda	67,897
186	Marshall Islands	56,429
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	38,763
188	Liechtenstein	33,145
189	Monaco	32,130
190	San Marino	28,119
191	Palau	19,717
192	Nauru	12,570
193	Tuvalu	11,305
194	Vatican City	911

Note

The 193 countries in the list are the 191 United Nations member states, as well as Taiwan and Vatican City. Thus the UK, being one member state, is considered one country in the list.

The list also shows the 11 countries which have a total of 43 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.

Pos	Country	Population	Date
1	World	6,379,157,361	July 2004 est.
2	Mainland China, PRC	1,298,847,624	July 2004 est.
3	India	1,065,070,607	July 2004 est.
4	United States	293,027,571	July 2004 est.
5	Indonesia	238,452,952	July 2004 est.
6	Brazil	184,101,109	July 2004 est.
7	Pakistan	159,196,336	July 2004 est.
8	Russia	143,782,338	July 2004 est.
9	Bangladesh	141,340,476	July 2004 est.
10	Nigeria	137,253,133	July 2004 est.
11	Japan	127,333,002	July 2004 est.
12	Mexico	104,959,594	July 2004 est.
13	Philippines	86,241,697	July 2004 est.
14	Vietnam	82,689,518	July 2004 est.
15	Germany	82,424,609	July 2004 est.
16	Egypt	76,117,421	July 2004 est.
17	Iran	69,018,924	July 2004 est.
18	Turkey	68,893,918	July 2004 est.
19	Ethiopia	67,851,281	July 2004 est.
20	Thailand	64,865,523	July 2004 est.
21	France	60,424,213	July 2004 est.
22	United Kingdom	60,270,708	July 2004 est.
23	Democratic Republic of the Congo	58,317,930	July 2004 est.
24	Italy	58,057,477	July 2004 est.
25	Korea, South	48,598,175	July 2004 est.
26	Ukraine	47,732,079	July 2004 est.
27	Burma	42,720,196	July 2004 est.
28	South Africa	42,718,530	July 2004 est.
29	Colombia	42,310,775	July 2004 est.
30	Spain	40,280,780	July 2004 est.
31	Sudan	39,148,162	July 2004 est.
32	Argentina	39,144,753	July 2004 est.
33	Poland	38,626,349	July 2004 est.
34	Tanzania	36,588,225	July 2004 est.
35	Canada	32,507,874	July 2004 est.
36	Morocco	32,209,101	July 2004 est.
37	Algeria	32,129,324	July 2004 est.
38	Kenya	32,021,856	July 2004 est.
39	Afghanistan	28,513,677	July 2004 est.
40	Peru	27,544,305	July 2004 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	Republic of China on 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	Côte d'Ivoire	16,962,491	July 2003 est.
59	Kazakhstan	16,763,795	July 2003 est.
60	Netherlands	16,318,199	July 2004 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	9,002,095	August 2004 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	7,364,100	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	5,397,640	January 2004 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	Republic of 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	Republic of the Congo	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	Republic of Macedonia	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	The Gambia	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	Réunion	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	The Bahamas	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	São Tomé and Príncipe	175,883	July 2003 est.
190	Guam	163,941	July 2003 est.
191	Saint Lucia	162,157	July 2003 est.
192	United States Virgin Islands	124,778	July 2003 est.
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	116,812	July 2003 est.
194	Federated States of Micronesia	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	Isle of Man	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	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.

Reference

• CIA (http://www.cia.gov), 1 August 2003.

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