WHAT IS THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY ON EARTH -- AND WHY?

TOP 10 HAPPIEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD

List of countries by population

See also: List of countries by past and future population, List of countries by population in 2000, and List of countries by population in 1900

Map of countries by population for the year 2007

This is a list of countries by population. The list includes independent countries and inhabited dependent territories based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. Also given, as a percentage, is each country's population compared to the population of the world, which is currently 6,859,100,000.^[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,^[2] that are not sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica.ⁿ¹

Figures used in this chart are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census authority where available and usually rounded off. Where national data is unavailable, figures are based on the 2010 estimate by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.^[3] 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.

Contents [hide] 1 List 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

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Rank	Country / Territory	Population	Date of estimate	% of World Population	Source
1	People's Republic of Chinan2	1,338,930,000	July 30, 2010	19.52%	Chinese Official Population Clock
2	India	1,184,048,000	July 30, 2010	17.26%	Indian Official Population Clock
3	United States	309,857,000	July 30, 2010	4.52%	United States Official Population Clock
4	Indonesia	234,181,400	July 2010	3.41%	Statistics Indonesia
5	Brazil	193,296,000	July 30, 2010	2.82%	Brazilian Official Population Clock
6	Pakistan	170,141,000	July 30, 2010	2.48%	Official Pakistani Population clock
7	Bangladesh	164,425,000	2010	2.4%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
8	Nigeria	158,259,000	2010	2.31%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
9	Russia	141,927,297	January 1, 2010	2.07%	Federal State Statistics Service of Russia
10	Japan	127,380,000	June 1, 2010	1.86%	Official Japan Statistics Bureau
11	Mexico	108,396,211	July 1, 2010	1.58%	INEGI estimate National Population Statistics of Mexico[4]
12	Philippines	94,013,200	Mid-2010	1.37%	National Statistics Office medium projection
13	Vietnam	85,789,573	April 1, 2009	1.25%	Preliminary 2009 census result
14	Germany	81,757,600	January 1, 2010	1.19%	Eurostat estimate
15	Ethiopia	79,221,000	July 2008	1.15%	Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16	Egypt	78,786,000	July 30, 2010	1.15%	Official Egyptian Population clock
17	Iran	75,078,000	2010	1.09%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
18	Turkey	72,561,312	December 31, 2009	1.06%	Turkish Statistical Institute estimate
19	Dem. Rep. of Congo	67,827,000	2010	0.99%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
20	Francen3	65,447,374	January 1, 2010	0.95%	Official INSEE estimate The figure for France without the overseas collectivities is 64,667,374.
21	Thailand	63,525,062	December 31, 2009	0.92%	Official Thai Statistics estimate
22	United Kingdom	62,041,708	January 1, 2010	0.9%	Eurostat estimate
23	Italy	60,340,328	December 1, 2009	0.88%	Official ISTAT estimate
24	Myanmar (Burma)	50,496,000	2010	0.74%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
25	South Africa	49,991,300	July 1, 2010	0.73%	Statistics South Africa
26	South Korea	49,773,145	December 31, 2009	0.73%	Statistics Korea
27	Spain	46,951,532	January 1, 2010	0.68%	Official INE estimate
28	Ukraine	45,871,738	June 1, 2010	0.67%	Official UKRSTAT estimate
29	Colombia	45,549,000	July 30, 2010	0.66%	Official Colombian Population clock
30	Tanzania	45,040,000	2010	0.66%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
31	Kenya	40,863,000	2010	0.6%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
32	Argentina	40,518,951	June 30, 2010	0.59%	Official INDEC estimate
33	Sudan	39,154,490	April 22, 2008	0.57%	2008 Sudanese census
34	Poland	38,167,329	January 1, 2010	0.56%	Eurostat estimate
35	Algeria	35,423,000	2010	0.52%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
36	Canada	34,191,000	July 30, 2010	0.5%	Official Canadian Population clock
37	Uganda	33,796,000	2010	0.49%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
38	Morocco	31,879,000	July 30, 2010	0.46%	Official Moroccan Population clock
39	Iraq	31,467,000	2010	0.46%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
40	Nepal	29,853,000	2010	0.44%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
41	Peru	29,461,933	June 30, 2010	0.43%	Official INEI estimate (in Spanish)
42	Afghanistan	29,117,000	2010	0.42%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
43	Venezuela	28,870,000	July 30, 2010	0.42%	Official Venezuelan Population clock
44	Malaysia	28,306,700	July 2009	0.41%	Statistic Department of Malaysia
45	Uzbekistan	27,794,000	2010	0.41%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
46	Saudi Arabia	26,246,000	2010	0.38%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
47	Ghana	24,333,000	2010	0.35%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
48	Yemen	24,256,000	2010	0.35%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
49	North Korea	23,991,000	2010	0.35%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
50	Mozambique	23,406,000	2010	0.34%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
51	Republic of China (Taiwan) n4	23,131,093	March 31, 2010	0.34%	Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
52	Syria	22,505,000	2010	0.33%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
53	Australian5	22,404,847	July 30, 2010	0.33%	Australian Official Population Clock
54	Côte d'Ivoire	21,571,000	2010	0.31%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
55	Romania	21,466,174	January 1, 2010	0.31%	Eurostat estimate
56	Sri Lanka	20,410,000	2010	0.3%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
57	Madagascar	20,146,000	2010	0.29%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
58	Cameroon	19,958,000	2010	0.29%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
59	Angola	18,993,000	2010	0.28%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
60	Chile	17,108,000	July 30, 2010	0.25%	Official INE projection (p.36)
61	Netherlands	16,606,368	July 30, 2010	0.24%	Official Netherlands population clock
62	Burkina Faso	16,287,000	2010	0.24%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
63	Kazakhstan	16,197,000	January, 1 2010	0.24%	National Statistics Agency estimate
64	Niger	15,891,000	2010	0.23%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
65	Malawi	15,692,000	2010	0.23%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
66	Mali	14,517,176	April 1, 2009	0.21%	Preliminary 2009 census result
67	Guatemala	14,377,000	2010	0.21%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
68	Ecuador	14,221,000	July 30, 2010	0.21%	Official Ecuadorian population clock
69	Cambodia	13,395,682	March 3, 2008	0.2%	Cambodian 2008 Census
70	Zambia	13,257,000	2010	0.19%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
71	Senegal	12,861,000	2010	0.19%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
72	Zimbabwe	12,644,000	2010	0.18%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
73	Greece	11,306,183	January 1, 2010	0.16%	Eurostat estimate
74	Chad	11,274,106	June 2009	0.16%	Chadian 2009 census
75	Cuba	11,204,000	2010	0.16%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
76	Belgium	10,827,519	January 1, 2010	0.16%	Eurostat estimate
77	Portugal	10,636,888	January 1, 2010	0.16%	Eurostat estimate
78	Czech Republic	10,512,397	January 1, 2010	0.15%	Eurostat estimate
79	Tunisia	10,432,500	July 1, 2009	0.15%	National Statistics Institute of Tunisia
80	Guinea	10,324,000	2010	0.15%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
81	Rwanda	10,277,000	2010	0.15%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
82	Dominican Republic	10,225,000	2010	0.15%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
83	Haiti	10,188,000	2010	0.15%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
84	Bolivia	10,031,000	2010	0.15%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
85	Hungary	10,013,628	January 1, 2010	0.15%	Eurostat estimate
86	Serbian6	9,856,000	2010	0.14%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
87	Belarus	9,471,900	May 1, 2010	0.14%	National Statistical Committee
88	Sweden	9,366,092	May 31, 2010	0.14%	Statistics Sweden
89	Somalian7	9,359,000	2010	0.14%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
90	Benin	9,212,000	2010	0.13%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
91	Azerbaijan	8,997,400	January 1, 2010	0.13%	State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan
92	Burundi	8,519,000	2010	0.12%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
93	Austria	8,372,930	January 1, 2010	0.12%	Eurostat estimate
94	Switzerland	7,782,900	December 31, 2009	0.11%	Official Switzerland Statistics estimate
95	Honduras	7,616,000	2010	0.11%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
96	Israel n8	7,602,400	May 31, 2010	0.11%	Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
97	Bulgaria	7,576,751	January 1, 2010	0.11%	Eurostat estimate
98	Tajikistan	7,075,000	2010	0.103%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
99	Hong Kong	7,026,400	December 31, 2009	0.102%	Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department
100	Papua New Guinea	6,888,000	2010	0.1%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
101	Togo	6,780,000	2010	0.099%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
102	Libya	6,546,000	2010	0.095%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
103	Jordan	6,472,000	2010	0.094%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
104	Paraguay	6,460,000	2010	0.094%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
105	Laos	6,436,000	2010	0.094%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
106	El Salvador	6,194,000	2010	0.09%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
107	Sierra Leone	5,836,000	2010	0.085%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
108	Nicaragua	5,822,000	2010	0.085%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
109	Kyrgyzstan	5,550,000	2010	0.081%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
110	Denmark	5,540,241	March 31, 2010	0.08%	Statistics Denmark
111	Slovakia	5,424,925	December 31, 2009	0.079%	Statistics Slovakia
112	Finland n9	5,365,100	July 30, 2010	0.078%	Official Finnish Population clock
113	Eritrea	5,224,000	2010	0.076%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
114	Turkmenistan	5,177,000	2010	0.075%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
115	Singapore	4,987,600	Mid-2009	0.073%	Statistics Singapore
116	Norway n10	4,894,300	July 30, 2010	0.071%	Official Norwegian Population clock
117	United Arab Emirates	4,707,000	2010	0.069%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
118	Costa Rica	4,640,000	2010	0.068%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
119	Central African Republic	4,506,000	2010	0.066%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
120	Republic of Ireland	4,459,300	April 1, 2009	0.064%	Irish Central Statistics Office estimate
121	Georgia n11	4,436,000	January 1, 2010	0.065%	National Statistics Office of Georgia
122	Croatia	4,435,056	January 1, 2009	0.065%	Eurostat estimate
123	New Zealand	4,381,300	July 30, 2010	0.064%	Official New Zealand Population clock
124	Lebanon	4,255,000	2010	0.062%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
125	Puerto Rico	3,998,000	2010	0.058%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
126	Palestine	3,935,249		0.055%	Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,760,000	2010	0.055%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
128	Republic of the Congo	3,759,000	2010	0.055%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
129	Moldova n12	3,563,800	January 1, 2010	0.052%	National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova
130	Liberia	3,476,608	March 21, 2008	0.051%	2008 Population and Housing Census
131	Uruguay	3,372,000	2010	0.049%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
132	Mauritania	3,366,000	2010	0.049%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
133	Lithuania	3,329,227	January 1, 2010	0.049%	Eurostat estimate
134	Panama	3,322,576	May 16, 2010	0.048%	Official INEC preliminary 2010 census result
135	Armenia	3,238,000	January 1, 2009	0.047%	National Statistical Service of Armenia
136	Albania	3,195,000	January 1, 2010	0.047%	Institute of Statistics INSTAT Albania
137	Kuwait	3,051,000	2010	0.044%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
138	Oman	2,905,000	2010	0.042%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
139	Mongolia	2,766,900	July 30, 2010	0.04%	Official Mongolian population clock
140	Jamaica	2,730,000	2010	0.04%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
141	Latvia	2,239,800	June 1, 2010	0.033%	Official Statistics of Latvia
142	Namibia	2,212,000	2010	0.032%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
143	Lesotho	2,084,000	2010	0.03%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
144	Slovenia	2,061,960	July 30, 2010	0.03%	Official Slovenian population clock
145	Republic of Macedonia	2,048,620	January 1, 2009	0.03%	Eurostat estimate
146	Botswana	1,978,000	2010	0.029%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
147	Gambia	1,751,000	2010	0.026%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
148	Qatar	1,696,563	April 20, 2010	0.025%	Preliminary 2010 Census Results
149	Guinea-Bissau	1,647,000	2010	0.024%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
150	Gabon	1,501,000	2010	0.022%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1,344,000	2010	0.02%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
152	Estonia	1,340,021	January 1, 2010	0.02%	[2]
153	Mauritius n13	1,297,000	2010	0.019%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
154	Swaziland	1,202,000	2010	0.018%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
155	East Timor	1,171,000	2010	0.017%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
156	Djibouti	879,000	2010	0.013%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
157	Fiji	854,000	2010	0.012%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
158	Bahrain	807,000	2010	0.012%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
159	Cyprus n14	801,851	January 1, 2010	0.012%	Eurostat estimate
160	Guyana	761,000	2010	0.011%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
161	Bhutan	708,000	2010	0.01%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
162	Equatorial Guinea [5]	693,000	2010	0.01%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
163	Comoros n15	691,000	2010	0.01%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
164	Montenegro	626,000	2010	0.009%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
165	Macau	542,200	December 31, 2009	0.008%	Macau Statistics and Census Service
166	Solomon Islands	536,000	2010	0.008%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
167	Western Sahara	530,000	2010	0.008%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
168	Suriname	524,000	2010	0.008%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
169	Cape Verde	513,000	2010	0.007%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
170	Luxembourg	502,207	January 1, 2010	0.007%	Eurostat estimate
171	Malta	416,333	January 1, 2010	0.006%	Eurostat estimate
172	Brunei	407,000	2010	0.006%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
173	Bahamas	346,000	2010	0.005%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
174	Belize	322,100	June 30, 2008	0.005%	Statistical Institute of Belize
175	Iceland	317,900	April 1, 2010	0.005%	Statistics Iceland
176	Maldives	314,000	2010	0.005%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
177	Barbados	257,000	2010	0.004%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
178	Vanuatu	246,000	2010	0.004%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
179	Netherlands Antilles	201,000	2010	0.003%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
180	Guam	180,000	2010	0.003%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
181	Samoa	179,000	2010	0.003%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
182	Saint Lucia	174,000	2010	0.003%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
183	São Tomé and Príncipe	165,000	2010	0.002%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
184	Federated States of Micronesia	111,000	2010	0.002%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
185	U.S. Virgin Islands	109,000	2010	0.002%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,000	2010	0.002%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
187	Aruba	107,000	2010	0.002%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
188	Grenada	104,000	2010	0.002%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
189	Tonga	104,000	2010	0.002%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
190	Kiribati	100,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
191	Jersey	90,050	Mid 2007	0.001%	UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
192	Antigua and Barbuda	89,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
193	Northern Mariana Islands	88,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
194	Seychelles	85,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
195	Andorra	84,082	December 31, 2009	0.001%	[3]
196	Isle of Man	80,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
197	American Samoa	69,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
198	Dominica	67,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
199	Bermuda	65,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
200	Marshall Islands	63,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
201	Guernsey	61,811	March 1, 2007	0.001%	UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
202	Greenland	57,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
203	Cayman Islands	57,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
204	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
205	Faroe Islands	48,760	May 1, 2010	0.001%	Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
206	Liechtenstein	35,904	December 31, 2009	0.0005%	[4]
207	Monaco	33,000	2010	0.0005%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
208	Turks and Caicos Islands	33,000	2010	0.0005%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
209	San Marino	32,386	Mid 2008	0.0005%	UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
210	Gibraltar	31,000	2010	0.0005%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
211	British Virgin Islands	23,000		0.0003%	UN estimate
212	Cook Islands	20,000		0.0003%	UN estimate
213	Palau	20,000		0.0003%	UN estimate
214	Anguilla	15,000		0.0002%	UN estimate
215	Tuvalu	10,000		0.0001%	UN estimate
216	Nauru	10,000		0.0001%	UN estimate
217	Montserrat	5,900		0.0001%	UN estimate
218	Saint Helena n16	4,500		0.0001%	UN estimate
219	Falkland Islands	3,000		0.00005%	UN estimate
220	Niue	1,500		0.00003%	UN estimate
221	Tokelau	1,200		0.00003%	UN estimate
222	Vatican City	800		0.00002%	UN estimate
223	Pitcairn Islands	50		0.000001%	UN estimate