List of countries by population

Map of countries by population for the year 2010

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 about 6,885,100,000.^[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 1 List 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

List

Rank	Country / Territory	Population	Date of estimate	% of World population	Source
1	People's Republic of Chinan2	1,340,950,000	December 2, 2010	19.5%	Official Chinese Population Clock
2	India	1,190,930,000	December 2, 2010	17.3%	Official Indian Population Clock
3	United States	310,829,000	December 2, 2010	4.51%	Official United States Population Clock
4	Indonesia	237,556,363	May 2010	3.45%	2010 Indonesian Census
5	Brazil	190,732,694	August 1, 2010	2.77%	2010 official Census results
6	Pakistan	171,204,000	December 2, 2010	2.49%	Official Pakistani Population clock
7	Nigeria	158,259,000	2010	2.3%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
8	Bangladesh	149,609,000	December 2, 2010	2.17%	Official Bangladeshi Population Clock
9	Russia	141,927,297	January 1, 2010	2.06%	Federal State Statistics Service of Russia
10	Japan	127,390,000	November 1, 2010	1.85%	Official Japan Statistics Bureau
11	Mexico	112,322,757	June 12, 2010	1.63%	2010 official Census results
12	Philippines	94,013,200	Mid-2010	1.37%	National Statistics Office medium projection
13	Vietnam	85,846,997	April 1, 2009	1.25%	Final 2009 census results
14	Germany	81,802,000	December 31, 2009	1.19%	Official estimate
15	Ethiopia	79,455,634	2010	1.15%	Official estimate
16	Egypt	79,402,000	December 2, 2010	1.15%	Official Egyptian Population clock
17	Iran	74,818,000	December 2, 2010	1.09%	Official estimate
18	Turkey	72,561,312	December 31, 2009	1.05%	Turkish Statistical Institute estimate
19	Dem. Rep. of Congo	67,827,000	2010	0.99%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
20	Thailand	67,070,000	December 1, 2009	0.97%	Official estimate
21	Francen3	65,447,374	January 1, 2010	0.95%	Official INSEE estimate The figure for France without the overseas collectivities is 64,667,374.
22	United Kingdom	62,008,048	January 1, 2010	0.9%	Official estimate - Eurostat
23	Italy	60,464,146	June 30, 2010	0.88%	Official ISTAT estimate
24	MyanmarBurma) (	50,496,000	2010	0.73%	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	0.72%	Statistics Korea
27	Spain	46,122,169	October 1, 2010	0.67%	Official INE estimate
28	Ukraine	45,831,408	September 1, 2010	0.67%	Official UKRSTAT estimate
29	Colombia	45,739,000	December 2, 2010	0.66%	Official Colombian Population clock
30	Sudan	43,192,000	2010	0.63%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
31	Tanzania	43,187,823	2010	0.63%	Official estimate
32	Argentina	40,518,951	June 30, 2010	0.59%	Official INDEC estimate
33	Kenya	38,610,097	August 24-25, 2009	0.56%	Official census results
34	Poland	38,092,000	2010	0.55%	Official estimate
35	Algeria	35,600,000	January, 1 2010	0.52%	Official estimate
36	Canada	34,334,000	December 2, 2010	0.5%	Official Canadian Population clock
37	Morocco	31,994,000	December 2, 2010	0.46%	Official Moroccan Population clock
38	Uganda	31,800,000	2010	0.46%	Official estimate
39	Iraq	31,467,000	2010	0.46%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
40	Peru	29,461,933	June 30, 2010	0.43%	Official INEI estimate (in Spanish)
41	Afghanistan	29,117,000	2010	0.42%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
42	Venezuela	29,019,000	December 2, 2010	0.42%	Official Venezuelan Population clock
43	Nepal	28,584,975	2011	0.42%	Official estimate
44	Malaysia	28,250,500	July 2010	0.41%	Statistic Department of Malaysia
45	Uzbekistan	27,794,000	2010	0.4%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
46	Saudi Arabia	27,136,977	2010	0.39%	Official Saudi estimate
47	North Korea	23,991,000	2010	0.35%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
48	Ghana	23,951,519	July, 1 2010	0.35%	Official estimate
49	Taiwan n4	23,150,923	October 31, 2010	0.34%	Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
50	Australian5	22,544,000	December 2, 2010	0.33%	Australian Official Population Clock
51	Yemen	22,492,035	2009	0.33%	Official estimate
52	Mozambique	22,416,881	2010	0.33%	Official estimate
53	Côte d'Ivoire	21,571,000	2010	0.31%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
54	Romania	21,466,174	January 1, 2010	0.31%	Eurostat estimate
55	Syria	20,828,000	December 2, 2010	0.3%	Syrian Official Population Clock
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	19,406,100	January, 1 2010	0.28%	Official estimate
59	Angola	18,993,000	2010	0.28%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
60	Chile	17,159,700	December 2, 2010	0.25%	Official INE projection (page 36)
61	Netherlands	16,631,700	December 2, 2010	0.242%	Official Netherlands population clock
62	Kazakhstan	16,189,667	September 1, 2010	0.24%	National Statistics Agency estimate
63	Burkina Faso	15,730,977	July, 1 2010	0.23%	Official estimate
64	Malawi	15,692,000	2010	0.23%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
65	Niger	15,203,822	2010	0.22%	Official estimate
66	Mali	14,517,176	April 1, 2009	0.21%	Preliminary 2009 census result
67	Guatemala	14,361,666	2010	0.21%	Official estimate
68	Ecuador	14,289,000	December 2, 2010	0.21%	Official Ecuadorian population clock
69	Cambodia	13,395,682	March 3, 2008	0.19%	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	Chad	11,506,000	2010	0.17%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
74	Greece	11,306,183	January 1, 2010	0.16%	Eurostat estimate
75	Cuba	11,239,245	2010 average	0.16%	Official estimate
76	Belgium	10,827,519	January 1, 2010	0.16%	Eurostat estimate
77	Portugal	10,636,888	January 1, 2010	0.15%	Eurostat estimate
78	Czech Republic	10,515,818	June, 30 2010	0.15%	Official estimate
79	Tunisia	10,439,600	July 1, 2009	0.15%	National Statistics Institute of Tunisia
80	Bolivia	10,426,154	2010	0.15%	Official estimate
81	Rwanda	10,412,820	2010	0.15%	Official estimate
82	Guinea	10,324,000	2010	0.15%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
83	Haiti	10,085,214	2010	0.15%	Official estimate
84	Hungary	10,014,324	January, 1 2010	0.15%	Official estimate
85	Dominican Republic	9,884,371	2010	0.14%	Official estimate
86	Serbian6	9,856,000	2010	0.14%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
87	Belarus	9,484,300	November 1, 2010	0.14%	National Statistical Committee
88	Sweden	9,401,925	September 30, 2010	0.14%	Statistics Sweden
89	Somalian7	9,359,000	2010	0.14%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
90	Azerbaijan	8,997,400	January 1, 2010	0.13%	State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan
91	Benin	8,778,646	2010	0.13%	Official estimate
92	Burundi	8,519,000	2010	0.12%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
93	Austria	8,396,760	2010	0.12%	Official estimate
94	Switzerland	7,782,900	December 31, 2009	0.11%	Official Switzerland Statistics estimate
95	Israel n8	7,653,600	September 30, 2010	0.11%	Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
96	Honduras	7,616,000	2010	0.11%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
97	Bulgaria	7,528,103	2010	0.11%	Official estimate
98	Tajikistan	7,075,000	2010	0.103%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
99	Hong Kong	7,061,200	July 31, 2010	0.103%	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	0.098%	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	0.093%	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	Denmark	5,557,709	September 30, 2010	0.08%	Statistics Denmark
110	Slovakia	5,429,763	June 30, 2010	0.079%	Statistics Slovakia
111	Finland n9	5,374,600	December 2, 2010	0.078%	Official Finnish Population clock
112	Kyrgyzstan	5,418,300	2010	0.079%	Official estimate
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	5,076,700	June 30, 2010	0.074%	Statistics Singapore
116	Norway n10	4,922,300	December 2, 2010	0.071%	Official Norwegian Population clock
117	United Arab Emirates	4,707,000	2010	0.068%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
118	Costa Rica	4,563,538	2010	0.066%	Official estimate
119	Central African Republic	4,506,000	2010	0.065%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
120	Ireland	4,470,700	April 2010	0.064%	Irish Central Statistics Office estimate 2010
121	Georgia n11	4,436,000	January 1, 2010	0.064%	National Statistics Office of Georgia
122	Croatia	4,435,056	January 1, 2009	0.064%	Eurostat estimate
123	New Zealand	4,389,800	December 2, 2010	0.064%	Official New Zealand Population clock
124	Lebanon	4,255,000	2010	0.062%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
125	Liberia	4,102,000	2010	0.06%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
126	Puerto Rico	3,998,000	2010	0.058%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
127	Palestinian territories	3,935,249	2009	0.055%	Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,843,126	June, 30 2010	0.056%	Official estimate
129	Republic of the Congo	3,759,000	2010	0.055%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
130	Moldova n12	3,563,800	January 1, 2010	0.052%	National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova
131	Mauritania	3,366,000	2010	0.049%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
132	Uruguay	3,356,584	June, 30 2010	0.049%	Official estimate
133	Panama	3,322,576	May 16, 2010	0.048%	Official INEC preliminary 2010 census result
134	Lithuania	3,254,600	November 2010	0.047%	Official monthy estimate
135	Armenia	3,254,300	September 2010	0.047%	Official monthly estimate
136	Albania	3,195,000	January 1, 2010	0.046%	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	2,781,400	December 2, 2010	0.04%	Official Mongolian population clock
140	Jamaica	2,730,000	2010	0.04%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
141	Latvia	2,232,500	November 1, 2010	0.032%	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	2,058,350	December 2, 2010	0.03%	Official Slovenian population clock
145	Republic of Macedonia	2,048,620	January 1, 2009	0.03%	Eurostat estimate
146	Botswana	1,800,098	2010	0.026%	Official estimate
147	Gambia	1,751,000	2010	0.025%	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	Estonia	1,340,127	January 1, 2010	0.019%	[2]
152	Trinidad and Tobago	1,317,714	July, 1 2010	0.019%	Official estimate
153	Mauritius	1,280,925	July, 1 2010	0.019%	Official estimate
154	Swaziland	1,202,000	2010	0.017%	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	784,894	2010	0.011%	Official estimate
161	Bhutan	695,822	2010	0.01%	Official estimate
162	Equatorial Guinea [4]	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	641,966	2010	0.009%	Official estimate
165	Macau	542,200	December 31, 2009	0.008%	Macau Statistics and Census Service
166	Solomon Islands	530,669	2010	0.008%	Official estimate
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	Luxembourg	502,100	2010	0.007%	Official estimate
170	Cape Verde	491,575	June, 16 2010	0.007%	Official 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	353,658	May, 3 2010	0.005%	Official estimate
174	Belize	333,200	Mid-2009	0.005%	Statistical Institute of Belize
175	Iceland	318,200	October 1, 2010	0.005%	Statistics Iceland
176	Maldives	317,280	2010	0.005%	Official estimate
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	Samoa	187,032	2010	0.003%	Official estimate
180	Guam	180,000	2010	0.003%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
181	Saint Lucia	174,000	2010	0.003%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
182	São Tomé and Príncipe	165,000	2010	0.002%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
183	Curaçao	142,180	January 1, 2010	0.002%	Official estimate
184	U.S. Virgin Islands	109,000	2010	0.002%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,000	2010	0.002%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
186	Federated States of Micronesia	107,839	2010	0.002%	Official estimate
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	92,500	December, 31 2009	0.001%	Official estimate
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	86,525	July, 1 2010	0.001%	Official estimate
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	64,566	July, 1 2010	0.001%	Official estimate
200	Guernsey	62,274	March, 31 2009	0.001%	Official estimate
201	Cayman Islands	57,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
202	Greenland	56,452	2010	0.001%	Official estimate
203	Marshall Islands	54,305	2010	0.001%	Official estimate
204	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52,000	2010	0.001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
205	Faroe Islands	48,576	September 1, 2010	0.001%	Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	40,357	2010	0.0006%	Official estimate
207	Sint Maarten	37,429	January 1, 2010	0.0005%	Official estimate
208	Liechtenstein	35,904	December 31, 2009	0.0005%	[4]
209	Monaco	33,000	2010	0.0005%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
210	San Marino	31,851	September 31, 2010	0.0005%	Official monthly estimate
211	Gibraltar	31,000	2010	0.0005%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
212	British Virgin Islands	28,213	2008	0.0004%	Official estimate
213	Cook Islands	22,970	June 2010	0.0003%	Official monthly estimate
214	Palau	21,000		0.0003%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
215	Anguilla	15,236	2011	0.0002%	Official estimate
216	Nauru	10,000		0.0001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
217	Tuvalu	10,000		0.0001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
218	Montserrat	6,000		0.0001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
219	Saint Helena n16	4,000		0.0001%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
220	Falkland Islands	3,000		0.00005%	2008 UN estimate for year 2010
221	Niue	1,500		0.00003%	UN estimate
222	Tokelau	1,200		0.00003%	UN estimate
223	Vatican City	800		0.00002%	UN estimate
224	Pitcairn Islands	50		0.000001%	UN estimate

1. ^ 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 5,000 in the summer.
2. ^ Figure refers to Mainland China only. It excludes the special administrative regionsHong Kong and Macau) and areas controlled by the Republic of China (commonly known as "Taiwan"). (
3. ^ Includes 7 French overseas collectivities: French Polynesia (259,596 inh. in Aug. 2007), New Caledonia (245,580 inh. on July 27, 2009), Mayotte (186,452 inh. in July 2007), Saint Martin (35,925 inh. in Jan. 2007), 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).
4. ^ Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.
5. ^ Includes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828).
6. ^ Includes Kosovo (~ 1 800 000 inh.).
7. ^ Includes Somaliland (~ 3 500 000 inh.).
8. ^ UN figure for mid-2009 is 7,170,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.
9. ^ Includes Åland Islands.
10. ^ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island.
11. ^ Figure includes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000).
12. ^ Includes Transnistria (555,347).
13. ^ Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
14. ^ Includes North Cyprus; UN estimate for mid-2009 is 871,000.
15. ^ Excludes the island of Mayotte.
16. ^ Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

See also

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