Populations of Countries of the World

Content Source: Central Intelligence Agency (other articles)
Article Topics: Population and Geography
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Mark McGinley (other articles)
Last Updated: May 18, 2009

The following population estimates are fom the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. Demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These countries are list at the bottom of the table.

 

Rank
Country
Population
(July 2009)
1 World 6,790,062,216
2 China 1,338,612,968
3 India 1,166,079,217
4 European Union 491,582,852
5 United States 307,212,123
6 Indonesia 240,271,522
7 Brazil 198,739,269
8 Pakistan 176,242,949
9 Bangladesh 156,050,883
10 Nigeria 149,229,090
11 Russia 140,041,247
12 Japan 127,078,679
13 Mexico 111,211,789
14 Philippines 97,976,603
15 Vietnam 86,967,524
16 Ethiopia 85,237,338
17 Egypt 83,082,869
18 Germany 82,329,758
19 Turkey 76,805,524
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 68,692,542
21 Iran 66,429,284
22 Thailand 65,905,410
23 France 64,057,792
24 United Kingdom 61,113,205
25 Italy 58,126,212
26 South Africa 49,052,489
27 Korea, South 48,508,972
28 Burma 48,137,741
29 Ukraine 45,700,395
30 Colombia 45,644,023
31 Sudan 41,087,825
32 Tanzania 41,048,532
33 Argentina 40,913,584
34 Spain 40,525,002
35 Kenya 39,002,772
36 Poland 38,482,919
37 Morocco 34,859,364
38 Algeria 34,178,188
39 Afghanistan 33,609,937
40 Canada 33,487,208
41 Uganda 32,369,558
42 Peru 29,546,963
43 Iraq 28,945,657
44 Saudi Arabia 28,686,633
45 Nepal 28,563,377
46 Uzbekistan 27,606,007
47 Venezuela 26,814,843
48 Malaysia 25,715,819
49 Ghana 23,832,495
50 Yemen 23,822,783
51 Taiwan 22,974,347
52 Korea, North 22,665,345
53 Romania 22,215,421
54 Mozambique 21,669,278
55 Sri Lanka 21,324,791
56 Australia 21,262,641
57 Madagascar 20,653,556
58 Cote d'Ivoire 20,617,068
59 Syria 20,178,485
60 Cameroon 18,879,301
61 Netherlands 16,715,999
62 Chile 16,601,707
63 Burkina Faso 15,746,232
64 Kazakhstan 15,399,437
65 Niger 15,306,252
66 Ecuador 14,573,101
67 Cambodia 14,494,293
68 Malawi 14,268,711
69 Senegal 13,711,597
70 Guatemala 13,276,517
71 Angola 12,799,293
72 Mali 12,666,987
73 Zambia 11,862,740
74 Cuba 11,451,652
75 Zimbabwe 11,392,629
76 Greece 10,737,428
77 Portugal 10,707,924
78 Tunisia 10,486,339
79 Rwanda 10,473,282
80 Belgium 10,414,336
81 Chad 10,329,208
82 Czech Republic 10,211,904
83 Guinea 10,057,975
84 Hungary 9,905,596
85 Somalia 9,832,017
86 Bolivia 9,775,246
87 Dominican Republic 9,650,054
88 Belarus 9,648,533
89 Sweden 9,059,651
90 Haiti 9,035,536
91 Burundi 8,988,091
92 Benin 8,791,832
93 Azerbaijan 8,238,672
94 Austria 8,210,281
95 Honduras 7,792,854
96 Switzerland 7,604,467
97 Serbia 7,379,339
98 Tajikistan 7,349,145
99 Israel 7,233,701
100 Bulgaria 7,204,687
101 El Salvador 7,185,218
102 Hong Kong 7,055,071
103 Paraguay 6,995,655
104 Laos 6,834,942
105 Sierra Leone 6,440,053
106 Jordan 6,342,948
107 Libya 6,310,434
108 Papua New Guinea 6,057,263
109 Togo 6,019,877
110 Nicaragua 5,891,199
111 Eritrea 5,647,168
112 Denmark 5,500,510
113 Slovakia 5,463,046
114 Kyrgyzstan 5,431,747
115 Finland 5,250,275
116 Turkmenistan 4,884,887
117 United Arab Emirates 4,798,491
118 Norway 4,660,539
119 Singapore 4,657,542
120 Georgia 4,615,807
121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,613,414
122 Central African Republic 4,511,488
123 Croatia 4,489,409
124 Moldova 4,320,748
125 Costa Rica 4,253,877
126 New Zealand 4,213,418
127 Ireland 4,203,200
128 Lebanon 4,017,095
129 Congo, Republic of the 4,012,809
130 Puerto Rico 3,971,020
131 Albania 3,639,453
132 Lithuania 3,555,179
133 Uruguay 3,494,382
134 Liberia 3,441,790
135 Oman 3,418,085
136 Panama 3,360,474
137 Mauritania 3,129,486
138 Mongolia 3,041,142
139 Armenia 2,967,004
140 Jamaica 2,825,928
141 Kuwait 2,691,158
142 West Bank 2,461,267
143 Latvia 2,231,503
144 Lesotho 2,130,819
145 Namibia 2,108,665
146 Macedonia 2,066,718
147 Slovenia 2,005,692
148 Botswana 1,990,876
149 Kosovo 1,804,838
150 Gambia, The 1,782,893
151 Gaza Strip 1,551,859
152 Guinea-Bissau 1,533,964
153 Gabon 1,514,993
154 Estonia 1,299,371
155 Mauritius 1,284,264
156 Trinidad and Tobago 1,229,953
157 Timor-Leste 1,131,612
158 Swaziland 1,123,913
159 Fiji 944,720
160 Qatar 833,285
161 Cyprus 796,740
162 Guyana 772,298
163 Comoros 752,438
164 Bahrain 727,785
165 Bhutan 691,141
166 Montenegro 672,180
167 Equatorial Guinea 633,441
168 Solomon Islands 595,613
169 Macau 559,846
170 Djibouti 516,055
171 Luxembourg 491,775
172 Suriname 481,267
173 Cape Verde 429,474
174 Western Sahara 405,210
175 Malta 405,165
176 Maldives 396,334
177 Brunei 388,190
178 Bahamas, The 309,156
179 Belize 307,899
180 Iceland 306,694
181 French Polynesia 287,032
182 Barbados 284,589
183 [[New Caledonia 227,436
184 Netherlands Antilles 227,049
185 Mayotte 223,765
186 Samoa 219,998
187 Vanuatu 218,519
188 Sao Tome and Principe 212,679
189 Guam 178,430
190 Saint Lucia 160,267
191 Tonga 120,898
192 Kiribati 112,850
193 [[Virgin Islands 109,825
194 Micronesia, Federated States of 107,434
195 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 104,574
196 Aruba 103,065
197 Jersey 91,626
198 Grenada 90,739
199 [[Northern Mariana Islands 88,662
200 [[Seychelles 87,476
201 Antigua and Barbuda 85,632
202 Andorra 83,888
203 Isle of Man 76,512
204 Dominica 72,660
205 Bermuda 67,837
206 Guernsey 65,870
207 American Samoa 65,628
208 Marshall Islands 64,522
209 Greenland 57,600
210 Cayman Islands 49,035
211 Faroe Islands 48,856
212 Saint Kitts and Nevis 40,131
213 Liechtenstein 34,761
214 Monaco 32,965
215 San Marino 30,324
216 Saint Martin 29,820
217 Gibraltar 28,034
218 British Virgin Islands 24,491
219 Turks and Caicos Islands 22,942
220 Palau 20,796
221 Akrotiri 15,700
222 Dhekelia 15,700
223 Wallis and Futuna 15,289
224 Anguilla 14,436
225 Nauru 14,019
226 Tuvalu 12,373
227 Cook Islands 11,870
228 Saint Helena 7,637
229 Saint Barthelemy 7,448
230 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7,051
231 Montserrat 5,097
232 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3,140
233 Norfolk Island 2,141
234 Svalbard 2,116
235 Tokelau 1,416
236 Christmas Island 1,402
237 Niue 1,398
238 Holy See (Vatican City) 826
239 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 596
240 Pitcairn Islands 48

 

Countries where population estimates have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic are: The Bahamas, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Central Intelligence Agency (Content source); Mark McGinley (Topic Editor). 2009. "Populations of Countries of the World." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth May 18, 2009; Retrieved November 21, 2009]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Populations_of_Countries_of_the_World>
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