Country Comparison :: Population
This entry gives an estimate from 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. Note: Starting with the 1993 Factbook, 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 currently: 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.
All data in the table below is based on July 2010 estimates except for Akrotiri (NA), Curacao (Jan. 2010 est.), Dhekelia (NA), Falkland Islands (July 2008 est.), Haiti (2011 est.), Israel (NA), Sint Maarten (Jan. 10 est.), Syria (NA) and West Bank (NA).
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| Rank | Country | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,330,141,295 |
| 2 | India | 1,173,108,018 |
| 3 | United States | 310,232,863 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 242,968,342 |
| 5 | Brazil | 201,103,330 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 184,404,791 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 156,118,464 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 152,217,341 |
| 9 | Russia | 139,390,205 |
| 10 | Japan | 126,804,433 |
| 11 | Mexico | 112,468,855 |
| 12 | Philippines | 99,900,177 |
| 13 | Vietnam | 89,571,130 |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 88,013,491 |
| 15 | Germany | 82,282,988 |
| 16 | Egypt | 80,471,869 |
| 17 | Turkey | 77,804,122 |
| 18 | Iran | 76,923,300 |
| 19 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 70,916,439 |
| 20 | Thailand | 67,089,500 |
| 21 | France | 64,768,389 |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 62,348,447 |
| 23 | Italy | 58,090,681 |
| 24 | Burma | 53,414,374 |
| 25 | South Africa | 49,109,107 |
| 26 | Korea, South | 48,636,068 |
| 27 | Spain | 46,505,963 |
| 28 | Ukraine | 45,415,596 |
| 29 | Colombia | 44,205,293 |
| 30 | Sudan | 43,939,598 |
| 31 | Tanzania | 41,892,895 |
| 32 | Argentina | 41,343,201 |
| 33 | Kenya | 40,046,566 |
| 34 | Poland | 38,463,689 |
| 35 | Algeria | 34,586,184 |
| 36 | Canada | 33,759,742 |
| 37 | Uganda | 33,398,682 |
| 38 | Morocco | 31,627,428 |
| 39 | Peru | 29,907,003 |
| 40 | Iraq | 29,671,605 |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 29,121,286 |
| 42 | Nepal | 28,951,852 |
| 43 | Malaysia | 28,274,729 |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 27,865,738 |
| 45 | Venezuela | 27,223,228 |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 25,731,776 |
| 47 | Ghana | 24,339,838 |
| 48 | Yemen | 23,495,361 |
| 49 | Taiwan | 23,024,956 |
| 50 | Korea, North | 22,757,275 |
| 51 | Syria | 22,198,110 |
| 52 | Mozambique | 22,061,451 |
| 53 | Romania | 21,959,278 |
| 54 | Australia | 21,515,754 |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 21,513,990 |
| 56 | Madagascar | 21,281,844 |
| 57 | Cote d’Ivoire | 21,058,798 |
| 58 | Cameroon | 19,294,149 |
| 59 | Netherlands | 16,783,092 |
| 60 | Chile | 16,746,491 |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 16,241,811 |
| 62 | Niger | 15,878,271 |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 15,460,484 |
| 64 | Malawi | 15,447,500 |
| 65 | Ecuador | 14,790,608 |
| 66 | Cambodia | 14,453,680 |
| 67 | Mali | 13,796,354 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 13,550,440 |
| 69 | Zambia | 13,460,305 |
| 70 | Angola | 13,068,161 |
| 71 | Senegal | 12,323,252 |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 11,651,858 |
| 73 | Cuba | 11,477,459 |
| 74 | Rwanda | 11,055,976 |
| 75 | Greece | 10,749,943 |
| 76 | Portugal | 10,735,765 |
| 77 | Tunisia | 10,589,025 |
| 78 | Chad | 10,543,464 |
| 79 | Belgium | 10,423,493 |
| 80 | Guinea | 10,324,025 |
| 81 | Czech Republic | 10,201,707 |
| 82 | Somalia | 10,112,453 |
| 83 | Hungary | 9,992,339 |
| 84 | Bolivia | 9,947,418 |
| 85 | Burundi | 9,863,117 |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 9,823,821 |
| 87 | Haiti | 9,719,932 |
| 88 | Belarus | 9,612,632 |
| 89 | Sweden | 9,074,055 |
| 90 | Benin | 9,056,010 |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 8,303,512 |
| 92 | Austria | 8,214,160 |
| 93 | Honduras | 7,989,415 |
| 94 | Switzerland | 7,623,438 |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 7,487,489 |
| 96 | Israel | 7,353,985 |
| 97 | Serbia | 7,344,847 |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 7,148,785 |
| 99 | Hong Kong | 7,089,705 |
| 100 | Togo | 6,587,239 |
| 101 | Libya | 6,461,454 |
| 102 | Jordan | 6,407,085 |
| 103 | Paraguay | 6,375,830 |
| 104 | Laos | 6,368,162 |
| 105 | Papua New Guinea | 6,064,515 |
| 106 | El Salvador | 6,052,064 |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 5,995,928 |
| 108 | Eritrea | 5,792,984 |
| 109 | Denmark | 5,515,575 |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,508,626 |
| 111 | Slovakia | 5,470,306 |
| 112 | Finland | 5,255,068 |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 5,245,695 |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates | 4,975,593 |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 4,940,916 |
| 116 | Central African Republic | 4,844,927 |
| 117 | Singapore | 4,701,069 |
| 118 | Norway | 4,676,305 |
| 119 | Ireland | 4,622,917 |
| 120 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,621,598 |
| 121 | Georgia | 4,600,825 |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 4,516,220 |
| 123 | Croatia | 4,486,881 |
| 124 | Moldova | 4,317,483 |
| 125 | New Zealand | 4,252,277 |
| 126 | Congo, Republic of the | 4,125,916 |
| 127 | Lebanon | 4,125,247 |
| 128 | Puerto Rico | 3,978,702 |
| 129 | Liberia | 3,685,076 |
| 130 | Lithuania | 3,545,319 |
| 131 | Uruguay | 3,510,386 |
| 132 | Panama | 3,410,676 |
| 133 | Mauritania | 3,205,060 |
| 134 | Mongolia | 3,086,918 |
| 135 | Albania | 2,986,952 |
| 136 | Oman | 2,967,717 |
| 137 | Armenia | 2,966,802 |
| 138 | Jamaica | 2,847,232 |
| 139 | Kuwait | 2,789,132 |
| 140 | West Bank | 2,514,845 |
| 141 | Latvia | 2,217,969 |
| 142 | Namibia | 2,128,471 |
| 143 | Macedonia | 2,072,086 |
| 144 | Botswana | 2,029,307 |
| 145 | Slovenia | 2,003,136 |
| 146 | Lesotho | 1,919,552 |
| 147 | Gambia, The | 1,824,158 |
| 148 | Kosovo | 1,815,048 |
| 149 | Gaza Strip | 1,604,238 |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,565,126 |
| 151 | Gabon | 1,545,255 |
| 152 | Swaziland | 1,354,051 |
| 153 | Mauritius | 1,294,104 |
| 154 | Estonia | 1,291,170 |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,228,691 |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 1,154,625 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,102,677 |
| 158 | Fiji | 875,983 |
| 159 | Qatar | 840,926 |
| 160 | Comoros | 773,407 |
| 161 | Guyana | 748,486 |
| 162 | Djibouti | 740,528 |
| 163 | Bahrain | 738,004 |
| 164 | Bhutan | 699,847 |
| 165 | Montenegro | 666,730 |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 650,702 |
| 167 | Macau | 567,957 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 559,198 |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 508,659 |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 497,538 |
| 171 | Western Sahara | 491,519 |
| 172 | Suriname | 486,618 |
| 173 | Malta | 406,771 |
| 174 | Maldives | 395,650 |
| 175 | Brunei | 395,027 |
| 176 | Belize | 314,522 |
| 177 | Bahamas, The | 310,426 |
| 178 | Iceland | 308,910 |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 291,000 |
| 180 | Barbados | 285,653 |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 252,352 |
| 182 | Mayotte | 231,139 |
| 183 | Vanuatu | 221,552 |
| 184 | Samoa | 192,001 |
| 185 | Sao Tome and Principe | 175,808 |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 160,922 |
| 187 | Curacao | 142,180 |
| 188 | Tonga | 122,580 |
| 189 | Virgin Islands | 109,750 |
| 190 | Grenada | 107,818 |
| 191 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 107,154 |
| 192 | Aruba | 104,589 |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 104,217 |
| 194 | Kiribati | 99,482 |
| 195 | Jersey | 93,363 |
| 196 | Seychelles | 88,340 |
| 197 | Antigua and Barbuda | 86,754 |
| 198 | Andorra | 84,525 |
| 199 | Isle of Man | 83,859 |
| 200 | Dominica | 72,813 |
| 201 | Bermuda | 68,265 |
| 202 | American Samoa | 66,432 |
| 203 | Marshall Islands | 65,859 |
| 204 | Guernsey | 64,775 |
| 205 | Greenland | 57,637 |
| 206 | Cayman Islands | 50,209 |
| 207 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 49,898 |
| 208 | Faroe Islands | 49,057 |
| 209 | Northern Mariana Islands | 48,317 |
| 210 | Sint Maarten | 37,429 |
| 211 | Liechtenstein | 35,002 |
| 212 | San Marino | 31,477 |
| 213 | Monaco | 30,586 |
| 214 | Saint Martin | 30,235 |
| 215 | Gibraltar | 28,877 |
| 216 | British Virgin Islands | 24,939 |
| 217 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23,528 |
| 218 | Palau | 20,879 |
| 219 | Akrotiri | 15,700 |
| 220 | Dhekelia | 15,700 |
| 221 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,343 |
| 222 | Anguilla | 14,766 |
| 223 | Cook Islands | 11,488 |
| 224 | Tuvalu | 10,472 |
| 225 | Nauru | 9,267 |
| 226 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,670 |
| 227 | Saint Barthelemy | 7,406 |
| 228 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,943 |
| 229 | Montserrat | 5,118 |
| 230 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3,140 |
| 231 | Norfolk Island | 2,155 |
| 232 | Svalbard | 2,067 |
| 233 | Christmas Island | 1,402 |
| 234 | Tokelau | 1,400 |
| 235 | Niue | 1,354 |
| 236 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 829 |
| 237 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 596 |
| 238 | Pitcairn Islands | 48 |
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