List of countries by population:
- See also: List of countries by population in 2005 and List of countries by population in 1907
Map of countries by population for the year 2007
This is a list of countries ordered according to population. The list includes and ranks sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories. Figures are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census authority where available and generally rounded off. Other figures are based on the July 1, 2007 estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.[1] Because these figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting rankings may be misleading.
| Rank |
Country / Territory |
Population |
Date |
% of world population |
Source |
| — |
 World |
6,738,500,000 |
November 22, 2008 |
100% |
International Programs Center - census.gov |
| 1 |
 People's Republic of China[2] |
1,327,370,000 |
November 22, 2008 |
19.7% |
Chinese Population clock |
| 2 |
 India |
1,140,890,000 |
November 22, 2008 |
16.93% |
Indian Population clock |
| 3 |
 United States |
305,714,000 |
November 22, 2008 |
4.54% |
Official USA Population clock |
| 4 |
 Indonesia |
228,780,000 |
November 15, 2008 |
3.39% |
Indonesian Population Clock |
| 5 |
 Brazil |
188,145,000 |
November 22, 2008 |
2.79% |
Official Brazilian Population clock |
| 6 |
 Pakistan |
164,914,000 |
November 22, 2008 |
2.45% |
Official Pakistani Population clock |
| 7 |
 Bangladesh |
158,665,000 |
|
2.36% |
UN estimate |
| 8 |
 Nigeria |
148,093,000 |
|
2.2% |
UN estimate |
| 9 |
 Russia |
141,900,000 |
August 1, 2008 |
2.11% |
Federal state statistics service |
| 10 |
 Japan |
127,690,000 |
May 1, 2008 |
1.9% |
Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate |
| 11 |
 Mexico |
106,682,500 |
mid-2008 |
1.58% |
INEGI projection |
| 12 |
 Philippines |
90,457,200 |
mid-2008 |
1.34% |
National Statistics Office projection
|
| 13 |
 Vietnam |
87,375,000 |
|
1.3% |
UN estimate
|
| 14 |
 Germany |
82,169,000 |
February 29, 2008 |
1.22% |
Federal Statistics Office estimate |
| 15 |
 Ethiopia |
79,221,000 |
July 2008 |
1.18% |
Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
|
| 16 |
 Egypt |
75,564,000 |
November 22, 2008 |
1.12% |
Official population clock |
| 17 |
 Turkey |
70,586,256 |
December 31, 2007 |
1.05% |
Turkish Statistical Institute |
| 18 |
 Iran |
70,495,782 |
November 2006 |
1.05% |
Statistical Center of IRAN
|
| 19 |
 France (incl. overseas France) |
64,473,140 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.96% |
Official INSEE estimate |
| 20 |
 Thailand |
63,038,247 |
December 31, 2007 |
0.94% |
Official Thai Statistics estimate
|
| 21 |
 Dem. Rep. of Congo |
62,636,000 |
|
0.93% |
UN estimate |
| 22 |
 United Kingdom |
61,186,000 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.9% |
[3] |
| 23 |
 Italy |
59,619,290 |
December 31, 2007 |
0.89% |
Official Istat estimate |
| 24 |
 Burma |
48,798,000 |
|
0.72% |
UN estimate
|
| 25 |
 South Korea |
48,224,000 |
|
0.72% |
UN estimate |
| 26 |
 South Africa |
47,850,700 |
July 1, 2007 |
0.71% |
Official Stat SA estimate |
| 27 |
 Ukraine |
46,191,022 |
September 1, 2008 |
0.69% |
Official UKRSTAT estimate |
| 28 |
 Spain |
46,063,500 |
January 2008 |
0.67% |
Official INE estimate |
| 29 |
 Colombia |
44,660,000 |
November 21, 2008 |
0.65% |
Official Colombian Population clock |
| 30 |
 Tanzania |
40,454,000 |
|
0.6% |
UN estimate |
| 31 |
 Argentina |
39,745,613 |
June 30, 2008 |
0.61% |
Official INDEC estimate |
| 32 |
 Sudan |
38,560,000 |
|
0.57% |
UN estimate |
| 33 |
 Poland |
38,115,967 |
June 30, 2007 |
0.57% |
Official GUS estimate |
| 34 |
 Kenya |
37,538,000 |
|
0.56% |
UN estimate |
| 35 |
 Algeria |
33,858,000 |
|
0.5% |
UN estimate |
| 36 |
 Canada |
33,435,600 |
November 22, 2008 |
0.5% |
Official Canadian Population clock |
| 37 |
 Morocco |
31,224,000 |
|
0.46% |
UN estimate |
| 38 |
 Uganda |
30,884,000 |
|
0.46% |
UN estimate |
| 39 |
 Iraq |
28,993,000 |
|
0.43% |
UN estimate |
| 40 |
 Peru |
28,750,770 |
June 30, 2007 |
0.43% |
Official INEI estimate[3] |
| 41 |
 Nepal |
28,196,000 |
|
0.42% |
UN estimate |
| 42 |
 Venezuela |
28,018,018 |
September 25, 2008 |
0.42% |
Official Venezuelan Population clock |
| 43 |
 Malaysia |
27,730,000 |
September 5, 2008 |
0.41% |
Official Malaysian population website |
| 44 |
 Uzbekistan |
27,372,000 |
|
0.41% |
UN estimate |
| 45 |
 Afghanistan |
27,145,000 |
|
0.4% |
UN estimate |
| 46 |
 Saudi Arabia |
24,735,000 |
|
0.37% |
UN estimate |
| 47 |
 North Korea |
23,790,000 |
|
0.35% |
UN estimate |
| 48 |
 Ghana |
23,478,000 |
|
0.35% |
UN estimate |
| 49 |
 Republic of China (Taiwan)[4] |
23,007,007 |
August 31, 2008 |
0.34% |
Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate |
| 50 |
 Yemen |
22,389,000 |
|
0.33% |
UN estimate |
| 51 |
 Romania |
21,528,600 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.32% |
[4] |
| 52 |
 Australia[5] |
21,490,132 |
November 19, 2008 |
0.32% |
Official Australian Population clock |
| 53 |
 Mozambique |
21,397,000 |
|
0.32% |
UN estimate |
| 54 |
 Syria |
19,929,000 |
|
0.3% |
UN estimate |
| 55 |
 Madagascar |
19,683,000 |
|
0.29% |
UN estimate |
| 56 |
 Sri Lanka |
19,299,000 |
|
0.29% |
UN estimate |
| 57 |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
19,262,000 |
|
0.29% |
UN estimate |
| 58 |
 Cameroon |
18,549,000 |
|
0.28% |
UN estimate |
| 59 |
 Angola |
17,024,000 |
|
0.25% |
UN estimate |
| 60 |
 Chile |
16,829,000 |
November 22, 2008 |
0.25% |
Official INE projection |
| 61 |
 Netherlands |
16,470,257 |
November 21, 2008 |
0.24% |
Official Netherlands Population clock |
| 62 |
 Kazakhstan |
15,422,000 |
|
0.23% |
UN estimate |
| 63 |
 Burkina Faso |
14,784,000 |
|
0.22% |
UN estimate |
| 64 |
 Niger |
14,226,000 |
|
0.21% |
UN estimate |
| 65 |
 Malawi |
13,925,000 |
|
0.21% |
UN estimate |
| 66 |
 Ecuador |
13,867,761 |
October 23, 2008 |
0.21% |
INEC |
| 67 |
 Cambodia |
13,388,910 |
March 3, 2008 |
0.2% |
2008 Census[6] |
| 68 |
 Guatemala |
13,354,000 |
|
0.2% |
UN estimate |
| 69 |
 Zimbabwe |
13,349,000 |
|
0.2% |
UN estimate |
| 70 |
 Senegal |
12,379,000 |
|
0.18% |
UN estimate |
| 71 |
 Mali |
12,337,000 |
|
0.18% |
UN estimate |
| 72 |
 Zambia |
11,922,000 |
|
0.18% |
UN estimate |
| 73 |
 Cuba |
11,268,000 |
|
0.17% |
UN estimate |
| 74 |
 Greece |
11,215,000 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.17% |
[5] |
| 75 |
 Chad |
10,781,000 |
|
0.16% |
UN estimate |
| 76 |
 Belgium |
10,666,866 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.16% |
Official Statbel estimate |
| 77 |
 Portugal |
10,617,600 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.16% |
[6] |
| 78 |
 Czech Republic |
10,424,926 |
June 30, 2008 |
0.15% |
Official ČSÚ estimate |
| 79 |
 Tunisia |
10,327,000 |
|
0.15% |
UN estimate |
| 80 |
 Hungary |
10,035,000 |
June 30, 2008 |
0.15% |
Hungarian Central Statistical Office |
| 81 |
 Serbia[7] |
9,527,100 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.15% |
[7] |
| 82 |
 Dominican Republic |
9,760,000 |
|
0.14% |
UN estimate |
| 83 |
 Rwanda |
9,725,000 |
|
0.14% |
UN estimate |
| 84 |
 Belarus |
9,690,000 |
December 31, 2007 |
0.14% |
Official statistics of Belarus |
| 85 |
 Haiti |
9,598,000 |
|
0.14% |
UN estimate |
| 86 |
 Bolivia |
9,525,000 |
|
0.14% |
UN estimate |
| 87 |
 Guinea |
9,370,000 |
|
0.14% |
UN estimate |
| 88 |
 Sweden |
9,242,595 |
September 30, 2008 |
0.14% |
Statistics Sweden |
| 89 |
 Benin |
9,033,000 |
|
0.13% |
UN estimate |
| 90 |
 Somalia |
8,699,000 |
|
0.13% |
UN estimate |
| 91 |
 Burundi |
8,508,000 |
|
0.13% |
UN estimate |
| 92 |
 Azerbaijan |
8,629,900 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.13% |
[8] |
| 93 |
 Austria |
8,340,924 |
April 1, 2008 |
0.12% |
Official Statistics Austria estimate |
| 94 |
 Switzerland |
7,647,600 |
June 30, 2008 |
0.11% |
Swiss Federal Statistical Office |
| 95 |
 Bulgaria |
7,640,238 |
December 31, 2007 |
0.11% |
National Statistical Institute |
| 96 |
 Israel |
7,337,000[8] |
September 30, 2008 |
0.11% |
Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics |
| 97 |
 Honduras |
7,106,000 |
|
0.11% |
UN estimate |
| — |
 Hong Kong |
6,985,260 |
June 30, 2008 |
0.11% |
Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong SAR |
| 98 |
 El Salvador |
6,857,000 |
|
0.1% |
UN estimate |
| 99 |
 Tajikistan |
6,736,000 |
|
0.1% |
UN estimate |
| 100 |
 Togo |
6,585,000 |
|
0.098% |
UN estimate |
| 101 |
 Papua New Guinea |
6,331,000 |
|
0.094% |
UN estimate |
| 102 |
 Libya |
6,160,000 |
|
0.091% |
UN estimate |
| 103 |
 Paraguay |
6,127,000 |
|
0.091% |
UN estimate |
| 104 |
 Jordan |
5,924,000 |
|
0.088% |
UN estimate |
| 105 |
 Sierra Leone |
5,866,000 |
|
0.087% |
UN estimate |
| 106 |
 Laos |
5,859,000 |
|
0.087% |
UN estimate |
| 107 |
 Nicaragua |
5,603,000 |
|
0.083% |
UN estimate |
| 108 |
 Denmark |
5,506,000 |
October 1, 2008 |
0.081% |
Statistics Denmark |
| 109 |
 Slovakia |
5,404,784 |
June 30, 2008 |
0.08% |
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic |
| 110 |
 Finland |
5,325,000[9] |
November 21, 2008 |
0.079% |
Official Finnish Population clock |
| 111 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
5,317,000 |
|
0.079% |
UN estimate |
| 112 |
 Turkmenistan |
4,965,000 |
|
0.074% |
UN estimate |
| 113 |
 Eritrea |
4,851,000 |
|
0.072% |
UN estimate |
| 114 |
 Singapore |
4,839,400 |
Mid-2008 |
0.072% |
Statistics Singapore |
| 115 |
 Norway |
4,794,000[10] |
November 21, 2008 |
0.071% |
Official Norwegian Population clock |
| 116 |
 Croatia |
4,435,400 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.068% |
[9] |
| 117 |
 Costa Rica |
4,468,000 |
|
0.066% |
UN estimate |
| 118 |
 Ireland |
4,422,100 |
April 30, 2008 |
0.064% |
Official CSO Ireland Statistics |
| 119 |
 Georgia |
4,382,100[11] |
January 1, 2008 |
0.065% |
[10] |
| 120 |
 United Arab Emirates |
4,380,000 |
|
0.065% |
UN estimate |
| 121 |
 Central African Republic |
4,343,000 |
|
0.065% |
UN estimate |
| 122 |
 New Zealand |
4,287,500 |
November 21, 2008 |
0.063% |
Official New Zealand Population clock |
| 123 |
 Lebanon |
4,099,000 |
|
0.061% |
UN estimate |
| 124 |
 Puerto Rico |
3,991,000 |
|
0.059% |
UN estimate |
| 125 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,935,000 |
|
0.058% |
UN estimate |
| 126 |
 Moldova |
3,572,700[12] |
January 1, 2008 |
0.056% |
[11] |
| 127 |
 Republic of the Congo |
3,768,000 |
|
0.056% |
UN estimate |
| 128 |
 Palestinian territories |
3,761,646 |
December 1, 2007 |
0.056% |
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics - 2007 Census |
| 129 |
 Liberia |
3,750,000 |
|
0.056% |
UN estimate |
| — |
 Somaliland |
3,500,000 |
Date unknown |
0.052% |
Somaliland government |
| 130 |
 Lithuania |
3,361,100 |
April 1, 2008 |
0.05% |
Statistics Lithuania |
| 131 |
 Panama |
3,343,000 |
|
0.05% |
UN estimate |
| 132 |
 Uruguay |
3,340,000 |
|
0.05% |
UN estimate |
| 133 |
 Armenia |
3,230,100 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.045% |
[12] |
| 134 |
 Albania |
3,170,000 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.047% |
[13] |
| 135 |
 Mauritania |
3,124,000 |
|
0.046% |
UN estimate |
| 136 |
 Kuwait |
2,851,000 |
|
0.042% |
UN estimate |
| 137 |
 Jamaica |
2,714,000 |
|
0.04% |
UN estimate |
| 138 |
 Mongolia |
2,629,000 |
|
0.039% |
UN estimate |
| 139 |
 Oman |
2,595,000 |
|
0.039% |
UN estimate |
| 140 |
 Latvia |
2,268,000 |
May 1, 2008 |
0.034% |
Latvijas Statistika |
| 141 |
 Namibia |
2,074,000 |
|
0.031% |
UN estimate |
| 142 |
 Republic of Macedonia |
2,045,200 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.03% |
[14] |
| 143 |
 Slovenia |
2,041,050 |
November 15, 2008 |
0.031% |
Official Slovenian population clock |
| 144 |
 Lesotho |
2,008,000 |
|
0.03% |
UN estimate |
| 145 |
 Botswana |
1,882,000 |
|
0.028% |
UN estimate |
| 146 |
 Gambia |
1,709,000 |
|
0.025% |
UN estimate |
| 147 |
 Guinea-Bissau |
1,695,000 |
|
0.025% |
UN estimate |
| 148 |
 Estonia |
1,340,600 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.02% |
Statistics Estonia |
| 149 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
1,333,000 |
|
0.02% |
UN estimate |
| 150 |
 Gabon |
1,331,000 |
|
0.02% |
UN estimate |
| 151 |
 Mauritius |
1,262,000[13] |
|
0.019% |
UN estimate |
| 152 |
 East Timor |
1,155,000 |
|
0.017% |
UN estimate |
| 153 |
 Swaziland |
1,141,000 |
|
0.017% |
UN estimate |
| 154 |
 Cyprus |
794,600 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.012% |
[15] |
| 155 |
 Qatar |
841,000[14] |
|
0.012% |
UN estimate |
| 156 |
 Djibouti |
833,000 |
|
0.012% |
UN estimate |
| 157 |
 Fiji |
827,900 |
2007 |
0.012% |
Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics |
| — |
Réunion[15] |
793,000 |
January 1, 2007 |
0.012% |
Official INSEE estimate |
| 158 |
 Bahrain |
760,168 |
Date unknown |
0.011% |
Kingdom of Bahrain Government Statistics |
| 159 |
 Guyana |
738,000 |
|
0.011% |
UN estimate |
| 160 |
 Comoros |
682,000[16] |
July 2007 |
0.01% |
World Gazetteer projection |
| 161 |
 Bhutan |
658,000 |
|
0.01% |
UN estimate |
| 162 |
 Montenegro |
620,000 |
|
0.009% |
UN estimate |
| — |
 Macau |
538,100 |
December 31, 2007 |
0.008% |
Statistics and Census Service of Macau |
| 163 |
 Cape Verde |
530,000 |
|
0.008% |
UN estimate |
| 164 |
 Equatorial Guinea[17] |
507,000 |
|
0.008% |
UN estimate |
| 165 |
 Solomon Islands |
506,992 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.007% |
[16] |
| 166 |
 Luxembourg |
483,800 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.007% |
Le portail des statistiques du Luxenbourg |
| 167 |
 Western Sahara |
480,000 |
|
0.007% |
UN estimate |
| 168 |
 Suriname |
458,000 |
|
0.007% |
UN estimate |
| — |
Guadeloupe[15] |
451,000 |
January 1, 2007 |
0.007% |
INSEE estimate (minus the populations of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy) |
| 169 |
 Malta |
410,600 |
January 1, 2008 |
0.006% |
[17] |
| — |
Martinique[15] |
401,000 |
January 1, 2007 |
0.006% |
Official INSEE estimate |
| 170 |
 Brunei |
390,000 |
|
0.006% |
UN estimate |
| 171 |
 Bahamas |
331,000 |
|
0.005% |
UN estimate |
| 172 |
 Iceland |
320,169 |
October 1, 2008 |
0.005% |
Hagstofa Íslands |
| 173 |
 Maldives |
306,000 |
|
0.005% |
UN estimate |
| 174 |
 Barbados |
294,000 |
|
0.004% |
UN estimate |
| 175 |
 Belize |
288,000 |
|
0.004% |
UN estimate |
| — |
 French Polynesia | |
