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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.

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Rank ↓ Country / Territory ↓ Population ↓ Date ↓ % of world population ↓ Source ↓
— World 6,730,800,000 October 18, 2008 100% International Programs Center - census.gov
1 People's Republic of China[2] 1,326,720,000 October 18, 2008 19.71% Chinese Population clock
2 India 1,139,410,000 October 18, 2008 16.93% Indian Population clock
3 United States 305,437,000 October 18, 2008 4.54% Official USA Population clock
4 Indonesia 228,528,000 September 29, 2008 3.42% Indonesian Population Clock
5 Brazil 187,905,000 October 18, 2008 2.82% Official Brazilian Population clock
6 Pakistan 164,616,000 October 18, 2008 2.47% Official Pakistani Population clock
7 Bangladesh 158,665,000
2.38% UN estimate
8 Nigeria 148,093,000
2.22% UN estimate
9 Russia 141,900,000 August 1, 2008 2.13% Federal state statistics service
10 Japan 127,690,000 May 1, 2008 1.91% Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate
11 Mexico 106,682,500 mid-2008 1.6% INEGI projection
12 Philippines 90,457,200 mid-2008 1.36% National Statistics Office projection
13 Vietnam 87,375,000
1.31% UN estimate
14 Germany 82,169,000 February 29, 2008 1.23% Federal Statistics Office estimate
15 Ethiopia 79,221,000 July 2008 1.19% Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16 Egypt 75,434,000 October 18, 2008 1.13% Official population clock
17 Turkey 70,586,256 December 31, 2007 1.06% Turkish Statistical Institute
18 Iran 70,495,782 November 2006 1.06% Statistical Center of IRAN
19 France (incl. overseas France) 64,473,140 January 1, 2008 0.97% 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
0.94% UN estimate
22 United Kingdom 61,186,000 January 1, 2008 0.91% [2]
23 Italy 59,619,290 December 31, 2007 0.89% Official Istat estimate
24 Burma 48,798,000
0.73% UN estimate
25 South Korea 48,224,000
0.72% UN estimate
26 South Africa 47,850,700 July 1, 2007 0.72% Official Stat SA estimate
27 Spain 46,063,500 January 2008 0.68% Official INE estimate
28 Ukraine 46,030,720 August 1, 2008 0.69% Official UKRSTAT estimate
29 Colombia 44,603,000 October 13, 2008 0.66% Official Colombian Population clock
30 Tanzania 40,454,000
0.61% UN estimate
31 Argentina 40,301,927 September 2007 0.61% Official INDEC estimate
32 Sudan 38,560,000
0.58% 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
0.51% UN estimate
36 Canada 33,404,100 October 18, 2008 0.5% Official Canadian Population clock
37 Morocco 31,224,000
0.47% 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 0.42% Official Malaysian population website
44 Uzbekistan 27,372,000
0.41% UN estimate
45 Afghanistan 27,145,000
0.41% UN estimate
46 Saudi Arabia 24,735,000
0.37% UN estimate
47 North Korea 23,790,000
0.36% 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
0.34% UN estimate
51 Romania 21,528,600 January 1, 2008 0.32% [3]
52 Australia[5] 21,461,650 October 18, 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
0.3% 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
0.26% UN estimate
60 Chile 16,813,000 October 18, 2008 0.25% Official INE projection
61 Netherlands 16,461,100 October 18, 2008 0.25% Official Netherlands Population clock
62 Kazakhstan 15,422,000
0.23% UN estimate
63 Burkina Faso 14,784,000
0.22% UN estimate
64 Cambodia 14,444,000
0.22% UN estimate
65 Niger 14,226,000
0.21% UN estimate
66 Malawi 13,925,000
0.21% UN estimate
67 Guatemala 13,354,000
0.2% UN estimate
68 Zimbabwe 13,349,000
0.2% UN estimate
69 Ecuador 13,341,000
0.2% UN estimate
70 Senegal 12,379,000
0.19% 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% [4]
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% [5]
78 Czech Republic 10,424,926 June 30, 2008 0.16% 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[6] 9,527,100 January 1, 2008 0.15% [6]
82 Dominican Republic 9,760,000
0.15% UN estimate
83 Rwanda 9,725,000
0.15% UN estimate
84 Belarus 9,690,000 December 31, 2007 0.15% 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 9,234,209 August 31, 2008 0.14% Statistics Sweden
89 Benin 9,033,000
0.14% 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% [7]
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[7] 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
0.099% UN estimate
101 Papua New Guinea 6,331,000
0.095% UN estimate
102 Libya 6,160,000
0.092% UN estimate
103 Paraguay 6,127,000
0.092% UN estimate
104 Jordan 5,924,000
0.089% UN estimate
105 Sierra Leone 5,866,000
0.088% UN estimate
106 Laos 5,859,000
0.088% UN estimate
107 Nicaragua 5,603,000
0.084% UN estimate
108 Denmark 5,489,022 June 30, 2008 0.082% Statistics Denmark
109 Slovakia 5,402,273 March 31, 2008 0.081% Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
110 Finland 5,322,562[8] October 15, 2008 0.08% Official Finnish Population clock
111 Kyrgyzstan 5,317,000
0.08% UN estimate
112 Turkmenistan 4,965,000
0.074% UN estimate
113 Eritrea 4,851,000
0.073% UN estimate
114 Singapore 4,839,400 Mid-2008 0.073% Statistics Singapore
115 Norway 4,788,100[9] October 18, 2008 0.071% Official Norwegian Population clock
116 Croatia 4,435,400 January 1, 2008 0.068% [8]
117 Costa Rica 4,468,000
0.067% UN estimate
118 Ireland 4,422,100 April 30, 2008 0.065% Official CSO Ireland Statistics
119 Georgia 4,382,100[10] January 1, 2008 0.066% [9]
120 United Arab Emirates 4,380,000
0.066% UN estimate
121 Central African Republic 4,343,000
0.065% UN estimate
122 New Zealand 4,282,200 October 18, 2008 0.064% Official New Zealand Population clock
123 Lebanon 4,099,000
0.061% UN estimate
124 Puerto Rico 3,991,000
0.06% UN estimate
125 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,935,000
0.059% UN estimate
126 Moldova 3,572,700[11] January 1, 2008 0.057% [10]
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 0.051% 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% [11]
134 Albania 3,170,000 January 1, 2008 0.048% [12]
135 Mauritania 3,124,000
0.047% UN estimate
136 Kuwait 2,851,000
0.043% UN estimate
137 Jamaica 2,714,000
0.041% 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 0.031% [13]
143 Slovenia 2,029,000 July 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
0.026% 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[12]
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 0.013% [14]
155 Qatar 841,000[13]
0.013% UN estimate
156 Djibouti 833,000
0.012% UN estimate
157 Fiji 827,900 2007 0.013% Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics
— Réunion[14] 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[15] July 2007 0.01% World Gazetteer projection
161 Bhutan 658,000
0.01% UN estimate
162 Montenegro 598,000
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[16] 507,000
0.008% UN estimate
165 Solomon Islands 506,992 January 1, 2008 0.007% [15]
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[14] 408,000 January 1, 2007 0.006% INSEE estimate (minus the populations of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy)
169 Malta 410,600 January 1, 2008 0.006% [16]
— Martinique[14] 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[14] 259,596 August 20, 2007 0.004% August 2007 census
— New Caledonia[14] 244,600 January 1, 2008 0.004% Official ISEE estimate
176 Vanuatu 226,000
0.003% UN estimate
— French Guiana[14] 209,000 January 1, 2007 0.003% Official INSEE estimate
177 Netherlands Antilles 192,000
0.003% UN estimate
178 Samoa 188,540 2008 0.003% Samoa Statistics Department
— Mayotte[14] 186,452 July 31, 2007 0.003% July 2007 census
179 Guam 173,000
0.003% UN estimate
180 Saint Lucia 165,000
0.002% UN estimate
181 São Tomé and Príncipe 158,000
0.002% UN estimate
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 120,000
0.002% UN estimate
183 U.S. Virgin Islands 111,000
0.002% UN estimate
184 Federated States of Micronesia 111,000
0.002% UN estimate
185 Grenada 106,000
0.002% UN estimate
186 Aruba 104,000
0.002% UN estimate
187 Tonga 100,000
0.001% UN estimate
188 Kiribati 95,000
0.001% UN estimate
189 Jersey 89,300 December 31, 2006 0.001% [17]
190 Seychelles 87,000
0.001% UN estimate
191 Antigua and Barbuda 85,000
0.001% UN estimate
192 Northern Mariana Islands 84,000
0.001% UN estimate
193 Andorra 83,137 December 31, 2007 0.001% [18]
194 Isle of Man 80,058 2006 0.001% Isle of Man Government
195 Dominica 67,000
0.001% UN estimate
196 American Samoa 67,000
0.001% UN estimate
197 Guernsey 65,726 July 2008 0.001% The World Factbook
198 Bermuda 65,000
0.001% UN estimate
199 Marshall Islands 59,000
0.001% UN estimate
200 Greenland 58,000
0.001% UN estimate
201 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50,000
0.001% UN estimate
202 Faroe Islands 48,839 August 1, 2008 0.001% Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
203 Cayman Islands 47,000
0.001% UN estimate
204 Liechtenstein 35,365 December 31, 2007 0.0005% Statistik Liechtenstein
— Saint-Martin[14] 33,102[citation needed] October 2004 0.0005% October 2004 supplementary census[citation needed]
205 Monaco 33,000
0.0005% UN estimate
206 San Marino 30,800 January 1, 2008 0.0005% [19]
207 Gibraltar 28,875 2006 0.0004% Government of Gibraltar - information services
208 Turks and Caicos Islands 26,000
0.0004% UN estimate
209 British Virgin Islands 23,000
0.0003% UN estimate
210 Cook Islands 20,200[17] September 2007 0.0002% Statistics office
211 Palau 20,000
0.0003% UN estimate
— Wallis and Futuna[14] 15,000
0.0002% UN estimate
212 Anguilla 13,000
0.0002% UN estimate
213 Tuvalu 11,000
0.0002% UN estimate
214 Nauru 10,000
0.0001% UN estimate
— Saint-Barthélemy[14] 8,450 January 1, 2007 0.0001% January 2007 census
215 Saint Helena 6,600[18]
0.0001% UN estimate
— Saint-Pierre and Miquelon[14] 6,125 January 1, 2006 0.0001% January 2006 census
216 Montserrat 5,900
0.0001% UN estimate
217 Falkland Islands 3,000
0.00005% UN estimate
218 Niue 1,600
0.00003% UN estimate
219 Tokelau 1,400
0.00003% UN estimate
220 Vatican City 800
0.00002% UN estimate
221 Pitcairn Islands 50
0.000001% UN estimate

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  1. ^ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2006). "World Population Prospects, Table A.2" (.PDF). 2006 revision. p. 37-42 United Nations. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  2. ^ Mainland China only
  3. ^ To access the most recent estimates, go to: Información Social - Compendio Estadístico 2007 - Población e Indicadores Demográficos - Poblacional - Población total al 30 de junio, según sexo y grupos quinquenales de edad
  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
  7. ^ UN figure for mid-2007 is 6,967,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.
  8. ^ Includes Åland Islands
  9. ^ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island
  10. ^ Figure includes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000)
  11. ^ Includes Transnistria (555,347)
  12. ^ Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon
  13. ^ Figure for Qatari residents only. Estimates for 2008 that include non-resident, transient laborers indicate a population of 1,448,446. From Qatar General Secretariat for Development Planning
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Part of France.
  15. ^ Excludes the island of Mayotte. The UN estimate is 839,000 (including Mayotte)
  16. ^ A 2003 U.S State Department report states the following: "Although the 2002 census estimated the population at 1,015,000, credible estimates put the number at closer to 500,000. The opposition claimed that the Government inflated the census in anticipation of the December presidential election." (...) "Opposition leaders charged earlier in the year that census results showing a twofold population increase were flawed and that numbers were inflated to perpetuate election fraud." [1] The official census figures are available here.
  17. ^ UN estimate for mid-2007 is 13,000, which includes the population of residents only.
  18. ^ Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

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