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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.

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Rank ↓ Country / Territory ↓ Population ↓ Date ↓ % of world population ↓ Source ↓
—World6,730,800,000October 18, 2008100%International Programs Center - census.gov
1 People's Republic of China[2]1,326,720,000October 18, 200819.71%Chinese Population clock
2 India1,139,410,000October 18, 200816.93%Indian Population clock
3 United States305,437,000October 18, 20084.54%Official USA Population clock
4 Indonesia228,528,000September 29, 20083.42%Indonesian Population Clock
5 Brazil187,905,000October 18, 20082.82%Official Brazilian Population clock
6 Pakistan164,616,000October 18, 20082.47%Official Pakistani Population clock
7 Bangladesh158,665,000
2.38%UN estimate
8 Nigeria148,093,000
2.22%UN estimate
9 Russia141,900,000August 1, 20082.13%Federal state statistics service
10 Japan127,690,000May 1, 20081.91%Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate
11 Mexico106,682,500mid-20081.6%INEGI projection
12 Philippines90,457,200mid-20081.36% National Statistics Office projection
13 Vietnam87,375,000
1.31% UN estimate
14 Germany82,169,000February 29, 20081.23%Federal Statistics Office estimate
15 Ethiopia79,221,000July 20081.19% Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16 Egypt75,434,000October 18, 20081.13% Official population clock
17 Turkey70,586,256December 31, 20071.06%Turkish Statistical Institute
18 Iran70,495,782November 20061.06% Statistical Center of IRAN
19 France (incl. overseas France)64,473,140January 1, 20080.97%Official INSEE estimate
20 Thailand63,038,247December 31, 20070.94% Official Thai Statistics estimate
21 Dem. Rep. of Congo62,636,000
0.94%UN estimate
22 United Kingdom61,186,000January 1, 20080.91%[2]
23 Italy59,619,290December 31, 20070.89%Official Istat estimate
24 Burma48,798,000
0.73% UN estimate
25 South Korea48,224,000
0.72%UN estimate
26 South Africa47,850,700July 1, 20070.72%Official Stat SA estimate
27 Spain46,063,500January 20080.68%Official INE estimate
28 Ukraine46,030,720August 1, 20080.69%Official UKRSTAT estimate
29 Colombia44,603,000October 13, 20080.66%Official Colombian Population clock
30 Tanzania40,454,000
0.61%UN estimate
31 Argentina40,301,927September 20070.61%Official INDEC estimate
32 Sudan38,560,000
0.58%UN estimate
33 Poland38,115,967June 30, 20070.57%Official GUS estimate
34 Kenya37,538,000
0.56%UN estimate
35 Algeria33,858,000
0.51%UN estimate
36 Canada33,404,100October 18, 20080.5%Official Canadian Population clock
37 Morocco31,224,000
0.47%UN estimate
38 Uganda30,884,000
0.46%UN estimate
39 Iraq28,993,000
0.43%UN estimate
40 Peru28,750,770June 30, 20070.43%Official INEI estimate[3]
41 Nepal28,196,000
0.42%UN estimate
42 Venezuela28,018,018September 25, 20080.42%Official Venezuelan Population clock
43 Malaysia27,730,000September 5, 20080.42%Official Malaysian population website
44 Uzbekistan27,372,000
0.41%UN estimate
45 Afghanistan27,145,000
0.41%UN estimate
46 Saudi Arabia24,735,000
0.37%UN estimate
47 North Korea23,790,000
0.36%UN estimate
48 Ghana23,478,000
0.35%UN estimate
49 Republic of China (Taiwan)[4]23,007,007August 31, 20080.34%Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
50 Yemen22,389,000
0.34%UN estimate
51 Romania21,528,600January 1, 20080.32%[3]
52 Australia[5]21,461,650October 18, 20080.32%Official Australian Population clock
53 Mozambique21,397,000
0.32%UN estimate
54 Syria19,929,000
0.3%UN estimate
55 Madagascar19,683,000
0.3%UN estimate
56 Sri Lanka19,299,000
0.29%UN estimate
57 Côte d'Ivoire19,262,000
0.29%UN estimate
58 Cameroon18,549,000
0.28%UN estimate
59 Angola17,024,000
0.26%UN estimate
60 Chile16,813,000October 18, 20080.25%Official INE projection
61 Netherlands16,461,100October 18, 20080.25%Official Netherlands Population clock
62 Kazakhstan15,422,000
0.23%UN estimate
63 Burkina Faso14,784,000
0.22%UN estimate
64 Cambodia14,444,000
0.22%UN estimate
65 Niger14,226,000
0.21%UN estimate
66 Malawi13,925,000
0.21%UN estimate
67 Guatemala13,354,000
0.2%UN estimate
68 Zimbabwe13,349,000
0.2%UN estimate
69 Ecuador13,341,000
0.2%UN estimate
70 Senegal12,379,000
0.19%UN estimate
71 Mali12,337,000
0.18%UN estimate
72 Zambia11,922,000
0.18%UN estimate
73 Cuba11,268,000
0.17%UN estimate
74 Greece11,215,000January 1, 20080.17%[4]
75 Chad10,781,000
0.16%UN estimate
76 Belgium10,666,866January 1, 20080.16%Official Statbel estimate
77 Portugal10,617,600January 1, 20080.16%[5]
78 Czech Republic10,424,926June 30, 20080.16%Official ČSÚ estimate
79 Tunisia10,327,000
0.15%UN estimate
80 Hungary10,035,000June 30, 20080.15%Hungarian Central Statistical Office
81 Serbia[6]9,527,100January 1, 20080.15%[6]
82 Dominican Republic9,760,000
0.15%UN estimate
83 Rwanda9,725,000
0.15%UN estimate
84 Belarus9,690,000December 31, 20070.15%Official statistics of Belarus
85 Haiti9,598,000
0.14%UN estimate
86 Bolivia9,525,000
0.14%UN estimate
87 Guinea9,370,000
0.14%UN estimate
88 Sweden9,234,209August 31, 20080.14%Statistics Sweden
89 Benin9,033,000
0.14%UN estimate
90 Somalia8,699,000
0.13%UN estimate
91 Burundi8,508,000
0.13%UN estimate
92 Azerbaijan8,629,900January 1, 20080.13%[7]
93 Austria8,340,924April 1, 20080.12%Official Statistics Austria estimate
94 Switzerland7,647,600June 30, 20080.11%Swiss Federal Statistical Office
95 Bulgaria7,640,238December 31, 20070.11%National Statistical Institute
96 Israel7,337,000[7]September 30, 20080.11%Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
97 Honduras7,106,000
0.11%UN estimate
— Hong Kong6,985,260June 30, 20080.11%Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong SAR
98 El Salvador6,857,000
0.1%UN estimate
99 Tajikistan6,736,000
0.1%UN estimate
100 Togo6,585,000
0.099%UN estimate
101 Papua New Guinea6,331,000
0.095%UN estimate
102 Libya6,160,000
0.092%UN estimate
103 Paraguay6,127,000
0.092%UN estimate
104 Jordan5,924,000
0.089%UN estimate
105 Sierra Leone5,866,000
0.088%UN estimate
106 Laos5,859,000
0.088%UN estimate
107 Nicaragua5,603,000
0.084%UN estimate
108 Denmark5,489,022June 30, 20080.082%Statistics Denmark
109 Slovakia5,402,273March 31, 20080.081%Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
110 Finland5,322,562[8]October 15, 20080.08%Official Finnish Population clock
111 Kyrgyzstan5,317,000
0.08%UN estimate
112 Turkmenistan4,965,000
0.074%UN estimate
113 Eritrea4,851,000
0.073%UN estimate
114 Singapore4,839,400Mid-20080.073%Statistics Singapore
115 Norway4,788,100[9]October 18, 20080.071%Official Norwegian Population clock
116 Croatia4,435,400January 1, 20080.068%[8]
117 Costa Rica4,468,000
0.067%UN estimate
118 Ireland4,422,100April 30, 20080.065%Official CSO Ireland Statistics
119 Georgia4,382,100[10]January 1, 20080.066%[9]
120 United Arab Emirates4,380,000
0.066%UN estimate
121 Central African Republic4,343,000
0.065%UN estimate
122 New Zealand4,282,200October 18, 20080.064%Official New Zealand Population clock
123 Lebanon4,099,000
0.061%UN estimate
124 Puerto Rico3,991,000
0.06%UN estimate
125 Bosnia and Herzegovina3,935,000
0.059%UN estimate
126 Moldova3,572,700[11]January 1, 20080.057%[10]
127 Republic of the Congo3,768,000
0.056%UN estimate
128 Palestinian territories3,761,646December 1, 20070.056%Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics - 2007 Census
129 Liberia3,750,000
0.056%UN estimate
— Somaliland3,500,000Date unknown0.052%Somaliland government
130 Lithuania3,361,100April 1, 20080.051%Statistics Lithuania
131 Panama3,343,000
0.05%UN estimate
132 Uruguay3,340,000
0.05%UN estimate
133 Armenia3,230,100January 1, 20080.045%[11]
134 Albania3,170,000January 1, 20080.048%[12]
135 Mauritania3,124,000
0.047%UN estimate
136 Kuwait2,851,000
0.043%UN estimate
137 Jamaica2,714,000
0.041%UN estimate
138 Mongolia2,629,000
0.039%UN estimate
139 Oman2,595,000
0.039%UN estimate
140 Latvia2,268,000May 1, 20080.034%Latvijas Statistika
141 Namibia2,074,000
0.031%UN estimate
142 Republic of Macedonia2,045,200January 1, 20080.031%[13]
143 Slovenia2,029,000July 15, 20080.031%Official Slovenian population clock
144 Lesotho2,008,000
0.03%UN estimate
145 Botswana1,882,000
0.028%UN estimate
146 Gambia1,709,000
0.026%UN estimate
147 Guinea-Bissau1,695,000
0.025%UN estimate
148 Estonia1,340,600January 1, 20080.02%Statistics Estonia
149 Trinidad and Tobago1,333,000
0.02%UN estimate
150 Gabon1,331,000
0.02%UN estimate
151 Mauritius1,262,000[12]
0.019%UN estimate
152 East Timor1,155,000
0.017%UN estimate
153 Swaziland1,141,000
0.017%UN estimate
154 Cyprus794,600January 1, 20080.013%[14]
155 Qatar841,000[13]
0.013%UN estimate
156 Djibouti833,000
0.012%UN estimate
157 Fiji827,90020070.013%Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics
— Réunion[14]793,000January 1, 20070.012%Official INSEE estimate
158 Bahrain760,168Date unknown0.011%Kingdom of Bahrain Government Statistics
159 Guyana738,000
0.011%UN estimate
160 Comoros682,000[15]July 20070.01%World Gazetteer projection
161 Bhutan658,000
0.01%UN estimate
162 Montenegro598,000
0.009%UN estimate
— Macau538,100December 31, 20070.008%Statistics and Census Service of Macau
163 Cape Verde530,000
0.008%UN estimate
164 Equatorial Guinea[16]507,000
0.008%UN estimate
165 Solomon Islands506,992January 1, 20080.007%[15]
166 Luxembourg483,800January 1, 20080.007%Le portail des statistiques du Luxenbourg
167 Western Sahara480,000
0.007%UN estimate
168 Suriname458,000
0.007%UN estimate
— Guadeloupe[14]408,000January 1, 20070.006%INSEE estimate (minus the populations of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy)
169 Malta410,600January 1, 20080.006%[16]
— Martinique[14]401,000January 1, 20070.006%Official INSEE estimate
170 Brunei390,000
0.006%UN estimate
171 Bahamas331,000
0.005%UN estimate
172 Iceland320,169October 1, 20080.005%Hagstofa Íslands
173 Maldives306,000
0.005%UN estimate
174 Barbados294,000
0.004%UN estimate
175 Belize288,000
0.004%UN estimate
— French Polynesia[14]259,596August 20, 20070.004%August 2007 census
— New Caledonia[14]244,600January 1, 20080.004%Official ISEE estimate
176 Vanuatu226,000
0.003%UN estimate
— French Guiana[14]209,000January 1, 20070.003%Official INSEE estimate
177 Netherlands Antilles192,000
0.003%UN estimate
178 Samoa188,54020080.003%Samoa Statistics Department
— Mayotte[14]186,452July 31, 20070.003%July 2007 census
179 Guam173,000
0.003%UN estimate
180 Saint Lucia165,000
0.002%UN estimate
181 São Tomé and Príncipe158,000
0.002%UN estimate
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines120,000
0.002%UN estimate
183 U.S. Virgin Islands111,000
0.002%UN estimate
184 Federated States of Micronesia111,000
0.002%UN estimate
185 Grenada106,000
0.002%UN estimate
186 Aruba104,000
0.002%UN estimate
187 Tonga100,000
0.001%UN estimate
188 Kiribati95,000
0.001%UN estimate
189 Jersey89,300December 31, 20060.001%[17]
190 Seychelles87,000
0.001%UN estimate
191 Antigua and Barbuda85,000
0.001%UN estimate
192 Northern Mariana Islands84,000
0.001%UN estimate
193 Andorra83,137December 31, 20070.001%[18]
194 Isle of Man80,05820060.001%Isle of Man Government
195 Dominica67,000
0.001%UN estimate
196 American Samoa67,000
0.001%UN estimate
197 Guernsey65,726July 20080.001%The World Factbook
198 Bermuda65,000
0.001%UN estimate
199 Marshall Islands59,000
0.001%UN estimate
200 Greenland58,000
0.001%UN estimate
201 Saint Kitts and Nevis50,000
0.001%UN estimate
202 Faroe Islands48,839August 1, 20080.001%Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
203 Cayman Islands47,000
0.001%UN estimate
204 Liechtenstein35,365December 31, 20070.0005%Statistik Liechtenstein
— Saint-Martin[14]33,102[citation needed]October 20040.0005%October 2004 supplementary census[citation needed]
205 Monaco33,000
0.0005% UN estimate
206 San Marino30,800January 1, 20080.0005%[19]
207 Gibraltar28,87520060.0004%Government of Gibraltar - information services
208 Turks and Caicos Islands26,000
0.0004%UN estimate
209 British Virgin Islands23,000
0.0003%UN estimate
210 Cook Islands20,200[17]September 20070.0002%Statistics office
211 Palau20,000
0.0003%UN estimate
— Wallis and Futuna[14]15,000
0.0002%UN estimate
212 Anguilla13,000
0.0002%UN estimate
213 Tuvalu11,000
0.0002%UN estimate
214 Nauru10,000
0.0001%UN estimate
— Saint-Barthélemy[14]8,450January 1, 20070.0001%January 2007 census
215 Saint Helena6,600[18]
0.0001%UN estimate
— Saint-Pierre and Miquelon[14]6,125January 1, 20060.0001%January 2006 census
216 Montserrat5,900
0.0001%UN estimate
217 Falkland Islands3,000
0.00005%UN estimate
218 Niue1,600
0.00003%UN estimate
219 Tokelau1,400
0.00003%UN estimate
220 Vatican City800
0.00002%UN estimate
221 Pitcairn Islands50
0.000001%UN estimate

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[edit] Notes

  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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