| Posto | Paesi | Popolazione | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cina | 1,343,239,923 | |
| 2 | India | 1,205,073,612 | |
| 3 | Stati Uniti | 313,847,465 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 248,645,008 | |
| 5 | Brasile | 199,321,413 | |
| 6 | Pakistan | 190,291,129 | |
| 7 | Nigeria | 170,123,740 | |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 161,083,804 | |
| 9 | Russia | 142,517,670 | |
| 10 | Giappone | 127,368,088 | |
| 11 | Messico | 114,975,406 | |
| 12 | Filippine | 103,775,002 | |
| 13 | Vietnam | 91,519,289 | |
| 14 | Etiopia | 91,195,675 | |
| 15 | Egitto | 83,688,164 | |
| 16 | Germania | 81,305,856 | |
| 17 | Turchia | 79,749,461 | |
| 18 | Iran | 78,868,711 | |
| 19 | Congo (ex Zaire) | 73,599,190 | |
| 20 | Thailandia | 67,091,089 | |
| 21 | Francia | 65,630,692 | |
| 22 | Gran Bretagna | 63,047,162 | |
| 23 | Italia | 61,261,254 | |
| 24 | Myanmar | 54,584,650 | |
| 25 | Corea del Sud | 48,860,500 | |
| 26 | Sudafrica | 48,810,427 | |
| 27 | Spagna | 47,042,984 | |
| 28 | Tanzania | 46,912,768 | |
| 29 | Colombia | 45,239,079 | |
| 30 | Ucraina | 44,854,065 | |
| 31 | Kenya | 43,013,341 | |
| 32 | Argentina | 42,192,494 | |
| 33 | Polonia | 38,415,284 | |
| 34 | Algeria | 37,367,226 | |
| 35 | Canada | 34,300,083 | |
| 36 | Sudan | 34,206,710 | |
| 37 | Uganda | 33,640,833 | |
| 38 | Marocco | 32,309,239 | |
| 39 | Iraq | 31,129,225 | |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 30,419,928 | |
| 41 | Nepal | 29,890,686 | |
| 42 | Perù | 29,549,517 | |
| 43 | Malesia | 29,179,952 | |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 28,394,180 | |
| 45 | Venezuela | 28,047,938 | |
| 46 | Arabia Saudita | 26,534,504 | |
| 47 | Yemen | 24,771,809 | |
| 48 | Ghana | 24,652,402 | |
| 49 | Corea del Nord | 24,589,122 | |
| 50 | Mozambico | 23,515,934 | |
| 51 | Taiwan | 23,234,936 | |
| 52 | Siria | 22,530,746 | |
| 53 | Australia | 22,015,576 | |
| 54 | Madagascar | 22,005,222 | |
| 55 | Costa d'Avorio | 21,952,093 | |
| 56 | Romania | 21,848,504 | |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 21,481,334 | |
| 58 | Camerun | 20,129,878 | |
| 59 | Angola | 18,056,072 | |
| 60 | Kazakistan | 17,522,010 | |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 17,275,115 | |
| 62 | Cile | 17,067,369 | |
| 63 | Paesi Bassi | 16,730,632 | |
| 64 | Niger | 16,344,687 | |
| 65 | Malawi | 16,323,044 | |
| 66 | Mali | 15,494,466 | |
| 67 | Ecuador | 15,223,680 | |
| 68 | Cambogia | 14,952,665 | |
| 69 | Guatemala | 14,099,032 | |
| 70 | Zambia | 13,817,479 | |
| 71 | Senegal | 12,969,606 | |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 12,619,600 | |
| 73 | Ruanda | 11,689,696 | |
| 74 | Cuba | 11,075,244 | |
| 75 | Ciad | 10,975,648 | |
| 76 | Guinea | 10,884,958 | |
| 77 | Portogallo | 10,781,459 | |
| 78 | Grecia | 10,767,827 | |
| 79 | Tunisia | 10,732,900 | |
| 80 | Sudan del Sud | 10,625,176 | |
| 81 | Burundi | 10,557,259 | |
| 82 | Belgio | 10,438,353 | |
| 83 | Bolivia | 10,290,003 | |
| 84 | Repubblica ceca | 10,177,300 | |
| 85 | Repubblica dominicana | 10,088,598 | |
| 86 | Somalia | 10,085,638 | |
| 87 | Ungheria | 9,958,453 | |
| 88 | Haiti | 9,801,664 | |
| 89 | Bielorussia | 9,643,566 | |
| 90 | Benin | 9,598,787 | |
| 91 | Azerbaigian | 9,493,600 | |
| 92 | Svezia | 9,103,788 | |
| 93 | Honduras | 8,296,693 | |
| 94 | Austria | 8,219,743 | |
| 95 | Svizzera | 7,925,517 | |
| 96 | Tagikistan | 7,768,385 | |
| 97 | Israele | 7,590,758 | |
| 98 | Serbia | 7,276,604 | |
| 99 | Hong Kong | 7,153,519 | |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 7,037,935 | |
| 101 | Togo | 6,961,049 | |
| 102 | Laos | 6,586,266 | |
| 103 | Paraguay | 6,541,591 | |
| 104 | Giordania | 6,508,887 | |
| 105 | Papua Nuova Guinea | 6,310,129 | |
| 106 | El Salvador | 6,090,646 | |
| 107 | Eritrea | 6,086,495 | |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 5,727,707 | |
| 109 | Libia | 5,613,380 | |
| 110 | Danimarca | 5,543,453 | |
| 111 | Kirghizistan | 5,496,737 | |
| 112 | Sierra Leone | 5,485,998 | |
| 113 | Slovacchia | 5,483,088 | |
| 114 | Singapore | 5,353,494 | |
| 115 | Emirati arabi uniti | 5,314,317 | |
| 116 | Finlandia | 5,262,930 | |
| 117 | Repubblica Centrafricana | 5,057,208 | |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 5,054,828 | |
| 119 | Irlanda | 4,722,028 | |
| 120 | Norvegia | 4,707,270 | |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 4,636,348 | |
| 122 | Georgia | 4,570,934 | |
| 123 | Croazia | 4,480,043 | |
| 124 | Congo | 4,366,266 | |
| 125 | Nuova Zelanda | 4,327,944 | |
| 126 | Libano | 4,140,289 | |
| 127 | Liberia | 3,887,886 | |
| 128 | Bosnia-Erzegovina | 3,879,296 | |
| 129 | Portorico | 3,690,923 | |
| 130 | Moldavia | 3,656,843 | |
| 131 | Lituania | 3,525,761 | |
| 132 | Panama | 3,510,045 | |
| 133 | Mauritania | 3,359,185 | |
| 134 | Uruguay | 3,316,328 | |
| 135 | Mongolia | 3,179,997 | |
| 136 | Oman | 3,090,150 | |
| 137 | Albania | 3,002,859 | |
| 138 | Armenia | 2,970,495 | |
| 139 | Giamaica | 2,889,187 | |
| 140 | Kuwait | 2,646,314 | |
| 141 | West Bank | 2,622,544 | |
| 142 | Lettonia | 2,191,580 | |
| 143 | Namibia | 2,165,828 | |
| 144 | Botswana | 2,098,018 | |
| 145 | Macedonia | 2,082,370 | |
| 146 | Slovenia | 1,996,617 | |
| 147 | Qatar | 1,951,591 | |
| 148 | Lesotho | 1,930,493 | |
| 149 | Gambia | 1,840,454 | |
| 150 | Kosovo | 1,836,529 | |
| 151 | Gaza Strip | 1,710,257 | |
| 152 | Guinea Bissau | 1,628,603 | |
| 153 | Gabon | 1,608,321 | |
| 154 | Swaziland | 1,386,914 | |
| 155 | Maurizio | 1,313,095 | |
| 156 | Estonia | 1,274,709 | |
| 157 | Bahrein | 1,248,348 | |
| 158 | Trinidad e Tobago | 1,226,383 | |
| 159 | Timor orientale | 1,143,667 | |
| 160 | Figi | 890,057 | |
| 161 | Gibuti | 774,389 | |
| 162 | Guyana | 741,908 | |
| 163 | Comore | 737,284 | |
| 164 | Bhutan | 716,896 | |
| 165 | Guinea Equatoriale | 685,991 | |
| 166 | Montenegro | 657,394 | |
| 167 | Isole Salomone | 584,578 | |
| 168 | Macao | 578,025 | |
| 169 | Suriname | 560,157 | |
| 170 | Capo Verde | 523,568 | |
| 171 | Sahara occidentale | 522,928 | |
| 172 | Lussemburgo | 509,074 | |
| 173 | Malta | 409,836 | |
| 174 | Brunei | 408,786 | |
| 175 | Maldive | 394,451 | |
| 176 | Belize | 327,719 | |
| 177 | Bahamas | 316,182 | |
| 178 | Islanda | 313,183 | |
| 179 | Barbados | 287,733 | |
| 180 | Polinesia francese | 274,512 | |
| 181 | Nuova Caledonia | 260,166 | |
| 182 | Vanuatu | 256,155 | |
| 183 | Samoa | 194,320 | |
| 184 | São Tomé e Príncipe | 183,176 | |
| 185 | Saint Lucia | 162,178 | |
| 186 | Guam | 159,914 | |
| 187 | Grenada | 109,011 | |
| 188 | Aruba | 107,635 | |
| 189 | Micronesia | 106,487 | |
| 190 | Tonga | 106,146 | |
| 191 | Isole Vergini americane | 105,275 | |
| 192 | Saint Vincent e Grenadine | 103,537 | |
| 193 | Kiribati | 101,998 | |
| 194 | Jersey | 94,949 | |
| 195 | Seicelle | 90,024 | |
| 196 | Antigua e Barbuda | 89,018 | |
| 197 | Man, Isle of | 85,421 | |
| 198 | Andorra | 85,082 | |
| 199 | Dominica | 73,126 | |
| 200 | Bermuda | 69,080 | |
| 201 | Isole Marshall | 68,480 | |
| 202 | Guernsey | 65,345 | |
| 203 | Groenlandia | 57,695 | |
| 204 | Samoa americane | 54,947 | |
| 205 | Isole Cayman | 52,560 | |
| 206 | Marianne settentrionali | 51,395 | |
| 207 | Saint Christopher e Nevis | 50,726 | |
| 208 | Isole Faroe | 49,483 | |
| 209 | Isole Turks e Caicos | 46,335 | |
| 210 | Sint Maarten | 39,088 | |
| 211 | Liechtenstein | 36,713 | |
| 212 | San Marino | 32,140 | |
| 213 | Isole Vergini britanniche | 31,148 | |
| 214 | Saint-Martin | 30,959 | |
| 215 | Monaco | 30,510 | |
| 216 | Gibilterra | 29,034 | |
| 217 | Palau | 21,032 | |
| 218 | Wallis e Futuna | 15,453 | |
| 219 | Anguilla | 15,423 | |
| 220 | Isole Cook | 10,777 | |
| 221 | Tuvalu | 10,619 | |
| 222 | Nauru | 9,378 | |
| 223 | Sant'Elena | 7,728 | |
| 224 | Saint-Barthélemy | 7,332 | |
| 225 | Saint-Pierre e Miquelon | 5,831 | |
| 226 | Monserrat | 5,164 | |
| 227 | Isole Falkland | 3,140 | |
| 228 | Isola Norfolk | 2,182 | |
| 229 | Svalbard e Jan Mayen | 1,970 | |
| 230 | Isola Christmas | 1,496 | |
| 231 | Tokelau | 1,368 | |
| 232 | Niue | 1,269 | |
| 233 | Vaticano | 836 | |
| 234 | Isole Cocos | 596 | |
| 235 | Isole Pitcairn | 48 | |
| 236 | Wake Island | 0 | |
| 237 | Coral Sea Islands | 0 | |
| 238 | Antartide | 0 | |
Fonte: CIA World Factbook - Aggiornato a partire da Gennaio 1, 2012
See also: Popolazione map