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Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,343,239,923
2	India	1,205,073,612
3	United States	313,847,465
4	Indonesia	248,645,008
5	Brazil	199,321,413
6	Pakistan	190,291,129
7	Nigeria	170,123,740
8	Bangladesh	161,083,804
9	Russia	142,517,670
10	Japan	127,368,088
11	Mexico	114,975,406
12	Philippines	103,775,002
13	Vietnam	91,519,289
14	Ethiopia	91,195,675
15	Egypt	83,688,164
16	Germany	81,305,856
17	Turkey	79,749,461
18	Iran	78,868,711
19	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	73,599,190
20	Thailand	67,091,089
21	France	65,630,692
22	United Kingdom	63,047,162
23	Italy	61,261,254
24	Burma	54,584,650
25	Korea, South	48,860,500
26	South Africa	48,810,427
27	Spain	47,042,984
28	Tanzania	46,912,768
29	Colombia	45,239,079
30	Ukraine	44,854,065
31	Kenya	43,013,341
32	Argentina	42,192,494
33	Poland	38,415,284
34	Algeria	37,367,226
35	Canada	34,300,083
36	Sudan	34,206,710
37	Uganda	33,640,833
38	Morocco	32,309,239
39	Iraq	31,129,225
40	Afghanistan	30,419,928
41	Nepal	29,890,686
42	Peru	29,549,517
43	Malaysia	29,179,952
44	Uzbekistan	28,394,180
45	Venezuela	28,047,938
46	Saudi Arabia	26,534,504
47	Yemen	24,771,809
48	Ghana	24,652,402
49	Korea, North	24,589,122
50	Mozambique	23,515,934
51	Taiwan	23,234,936
52	Syria	22,530,746
53	Australia	22,015,576
54	Madagascar	22,005,222
55	Cote d'Ivoire	21,952,093
56	Romania	21,848,504
57	Sri Lanka	21,481,334
58	Cameroon	20,129,878
59	Angola	18,056,072
60	Kazakhstan	17,522,010
61	Burkina Faso	17,275,115
62	Chile	17,067,369
63	Netherlands	16,730,632
64	Niger	16,344,687
65	Malawi	16,323,044
66	Mali	15,494,466
67	Ecuador	15,223,680
68	Cambodia	14,952,665
69	Guatemala	14,099,032
70	Zambia	13,817,479
71	Senegal	12,969,606
72	Zimbabwe	12,619,600
73	Rwanda	11,689,696
74	Cuba	11,075,244
75	Chad	10,975,648
76	Guinea	10,884,958
77	Portugal	10,781,459
78	Greece	10,767,827
79	Tunisia	10,732,900
80	South Sudan	10,625,176
81	Burundi	10,557,259
82	Belgium	10,438,353
83	Bolivia	10,290,003
84	Czech Republic	10,177,300
85	Dominican Republic	10,088,598
86	Somalia	10,085,638
87	Hungary	9,958,453
88	Haiti	9,801,664
89	Belarus	9,643,566
90	Benin	9,598,787
91	Azerbaijan	9,493,600
92	Sweden	9,103,788
93	Honduras	8,296,693
94	Austria	8,219,743
95	Switzerland	7,925,517
96	Tajikistan	7,768,385
97	Israel	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	Jordan	6,508,887
105	Papua New Guinea	6,310,129
106	El Salvador	6,090,646
107	Eritrea	6,086,495
108	Nicaragua	5,727,707
109	Libya	5,613,380
110	Denmark	5,543,453
111	Kyrgyzstan	5,496,737
112	Sierra Leone	5,485,998
113	Slovakia	5,483,088
114	Singapore	5,353,494
115	United Arab Emirates	5,314,317
116	Finland	5,262,930
117	Central African Republic	5,057,208
118	Turkmenistan	5,054,828
119	Ireland	4,722,028
120	Norway	4,707,270
121	Costa Rica	4,636,348
122	Georgia	4,570,934
123	Croatia	4,480,043
124	Congo, Republic of the	4,366,266
125	New Zealand	4,327,944
126	Lebanon	4,140,289
127	Liberia	3,887,886
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,879,296
129	Puerto Rico	3,690,923
130	Moldova	3,656,843
131	Lithuania	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	Jamaica	2,889,187
140	Kuwait	2,646,314
141	West Bank	2,622,544
142	Latvia	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, The	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	Mauritius	1,313,095
156	Estonia	1,274,709
157	Bahrain	1,248,348
158	Trinidad and Tobago	1,226,383
159	East Timor	1,143,667
160	Fiji	890,057
161	Djibouti	774,389
162	Guyana	741,908
163	Comoros	737,284
164	Bhutan	716,896
165	Equatorial Guinea	685,991
166	Montenegro	657,394
167	Solomon Islands	584,578
168	Macau	578,025
169	Suriname	560,157
170	Cape Verde	523,568
171	Western Sahara	522,928
172	Luxembourg	509,074
173	Malta	409,836
174	Brunei	408,786
175	Maldives	394,451
176	Belize	327,719
177	Bahamas, The	316,182
178	Iceland	313,183
179	Barbados	287,733
180	French Polynesia	274,512
181	New Caledonia	260,166
182	Vanuatu	256,155
183	Samoa	194,320
184	Sao Tome and Principe	183,176
185	Saint Lucia	162,178
186	Guam	159,914
187	Grenada	109,011
188	Aruba	107,635
189	Micronesia, Federated States of	106,487
190	Tonga	106,146
191	Virgin Islands	105,275
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,537
193	Kiribati	101,998
194	Jersey	94,949
195	Seychelles	90,024
196	Antigua and Barbuda	89,018
197	Isle of Man	85,421
198	Andorra	85,082
199	Dominica	73,126
200	Bermuda	69,080
201	Marshall Islands	68,480
202	Guernsey	65,345
203	Greenland	57,695
204	American Samoa	54,947
205	Cayman Islands	52,560
206	Northern Mariana Islands	51,395
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50,726
208	Faroe Islands	49,483
209	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,335
210	Sint Maarten	39,088
211	Liechtenstein	36,713
212	San Marino	32,140
213	British Virgin Islands	31,148
214	Saint Martin	30,959
215	Monaco	30,510
216	Gibraltar	29,034
217	Palau	21,032
218	Wallis and Futuna	15,453
219	Anguilla	15,423
220	Cook Islands	10,777
221	Tuvalu	10,619
222	Nauru	9,378
223	Saint Helena	7,728
224	Saint Barthelemy	7,332
225	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,831
226	Montserrat	5,164
227	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	3,140
228	Norfolk Island	2,182
229	Svalbard	1,970
230	Christmas Island	1,496
231	Tokelau	1,368
232	Niue	1,269
233	Holy See (Vatican City)	836
234	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	596
235	Pitcairn Islands	48
236	Wake Island	0
237	Coral Sea Islands	0
238	Antarctica	0

Definition: 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.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Population map

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