| Rank | Country | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,394,016,000 |  |
| 2 | India | 1,326,093,184 | |
| 3 | United States | 332,639,104 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 267,026,368 | |
| 5 | Pakistan | 233,500,640 | |
| 6 | Nigeria | 214,028,304 | |
| 7 | Brazil | 211,715,968 | |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 162,650,848 | |
| 9 | Russia | 141,722,208 | |
| 10 | Mexico | 128,649,568 | |
| 11 | Japan | 125,507,472 | |
| 12 | Philippines | 109,180,816 | |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 108,113,152 | |
| 14 | Egypt | 104,124,440 | |
| 15 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 101,780,264 | |
| 16 | Vietnam | 98,721,272 | |
| 17 | Iran | 84,923,312 | |
| 18 | Turkey | 82,017,512 | |
| 19 | Germany | 80,159,664 | |
| 20 | Thailand | 68,977,400 | |
| 21 | France | 67,848,160 | |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 65,761,116 | |
| 23 | Italy | 62,402,660 | |
| 24 | Tanzania | 58,552,844 | |
| 25 | Burma | 56,590,072 | |
| 26 | South Africa | 56,463,616 | |
| 27 | Kenya | 53,527,936 | |
| 28 | Korea, South | 51,835,112 | |
| 29 | Spain | 50,015,792 | |
| 30 | Colombia | 49,084,840 | |
| 31 | Sudan | 45,561,556 | |
| 32 | Argentina | 45,479,120 | |
| 33 | Ukraine | 43,922,940 | |
| 34 | Uganda | 43,252,968 | |
| 35 | Algeria | 42,972,880 | |
| 36 | Iraq | 38,872,656 | |
| 37 | Poland | 38,282,324 | |
| 38 | Canada | 37,694,084 | |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 36,643,816 | |
| 40 | Morocco | 35,561,656 | |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 34,173,496 | |
| 42 | Malaysia | 32,652,084 | |
| 43 | Angola | 32,522,340 | |
| 44 | Peru | 31,914,988 | |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 30,565,412 | |
| 46 | Nepal | 30,327,876 | |
| 47 | Mozambique | 30,098,196 | |
| 48 | Yemen | 29,884,404 | |
| 49 | Ghana | 29,340,248 | |
| 50 | Venezuela | 28,644,604 | |
| 51 | Cameroon | 27,744,988 | |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27,481,086 | |
| 53 | Madagascar | 26,955,736 | |
| 54 | Korea, North | 25,643,466 | |
| 55 | Australia | 25,466,460 | |
| 56 | Taiwan | 23,603,048 | |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 22,889,200 | |
| 58 | Niger | 22,772,360 | |
| 59 | Romania | 21,302,892 | |
| 60 | Malawi | 21,196,628 | |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 20,835,400 | |
| 62 | Mali | 19,553,396 | |
| 63 | Syria | 19,398,448 | |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 19,091,948 | |
| 65 | Chile | 18,186,770 | |
| 66 | Zambia | 17,426,624 | |
| 67 | Netherlands | 17,280,396 | |
| 68 | Guatemala | 17,153,288 | |
| 69 | Cambodia | 16,926,984 | |
| 70 | Ecuador | 16,904,868 | |
| 71 | Chad | 16,877,356 | |
| 72 | Senegal | 15,736,368 | |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 14,546,314 | |
| 74 | Benin | 12,864,634 | |
| 75 | Rwanda | 12,712,431 | |
| 76 | Guinea | 12,527,440 | |
| 77 | Burundi | 11,865,821 | |
| 78 | Somalia | 11,757,124 | |
| 79 | Tunisia | 11,721,177 | |
| 80 | Belgium | 11,720,716 | |
| 81 | Bolivia | 11,639,909 | |
| 82 | Haiti | 11,067,777 | |
| 83 | Cuba | 11,059,062 | |
| 84 | Jordan | 10,820,644 | |
| 85 | Czech Republic | 10,702,498 | |
| 86 | Greece | 10,607,051 | |
| 87 | South Sudan | 10,561,244 | |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 10,499,707 | |
| 89 | Portugal | 10,302,674 | |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 10,205,810 | |
| 91 | Sweden | 10,202,491 | |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 9,992,083 | |
| 93 | Hungary | 9,771,827 | |
| 94 | Belarus | 9,477,918 | |
| 95 | Honduras | 9,235,340 | |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 8,873,669 | |
| 97 | Austria | 8,859,449 | |
| 98 | Israel | 8,675,475 | |
| 99 | Togo | 8,608,444 | |
| 100 | Switzerland | 8,403,994 | |
| 101 | Laos | 7,447,396 | |
| 102 | Papua New Guinea | 7,259,456 | |
| 103 | Hong Kong | 7,249,907 | |
| 104 | Paraguay | 7,191,685 | |
| 105 | Serbia | 7,012,165 | |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 6,966,899 | |
| 107 | Libya | 6,890,535 | |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 6,624,933 | |
| 109 | El Salvador | 6,481,102 | |
| 110 | Singapore | 6,209,660 | |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 6,203,441 | |
| 112 | Eritrea | 6,081,196 | |
| 113 | Central African Republic | 5,990,855 | |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,964,897 | |
| 115 | Denmark | 5,869,410 | |
| 116 | Finland | 5,571,665 | |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 5,528,627 | |
| 118 | Lebanon | 5,469,612 | |
| 119 | Norway | 5,467,439 | |
| 120 | Slovakia | 5,440,602 | |
| 121 | Congo, Republic of the | 5,293,070 | |
| 122 | Ireland | 5,176,569 | |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 5,097,988 | |
| 124 | Liberia | 5,073,296 | |
| 125 | Georgia | 4,930,030 | |
| 126 | New Zealand | 4,925,477 | |
| 127 | Croatia | 4,227,746 | |
| 128 | Mauritania | 4,005,475 | |
| 129 | Panama | 3,894,082 | |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,835,586 | |
| 131 | Oman | 3,634,689 | |
| 132 | Uruguay | 3,387,605 | |
| 133 | Moldova | 3,364,496 | |
| 134 | Puerto Rico | 3,189,068 | |
| 135 | Mongolia | 3,168,026 | |
| 136 | Albania | 3,074,579 | |
| 137 | Armenia | 3,021,324 | |
| 138 | Kuwait | 2,993,706 | |
| 139 | West Bank | 2,900,034 | |
| 140 | Jamaica | 2,808,570 | |
| 141 | Lithuania | 2,731,464 | |
| 142 | Namibia | 2,630,073 | |
| 143 | Qatar | 2,444,174 | |
| 144 | Botswana | 2,317,233 | |
| 145 | Gabon | 2,230,908 | |
| 146 | Gambia, The | 2,173,999 | |
| 147 | Macedonia | 2,125,971 | |
| 148 | Slovenia | 2,102,678 | |
| 149 | Lesotho | 1,969,334 | |
| 150 | Kosovo | 1,932,774 | |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,927,104 | |
| 152 | Gaza Strip | 1,918,221 | |
| 153 | Latvia | 1,881,232 | |
| 154 | Bahrain | 1,505,003 | |
| 155 | East Timor | 1,383,723 | |
| 156 | Mauritius | 1,379,365 | |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,266,676 | |
| 158 | Estonia | 1,228,624 | |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,208,789 | |
| 160 | Swaziland | 1,104,479 | |
| 161 | Fiji | 935,974 | |
| 162 | Djibouti | 921,804 | |
| 163 | Comoros | 846,281 | |
| 164 | Equatorial Guinea | 836,178 | |
| 165 | Bhutan | 782,318 | |
| 166 | Guyana | 750,204 | |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 685,097 | |
| 168 | Western Sahara | 652,271 | |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 628,381 | |
| 170 | Macau | 614,458 | |
| 171 | Montenegro | 609,859 | |
| 172 | Suriname | 609,569 | |
| 173 | Cape Verde | 583,255 | |
| 174 | Brunei | 464,478 | |
| 175 | Malta | 457,267 | |
| 176 | Belize | 399,598 | |
| 177 | Maldives | 391,904 | |
| 178 | Iceland | 350,734 | |
| 179 | Bahamas, The | 337,721 | |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 298,333 | |
| 181 | French Polynesia | 295,121 | |
| 182 | Barbados | 294,560 | |
| 183 | New Caledonia | 290,009 | |
| 184 | Sao Tome and Principe | 211,122 | |
| 185 | Samoa | 203,774 | |
| 186 | Guam | 168,485 | |
| 187 | Saint Lucia | 166,487 | |
| 188 | Aruba | 119,428 | |
| 189 | Grenada | 113,094 | |
| 190 | Kiribati | 111,796 | |
| 191 | Virgin Islands | 106,235 | |
| 192 | Tonga | 106,095 | |
| 193 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 102,436 | |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 101,390 | |
| 195 | Jersey | 101,073 | |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 98,179 | |
| 197 | Seychelles | 95,981 | |
| 198 | Isle of Man | 90,499 | |
| 199 | Andorra | 85,635 | |
| 200 | Marshall Islands | 77,917 | |
| 201 | Dominica | 74,243 | |
| 202 | Bermuda | 71,750 | |
| 203 | Guernsey | 67,052 | |
| 204 | Cayman Islands | 61,944 | |
| 205 | Greenland | 57,616 | |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 55,926 | |
| 207 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53,821 | |
| 208 | Faroe Islands | 51,628 | |
| 209 | Northern Mariana Islands | 51,433 | |
| 210 | American Samoa | 49,437 | |
| 211 | Liechtenstein | 39,137 | |
| 212 | British Virgin Islands | 37,381 | |
| 213 | San Marino | 34,232 | |
| 214 | Saint Martin | 32,556 | |
| 215 | Monaco | 30,940 | |
| 216 | Gibraltar | 29,581 | |
| 217 | Palau | 21,685 | |
| 218 | Akrotiri | 18,195 | |
| 219 | Anguilla | 18,090 | |
| 220 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,854 | |
| 221 | Tuvalu | 11,342 | |
| 222 | Nauru | 9,785 | |
| 223 | Cook Islands | 8,574 | |
| 224 | Saint Helena | 7,862 | |
| 225 | Saint Barthelemy | 7,122 | |
| 226 | Montserrat | 5,373 | |
| 227 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,347 | |
| 228 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3,198 | |
| 229 | Svalbard | 2,926 | |
| 230 | Christmas Island | 2,205 | |
| 231 | Wake Island | 2,018 | |
| 232 | Coral Sea Islands | 2,017 | |
| 233 | Niue | 2,000 | |
| 234 | Norfolk Island | 1,748 | |
| 235 | Paracel Islands | 1,440 | |
| 236 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 1,200 | |
| 237 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 1,000 | |
| 238 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 596 | |
| 239 | Antarctica | 53 | |
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, 2020
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