Country Comparison > Population

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,379,302,784
2	India	1,281,935,872
3	United States	326,625,792
4	Indonesia	260,580,736
5	Brazil	207,353,392
6	Pakistan	204,924,864
7	Nigeria	190,632,256
8	Bangladesh	157,826,576
9	Russia	142,257,520
10	Japan	126,451,400
11	Mexico	124,574,792
12	Ethiopia	105,350,016
13	Philippines	104,256,080
14	Egypt	97,041,072
15	Vietnam	96,160,160
16	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	83,301,152
17	Iran	82,021,568
18	Turkey	80,845,216
19	Germany	80,594,016
20	Thailand	68,414,136
21	France	67,106,160
22	United Kingdom	64,769,452
23	Italy	62,137,800
24	Burma	55,123,816
25	South Africa	54,841,552
26	Tanzania	53,950,936
27	Korea, South	51,181,300
28	Spain	48,958,160
29	Colombia	47,698,524
30	Kenya	47,615,740
31	Argentina	44,293,292
32	Ukraine	44,033,872
33	Algeria	40,969,444
34	Uganda	39,570,124
35	Iraq	39,192,112
36	Poland	38,476,268
37	Sudan	37,345,936
38	Canada	35,623,680
39	Afghanistan	34,124,812
40	Morocco	33,986,656
41	Malaysia	31,381,992
42	Venezuela	31,304,016
43	Peru	31,036,656
44	Uzbekistan	29,748,860
45	Nepal	29,384,296
46	Angola	29,310,272
47	Saudi Arabia	28,571,770
48	Yemen	28,036,828
49	Ghana	27,499,924
50	Mozambique	26,573,706
51	Korea, North	25,248,140
52	Madagascar	25,054,160
53	Cameroon	24,994,884
54	Cote d'Ivoire	24,184,810
55	Taiwan	23,508,428
56	Australia	23,232,412
57	Sri Lanka	22,409,380
58	Romania	21,529,968
59	Burkina Faso	20,107,508
60	Niger	19,245,344
61	Malawi	19,196,246
62	Kazakhstan	18,556,698
63	Syria	18,028,548
64	Mali	17,885,244
65	Chile	17,789,268
66	Netherlands	17,084,720
67	Ecuador	16,290,913
68	Cambodia	16,204,486
69	Zambia	15,972,000
70	Guatemala	15,460,732
71	Senegal	14,668,522
72	Zimbabwe	13,805,084
73	South Sudan	13,026,129
74	Guinea	12,413,867
75	Chad	12,075,985
76	Rwanda	11,901,484
77	Belgium	11,491,346
78	Burundi	11,466,756
79	Tunisia	11,403,800
80	Cuba	11,147,407
81	Bolivia	11,138,234
82	Benin	11,038,805
83	Somalia	11,031,386
84	Portugal	10,839,514
85	Greece	10,768,477
86	Dominican Republic	10,734,247
87	Czech Republic	10,674,723
88	Haiti	10,646,714
89	Jordan	10,248,069
90	Azerbaijan	9,961,396
91	Sweden	9,960,487
92	Hungary	9,850,845
93	Belarus	9,549,747
94	Honduras	9,038,741
95	Austria	8,754,413
96	Tajikistan	8,468,555
97	Israel	8,299,706
98	Switzerland	8,236,303
99	Togo	7,965,055
100	Hong Kong	7,191,503
101	Laos	7,126,706
102	Serbia	7,111,024
103	Bulgaria	7,101,510
104	Paraguay	6,943,739
105	Papua New Guinea	6,909,701
106	Libya	6,653,210
107	Lebanon	6,229,794
108	El Salvador	6,172,011
109	Sierra Leone	6,163,195
110	United Arab Emirates	6,072,475
111	Nicaragua	6,025,951
112	Eritrea	5,918,919
113	Singapore	5,888,926
114	Kyrgyzstan	5,789,122
115	Central African Republic	5,625,118
116	Denmark	5,605,948
117	Finland	5,518,371
118	Slovakia	5,445,829
119	Turkmenistan	5,351,277
120	Norway	5,320,045
121	Ireland	5,011,102
122	Congo, Republic of the	4,954,674
123	Costa Rica	4,930,258
124	Georgia	4,926,330
125	Liberia	4,689,021
126	New Zealand	4,510,327
127	Croatia	4,292,095
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,856,181
129	Mauritania	3,758,571
130	Panama	3,753,142
131	Moldova	3,474,121
132	Oman	3,424,386
133	Uruguay	3,360,148
134	Puerto Rico	3,351,827
135	Mongolia	3,068,243
136	Albania	3,047,987
137	Armenia	3,045,191
138	Jamaica	2,990,561
139	Kuwait	2,875,422
140	Lithuania	2,823,859
141	West Bank	2,747,943
142	Namibia	2,484,780
143	Qatar	2,314,307
144	Botswana	2,214,858
145	Macedonia	2,103,721
146	Gambia, The	2,051,363
147	Slovenia	1,972,126
148	Lesotho	1,958,042
149	Latvia	1,944,643
150	Kosovo	1,895,250
151	Gaza Strip	1,795,183
152	Guinea-Bissau	1,792,338
153	Gabon	1,772,255
154	Swaziland	1,467,152
155	Bahrain	1,410,942
156	Mauritius	1,356,388
157	East Timor	1,291,358
158	Estonia	1,251,581
159	Trinidad and Tobago	1,218,208
160	Fiji	920,938
161	Djibouti	865,267
162	Comoros	808,080
163	Equatorial Guinea	778,358
164	Bhutan	758,288
165	Guyana	737,718
166	Solomon Islands	647,581
167	Montenegro	642,550
168	Western Sahara	603,253
169	Macau	601,969
170	Luxembourg	594,130
171	Suriname	591,919
172	Cape Verde	560,899
173	Brunei	443,593
174	Malta	416,338
175	Maldives	392,709
176	Belize	360,346
177	Iceland	339,747
178	Bahamas, The	329,988
179	Barbados	292,336
180	French Polynesia	287,881
181	Vanuatu	282,814
182	New Caledonia	279,070
183	Sao Tome and Principe	201,025
184	Samoa	200,108
185	Guam	167,358
186	Saint Lucia	164,994
187	Curacao	149,648
188	Aruba	115,120
189	Grenada	111,724
190	Kiribati	108,145
191	Virgin Islands	107,268
192	Tonga	106,479
193	Micronesia, Federated States of	104,196
194	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	102,089
195	Jersey	98,840
196	Antigua and Barbuda	94,731
197	Seychelles	93,920
198	Isle of Man	88,815
199	Andorra	76,965
200	Marshall Islands	74,539
201	Dominica	73,897
202	Bermuda	70,864
203	Guernsey	66,502
204	Cayman Islands	58,441
205	Greenland	57,713
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52,715
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	52,570
208	Northern Mariana Islands	52,263
209	American Samoa	51,504
210	Faroe Islands	50,730
211	Sint Maarten	42,083
212	Liechtenstein	38,244
213	British Virgin Islands	35,015
214	San Marino	33,537
215	Saint Martin	32,125
216	Monaco	30,645
217	Gibraltar	29,396
218	Palau	21,431
219	Anguilla	17,087
220	Wallis and Futuna	15,714
221	Nauru	11,359
222	Tuvalu	11,052
223	Cook Islands	9,290
224	Saint Helena	7,828
225	Saint Barthelemy	7,184
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,533
227	Montserrat	5,292
228	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	3,198
229	Svalbard	2,583
230	Christmas Island	2,205
231	Norfolk Island	1,748
232	Niue	1,618
233	Paracel Islands	1,440
234	Tokelau	1,285
235	Holy See (Vatican City)	1,000
236	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	596
237	Pitcairn Islands	54
238	Wake Island	0
239	Coral Sea Islands	0
240	Antarctica	0
241	Palmyra Atoll	0
242	Midway Islands	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, 2018