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Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,384,689,024
2	India	1,296,834,048
3	United States	329,256,480
4	Indonesia	262,787,408
5	Brazil	208,846,896
6	Pakistan	207,862,512
7	Nigeria	203,452,512
8	Bangladesh	159,453,008
9	Russia	142,122,784
10	Japan	126,168,160
11	Mexico	125,959,208
12	Ethiopia	108,386,392
13	Philippines	105,893,384
14	Egypt	99,413,320
15	Vietnam	97,040,336
16	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	85,281,024
17	Iran	83,024,744
18	Turkey	81,257,240
19	Germany	80,457,736
20	Thailand	68,615,856
21	France	67,364,360
22	United Kingdom	65,105,248
23	Italy	62,246,672
24	Burma	55,622,504
25	Tanzania	55,451,344
26	South Africa	55,380,208
27	Korea, South	51,418,096
28	Spain	49,331,076
29	Kenya	48,397,528
30	Colombia	48,168,996
31	Argentina	44,694,200
32	Ukraine	43,952,300
33	Sudan	43,120,844
34	Algeria	41,657,488
35	Uganda	40,853,748
36	Iraq	40,194,216
37	Poland	38,420,688
38	Canada	35,881,660
39	Afghanistan	34,940,836
40	Morocco	34,314,128
41	Saudi Arabia	33,091,112
42	Malaysia	31,809,660
43	Venezuela	31,689,176
44	Peru	31,331,228
45	Angola	30,355,880
46	Uzbekistan	30,023,708
47	Nepal	29,717,588
48	Yemen	28,667,230
49	Ghana	28,102,472
50	Mozambique	27,233,788
51	Cote d'Ivoire	26,260,582
52	Madagascar	25,683,610
53	Cameroon	25,640,964
54	Korea, North	25,381,084
55	Taiwan	23,545,964
56	Australia	23,470,144
57	Sri Lanka	22,576,592
58	Romania	21,457,116
59	Niger	19,866,232
60	Malawi	19,842,560
61	Burkina Faso	19,742,716
62	Syria	19,454,264
63	Kazakhstan	18,744,548
64	Mali	18,429,892
65	Chile	17,925,262
66	Netherlands	17,151,228
67	Guatemala	16,581,273
68	Ecuador	16,498,502
69	Cambodia	16,449,519
70	Zambia	16,445,079
71	Chad	15,833,116
72	Senegal	15,020,945
73	Zimbabwe	14,030,368
74	Rwanda	12,187,400
75	Guinea	11,855,411
76	Burundi	11,844,520
77	Belgium	11,570,762
78	Tunisia	11,516,189
79	Benin	11,340,504
80	Bolivia	11,306,341
81	Somalia	11,259,029
82	Cuba	11,116,396
83	Haiti	10,788,440
84	Greece	10,761,523
85	Czech Republic	10,686,269
86	Jordan	10,458,413
87	Portugal	10,355,493
88	Dominican Republic	10,298,756
89	South Sudan	10,204,581
90	Azerbaijan	10,046,516
91	Sweden	10,040,995
92	Hungary	9,825,704
93	United Arab Emirates	9,701,315
94	Belarus	9,527,543
95	Honduras	9,182,766
96	Austria	8,793,370
97	Tajikistan	8,604,882
98	Israel	8,424,904
99	Switzerland	8,292,809
100	Togo	8,176,449

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, 2019

See also: Population map

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