Country Comparison > Population

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

See also: Population map

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