POPULATION

COUNTRY COMPARISON :: POPULATION 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 1993Factbook, 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. RANK COUNTRY POPULATION DATE OF INFORMATION 1 China 1,336,718,015 July 2011 est. 2 India 1,189,172,906 July 2011 est. 3 United States 313,232,044 July 2011 est. 4 Indonesia 245,613,043 July 2011 est. 5 Brazil 203,429,773 NA 6 Pakistan 187,342,721 July 2011 est. 7 Bangladesh 158,570,535 July 2011 est. 8 Nigeria 155,215,573 NA 9 Russia 138,739,892 July 2011 est. 10 Japan 126,475,664 July 2011 est. 11 Mexico 113,724,226 July 2011 est. 12 Philippines 101,833,938 July 2011 est. 13 Ethiopia 90,873,739 NA 14 Vietnam 90,549,390 July 2011 est. 15 Egypt 82,079,636 July 2011 est. 16 Germany 81,471,834 July 2011 est. 17 Turkey 78,785,548 July 2011 est. 18 Iran 77,891,220 July 2011 est. 19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 71,712,867 NA 20 Thailand 66,720,153 NA 21 France 65,312,249 NA 22 United Kingdom 62,698,362 July 2011 est. 23 Italy 61,016,804 July 2011 est. 24 Burma 53,999,804 NA 25 South Africa 49,004,031 NA 26 Korea, South 48,754,657 July 2011 est. 27 Spain 46,754,784 July 2011 est. 28 Ukraine 45,134,707 July 2011 est. 29 Sudan 45,047,502 July 2011 est. 30 Colombia 44,725,543 July 2011 est. 31 Tanzania 42,746,620 NA 32 Argentina 41,769,726 July 2011 est. 33 Kenya 41,070,934 NA 34 Poland 38,441,588 July 2011 est. 35 Algeria 34,994,937 July 2011 est. 36 Uganda 34,612,250 NA 37 Canada 34,030,589 July 2011 est. 38 Morocco 31,968,361 July 2011 est. 39 Iraq 30,399,572 July 2011 est. 40 Afghanistan 29,835,392 NA 41 Nepal 29,391,883 July 2011 est. 42 Peru 29,248,943 July 2011 est. 43 Malaysia 28,728,607 July 2011 est. 44 Uzbekistan 28,128,600 July 2011 est. 45 Venezuela 27,635,743 July 2011 est. 46 Saudi Arabia 26,131,703 NA 47 Ghana 24,791,073 NA 48 Korea, North 24,457,492 July 2011 est. 49 Yemen 24,133,492 July 2011 est. 50 Taiwan 23,071,779 July 2011 est. 51 Mozambique 22,948,858 NA 52 Syria 22,517,750 NA 53 Madagascar 21,926,221 July 2011 est. 54 Romania 21,904,551 July 2011 est. 55 Australia 21,766,711 July 2011 est. 56 Cote d'Ivoire 21,504,162 NA 57 Sri Lanka 21,283,913 July 2011 est. 58 Cameroon 19,711,291 NA 59 Chile 16,888,760 July 2011 est. 60 Netherlands 16,847,007 July 2011 est. 61 Burkina Faso 16,751,455 NA 62 Niger 16,468,886 July 2011 est. 63 Malawi 15,879,252 NA 64 Kazakhstan 15,522,373 July 2011 est. 65 Ecuador 15,007,343 July 2011 est. 66 Cambodia 14,701,717 NA 67 Mali 14,159,904 July 2011 est. 68 Zambia 13,881,336 NA 69 Guatemala 13,824,463 July 2011 est. 70 Angola 13,338,541 July 2011 est. 71 Senegal 12,643,799 July 2011 est. 72 Zimbabwe 12,084,304 NA 73 Rwanda 11,370,425 NA 74 Cuba 11,087,330 July 2011 est. 75 Portugal 10,760,305 July 2011 est. 76 Greece 10,760,136 July 2011 est. 77 Chad 10,758,945 July 2011 est. 78 Tunisia 10,629,186 July 2011 est. 79 Guinea 10,601,009 July 2011 est. 80 Belgium 10,431,477 July 2011 est. 81 Burundi 10,216,190 NA 82 Czech Republic 10,190,213 July 2011 est. 83 Bolivia 10,118,683 July 2011 est. 84 Hungary 9,976,062 July 2011 est. 85 Dominican Republic 9,956,648 July 2011 est. 86 Somalia 9,925,640 NA 87 Haiti 9,719,932 NA 88 Belarus 9,577,552 July 2011 est. 89 Benin 9,325,032 NA 90 Sweden 9,088,728 July 2011 est. 91 Azerbaijan 8,372,373 July 2011 est. 92 South Sudan 8,260,490 2008 93 Austria 8,217,280 July 2011 est. 94 Honduras 8,143,564 NA 95 Switzerland 7,639,961 July 2011 est. 96 Tajikistan 7,627,200 July 2011 est. 97 Israel 7,473,052 NA 98 Serbia 7,310,555 NA 99 Hong Kong 7,122,508 July 2011 est. 100 Bulgaria 7,093,635 July 2011 est. 101 Togo 6,771,993 NA 102 Libya 6,597,960 NA 103 Jordan 6,508,271 July 2011 est. 104 Laos 6,477,211 July 2011 est. 105 Paraguay 6,459,058 July 2011 est. 106 Papua New Guinea 6,187,591 July 2011 est. 107 El Salvador 6,071,774 July 2011 est. 108 Eritrea 5,939,484 July 2011 est. 109 Nicaragua 5,666,301 July 2011 est. 110 Kyrgyzstan 5,587,443 July 2011 est. 111 Denmark 5,529,888 July 2011 est. 112 Slovakia 5,477,038 July 2011 est. 113 Sierra Leone 5,363,669 July 2011 est. 114 Finland 5,259,250 July 2011 est. 115 United Arab Emirates 5,148,664 NA 116 Turkmenistan 4,997,503 July 2011 est. 117 Central African Republic 4,950,027 NA 118 Singapore 4,740,737 July 2011 est. 119 Norway 4,691,849 July 2011 est. 120 Ireland 4,670,976 July 2011 est. 121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,622,163 July 2011 est. 122 Georgia 4,585,874 July 2011 est. 123 Costa Rica 4,576,562 July 2011 est. 124 Croatia 4,483,804 July 2011 est. 125 Moldova 4,314,377 July 2011 est. 126 New Zealand 4,290,347 July 2011 est. 127 Congo, Republic of the 4,243,929 NA 128 Lebanon 4,143,101 July 2011 est. 129 Puerto Rico 3,989,133 July 2011 est. 130 Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est. 131 Lithuania 3,535,547 July 2011 est. 132 Panama 3,460,462 July 2011 est. 133 Uruguay 3,308,535 July 2011 est. 134 Mauritania 3,281,634 July 2011 est. 135 Mongolia 3,133,318 July 2011 est. 136 Oman 3,027,959 NA 137 Albania 2,994,667 July 2011 est. 138 Armenia 2,967,975 July 2011 est. 139 Jamaica 2,868,380 July 2011 est. 140 Kuwait 2,595,628 NA 141 West Bank 2,568,555 July 2011 est. 142 Latvia 2,204,708 July 2011 est. 143 Namibia 2,147,585 NA 144 Macedonia 2,077,328 July 2011 est. 145 Botswana 2,065,398 NA 146 Slovenia 2,000,092 July 2011 est. 147 Lesotho 1,924,886 NA 148 Kosovo 1,825,632 July 2011 est. 149 Gambia, The 1,797,860 July 2011 est. 150 Gaza Strip 1,657,155 July 2011 est. 151 Guinea-Bissau 1,596,677 July 2011 est. 152 Gabon 1,576,665 NA 153 Swaziland 1,370,424 NA 154 Mauritius 1,303,717 July 2011 est. 155 Estonia 1,282,963 July 2011 est. 156 Trinidad and Tobago 1,227,505 July 2011 est. 157 Bahrain 1,214,705 July 2011 est. 158 Timor-Leste 1,177,834 July 2011 est. 159 Cyprus 1,120,489 July 2011 est. 160 Fiji 883,125 July 2011 est. 161 Qatar 848,016 July 2011 est. 162 Comoros 794,683 July 2011 est. 163 Djibouti 757,074 July 2011 est. 164 Guyana 744,768 NA 165 Bhutan 708,427 NA 166 Equatorial Guinea 668,225 July 2011 est. 167 Montenegro 661,807 July 2011 est. 168 Macau 573,003 July 2011 est. 169 Solomon Islands 571,890 July 2011 est. 170 Cape Verde 516,100 July 2011 est. 171 Western Sahara 507,160 NA 172 Luxembourg 503,302 July 2011 est. 173 Suriname 491,989 July 2011 est. 174 Malta 408,333 July 2011 est. 175 Brunei 401,890 July 2011 est. 176 Maldives 394,999 July 2011 est. 177 Belize 321,115 July 2011 est. 178 Bahamas, The 313,312 NA 179 Iceland 311,058 July 2011 est. 180 French Polynesia 294,935 July 2011 est. 181 Barbados 286,705 July 2011 est. 182 New Caledonia 256,275 July 2011 est. 183 Vanuatu 224,564 July 2011 est. 184 Samoa 193,161 NA 185 Sao Tome and Principe 179,506 July 2011 est. 186 Saint Lucia 161,557 July 2011 est. 187 Curacao 142,180 est. January 2010 188 Virgin Islands 109,666 July 2011 est. 189 Grenada 108,419 July 2011 est. 190 Micronesia, Federated States of 106,836 July 2011 est. 191 Aruba 106,113 NA 192 Tonga 105,916 July 2011 est. 193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 103,869 July 2011 est. 194 Kiribati 100,743 July 2011 est. 195 Jersey 94,161 July 2011 est. 196 Seychelles 89,188 July 2011 est. 197 Antigua and Barbuda 87,884 July 2011 est. 198 Andorra 84,825 July 2011 est. 199 Isle of Man 84,655 July 2011 est. 200 Dominica 72,969 July 2011 est. 201 Bermuda 68,679 July 2011 est. 202 American Samoa 67,242 July 2011 est. 203 Marshall Islands 67,182 July 2011 est. 204 Guernsey 65,068 July 2011 est. 205 Greenland 57,670 July 2011 est. 206 Cayman Islands 51,384 NA 207 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50,314 July 2011 est. 208 Faroe Islands 49,267 July 2011 est. 209 Northern Mariana Islands 46,050 July 2011 est. 210 Turks and Caicos Islands 44,819 July 2011 est. 211 Sint Maarten 37,429 January 2010 est. 212 Liechtenstein 35,236 July 2011 est. 213 San Marino 31,817 July 2011 est. 214 Saint Martin 30,615 July 2011 est. 215 Monaco 30,539 July 2011 est. 216 Gibraltar 28,956 July 2011 est. 217 British Virgin Islands 25,383 July 2011 est. 218 Palau 20,956 July 2011 est. 219 Dhekelia 15,700 NA 220 Akrotiri 15,700 NA 221 Wallis and Futuna 15,398 July 2011 est. 222 Anguilla 15,094 July 2011 est. 223 Cook Islands 11,124 July 2011 est. 224 Tuvalu 10,544 July 2011 est. 225 Nauru 9,322 July 2011 est. 226 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 7,700 NA 227 Saint Barthelemy 7,367 July 2011 est. 228 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,888 July 2011 est. 229 Montserrat 5,140 NA 230 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3,140 July 2008 est. 231 Norfolk Island 2,169 July 2011 est. 232 Svalbard 2,019 July 2011 est. 233 Christmas Island 1,402 July 2010 est. 234 Tokelau 1,384 July 2011 est. 235 Niue 1,311 July 2011 est. 236 Holy See (Vatican City) 832 July 2011 est. 237 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 596 July 2010 est. 238 Pitcairn Islands 48 July 2011 est.