This is a list of countries ordered according to population. The list ranks countries, as well as self-governing dependent territories. A country is a geographical territory, both in the sense of nation (a cultural entity) and state (a political entity). Figures are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census authority where available and generally rounded off. Other figures are based on the July 1, 2007 estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.[1] Because these figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting rankings may be misleading.
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The European Union is a supranational union composed of 27 member states. The total population of the 27 member states is 499,021,851,[citation needed] and would be ranked 3rd if it were included (7.4% of world's total population).
| Rank | Country / Territory | Population | Date | % of world population | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — |  World |
6,743,500,000 | December 15, 2008 | 100% | International Programs Center - census.gov |
| 1 |  China[2] |
1,327,800,000 | December 15, 2008 | 19.69% | Chinese Population clock |
| 2 |  India |
1,141,860,000 | December 15, 2008 | 16.93% | Indian Population clock |
| 3 |  United States |
305,896,000 | December 15, 2008 | 4.54% | Official USA Population clock |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
229,005,000 | December 14, 2008 | 3.39% | Indonesian Population clock |
| 5 |  Brazil |
188,302,000 | December 15, 2008 | 2.8% | Official Brazilian Population clock |
| 6 |  Pakistan |
165,109,000 | December 15, 2008 | 2.45% | Official Pakistani Population clock |
| 7 |  Bangladesh |
158,665,000 | 2.36% | UN estimate | |
| 8 |  Nigeria |
148,093,000 | 2.2% | UN estimate | |
| 9 |  Russia |
141,900,000 | August 1, 2008 | 2.11% | Federal state statistics service |
| 10 |  Japan |
127,690,000 | May 1, 2008 | 1.9% | Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate |
| 11 |  Mexico |
106,682,500 | mid-2008 | 1.58% | INEGI projection |
| 12 |  Philippines |
90,457,200 | mid-2008 | 1.34% | |
| 13 |  Vietnam |
87,375,000 | 1.3% |
UN estimate |
|
| 14 |  Germany |
82,142,000 | March 31, 2008 | 1.22% | Federal Statistics Office estimate |
| 15 |  Ethiopia |
79,221,000 | July 2008 | 1.18% | |
| 16 |  Egypt |
75,649,000 | December 15, 2008 | 1.12% | Official population clock |
| 17 |  Turkey |
70,586,256 | December 31, 2007 | 1.05% | Turkish Statistical Institute |
| 18 |  Iran |
70,495,782 | November 2006 | 1.05% | |
| 19 |  France (incl. overseas France) |
64,473,140 | January 1, 2008 | 0.96% | Official INSEE estimate |
| 20 |  Thailand |
63,038,247 | December 31, 2007 | 0.94% | |
| 21 |  Dem. Rep. of Congo |
62,636,000 | 0.93% | UN estimate | |
| 22 |  United Kingdom[3] |
61,186,000 | January 1, 2008 | 0.9% | [3] |
| 23 |  Italy |
59,619,290 | December 31, 2007 | 0.89% | Official Istat estimate |
| — |  England[4] |
51,092,000 | Mid 2007 | 0.76% | National population projection from the Office for National Statistics |
| 24 |  Myanmar |
48,798,000 | 0.72% |
UN estimate |
|
| 25 |  South Korea |
48,224,000 | 0.72% | UN estimate | |
| 26 |  South Africa |
47,850,700 | July 1, 2007 | 0.71% | Official Stat SA estimate |
| 27 |  Ukraine |
46,191,022 | September 1, 2008 | 0.69% | Official UKRSTAT estimate |
| 28 |  Spain |
46,063,500 | January 2008 | 0.67% | Official INE estimate |
| 29 |  Colombia |
44,660,000 | November 21, 2008 | 0.65% | Official Colombian Population clock |
| 30 |  Tanzania |
40,454,000 | 0.6% | UN estimate | |
| 31 |  Argentina |
39,745,613 | June 30, 2008 | 0.61% | Official INDEC estimate |
| 32 |  Sudan |
38,560,000 | 0.57% | UN estimate | |
| 33 |  Poland |
38,115,967 | June 30, 2007 | 0.57% | Official GUS estimate |
| 34 |  Kenya |
37,538,000 | 0.56% | UN estimate | |
| 35 |  Algeria |
33,858,000 | 0.5% | UN estimate | |
| 36 |  Canada |
33,456,300 | December 15, 2008 | 0.5% | Official Canadian Population clock |
| 37 |  Morocco |
31,224,000 | 0.46% | UN estimate | |
| 38 |  Uganda |
30,884,000 | 0.46% | UN estimate | |
| 39 |  Iraq |
28,993,000 | 0.43% | UN estimate | |
| 40 |  Peru |
28,750,770 | June 30, 2007 | 0.43% | Official INEI estimate[5] |
| 41 |  Nepal |
28,196,000 | 0.42% | UN estimate | |
| 42 |  Venezuela |
28,068,389 | November 23, 2008 | 0.42% | Official Venezuelan Population clock |
| 43 |  Malaysia |
27,730,000 | September 5, 2008 | 0.41% | Official Malaysian population website |
| 44 |  Uzbekistan |
27,372,000 | 0.41% | UN estimate | |
| 45 |  Afghanistan |
27,145,000 | 0.4% | UN estimate | |
| 46 |  Saudi Arabia |
24,735,000 | 0.37% | UN estimate | |
| 47 |  North Korea |
23,790,000 | 0.35% | UN estimate | |
| 48 |  Ghana |
23,478,000 | 0.35% | UN estimate | |
| 49 |  Taiwan[6] |
23,007,007 | August 31, 2008 | 0.34% | Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate |
| 50 |  Yemen |
22,389,000 | 0.33% | UN estimate | |
| 51 |  Australia[7] |
21,531,750 | December 14, 2008 | 0.32% | Official Australian Population clock |
| 52 |  Romania |
21,528,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.32% | [4] |
| 53 |  Mozambique |
21,397,000 | 0.32% | UN estimate | |
| 54 |  Syria |
19,929,000 | 0.3% | UN estimate | |
| 55 |  Madagascar |
19,683,000 | 0.29% | UN estimate | |
| 56 |  Sri Lanka |
19,299,000 | 0.29% | UN estimate | |
| 57 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
19,262,000 | 0.29% | UN estimate | |
| 58 |  Cameroon |
18,549,000 | 0.28% | UN estimate | |
| 59 |  Angola |
17,024,000 | 0.25% | UN estimate | |
| 60 |  Chile |
16,840,000 | December 15, 2008 | 0.25% | Official INE projection |
| 61 |  Netherlands |
16,480,565 | November 29, 2008 | 0.24% | Official Netherlands Population clock |
| 62 |  Kazakhstan |
15,422,000 | 0.23% | UN estimate | |
| 63 |  Burkina Faso |
14,784,000 | 0.22% | UN estimate | |
| 64 |  Niger |
14,226,000 | 0.21% | UN estimate | |
| 65 |  Malawi |
13,925,000 | 0.21% | UN estimate | |
| 66 |  Ecuador |
13,867,761 | October 23, 2008 | 0.21% | INEC |
| 67 |  Cambodia |
13,388,910 | March 3, 2008 | 0.2% | 2008 Census[8] |
| 68 |  Guatemala |
13,354,000 | 0.2% | UN estimate | |
| 69 |  Zimbabwe |
13,349,000 | 0.2% | UN estimate | |
| 70 |  Senegal |
12,379,000 | 0.18% | UN estimate | |
| 71 |  Mali |
12,337,000 | 0.18% | UN estimate | |
| 72 |  Zambia |
11,922,000 | 0.18% | UN estimate | |
| 73 |  Cuba |
11,268,000 | 0.17% | UN estimate | |
| 74 |  Greece |
11,215,000 | January 1, 2008 | 0.17% | [5] |
| 75 |  Chad |
10,781,000 | 0.16% | UN estimate | |
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10,666,866 | January 1, 2008 | 0.16% | Official Statbel estimate |
| 77 |  Portugal |
10,617,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.16% | [6] |
| 78 |  Czech Republic |
10,446,157 | September 30, 2008 | 0.15% | Official ČSÚ estimate |
| 79 |  Tunisia |
10,327,000 | 0.15% | UN estimate | |
| 80 |  Hungary |
10,035,000 | June 30, 2008 | 0.15% | Hungarian Central Statistical Office |
| 81 |  Serbia[9] |
9,527,100 | January 1, 2008 | 0.15% | [7] |
| 82 |  Dominican Republic |
9,760,000 | 0.14% | UN estimate | |
| 83 |  Rwanda |
9,725,000 | 0.14% | UN estimate | |
| 84 |  Belarus |
9,690,000 | December 31, 2007 | 0.14% | Official statistics of Belarus |
| 85 |  Haiti |
9,598,000 | 0.14% | UN estimate | |
| 86 |  Bolivia |
9,525,000 | 0.14% | UN estimate | |
| 87 |  Guinea |
9,370,000 | 0.14% | UN estimate | |
| 88 |  Sweden |
9,248,805 | October 31, 2008 | 0.14% | Statistics Sweden |
| 89 |  Benin |
9,033,000 | 0.13% | UN estimate | |
| 90 |  Somalia |
8,699,000 | 0.13% | UN estimate | |
| 91 |  Burundi |
8,508,000 | 0.13% | UN estimate | |
| 92 |  Azerbaijan |
8,629,900 | January 1, 2008 | 0.13% | [8] |
| 93 |  Austria |
8,340,924 | April 1, 2008 | 0.12% | Official Statistics Austria estimate |
| 94 |  Switzerland |
7,676,500 | September 30, 2008 | 0.11% | Swiss Federal Statistical Office |
| 95 |  Bulgaria |
7,640,238 | December 31, 2007 | 0.11% | National Statistical Institute |
| 96 |  Israel |
7,350,000[10] | October 31, 2008 | 0.11% | Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics |
| 97 |  Honduras |
7,106,000 | 0.11% | UN estimate | |
| — |  Hong Kong |
6,985,260 | June 30, 2008 | 0.11% | Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong SAR |
| 98 |  El Salvador |
6,857,000 | 0.1% | UN estimate | |
| 99 |  Tajikistan |
6,736,000 | 0.1% | UN estimate | |
| 100 |  Togo |
6,585,000 | 0.098% | UN estimate | |
| 101 |  Papua New Guinea |
6,331,000 | 0.094% | UN estimate | |
| 102 |  Libya |
6,160,000 | 0.091% | UN estimate | |
| 103 |  Paraguay |
6,127,000 | 0.091% | UN estimate | |
| 104 |  Jordan |
5,924,000 | 0.088% | UN estimate | |
| 105 |  Sierra Leone |
5,866,000 | 0.087% | UN estimate | |
| 106 |  Laos |
5,859,000 | 0.087% | UN estimate | |
| 107 |  Nicaragua |
5,603,000 | 0.083% | UN estimate | |
| 108 |  Denmark |
5,506,000 | October 1, 2008 | 0.081% | Statistics Denmark |
| 109 |  Slovakia |
5,404,784 | June 30, 2008 | 0.08% | Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic |
| 110 |  Finland |
5,326,100[11] | December 9, 2008 | 0.079% | Official Finnish Population clock |
| 111 |  Kyrgyzstan |
5,317,000 | 0.079% | UN estimate | |
| — |  Scotland[4] |
5,144,200 | Mid 2007 | 0.076% | National population projection from the Office for National Statistics |
| 112 |  Turkmenistan |
4,965,000 | 0.074% | UN estimate | |
| 113 |  Eritrea |
4,851,000 | 0.072% | UN estimate | |
| 114 |  Singapore |
4,839,400 | Mid-2008 | 0.072% | Statistics Singapore |
| 115 |  Norway |
4,801,300[12] | December 12, 2008 | 0.071% | Official Norwegian Population clock |
| 116 |  Croatia |
4,435,400 | January 1, 2008 | 0.068% | [9] |
| 117 |  Costa Rica |
4,468,000 | 0.066% | UN estimate | |
| 118 |  Ireland |
4,422,100 | April 30, 2008 | 0.064% | Official CSO Ireland Statistics |
| 119 |  Georgia |
4,382,100[13] | January 1, 2008 | 0.065% | [10] |
| 120 |  United Arab Emirates |
4,380,000 | 0.065% | UN estimate | |
| 121 |  Central African Republic |
4,343,000 | 0.065% | UN estimate | |
| 122 |  New Zealand |
4,290,500 | December 12, 2008 | 0.063% | Official New Zealand Population clock |
| 123 |  Lebanon |
4,099,000 | 0.061% | UN estimate | |
| 124 |  Puerto Rico |
3,991,000 | 0.059% | UN estimate | |
| 125 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,935,000 | 0.058% | UN estimate | |
| 126 |  Moldova |
3,572,700[14] | January 1, 2008 | 0.056% | [11] |
| 127 |  Republic of the Congo |
3,768,000 | 0.056% | UN estimate | |
| 128 |  Palestinian territories |
3,761,646 | December 1, 2007 | 0.056% | Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics - 2007 Census |
| 129 |  Liberia |
3,750,000 | 0.056% | UN estimate | |
| — |  Somaliland |
3,500,000 | Date unknown | 0.052% | Somaliland government |
| 130 |  Lithuania |
3,361,100 | April 1, 2008 | 0.05% | Statistics Lithuania |
| 131 |  Panama |
3,343,000 | 0.05% | UN estimate | |
| 132 |  Uruguay |
3,340,000 | 0.05% | UN estimate | |
| 133 |  Armenia |
3,230,100 | January 1, 2008 | 0.045% | [12] |
| 134 |  Albania |
3,170,000 | January 1, 2008 | 0.047% | [13] |
| 135 |  Mauritania |
3,124,000 | 0.046% | UN estimate | |
| — |  Wales[4] |
3,004,600 | Mid 2007 | 0.04% | National population projection from the Office for National Statistics |
| 136 |  Kuwait |
2,851,000 | 0.042% | UN estimate | |
| 137 |  Jamaica |
2,714,000 | 0.04% | UN estimate | |
| 138 |  Mongolia |
2,629,000 | 0.039% | UN estimate | |
| 139 |  Oman |
2,595,000 | 0.039% | UN estimate | |
| 140 |  Latvia |
2,268,000 | May 1, 2008 | 0.034% | Latvijas Statistika |
| 141 |  Namibia |
2,074,000 | 0.031% | UN estimate | |
| 142 |  Republic of Macedonia |
2,045,200 | January 1, 2008 | 0.03% | [14] |
| 143 |  Slovenia |
2,041,050 | November 15, 2008 | 0.031% | Official Slovenian population clock |
| 144 |  Lesotho |
2,008,000 | 0.03% | UN estimate | |
| 145 |  Botswana |
1,882,000 | 0.028% | UN estimate | |
| — | Northern Ireland[4] | 1,741,600 | Mid 2007 | 0.03% | National population projection from the Office for National Statistics |
| 146 |  Gambia |
1,709,000 | 0.025% | UN estimate | |
| 147 |  Guinea-Bissau |
1,695,000 | 0.025% | UN estimate | |
| 148 |  Estonia |
1,340,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.02% | Statistics Estonia |
| 149 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
1,333,000 | 0.02% | UN estimate | |
| 150 |  Gabon |
1,331,000 | 0.02% | UN estimate | |
| 151 |  Mauritius |
1,262,000[15] | 0.019% | UN estimate | |
| 152 |  East Timor |
1,155,000 | 0.017% | UN estimate | |
| 153 |  Swaziland |
1,141,000 | 0.017% | UN estimate | |
| 154 |  Cyprus |
794,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.012% | [15] |
| 155 |  Qatar |
841,000[16] | 0.012% | UN estimate | |
| 156 |  Djibouti |
833,000 | 0.012% | UN estimate | |
| 157 |  Fiji |
827,900 | 2007 | 0.012% | Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics |
| — | Réunion[17] |
793,000 | January 1, 2007 | 0.012% | Official INSEE estimate |
| 158 |  Bahrain |
760,168 | Date unknown | 0.011% | Kingdom of Bahrain Government Statistics |
| 159 |  Guyana |
738,000 | 0.011% | UN estimate | |
| 160 |  Comoros |
682,000[18] | July 2007 | 0.01% | World Gazetteer projection |
| 161 |  Bhutan |
658,000 | 0.01% | UN estimate | |
| 162 |  Montenegro |
620,000 | 0.009% | UN estimate | |
| — |  Macau |
538,100 | December 31, 2007 | 0.008% | Statistics and Census Service of Macau |
| 163 |  Cape Verde |
530,000 | 0.008% | UN estimate | |
| 164 |  Equatorial Guinea[19] |
507,000 | 0.008% | UN estimate | |
| 165 |  Solomon Islands |
506,992 | January 1, 2008 | 0.007% | [16] |
| 166 |  Luxembourg |
483,800 | January 1, 2008 | 0.007% | Le portail des statistiques du Luxenbourg |
| 167 |  Western Sahara |
480,000 | 0.007% | UN estimate | |
| 168 |  Suriname |
458,000 | 0.007% | UN estimate | |
| — | Guadeloupe[17] |
451,000 | January 1, 2007 | 0.007% | INSEE estimate (minus the populations of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy) |
| 169 |  Malta |
410,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.006% | [17] |
| — | Martinique[17] |
401,000 | January 1, 2007 | 0.006% | Official INSEE estimate |
| 170 |  Brunei |
390,000 | 0.006% | UN estimate | |
| 171 |  Bahamas |
331,000 | 0.005% | UN estimate | |
| 172 |  Iceland |
320,169 | October 1, 2008 | 0.005% | Hagstofa Íslands |
| 173 |  Maldives |
306,000 | 0.005% | UN estimate | |
| 174 |  Barbados |
294,000 | 0.004% | UN estimate | |
| 175 |  Belize |
288,000 | 0.004% | UN estimate | |
| — |  French Polynesia[17] |
259,596 | August 20, 2007 | 0.004% | August 2007 census |
| — | New Caledonia[17] |
244,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.004% | Official ISEE estimate |
| 176 |  Vanuatu |
226,000 | 0.003% | UN estimate | |