List of countries by population
This is a list of countries by population. The data are from the CIA World Factbook 2002 and although not always quite up to date, at least roughly accurate. Only independent countries are listed, dependent or occupied areas are listed under the country which governs the area. The number for these dependent or occupied areas are not included in the figures for the independent countries themselves.
See also: List of countries, List of countries by area, List of countries by population density, List of countries by continent
Pos Country Population 1 People's Republic of China
Mainland China
Hong Kong
Macau
Total
1,284,303,705
7,210,505
453,733
1,291,967,9432 India 1,045,845,226 3 United States
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
United States Virgin Islands
Total278,058,881
67,084
157,557
74,612
3,937,316
122,211
282,417,6614 Indonesia 231,328,092 5 Brazil 176,029,560 6 Pakistan 147,663,429 7 Russia 144,978,573 8 Bangladesh 133,376,684 9 Nigeria 129,934,911 10 Japan 126,974,628 11 Mexico 103,400,165 12 Philippines 84,525,639 13 Germany 83,251,851 14 Vietnam 81,098,416 15 Egypt 70,712,345 16 Ethiopia 67,673,031 17 Turkey 67,308,928 18 Iran 66,622,704 19 Thailand 62,354,402 20 United Kingdom
Anguilla
British Virgin Islands
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Jersey
Montserrat
Pitcairn Islands
Saint Helena
Turks and Caicos Islands
Total59,778,002
12,132
20,812
63,503
35,527
2,826
27,649
64,342
73,489
89,361
7,574
47
7,266
18,122
60,070,44021 France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Mayotte
New Caledonia
Reunion
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Wallis and Futuna
Total59,765,983
177,562
253,506
431,170
418,454
163,366
204,863
732,570
6,928
15,435
61,955,08122 Italy 57,715,625 23 Democratic Republic of the Congo 55,225,478 24 Ukraine 48,396,470 25 South Korea 48,324,000 26 South Africa 43,647,658 27 Myanmar 42,238,224 28 Colombia 41,008,227 29 Spain 40,077,100 30 Poland 38,625,478 31 Argentina 37,812,817 32 Tanzania 37,187,939 33 Sudan 37,090,298 34 Algeria 32,277,942 35 Canada 31,902,268 36 Morocco
Western Sahara
Total31,167,783
250,559
31,418,34237 Kenya 31,138,735 38 Peru 27,949,639 39 Afghanistan 27,755,775 40 Nepal 25,873,917 41 Uzbekistan 25,563,441 42 Uganda 24,699,073 43 Venezuela 24,287,670 44 Iraq 24,001,816 45 Saudi Arabia 23,513,330 46 Malaysia 22,662,365 47 Taiwan, Republic of China 22,548,009 48 North Korea 22,224,195 49 Romania 21,698,181 50 Ghana 20,244,154 51 Sri Lanka 19,607,519 52 Mozambique 19,576,783 53 Australia
Christmas Island
Cocos Islands
Norfolk Island
Total19,546,792
2,771
633
1,879
19,552,07554 Yemen 18,701,257 55 Syria 17,155,814 56 Côte d'Ivoire 16,804,784 57 Kazakhstan 16,741,519 58 Madagascar 16,473,477 59 Netherlands
Aruba
Netherlands Antilles
Total15,981,472
70,007
212,226
16,263,70560 Cameroon 15,803,220 61 Chile 15,328,467 62 Ecuador 13,183,978 63 Guatemala 12,974,361 64 Cambodia 12,491,501 65 Burkina Faso 12,272,289 66 Zimbabwe 11,365,366 67 Cuba 11,184,023 68 Mali 11,008,518 70 Greece 10,623,835 71 Serbia and Montenegro 10,600,000
71 Malawi 10,548,250 72 Angola 10,366,031 73 Niger 10,355,156 74 Belarus 10,350,194 75 Senegal 10,284,929 76 Czech Republic 10,264,212 77 Belgium 10,258,762 78 Hungary 10,106,017 79 Portugal 10,066,253 80 Zambia 9,770,199 81 Tunisia 9,705,102 82 Sweden 8,876,744 83 Chad 8,707,078 84 Dominican Republic 8,581,477 85 Bolivia 8,300,463 86 Austria 8,150,835 87 Azerbaijan 7,771,092 88 Bulgaria 7,707,495 89 Guinea 7,613,870 90 Somalia 7,488,773 91 Rwanda 7,312,756 92 Switzerland 7,283,274 93 Haiti 6,964,549 94 Benin 6,590,782 95 Tajikistan 6,578,681 96 Honduras 6,406,052 97 El Salvador 6,237,662 98 Burundi 6,223,897 99 Israel
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Total5,938,093
1,178,119
2,090,713
9,206,925100 Paraguay 5,734,139 101 Laos 5,635,967 102 Sierra Leone 5,426,618 103 Slovakia 5,414,937 104 Denmark
Greenland
Faroe Islands
Total5,368,854
56,352
45,661
5,454,828105 Libya 5,240,599 106 Finland 5,211,311 107 Jordan 5,153,378 108 Togo 5,153,088 109 Papua New Guinea 5,049,055 110 Georgia 4,989,285 111 Nicaragua 4,918,393 112 Kyrgyzstan 4,753,003 113 Turkmenistan 4,603,244 114 Norway 4,525,116 115 Singapore 4,452,732 116 Moldova 4,431,570 117 Croatia 4,334,142 118 Eritrea 4,298,269 119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,922,205 120 New Zealand
Cook Islands
Tokelau
Total3,864,129
20,611
1,445
3,886,185121 Ireland 3,840,838 122 Costa Rica 3,773,057 123 Lebanon 3,627,774 124 Lithuania 3,610,535 125 Central African Republic 3,576,884 126 Albania 3,510,484 127 Uruguay 3,360,105 128 Armenia 3,336,100 129 Liberia 3,225,837 130 Republic of the Congo 2,894,336 131 Panama 2,845,647 132 Mauritania 2,747,312 133 Jamaica 2,665,636 134 Mongolia 2,654,999 135 Oman 2,622,198 136 United Arab Emirates 2,407,460 137 Latvia 2,385,231 138 Lesotho 2,177,062 139 Bhutan 2,049,412 140 Republic of Macedonia 2,046,209 141 Kuwait 2,041,961 142 Slovenia 1,930,132 143 Namibia 1,797,677 144 Botswana 1,586,119 145 Estonia 1,415,681 146 The Gambia 1,411,205 147 Guinea-Bissau 1,315,822 148 Gabon 1,221,175 149 Mauritius 1,189,825 150 Trinidad and Tobago 1,169,682 151 Swaziland 1,104,343 152 Fiji 844,330 153 East Timor 800,000 154 Qatar 769,152 155 Cyprus 762,887 156 Guyana 697,181 157 Bahrain 645,361 158 Comoros 596,202 159 Equatorial Guinea 486,060 160 Solomon Islands 480,442 161 Djibouti 460,700 162 Luxembourg 442,972 163 Suriname 433,998 164 Cape Verde 405,163 165 Malta 394,583 166 Brunei 343,653 167 Maldives 310,764 168 The Bahamas 297,852 169 Iceland 279,384 170 Barbados 275,330 171 Belize 256,062 172 Vanuatu 192,910 173 Samoa 179,058 174 Sao Tome and Principe 165,034 175 Saint Lucia 158,178 176 Federated States of Micronesia 134,597 177 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 115,942 178 Tonga 104,227 179 Kiribati 94,149 180 Grenada 89,227 181 Seychelles 80,098 182 Marshall Islands 70,822 183 Dominica 70,786 184 Andorra 67,627 185 Antigua and Barbuda 66,970 186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,756 187 Liechtenstein 32,528 188 Monaco 31,842 189 San Marino 27,336 190 Palau 19,092 191 Nauru 12,088 192 Tuvalu 10,991 193 Niue 2,124 194 Vatican City 890