List of countries and dependencies by population

This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population, estimated for the year 2005. Only the 191 United Nations member states, plus the Republic of China on Taiwan, Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic), and the Vatican City are numbered; other territories are included for purposes of comparison. For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by population (graphical).

Rank	Territory	PopulationTemplate:Mn
—	World	6,446,131,400
1	People's Republic of China	1,306,313,812Template:Mn
2	India	1,080,264,388Template:Mn
—	European Union	459,488,400Template:Mn
3	United States of America	298,042,410Template:Mn
4	Indonesia	241,973,879
5	Brazil	186,112,794Template:Mn
6	Pakistan	162,419,946
7	Bangladesh	144,319,628
8	Russia	142,800,000
9	Nigeria	128,771,988Template:Mn
10	Japan	127,417,244
11	Mexico	106,202,903
12	Philippines	87,857,473
13	Vietnam	83,535,576
14	Germany	82,468,000Template:Mn
15	Egypt	77,505,756
16	Ethiopia	73,053,286Template:Mn
17	Turkey	71,609,000
18	Iran	68,017,860
19	Thailand	65,444,371Template:Mn
20	France	60,656,178Template:Mn
21	United Kingdom	60,441,457
22	Democratic Republic of the Congo	60,085,804Template:Mn
23	Italy	58,103,033
24	South Korea	48,422,644
25	Ukraine	47,425,336
26	South Africa	44,344,136Template:Mn
27	Spain	43,209,511Template:Mn
28	Colombia	42,954,279
29	Myanmar	42,909,464Template:Mn
30	Sudan	40,187,486
31	Argentina	39,537,943
32	Poland	38,635,144
33	Tanzania	36,766,356Template:Mn
34	Kenya	33,829,590Template:Mn
35	Morocco	32,725,847
36	Algeria	32,531,853
37	Canada	32,400,000 Template:Mn
38	Afghanistan	29,928,987
39	Peru	27,925,628
40	Nepal	27,676,547
41	Uganda	27,269,482Template:Mn
42	Uzbekistan	26,851,195
43	Saudi Arabia	26,417,599Template:Mn
44	Malaysia	26,207,102Template:Mn
45	Iraq	26,074,906
46	Venezuela	25,375,281
47	North Korea	22,912,177
48	Republic of China on Taiwan	22,894,384Template:Mn
49	Romania	22,329,977
50	Ghana	21,029,853Template:Mn
51	Yemen	20,727,063
52	Australia	20,229,800
53	Sri Lanka	20,064,776Template:Mn
54	Mozambique	19,406,703Template:MnTemplate:Mn
55	Syria	18,448,752Template:Mn
56	Madagascar	18,040,341
57	Côte d'Ivoire	17,298,040Template:Mn
58	Cameroon	16,380,005Template:Mn
59	Netherlands	16,341,925
60	Chile	16,267,278Template:Mn
61	Kazakhstan	15,185,844
62	Guatemala	14,655,189
63	Burkina Faso	13,925,313Template:Mn
64	Cambodia	13,607,069Template:Mn
65	Ecuador	13,363,593
66	Zimbabwe	12,746,990Template:Mn
67	Mali	12,291,529
68	Malawi	12,158,924Template:Mn
69	Niger	11,665,937
70	Cuba	11,346,670
71	Zambia	11,261,795Template:Mn
72	Angola	11,190,786
73	Senegal	11,126,832
74	Serbia and Montenegro	10,829,175
75	Greece	10,668,354
76	Portugal	10,566,212
77	Belgium	10,364,388
78	Belarus	10,300,483
79	Czech Republic	10,241,138
80	Hungary	10,082,000Template:Mn
81	Tunisia	10,074,951
82	Chad	9,826,419
83	Guinea	9,467,866
84	Sweden	9,001,774
85	Dominican Republic	8,950,034
86	Bolivia	8,857,870
87	Somalia	8,591,629Template:Mn
88	Rwanda	8,440,820Template:Mn
89	Austria	8,184,691
90	Haiti	8,121,622Template:Mn
91	Azerbaijan	7,911,974
92	Switzerland	7,489,370
93	Benin	7,460,025Template:Mn
94	Bulgaria	7,450,349
95	Tajikistan	7,163,506
96	Honduras	6,975,204Template:Mn
97	Israel	6,955,000Template:Mn
—	Hong Kong S.A.R. of the People's Republic of China	6,898,686
98	El Salvador	6,704,932
99	Burundi	6,370,609Template:Mn
100	Paraguay	6,347,884
101	Laos	6,217,141
102	Sierra Leone	6,017,643
103	Libya	5,765,563Template:Mn
104	Jordan	5,759,732
105	Togo	5,681,519Template:Mn
106	Papua New Guinea	5,545,268
107	Nicaragua	5,465,100
108	Denmark	5,432,335
109	Slovakia	5,431,363
110	Finland	5,223,442
111	Kyrgyzstan	5,146,281
112	Turkmenistan	4,952,081
113	Georgia	4,677,401
114	Norway	4,593,041
115	Eritrea	4,561,599
116	Croatia	4,495,904
117	Moldova	4,455,421
118	Singapore	4,425,720
119	Republic of Ireland	4,130,700Template:Mn
120	New Zealand	4,098,200Template:Mn
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,025,476
122	Costa Rica	4,016,173
—	Puerto Rico (USA)	3,916,632
123	Lebanon	3,826,018
124	Central African Republic	3,799,897Template:Mn
125	Lithuania	3,596,617
126	Albania	3,563,112
—	Somaliland	3,500,000
127	Liberia	3,482,211
128	Uruguay	3,415,920
129	Mauritania	3,086,859
130	Panama	3,039,150
131	Republic of the Congo	3,039,126Template:Mn
132	Oman	3,001,583Template:Mn
133	Armenia	2,982,904
134	Mongolia	2,791,272
135	Jamaica	2,731,832
136	United Arab Emirates	2,563,212Template:Mn
—	West Bank	2,385,615Template:Mn
137	Kuwait	2,335,648Template:Mn
138	Latvia	2,290,237
139	Bhutan	2,232,291Template:Mn
140	Republic of Macedonia	2,045,262
141	Namibia	2,030,692Template:Mn
142	Slovenia	2,011,070
143	Lesotho	1,867,035Template:Mn
144	Botswana	1,640,115Template:Mn
145	The Gambia	1,593,256
146	Guinea-Bissau	1,416,027
147	Gabon	1,389,201Template:Mn
—	Gaza Strip	1,376,289
148	Estonia	1,332,893
149	Mauritius	1,230,602
150	Swaziland	1,173,900Template:Mn
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1,088,644
152	East Timor	1,040,880Template:Mn
153	Fiji	893,354
154	Qatar	863,051
155	Cyprus	780,133
—	Réunion	776,948
156	Guyana	765,283Template:Mn
157	Bahrain	688,345Template:Mn
158	Comoros	671,247F
—	Transnistria	555,500
159	Solomon Islands	538,032
160	Equatorial Guinea	535,881
161	Djibouti	476,703
162	Luxembourg	468,571
—	Macau S.A.R. of the People's Republic of China	449,198
—	Guadeloupe	448,713
163	Suriname	438,144
—	Martinique	432,900
164	Cape Verde	418,224
165	Malta	398,534
166	Brunei	372,361
167	Maldives	349,106
168	The Bahamas	301,790Template:Mn
169	Iceland	296,737
170	Belize	279,457
171	Barbados	279,254
172	Western Sahara	273,008
—	French Polynesia	270,485
—	Abkhazia	250,000
—	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	232,371
—	Netherlands Antilles	219,958
—	New Caledonia	216,494
173	Vanuatu	205,754
—	French Guiana	195,506
—	Mayotte	193,633
174	São Tomé and Príncipe	187,410
175	Samoa	177,287
—	Guam	168,564
176	Saint Lucia	166,312
—	Nagorno-Karabakh	145,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	117,534
178	Tonga	112,422
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	108,708
179	Federated States of Micronesia	108,105
180	Kiribati	103,092
—	Jersey	90,812
181	Grenada	89,502
182	Seychelles	81,188
—	Northern Mariana Islands	80,362
—	Isle of Man	75,049
—	Aruba	71,566
183	Andorra	70,549
—	South Ossetia	70,000
184	Dominica	69,029
185	Antigua and Barbuda	68,722
—	Bermuda	65,365
—	Guernsey	65,228
186	Marshall Islands	59,071
—	American Samoa	57,881
—	Greenland	56,375
—	Faroe Islands	46,962
—	Cayman Islands	44,270
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	38,958
188	Liechtenstein	33,717
189	Monaco	32,409
190	San Marino	28,880
—	Gibraltar	27,884
—	British Virgin Islands	22,643
—	Cook Islands	21,388
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	20,556
191	Palau	20,303
—	Wallis and Futuna	16,025
—	Anguilla	13,254
192	Nauru	13,048
193	Tuvalu	11,636
—	Montserrat	9,341Template:Mn
—	Saint Helena	7,460
—	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	7,012
—	Falkland Islands	2,967
—	Svalbard	2,701
—	Niue	2,166
—	Norfolk Island	1,828
—	Tokelau	1,405
194	Vatican City	921
—	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	628
—	Christmas Island	361
—	Pitcairn Islands	46

Notes

• Template:Mnb All estimates are for July 2005 by the United States Central Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook [1], except where noted below.
• Template:Mnb Data for the end of October 2005 by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office [2]
• Template:Mnb Does not include Hong Kong, Macau or the territories administered by the Republic of China on Taiwan, such as the islands of Taiwan, Pescadores, Quemoy and Matsu)
• Template:Mnb Estimate for February 4, 2006 by the U.S. Census Bureau [3]
• Template:Mnb Estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
• Template:Mnb Brazil took a count in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,799,170; that figure was about 3.3% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census
• Template:Mnb Estimate for first quarter of 2005 by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany [4]
• Template:Mnb Only includes the geographical area of Metropolitan France
• Template:Mnb Estimate for July 1 2005 by Spain's National Statistics Institute [5]
• Template:Mnb Includes 5,576,076 non-nationals
• Template:Mnb Estimate by Department of Statistics Malaysia [6], metholodgy used explained here [7]; CIA World Factbook estimate July 2005: 23,953,136
• Template:Mnb Includes the islands of Taiwan, Pescadores, Quemoy and Matsu, which are under the effective control of the Republic of China on Taiwan, and are claimed by the People's Republic of China
• Template:Mnb Since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island; as of yearend 2000, approximately 65,000 were housed in 131 refugee camps in south India, another 40,000 lived outside the Indian camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West
• Template:Mnb The 1997 Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246
• Template:Mnb In addition, about 40,000 people live in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 20,000 Arabs (18,000 Druze and 2,000 Alawites) and about 20,000 Israeli settlers
• Template:Mnb Estimate for June 30 2005 by Chile's Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas [8]
• Template:Mnb This estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare
• Template:Mnb Estimate for October 1, 2005 by the Israeli Bureau of Statistics. Includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem. Does not include 188,000 foreign workers.
• Template:Mnb Includes 166,510 non-nationals
• Template:Mnb Estimated resident population for 30 June 2005 by Statistics New Zealand [9]. Excludes the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
• Template:Mnb Includes 577,293 non-nationals
• Template:Mnb Includes an estimated 1,606,079 non-nationals; the 17 December 1995 census presents a total population figure of 2,377,453, and there are estimates of 3.44 million for 2002
• Template:Mnb In addition, there are about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem; estimate for July 2004 by the United States Central Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook [10]
• Template:Mnb Includes 1,291,354 non-nationals
• Template:Mnb Other estimates range as low as 810,000
• Template:Mnb Other estimates range as low as 800,000
• Template:Mnb Includes 235,108 non-nationals
• Template:Mnb An estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned
• Template:Mnb Estimated resident population at April 2005 published 14 September 2005 by Central Statistics Office (Ireland) [11].
• Template:MnbStatistics Canada population clock December 2005
• Template:Mnb Does not include census data from Jammu and Kashmir (Indian administered), Azad Kashmir (Pakistan administered Kashmir) or Aksai Chin (Parts of Kashmir administered by China).
• Template:Mnb Estimated population of the European Union 25 states for January 1, 2005 by Eurostat.

See also

• List of countries
• List of countries by area
• List of national capitals
• List of countries by continent
• List of countries and capitals in native languages