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Map of countries by population for the year 2010

This is a list of countries by population. The list includes independent countries and inhabited dependent territories based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. Also given, as a percentage, is each country's population compared to the population of the world, which is currently about 8,109,200,000.[1]

Areas that form integral parts of sovereign states, such as the countries of the United Kingdom, are counted as part of the sovereign states concerned. Not included are other entities, such as the European Union,[2] that are not sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica.n1

Figures used in this chart are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census authority where available and usually rounded off. Where national data is not available, figures are based on the 2010 estimate by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.[3] Because the compiled figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting numerical comparisons may result in misleading conclusions. Further, the addition of all countries may not equal the world total.

Sovereign states are listed in bold text and dependent territories in italic. States listed that do not have general recognition are in bold and italic.

For a graphical version of this list, see list of countries by population (graphical). See also list of countries and dependencies by population density and the list of regional organizations by population.

List

Rank Country / Territory Population Date of estimate % of World population Source
- World 8,109,200,000 May 28, 2024 100% US Census Bureau's World Population Clock
1  People's Republic of Chinan2 1,339,724,852 November 1, 2010 16.52% 2010 China Census
2  India 1,210,193,422 March 1, 2011 14.92% Provisional 2011 Indian Census result
3  United States 336,490,828 4.15% 28 May 2024 Official United States Population Clock
4  Indonesia 237,556,363 May 2010 2.93% 2010 Indonesian Census
5  Brazil 190,732,694 August 1, 2010 2.35% 2010 Official Brazilian Census results
6  Pakistan 237,363,055 2.93% 28 May 2024 Official Pakistani Population clock
7  Nigeria 158,423,000 2010 1.95% UN estimate for 2010
8  Bangladesh 178,076,000 May 28, 2024 2.2% Official Bangladeshi Population Clock
9  Russia 142,905,200 January 1, 2011 1.76% 2010 Russian Census
10  Japan 127,950,000 June 1, 2011 1.58% Official Japan Statistics Bureau
11  Mexico 112,336,538 April 15, 2011 1.39% 2010 final census result
12  Philippines 94,013,200 Mid-2010 1.16% National Statistics Office medium projection
13  Vietnam 87,375,000 2011 1.07% Official estimate
14  Germany 81,802,000 December 31, 2009 1.01% Official estimate
15  Egypt 103,670,000 May 28, 2024 1.28% Official Egyptian Population clock
16  Ethiopia 79,455,634 July 2010 0.98% Official estimate
17  Iran 89,062,000 May 28, 2024 1.1% Official Iranian Population clock
18  Turkey 73,722,988 December 31, 2010 0.91% Turkish Statistical Institute
19  Thailand 67,041,000 July 1, 2010 0.83% Key Statistics of Thailand, 2009, Table 1.4 (Population projections), National Statistics Office of Thailand
20  Dem. Rep. of Congo 65,966,000 2010 0.81% UN estimate for 2010
21  Francen3 65,821,885 January 1, 2011 0.81% Official INSEE estimate
The population figure for metropolitan France alone (without its overseas departments and oveseas collectivities) is 63,182,000.[4]
22  United Kingdom 62,008,048 January 1, 2010 0.77% Eurostat estimate
23  Italy 60,626,442 December 31, 2010 0.75% Official ISTAT estimate
24  South Africa 49,991,300 July 1, 2010 0.62% Statistics South Africa
25  South Korea 48,988,833 2011 0.6% Statistics Korea
26  Myanmar 47,963,000 2010 0.62% UN estimate for 2010
27  Spain 46,148,605 April 1, 2011 0.57% Official INE estimate
28  Colombia 52,832,000 May 28, 2024 0.65% Official Colombian Population clock
29  Ukraine 45,724,242 April 1, 2011 0.56% Official UKRSTAT estimate
30  Sudann16 43,552,000 2010 0.53% UN estimate for 2010
31  Tanzania 43,187,823 2010 0.53% Official estimate
32  Argentina 40,091,359 October 27, 2010 0.49% Provisional census results
33  Kenya 38,610,097 August 24-25, 2009 0.48% Official census results
34  Poland 38,186,860 2010 0.47% Official estimate
35  Algeria 36,300,000 January 1, 2011 0.45% Official estimate
36  Canada Template:CanPopCommas May 28, 2024 Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".% Official Canadian Population clock
37  Morocco 36,541,000 May 28, 2024 0.45% Official Moroccan Population clock
38  Uganda 31,800,000 2010 0.39% Official estimate
39  Iraq 31,672,000 2010 0.39% UN estimate for 2010
40  Afghanistan 31,412,000 2010 0.36% UN estimate for 2010
41  Peru 29,461,933 June 30, 2010 0.36% Official INEI estimate (in Spanish)
42  Venezuela 34,941,000 May 28, 2024 0.43% Official Venezuelan Population clock
43    Nepal 28,584,975 2011 0.35% Official estimate
44  Malaysia 27,565,821 2010 0.34% The 2010 Population and Housing Census (Census 2010)
45  Uzbekistan 27,445,000 2010 0.34% UN estimate for 2010
46  Saudi Arabia 27,136,977 2010 0.33% Official Saudi estimate
47  North Korea 24,346,000 2010 0.3% UN estimate for 2010
48  Ghana 24,233,431 September 26, 2010 0.3% Provisional 2010 census results
49  Republic of China (Taiwan)n4 23,174,528 May 31, 2011 0.29% Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
50  Australian5 26,850,670 May 28, 2024 0.33% Australian Official Population Clock
51  Yemen 22,492,035 2009 0.28% Official estimate
52  Mozambique 22,416,881 2010 0.28% Official estimate
53  Romania 21,466,174 January 1, 2010 0.26% Eurostat estimate
54  Syria 27,581,000 May 28, 2024 0.34% Syrian Official Population Clock
55  Madagascar 20,714,000 2010 0.25% UN estimate for 2010
56  Sri Lanka 20,669,000 2010 0.25% UN estimate for 2010
57  Côte d'Ivoire 19,738,000 2010 0.27% UN estimate for 2010
58  Cameroon 19,406,100 January 1, 2010 0.24% Official estimate
59  Angola 19,082,000 2010 0.23% UN estimate for 2010
60  Chile 19,238,500 May 28, 2024 0.24% Official INE projection (page 36)
61  Netherlands 18,097,418 0.223% 28 May 2024 Official Netherlands population clock
62  Kazakhstan 16,518,000 May 1, 2011 0.2% National Statistics Agency estimate
63  Burkina Faso 15,730,977 July 1, 2010 0.19% Official estimate
64  Niger 15,203,822 2010 0.19% Official estimate
65  Malawi 14,901,000 2010 0.19% UN estimate for 2010
66  Mali 14,517,176 April 1, 2009 0.18% Preliminary 2009 census result
67  Guatemala 14,361,666 2010 0.18% Official estimate
68  Ecuador 14,306,876 November 28, 2010 0.18% Preliminary 2010 Ecuadorian census result
69  Cambodia 13,395,682 March 3, 2008 0.17% Cambodian 2008 Census
70  Zambia 13,046,508 October 16, 2010 0.16% 2010 Zambia Census result
71  Zimbabwe 12,571,000 2010 0.16% UN estimate for 2010
72  Senegal 12,434,000 2010 0.16% UN estimate for 2010
73  Greece 11,306,183 January 1, 2010 0.14% Eurostat estimate
74  Cuba 11,241,161 December 31, 2010 0.14% Official estimate
75  Chad 11,227,000 2010 0.14% UN estimate for 2010
76  Belgium 10,839,905 January 1, 2010 0.13% Eurostat estimate
77  Portugal 10,636,888 January 1, 2010 0.13% Eurostat estimate
78  Tunisia 10,549,100 July 1, 2010 0.13% National Statistics Institute of Tunisia
79  Czech Republic 10,535,811 March 31, 2011 0.13% Official estimate
80  Bolivia 10,426,154 2010 0.13% Official estimate
81  Rwanda 10,412,820 2010 0.13% Official estimate
82  Haiti 10,085,214 2010 0.12% Official estimate
83  Hungary 10,014,324 January 1, 2010 0.12% Official estimate
84  Guinea 9,982,000 2010 0.13% UN estimate for 2010
85  Belarus 9,481,100 January 1, 2011 0.12% National Statistical Committee
86  Sweden 9,433,875 April 30, 2011 0.12% Statistics Sweden
87  Dominican Republic 9,378,818 December 1, 2010 0.12% Preliminary census result
88  Somalian7 9,331,000 2010 0.12% UN estimate for 2010
89  Azerbaijan 8,997,400 January 1, 2010 0.11% State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan
90  Benin 8,778,646 2010 0.11% Official estimate
91  Austria 8,404,252 January 1, 2011 0.11% [3]
92  Burundi 8,383,000 2010 0.11% UN estimate for 2010
93  United Arab Emirates 8,264,070 Mid-2010 0.102% Official estimate
94  Honduras 8,215,313 2011 0.1% Official estimate
95   Switzerland 7,866,500 December 31, 2010 0.1% Official Switzerland Statistics estimate
96  Israeln8 7,740,900 April 31, 2011 0.1% Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
97  Bulgaria 7,351,234 February, 2011 0.09% Census figures
98  Serbian6 7,306,677 January 1, 2010 0.09% Official estimate
99  Hong Kong 7,061,200 July 31, 2010 0.087% Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department
100  Tajikistan 6,879,000 2010 0.087% UN estimate for 2010
101  Papua New Guinea 6,703,000 2010 0.085% UN estimate for 2010
102  Libya 6,355,000 2010 0.081% UN estimate for 2010
103  Laos 6,230,200 2010 0.077% Official estimate
104  Paraguay 6,230,000 2010 0.08% UN estimate for 2010
105  El Salvador 6,193,000 2010 0.076% UN estimate for 2010
106  Jordan 6,187,000 2010 0.08% UN estimate for 2010
107  Togo 6,028,000 2010 0.084% UN estimate for 2010
108  Sierra Leone 5,868,000 2010 0.072% UN estimate for 2010
109  Nicaragua 5,788,000 2010 0.072% UN estimate for 2010
110  Denmark 5,560,628 January 1, 2011 0.069% Statistics Denmark
111  Slovakia 5,435,273 December 31, 2010 0.067% Statistics Slovakia
112  Kyrgyzstan 5,418,300 2010 0.067% Official estimate
113  Finlandn9 5,683,240 May 28, 2024 0.07% Official Finnish Population clock
114  Eritrea 5,254,000 2010 0.064% UN estimate for 2010
115  Singapore 5,076,700 June 30, 2010 0.063% Statistics Singapore
116  Turkmenistan 5,042,000 2010 0.064% UN estimate for 2010
117  Norwayn10 5,840,700 May 28, 2024 0.072% Official Norwegian Population clock
118  Costa Rica 4,563,538 2010 0.056% Official estimate
119  Central African Republic 4,401,000 2010 0.056% UN estimate for 2010
120  Ireland 4,470,700 April 2010 0.055% Irish Central Statistics Office estimate 2010
121  Georgian11 4,436,400 January 1, 2010 0.055% National Statistics Office of Georgia
122  Croatia 4,425,747 January 1, 2010 0.055% Eurostat estimate
123  New Zealand 4,829,300 May 28, 2024 0.06% Official New Zealand Population clock
124  Lebanon 4,228,000 2010 0.052% UN estimate for 2010
125  Republic of the Congo 4,043,000 2010 0.046% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
126  Liberia 3,994,000 2010 0.051% UN estimate for 2010
127  Palestinian territories 3,935,249 2009 0.049% Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
128  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,843,126 June 30, 2010 0.047% Official estimate
129  Puerto Rico 3,725,789 April 1, 2010 0.046% 2010 census
130  Moldovan12 3,563,800 January 1, 2010 0.044% National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova
131  Mauritania 3,460,000 2010 0.042% UN estimate for 2010
132  Panama 3,405,813 May 16, 2010 0.042% Final 2010 census results
133  Uruguay 3,356,584 June 30, 2010 0.041% Official estimate
134  Armenia 3,263,600 March 2011 0.04% Monthly official estimate
135  Lithuania 3,225,300 May 2011 0.04% Monthly official estimate
136  Albania 3,195,000 January 1, 2010 0.039% Institute of Statistics INSTAT Albania
137  Mongolia 3,451,400 May 28, 2024 0.04% Official Mongolian population clock
138  Jamaica 2,705,827 December 31, 2010 0.034% [4]
138  Kuwait 2,737,000 2010 0.038% UN estimate for 2010
140  Oman 2,694,094 December 12, 2010 0.033% Preliminary census results
141  Namibia 2,283,000 2010 0.027% UN estimate for 2010
142  Latvia 2,221,100 May 1, 2011 0.027% Official Statistics of Latvia
143  Lesotho 2,171,000 2010 0.026% UN estimate for 2010
144  Republic of Macedonia 2,052,722 January 1, 2010 0.025% Eurostat estimate
145  Slovenia 2,108,810 May 28, 2024 0.026% Official Slovenian population clock
146  Botswana 1,800,098 2010 0.022% Official estimate
147  Gambia 1,728,000 2010 0.022% UN estimate for 2010
148  Qatar 1,696,563 April 20, 2010 0.021% Preliminary 2010 Census Results
149  Guinea-Bissau 1,515,000 2010 0.02% UN estimate for 2010
150  Gabon 1,505,000 2010 0.019% UN estimate for 2010
151  Estonia 1,340,122 January 1, 2011 0.017% Official estimate
152  Trinidad and Tobago 1,317,714 July 1, 2010 0.016% Official estimate
153  Mauritius 1,280,925 July 1, 2010 0.016% Official estimate
154  Bahrain 1,262,000 2010 0.01% UN estimate for 2010
155  Swaziland 1,186,000 2010 0.015% UN estimate for 2010
156  East Timor 1,124,000 2010 0.014% UN estimate for 2010
157  Djibouti 889,000 2010 0.011% UN estimate for 2010
158  Fiji 861,000 2010 0.011% UN estimate for 2010
159  Cyprusn14 803,147 January 1, 2010 0.01% Eurostat Statistics
160  Guyana 784,894 2010 0.01% Official estimate
161  Comorosn15 735,000 2010 0.009% UN estimate for 2010
162  Equatorial Guinea [5] 700,000 2010 0.009% UN estimate for 2010
163  Bhutan 695,822 2010 0.009% Official estimate
164  Montenegro 625,266 2011 0.008% 2011 Preliminary Census Data
165  Macau 556,800 March 31, 2011 0.007% Macau Statistics and Census Service
166  Western Sahara 531,000 2010 0.007% UN estimate for 2010
167  Solomon Islands 530,669 2010 0.007% Official estimate
168  Suriname 525,000 2010 0.006% UN estimate for 2010
169  Luxembourg 502,100 2010 0.006% Official estimate
170  Cape Verde 491,575 June 16, 2010 0.006% Official estimate
171  Malta 416,333 January 1, 2010 0.005% Eurostat estimate
172  Brunei 399,000 2010 0.005% UN estimate for 2010
173  Bahamas 353,658 May 3, 2010 0.004% Official estimate
174  Belize 333,200 Mid-2009 0.004% Statistical Institute of Belize
175  Iceland 318,452 January 1, 2011 0.004% Statistics Iceland
176  Maldives 317,280 2010 0.004% Official estimate
177  Barbados 273,000 2010 0.003% UN estimate for 2010
178  Vanuatu 240,000 2010 0.003% UN estimate for 2010
179  Samoa 187,032 2010 0.002% Official estimate
180  Guam 180,000 2010 0.002% UN estimate for 2010
181  Saint Lucia 166,526 May 10, 2010 0.002% Preliminary census result
182  São Tomé and Príncipe 165,000 2010 0.002% UN estimate for 2010
183  Curaçao 142,180 January 1, 2010 0.002% Official estimate
184  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
185  U.S. Virgin Islands 109,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
186  Aruba 107,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
187  Grenada 104,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
188  Tonga 104,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
189  Federated States of Micronesia 102,624 April 4, 2010 0.001% Preliminary census results
190  Kiribati 100,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
191  Jersey 92,500 December 31, 2009 0.001% Official estimate
192  Antigua and Barbuda 89,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
193  Seychelles 86,525 July 1, 2010 0.001% Official estimate
194  Andorra 84,082 December 31, 2009 0.001% Official estimate
195  Isle of Man 83,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
196  American Samoa 68,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
197  Dominica 68,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
198  Bermuda 64,566 July 1, 2010 0.001% Official estimate
199  Guernsey 62,431 March 31, 2010 0.001% Official estimate
200  Northern Mariana Islands 61,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
201  Greenland 56,452 2010 0.001% Official estimate
202  Cayman Islands 54,878 October 10, 2010 0.001% Preliminary census result
203  Marshall Islands 54,305 2010 0.001% Official estimate
204  Saint Kitts and Nevis 52,000 2010 0.001% UN estimate for 2010
205  Faroe Islands 48,596 April 1, 2011 0.001% Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
206  Turks and Caicos Islands 40,357 2010 0.0005% Official estimate
207  Sint Maarten 37,429 January 1, 2010 0.0005% Official estimate
208  Liechtenstein 36,157 December 31, 2010 0.0004% Official estimate
209  Monaco 35,000 2010 0.0004% UN estimate for 2010
210  San Marino 31,887 December 31, 2010 0.0004% Monthly official estimate
211  Gibraltar 29,000 2010 0.0004% UN estimate for 2010
212  British Virgin Islands 28,213 2008 0.0003% Official estimate
213  Cook Islands 23,400 September 2010 0.0003% Official monthly estimate
214  Palau 20,000 0.0003% UN estimate for 2010
215  Anguilla 15,236 2011 0.0002% Official estimate
216  Tuvalu 10,472 0.0001% UN estimate for 2010
217  Nauru 10,000 0.0001% UN estimate for 2010
218  Montserrat 6,000 0.0001% UN estimate for 2010
219  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 4,000 0% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
220  Falkland Islands 3,000 0.00005% UN estimate for 2010
221  Niue 1,500 0.00003% UN estimate for 2010
222  Tokelau 1,100 0.00003% UN estimate for 2010
223  Vatican City 500 0.00001% UN estimate for 2010
224  Pitcairn Islands 50 0.000001% UN estimate
  1. ^ Antarctica has no permanent residents, but a number of governments maintain permanent research stations throughout the continent. The number of people varies from about 1,000 in winter to about 5,000 in the summer.
  2. ^ Figure refers to Mainland China only. It excludes the special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau) and areas controlled by the Republic of China (commonly known as "Taiwan").
  3. ^ Includes 7 French overseas collectivities: French Polynesia (266,952 inh. in Jan. 2010), New Caledonia (245,580 inh. on July 27, 2009), Mayotte (186,452 inh. in July 2007), Saint Martin (36,661 inh. in Jan. 2008), Wallis and Futuna (13,484 inh. in Jul. 2008), Saint Barthélemy (8,673 inh. in Jan. 2008), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (6,072 inh. in Jan. 2008).
  4. ^ Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.
  5. ^ Includes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828).
  6. ^ Excludes the disputed territory of Kosovo (~ 1,800,000 inh.).
  7. ^ Includes Puntland (~ 3,900,000 inh.) and Somaliland (~ 3,500,000 inh.).
  8. ^ UN figure for mid-2009 is 7,170,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.
  9. ^ Includes Åland Islands.
  10. ^ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island.
  11. ^ Excludes (geostat.ge.2010.xls) the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000, census 2003) and South Ossetia (70,000, 2006).
  12. ^ Excludes (statistica.md.2010.pdf) Transnistria (555,347, census 2005).
  13. ^ Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
  14. ^ Excludes Northern Cyprus (287,856, end of 2010, Turkish census in Cyprus, 0.004% ).
  15. ^ Excludes the island of Mayotte.
  16. ^ Includes Southern Sudan.

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References

  1. ^ Demographic Internet Staff (2009-01-07). "International Programs Center". Census.gov. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  2. ^ The European Union is a sui generis supranational union whose sovereign members delegate to it by treaty certain powers that are often exercised by sovereign states. Its combined population has been estimated at 501,259,840 on January 1, 2010, it would be ranked 3rd if it were included in the list, and it has 6.18% of the world's population — see "Total population". Eurostat. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  3. ^ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2011). "World Population Prospects". 2010 revision. United Nations. Retrieved 2011-05-06. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Official monthly population estimates for metropolitan France.
  5. ^ A 2003 U.S State Department report states the following: "Although the 2002 census estimated the population at 1,015,000, credible estimates put the number at closer to 500,000. The opposition claimed that the Government inflated the census in anticipation of the December presidential election." (...) "Opposition leaders charged earlier in the year that census results showing a twofold population increase were flawed and that numbers were inflated to perpetuate election fraud." [1] The official census figures are available here [2].

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