[edit] List
Figures indicated by "UN estimate" are based on the July 1, 2009 estimate by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.[4]
Rank
Country / Territory
Population
Date Last Updated
% of World Population
Source
1
China[5]
1,334,710,000
December 16, 2009
19.62%
Chinese Official Population Clock
2
India
1,173,900,000
December 16, 2009
17.25%
Indian Official Population Clock
3
United States
308,169,000
December 16, 2009
4.53%
United States Official Population clock
4
Indonesia
231,369,500
3.4%
Statistics Indonesia
5
Brazil
192,194,000
December 16, 2009
2.82%
Brazilian Official Population Clock
6
Pakistan
168,220,000
December 16, 2009
2.47%
Official Pakistani Population clock
7
Bangladesh
162,221,000
2.38%
UN estimate
8
Nigeria
154,729,000
2.27%
UN estimate
9
Russia
141,909,279
October 1, 2009
2.09%
Federal State Statistics Service of Russia
10
Japan
127,560,000
October 1, 2009
1.87%
Official Japan Statistics Bureau
11
Mexico
107,550,697
1.58%
INEGI estimate
National Population Statistics of Mexico[6]
12
Philippines
92,226,600
Mid-2009
1.36%
National Statistics Office medium projection
13
Vietnam
85,789,573
April 1, 2009
1.26%
Preliminary 2009 census results
14
Germany
81,882,342
March 31, 2009
1.2%
Federal Statistical Office
15
Ethiopia
79,221,000
July 2008
1.16%
Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16
Egypt
77,601,000
December 16, 2009
1.14%
Official Egyptian Population clock
17
Iran
74,196,000
1.09%
UN estimate
18
Turkey
71,517,100
December 31, 2008
1.05%
Turkish Statistical Institute estimate
19
Dem. Rep. of Congo
66,020,000
0.97%
UN estimate
20
France [7]
65,073,482
January 1, 2009
0.96%
Official INSEE estimateThe figure for France without the overseas collectivities is 64,303,482.
21
Thailand
63,389,730
December 31, 2008
0.93%
Official Thai Statistics estimate
22
United Kingdom
61,634,599
January 1, 2009
0.91%
Eurostat estimate
23
Italy
60,200,060
June 2009
0.88%
Official ISTAT estimate
24
Myanmar (Burma)
50,020,000
0.74%
UN estimate
25
South Africa
49,320,500
July 1, 2009
0.72%
Statistics South Africa
26
South Korea
48,333,000
0.71%
UN estimate
27
Ukraine
46,011,345
October 1, 2009
0.68%
Official UKRSTAT estimate
28
Spain
45,967,632
October 1, 2009
0.68%
Official INE estimate
29
Colombia
45,223,000
December 16, 2009
0.66%
Official Colombian Population clock
30
Tanzania
43,739,000
0.64%
UN estimate
31
Argentina
40,134,425
June 30, 2009
0.59%
Official INDEC estimate
32
Kenya
39,802,000
0.59%
UN estimate
33
Sudan
39,154,490
April 22, 2008
0.58%
2008 Sudanese census
34
Poland
38,100,700
0.56%
Official Central Statistics Office of Poland
35
Algeria
34,895,000
0.51%
UN estimate
36
Canada
33,877,000
December 16, 2009
0.5%
Official Canadian Population clock
37
Uganda
32,710,000
0.48%
UN estimate
38
Morocco
31,669,000
December 16, 2009
0.47%
Official Moroccan Population clock
39
Iraq
30,747,000
0.45%
UN estimate
40
Nepal
29,331,000
0.43%
UN estimate
41
Peru
29,132,013
June 30, 2009
0.43%
Official INEI estimate
42
Venezuela
28,588,000
December 16, 2009
0.42%
Official Venezuelan Population clock
43
Malaysia
28,306,700
0.42%
Statistic Department of Malaysia
44
Afghanistan
28,150,000
0.4%
UN estimate
45
Uzbekistan
27,488,000
0.4%
UN estimate
46
Saudi Arabia
25,721,000
0.38%
UN estimate
47
North Korea
24,051,706
October 2008
0.35%
UNFPA
48
Ghana
23,837,000
0.35%
UN estimate
49
Yemen
23,580,000
0.35%
UN estimate
50
Taiwan[8]
23,069,345
June 30, 2009
0.34%
Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
51
Mozambique
22,894,000
0.34%
UN estimate
52
Australia[9]
22,080,000
December 16, 2009
0.32%
Australian Official Population Clock
53
Syria
21,906,000
0.32%
UN estimate
54
Romania
21,498,616
January 1, 2009
0.32%
Eurostat estimate
55
Côte d'Ivoire
21,075,000
0.31%
UN estimate
56
Sri Lanka
20,238,000
0.3%
UN estimate
57
Madagascar
19,625,000
0.29%
UN estimate
58
Cameroon
19,522,000
0.29%
UN estimate
59
Angola
18,498,000
0.27%
UN estimate
60
Chile
17,005,000
December 16, 2009
0.25%
Official INE projection (p.36)
61
Netherlands
16,587,000
December 16, 2009
0.24%
Official Netherlands population clock
62
Kazakhstan
15,776,492
July 1, 2009
0.23%
National Statistics Agency estimate
63
Burkina Faso
15,757,000
0.23%
UN estimate
64
Niger
15,290,000
0.22%
UN estimate
65
Malawi
15,263,000
0.22%
UN estimate
66
Cambodia
14,805,000
0.22%
UN estimate
67
Mali
14,517,176
April 1, 2009
0.21%
Preliminary 2009 census
68
Ecuador
14,096,000
December 16, 2009
0.21%
Official Ecuadorian population clock
69
Guatemala
14,027,000
0.21%
UN estimate
70
Zambia
12,935,000
0.19%
UN estimate
71
Senegal
12,534,000
0.18%
UN estimate
72
Zimbabwe
12,523,000
0.18%
UN estimate
73
Chad
11,274,106
June 2009
0.17%
Chadian 2009 census
74
Greece
11,260,402
January 1, 2009
0.17%
Eurostat estimate
75
Cuba
11,204,000
0.16%
UN estimate
76
Belgium
10,754,528
January 1, 2009
0.16%
Eurostat estimate
77
Portugal
10,627,250
January 1, 2009
0.16%
Eurostat estimate
78
Czech Republic
10,476,543
March 31, 2009
0.15%
Czech Statistical Office
79
Tunisia
10,327,800
July 1, 2008
0.15%
National Statistics Institute of Tunisia
80
Dominican Republic
10,090,000
0.15%
UN estimate
81
Guinea
10,069,000
0.15%
UN estimate
82
Haiti
10,033,000
0.15%
UN estimate
83
Hungary
10,031,208
January 1, 2009
0.15%
Eurostat estimate
84
Rwanda
9,998,000
0.15%
UN estimate
85
Bolivia
9,879,000
0.14%
UN estimate
86
Serbia[10]
9,850,000
0.14%
UN estimate
87
Belarus
9,671,900
January 1, 2009
0.14%
Official statistics of Belarus
88
Sweden
9,331,523
October 31, 2009
0.14%
Statistics Sweden
89
Somalia[11]
9,133,000
0.13%
UN estimate
90
Benin
8,935,000
0.13%
UN estimate
91
Azerbaijan
8,896,900
April 1, 2009
0.13%
State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan
92
Austria
8,355,260
January 1, 2009
0.12%
Eurostat estimate
93
Burundi
8,303,000
0.12%
UN estimate
94
Switzerland
7,761,800
September 30, 2009
0.11%
Official Switzerland Statistics estimate
95
Bulgaria
7,606,551
January 1, 2009
0.11%
Eurostat estimate
96
Honduras
7,466,000
0.11%
UN estimate
97
Israel [12]
7,485,200
October 31, 2009
0.11%
Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
98
Hong Kong
7,008,900
December 31, 2008
0.103%
Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department
99
Tajikistan
6,952,000
0.102%
UN estimate
100
Papua New Guinea
6,732,000
0.099%
UN estimate
101
Togo
6,619,000
0.097%
UN estimate
102
Libya
6,420,000
0.094%
UN estimate
103
Paraguay
6,349,000
0.093%
UN estimate
104
Laos
6,320,000
0.093%
UN estimate
105
Jordan
6,316,000
0.093%
UN estimate
106
El Salvador
6,163,000
0.091%
UN estimate
107
Nicaragua
5,743,000
0.084%
UN estimate
108
Sierra Leone
5,696,000
0.084%
UN estimate
109
Denmark
5,532,531
September 30, 2009
0.081%
Statistics Denmark
110
Kyrgyzstan
5,482,000
0.081%
UN estimate
111
Slovakia
5,416,958
June 31, 2009
0.08%
Statistics Slovakia
112
Finland [13]
5,351,800
December 16, 2009
0.079%
Official Finnish Population clock
113
Turkmenistan
5,110,000
0.075%
UN estimate
114
Eritrea
5,073,000
0.075%
UN estimate
115
Singapore
4,987,600
Mid-2009
0.073%
Statistics Singapore
116
Norway [14]
4,849,800
December 16, 2009
0.071%
Official Norwegian Population clock
117
United Arab Emirates
4,599,000
0.068%
UN estimate
118
Costa Rica
4,579,000
0.067%
UN estimate
119
Ireland
4,459,300
April 1, 2009
0.065%
Irish Central Statistics Office estimate
120
Croatia
4,435,056
January 1, 2009
0.065%
Eurostat estimate
121
Central African Republic
4,422,000
0.065%
UN estimate
122
Georgia [15]
4,385,400
January 1, 2009
0.064%
Statistics Georgia
123
New Zealand
4,315,800
June 30, 2009
0.063%
Official population estimate
124
Lebanon
4,224,000
0.062%
UN estimate
125
Puerto Rico
3,982,000
0.059%
UN estimate
126
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3,767,000
0.055%
UN estimate
127
Palestine
3,761,646
December 1, 2007
0.055%
2007 Palestinian Bureau Census
128
Republic of the Congo
3,683,000
0.054%
UN estimate
129
Moldova [16]
3,567,500
January 1, 2009
0.052%
National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova
130
Liberia
3,476,608
March 21, 2008
0.051%
2008 Population and Housing Census
131
Panama
3,454,000
0.051%
UN estimate
132
Uruguay
3,361,000
0.049%
UN estimate
133
Lithuania
3,349,872
January 1, 2009
0.049%
Eurostat estimate
134
Mauritania
3,291,000
0.048%
UN estimate
135
Armenia
3,230,100
January 1, 2008
0.044%
[2]
136
Albania
3,170,000
January 1, 2008
0.047%
[3]
137
Kuwait
2,985,000
0.044%
UN estimate
138
Oman
2,845,000
0.042%
UN estimate
139
Jamaica
2,719,000
0.04%
UN estimate
140
Mongolia
2,671,000
0.039%
UN estimate
141
Latvia
2,254,000
September 2009
0.033%
Official Statistics of Latvia
142
Namibia
2,171,000
0.032%
UN estimate
143
Lesotho
2,067,000
0.03%
UN estimate
144
Republic of Macedonia
2,048,620
January 1, 2009
0.03%
Eurostat estimate
145
Slovenia
2,050,500
December 16, 2009
0.03%
Official Slovenian population clock
146
Botswana
1,950,000
0.029%
UN estimate
147
Gambia
1,705,000
0.025%
UN estimate
148
Guinea-Bissau
1,611,000
0.024%
UN estimate
149
Gabon
1,475,000
0.022%
UN estimate
150
Qatar
1,409,000
0.021%
UN estimate
151
Estonia
1,340,415
January 1, 2009
0.02%
[4]
152
Trinidad and Tobago
1,339,000
0.02%
UN estimate
153
Mauritius [17]
1,288,000
0.019%
UN estimate
154
Swaziland
1,185,000
0.017%
UN estimate
155
East Timor
1,134,000
0.017%
UN estimate
156
Djibouti
864,000
0.013%
UN estimate
157
Fiji
849,000
0.012%
UN estimate
158
Cyprus [18]
793,963
January 1, 2009
0.012%
Eurostat estimate
159
Bahrain
791,000
0.012%
UN estimate
160
Guyana
762,000
0.011%
UN estimate
161
Bhutan
697,000
0.01%
UN estimate
162
Comoros [19]
676,000
0.01%
UN estimate
163
Equatorial Guinea [20]
676,000
0.007%
UN estimate
164
Montenegro
624,000
0.009%
UN estimate
165
Macau
541,200
September 30, 2009
0.008%
Macau Statistics and Census Service
166
Solomon Islands
523,000
0.007%
UN estimate
167
Suriname
520,000
0.008%
UN estimate
168
Western Sahara
513,000
0.008%
UN estimate
169
Cape Verde
506,000
0.007%
UN estimate
170
Luxembourg
493,500
January 1, 2009
0.007%
Eurostat estimate
171
Malta
413,627
January 1, 2009
0.006%
Eurostat estimate
172
Brunei
400,000
0.006%
UN estimate
173
Bahamas
342,000
0.005%
UN estimate
174
Belize
322,100
June 30, 2008
0.005%
Statistical Institute of Belize
175
Iceland
319,246
July 1, 2009
0.005%
Statistics Iceland
176
Maldives
309,000
0.005%
UN estimate
177
Barbados
256,000
0.004%
UN estimate
178
Vanuatu
240,000
0.004%
UN estimate
179
Netherlands Antilles
198,000
0.003%
UN estimate
180
Samoa
179,000
0.003%
UN estimate
181
Guam
178,000
0.003%
UN estimate
182
Saint Lucia
172,000
0.003%
UN estimate
183
São Tomé and Príncipe
163,000
0.002%
UN estimate
184
Federated States of Micronesia
111,000
0.002%
UN estimate
185
U.S. Virgin Islands
110,000
0.002%
UN estimate
186
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
109,000
0.002%
UN estimate
187
Aruba
107,000
0.002%
UN estimate
188
Grenada
104,000
0.002%
UN estimate
189
Tonga
104,000
0.002%
UN estimate
190
Kiribati
98,000
0.001%
UN estimate
191
Jersey
89,300
December 31, 2006
0.001%
States of Jersey Statistics Unit[5]
192
Antigua and Barbuda
88,000
0.001%
UN estimate
193
Northern Mariana Islands
87,000
0.001%
UN estimate
194
Andorra
86,000
0.001%
UN estimate
195
Seychelles
84,000
0.001%
UN estimate
196
Isle of Man
80,000
0.001%
UN estimate
197
Dominica
67,000
0.001%
UN estimate
198
American Samoa
67,000
0.001%
UN estimate
199
Bermuda
65,000
0.001%
UN estimate
200
Marshall Islands
62,000
0.001%
UN estimate
201
Guernsey
61,811
March 1, 2007
0.001%
UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
202
Greenland
57,000
0.001%
UN estimate
203
Cayman Islands
56,000
0.001%
UN estimate
204
Saint Kitts and Nevis
52,000
0.001%
UN estimate
205
Faroe Islands
49,006
August 1, 2009
0.001%
Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
206
Liechtenstein
35,593
January 1, 2009
0.0005%
[6]
207
Monaco
33,000
0.0005%
UN estimate
208
Turks and Caicos Islands
33,000
0.0005%
UN estimate
209
Gibraltar
31,000
0.0005%
UN estimate
210
San Marino
30,800
January 1, 2008
0.0005%
[7]
211
British Virgin Islands
23,000
0.0003%
UN estimate
212
Cook Islands
20,000
0.0003%
UN estimate
213
Palau
20,000
0.0003%
UN estimate
214
Anguilla
15,000
0.0002%
UN estimate
215
Tuvalu
10,000
0.0001%
UN estimate
216
Nauru
10,000
0.0001%
UN estimate
217
Montserrat
5,900
0.0001%
UN estimate
218
Saint Helena [21]
4,500
0.0001%
UN estimate
219
Falkland Islands
3,000
0.00005%
UN estimate
220
Niue
1,500
0.00003%
UN estimate
221
Tokelau
1,200
0.00003%
UN estimate
222
Vatican City
800
0.00002%
UN estimate
223
Pitcairn Islands
50
0.000001%
UN estimate
