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BY POPULATION

Specialty Definition: List of countries by population

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

This is a list of countries by population. The data are from the CIA World Factbook 2003 and although not always quite up to date, at least roughly accurate. In the main list dependent or occupied areas are listed under the country which governs the area; the total population is also given, but the list is ordered according to the populations excluding dependencies and occupied areas. In the second list dependencies are positioned according to their own population.

See also: List of countries, List of countries by area, List of countries by population density, List of countries by continent, Most populous nations by 2025

List of countries by population with dependencies shown with the main country

Pos	Country	Population
1	People's Republic of China Mainland China Hong Kong Macau Total	1,286,975,468 7,394,170 469,903 1,294,839,541
2	India	1,049,700,118
3	United States American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands Total	290,342,554 70,260 163,941 80,006 3,885,877 124,778 294,667,416
4	Indonesia	234,893,453
5	Brazil	182,032,604
6	Pakistan	150,694,740
7	Russia	144,524,278
8	Bangladesh	138,448,210
9	Nigeria	133,881,703
10	Japan	127,214,499
11	Mexico	104,907,991
12	Philippines	84,619,974
13	Germany	82,398,326
14	Vietnam	81,624,716
15	Egypt	74,718,797
16	Iran	68,278,031
17	Turkey	68,109,469
18	Ethiopia	66,557,553
19	Thailand	64,265,276
20	Metropolitan France French Guiana French Polynesia Guadeloupe Martinique Mayotte New Caledonia Reunion Saint Pierre and Miquelon Wallis and Futuna Total	60,180,529 186,917 262,125 440,189 425,966 178,437 210,798 755,171 6,976 15,734 62,662,842
21	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 Total	60,094.648 12,738 21,730 64,482 41,934 2,967 27,776 64,818 74,261 90,156 8,995 47 7,367 19,350 60,531,269
22	Italy	57,998,353
23	Democratic Republic of the Congo	56,625,039
24	South Korea	48,289,037
25	Ukraine	48,005,439
26	South Africa	42,768,678
27	Myanmar	42,510,537
28	Colombia	41,662,073
29	Spain	40,217,413
30	Argentina	38,740,807
31	Poland	38,622,660
32	Sudan	38,114,160
33	Tanzania	35,922,454
34	Algeria	32,818,500
35	Canada	32,207,113
36	Morocco Western Sahara Total	31,689,267 250,559 31,939,826
37	Kenya	31,639,091
38	Afghanistan	28,717,213
39	Peru	28,409,897
40	Nepal	26,469,569
41	Uzbekistan	25,981,647
42	Uganda	25,632,794
43	Iraq	24,683,313
44	Venezuela	24,654,694
45	Saudi Arabia	24,293,844
46	Malaysia	23,092,940
47	Republic of China (Taiwan, Quemoy, Matsu)	22,603,001
48	North Korea	22,466,481
49	Romania	22,271,839
50	Ghana	20,467,747
51	Sri Lanka	19,742,439
52	Australia Christmas Island Cocos Islands Norfolk Island Total	19,731,984 433 630 1,853 19,734,900
53	Yemen	19,349,881
54	Syria	17,585,540
55	Mozambique	17,479,266
56	Madagascar	16,979,744
57	Côte d'Ivoire	16,962,491
58	Kazakhstan	16,763,795
59	Netherlands Aruba Netherlands Antilles Total	16,150,511 70,844 216,226 16,437,581
60	Cameroon	15,746,179
61	Chile	15,665,216
62	Guatemala	13,909,384
63	Ecuador	13,710,234
64	Burkina Faso	13,228,460
65	Cambodia	13,124,764
66	Zimbabwe	12,576,742
67	Malawi	11,651,239
68	Mali	11,626,219
69	Cuba	11,263,429
70	Niger	11,058,590
71	Angola	10,766,471
72	Greece	10,665,989
73	Serbia and Montenegro	10,655,774
74	Senegal	10,580,307
75	Belarus	10,322,151
76	Zambia	10,307,333
77	Belgium	10,289,088
78	Czech Republic	10,249,216
79	Portugal	10,102,022
80	Hungary	10,045,407
81	Tunisia	9,924,742
82	Chad	9,253,493
83	Guinea	9,030,220
84	Sweden	8,878,085
85	Dominican Republic	8,715,602
86	Bolivia	8,586,443
87	Austria	8,188,207
88	Somalia	8,025,190
89	Azerbaijan	7,830,764
90	Rwanda	7,810,056
91	Bulgaria	7,537,929
92	Haiti	7,527,817
93	Switzerland	7,318,638
94	Benin	7,041,490
95	Tajikistan	6,863,752
96	Honduras	6,669,789
97	El Salvador	6,470,379
98	Israel Gaza Strip West Bank Total	6,116,533 1,274,868 2,237,194 9,628,595
99	Burundi	6,096,156
100	Paraguay	6,036,900
101	Laos	5,921,545
102	Sierra Leone	5,732,681
103	Libya	5,499,074
104	Jordan	5,460,265
105	Slovakia	5,430,033
106	Togo	5,429,299
107	Denmark Greenland Faroe Islands Total	5,384,384 56,385 46,345 5,487,114
108	Papua New Guinea	5,295,816
109	Finland	5,190,785
110	Nicaragua	5,128,517
111	Georgia	4,934,413
112	Kyrgyzstan	4,892,808
113	Turkmenistan	4,775,544
114	Singapore	4,608,595
115	Norway Svalbard Total	4,546,123 2,811 4,548,934
116	Moldova	4,439,502
117	Croatia	4,422,248
118	Eritrea	4,362,254
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,989,018
120	New Zealand Cook Islands Tokelau Total	3,951,307 21,008 1,418 3,973,733
121	Republic of Ireland	3,924,140
122	Costa Rica	3,896,092
123	Lebanon	3,727,703
124	Central African Republic	3,683,538
125	Lithuania	3,529,561
126	Albania	3,582,205
127	Uruguay	3,413,329
128	Armenia	3,326,448
129	Liberia	3,317,176
130	Panama	2,960,784
131	Republic of the Congo	2,954,258
132	Mauritania	2,912,584
133	Oman	2,807,125
134	Mongolia	2,712,315
135	Jamaica	2,695,867
136	United Arab Emirates	2,484,818
137	Latvia	2,384,784
138	Kuwait	2,183,161
139	Bhutan	2,139,549
140	Republic of Macedonia	2,063,122
141	Slovenia	1,935,677
142	Namibia	1,927,447
143	Lesotho	1,861,959
144	Botswana	1,573,267
145	The Gambia	1,501,050
146	Estonia	1,408,556
147	Guinea-Bissau	1,360,827
148	Gabon	1,321,560
149	Mauritius	1,210,447
150	Swaziland	1,161,219
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1,104,209
152	East Timor	997,853
153	Fiji	868,531
154	Qatar	817,052
155	Cyprus	771,657
156	Guyana	702,100
157	Bahrain	667,238
158	Comoros	632,948
159	Equatorial Guinea	510,437
160	Solomon Islands	509,190
161	Djibouti	457,130
162	Luxembourg	454,157
163	Suriname	435,449
164	Cape Verde	412,137
165	Malta	400,420
166	Brunei	358,098
167	Maldives	329,684
168	The Bahamas	297,477
169	Iceland	280,798
170	Barbados	277,264
171	Belize	266,440
172	Vanuatu	199,414
173	Samoa	178,173
174	Sao Tome and Principe	175,883
175	Saint Lucia	162,157
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	116,812
177	Federated States of Micronesia	108,143
178	Tonga	108,141
179	Kiribati	98,549
180	Grenada	89,258
181	Seychelles	80,469
182	Dominica	69,655
183	Andorra	69,150
184	Antigua and Barbuda	67,897
185	Marshall Islands	56,429
186	Saint Kitts and Nevis	38,763
187	Liechtenstein	33,145
188	Monaco	32,130
189	San Marino	28,119
190	Palau	19,717
191	Nauru	12,570
192	Tuvalu	11,305
193	Niue	2,145
194	Vatican City	911

Note

The 194 countries in the list are the 191 United Nations member states, as well as Taiwan, Niue and Vatican City. Thus the UK, being one member state, is considered one country in the list. The German Wikipedia considers Niue to be a dependency of New Zealand and therefore has a list of 193 countries.

The list also shows the 11 countries which have a total of 42 permanently inhabited dependencies. The total is 236 countries and permanently inhabited dependencies. They correspond with those which the CIA World Factbook lists.

List of countries and dependencies, all ordered according to population

The list includes the world (rank nr. 1) and the 236 countries and dependencies which are also listed above.

1 World  6,302,309,691  July 2003 est.  
2 China  1,286,975,468  July 2003 est.  
3 India  1,049,700,118  July 2003 est.  
4 United States  290,342,554  July 2003 est.  
5 Indonesia  234,893,453  July 2003 est.  
6 Brazil  182,032,604  July 2003 est.  
7 Pakistan  150,694,740  July 2003 est.  
8 Russia  144,526,278  July 2003 est.  
9 Bangladesh  138,448,210  July 2003 est.  
10 Nigeria  133,881,703  July 2003 est.  
11 Japan  127,214,499  July 2003 est.  
12 Mexico  104,907,991  July 2003 est.  
13 Philippines  84,619,974  July 2003 est.  
14 Germany  82,398,326  July 2003 est.  
15 Vietnam  81,624,716  July 2003 est.  
16 Egypt  74,718,797  July 2003 est.  
17 Iran  68,278,826  July 2003 est.  
18 Turkey  68,109,469  July 2003 est.  
19 Ethiopia  66,557,553  July 2003 est.  
20 Thailand  64,265,276  July 2003 est.  
21 France  60,180,529  July 2003 est.  
22 United Kingdom  60,094,648  July 2003 est.  
23 Italy  57,998,353  July 2003 est.  
24 Congo, Democratic Republic of the  56,625,039  July 2003 est.  
25 Korea, South  48,289,037  July 2003 est.  
26 Ukraine  48,055,439  July 2003 est.  
27 South Africa  42,768,678  July 2003 est.  
28 Burma  42,510,537  July 2003 est.  
29 Colombia  41,662,073  July 2003 est.  
30 Spain  40,217,413  July 2003 est.  
31 Argentina  38,740,807  July 2003 est.  
32 Poland  38,622,660  July 2003 est.  
33 Sudan  38,114,160  July 2003 est.  
34 Tanzania  35,922,454  July 2003 est.  
35 Algeria  32,818,500  July 2003 est.  
36 Canada  32,207,113  July 2003 est.  
37 Morocco  31,689,265  July 2003 est.  
38 Kenya  31,639,091  July 2003 est.  
39 Afghanistan  28,717,213  July 2003 est.  
40 Peru  28,409,897  July 2003 est.  
41 Nepal  26,469,569  July 2003 est.  
42 Uzbekistan  25,981,647  July 2003 est.  
43 Uganda  25,632,794  July 2003 est.  
44 Iraq  24,683,313  July 2003 est.  
45 Venezuela  24,654,694  July 2003 est.  
46 Saudi Arabia  24,293,844  July 2003 est.  
47 Malaysia  23,092,940  July 2003 est.  
48 Taiwan  22,603,001  July 2003 est.  
49 Korea, North  22,466,481  July 2003 est.  
50 Romania  22,271,839  July 2003 est.  
51 Ghana  20,467,747  July 2003 est.  
52 Sri Lanka  19,742,439  July 2003 est.  
53 Australia  19,731,984  July 2003 est.  
54 Yemen  19,349,881  July 2003 est.  
55 Syria  17,585,540  July 2003 est.  
56 Mozambique  17,479,266  July 2003 est.  
57 Madagascar  16,979,744  July 2003 est.  
58 Cote d'Ivoire  16,962,491  July 2003 est.  
59 Kazakhstan  16,763,795  July 2003 est.  
60 Netherlands  16,150,511  July 2003 est.  
61 Cameroon  15,746,179  July 2003 est.  
62 Chile  15,665,216  July 2003 est.  
63 Guatemala  13,909,384  July 2003 est.  
64 Ecuador  13,710,234  July 2003 est.  
65 Burkina Faso  13,228,460  July 2003 est.  
66 Cambodia  13,124,764  July 2003 est.  
67 Zimbabwe  12,576,742  July 2003 est.  
68 Malawi  11,651,239  July 2003 est.  
69 Mali  11,626,219  July 2003 est.  
70 Cuba  11,263,429  July 2003 est.  
71 Niger  11,058,590  July 2003 est.  
72 Greece  10,964,020  2001 Census.  
73 Angola  10,766,471  July 2003 est.  
74 Serbia and Montenegro  10,655,774  July 2003 est.  
75 Senegal  10,580,307  July 2003 est.  
76 Belarus  10,322,151  July 2003 est.  
77 Zambia  10,307,333  July 2003 est.  
78 Belgium  10,289,088  July 2003 est.  
79 Czech Republic  10,249,216  July 2003 est.  
80 Portugal  10,102,022  July 2003 est.  
81 Hungary  10,045,407  July 2003 est.  
82 Tunisia  9,924,742  July 2003 est.  
83 Chad  9,253,493  July 2003 est.  
84 Guinea  9,030,220  July 2003 est.  
85 Sweden  8,878,085  July 2003 est.  
86 Dominican Republic  8,715,602  July 2003 est.  
87 Bolivia  8,586,443  July 2003 est.  
88 Austria  8,188,207  July 2003 est.  
89 Somalia  8,025,190  July 2003 est.  
90 Azerbaijan  7,830,764  July 2003 est.  
91 Rwanda  7,810,056  July 2003 est.  
92 Bulgaria  7,537,929  July 2003 est.  
93 Haiti  7,527,817  July 2003 est.  
94 Hong Kong  7,394,170  July 2003 est.  
95 Switzerland  7,318,638  July 2003 est.  
96 Benin  7,041,490  July 2003 est.  
97 Tajikistan  6,863,752  July 2003 est.  
98 Honduras  6,669,789  July 2003 est.  
99 El Salvador  6,470,379  July 2003 est.  
100 Israel  6,116,533  July 2003 est.  
101 Burundi  6,096,156  July 2003 est.  
102 Paraguay  6,036,900  July 2003 est.  
103 Laos  5,921,545  July 2003 est.  
104 Sierra Leone  5,732,681  July 2003 est.  
105 Libya  5,499,074  July 2003 est.  
106 Jordan  5,460,265  July 2003 est.  
107 Slovakia  5,430,033  July 2003 est.  
108 Togo  5,429,299  July 2003 est.  
109 Denmark  5,384,384  July 2003 est.  
110 Papua New Guinea  5,295,816  July 2003 est.  
111 Finland  5,190,785  July 2003 est.  
112 Nicaragua  5,128,517  July 2003 est.  
113 Georgia  4,934,413  July 2003 est.  
114 Kyrgyzstan  4,892,808  July 2003 est.  
115 Turkmenistan  4,775,544  July 2003 est.  
116 Singapore  4,608,595  July 2003 est.  
117 Norway  4,546,123  July 2003 est.  
118 Moldova  4,439,502  July 2003 est.  
119 Croatia  4,422,248  July 2003 est.  
120 Eritrea  4,362,254  July 2003 est.  
121 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3,989,018  July 2003 est.  
122 New Zealand  3,951,307  July 2003 est.  
123 Ireland  3,924,140  July 2003 est.  
124 Costa Rica  3,896,092  July 2003 est.  
125 Puerto Rico  3,885,877  July 2003 est.  
126 Lebanon  3,727,703  July 2003 est.  
127 Central African Republic  3,683,538  July 2003 est.  
128 Lithuania  3,592,561  July 2003 est.  
129 Albania  3,582,205  July 2003 est.  
130 Uruguay  3,413,329  July 2003 est.  
131 Armenia  3,326,448  July 2003 est.  
132 Liberia  3,317,176  July 2003 est.  
133 Panama  2,960,784  July 2003 est.  
134 Congo, Republic of the  2,954,258  July 2003 est.  

135 Mauritania  2,912,584  July 2003 est.  
136 Oman  2,807,125  July 2003 est.  
137 Mongolia  2,712,315  July 2003 est.  
138 Jamaica  2,695,867  July 2003 est.  
139 United Arab Emirates  2,484,818  July 2003 est.  
140 Latvia  2,348,784  July 2003 est.  
141 West Bank  2,237,194  July 2003 est.  
142 Kuwait  2,183,161  July 2003 est.  
143 Bhutan  2,139,549  July 2003 est.  
144 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of  2,063,122  July 2003 est.  
145 Slovenia  1,935,677  July 2003 est.  
146 Namibia  1,927,447  July 2003 est.  
147 Lesotho  1,861,959  July 2003 est.  
148 Botswana  1,573,267  July 2003 est.  
149 Gambia, The  1,501,050  July 2003 est.  
150 Estonia  1,408,556  July 2003 est.  
151 Guinea-Bissau  1,360,827  July 2003 est.  
152 Gabon  1,321,560  July 2003 est.  
153 Gaza Strip  1,274,868  July 2003 est.  
154 Mauritius  1,210,447  July 2003 est.  
155 Swaziland  1,161,219  July 2003 est.  
156 Trinidad and Tobago  1,104,209  July 2003 est.  
157 East Timor  997,853  July 2003 est.  
158 Fiji  868,531  July 2003 est.  
159 Qatar  817,052  July 2003 est.  
160 Cyprus  771,657  July 2003 est.  
161 Reunion  755,171  July 2003 est.  
162 Guyana  702,100  July 2003 est.  
163 Bahrain  667,238  July 2003 est.  
164 Comoros  632,948  July 2003 est.  
165 Equatorial Guinea  510,473  July 2003 est.  
166 Solomon Islands  509,190  July 2003 est.  
167 Macau  469,903  July 2003 est.  
168 Djibouti  457,130  July 2003 est.  
169 Luxembourg  454,157  July 2003 est.  
170 Guadeloupe  440,189  July 2003 est.  
171 Suriname  435,449  July 2003 est.  
172 Martinique  425,966  July 2003 est.  
173 Cape Verde  412,137  July 2003 est.  
174 Malta  400,420  July 2003 est.  
175 Brunei  358,098  July 2003 est.  
176 Maldives  329,684  July 2003 est.  
177 Bahamas, The  297,477  July 2003 est.  
178 Iceland  280,798  July 2003 est.  
179 Barbados  277,264  July 2003 est.  
180 Belize  266,440  July 2003 est.  
181 French Polynesia  262,125  July 2003 est.  
182 Western Sahara  261,794  July 2003 est.  
183 Netherlands Antilles  216,226  July 2003 est.  
184 New Caledonia  210,798  July 2003 est.  
185 Vanuatu  199,414  July 2003 est.  
186 French Guiana  186,917  July 2003 est.  
187 Mayotte  178,437  July 2003 est.  
188 Samoa  178,173  July 2003 est.  
189 Sao Tome and Principe  175,883  July 2003 est.  
190 Guam  163,941  July 2003 est.  
191 Saint Lucia  162,157  July 2003 est.  
192 Virgin Islands  124,778  July 2003 est.  
193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  116,812  July 2003 est.  
194 Micronesia, Federated States of  108,143  July 2003 est.  
195 Tonga  108,141  July 2003 est.  
196 Kiribati  98,549  July 2003 est.  
197 Jersey  90,156  July 2003 est.  
198 Grenada  89,258  July 2003 est.  
199 Seychelles  80,469  July 2003 est.  
200 Northern Mariana Islands  80,006  July 2003 est.  
201 Man, Isle of  74,261  July 2003 est.  
202 Aruba  70,844  July 2003 est.  
203 American Samoa  70,260  July 2003 est.  
204 Dominica  69,655  July 2003 est.  
205 Andorra  69,150  July 2003 est.  
206 Antigua and Barbuda  67,897  July 2003 est.  
207 Guernsey  64,818  July 2003 est.  
208 Bermuda  64,482  July 2003 est.  
209 Marshall Islands  56,429  July 2003 est.  
210 Greenland  56,385  July 2003 est.  
211 Faroe Islands  46,345  July 2003 est.  
212 Cayman Islands  41,934  July 2003 est.  
213 Saint Kitts and Nevis  38,763  July 2003 est.  
214 Liechtenstein  33,145  July 2003 est.  
215 Monaco  32,130  July 2003 est.  
216 San Marino  28,119  July 2003 est.  
217 Gibraltar  27,776  July 2003 est.  
218 British Virgin Islands  21,730  July 2003 est.  
219 Cook Islands  21,008  July 2003 est.  
220 Palau  19,717  July 2003 est.  
221 Turks and Caicos Islands  19,350  July 2003 est.  
222 Wallis and Futuna  15,734  July 2003 est.  
223 Anguilla  12,738  July 2003 est.  
224 Nauru  12,570  July 2003 est.  
225 Tuvalu  11,305  July 2003 est.  
226 Montserrat  8,995  July 2003 est.  
227 Saint Helena  7,367  July 2003 est.  
228 Saint Pierre and Miquelon  6,976  July 2003 est.  
229 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)  2,967  July 2003 est.  
230 Svalbard  2,811  July 2003 est.  
231 Niue  2,145  July 2003 est.  
232 Norfolk Island  1,853  July 2003 est.  
233 Tokelau  1,418  July 2003 est.  
234 Holy See (Vatican City)  911  July 2003 est.  
235 Cocos (Keeling) Islands  630  July 2003 est.  
236 Christmas Island  433  July 2003 est.  
237 Pitcairn Islands  47  July 2003 est.

Reference

• CIA, 1 August, 2003.

  Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of countries by population."

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