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List of countries by population

This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population. Only sovereign states are numbered, but non-sovereign territories are also included for purposes of comparison. The data are generally a projection for July 2005 made by the United States Census Bureau, unless otherwise specified.

Rank	Country	Population
—	World	6,445,398,968
1	People's Republic of China	1,306,313,812¹
2	India	1,080,264,388
	European Union	456,285,839²
3	United States	295,900,500 ³
4	Indonesia	241,973,879
5	Brazil	186,112,794
6	Pakistan	162,419,946
7	Bangladesh	144,319,628
8	Russia	143,420,309
9	Nigeria	128,771,988
10	Japan	127,417,244
11	Mexico	106,202,903
12	Philippines	87,857,473
13	Vietnam	83,535,576
14	Germany	82,431,390
15	Egypt	77,505,756
16	Ethiopia	73,053,286
17	Turkey	69,660,559
18	Iran	68,017,860
19	Thailand	65,444,371
20	France (Metropolitan)	60,656,178
21	Congo (Kinshasa)	60,085,004
22	United Kingdom	59,553,800⁴
23	Italy	58,103,033
24	South Korea	48,422,644
25	Ukraine	47,425,336
26	South Africa	44,344,136
27	Colombia	42,954,279
28	Myanmar	42,909,464
29	Spain	40,341,462
30	Sudan	40,187,486
31	Argentina	39,537,943
32	Poland	38,635,144
33	Tanzania	36,766,356
34	Kenya	33,829,590
35	Canada	32,805,041
36	Morocco	32,725,847
37	Algeria	32,531,853
38	Afghanistan	29,928,987
39	Peru	27,925,628
40	Nepal	27,676,547
41	Uganda	27,269,482
42	Uzbekistan	26,851,195
43	Saudi Arabia	26,417,599
44	Iraq	26,074,906
45	Venezuela	25,375,281
46	Malaysia	23,953,136
47	North Korea	22,912,177
48	Republic of China (Taiwan)	22,894,384
49	Romania	22,329,977
50	Ghana	21,029,853
51	Yemen	20,727,063
52	Australia	20,090,437
53	Sri Lanka	20,064,776
54	Mozambique	19,406,703
55	Syria	18,448,752
56	Madagascar	18,040,341
57	Côte d'Ivoire	17,298,040
58	The Netherlands	16,407,491
59	Cameroon	16,380,005
60	Chile	16,136,137⁵
61	Kazakhstan	15,185,844
62	Guatemala	14,655,189
63	Burkina Faso	13,925,313
64	Cambodia	13,607,069
65	Ecuador	13,363,593
66	Zimbabwe	12,746,990
67	Mali	12,291,529
68	Malawi	12,158,924
69	Niger	11,665,937
70	Cuba	11,346,670
71	Zambia	11,261,795
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	Tunisia	10,074,951
81	Hungary	10,006,835
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	8,591,629
88	Rwanda	8,440,820
89	Austria	8,184,691
90	Haiti	8,121,622
91	Azerbaijan	7,911,974
92	Switzerland	7,489,370
93	Benin	7,460,025
94	Bulgaria	7,450,349
95	Tajikistan	7,163,506
96	Honduras	6,975,204
	Hong Kong, SAR, PRC	6,898,686
97	El Salvador	6,704,932
98	Burundi	6,370,609
99	Paraguay	6,347,884
100	Israel	6,276,883
101	Laos	6,217,141
102	Sierra Leone	6,017,643
103	Libya	5,765,563
104	Jordan	5,759,732
105	Togo	5,681,519
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	New Zealand	4,061,400⁶
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,025,476
121	Costa Rica	4,016,173
122	Republic of Ireland	4,015,676
	Puerto Rico	3,916,632
123	Lebanon	3,826,018
124	Central African Republic	3,799,897
	Palestinian Territories	3,761,904
125	Lithuania	3,596,617
126	Albania	3,563,112
127	Liberia	3,482,211
128	Uruguay	3,415,920
129	Mauritania	3,086,859
130	Panama	3,039,150
131	Congo (Brazzaville)	3,039,126
132	Oman	3,001,583
133	Armenia	2,982,904
134	Mongolia	2,791,272
135	Jamaica	2,731,832
136	United Arab Emirates	2,563,212
137	Kuwait	2,335,648
138	Latvia	2,290,237
139	Bhutan	2,232,291
140	Republic of Macedonia	2,045,262
141	Namibia	2,030,692
142	Slovenia	2,011,070
143	Lesotho	1,867,035
144	Botswana	1,640,115
145	The Gambia	1,593,256
146	Guinea-Bissau	1,416,027
147	Gabon	1,389,201
148	Estonia	1,332,893
149	Mauritius	1,230,602
150	Swaziland	1,173,900
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1,088,644
152	East Timor	1,040,880
153	Fiji	893,354
154	Qatar	863,051
155	Cyprus	780,133
	Reunion	776,948
156	Guyana	765,283
157	Bahrain	688,345
158	Comoros	671,247
159	Solomon Islands	538,032
160	Equatorial Guinea	535,881
161	Djibouti	476,703
162	Luxembourg	468,571
	Macau, SAR, PRC	449,198
	Guadeloupe	448,713
163	Suriname	438,144
	Martinique	432,900
163	Cape Verde	418,224
164	Malta	398,534
165	Brunei	372,361
166	Maldives	349,106
167	The Bahamas	301,790
168	Iceland	296,737
169	Belize	279,457
170	Barbados	279,254
	Western Sahara	273,008
	French Polynesia	270,485
	Netherlands Antilles	219,958
	New Caledonia	216,494
171	Vanuatu	205,754
	French Guiana	195,506
	Mayotte	193,633
172	Sao Tome and Principe	187,410
173	Samoa	177,287
	Guam	168,564
174	Saint Lucia	166,312
175	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	117,534
176	Tonga	112,422
	U.S. Virgin Islands	108,708
177	Federated States of Micronesia	108,105
178	Kiribati	103,092
	Jersey	90,812
179	Grenada	89,502
180	Seychelles	81,188
	Northern Mariana Islands	80,362
	Isle of Man	75,049
	Aruba	71,566
181	Andorra	70,549
182	Dominica	69,029
183	Antigua and Barbuda	68,722
	Bermuda	65,365
	Guernsey	65,228
184	Marshall Islands	59,071
	American Samoa	57,881
	Greenland	56,375
	Faroe Islands	46,962
	Cayman Islands	44,270
185	Saint Kitts and Nevis	38,958
186	Liechtenstein	33,717
187	Monaco	32,409
188	San Marino	28,880
	Gibraltar	27,884
	British Virgin Islands	22,643
	Cook Islands	21,388
	Turks and Caicos Islands	20,556
189	Palau	20,303
	Wallis and Futuna	16,025
	Anguilla	13,254
190	Nauru	13,048
191	Tuvalu	11,636
	Montserrat	9,341
	Saint Helena	7,460
	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	7,012
	Falkland Islands	2,967²
	Svalbard	2,756²
	Norfolk Island	1,841²
	Tokelau	1,405²
192	Vatican City	921²
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	629²
	Christmas Island	396²
	Johnston Atoll	396²
	Pitcairn Islands	46²

¹ This figure does not include Hong Kong, Macau or the territories administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan)
² Estimate for July 2004 by CIA The World Factbook [1]
³ Estimate for April 17 2005 by the U.S. Census Bureau [2]
⁴ Estimate for July 1 2003 by the UK Office of National Statistics [3]
⁵ Estimate for June 30 2005 by Chile's Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas [4]
⁶ Estimated resident population for June 30 2004 by Statistics New Zealand

Reference

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