List of countries and dependencies by population
List of countries by population
Data is from the United States Census Bureau and is current as of mid-year 2000.
See also: List of countries, List of countries by area, List of countries by population density
1 China 1,273,111,290 2 India 1,029,991,145 3 United States 278,058,881 4 Indonesia 228,437,870 5 Brazil 174,468,575 6 Russia 145,470,197 7 Pakistan 144,616,639 8 Bangladesh 131,269,860 9 Japan 126,771,662 10 Nigeria 126,635,626 11 Mexico 101,879,171 12 Germany 83,029,536 13 Philippines 82,841,518 14 Vietnam 79,939,014 15 Egypt 69,536,644 16 Turkey 66,493,970 17 Iran 66,128,965 18 Ethiopia 65,891,874 19 Thailand 61,797,751 20 United Kingdom 59,647,790 21 France 59,551,227 22 Italy 57,679,825 23 Democratic Republic of the Congo 53,624,718 24 Ukraine 48,760,474 25 Korea, South 47,904,370 26 South Africa 43,586,097 27 Myanmar 41,994,678 28 Colombia 40,349,388 29 Spain 40,037,995 30 Poland 38,633,912 31 Argentina 37,384,816 32 Tanzania 36,232,074 33 Sudan 36,080,373 34 Algeria 31,736,053 35 Canada 31,592,805 36 Kenya 30,765,916 37 Morocco 30,645,305 38 Peru 27,483,864 39 Afghanistan 26,813,057 40 Nepal 25,284,463 41 Uzbekistan 25,155,064 42 Uganda 23,985,712 43 Venezuela 23,916,810 44 Iraq 23,331,985 45 Saudi Arabia 22,757,092 46 Taiwan 22,370,461 47 Romania 22,364,022 48 Malaysia 22,229,040 49 North Korea 21,968,228 50 Ghana 19,894,014 51 Sri Lanka 19,408,635 52 Mozambique 19,371,057 53 Australia 19,357,594 54 Yemen 18,078,035 55 Kazakhstan 16,731,303 56 Syria 16,728,808 57 Cote d'Ivoire 16,393,221 58 Madagascar 15,982,563 59 Netherlands 15,981,472 60 Cameroon 15,803,220 61 Chile 15,328,467 62 Ecuador 13,183,978 63 Guatemala 12,974,361 64 Cambodia 12,491,501 65 Burkina Faso 12,272,289 66 Zimbabwe 11,365,366 67 Cuba 11,184,023 68 Mali 11,008,518 69 Greece 10,623,835 70 Malawi 10,548,250 71 Angola 10,366,031 72 Niger 10,355,156 73 Belarus 10,350,194 74 Senegal 10,284,929 75 Czech Republic 10,264,212 76 Belgium 10,258,762 77 Hungary 10,106,017 78 Portugal 10,066,253 79 Serbia 10,003,309 80 Zambia 9,770,199 81 Tunisia 9,705,102 82 Sweden 8,875,053 83 Chad 8,707,078 84 Dominican Republic 8,581,477 85 Bolivia 8,300,463 86 Austria 8,150,835 87 Azerbaijan 7,771,092 88 Bulgaria 7,707,495 89 Guinea 7,613,870 90 Somalia 7,488,773 91 Rwanda 7,312,756 92 Switzerland 7,283,274 93 Hong Kong S.A.R. 7,210,505 94 Haiti 6,964,549 95 Benin 6,590,782 96 Tajikistan 6,578,681 97 Honduras 6,406,052 98 El Salvador 6,237,662 99 Burundi 6,223,897 100 Israel 5,938,093 101 Paraguay 5,734,139 102 Laos 5,635,967 103 Sierra Leone 5,426,618 104 Slovakia 5,414,937 105 Denmark 5,352,815 106 Libya 5,240,599 107 Finland 5,175,783 108 Jordan 5,153,378 109 Togo 5,153,088 110 Papua New Guinea 5,049,055 111 Georgia 4,989,285 112 Nicaragua 4,918,393 113 Kyrgyzstan 4,753,003 114 Turkmenistan 4,603,244 115 Norway 4,503,440 116 Moldova 4,431,570 117 Croatia 4,334,142 118 Singapore 4,300,419 119 Eritrea 4,298,269 120 Puerto Rico 3,937,316 121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,922,205 122 New Zealand 3,864,129 123 Ireland 3,840,838 124 Costa Rica 3,773,057 125 Lebanon 3,627,774 126 Lithuania 3,610,535 127 Central African Republic 3,576,884 128 Albania 3,510,484 129 Uruguay 3,360,105 130 Armenia 3,336,100 131 Liberia 3,225,837 132 Republic of the Congo 2,894,336 133 Panama 2,845,647 134 Mauritania 2,747,312 135 Jamaica 2,665,636 136 Mongolia 2,654,999 137 Oman 2,622,198 138 United Arab Emirates 2,407,460 139 Latvia 2,385,231 140 Lesotho 2,177,062 141 West Bank 2,090,713 142 Bhutan 2,049,412 143 Macedonia 2,046,209 144 Kuwait 2,041,961 145 Slovenia 1,930,132 146 Namibia 1,797,677 147 Botswana 1,586,119 148 Estonia 1,423,316 149 The Gambia 1,411,205 150 Guinea-Bissau 1,315,822 151 Gabon 1,221,175 152 Mauritius 1,189,825 153 Gaza Strip 1,178,119 154 Trinidad and Tobago 1,169,682 155 Swaziland 1,104,343 156 Fiji 844,330 157 Qatar 769,152 158 Cyprus 762,887 159 Reunion 732,570 160 Guyana 697,181 161 Montenegro 673,981 162 Bahrain 645,361 163 Comoros 596,202 164 Equatorial Guinea 486,060 165 Solomon Islands 480,442 166 Djibouti 460,700 167 Macau S.A.R. 453,733 168 Luxembourg 442,972 169 Suriname 433,998 170 Guadeloupe 431,170 171 Martinique 418,454 172 Cape Verde 405,163 173 Malta 394,583 174 Brunei 343,653 175 Maldives 310,764 176 The Bahamas 297,852 177 Iceland 277,906 178 Barbados 275,330 179 Belize 256,062 180 French Polynesia 253,506 181 Western Sahara 250,559 182 Netherlands Antilles 212,226 183 New Caledonia 204,863 184 Vanuatu 192,910 185 Samoa 179,058 186 French Guiana 177,562 187 Sao Tome and Principe 165,034 188 Mayotte 163,366 189 Saint Lucia 158,178 190 Guam 157,557 191 Micronesia 134,597 192 Virgin Islands 122,211 193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 115,942 194 Tonga 104,227 195 Kiribati 94,149 196 Jersey 89,361 197 Grenada 89,227 198 Seychelles 79,715 199 Northern Mariana Islands 74,612 200 Isle of Man 73,489 201 Marshall Islands 70,822 202 Dominica 70,786 203 Aruba 70,007 204 Andorra 67,627 205 American Samoa 67,084 206 Antigua and Barbuda 66,970 207 Guernsey 64,342 208 Bermuda 63,503 209 Greenland 56,352 210 Faroe Islands 45,661 211 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,756 212 Cayman Islands 35,527 213 Liechtenstein 32,528 214 Monaco 31,842 215 Gibraltar 27,649 216 San Marino 27,336 217 British Virgin Islands 20,812 218 Cook Islands 20,611 219 Palau 19,092 220 Turks and Caicos Islands 18,122 221 Wallis and Futuna 15,435 222 Anguilla 12,132 223 Nauru 12,088 224 Tuvalu 10,991 225 Montserrat 7,574 226 Saint Helena 7,266 227 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6,928