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List of countries by population

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: List of countries by past and future population, List of countries by population in
2005, and List of countries by population in 1907
This is a list of countries ordered according to
population. The list includes sovereign states
and inhabited dependent territories.
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
Map of countries by population for the year 2007
as the European Union,[1] that are not sovereign
states, and dependent territories that do not have
permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica.[2] The estimated total
population of the world is 6,777,700,000.[3]
Figures are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census authority where
available and generally rounded off. Other figures are based on the 2009 July 1 estimate by the
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division.[4] Because these
figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the
resulting rankings may be misleading.
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 the list of
regional organizations by population.
Also see list of countries and dependencies by population density.
Contents
1 List
2 References
3 See also
4 External links
List
Figures indicated by "UN estimate" are based on the July 1, 2009 estimate by the United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population
06.05.2009
Country /
Territory
Rank
Population
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Date Last % of world

Updated
population
China [5]
1,337,722,000
April 17,
2009
19.87%
India
1,162,810,000 May 5 2009
17.16%
306,354,000 May 5 2009
4.52%
United
States
Indonesia
230,014,115
April 21,
2009
3.42%
Brazil
191,175,344 May 5 2009
2.81%
Pakistan
166,273,500
May 1,
2009
2.47%
7 Bangladesh
162,221,000
2.41%
Nigeria
154,729,000
2.3%
Russia
141,833,393
April 16,
2009
2.11%
10
Japan
127,630,000
February 1,
2009
1.9%
11
Mexico
109,610,000
12 Philippines
92,226,600
13
Vietnam
88,069,000
14
Germany
82,062,200
January 1,
2009
1.22%
15
Ethiopia
79,221,000
July 2008
1.18%
16
Egypt
76,585,112
April 30,
2009
1.14%
17
Turkey
71,517,100
December
31, 2008
1.06%
18
Iran
70,495,782
November
2006
1.05%
19
Dem. Rep.
of Congo
1.63%
July 2009
1.37%
1.31%
66,020,000
France [6]
65,073,482
January 1,
2009
0.97%
21
Thailand
63,389,730
December
31, 2008
0.94%
61,612,300
January 1,
2009
0.92%
United
Kingdom
(http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAG
Ethiopia Central S
0.98%
20
22
Hong Kong Statistics
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January 1,
2009
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0.89%
23
Italy
60,090,400
24
Myanmar
(Burma)
50,020,000
0.74%
25
South
Africa
48,697,000 July 1, 2008
0.71%
26
South
Korea
48,333,000
0.72%
27
Ukraine
46,143,700
January 1,
2009
0.69%
28
Spain
45,853,000
January 1,
2009
0.68%
29
Colombia
44,896,533
April 2,
2009
0.67%
30
Tanzania
43,739,000
0.65%
31
Sudan
42,272,000
0.63%
32
Kenya
39,802,000
0.59%
33
Argentina
39,745,613
June 30,
2008
0.59%
34
Poland
38,130,300
January 1,
2009
0.57%
35
Algeria
34,895,000
36
Canada
33,638,000 May 5 2009
37
Uganda
32,710,000
38
Morocco
31,394,044
39
Iraq
30,747,000
0.46%
40
Nepal
29,331,000
0.44%
41
Peru
29,165,000
0.43%
42
Venezuela
28,685,400
March 2,
2009
0.43%
43
Malaysia
28,200,000
April 26,
2009
0.42%
44
Afghanistan
45 Uzbekistan
0.5%
0.49%
February
21, 2009
0.47%
28,150,000
0.42%
27,488,000
0.41%
Saudi
Arabia
25,721,000
0.38%
47
North
Korea
23,906,000
0.36%
23,837,000
0.35%
Ghana
0.52%
46
48
06.05.2009
49
Yemen
23,580,000
50
Taiwan[7]
23,027,672
51
Mozambique
52
53
54
55
56
57
Syria
Australia
[8]
Romania
Cte
d'Ivoire
Sri Lanka
Madagascar
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0.35%
November
30, 2008
0.34%
22,894,000
0.34%
21,906,000
0.33%
21,747,000
May 1,
2009
0.32%
21,496,700
January 1,
2009
0.32%
21,075,000
0.31%
20,238,000
0.3%
19,625,000
0.29%
58
Cameroon
19,522,000
0.29%
59
Angola
18,498,000
0.27%
60
Chile
16,903,000 May 5 2009
0.25%
April 30,
2009
0.25%
61
62
Netherlands
Burkina
Faso
16,511,000
15,757,000
August 1,
2008
15,571,506
64
Niger
15,290,000
0.23%
65
Malawi
15,263,000
0.23%
14,027,000
0.21%
Guatemala
Official INE projection (http://www.ine.cl/can
0.23%
63 Kazakhstan
66
Official Australian Population
0.23%
67
Ecuador
13,938,115
March 1,
2009
0.21%
68
Cambodia
13,388,910
March 3,
2008
0.2%
69
Mali
13,010,000
0.19%
70
Zambia
12,935,000
0.19%
71
Senegal
12,534,000
0.19%
72
Zimbabwe
12,523,000
0.19%
73
Greece
11,262,500
74
Chad
11,206,000
January 1,
2009
0.17%
National Statistics Agency estimate

BD%20%D0%B2%20%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%84%
B5%20%D0%B8%20%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%86%
D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0/%D0%AD
0.17%
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75
Cuba
11,204,000
76
Belgium
10,741,000
January 1,
2009
0.16%
77
Portugal
10,631,800
January 1,
2009
0.16%
10,474,600
January 1,
2009
0.16%
10,327,800 July 1, 2008
0.15%
80 Dominican
Republic
10,090,000
0.15%
81
Guinea
10,069,000
0.15%
82
Haiti
10,033,000
0.15%
83
Hungary
10,029,900
84
Rwanda
9,998,000
0.15%
85
Bolivia
9,863,000
0.15%
86
Serbia[11]
9,850,000
0.15%
87
Belarus
9,690,000
December
31, 2007
0.14%
88
Sweden
9,264,000
February
28, 2009
0.14%
89
Somalia
9,133,000
0.14%
90
Benin
8,935,000
0.13%
78
79
Czech
Republic
Tunisia
0.17%
January 1,
2009
0.15%
91 Azerbaijan
8,629,900
January 1,
2008
0.13%
92
Austria
8,356,700
January 1,
2009
0.12%
93
Burundi
8,303,000
94
Switzerland
0.12%
7,712,100
February
28, 2009
0.11%
January 1,
2009
0.11%
95
Bulgaria
7,602,100
96
Honduras
7,466,000
97
Israel [12]
7,411,000
98
Tajikistan
6,952,000
0.1%
0.11%
April 28,
2009
0.11%
99
Papua
New Guinea
6,732,000
0.1%
100
Togo
6,619,000
0.098%
101
Libya
6,420,000
0.095%
06.05.2009
102
Paraguay
6,349,000
0.094%
103
Laos
6,320,000
0.094%
104
Jordan
6,316,000
0.094%
6,163,000
0.09%
5,743,000
0.085%
5,696,000
0.085%
105
El
Salvador
106
107
Nicaragua
Sierra
Leone
108
Denmark
5,511,451
December
31, 2008
0.082%
109 Kyrgyzstan
5,482,000
110
Slovakia
5,412,254
January 1,
2009
0.08%
Finland
5,333,934
May 5,
2009
0.079%
111
112
[13]
Turkmenistan
0.081%
5,110,000
0.076%
0.075%
113
Eritrea
5,073,000
114
Singapore
4,839,400
Mid-2008
0.072%
Norway
4,815,200
April 30,
2009
0.071%
116
United
Arab Emirates
4,599,000
0.068%
117
Costa
Rica
4,579,000
0.068%
115
[14]
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118
Ireland
4,517,800
January 1,
2009
0.07%
119
Croatia
4,432,000
January 1,
2009
0.07%
Central
120 African
Republic
4,422,000
Georgia
4,382,100
January 1,
2008
0.065%
4,307,054
May 2,
2009
0.064%
121
122
123
124
125
[15]
New
Zealand
Lebanon
Puerto
Rico
Liberia
0.066%
4,224,000
0.063%
3,982,000
0.059%
3,955,000
0.059%
06.05.2009
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Bosnia
126 and
Herzegovina
3,767,000
127
Palestine
3,761,646
128
Republic
of the Congo
3,683,000
129
Moldova
[16]
3,572,700
0.056%
December
1, 2007
0.056%
0.055%
January 1,
2008
0.056%
130
Panama
3,454,000
0.051%
131
Uruguay
3,361,000
0.05%
132
Lithuania
3,350,400
133
Mauritania
January 1,
2009
3,291,000
0.05%
0.049%
134
Armenia
3,230,100
January 1,
2008
0.045%
135
Albania
3,170,000
January 1,
2008
0.047%
136
Kuwait
2,985,000
0.044%
137
Oman
2,845,000
0.042%
138
Jamaica
2,719,000
0.04%
139
Mongolia
2,671,000
0.04%
140
Latvia
2,259,400
141
Namibia
2,171,000
0.032%
142
Lesotho
2,067,000
0.031%
143
Slovenia
2,053,355
March 1,
2009
0.031%
January 1,
2009
0.03%
March 1,
2009
0.034%
144
Republic
of Macedonia
2,048,900
145
Botswana
1,950,000
0.029%
146
Gambia
1,705,000
0.025%
147
GuineaBissau
1,611,000
0.024%
148
Gabon
1,475,000
0.022%
149
Qatar
1,409,000
0.021%
150
Estonia
1,340,341
151
Trinidad
and Tobago
January 1,
2009
1,339,000
0.02%
0.02%
06.05.2009
152
153
154
Mauritius
1,288,000
0.019%
Swaziland
1,185,000
0.018%
1,134,000
0.017%
[17]
East
Timor
155
Djibouti
864,000
0.013%
156
Fiji
849,000
0.013%
157
Cyprus [18]
801,600
158
Bahrain
791,000
0.012%
159
Guyana
762,000
0.011%
160
Bhutan
697,000
0.01%
Comoros
676,000
161
162
[19]
Equatorial
Guinea [20]
January 1,
2009
January
2009
0.012%
0.008%
163 Montenegro
624,000
0.009%
Solomon
Islands
523,000
0.007%
520,000
0.008%
165
Suriname
0.01%
676,000
164
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166
Western
Sahara
513,000
0.008%
167
Cape
Verde
506,000
0.008%
168 Luxembourg
491,700
January 1,
2009
0.007%
169
Malta
412,600
January 1,
2009
0.006%
170
Brunei
400,000
0.006%
171
Bahamas
342,000
0.005%
172
Iceland
319,326
173
Maldives
309,000
0.005%
174
Belize
307,000
0.005%
175
Barbados
256,000
0.004%
176
Vanuatu
240,000
0.004%
177 Netherlands
Antilles
198,000
0.003%
178
179,000
0.003%
Samoa
April 1,
2009
0.005%
06.05.2009
179
Guam
178,000
0.003%
180
Saint
Lucia
172,000
0.003%
181
So Tom
and Prncipe
163,000
0.002%
Federated
182 States of
Micronesia
111,000
0.002%
U.S. Virgin
Islands
110,000
0.002%
Saint
Vincent
and
184
the
Grenadines
109,000
0.002%
185
Aruba
107,000
0.002%
186
Grenada
104,000
0.002%
187
Tonga
104,000
0.002%
188
Kiribati
98,000
0.001%
189
Jersey
89,300
190
Antigua
and Barbuda
88,000
0.001%
Northern
191 Mariana
Islands
87,000
0.001%
192
Andorra
86,000
0.001%
193
Seychelles
84,000
0.001%
194
Isle of Man
80,000
0.001%
195
Dominica
67,000
0.001%
196
American
Samoa
67,000
0.001%
197
Bermuda
65,000
0.001%
198
Marshall
Islands
62,000
0.001%
199
Guernsey
61,811
200
Greenland
57,000
0.001%
183
December
31, 2006
March 1,
2007
0.001%
0.001%
201
Cayman
Islands
56,000
0.001%
202
Saint Kitts
and Nevis
52,000
0.001%
203
Faroe
Islands
48,797
February 1,
2009
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0.001%
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January 1,
2009
204 Liechtenstein
35,593
205
33,000
0.0005%
0.0005%
Monaco
206
Turks and
Caicos Islands
33,000
207
San
Marino
30,800
0.0005%
January 1,
2008
0.0005%
208
Gibraltar
31,000
0.0005%
209
British
Virgin Islands
23,000
0.0003%
210
Cook
Islands
20,000
0.0003%
211
Palau
20,000
0.0003%
212
Anguilla
15,000
0.0002%
213
Tuvalu
10,000
0.0001%
214
Nauru
10,000
0.0001%
215
Saint
Helena [21]
6,600
2008
0.0001%
5,900
2008
0.0001%
216
Montserrat
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217
Falkland
Islands
3,000
2008
0.00005%
218
Niue
1,500
2008
0.00003%
219
Tokelau
1,400
2008
0.00003%
220
Vatican
City
800
2008
0.00002%
221
Pitcairn
Islands
50
2008
0.000001%
References
1. ^ 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 499,673,300 on January 1, 2009, and it would be ranked 3rd if it were included in the list
(7.4% of world population) - see "Total population". Eurostat.
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?
_pageid=0,1136184,0_45572592&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL. Retrieved on 2008-12-20..
2. ^ 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 5000
in the summer.
3. ^ International Programs Center - census.gov (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/)
4. ^ a b Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009) (.PDF). World Population
Prospects, Table A.1. 2008 revision. United Nations.
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf. Retrieved on 200903-12.
5. ^ Includes Hong Kong, which had 7,008,900 inhabitants on December 31, 2008, and Macau, which had
549,200 inhabitants on December 31, 2008.
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6. ^ Includes 7 French overseas collectivities: French Polynesia (259,596 inh. in Aug. 2007), New
Caledonia (244,410 inh. in Jan. 2008), Mayotte (186,452 inh. in July 2007), Saint Martin (35,263 inh. in
Jan. 2006), Wallis and Futuna (13,484 inh. in Jul. 2008), Saint Barthlemy (8,450 inh. in Jan. 2007),
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (6,125 inh. in Jan. 2006).
7. ^ Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.
8. ^ Includes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828)
9. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional Population Totals, National Institute of
Statistics, Ministry of Planning, released 3rd September, 2008[1]
(http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/cambodia/pdf/pre_rep1.pdf)
10. ^ National Statistics Institute of Tunisia (http://www.ins.nat.tn/)
11. ^ Includes Kosovo
12. ^ UN figure for mid-2009 is 7,170,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.
13. ^ Includes land Islands
14. ^ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island
15. ^ Figure includes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000)
16. ^ Includes Transnistria (555,347)
17. ^ Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon
18. ^ UN estimate for mid-2009 is 871,000
19. ^ Excludes the island of Mayotte.
20. ^ 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." [2]
(http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18181.htm) The official census figures are available here
(http://www.dgecnstat-ge.org/Datos/estructurales/Poblacion.htm) .
21. ^ Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
See also
Human geography
List of cities by population
List of national capitals by population
List of continents by population
List of countries
List of countries by population density
List of countries by population in 1907
List of countries by population in 2005
List of countries by past and future population
Lists of countries in various regions by populations:
Africa
Americas
Caribbean islands
Latin America
North America
South America
Arab states
Asia
East Asia
East Asia and Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Commonwealth of Nations
Europe
European Union member states
Middle East
Oceania
List of regional organizations by population
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List of religious populations

World population
External links
United Nations Analytical Report for the 2004 revision of World Population Prospects
(http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/WPP2004/WPP2004_Volume3.htm) (the
analytical report for the 2006 revision is not available online) includes details of
methodology and sources used for the population estimates above.
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Date Last % of world

1,162,810,000 May 5 2009

306,354,000 May 5 2009

191,175,344 May 5 2009

Hong Kong Statistics

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48,697,000 July 1, 2008

33,638,000 May 5 2009

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16,903,000 May 5 2009

Official INE projection (http://www.ine.cl/can

Official Australian Population

National Statistics Agency estimate

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10,327,800 July 1, 2008

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