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 date of nationhood

Table of contents
1 List of countries by population with dependencies shown with the main country
2 List of countries and dependencies, all ordered according to population
3 Reference

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  48  November 2003 est.

Reference

  • CIA, 1 August, 2003.