List of countries by population

This is a list of independent countries and inhabited dependent territories—based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1—bypopulation. Also given in percent is each country's population compared to the population of the world, which according to the United States Census Bureau population clock is estimated at 7.096 billion.^[1]

According to a separate estimate by the United Nations, world population exceeded 7 billion in October 2011.^[2][3][4] 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 as the European Union,^[5] that are not sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica.ⁿ¹

Figures used in this chart are based on the most recent estimate or projections^[6] by the national census authority where available, and are usually rounded off. Where updated national data are not available, figures are based on the 2013 estimates by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.^[7] Because the compiled figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting numerical comparisons may create misleading conclusions. Furthermore, the addition of figures from all countries may not equal the world total.

For a graphical version of this list, see list of countries by population (graphical). See also List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density and the list of regional organizations by population.

Countries

Note: All dependent territories are shown in italics.

Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	Population	Date	% of world population	Source
-	World	7,096,500,000	July 7, 2013	100.00%	USCB's world population clock
1	China[8]	1,354,040,000	December 31, 2012	19.08%	Official estimate
2	India	1,210,569,573	March 1, 2011	17.06%	Final 2011 census result
3	United States	316,199,000	July 7, 2013	4.46%	Official population clock
4	Indonesia	237,641,326	May 1, 2010	3.35%	2010 census result
5	Brazil	193,946,886	July 1, 2012	2.73%	Official estimate
6	Pakistan	183,602,000	July 7, 2013	2.59%	Official population clock
7	Nigeria	173,615,000	July 1, 2013	2.45%	UN estimate
8	Bangladesh	152,518,015	July 16, 2012	2.15%	Official estimate
9	Russia	143,400,000	April 1, 2013	2.02%	Official estimate
10	Japan	127,320,000	June 1, 2013	1.79%	Monthly official estimate
11	Mexico	117,409,830	January 1, 2013	1.65%	Official estimate
12	Philippines	98,012,000	July 7, 2013	1.38%	Official population clock
13	Vietnam	88,780,000	July 1, 2012	1.25%	Official estimate
14	Ethiopia	86,613,986	July 1, 2013	1.22%	Official estimate
15	Egypt	83,661,000	January 1, 2013	1.18%	Official estimate
16	Germany	80,399,300	June 30, 2012	1.13%	Quarterly official estimate
17	Iran	76,723,000	July 7, 2013	1.08%	Official population clock
18	Turkey	75,627,384	December 31, 2012	1.07%	Official estimate
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	67,514,000	July 1, 2013	0.95%	UN estimate
20	Thailand	65,926,261	September 1, 2010	0.93%	2010 census result
21	France[9]	65,657,000	May 1, 2013	0.93%	Monthly official estimate
22	United Kingdom	63,181,775	March 27, 2011	0.89%	2011 census result
23	Italy	59,685,227	December 31, 2012	0.84%	Monthly official estimate
24	Myanmar	53,259,000	July 1, 2013	0.75%	UN estimate
25	South Africa	52,981,991	July 1, 2013	0.75%	Official estimate
26	South Korea	50,219,669	July 1, 2013	0.71%	Official estimate
27	Colombia	47,133,000	July 7, 2013	0.66%	Official population clock
28	Spain	47,059,533	January 1, 2013	0.66%	Annual official estimate
29	Ukraine	45,495,252	May 1, 2013	0.64%	Monthly official estimate
30	Tanzania	44,928,923	August 26, 2012	0.63%	2012 census result
31	Kenya	44,354,000	July 1, 2013	0.63%	UN estimate
32	Argentina	40,117,096	October 27, 2010	0.57%	Final 2010 census result
33	Poland	38,533,299	December 31, 2012	0.54%	Official estimate
34	Sudan	37,964,000	July 1, 2013	0.53%	UN estimate
35	Algeria	37,900,000	January 1, 2013	0.53%	Official estimate
36	Canada	35,141,542	April 1, 2013	0.5%	Official estimate
37	Uganda	34,131,400	July 1, 2012	0.48%	Annual official estimate
38	Iraq	33,330,000	July 1, 2011	0.47%	Annual official estimate
39	Morocco	32,955,800	July 7, 2013	0.46%	Official population clock
40	Peru	30,475,144	June 30, 2013	0.43%	Annual official estimate
41	Uzbekistan	29,993,500	January 1, 2013	0.42%	Official estimate
42	Malaysia	29,724,000	July 7, 2013	0.42%	Official population clock
43	Saudi Arabia	29,195,895	July 1, 2012	0.41%	Official estimate
44	Venezuela	28,946,101	October 30, 2011	0.41%	Preliminary 2011 census result
45	Nepal	26,494,504	June 22, 2011	0.37%	Final 2011 census result
46	Afghanistan	25,500,100	January 1, 2013	0.36%	Official estimate
47	North Korea	24,895,000	July 1, 2013	0.35%	UN estimate
48	Ghana	24,658,823	September 26, 2010	0.35%	Final 2010 census result
49	Yemen	24,527,000	July 1, 2012	0.35%	Official estimate
50	Mozambique	23,700,715	July 1, 2012	0.33%	Official estimate
51	Taiwan[10]	23,340,136	May 31, 2013	0.33%	Monthly official estimate
52	Ivory Coast	23,202,000	July 1, 2012	0.33%	Official estimate
53	Australia	23,077,558	July 7, 2013	0.33%	Official population clock
54	Syria	21,377,000	December 31, 2011	0.3%	Official estimate
55	Madagascar	20,696,070	July 1, 2011	0.29%	Annual official estimate
56	Angola	20,609,294	July 1, 2012	0.29%	Official estimate
57	Sri Lanka	20,277,597	March 21, 2012	0.29%	Preliminary 2012 census result
58	Romania	20,121,641	October 20, 2011	0.28%	2011 census result
59	Cameroon	19,406,100	January 1, 2010	0.27%	Official estimate
60	Niger	17,129,076	December 10, 2012	0.24%	Preliminary 2012 census result
61	Kazakhstan	16,990,000	May 1, 2013	0.24%	Monthly official estimate
62	Netherlands	16,791,500	July 7, 2013	0.24%	Official population clock
63	Chile	16,634,603	April 9, 2012	0.23%	Final 2012 census result
64	Burkina Faso	15,730,977	July 1, 2010	0.22%	Official estimate
65	Ecuador	15,523,300	July 7, 2013	0.22%	Official population clock
66	Guatemala	15,438,384	June 30, 2013	0.22%	Annual official estimate
67	Mali	15,302,000	July 1, 2013	0.22%	UN estimate
68	Cambodia	15,135,000	July 1, 2013	0.21%	UN estimate
69	Malawi	14,388,600	July 1, 2011	0.2%	Official estimate
70	Senegal	13,567,338	July 1, 2013	0.19%	Official estimate
71	Zambia	13,092,666	October 16, 2010	0.18%	Final 2010 census result
72	Zimbabwe	12,973,808	August 17, 2012	0.18%	Preliminary 2012 census result
73	Chad	12,825,000	July 1, 2013	0.18%	UN estimate
74	South Sudan	11,296,000	July 1, 2013	0.16%	UN estimate
75	Cuba	11,163,934	September 15, 2012	0.16%	Preliminary 2012 census result
76	Belgium	11,153,405	May 1, 2013	0.16%	Monthly official estimate
77	Guinea	10,824,200	July 1, 2010	0.15%	Official estimate
78	Greece	10,815,197	May 24, 2011	0.15%	Final 2011 census result
79	Tunisia	10,777,500	July 1, 2012	0.15%	Official estimate
80	Portugal	10,562,178	March 21, 2011	0.15%	Final 2011 census result
81	Rwanda	10,537,222	August 15, 2012	0.15%	Preliminary 2012 census result
82	Czech Republic	10,512,800	March 31, 2013	0.15%	Official estimate
83	Somalia[11]	10,496,000	July 1, 2013	0.15%	UN estimate
84	Haiti	10,413,211	July 1, 2012	0.15%	Official estimate
85	Bolivia	10,389,913	November 21, 2012	0.15%	Preliminary 2012 census result
86	Benin	10,323,000	July 1, 2013	0.15%	UN estimate
87	Burundi	10,163,000	July 1, 2013	0.14%	UN estimate
88	Hungary	9,906,000	January 1, 2013	0.14%	Annual official estimate
89	Sweden	9,588,569	May 31, 2013	0.14%	Monthly official estimate
90	Belarus	9,458,700	June 1, 2013	0.13%	Monthly official estimate
91	Dominican Republic	9,445,281	December 1, 2010	0.13%	Final 2010 census result
92	Azerbaijan	9,235,100	January 1, 2012	0.13%	Official estimate
93	Austria	8,489,482	July 1, 2013	0.12%	Annual official estimate
94	Honduras	8,385,072	July 1, 2012	0.12%	Annual official estimate
95	United Arab Emirates	8,264,070	July 1, 2010	0.12%	Annual official estimate
96	Switzerland	8,058,100	March 31, 2013	0.11%	Quarterly official estimate
97	Israel	8,024,200	April 30, 2013	0.11%	Monthly official estimate
98	Tajikistan	8,000,000	April 1, 2013	0.11%	Official estimate
99	Bulgaria	7,282,041	December 31, 2012	0.1%	Official estimate
100	Serbia[12]	7,241,295	January 1, 2012	0.1%	Official estimate
101	Hong Kong[13]	7,173,900	December 31, 2012	0.1%	Official estimate
102	Papua New Guinea	7,059,653	July 10, 2011	0.099%	2011 census result
103	Paraguay	6,672,631	July 1, 2012	0.094%	Official estimate
104	Laos	6,580,800	July 1, 2013	0.093%	Annual official estimate
105	Jordan	6,460,600	July 7, 2013	0.09%	Official population clock
106	Eritrea	6,333,000	July 1, 2013	0.089%	UN estimate
107	Libya	6,202,000	July 1, 2013	0.087%	UN estimate
108	Togo	6,191,155	November 6, 2010	0.087%	Final 2010 census result
109	El Salvador	6,183,000	June 30, 2010	0.087%	Official estimate
110	Sierra Leone	6,092,000	July 1, 2013	0.086%	UN estimate
111	Nicaragua	6,071,045	June 30, 2012	0.086%	Official estimate
112	Denmark	5,605,836	April 1, 2013	0.079%	Quarterly official estimate
113	Kyrgyzstan	5,551,900	July 1, 2012	0.078%	Annual official estimate
114	Finland	5,434,357	May 31, 2013	0.077%	Monthly official estimate
115	Slovakia	5,410,728	March 31, 2013	0.076%	Official estimate
116	Singapore	5,312,400	July 1, 2012	0.075%	Official estimate
117	Turkmenistan	5,240,000	July 1, 2013	0.074%	UN estimate
118	Norway	5,063,709	March 31, 2013	0.071%	Quarterly official estimate
119	Lebanon	4,822,000	July 1, 2013	0.068%	UN estimate
120	Costa Rica	4,667,096	July 1, 2013	0.066%	Official estimate
121	Central African Republic	4,616,000	July 1, 2013	0.065%	UN estimate
122	Ireland	4,585,400	April 1, 2012	0.065%	Annual official estimate
123	Georgia[14]	4,497,600	January 1, 2012	0.063%	Annual official estimate
124	New Zealand	4,470,250	July 7, 2013	0.063%	Official population clock
125	Republic of the Congo	4,448,000	July 1, 2013	0.063%	UN estimate
126	Palestine[15]	4,420,549	July 1, 2013	0.062%	Official estimate
127	Liberia	4,294,000	July 1, 2013	0.061%	UN estimate
128	Croatia	4,290,612	March 31, 2011	0.06%	2011 census result
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,839,737	June 30, 2011	0.054%	Official estimate
130	Oman	3,831,553	February 28, 2013	0.054%	Monthly official estimate
131	Puerto Rico[16]	3,667,084	July 1, 2012	0.052%	Official estimate
132	Kuwait	3,582,054	December 31, 2010	0.05%	Official estimate
133	Moldova[17]	3,559,500	January 1, 2012	0.05%	Official estimate
134	Mauritania	3,461,041	July 1, 2013	0.049%	Annual official estimate
135	Panama	3,405,813	May 16, 2010	0.048%	Final 2010 census result
136	Uruguay	3,286,314	September 30, 2011	0.046%	Final 2011 census result
137	Armenia	3,031,200	July 1, 2012	0.043%	Annual official estimate
138	Lithuania	2,960,733	June 1, 2013	0.042%	Monthly official estimate
139	Albania	2,821,977	October 1, 2011	0.04%	2011 census result
140	Mongolia	2,754,685	November 11, 2010	0.039%	2010 census result
141	Jamaica	2,709,300	December 31, 2011	0.038%	Annual official estimate
142	Namibia	2,113,077	August 28, 2011	0.03%	Final 2011 census result
143	Lesotho	2,074,000	July 1, 2013	0.029%	UN estimate
144	Slovenia	2,060,317	July 7, 2013	0.029%	Official population clock
145	Macedonia	2,059,794	December 31, 2011	0.029%	Official estimate
146	Botswana	2,024,904	August 22, 2011	0.029%	Final 2011 census result
147	Latvia	2,013,400	June 1, 2013	0.028%	Monthly official estimate
148	Qatar	1,963,124	May 31, 2013	0.028%	Monthly official estimate
149	Gambia	1,849,000	July 1, 2013	0.026%	UN estimate
150	Guinea-Bissau	1,704,000	July 1, 2013	0.024%	UN estimate
151	Gabon	1,672,000	July 1, 2013	0.024%	UN estimate
152	Equatorial Guinea	1,622,000	July 1, 2010	0.023%	Annual official estimate
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1,328,019	January 9, 2011	0.019%	2011 census result
154	Estonia	1,286,540	January 1, 2013	0.018%	Official estimate
155	Mauritius	1,257,900	July 3, 2011	0.018%	2011 census result
156	Swaziland	1,250,000	July 1, 2013	0.018%	UN estimate
157	Bahrain	1,234,571	April 27, 2010	0.017%	Final 2010 census result
158	Timor-Leste	1,066,409	July 11, 2010	0.015%	Final 2010 census result
159	Cyprus[18]	887,000	December 31, 2011	0.012%	Official estimate	Djibouti
160	Djibouti	864,618	July 1, 2011	0.012%	Annual official estimate
161	Fiji	858,038	July 1, 2012	0.012%	Annual official estimate
162	Réunion (France)	821,136	January 1, 2010	0.012%	Official estimate
163	Guyana	784,894	July 1, 2010	0.011%	Annual official estimate
164	Bhutan	736,090	July 7, 2013	0.01%	Official population clock
165	Comoros	724,300	July 1, 2012	0.01%	Official estimate
166	Montenegro	620,029	April 1, 2011	0.0087%	Final 2011 census result
167	Macau[19]	582,000	December 31, 2012	0.0082%	Official estimate
168	Western Sahara[20]	567,000	July 1, 2013	0.008%	UN estimate
169	Solomon Islands	561,000	July 1, 2013	0.0079%	UN estimate
170	Luxembourg	537,000	December 31, 2012	0.0076%	Annual official estimate
171	Suriname	534,189	August 13, 2012	0.0075%	Preliminary 2012 census result
172	Cape Verde	491,875	June 16, 2010	0.0069%	Final 2010 census result
173	Malta	416,055	November 20, 2011	0.0059%	Preliminary 2011 census result
174	Guadeloupe (France)	403,355	January 1, 2010	0.0057%	Official estimate
175	Martinique (France)	394,173	January 1, 2010	0.0056%	Official estimate
176	Brunei	393,162	June 20, 2011	0.0055%	Preliminary 2011 census result
177	Bahamas	351,461	May 3, 2010	0.005%	Final 2010 census result
178	Iceland	322,930	March 31, 2013	0.0046%	Quarterly official estimate
179	Maldives	317,280	July 1, 2010	0.0045%	Official estimate
180	Belize	312,971	May 12, 2010	0.0044%	Preliminary 2010 census result
181	Barbados	274,200	July 1, 2010	0.0039%	Official estimate
182	French Polynesia (France)	268,270	August 22, 2012	0.0038%	Preliminary 2012 census result
183	Vanuatu	258,213	July 1, 2012	0.0036%	Annual official estimate
184	New Caledonia (France)	255,651	July 1, 2012	0.0036%	Annual official estimate
185	French Guiana (France)	229,040	January 1, 2010	0.0032%	Official estimate
186	Mayotte (France)	212,600	August 21, 2012	0.003%	2012 census result
187	Samoa	187,820	November 7, 2011	0.0026%	Final 2011 census result
188	São Tomé and Príncipe	187,356	May 13, 2012	0.0026%	2012 census result
189	Saint Lucia	166,526	May 10, 2010	0.0023%	Preliminary 2010 census result
190	Guam (USA)	159,358	April 1, 2010	0.0022%	Final 2010 census result
191	Curaçao (Netherlands)	150,563	March 26, 2011	0.0021%	2011 census result
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,000	July 1, 2013	0.0015%	UN estimate
193	United States Virgin Islands (USA)	106,405	April 1, 2010	0.0015%	Final 2010 census result
194	Kiribati	104,573	July 1, 2012	0.0015%	Annual official estimate
195	Grenada	103,328	May 12, 2011	0.0015%	2011 census result
196	Tonga	103,036	November 30, 2011	0.0015%	2011 census result
197	Federated States of Micronesia	101,823	July 1, 2012	0.0014%	Annual official estimate
198	Aruba (Netherlands)	101,484	September 29, 2010	0.0014%	2010 census result
199	Jersey (UK)	97,857	March 27, 2011	0.0014%	2011 census result
200	Seychelles	90,945	August 26, 2010	0.0013%	Final 2010 census result
201	Antigua and Barbuda	86,295	May 27, 2011	0.0012%	Preliminary 2011 census result
202	Isle of Man (UK)	84,497	March 27, 2011	0.0012%	2011 census result
203	Andorra	76,246	July 1, 2012	0.0011%	Annual official estimate
204	Dominica	71,293	May 14, 2011	0.001%	Preliminary 2011 census result
205	Bermuda (UK)	64,237	May 20, 2010	0.00091%	Final 2010 census result
206	Guernsey (UK)	62,431	March 31, 2010	0.00088%	Annual official estimate
207	Greenland (Denmark)	56,370	January 1, 2013	0.00079%	Annual official estimate
208	Marshall Islands	55,548	July 1, 2012	0.00078%	Annual official estimate
209	American Samoa (USA)	55,519	April 1, 2010	0.00078%	Final 2010 census result
210	Cayman Islands (UK)	55,456	October 10, 2010	0.00078%	Final 2010 census result
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis	54,000	July 1, 2013	0.00076%	UN estimate
212	Northern Mariana Islands (USA)	53,883	April 1, 2010	0.00076%	Final 2010 census result
213	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	48,244	April 1, 2013	0.00068%	Monthly official estimate
214	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	37,429	January 1, 2010	0.00053%	Official estimate
215	Saint Martin (France)	36,979	January 1, 2010	0.00052%	Official estimate
216	Liechtenstein	36,842	December 31, 2012	0.00052%	Annual official estimate
217	Monaco	36,136	December 31, 2012	0.00051%	Annual official estimate
218	San Marino	32,382	May 31, 2013	0.00046%	Monthly official estimate
219	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	31,458	January 25, 2012	0.00044%	2012 census result
220	Gibraltar (UK)	29,752	July 1, 2011	0.00042%	Annual official estimate
221	British Virgin Islands (UK)	29,537	July 1, 2010	0.00042%	Annual official estimate
222	Åland Islands (Finland)	28,502	December 31, 2012	0.0004%	Official estimate
223	Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)	21,133	January 1, 2011	0.0003%	Official estimate
224	Palau	20,770	July 1, 2012	0.00029%	Annual official estimate
225	Cook Islands (NZ)	14,974	December 1, 2011	0.00021%	Final 2011 census result
226	Anguilla (UK)	13,452	May 11, 2011	0.00019%	Preliminary 2011 census result
227	Wallis and Futuna (France)	13,152	July 1, 2012	0.00019%	Annual official estimate
228	Tuvalu	11,264	July 1, 2012	0.00016%	Annual official estimate
229	Nauru	9,945	October 30, 2011	0.00014%	2011 census result
230	Saint Barthélemy (France)	8,938	January 1, 2010	0.00013%	Official estimate
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	6,081	January 1, 2010	0.00006%	Official estimate
232	Montserrat (UK)	4,922	May 12, 2011	0.00005%	2011 census result
233	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	4,000	July 1, 2013	0.00004%	UN estimate
234	Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)	2,655	September 1, 2012	0.00003%	Official estimate
235	Falkland Islands (UK)	2,563	April 15, 2012	0.00003%	2012 census result
236	Norfolk Island (Australia)	2,302	August 9, 2011	0.00002%	2011 census result
237	Christmas Island (Australia)	2,072	August 9, 2011	0.00002%	2011 census result
238	Niue (NZ)	1,613	September 10, 2011	0.00002%	Final 2011 census result
239	Tokelau (NZ)	1,411	October 18, 2011	0.00001%	Final 2011 census result
240	Vatican City	800	July 1, 2012	0.00001%	Official estimate
241	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	550	August 9, 2011	0.000001%	2011 census result
242	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	48	2012	0.0000000%	2012 estimate