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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.

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 of America

 - 50 states and Washington, D.C.
 - 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 176,029,550
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 83,797,000
14 Vietnam 81,624,716
15 Egypt 74,718,797
16 Turkey 72,000,000
17 Iran 68,278,031
18 Ethiopia 66,557,553
19 Thailand 64,265,276
20 France

 - Metropolitan France
 - French Guiana
 - French Polynesia
 - Guadeloupe
 - Martinique
 - Mayotte
 - New Caledonia
 - Réunion
 - 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

 - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
 - 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 25,581,000
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 Australia

 - Christmas Island
 - Cocos Islands
 - Lord Howe Island
 - Norfolk Island

Total		 19,913,144

 396
 629
 315
 1,841

19,916,325
52 Sri Lanka 19,742,439
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		 16,318,199

 70,844
 216,226

16,605,269
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 Belgium 10,364,388
76 Belarus 10,322,151
77 Zambia 10,307,333
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 7,364,100
94 Benin 7,041,490
95 Tajikistan 6,863,752
96 Honduras 6,669,789
97 El Salvador 6,470,379
98 Israel 6,116,533
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
 48,228

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
 - Niue
 - Tokelau

Total		 4,061,300 (2004[1] (http://www.stats.govt.nz/))

 21,008 (WFB 2003)
 2,145 (WFB 2003)
 1,418 (WFB 2003)

4,085,871
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 Palestinian territories:

 - West Bank
 - Gaza Strip

Total		  

 2,237,194
 1,274,868

3,512,062
128 Uruguay 3,413,329
129 Armenia 3,326,448
130 Liberia 3,317,176
131 Panama 2,960,784
132 Republic of the Congo 2,954,258
133 Mauritania 2,912,584
134 Oman 2,807,125
135 Mongolia 2,712,315
136 Jamaica 2,695,867
137 United Arab Emirates 2,484,818
138 Latvia 2,384,784
139 Kuwait 2,183,161
140 Bhutan 2,139,549
141 Republic of Macedonia 2,063,122
142 Slovenia 1,935,677
143 Namibia 1,927,447
144 Lesotho 1,861,959
145 Botswana 1,573,267
146 The Gambia 1,501,050
147 Estonia 1,408,556
148 Guinea-Bissau 1,360,827
149 Gabon 1,321,560
150 Mauritius 1,210,447
151 Swaziland 1,161,219
152 Trinidad and Tobago 1,104,209
153 East Timor 997,853
154 Fiji 868,531
155 Qatar 817,052
156 Cyprus 771,657
157 Guyana 702,100
158 Bahrain 667,238
159 Comoros 632,948
160 Equatorial Guinea 510,437
161 Solomon Islands 509,190
162 Djibouti 457,130
163 Luxembourg 454,157
164 Suriname 435,449
165 Cape Verde 412,137
166 Malta 400,420
167 Brunei 358,098
168 Maldives 329,684
169 The Bahamas 297,477
170 Iceland 280,798
171 Barbados 277,264
172 Belize 266,440
173 Vanuatu 199,414
174 Samoa 178,173
175 São Tomé and Príncipe 175,883
176 Saint Lucia 162,157
177 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 116,812
178 Federated States of Micronesia 108,143
179 Tonga 108,141
180 Kiribati 98,549
181 Grenada 89,258
182 Seychelles 80,469
183 Dominica 69,655
184 Andorra 69,150
185 Antigua and Barbuda 67,897
186 Marshall Islands 56,429
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,763
188 Liechtenstein 33,145
189 Monaco 32,130
190 San Marino 28,119
191 Palau 19,717
192 Nauru 12,570
193 Tuvalu 11,305
194 Vatican City 911

Note

The 194 countries in the list are the 191 United Nations member states, as well as the Palestinian territories, Taiwan, and Vatican City. Thus the UK, being one member state, is considered one country in the list.

The list also shows the 11 countries which have a total of 43 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 227 countries and dependencies which are also listed above.

Pos Country Population Date
1 World 6,446,131,400 January 2005 est.
2 China 1,306,313,812 January 2005 est.
3 India 1,080,264,388 January 2005 est.
4 United States 295,734,134 January 2005 est.
5 Indonesia 241,973,879 January 2005 est.
6 Brazil 186,112,794 January 2005 est.
7 Pakistan 162,419,946 January 2005 est.
8 Bangladesh 144,319,628 January 2005 est.
9 Russia 143,420,309 January 2005 est.
10 Nigeria 128,771,988 January 2005 est.
11 Japan 127,417,244 January 2005 est.
12 Mexico 106,202,903 January 2005 est.
13 Philippines 87,857,473 January 2005 est.
14 Vietnam 83,535,576 January 2005 est.
15 Germany 82,431,390 January 2005 est.
16 Egypt 77,505,756 January 2005 est.
17 Ethiopia 73,053,286 January 2005 est.
18 Turkey 69,660,559 January 2005 est.
19 Iran 68,017,860 January 2005 est.
20 Thailand 65,444,371 January 2005 est.
21 France 60,656,178 January 2005 est.
22 United Kingdom 60,441,457 January 2005 est.
23 Congo (Kinshasa) 60,085,004 January 2005 est.
24 Italy 58,103,033 January 2005 est.
25 Korea, South 48,422,644 January 2005 est.
26 Ukraine 47,425,336 January 2005 est.
27 South Africa 44,344,136 January 2005 est.
28 Colombia 42,954,279 January 2005 est.
29 Myanmar 42,909,464 January 2005 est.
30 Spain 40,341,462 January 2005 est.
31 Sudan 40,187,486 January 2005 est.
32 Argentina 39,537,943 January 2005 est.
33 Poland 38,635,144 January 2005 est.
34 Tanzania 36,766,356 January 2005 est.
35 Kenya 33,829,590 January 2005 est.
36 Canada 32,805,041 January 2005 est.
37 Morocco 32,725,847 January 2005 est.
38 Algeria 32,531,853 January 2005 est.
39 Afghanistan 29,928,987 January 2005 est.
40 Peru 27,925,628 January 2005 est.
41 Nepal 27,676,547 January 2005 est.
42 Uganda 27,269,482 January 2005 est.
43 Uzbekistan 26,851,195 January 2005 est.
44 Saudi Arabia 26,417,599 January 2005 est.
45 Iraq 26,074,906 January 2005 est.
46 Venezuela 25,375,281 January 2005 est.
47 Malaysia 23,953,136 January 2005 est.
48 Korea, North 22,912,177 January 2005 est.
49 Taiwan 22,894,384 January 2005 est.
50 Romania 22,329,977 January 2005 est.
51 Ghana 21,029,853 January 2005 est.
52 Yemen 20,727,063 January 2005 est.
53 Australia 20,090,437 January 2005 est.
54 Sri Lanka 20,064,776 January 2005 est.
55 Mozambique 19,406,703 January 2005 est.
56 Syria 18,448,752 January 2005 est.
57 Madagascar 18,040,341 January 2005 est.
58 Côte d'Ivoire 17,298,040 January 2005 est.
59 Netherlands 16,407,491 January 2005 est.
60 Cameroon 16,380,005 January 2005 est.
61 Chile 15,980,912 January 2005 est.
62 Kazakhstan 15,185,844 January 2005 est.
63 Guatemala 14,655,189 January 2005 est.
64 Burkina Faso 13,925,313 January 2005 est.
65 Cambodia 13,607,069 January 2005 est.
66 Ecuador 13,363,593 January 2005 est.
67 Zimbabwe 12,746,990 January 2005 est.
68 Mali 12,291,529 January 2005 est.
69 Malawi 12,158,924 January 2005 est.
70 Niger 11,665,937 January 2005 est.
71 Cuba 11,346,670 January 2005 est.
72 Zambia 11,261,795 January 2005 est.
73 Angola 11,190,786 January 2005 est.
74 Senegal 11,126,832 January 2005 est.
75 Serbia and Montenegro 10,829,175 January 2005 est.
76 Greece 10,668,354 January 2005 est.
77 Portugal 10,566,212 January 2005 est.
78 Belgium 10,364,388 January 2005 est.
79 Belarus 10,300,483 January 2005 est.
80 Czech Republic 10,241,138 January 2005 est.
81 Tunisia 10,074,951 January 2005 est.
82 Hungary 10,006,835 January 2005 est.
83 Chad 9,826,419 January 2005 est.
84 Guinea 9,467,866 January 2005 est.
85 Sweden 9,001,774 January 2005 est.
86 Dominican Republic 8,950,034 January 2005 est.
87 Bolivia 8,857,870 January 2005 est.
88 Somalia 8,591,629 January 2005 est.
89 Rwanda 8,440,820 January 2005 est.
90 Austria 8,184,691 January 2005 est.
91 Haiti 8,121,622 January 2005 est.
92 Azerbaijan 7,911,974 January 2005 est.
93 Switzerland 7,489,370 January 2005 est.
94 Benin 7,460,025 January 2005 est.
95 Bulgaria 7,450,349 January 2005 est.
96 Tajikistan 7,163,506 January 2005 est.
97 Honduras 6,975,204 January 2005 est.
98 Hong Kong 6,898,686 January 2005 est.
99 El Salvador 6,704,932 January 2005 est.
100 Burundi 6,370,609 January 2005 est.
101 Paraguay 6,347,884 January 2005 est.
102 Israel 6,276,883 January 2005 est.
103 Laos 6,217,141 January 2005 est.
104 Sierra Leone 6,017,643 January 2005 est.
105 Libya 5,765,563 January 2005 est.
106 Jordan 5,759,732 January 2005 est.
107 Togo 5,681,519 January 2005 est.
108 Papua New Guinea 5,545,268 January 2005 est.
109 Nicaragua 5,465,100 January 2005 est.
110 Denmark 5,432,335 January 2005 est.
111 Slovakia 5,431,363 January 2005 est.
112 Finland 5,223,442 January 2005 est.
113 Kyrgyzstan 5,146,281 January 2005 est.
114 Turkmenistan 4,952,081 January 2005 est.
115 Georgia 4,677,401 January 2005 est.
116 Norway 4,593,041 January 2005 est.
117 Eritrea 4,561,599 January 2005 est.
118 Croatia 4,495,904 January 2005 est.
119 Moldova 4,455,421 January 2005 est.
120 Singapore 4,425,720 January 2005 est.
121 New Zealand 4,035,461 January 2005 est.
122 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,025,476 January 2005 est.
123 Costa Rica 4,016,173 January 2005 est.
124 Ireland 4,015,676 January 2005 est.
125 Puerto Rico 3,916,632 January 2005 est.
126 Lebanon 3,826,018 January 2005 est.
127 Central African Republic 3,799,897 January 2005 est.
128 Lithuania 3,596,617 January 2005 est.
129 Albania 3,563,112 January 2005 est.
130 Liberia 3,482,211 January 2005 est.
131 Uruguay 3,415,920 January 2005 est.
132 Mauritania 3,086,859 January 2005 est.
133 Panama 3,039,150 January 2005 est.
134 Congo (Brazzaville) 3,039,126 January 2005 est.
135 Oman 3,001,583 January 2005 est.
136 Armenia 2,982,904 January 2005 est.
137 Mongolia 2,791,272 January 2005 est.
138 Jamaica 2,731,832 January 2005 est.
139 United Arab Emirates 2,563,212 January 2005 est.
140 West Bank 2,385,615 January 2005 est.
141 Kuwait 2,335,648 January 2005 est.
142 Latvia 2,290,237 January 2005 est.
143 Bhutan 2,232,291 January 2005 est.
144 Macedonia 2,045,262 January 2005 est.
145 Namibia 2,030,692 January 2005 est.
146 Slovenia 2,011,070 January 2005 est.
147 Lesotho 1,867,035 January 2005 est.
148 Botswana 1,640,115 January 2005 est.
149 Gambia 1,593,256 January 2005 est.
150 Guinea-Bissau 1,416,027 January 2005 est.
151 Gabon 1,389,201 January 2005 est.
152 Gaza Strip 1,376,289 January 2005 est.
153 Estonia 1,332,893 January 2005 est.
154 Mauritius 1,230,602 January 2005 est.
155 Swaziland 1,173,900 January 2005 est.
156 Trinidad and Tobago 1,088,644 January 2005 est.
157 East Timor 1,040,880 January 2005 est.
158 Fiji 893,354 January 2005 est.
159 Qatar 863,051 January 2005 est.
160 Cyprus 780,133 January 2005 est.
161 Reunion 776,948 January 2005 est.
162 Guyana 765,283 January 2005 est.
163 Bahrain 688,345 January 2005 est.
164 Comoros 671,247 January 2005 est.
165 Solomon Islands 538,032 January 2005 est.
166 Equatorial Guinea 535,881 January 2005 est.
167 Djibouti 476,703 January 2005 est.
168 Luxembourg 468,571 January 2005 est.
169 Macau 449,198 January 2005 est.
170 Guadeloupe 448,713 January 2005 est.
171 Suriname 438,144 January 2005 est.
172 Martinique 432,900 January 2005 est.
173 Cape Verde 418,224 January 2005 est.
174 Malta 398,534 January 2005 est.
175 Brunei 372,361 January 2005 est.
176 Maldives 349,106 January 2005 est.
177 Bahamas 301,790 January 2005 est.
178 Iceland 296,737 January 2005 est.
179 Belize 279,457 January 2005 est.
180 Barbados 279,254 January 2005 est.
181 Western Sahara 273,008 January 2005 est.
182 French Polynesia 270,485 January 2005 est.
183 Netherlands Antilles 219,958 January 2005 est.
184 New Caledonia 216,494 January 2005 est.
185 Vanuatu 205,754 January 2005 est.
186 French Guiana 195,506 January 2005 est.
187 Mayotte 193,633 January 2005 est.
188 Sao Tome and Principe 187,410 January 2005 est.
189 Samoa 177,287 January 2005 est.
190 Guam 168,564 January 2005 est.
191 Saint Lucia 166,312 January 2005 est.
192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 117,534 January 2005 est.
193 Tonga 112,422 January 2005 est.
194 Virgin Islands 108,708 January 2005 est.
195 Micronesia 108,105 January 2005 est.
196 Kiribati 103,092 January 2005 est.
197 Jersey 90,812 January 2005 est.
198 Grenada 89,502 January 2005 est.
199 Seychelles 81,188 January 2005 est.
200 Northern Mariana Islands 80,362 January 2005 est.
201 Isle of Man 75,049 January 2005 est.
202 Aruba 71,566 January 2005 est.
203 Andorra 70,549 January 2005 est.
204 Dominica 69,029 January 2005 est.
205 Antigua and Barbuda 68,722 January 2005 est.
206 Bermuda 65,365 January 2005 est.
207 Guernsey 65,228 January 2005 est.
208 Marshall Islands 59,071 January 2005 est.
209 American Samoa 57,881 January 2005 est.
210 Greenland 56,375 January 2005 est.
211 Faroe Islands 46,962 January 2005 est.
212 Cayman Islands 44,270 January 2005 est.
213 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,958 January 2005 est.
214 Liechtenstein 33,717 January 2005 est.
215 Monaco 32,409 January 2005 est.
216 San Marino 28,880 January 2005 est.
217 Gibraltar 27,884 January 2005 est.
218 Virgin Islands, British 22,643 January 2005 est.
219 Cook Islands 21,388 January 2005 est.
220 Turks and Caicos Islands 20,556 January 2005 est.
221 Palau 20,303 January 2005 est.
222 Wallis and Futuna 16,025 January 2005 est.
223 Anguilla 13,254 January 2005 est.
224 Nauru 13,048 January 2005 est.
225 Tuvalu 11,636 January 2005 est.
226 Montserrat 9,341 January 2005 est.
227 Saint Helena 7,460 January 2005 est.
228 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7,012 January 2005 est.

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