See also: List of countries by population in 2005 and List of countries by population in 1907

Map of countries by population for the year 2007

This is a list of countries ordered according to population. The list includes and ranks sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories. 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 July 1, 2007 estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.^[1] 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.

List

Rank	Country / Territory	Population	Date	% of world population	Source
—	World	6,718,045,021	August 20, 2008	100%	International Programs Center - census.gov
1	People's Republic of China[2]	1,325,786,000	August 29, 2008	19.87%	Chinese Population clock
2	India	1,137,298,600	August 29, 2008	17.05%	Indian Population clock
3	United States	304,986,000	August 29, 2008	4.57%	Official USA Population clock
4	Indonesia	231,627,000		3.47%	UN estimate
5	Brazil	187,563,000	August 29, 2008	2.81%	Official Brazilian Population clock
6	Pakistan	164,191,000	August 29, 2008	2.46%	Official Pakistani Population clock
7	Bangladesh	158,665,000		2.38%	UN estimate
8	Nigeria	148,093,000		2.22%	UN estimate
9	Russia	141,888,900	June 1, 2008	2.13%	Federal State Statistics Service
10	Japan	127,690,000	May 1, 2008	1.91%	Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate
11	Mexico	106,682,500	mid-2008	1.6%	INEGI projection
12	Philippines	90,457,200	mid-2008	1.36%	National Statistics Office projection
13	Vietnam	87,375,000		1.31%	UN estimate
14	Germany	82,191,000	January 31, 2008	1.23%	Federal Statistics Office estimate
15	Ethiopia	79,221,000	July 2008	1.19%	Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16	Egypt	75,249,000	August 29, 2008	1.13%	Official population clock
17	Turkey	70,586,256	December 31, 2007	1.06%	Turkish Statistical Institute
18	Iran	70,495,782	November, 2006	1.06%	Statistical Center of IRAN
19	France (incl. overseas France)	64,473,140	January 1, 2008	0.97%	Official INSEE estimate
20	Thailand	63,038,247	December 31, 2007	0.94%	Official Thai Statistics estimate
21	Dem. Rep. of Congo	62,636,000		0.94%	UN estimate
22	United Kingdom	60,975,000	June 30, 2007	0.91%	Official ONS estimate
23	Italy	59,619,290	December 31, 2007	0.89%	Official Istat estimate
24	Burma	48,798,000		0.73%	UN estimate
25	South Korea	48,224,000		0.72%	UN estimate
26	South Africa	47,850,700	July 1, 2007	0.72%	Official Stat SA estimate
27	Spain	46,063,500	July , 2008	0.68%	Official INE estimate
28	Ukraine	46,059,306	June 1, 2008	0.69%	Official UKRSTAT estimate
29	Colombia	44,513,090	August 12, 2008	0.66%	Official Colombian Population clock
30	Tanzania	40,454,000		0.61%	UN estimate
31	Argentina	40,301,927	September 2007	0.61%	Official INDEC estimate
32	Sudan	38,560,000		0.58%	UN estimate
33	Poland	38,115,967	June 30, 2007	0.57%	Official GUS estimate
34	Kenya	37,538,000		0.56%	UN estimate
35	Algeria	33,858,000		0.51%	UN estimate
36	Canada	33,359,000	August 29, 2008	0.5%	Official Canadian Population clock
37	Morocco	31,224,000		0.47%	UN estimate
38	Uganda	30,884,000		0.46%	UN estimate
39	Iraq	28,993,000		0.43%	UN estimate
40	Peru	28,750,770	June 30, 2007	0.43%	Official INEI estimate[3]
41	Nepal	28,196,000		0.42%	UN estimate
42	Venezuela	27,953,701	July 19, 2008	0.42%	Official Venezuelan Population clock
43	Uzbekistan	27,372,000		0.41%	UN estimate
44	Malaysia	27,170,000	July 13, 2007	0.41%	Department of Statistics Malaysia
45	Afghanistan	27,145,000		0.41%	UN estimate
46	Saudi Arabia	24,735,000		0.37%	UN estimate
47	North Korea	23,790,000		0.36%	UN estimate
48	Ghana	23,478,000		0.35%	UN estimate
49	Republic of China (Taiwan)[4]	23,000,000	July 31, 2008	0.34%	Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
50	Yemen	22,389,000		0.34%	UN estimate
51	Romania	21,438,000		0.32%	UN estimate
52	Mozambique	21,397,000		0.32%	UN estimate
53	Australia[5]	21,394,309	August 16, 2008	0.32%	Official Australian Population clock
54	Syria	19,929,000		0.3%	UN estimate
55	Madagascar	19,683,000		0.3%	UN estimate
56	Sri Lanka	19,299,000		0.29%	UN estimate
57	Côte d'Ivoire	19,262,000		0.29%	UN estimate
58	Cameroon	18,549,000		0.28%	UN estimate
59	Angola	17,024,000		0.26%	UN estimate
60	Chile	16,763,470	June 30, 2008	0.25%	Official INE projection
61	Netherlands	16,448,000	August 29, 2008	0.25%	Official Netherlands Population clock
62	Kazakhstan	15,422,000		0.23%	UN estimate
63	Burkina Faso	14,784,000		0.22%	UN estimate
64	Cambodia	14,444,000		0.22%	UN estimate
65	Niger	14,226,000		0.21%	UN estimate
66	Malawi	13,925,000		0.21%	UN estimate
67	Guatemala	13,354,000		0.2%	UN estimate
68	Zimbabwe	13,349,000		0.2%	UN estimate
69	Ecuador	13,341,000		0.2%	UN estimate
70	Senegal	12,379,000		0.19%	UN estimate
71	Mali	12,337,000		0.18%	UN estimate
72	Zambia	11,922,000		0.18%	UN estimate
73	Cuba	11,268,000		0.17%	UN estimate
74	Greece	11,147,000		0.17%	UN estimate
75	Chad	10,781,000		0.16%	UN estimate
76	Belgium	10,666,866	January 1, 2008	0.16%	Official Statbel estimate
77	Portugal	10,623,000		0.16%	UN estimate
78	Czech Republic	10,403,136	March 31, 2008	0.16%	Official ČSÚ estimate
79	Tunisia	10,327,000		0.15%	UN estimate
80	Hungary	10,043,000	January 31, 2008	0.15%	Hungarian Central Statistical Office
81	Serbia[6]	9,858,000		0.15%	UN estimate
82	Dominican Republic	9,760,000		0.15%	UN estimate
83	Rwanda	9,725,000		0.15%	UN estimate
84	Belarus	9,690,000	December 31, 2007	0.15%	Official statistics of Belarus
85	Haiti	9,598,000		0.14%	UN estimate
86	Bolivia	9,525,000		0.14%	UN estimate
87	Guinea	9,370,000		0.14%	UN estimate
88	Sweden	9,215,021	June 30, 2008	0.14%	Statistics Sweden
89	Benin	9,033,000		0.14%	UN estimate
90	Somalia	8,699,000		0.13%	UN estimate
91	Burundi	8,508,000		0.13%	UN estimate
92	Azerbaijan	8,467,000		0.13%	UN estimate
93	Austria	8,340,924	April 1, 2008	0.12%	Official Statistics Austria estimate
94	Bulgaria	7,640,238	December 31, 2007	0.11%	National Statistical Institute
95	Switzerland	7,637,300	May 31, 2008	0.11%	Swiss Federal Statistical Office
96	Israel	7,303,000[7]	June 30, 2008	0.11%	Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
97	Honduras	7,106,000		0.11%	UN estimate
—	Hong Kong	6,963,100	December 31, 2007	0.11%	Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong
98	El Salvador	6,857,000		0.1%	UN estimate
99	Tajikistan	6,736,000		0.1%	UN estimate
100	Togo	6,585,000		0.099%	UN estimate
101	Papua New Guinea	6,331,000		0.095%	UN estimate
102	Libya	6,160,000		0.092%	UN estimate
103	Paraguay	6,127,000		0.092%	UN estimate
104	Jordan	5,924,000		0.089%	UN estimate
105	Sierra Leone	5,866,000		0.088%	UN estimate
106	Laos	5,859,000		0.088%	UN estimate
107	Nicaragua	5,603,000		0.084%	UN estimate
108	Denmark	5,489,022	June 30, 2008	0.082%	Statistics Denmark
109	Slovakia	5,402,273	March 31, 2008	0.081%	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
110	Finland	5,318,105[8]	August 19, 2008	0.08%	Official Finnish Population clock
111	Kyrgyzstan	5,317,000		0.08%	UN estimate
112	Turkmenistan	4,965,000		0.074%	UN estimate
113	Eritrea	4,851,000		0.073%	UN estimate
114	Norway	4,779,000[9]	August 26, 2008	0.071%	Official Norwegian Population clock
115	Singapore	4,588,600	mid-2007	0.069%	Statistics Singapore
116	Croatia	4,555,000		0.068%	UN estimate
117	Costa Rica	4,468,000		0.067%	UN estimate
118	Ireland	4,422,100	April 30, 2008	0.065%	Official CSO Ireland Statistics
119	Georgia	4,395,000[10]		0.066%	UN estimate
120	United Arab Emirates	4,380,000		0.066%	UN estimate
121	Central African Republic	4,343,000		0.065%	UN estimate
122	New Zealand	4,275,100	August 22, 2008	0.064%	Official New Zealand Population clock
123	Lebanon	4,099,000		0.061%	UN estimate
124	Puerto Rico	3,991,000		0.06%	UN estimate
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,935,000		0.059%	UN estimate
126	Moldova	3,794,000[11]		0.057%	UN estimate
127	Republic of the Congo	3,768,000		0.056%	UN estimate
128	Palestinian territories	3,761,646	December 1, 2007	0.056%	Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics - 2007 Census
129	Liberia	3,750,000		0.056%	UN estimate
—	Somaliland	3,500,000	Date unknown	0.052%	Somaliland government
130	Lithuania	3,361,100	April 1, 2008	0.051%	Statistics Lithuania
131	Panama	3,343,000		0.05%	UN estimate
132	Uruguay	3,340,000		0.05%	UN estimate
133	Albania	3,190,000		0.048%	UN estimate
134	Mauritania	3,124,000		0.047%	UN estimate
135	Armenia	3,002,000		0.045%	UN estimate
136	Kuwait	2,851,000		0.043%	UN estimate
137	Jamaica	2,714,000		0.041%	UN estimate
138	Mongolia	2,629,000		0.039%	UN estimate
139	Oman	2,595,000		0.039%	UN estimate
140	Latvia	2,268,000	May 1, 2008	0.034%	Latvijas Statistika
—	Kosovo	2,126,708	2007	0.031%	The World Factbook
141	Namibia	2,074,000		0.031%	UN estimate
142	Macedonia	2,038,000		0.031%	UN estimate
143	Slovenia	2,029,000	July 15, 2008	0.031%	Official Slovenian population clock
144	Lesotho	2,008,000		0.03%	UN estimate
145	Botswana	1,882,000		0.028%	UN estimate
146	Gambia	1,709,000		0.026%	UN estimate
147	Guinea-Bissau	1,695,000		0.025%	UN estimate
148	Estonia	1,340,600	January 1, 2008	0.02%	Statistics Estonia
149	Trinidad and Tobago	1,333,000		0.02%	UN estimate
150	Gabon	1,331,000		0.02%	UN estimate
151	Mauritius	1,262,000[12]		0.019%	UN estimate
152	East Timor	1,155,000		0.017%	UN estimate
153	Swaziland	1,141,000		0.017%	UN estimate
154	Cyprus	855,000[13]		0.013%	UN estimate
155	Qatar	841,000[14]		0.013%	UN estimate
156	Djibouti	833,000		0.012%	UN estimate
157	Fiji	827,900	2007	0.013%	Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics
—	Réunion[15]	793,000	January 1, 2007	0.012%	Official INSEE estimate
158	Bahrain	760,168	Date unknown	0.011%	Kingdom of Bahrain Government Statistics
159	Guyana	738,000		0.011%	UN estimate
160	Comoros	682,000[16]	July 2007	0.01%	World Gazetteer projection
161	Bhutan	658,000		0.01%	UN estimate
162	Montenegro	598,000		0.009%	UN estimate
—	Macau	538,100	December 31, 2007	0.008%	Statistics and Census Service of Macau
163	Cape Verde	530,000		0.008%	UN estimate
164	Equatorial Guinea[17]	507,000		0.008%	UN estimate
165	Solomon Islands	506,992	January 1, 2008	0.007%	[2]
166	Luxembourg	483,800	January 1, 2008	0.007%	Le portail des statistiques du Luxenbourg
167	Western Sahara	480,000		0.007%	UN estimate
168	Suriname	458,000		0.007%	UN estimate
—	Guadeloupe[15]	408,000	January 1, 2007	0.006%	INSEE estimate (minus the populations of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy)
169	Malta	407,000		0.006%	UN estimate
—	Martinique[15]	401,000	January 1, 2007	0.006%	Official INSEE estimate
170	Brunei	390,000		0.006%	UN estimate
171	Bahamas	331,000		0.005%	UN estimate
172	Iceland	319,355	July 1, 2008	0.005%	Hagstofa Íslands
173	Maldives	306,000		0.005%	UN estimate
174	Barbados	294,000		0.004%	UN estimate
175	Belize	288,000		0.004%	UN estimate
—	French Polynesia[15]	259,596	August 20, 2007	0.004%	August 2007 census
—	New Caledonia[15]	244,600	January 1, 2008	0.004%	Official ISEE estimate
176	Vanuatu	226,000		0.003%	UN estimate
—	French Guiana[15]	209,000	January 1, 2007	0.003%	Official INSEE estimate
177	Netherlands Antilles	192,000		0.003%	UN estimate
178	Samoa	188,540	2008	0.003%	Samoa Statistics Department
—	Mayotte[15]	186,452	July 31, 2007	0.003%	July 2007 census
179	Guam	173,000		0.003%	UN estimate
180	Saint Lucia	165,000		0.002%	UN estimate
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	158,000		0.002%	UN estim