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Encyclopedia > List of countries by population

Map of countries by population for the year 2007
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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1700x628, 63 KB) Summary Map of countries by population as listed on wikipedia:List of countries by population, using User:Astrokey44s version of User:Aris Katsariss version of User:E Pluribus Anthonys version of User:Vardions world... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1700x628, 63 KB) Summary Map of countries by population as listed on wikipedia:List of countries by population, using User:Astrokey44s version of User:Aris Katsariss version of User:E Pluribus Anthonys version of User:Vardions world... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... “Sovereign” redirects here. ... World map of dependent territories. ... Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... UN redirects here. ... This article is about the field of statistics. ...

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Note that the Flag of Europe European Union is a sui generis supranational union possessing some "country-like" characteristics. The entity is composed of 27 member states. Its combined population has been estimated at 497,198,740 on January 1, 2008,[2] and it would be ranked 3rd if it were included in the list (7.45% of world population). See also: List of regional organizations by population. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Sui generis is a (post) Latin expression, literally meaning a scholar like what pradeep is or unique in its characteristics. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... List of Regions by Population This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ...

Rank Country/territory/entity Population Date  % of world population Source
— Flag of World World 6,671,226,000 July 1, 2007 100% UN estimate
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China People's Republic of China[3] 1,324,275,000 June 9, 2008 19.85% Chinese Population clock, in Chinese
2 Flag of India India 1,133,881,000 June 9, 2008 17% Indian Population clock
3 Flag of the United States United States 304,267,000 June 9, 2008 4.56% Official USA Population clock
4 Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 231,627,000 3.47% UN estimate
5 Flag of Brazil Brazil 187,008,074 June 9, 2008 2.8% Official Brazilian Population clock
6 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 163,503,000 June 9, 2008 2.45% Official Pakistani Population clock
7 Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh 158,665,000 2.38% UN estimate
8 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 148,093,000 2.22% UN estimate
9 Flag of Russia Russia 141,927,900 April 1, 2008 2.13% Federal State Statistics Service
10 Flag of Japan Japan 127,690,000 May 1, 2008 1.91% Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate
11 Flag of Mexico Mexico 106,535,000 1.6% UN estimate
12 Flag of the Philippines Philippines 88,574,614 August 1, 2007 1.33%

2007 Official NSO Census Results Image File history File links Newworldmap. ... Map of countries by population — China and India, the only two countries to have a population greater than one billion, together possess more than a third of the worlds population. ... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... is the 160th day of the year (161st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... is the 160th day of the year (161st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 160th day of the year (161st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Indonesia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... is the 160th day of the year (161st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 160th day of the year (161st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bangladesh. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Philippines. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

13 Flag of Vietnam Vietnam 87,375,000 1.31%

UN estimate Image File history File links Flag_of_Vietnam. ...

14 Flag of Germany Germany 82,244,000 November 30, 2007 1.23% Federal Statistics Office estimate
15 Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia 77,127,000 July 2007 1.16%

Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ...

16 Flag of Egypt Egypt 75,498,000 1.13%

UN estimate Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ...

17 Flag of Iran Iran 71,208,000 1.07% UN estimate
18 Flag of Turkey Turkey 70,586,256 December 31, 2007 1.06% Turkish Statistical Institute
19 Flag of France France (incl. overseas France) 64,473,140 January 1, 2008 0.97% Official INSEE estimate
20 Flag of Thailand Thailand 63,038,247 December 31, 2007 0.94%

Official Thai Statistics estimate Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... French overseas departments and territories The French Overseas Departments and Territories (French: départements doutre-mer and territoires doutre-mer or DOM-TOM) consist broadly of French-administered territories outside of Europe. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Thailand. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

21 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Dem. Rep. of Congo 62,636,000 0.94% UN estimate
22 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom 60,587,300 June 30, 2006 0.91% Official ONS estimate
23 Flag of Italy Italy 59,536,507 October 31, 2007 0.89% Official Istat estimate
24 Flag of Burma Myanmar 48,798,000 0.73%

UN estimate Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Myanmar. ...

25 Flag of South Korea South Korea 48,224,000 0.72% UN estimate
26 Flag of South Africa South Africa 47,850,700 July 1, 2007 0.72% Official Stat SA estimate
27 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 46,287,138 April 1, 2008 0.69% Official UKRSTAT estimate
28 Flag of Spain Spain 45,200,737 January 1, 2007 0.68% Official INE estimate
29 Flag of Colombia Colombia 44,090,118 May 5, 2008 0.66% Official Colombian Population clock
30 Flag of Argentina Argentina 41,000,000 September 2007 0.61% Official INDEC estimate
31 Flag of Tanzania Tanzania 40,454,000 0.61% UN estimate
32 Flag of Sudan Sudan 38,560,000 0.58% UN estimate
33 Flag of Poland Poland 38,115,967 June 30, 2007 0.57% Official GUS estimate
34 Flag of Kenya Kenya 37,538,000 0.56% UN estimate
35 Flag of Algeria Algeria 33,858,000 0.51% UN estimate
36 Flag of Canada Canada 33,286,000 June 9, 2008 0.5% Official Canadian Population clock
37 Flag of Morocco Morocco 31,224,000 0.47% UN estimate
38 Flag of Uganda Uganda 30,884,000 0.46% UN estimate
39 Flag of Iraq Iraq 28,993,000 0.43% UN estimate
40 Flag of Peru Peru 28,750,770 June 30, 2007 0.43% Official INEI estimate[4]
41 Flag of Nepal Nepal 28,196,000 0.42% UN estimate
42 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 27,877,000 May 17, 2008 0.42% Official Venezuelan Population clock
43 Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 27,372,000 0.41% UN estimate
44 Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 27,170,000 July 13, 2007 0.41% Department of Statistics Malaysia
45 Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan 27,145,000 0.41% UN estimate
46 Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 24,735,000 0.37% UN estimate
47 Flag of North Korea North Korea 23,790,000 0.36% UN estimate
48 Flag of Ghana Ghana 23,478,000 0.35% UN estimate
49 Flag of the Republic of China Republic of China (Taiwan)[5] 22,990,000 April 30, 2008 0.34% Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
50 Flag of Yemen Yemen 22,389,000 0.34% UN estimate
51 Flag of Romania Romania 21,438,000 0.32% UN estimate
52 Flag of Mozambique Mozambique 21,397,000 0.32% UN estimate
53 Flag of Australia Australia[6] 21,305,000 May 21, 2008 0.32% Official Australian Population clock
54 Flag of Syria Syria 19,929,000 0.3% UN estimate
55 Flag of Madagascar Madagascar 19,683,000 0.3% UN estimate
56 Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 19,299,000 0.29% UN estimate
57 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire 19,262,000 0.29% UN estimate
58 Flag of Cameroon Cameroon 18,549,000 0.28% UN estimate
59 Flag of Angola Angola 17,024,000 0.26% UN estimate
60 Flag of Chile Chile 16,598,074 June 30, 2007 0.25% Official INE projection
61 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 16,426,371 May 5, 2008 0.25% Official Netherlands Population clock
62 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 15,422,000 0.23% UN estimate
63 Flag of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 14,784,000 0.22% UN estimate
64 Flag of Cambodia Cambodia 14,444,000 0.22% UN estimate
65 Flag of Niger Niger 14,226,000 0.21% UN estimate
66 Flag of Malawi Malawi 13,925,000 0.21% UN estimate
67 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 13,354,000 0.2% UN estimate
68 Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 13,349,000 0.2% UN estimate
69 Flag of Ecuador Ecuador 13,341,000 0.2% UN estimate
70 Flag of Senegal Senegal 12,379,000 0.19% UN estimate
71 Flag of Mali Mali 12,337,000 0.18% UN estimate
72 Flag of Zambia Zambia 11,922,000 0.18% UN estimate
73 Flag of Cuba Cuba 11,268,000 0.17% UN estimate
74 Flag of Greece Greece 11,147,000 0.17% UN estimate
75 Flag of Chad Chad 10,781,000 0.16% UN estimate
76 Flag of Portugal Portugal 10,623,000 0.16% UN estimate
77 Flag of Belgium Belgium 10,584,534 January 1, 2007 0.16% Official Statbel estimate
78 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 10,381,130 December 31, 2007 0.16% Official ČSÚ estimate
79 Flag of Tunisia Tunisia 10,327,000 0.15% UN estimate
80 Flag of Hungary Hungary 10,043,000 January 31, 2008 0.15% Hungarian Central Statistical Office
81 Flag of Serbia Serbia[7] 9,858,000 0.15% UN estimate
82 Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 9,760,000 0.15% UN estimate
83 Flag of Rwanda Rwanda 9,725,000 0.15% UN estimate
84 Flag of Belarus Belarus 9,690,000 December 31, 2007 0.15% Official statistics of Belarus
85 Flag of Haiti Haiti 9,598,000 0.14% UN estimate
86 Flag of Bolivia Bolivia 9,525,000 0.14% UN estimate
87 Flag of Guinea Guinea 9,370,000 0.14% UN estimate
88 Flag of Sweden Sweden 9,196,227 March 31, 2008 0.14% Statistics Sweden
89 Flag of Benin Benin 9,033,000 0.14% UN estimate
90 Flag of Somalia Somalia 8,699,000 0.13% UN estimate
91 Flag of Burundi Burundi 8,508,000 0.13% UN estimate
92 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 8,467,000 0.13% UN estimate
93 Flag of Austria Austria 8,334,325 March 31, 2008 0.12% Official Statistics Austria estimate
94 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 7,639,000 0.11% UN estimate
95 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 7,619,800 March 31, 2008 0.11% Swiss Federal Statistical Office
96 Flag of Israel Israel 7,282,400 [8] April 30, 2008 0.11% Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
97 Flag of Honduras Honduras 7,106,000 0.11% UN estimate
— Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 6,963,100 December 31, 2007 0.11% Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong
98 Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 6,857,000 0.1% UN estimate
99 Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan 6,736,000 0.1% UN estimate
100 Flag of Togo Togo 6,585,000 0.099% UN estimate
101 Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 6,331,000 0.095% UN estimate
102 Flag of Libya Libya 6,160,000 0.092% UN estimate
103 Flag of Paraguay Paraguay 6,127,000 0.092% UN estimate
104 Flag of Jordan Jordan 5,924,000 0.089% UN estimate
105 Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 5,866,000 0.088% UN estimate
106 Flag of Laos Laos 5,859,000 0.088% UN estimate
107 Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua 5,603,000 0.084% UN estimate
108 Flag of Denmark Denmark 5,482,266 March 31, 2008 0.082% Statistics Denmark
109 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 5,402,273 March 31, 2008 0.081% Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
110 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 5,317,000 0.08% UN estimate
111 Flag of Finland Finland 5,310,037[9] May 20, 2008 0.08% Official Finnish Population clock
112 Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 4,965,000 0.074% UN estimate
113 Flag of Eritrea Eritrea 4,851,000 0.073% UN estimate
114 Flag of Norway Norway 4,765,200[10] June 5, 2008 0.071% Official Norwegian Population clock
115 Flag of Singapore Singapore 4,588,600 mid-2007 0.069% Statistics Singapore
116 Flag of Croatia Croatia 4,555,000 0.068% UN estimate
117 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 4,468,000 0.067% UN estimate
118 Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia 4,395,000[11] 0.066% UN estimate
119 Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 4,380,000 0.066% UN estimate
120 Flag of the Central African Republic Central African Republic 4,343,000 0.065% UN estimate
121 Flag of Ireland Ireland 4,339,000 April 30, 2007 0.065% Official CSO Ireland Statistics
122 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 4,267,000 June 6, 2008 0.064% Official New Zealand Population clock
123 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 4,099,000 0.061% UN estimate
124 Palestinian flag Palestinian territories 4,017,000 0.06% UN estimate
125 Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 3,991,000 0.06% UN estimate
126 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,935,000 0.059% UN estimate
127 Flag of Moldova Moldova 3,794,000[12] 0.057% UN estimate
128 Flag of the Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 3,768,000 0.056% UN estimate
129 Flag of Liberia Liberia 3,750,000 0.056% UN estimate
— Flag of Somaliland Somaliland 3,500,000 Date unknown 0.052% Somaliland government
130 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 3,366,200 January 1, 2008 0.051% Statistics Lithuania
131 Flag of Panama Panama 3,343,000 0.05% UN estimate
132 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 3,340,000 0.05% UN estimate
133 Flag of Albania Albania 3,190,000 0.048% UN estimate
134 Flag of Mauritania Mauritania 3,124,000 0.047% UN estimate
135 Flag of Armenia Armenia 3,002,000 0.045% UN estimate
136 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 2,851,000 0.043% UN estimate
137 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 2,714,000 0.041% UN estimate
138 Flag of Mongolia Mongolia 2,629,000 0.039% UN estimate
139 Flag of Oman Oman 2,595,000 0.039% UN estimate
140 Flag of Latvia Latvia 2,269,600