SOURCE
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
DEFINITION
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
1,330,044,544
2008
Chinese People
# 2
India :
1,147,995,904
2008
Indian People
# 3
United States :
303,824,640
2008
American People
# 4
Indonesia :
237,512,352
2008
Indonesian People
# 5
Brazil :
196,342,592
2008
Brazilian People
# 6
Pakistan :
172,800,048
2008
Pakistani People
# 7
Bangladesh :
153,546,896
2008
Bangladeshi People
# 8
Nigeria :
146,255,312
2008
Nigerian People
# 9
Russia :
140,702,096
2008
Russian People
# 10
Japan :
127,288,416
2008
Japanese People
# 11
Mexico :
109,955,400
2008
Mexican People
# 12
Philippines :
96,061,680
2008
Philippine People
# 13
Vietnam :
86,116,560
2008
Vietnamese People
# 14
Ethiopia :
82,544,840
2008
Ethiopian People
# 15
Germany :
82,369,552
2008
German People
# 16
Egypt :
81,713,520
2008
Egyptian People
# 17
Turkey :
71,892,808
2008
Turkish People
# 18
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
66,514,504
2008
Congolese People
# 19
Iran :
65,875,224
2008
Iranian People
# 20
Thailand :
65,493,296
2008
Thai People
# 21
United Kingdom :
60,943,912
2008
British People
# 22
Italy :
58,145,320
2008
Italian People
# 23
South Africa :
48,782,756
2008
South African People
# 24
Korea, South :
48,379,392
2008
Korean People
# 25
Burma :
47,758,180
2008
Burmese People
# 26
Ukraine :
45,994,288
2008
Ukrainian People
# 27
Colombia :
45,013,672
2008
Colombian People
# 28
Spain :
40,491,052
2008
Spanish People
# 29
Argentina :
40,482,000
2008
Argentine People
# 30
Sudan :
40,218,456
2008
Sudanese People
# 31
Tanzania :
40,213,160
2008
Tanzanian People
# 32
Poland :
38,500,696
2008
Polish People
# 33
Kenya :
37,953,840
2008
Kenyan People
# 34
Morocco :
34,343,220
2008
Moroccan People
# 35
Algeria :
33,769,668
2008
Algerian People
# 36
Canada :
33,212,696
2008
Canadian People
# 37
Afghanistan :
32,738,376
2008
Afghan People
# 38
Uganda :
31,367,972
2008
Ugandan People
# 39
Nepal :
29,519,114
2008
Nepalese People
# 40
Peru :
29,180,900
2008
Peruvian People
# 41
Iraq :
28,221,180
2008
Iraqi People
# 42
Saudi Arabia :
28,146,656
2008
Saudi People
# 43
Uzbekistan :
27,345,026
2008
Uzbekistani People
# 44
Venezuela :
26,414,816
2008
Venezuelan People
# 45
Malaysia :
25,274,132
2008
Malaysian People
# 46
Korea, North :
23,479,088
2008
Korean People
# 47
Ghana :
23,382,848
2008
Ghanaian People
# 48
Yemen :
23,013,376
2008
Yemeni People
# 49
Taiwan :
22,920,946
2008
Taiwan People
# 50
Romania :
22,246,862
2008
Romanian People
# 51
Mozambique :
21,284,700
2008
Mozambican People
# 52
Sri Lanka :
21,128,772
2008
Sri Lankan People
# 53
Australia :
21,007,310
2008
Australian People
# 54
Côte d'Ivoire :
20,179,602
2008
Ivoirian People
# 55
Madagascar :
20,042,552
2008
Malagasy People
# 56
Syria :
19,747,586
2008
Syrian People
# 57
Cameroon :
18,467,692
2008
Cameroonian People
# 58
Netherlands :
16,645,313
2008
Dutch People
# 59
Chile :
16,454,143
2008
Chilean People
# 60
Kazakhstan :
15,340,533
2008
Kazakhstani People
# 61
Burkina Faso :
15,264,735
2008
Burkinabe People
# 62
Cambodia :
14,241,640
2008
Cambodian People
# 63
Malawi :
13,931,831
2008
Malawian People
# 64
Ecuador :
13,927,650
2008
Ecuadorian People
# 65
Niger :
13,272,679
2008
Nigerien People
# 66
Guatemala :
13,002,206
2008
Guatemalan People
# 67
Senegal :
12,853,259
2008
Senegalese People
# 68
Angola :
12,531,357
2008
Angolan People
# 69
Mali :
12,324,029
2008
Malian People
# 70
Zambia :
11,669,534
2008
Zambian People
# 71
Cuba :
11,423,952
2008
Cuban People
# 72
Zimbabwe :
11,350,111
2008
Zimbabwean People
# 73
Greece :
10,722,816
2008
Greek People
# 74
Portugal :
10,676,910
2008
Portuguese People
# 75
Belgium :
10,403,951
2008
Belgian People
# 76
Tunisia :
10,383,577
2008
Tunisian People
# 77
Czech Republic :
10,220,911
2008
Czech People
# 78
Rwanda :
10,186,063
2008
Rwandan People
# 79
Serbia and Montenegro :
10,159,046
2008
Serbian People
# 80
Chad :
10,111,337
2008
Chadian People
# 81
Hungary :
9,930,915
2008
Hungarian People
# 82
Guinea :
9,806,509
2008
Guinean People
# 83
Belarus :
9,685,768
2008
Belarusian People
# 84
Somalia :
9,558,666
2008
Somali People
# 85
Dominican Republic :
9,507,133
2008
Dominican People
# 86
Bolivia :
9,247,816
2008
Bolivian People
# 87
Sweden :
9,045,389
2008
Swedish People
# 88
Haiti :
8,924,553
2008
Haitian People
# 89
Burundi :
8,691,005
2008
Burundian People
# 90
Benin :
8,532,547
2008
Beninese People
# 91
Austria :
8,205,533
2008
Austrian People
# 92
Azerbaijan :
8,177,717
2008
Azerbaijani People
# 93
Honduras :
7,639,327
2008
Honduran People
# 94
Switzerland :
7,581,520
2008
Swiss People
# 95
Bulgaria :
7,262,675
2008
Bulgarian People
# 96
Tajikistan :
7,211,884
2008
Tajikistani People
# 97
Israel :
7,112,359
2008
Israeli People
# 98
El Salvador :
7,066,403
2008
Salvadoran People
# 99
Hong Kong :
7,018,636
2008
Hong Kong People
# 100
Paraguay :
6,831,306
2008
Paraguayan People
# 101
Laos :
6,677,534
2008
Lao People
# 102
Sierra Leone :
6,294,774
2008
Sierra Leonean People
# 103
Jordan :
6,198,677
2008
Jordanian People
# 104
Libya :
6,173,579
2008
Libyan People
# 105
Papua New Guinea :
5,931,769
2008
Papua New Guinean People
# 106
Togo :
5,858,673
2008
Togolese People
# 107
Nicaragua :
5,785,846
2008
Nicaraguan People
# 108
Eritrea :
5,502,026
2008
Eritrean People
# 109
Denmark :
5,484,723
2008
Danish People
# 110
Slovakia :
5,455,407
2008
Slovak People
# 111
Kyrgyzstan :
5,356,869
2008
Kyrgyzstani People
# 112
Finland :
5,244,749
2008
Finnish People
# 113
Turkmenistan :
5,179,571
2008
Turkmen People
# 114
Norway :
4,644,457
2008
Norwegian People
# 115
Georgia :
4,630,841
2008
Georgian People
# 116
United Arab Emirates :
4,621,399
2008
Emirati People
# 117
Singapore :
4,608,167
2008
Singapore People
# 118
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
4,590,310
2008
Herzegovinian People
# 119
Croatia :
4,491,543
2008
Croatian People
# 120
Central African Republic :
4,444,330
2008
Central African People
# 121
Moldova :
4,324,450
2008
Moldovan People
# 122
Costa Rica :
4,195,914
2008
Costa Rican People
# 123
New Zealand :
4,173,460
2008
New Zealand People
# 124
Ireland :
4,156,119
2008
Irish People
# 125
Lebanon :
3,971,941
2008
Lebanese People
# 126
Puerto Rico :
3,958,128
2008
Puerto Rican People
# 127
Congo, Republic of the :
3,903,318
2008
Congolese People
# 128
Albania :
3,619,778
2008
Albanian People
# 129
Lithuania :
3,565,205
2008
Lithuanian People
# 130
Uruguay :
3,477,778
2008
Uruguayan People
# 131
Mauritania :
3,364,940
2008
Mauritanian People
# 132
Liberia :
3,334,587
2008
Liberian People
# 133
Oman :
3,311,640
2008
Omani People
# 134
Panama :
3,309,679
2008
Panamanian People
# 135
Mongolia :
2,996,081
2008
Mongolian People
# 136
Armenia :
2,968,586
2008
Armenian People
# 137
Jamaica :
2,804,332
2008
Jamaican People
# 138
Kuwait :
2,596,799
2008
Kuwaiti People
# 139
West Bank :
2,407,681
2008
People
# 140
Latvia :
2,245,423
2008
Latvian People
# 141
Lesotho :
2,128,180
2008
Basotho People
# 142
Namibia :
2,088,669
2008
Namibian People
# 143
Macedonia, Republic of :
2,061,315
2008
Macedonian People
# 144
Slovenia :
2,007,711
2008
Slovenian People
# 145
Botswana :
1,842,323
2008
Motswana -Batswana People
# 146
Gambia, The :
1,735,464
2008
Gambian People
# 147
Guinea-Bissau :
1,503,182
2008
Guinean People
# 148
Gaza Strip :
1,500,202
2008
People
# 149
Gabon :
1,485,832
2008
Gabonese People
# 150
Estonia :
1,307,605
2008
Estonian People
# 151
Mauritius :
1,274,189
2008
Mauritian People
# 152
Swaziland :
1,128,814
2008
Swazi People
# 153
East Timor :
1,108,777
2008
Timorese People
# 154
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,047,366
2008
Tobagonian People
# 155
Fiji :
931,741
2008
Fijian People
# 156
Qatar :
824,789
2008
Qatari People
# 157
Cyprus :
792,604
2008
Cypriot People
# 158
Guyana :
770,794
2008
Guyanese People
# 159
Comoros :
731,775
2008
Comoran People
# 160
Bahrain :
718,306
2008
Bahraini People
# 161
Bhutan :
682,321
2008
Bhutanese People
# 162
Equatorial Guinea :
616,459
2008
Equatorial Guinean People
# 163
Solomon Islands :
581,318
2008
Solomon Islander People
# 164
Macau :
545,674
2008
Chinese People
# 165
Djibouti :
506,221
2008
Djiboutian People
# 166
Luxembourg :
486,006
2008
Luxembourg People
# 167
Suriname :
475,996
2008
Surinamese People
# 168
Cape Verde :
426,998
2008
Cape Verdean People
# 169
Malta :
403,532
2008
Maltese People
# 170
Western Sahara :
393,831
2008
Sahrawi-Sahrawian-Sahraouian People
# 171
Maldives :
385,925
2008
Maldivian People
# 172
Brunei :
381,371
2008
Bruneian People
# 173
Bahamas, The :
307,451
2008
Bahamian People
# 174
Iceland :
304,367
2008
Icelandic People
# 175
Belize :
301,270
2008
Belizean People
# 176
French Polynesia :
283,019
2008
French Polynesian People
# 177
Barbados :
281,968
2008
Barbadian People
# 178
Netherlands Antilles :
225,369
2008
Dutch Antillean People
# 179
New Caledonia :
224,824
2008
New Caledonian People
# 180
Samoa :
217,083
2008
Samoan People
# 181
Mayotte :
216,306
2008
Mahoran People
# 182
Vanuatu :
215,446
2008
- People
# 183
São Tomé and Príncipe :
206,178
2008
Sao Tomean People
# 184
Guam :
175,877
2008
Guamanian People
# 185
Saint Lucia :
159,585
2008
Saint Lucian People
# 186
Tonga :
119,009
2008
Tongan People
# 187
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
118,432
2008
Saint Vincentian People
# 188
Kiribati :
110,356
2008
- People
# 189
Virgin Islands :
109,840
2008
Virgin Islander People
# 190
Micronesia, Federated States of :
107,665
2008
Micronesian People
# 191
Aruba :
101,541
2008
Aruban People
# 192
Jersey :
91,533
2008
Channel Islander People
# 193
Grenada :
90,343
2008
Grenadian People
# 194
Northern Mariana Islands :
86,616
2008
NA People
# 195
Antigua and Barbuda :
84,522
2008
Barbudan People
# 196
Andorra :
82,627
2008
Andorran People
# 197
Seychelles :
82,247
2008
Seychellois People
# 198
Man, Isle of :
76,220
2008
Manx People
# 199
Dominica :
72,514
2008
Dominican People
# 200
Bermuda :
66,536
2008
Bermudian People
# 201
Guernsey :
65,726
2008
Channel Islander People
# 202
American Samoa :
64,827
2008
American Samoan People
# 203
Marshall Islands :
63,174
2008
Marshallese People
# 204
Greenland :
57,564
2008
Greenlandic People
# 205
Faroe Islands :
48,668
2008
Faroese People
# 206
Cayman Islands :
47,862
2008
Caymanian People
# 207
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
39,817
2008
Nevisian People
# 208
Liechtenstein :
34,498
2008
Liechtenstein People
# 209
Monaco :
32,796
2008
Monegasque People
# 210
San Marino :
29,973
2008
Sammarinese People
# 211
Saint Martin :
29,376
2008
People
# 212
British Virgin Islands :
28,213
2008
British Virgin Islander People
# 213
Gibraltar :
28,002
2008
Gibraltar People
# 214
Turks and Caicos Islands :
22,352
2008
Turks and Caicos Islands People
# 215
Palau :
21,093
2008
Palauan People
# 216
Wallis and Futuna :
15,237
2008
Futunan, People
# 217
Anguilla :
14,108
2008
Anguillan People
# 218
Nauru :
13,770
2008
Nauruan People
# 219
Cook Islands :
12,271
2008
Cook Islander People
# 220
Tuvalu :
12,177
2008
Tuvaluan People
# 221
Saint Helena :
7,601
2008
Saint Helenian People
# 222
Saint Barthelemy :
7,492
2008
People
# 223
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
7,044
2008
French People
# 224
Montserrat :
5,079
2008
Montserratian People
# 225
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) :
3,140
2008
Falkland Island People
# 226
Svalbard :
2,165
2008
People
# 227
Norfolk Island :
2,128
2008
Norfolk Islander People
# 228
Niue :
1,444
2008
Niuean People
# 229
Tokelau :
1,433
2008
Tokelauan People
# 230
Holy See (Vatican City) :
824
2008
Holy See (Vatican City) People
# 231
Pitcairn Islands :
48
2008
Pitcairn Islander People
Total :
6,642,272,261
Weighted average:
28,630,483.9
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
491,018,683
DEFINITION: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011 via NationMaster
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