Countries by population

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Rank Population Population, % of world Date Source Comments
Pitcairn Islands
240 50 0.000 January 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Cocos Islands
239 544 0.000 August 9, 2016 2016 census result -
Vatican City
238 800 0.000 January 1, 2014 Official estimate -
Tokelau
237 1 499 0.000 October 18, 2016 2016 census result -
Niue
236 1 611 0.000 September 10, 2011 2011 census result -
Norfolk Island
235 1 748 0.000 August 9, 2016 2016 census result -
Christmas Island
234 1 843 0.000 August 9, 2016 2016 census result -
Falkland Islands
233 3 198 0.000 October 9, 2016 2016 census result -
Montserrat
232 4 922 0.000 May 12, 2011 2011 census result -
Saint Helena, Ascensionand Tristan da Cunha
231 5 633 0.000 February 7, 2016 2016 census result -
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
230 6 286 0.000 January 1, 2015 Official estimate -
Saint Barthélemy
229 9 417 0.000 January 1, 2015 Official estimate -
Nauru
228 10 084 0.000 October 30, 2011 2011 census result -
Tuvalu
227 10 640 0.000 November 4, 2012 2012 census result -
Wallis and Futuna
226 11 700 0.000 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Anguilla
225 13 452 0.000 May 11, 2011 Preliminary 2011 census result -
Palau
224 17 900 0.000 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Cook Islands
223 18 100 0.000 December 1, 2016 2016 Census Preliminary Report -
British Virgin Islands
222 28 514 0.000 July 1, 2013 Official estimate -
San Marino
221 33 344 0.000 May 31, 2018 Monthly official estimate -
Gibraltar
220 33 573 0.000 December 31, 2015 Official estimate -
Saint Martin
219 36 457 0.000 January 1, 2015 Official estimate -
Turks and Caicos Islands
218 37 910 0.001 July 1, 2016 Official estimate -
Liechtenstein
217 38 111 0.001 December 31, 2017 Official semi annual estimate -
Monaco
216 38 300 0.001 December 31, 2017 Official annual estimate -
Sint Maarten
215 39 410 0.001 January 1, 2016 Official estimate -
Saint Kitts and Nevis
214 46 204 0.001 May 15, 2011 2011 census result -
Faroe Islands
213 51 258 0.001 August 1, 2018 Monthly official estimate -
South Ossetia
212 53 532 0.001 October 15, 2015 Preliminary 2015 census result South Ossetia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia de jure a part of Georgia's territory.
Marshall Islands
211 55 500 0.001 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Greenland
210 56 025 0.001 July 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Northern Mariana Islands
209 56 200 0.001 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
American Samoa
208 56 700 0.001 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Guernsey
207 62 723 0.001 March 31, 2016 Official estimate -
Bermuda
206 63 779 0.001 May 21, 2016 2016 Census Preliminary Report -
Cayman Islands
205 64 420 0.001 March 31, 2018 Official estimate -
Dominica
204 71 293 0.001 May 14, 2011 Preliminary 2011 census result -
Andorra
203 78 264 0.001 December 31, 2016 Official estimate -
Isle of Man
202 83 314 0.001 April 24, 2016 2016 census result -
Antigua and Barbuda
201 86 295 0.001 May 27, 2011 Preliminary 2011 census result -
Seychelles
200 94 205 0.001 December 31, 2016 Official estimate -
Tonga
199 100 651 0.001 November 30, 2016 2016 census result -
Grenada
198 103 328 0.001 May 12, 2011 2011 census result -
Jersey
197 104 200 0.001 December 31, 2016 Official estimate -
United States Virgin Islands
196 104 914 0.001 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Federated States of Micronesia
195 105 300 0.001 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
194 109 557 0.001 July 1, 2015 Official estimate -
Aruba
193 111 350 0.002 March 31, 2018 Official quarterly estimate -
Kiribati
192 120 100 0.002 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Artsakh
191 145 053 0.002 December 1, 2015 2015 census result De facto independent, de jure part of Azerbaijan.
Curaçao
190 160 337 0.002 January 1, 2017 Official annual estimate -
Guam
189 172 400 0.002 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Saint Lucia
188 179 667 0.002 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
São Tomé and Príncipe
187 197 700 0.003 July 1, 2017 Official estimate -
Samoa
186 199 052 0.003 July 1, 2018 Official projection -
Abkhazia
185 240 705 0.003 February 28, 2011 2011 census result Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of Georgia. The Republic of Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence on 23 July 1992, but Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. Abkhazia has received formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 2 of which have subsequently withdrawn their recognition.
French Polynesia
184 275 918 0.004 August 17, 2017 2017 census results -
New Caledonia
183 278 500 0.004 January 1, 2017 Official annual estimate -
Barbados
182 286 388 0.004 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Vanuatu
181 304 500 0.004 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Northern Cyprus
180 335 455 0.004 July 1, 2016 Official estimate De facto independent, de jure part of Cyprus.
Iceland
179 353 070 0.005 June 30, 2018 Official quarterly estimate -
Maldives
178 378 114 0.005 December 31, 2017 Official annual estimate -
Bahamas
177 381 320 0.005 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Belize
176 395 882 0.005 April 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Brunei
175 422 678 0.006 July 1, 2016 Official estimate -
Transnistria
174 470 600 0.006 July 1, 2016 Official estimate De facto independent, de jure part of Moldova.
Malta
173 475 701 0.006 December 31, 2017 Official estimate -
Cape Verde
172 544 081 0.007 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Western Sahara
171 567 421 0.007 July 1, 2018 UN projection Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory.
Suriname
170 568 301 0.007 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Luxembourg
169 602 005 0.008 January 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Montenegro
168 622 359 0.008 January 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Macau
167 658 900 0.009 June 30, 2018 Official quarterly estimate -
Solomon Islands
166 667 044 0.009 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Bhutan
165 727 145 0.009 May 30, 2017 Official census result -
Guyana
164 782 225 0.010 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Comoros
163 850 688 0.011 July 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Cyprus
162 854 800 0.011 December 31, 2016 Official estimate -
Fiji
161 884 887 0.012 September 17, 2017 Official census result -
Djibouti
160 1 049 001 0.014 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Swaziland
159 1 159 250 0.015 July 1, 2018 Official projection -
Equatorial Guinea
158 1 222 442 0.016 July 4, 2015 Preliminary 2015 census result -
East Timor
157 1 261 407 0.016 July 1, 2018 Official projection -
Mauritius
156 1 264 887 0.017 July 1, 2017 Official estimate -
Estonia
155 1 319 133 0.017 January 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Trinidad and Tobago
154 1 359 193 0.018 July 1, 2017 Official estimate -
Bahrain
153 1 496 300 0.020 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Guinea-Bissau
152 1 584 763 0.021 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Kosovo
151 1 798 506 0.023 December 31, 2017 Official annual estimate Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states.
Latvia
150 1 923 400 0.025 September 1, 2018 Monthly official estimate -
Slovenia
149 2 067 284 0.027 April 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Gabon
148 2 067 561 0.027 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Macedonia
147 2 075 301 0.027 December 31, 2017 Official estimate -
The Gambia
146 2 163 765 0.028 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Lesotho
145 2 263 010 0.030 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Botswana
144 2 302 878 0.030 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Namibia
143 2 413 643 0.032 July 1, 2018 Official projection -
Qatar
142 2 561 643 0.033 August 31, 2018 Monthly official estimate -
Jamaica
141 2 728 864 0.036 December 31, 2017 Official estimate -
Lithuania
140 2 797 184 0.037 October 1, 2018 Monthly official estimate -
Albania
139 2 870 324 0.037 January 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Armenia
138 2 969 800 0.039 June 30, 2018 Official quarterly estimate -
Mongolia
137 3 231 200 0.042 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Puerto Rico
136 3 337 177 0.044 July 1, 2017 Official estimate -
Uruguay
135 3 505 985 0.046 June 30, 2018 Official annual projection -
Bosnia and Herzegovina
134 3 511 372 0.046 June 30, 2016 Official estimate -
Moldova
133 3 550 900 0.046 January 1, 2017 Official estimate Excludes Transnistria.
Georgia
132 3 729 600 0.049 January 1, 2018 Official annual estimate Excludes Abkhazia (242,862, census 2011) and South Ossetia (53,559, census 2015).
Mauritania
131 3 984 233 0.052 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Croatia
130 4 105 493 0.054 December 31, 2017 Official estimate -
Panama
129 4 158 783 0.054 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Kuwait
128 4 226 920 0.055 January 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Liberia
127 4 382 387 0.057 July 1, 2018 Official projection -
Oman
126 4 651 706 0.061 September 29, 2018 Official estimate -
Central African Republic
125 4 737 423 0.062 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Palestinian National Authority
124 4 780 978 0.062 December 1, 2017 Official census result -
Ireland
123 4 857 000 0.063 April 1, 2018 Official estimate -
New Zealand
122 4 911 340 0.064 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Costa Rica
121 5 003 393 0.065 June 30, 2018 Official annual projection -
Eritrea
120 5 187 948 0.068 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Norway
119 5 312 343 0.069 July 1, 2018 Official quarterly estimate -
Republic of the Congo
118 5 399 895 0.071 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Slovakia
117 5 443 120 0.071 January 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Finland
116 5 519 463 0.072 August 31, 2018 Official monthly estimate -
Singapore
115 5 638 700 0.074 June 30, 2018 Official estimate -
Denmark
114 5 789 957 0.076 July 1, 2018 Official quarterly estimate -
Turkmenistan
113 5 851 466 0.076 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Lebanon
112 6 093 509 0.080 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Nicaragua
111 6 284 757 0.082 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Kyrgyzstan
110 6 309 300 0.082 June 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Libya
109 6 470 956 0.085 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
El Salvador
108 6 643 359 0.087 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Laos
107 6 961 210 0.091 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Serbia
106 7 001 444 0.091 January 1, 2018 Official annual estimate Excludes Kosovo.
Bulgaria
105 7 050 034 0.092 December 31, 2017 Official estimate -
Paraguay
104 7 052 983 0.092 January 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Togo
103 7 352 000 0.096 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Hong Kong
102 7 448 900 0.097 July 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Sierra Leone
101 7 719 729 0.101 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Switzerland
100 8 508 904 0.110 June 30, 2018 Official provisional figure -
Papua New Guinea
99 8 558 800 0.110 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Austria
98 8 838 171 0.120 July 1, 2018 Quarterly provisional figure -
Israel
97 8 930 680 0.117 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Tajikistan
96 8 931 000 0.120 January 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Honduras
95 9 012 229 0.120 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Belarus
94 9 478 200 0.120 July 1, 2018 Official quarterly estimate -
United Arab Emirates
93 9 582 340 0.130 October 13, 2018 Worldometers -
Hungary
92 9 771 000 0.130 January 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Azerbaijan
91 9 943 226 0.130 August 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Sweden
90 10 196 177 0.130 August 31, 2018 Official monthly estimate -
Jordan
89 10 261 300 0.134 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Dominican Republic
88 10 266 149 0.130 July 1, 2018 Official projection -
Portugal
87 10 291 027 0.130 December 31, 2017 Official annual estimate -
Czech Republic
86 10 625 449 0.140 June 30, 2018 Official quarterly estimate -
Burundi
85 10 681 186 0.140 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Greece
84 10 768 193 0.140 January 1, 2017 Official estimate -
Haiti
83 11 112 945 0.150 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Cuba
82 11 221 060 0.150 December 31, 2017 Official annual estimate -
Bolivia
81 11 307 314 0.150 July 1, 2018 Official projection annual -
Benin
80 11 362 269 0.150 July 1, 2018 Official projection -
Belgium
79 11 420 163 0.150 August 1, 2018 Monthly official estimate -
Tunisia
78 11 446 300 0.150 July 1, 2017 Official estimate -
Guinea
77 11 883 516 0.160 July 1, 2018 Official projection -
Rwanda
76 12 001 136 0.160 July 1, 2018 Official projection annual -
South Sudan
75 12 323 419 0.160 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Zimbabwe
74 14 848 905 0.190 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Somalia
73 15 181 925 0.200 July 1, 2018 UN projection Includes Puntland and Somaliland.
Chad
72 15 353 184 0.200 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Senegal
71 15 726 037 0.210 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Cambodia
70 16 069 921 0.210 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Zambia
69 16 887 720 0.220 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Ecuador
68 17 094 400 0.223 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Netherlands
67 17 262 800 0.225 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Guatemala
66 17 302 084 0.230 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Chile
65 17 574 003 0.230 April 19, 2017 Final or definitive 2017 census result -
Malawi
64 17 931 637 0.230 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Syria
63 18 284 407 0.240 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Kazakhstan
62 18 311 700 0.240 September 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Mali
61 19 107 706 0.250 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Romania
60 19 524 000 0.250 January 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Burkina Faso
59 20 244 080 0.260 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Sri Lanka
58 21 444 000 0.280 July 1, 2017 Official estimate -
Niger
57 21 466 863 0.280 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Taiwan
56 23 577 488 0.310 September 1, 2018 Monthly official estimate Taiwan (Republic of China) also includes the minor islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Penghu, etc.
Cameroon
55 23 794 164 0.310 January 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Ivory Coast
54 24 571 044 0.320 July 1, 2017 Official estimate -
Australia
53 25 092 600 0.328 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
North Korea
52 25 610 672 0.330 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Madagascar
51 26 262 810 0.340 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Mozambique
50 28 861 863 0.380 August 1, 2017 Official census result -
Yemen
49 28 915 284 0.380 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Nepal
48 29 218 867 0.380 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Angola
47 29 250 009 0.380 January 1, 2018 Official projection -
Ghana
46 29 614 337 0.390 January 1, 2018 Official projection -
Afghanistan
45 31 575 018 0.410 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Venezuela
44 31 828 110 0.420 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Peru
43 32 162 184 0.420 June 30, 2018 Official estimate -
Malaysia
42 32 496 800 0.424 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Uzbekistan
41 32 653 900 0.430 January 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Saudi Arabia
40 33 413 660 0.440 January 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Morocco
39 34 815 100 0.455 October 14, 2018 Official population clock Excluding the population of the disputed territory of Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic).
Canada
38 37 254 500 0.487 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Poland
37 38 433 600 0.500 December 31, 2017 Official estimate -
Uganda
36 38 823 100 0.510 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Iraq
35 39 339 753 0.510 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
Sudan
34 40 906 835 0.530 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Ukraine
33 42 248 129 0.550 August 1, 2018 Monthly official estimate Excluding the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and City of Sevastopol, Ukraine's administrative areas on the Crimean Peninsula which are disputed with and de facto administered by Russia. However includes all territory in the Donbass region where there are ongoing insurgencies by separatist forces.
Algeria
32 42 545 964 0.560 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Argentina
31 44 494 502 0.580 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Spain
30 46 659 302 0.610 January 1, 2018 Official estimate -
Colombia
29 49 992 300 0.653 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Kenya
28 50 950 879 0.670 July 1, 2018 UN projection -
South Korea
27 51 635 256 0.670 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Myanmar
26 53 862 731 0.700 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Tanzania
25 54 199 163 0.710 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection Including Zanzibar.
South Africa
24 57 725 600 0.750 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Italy
23 60 234 111 0.790 April 30, 2018 Monthly official estimate -
United Kingdom
22 66 040 229 0.860 June 30, 2017 Official annual estimate Excluding the 14 Overseas Territories, which are shown separately.
France
21 67 323 000 0.880 September 1, 2018 Monthly official estimate Population of the 18 regions of France. Excluding Overseas Territories and Collectivities: French Polynesia, New Caledonia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Clipperton Island, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna.
Thailand
20 69 183 173 0.900 July 1, 2018 UN Projection -
Turkey
19 80 810 525 1.060 December 31, 2017 Official estimate -
Iran
18 81 871 500 1.070 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Germany
17 82 793 800 1.080 March 31, 2018 Official quarter data -
Democratic Republic of the Congo
16 84 004 989 1.100 July 1, 2018 UN Projection -
Vietnam
15 94 660 000 1.240 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate -
Egypt
14 97 729 400 1.280 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Philippines
13 106 613 000 1.390 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Ethiopia
12 107 534 882 1.400 July 1, 2018 UN Projection -
Mexico
11 124 737 789 1.630 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
Japan
10 126 420 000 1.650 September 1, 2018 Monthly provisional estimate -
Russia
9 146 877 088 1.920 January 1, 2018 Official estimate Including the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, Russia's disputed administrative areas on the Crimean Peninsula. The Ukrainian government and many of the world's other states consider the Crimean Peninsula de jure a part of Ukraine's territory.
Bangladesh
8 165 362 000 2.160 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Nigeria
7 193 392 517 2.530 July 1, 2016 Official estimate -
Pakistan
6 202 334 000 2.640 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Brazil
5 209 716 000 2.740 October 14, 2018 Official population clock -
Indonesia
4 265 015 300 3.460 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection -
United States
3 328 003 000 4.280 October 14, 2018 Official population clock Population of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
India
2 1 338 270 000 17.500 October 14, 2018 Official population clock Does not include the figures of Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
China
1 1 394 620 000 18.200 October 14, 2018 Official population clock The census figure refers to mainland China, excluding its special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, the former of which returned to Chinese sovereignty on 1 July 1997 and the latter on 20 December 1999.