Population by country, 2002
Countries217
1. China1,280,400,000
Median5,149,909
Japan127,445,00010 / 217
World6,327,171,255
Top 20
1,280,400,000
1,097,600,380
287,625,193
222,088,495
178,503,484
163,222,549
145,306,497
138,933,658
133,471,989
127,445,000
101,548,624
83,068,889
82,488,495
78,772,224
76,239,137
71,635,517
68,011,317
67,048,795
64,266,437
61,812,142
Bottom 10
32,422
31,604
30,960
27,831
27,491
21,430
20,597
19,503
10,082
9,623
Biggest increases since 2001
+8.2%
+7.4%
+6.4%
+6.3%
+5.9%
+5.4%
+5.2%
+5.1%
+4.9%
+4.6%
Biggest decreases since 2001
-2.1%
-1.8%
-1.8%
-1.2%
-0.9%
-0.9%
-0.8%
-0.7%
-0.6%
-0.6%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,280,400,000 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 1,097,600,380 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 287,625,193 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 222,088,495 | 4 |
| 5 | Brazil | 178,503,484 | 5 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 163,222,549 | 6 |
| 7 | Russia | 145,306,497 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 138,933,658 | 8 |
| 9 | Nigeria | 133,471,989 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan | 127,445,000 | 10 |
| 11 | Mexico | 101,548,624 | 11 |
| 12 | Philippines | 83,068,889 | 13 |
| 13 | Germany | 82,488,495 | 12 |
| 14 | Vietnam | 78,772,224 | 14 |
| 15 | Egypt | 76,239,137 | 15 |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 71,635,517 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 68,011,317 | 17 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 67,048,795 | 18 |
| 19 | Thailand | 64,266,437 | 19 |
| 20 | France | 61,812,142 | 20 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 59,370,479 | 21 |
| 22 | Italy | 57,089,824 | 22 |
| 23 | Congo - Kinshasa | 53,750,524 | 23 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 48,677,281 | 24 |
| 25 | South Africa | 48,019,415 | 25 |
| 26 | South Korea | 47,644,736 | 26 |
| 27 | Myanmar (Burma) | 46,232,653 | 27 |
| 28 | Spain | 41,431,558 | 28 |
| 29 | Colombia | 40,324,680 | 29 |
| 30 | Poland | 38,230,364 | 30 |
| 31 | Argentina | 38,029,349 | 31 |
| 32 | Tanzania | 36,121,304 | 32 |
| 33 | Kenya | 32,629,808 | 33 |
| 34 | Algeria | 31,750,835 | 34 |
| 35 | Canada | 31,359,199 | 35 |
| 36 | Sudan | 29,228,727 | 37 |
| 37 | Morocco | 29,198,142 | 36 |
| 38 | Peru | 27,288,217 | 38 |
| 39 | Iraq | 26,006,559 | 39 |
| 40 | Uganda | 25,532,870 | 43 |
| 41 | Venezuela | 25,435,671 | 41 |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 25,399,980 | 40 |
| 43 | Nepal | 25,328,981 | 42 |
| 44 | Malaysia | 24,102,477 | 45 |
| 45 | North Korea | 23,943,973 | 44 |
| 46 | Romania | 21,730,496 | 46 |
| 47 | Afghanistan | 21,378,117 | 47 |
| 48 | Yemen | 20,835,086 | 48 |
| 49 | Ghana | 20,729,388 | 49 |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 19,805,752 | 50 |
| 51 | Australia | 19,495,210 | 51 |
| 52 | Mozambique | 18,958,338 | 52 |
| 53 | Côte d’Ivoire | 18,654,771 | 53 |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 17,910,910 | 55 |
| 55 | Madagascar | 17,549,913 | 56 |
| 56 | Syria | 17,468,332 | 54 |
| 57 | Angola | 17,327,699 | 57 |
| 58 | Netherlands | 16,148,929 | 58 |
| 59 | Chile | 15,857,925 | 59 |
| 60 | Cameroon | 15,725,528 | 61 |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 15,656,677 | 60 |
| 62 | Ecuador | 13,138,472 | 62 |
| 63 | Cambodia | 12,855,241 | 63 |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 12,680,897 | 64 |
| 65 | Niger | 12,349,144 | 67 |
| 66 | Mali | 12,288,050 | 68 |
| 67 | Guatemala | 12,246,915 | 66 |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 12,087,653 | 65 |
| 69 | Malawi | 11,880,440 | 69 |
| 70 | Cuba | 11,177,418 | 70 |
| 71 | Greece | 10,902,022 | 71 |
| 72 | Zambia | 10,647,949 | 73 |
| 73 | Senegal | 10,466,214 | 76 |
| 74 | Portugal | 10,419,631 | 72 |
| 75 | Belgium | 10,332,785 | 74 |
| 76 | Czechia | 10,196,916 | 75 |
| 77 | Hungary | 10,158,608 | 77 |
| 78 | Tunisia | 9,971,515 | 79 |
| 79 | Belarus | 9,865,548 | 78 |
| 80 | Somalia | 9,550,063 | 80 |
| 81 | Chad | 9,116,192 | 82 |
| 82 | Sweden | 8,924,958 | 81 |
| 83 | Bolivia | 8,900,355 | 83 |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 8,852,235 | 84 |
| 85 | Guinea | 8,674,066 | 85 |
| 86 | Haiti | 8,607,641 | 86 |
| 87 | Rwanda | 8,400,180 | 87 |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 8,171,950 | 88 |
| 89 | Austria | 8,081,957 | 89 |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 7,837,161 | 90 |
| 91 | Benin | 7,675,426 | 92 |
| 92 | Serbia | 7,500,031 | 91 |
| 93 | Switzerland | 7,284,753 | 93 |
| 94 | Honduras | 6,938,859 | 94 |
| 95 | Burundi | 6,824,132 | 96 |
| 96 | Hong Kong | 6,744,100 | 95 |
| 97 | South Sudan | 6,596,806 | 99 |
| 98 | Israel | 6,570,000 | 97 |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 6,531,669 | 98 |
| 100 | El Salvador | 5,986,631 | 100 |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 5,924,003 | 101 |
| 102 | Jordan | 5,616,066 | 103 |
| 103 | Laos | 5,610,889 | 102 |
| 104 | Libya | 5,508,410 | 104 |
| 105 | Slovakia | 5,376,912 | 105 |
| 106 | Denmark | 5,375,931 | 106 |
| 107 | Paraguay | 5,261,328 | 108 |
| 108 | Finland | 5,200,598 | 107 |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 5,149,909 | 109 |
| 110 | Togo | 5,027,130 | 111 |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 4,990,704 | 110 |
| 112 | Sierra Leone | 4,971,435 | 112 |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 4,769,465 | 113 |
| 114 | Norway | 4,538,159 | 114 |
| 115 | Lebanon | 4,463,504 | 115 |
| 116 | Croatia | 4,302,174 | 116 |
| 117 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 4,188,002 | 117 |
| 118 | Singapore | 4,175,950 | 118 |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 4,075,705 | 120 |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 4,006,077 | 121 |
| 121 | Georgia | 3,978,515 | 119 |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 3,956,826 | 125 |
| 123 | New Zealand | 3,948,500 | 122 |
| 124 | Ireland | 3,931,947 | 123 |
| 125 | Puerto Rico | 3,823,701 | 124 |
| 126 | Lithuania | 3,443,067 | 126 |
| 127 | Congo - Brazzaville | 3,350,771 | 128 |
| 128 | Uruguay | 3,278,867 | 127 |
| 129 | Armenia | 3,199,800 | 129 |
| 130 | Panama | 3,129,344 | 130 |
| 131 | Liberia | 3,094,782 | 132 |
| 132 | Palestinian Territories | 3,075,373 | 133 |
| 133 | Albania | 3,051,010 | 131 |
| 134 | Moldova | 2,911,385 | 134 |
| 135 | Mauritania | 2,738,655 | 135 |
| 136 | Jamaica | 2,640,572 | 136 |
| 137 | Mongolia | 2,449,027 | 137 |
| 138 | Eritrea | 2,392,978 | 139 |
| 139 | Oman | 2,337,140 | 140 |
| 140 | Latvia | 2,310,173 | 138 |
| 141 | Kuwait | 2,059,974 | 142 |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 2,020,157 | 141 |
| 143 | Lesotho | 1,994,679 | 143 |
| 144 | Slovenia | 1,994,530 | 144 |
| 145 | Namibia | 1,889,970 | 145 |
| 146 | Kosovo | 1,829,462 | 146 |
| 147 | Botswana | 1,744,763 | 147 |
| 148 | Gambia | 1,535,691 | 148 |
| 149 | Estonia | 1,379,350 | 149 |
| 150 | Gabon | 1,345,135 | 151 |
| 151 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,332,011 | 150 |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,289,307 | 152 |
| 153 | Mauritius | 1,204,621 | 153 |
| 154 | Eswatini | 1,059,441 | 154 |
| 155 | Cyprus | 981,440 | 155 |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 879,159 | 157 |
| 157 | Fiji | 858,049 | 156 |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 797,957 | 160 |
| 159 | Djibouti | 795,574 | 158 |
| 160 | Guyana | 763,652 | 159 |
| 161 | Qatar | 711,205 | 161 |
| 162 | Bahrain | 710,553 | 162 |
| 163 | Bhutan | 624,409 | 163 |
| 164 | Montenegro | 609,828 | 164 |
| 165 | Comoros | 558,923 | 165 |
| 166 | Suriname | 496,551 | 166 |
| 167 | Cape Verde | 467,046 | 167 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 457,671 | 168 |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 446,175 | 169 |
| 170 | Macau | 438,400 | 170 |
| 171 | Malta | 395,969 | 171 |
| 172 | Brunei | 340,099 | 172 |
| 173 | Bahamas | 331,614 | 173 |
| 174 | Maldives | 291,616 | 174 |
| 175 | Iceland | 287,523 | 175 |
| 176 | Barbados | 264,148 | 176 |
| 177 | Belize | 256,009 | 177 |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 247,775 | 178 |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 232,236 | 179 |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 195,863 | 180 |
| 181 | Samoa | 184,471 | 181 |
| 182 | Guam | 162,315 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 161,641 | 183 |
| 184 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 149,922 | 185 |
| 185 | Channel Islands | 149,881 | 184 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 129,205 | 186 |
| 187 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 113,347 | 187 |
| 188 | Micronesia | 112,448 | 188 |
| 189 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 108,509 | 189 |
| 190 | Grenada | 108,404 | 190 |
| 191 | Tonga | 103,874 | 191 |
| 192 | Kiribati | 92,264 | 193 |
| 193 | Aruba | 92,074 | 192 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 83,723 | 194 |
| 195 | Isle of Man | 77,275 | 195 |
| 196 | Antigua & Barbuda | 77,032 | 196 |
| 197 | Dominica | 68,367 | 197 |
| 198 | Northern Mariana Islands | 66,778 | 198 |
| 199 | Andorra | 66,506 | 199 |
| 200 | Bermuda | 62,142 | 200 |
| 201 | American Samoa | 57,062 | 201 |
| 202 | Greenland | 56,595 | 202 |
| 203 | Marshall Islands | 51,425 | 203 |
| 204 | Faroe Islands | 47,335 | 204 |
| 205 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46,020 | 205 |
| 206 | Cayman Islands | 42,514 | 206 |
| 207 | Liechtenstein | 33,694 | 207 |
| 208 | Monaco | 32,422 | 208 |
| 209 | St. Martin | 31,604 | 209 |
| 210 | Sint Maarten | 30,960 | 210 |
| 211 | Gibraltar | 27,831 | 211 |
| 212 | San Marino | 27,491 | 212 |
| 213 | British Virgin Islands | 21,430 | 213 |
| 214 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 20,597 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 19,503 | 215 |
| 216 | Nauru | 10,082 | 216 |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 9,623 | 217 |