Population by country, 2003
Countries217
1. China1,288,400,000
Median5,210,963
Japan127,718,00010 / 217
World6,409,352,386
Top 20
1,288,400,000
1,116,803,006
290,107,933
225,048,008
180,622,688
167,110,248
144,648,618
140,970,351
137,202,644
127,718,000
102,978,515
84,731,835
82,534,176
79,563,777
77,853,548
73,832,663
68,769,340
67,831,730
64,868,166
62,249,855
Bottom 10
32,395
32,374
31,327
28,274
27,843
22,134
21,727
19,659
10,059
9,695
Biggest increases since 2002
+7.6%
+6.3%
+6.3%
+6.0%
+5.5%
+4.9%
+4.7%
+4.6%
+4.5%
+4.3%
Biggest decreases since 2002
-2.0%
-1.5%
-1.1%
-1.0%
-0.8%
-0.8%
-0.7%
-0.7%
-0.7%
-0.7%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,288,400,000 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 1,116,803,006 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 290,107,933 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 225,048,008 | 4 |
| 5 | Brazil | 180,622,688 | 5 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 167,110,248 | 6 |
| 7 | Russia | 144,648,618 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 140,970,351 | 8 |
| 9 | Nigeria | 137,202,644 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan | 127,718,000 | 10 |
| 11 | Mexico | 102,978,515 | 11 |
| 12 | Philippines | 84,731,835 | 12 |
| 13 | Germany | 82,534,176 | 13 |
| 14 | Vietnam | 79,563,777 | 14 |
| 15 | Egypt | 77,853,548 | 15 |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 73,832,663 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 68,769,340 | 17 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 67,831,730 | 18 |
| 19 | Thailand | 64,868,166 | 19 |
| 20 | France | 62,249,855 | 20 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 59,647,577 | 21 |
| 22 | Italy | 57,399,184 | 22 |
| 23 | Congo - Kinshasa | 55,343,867 | 23 |
| 24 | South Africa | 48,500,348 | 25 |
| 25 | Ukraine | 48,315,136 | 24 |
| 26 | South Korea | 47,892,330 | 26 |
| 27 | Myanmar (Burma) | 46,667,192 | 27 |
| 28 | Spain | 42,187,645 | 28 |
| 29 | Colombia | 40,937,429 | 29 |
| 30 | Argentina | 38,424,282 | 31 |
| 31 | Poland | 38,204,570 | 30 |
| 32 | Tanzania | 37,089,555 | 32 |
| 33 | Kenya | 33,652,223 | 33 |
| 34 | Algeria | 32,175,818 | 34 |
| 35 | Canada | 31,642,461 | 35 |
| 36 | Sudan | 29,896,035 | 36 |
| 37 | Morocco | 29,571,415 | 37 |
| 38 | Peru | 27,580,490 | 38 |
| 39 | Iraq | 26,802,659 | 39 |
| 40 | Uganda | 26,352,124 | 40 |
| 41 | Venezuela | 25,892,703 | 41 |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 25,711,259 | 42 |
| 43 | Nepal | 25,688,758 | 43 |
| 44 | Malaysia | 24,679,602 | 44 |
| 45 | North Korea | 24,090,380 | 45 |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 22,733,049 | 47 |
| 47 | Romania | 21,574,326 | 46 |
| 48 | Yemen | 21,456,379 | 48 |
| 49 | Ghana | 21,296,705 | 49 |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 19,951,521 | 50 |
| 51 | Australia | 19,720,737 | 51 |
| 52 | Mozambique | 19,392,475 | 52 |
| 53 | Côte d’Ivoire | 19,125,542 | 53 |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 18,786,767 | 54 |
| 55 | Madagascar | 18,071,854 | 55 |
| 56 | Angola | 17,943,712 | 57 |
| 57 | Syria | 17,889,296 | 56 |
| 58 | Netherlands | 16,225,302 | 58 |
| 59 | Cameroon | 16,160,340 | 60 |
| 60 | Chile | 16,024,752 | 59 |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 15,747,380 | 61 |
| 62 | Ecuador | 13,372,306 | 62 |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 13,082,532 | 64 |
| 64 | Cambodia | 13,050,968 | 63 |
| 65 | Niger | 12,796,984 | 65 |
| 66 | Mali | 12,684,955 | 66 |
| 67 | Guatemala | 12,525,842 | 67 |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 12,232,323 | 68 |
| 69 | Malawi | 12,181,574 | 69 |
| 70 | Cuba | 11,209,383 | 70 |
| 71 | Zambia | 10,983,595 | 72 |
| 72 | Greece | 10,928,070 | 71 |
| 73 | Senegal | 10,721,176 | 73 |
| 74 | Portugal | 10,458,821 | 74 |
| 75 | Belgium | 10,376,133 | 75 |
| 76 | Czechia | 10,193,998 | 76 |
| 77 | Hungary | 10,129,552 | 77 |
| 78 | Tunisia | 10,071,632 | 78 |
| 79 | Somalia | 9,909,157 | 80 |
| 80 | Belarus | 9,796,749 | 79 |
| 81 | Chad | 9,487,833 | 81 |
| 82 | Bolivia | 9,050,700 | 83 |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 8,980,620 | 84 |
| 84 | Sweden | 8,958,229 | 82 |
| 85 | Guinea | 8,870,781 | 85 |
| 86 | Haiti | 8,759,912 | 86 |
| 87 | Rwanda | 8,586,875 | 87 |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 8,234,100 | 88 |
| 89 | Austria | 8,121,423 | 89 |
| 90 | Benin | 7,913,070 | 91 |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 7,775,327 | 90 |
| 92 | Serbia | 7,480,591 | 92 |
| 93 | Switzerland | 7,339,001 | 93 |
| 94 | Honduras | 7,119,213 | 94 |
| 95 | Burundi | 7,043,154 | 95 |
| 96 | South Sudan | 6,903,127 | 97 |
| 97 | Hong Kong | 6,730,800 | 96 |
| 98 | Israel | 6,689,700 | 98 |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 6,658,575 | 99 |
| 100 | Papua New Guinea | 6,123,997 | 101 |
| 101 | El Salvador | 5,998,599 | 100 |
| 102 | Jordan | 5,741,828 | 102 |
| 103 | Laos | 5,697,945 | 103 |
| 104 | Libya | 5,619,398 | 104 |
| 105 | Denmark | 5,390,574 | 106 |
| 106 | Slovakia | 5,373,374 | 105 |
| 107 | Paraguay | 5,326,436 | 107 |
| 108 | Finland | 5,213,014 | 108 |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 5,210,963 | 109 |
| 110 | Sierra Leone | 5,177,687 | 112 |
| 111 | Togo | 5,154,112 | 110 |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,043,308 | 111 |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 4,863,865 | 113 |
| 114 | Norway | 4,564,855 | 114 |
| 115 | Lebanon | 4,525,508 | 115 |
| 116 | Croatia | 4,303,399 | 116 |
| 117 | United Arab Emirates | 4,192,457 | 122 |
| 118 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 4,178,523 | 117 |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 4,138,784 | 119 |
| 120 | Singapore | 4,114,826 | 118 |
| 121 | Central African Republic | 4,103,086 | 120 |
| 122 | New Zealand | 4,027,200 | 123 |
| 123 | Ireland | 3,996,521 | 124 |
| 124 | Georgia | 3,951,736 | 121 |
| 125 | Puerto Rico | 3,826,095 | 125 |
| 126 | Congo - Brazzaville | 3,445,753 | 127 |
| 127 | Lithuania | 3,415,213 | 126 |
| 128 | Uruguay | 3,281,186 | 128 |
| 129 | Panama | 3,189,807 | 130 |
| 130 | Armenia | 3,182,500 | 129 |
| 131 | Palestinian Territories | 3,154,969 | 132 |
| 132 | Liberia | 3,119,532 | 131 |
| 133 | Albania | 3,039,616 | 133 |
| 134 | Moldova | 2,903,198 | 134 |
| 135 | Mauritania | 2,802,046 | 135 |
| 136 | Jamaica | 2,656,623 | 136 |
| 137 | Eritrea | 2,493,903 | 138 |
| 138 | Mongolia | 2,480,374 | 137 |
| 139 | Oman | 2,363,796 | 139 |
| 140 | Latvia | 2,287,955 | 140 |
| 141 | Kuwait | 2,109,881 | 141 |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 2,022,725 | 142 |
| 143 | Slovenia | 1,995,733 | 144 |
| 144 | Lesotho | 1,985,059 | 143 |
| 145 | Namibia | 1,917,464 | 145 |
| 146 | Kosovo | 1,826,434 | 146 |
| 147 | Botswana | 1,775,736 | 147 |
| 148 | Gambia | 1,577,611 | 148 |
| 149 | Gabon | 1,382,350 | 150 |
| 150 | Estonia | 1,370,720 | 149 |
| 151 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,338,709 | 151 |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,318,806 | 152 |
| 153 | Mauritius | 1,213,370 | 153 |
| 154 | Eswatini | 1,066,700 | 154 |
| 155 | Cyprus | 999,590 | 155 |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 916,878 | 156 |
| 157 | Fiji | 866,286 | 157 |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 847,862 | 158 |
| 159 | Djibouti | 813,519 | 159 |
| 160 | Bahrain | 764,517 | 162 |
| 161 | Guyana | 763,101 | 160 |
| 162 | Qatar | 744,682 | 161 |
| 163 | Bhutan | 637,663 | 163 |
| 164 | Montenegro | 612,267 | 164 |
| 165 | Comoros | 569,798 | 165 |
| 166 | Suriname | 506,414 | 166 |
| 167 | Cape Verde | 473,383 | 167 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 466,154 | 168 |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 451,630 | 169 |
| 170 | Macau | 443,600 | 170 |
| 171 | Malta | 398,582 | 171 |
| 172 | Brunei | 346,637 | 172 |
| 173 | Bahamas | 335,618 | 173 |
| 174 | Maldives | 296,491 | 174 |
| 175 | Iceland | 289,521 | 175 |
| 176 | Barbados | 265,776 | 176 |
| 177 | Belize | 263,780 | 177 |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 251,637 | 178 |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 236,678 | 179 |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 200,746 | 180 |
| 181 | Samoa | 185,430 | 181 |
| 182 | Guam | 163,137 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 162,976 | 183 |
| 184 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 153,814 | 184 |
| 185 | Channel Islands | 150,960 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 131,897 | 186 |
| 187 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 113,141 | 187 |
| 188 | Micronesia | 112,285 | 188 |
| 189 | Grenada | 108,884 | 190 |
| 190 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 108,505 | 189 |
| 191 | Tonga | 104,464 | 191 |
| 192 | Kiribati | 94,175 | 192 |
| 193 | Aruba | 93,128 | 193 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 82,781 | 194 |
| 195 | Isle of Man | 78,049 | 195 |
| 196 | Antigua & Barbuda | 77,884 | 196 |
| 197 | Andorra | 69,486 | 199 |
| 198 | Dominica | 68,531 | 197 |
| 199 | Northern Mariana Islands | 65,421 | 198 |
| 200 | Bermuda | 62,386 | 200 |
| 201 | American Samoa | 56,971 | 201 |
| 202 | Greenland | 56,751 | 202 |
| 203 | Marshall Islands | 51,639 | 203 |
| 204 | Faroe Islands | 48,032 | 204 |
| 205 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46,176 | 205 |
| 206 | Cayman Islands | 43,934 | 206 |
| 207 | Liechtenstein | 34,079 | 207 |
| 208 | St. Martin | 32,395 | 209 |
| 209 | Monaco | 32,374 | 208 |
| 210 | Sint Maarten | 31,327 | 210 |
| 211 | Gibraltar | 28,274 | 211 |
| 212 | San Marino | 27,843 | 212 |
| 213 | British Virgin Islands | 22,134 | 213 |
| 214 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 21,727 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 19,659 | 215 |
| 216 | Nauru | 10,059 | 216 |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 9,695 | 217 |