Population by country, 2006
Countries217
1. China1,311,020,000
Median5,418,855
Japan127,854,00010 / 217
World6,659,536,021
Top 20
1,311,020,000
1,172,878,890
298,379,912
233,951,652
186,653,106
179,682,690
149,077,334
146,405,973
143,049,637
127,854,000
107,253,666
89,508,986
82,700,403
82,376,451
82,167,897
80,703,490
73,392,747
70,045,349
66,567,687
63,622,342
Bottom 10
34,658
32,428
32,057
30,184
29,594
25,123
24,493
19,593
10,056
10,034
Biggest increases since 2005
+17.9%
+8.1%
+7.4%
+6.6%
+5.7%
+5.7%
+5.4%
+5.1%
+4.7%
+4.5%
Biggest decreases since 2005
-2.7%
-1.6%
-1.1%
-0.9%
-0.8%
-0.8%
-0.6%
-0.6%
-0.6%
-0.6%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,311,020,000 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 1,172,878,890 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 298,379,912 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 233,951,652 | 4 |
| 5 | Brazil | 186,653,106 | 5 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 179,682,690 | 6 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 149,077,334 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 146,405,973 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 143,049,637 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan | 127,854,000 | 10 |
| 11 | Mexico | 107,253,666 | 11 |
| 12 | Philippines | 89,508,986 | 12 |
| 13 | Egypt | 82,700,403 | 14 |
| 14 | Germany | 82,376,451 | 13 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 82,167,897 | 15 |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 80,703,490 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 73,392,747 | 17 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 70,045,349 | 18 |
| 19 | Thailand | 66,567,687 | 19 |
| 20 | France | 63,622,342 | 20 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 60,846,820 | 21 |
| 22 | Congo - Kinshasa | 60,615,908 | 22 |
| 23 | Italy | 58,399,861 | 23 |
| 24 | South Africa | 49,998,277 | 24 |
| 25 | South Korea | 48,438,292 | 25 |
| 26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 47,785,135 | 27 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 47,278,694 | 26 |
| 28 | Spain | 44,397,319 | 28 |
| 29 | Colombia | 42,691,084 | 29 |
| 30 | Tanzania | 40,294,902 | 31 |
| 31 | Argentina | 39,622,115 | 30 |
| 32 | Poland | 38,141,267 | 32 |
| 33 | Kenya | 36,904,008 | 33 |
| 34 | Algeria | 33,623,506 | 34 |
| 35 | Canada | 32,571,193 | 35 |
| 36 | Sudan | 31,992,435 | 36 |
| 37 | Morocco | 30,771,178 | 37 |
| 38 | Uganda | 28,794,003 | 40 |
| 39 | Iraq | 28,616,515 | 38 |
| 40 | Peru | 28,324,491 | 39 |
| 41 | Venezuela | 27,224,686 | 41 |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 26,699,043 | 42 |
| 43 | Nepal | 26,565,425 | 43 |
| 44 | Malaysia | 26,417,909 | 44 |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 25,424,094 | 45 |
| 46 | North Korea | 24,524,507 | 46 |
| 47 | Yemen | 23,543,083 | 47 |
| 48 | Ghana | 23,040,702 | 48 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 21,459,144 | 50 |
| 50 | Romania | 21,193,760 | 49 |
| 51 | Mozambique | 20,787,087 | 51 |
| 52 | Côte d’Ivoire | 20,546,802 | 54 |
| 53 | Australia | 20,450,966 | 53 |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 20,352,411 | 52 |
| 55 | Angola | 20,015,279 | 55 |
| 56 | Madagascar | 19,730,909 | 56 |
| 57 | Syria | 19,637,022 | 57 |
| 58 | Cameroon | 17,550,407 | 58 |
| 59 | Chile | 16,509,195 | 59 |
| 60 | Netherlands | 16,346,101 | 60 |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 16,103,716 | 61 |
| 62 | Burkina Faso | 14,373,707 | 62 |
| 63 | Niger | 14,268,581 | 64 |
| 64 | Ecuador | 14,086,131 | 63 |
| 65 | Mali | 13,990,139 | 65 |
| 66 | Cambodia | 13,639,028 | 66 |
| 67 | Guatemala | 13,367,459 | 67 |
| 68 | Malawi | 13,198,701 | 68 |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 12,636,445 | 69 |
| 70 | Zambia | 12,129,553 | 70 |
| 71 | Senegal | 11,500,094 | 72 |
| 72 | Cuba | 11,278,550 | 71 |
| 73 | Greece | 11,020,362 | 73 |
| 74 | Somalia | 10,975,502 | 74 |
| 75 | Chad | 10,706,424 | 77 |
| 76 | Belgium | 10,547,958 | 76 |
| 77 | Portugal | 10,522,288 | 75 |
| 78 | Tunisia | 10,346,410 | 78 |
| 79 | Czechia | 10,238,905 | 79 |
| 80 | Hungary | 10,071,370 | 80 |
| 81 | Belarus | 9,604,924 | 81 |
| 82 | Bolivia | 9,521,689 | 82 |
| 83 | Guinea | 9,441,171 | 83 |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 9,341,183 | 84 |
| 85 | Rwanda | 9,299,246 | 86 |
| 86 | Haiti | 9,216,562 | 85 |
| 87 | Sweden | 9,080,505 | 87 |
| 88 | Benin | 8,693,242 | 88 |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 8,484,550 | 89 |
| 90 | Austria | 8,268,641 | 90 |
| 91 | South Sudan | 7,976,526 | 92 |
| 92 | Burundi | 7,865,547 | 93 |
| 93 | Honduras | 7,656,832 | 94 |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 7,601,022 | 91 |
| 95 | Switzerland | 7,483,934 | 96 |
| 96 | Serbia | 7,411,569 | 95 |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 7,057,566 | 98 |
| 98 | Israel | 7,053,700 | 97 |
| 99 | Hong Kong | 6,857,100 | 99 |
| 100 | Papua New Guinea | 6,747,720 | 100 |
| 101 | Jordan | 6,427,371 | 101 |
| 102 | El Salvador | 6,002,319 | 102 |
| 103 | Libya | 5,980,211 | 104 |
| 104 | Laos | 5,963,200 | 103 |
| 105 | Sierra Leone | 5,624,466 | 105 |
| 106 | Togo | 5,569,664 | 108 |
| 107 | Paraguay | 5,505,148 | 106 |
| 108 | Denmark | 5,437,272 | 107 |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 5,418,855 | 110 |
| 110 | Slovakia | 5,373,054 | 109 |
| 111 | Finland | 5,266,268 | 111 |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,218,373 | 112 |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 5,147,105 | 113 |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates | 5,009,100 | 115 |
| 115 | Lebanon | 4,751,136 | 114 |
| 116 | Norway | 4,660,677 | 116 |
| 117 | Singapore | 4,401,365 | 119 |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 4,377,579 | 118 |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 4,321,340 | 120 |
| 120 | Croatia | 4,311,159 | 117 |
| 121 | Ireland | 4,273,591 | 121 |
| 122 | New Zealand | 4,184,600 | 122 |
| 123 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 4,063,272 | 123 |
| 124 | Georgia | 3,880,347 | 124 |
| 125 | Congo - Brazzaville | 3,837,409 | 126 |
| 126 | Puerto Rico | 3,805,214 | 125 |
| 127 | Liberia | 3,490,787 | 130 |
| 128 | Palestinian Territories | 3,406,334 | 128 |
| 129 | Panama | 3,375,024 | 129 |
| 130 | Uruguay | 3,289,506 | 131 |
| 131 | Lithuania | 3,269,909 | 127 |
| 132 | Armenia | 3,127,100 | 132 |
| 133 | Mauritania | 3,013,660 | 134 |
| 134 | Albania | 2,992,547 | 133 |
| 135 | Moldova | 2,880,967 | 135 |
| 136 | Eritrea | 2,703,502 | 137 |
| 137 | Jamaica | 2,700,968 | 136 |
| 138 | Mongolia | 2,567,168 | 138 |
| 139 | Oman | 2,514,795 | 139 |
| 140 | Kuwait | 2,364,733 | 141 |
| 141 | Latvia | 2,218,357 | 140 |
| 142 | Slovenia | 2,006,868 | 143 |
| 143 | North Macedonia | 1,994,287 | 142 |
| 144 | Namibia | 1,991,888 | 144 |
| 145 | Lesotho | 1,945,063 | 145 |
| 146 | Botswana | 1,874,516 | 146 |
| 147 | Kosovo | 1,813,079 | 147 |
| 148 | Gambia | 1,715,275 | 148 |
| 149 | Gabon | 1,508,337 | 149 |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,415,303 | 150 |
| 151 | Estonia | 1,346,810 | 151 |
| 152 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,297,944 | 152 |
| 153 | Mauritius | 1,233,996 | 153 |
| 154 | Eswatini | 1,084,436 | 154 |
| 155 | Cyprus | 1,054,418 | 155 |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 990,343 | 157 |
| 157 | Timor-Leste | 976,597 | 156 |
| 158 | Qatar | 972,831 | 161 |
| 159 | Bahrain | 960,424 | 158 |
| 160 | Fiji | 890,365 | 159 |
| 161 | Djibouti | 855,764 | 160 |
| 162 | Guyana | 758,966 | 162 |
| 163 | Bhutan | 670,799 | 163 |
| 164 | Montenegro | 615,025 | 164 |
| 165 | Comoros | 604,753 | 165 |
| 166 | Suriname | 524,997 | 166 |
| 167 | Macau | 498,900 | 169 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 491,594 | 168 |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 490,728 | 167 |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 472,637 | 170 |
| 171 | Malta | 405,308 | 171 |
| 172 | Brunei | 364,663 | 172 |
| 173 | Bahamas | 348,375 | 173 |
| 174 | Maldives | 313,851 | 174 |
| 175 | Iceland | 303,782 | 175 |
| 176 | Belize | 287,878 | 176 |
| 177 | Barbados | 270,002 | 177 |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 263,223 | 178 |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 247,547 | 179 |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 215,923 | 180 |
| 181 | Samoa | 187,709 | 181 |
| 182 | St. Lucia | 166,639 | 182 |
| 183 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 165,638 | 184 |
| 184 | Guam | 164,839 | 183 |
| 185 | Channel Islands | 154,214 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 141,239 | 186 |
| 187 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 112,014 | 187 |
| 188 | Micronesia | 110,729 | 188 |
| 189 | Grenada | 110,135 | 189 |
| 190 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 108,369 | 190 |
| 191 | Tonga | 106,253 | 191 |
| 192 | Kiribati | 100,017 | 192 |
| 193 | Aruba | 99,405 | 193 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 84,600 | 194 |
| 195 | Antigua & Barbuda | 80,604 | 195 |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 80,294 | 196 |
| 197 | Andorra | 79,585 | 197 |
| 198 | Dominica | 68,806 | 198 |
| 199 | Bermuda | 62,834 | 199 |
| 200 | Northern Mariana Islands | 60,682 | 200 |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,775 | 201 |
| 202 | American Samoa | 56,374 | 202 |
| 203 | Marshall Islands | 51,992 | 203 |
| 204 | Faroe Islands | 48,335 | 204 |
| 205 | Cayman Islands | 48,232 | 205 |
| 206 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46,569 | 206 |
| 207 | Liechtenstein | 35,037 | 207 |
| 208 | St. Martin | 34,658 | 208 |
| 209 | Sint Maarten | 32,428 | 210 |
| 210 | Monaco | 32,057 | 209 |
| 211 | San Marino | 30,184 | 211 |
| 212 | Gibraltar | 29,594 | 212 |
| 213 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 25,123 | 213 |
| 214 | British Virgin Islands | 24,493 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 19,593 | 215 |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 10,056 | 217 |
| 217 | Nauru | 10,034 | 216 |