Population by country, 2008
Countries217
1. China1,324,655,000
Median5,576,593
Japan128,063,00010 / 217
World6,830,080,867
Top 20
1,324,655,000
1,207,930,964
304,093,966
240,157,903
190,367,302
189,499,113
157,595,014
149,474,264
142,742,366
128,063,000
110,374,288
92,699,095
85,864,789
85,543,668
85,175,788
82,110,097
75,514,204
71,051,678
67,619,830
64,390,664
Bottom 10
35,473
33,145
31,836
31,662
30,413
27,427
26,288
19,009
10,321
10,009
Biggest increases since 2007
+18.1%
+12.1%
+6.2%
+5.7%
+5.5%
+5.1%
+4.7%
+4.4%
+4.2%
+4.1%
Biggest decreases since 2007
-3.0%
-1.7%
-1.6%
-1.5%
-1.0%
-1.0%
-0.9%
-0.8%
-0.7%
-0.7%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,324,655,000 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 1,207,930,964 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 304,093,966 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 240,157,903 | 4 |
| 5 | Brazil | 190,367,302 | 5 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 189,499,113 | 6 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 157,595,014 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 149,474,264 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 142,742,366 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan | 128,063,000 | 10 |
| 11 | Mexico | 110,374,288 | 11 |
| 12 | Philippines | 92,699,095 | 12 |
| 13 | Egypt | 85,864,789 | 13 |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 85,543,668 | 15 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 85,175,788 | 14 |
| 16 | Germany | 82,110,097 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 75,514,204 | 17 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 71,051,678 | 18 |
| 19 | Thailand | 67,619,830 | 19 |
| 20 | Congo - Kinshasa | 64,390,664 | 21 |
| 21 | France | 64,375,116 | 20 |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 61,806,995 | 22 |
| 23 | Italy | 59,211,181 | 23 |
| 24 | South Africa | 51,114,599 | 24 |
| 25 | South Korea | 49,054,708 | 25 |
| 26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 48,390,793 | 26 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 46,819,175 | 27 |
| 28 | Spain | 45,954,106 | 28 |
| 29 | Colombia | 43,758,808 | 29 |
| 30 | Tanzania | 42,570,728 | 30 |
| 31 | Argentina | 40,424,148 | 31 |
| 32 | Kenya | 39,206,351 | 33 |
| 33 | Poland | 38,125,759 | 32 |
| 34 | Algeria | 34,816,961 | 34 |
| 35 | Sudan | 33,623,980 | 36 |
| 36 | Canada | 33,247,298 | 35 |
| 37 | Morocco | 31,606,767 | 37 |
| 38 | Uganda | 30,539,553 | 38 |
| 39 | Iraq | 28,971,036 | 40 |
| 40 | Peru | 28,719,041 | 39 |
| 41 | Venezuela | 28,053,696 | 41 |
| 42 | Malaysia | 27,570,059 | 43 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 27,494,774 | 42 |
| 44 | Nepal | 26,990,037 | 44 |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 26,482,622 | 45 |
| 46 | Yemen | 25,111,941 | 47 |
| 47 | North Korea | 24,764,618 | 46 |
| 48 | Ghana | 24,249,946 | 48 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 23,287,877 | 49 |
| 50 | Mozambique | 21,819,036 | 50 |
| 51 | Syria | 21,636,564 | 52 |
| 52 | Angola | 21,578,655 | 55 |
| 53 | Côte d’Ivoire | 21,514,439 | 51 |
| 54 | Australia | 21,249,199 | 54 |
| 55 | Madagascar | 20,923,840 | 57 |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 20,629,378 | 56 |
| 57 | Romania | 20,537,875 | 53 |
| 58 | Cameroon | 18,574,056 | 58 |
| 59 | Chile | 16,838,988 | 59 |
| 60 | Netherlands | 16,445,593 | 60 |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 16,426,525 | 61 |
| 62 | Niger | 15,361,915 | 63 |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 15,258,093 | 62 |
| 64 | Mali | 14,940,782 | 64 |
| 65 | Ecuador | 14,575,202 | 65 |
| 66 | Cambodia | 14,053,479 | 66 |
| 67 | Malawi | 13,976,417 | 68 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 13,935,174 | 67 |
| 69 | Zambia | 13,021,324 | 70 |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 12,959,149 | 69 |
| 71 | Senegal | 12,048,959 | 71 |
| 72 | Somalia | 11,663,084 | 72 |
| 73 | Chad | 11,476,296 | 74 |
| 74 | Cuba | 11,291,762 | 73 |
| 75 | Greece | 11,077,841 | 75 |
| 76 | Belgium | 10,709,973 | 76 |
| 77 | Portugal | 10,558,177 | 77 |
| 78 | Tunisia | 10,542,635 | 78 |
| 79 | Czechia | 10,384,603 | 79 |
| 80 | Hungary | 10,038,188 | 80 |
| 81 | Guinea | 9,898,870 | 82 |
| 82 | Bolivia | 9,850,858 | 81 |
| 83 | Rwanda | 9,804,269 | 84 |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 9,573,130 | 85 |
| 85 | Haiti | 9,530,774 | 86 |
| 86 | Belarus | 9,527,985 | 83 |
| 87 | Benin | 9,228,466 | 88 |
| 88 | Sweden | 9,219,637 | 87 |
| 89 | South Sudan | 8,817,647 | 90 |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 8,763,400 | 89 |
| 91 | Burundi | 8,505,637 | 92 |
| 92 | Austria | 8,321,496 | 91 |
| 93 | Honduras | 8,012,587 | 93 |
| 94 | Switzerland | 7,647,675 | 94 |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 7,492,561 | 95 |
| 96 | Serbia | 7,350,222 | 96 |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 7,338,403 | 97 |
| 98 | Israel | 7,308,800 | 98 |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 7,183,002 | 99 |
| 100 | Jordan | 6,989,866 | 101 |
| 101 | Hong Kong | 6,957,800 | 100 |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | 6,302,664 | 107 |
| 103 | Libya | 6,235,430 | 102 |
| 104 | Laos | 6,148,969 | 103 |
| 105 | El Salvador | 6,029,297 | 104 |
| 106 | Togo | 5,936,138 | 106 |
| 107 | Sierra Leone | 5,894,722 | 105 |
| 108 | Paraguay | 5,613,574 | 108 |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 5,576,593 | 109 |
| 110 | Denmark | 5,493,621 | 110 |
| 111 | Slovakia | 5,379,233 | 111 |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | 5,345,029 | 114 |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,318,729 | 113 |
| 114 | Finland | 5,313,399 | 112 |
| 115 | Lebanon | 4,925,354 | 115 |
| 116 | Singapore | 4,839,396 | 117 |
| 117 | Norway | 4,768,212 | 116 |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 4,558,984 | 118 |
| 119 | Ireland | 4,489,544 | 119 |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 4,440,056 | 120 |
| 121 | Croatia | 4,309,705 | 121 |
| 122 | New Zealand | 4,259,800 | 122 |
| 123 | Congo - Brazzaville | 4,113,517 | 124 |
| 124 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,947,544 | 123 |
| 125 | Georgia | 3,848,449 | 125 |
| 126 | Liberia | 3,821,003 | 127 |
| 127 | Puerto Rico | 3,760,866 | 126 |
| 128 | Palestinian Territories | 3,591,977 | 128 |
| 129 | Panama | 3,500,648 | 129 |
| 130 | Uruguay | 3,302,177 | 130 |
| 131 | Lithuania | 3,198,231 | 131 |
| 132 | Mauritania | 3,183,269 | 133 |
| 133 | Armenia | 3,087,100 | 132 |
| 134 | Albania | 2,947,314 | 134 |
| 135 | Moldova | 2,868,833 | 135 |
| 136 | Eritrea | 2,816,327 | 136 |
| 137 | Jamaica | 2,725,635 | 137 |
| 138 | Kuwait | 2,651,421 | 140 |
| 139 | Mongolia | 2,643,201 | 138 |
| 140 | Oman | 2,626,529 | 139 |
| 141 | Latvia | 2,177,322 | 141 |
| 142 | Namibia | 2,047,056 | 142 |
| 143 | Slovenia | 2,021,316 | 143 |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 1,971,493 | 144 |
| 145 | Lesotho | 1,966,541 | 145 |
| 146 | Botswana | 1,949,970 | 146 |
| 147 | Gambia | 1,817,852 | 148 |
| 148 | Kosovo | 1,800,858 | 147 |
| 149 | Gabon | 1,607,175 | 149 |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,488,054 | 150 |
| 151 | Qatar | 1,426,938 | 154 |
| 152 | Estonia | 1,337,090 | 151 |
| 153 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,308,587 | 152 |
| 154 | Mauritius | 1,244,121 | 153 |
| 155 | Bahrain | 1,103,496 | 157 |
| 156 | Eswatini | 1,098,091 | 155 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,091,026 | 156 |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,084,530 | 158 |
| 159 | Timor-Leste | 1,032,429 | 159 |
| 160 | Fiji | 903,399 | 160 |
| 161 | Djibouti | 892,734 | 161 |
| 162 | Guyana | 754,606 | 162 |
| 163 | Bhutan | 686,351 | 163 |
| 164 | Comoros | 629,307 | 164 |
| 165 | Montenegro | 616,969 | 165 |
| 166 | Macau | 540,700 | 167 |
| 167 | Suriname | 537,245 | 166 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 508,790 | 168 |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 501,355 | 169 |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 488,650 | 170 |
| 171 | Malta | 409,379 | 171 |
| 172 | Brunei | 377,793 | 172 |
| 173 | Bahamas | 358,120 | 173 |
| 174 | Maldives | 336,170 | 174 |
| 175 | Iceland | 317,414 | 175 |
| 176 | Belize | 304,361 | 176 |
| 177 | Barbados | 272,714 | 177 |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 268,379 | 178 |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 253,825 | 179 |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 226,896 | 180 |
| 181 | Samoa | 190,107 | 181 |
| 182 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 173,793 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 168,808 | 183 |
| 184 | Guam | 165,693 | 184 |
| 185 | Channel Islands | 156,408 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 145,880 | 186 |
| 187 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 111,028 | 187 |
| 188 | Grenada | 110,896 | 188 |
| 189 | Micronesia | 108,936 | 189 |
| 190 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 108,397 | 190 |
| 191 | Tonga | 107,020 | 191 |
| 192 | Kiribati | 104,222 | 192 |
| 193 | Aruba | 100,917 | 193 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 86,956 | 194 |
| 195 | Andorra | 83,495 | 195 |
| 196 | Antigua & Barbuda | 82,912 | 196 |
| 197 | Isle of Man | 82,029 | 197 |
| 198 | Dominica | 68,854 | 198 |
| 199 | Bermuda | 63,300 | 199 |
| 200 | Northern Mariana Islands | 57,150 | 200 |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,328 | 201 |
| 202 | American Samoa | 55,828 | 202 |
| 203 | Marshall Islands | 52,030 | 203 |
| 204 | Cayman Islands | 51,151 | 204 |
| 205 | Faroe Islands | 48,547 | 205 |
| 206 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46,835 | 206 |
| 207 | St. Martin | 35,958 | 207 |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 35,473 | 208 |
| 209 | Sint Maarten | 33,145 | 209 |
| 210 | Monaco | 31,836 | 210 |
| 211 | San Marino | 31,662 | 211 |
| 212 | Gibraltar | 30,413 | 212 |
| 213 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 27,427 | 213 |
| 214 | British Virgin Islands | 26,288 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 19,009 | 215 |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 10,321 | 216 |
| 217 | Nauru | 10,009 | 217 |