Population by country, 2009
Countries217
1. China1,331,260,000
Median5,656,601
Japan128,047,00010 / 217
World6,916,168,196
Top 20
1,331,260,000
1,225,524,753
306,771,529
243,220,028
194,376,534
192,079,951
162,049,464
150,873,714
142,785,348
128,047,000
111,999,721
94,384,250
88,007,636
87,501,636
86,460,018
81,902,307
76,457,825
72,039,206
68,121,080
66,412,044
Bottom 10
35,742
33,491
33,066
32,364
30,823
28,588
27,218
18,709
10,461
10,016
Biggest increases since 2008
+12.8%
+6.8%
+6.4%
+5.4%
+5.2%
+4.8%
+4.7%
+4.4%
+4.2%
+4.1%
Biggest decreases since 2008
-3.2%
-1.7%
-1.6%
-1.6%
-1.1%
-1.1%
-0.9%
-0.9%
-0.8%
-0.7%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,331,260,000 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 1,225,524,753 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 306,771,529 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 243,220,028 | 4 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 194,376,534 | 6 |
| 6 | Brazil | 192,079,951 | 5 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 162,049,464 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 150,873,714 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 142,785,348 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan | 128,047,000 | 10 |
| 11 | Mexico | 111,999,721 | 11 |
| 12 | Philippines | 94,384,250 | 12 |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 88,007,636 | 14 |
| 14 | Egypt | 87,501,636 | 13 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 86,460,018 | 15 |
| 16 | Germany | 81,902,307 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 76,457,825 | 17 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 72,039,206 | 18 |
| 19 | Thailand | 68,121,080 | 19 |
| 20 | Congo - Kinshasa | 66,412,044 | 20 |
| 21 | France | 64,706,436 | 21 |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 62,276,270 | 22 |
| 23 | Italy | 59,555,454 | 23 |
| 24 | South Africa | 51,728,516 | 24 |
| 25 | South Korea | 49,307,835 | 25 |
| 26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 48,660,459 | 26 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 46,623,731 | 27 |
| 28 | Spain | 46,362,946 | 28 |
| 29 | Colombia | 44,271,541 | 29 |
| 30 | Tanzania | 43,633,982 | 30 |
| 31 | Argentina | 40,854,831 | 31 |
| 32 | Kenya | 40,408,891 | 32 |
| 33 | Poland | 38,151,603 | 33 |
| 34 | Algeria | 35,490,445 | 34 |
| 35 | Sudan | 34,569,113 | 35 |
| 36 | Canada | 33,630,069 | 36 |
| 37 | Morocco | 32,030,778 | 37 |
| 38 | Uganda | 31,451,151 | 38 |
| 39 | Iraq | 30,058,206 | 39 |
| 40 | Peru | 28,896,811 | 40 |
| 41 | Venezuela | 28,438,298 | 41 |
| 42 | Malaysia | 28,124,778 | 42 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 27,939,328 | 43 |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 27,466,101 | 45 |
| 45 | Nepal | 27,173,035 | 44 |
| 46 | Yemen | 25,927,724 | 46 |
| 47 | North Korea | 24,878,332 | 47 |
| 48 | Ghana | 24,862,664 | 48 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 24,217,654 | 49 |
| 50 | Angola | 22,414,773 | 52 |
| 51 | Mozambique | 22,391,745 | 50 |
| 52 | Côte d’Ivoire | 21,997,940 | 53 |
| 53 | Syria | 21,976,969 | 51 |
| 54 | Australia | 21,691,653 | 54 |
| 55 | Madagascar | 21,547,280 | 55 |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 20,756,435 | 56 |
| 57 | Romania | 20,367,487 | 57 |
| 58 | Cameroon | 19,113,974 | 58 |
| 59 | Chile | 17,009,731 | 59 |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 16,619,846 | 61 |
| 61 | Netherlands | 16,530,388 | 60 |
| 62 | Niger | 15,943,675 | 62 |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 15,710,066 | 63 |
| 64 | Mali | 15,435,539 | 64 |
| 65 | Ecuador | 14,825,954 | 65 |
| 66 | Malawi | 14,395,788 | 67 |
| 67 | Cambodia | 14,276,810 | 66 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 14,215,611 | 68 |
| 69 | Zambia | 13,490,389 | 69 |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 13,142,790 | 70 |
| 71 | Senegal | 12,337,389 | 71 |
| 72 | Somalia | 11,961,201 | 72 |
| 73 | Chad | 11,893,754 | 73 |
| 74 | Cuba | 11,294,719 | 74 |
| 75 | Greece | 11,107,017 | 75 |
| 76 | Belgium | 10,796,493 | 76 |
| 77 | Tunisia | 10,650,681 | 78 |
| 78 | Portugal | 10,568,247 | 77 |
| 79 | Czechia | 10,443,936 | 79 |
| 80 | Guinea | 10,143,534 | 81 |
| 81 | Rwanda | 10,060,432 | 83 |
| 82 | Hungary | 10,022,650 | 80 |
| 83 | Bolivia | 10,016,275 | 82 |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 9,695,265 | 84 |
| 85 | Haiti | 9,689,581 | 85 |
| 86 | Benin | 9,509,423 | 87 |
| 87 | Belarus | 9,504,583 | 86 |
| 88 | Sweden | 9,298,515 | 88 |
| 89 | South Sudan | 9,243,556 | 89 |
| 90 | Burundi | 8,947,646 | 91 |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 8,947,243 | 90 |
| 92 | Austria | 8,343,323 | 92 |
| 93 | Honduras | 8,189,899 | 93 |
| 94 | Switzerland | 7,743,831 | 94 |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 7,490,230 | 97 |
| 96 | Israel | 7,485,600 | 98 |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 7,444,443 | 95 |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | 7,406,438 | 99 |
| 99 | Serbia | 7,320,807 | 96 |
| 100 | Jordan | 7,141,753 | 100 |
| 101 | Hong Kong | 6,972,800 | 101 |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | 6,707,058 | 102 |
| 103 | Libya | 6,366,686 | 103 |
| 104 | Laos | 6,241,642 | 104 |
| 105 | Togo | 6,130,946 | 106 |
| 106 | Sierra Leone | 6,055,646 | 107 |
| 107 | El Salvador | 6,048,279 | 105 |
| 108 | Paraguay | 5,671,236 | 108 |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 5,656,601 | 109 |
| 110 | Denmark | 5,523,095 | 110 |
| 111 | Turkmenistan | 5,451,592 | 112 |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,389,643 | 113 |
| 113 | Slovakia | 5,386,406 | 111 |
| 114 | Finland | 5,338,871 | 114 |
| 115 | Lebanon | 4,992,287 | 115 |
| 116 | Singapore | 4,987,573 | 116 |
| 117 | Norway | 4,828,726 | 117 |
| 118 | Ireland | 4,535,375 | 119 |
| 119 | Central African Republic | 4,529,047 | 118 |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 4,499,791 | 120 |
| 121 | Croatia | 4,305,181 | 121 |
| 122 | New Zealand | 4,302,600 | 122 |
| 123 | Congo - Brazzaville | 4,281,219 | 123 |
| 124 | Liberia | 3,943,028 | 126 |
| 125 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,879,794 | 124 |
| 126 | Georgia | 3,814,419 | 125 |
| 127 | Puerto Rico | 3,740,410 | 127 |
| 128 | Palestinian Territories | 3,689,099 | 128 |
| 129 | Panama | 3,564,381 | 129 |
| 130 | Uruguay | 3,310,091 | 130 |
| 131 | Mauritania | 3,284,448 | 132 |
| 132 | Lithuania | 3,162,916 | 131 |
| 133 | Armenia | 3,066,000 | 133 |
| 134 | Albania | 2,927,519 | 134 |
| 135 | Eritrea | 2,887,885 | 136 |
| 136 | Moldova | 2,865,213 | 135 |
| 137 | Kuwait | 2,795,484 | 138 |
| 138 | Jamaica | 2,736,995 | 137 |
| 139 | Mongolia | 2,691,115 | 139 |
| 140 | Oman | 2,684,659 | 140 |
| 141 | Latvia | 2,141,669 | 141 |
| 142 | Namibia | 2,077,394 | 142 |
| 143 | Slovenia | 2,039,669 | 143 |
| 144 | Botswana | 1,990,673 | 146 |
| 145 | Lesotho | 1,980,883 | 145 |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 1,958,782 | 144 |
| 147 | Gambia | 1,871,422 | 147 |
| 148 | Kosovo | 1,794,681 | 148 |
| 149 | Gabon | 1,661,556 | 149 |
| 150 | Qatar | 1,608,903 | 151 |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,526,377 | 150 |
| 152 | Estonia | 1,334,515 | 152 |
| 153 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,310,106 | 153 |
| 154 | Mauritius | 1,247,429 | 154 |
| 155 | Bahrain | 1,178,415 | 155 |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,135,673 | 158 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,109,371 | 157 |
| 158 | Eswatini | 1,105,153 | 156 |
| 159 | Timor-Leste | 1,058,782 | 159 |
| 160 | Djibouti | 911,527 | 161 |
| 161 | Fiji | 907,239 | 160 |
| 162 | Guyana | 752,094 | 162 |
| 163 | Bhutan | 693,988 | 163 |
| 164 | Comoros | 641,947 | 164 |
| 165 | Montenegro | 618,294 | 165 |
| 166 | Suriname | 543,568 | 167 |
| 167 | Macau | 535,000 | 166 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 518,141 | 168 |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 506,141 | 169 |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 497,783 | 170 |
| 171 | Malta | 412,477 | 171 |
| 172 | Brunei | 384,952 | 172 |
| 173 | Bahamas | 362,810 | 173 |
| 174 | Maldives | 348,275 | 174 |
| 175 | Iceland | 318,499 | 175 |
| 176 | Belize | 312,614 | 176 |
| 177 | Barbados | 274,123 | 177 |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 269,481 | 178 |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 257,250 | 179 |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 232,731 | 180 |
| 181 | Samoa | 191,513 | 181 |
| 182 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 177,853 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 169,869 | 183 |
| 184 | Guam | 166,173 | 184 |
| 185 | Channel Islands | 157,511 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 146,833 | 186 |
| 187 | Grenada | 111,254 | 188 |
| 188 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 110,508 | 187 |
| 189 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 108,404 | 190 |
| 190 | Micronesia | 107,957 | 189 |
| 191 | Tonga | 107,203 | 191 |
| 192 | Kiribati | 106,467 | 192 |
| 193 | Aruba | 101,604 | 193 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 87,298 | 194 |
| 195 | Antigua & Barbuda | 84,173 | 196 |
| 196 | Andorra | 83,888 | 195 |
| 197 | Isle of Man | 82,939 | 197 |
| 198 | Dominica | 68,864 | 198 |
| 199 | Bermuda | 63,565 | 199 |
| 200 | Greenland | 56,323 | 201 |
| 201 | American Samoa | 55,528 | 202 |
| 202 | Northern Mariana Islands | 55,325 | 200 |
| 203 | Cayman Islands | 52,618 | 204 |
| 204 | Marshall Islands | 52,019 | 203 |
| 205 | Faroe Islands | 48,790 | 205 |
| 206 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46,916 | 206 |
| 207 | St. Martin | 36,502 | 207 |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 35,742 | 208 |
| 209 | Sint Maarten | 33,491 | 209 |
| 210 | San Marino | 33,066 | 211 |
| 211 | Monaco | 32,364 | 210 |
| 212 | Gibraltar | 30,823 | 212 |
| 213 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 28,588 | 213 |
| 214 | British Virgin Islands | 27,218 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 18,709 | 215 |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 10,461 | 216 |
| 217 | Nauru | 10,016 | 217 |