Population by country, 2010
Countries217
1. China1,337,705,000
Median5,737,450
Japan128,070,00010 / 217
World7,000,860,073
Top 20
1,337,705,000
1,243,481,564
309,378,227
246,305,322
199,239,047
193,701,929
166,642,886
152,201,981
142,849,468
128,070,000
113,623,895
96,337,125
90,538,514
89,196,072
87,455,152
81,776,930
77,420,842
73,142,150
68,579,447
68,563,038
Bottom 10
36,022
33,794
33,270
33,163
31,248
29,739
27,675
18,396
10,614
10,043
Biggest increases since 2009
+5.4%
+5.3%
+4.8%
+4.7%
+4.3%
+4.2%
+4.0%
+3.9%
+3.8%
+3.6%
Biggest decreases since 2009
-3.8%
-2.2%
-2.1%
-2.1%
-1.8%
-1.7%
-1.0%
-0.8%
-0.7%
-0.7%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,337,705,000 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 1,243,481,564 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 309,378,227 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 246,305,322 | 4 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 199,239,047 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil | 193,701,929 | 6 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 166,642,886 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 152,201,981 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 142,849,468 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan | 128,070,000 | 10 |
| 11 | Mexico | 113,623,895 | 11 |
| 12 | Philippines | 96,337,125 | 12 |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 90,538,514 | 13 |
| 14 | Egypt | 89,196,072 | 14 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 87,455,152 | 15 |
| 16 | Germany | 81,776,930 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 77,420,842 | 17 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 73,142,150 | 18 |
| 19 | Thailand | 68,579,447 | 19 |
| 20 | Congo - Kinshasa | 68,563,038 | 20 |
| 21 | France | 65,026,211 | 21 |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 62,766,365 | 22 |
| 23 | Italy | 59,819,407 | 23 |
| 24 | South Africa | 52,344,051 | 24 |
| 25 | South Korea | 49,554,112 | 25 |
| 26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 49,024,382 | 26 |
| 27 | Spain | 46,576,897 | 28 |
| 28 | Ukraine | 46,456,003 | 27 |
| 29 | Colombia | 44,777,319 | 29 |
| 30 | Tanzania | 44,758,488 | 30 |
| 31 | Kenya | 41,598,567 | 32 |
| 32 | Argentina | 41,288,694 | 31 |
| 33 | Poland | 38,042,794 | 33 |
| 34 | Algeria | 36,188,236 | 34 |
| 35 | Sudan | 35,414,399 | 35 |
| 36 | Canada | 34,005,902 | 36 |
| 37 | Morocco | 32,467,016 | 37 |
| 38 | Uganda | 32,390,802 | 38 |
| 39 | Iraq | 31,045,366 | 39 |
| 40 | Peru | 29,086,019 | 40 |
| 41 | Venezuela | 28,813,101 | 41 |
| 42 | Malaysia | 28,655,776 | 42 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 28,385,506 | 43 |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 28,284,089 | 44 |
| 45 | Nepal | 27,341,952 | 45 |
| 46 | Yemen | 26,754,387 | 46 |
| 47 | Ghana | 25,474,995 | 48 |
| 48 | North Korea | 24,987,258 | 47 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 23,978,487 | 49 |
| 50 | Angola | 23,294,825 | 50 |
| 51 | Mozambique | 22,999,235 | 51 |
| 52 | Côte d’Ivoire | 22,488,065 | 52 |
| 53 | Syria | 22,482,421 | 53 |
| 54 | Madagascar | 22,183,340 | 55 |
| 55 | Australia | 22,031,750 | 54 |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 20,879,089 | 56 |
| 57 | Romania | 20,246,871 | 57 |
| 58 | Cameroon | 19,668,066 | 58 |
| 59 | Chile | 17,181,464 | 59 |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 16,836,810 | 60 |
| 61 | Netherlands | 16,615,394 | 61 |
| 62 | Niger | 16,548,835 | 62 |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 16,176,498 | 63 |
| 64 | Mali | 15,945,198 | 64 |
| 65 | Ecuador | 15,076,695 | 65 |
| 66 | Malawi | 14,826,463 | 66 |
| 67 | Cambodia | 14,500,726 | 67 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 14,500,112 | 68 |
| 69 | Zambia | 13,965,594 | 69 |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 13,356,548 | 70 |
| 71 | Senegal | 12,635,413 | 71 |
| 72 | Chad | 12,312,575 | 73 |
| 73 | Somalia | 12,261,756 | 72 |
| 74 | Cuba | 11,297,409 | 74 |
| 75 | Greece | 11,121,341 | 75 |
| 76 | Belgium | 10,895,586 | 76 |
| 77 | Tunisia | 10,765,980 | 77 |
| 78 | Portugal | 10,573,100 | 78 |
| 79 | Czechia | 10,474,410 | 79 |
| 80 | Guinea | 10,396,086 | 80 |
| 81 | Rwanda | 10,317,553 | 81 |
| 82 | Bolivia | 10,182,345 | 83 |
| 83 | Hungary | 10,000,023 | 82 |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 9,820,175 | 84 |
| 85 | Haiti | 9,803,294 | 85 |
| 86 | Benin | 9,797,484 | 86 |
| 87 | South Sudan | 9,745,953 | 89 |
| 88 | Belarus | 9,483,836 | 87 |
| 89 | Sweden | 9,378,126 | 88 |
| 90 | Burundi | 9,376,444 | 90 |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 9,054,332 | 91 |
| 92 | Honduras | 8,365,878 | 93 |
| 93 | Austria | 8,363,404 | 92 |
| 94 | Switzerland | 7,824,909 | 94 |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 7,652,141 | 95 |
| 96 | Papua New Guinea | 7,633,523 | 98 |
| 97 | Israel | 7,623,600 | 96 |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 7,395,599 | 97 |
| 99 | Jordan | 7,297,043 | 100 |
| 100 | Serbia | 7,291,436 | 99 |
| 101 | Hong Kong | 7,024,200 | 101 |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | 6,869,838 | 102 |
| 103 | Libya | 6,497,839 | 103 |
| 104 | Laos | 6,334,194 | 104 |
| 105 | Togo | 6,325,788 | 105 |
| 106 | Sierra Leone | 6,222,714 | 106 |
| 107 | El Salvador | 6,068,249 | 107 |
| 108 | Paraguay | 5,737,971 | 108 |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 5,737,450 | 109 |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 5,564,356 | 111 |
| 111 | Denmark | 5,547,683 | 110 |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,467,059 | 112 |
| 113 | Slovakia | 5,391,428 | 113 |
| 114 | Finland | 5,363,352 | 114 |
| 115 | Singapore | 5,076,732 | 116 |
| 116 | Lebanon | 5,041,288 | 115 |
| 117 | Norway | 4,889,252 | 117 |
| 118 | Ireland | 4,560,155 | 118 |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 4,555,962 | 120 |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 4,492,995 | 119 |
| 121 | Congo - Brazzaville | 4,462,290 | 123 |
| 122 | New Zealand | 4,350,700 | 122 |
| 123 | Croatia | 4,295,427 | 121 |
| 124 | Liberia | 4,058,890 | 124 |
| 125 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,811,472 | 125 |
| 126 | Georgia | 3,786,695 | 126 |
| 127 | Palestinian Territories | 3,786,161 | 128 |
| 128 | Puerto Rico | 3,724,465 | 127 |
| 129 | Panama | 3,628,535 | 129 |
| 130 | Mauritania | 3,390,965 | 131 |
| 131 | Uruguay | 3,318,580 | 130 |
| 132 | Lithuania | 3,097,282 | 132 |
| 133 | Armenia | 3,044,800 | 133 |
| 134 | Eritrea | 2,945,186 | 135 |
| 135 | Kuwait | 2,943,372 | 137 |
| 136 | Albania | 2,913,021 | 134 |
| 137 | Moldova | 2,862,354 | 136 |
| 138 | Oman | 2,757,446 | 140 |
| 139 | Jamaica | 2,748,568 | 138 |
| 140 | Mongolia | 2,738,622 | 139 |
| 141 | Namibia | 2,109,811 | 142 |
| 142 | Latvia | 2,097,555 | 141 |
| 143 | Slovenia | 2,048,583 | 143 |
| 144 | Botswana | 2,033,111 | 144 |
| 145 | Lesotho | 1,996,251 | 145 |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 1,946,298 | 146 |
| 147 | Gambia | 1,926,630 | 147 |
| 148 | Kosovo | 1,788,743 | 148 |
| 149 | Gabon | 1,719,879 | 149 |
| 150 | Qatar | 1,616,832 | 150 |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,566,347 | 151 |
| 152 | Estonia | 1,331,475 | 152 |
| 153 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,317,714 | 153 |
| 154 | Mauritius | 1,250,400 | 154 |
| 155 | Bahrain | 1,228,543 | 155 |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,189,085 | 156 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,127,816 | 157 |
| 158 | Eswatini | 1,111,650 | 158 |
| 159 | Timor-Leste | 1,084,679 | 159 |
| 160 | Djibouti | 930,251 | 160 |
| 161 | Fiji | 910,419 | 161 |
| 162 | Guyana | 749,256 | 162 |
| 163 | Bhutan | 701,632 | 163 |
| 164 | Comoros | 654,836 | 164 |
| 165 | Montenegro | 619,428 | 165 |
| 166 | Suriname | 549,923 | 166 |
| 167 | Macau | 537,000 | 167 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 532,968 | 168 |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 509,784 | 169 |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 506,953 | 170 |
| 171 | Malta | 414,508 | 171 |
| 172 | Brunei | 392,332 | 172 |
| 173 | Bahamas | 367,478 | 173 |
| 174 | Maldives | 360,792 | 174 |
| 175 | Belize | 320,245 | 176 |
| 176 | Iceland | 318,041 | 175 |
| 177 | Barbados | 275,243 | 177 |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 270,580 | 178 |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 261,582 | 179 |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 238,248 | 180 |
| 181 | Samoa | 193,023 | 181 |
| 182 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 181,802 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 170,906 | 183 |
| 184 | Guam | 166,522 | 184 |
| 185 | Channel Islands | 158,621 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 148,703 | 186 |
| 187 | Grenada | 111,586 | 187 |
| 188 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 109,959 | 188 |
| 189 | Kiribati | 108,704 | 192 |
| 190 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 108,357 | 189 |
| 191 | Micronesia | 107,540 | 190 |
| 192 | Tonga | 107,400 | 191 |
| 193 | Aruba | 101,838 | 193 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 89,770 | 194 |
| 195 | Antigua & Barbuda | 85,320 | 195 |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 83,873 | 197 |
| 197 | Andorra | 80,706 | 196 |
| 198 | Dominica | 68,859 | 198 |
| 199 | Bermuda | 63,725 | 199 |
| 200 | Greenland | 56,534 | 200 |
| 201 | American Samoa | 55,228 | 201 |
| 202 | Cayman Islands | 54,099 | 203 |
| 203 | Northern Mariana Islands | 54,091 | 202 |
| 204 | Marshall Islands | 52,044 | 204 |
| 205 | Faroe Islands | 48,656 | 205 |
| 206 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46,846 | 206 |
| 207 | St. Martin | 36,856 | 207 |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 36,022 | 208 |
| 209 | Sint Maarten | 33,794 | 209 |
| 210 | San Marino | 33,270 | 210 |
| 211 | Monaco | 33,163 | 211 |
| 212 | Gibraltar | 31,248 | 212 |
| 213 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 29,739 | 213 |
| 214 | British Virgin Islands | 27,675 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 18,396 | 215 |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 10,614 | 216 |
| 217 | Nauru | 10,043 | 217 |