This is a list of countries anddependent territories bypopulation with inclusion within the list being based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.

The list includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases,constituent countries of sovereign states. The United Kingdom is considered (as asovereign state) as a single entity in the lists while theconstituent countries of theNetherlands are regarded separately.

Also given in percent is each country's population compared to the population of the world, which according to the United States Census Bureau population clock is estimated at 7.2 billion.^[1] According to a separate estimate by the United Nations, world population exceeded 7 billion in October 2011.

A map of world population. Gray-scale legend: 0 to 50 M to 400 M to 1,336 M (million), 2011.

This is a list of countries anddependent territories by population with inclusion within the list being based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.

The list includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases,constituent countries of sovereign states. The United Kingdom is considered (as a sovereign state) as a single entity in the lists while the constituent countries of the Netherlands are regarded separately.

Also given in percent is each country's population compared to the population of the world, which according to the United States Census Bureau population clock is estimated at 7.2 billion. According to a separate estimate by the United Nations, world population exceeded 7 billion in October 2011.

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Method

Figures used in this chart are based on the most up to date estimate or projections by the national census authority where available, and are usually rounded off. Where updated national data are not available, figures are based on the projections for 2014 by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Because the compiled figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting numerical comparisons may create misleading conclusions. Furthermore, the addition of figures from all countries may not equal the world total. A handful of nations have not conducted a census in over 3 decades, providing high error margin estimates only.

Areas that form integral parts of sovereign states, such as the countries of the United Kingdom, are counted as part of the sovereign states concerned. Not included are other entities, such as the European Union,that are not sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica.

For a graphical version of this list, see list of countries by population (graphical). See also List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density and the list of regional organizations by population.

Countries

Note: All dependent territories are shown in italics.

Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	Population	Date	% of world population	Source
1	China	1,367,830,000	November 12, 2014	19%	Official population clock
2	India	1,262,330,000	November 12, 2014	17.5%	Population clock
3	United States	319,072,000	November 12, 2014	4.43%	Official population clock
4	Indonesia	252,164,800	July 1, 2014	3.5%	Official estimate
5	Brazil	203,428,000	November 12, 2014	2.82%	Official population clock
6	Pakistan	188,108,000	November 12, 2014	2.61%	Population clock
7	Nigeria	178,517,000	July 1, 2014	2.48%	UN projection
8	Bangladesh	157,300,000	November 12, 2014	2.18%	Official population clock
9	Russia[9]	146,149,200	August 1, 2014	2.03%	Official estimate
10	Japan	127,090,000	October 1, 2014	1.76%	Monthly official estimate
11	Mexico	119,713,203	July 1, 2014	1.66%	Official projection
12	Philippines	100,534,100	November 12, 2014	1.4%	Official population clock
13	Vietnam	89,708,900	July 1, 2013	1.25%	Official estimate
14	Ethiopia	87,952,991	July 1, 2014	1.22%	Official projection
15	Egypt	87,477,800	November 12, 2014	1.21%	Official population clock
16	Germany	80,767,000	December 31, 2013	1.12%	Official estimate
17	Iran	77,885,500	November 12, 2014	1.08%	Official population clock
18	Turkey	76,667,864	December 31, 2013	1.06%	Annual official estimate
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	69,360,000	July 1, 2014	0.96%	UN projection
20	France[10]	66,050,000	October 1, 2014	0.92%	Monthly official estimate
21	Thailand	64,871,000	July 1, 2014	0.9%	Official estimate
22	United Kingdom	64,105,654	July 1, 2013	0.89%	Annual official estimate
23	Italy	60,783,711	May 31, 2014	0.84%	Official estimate
24	South Africa	54,002,000	July 1, 2014	0.75%	Official estimate
25	Burma	51,419,420	March 29, 2014	0.71%	Preliminary 2014 census result
26	South Korea	50,423,955	July 1, 2014	0.7%	Official projection
27	Colombia	47,859,800	November 12, 2014	0.664%	Official population clock
28	Tanzania	47,421,786	July 1, 2014	0.66%	Official Projection
29	Spain	46,507,760	January 1, 2014	0.65%	Annual official estimate
30	Ukraine[11]	42,977,367	September 1, 2014	0.6%	Monthly official estimate
31	Argentina	42,669,500	July 1, 2014	0.59%	Official annual projection
32	Kenya	41,800,000	July 1, 2013	0.58%	Annual official estimate
33	Algeria	38,700,000	January 1, 2014	0.54%	Official estimate
34	Poland	38,496,000	December 31, 2013	0.53%	Official estimate
35	Sudan	37,289,406	July 1, 2014	0.52%	Official annual projection
36	Uganda	36,600,000	July 1, 2014	0.51%	Annual official estimate
37	Iraq	36,004,552	July 1, 2014	0.5%	Official annual projection
38	Canada	35,540,419	July 1, 2014	0.49%	Official estimate
39	Morocco	33,433,200	November 12, 2014	0.464%	Official population clock
40	Peru	30,814,175	July 1, 2014	0.43%	Official annual projection
41	Saudi Arabia	30,770,375	July 1, 2014	0.43%	Official annual projection
42	Uzbekistan	30,492,800	January 1, 2014	0.42%	Official estimate
43	Malaysia	30,397,400	November 12, 2014	0.422%	Official population clock
44	Venezuela	30,206,307	June 30, 2014	0.42%	Official annual projection
45	Ghana	27,043,093	July 1, 2014	0.38%	Official annual projection
46	Nepal	26,494,504	June 22, 2011	0.37%	Final 2011 census result
47	Afghanistan	26,023,100	July 1, 2013	0.36%	Official estimate
48	Yemen	25,956,000	July 1, 2014	0.36%	Official estimate
49	Mozambique	25,041,922	July 1, 2014	0.35%	Annual official projection
50	North Korea	25,027,000	July 1, 2014	0.35%	UN projection
51	Angola	24,383,301	May 16, 2014	0.34%	Preliminary 2014 census result
52	Australia	23,661,300	November 12, 2014	0.328%	Official population clock
53	Taiwan[12]	23,410,280	September 30, 2014	0.32%	Monthly official estimate
54	Ivory Coast	23,202,000	July 1, 2012	0.32%	Official estimate
55	Syria	22,914,197	November 12, 2014	0.32%	Official population clock
56	Madagascar	21,842,167	July 1, 2013	0.3%	Annual official estimate
57	Cameroon	20,386,799	July 1, 2012	0.28%	Official estimate
58	Sri Lanka	20,277,597	March 21, 2012	0.28%	Preliminary 2012 census result
59	Romania	19,942,642	January 1, 2014	0.28%	Annual official estimate
60	Chile	17,819,054	July 1, 2014	0.25%	Official annual projection
61	Kazakhstan	17,353,700	October 1, 2014	0.24%	Monthly official estimate
62	Burkina Faso	17,322,796	July 1, 2013	0.24%	Official estimate
63	Niger	17,138,707	December 10, 2012	0.24%	Preliminary 2012 census result
64	Netherlands	16,876,300	November 12, 2014	0.234%	Official population clock
65	Mali	16,455,903	July 1, 2014	0.23%	Official estimate
66	Ecuador	15,866,000	November 12, 2014	0.22%	Official population clock
67	Guatemala	15,806,675	June 30, 2014	0.22%	Official estimate
68	Malawi	15,805,239	July 1, 2014	0.22%	Official annual projection
69	Cambodia	15,184,116	July 1, 2014	0.21%	Official annual projection
70	Zambia	15,023,315	July 1, 2014	0.21%	Official estimate
71	Senegal	13,508,715	November 19, 2013	0.19%	2013 census result
72	Chad	13,211,000	July 1, 2014	0.18%	UN projection
73	Zimbabwe	13,061,239	August 17, 2012	0.18%	2012 Census Result
74	South Sudan	11,384,393	July 1, 2014	0.16%	Official annual projection
75	Cuba	11,210,064	December 31, 2013	0.16%	Annual official estimate
76	Belgium	11,215,442	September 1, 2014	0.16%	Monthly official estimate
77	Rwanda	10,996,891	July 1, 2014	0.15%	Official annual projection
78	Greece	10,992,589	January 1, 2014	0.15%	Official estimate
79	Tunisia	10,982,754	April 23, 2014	0.15%	Preliminary 2014 census result
80	Somalia[14]	10,806,000	July 1, 2014	0.15%	UN projection
81	Haiti	10,745,665	2014	0.15%	Official projection
82	Guinea	10,628,972	April 2, 2014	0.15%	Preliminary 2014 census result
83	Czech Republic	10,521,600	June 30, 2014	0.15%	Official quarterly estimate
84	Portugal	10,477,800	December 31, 2013	0.15%	Annual official estimate
85	Dominican Republic	10,378,267	2014	0.14%	Official estimate
86	Bolivia	10,027,254	November 21, 2012	0.14%	2012 census result
87	Benin	9,988,068	July 1, 2014	0.14%	Official annual projection
88	Hungary	9,879,000	January 1, 2014	0.14%	Annual official estimate
89	Sweden	9,728,498	September 30, 2014	0.14%	Monthly official estimate
90	Azerbaijan	9,552,500	September 1, 2014	0.13%	Official estimate
91	Burundi	9,530,434	July 1, 2014	0.13%	Official annual projection
92	Belarus	9,475,100	October 1, 2014	0.13%	Quarterly official estimate
93	United Arab Emirates	9,446,000	July 1, 2014	0.13%	UN projection
94	Honduras	8,725,111	July 1, 2014	0.12%	Annual official estimate
95	Austria	8,527,230	April 1, 2014	0.12%	Official quarterly estimate
96	Israel	8,253,200	September 30, 2014	0.11%	Official Monthly Estimate
97	Switzerland	8,183,800	June 30, 2014	0.11%	Quarterly provisional figure
98	Tajikistan	8,161,000	January 1, 2014	0.11%	Official estimate
99	Papua New Guinea	7,398,500	July 1, 2013	0.103%	Annual official estimate
100	Bulgaria	7,245,677	December 31, 2013	0.101%	Official estimate
101	Hong Kong (China)	7,234,800	July 1, 2014	0.1%	Official estimate
102	Serbia[15]	7,146,759	January 1, 2014	0.099%	Annual official estimate
103	Togo	6,993,000	July 1, 2014	0.097%	UN projection
104	Paraguay	6,893,727	2014	0.096%	Official estimate
105	Laos	6,693,300	July 1, 2014	0.093%	Annual official projection
106	Jordan	6,654,190	November 12, 2014	0.0924%	Official population clock
107	Eritrea	6,536,000	July 1, 2014	0.091%	UN projection
108	El Salvador	6,401,240	2014	0.089%	Official estimate
109	Libya	6,253,000	July 1, 2014	0.087%	UN projection
110	Sierra Leone	6,205,000	July 1, 2014	0.086%	UN projection
111	Nicaragua	6,134,270	2013	0.085%	Official estimate
112	Turkmenistan	5,829,748	November 12, 2014	0.081%	Official population clock
113	Kyrgyzstan	5,776,570	2014	0.08%	Official estimate
114	Denmark	5,655,750	October 1, 2014	0.078%	Quarterly official estimate
115	Singapore	5,469,700	July 1, 2014	0.076%	Official estimate
116	Finland	5,468,609	September 30, 2014	0.076%	Monthly official estimate
117	Slovakia	5,415,949	December 31, 2013	0.075%	Official estimate
118	Norway	5,137,679	July 1, 2014	0.071%	Quarterly official estimate
119	Central African Republic	4,709,000	July 1, 2014	0.065%	UN projection
120	Costa Rica	4,713,168	June 30, 2013	0.065%	Official estimate
121	Ireland	4,609,600	April 1, 2014	0.064%	Annual official estimate
122	Republic of the Congo	4,559,000	July 1, 2014	0.063%	UN projection
123	Palestine	4,550,368	July 1, 2014	0.063%	Official estimate
124	New Zealand	4,540,430	November 12, 2014	0.063%	Official population clock
125	Georgia[16]	4,490,500	January 1, 2014	0.062%	Annual official estimate
126	Liberia	4,397,000	July 1, 2014	0.061%	UN projection
127	Croatia	4,267,558	July 1, 2012	0.059%	Annual official estimate
128	Lebanon	4,104,000	July 1, 2012	0.057%	Official estimate
129	Oman	4,077,912	November 5, 2014	0.057%	Weekly official estimate
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,791,622	October 15, 2013	0.053%	Preliminary 2013 census result
131	Panama	3,713,312	2014	0.05%	Official estimate
132	Puerto Rico (USA)	3,615,086	July 1, 2013	0.05%	Official estimate
133	Moldova[17]	3,557,600	January 1, 2014	0.049%	Official estimate
134	Mauritania	3,545,620	July 1, 2014	0.049%	Annual official estimate
135	Uruguay	3,404,189	June 30, 2014	0.047%	Annual official estimate
136	Kuwait	3,268,431	July 1, 2012	0.045%	Official estimate
137	Armenia	3,009,800	June 30, 2014	0.042%	Monthly official estimate
138	Mongolia	2,982,189	November 12, 2014	0.041%	Official population clock
139	Lithuania	2,927,310	October 1, 2014	0.041%	Monthly official estimate
140	Albania	2,895,947	January 1, 2014	0.04%	Annual official estimate
141	Jamaica	2,717,991	December 31, 2013	0.038%	Annual official estimate
142	Qatar	2,187,326	September 30, 2014	0.03%	Monthly official estimate
143	Namibia	2,113,077	August 28, 2011	0.029%	Final 2011 census result
144	Lesotho	2,098,000	July 1, 2014	0.029%	UN projection
145	Macedonia	2,065,769	December 31, 2013	0.029%	Official estimate
146	Slovenia	2,064,603	November 12, 2014	0.029%	Official population clock
147	Botswana	2,024,904	August 22, 2011	0.028%	Final 2011 census result
148	Latvia	1,991,800	October 1, 2014	0.028%	Monthly official estimate
149	Gambia	1,882,450	April 15, 2013	0.026%	Preliminary 2013 census result
150	Kosovo[18]	1,816,891	2014	0.025%	Official annual projection
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,746,000	July 1, 2014	0.024%	UN projection
152	Gabon	1,711,000	July 1, 2014	0.024%	UN projection
153	Equatorial Guinea	1,430,000	July 1, 2013	0.02%	Annual official estimate
154	Trinidad and Tobago	1,328,019	January 9, 2011	0.018%	2011 census result
155	Bahrain	1,316,500	July 1, 2014	0.018%	Official annual projection
156	Estonia	1,315,819	January 1, 2014	0.018%	Official estimate
157	Mauritius	1,261,208	July 1, 2014	0.018%	Official estimate
158	Timor-Leste	1,212,107	July 1, 2014	0.017%	Official estimate
159	Swaziland	1,106,189	July 1, 2014	0.015%	Official projection
160	Djibouti	886,000	July 1, 2014	0.012%	UN projection
161	Fiji	859,178	July 1, 2013	0.0119%	Annual official estimate
162	Cyprus[19]	858,000	January 1, 2014	0.012%	Official estimate
163	Réunion (France)	840,974	January 1, 2013	0.012%	Official annual estimate
164	Guyana	784,894	July 1, 2010	0.011%	Annual official estimate
165	Comoros	763,952	July 1, 2014	0.011%	Official estimate
166	Bhutan	753,840	November 12, 2014	0.0105%	Official population clock
167	Montenegro	620,029	April 1, 2011	0.0086%	Final 2011 census result
168	Macau (China)	631,000	September 30, 2014	0.0088%	Official quaterly estimate
169	Western Sahara[20]	586,000	July 1, 2014	0.0081%	UN projection
170	Solomon Islands	581,344	July 1, 2013	0.0081%	Annual official estimate
171	Luxembourg	549,700	December 31, 2013	0.0075%	Annual official estimate
172	Suriname	534,189	August 13, 2012	0.0074%	Preliminary 2012 census result
173	Cape Verde	518,467	July 1, 2014	0.0072%	Official annual projection
174	Transnistria[21]	505,153	January 1, 2014	0.007%	Official estimate
175	Malta	416,055	November 20, 2011	0.0058%	Preliminary 2011 census result
176	Guadeloupe (France)	405,739	January 1, 2013	0.0056%	Official annual estimate
177	Brunei	393,372	June 20, 2011	0.0055%	Preliminary 2011 census result
178	Martinique (France)	386,486	January 1, 2013	0.0054%	Official annual estimate
179	Bahamas	368,390	July 1, 2013	0.0051%	Annual official estimate
180	Belize	349,728	July 1, 2013	0.0049%	Official estimate
181	Maldives	341,848	July 1, 2014	0.0047%	Official estimate
182	Iceland	328,170	October 1, 2014	0.0046%	Official quaterly estimate
183	Northern Cyprus[22]	294,906	April 30, 2006	0.004%	Official census
184	Barbados	285,000	July 1, 2013	0.004%	Official estimate
185	French Polynesia (France)	268,270	August 22, 2012	0.0037%	Preliminary 2012 census result
186	Vanuatu	264,652	July 1, 2013	0.0037%	Annual official estimate
187	New Caledonia (France)	258,958	July 1, 2013	0.0036%	Annual official estimate
188	Abkhazia[23]	240,705	2011	0.0033%	Official census
189	French Guiana (France)	237,549	January 1, 2011	0.0033%	Official annual estimate
190	Mayotte (France)	212,645	August 21, 2012	0.003%	2012 census result
191	Samoa	187,820	November 7, 2011	0.0026%	Final 2011 census result
192	São Tomé and Príncipe	187,356	May 13, 2012	0.0026%	2012 census result
193	Saint Lucia	184,000	July 1, 2014	0.0026%	UN projection
194	Guam (USA)	159,358	April 1, 2010	0.0022%	Final 2010 census result
195	Curaçao (Netherlands)	150,563	March 26, 2011	0.0021%	2011 census result
196	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,000	July 1, 2014	0.0015%	UN projection
197	Kiribati	106,461	July 1, 2013	0.0015%	Annual official estimate
198	United States Virgin Islands (USA)	106,405	April 1, 2010	0.0015%	Final 2010 census result
199	Grenada	103,328	May 12, 2011	0.0014%	2011 census result
200	Tonga	103,252	November 30, 2011	0.0014%	2011 census result
201	Aruba (Netherlands)	101,484	September 29, 2010	0.0014%	2010 census result
202	Federated States of Micronesia	101,351	July 1, 2013	0.0014%	Annual official estimate
203	Jersey (UK)	99,000	December 31, 2012	0.0014%	Annual official estimate
204	Seychelles	89,949	July 1, 2013	0.0012%	Annual official estimate
205	Antigua and Barbuda	86,295	May 27, 2011	0.0012%	Preliminary 2011 census result
206	Isle of Man (UK)	84,497	March 27, 2011	0.0012%	2011 census result
207	Andorra	76,098	July 1, 2013	0.0011%	Annual official estimate
208	Dominica	71,293	May 14, 2011	0.00099%	Preliminary 2011 census result
209	Bermuda (UK)	64,237	May 20, 2010	0.00089%	Final 2010 census result
210	Guernsey (UK)	63,085	March 31, 2012	0.00088%	Annual official estimate
211	Greenland (Denmark)	56,295	July 1, 2014	0.00078%	Annual official estimate
212	Marshall Islands	56,086	July 1, 2013	0.00078%	Annual official estimate
213	American Samoa (USA)	55,519	April 1, 2010	0.00077%	Final 2010 census result
214	Cayman Islands (UK)	55,456	October 10, 2010	0.00077%	Final 2010 census result
215	Saint Kitts and Nevis	55,000	July 1, 2014	0.00076%	UN projection
216	Northern Mariana Islands (USA)	53,883	April 1, 2010	0.00075%	Final 2010 census result
217	South Ossetia[24]	51,547	January, 2013	0.00072%	Estimate
218	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	48,723	August 1, 2014	0.00068%	Monthly official estimate
219	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	37,429	January 1, 2010	0.00052%	Official estimate
220	Liechtenstein	37,132	December 31, 2013	0.00052%	Semi annual official estimate
221	Saint Martin (France)	36,979	January 1, 2010	0.00051%	Official estimate
222	Monaco	36,950	December 31, 2013	0.00051%	Annual official estimate
223	San Marino	32,743	September 30, 2014	0.00045%	Monthly official estimate
224	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	31,458	January 25, 2012	0.00044%	2012 census result
225	Gibraltar (UK)	30,001	December 31, 2012	0.00042%	Annual official estimate
226	British Virgin Islands (UK)	29,537	July 1, 2010	0.00041%	Annual official estimate
227	Åland Islands (Finland)	28,875	September 30, 2014	0.0004%	Official estimate
228	Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)	23,296	January 1, 2013	0.00032%	Official estimate
229	Palau	20,901	July 1, 2013	0.00029%	Annual official estimate
230	Cook Islands (NZ)	14,974	December 1, 2011	0.00021%	Final 2011 census result
231	Anguilla (UK)	13,452	May 11, 2011	0.00019%	Preliminary 2011 census result
232	Wallis and Futuna (France)	13,135	July 1, 2013	0.00018%	Annual official estimate
233	Tuvalu	11,323	July 1, 2013	0.00016%	Annual official estimate
234	Nauru	10,084	October 30, 2011	0.00014%	2011 census result
235	Saint Barthélemy (France)	8,938	January 1, 2010	0.00012%	Official estimate
236	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	6,081	January 1, 2010	0.000084%	Official estimate
237	Montserrat (UK)	4,922	May 12, 2011	0.000068%	2011 census result
238	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	4,000	July 1, 2014	0.000056%	UN projection
239	Falkland Islands (UK)	3,000	July 1, 2014	0.000042%	UN projection
240	Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)	2,655	September 1, 2012	0.000037%	Official estimate
241	Norfolk Island (Australia)	2,302	August 9, 2011	0.000032%	2011 census result
242	Christmas Island (Australia)	2,072	August 9, 2011	0.000029%	2011 census result
243	Niue (NZ)	1,613	September 10, 2011	0.000022%	Final 2011 census result
244	Tokelau (NZ)	1,411	October 18, 2011	0.000020%	Final 2011 census result
245	Vatican City	839	July 1, 2012	0.000012%	Official estimate
246	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	550	August 9, 2011	0.0000076%	2011 census result
247	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	56	2013	0.00000078%	Official estimate