Map of countries by population for the year 2005 (U.N. source)
This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population, with population figures estimated for 1 July 2005 (rounded to the nearest 1,000). The figures are estimates for the year 2005 from the U.N. World Population Prospects (2004 revision) using the medium fertility variant.[1]
The list includes all sovereign states and dependent territories recognized by the United Nations plus the territory under the effective control of the Republic of China (Taiwan). For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by population (graphical).
| Rank | Country / Territory | Population July 2005 UN estimate |
|---|---|---|
| — | World | 6,464,750,000 |
| 1 |  People's Republic of China (Mainland) |
1,315,844,000 |
| 2 |  India |
1,103,371,000[2] |
| 3 |  United States of America |
298,213,000 |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
222,781,000 |
| 5 |  Brazil |
186,405,000 |
| 6 |  Pakistan |
157,935,000 |
| 7 |  Russia |
143,202,000 |
| 8 |  Bangladesh |
141,822,000 |
| 9 |  Nigeria |
131,530,000 |
| 10 |  Japan |
128,085,000 |
| 11 |  Mexico |
107,029,000 |
| 12 |  Vietnam |
84,238,000 |
| 13 |  Philippines |
83,054,000 |
| 14 |  Germany |
82,689,000 |
| 15 |  Ethiopia |
77,431,000 |
| 16 |  Egypt |
74,033,000 |
| 17 |  Turkey |
73,193,000 |
| 18 |  Iran |
69,515,000 |
| 19 |  Thailand |
64,233,000 |
| 20 |  France |
60,496,000[3] |
| 21 |  United Kingdom |
59,668,000 |
| 22 |  Italy |
58,093,000 |
| 23 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
57,549,000 |
| 24 |  Myanmar |
50,519,000 |
| 25 |  South Korea |
47,817,000 |
| 26 |  South Africa |
47,432,000 |
| 27 |  Ukraine |
46,481,000 |
| 28 |  Colombia |
45,600,000 |
| 29 |  Spain |
43,064,000 |
| 30 |  Argentina |
38,747,000 |
| 31 |  Poland |
38,530,000 |
| 32 |  Tanzania |
38,329,000 |
| 33 |  Sudan |
36,233,000 |
| 34 |  Kenya |
34,256,000 |
| 35 |  Algeria |
32,854,000 |
| 36 |  Canada |
32,268,000 |
| 37 |  Morocco |
31,478,000 |
| 38 |  Afghanistan |
29,863,000 |
| 39 |  Uganda |
28,816,000 |
| 40 |  Iraq |
28,807,000 |
| 41 |  Peru |
27,968,000 |
| 42 |  Nepal |
27,133,000 |
| 43 |  Venezuela |
26,749,000 |
| 44 |  Uzbekistan |
26,593,000 |
| 45 |  Malaysia |
25,347,000 |
| 46 |  Saudi Arabia |
24,573,000 |
| 47 |  Republic of China (Taiwan) |
22,894,384[4] |
| 48 |  North Korea |
22,488,000 |
| 49 |  Ghana |
22,113,000 |
| 50 |  Romania |
21,711,000 |
| 51 |  Yemen |
20,975,000 |
| 52 |  Sri Lanka |
20,743,000 |
| 53 |  Australia |
20,155,000[5] |
| 54 |  Mozambique |
19,792,000 |
| 55 |  Syria |
19,043,000 |
| 56 |  Madagascar |
18,606,000[6] |
| 57 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
18,154,000 |
| 58 |  Cameroon |
16,322,000 |
| 59 |  Netherlands |
16,299,000 |
| 60 |  Chile |
16,295,000 |
| 61 |  Angola |
15,941,000 |
| 62 |  Kazakhstan |
14,825,000 |
| 63 |  Cambodia |
14,071,000 |
| 64 |  Niger |
13,957,000 |
| 65 |  Mali |
13,518,000 |
| 66 |  Burkina Faso |
13,228,000 |
| 67 |  Ecuador |
13,228,000 |
| 68 |  Zimbabwe |
13,010,000 |
| 69 |  Malawi |
12,884,000 |
| 70 |  Guatemala |
12,599,000 |
| 71 |  Zambia |
11,668,000 |
| 72 |  Senegal |
11,658,000 |
| 73 |  Cuba |
11,269,000 |
| 74 |  Greece |
11,120,000 |
| 75 |  Portugal |
10,495,000 |
| 76 |  Belgium |
10,419,000 |
| 77 |  Czech Republic |
10,220,000 |
| 78 |  Tunisia |
10,102,000 |
| 79 |  Hungary |
10,098,000 |
| 80 |  Serbia |
9,778,991[7] |
| 81 |  Belarus |
9,755,000 |
| 82 |  Chad |
9,749,000 |
| 83 |  Guinea |
9,402,000 |
| 84 |  Bolivia |
9,182,000 |
| 85 |  Sweden |
9,041,000 |
| 86 |  Rwanda |
9,038,000 |
| 87 |  Dominican Republic |
8,895,000 |
| 88 |  Haiti |
8,528,000 |
| 89 |  Benin |
8,439,000 |
| 90 |  Azerbaijan |
8,411,000 |
| 91 |  Somalia |
8,228,000 |
| 92 |  Austria |
8,189,000 |
| 93 |  Bulgaria |
7,726,000 |
| 94 |  Burundi |
7,548,000 |
| 95 |  Switzerland |
7,252,000 |
| 96 |  Honduras |
7,205,000 |
| 97 |  Hong Kong (PR China) |
7,041,000 |
| 98 |  El Salvador |
6,881,000 |
| 99 |  Israel |
6,725,000 |
| 100 |  Tajikistan |
6,507,000 |
| 101 |  Paraguay |
6,158,000 |
| 102 |  Togo |
6,145,000 |
| 103 |  Laos |
5,924,000 |
| 104 |  Papua New Guinea |
5,887,000 |
| 105 |  Libya |
5,853,000 |
| 106 |  Jordan |
5,703,000 |
| 107 |  Sierra Leone |
5,525,000 |
| 108 |  Nicaragua |
5,487,000 |
| 109 |  Denmark |
5,431,000 |
| 110 |  Slovakia |
5,401,000 |
| 111 |  Kyrgyzstan |
5,264,000 |
| 112 |  Finland |
5,249,000[8] |
| 113 |  Turkmenistan |
4,833,000 |
| 114 |  Norway |
4,620,000[9] |
| 115 |  Croatia |
4,551,000 |
| 116 |  United Arab Emirates |
4,496,000 |
| 117 |  Georgia |
4,474,000 |
| 118 |  Eritrea |
4,401,000 |
| 119 |  Costa Rica |
4,327,000 |
| 120 |  Singapore |
4,326,000 |
| 121 |  Moldova |
4,206,000 |
| 122 |  Republic of Ireland |
4,148,000 |
| 123 |  Central African Republic |
4,038,000 |
| 124 |  New Zealand |
4,028,000 |
| 125 |  Republic of the Congo |
3,999,000 |
| 126 |  Puerto Rico (US) |
3,955,000 |
| 127 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,907,000 |
| 128 |  Palestinian territories |
3,702,000 |
| 129 |  Lebanon |
3,577,000 |
| 130 |  Uruguay |
3,463,000 |
| 131 |  Lithuania |
3,431,000 |
| 132 |  Liberia |
3,283,000 |
| 133 |  Panama |
3,232,000 |
| 134 |  Albania |
3,130,000 |
| 135 |  Mauritania |
3,069,000 |
| 136 |  Armenia |
3,016,000 |
| 137 |  Kuwait |
2,687,000 |
| 138 |  Jamaica |
2,651,000 |
| 139 |  Mongolia |
2,646,000 |
| 140 |  Oman |
2,567,000 |
| 141 |  Latvia |
2,307,000 |
| 142 |  Bhutan |
2,163,000[10] |
| 143 |  Republic of Macedonia |
2,034,000 |
| 144 |  Namibia |
2,031,000 |
| 145 |  Slovenia |
1,967,000 |
| 146 |  Lesotho |
1,795,000 |
| 147 |  Botswana |
1,765,000 |
| 148 |  Guinea-Bissau |
1,586,000 |
| 149 |  The Gambia |
1,517,000 |
| 150 |  Gabon |
1,384,000 |
| 151 |  Estonia |
1,330,000 |
| 152 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
1,305,000 |
| 153 |  Mauritius |
1,245,000[11] |
| 154 |  Swaziland |
1,032,000 |
| 155 |  East Timor |
947,000 |
| 156 |  Fiji |
848,000 |
| 157 |  Cyprus |
835,000[12] |
| 158 |  Qatar |
813,000 |
| 159 |  Comoros |
798,000[13] |
| 160 |  Djibouti |
793,000 |
| 161 | Réunion (France) |
785,000 |
| 162 |  Guyana |
751,000 |
| 163 |  Bahrain |
727,000 |
| 164 |  Montenegro |
620,145[14] |
| 165 |  Cape Verde |
507,000 |
| 166 |  Equatorial Guinea |
504,000 |
| 167 |  Solomon Islands |
478,000 |
| 168 |  Luxembourg |
465,000 |
| 169 |  Macau (PR China) |
460,000 |
| 170 |  Suriname |
449,000 |
| 171 | Guadeloupe (France) |
448,000 |
| 172 |  Malta |
402,000 |
| 173 | Martinique (France) |
396,000 |
| 174 |  Brunei |
374,000 |
| 175 |  Western Sahara |
341,000 |
| 176 |  Maldives |
329,000 |
| 177 |  The Bahamas |
323,000 |
| 178 |  Iceland |
295,000 |
| 179 |  Belize |
270,000 |
| 180 |  Barbados |
270,000 |
| 181 |  French Polynesia (France) |
257,000 |
| 182 | New Caledonia (France) |
237,000 |
| 183 |  Vanuatu |
211,000 |
| 184 | French Guiana (France) |
187,000 |
| 185 |  Samoa |
185,000 |
| 186 |  Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) |
183,000 |
| 187 |  Guam (US) |
170,000 |
| 188 |  Saint Lucia |
161,000 |
| 189 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
157,000 |
| 190 | Channel Islands (UK) | 149,000[15] |
| 191 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
119,000 |
| 192 |  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) |
112,000 |
| 193 |  Federated States of Micronesia |
110,000 |
| 194 |  Grenada |
103,000 |
| 195 |  Tonga |
102,000 |
| 196 |  Aruba (Netherlands) |
99,000 |
| 197 |  Kiribati |
99,000 |
| 198 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
81,000 |
| 199 |  Northern Mariana Islands (US) |
81,000 |
| 200 |  Seychelles |
81,000 |
| 201 |  Dominica |
79,000 |
| 202 |  Isle of Man (UK) |
77,000 |
| 203 |  Andorra |
67,000 |
| 204 |  American Samoa (US) |
65,000 |
| 205 |  Bermuda (UK) |
64,000 |
| 206 |  Marshall Islands |
62,000 |
| 207 |  Greenland (Denmark) |
57,000 |
| 208 |  Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
47,000 |
| 209 |  Cayman Islands (UK) |
45,000 |
| 210 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
43,000 |
| 211 |  Monaco |
35,000 |
| 212 |  Liechtenstein |
35,000 |
| 213 |  San Marino |
28,000 |
| 214 |  Gibraltar (UK) |
28,000 |
| 215 |  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) |
26,000 |
| 216 |  British Virgin Islands (UK) |
22,000 |
| 217 |  Palau |
20,000 |
| 218 |  Cook Islands (NZ) |
18,000 |
| 219 | Wallis and Futuna (France) |
15,000 |
| 220 |  Nauru |
14,000 |
| 221 |  Anguilla (UK) |
12,000 |
| 222 |  Tuvalu |
10,000 |
| 223 | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
6,000 |
| 224 |  Saint Helena (UK) |
5,000[16] |
| 225 |  Montserrat (UK) |
4,000 |
| 226 |  Falkland Islands (UK) |
3,000 |
| 227 |  Niue (NZ) |
1,000 |
| 228 |  Tokelau (NZ) |
1,000 |
| 229 |  Vatican City |
783 |
| 230 |  Pitcairn Islands (UK) |
67 |
See also
- List of countries
- List of countries by area
- List of countries by past and future population
- List of countries by population in 1907
- List of continents by population
- List of religious populations
- World population
- Human geography
Notes
- ^ U.N. World Population Prospects (2004 revision)
- ^ Includes data from Jammu and Kashmir (India-administered), Azad Kashmir (Pakistan-administered), and Aksai Chin (PRC-administered).
- ^ Figure for Metropolitan France only.
- ^ Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc., which are under the effective control of the Republic of China, and are claimed by the People's Republic of China. Population figure is from the CIA World Factbook (as of 2005-07-01).
- ^ Includes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828).
- ^ The figure from the National Institute of Statistics in Madagascar does not agree with the UN figure. Latest estimate is from 2004, extrapolation gives about 17,400,000 in 2005[1].
- ^ Geohive.com: 1991 Census figure including Kosovo (with 1.96 million).
- ^ Includes Åland Islands
- ^ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island.
- ^ The figure from the government of Bhutan does not agree with the UN figure. The 2005 Census figure is 672,425.
- ^ Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
- ^ Estimated total population of both Greek and Turkish controlled areas. The Statistical Institute of the Republic of Cyprus shows a population of 749,200 (2004 Census). The 2006 census of the Turkish controlled area (TRNC) shows a population of 264,172.
- ^ Includes the island of Mayotte (with a population as of 2002 of 160,265).
- ^ Figure from the 2003 census.
- ^ Consists of the bailiwicks of Guernsey (with a population as of the 2001 census of 62,101) and Jersey (with a population as of the 2001 census of 87,186).
- ^ Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
External links
- United Nations Analytical Report for the 2004 revision of World Population Prospects - includes details of methodology and sources used for the population estimates above.
- Population clocks & projected growth charts for all countries
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