See also: List of countries by population in 2005 and List of countries by population in 1907

Map of countries by population for the year 2007

This is a list of countries ordered according to population. The list includes and ranks sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories. Figures are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census authority where available and generally rounded off. Other figures are based on the July 1, 2007 estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.^[1] Because these figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting rankings may be misleading.

List

Note that the European Union is a sui generis supranational union possessing some "country-like" characteristics. The entity is composed of 27 member states. Its combined population has been estimated at 497,198,740 on January 1, 2008,^[2] and it would be ranked 3rd if it were included in the list (7.45% of world population). See also: List of regional organizations by population.

Rank	Country/territory/entity	Population	Date	% of world population	Source
—	World	6,671,226,000	July 1, 2007	100%	UN estimate
1	People's Republic of China[3]	1,323,827,000	May 16, 2008	19.84%	Chinese Population clock, in Chinese
2	India	1,132,868,000	May 16, 2008	16.98%	Official Indian Population clock
3	United States	304,087,000	May 16, 2008	4.56%	Official USA Population clock
4	Indonesia	231,627,000		3.47%	UN estimate
5	Brazil	186,617,400	May 16, 2008	2.8%	Official Brazilian Population clock
6	Pakistan	163,299,000	May 16, 2008	2.45%	Official Pakistani Population clock
7	Bangladesh	158,665,000		2.38%	UN estimate
8	Nigeria	148,093,000		2.22%	UN estimate
9	Russia	142,008,800	January 1, 2008	2.13%	Federal State Statistics Service
10	Japan	127,720,000	March 1, 2008	1.92%	Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate
11	Mexico	106,535,000		1.6%	UN estimate
12	Philippines	88,574,614	August 1, 2007	1.33%	2007 Official NSO Census Results
13	Vietnam	87,375,000		1.31%	UN estimate
14	Germany	82,210,000	December 31, 2007	1.23%	Federal Statistics Office estimate
15	Ethiopia	77,127,000	July 2007	1.16%	Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16	Egypt	75,498,000		1.13%	UN estimate
17	Iran	71,208,000		1.07%	UN estimate
18	Turkey	70,586,256	December 31, 2007	1.06%	Turkish Statistical Institute
19	France (incl. overseas France)	64,473,140	January 1, 2008	0.97%	Official INSEE estimate
20	Thailand	63,038,247	December 31, 2007	0.94%	Official Thai Statistics estimate
21	Dem. Rep. of Congo	62,636,000		0.94%	UN estimate
22	United Kingdom	60,587,300	June 30, 2006	0.91%	Official ONS estimate
23	Italy	59,448,163	August 31, 2007	0.89%	Official Istat estimate
24	Myanmar	48,798,000		0.73%	UN estimate
25	South Korea	48,224,000		0.72%	UN estimate
26	South Africa	47,850,700	July 1, 2007	0.72%	Official Stat SA estimate
27	Ukraine	46,337,340	February 1, 2008	0.69%	Official UKRSTAT estimate
28	Spain	45,200,737	January 1, 2007	0.68%	Official INE estimate
29	Colombia	44,090,118	May 5, 2008	0.66%	Official Colombian Population clock
30	Argentina	41,000,000	September, 2007	0.61%	Official INDEC estimate
31	Tanzania	40,454,000		0.61%	UN estimate
32	Sudan	38,560,000		0.58%	UN estimate
33	Poland	38,115,967	June 30, 2007	0.57%	Official GUS estimate
34	Kenya	37,538,000		0.56%	UN estimate
35	Algeria	33,858,000		0.51%	UN estimate
36	Canada	33,264,400	May 16, 2008	0.5%	Official Canadian Population clock
37	Morocco	31,224,000		0.47%	UN estimate
38	Uganda	30,884,000		0.46%	UN estimate
39	Iraq	28,993,000		0.43%	UN estimate
40	Peru	28,750,770[4]	June 30, 2007	0.43%	Official INEI estimate
41	Venezuela	27,861,351	May 5, 2008	0.42%	Official Venezuelan Population clock
42	Nepal	28,196,000		0.42%	UN estimate
43	Malaysia	27,452,091	Dec 31, 2006	0.41%	Official Malaysian Population clock
44	Uzbekistan	27,372,000		0.41%	UN estimate
45	Afghanistan	27,145,000		0.41%	UN estimate
46	Saudi Arabia	24,735,000		0.37%	UN estimate
47	North Korea	23,790,000		0.36%	UN estimate
48	Ghana	23,478,000		0.35%	UN estimate
49	Republic of China (Taiwan)[5]	22,980,000	February 29, 2008	0.34%	Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
50	Yemen	22,389,000		0.34%	UN estimate
51	Romania	21,438,000		0.32%	UN estimate
52	Mozambique	21,397,000		0.32%	UN estimate
53	Australia[6]	21,287,919	May 1, 2008	0.32%	Official Australian Population clock
54	Syria	19,929,000		0.3%	UN estimate
55	Madagascar	19,683,000		0.3%	UN estimate
56	Sri Lanka	19,299,000		0.29%	UN estimate
57	Côte d'Ivoire	19,262,000		0.29%	UN estimate
58	Cameroon	18,549,000		0.28%	UN estimate
59	Angola	17,024,000		0.26%	UN estimate
60	Chile	16,598,074	June 30, 2007	0.25%	Official INE projection
61	Netherlands	16,426,371	May 5, 2008	0.25%	Official Netherlands Population clock
62	Kazakhstan	15,422,000		0.23%	UN estimate
63	Burkina Faso	14,784,000		0.22%	UN estimate
64	Cambodia	14,444,000		0.22%	UN estimate
65	Niger	14,226,000		0.21%	UN estimate
66	Malawi	13,925,000		0.21%	UN estimate
67	Guatemala	13,354,000		0.2%	UN estimate
68	Zimbabwe	13,349,000		0.2%	UN estimate
69	Ecuador	13,341,000		0.2%	UN estimate
70	Senegal	12,379,000		0.19%	UN estimate
71	Mali	12,337,000		0.18%	UN estimate
72	Zambia	11,922,000		0.18%	UN estimate
73	Cuba	11,268,000		0.17%	UN estimate
74	Greece	11,147,000		0.17%	UN estimate
75	Chad	10,781,000		0.16%	UN estimate
76	Portugal	10,623,000		0.16%	UN estimate
77	Belgium	10,584,534	January 1, 2007	0.16%	Official Statbel estimate
78	Czech Republic	10,381,130	December 31, 2007	0.16%	Official ČSÚ estimate
79	Tunisia	10,327,000		0.15%	UN estimate
80	Hungary	10,043,000	January 31, 2008	0.15%	[1]
81	Serbia[7]	9,858,000	July 2007	0.12%	UN estimate
82	Dominican Republic	9,760,000		0.15%	UN estimate
83	Rwanda	9,725,000		0.15%	UN estimate
84	Belarus	9,714,000	January 1, 2007	0.15%	Official statistics of Belarus
85	Haiti	9,598,000		0.14%	UN estimate
86	Bolivia	9,525,000		0.14%	UN estimate
87	Guinea	9,370,000		0.14%	UN estimate
88	Sweden	9,187,630	January 31, 2008	0.14%	[2]
89	Benin	9,033,000		0.14%	UN estimate
90	Somalia	8,699,000		0.13%	UN estimate
91	Burundi	8,508,000		0.13%	UN estimate
92	Azerbaijan	8,467,000		0.13%	UN estimate
93	Austria	8,334,325	March 31, 2008	0.12%	Official Statistics Austria estimate
94	Bulgaria	7,639,000		0.11%	UN estimate
95	Switzerland	7,612,800	February 29, 2008	0.11%	Swiss Federal Statistical Office
96	Israel	7,282,000 [8]	May 7, 2008	0.11%	Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
97	Honduras	7,106,000		0.11%	UN estimate
—	Hong Kong	6,963,100	December 31, 2007	0.11%	Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong
98	El Salvador	6,857,000		0.1%	UN estimate
99	Tajikistan	6,736,000		0.1%	UN estimate
100	Togo	6,585,000		0.099%	UN estimate
101	Papua New Guinea	6,331,000		0.095%	UN estimate
102	Libya	6,160,000		0.092%	UN estimate
103	Paraguay	6,127,000		0.092%	UN estimate
104	Jordan	5,924,000		0.089%	UN estimate
105	Sierra Leone	5,866,000		0.088%	UN estimate
106	Laos	5,859,000		0.088%	UN estimate
107	Nicaragua	5,603,000		0.084%	UN estimate
108	Denmark	5,482,266	March 31, 2008	0.082%	[3]
109	Slovakia	5,400,998	December 31, 2007	0.081%	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
110	Kyrgyzstan	5,317,000		0.08%	UN estimate
111	Finland	5,309,257[9]	May 7, 2008	0.08%	Official Finnish Population clock
112	Turkmenistan	4,965,000		0.074%	UN estimate
113	Eritrea	4,851,000		0.073%	UN estimate
114	Norway	4,760,300[10]	May 15, 2008	0.071%	Official Norwegian Population clock
115	Singapore	4,681,000	September 27, 2007	0.07%	Statistics Singapore
116	Croatia	4,555,000		0.068%	UN estimate
117	Costa Rica	4,468,000		0.067%	UN estimate
118	Georgia	4,395,000[11]		0.066%	UN estimate
119	United Arab Emirates	4,380,000		0.066%	UN estimate
120	Central African Republic	4,343,000		0.065%	UN estimate
121	Ireland	4,339,000	April 30, 2007	0.065%	Official CSO Ireland Statistics
122	New Zealand	4,268,000	May 2, 2008	0.064%	Official New Zealand Population clock
123	Lebanon	4,099,000		0.061%	UN estimate
124	Palestinian territories	4,017,000		0.06%	UN estimate
125	Puerto Rico	3,991,000		0.06%	UN estimate
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,935,000		0.059%	UN estimate
127	Moldova	3,794,000[12]		0.057%	UN estimate
128	Republic of the Congo	3,768,000		0.056%	UN estimate
129	Liberia	3,750,000		0.056%	UN estimate
—	Somaliland	3,500,000		0.052%	Somaliland government
130	Lithuania	3,366,200	January 1, 2008	0.051%	Statistics Lithuania
131	Panama	3,343,000		0.05%	UN estimate
132	Uruguay	3,340,000		0.05%	UN estimate
133	Albania	3,190,000		0.048%	UN estimate
134	Mauritania	3,124,000		0.047%	UN estimate
135	Armenia	3,002,000		0.045%	UN estimate
136	Kuwait	2,851,000		0.043%	UN estimate
137	Jamaica	2,714,000		0.041%	UN estimate
138	Mongolia	2,629,000		0.039%	UN estimate
139	Oman	2,595,000		0.039%	UN estimate
140	Latvia	2,269,600	January 31, 2008	0.034%	Latvijas Statistika
—	Kosovo	2,126,708	2007	0.031%	The World Factbook
141	Namibia	2,074,000		0.031%	UN estimate
142	Macedonia	2,038,000		0.031%	UN estimate
143	Slovenia	2,025,768	April 1, 2008	0.031%	Official Slovenian population clock
144	Lesotho	2,008,000		0.03%	UN estimate
145	Botswana	1,882,000		0.028%	UN estimate
146	Gambia	1,709,000		0.026%	UN estimate
147	Guinea-Bissau	1,695,000		0.025%	UN estimate
148	Estonia	1,340,600	January 1, 2008	0.02%	Statistics Estonia
149	Trinidad and Tobago	1,333,000		0.02%	UN estimate
150	Gabon	1,331,000		0.02%	UN estimate
151	Mauritius	1,262,000[13]		0.019%	UN estimate
152	East Timor	1,155,000		0.017%	UN estimate
153	Swaziland	1,141,000		0.017%	UN estimate
154	Cyprus	855,000[14]		0.013%	UN estimate
155	Qatar	841,000		0.013%	UN estimate
156	Djibouti	833,000		0.012%	UN estimate
157	Fiji	827,900	2007	0.013%	Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics
—	Réunion[15]	793,000	January 1, 2007	0.012%	Official INSEE estimate
158	Bahrain	760,168		0.011%	Kingdom of Bahrain Government Statistics
159	Guyana	738,000		0.011%	UN estimate
160	Comoros	682,000[16]	July 2007	0.01%	World Gazetteer projection
161	Bhutan	658,000		0.01%	UN estimate
162	Montenegro	598,000		0.009%	UN estimate
—	Macau	538,100	December 31, 2007	0.008%	[4]
163	Cape Verde	530,000		0.008%	UN estimate
164	Equatorial Guinea	507,000		0.008%	UN estimate
165	Solomon Islands	496,000		0.007%	UN estimate
166	Western Sahara	480,000		0.007%	UN estimate
167	Luxembourg	476,200	January 1, 2007	0.007%	Le portail des statistiques du Luxenbourg
168	Suriname	458,000		0.007%	UN estimate
—	Guadeloupe[15]	408,000	January 1, 2007	0.006%	INSEE estimate (minus the populations of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy)
169	Malta	407,000		0.006%	UN estimate
—	Martinique[15]	401,000	January 1, 2007	0.006%	Official INSEE estimate
170	Brunei	390,000		0.006%	UN estimate
171	Bahamas	331,000		0.005%	UN estimate
172	Iceland	316,252	April 1, 2008	0.005%	Hagstofa Íslands
173	Maldives	306,000		0.005%	UN estimate
174	Barbados	294,000		0.004%	UN estimate
175	Belize	288,000		0.004%	UN estimate
—	French Polynesia[15]	259,596	August 20, 2007	0.004%	August 2007 census
—	New Caledonia[15]	240,390	January 1, 2007	0.004%	Official INSEE estimate
176	Vanuatu	226,000		0.003%	UN estimate
—	French Guiana[15]	209,000	January 1, 2007	0.003%	Official INSEE estimate
177	Netherlands Antilles	192,000		0.003%	UN estimate
178	Samoa	188,540	2008	0.003%	Samoa Statistics Department
—	Mayotte[15]	186,452	July 31, 2007	0.003%	July 2007 census
179	Guam	173,000		0.003%	UN estimate
180	Saint Lucia	165,000		0.002%	UN estimate
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	158,000		0.002%	UN estimate
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	120,000		0.002%	UN estimate
183	U.S. Virgin Islands	111,000		0.002%	UN estimate
184	Federated States of Micronesia	111,000		0.002%	UN estimate
185	Grenada	106,000		0.002%	UN estimate
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