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 | (Mainland) | 1,315,844,000 |
| 2 | India | 1,103,371,000[2] |
| 3 | 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 | 65,446,000 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 59,668,000 |
| 22 | Italy | 58,093,000 |
| 23 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 57,549,000 |
| 24 | 50,519,000 | |
| 25 | South Korea | 50,000,000 |
| 26 | South Africa | 48,432,000 |
| 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[3] |
| 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[4] |
| 54 | Mozambique | 19,792,000 |
| 55 | Syria | 19,043,000 |
| 56 | Madagascar | 18,606,000[5] |
| 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[6] |
| 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[7] |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 4,833,000 |
| 114 | Norway | 4,620,000[8] |
| 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 | 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 | 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[9] |
| 143 | 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 | 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[10] |
| 154 | Swaziland | 1,032,000 |
| 155 | 947,000 | |
| 156 | Fiji | 848,000 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 835,000[11] |
| 158 | Qatar | 813,000 |
| 159 | Comoros | 798,000[12] |
| 160 | Djibouti | 793,000 |
| 161 | Réunion (France) | 785,000 |
| 162 | Guyana | 751,000 |
| 163 | Bahrain | 727,000 |
| 164 | Montenegro | 620,145[13] |
| 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 | 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[14] |
| 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 | (France) | 6,000 |
| 224 | Saint Helena (UK) | 5,000[15] |
| 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 |