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Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 China :1,330,044,544 2008 ...
#2 India :1,147,995,904 2008 ...
#4 United States :303,824,640 2008 ...
#5 Indonesia :237,512,352 2008 ...
#6 Brazil :196,342,592 2008 ...
#7 Pakistan :172,800,048 2008 ...
#8 Bangladesh :153,546,896 2008 ...
#9 Nigeria :146,255,312 2008 ...
#10 Russia :140,702,096 2008 ...
#11 Japan :127,288,416 2008 ...
#12 Mexico :109,955,400 2008 ...
#13 Philippines :96,061,680 2008 ...
#14 Vietnam :86,116,560 2008 ...
#15 Ethiopia :82,544,840 2008 ...
#16 Germany :82,369,552 2008 ...
#17 Egypt :81,713,520 2008 ...
#18 Turkey :71,892,808 2008 ...
#19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the :66,514,504 2008 ...
#20 Iran :65,875,224 2008 ...
#21 Thailand :65,493,296 2008 ...
#22 France :61,037,510 2006 ...
#23 United Kingdom :60,943,912 2008 ...
#24 Italy :58,145,320 2008 ...
#25 South Africa :48,782,756 2008 ...
#26 Korea, South :48,379,392 2008 ...
#27 Burma :47,758,180 2008 ...
#28 Ukraine :45,994,288 2008 ...
#29 Colombia :45,013,672 2008 ...
#30 Spain :40,491,052 2008 ...
#31 Argentina :40,482,000 2008 ...
#32 Sudan :40,218,456 2008 ...
#33 Tanzania :40,213,160 2008 ...
#34 Poland :38,500,696 2008 ...
#35 Kenya :37,953,840 2008 ...
#36 Morocco :34,343,220 2008 ...
#37 Algeria :33,769,668 2008 ...
#38 Canada :33,212,696 2008 ...
#39 Afghanistan :32,738,376 2008 ...
#40 Uganda :31,367,972 2008 ...
#41 Nepal :29,519,114 2008 ...
#42 Peru :29,180,900 2008 ...
#43 Iraq :28,221,180 2008 ...
#44 Saudi Arabia :28,146,656 2008 ...
#45 Uzbekistan :27,345,026 2008 ...
#46 Venezuela :26,414,816 2008 ...
#47 Malaysia :25,274,132 2008 ...
#48 Korea, North :23,479,088 2008 ...
#49 Ghana :23,382,848 2008 ...
#50 Yemen :23,013,376 2008 ...
#51 Taiwan :22,920,946 2008 ...
#52 Romania :22,246,862 2008 ...
#53 Mozambique :21,284,700 2008 ...
#54 Sri Lanka :21,128,772 2008 ...
#55 Australia :21,007,310 2008 ...
#56 Côte d'Ivoire :20,179,602 2008 ...
#57 Madagascar :20,042,552 2008 ...
#58 Syria :19,747,586 2008 ...
#59 Cameroon :18,467,692 2008 ...
#60 Netherlands :16,645,313 2008 ...
#61 Chile :16,454,143 2008 ...
#62 Kazakhstan :15,340,533 2008 ...
#63 Burkina Faso :15,264,735 2008 ...
#64 Cambodia :14,241,640 2008 ...
#65 Malawi :13,931,831 2008 ...
#66 Ecuador :13,927,650 2008 ...
#67 Niger :13,272,679 2008 ...
#68 Guatemala :13,002,206 2008 ...
#69 Senegal :12,853,259 2008 ...
#70 Angola :12,531,357 2008 ...
#71 Mali :12,324,029 2008 ...
#72 Zambia :11,669,534 2008 ...
#73 Cuba :11,423,952 2008 ...
#74 Zimbabwe :11,350,111 2008 ...
#75 Greece :10,722,816 2008 ...
#76 Portugal :10,676,910 2008 ...
#77 Belgium :10,403,951 2008 ...
#78 Tunisia :10,383,577 2008 ...
#79 Czech Republic :10,220,911 2008 ...
#80 Rwanda :10,186,063 2008 ...
#81 Serbia and Montenegro :10,159,046 2008 ...
#82 Chad :10,111,337 2008 ...
#83 Hungary :9,930,915 2008 ...
#84 Guinea :9,806,509 2008 ...
#85 Belarus :9,685,768 2008 ...
#86 Somalia :9,558,666 2008 ...
#87 Dominican Republic :9,507,133 2008 ...
#88 Bolivia :9,247,816 2008 ...
#89 Sweden :9,045,389 2008 ...
#90 Haiti :8,924,553 2008 ...
#91 Burundi :8,691,005 2008 ...
#92 Benin :8,532,547 2008 ...
#93 Austria :8,205,533 2008 ...
#94 Azerbaijan :8,177,717 2008 ...
#95 Honduras :7,639,327 2008 ...
#96 Switzerland :7,581,520 2008 ...
#97 Bulgaria :7,262,675 2008 ...
#98 Tajikistan :7,211,884 2008 ...
#99 Israel :7,112,359 2008 ...
#100 El Salvador :7,066,403 2008 ...
#101 Hong Kong :7,018,636 2008 ...
#102 Paraguay :6,831,306 2008 ...
#103 Laos :6,677,534 2008 ...
#104 Sierra Leone :6,294,774 2008 ...
#105 Jordan :6,198,677 2008 ...
#106 Libya :6,173,579 2008 ...
#107 Papua New Guinea :5,931,769 2008 ...
#108 Togo :5,858,673 2008 ...
#109 Nicaragua :5,785,846 2008 ...
#110 Eritrea :5,502,026 2008 ...
#111 Denmark :5,484,723 2008 ...
#112 Slovakia :5,455,407 2008 ...
#113 Kyrgyzstan :5,356,869 2008 ...
#114 Finland :5,244,749 2008 ...
#115 Turkmenistan :5,179,571 2008 ...
#116 Norway :4,644,457 2008 ...
#117 Georgia :4,630,841 2008 ...
#118 United Arab Emirates :4,621,399 2008 ...
#119 Singapore :4,608,167 2008 ...
#120 Bosnia and Herzegovina :4,590,310 2008 ...
#121 Croatia :4,491,543 2008 ...
#122 Central African Republic :4,444,330 2008 ...
#123 Moldova :4,324,450 2008 ...
#124 Costa Rica :4,195,914 2008 ...
#125 New Zealand :4,173,460 2008 ...
#126 Ireland :4,156,119 2008 ...
#127 Lebanon :3,971,941 2008 ...
#128 Puerto Rico :3,958,128 2008 ...
#129 Congo, Republic of the :3,903,318 2008 ...
#130 Albania :3,619,778 2008 ...
#131 Lithuania :3,565,205 2008 ...
#132 Uruguay :3,477,778 2008 ...
#133 Mauritania :3,364,940 2008 ...
#134 Liberia :3,334,587 2008 ...
#135 Oman :3,311,640 2008 ...
#136 Panama :3,309,679 2008 ...
#137 Mongolia :2,996,081 2008 ...
#138 Armenia :2,968,586 2008 ...
#139 Jamaica :2,804,332 2008 ...
#140 Kuwait :2,596,799 2008 ...
#141 West Bank :2,407,681 2008 ...
#142 Latvia :2,245,423 2008 ...
#143 Lesotho :2,128,180 2008 ...
#144 Namibia :2,088,669 2008 ...
#145 Macedonia, Republic of :2,061,315 2008 ...
#146 Slovenia :2,007,711 2008 ...
#147 Botswana :1,842,323 2008 ...
#148 Gambia, The :1,735,464 2008 ...
#149 Guinea-Bissau :1,503,182 2008 ...
#150 Gaza Strip :1,500,202 2008 ...
#151 Gabon :1,485,832 2008 ...
#152 Estonia :1,307,605 2008 ...
#153 Mauritius :1,274,189 2008 ...
#154 Swaziland :1,128,814 2008 ...
#155 East Timor :1,108,777 2008 ...
#156 Trinidad and Tobago :1,047,366 2008 ...
#157 Fiji :931,741 2008 ...
#158 Qatar :824,789 2008 ...
#159 Cyprus :792,604 2008 ...
#160 Réunion :787,584 2006 ...
#161 Guyana :770,794 2008 ...
#162 Comoros :731,775 2008 ...
#163 Bahrain :718,306 2008 ...
#164 Bhutan :682,321 2008 ...
#165 Montenegro :678,177 2008 ...
#166 Equatorial Guinea :616,459 2008 ...
#167 Solomon Islands :581,318 2008 ...
#168 Macau :545,674 2008 ...
#169 Djibouti :506,221 2008 ...
#170 Luxembourg :486,006 2008 ...
#171 Suriname :475,996 2008 ...
#172 Guadeloupe :452,776 2006 ...
#173 Martinique :436,131 2006 ...
#174 Cape Verde :426,998 2008 ...
#175 Malta :403,532 2008 ...
#176 Western Sahara :393,831 2008 ...
#177 Maldives :385,925 2008 ...
#178 Brunei :381,371 2008 ...
#179 Bahamas, The :307,451 2008 ...
#180 Iceland :304,367 2008 ...
#181 Belize :301,270 2008 ...
#182 French Polynesia :283,019 2008 ...
#183 Barbados :281,968 2008 ...
#184 Netherlands Antilles :225,369 2008 ...
#185 New Caledonia :224,824 2008 ...
#186 Samoa :217,083 2008 ...
#187 Mayotte :216,306 2008 ...
#188 Vanuatu :215,446 2008 ...
#189 São Tomé and Príncipe :206,178 2008 ...
#190 French Guiana :199,509 2006 ...
#191 Guam :175,877 2008 ...
#192 Saint Lucia :159,585 2008 ...
#193 Tonga :119,009 2008 ...
#194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :118,432 2008 ...
#195 Kiribati :110,356 2008 ...
#196 Virgin Islands :109,840 2008 ...
#197 Micronesia, Federated States of :107,665 2008 ...
#198 Aruba :101,541 2008 ...
#199 Jersey :91,533 2008 ...
#200 Grenada :90,343 2008 ...
#201 Northern Mariana Islands :86,616 2008 ...
#202 Antigua and Barbuda :84,522 2008 ...
#203 Andorra :82,627 2008 ...
#204 Seychelles :82,247 2008 ...
#205 Man, Isle of :76,220 2008 ...
#206 Dominica :72,514 2008 ...
#207 Bermuda :66,536 2008 ...
#208 Guernsey :65,726 2008 ...
#209 American Samoa :64,827 2008 ...
#210 Marshall Islands :63,174 2008 ...
#211 Greenland :57,564 2008 ...
#212 Faroe Islands :48,668 2008 ...
#213 Cayman Islands :47,862 2008 ...
#214 Saint Kitts and Nevis :39,817 2008 ...
#215 Liechtenstein :34,498 2008 ...
#216 Monaco :32,796 2008 ...
#217 San Marino :29,973 2008 ...
#218 Saint Martin :29,376 2008 ...
#219 Gibraltar :28,002 2008 ...
#220 British Virgin Islands :24,041 2008 ...
#221 Turks and Caicos Islands :22,352 2008 ...
#222 Palau :21,093 2008 ...
#223 Wallis and Futuna :15,237 2008 ...
#224 Anguilla :14,108 2008 ...
#225 Nauru :13,770 2008 ...
#226 Cook Islands :12,271 2008 ...
#227 Tuvalu :12,177 2008 ...
#228 Saint Helena :7,601 2008 ...
#229 Saint Barthelemy :7,492 2008 ...
#230 Saint Pierre and Miquelon :7,044 2008 ...
#231 Montserrat :5,079 2008 ...
#232 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) :3,140 2008 ...
#233 Svalbard :2,165 2008 ...
#234 Norfolk Island :2,128 2008 ...
#235 Niue :1,444 2008 ...
#236 Tokelau :1,433 2008 ...
#237 Christmas Island :1,402 2007 ...
#238 Holy See (Vatican City) :824 2008 ...
#239 Cocos (Keeling) Islands :596 2007 ...
#240 Johnston Atoll :396 2004 ...
#241 Pitcairn Islands :48 2008 ...
Total :
6,705,862,170
Weighted average:
27,825,154.2
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
491,018,683
DEFINITION: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin.
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