Populations of Countries of the World

Published: May 14, 2009, 2:16 pm

Updated: June 21, 2013, 5:49 pm

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The estimated population of the world in July 2013 is 7,095,262,215 or nearly 7.1 billion people. The world's population was estiamted to have crossed the 7 billion mark in March, 2012.

The following population estimates are fom the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. The date of the information is, unless otherwise noted, estimated for July, 2013

Rank	Country (or region)	Population	Percentage of world population	Date of Information
1	China	1,349,585,838	19.0%
2	India	1,220,800,359	17.2%
3	United States	316,668,567	4.5%
4	Indonesia	251,160,124	3.5%
5	Brazil	201,009,622	2.8%
6	Pakistan	193,238,868	2.7%
7	Nigeria	174,507,539	2.5%	NA
8	Bangladesh	163,654,860	2.3%
9	Russia	142,500,482	2.0%
10	Japan	127,253,075	1.8%
11	Mexico	116,220,947	1.6%
12	Philippines	105,720,644	1.5%
13	Ethiopia	93,877,025	1.3%	NA
14	Vietnam	92,477,857	1.3%
15	Egypt	85,294,388	1.2%
16	Germany	81,147,265	1.1%
17	Turkey	80,694,485	1.1%
18	Iran	79,853,900	1.1%
19	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	75,507,308	1.1%	NA
20	Thailand	67,448,120	1.0%
21	France	65,951,611	0.9%	NA
22	United Kingdom	63,395,574	0.9%
23	Italy	61,482,297	0.9%
24	Burma	55,167,330	0.8%	NA
25	Korea, South	48,955,203	0.7%
26	South Africa	48,601,098	0.7%	NA
27	Tanzania	48,261,942	0.7%	NA
28	Spain	47,370,542	0.7%
29	Colombia	45,745,783	0.6%
30	Ukraine	44,573,205	0.6%
31	Kenya	44,037,656		NA
32	Argentina	42,610,981
33	Poland	38,383,809
34	Algeria	38,087,812
35	Sudan	34,847,910		NA
36	Uganda	34,758,809		NA
37	Canada	34,568,211
38	Morocco	32,649,130
39	Iraq	31,858,481
40	Afghanistan	31,108,077		NA
41	Nepal	30,430,267
42	Peru	29,849,303
43	Malaysia	29,628,392
44	Uzbekistan	28,661,637
45	Venezuela	28,459,085
46	Saudi Arabia	26,939,583		NA
47	Yemen	25,408,288
48	Ghana	25,199,609		NA
49	Korea, North	24,720,407
50	Mozambique	24,096,669		NA
51	Taiwan	23,299,716
52	Madagascar	22,599,098
53	Syria	22,457,336		NA
54	Cote d'Ivoire	22,400,835		NA
55	Australia	22,262,501
56	Romania	21,790,479
57	Sri Lanka	21,675,648
58	Cameroon	20,549,221		NA
59	Angola	18,565,269
60	Burkina Faso	17,812,961		NA
61	Kazakhstan	17,736,896
62	Chile	17,216,945
63	Niger	16,899,327
64	Netherlands	16,805,037
65	Malawi	16,777,547		NA
66	Mali	15,968,882
67	Ecuador	15,439,429
68	Cambodia	15,205,539		NA
69	Guatemala	14,373,472
70	Zambia	14,222,233		NA
71	Senegal	13,300,410
72	Zimbabwe	13,182,908		NA
73	Rwanda	12,012,589		NA
74	Chad	11,193,452
75	Guinea	11,176,026
76	South Sudan	11,090,104
77	Cuba	11,061,886
78	Burundi	10,888,321		NA
79	Tunisia	10,835,873
80	Portugal	10,799,270
81	Greece	10,772,967
82	Bolivia	10,461,053
83	Belgium	10,444,268
84	Somalia	10,251,568		NA
85	Dominican Republic	10,219,630
86	Czech Republic	10,162,921
87	Hungary	9,939,470
88	Haiti	9,893,934		NA
89	Benin	9,877,292		NA
90	Belarus	9,625,888
91	Azerbaijan	9,590,159
92	Sweden	9,119,423
93	Honduras	8,448,465		NA
94	Austria	8,221,646
95	Switzerland	7,996,026
96	Tajikistan	7,910,041
97	Israel	7,707,042		NA
98	Serbia	7,243,007		NA
99	Hong Kong	7,182,724
100	Togo	7,154,237
101	Bulgaria	6,981,642
102	Laos	6,695,166
103	Paraguay	6,623,252
104	Jordan	6,482,081
105	Papua New Guinea	6,431,902
106	Eritrea	6,233,682
107	El Salvador	6,108,590
108	Libya	6,002,347		NA
109	Nicaragua	5,788,531
110	Sierra Leone	5,612,685
111	Denmark	5,556,452
112	Kyrgyzstan	5,548,042
113	Slovakia	5,488,339
114	United Arab Emirates	5,473,972		NA
115	Singapore	5,460,302
116	Finland	5,266,114
117	Central African Republic	5,166,510		NA
118	Turkmenistan	5,113,040
119	Ireland	4,775,982
120	Norway	4,722,701
121	Costa Rica	4,695,942
122	Georgia	4,555,911
123	Congo, Republic of the	4,492,689		NA
124	Croatia	4,475,611
125	New Zealand	4,365,113
126	Lebanon	4,131,583
127	Liberia	3,989,703
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,875,723
129	Puerto Rico	3,674,209
130	Moldova	3,619,925
131	Panama	3,559,408
132	Lithuania	3,515,858
133	Mauritania	3,437,610
134	Uruguay	3,324,460
135	Mongolia	3,226,516
136	Oman	3,154,134		NA
137	Albania	3,011,405
138	Armenia	2,974,184
139	Jamaica	2,909,714
140	Kuwait	2,695,316		NA
141	West Bank	2,676,740		NA
142	Namibia	2,182,852
143	Latvia	2,178,443
144	Botswana	2,127,825		NA
145	Macedonia	2,087,171
146	Qatar	2,042,444
147	Slovenia	1,992,690
148	Lesotho	1,936,181		NA
149	Gambia, The	1,883,051
150	Kosovo	1,847,708
151	Gaza Strip	1,763,387
152	Guinea-Bissau	1,660,870
153	Gabon	1,640,286		NA
154	Swaziland	1,403,362		NA
155	Mauritius	1,322,238
156	Bahrain	1,281,332		NA
157	Estonia	1,266,375
158	Trinidad and Tobago	1,225,225
159	Timor-Leste	1,172,390		NA
160	Cyprus	1,155,403
161	Fiji	896,758
162	Djibouti	792,198
163	Comoros	752,288
164	Guyana	739,903		NA
165	Bhutan	725,296		NA
166	Equatorial Guinea	704,001
167	Montenegro	653,474
168	Solomon Islands	597,248
169	Macau	583,003
170	Suriname	566,846
171	Western Sahara	538,811
172	Cape Verde	531,046
173	Luxembourg	514,862
174	Brunei	415,717
175	Malta	411,277
176	Maldives	393,988
177	Belize	334,297
178	Bahamas, The	319,031		NA
179	Iceland	315,281
180	Barbados	288,725
181	French Polynesia	277,293
182	New Caledonia	264,022
183	Vanuatu	261,565
184	Samoa	195,476		NA
185	Sao Tome and Principe	186,817
186	Saint Lucia	162,781
187	Guam	160,378
188	Curacao	146,836
189	Grenada	109,590
190	Aruba	109,153		NA
191	Tonga	106,322
192	Micronesia, Federated States of	106,104
193	Virgin Islands	104,737
194	Kiribati	103,248
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,220
196	Jersey	95,732
197	Seychelles	90,846
198	Antigua and Barbuda	90,156
199	Isle of Man	86,159
200	Andorra	85,293
201	Dominica	73,286
202	Marshall Islands	69,747
203	Bermuda	69,467
204	Guernsey	65,605
205	Greenland	57,714
206	American Samoa	54,719
207	Cayman Islands	53,737
208	Northern Mariana Islands	51,170
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,134
210	Faroe Islands	49,709
211	Turks and Caicos Islands	47,754
212	Sint Maarten	39,689
213	Liechtenstein	37,009
214	San Marino	32,448
215	British Virgin Islands	31,912
216	Saint Martin	31,264
217	Monaco	30,500
218	Gibraltar	29,111
219	Palau	21,108
220	Anguilla	15,754
221	Dhekelia	15,700		NA
222	Akrotiri	15,700		NA
223	Wallis and Futuna	15,507
224	Tuvalu	10,698
225	Cook Islands	10,447
226	Nauru	9,434
227	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,754		NA
228	Saint Barthelemy	7,298
229	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,774
230	Montserrat	5,189		NA
231	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	3,140		July 2008 est.
232	Norfolk Island	2,196
233	Svalbard	1,921
234	Christmas Island	1,513
235	Tokelau	1,353
236	Niue	1,229
237	Holy See (Vatican City)	839
238	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	596		July 2010 est.
239	Pitcairn Islands	48		July 2012 est.

Citation

Agency, C. (2013). Populations of Countries of the World. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Populations_of_Countries_of_the_World