Populations of Countries of the World
From The Encyclopedia of Earth
May 14, 2009, 2:16 pm
June 21, 2013, 5:49 pm
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. |
