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List of countries by population
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This is a list of countries ordered according to population. The list includes sovereign states and inhabited dependent territories.
Areas that form integral parts of sovereign states, such as the countries of the United Kingdom, are counted as part of the sovereign states concerned. Not included are other entities, such as the European Union, that have some degree of sovereignty but do not consider themselves to be sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica.

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This is a list of countries ordered according to population. The list includes sovereign states and inhabited dependent territories.
Areas that form integral parts of sovereign states, such as the countries of the United Kingdom, are counted as part of the sovereign states concerned. Not included are other entities, such as the European Union, that have some degree of sovereignty but do not consider themselves to be sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica. The estimated total population of the world is .
Sovereign states are listed in bold text and dependent territories in italic. States listed that do not have general recognition are in bold and italic.
For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by population (graphical). See also the list of regional organizations by population.
List
See notes section for non-sovereign entities
| Rank | Country / Territory | Population | Date Last Updated | % of world population | Source |
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| 1 | (incl. Hong Kong and Macau) | 1,335,962,132 | January 13, 2009 | % |
Figure for Mainland China is 1,328,718,000
| | 2 | | | | % | | | 3 | |
| | % | | | 4 | | 229,550,810 | February 21, 2009 | % | | | 5 | | | | % | | | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | | 158,665,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 8 | | 148,093,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 9 | | 141,850,000 | March 2, 2009 | % | | | 10 | | 127,704,000 | July 1, 2008 | % | | | 11 | | 106,682,500 | June 2008 | % | | | 12 | | 90,457,200 | June 2008 | % |
| | 13 | | 87,375,000 | | % |
UN estimate | | 14 | | 82,062,200 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 15 | | 79,221,000 | July 2008 | % |
| | 16 | | 75,965,000 | March 1, 2009 | % | | | 17 | | 71,517,100 | December 31, 2008 | % | | | 18 | | 70,495,782 | November 2006 | % |
| | 19 | (incl. overseas collectivities) | 65,073,482 | January 1, 2009 | % | The figure for France without the overseas collectivities is 64,303,482. | | 20 | | 63,389,730 | December 31, 2008 | % |
| | 21 | | 62,636,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 22 | | 61,612,300 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 23 | | 60,090,400 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 24 | (Burma) | 48,798,000 | | % |
UN estimate | | 25 | | 48,697,000 | July 1, 2008 | % | | | 26 | | 48,224,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 27 | | 46,143,700 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 28 | | 45,853,000 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 29 | | 44,802,500 | February 28, 2009 | % | | | 30 | | 40,454,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 31 | | 39,745,613
| June 30, 2008 | % | | | 32 | | 38,560,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 33 | | 38,130,300 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 34 | | 37,538,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 35 | | 33,858,000
| | % | UN estimate | | 36 | | | | % | | | 37 | | 31,394,044 | February 21, 2009 | % | | | 38 | | 30,884,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 39 | | 28,993,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 40 | | 28,750,770 | June 30, 2007 | % | | | 41 | | 28,196,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 42 | | 28,685,400 | March 2, 2009 | % | | | 43 | | 28,067,000 | March 2, 2008 | % | | | 44 | | 27,372,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 45 | | 27,145,000
| | % | UN estimate | | 46 | | 24,735,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 47 | | 23,790,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 48 | | 23,478,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 49 | | 23,027,672 | November 30, 2008 | % | | | 50 | | 22,389,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 51 | | 21,611,421 | March 8, 2009 | % | | | 52 | | 21,496,700 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 53 | | 21,397,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 54 | | 19,929,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 55 | | 19,683,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 56 | | 19,299,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 57 | | 19,262,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 58 | | 18,549,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 59 | | 17,024,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 60 | | | | % | | | 61 | | 16,499,084 | February 23, 2009 | % | | | 62 | | 15,571,506 | August 1, 2008 | % | | | 63 | | 14,784,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 64 | | 14,226,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 65 | | 13,938,115 | March 1, 2009 | % | | | 66 | | 13,925,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 67 | | 13,388,910 | March 3, 2008 | % | 2008 Census | | 68 | | 13,354,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 69 | | 13,349,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 70 | | 12,379,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 71 | | 12,337,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 72 | | 11,922,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 73 | | 11,268,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 74 | | 11,262,500 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 75 | | 10,781,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 76 | | 10,741,000 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 77 | | 10,631,800 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 78 | | 10,474,600 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 79 | | 10,327,800 | July 1, 2008 | % | | | 80 | | 10,029,900 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 81 | | 9,858,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 82 | | 9,760,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 83 | | 9,725,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 84 | | 9,690,000 | December 31, 2007 | % | | | 85 | | 9,598,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 86 | | 9,525,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 87 | | 9,370,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 88 | | 9,259,828 | January 31, 2009 | % | | | 89 | | 9,033,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 90 | | 8,699,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 91 | | 8,508,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 92 | | 8,629,900 | January 1, 2008 | % | | | 93 | | 8,356,700 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 94 | | 7,700,200 | December 31, 2008 | % | | | 95 | | 7,602,100 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 96 | | 7,371,900 | December 31, 2008 | % | | | 97 | | 7,106,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 98 | | 6,857,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 99 | | 6,736,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 100 | | 6,585,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 101 | | 6,331,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 102 | | 6,160,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 103 | | 6,127,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 104 | | 5,924,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 105 | | 5,866,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 106 | | 5,859,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 107 | | 5,603,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 108 | | 5,511,451 | December 31, 2008 | % | | | 109 | | 5,411,100 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 110 | | 5,330,136 | March 6, 2009 | % | | | 111 | | 5,317,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 112 | | 4,965,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 113 | | 4,851,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 114 | | 4,839,400 | Mid-2008 | % | | | 115 | | 4,808,050 | February 14, 2009 | % | | | 116 | | 4,517,800 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 117 | | 4,468,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 118 | | 4,432,000 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 119 | | 4,382,100 | January 1, 2008 | % | | | 120 | | 4,380,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 121 | | 4,343,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 122 | | 4,300,000 | March 7, 2009 | % | | | 123 | | 4,099,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 124 | | 3,991,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 125 | | 3,935,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 126 | | 3,572,700 | January 1, 2008 | % | | | 127 | | 3,768,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 128 | | 3,761,646 | December 1, 2007 | % | | | 129 | | 3,750,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 130 | | 3,350,400 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 131 | | 3,343,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 132 | | 3,340,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 133 | | 3,230,100 | January 1, 2008 | % | | | 134 | | 3,170,000 | January 1, 2008 | % | | | 135 | | 3,124,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 136 | | 2,851,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 137 | | 2,714,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 138 | | 2,629,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 139 | | 2,595,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 140 | | 2,261,100 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 141 | | 2,074,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 142 | | 2,053,355 | March 1, 2009 | % | | | 143 | | 2,048,900 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 144 | | 2,008,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 145 | | 1,882,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 146 | | 1,709,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 147 | | 1,695,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 148 | | 1,340,300 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 149 | | 1,333,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 150 | | 1,331,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 151 | | 1,262,000
| | % | UN estimate | | 152 | | 1,155,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 153 | | 1,141,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 154 | | 841,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 155 | | 837,271 | Census 2007 | % | | | 156 | | 833,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 157 | | 801,600 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 158 | | 753,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 159 | | 738,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 160 | | 658,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 161 | | 637,500 | January 2009 | % | | | 162 | | 620,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 163 | | 530,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 164 |  | 507,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 165 | | 506,992 | January 1, 2008 | % | | | 166 | | 491,700 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 167 | | 480,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 168 | | 458,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 169 | | 412,600 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 170 | | 390,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 171 | | 331,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 172 | | 320,500 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 173 | | 306,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 174 | | 294,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 175 | | 288,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 176 | | 226,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 177 | | 192,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 178 | | 188,359 | 2008 | % | | | 179 | | 173,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 180 | | 165,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 181 | | 158,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 182 | | 120,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 183 | | 111,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 184 | | 111,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 185 | | 106,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 186 | | 104,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 187 | | 100,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 188 | | 95,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 189 | | 89,300 | December 31, 2006 | % | | | 190 | | 87,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 191 | | 85,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 192 | | 84,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 193 | | 83,137 | December 31, 2007 | % | | | 194 | | 80,058 | 2006 | % | | | 195 | | 67,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 196 | | 67,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 197 | | 65,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 198 | | 61,811 | March 1, 2007 | % | | | 199 | | 59,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 200 | | 58,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 201 | | 50,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 202 | | 48,731 | December 1, 2008 | % | | | 203 | | 47,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 204 | | 35,700 | January 1, 2009 | % | | | 205 | | 33,000 | | % |
UN estimate | | 206 | | 30,800 | January 1, 2008 | % | | | 207 | | 29,257 | December 31 2007 | % | | | 208 | | 26,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 209 | | 23,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 210 | | 20,200 | September 2007 | % | | | 211 | | 20,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 212 | | 13,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 213 | | 11,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 214 | | 10,000 | | % | UN estimate | | 215 | | 6,600 | | % | UN estimate | | 216 | | 5,900 | | % | UN estimate | | 217 | | 3,000 | | 0.00005% | UN estimate | | 218 | | 1,600 | | 0.00003% | UN estimate | | 219 | | 1,400 | | 0.00003% | UN estimate | | 220 | | 800 | | 0.00002% | UN estimate | | 221 | | 50 | | 0.000001% | UN estimate |
See also
External links
- (the analytical report for the 2006 revision is not available online) — includes details of methodology and sources used for the population estimates above.
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