This is a list of countries A country is a geographical region considered to be the physical territory of a sovereign state, or to a smaller, or former, political division within a geographical region. Usually, but not always, a country coincides with a sovereign territory and is associated with a state, nation or government by population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define the population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals from other areas. Normally breeding is substantially more. The list includes independent countries This is a list of sovereign states, containing 203 entries, giving an overview of states around the world with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. For the sake of clarity, it is divided into two parts. The first part lists all 193 widely recognised sovereign states, including all member states of the United Nations and and inhabited dependent territories A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1 ISO 3166-1 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1:. Also given, as a percentage, is each country's population compared to the population of the world, which is currently 6,820,800,000.[1]

Areas that form integral parts of sovereign states, such as the countries of the United Kingdom Countries of the United Kingdom is a term used to describe England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales: these four together form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which is a sovereign state. While "countries" is the commonly used descriptive term, owing to the lack of a formal British constitution, and the, are counted as part of the sovereign states concerned. Not included are other entities, such as the European Union The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe. Committed to regional integration, the EU was established by the Treaty of Maastricht in 1993 upon the foundations of the European Communities. With over 500 million citizens, the EU combined generated an estimated 28% share (US$ 16.5,[2] that are not sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica Antarctica (pronounced /ænˈtɑrktɪkə/ ) is Earth's southernmost continent, underlying the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14.0 million km2 (5.4 million sq mi), it is the fifth-largest continent in area after.n1

Figures used in this chart are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include agriculture, business, and traffic. In authority where available and usually rounded off. Where national data is unavailable, figures are based on the July 1, 2009 estimate by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for the follow-up to the major United Nations Summits and Conferences, as well as services to the Economic and Social Council and the Second and Third Committees of the United Nations General Assembly.[3] Because the compiled figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy Statistics is the formal science of making effective use of numerical data relating to groups of individuals or experiments. It deals with all aspects of this, including not only the collection, analysis and interpretation of such data, but also the planning of the collection of data, in terms of the design of surveys and experiments, the resulting numerical comparisons may result in misleading conclusions. Further, the addition of all countries may not equal the world total.

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) This is a graphical list of sovereign states and other territories by population, estimated for the year 2005. For a detailed, non-graphical version of this list, including notes and references, see List of countries by population. For a list of continental populations, see List of Continents by Population. See also list of countries and dependencies by population density This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by human population density, and measured by the number of human inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. The list also includes but does not rank unrecognized but de facto and the list of regional organizations by population.

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Figures indicated by "UN estimate" are based on the July 1, 2009 estimate by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for the follow-up to the major United Nations Summits and Conferences, as well as services to the Economic and Social Council and the Second and Third Committees of the United Nations General Assembly.[3]

Rank Country / Territory Population Date of estimate % of World Population Source
1 People's Republic of China b. ^ Simple characterizations of the political structure since the 1980s are no longer possiblen2 1,337,490,000 May 14, 2010 19.61% Chinese Official Population Clock
2 India India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with 1.18 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Mainland India is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the 1,180,799,000 May 14, 2010 17.31% Indian Official Population Clock
3 United States ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language 309,266,000 May 14, 2010 4.53% United States Official Population Clock
4 Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia), is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands. With a population of around 230 million people, it is the world's fourth most populous country, and has the world's largest population of Muslims. Indonesia is a republic, with an 231,369,500 July 2009 3.39% Statistics Indonesia
5 Brazil Brazil (pronounced /brəˈzɪl/ ; Portuguese: Brasil, IPA: [bɾaˈziw]), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, listen (help·info)), is the largest country in South America and the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical 192,922,000 May 14, 2010 2.83% Brazilian Official Population Clock
6 Pakistan Pakistan (Urdu pronunciation: [paːkɪsˈtaːn] ( listen)), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, and India in the 169,486,500 May 14, 2010 2.48% Official Pakistani Population clock
7 Bangladesh Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ, pronounced /bæŋgləˈdɛʃ/; Bangladesh), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh (Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ Gônoprojatontri Banglādeśh) is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma 162,221,000 2.38% UN estimate
8 Nigeria Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on 154,729,000 2.27% UN estimate
9 Russia Russia (pronounced /ˈrʌʃə/ ; Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya, pronounced [rɐˈsʲijə] ( listen)), also officially known as the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, pronounced [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈraʦəjə] ( listen)), is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal 141,927,297 January 1, 2010 2.08% Federal State Statistics Service of Russia
10 Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is 127,390,000 April 1, 2010 1.87% Official Japan Statistics Bureau
11 Mexico In Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica many cultures matured into advanced civilizations such as the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, the Maya and the Aztec before the first contact with Europeans. In 1521, Spain conquered and colonized the territory, which was administered as the viceroyalty of New Spain which would eventually become Mexico 107,550,697 July 1, 2009 1.58% INEGI estimate

National Population Statistics of Mexico[4]
12 Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas), is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between the country and the island of Borneo, and 92,226,600 Mid-2009 1.35%

National Statistics Office medium projection
13 Vietnam Vietnam (pronounced /ˌviː.ɛtˈnɑːm/ VEE-et-NAHM; Vietnamese: Việt Nam, listen ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam, listen (help·info)), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China (PRC) to the 85,789,573 April 1, 2009 1.26% Preliminary 2009 census results
14 Germany A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, has been known and documented before AD 100. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire, which lasted until 1806. During the 16th century, northern Germany became the centre of the Protestant Reformation. As a modern nation-state, 81,757,600 January 1, 2010 1.2% Eurostat estimate
15 Ethiopia Ethiopia (Ge'ez: ኢትዮጵያ ʾĪtyōṗṗyā) is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa. Officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is the second-most populous nation in Africa with over 79.2 million people and the tenth-largest by area with its 1,100,000 km2. The capital is Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is 79,221,000 July 2008 1.16%

Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16 Egypt Egypt (pronounced /ˈiːdʒɪpt/ ; Arabic: مصر‎ Miṣr, pronounced [misˤɾ] ( listen); Arabic: مِصْر Miṣr [ˈmisˤɾ]; Egyptian Arabic: مَصْر Maṣr [ˈmɑsˤɾ]; Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, kīmi; Egyptian: 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 Kemet), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula 78,261,000 May 14, 2010 1.15% Official Egyptian Population clock
17 Iran Iran (Persian: ایران [ʔiˈɾɒn] ), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and formerly known as Persia, is a country in Central Eurasia and Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was widely known as Persia. Both Persia and Iran are 74,196,000 1.09% UN estimate
18 Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the 72,561,312 December 31, 2009 1.06% Turkish Statistical Institute estimate
19 Dem. Rep. of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo , known until 1997 as Zaire, is a country located in Central Africa, with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest country in Africa by area. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is, with the population more than 68 million, the eighteenth most populous nation in the world, and the fourth 66,020,000 0.97% UN estimate
20 France France (pronounced /ˈfrænts/ frantss or /ˈfrɑːnts/ frahnts; French pronunciation (help·info): [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, pronounced: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a state in Western Europe with several of its overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian,n3 65,447,374 January 1, 2010 0.96% Official INSEE estimate The figure for France without the overseas collectivities is 64,667,374.
21 Thailand Thailand (pronounced /ˈtaɪlænd/ TYE-land or /ˈtaɪlənd/; Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย Ratcha Anachak Thai, IPA: [râːtɕʰa ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k tʰɑj]) (formerly Siam Thai: สยาม) is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos 63,525,062 December 31, 2009 0.93%

Official Thai Statistics estimate
22 United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland[note 7] is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land 62,041,708 January 1, 2010 0.91% Eurostat estimate
23 Italy Italy (pronounced /ˈɪtəli/ ; Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica italiana), is a country located partly on the European Continent and partly on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine 60,325,805 November 1, 2009 0.88% Official ISTAT estimate
24 Myanmar Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in Indochina . The country is bordered by People's Republic of China on the north-east, Laos on the east, Thailand on the south-east, Bangladesh on the west, India on the north-west and the Bay of Bengal to the south-west with the Andaman Sea defining its southern (Burma) 50,020,000 0.73%

UN estimate
25 South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (Korean: 대한민국, pronounced [tɛːhanminɡuk̚] ( listen)), is a country in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by China to the west, Japan to the east, and North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul. South Korea lies in a temperate climate 49,773,145 December 31, 2009 0.73% Statistics Korea
26 South Africa Coordinates: 29°02′46″S 25°03′47″E / 29.046°S 25.063°E The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a 2,798 kilometres coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an independent 49,320,500 July 1, 2009 0.72% Statistics South Africa
27 Spain Spain (pronounced /ˈspeɪn/ spayn; Spanish: España, pronounced [esˈpaɲa] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.[note 6] Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for 46,030,109 April 1, 2010 0.67% Official INE estimate
28 Ukraine Ukraine (pronounced /juːˈkreɪn/ ew-KRAYN; Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina, [ukrɑˈjinɑ]) is the second largest country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by the Russian Federation to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of 45,962,900 January 1, 2010 0.67% Official UKRSTAT estimate
29 Colombia Colombia (pronounced /kəˈlʌmbiə/ ), officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República de Colombia, pronounced [reˈpuβlika ðe koˈlombja] ( listen)), is a constitutional republic in northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; 45,439,000 May 14, 2010 0.67% Official Colombian Population clock
30 Tanzania Coordinates: 6°18′25″S 34°51′14″E / 6.307°S 34.854°E The United Republic of Tanzania is a nation in central East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian 43,739,000 0.64% UN estimate
31 Argentina The Argentine claims in Antarctica along with the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands (administered by the United Kingdom) shown in light green 40,134,425 June 30, 2009 0.59% Official INDEC estimate
32 Kenya The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. Lying along the Indian Ocean, at the equator, Kenya is bordered by Ethiopia (north), Somalia (northeast), Tanzania (south), Uganda plus Lake Victoria (west), and Sudan (northwest). Kenya has numerous wildlife reserves, containing thousands of animal species. The capital city is Nairobi. Kenya's 39,802,000 0.58% UN estimate
33 Sudan Sudan (Arabic: السودان ‎As Sūdān) is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest country in Africa, and tenth largest in the world by area. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central 39,154,490 April 22, 2008 0.57% 2008 Sudanese census
34 Poland Poland /ˈpəʊlənd/ (Polish: Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of 38,163,895 January 1, 2010 0.56% Eurostat estimate
35 Algeria Algerian Arabic is the language used by the majority of the population. Although French has no official status, Algeria is the second Francophone country in the world in terms of speakers 34,895,000 0.51% UN estimate
36 Canada The land occupied by Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three 34,103,000 May 14, 2010 0.5% Official Canadian Population clock
37 Uganda 32,710,000 0.48% UN estimate
38 Morocco 31,808,000 May 14, 2010 0.47% Official Moroccan Population clock
39 Iraq 30,747,000 0.45% UN estimate
40 Nepal 29,331,000 0.43% UN estimate
41 Peru 29,132,013 June 30, 2009 0.43% Official INEI estimate
42 Venezuela 28,776,000 May 14, 2010 0.42% Official Venezuelan Population clock
43 Malaysia 28,306,700 July 2009 0.42% Statistic Department of Malaysia
44 Afghanistan 28,150,000 0.4% UN estimate
45 Uzbekistan 27,488,000 0.4% UN estimate
46 Saudi Arabia 25,721,000 0.38% UN estimate
47 North Korea 24,051,706 October 2008 0.35% UNFPA
48 Ghana 23,837,000 0.35% UN estimate
49 Yemen 23,580,000 0.35% UN estimate
50 Taiwan n4 23,131,093 March 31, 2010 0.34% Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
51 Australian5 22,344,678 May 14, 2010 0.33% Australian Official Population Clock
52 Syria 21,906,000 0.32% UN estimate
53 Romania 21,466,174 January 1, 2010 0.31% Eurostat estimate
54 Mozambique 21,350,080 Mid 2009 0.3% Mozambique Ministry of Health
55 Côte d'Ivoire 21,075,000 0.31% UN estimate
56 Sri Lanka 20,238,000 0.3% UN estimate
57 Madagascar 19,625,000 0.29% UN estimate
58 Cameroon 19,522,000 0.29% UN estimate
59 Angola 18,498,000 0.27% UN estimate
60 Chile 17,073,000 May 14, 2010 0.25% Official INE projection (p.36)
61 Netherlands 16,610,100 May 14, 2010 0.24% Official Netherlands population clock
62 Kazakhstan 15,776,492 July 1, 2009 0.23% National Statistics Agency estimate
63 Burkina Faso 15,757,000 0.23% UN estimate
64 Niger 15,290,000 0.22% UN estimate
65 Malawi 15,263,000 0.22% UN estimate
66 Cambodia 14,805,000 0.22% UN estimate
67 Mali 14,517,176 April 1, 2009 0.21% Preliminary 2009 census
68 Ecuador 14,179,000 May 14, 2010 0.21% Official Ecuadorian population clock
69 Guatemala 14,027,000 0.21% UN estimate
70 Zambia 12,935,000 0.19% UN estimate
71 Senegal 12,534,000 0.18% UN estimate
72 Zimbabwe 12,523,000 0.18% UN estimate
73 Greece 11,306,183 January 1, 2010 0.17% Eurostat estimate
74 Chad 11,274,106 June 2009 0.17% Chadian 2009 census
75 Cuba 11,204,000 0.16% UN estimate
76 Belgium 10,827,519 January 1, 2010 0.16% Eurostat estimate
77 Portugal 10,636,888 January 1, 2010 0.16% Eurostat estimate
78 Czech Republic 10,512,397 January 1, 2010 0.15% Eurostat estimate
79 Tunisia 10,432,500 July 1, 2009 0.15% National Statistics Institute of Tunisia
80 Dominican Republic 10,090,000 0.15% UN estimate
81 Guinea 10,069,000 0.15% UN estimate
82 Haiti 10,033,000 0.15% UN estimate
83 Hungary 10,013,628 January 1, 2010 0.15% Eurostat estimate
84 Rwanda 9,998,000 0.15% UN estimate
85 Bolivia 9,879,000 0.14% UN estimate
86 Serbian6 9,850,000 0.14% UN estimate
87 Belarus 9,473,600 April 1, 2010 0.14% Official statistics of Belarus
88 Sweden 9,349,059 February 28, 2010 0.14% Statistics Sweden
89 Somalian7 9,133,000 0.13% UN estimate
90 Benin 8,935,000 0.13% UN estimate
91 Azerbaijan 8,922,300 April 13, 2009 0.13% State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan
92 Austria 8,372,930 January 1, 2010 0.12% Eurostat estimate
93 Burundi 8,303,000 0.12% UN estimate
94 Switzerland 7,782,900 December 31, 2009 0.11% Official Switzerland Statistics estimate
95 Bulgaria 7,576,751 January 1, 2010 0.11% Eurostat estimate
96 Israel n8 7,531,900 February 28, 2010 0.11% Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
97 Honduras 7,466,000 0.11% UN estimate
98 Hong Kong 7,026,400 December 31, 2009 0.103% Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department
99 Tajikistan 6,952,000 0.102% UN estimate
100 Papua New Guinea 6,732,000 0.099% UN estimate
101 Togo 6,619,000 0.097% UN estimate
102 Libya 6,420,000 0.094% UN estimate
103 Paraguay 6,349,000 0.093% UN estimate
104 Laos 6,320,000 0.093% UN estimate
105 Jordan 6,316,000 0.093% UN estimate
106 El Salvador 6,163,000 0.09% UN estimate
107 Nicaragua 5,743,000 0.084% UN estimate
108 Sierra Leone 5,696,000 0.084% UN estimate
109 Denmark 5,534,738 December 31, 2009 0.081% Statistics Denmark
110 Kyrgyzstan 5,482,000 0.08% UN estimate
111 Slovakia 5,424,925 December 31, 2009 0.08% Statistics Slovakia
112 Finland n9 5,359,900 May 14, 2010 0.079% Official Finnish Population clock
113 Turkmenistan 5,110,000 0.075% UN estimate
114 Eritrea 5,073,000 0.074% UN estimate
115 Singapore 4,987,600 Mid-2009 0.073% Statistics Singapore
116 Norway n10 4,881,100 May 14, 2010 0.072% Official Norwegian Population clock
117 United Arab Emirates 4,599,000 0.067% UN estimate
118 Costa Rica 4,579,000 0.067% UN estimate
119 Ireland 4,459,300 April 1, 2009 0.065% Irish Central Statistics Office estimate
120 Croatia 4,435,056 January 1, 2009 0.065% Eurostat estimate
121 Central African Republic 4,422,000 0.065% UN estimate
122 Georgia n11 4,385,400 January 1, 2009 0.064% National Statistics Office of Georgia
123 New Zealand 4,368,700 May 14, 2010 0.064% Official New Zealand Population clock
124 Lebanon 4,224,000 0.062% UN estimate
125 Puerto Rico 3,982,000 0.058% UN estimate
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,767,000 0.055% UN estimate
127 Palestine 3,935,249 Mid 2009 0.058% Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
128 Republic of the Congo 3,683,000 0.054% UN estimate
129 Moldova n12 3,563,800 January 1, 2010 0.052% National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova
130 Liberia 3,476,608 March 21, 2008 0.051% 2008 Population and Housing Census
131 Panama 3,454,000 0.051% UN estimate
132 Uruguay 3,361,000 0.049% UN estimate
133 Lithuania 3,329,227 January 1, 2010 0.049% Eurostat estimate
134 Mauritania 3,291,000 0.048% UN estimate
135 Armenia 3,238,000 January 1, 2009 0.047% National Statistical Service of Armenia
136 Albania 3,182,000 Mid 2008 0.047% UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
137 Kuwait 2,985,000 0.044% UN estimate
138 Oman 2,845,000 0.042% UN estimate
139 Mongolia 2,756,300 May 14, 2010 0.04% Official Mongolian population clock
140 Jamaica 2,719,000 0.04% UN estimate
141 Latvia 2,244,600 April 1, 2010 0.033% Official Statistics of Latvia
142 Namibia 2,171,000 0.032% UN estimate
143 Lesotho 2,067,000 0.03% UN estimate
144 Slovenia 2,057,880 May 14, 2010 0.03% Official Slovenian population clock
145 Macedonia 2,048,620 January 1, 2009 0.03% Eurostat estimate
146 Botswana 1,950,000 0.029% UN estimate
147 Gambia 1,705,000 0.025% UN estimate
148 Guinea-Bissau 1,611,000 0.024% UN estimate
149 Gabon 1,475,000 0.022% UN estimate
150 Qatar 1,409,000 0.021% UN estimate
151 Estonia 1,340,021 January 1, 2010 0.02% [2]
152 Trinidad and Tobago 1,339,000 0.02% UN estimate
153 Mauritius n13 1,288,000 0.019% UN estimate
154 Swaziland 1,185,000 0.017% UN estimate
155 East Timor 1,134,000 0.017% UN estimate
156 Djibouti 864,000 0.013% UN estimate
157 Fiji 849,000 0.012% UN estimate
158 Cyprus n14 801,851 January 1, 2010 0.012% Eurostat estimate
159 Bahrain 791,000 0.012% UN estimate
160 Guyana 762,000 0.011% UN estimate
161 Bhutan 697,000 0.01% UN estimate
162 Comoros n15 676,000 0.01% UN estimate
163 Equatorial Guinea [5] 676,000 0.007% UN estimate
164 Montenegro 624,000 0.009% UN estimate
165 Macau 542,200 December 31, 2009 0.008% Macau Statistics and Census Service
166 Solomon Islands 523,000 0.007% UN estimate
167 Suriname 520,000 0.008% UN estimate
168 Western Sahara 513,000 0.008% UN estimate
169 Cape Verde 506,000 0.007% UN estimate
170 Luxembourg 502,207 January 1, 2010 0.007% Eurostat estimate
171 Malta 416,333 January 1, 2010 0.006% Eurostat estimate
172 Brunei 400,000 0.006% UN estimate
173 Bahamas 342,000 0.005% UN estimate
174 Belize 322,100 June 30, 2008 0.005% Statistical Institute of Belize
175 Iceland 317,900 April 1, 2010 0.005% Statistics Iceland
176 Maldives 309,000 0.005% UN estimate
177 Barbados 256,000 0.004% UN estimate
178 Vanuatu 240,000 0.004% UN estimate
179 Netherlands Antilles 198,000 0.003% UN estimate
180 Samoa 179,000 0.003% UN estimate
181 Guam 178,000 0.003% UN estimate
182 Saint Lucia 172,000 0.003% UN estimate
183 São Tomé and Príncipe 163,000 0.002% UN estimate
184 Federated States of Micronesia 111,000 0.002% UN estimate
185 U.S. Virgin Islands 110,000 0.002% UN estimate
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109,000 0.002% UN estimate
187 Aruba 107,000 0.002% UN estimate
188 Grenada 104,000 0.002% UN estimate
189 Tonga 104,000 0.002% UN estimate
190 Kiribati 98,000 0.001% UN estimate
191 Jersey 90,050 Mid 2007 0.001% UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
192 Antigua and Barbuda 88,000 0.001% UN estimate
193 Northern Mariana Islands 87,000 0.001% UN estimate
194 Andorra 84,082 December 31, 2009 0.001% [3]
195 Seychelles 84,000 0.001% UN estimate
196 Isle of Man 80,000 0.001% UN estimate
197 Dominica 67,000 0.001% UN estimate
198 American Samoa 67,000 0.001% UN estimate
199 Bermuda 65,000 0.001% UN estimate
200 Marshall Islands 62,000 0.001% UN estimate
201 Guernsey 61,811 March 1, 2007 0.001% UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
202 Greenland 57,000 0.001% UN estimate
203 Cayman Islands 56,000 0.001% UN estimate
204 Saint Kitts and Nevis 52,000 0.001% UN estimate
205 Faroe Islands 48,703 March 1, 2010 0.001% Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
206 Liechtenstein 35,904 December 31, 2009 0.0005% [4]
207 Monaco 33,000 0.0005%

UN estimate
208 Turks and Caicos Islands 33,000 0.0005% UN estimate
209 San Marino 32,386 Mid 2008 0.0005% UN estimate: Series A, Table 2
210 Gibraltar 31,000 0.0005% UN estimate
211 British Virgin Islands 23,000 0.0003% UN estimate
212 Cook Islands 20,000 0.0003% UN estimate
213 Palau 20,000 0.0003% UN estimate
214 Anguilla 15,000 0.0002% UN estimate
215 Tuvalu 10,000 0.0001% UN estimate
216 Nauru 10,000 0.0001% UN estimate
217 Montserrat 5,900 0.0001% UN estimate
218 Saint Helena n16 4,500 0.0001% UN estimate
219 Falkland Islands 3,000 0.00005% UN estimate
220 Niue 1,500 0.00003% UN estimate
221 Tokelau 1,200 0.00003% UN estimate
222 Vatican City 800 0.00002% UN estimate
223 Pitcairn Islands 50 0.000001% UN estimate
  1. ^ Antarctica has no permanent residents, but a number of governments maintain permanent research stations throughout the continent. The number of people varies from about 1,000 in winter to about 5,000 in the summer.
  2. ^ Figure refers to Mainland China only. It excludes the special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau) and areas controlled by the Republic of China (commonly known as "Taiwan").
  3. ^ Includes 7 French overseas collectivities: French Polynesia (259,596 inh. in Aug. 2007), New Caledonia (245,580 inh. on July 27, 2009), Mayotte (186,452 inh. in July 2007), Saint Martin (35,925 inh. in Jan. 2007), Wallis and Futuna (13,484 inh. in Jul. 2008), Saint Barthélemy (8,450 inh. in Jan. 2007), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (6,125 inh. in Jan. 2006).
  4. ^ Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.
  5. ^ Includes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828).
  6. ^ Includes Kosovo.
  7. ^ Includes Somaliland.
  8. ^ UN figure for mid-2009 is 7,170,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.
  9. ^ Includes Åland Islands.
  10. ^ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island.
  11. ^ Figure includes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000).
  12. ^ Includes Transnistria (555,347).
  13. ^ Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
  14. ^ Includes North Cyprus; UN estimate for mid-2009 is 871,000.
  15. ^ Excludes the island of Mayotte.
  16. ^ Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

See also

References

  1. ^ International Programs Centre
  2. ^ The European Union is a sui generis supranational union whose sovereign members delegate to it by treaty certain powers that are often exercised by sovereign states. Its combined population has been estimated at 499,794,855 on January 1, 2009, it would be ranked 3rd if it were included in the list, and it has 7.33% of the world's population - see "Total population". Eurostat. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&language=en&pcode=tps00001. Retrieved 2009-07-25. .
  3. ^ a b Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009) (.PDF). World Population Prospects, Table A.1. 2008 revision. United Nations. http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
  4. ^ For the Conapo estimates, check under Republica Mexicana and press "Ver" for statistics.
  5. ^ A 2003 U.S State Department report states the following: "Although the 2002 census estimated the population at 1,015,000, credible estimates put the number at closer to 500,000. The opposition claimed that the Government inflated the census in anticipation of the December presidential election." (...) "Opposition leaders charged earlier in the year that census results showing a twofold population increase were flawed and that numbers were inflated to perpetuate election fraud." [1] The official census figures are available here.

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