| Rank | Country / Territory | Population | Date of estimate | % of World population | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | World | 6,925,500,000 | June 18, 2011 | 100% | US Census Bureau's World Population Clock |
| 1 | People's Republic of China | 1,339,724,852 | November 1, 2010 | 19.34% | 2010 China Census |
| 2 | India | 1,210,193,422 | March 1, 2011 | 17.47% | Provisional 2011 Indian Census result |
| 3 | United States | 311,576,000 | June 18, 2011 | 4.5% | Official United States Population Clock |
| 4 | Indonesia | 237,556,363 | May 2010 | 3.43% | 2010 Indonesian Census |
| 5 | Brazil | 190,732,694 | August 1, 2010 | 2.75% | 2010 Official Brazilian Census results |
| 6 | Pakistan | 176,371,000 | June 18, 2011 | 2.55% | Official Pakistani Population clock |
| 7 | Nigeria | 158,423,000 | 2010 | 2.29% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 150,753,000 | June 18, 2011 | 2.18% | Official Bangladeshi Population Clock |
| 9 | Russia | 142,905,200 | January 1, 2011 | 2.06% | 2010 Russian Census |
| 10 | Japan | 127,930,000 | May 1, 2011 | 1.85% | Official Japan Statistics Bureau |
| 11 | Mexico | 112,336,538 | April 15, 2011 | 1.62% | 2010 final census result |
| 12 | Philippines | 94,013,200 | Mid-2010 | 1.36% | National Statistics Office medium projection |
| 13 | Vietnam | 87,375,000 | 2011 | 1.26% | Official estimate |
| 14 | Germany | 81,802,000 | December 31, 2009 | 1.18% | Official estimate |
| 15 | Egypt | 80,399,000 | June 18, 2011 | 1.16% | Official Egyptian Population clock |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 79,455,634 | July 2010 | 1.15% | Official estimate |
| 17 | Iran | 75,393,000 | June 18, 2011 | 1.09% | Official Iranian Population clock |
| 18 | Turkey | 73,722,988 | December 31, 2010 | 1.06% | Turkish Statistical Institute |
| 19 | Thailand | 67,041,000 | July 1, 2010 | 0.97% | Key Statistics of Thailand, 2009, Table 1.4 (Population projections), National Statistics Office of Thailand |
| 20 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 65,966,000 | 2010 | 0.95% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 21 | France | 65,821,885 | January 1, 2011 | 0.95% | Official INSEE estimate The population figure for metropolitan France alone (without its overseas departments and oveseas collectivities) is 63,182,000.[4] |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 62,008,048 | January 1, 2010 | 0.9% | Eurostat estimate |
| 23 | Italy | 60,626,442 | December 31, 2010 | 0.88% | Official ISTAT estimate |
| 24 | South Africa | 49,991,300 | July 1, 2010 | 0.72% | Statistics South Africa |
| 25 | South Korea | 48,988,833 | 2011 | 0.71% | Statistics Korea |
| 26 | Myanmar | 47,963,000 | 2010 | 0.73% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 27 | Spain | 46,148,605 | April 1, 2011 | 0.67% | Official INE estimate |
| 28 | Colombia | 46,028,000 | June 18, 2011 | 0.66% | Official Colombian Population clock |
| 29 | Ukraine | 45,724,242 | April 1, 2011 | 0.66% | Official UKRSTAT estimate |
| 30 | Sudan | 43,552,000 | 2010 | 0.62% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 31 | Tanzania | 43,187,823 | 2010 | 0.62% | Official estimate |
| 32 | Argentina | 40,091,359 | October 27, 2010 | 0.58% | Provisional census results |
| 33 | Kenya | 38,610,097 | August 24-25, 2009 | 0.56% | Official census results |
| 34 | Poland | 38,186,860 | 2010 | 0.55% | Official estimate |
| 35 | Algeria | 36,300,000 | January 1, 2011 | 0.52% | Official estimate |
| 36 | Canada | 34,488,000 | June 18, 2011 | 0.5% | Official Canadian Population clock |
| 37 | Morocco | 32,177,000 | June 18, 2011 | 0.46% | Official Moroccan Population clock |
| 38 | Uganda | 31,800,000 | 2010 | 0.46% | Official estimate |
| 39 | Iraq | 31,672,000 | 2010 | 0.45% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 31,412,000 | 2010 | 0.42% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 41 | Peru | 29,461,933 | June 30, 2010 | 0.43% | Official INEI estimate (in Spanish) |
| 42 | Venezuela | 29,258,000 | June 18, 2011 | 0.42% | Official Venezuelan Population clock |
| 43 | Nepal | 28,584,975 | 2011 | 0.41% | Official estimate |
| 44 | Malaysia | 27,565,821 | 2010 | 0.4% | The 2010 Population and Housing Census (Census 2010) |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 27,445,000 | 2010 | 0.4% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 27,136,977 | 2010 | 0.39% | Official Saudi estimate |
| 47 | North Korea | 24,346,000 | 2010 | 0.35% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 48 | Ghana | 24,233,431 | September 26, 2010 | 0.35% | Provisional 2010 census results |
| 49 | Republic of China (Taiwan) | 23,170,321 | April 30, 2011 | 0.33% | Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate |
| 50 | Australia | 22,639,338 | June 18, 2011 | 0.33% | Australian Official Population Clock |
| 51 | Yemen | 22,492,035 | 2009 | 0.32% | Official estimate |
| 52 | Mozambique | 22,416,881 | 2010 | 0.32% | Official estimate |
| 53 | Romania | 21,466,174 | January 1, 2010 | 0.31% | Eurostat estimate |
| 54 | Syria | 21,099,000 | June 18, 2011 | 0.3% | Syrian Official Population Clock |
| 55 | Madagascar | 20,714,000 | 2010 | 0.29% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 20,669,000 | 2010 | 0.29% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 57 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19,738,000 | 2010 | 0.31% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 58 | Cameroon | 19,406,100 | January 1, 2010 | 0.28% | Official estimate |
| 59 | Angola | 19,082,000 | 2010 | 0.27% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 60 | Chile | 17,243,200 | June 18, 2011 | 0.25% | Official INE projection (page 36) |
| 61 | Netherlands | 16,676,200 | June 18, 2011 | 0.241% | Official Netherlands population clock |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 16,473,000 | April 1, 2011 | 0.24% | National Statistics Agency estimate |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 15,730,977 | July 1, 2010 | 0.23% | Official estimate |
| 64 | Niger | 15,203,822 | 2010 | 0.22% | Official estimate |
| 65 | Malawi | 14,901,000 | 2010 | 0.23% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 66 | Mali | 14,517,176 | April 1, 2009 | 0.21% | Preliminary 2009 census result |
| 67 | Guatemala | 14,361,666 | 2010 | 0.21% | Official estimate |
| 68 | Ecuador | 14,306,876 | November 28, 2010 | 0.21% | Preliminary 2010 Ecuadorian census result |
| 69 | Cambodia | 13,395,682 | March 3, 2008 | 0.19% | Cambodian 2008 Census |
| 70 | Zambia | 13,046,508 | October 16, 2010 | 0.19% | 2010 Zambia Census result |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 12,571,000 | 2010 | 0.18% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 72 | Senegal | 12,434,000 | 2010 | 0.19% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 73 | Greece | 11,306,183 | January 1, 2010 | 0.16% | Eurostat estimate |
| 74 | Cuba | 11,241,161 | December 31, 2010 | 0.16% | Official estimate |
| 75 | Chad | 11,227,000 | 2010 | 0.17% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 76 | Belgium | 10,839,905 | January 1, 2010 | 0.16% | Eurostat estimate |
| 77 | Portugal | 10,636,888 | January 1, 2010 | 0.15% | Eurostat estimate |
| 78 | Tunisia | 10,549,100 | July 1, 2010 | 0.15% | National Statistics Institute of Tunisia |
| 79 | Czech Republic | 10,515,818 | June 30, 2010 | 0.15% | Official estimate |
| 80 | Bolivia | 10,426,154 | 2010 | 0.15% | Official estimate |
| 81 | Rwanda | 10,412,820 | 2010 | 0.15% | Official estimate |
| 82 | Haiti | 10,085,214 | 2010 | 0.15% | Official estimate |
| 83 | Hungary | 10,014,324 | January 1, 2010 | 0.14% | Official estimate |
| 84 | Guinea | 9,982,000 | 2010 | 0.15% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 85 | Belarus | 9,481,100 | January 1, 2011 | 0.14% | National Statistical Committee |
| 86 | Sweden | 9,433,875 | April 30, 2011 | 0.14% | Statistics Sweden |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 9,378,818 | December 1, 2010 | 0.14% | Preliminary census result |
| 88 | Somalia | 9,331,000 | 2010 | 0.14% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 8,997,400 | April, 2011 | 0.13% | State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan |
| 90 | Benin | 8,778,646 | 2010 | 0.13% | Official estimate |
| 91 | Austria | 8,404,252 | January 1, 2011 | 0.12% | [3] |
| 92 | Burundi | 8,383,000 | 2010 | 0.12% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 8,264,070 | Mid-2010 | 0.119% | Official estimate |
| 94 | Honduras | 8,215,313 | 2011 | 0.12% | Official estimate |
| 95 | Switzerland | 7,866,500 | December 31, 2010 | 0.11% | Official Switzerland Statistics estimate |
| 96 | Israel | 7,746,400 | May 8, 2011 | 0.11% | Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 7,351,234 | February, 2011 | 0.11% | Census figures |
| 98 | Serbia | 7,306,677 | January 1, 2010 | 0.11% | Official estimate |
| 99 | Hong Kong | 7,061,200 | July 31, 2010 | 0.102% | Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department |
| 100 | Tajikistan | 6,879,000 | 2010 | 0.102% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 6,703,000 | 2010 | 0.099% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 102 | Libya | 6,355,000 | 2010 | 0.095% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 103 | Laos | 6,230,200 | 2010 | 0.09% | Official estimate |
| 104 | Paraguay | 6,230,000 | 2010 | 0.093% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 105 | El Salvador | 6,193,000 | 2010 | 0.089% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 106 | Jordan | 6,187,000 | 2010 | 0.093% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 107 | Togo | 6,028,000 | 2010 | 0.098% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 5,868,000 | 2010 | 0.084% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 5,788,000 | 2010 | 0.084% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 110 | Denmark | 5,560,628 | January 1, 2011 | 0.08% | Statistics Denmark |
| 111 | Slovakia | 5,435,273 | December 31, 2010 | 0.078% | Statistics Slovakia |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,418,300 | 2010 | 0.078% | Official estimate |
| 113 | Finland | 5,385,370 | June 18, 2011 | 0.078% | Official Finnish Population clock |
| 114 | Eritrea | 5,254,000 | 2010 | 0.075% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 115 | Singapore | 5,076,700 | June 30, 2010 | 0.073% | Statistics Singapore |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 5,042,000 | 2010 | 0.075% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 117 | Norway | 4,951,900 | June 18, 2011 | 0.072% | Official Norwegian Population clock |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 4,563,538 | 2010 | 0.066% | Official estimate |
| 119 | Central African Republic | 4,401,000 | 2010 | 0.065% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 120 | Ireland | 4,470,700 | April 2010 | 0.065% | Irish Central Statistics Office estimate 2010 |
| 121 | Georgia | 4,436,400 | January 1, 2010 | 0.064% | National Statistics Office of Georgia |
| 122 | Croatia | 4,425,747 | January 1, 2010 | 0.064% | Eurostat estimate |
| 123 | New Zealand | 4,408,500 | June 18, 2011 | 0.064% | Official New Zealand Population clock |
| 124 | Lebanon | 4,228,000 | 2010 | 0.061% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 125 | Republic of the Congo | 4,043,000 | 2010 | 0.054% | 2008 UN estimate for year 2010 |
| 126 | Liberia | 3,994,000 | 2010 | 0.059% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 127 | Palestinian territories | 3,935,249 | 2009 | 0.057% | Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,843,126 | June 30, 2010 | 0.055% | Official estimate |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 3,725,789 | April 1, 2010 | 0.054% | 2010 census |
| 130 | Moldova | 3,563,800 | January 1, 2010 | 0.051% | National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova |
| 131 | Mauritania | 3,460,000 | 2010 | 0.049% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 132 | Panama | 3,405,813 | May 16, 2010 | 0.049% | Final 2010 census results |
| 133 | Uruguay | 3,356,584 | June 30, 2010 | 0.048% | Official estimate |
| 134 | Armenia | 3,263,600 | March 2011 | 0.047% | Monthly official estimate |
| 135 | Lithuania | 3,225,300 | May 2011 | 0.047% | Monthly official estimate |
| 136 | Albania | 3,195,000 | January 1, 2010 | 0.046% | Institute of Statistics INSTAT Albania |
| 137 | Mongolia | 2,808,300 | June 18, 2011 | 0.04% | Official Mongolian population clock |
| 138 | Jamaica | 2,741,000 | 2010 | 0.039% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 138 | Kuwait | 2,737,000 | 2010 | 0.044% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 140 | Oman | 2,694,094 | December 12, 2010 | 0.039% | Preliminary census results |
| 141 | Namibia | 2,283,000 | 2010 | 0.032% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 142 | Latvia | 2,221,100 | May 1, 2011 | 0.032% | Official Statistics of Latvia |
| 143 | Lesotho | 2,171,000 | 2010 | 0.03% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 144 | Republic of Macedonia | 2,052,722 | January 1, 2010 | 0.03% | Eurostat estimate |
| 145 | Slovenia | 2,052,070 | June 18, 2011 | 0.03% | Official Slovenian population clock |
| 146 | Botswana | 1,800,098 | 2010 | 0.026% | Official estimate |
| 147 | Gambia | 1,728,000 | 2010 | 0.025% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 148 | Qatar | 1,696,563 | April 20, 2010 | 0.024% | Preliminary 2010 Census Results |
| 149 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,515,000 | 2010 | 0.024% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 150 | Gabon | 1,505,000 | 2010 | 0.022% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 151 | Estonia | 1,340,122 | January 1, 2011 | 0.019% | Official estimate |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,317,714 | July 1, 2010 | 0.019% | Official estimate |
| 153 | Mauritius | 1,280,925 | July 1, 2010 | 0.018% | Official estimate |
| 154 | Bahrain | 1,262,000 | 2010 | 0.012% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 155 | Swaziland | 1,186,000 | 2010 | 0.017% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 156 | East Timor | 1,124,000 | 2010 | 0.017% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 157 | Djibouti | 889,000 | 2010 | 0.013% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 158 | Fiji | 861,000 | 2010 | 0.012% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 159 | Cyprus | 803,147 | January 1, 2010 | 0.012% | Eurostat Statistics |
| 160 | Guyana | 784,894 | 2010 | 0.011% | Official estimate |
| 161 | Comoros | 735,000 | 2010 | 0.01% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea [5] | 700,000 | 2010 | 0.01% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 163 | Bhutan | 695,822 | 2010 | 0.01% | Official estimate |
| 164 | Montenegro | 625,266 | 2011 | 0.009% | 2011 Preliminary Census Data |
| 165 | Macau | 556,800 | March 31, 2011 | 0.008% | Macau Statistics and Census Service |
| 166 | Western Sahara | 531,000 | 2010 | 0.008% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 530,669 | 2010 | 0.008% | Official estimate |
| 168 | Suriname | 525,000 | 2010 | 0.008% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 502,100 | 2010 | 0.007% | Official estimate |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 491,575 | June 16, 2010 | 0.007% | Official estimate |
| 171 | Malta | 416,333 | January 1, 2010 | 0.006% | Eurostat estimate |
| 172 | Brunei | 399,000 | 2010 | 0.006% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 173 | Bahamas | 353,658 | May 3, 2010 | 0.005% | Official estimate |
| 174 | Belize | 333,200 | Mid-2009 | 0.005% | Statistical Institute of Belize |
| 175 | Iceland | 318,452 | January 1, 2011 | 0.005% | Statistics Iceland |
| 176 | Maldives | 317,280 | 2010 | 0.005% | Official estimate |
| 177 | Barbados | 273,000 | 2010 | 0.004% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 240,000 | 2010 | 0.004% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 179 | Samoa | 187,032 | 2010 | 0.003% | Official estimate |
| 180 | Guam | 180,000 | 2010 | 0.003% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 181 | Saint Lucia | 166,526 | May 10, 2010 | 0.002% | Preliminary census result |
| 182 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 165,000 | 2010 | 0.002% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 183 | Curaçao | 142,180 | January 1, 2010 | 0.002% | Official estimate |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 109,000 | 2010 | 0.002% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 185 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 109,000 | 2010 | 0.002% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 186 | Aruba | 107,000 | 2010 | 0.002% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 187 | Grenada | 104,000 | 2010 | 0.002% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 188 | Tonga | 104,000 | 2010 | 0.002% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 189 | Federated States of Micronesia | 102,624 | April 4, 2010 | 0.001% | Preliminary census results |
| 190 | Kiribati | 100,000 | 2010 | 0.001% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 191 | Jersey | 92,500 | December 31, 2009 | 0.001% | Official estimate |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 89,000 | 2010 | 0.001% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 193 | Seychelles | 86,525 | July 1, 2010 | 0.001% | Official estimate |
| 194 | Andorra | 84,082 | December 31, 2009 | 0.001% | Official estimate |
| 195 | Isle of Man | 83,000 | 2010 | 0.001% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 196 | American Samoa | 68,000 | 2010 | 0.001% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 197 | Dominica | 68,000 | 2010 | 0.001% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 198 | Bermuda | 64,566 | July 1, 2010 | 0.001% | Official estimate |
| 199 | Guernsey | 62,431 | March 31, 2010 | 0.001% | Official estimate |
| 200 | Northern Mariana Islands | 61,000 | 2010 | 0.001% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,452 | 2010 | 0.001% | Official estimate |
| 202 | Cayman Islands | 54,878 | October 10, 2010 | 0.001% | Preliminary census result |
| 203 | Marshall Islands | 54,305 | 2010 | 0.001% | Official estimate |
| 204 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 52,000 | 2010 | 0.001% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 205 | Faroe Islands | 48,596 | April 1, 2011 | 0.001% | Official statistics of the Faroe Islands |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 40,357 | 2010 | 0.0006% | Official estimate |
| 207 | Sint Maarten | 37,429 | January 1, 2010 | 0.0005% | Official estimate |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 36,157 | December 31, 2010 | 0.0005% | Official estimate |
| 209 | Monaco | 35,000 | 2010 | 0.0005% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 210 | San Marino | 31,887 | December 31, 2010 | 0.0005% | Monthly official estimate |
| 211 | Gibraltar | 29,000 | 2010 | 0.0004% | UN estimate for 2010 |
| 212 | British Virgin Islands | 28,213 | 2008 | 0.0004% | Official estimate |
| 213 | Cook Islands | 23,400 | September 2010 | 0.0003% | Official monthly estimate |
| 214 | Palau | 20,000 | 0.0003% | UN estimate for 2010 | |
| 215 | Anguilla | 15,236 | 2011 | 0.0002% | Official estimate |
| 216 | Nauru | 10,000 | 0.0001% | UN estimate for 2010 | |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 10,000 | 0.0001% | UN estimate for 2010 | |
| 218 | Montserrat | 6,000 | 0.0001% | UN estimate for 2010 | |
| 219 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 4,000 | 0.0001% | 2008 UN estimate for year 2010 | |
| 220 | Falkland Islands | 3,000 | 0.00005% | UN estimate for 2010 | |
| 221 | Niue | 1,500 | 0.00003% | UN estimate for 2010 | |
| 222 | Tokelau | 1,100 | 0.00003% | UN estimate for 2010 | |
| 223 | Vatican City | 500 | 0.00001% | UN estimate for 2010 | |
| 224 | Pitcairn Islands | 50 | 0.000001% | UN estimate |