Rank ? Country / Territory ? Population ? Date Last Updated ? % of World Population ? Source
? World 6,788,400,000 100% US Census ? International Programs Department
1 China[5] 1,333,350,000 October 5, 2009 19.64% Chinese Population clock
2 India 1,169,810,000 October 5, 2009 17.23% Indian Population clock
3 United States 307,627,000 October 5, 2009 4.53% Official USA Population clock
4 Indonesia 229,965,000 3.39% UN estimate
5 Brazil 191,952,000 October 5, 2009 2.83% Official Brazilian population clock
6 Pakistan 167,608,000 October 5, 2009 2.47% Official Pakistani Population clock
7 Bangladesh 162,221,000 2.39% UN estimate
8 Nigeria 154,729,000 2.28% UN estimate
9 Russia 141,883,000 October 5, 2009 2.09% Russian State Statistics Service
10 Japan 127,540,000 September 1, 2009 1.88% Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate
11 Mexico 107,550,697 1.58% INEGI estimate
National Population Statistics of Mexico[6]
12 Philippines 92,226,600 mid 2009 1.36%
National Statistics Office medium projection
13 Vietnam 85,789,573 April 1, 2009 1.26% Official preliminary results of the 2009 census
14 Germany 82,002,000 December 31, 2008 1.21% Federal Statistical Office
15 Ethiopia 79,221,000 July 2008 1.17%
Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16 Egypt 77,279,837 October 4, 2009 1.14% Official Egyptian population clock
17 Iran 74,196,000 1.09% UN estimate
18 Turkey 71,517,100 December 31, 2008 1.05% Turkish Statistical Institute estimate
19 Dem. Rep. of Congo 66,020,000 0.97% UN estimate
20 France [7] 65,073,482 January 1, 2009 0.96% Official INSEE estimate
The figure for France without the overseas collectivities is 64,303,482.
21 Thailand 63,389,730 December 31, 2008 0.93%
Official Thai Statistics estimate
22 United Kingdom 61,634,599 January 1, 2009 0.91% Eurostat estimate
23 Italy 60,114,021 March 2009 0.88% ISTAT estimate
24 Myanmar (Burma) 50,020,000 0.74%
UN estimate
25 South Africa 49,320,500 July 1, 2009 0.73% Statistics South Africa
26 South Korea 48,333,000 0.71% UN estimate
27 Ukraine 46,029,281 July 1, 2009 0.68% Official UKRSTAT estimate
28 Spain 45,929,476 July 1, 2009 0.68% Official INE estimate
29 Colombia 45,117,683 October 4, 2009 0.66% Official Colombian Population clock
30 Tanzania 43,739,000 0.64% UN estimate
31 Sudan 42,272,000 0.62% UN estimate
32 Argentina 40,134,425 June 30, 2009 0.59% Official INDEC estimate
33 Kenya 39,802,000 0.59% UN estimate
34 Poland 38,100,700 0.56% Official Central Statistics Office of Poland
35 Algeria 34,895,000 0.51% UN estimate
37 Uganda 32,710,000 0.48% UN estimate
38 Morocco 31,602,540 October 4, 2009 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 28,501,797 October 4, 2009 0.42% Official Venezuelan Population clock
43 Malaysia 28,310,000 July 31, 2009 0.41% 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[8] 23,069,345 June 30, 2009 0.34% Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
51 Mozambique 22,894,000 0.34% UN estimate
52 Australia[9] 21,931,000 October 5, 2009 0.32% Official Australian Population clock
53 Syria 23,331,000 0.32% UN estimate
54 Romania 21,498,616 January 1, 2009 0.32% Eurostat estimate
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 16,973,000 October 5, 2009 0.25% Official INE projection (p.36)
61 Netherlands 16,551,237 October 4, 2009 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 0.23% UN estimate
65 Malawi 15,263,000 0.22% UN estimate
66 Cambodia 14,805,000 0.22% UN estimate
67 Ecuador 14,056,999 October 4, 2009 0.21% Official Ecuadorian population clock
68 Guatemala 14,027,000 0.21% UN estimate
69 Mali 13,010,000 0.19% 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 11,257,285 January 1, 2009 0.17% Eurostat estimate
74 Chad 11,206,000 0.17% UN estimate
75 Cuba 11,204,000 0.17% UN estimate
76 Belgium 10,754,528 January 1, 2009 0.16% Eurostat estimate
77 Portugal 10,627,250 January 1, 2009 0.16% Eurostat estimate
78 Czech Republic 10,476,543 March 31, 2009 0.15% Czech Statistical Office
79 Tunisia 10,327,800 July 1, 2008 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 10,031,208 January 1, 2009 0.15% Eurostat estimate
84 Rwanda 9,998,000 0.15% UN estimate
85 Bolivia 9,879,000 0.15% UN estimate
86 Serbia[10] 9,850,000 0.15% UN estimate
87 Belarus 9,671,900 January 1, 2009 0.14% Official statistics of Belarus
88 Sweden 9,302,133 July 31, 2009 0.14% Statistics Sweden
89 Somalia[11] 9,133,000 0.13% UN estimate
90 Benin 8,935,000 0.13% UN estimate
91 Azerbaijan 8,629,900 January 1, 2008 0.13% [2]
92 Austria 8,355,260 January 1, 2009 0.12% Eurostat estimate
93 Burundi 8,303,000 0.12% UN estimate
94 Switzerland 7,745,900 July 31, 2009 0.11% Official Switzerland Statistics estimate
95 Bulgaria 7,606,551 January 1, 2009 0.11% Eurostat estimate
96 Honduras 7,466,000 0.11% UN estimate
97 Israel [12] 7,446,700 July 31, 2009 0.11% Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
98 Hong Kong 7,008,900 December 31, 2008 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 0.098% UN estimate
102 Libya 6,420,000 0.095% UN estimate
103 Paraguay 6,349,000 0.094% 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 0.091% UN estimate
107 Nicaragua 5,743,000 0.085% UN estimate
108 Sierra Leone 5,696,000 0.084% UN estimate
109 Denmark 5,519,441 June 30, 2009 0.081% Statistics Denmark
110 Kyrgyzstan 5,482,000 0.081% UN estimate
111 Slovakia 5,413,548 March 31, 2009 0.08% Statistics Slovakia
112 Finland [13] 5,346,927 October 4, 2009 0.079% Official Finnish Population clock
113 Turkmenistan 5,110,000 0.075% UN estimate
114 Eritrea 5,073,000 0.075% UN estimate
115 Singapore 4,987,600 Mid-2009 0.073% Statistics Singapore
116 Norway [14] 4,839,091 October 4, 2009 0.071% Official Norwegian Population clock
117 United Arab Emirates 4,599,000 0.068% 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 [15] 4,385,400 January 1, 2009 0.065% Statistics Georgia
123 New Zealand 4,325,700 October 5, 2009 0.063% Official New Zealand Population clock
124 Lebanon 4,224,000 0.062% UN estimate
125 Puerto Rico 3,982,000 0.059% UN estimate
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,767,000 0.055% UN estimate
127 Palestine 3,761,646 December 1, 2007 0.055% 2007 Palestinian Bureau Census
128 Republic of the Congo 3,683,000 0.054% UN estimate
129 Moldova [16] 3,567,500 January 1, 2009 0.053% National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova
130 Liberia 3,476,608 March 2008 0.051% 2008 Population and Housing Census
131 Panama 3,454,000 0.051% UN estimate
132 Uruguay 3,361,000 0.05% UN estimate
133 Lithuania 3,349,872 January 1, 2009 0.049% Eurostat estimate
134 Mauritania 3,291,000 0.048% UN estimate
135 Armenia 3,230,100 January 1, 2008 0.044% [3]
136 Albania 3,170,000 January 1, 2008 0.047% [4]
137 Kuwait 2,985,000 0.044% UN estimate
138 Oman 2,845,000 0.042% UN estimate
139 Jamaica 2,719,000 0.04% UN estimate
140 Mongolia 2,671,000 0.039% UN estimate
141 Latvia 2,257,300 May 2009 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 Republic of Macedonia 2,048,620 January 1, 2009 0.03% Eurostat estimate
145 Slovenia 2,047,009 October 4, 2009 0.03% Official Slovenian population clock
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 1,340,415 January 1, 2009 0.02% [5]
152 Trinidad and Tobago 1,339,000 0.02% UN estimate
153 Mauritius [17] 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 0.013% UN estimate
158 Cyprus [18] 793,963 January 1, 2009 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 [19] 676,000 0.01% UN estimate
163 Equatorial Guinea [20] 676,000 0.007% UN estimate
164 Montenegro 624,000 0.009% UN estimate
165 Macau 546,200 March 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 493,500 January 1, 2009 0.007% Eurostat estimate
171 Malta 413,627 January 1, 2009 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 319,246 July 1, 2009 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 89,300 December 31, 2006 0.001% [6]
192 Antigua and Barbuda 88,000 0.001% UN estimate
193 Northern Mariana Islands 87,000 0.001% UN estimate
194 Andorra 86,000 0.001% UN estimate
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 49,006 August 1, 2009 0.001% Official statistics of the Faroe Islands
206 Liechtenstein 35,593 January 1, 2009 0.0005% [7]
207 Monaco 33,000 0.0005%
UN estimate
208 Turks and Caicos Islands 33,000 0.0005% UN estimate
209 Gibraltar 31,000 0.0005% UN estimate
210 San Marino 30,800 January 1, 2008 0.0005% [8]
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 [21] 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
224 Canada 3 October 5, 2009 0.5% Official Canadian Population clock
Anyhow, Canada is experiencing one of the most painful shifts in population they have ever known, with a 33% drop in population as evidenced by this thread:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...AR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear
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