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This is a list of countries by population. The list includes independent countries and inhabited dependent territories based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. Also given in percent is each country's population compared to the population of the world, which according to the United States Census Bureau population clock is estimated at 7.055 billion. According to a separate estimate by the United Nations, it exceeded 7 billion in October 2011. 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 are not sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica.

Map of world population. Gray-scale legend: 0 to 50 M to 400 M to 1'336 M (million).
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Figures used in this chart are based on the most recent estimate or projections by the national census authority where available and usually rounded off. Where there is not updated national data available, figures are based on the 2012 estimates by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Because the compiled figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting numerical comparisons may bring about misleading conclusions. Furthermore, the addition of figures from all countries may not equal the world total.

For a graphical version of this list, see list of countries by population (graphical). See also List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density and the list of regional organizations by population.

Most of the world's countries' populations follow a general statistical trend.
China and India are exceptions, an example of the King effect.
After Bangladesh (7th) are: Nigeria, Russia & Japan.
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2012 list

Note: All dependent territories are shown in italics.

Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	Population	Date	% of world population	Source
1	China	1,347,350,000	December 31, 2011	19.1%	Official estimate
2	India	1,210,193,422	March 1, 2011	17.15%	2011 census
3	United States	314,838,000	November 27, 2012	4.46%	Official population clock
4	Indonesia	237,641,326	May 1, 2010	3.37%	2010 census
5	Brazil	193,946,886	July 1, 2012	2.75%	Official estimate
6	Pakistan	181,337,000	November 27, 2012	2.57%	Official population clock
7	Nigeria	166,629,000	July 1, 2012	2.36%	UN estimate
8	Bangladesh	152,518,015	July 16, 2012	2.16%	Official estimate
9	Russia	143,300,000	October 1, 2012	2.03%	Official estimate
10	Japan	127,530,000	October 1, 2012	1.81%	Monthly official estimate
11	Mexico	112,336,538	June 12, 2010	1.59%	2010 census
12	Philippines	92,337,852	May 1, 2010	1.31%	2010 census
13	Vietnam	87,840,000	July 1, 2011	1.25%	Official estimate
14	Ethiopia	84,320,987	July 1, 2012	1.2%	Official estimate
15	Egypt	82,886,000	November 27, 2012	1.17%	Official population clock
16	Germany	81,857,000	April 30, 2012	1.16%	Monthly official estimate
17	Iran	75,149,669	October 24, 2011	1.07%	2011 census
18	Turkey	74,724,269	December 31, 2011	1.06%	Official estimate
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	69,575,000	July 1, 2012	0.99%	UN estimate
20	Thailand	65,479,453	September 1, 2010	0.93%	2010 census
21	France	65,350,000	January 1, 2012	0.93%	Official estimate
22	United Kingdom	62,262,000	July 1, 2010	0.88%	Official estimate
23	Italy	60,849,247	March 31, 2012	0.86%	Official estimate
24	South Africa	51,770,560	October 9, 2011	0.73%	2011 census
25	South Korea	50,004,441	July 1, 2012	0.71%	Official estimate
26	Myanmar	48,724,000	July 1, 2012	0.69%	UN estimate
27	Colombia	46,803,000	November 27, 2012	0.66%	Official population clock
28	Spain	46,163,116	July 1, 2012	0.65%	Monthly official estimate
29	Ukraine	45,560,272	August 1, 2012	0.65%	Monthly official estimate
30	Tanzania	43,188,000	July 1, 2010	0.61%	Official estimate
31	Argentina	40,117,096	October 27, 2010	0.57%	2010 census
32	Kenya	38,610,097	August 24, 2009	0.55%	2009 census
33	Poland	38,538,447	December 31, 2011	0.55%	Official estimate
34	Algeria	37,100,000	January 1, 2012	0.53%	Official estimate
35	Canada	34,990,400	November 27, 2012	0.5%	Official population clock
36	Uganda	34,131,400	July 1, 2012	0.48%	Official estimate
37	Iraq	33,330,000	July 1, 2011	0.47%	Official estimate
38	Morocco	32,741,100	November 27, 2012	0.46%	Official population clock
39	Sudan	30,894,000	April 22, 2008	0.44%	2008 census
40	Peru	30,135,875	June 30, 2012	0.43%	Official estimate
41	Malaysia	29,570,000	November 27, 2012	0.42%	Official population clock
42	Uzbekistan	29,123,400	July 1, 2011	0.41%	Official estimate
43	Venezuela	28,946,101	November 30, 2011	0.41%	2011 census
44	Saudi Arabia	28,376,355	July 1, 2011	0.4%	Official estimate
45	Nepal	26,620,809	June 22, 2011	0.38%	2011 census
46	Afghanistan	25,500,100	January 1, 2013	0.36%	Official estimate
47	Ghana	24,658,823	September 26, 2010	0.35%	2010 census
48	North Korea	24,554,000	July 1, 2012	0.35%	Official estimate
49	Yemen	24,527,000	July 1, 2012	0.35%	Official estimate
50	Mozambique	23,700,715	July 1, 2012	0.34%	Official estimate
51	Taiwan	23,268,372	July 31, 2012	0.33%	Monthly official estimate
52	Australia	22,823,882	November 27, 2012	0.32%	Official population clock
53	Syria	21,852,000	November 27, 2012	0.31%	Official population clock
54	Ivory Coast	21,395,000	July 1, 2009	0.3%	Official estimate
55	Madagascar	20,696,070	July 1, 2011	0.29%	Official estimate
56	Angola	20,609,294	July 1, 2012	0.29%	Official estimate
57	Sri Lanka	20,277,597	March 20, 2012	0.29%	2011 census
58	Cameroon	19,406,100	January 1, 2010	0.28%	Official estimate
59	Romania	19,042,936	October 20, 2011	0.27%	2011 census
60	Kazakhstan	16,815,000	August 1, 2012	0.24%	Monthly official estimate
61	Netherlands	16,765,558	September 30, 2012	0.24%	Monthly official estimate
62	Chile	16,572,475	April 9, 2012	0.23%	2012 census
63	Niger	16,274,738	July 1, 2012	0.23%	Official estimate
64	Malawi	15,883,000	July 1, 2012	0.23%	UN estimate
65	Burkina Faso	15,730,977	July 1, 2010	0.22%	Official estimate
66	Guatemala	14,713,763	July 1, 2011	0.21%	Official estimate
67	Mali	14,528,662	April 1, 2009	0.21%	2009 census
68	Ecuador	14,483,499	November 28, 2010	0.21%	2010 census
69	Cambodia	14,478,000	July 1, 2012	0.21%	UN estimate
70	Zambia	13,092,666	October 16, 2010	0.19%	2010 census
71	Zimbabwe	13,014,000	July 1, 2012	0.18%	UN estimate
72	Senegal	12,855,153	July 1, 2011	0.18%	Official estimate
73	Chad	11,274,106	May 20, 2009	0.16%	2009 census
74	Cuba	11,247,925	December 31, 2011	0.16%	Official estimate
75	Belgium	10,839,905	January 1, 2010	0.15%	Official estimate
76	Guinea	10,824,200	July 1, 2010	0.15%	Official estimate
77	Greece	10,787,690	May 24, 2011	0.15%	2011 census
78	Rwanda	10,718,379	July 1, 2011	0.15%	Official estimate
79	Tunisia	10,673,800	July 1, 2011	0.15%	Official estimate
80	Portugal	10,561,614	March 21, 2011	0.15%	2011 census
81	Czech Republic	10,507,566	March 31, 2012	0.15%	Official estimate
82	Bolivia	10,426,155	July 1, 2010	0.15%	Official estimate
83	Haiti	10,085,214	July 1, 2010	0.14%	Official estimate
84	Hungary	9,957,731	January 1, 2012	0.14%	Official estimate
85	Somalia	9,797,000	July 1, 2012	0.14%	UN estimate
86	Sweden	9,540,065	September 30, 2012	0.14%	Official registered population
87	Belarus	9,460,000	November 1, 2012	0.13%	Monthly official estimate
88	Dominican Republic	9,445,281	December 1, 2010	0.13%	2010 census
89	Benin	9,352,000	July 1, 2012	0.13%	UN estimate
90	Azerbaijan	9,235,100	January 1, 2012	0.13%	Official estimate
91	Burundi	8,749,000	July 1, 2012	0.12%	UN estimate
92	Austria	8,452,835	July 1, 2012	0.12%	Official estimate
93	Honduras	8,385,072	July 1, 2012	0.12%	Official estimate
94	United Arab Emirates	8,264,070	July 1, 2010	0.12%	Official estimate
95	South Sudan	8,260,490	April 22, 2008	0.12%	2008 census
96	Switzerland	8,000,001	August 2, 2012	0.11%	Official estimate
97	Israel	7,941,900	September 30, 2012	0.11%	Monthly official estimate
98	Tajikistan	7,800,000	January 1, 2012	0.11%	Official estimate
99	Bulgaria	7,364,570	February 1, 2011	0.1%	2011 census
100	Papua New Guinea	7,170,000	July 1, 2012	0.1%	UN estimate
101	Serbia	7,120,666	October 1, 2011	0.1%	2011 census
102	Hong Kong (China)	7,103,700	December 31, 2011	0.1%	Official estimate
103	Libya	6,469,000	July 1, 2012	0.092%	UN estimate
104	Laos	6,465,800	July 1, 2012	0.092%	Official estimate
105	Paraguay	6,337,127	July 1, 2010	0.09%	Official estimate
106	Jordan	6,374,500	November 27, 2012	0.09%	Official population clock
107	Togo	6,191,155	November 6, 2010	0.088%	2010 census
108	El Salvador	6,183,000	June 30, 2010	0.088%	Official estimate
109	Sierra Leone	6,126,000	July 1, 2012	0.087%	UN estimate
110	Nicaragua	6,071,045	June 30, 2012	0.086%	Official estimate
111	Denmark	5,587,085	July 1, 2012	0.079%	Monthly official estimate
112	Eritrea	5,581,000	July 1, 2012	0.079%	UN estimate
113	Kyrgyzstan	5,477,600	July 1, 2011	0.078%	Official estimate
114	Slovakia	5,445,324	September 30, 2011	0.077%	Official estimate
115	Finland	5,425,320	November 27, 2012	0.08%	Official population clock
116	Singapore	5,312,400	July 1, 2012	0.073%	Official estimate
117	Turkmenistan	5,170,000	July 1, 2012	0.073%	UN estimate
118	Norway	5,050,600	November 27, 2012	0.072%	Official population clock
119	Ireland	4,588,252	April 10, 2011	0.065%	2011 census
120	Central African Republic	4,576,000	July 1, 2012	0.065%	UN estimate
121	Georgia	4,497,600	January 1, 2012	0.064%	Official estimate
122	New Zealand	4,446,900	November 27, 2012	0.063%	Official population clock
123	Costa Rica	4,301,712	June 3, 2011	0.061%	2011 census
124	Palestinian territories	4,293,313	July 1, 2012	0.061%	Official estimate
125	Lebanon	4,292,000	July 1, 2012	0.061%	UN estimate
126	Croatia	4,290,612	March 31, 2011	0.061%	2011 census
127	Liberia	4,245,000	July 1, 2012	0.06%	UN estimate
128	Republic of the Congo	4,233,000	July 1, 2012	0.06%	UN estimate
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,868,621	June 30, 2012	0.055%	Official estimate
130	Puerto Rico (USA)	3,706,690	July 1, 2011	0.053%	Official estimate
131	Kuwait	3,582,054	December 31, 2010	0.051%	Official estimate
132	Moldova	3,559,500	January 1, 2012	0.05%	Official estimate
133	Panama	3,405,813	May 16, 2010	0.048%	2010 census
134	Mauritania	3,378,254	July 1, 2012	0.048%	Official estimate
135	Uruguay	3,286,314	September 30, 2011	0.047%	2011 census
136	Armenia	3,275,700	June 1, 2012	0.046%	Monthly official estimate
137	Lithuania	3,180,394	August 1, 2012	0.045%	Monthly official estimate
138	Albania	2,831,741	October 1, 2011	0.04%	2011 census
139	Oman	2,773,479	December 12, 2010	0.039%	2010 census
140	Mongolia	2,736,800	July 1, 2009	0.039%	Official estimate
141	Jamaica	2,709,300	December 31, 2011	0.038%	Official estimate
142	Lesotho	2,217,000	July 1, 2012	0.031%	UN estimate
143	Namibia	2,104,900	August 28, 2011	0.03%	2011 census
144	Latvia	2,070,371	March 1, 2011	0.029%	2011 census
145	Macedonia	2,059,794	December 31, 2011	0.029%	Official estimate
146	Slovenia	2,061,770	November 27, 2012	0.029%	Official population clock
147	Botswana	2,024,904	August 22, 2011	0.029%	2011 census
148	Gambia	1,825,000	July 1, 2012	0.026%	UN estimate
149	Qatar	1,757,540	October 31, 2012	0.025%	Official estimate
150	Gabon	1,564,000	July 1, 2012	0.022%	UN estimate
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,520,830	March 1, 2009	0.022%	2009 census
152	Trinidad and Tobago	1,317,714	July 1, 2010	0.019%	Official estimate
153	Estonia	1,294,236	March 31, 2012	0.018%	2012 census
154	Mauritius	1,286,051	July 1, 2011	0.018%	Official estimate
155	Bahrain	1,234,571	April 27, 2010	0.017%	2010 census
156	Swaziland	1,220,000	July 1, 2012	0.017%	UN estimate
157	Timor-Leste	1,066,409	July 11, 2010	0.015%	2010 census
158	Fiji	876,000	July 1, 2012	0.012%	UN estimate
159	Cyprus	838,897	October 1, 2011	0.012%	2011 census
160	Djibouti	818,159	May 29, 2009	0.012%	2009 census
161	Réunion (France)	816,364	January 1, 2009	0.012%	Official estimate
162	Guyana	784,894	July 1, 2010	0.011%	Official estimate
163	Equatorial Guinea	740,000	July 1, 2012	0.01%	UN estimate
164	Bhutan	720,679	July 1, 2012	0.01%	Official estimate
165	Comoros	669,300	July 1, 2009	0.0095%	Official estimate
166	Montenegro	620,029	April 1, 2011	0.0088%	2011 census
167	Macau (China)	568,700	June 30, 2012	0.0081%	Official estimate
168	Western Sahara	567,000	July 1, 2012	0.008%	UN estimate
169	Solomon Islands	553,935	July 1, 2012	0.0079%	Official estimate
170	Suriname	534,000	July 1, 2012	0.0076%	UN estimate
171	Luxembourg	511,800	December 31, 2010	0.0073%	Official estimate
172	Cape Verde	491,875	June 16, 2010	0.007%	2010 census
173	Malta	417,617	December 31, 2010	0.0059%	Official estimate
174	Guadeloupe (France)	401,554	January 1, 2009	0.0057%	Official estimate
175	Martinique (France)	396,404	January 1, 2009	0.0056%	Official estimate
176	Brunei	393,162	June 20, 2011	0.0056%	2011 census
177	Bahamas	353,658	May 3, 2010	0.005%	2010 census
178	Iceland	320,060	April 1, 2012	0.0045%	Monthly official estimate
179	Maldives	317,280	July 1, 2010	0.0045%	Official estimate
180	Belize	312,971	May 12, 2010	0.0044%	2010 census
181	French Polynesia (France)	277,000	July 1, 2012	0.0039%	UN estimate
182	Barbados	274,200	July 1, 2010	0.0039%	Official estimate
183	New Caledonia (France)	245,580	July 27, 2009	0.0035%	2009 census
184	Vanuatu	234,023	November 16, 2009	0.0033%	2009 census
185	French Guiana (France)	224,469	January 1, 2009	0.0032%	Official estimate
186	Mayotte (France)	217,000	July 1, 2012	0.0031%	UN estimate
187	Samoa	186,340	November 7, 2011	0.0026%	2011 census
188	São Tomé and Príncipe	172,000	July 1, 2012	0.0024%	UN estimate
189	Saint Lucia	166,526	May 10, 2010	0.0024%	2010 census
190	Guam (USA)	159,358	April 1, 2010	0.0023%	2010 census
191	Curaçao (Netherlands)	149,679	March 26, 2011	0.0021%	2011 census
192	Grenada	110,821	July 1, 2009	0.0016%	Official estimate
193	United States Virgin Islands	106,405	April 1, 2010	0.0015%	2010 census
194	Tonga	103,036	November 30, 2011	0.0015%	2011 census
195	Kiribati	103,000	July 1, 2012	0.0015%	UN estimate
196	Federated States of Micronesia	102,843	April 4, 2010	0.0015%	2010 census
197	Aruba (Netherlands)	101,484	September 29, 2010	0.0014%	2010 census
198	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100,892	July 1, 2009	0.0014%	Official estimate
199	Jersey (UK)	97,857	March 27, 2011	0.0014%	2011 census
200	Seychelles	90,945	August 26, 2010	0.0013%	2010 census
201	Antigua and Barbuda	86,295	May 27, 2011	0.0012%	2011 census
202	Isle of Man (UK)	84,497	March 27, 2011	0.0012%	2011 census
203	Andorra	78,115	July 1, 2011	0.0011%	Official estimate
204	Dominica	71,293	May 14, 2011	0.001%	2011 census
205	Bermuda (UK)	64,237	May 20, 2010	0.00091%	2010 census
206	Guernsey (UK)	62,431	March 31, 2010	0.00088%	Official estimate
207	Greenland (Denmark)	56,749	January 1, 2012	0.0008%	Official estimate
208	American Samoa (USA)	55,519	April 1, 2010	0.00079%	2010 census
209	Cayman Islands (UK)	55,456	October 10, 2010	0.00079%	2010 census
210	Marshall Islands	54,305	July 1, 2010	0.00077%	Official estimate
211	Northern Mariana Islands (USA)	53,883	April 1, 2010	0.00076%	2010 census
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,970	July 1, 2009	0.00074%	Official estimate
213	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	48,459	July 1, 2012	0.00069%	Monthly official estimate
214	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	37,429	January 1, 2010	0.00053%	Official estimate
215	Saint Martin (France)	36,824	January 1, 2009	0.00052%	Official estimate
216	Liechtenstein	36,476	December 31, 2011	0.00052%	Official estimate
217	Monaco	35,000	July 1, 2012	0.0005%	UN estimate
218	San Marino	32,404	July 31, 2012	0.00046%	Monthly official estimate
219	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	31,458	January 25, 2012	0.00045%	2012 census
220	Gibraltar (UK)	29,752	July 1, 2011	0.00042%	Official estimate
221	British Virgin Islands (UK)	29,537	July 1, 2010	0.00042%	Official estimate
222	Åland Islands (Finland)	28,355	December 31, 2011	0.0004%	Official estimate
223	Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)	21,133	January 1, 2011	0.0003%	Official estimate
224	Palau	21,000	July 1, 2012	0.0003%	UN estimate
225	Cook Islands (NZ)	17,791	December 1, 2011	0.00025%	2011 census
226	Anguilla (UK)	13,452	May 11, 2011	0.00019%	2011 census
227	Wallis and Futuna (France)	13,000	July 1, 2012	0.00018%	UN estimate
228	Nauru	10,000	July 1, 2012	0.00014%	UN estimate
229	Tuvalu	10,000	July 1, 2012	0.00014%	UN estimate
230	Saint Barthélemy (France)	8,902	January 1, 2009	0.00013%	Official estimate
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	6,082	January 1, 2009	0.00006%	Official estimate
232	Montserrat (UK)	4,922	May 12, 2011	0.00005%	2011 census
233	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	4,000	July 1, 2012	0.00004%	UN estimate
234	Falkland Islands (UK)	2,563	April 15, 2012	0.00003%	2012 Census
235	Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)	2,495	March 1, 2010	0.00002%	Official estimate
236	Norfolk Island (Australia)	2,302	August 9, 2011	0.00002%	2011 census
237	Christmas Island (Australia)	2,072	August 9, 2011	0.00002%	2011 census
238	Tokelau (NZ)	1,411	October 18, 2011	0.00001%	2011 census
239	Niue (NZ)	1,000	July 1, 2012	0.00001%	UN estimate
240	Vatican City	800	March 1, 2011	0.00001%	Official estimate
241	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	550	August 9, 2011	0.000008%	2011 census
242	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	66	July 1, 2008	0.000001%	2008 census