Population by country, 2000

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶2000

#	Country / area	Population	1990
1	China	1.26 billion	1.14 billion
2	India	1.05 billion	855.5 million
3	United States of America	280.1 million	251.8 million
4	Indonesia	214.6 million	181.9 million
5	Brazil	172.9 million	147.8 million
6	Pakistan	152.6 million	114.2 million
7	Russian Federation	146.9 million	148.6 million
8	Bangladesh	133.4 million	110.5 million
9	Japan	126.9 million	123.2 million
10	Nigeria	124.7 million	95.8 million
11	Mexico	97.9 million	82 million
12	Germany	81.7 million	79.4 million
13	Philippines	78.7 million	62 million
14	Viet Nam	76.7 million	64.8 million
15	Egypt	72.3 million	57.5 million
16	Ethiopia	66.4 million	46.7 million
17	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	65.9 million	57.5 million
18	Türkiye	65 million	55.5 million
19	Thailand	62.7 million	54.3 million
20	France	59.3 million	56.8 million
21	United Kingdom	58.9 million	57.3 million
22	Italy	57.2 million	57 million
23	Ukraine	49.8 million	52 million
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	49.7 million	36 million
25	South Africa	47 million	40.2 million
26	Republic of Korea	46.6 million	43.8 million
27	Myanmar	45 million	39.5 million
28	Spain	40.9 million	39.1 million
29	Colombia	38.8 million	32.1 million
30	Poland	38.3 million	38 million
31	Argentina	37 million	32.5 million
32	United Republic of Tanzania	33.8 million	25.8 million
33	Canada	30.7 million	27.6 million
34	Algeria	30.7 million	25.1 million
35	Kenya	30.2 million	22.5 million
36	Morocco	28.2 million	24.2 million
37	Sudan	27.5 million	21.8 million
38	Peru	26.4 million	21.8 million
39	Uzbekistan	24.6 million	20.2 million
40	Nepal	24.3 million	19.3 million
41	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	24.3 million	19.6 million
42	Iraq	24 million	17.6 million
43	Uganda	23.6 million	17.3 million
44	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	23.6 million	21 million
45	Malaysia	22.7 million	17.6 million
46	China, Taiwan Province of China	22.3 million	20.5 million
47	Romania	22.1 million	22.9 million
48	Afghanistan	20.3 million	12.1 million
49	Ghana	19.4 million	15.2 million
50	Yemen	19.3 million	13.6 million
51	Sri Lanka	19.1 million	16.3 million
52	Australia	19 million	17 million
53	Mozambique	17.9 million	13 million
54	Côte d'Ivoire	17.5 million	11.9 million
55	Syrian Arab Republic	16.4 million	12.4 million
56	Madagascar	16.3 million	11.9 million
57	Netherlands	16 million	15 million
58	Angola	15.9 million	11.4 million
59	Saudi Arabia	15.7 million	10.4 million
60	Kazakhstan	15.5 million	17.1 million
61	Chile	15.4 million	13.3 million
62	Cameroon	14.7 million	11.2 million
63	Ecuador	12.6 million	10.4 million
64	Cambodia	12.4 million	7.2 million
65	Zimbabwe	11.9 million	10 million
66	Burkina Faso	11.7 million	9 million
67	Guatemala	11.6 million	8.9 million
68	Mali	11.4 million	9.1 million
69	Niger	11.3 million	8.2 million
70	Malawi	11.2 million	9.4 million
71	Cuba	11.1 million	10.6 million
72	Greece	10.8 million	10.2 million
73	Portugal	10.2 million	10 million
74	Czechia	10.2 million	10.3 million
75	Belgium	10.2 million	9.9 million
76	Hungary	10.2 million	10.4 million
77	Belarus	10 million	10.2 million
78	Zambia	9.9 million	7.7 million
79	Senegal	9.8 million	7.6 million
80	Tunisia	9.7 million	8.2 million
81	Sweden	8.9 million	8.5 million
82	Somalia	8.7 million	7.1 million
83	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	8.5 million	7.1 million
84	Dominican Republic	8.5 million	7.1 million
85	Chad	8.4 million	5.9 million
86	Guinea	8.4 million	6.3 million
87	Haiti	8.2 million	6.8 million
88	Rwanda	8.2 million	7.3 million
89	Azerbaijan	8.1 million	7.2 million
90	Bulgaria	8 million	8.9 million
91	Austria	8 million	7.6 million
92	Serbia	7.7 million	7.9 million
93	Switzerland	7.2 million	6.7 million
94	Benin	7.1 million	5.2 million
95	China, Hong Kong SAR	6.7 million	5.6 million
96	Honduras	6.5 million	4.9 million
97	Burundi	6.4 million	5.5 million
98	Tajikistan	6.2 million	5.3 million
99	Israel	6 million	4.4 million
100	El Salvador	5.9 million	5.3 million
101	South Sudan	5.9 million	4.7 million
102	Papua New Guinea	5.4 million	3.8 million
103	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.4 million	4.3 million
104	Slovakia	5.4 million	5.3 million
105	Jordan	5.3 million	3.4 million
106	Denmark	5.3 million	5.1 million
107	Libya	5.3 million	4.4 million
108	Finland	5.2 million	5 million
109	Togo	5.1 million	3.9 million
110	Paraguay	5.1 million	4 million
111	Kyrgyzstan	5 million	4.4 million
112	Nicaragua	5 million	4.1 million
113	Turkmenistan	4.5 million	3.7 million
114	Norway	4.5 million	4.2 million
115	Georgia	4.4 million	5.5 million
116	Croatia	4.4 million	4.8 million
117	Sierra Leone	4.3 million	4.1 million
118	Lebanon	4.3 million	3.6 million
119	Republic of Moldova	4.3 million	4.4 million
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.1 million	4.4 million
121	Singapore	4 million	3 million
122	Costa Rica	3.9 million	3.1 million
123	New Zealand	3.8 million	3.3 million
124	Puerto Rico	3.8 million	3.5 million
125	Central African Republic	3.8 million	2.8 million
126	Ireland	3.8 million	3.5 million
127	Lithuania	3.5 million	3.7 million
128	United Arab Emirates	3.4 million	1.8 million
129	Uruguay	3.3 million	3.1 million
130	Albania	3.2 million	3.3 million
131	Armenia	3.1 million	3.5 million
132	State of Palestine	3.1 million	2.1 million
133	Congo	3.1 million	2.3 million
134	Panama	3 million	2.4 million
135	Liberia	2.9 million	2.6 million
136	Jamaica	2.6 million	2.4 million
137	Mauritania	2.6 million	1.9 million
138	Mongolia	2.4 million	2.1 million
139	Latvia	2.4 million	2.7 million
140	Oman	2.3 million	1.7 million
141	Eritrea	2.2 million	2 million
142	North Macedonia	2.1 million	2.1 million
143	Lesotho	2 million	1.8 million
144	Slovenia	2 million	2 million
145	Kuwait	1.9 million	2.3 million
146	Namibia	1.8 million	1.3 million
147	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.8 million	2 million
148	Botswana	1.7 million	1.3 million
149	Gambia	1.4 million	1 million
150	Estonia	1.4 million	1.6 million
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1.3 million	1.2 million
152	Gabon	1.3 million	970,300
153	Guinea-Bissau	1.2 million	965,762
154	Mauritius	1.2 million	1.1 million
155	Eswatini	1 million	854,667
156	Cyprus	939,469	782,919
157	Fiji	836,491	769,979
158	Guyana	764,800	752,394
159	Réunion	758,502	646,634
160	Djibouti	735,992	547,014
161	Timor-Leste	714,166	752,616
162	Equatorial Guinea	680,354	465,433
163	Bahrain	662,185	506,084
164	Montenegro	634,271	618,777
165	Qatar	628,619	432,874
166	Bhutan	589,822	581,935
167	Comoros	530,726	438,862
168	Suriname	471,724	411,198
169	Cabo Verde	449,827	370,754
170	Solomon Islands	436,108	326,327
171	China, Macao SAR	433,894	345,345
172	Luxembourg	433,011	379,172
173	Martinique	423,314	367,988
174	Guadeloupe	420,283	386,067
175	Malta	398,414	366,206
176	Brunei Darussalam	322,926	251,663
177	Bahamas	321,647	273,597
178	Maldives	279,681	221,171
179	Iceland	279,096	253,776
180	Western Sahara	265,320	176,631
181	Barbados	262,582	258,263
182	French Polynesia	238,440	201,756
183	Belize	236,997	181,092
184	New Caledonia	220,774	174,099
185	Vanuatu	183,938	146,220
186	Samoa	180,988	168,930
187	Guam	159,332	137,317
188	Saint Lucia	157,715	137,220
189	French Guiana	156,735	110,479
190	Mayotte	153,353	86,906
191	Curaçao	146,412	155,889
192	Sao Tome and Principe	143,254	121,481
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	113,514	111,569
194	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	111,832	99,948
195	United States Virgin Islands	108,606	101,851
196	Grenada	107,081	99,532
197	Tonga	102,365	99,582
198	Kiribati	87,850	74,013
199	Aruba	87,822	63,648
200	Jersey	87,703	83,677
201	Seychelles	82,668	73,555
202	Isle of Man	75,235	68,346
203	Antigua and Barbuda	74,275	63,188
204	Dominica	68,719	69,914
205	Northern Mariana Islands	68,166	42,692
206	Andorra	65,737	50,790
207	Bermuda	61,374	57,343
208	Guernsey	60,141	58,540
209	American Samoa	56,688	45,987
210	Greenland	56,098	55,567
211	Marshall Islands	50,466	44,132
212	Faroe Islands	45,368	47,802
213	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,915	40,601
214	Cayman Islands	38,967	25,359
215	Liechtenstein	32,930	28,717
216	Monaco	32,443	30,214
217	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	30,871	27,097
218	Saint Martin (French part)	29,593	27,813
219	Gibraltar	27,705	27,380
220	San Marino	26,627	23,310
221	British Virgin Islands	19,981	15,434
222	Palau	19,079	15,089
223	Turks and Caicos Islands	18,336	11,404
224	Cook Islands	16,171	17,024
225	Wallis and Futuna Islands	14,721	13,406
226	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	14,153	12,868
227	Anguilla	11,002	8,248
228	Nauru	10,182	9,504
229	Tuvalu	9,519	8,733
230	Saint Barthélemy	6,989	5,154
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,300	6,338
232	Saint Helena	6,054	6,635
233	Montserrat	5,346	10,733
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,067	2,335
235	Niue	2,080	2,499
236	Tokelau	1,833	1,764
237	Holy See	695	726

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.