Population by country, 2001

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶2001

#	Country / area	Population	1991
1	China	1.27 billion	1.16 billion
2	India	1.07 billion	874.5 million
3	United States of America	282.8 million	254.9 million
4	Indonesia	217.6 million	185.1 million
5	Brazil	175.2 million	150.5 million
6	Pakistan	157.1 million	118.2 million
7	Russian Federation	146.5 million	149.3 million
8	Bangladesh	135.7 million	112.7 million
9	Nigeria	128.1 million	98.4 million
10	Japan	127.1 million	123.6 million
11	Mexico	99.4 million	83.6 million
12	Germany	81.8 million	80 million
13	Philippines	80.6 million	63.7 million
14	Viet Nam	77.6 million	66.2 million
15	Egypt	73.9 million	59.3 million
16	Ethiopia	68.4 million	48.5 million
17	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	66.9 million	59.2 million
18	Türkiye	65.8 million	56.5 million
19	Thailand	63.3 million	55.2 million
20	France	59.7 million	57.1 million
21	United Kingdom	59.2 million	57.5 million
22	Italy	57.3 million	57.1 million
23	Democratic Republic of the Congo	51.3 million	37.3 million
24	Ukraine	49.3 million	52.1 million
25	South Africa	47.4 million	41.3 million
26	Republic of Korea	46.9 million	44.3 million
27	Myanmar	45.5 million	40.1 million
28	Spain	41.1 million	39.1 million
29	Colombia	39.4 million	32.8 million
30	Poland	38.3 million	38.1 million
31	Argentina	37.4 million	33 million
32	United Republic of Tanzania	34.7 million	26.4 million
33	Algeria	31.1 million	25.7 million
34	Kenya	31.1 million	23.3 million
35	Canada	31 million	28 million
36	Morocco	28.6 million	24.6 million
37	Sudan	28.2 million	22.2 million
38	Peru	26.8 million	22.3 million
39	Uzbekistan	24.9 million	20.7 million
40	Iraq	24.8 million	17.5 million
41	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	24.8 million	20.1 million
42	Nepal	24.8 million	19.8 million
43	Uganda	24.4 million	17.9 million
44	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	23.7 million	21.3 million
45	Malaysia	23.2 million	18.1 million
46	China, Taiwan Province of China	22.4 million	20.7 million
47	Romania	22 million	23 million
48	Afghanistan	20 million	12 million
49	Yemen	19.9 million	14.2 million
50	Ghana	19.9 million	15.6 million
51	Sri Lanka	19.5 million	16.4 million
52	Australia	19.2 million	17.2 million
53	Mozambique	18.3 million	13.2 million
54	Côte d'Ivoire	17.9 million	12.4 million
55	Syrian Arab Republic	16.8 million	12.8 million
56	Madagascar	16.8 million	12.2 million
57	Saudi Arabia	16.6 million	10.9 million
58	Angola	16.5 million	11.8 million
59	Netherlands	16.1 million	15.1 million
60	Chile	15.6 million	13.5 million
61	Kazakhstan	15.5 million	17.2 million
62	Cameroon	15.1 million	11.5 million
63	Ecuador	12.8 million	10.6 million
64	Cambodia	12.6 million	7.5 million
65	Burkina Faso	12.1 million	9.3 million
66	Zimbabwe	11.9 million	10.3 million
67	Guatemala	11.8 million	9.2 million
68	Mali	11.7 million	9.3 million
69	Niger	11.7 million	8.4 million
70	Malawi	11.5 million	9.7 million
71	Cuba	11.1 million	10.7 million
72	Greece	10.8 million	10.3 million
73	Portugal	10.3 million	10 million
74	Belgium	10.3 million	10 million
75	Czechia	10.2 million	10.3 million
76	Hungary	10.2 million	10.4 million
77	Zambia	10.2 million	7.9 million
78	Senegal	10.1 million	7.8 million
79	Belarus	10 million	10.2 million
80	Tunisia	9.8 million	8.4 million
81	Somalia	9 million	7.1 million
82	Sweden	8.9 million	8.6 million
83	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	8.7 million	7.2 million
84	Chad	8.7 million	6 million
85	Dominican Republic	8.7 million	7.2 million
86	Guinea	8.5 million	6.6 million
87	Haiti	8.4 million	6.9 million
88	Rwanda	8.2 million	7.5 million
89	Azerbaijan	8.2 million	7.3 million
90	Austria	8 million	7.7 million
91	Bulgaria	8 million	8.8 million
92	Serbia	7.7 million	7.9 million
93	Benin	7.3 million	5.4 million
94	Switzerland	7.2 million	6.8 million
95	China, Hong Kong SAR	6.7 million	5.6 million
96	Honduras	6.7 million	5.1 million
97	Burundi	6.5 million	5.6 million
98	Tajikistan	6.3 million	5.5 million
99	Israel	6.2 million	4.7 million
100	South Sudan	6.2 million	4.8 million
101	El Salvador	6 million	5.5 million
102	Papua New Guinea	5.6 million	4 million
103	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.5 million	4.4 million
104	Jordan	5.4 million	3.8 million
105	Slovakia	5.4 million	5.3 million
106	Libya	5.4 million	4.5 million
107	Denmark	5.3 million	5.1 million
108	Togo	5.2 million	4.1 million
109	Finland	5.2 million	5 million
110	Paraguay	5.1 million	4.1 million
111	Nicaragua	5.1 million	4.2 million
112	Kyrgyzstan	5 million	4.5 million
113	Turkmenistan	4.6 million	3.8 million
114	Sierra Leone	4.5 million	4.3 million
115	Norway	4.5 million	4.2 million
116	Lebanon	4.4 million	3.6 million
117	Croatia	4.3 million	4.8 million
118	Georgia	4.3 million	5.4 million
119	Republic of Moldova	4.2 million	4.5 million
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.2 million	4.5 million
121	Singapore	4.1 million	3.1 million
122	Costa Rica	4 million	3.2 million
123	Central African Republic	3.9 million	2.9 million
124	New Zealand	3.9 million	3.4 million
125	Ireland	3.8 million	3.5 million
126	Puerto Rico	3.8 million	3.6 million
127	United Arab Emirates	3.6 million	2 million
128	Lithuania	3.5 million	3.7 million
129	Uruguay	3.3 million	3.1 million
130	Congo	3.2 million	2.4 million
131	State of Palestine	3.2 million	2.2 million
132	Albania	3.2 million	3.3 million
133	Armenia	3.1 million	3.6 million
134	Panama	3 million	2.5 million
135	Liberia	3 million	1.9 million
136	Mauritania	2.6 million	2 million
137	Jamaica	2.6 million	2.4 million
138	Mongolia	2.5 million	2.2 million
139	Latvia	2.4 million	2.7 million
140	Oman	2.3 million	1.8 million
141	Eritrea	2.3 million	2.1 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	2 million	1.1 million
146	Namibia	1.8 million	1.4 million
147	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.8 million	2 million
148	Botswana	1.7 million	1.3 million
149	Gambia	1.5 million	1.1 million
150	Estonia	1.4 million	1.6 million
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1.3 million	1.3 million
152	Gabon	1.3 million	997,145
153	Guinea-Bissau	1.2 million	981,541
154	Mauritius	1.2 million	1.1 million
155	Eswatini	1 million	890,189
156	Cyprus	955,794	793,724
157	Fiji	845,315	776,647
158	Timor-Leste	776,010	768,073
159	Réunion	767,624	658,469
160	Guyana	764,840	747,373
161	Djibouti	758,645	612,063
162	Equatorial Guinea	726,175	483,093
163	Bahrain	676,976	523,509
164	Qatar	661,359	447,477
165	Montenegro	634,086	622,199
166	Bhutan	603,904	596,639
167	Comoros	541,433	450,331
168	Suriname	481,562	413,783
169	Cabo Verde	456,805	380,103
170	Solomon Islands	444,830	336,543
171	China, Macao SAR	440,709	356,896
172	Luxembourg	439,216	384,213
173	Martinique	419,376	373,981
174	Guadeloupe	418,749	391,498
175	Malta	401,348	369,606
176	Brunei Darussalam	329,919	258,922
177	Bahamas	325,973	278,274
178	Maldives	284,347	228,352
179	Iceland	283,409	255,856
180	Western Sahara	278,543	182,457
181	Barbados	261,537	258,896
182	Belize	244,599	185,059
183	French Polynesia	242,230	205,797
184	New Caledonia	225,421	178,813
185	Vanuatu	188,624	149,905
186	Samoa	182,382	169,153
187	French Guiana	164,506	114,892
188	Guam	160,790	139,900
189	Mayotte	159,631	92,279
190	Saint Lucia	159,515	138,493
191	Sao Tome and Principe	144,783	124,479
192	Curaçao	144,643	155,590
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	113,572	112,053
194	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	112,256	101,829
195	United States Virgin Islands	108,551	102,764
196	Grenada	107,815	100,380
197	Tonga	102,990	99,817
198	Aruba	89,701	65,218
199	Kiribati	89,376	75,696
200	Jersey	87,964	84,684
201	Seychelles	83,964	74,407
202	Isle of Man	76,055	69,474
203	Antigua and Barbuda	75,545	62,945
204	Northern Mariana Islands	68,547	43,991
205	Dominica	68,299	69,338
206	Andorra	65,578	54,402
207	Bermuda	61,724	57,774
208	Guernsey	60,377	59,256
209	American Samoa	57,021	47,293
210	Greenland	56,319	55,694
211	Marshall Islands	50,947	45,126
212	Faroe Islands	45,952	47,190
213	Saint Kitts and Nevis	45,580	40,263
214	Cayman Islands	40,381	26,639
215	Liechtenstein	33,293	29,058
216	Monaco	32,442	30,477
217	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	30,676	29,025
218	Saint Martin (French part)	30,399	28,636
219	Gibraltar	27,705	27,018
220	San Marino	26,968	23,639
221	British Virgin Islands	20,502	15,975
222	Palau	19,278	15,429
223	Turks and Caicos Islands	19,123	11,971
224	Cook Islands	15,538	17,216
225	Wallis and Futuna Islands	14,846	13,554
226	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	14,313	12,991
227	Anguilla	11,351	8,550
228	Nauru	10,153	9,740
229	Tuvalu	9,569	8,863
230	Saint Barthélemy	7,176	5,346
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,285	6,368
232	Saint Helena	5,979	6,599
233	Montserrat	4,711	10,621
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,127	2,357
235	Niue	2,014	2,468
236	Tokelau	1,856	1,769
237	Holy See	687	725

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