Population by country, 2003

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶2003

#	Country / area	Population	1993
1	China	1.29 billion	1.19 billion
2	India	1.11 billion	912.5 million
3	United States of America	288.4 million	261.1 million
4	Indonesia	223.6 million	191.7 million
5	Brazil	179.6 million	155.6 million
6	Pakistan	165 million	125.1 million
7	Russian Federation	146.1 million	148.2 million
8	Bangladesh	140 million	117.1 million
9	Nigeria	135.3 million	103.7 million
10	Japan	127.6 million	124.6 million
11	Mexico	102.3 million	86.8 million
12	Philippines	83.9 million	66.8 million
13	Germany	82.1 million	81.3 million
14	Viet Nam	79.2 million	68.9 million
15	Egypt	77 million	62.2 million
16	Ethiopia	72.7 million	52.8 million
17	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	68.1 million	61.6 million
18	Türkiye	67.4 million	58.5 million
19	Thailand	64.6 million	57 million
20	France	60.5 million	57.7 million
21	United Kingdom	59.7 million	57.8 million
22	Italy	57.5 million	57.2 million
23	Democratic Republic of the Congo	54.6 million	39.9 million
24	Ukraine	48.5 million	52.4 million
25	South Africa	48.3 million	42.8 million
26	Republic of Korea	47.4 million	44.8 million
27	Myanmar	46.5 million	41.2 million
28	Spain	42.1 million	39.5 million
29	Colombia	40.6 million	34.1 million
30	Argentina	38.2 million	33.9 million
31	Poland	38.2 million	38.3 million
32	United Republic of Tanzania	36.6 million	27.8 million
33	Kenya	33.1 million	24.8 million
34	Algeria	32 million	27 million
35	Canada	31.7 million	28.7 million
36	Sudan	29.6 million	23.2 million
37	Morocco	29.4 million	25.4 million
38	Peru	27.4 million	23.2 million
39	Iraq	26.4 million	18.6 million
40	Uganda	25.9 million	19.1 million
41	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	25.7 million	21 million
42	Uzbekistan	25.6 million	21.7 million
43	Nepal	25.5 million	20.9 million
44	Malaysia	24.4 million	19.1 million
45	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	24 million	21.9 million
46	China, Taiwan Province of China	22.6 million	21.1 million
47	Afghanistan	22.2 million	14.1 million
48	Romania	21.7 million	22.9 million
49	Yemen	21.1 million	15.3 million
50	Ghana	21 million	16.4 million
51	Sri Lanka	19.9 million	16.9 million
52	Australia	19.7 million	17.6 million
53	Mozambique	19.2 million	13.7 million
54	Côte d'Ivoire	18.9 million	13.5 million
55	Saudi Arabia	18.3 million	12 million
56	Madagascar	17.8 million	13 million
57	Syrian Arab Republic	17.7 million	13.6 million
58	Angola	17.6 million	12.6 million
59	Netherlands	16.3 million	15.3 million
60	Chile	15.9 million	14 million
61	Cameroon	15.9 million	12.2 million
62	Kazakhstan	15.7 million	17.3 million
63	Ecuador	13.3 million	11 million
64	Cambodia	13 million	8.4 million
65	Burkina Faso	12.9 million	9.7 million
66	Niger	12.6 million	9 million
67	Mali	12.5 million	9.7 million
68	Guatemala	12.4 million	9.7 million
69	Zimbabwe	12.2 million	10.9 million
70	Malawi	12 million	10.3 million
71	Cuba	11.2 million	10.8 million
72	Greece	10.9 million	10.4 million
73	Zambia	10.8 million	8.3 million
74	Senegal	10.6 million	8.3 million
75	Portugal	10.4 million	10 million
76	Belgium	10.4 million	10.1 million
77	Czechia	10.2 million	10.3 million
78	Hungary	10.1 million	10.4 million
79	Tunisia	10 million	8.8 million
80	Belarus	9.8 million	10.2 million
81	Somalia	9.7 million	6.4 million
82	Chad	9.3 million	6.6 million
83	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	9 million	7.5 million
84	Sweden	8.9 million	8.7 million
85	Dominican Republic	8.9 million	7.5 million
86	Guinea	8.8 million	7 million
87	Haiti	8.7 million	7.2 million
88	Rwanda	8.5 million	7.8 million
89	Azerbaijan	8.4 million	7.5 million
90	Austria	8.1 million	7.9 million
91	Bulgaria	7.8 million	8.5 million
92	Benin	7.8 million	5.7 million
93	Serbia	7.6 million	7.9 million
94	Switzerland	7.3 million	6.9 million
95	Honduras	7 million	5.3 million
96	Burundi	6.9 million	6 million
97	China, Hong Kong SAR	6.8 million	5.8 million
98	South Sudan	6.7 million	4.9 million
99	Tajikistan	6.6 million	5.7 million
100	Israel	6.4 million	5 million
101	Papua New Guinea	6 million	4.2 million
102	El Salvador	6 million	5.6 million
103	Jordan	5.7 million	4.2 million
104	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.7 million	4.6 million
105	Libya	5.6 million	4.7 million
106	Togo	5.5 million	4.3 million
107	Denmark	5.4 million	5.2 million
108	Slovakia	5.4 million	5.3 million
109	Paraguay	5.3 million	4.3 million
110	Finland	5.2 million	5.1 million
111	Nicaragua	5.2 million	4.4 million
112	Kyrgyzstan	5.1 million	4.6 million
113	Sierra Leone	5.1 million	4.2 million
114	Turkmenistan	4.8 million	4 million
115	Norway	4.6 million	4.3 million
116	Lebanon	4.5 million	3.8 million
117	Croatia	4.3 million	4.8 million
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.2 million	4 million
119	Singapore	4.1 million	3.3 million
120	Republic of Moldova	4.1 million	4.5 million
121	Costa Rica	4.1 million	3.3 million
122	Georgia	4.1 million	5.2 million
123	United Arab Emirates	4.1 million	2.2 million
124	Central African Republic	4.1 million	3.1 million
125	New Zealand	4 million	3.6 million
126	Ireland	4 million	3.6 million
127	Puerto Rico	3.8 million	3.6 million
128	Lithuania	3.4 million	3.7 million
129	Congo	3.4 million	2.6 million
130	State of Palestine	3.4 million	2.4 million
131	Uruguay	3.3 million	3.1 million
132	Panama	3.2 million	2.6 million
133	Liberia	3.1 million	2.1 million
134	Albania	3.1 million	3.3 million
135	Armenia	3 million	3.5 million
136	Mauritania	2.8 million	2.1 million
137	Jamaica	2.6 million	2.4 million
138	Mongolia	2.5 million	2.3 million
139	Eritrea	2.4 million	1.8 million
140	Oman	2.4 million	2 million
141	Latvia	2.3 million	2.6 million
142	Kuwait	2.1 million	1.7 million
143	North Macedonia	2.1 million	2 million
144	Slovenia	2 million	2 million
145	Lesotho	2 million	1.9 million
146	Namibia	1.9 million	1.5 million
147	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.8 million	2.1 million
148	Botswana	1.8 million	1.4 million
149	Gambia	1.6 million	1.2 million
150	Estonia	1.4 million	1.5 million
151	Gabon	1.4 million	1.1 million
152	Trinidad and Tobago	1.3 million	1.3 million
153	Guinea-Bissau	1.3 million	1 million
154	Mauritius	1.2 million	1.1 million
155	Eswatini	1.1 million	960,642
156	Cyprus	990,413	816,520
157	Timor-Leste	909,829	810,153
158	Fiji	862,224	788,026
159	Equatorial Guinea	822,423	520,199
160	Djibouti	807,167	601,898
161	Réunion	785,758	682,390
162	Bahrain	781,460	555,269
163	Guyana	763,189	751,472
164	Qatar	727,919	477,086
165	Montenegro	633,635	627,119
166	Bhutan	631,132	552,620
167	Comoros	564,840	469,444
168	Suriname	501,546	418,937
169	Cabo Verde	470,311	397,760
170	China, Macao SAR	462,482	376,857
171	Solomon Islands	461,920	357,476
172	Luxembourg	448,483	394,506
173	Guadeloupe	414,586	400,247
174	Martinique	410,014	387,235
175	Malta	406,898	376,530
176	Brunei Darussalam	343,427	273,407
177	Bahamas	333,523	288,664
178	Western Sahara	305,092	193,732
179	Maldives	294,047	241,835
180	Iceland	288,517	262,395
181	Barbados	264,980	260,684
182	Belize	259,859	192,944
183	French Polynesia	249,585	213,426
184	New Caledonia	234,479	188,481
185	Vanuatu	198,288	157,535
186	Samoa	184,988	171,078
187	French Guiana	180,865	123,427
188	Mayotte	170,389	104,472
189	Guam	162,760	144,538
190	Saint Lucia	162,324	142,687
191	Sao Tome and Principe	151,876	129,306
192	Curaçao	146,943	154,865
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	113,263	112,628
194	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	112,421	105,935
195	Grenada	108,650	101,997
196	United States Virgin Islands	108,333	104,927
197	Tonga	104,160	100,071
198	Kiribati	93,235	78,246
199	Aruba	91,848	69,879
200	Jersey	89,780	85,347
201	Seychelles	86,467	76,008
202	Isle of Man	77,649	70,566
203	Antigua and Barbuda	77,469	64,980
204	Dominica	68,457	69,394
205	Andorra	66,866	61,461
206	Northern Mariana Islands	66,133	45,568
207	Bermuda	62,273	58,620
208	Guernsey	60,618	59,514
209	American Samoa	57,037	49,606
210	Greenland	56,681	55,759
211	Marshall Islands	51,551	46,766
212	Faroe Islands	47,127	45,603
213	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,100	40,976
214	Cayman Islands	43,230	29,292
215	Liechtenstein	33,892	29,948
216	Monaco	32,385	31,000
217	Saint Martin (French part)	32,000	29,198
218	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	31,145	32,069
219	Gibraltar	28,052	26,979
220	San Marino	27,664	24,293
221	British Virgin Islands	21,769	16,788
222	Turks and Caicos Islands	21,164	13,301
223	Palau	19,579	16,178
224	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	15,319	13,220
225	Wallis and Futuna Islands	15,079	13,852
226	Cook Islands	15,003	17,538
227	Anguilla	11,781	9,109
228	Nauru	10,055	10,082
229	Tuvalu	9,641	9,083
230	Saint Barthélemy	7,564	5,719
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,232	6,415
232	Saint Helena	5,803	6,502
233	Montserrat	4,481	9,722
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,179	2,529
235	Niue	1,924	2,393
236	Tokelau	1,807	1,778
237	Holy See	667	723

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