Population by country, 2004
Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Population | 1994 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.3 billion | 1.2 billion |
| 2 | India | 1.13 billion | 931.7 million |
| 3 | United States of America | 291.3 million | 264 million |
| 4 | Indonesia | 226.5 million | 194.9 million |
| 5 | Brazil | 181.7 million | 158 million |
| 6 | Pakistan | 169.2 million | 128.9 million |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 145.5 million | 148 million |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 142 million | 119.2 million |
| 9 | Nigeria | 139.1 million | 106.5 million |
| 10 | Japan | 127.7 million | 125.1 million |
| 11 | Mexico | 103.7 million | 88.5 million |
| 12 | Philippines | 85.6 million | 68.3 million |
| 13 | Germany | 82.1 million | 81.7 million |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 80 million | 70.2 million |
| 15 | Egypt | 78.7 million | 63.6 million |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 74.9 million | 54.6 million |
| 17 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 69.5 million | 61.2 million |
| 18 | Türkiye | 68.2 million | 59.5 million |
| 19 | Thailand | 65.2 million | 57.8 million |
| 20 | France | 60.9 million | 57.9 million |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 60 million | 57.9 million |
| 22 | Italy | 58 million | 57.2 million |
| 23 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 56.1 million | 41.4 million |
| 24 | South Africa | 48.7 million | 43.8 million |
| 25 | Ukraine | 48.1 million | 52.3 million |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 47.6 million | 45 million |
| 27 | Myanmar | 46.9 million | 41.8 million |
| 28 | Spain | 42.9 million | 39.8 million |
| 29 | Colombia | 41.2 million | 34.8 million |
| 30 | Argentina | 38.6 million | 34.4 million |
| 31 | Poland | 38.2 million | 38.3 million |
| 32 | United Republic of Tanzania | 37.6 million | 28.9 million |
| 33 | Kenya | 34.2 million | 25.5 million |
| 34 | Algeria | 32.4 million | 27.6 million |
| 35 | Canada | 32 million | 29 million |
| 36 | Sudan | 30.2 million | 23.7 million |
| 37 | Morocco | 29.8 million | 25.8 million |
| 38 | Peru | 27.7 million | 23.6 million |
| 39 | Iraq | 27.2 million | 19.8 million |
| 40 | Uganda | 26.8 million | 19.8 million |
| 41 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 26.1 million | 21.5 million |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 25.9 million | 22.2 million |
| 43 | Nepal | 25.9 million | 21.4 million |
| 44 | Malaysia | 25 million | 19.6 million |
| 45 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 24.2 million | 22.2 million |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 23.3 million | 15.8 million |
| 47 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 22.7 million | 21.3 million |
| 48 | Yemen | 21.8 million | 15.9 million |
| 49 | Ghana | 21.6 million | 16.8 million |
| 50 | Romania | 21.5 million | 22.8 million |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 20 million | 17.2 million |
| 52 | Australia | 19.9 million | 17.8 million |
| 53 | Mozambique | 19.6 million | 14.4 million |
| 54 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19.4 million | 14 million |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 19.2 million | 12.5 million |
| 56 | Madagascar | 18.3 million | 13.4 million |
| 57 | Angola | 18.3 million | 13 million |
| 58 | Syrian Arab Republic | 18.1 million | 14 million |
| 59 | Netherlands | 16.4 million | 15.4 million |
| 60 | Cameroon | 16.4 million | 12.5 million |
| 61 | Chile | 16.1 million | 14.2 million |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 15.8 million | 17.2 million |
| 63 | Ecuador | 13.5 million | 11.3 million |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 13.3 million | 10 million |
| 65 | Cambodia | 13.1 million | 8.9 million |
| 66 | Niger | 13 million | 9.2 million |
| 67 | Mali | 12.9 million | 9.9 million |
| 68 | Guatemala | 12.7 million | 9.9 million |
| 69 | Malawi | 12.3 million | 10.3 million |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 12.3 million | 10.9 million |
| 71 | Cuba | 11.2 million | 10.9 million |
| 72 | Zambia | 11.2 million | 8.5 million |
| 73 | Greece | 10.9 million | 10.4 million |
| 74 | Senegal | 10.8 million | 8.5 million |
| 75 | Portugal | 10.5 million | 10 million |
| 76 | Belgium | 10.4 million | 10.1 million |
| 77 | Czechia | 10.3 million | 10.3 million |
| 78 | Tunisia | 10.1 million | 8.9 million |
| 79 | Somalia | 10.1 million | 6.9 million |
| 80 | Hungary | 10.1 million | 10.3 million |
| 81 | Belarus | 9.8 million | 10.2 million |
| 82 | Chad | 9.7 million | 6.7 million |
| 83 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 9.1 million | 7.7 million |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 9 million | 7.7 million |
| 85 | Sweden | 9 million | 8.7 million |
| 86 | Guinea | 9 million | 7.2 million |
| 87 | Haiti | 8.8 million | 7.3 million |
| 88 | Rwanda | 8.7 million | 8.2 million |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 8.4 million | 7.6 million |
| 90 | Austria | 8.1 million | 7.9 million |
| 91 | Benin | 8 million | 6 million |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 7.8 million | 8.4 million |
| 93 | Serbia | 7.6 million | 7.8 million |
| 94 | Switzerland | 7.4 million | 7 million |
| 95 | Honduras | 7.2 million | 5.5 million |
| 96 | Burundi | 7.2 million | 5.4 million |
| 97 | South Sudan | 7.1 million | 5 million |
| 98 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 6.9 million | 6 million |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 6.7 million | 5.8 million |
| 100 | Israel | 6.6 million | 5.1 million |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 6.2 million | 4.4 million |
| 102 | El Salvador | 6 million | 5.7 million |
| 103 | Jordan | 5.8 million | 4.5 million |
| 104 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.7 million | 4.7 million |
| 105 | Libya | 5.7 million | 4.8 million |
| 106 | Togo | 5.6 million | 4.1 million |
| 107 | Denmark | 5.4 million | 5.2 million |
| 108 | Slovakia | 5.4 million | 5.3 million |
| 109 | Paraguay | 5.4 million | 4.4 million |
| 110 | Sierra Leone | 5.3 million | 4.2 million |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 5.2 million | 4.5 million |
| 112 | Finland | 5.2 million | 5.1 million |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.2 million | 4.6 million |
| 114 | Turkmenistan | 4.9 million | 4.1 million |
| 115 | Norway | 4.6 million | 4.3 million |
| 116 | Lebanon | 4.6 million | 3.9 million |
| 117 | United Arab Emirates | 4.3 million | 2.3 million |
| 118 | Croatia | 4.3 million | 4.7 million |
| 119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.2 million | 3.8 million |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 4.2 million | 3.4 million |
| 121 | Central African Republic | 4.1 million | 3.2 million |
| 122 | Singapore | 4.1 million | 3.4 million |
| 123 | Republic of Moldova | 4.1 million | 4.4 million |
| 124 | Georgia | 4.1 million | 5.1 million |
| 125 | New Zealand | 4.1 million | 3.6 million |
| 126 | Ireland | 4 million | 3.6 million |
| 127 | Puerto Rico | 3.8 million | 3.7 million |
| 128 | Congo | 3.5 million | 2.6 million |
| 129 | State of Palestine | 3.4 million | 2.5 million |
| 130 | Lithuania | 3.4 million | 3.7 million |
| 131 | Uruguay | 3.3 million | 3.2 million |
| 132 | Panama | 3.2 million | 2.6 million |
| 133 | Liberia | 3.1 million | 2.2 million |
| 134 | Albania | 3.1 million | 3.3 million |
| 135 | Armenia | 3 million | 3.4 million |
| 136 | Mauritania | 2.8 million | 2.2 million |
| 137 | Jamaica | 2.7 million | 2.5 million |
| 138 | Eritrea | 2.6 million | 1.9 million |
| 139 | Mongolia | 2.5 million | 2.3 million |
| 140 | Oman | 2.4 million | 2.1 million |
| 141 | Latvia | 2.3 million | 2.5 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 | Gabon | 1.4 million | 1.1 million |
| 151 | Estonia | 1.4 million | 1.5 million |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.3 million | 1.3 million |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.3 million | 1.1 million |
| 154 | Mauritius | 1.2 million | 1.1 million |
| 155 | Eswatini | 1.1 million | 981,993 |
| 156 | Cyprus | 1 million | 835,497 |
| 157 | Timor-Leste | 923,926 | 832,720 |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 873,287 | 539,829 |
| 159 | Fiji | 870,340 | 792,704 |
| 160 | Bahrain | 841,092 | 570,350 |
| 161 | Djibouti | 819,871 | 626,593 |
| 162 | Réunion | 795,196 | 693,739 |
| 163 | Guyana | 762,988 | 754,436 |
| 164 | Qatar | 761,445 | 492,003 |
| 165 | Bhutan | 644,195 | 556,725 |
| 166 | Montenegro | 633,448 | 629,059 |
| 167 | Comoros | 574,755 | 477,920 |
| 168 | Suriname | 511,283 | 419,765 |
| 169 | Cabo Verde | 476,451 | 406,168 |
| 170 | China, Macao SAR | 475,596 | 385,790 |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 470,384 | 368,201 |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 455,138 | 399,876 |
| 173 | Guadeloupe | 412,120 | 404,318 |
| 174 | Malta | 409,510 | 379,896 |
| 175 | Martinique | 406,714 | 393,806 |
| 176 | Brunei Darussalam | 349,842 | 280,534 |
| 177 | Bahamas | 337,643 | 293,990 |
| 178 | Western Sahara | 318,446 | 199,215 |
| 179 | Maldives | 298,933 | 247,932 |
| 180 | Iceland | 290,635 | 265,063 |
| 181 | Belize | 267,699 | 196,858 |
| 182 | Barbados | 266,559 | 261,366 |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 253,682 | 217,011 |
| 184 | New Caledonia | 238,874 | 193,232 |
| 185 | Vanuatu | 203,204 | 161,391 |
| 186 | French Guiana | 189,318 | 127,866 |
| 187 | Samoa | 185,866 | 172,471 |
| 188 | Mayotte | 172,991 | 111,467 |
| 189 | Saint Lucia | 163,625 | 144,764 |
| 190 | Guam | 163,503 | 146,765 |
| 191 | Sao Tome and Principe | 155,752 | 131,628 |
| 192 | Curaçao | 148,878 | 154,122 |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 113,016 | 112,839 |
| 194 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 112,149 | 108,197 |
| 195 | Grenada | 109,112 | 102,764 |
| 196 | United States Virgin Islands | 108,004 | 105,829 |
| 197 | Tonga | 104,768 | 100,135 |
| 198 | Kiribati | 95,115 | 79,436 |
| 199 | Aruba | 92,772 | 72,264 |
| 200 | Jersey | 90,761 | 85,595 |
| 201 | Seychelles | 87,595 | 76,807 |
| 202 | Isle of Man | 78,405 | 70,969 |
| 203 | Antigua and Barbuda | 78,291 | 66,194 |
| 204 | Andorra | 72,007 | 65,070 |
| 205 | Dominica | 68,601 | 69,466 |
| 206 | Northern Mariana Islands | 64,708 | 46,335 |
| 207 | Bermuda | 62,493 | 59,010 |
| 208 | Guernsey | 60,715 | 59,487 |
| 209 | American Samoa | 56,904 | 50,712 |
| 210 | Greenland | 56,842 | 55,758 |
| 211 | Marshall Islands | 51,726 | 47,421 |
| 212 | Faroe Islands | 47,713 | 44,665 |
| 213 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46,253 | 41,507 |
| 214 | Cayman Islands | 44,639 | 30,660 |
| 215 | Liechtenstein | 34,227 | 30,391 |
| 216 | Saint Martin (French part) | 32,790 | 29,365 |
| 217 | Monaco | 32,326 | 31,239 |
| 218 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 31,509 | 31,982 |
| 219 | Gibraltar | 28,486 | 27,158 |
| 220 | San Marino | 28,021 | 24,650 |
| 221 | British Virgin Islands | 22,498 | 17,191 |
| 222 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 22,291 | 13,994 |
| 223 | Palau | 19,739 | 16,567 |
| 224 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 15,967 | 13,325 |
| 225 | Cook Islands | 15,051 | 17,645 |
| 226 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 15,027 | 13,994 |
| 227 | Anguilla | 11,968 | 9,347 |
| 228 | Nauru | 10,063 | 10,122 |
| 229 | Tuvalu | 9,750 | 9,168 |
| 230 | Saint Barthélemy | 7,752 | 5,910 |
| 231 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6,189 | 6,423 |
| 232 | Saint Helena | 5,702 | 6,444 |
| 233 | Montserrat | 4,500 | 9,141 |
| 234 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 3,198 | 2,620 |
| 235 | Niue | 1,892 | 2,358 |
| 236 | Tokelau | 1,741 | 1,772 |
| 237 | Holy See | 661 | 714 |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.