Population by country, 2005

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶2005

#	Country / area	Population	1995
1	China	1.31 billion	1.21 billion
2	India	1.15 billion	950.6 million
3	United States of America	294.2 million	266.8 million
4	Indonesia	229.3 million	198.2 million
5	Brazil	183.7 million	160.5 million
6	Pakistan	173.4 million	132.6 million
7	Russian Federation	144.9 million	148.4 million
8	Bangladesh	143.8 million	121.5 million
9	Nigeria	143 million	109.4 million
10	Japan	127.8 million	125.5 million
11	Mexico	105.1 million	90.1 million
12	Philippines	87.2 million	69.8 million
13	Germany	82.1 million	81.9 million
14	Viet Nam	80.7 million	71.5 million
15	Egypt	80.3 million	65 million
16	Ethiopia	77.2 million	56.6 million
17	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	71 million	61.9 million
18	Türkiye	69 million	60.6 million
19	Thailand	65.7 million	58.7 million
20	France	61.4 million	58.1 million
21	United Kingdom	60.4 million	58.1 million
22	Italy	58.4 million	57.7 million
23	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57.9 million	43.9 million
24	South Africa	49.2 million	44.2 million
25	Ukraine	47.8 million	51.9 million
26	Republic of Korea	47.8 million	45.3 million
27	Myanmar	47.3 million	42.3 million
28	Spain	43.6 million	40 million
29	Colombia	41.8 million	35.5 million
30	Argentina	39 million	34.8 million
31	United Republic of Tanzania	38.6 million	30 million
32	Poland	38.1 million	38.4 million
33	Kenya	35.3 million	26.2 million
34	Algeria	32.9 million	28.2 million
35	Canada	32.3 million	29.3 million
36	Sudan	30.9 million	24.4 million
37	Morocco	30.2 million	26.2 million
38	Iraq	28 million	20.5 million
39	Peru	28 million	24.1 million
40	Uganda	27.6 million	20.4 million
41	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	26.6 million	22 million
42	Uzbekistan	26.2 million	22.7 million
43	Nepal	26.2 million	22 million
44	Malaysia	25.5 million	20.1 million
45	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	24.3 million	22.6 million
46	Afghanistan	23.9 million	16.7 million
47	China, Taiwan Province of China	22.8 million	21.4 million
48	Yemen	22.4 million	16.4 million
49	Ghana	22.2 million	17.2 million
50	Romania	21.3 million	22.7 million
51	Australia	20.2 million	18 million
52	Sri Lanka	20.2 million	17.4 million
53	Saudi Arabia	20.1 million	13 million
54	Mozambique	20.1 million	15.7 million
55	Côte d'Ivoire	19.8 million	14.6 million
56	Angola	18.9 million	13.5 million
57	Madagascar	18.9 million	13.8 million
58	Syrian Arab Republic	18.6 million	14.4 million
59	Cameroon	16.8 million	12.9 million
60	Netherlands	16.4 million	15.5 million
61	Chile	16.3 million	14.4 million
62	Kazakhstan	15.9 million	16.9 million
63	Ecuador	13.7 million	11.5 million
64	Burkina Faso	13.7 million	10.3 million
65	Niger	13.5 million	9.6 million
66	Cambodia	13.3 million	9.6 million
67	Mali	13.3 million	10.1 million
68	Guatemala	12.9 million	10.2 million
69	Malawi	12.7 million	10 million
70	Zimbabwe	12.4 million	10.9 million
71	Zambia	11.5 million	8.7 million
72	Cuba	11.3 million	10.9 million
73	Senegal	11.1 million	8.7 million
74	Greece	11 million	10.5 million
75	Portugal	10.5 million	10 million
76	Somalia	10.5 million	7.1 million
77	Belgium	10.4 million	10.1 million
78	Czechia	10.3 million	10.3 million
79	Tunisia	10.2 million	9.1 million
80	Chad	10.1 million	6.9 million
81	Hungary	10.1 million	10.3 million
82	Belarus	9.7 million	10.2 million
83	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	9.3 million	7.8 million
84	Dominican Republic	9.2 million	7.8 million
85	Guinea	9.2 million	7.4 million
86	Sweden	9 million	8.8 million
87	Haiti	9 million	7.5 million
88	Rwanda	8.9 million	5.4 million
89	Azerbaijan	8.5 million	7.7 million
90	Benin	8.3 million	6.2 million
91	Austria	8.2 million	7.9 million
92	Bulgaria	7.7 million	8.4 million
93	Serbia	7.6 million	7.8 million
94	Burundi	7.5 million	6 million
95	Switzerland	7.4 million	7 million
96	South Sudan	7.4 million	5.2 million
97	Honduras	7.4 million	5.7 million
98	China, Hong Kong SAR	6.9 million	6.1 million
99	Tajikistan	6.9 million	5.9 million
100	Israel	6.7 million	5.3 million
101	Papua New Guinea	6.4 million	4.6 million
102	El Salvador	6 million	5.7 million
103	Jordan	6 million	4.7 million
104	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.8 million	4.9 million
105	Libya	5.8 million	4.9 million
106	Togo	5.8 million	4.3 million
107	Sierra Leone	5.4 million	4.2 million
108	Paraguay	5.4 million	4.5 million
109	Denmark	5.4 million	5.2 million
110	Slovakia	5.4 million	5.4 million
111	Nicaragua	5.3 million	4.6 million
112	Finland	5.2 million	5.1 million
113	Kyrgyzstan	5.2 million	4.7 million
114	Turkmenistan	5 million	4.2 million
115	Lebanon	4.6 million	3.9 million
116	Norway	4.6 million	4.3 million
117	United Arab Emirates	4.5 million	2.4 million
118	Croatia	4.3 million	4.6 million
119	Central African Republic	4.2 million	3.3 million
120	Costa Rica	4.2 million	3.5 million
121	Singapore	4.2 million	3.5 million
122	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.1 million	3.6 million
123	New Zealand	4.1 million	3.6 million
124	Ireland	4.1 million	3.6 million
125	Georgia	4 million	5 million
126	Republic of Moldova	4 million	4.4 million
127	Puerto Rico	3.8 million	3.7 million
128	Congo	3.6 million	2.7 million
129	State of Palestine	3.5 million	2.6 million
130	Lithuania	3.4 million	3.6 million
131	Uruguay	3.3 million	3.2 million
132	Panama	3.3 million	2.7 million
133	Liberia	3.2 million	2.1 million
134	Albania	3.1 million	3.3 million
135	Armenia	3 million	3.3 million
136	Mauritania	2.9 million	2.3 million
137	Jamaica	2.7 million	2.5 million
138	Eritrea	2.6 million	1.9 million
139	Mongolia	2.6 million	2.3 million
140	Oman	2.4 million	2.1 million
141	Latvia	2.3 million	2.5 million
142	Kuwait	2.2 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	2 million	1.6 million
147	Botswana	1.8 million	1.5 million
148	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.8 million	2.1 million
149	Gambia	1.6 million	1.2 million
150	Gabon	1.4 million	1.1 million
151	Guinea-Bissau	1.4 million	1.1 million
152	Estonia	1.4 million	1.5 million
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1.3 million	1.3 million
154	Mauritius	1.3 million	1.2 million
155	Eswatini	1.1 million	960,430
156	Cyprus	1 million	853,777
157	Timor-Leste	934,222	856,266
158	Equatorial Guinea	926,535	560,431
159	Bahrain	901,792	585,554
160	Fiji	878,384	796,830
161	Djibouti	832,376	626,827
162	Réunion	798,640	704,907
163	Qatar	785,220	506,916
164	Guyana	761,822	757,185
165	Bhutan	656,892	552,270
166	Montenegro	634,022	630,677
167	Comoros	586,653	486,365
168	Suriname	516,562	424,983
169	China, Macao SAR	488,772	394,446
170	Cabo Verde	482,284	414,285
171	Solomon Islands	478,836	379,150
172	Luxembourg	461,396	405,284
173	Malta	412,045	383,003
174	Guadeloupe	409,448	408,249
175	Martinique	403,384	400,287
176	Brunei Darussalam	355,973	287,647
177	Bahamas	341,845	299,000
178	Western Sahara	331,902	204,621
179	Maldives	303,891	253,712
180	Iceland	293,643	266,993
181	Belize	275,676	201,334
182	Barbados	268,023	261,871
183	French Polynesia	257,618	220,466
184	New Caledonia	242,827	197,996
185	Vanuatu	208,218	165,236
186	French Guiana	197,979	132,371
187	Samoa	186,627	173,846
188	Mayotte	177,074	118,800
189	Saint Lucia	164,851	147,016
190	Guam	164,105	148,965
191	Sao Tome and Principe	159,658	133,837
192	Curaçao	150,713	153,219
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	112,647	112,992
194	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	111,702	109,953
195	Grenada	109,527	103,507
196	United States Virgin Islands	107,663	106,634
197	Tonga	105,374	100,197
198	Kiribati	97,054	80,606
199	Aruba	93,653	74,652
200	Jersey	91,740	85,794
201	Seychelles	88,708	77,715
202	Antigua and Barbuda	79,138	67,490
203	Isle of Man	79,133	71,358
204	Andorra	76,542	64,143
205	Dominica	68,692	69,481
206	Northern Mariana Islands	63,169	47,125
207	Bermuda	62,610	59,378
208	Guernsey	60,807	59,423
209	Greenland	56,971	55,742
210	American Samoa	56,732	51,790
211	Marshall Islands	51,857	48,002
212	Faroe Islands	48,316	43,675
213	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,375	42,046
214	Cayman Islands	46,064	32,044
215	Liechtenstein	34,548	30,810
216	Saint Martin (French part)	33,552	29,461
217	Monaco	32,245	31,479
218	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	31,871	31,852
219	Gibraltar	28,931	27,317
220	San Marino	28,382	24,994
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	23,421	14,693
222	British Virgin Islands	23,263	17,621
223	Palau	19,902	16,973
224	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	16,640	13,444
225	Cook Islands	15,104	17,733
226	Wallis and Futuna Islands	14,755	14,135
227	Anguilla	12,167	9,587
228	Nauru	10,057	10,153
229	Tuvalu	9,882	9,247
230	Saint Barthélemy	7,940	6,091
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,142	6,437
232	Saint Helena	5,600	6,381
233	Montserrat	4,530	8,546
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,211	2,719
235	Niue	1,846	2,321
236	Tokelau	1,669	1,771
237	Holy See	660	707

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