Population by country, 2006

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶2006

#	Country / area	Population	1996
1	China	1.31 billion	1.23 billion
2	India	1.16 billion	970 million
3	United States of America	297.1 million	269.5 million
4	Indonesia	232.4 million	201.5 million
5	Brazil	185.7 million	163 million
6	Pakistan	177.5 million	136.6 million
7	Nigeria	147 million	112.3 million
8	Bangladesh	145.6 million	123.7 million
9	Russian Federation	144.3 million	148.2 million
10	Japan	127.9 million	125.8 million
11	Mexico	106.5 million	91.7 million
12	Philippines	88.8 million	71.3 million
13	Germany	82 million	82.2 million
14	Egypt	81.9 million	66.3 million
15	Viet Nam	81.5 million	72.6 million
16	Ethiopia	79.5 million	58.5 million
17	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	72.6 million	62.5 million
18	Türkiye	69.7 million	61.5 million
19	Thailand	66.3 million	59.5 million
20	France	61.8 million	58.3 million
21	United Kingdom	60.8 million	58.2 million
22	Democratic Republic of the Congo	59.7 million	45 million
23	Italy	58.6 million	57.1 million
24	South Africa	49.7 million	44.9 million
25	Republic of Korea	47.9 million	45.5 million
26	Myanmar	47.6 million	42.9 million
27	Ukraine	47.4 million	51.5 million
28	Spain	44.3 million	40.1 million
29	Colombia	42.4 million	36.1 million
30	United Republic of Tanzania	39.7 million	30.7 million
31	Argentina	39.4 million	35.3 million
32	Poland	38.1 million	38.4 million
33	Kenya	36.3 million	27 million
34	Algeria	33.4 million	28.8 million
35	Canada	32.6 million	29.6 million
36	Sudan	31.6 million	25 million
37	Morocco	30.6 million	26.6 million
38	Iraq	28.8 million	21.2 million
39	Uganda	28.4 million	20.9 million
40	Peru	28.2 million	24.6 million
41	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	27 million	22.4 million
42	Uzbekistan	26.5 million	23.1 million
43	Nepal	26.4 million	22.5 million
44	Malaysia	26.1 million	20.6 million
45	Afghanistan	25 million	17.4 million
46	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	24.5 million	22.8 million
47	Yemen	23.2 million	17 million
48	China, Taiwan Province of China	22.9 million	21.6 million
49	Ghana	22.7 million	17.6 million
50	Romania	21.1 million	22.6 million
51	Saudi Arabia	21 million	13.6 million
52	Mozambique	20.5 million	16.2 million
53	Australia	20.4 million	18.2 million
54	Côte d'Ivoire	20.3 million	15.1 million
55	Sri Lanka	20.3 million	17.7 million
56	Angola	19.6 million	13.9 million
57	Madagascar	19.4 million	14.3 million
58	Syrian Arab Republic	19.1 million	14.8 million
59	Cameroon	17.3 million	13.2 million
60	Netherlands	16.5 million	15.6 million
61	Chile	16.4 million	14.6 million
62	Kazakhstan	16 million	16.6 million
63	Burkina Faso	14.2 million	10.5 million
64	Niger	14 million	9.9 million
65	Ecuador	14 million	11.7 million
66	Mali	13.8 million	10.3 million
67	Cambodia	13.5 million	10.4 million
68	Guatemala	13.2 million	10.4 million
69	Malawi	13 million	10.2 million
70	Zimbabwe	12.5 million	11.1 million
71	Zambia	11.9 million	8.9 million
72	Senegal	11.4 million	9 million
73	Cuba	11.3 million	10.9 million
74	Greece	11 million	10.5 million
75	Somalia	10.8 million	7.4 million
76	Chad	10.5 million	7.3 million
77	Portugal	10.5 million	10 million
78	Belgium	10.5 million	10.1 million
79	Tunisia	10.3 million	9.2 million
80	Czechia	10.3 million	10.3 million
81	Hungary	10.1 million	10.3 million
82	Belarus	9.6 million	10.2 million
83	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	9.4 million	7.9 million
84	Guinea	9.3 million	7.7 million
85	Dominican Republic	9.3 million	8 million
86	Rwanda	9.2 million	6 million
87	Haiti	9.1 million	7.6 million
88	Sweden	9 million	8.8 million
89	Azerbaijan	8.7 million	7.8 million
90	Benin	8.6 million	6.3 million
91	Austria	8.3 million	8 million
92	South Sudan	7.8 million	5.3 million
93	Burundi	7.7 million	6.1 million
94	Bulgaria	7.7 million	8.3 million
95	Honduras	7.6 million	5.8 million
96	Serbia	7.5 million	7.8 million
97	Switzerland	7.5 million	7.1 million
98	Tajikistan	7 million	6 million
99	China, Hong Kong SAR	6.9 million	6.2 million
100	Israel	6.8 million	5.4 million
101	Papua New Guinea	6.6 million	4.7 million
102	Jordan	6.1 million	4.8 million
103	El Salvador	6 million	5.8 million
104	Libya	5.9 million	4.9 million
105	Togo	5.9 million	4.5 million
106	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.9 million	5 million
107	Sierra Leone	5.6 million	4.2 million
108	Paraguay	5.5 million	4.6 million
109	Denmark	5.4 million	5.3 million
110	Nicaragua	5.4 million	4.7 million
111	Slovakia	5.4 million	5.4 million
112	Kyrgyzstan	5.3 million	4.7 million
113	Finland	5.3 million	5.1 million
114	Turkmenistan	5.1 million	4.2 million
115	United Arab Emirates	4.8 million	2.5 million
116	Lebanon	4.7 million	4 million
117	Norway	4.6 million	4.4 million
118	Central African Republic	4.3 million	3.4 million
119	Singapore	4.3 million	3.6 million
120	Croatia	4.3 million	4.6 million
121	Costa Rica	4.3 million	3.6 million
122	Ireland	4.2 million	3.6 million
123	New Zealand	4.2 million	3.7 million
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.1 million	3.8 million
125	Georgia	4 million	4.9 million
126	Republic of Moldova	4 million	4.4 million
127	Puerto Rico	3.8 million	3.7 million
128	Congo	3.8 million	2.8 million
129	State of Palestine	3.6 million	2.7 million
130	Liberia	3.4 million	2.2 million
131	Panama	3.3 million	2.8 million
132	Lithuania	3.3 million	3.6 million
133	Uruguay	3.3 million	3.2 million
134	Albania	3.1 million	3.3 million
135	Armenia	3 million	3.3 million
136	Mauritania	3 million	2.3 million
137	Jamaica	2.7 million	2.5 million
138	Eritrea	2.7 million	2.1 million
139	Mongolia	2.6 million	2.4 million
140	Oman	2.5 million	2.1 million
141	Kuwait	2.3 million	1.7 million
142	Latvia	2.2 million	2.5 million
143	North Macedonia	2.1 million	2 million
144	Slovenia	2 million	2 million
145	Namibia	2 million	1.6 million
146	Lesotho	1.9 million	2 million
147	Botswana	1.9 million	1.5 million
148	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.8 million	2.2 million
149	Gambia	1.7 million	1.3 million
150	Gabon	1.5 million	1.1 million
151	Guinea-Bissau	1.4 million	1.1 million
152	Trinidad and Tobago	1.4 million	1.3 million
153	Estonia	1.4 million	1.4 million
154	Mauritius	1.3 million	1.2 million
155	Eswatini	1.1 million	980,435
156	Cyprus	1 million	871,547
157	Equatorial Guinea	968,188	582,080
158	Bahrain	963,416	600,890
159	Timor-Leste	962,399	880,027
160	Fiji	886,366	800,654
161	Qatar	865,595	521,734
162	Djibouti	845,958	639,321
163	Réunion	801,646	715,905
164	Guyana	759,980	759,567
165	Bhutan	666,832	543,708
166	Montenegro	634,039	632,065
167	Comoros	598,701	494,807
168	Suriname	522,060	434,227
169	China, Macao SAR	502,015	402,930
170	Cabo Verde	487,943	421,922
171	Solomon Islands	487,322	390,317
172	Luxembourg	469,269	411,148
173	Malta	414,556	386,084
174	Guadeloupe	406,555	412,037
175	Martinique	400,202	406,658
176	Brunei Darussalam	361,852	294,742
177	Bahamas	345,863	303,891
178	Western Sahara	345,464	215,226
179	Maldives	308,967	259,582
180	Iceland	299,965	267,974
181	Belize	283,783	206,956
182	Barbados	269,375	262,204
183	French Polynesia	261,388	223,770
184	New Caledonia	245,931	202,761
185	Vanuatu	213,300	169,039
186	French Guiana	206,915	136,895
187	Samoa	187,326	175,295
188	Mayotte	182,128	126,351
189	Saint Lucia	166,046	149,400
190	Guam	164,616	151,138
191	Sao Tome and Principe	163,621	135,953
192	Curaçao	151,911	152,165
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	112,243	113,099
194	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	111,122	110,507
195	Grenada	109,936	104,227
196	United States Virgin Islands	107,548	107,308
197	Tonga	105,968	100,252
198	Kiribati	99,017	81,863
199	Aruba	94,807	77,184
200	Jersey	92,724	85,934
201	Seychelles	89,816	78,536
202	Antigua and Barbuda	80,070	68,885
203	Isle of Man	79,849	71,661
204	Andorra	78,191	63,672
205	Dominica	68,771	69,449
206	Bermuda	62,804	59,675
207	Northern Mariana Islands	61,539	49,228
208	Guernsey	60,914	59,323
209	Greenland	56,928	55,937
210	American Samoa	56,502	52,842
211	Marshall Islands	51,955	48,529
212	Faroe Islands	48,398	43,998
213	Cayman Islands	47,511	33,442
214	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,497	42,605
215	Liechtenstein	34,831	31,256
216	Saint Martin (French part)	34,304	29,479
217	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	32,244	31,692
218	Monaco	32,121	31,705
219	Gibraltar	29,382	27,433
220	San Marino	28,758	25,320
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	24,554	15,410
222	British Virgin Islands	24,067	18,058
223	Palau	19,735	17,417
224	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	17,321	13,574
225	Cook Islands	15,159	17,829
226	Wallis and Futuna Islands	14,465	14,263
227	Anguilla	12,366	9,841
228	Nauru	10,041	10,176
229	Tuvalu	9,997	9,312
230	Saint Barthélemy	8,121	6,270
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,085	6,434
232	Saint Helena	5,486	6,316
233	Montserrat	4,563	7,923
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,223	2,816
235	Niue	1,808	2,285
236	Tokelau	1,592	1,771
237	Holy See	658	702

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