Population by country, 2008

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶2008

#	Country / area	Population	1998
1	China	1.33 billion	1.25 billion
2	India	1.2 billion	1.01 billion
3	United States of America	303.4 million	274.7 million
4	Indonesia	238.6 million	208.2 million
5	Brazil	189.5 million	167.9 million
6	Pakistan	187.1 million	144.5 million
7	Nigeria	155.4 million	118.3 million
8	Bangladesh	148.8 million	128.4 million
9	Russian Federation	143.8 million	147.7 million
10	Japan	128.1 million	126.4 million
11	Mexico	109.6 million	94.8 million
12	Philippines	91.9 million	74.8 million
13	Egypt	85.1 million	69.1 million
14	Viet Nam	84.4 million	74.8 million
15	Ethiopia	84.3 million	62.4 million
16	Germany	81.2 million	82.4 million
17	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	75 million	64.1 million
18	Türkiye	71.1 million	63.3 million
19	Thailand	67.4 million	61.1 million
20	Democratic Republic of the Congo	63.4 million	46.5 million
21	France	62.6 million	58.7 million
22	United Kingdom	61.8 million	58.5 million
23	Italy	59.3 million	57.2 million
24	South Africa	50.8 million	46 million
25	Myanmar	48.3 million	44 million
26	Republic of Korea	48.3 million	46.1 million
27	Ukraine	46.9 million	50.6 million
28	Spain	45.9 million	40.5 million
29	Colombia	43.5 million	37.5 million
30	United Republic of Tanzania	42 million	32 million
31	Argentina	40.2 million	36.2 million
32	Kenya	38.6 million	28.5 million
33	Poland	38 million	38.3 million
34	Algeria	34.5 million	29.8 million
35	Canada	33.3 million	30.2 million
36	Sudan	33.2 million	26.1 million
37	Morocco	31.4 million	27.4 million
38	Uganda	30.1 million	22.1 million
39	Peru	28.6 million	25.5 million
40	Iraq	28.4 million	22.5 million
41	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	27.9 million	23.4 million
42	Malaysia	27.3 million	21.6 million
43	Uzbekistan	27.3 million	24 million
44	Nepal	26.9 million	23.5 million
45	Afghanistan	25.9 million	18.8 million
46	Yemen	24.7 million	18.2 million
47	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	24.7 million	23.2 million
48	Ghana	23.9 million	18.5 million
49	China, Taiwan Province of China	23 million	22 million
50	Saudi Arabia	22.8 million	14.6 million
51	Syrian Arab Republic	21.5 million	15.6 million
52	Mozambique	21.5 million	17.1 million
53	Côte d'Ivoire	21.3 million	16.4 million
54	Angola	21.2 million	14.9 million
55	Australia	21.2 million	18.6 million
56	Romania	20.8 million	22.3 million
57	Madagascar	20.6 million	15.2 million
58	Sri Lanka	20.6 million	18.4 million
59	Cameroon	18.3 million	14 million
60	Chile	16.8 million	15 million
61	Netherlands	16.6 million	15.8 million
62	Kazakhstan	16.3 million	15.8 million
63	Niger	15.1 million	10.6 million
64	Burkina Faso	15 million	11.1 million
65	Mali	14.7 million	10.8 million
66	Ecuador	14.5 million	12.1 million
67	Cambodia	13.9 million	11.9 million
68	Guatemala	13.8 million	11 million
69	Malawi	13.8 million	10.7 million
70	Zimbabwe	12.9 million	11.5 million
71	Zambia	12.8 million	9.4 million
72	Senegal	11.9 million	9.4 million
73	Somalia	11.5 million	8 million
74	Cuba	11.3 million	11 million
75	Chad	11.3 million	7.8 million
76	Greece	11.1 million	10.6 million
77	Belgium	10.7 million	10.2 million
78	Portugal	10.6 million	10.1 million
79	Tunisia	10.5 million	9.5 million
80	Czechia	10.4 million	10.3 million
81	Hungary	10 million	10.3 million
82	Guinea	9.8 million	8 million
83	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	9.8 million	8.2 million
84	Rwanda	9.7 million	8 million
85	Belarus	9.5 million	10.1 million
86	Dominican Republic	9.5 million	8.2 million
87	Haiti	9.5 million	7.9 million
88	Sweden	9.2 million	8.8 million
89	Benin	9.1 million	6.7 million
90	Azerbaijan	8.9 million	8 million
91	South Sudan	8.6 million	5.6 million
92	Burundi	8.3 million	6.1 million
93	Austria	8.3 million	8 million
94	Honduras	7.9 million	6.2 million
95	Switzerland	7.6 million	7.1 million
96	Bulgaria	7.6 million	8.2 million
97	Serbia	7.5 million	7.8 million
98	Tajikistan	7.3 million	6.2 million
99	Papua New Guinea	7.1 million	5.1 million
100	Israel	7 million	5.7 million
101	China, Hong Kong SAR	7 million	6.5 million
102	Jordan	6.9 million	5.1 million
103	Togo	6.3 million	4.8 million
104	Libya	6.2 million	5.1 million
105	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.1 million	5.2 million
106	El Salvador	6 million	5.9 million
107	United Arab Emirates	6 million	2.9 million
108	Sierra Leone	5.8 million	4.3 million
109	Paraguay	5.6 million	4.8 million
110	Nicaragua	5.5 million	4.8 million
111	Denmark	5.5 million	5.3 million
112	Slovakia	5.4 million	5.4 million
113	Kyrgyzstan	5.3 million	4.9 million
114	Finland	5.3 million	5.1 million
115	Turkmenistan	5.3 million	4.4 million
116	Lebanon	4.9 million	4.1 million
117	Norway	4.7 million	4.4 million
118	Singapore	4.7 million	3.9 million
119	Central African Republic	4.5 million	3.6 million
120	Ireland	4.5 million	3.7 million
121	Costa Rica	4.4 million	3.7 million
122	Croatia	4.3 million	4.5 million
123	New Zealand	4.2 million	3.8 million
124	Congo	4.1 million	2.9 million
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4 million	4.1 million
126	Georgia	4 million	4.6 million
127	Republic of Moldova	3.8 million	4.3 million
128	State of Palestine	3.8 million	2.9 million
129	Liberia	3.8 million	2.6 million
130	Puerto Rico	3.8 million	3.8 million
131	Panama	3.5 million	2.9 million
132	Uruguay	3.3 million	3.2 million
133	Lithuania	3.2 million	3.6 million
134	Mauritania	3.1 million	2.4 million
135	Albania	3 million	3.2 million
136	Armenia	3 million	3.2 million
137	Eritrea	2.8 million	2.2 million
138	Jamaica	2.7 million	2.6 million
139	Mongolia	2.6 million	2.4 million
140	Oman	2.6 million	2.2 million
141	Kuwait	2.6 million	1.8 million
142	Latvia	2.2 million	2.4 million
143	North Macedonia	2.1 million	2 million
144	Namibia	2 million	1.7 million
145	Slovenia	2 million	2 million
146	Lesotho	2 million	2 million
147	Botswana	1.9 million	1.6 million
148	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.8 million	2.2 million
149	Gambia	1.8 million	1.4 million
150	Gabon	1.6 million	1.2 million
151	Guinea-Bissau	1.5 million	1.2 million
152	Trinidad and Tobago	1.4 million	1.3 million
153	Estonia	1.3 million	1.4 million
154	Qatar	1.3 million	564,698
155	Mauritius	1.3 million	1.2 million
156	Eswatini	1.1 million	1 million
157	Bahrain	1.1 million	631,714
158	Cyprus	1.1 million	906,090
159	Equatorial Guinea	1.1 million	628,881
160	Timor-Leste	1 million	929,833
161	Fiji	901,300	817,350
162	Djibouti	883,485	686,260
163	Réunion	825,744	738,413
164	Guyana	755,767	763,004
165	Bhutan	682,514	563,534
166	Montenegro	633,052	633,889
167	Comoros	623,048	512,148
168	Suriname	534,097	452,702
169	China, Macao SAR	529,066	419,008
170	Solomon Islands	504,445	413,249
171	Cabo Verde	498,867	436,355
172	Luxembourg	484,072	421,531
173	Malta	418,027	392,188
174	Guadeloupe	408,692	419,353
175	Martinique	400,909	419,170
176	Brunei Darussalam	374,272	308,873
177	Western Sahara	373,892	239,992
178	Bahamas	355,777	313,159
179	Maldives	330,223	270,300
180	Iceland	315,517	272,420
181	Belize	300,224	221,226
182	Barbados	271,948	262,420
183	French Polynesia	267,819	231,034
184	New Caledonia	252,287	211,813
185	Vanuatu	224,005	176,468
186	French Guiana	223,192	146,003
187	Mayotte	193,666	140,888
188	Samoa	189,416	178,246
189	Sao Tome and Principe	171,744	139,872
190	Saint Lucia	168,284	153,664
191	Guam	165,470	155,229
192	Curaçao	154,232	149,626
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	111,280	113,142
194	Grenada	110,708	105,646
195	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	109,425	111,228
196	United States Virgin Islands	107,106	108,294
197	Tonga	106,914	101,048
198	Kiribati	103,118	84,913
199	Aruba	97,196	82,433
200	Jersey	94,680	86,900
201	Seychelles	92,006	80,071
202	Andorra	82,778	65,094
203	Antigua and Barbuda	82,270	71,767
204	Isle of Man	81,551	73,380
205	Dominica	68,853	69,227
206	Bermuda	63,157	60,402
207	Guernsey	61,144	59,655
208	Northern Mariana Islands	58,056	59,007
209	Greenland	56,727	56,138
210	American Samoa	55,979	54,859
211	Marshall Islands	52,040	49,497
212	Cayman Islands	50,420	36,242
213	Faroe Islands	48,491	44,724
214	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,771	43,707
215	Saint Martin (French part)	35,662	29,240
216	Liechtenstein	35,332	32,110
217	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	32,968	31,304
218	Monaco	31,674	32,154
219	Gibraltar	30,204	27,623
220	San Marino	29,504	25,959
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	26,846	16,843
222	British Virgin Islands	25,812	18,996
223	Palau	19,153	18,325
224	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	18,739	13,861
225	Cook Islands	15,737	17,362
226	Wallis and Futuna Islands	13,837	14,468
227	Anguilla	12,779	10,393
228	Tuvalu	10,250	9,429
229	Nauru	10,014	10,204
230	Saint Barthélemy	8,505	6,636
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,044	6,406
232	Saint Helena	5,266	6,191
233	Montserrat	4,646	6,632
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,230	2,943
235	Niue	1,781	2,199
236	Tokelau	1,558	1,792
237	Holy See	642	697

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