Population by country, 2009

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶2009

#	Country / area	Population	1999
1	China	1.34 billion	1.26 billion
2	India	1.22 billion	1.03 billion
3	United States of America	306.5 million	277.4 million
4	Indonesia	241.7 million	211.5 million
5	Pakistan	191.9 million	148.5 million
6	Brazil	191.2 million	170.4 million
7	Nigeria	159.8 million	121.4 million
8	Bangladesh	150.2 million	130.8 million
9	Russian Federation	143.8 million	147.5 million
10	Japan	128.1 million	126.7 million
11	Mexico	111.2 million	96.3 million
12	Philippines	93.5 million	76.8 million
13	Ethiopia	86.8 million	64.4 million
14	Egypt	86.7 million	70.7 million
15	Viet Nam	86 million	75.8 million
16	Germany	81 million	81.6 million
17	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	76 million	65 million
18	Türkiye	72 million	64.2 million
19	Thailand	67.9 million	61.9 million
20	Democratic Republic of the Congo	65.4 million	48.1 million
21	France	62.9 million	58.9 million
22	United Kingdom	62.3 million	58.7 million
23	Italy	59.8 million	57.2 million
24	South Africa	51.4 million	46.5 million
25	Myanmar	48.5 million	44.5 million
26	Republic of Korea	48.4 million	46.4 million
27	Ukraine	46.7 million	50.2 million
28	Spain	46.5 million	40.7 million
29	Colombia	44 million	38.1 million
30	United Republic of Tanzania	43.1 million	32.8 million
31	Argentina	40.6 million	36.6 million
32	Kenya	39.8 million	29.3 million
33	Poland	38 million	38.3 million
34	Algeria	35.1 million	30.3 million
35	Sudan	34.1 million	26.8 million
36	Canada	33.6 million	30.5 million
37	Morocco	31.8 million	27.8 million
38	Uganda	31 million	22.9 million
39	Iraq	29.6 million	23.3 million
40	Peru	28.8 million	26 million
41	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	28.2 million	23.8 million
42	Malaysia	27.9 million	22.2 million
43	Uzbekistan	27.7 million	24.3 million
44	Nepal	27.1 million	23.9 million
45	Afghanistan	27 million	19.5 million
46	Yemen	25.5 million	18.7 million
47	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	24.8 million	23.4 million
48	Ghana	24.6 million	18.9 million
49	Saudi Arabia	23.8 million	15.2 million
50	China, Taiwan Province of China	23.1 million	22.1 million
51	Mozambique	22.1 million	17.5 million
52	Angola	22 million	15.4 million
53	Côte d'Ivoire	21.8 million	17 million
54	Syrian Arab Republic	21.7 million	16 million
55	Australia	21.6 million	18.8 million
56	Madagascar	21.2 million	15.7 million
57	Sri Lanka	20.7 million	18.8 million
58	Romania	20.6 million	22.2 million
59	Cameroon	18.8 million	14.3 million
60	Chile	16.9 million	15.2 million
61	Netherlands	16.6 million	15.9 million
62	Kazakhstan	16.5 million	15.4 million
63	Niger	15.6 million	10.9 million
64	Burkina Faso	15.5 million	11.4 million
65	Mali	15.2 million	11.1 million
66	Ecuador	14.7 million	12.4 million
67	Malawi	14.2 million	10.9 million
68	Cambodia	14.2 million	12.2 million
69	Guatemala	14.1 million	11.3 million
70	Zambia	13.3 million	9.6 million
71	Zimbabwe	13 million	11.7 million
72	Senegal	12.2 million	9.6 million
73	Somalia	11.8 million	8.3 million
74	Chad	11.7 million	8.1 million
75	Cuba	11.3 million	11.1 million
76	Greece	11.1 million	10.7 million
77	Belgium	10.8 million	10.2 million
78	Tunisia	10.6 million	9.6 million
79	Portugal	10.6 million	10.2 million
80	Czechia	10.4 million	10.3 million
81	Guinea	10 million	8.2 million
82	Hungary	10 million	10.2 million
83	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	9.9 million	8.4 million
84	Rwanda	9.9 million	8.1 million
85	Dominican Republic	9.6 million	8.4 million
86	Haiti	9.6 million	8.1 million
87	Belarus	9.5 million	10.1 million
88	Benin	9.4 million	6.9 million
89	Sweden	9.3 million	8.9 million
90	South Sudan	9 million	5.6 million
91	Azerbaijan	9 million	8.1 million
92	Burundi	8.7 million	6.3 million
93	Austria	8.3 million	8 million
94	Honduras	8.1 million	6.3 million
95	Switzerland	7.7 million	7.1 million
96	Bulgaria	7.5 million	8.1 million
97	Serbia	7.4 million	7.8 million
98	Tajikistan	7.4 million	6.2 million
99	Papua New Guinea	7.3 million	5.3 million
100	Israel	7.1 million	5.9 million
101	Jordan	7.1 million	5.2 million
102	China, Hong Kong SAR	7 million	6.6 million
103	United Arab Emirates	6.6 million	3.2 million
104	Togo	6.5 million	4.9 million
105	Libya	6.3 million	5.2 million
106	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.2 million	5.3 million
107	El Salvador	6 million	5.9 million
108	Sierra Leone	6 million	4.3 million
109	Paraguay	5.6 million	5 million
110	Nicaragua	5.6 million	4.9 million
111	Denmark	5.5 million	5.3 million
112	Turkmenistan	5.4 million	4.4 million
113	Slovakia	5.4 million	5.4 million
114	Kyrgyzstan	5.4 million	4.9 million
115	Finland	5.3 million	5.2 million
116	Lebanon	5 million	4.2 million
117	Singapore	4.9 million	3.9 million
118	Norway	4.8 million	4.4 million
119	Central African Republic	4.6 million	3.7 million
120	Ireland	4.5 million	3.7 million
121	Costa Rica	4.5 million	3.8 million
122	Croatia	4.3 million	4.4 million
123	New Zealand	4.3 million	3.8 million
124	Congo	4.2 million	3 million
125	Georgia	3.9 million	4.5 million
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.9 million	4.1 million
127	Liberia	3.9 million	2.8 million
128	State of Palestine	3.9 million	3 million
129	Republic of Moldova	3.7 million	4.3 million
130	Puerto Rico	3.7 million	3.8 million
131	Panama	3.5 million	2.9 million
132	Uruguay	3.3 million	3.2 million
133	Mauritania	3.2 million	2.5 million
134	Lithuania	3.2 million	3.5 million
135	Albania	3 million	3.2 million
136	Armenia	3 million	3.2 million
137	Eritrea	2.9 million	2.2 million
138	Jamaica	2.7 million	2.6 million
139	Kuwait	2.7 million	1.9 million
140	Oman	2.7 million	2.2 million
141	Mongolia	2.6 million	2.4 million
142	Latvia	2.2 million	2.4 million
143	North Macedonia	2.1 million	2 million
144	Namibia	2.1 million	1.8 million
145	Slovenia	2 million	2 million
146	Lesotho	2 million	2 million
147	Botswana	2 million	1.6 million
148	Gambia	1.8 million	1.4 million
149	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.8 million	1.9 million
150	Gabon	1.6 million	1.2 million
151	Qatar	1.5 million	596,382
152	Guinea-Bissau	1.5 million	1.2 million
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1.4 million	1.3 million
154	Estonia	1.3 million	1.4 million
155	Mauritius	1.3 million	1.2 million
156	Bahrain	1.2 million	647,042
157	Equatorial Guinea	1.1 million	654,046
158	Eswatini	1.1 million	1 million
159	Cyprus	1.1 million	922,915
160	Timor-Leste	1 million	955,228
161	Fiji	905,492	827,153
162	Djibouti	901,981	712,444
163	Réunion	835,062	749,584
164	Guyana	753,418	764,143
165	Bhutan	690,175	575,336
166	Comoros	635,565	521,047
167	Montenegro	632,592	634,267
168	China, Macao SAR	542,744	426,595
169	Suriname	540,387	462,109
170	Solomon Islands	513,132	424,893
171	Cabo Verde	503,839	443,210
172	Luxembourg	493,830	426,750
173	Malta	419,840	395,333
174	Guadeloupe	409,071	421,484
175	Martinique	400,351	424,394
176	Western Sahara	387,721	252,597
177	Brunei Darussalam	381,308	315,893
178	Bahamas	360,372	317,536
179	Maldives	342,117	275,133
180	Iceland	319,449	275,744
181	Belize	308,493	229,118
182	Barbados	273,464	262,447
183	French Polynesia	268,933	234,747
184	New Caledonia	255,356	216,280
185	Vanuatu	229,783	180,158
186	French Guiana	229,002	150,741
187	Mayotte	199,146	147,062
188	Samoa	190,797	179,563
189	Sao Tome and Principe	175,842	141,630
190	Saint Lucia	169,329	155,687
191	Guam	165,903	157,238
192	Curaçao	155,314	148,106
193	Grenada	111,074	106,367
194	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,770	113,214
195	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	108,448	111,527
196	Tonga	107,126	101,727
197	United States Virgin Islands	106,811	108,550
198	Kiribati	105,327	86,402
199	Aruba	98,413	85,121
200	Jersey	95,638	87,345
201	Seychelles	93,081	81,370
202	Andorra	84,107	65,635
203	Antigua and Barbuda	83,539	73,054
204	Isle of Man	82,448	74,325
205	Dominica	68,850	69,016
206	Bermuda	63,434	60,873
207	Guernsey	61,276	59,890
208	Greenland	56,595	56,161
209	Northern Mariana Islands	56,243	63,667
210	American Samoa	55,677	55,808
211	Marshall Islands	52,020	49,937
212	Cayman Islands	51,882	37,601
213	Faroe Islands	48,496	45,060
214	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,897	44,287
215	Saint Martin (French part)	36,252	28,974
216	Liechtenstein	35,552	32,522
217	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	33,322	31,082
218	Monaco	31,919	32,347
219	Gibraltar	30,601	27,673
220	San Marino	29,895	26,290
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	28,009	17,582
222	British Virgin Islands	26,764	19,480
223	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	19,456	14,009
224	Palau	18,864	18,724
225	Cook Islands	16,225	16,796
226	Wallis and Futuna Islands	13,532	14,589
227	Anguilla	13,000	10,680
228	Tuvalu	10,392	9,473
229	Nauru	10,005	10,192
230	Saint Barthélemy	8,700	6,804
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,029	6,328
232	Saint Helena	5,279	6,126
233	Montserrat	4,708	5,971
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,217	3,008
235	Niue	1,778	2,141
236	Tokelau	1,567	1,810
237	Holy See	633	697

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