| Country |
Population 2001 |
Ranking |
| China |
1,273,111,290 |
1 |
| India |
1,029,991,145 |
2 |
| United States |
278,058,881 |
3 |
| Indonesia |
228,437,870 |
4 |
| Brazil |
174,468,575 |
5 |
| Russia |
145,470,197 |
6 |
| Pakistan |
144,616,639 |
7 |
| Bangladesh |
131,269,860 |
8 |
| Japan |
126,771,662 |
9 |
| Nigeria |
126,635,626 |
10 |
| Mexico |
101,879,171 |
11 |
| Germany |
83,029,536 |
12 |
| Philippines |
82,841,518 |
13 |
| Vietnam |
79,939,014 |
14 |
| Egypt |
69,536,644 |
15 |
| Turkey |
66,493,970 |
16 |
| Iran |
66,128,965 |
17 |
| Ethiopia |
65,891,874 |
18 |
| Thailand |
61,797,751 |
19 |
| United Kingdom |
59,647,790 |
20 |
| France |
59,551,227 |
21 |
| Italy |
57,679,825 |
22 |
| Congo Democratic Republic |
53,624,718 |
23 |
| Ukraine |
48,760,474 |
24 |
| Korea South |
47,904,370 |
25 |
| South Africa |
43,586,097 |
26 |
| Burma |
41,994,678 |
27 |
| Colombia |
40,349,388 |
28 |
| Spain |
40,037,995 |
29 |
| Poland |
38,633,912 |
30 |
| Argentina |
37,384,816 |
31 |
| Tanzania |
36,232,074 |
32 |
| Sudan |
36,080,373 |
33 |
| Algeria |
31,736,053 |
34 |
| Canada |
31,592,805 |
35 |
| Kenya |
30,765,916 |
36 |
| Morocco |
30,645,305 |
37 |
| Peru |
27,483,864 |
38 |
| Afghanistan |
26,813,057 |
39 |
| Nepal |
25,284,463 |
40 |
| Uzbekistan |
25,155,064 |
41 |
| Uganda |
23,985,712 |
42 |
| Venezuela |
23,916,810 |
43 |
| Iraq |
23,331,985 |
44 |
| Saudi Arabia |
22,757,092 |
45 |
| Taiwan |
22,370,461 |
46 |
| Romania |
22,364,022 |
47 |
| Malaysia |
22,229,040 |
48 |
| Korea North |
21,968,228 |
49 |
| Ghana |
19,894,014 |
50 |
| Sri Lanka |
19,408,635 |
51 |
| Mozambique |
19,371,057 |
52 |
| Australia |
19,357,594 |
53 |
| Yemen |
18,078,035 |
54 |
| Kazakhstan |
16,731,303 |
55 |
| Syria |
16,728,808 |
56 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
16,393,221 |
57 |
| Madagascar |
15,982,563 |
58 |
| Netherlands |
15,981,472 |
59 |
| Cameroon |
15,803,220 |
60 |
| Chile |
15,328,467 |
61 |
| Ecuador |
13,183,978 |
62 |
| Guatemala |
12,974,361 |
63 |
| Cambodia |
12,491,501 |
64 |
| Burkina Faso |
12,272,289 |
65 |
| Zimbabwe |
11,365,366 |
66 |
| Cuba |
11,184,023 |
67 |
| Mali |
11,008,518 |
68 |
| Yugoslavia |
10,677,290 |
69 |
| Greece |
10,623,835 |
70 |
| Malawi |
10,548,250 |
71 |
| Angola |
10,366,031 |
72 |
| Niger |
10,355,156 |
73 |
| Belarus |
10,350,194 |
74 |
| Senegal |
10,284,929 |
75 |
| Czech Republic |
10,264,212 |
76 |
| Belgium |
10,258,762 |
77 |
| Hungary |
10,106,017 |
78 |
| Portugal |
10,066,253 |
79 |
| Zambia |
9,770,199 |
80 |
| Tunisia |
9,705,102 |
81 |
| Sweden |
8,875,053 |
82 |
| Chad |
8,707,078 |
83 |
| Dominican Republic |
8,581,477 |
84 |
| Bolivia |
8,300,463 |
85 |
| Austria |
8,150,835 |
86 |
| Azerbaijan |
7,771,092 |
87 |
| Bulgaria |
7,707,495 |
88 |
| Guinea |
7,613,870 |
89 |
| Somalia |
7,488,773 |
90 |
| Rwanda |
7,312,756 |
91 |
| Switzerland |
7,283,274 |
92 |
| Hong Kong |
7,210,505 |
93 |
| Haiti |
6,964,549 |
94 |
| Benin |
6,590,782 |
95 |
| Tajikistan |
6,578,681 |
96 |
| Honduras |
6,406,052 |
97 |
| El Salvador |
6,237,662 |
98 |
| Burundi |
6,223,897 |
99 |
| Israel |
5,938,093 |
100 |
| Paraguay |
5,734,139 |
101 |
| Laos |
5,635,967 |
102 |
| Sierra Leone |
5,426,618 |
103 |
| Slovakia |
5,414,937 |
104 |
| Denmark |
5,352,815 |
105 |
| Libya |
5,240,599 |
106 |
| Finland |
5,175,783 |
107 |
| Jordan |
5,153,378 |
108 |
| Togo |
5,153,088 |
109 |
| Papua New Guinea |
5,049,055 |
110 |
| Georgia |
4,989,285 |
111 |
| Nicaragua |
4,918,393 |
112 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
4,753,003 |
113 |
| Turkmenistan |
4,603,244 |
114 |
| Norway |
4,503,440 |
115 |
| Moldova |
4,431,570 |
116 |
| Croatia |
4,334,142 |
117 |
| Singapore |
4,300,419 |
118 |
| Eritrea |
4,298,269 |
119 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,922,205 |
120 |
| New Zealand |
3,864,129 |
121 |
| Ireland |
3,840,838 |
122 |
| Costa Rica |
3,773,057 |
123 |
| Lebanon |
3,627,774 |
124 |
| Lithuania |
3,610,535 |
125 |
| Central African Republic |
3,576,884 |
126 |
| Albania |
3,510,484 |
127 |
| Uruguay |
3,360,105 |
128 |
| Armenia |
3,336,100 |
129 |
| Liberia |
3,225,837 |
130 |
| Congo Republic of the Congo |
2,894,336 |
131 |
| Panama |
2,845,647 |
132 |
| Mauritania |
2,747,312 |
133 |
| Jamaica |
2,665,636 |
134 |
| Mongolia |
2,654,999 |
135 |
| Oman |
2,622,198 |
136 |
| United Arab Emirates |
2,407,460 |
137 |
| Latvia |
2,385,231 |
138 |
| Lesotho |
2,177,062 |
139 |
| Bhutan |
2,049,412 |
140 |
| Macedonia |
2,046,209 |
141 |
| Kuwait |
2,041,961 |
142 |
| Slovenia |
1,930,132 |
143 |
| Namibia |
1,797,677 |
144 |
| Botswana |
1,586,119 |
145 |
| Estonia |
1,423,316 |
146 |
| Gambia The |
1,411,205 |
147 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,315,822 |
148 |
| Gabon |
1,221,175 |
149 |
| Mauritius |
1,189,825 |
150 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1,169,682 |
151 |
| Swaziland |
1,104,343 |
152 |
| Fiji |
844,330 |
153 |
| Qatar |
769,152 |
154 |
| Cyprus |
762,887 |
155 |
| Guyana |
697,181 |
156 |
| Bahrain |
645,361 |
157 |
| Comoros |
596,202 |
158 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
486,060 |
159 |
| Solomon Islands |
480,442 |
160 |
| Djibouti |
460,700 |
161 |
| Macau |
453,733 |
162 |
| Luxembourg |
442,972 |
163 |
| Suriname |
433,998 |
164 |
| Martinique |
418,454 |
165 |
| Cape Verde |
405,163 |
166 |
| Malta |
394,583 |
167 |
| Brunei |
343,653 |
168 |
| Maldives |
310,764 |
169 |
| Bahamas The |
297,852 |
170 |
| Iceland |
277,906 |
171 |
| Barbados |
275,330 |
172 |
| Belize |
256,062 |
173 |
| Vanuatu |
192,910 |
174 |
| Samoa |
179,058 |
175 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
165,034 |
176 |
| Saint Lucia |
158,178 |
177 |
| Micronesia Federated |
134,597 |
178 |
| Saint Vincent and Grenadines |
115,942 |
179 |
| Tonga |
104,227 |
180 |
| Kiribati |
94,149 |
181 |
| Grenada |
89,227 |
182 |
| Seychelles |
79,715 |
183 |
| Marshall Islands |
70,822 |
184 |
| Dominica |
70,786 |
185 |
| Andorra |
67,627 |
186 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
66,970 |
187 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
38,756 |
188 |
| Liechtenstein |
32,528 |
189 |
| Monaco |
31,842 |
190 |
| San Marino |
27,336 |
191 |
| Palau |
19,092 |
192 |
| Nauru |
12,088 |
193 |
| Tuvalu |
10,991 |
194 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
890 |
195 |
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