The world population is the total number of human beings alive on the planet Earth at a given time. In July, 2007, the world population has reached over 6.6 billion. In line with population projections, this figure continues to grow at rates that were unprecedented before the 20th century, although the rate of increase has almost halved since its peak, which was reached in 1963.
List of countries by population
Rank
Country/territory/entity
Population
Date
% of world population
Source
—
World
6,671,226,000
July 1, 2007
100%
UN estimate
1
People's Republic of China
1,321,000,000[2]
July 13, 2007
19.8%
Official Chinese Population clock
2
India
1,169,016,000[3]
17.52%
UN estimate
3
United States
302,750,000
4.53%
Official USA Population clock
4
Indonesia
231,627,000
3.47%
UN estimate
5
Brazil
186,990,000
2.8%
Official Brazilian Population clock
6
Pakistan
163,630,000
2.45%
Official Pakistani Population clock
7
Bangladesh
158,665,000
2.38%
UN estimate
8
Nigeria
148,093,000
2.22%
UN estimate
9
Russia
142,499,000
2.14%
UN estimate
10
Japan
127,750,000
June 1, 2007
1.91%
Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate
11
Mexico
103,263,388
October 17, 2005
1.55%
Official Mexico INEGI estimate
12
Philippines
88,706,300
July 1, 2007
1.33%
Official Philippine National Statistics
13
Vietnam
87,375,000
1.31%
UN estimate
14
Germany
82,314,900
December 31, 2006
1.23%
Official Destatis estimate
15
Ethiopia
77,127,000
July 2007
1.16%
Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16
Egypt
75,498,000
1.13%
UN estimate
17
Turkey
74,877,000
1.12%
UN estimate
18
Iran
71,208,000
1.07%
UN estimate
19
France (including overseas France)
64,102,140
January 1, 2007
0.96%
Official INSEE estimate
20
Thailand
62,828,706
December 31, 2006
0.94%
Official Thai Statistics estimate
21
DR Congo
62,636,000
0.94%
UN estimate
22
United Kingdom
60,209,500
July 1, 2005
0.9%
Official ONS estimate
23
Italy
59,131,287
December 31, 2006
0.89%
Official Istat estimate
24
Myanmar
48,798,000
0.73%
UN estimate
25
South Africa
48,577,000
0.73%
UN estimate
26
South Korea
48,224,000
0.72%
UN estimate
27
Ukraine
46,205,000
0.69%
UN estimate
28
Spain
45,116,894
January 1, 2007
0.68%
Official INE estimate
29
Colombia
42,990,000
0.64%
Official Colombian Population clock
30
Tanzania
40,454,000
0.61%
UN estimate
31
Argentina
39,531,000
0.59%
UN estimate
32
Sudan
38,560,000
0.58%
UN estimate
33
Poland
38,125,479
December 31, 2006
0.57%
Official GUS estimate
34
Kenya
37,538,000
0.56%
UN estimate
35
Algeria
33,858,000
0.51%
UN estimate
36
Canada
32,969,400
0.49%
Official Canadian Population clock
37
Morocco
31,224,000
0.47%
UN estimate
38
Uganda
30,884,000
0.46%
UN estimate
39
Iraq
28,993,000
0.43%
UN estimate
40
Nepal
28,196,000
0.42%
UN estimate
41
Peru
27,903,000
0.42%
UN estimate
42
Venezuela
27,657,000
0.41%
UN estimate
43
Uzbekistan
27,372,000
0.41%
UN estimate
44
Malaysia
27,199,388
July 17, 2007
0.41%
Official Malaysian Population clock
45
Afghanistan
27,145,000
0.41%
UN estimate
46
Saudi Arabia
24,735,000
0.37%
UN estimate
47
North Korea
23,790,000
0.36%
UN estimate
48
Ghana
23,478,000
0.35%
UN estimate
49
Republic of China (Taiwan)
22,900,000[4]
January 2007
0.34%
Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
50
Yemen
22,389,000
0.34%
UN estimate
51
Romania
21,438,000
0.32%
UN estimate
52
Mozambique
21,397,000
0.32%
UN estimate
53
Australia
21,011,304[5]
July 13, 2007
0.31%
Official Australian Population clock
54
Syria
19,929,000
0.3%
UN estimate
55
Madagascar
19,683,000
0.3%
UN estimate
56
Sri Lanka
19,299,000
0.29%
UN estimate
57
Côte d'Ivoire
19,262,000
0.29%
UN estimate
58
Cameroon
18,549,000
0.28%
UN estimate
59
Angola
17,024,000
0.26%
UN estimate
60
Chile
16,598,074
June 30, 2007
0.25%
Official INE projection
61
Netherlands
16,390,000
0.25%
Official Netherlands Population clock
62
Kazakhstan
15,422,000
0.23%
UN estimate
63
Burkina Faso
14,784,000
0.22%
UN estimate
64
Cambodia
14,444,000
0.22%
UN estimate
65
Niger
14,226,000
0.21%
UN estimate
66
Malawi
13,925,000
0.21%
UN estimate
67
Guatemala
13,354,000
0.2%
UN estimate
68
Zimbabwe
13,349,000
0.2%
UN estimate
69
Ecuador
13,341,000
0.2%
UN estimate
70
Senegal
12,379,000
0.19%
UN estimate
71
Mali
12,337,000
0.18%
UN estimate
72
Zambia
11,922,000
0.18%
UN estimate
73
Cuba
11,268,000
0.17%
UN estimate
74
Greece
11,147,000
0.17%
UN estimate
75
Chad
10,781,000
0.16%
UN estimate
76
Portugal
10,623,000
0.16%
UN estimate
77
Belgium
10,457,000
0.16%
UN estimate
78
Tunisia
10,327,000
0.15%
UN estimate
79
Czech Republic
10,306,709
March 31, 2007
0.15%
Official ČSÚ estimate
80
Hungary
10,030,000
0.15%
UN estimate
81
Serbia
9,858,000[6]
0.15%
UN estimate
82
Dominican Republic
9,760,000
0.15%
UN estimate
83
Rwanda
9,725,000
0.15%
UN estimate
84
Belarus
9,689,000
0.15%
UN estimate
85
Haiti
9,598,000
0.14%
UN estimate
86
Bolivia
9,525,000
0.14%
UN estimate
87
Guinea
9,370,000
0.14%
UN estimate
88
Sweden
9,150,000
June 2007
0.14%
Official Statistics Sweden estimate
89
Benin
9,033,000
0.13%
UN estimate
90
Somalia
8,699,000
0.13%
UN estimate
91
Burundi
8,508,000
0.13%
UN estimate
92
Azerbaijan
8,467,000
0.13%
UN estimate
93
Austria
8,361,000
0.13%
UN estimate
94
Bulgaria
7,639,000
0.11%
UN estimate
95
Switzerland
7,484,000
0.11%
UN estimate
—
Hong Kong
7,206,000
0.11%
UN estimate
96
Israel
7,161,000[7]
May 31, 2007
0.11%
Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
97
Honduras
7,106,000
0.11%
UN estimate
98
El Salvador
6,857,000
0.1%
UN estimate
99
Tajikistan
6,736,000
0.1%
UN estimate
100
Togo
6,585,000
0.099%
UN estimate
101
Papua New Guinea
6,331,000
0.095%
UN estimate
102
Libya
6,160,000
0.092%
UN estimate
103
Paraguay
6,127,000
0.092%
UN estimate
104
Jordan
5,924,000
0.089%
UN estimate
105
Sierra Leone
5,866,000
0.088%
UN estimate
106
Laos
5,859,000
0.088%
UN estimate
107
Nicaragua
5,603,000
0.084%
UN estimate
108
Denmark
5,550,000
January 1, 2007
0.083%
Official "Statistics Denmark"
109
Slovakia
5,390,000
0.081%
UN estimate
110
Kyrgyzstan
5,317,000
0.08%
UN estimate
111
Finland
5,310,000[8]
0.08%
Official Finnish Population clock
112
Turkmenistan
4,965,000
0.074%
UN estimate
113
Eritrea
4,851,000
0.073%
UN estimate
114
Norway
4,770,000 [9]
0.072%
Official Norwegian Population clock
115
Croatia
4,555,000
0.068%
UN estimate
116
Costa Rica
4,468,000
0.065%
UN estimate
117
Singapore
4,436,000
0.066%
UN estimate
118
Georgia
4,395,000[10]
0.066%
UN estimate
119
United Arab Emirates
4,380,000
0.066%
UN estimate
120
Central African Republic
4,343,000
0.065%
UN estimate
121
Ireland
4,234,925
2006
0.063%
Ireland 2006 Census (prelim.)
122
New Zealand
4,230,000
0.063%
Official New Zealand Population clock
123
Lebanon
4,099,000
0.061%
UN estimate
124
Palestinian territories
4,017,000
0.06%
UN estimate
125
Puerto Rico
3,991,000
0.06%
UN estimate
126
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3,935,000
0.059%
UN estimate
127
Moldova
3,794,000[11]
0.057%
UN estimate
128
Congo-Brazzaville
3,768,000
0.056%
UN estimate
129
Liberia
3,750,000
0.056%
UN estimate
—
Somaliland
3,500,000
0.052%
Somaliland government
130
Lithuania
3,390,000
0.051%
UN estimate
131
Panama
3,343,000
0.05%
UN estimate
132
Uruguay
3,340,000
0.05%
UN estimate
133
Albania
3,190,000
0.048%
UN estimate
134
Mauritania
3,124,000
0.047%
UN estimate
135
Armenia
3,002,000
0.045%
UN estimate
136
Kuwait
2,851,000
0.043%
UN estimate
137
Jamaica
2,714,000
0.041%
UN estimate
138
Mongolia
2,629,000
0.039%
UN estimate
139
Oman
2,595,000
0.039%
UN estimate
140
Latvia
2,277,000
0.034%
UN estimate
141
Namibia
2,074,000
0.031%
UN estimate
142
Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
2,038,000
0.031%
UN estimate
143
Slovenia
2,030,000
0.031%
Official Slovenian Population clock
144
Lesotho
2,008,000
0.03%
UN estimate
145
Botswana
1,882,000
0.028%
UN estimate
146
Gambia
1,709,000
0.026%
UN estimate
147
Guinea-Bissau
1,695,000
0.025%
UN estimate
148
Estonia
1,342,409
January 1, 2007
0.02%
Statistics Estonia
149
Trinidad and Tobago
1,333,000
0.02%
UN estimate
150
Gabon
1,331,000
0.02%
UN estimate
151
Mauritius
1,262,000[12]
0.019%
UN estimate
152
East Timor
1,155,000
0.017%
UN estimate
153
Swaziland
1,141,000
0.017%
UN estimate
154
Cyprus
855,000[13]
0.013%
UN estimate
155
Qatar
841,000
0.013%
UN estimate
156
Fiji
839,000
0.013%
UN estimate
157
Djibouti
833,000
0.012%
UN estimate
—
Réunion[14]
784,000
January 1, 2006
0.012%
Official INSEE estimate
158
Bahrain
753,000
0.011%
UN estimate
159
Guyana
738,000
0.011%
UN estimate
160
Comoros
682,000[15]
July 2007
0.01%
World Gazetteer projection
161
Bhutan
658,000
0.01%
UN estimate
162
Montenegro
598,000
0.009%
UN estimate
—
Transnistria
555,347
0.008%
Pridnestrivie government website
163
Cape Verde
530,000
0.008%
UN estimate
164
Equatorial Guinea
507,000
0.008%
UN estimate
165
Solomon Islands
496,000
0.007%
UN estimate
—
Macau, SAR of China
481,000
0.007%
UN estimate
166
Western Sahara
480,000
0.007%
UN estimate
167
Luxembourg
467,000
0.007%
UN estimate
168
Suriname
458,000
0.007%
UN estimate
169
Malta
407,000
0.006%
UN estimate
—
Guadeloupe[14]
405,000
January 1, 2006
0.006%
INSEE est. subtracting St Martin and St Bath.
—
Martinique[14]
399,000
January 1, 2006
0.006%
Official INSEE estimate
170
Brunei
390,000
0.006%
UN estimate
171
Bahamas
331,000
0.005%
UN estimate
172
Iceland
309,699
April 1, 2007
0.005%
Hagstofa Íslands
173
Maldives
306,000
0.005%
UN estimate
174
Barbados
294,000
0.004%
UN estimate
175
Belize
288,000
0.004%
UN estimate
—
Northern Cyprus
265,100
0.004%
Observer[16]
—
French Polynesia[14]
259,800
January 1, 2007
0.004%
Official ISPF estimate
—
New Caledonia[14]
240,390
January 1, 2007
0.004%
Official INSEE estimate
176
Vanuatu
226,000
0.003%
UN estimate
—
French Guiana[14]
202,000
January 1, 2006
0.003%
Official INSEE estimate
177
Netherlands Antilles
192,000
0.003%
UN estimate
178
Samoa
187,000
0.003%
UN estimate
—
Mayotte[14]
182,000
January 1, 2006
0.003%
Estimate based on last INSEE census.
179
Guam
173,000
0.003%
UN estimate
180
Saint Lucia
165,000
0.002%
UN estimate
181
São Tomé and Príncipe
158,000
0.002%
UN estimate
—
Nagorno-Karabakh
145,000
0.002%
Office of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in the U.S.A.
182
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
120,000
0.002%
UN estimate
183
U.S. Virgin Islands
111,000
0.002%
UN estimate
184
Federated States of Micronesia
111,000
0.002%
UN estimate
185
Grenada
106,000
0.002%
UN estimate
186
Aruba
104,000
0.002%
UN estimate
187
Tonga
100,000
0.001%
UN estimate
188
Kiribati
95,000
0.001%
UN estimate
189
Jersey
88,200
0.001%
States of Jersey Statistics Unit
190
Seychelles
87,000
0.001%
UN estimate
191
Antigua and Barbuda
85,000
0.001%
UN estimate
192
Northern Mariana Islands
84,000
0.001%
UN estimate
193
Isle of Man
79,000
0.001%
UN estimate
194
Andorra
75,000
0.001%
UN estimate
195
Dominica
67,000
0.001%
UN estimate
196
American Samoa
67,000
0.001%
UN estimate
197
Guernsey
65,573
0.001%
World Fact Book, 2007
198
Bermuda
65,000
0.001%
UN estimate
199
Marshall Islands
59,000
0.001%
UN estimate
200
Greenland
58,000
0.001%
UN estimate
201
Saint Kitts and Nevis
50,000
0.001%
UN estimate
202
Faroe Islands
49,000
0.001%
UN estimate
203
Cayman Islands
47,000
0.001%
UN estimate
204
Liechtenstein
35,000
0.0005%
UN estimate
—
Saint-Martin[14]
33,102
October 2004
0%
October 2004 supplementary census.
205
Monaco
33,000
0.0005%
UN estimate
206
San Marino
31,000
0.0005%
UN estimate
207
Gibraltar
29,000
0.0004%
UN estimate
208
Turks and Caicos Islands
26,000
0.0004%
UN estimate
209
British Virgin Islands
23,000
0.0003%
UN estimate
210
Palau
20,000
0.0003%
UN estimate
—
Wallis and Futuna[14]
15,000
July 2007
0%
UN estimate
211
Cook Islands
13,000
0.0002%
UN estimate
212
Anguilla
13,000
0.0002%
UN estimate
213
Tuvalu
11,000
0.0002%
UN estimate
214
Nauru
10,000
0.0001%
UN estimate
—
Saint-Barthélemy[14]
6,852
March 1999
0%
March 1999 census
215
Saint Helena
6,600[17]
0.0001%
UN estimate
—
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon[14]
6,125
January 2006
0%
January 2006 census
216
Montserrat
5,900
0.0001%
UN estimate
217
Falkland Islands
3,000
less than 0.00005%
UN estimate
218
Niue
1,600
less than 0.00002%
UN estimate
219
Tokelau
1,400
less than 0.00002%
UN estimate
220
Vatican City
800
less than 0.00002%
UN estimate
221
Pitcairn Islands
50
less than 0.0000011%
UN estimate
—
World
6,671,226,000
July 1, 2007
100%
UN estimate
Sunday, July 22, 2007
world population
