List of countries and dependencies by population
Sovereign states and dependencies by population
Note: All dependent territories or constituent countries that are parts of sovereign states are shown in italics and not assigned a numbered rank.

List of countries and dependencies by population

Section Title: Sovereign states and dependencies by population
Table Section Text: Note: All dependent territories or constituent countries that are parts of sovereign states are shown in italics and not assigned a numbered rank.

Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	Population	Date	% of world population	Source

1	China	1,397,140,000	May 1, 2019	18.1%	Official population clock

2	India	1,346,640,000	May 1, 2019	17.5%	Official population clock

3	United States	329,125,000	May 1, 2019	4.27%	Official population clock

4	Indonesia	268,074,600	July 1, 2019	3.48%	Official annual projection

5	Brazil	209,846,000	May 1, 2019	2.72%	Official population clock

6	Pakistan	204,512,000	May 1, 2019	2.66%	Official population clock

7	Nigeria	193,392,517	July 1, 2016	2.51%	Official estimate

8	Bangladesh	166,476,000	May 1, 2019	2.16%	Official population clock

9	Russia	146,793,744	January 1, 2019	1.91%	Official estimate

10	Mexico	126,577,691	July 1, 2019	1.64%	Official annual projection

11	Japan	126,230,000	April 1, 2019	1.64%	Monthly provisional estimate

12	Philippines	107,571,000	May 1, 2019	1.4%	Official population clock

13	Ethiopia	98,665,000	July 1, 2019	1.28%	Official annual projection

14	Egypt	98,637,900	May 1, 2019	1.28%	Official population clock

15	Vietnam	95,354,000	July 1, 2019	1.24%	Official annual projection

16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	86,727,573	July 1, 2019	1.13%	UN Projection

17	Germany	82,979,100	September 30, 2018	1.08%	Official estimate

18	Iran	82,411,700	May 1, 2019	1.07%	Official population clock

19	Turkey	82,003,882	December 31, 2018	1.06%	Official annual estimate

20	France	66,992,000	April 1, 2019	0.87%	Monthly official estimate

21	Thailand	66,358,017	May 1, 2019	0.86%	Official population clock

22	United Kingdom	66,040,229	June 30, 2017	0.86%	Official annual estimate

23	Italy	60,375,749	November 30, 2018	0.78%	Monthly official estimate

24	South Africa	57,725,600	July 1, 2018	0.75%	Official annual estimate

25	Tanzania	55,890,747	July 1, 2019	0.73%	Official annual projection

26	Myanmar	54,339,766	July 1, 2019	0.71%	Official annual projection

27	Kenya	52,214,791	July 1, 2019	0.68%	UN projection

28	South Korea	51,811,167	July 1, 2019	0.67%	Official annual estimate

29	Colombia	49,850,000	July 1, 2019	0.65%	UN projection

30	Spain	46,733,038	July 1, 2018	0.61%	Official estimate

31	Argentina	44,938,712	July 1, 2019	0.58%	Official annual projection

32	Algeria	43,378,027	July 1, 2019	0.56%	Official annual projection

33	Ukraine	42,101,650	March 1, 2019	0.55%	Monthly official estimate

34	Sudan	41,489,037	May 1, 2019	0.54%	Official population clock

35	Uganda	40,006,700	July 1, 2019	0.52%	Official annual projection

36	Iraq	39,127,900	July 1, 2019	0.51%	Official annual projection

37	Poland	38,413,000	June 30, 2018	0.5%	Official estimate

38	Canada	37,460,700	May 1, 2019	0.486%	Official population clock

39	Morocco	35,006,000	May 1, 2019	0.454%	Official population clock

40	Uzbekistan	33,472,830	May 1, 2019	0.43%	Official population clock

41	Saudi Arabia	33,413,660	January 1, 2018	0.43%	Official estimate

42	Malaysia	32,708,000	May 1, 2019	0.425%	Official population clock

43	Peru	32,495,510	June 30, 2019	0.42%	Official estimate

44	Venezuela	32,219,521	June 30, 2019	0.42%	Official annual projection

45	Afghanistan	31,575,018	July 1, 2018	0.41%	Official annual estimate

46	Ghana	30,280,811	July 1, 2019	0.39%	Official projection

47	Angola	30,175,553	July 1, 2019	0.39%	Official projection

48	Nepal	29,609,623	July 1, 2019	0.38%	Official annual projection

49	Yemen	29,579,986	July 1, 2019	0.38%	UN projection

50	Mozambique	27,909,798	August 1, 2017	0.36%	Official census result

51	Ivory Coast	25,823,071	July 1, 2019	0.34%	Official projection

52	North Korea	25,450,000	July 1, 2019	0.33%	Official annual projection

53	Australia	25,344,000	May 1, 2019	0.329%	Official population clock

54	Madagascar	25,263,000	July 1, 2019	0.33%	Official annual projection

55	Cameroon	24,348,251	July 1, 2019	0.32%	Official annual projection

–	Taiwan	23,589,192	March 31, 2019	0.31%	Monthly official estimate

56	Niger	22,314,743	July 1, 2019	0.29%	Official annual projection

57	Sri Lanka	21,670,112	July 1, 2018	0.28%	Official estimate

58	Burkina Faso	20,870,060	July 1, 2019	0.27%	Official annual projection

59	Mali	19,973,000	July 1, 2019	0.26%	Official annual projection

60	Romania	19,523,621	January 1, 2018	0.25%	Official annual estimate

61	Chile	19,107,216	July 1, 2019	0.25%	Official annual projection

62	Syria	18,499,181	July 1, 2019	0.24%	UN projection

63	Kazakhstan	18,466,880	May 1, 2019	0.24%	Official population clock

64	Guatemala	17,679,735	June 30, 2019	0.23%	Official annual projection

65	Malawi	17,563,749	September 3, 2018	0.23%	Preliminary 2018 census result

66	Zambia	17,381,168	July 1, 2019	0.23%	Official annual projection

67	Netherlands	17,315,100	May 1, 2019	0.225%	Official population clock

68	Ecuador	17,228,900	May 1, 2019	0.224%	Official population clock

69	Cambodia	16,289,270	July 1, 2019	0.21%	Official annual projection

70	Senegal	16,209,125	July 1, 2019	0.21%	Official annual projection

71	Chad	15,692,969	July 1, 2019	0.2%	Official annual projection

72	Somalia	15,636,171	July 1, 2019	0.2%	UN projection

73	Zimbabwe	15,159,624	July 1, 2019	0.2%	Official annual projection

74	South Sudan	12,778,250	July 1, 2019	0.17%	Official annual projection

75	Rwanda	12,374,397	July 1, 2019	0.16%	Official projection annual

76	Guinea	12,218,357	July 1, 2019	0.16%	Official projection

77	Benin	11,733,059	July 1, 2019	0.15%	Official projection annual

78	Haiti	11,577,779	July 1, 2019	0.15%	Official annual projection

79	Tunisia	11,551,448	July 1, 2018	0.15%	Official estimate

80	Bolivia	11,469,896	July 1, 2019	0.15%	Official projection annual

81	Belgium	11,460,522	February 1, 2019	0.15%	Monthly official estimate

82	Cuba	11,221,060	December 31, 2017	0.15%	Official annual estimate

83	Burundi	10,953,317	July 1, 2019	0.14%	Official annual projection

84	Greece	10,741,165	January 1, 2018	0.14%	Official estimate

85	Czech Republic	10,649,800	December 31, 2018	0.14%	Official quarterly estimate

86	Jordan	10,405,400	May 1, 2019	0.135%	Official population clock

87	Dominican Republic	10,358,320	July 1, 2019	0.13%	Official projection

88	Portugal	10,291,027	December 31, 2017	0.13%	Official annual estimate

89	Sweden	10,246,901	February 28, 2019	0.13%	Official monthly estimate

90	Azerbaijan	9,981,457	January 1, 2019	0.13%	Official estimate

91	Hungary	9,771,000	January 1, 2018	0.13%	Official annual estimate

92	United Arab Emirates	9,682,088	July 1, 2019	0.13%	UN projection

93	Belarus	9,475,200	January 1, 2019	0.12%	Official quarterly estimate

94	Honduras	9,158,345	July 1, 2019	0.12%	Official annual projection

95	Israel	9,025,650	May 1, 2019	0.117%	Official population clock

96	Tajikistan	8,931,000	January 1, 2018	0.12%	Official estimate

97	Austria	8,859,992	January 1, 2019	0.12%	Quarterly provisional figure

98	Papua New Guinea	8,558,800	July 1, 2018	0.11%	Official annual estimate

99	Switzerland	8,542,323	December 31, 2018	0.11%	Official provisional figure

100	Sierra Leone	7,901,454	July 1, 2019	0.103%	Official annual projection

101	Togo	7,538,000	July 1, 2019	0.098%	Official annual projection

–	Hong Kong (China)	7,482,500	December 31, 2018	0.097%	Official estimate

102	Paraguay	7,152,703	July 1, 2019	0.093%	Official annual projection

103	Laos	7,123,205	July 1, 2019	0.092%	Official annual projection

104	Serbia	7,001,444	January 1, 2018	0.091%	Official annual estimate

105	Bulgaria	7,000,039	December 31, 2018	0.091%	Official estimate

106	El Salvador	6,704,864	July 1, 2019	0.087%	Official annual projection

107	Libya	6,569,864	July 1, 2019	0.085%	UN projection

108	Nicaragua	6,393,824	June 30, 2017	0.083%	Official estimate

109	Kyrgyzstan	6,389,500	January 1, 2019	0.083%	Official estimate

110	Lebanon	6,065,922	July 1, 2019	0.079%	UN projection

111	Turkmenistan	5,942,561	July 1, 2019	0.077%	UN projection

112	Denmark	5,806,081	January 1, 2019	0.075%	Official quarterly estimate

113	Singapore	5,638,700	June 30, 2018	0.073%	Official estimate

114	Republic of the Congo	5,542,197	July 1, 2019	0.072%	UN projection

115	Finland	5,522,018	February 28, 2019	0.072%	Official monthly estimate

116	Central African Republic	5,496,011	July 1, 2019	0.071%	Official annual projection

117	Slovakia	5,450,421	December 31, 2018	0.071%	Official estimate

118	Norway	5,328,212	January 1, 2019	0.069%	Official quarterly estimate

119	Eritrea	5,309,659	July 1, 2019	0.069%	UN projection

120	Costa Rica	5,058,007	June 30, 2019	0.066%	Official annual projection

121	New Zealand	4,959,800	May 1, 2019	0.0644%	Official population clock

122	Ireland	4,857,000	April 1, 2018	0.063%	Official estimate

123	Palestine	4,780,978	December 1, 2017	0.062%	Official census result

124	Oman	4,690,253	April 27, 2019	0.061%	Official estimate

125	Liberia	4,475,353	July 1, 2019	0.058%	Official projection

126	Kuwait	4,226,920	January 1, 2018	0.055%	Official annual estimate

127	Panama	4,218,808	July 1, 2019	0.055%	Official annual projection

128	Croatia	4,105,493	January 1, 2018	0.053%	Official estimate

129	Mauritania	4,077,347	July 1, 2019	0.053%	Official annual projection

130	Georgia	3,729,600	January 1, 2018	0.048%	Official annual estimate

131	Moldova	3,547,539	January 1, 2018	0.046%	Official estimate

132	Uruguay	3,518,552	June 30, 2019	0.046%	Official annual projection

133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,502,550	January 1, 2018	0.045%	Official estimate

134	Mongolia	3,255,356	May 1, 2019	0.042%	Official population clock

–	Puerto Rico (U.S.)	3,195,153	July 1, 2018	0.041%	Official estimate

135	Armenia	2,969,200	September 30, 2018	0.039%	Official quarterly estimate

136	Albania	2,862,427	January 1, 2019	0.037%	Official annual estimate

137	Lithuania	2,790,322	April 1, 2019	0.036%	Monthly official estimate

138	Qatar	2,760,586	March 31, 2019	0.036%	Monthly official estimate

139	Jamaica	2,726,667	December 31, 2018	0.035%	Official estimate

140	Namibia	2,458,936	July 1, 2019	0.032%	Official projection

141	Botswana	2,338,851	July 1, 2019	0.03%	Official annual projection

142	The Gambia	2,228,075	July 1, 2019	0.029%	UN projection

143	Gabon	2,109,099	July 1, 2019	0.027%	UN projection

144	Slovenia	2,080,908	January 1, 2019	0.027%	Official estimate

145	North Macedonia	2,075,301	December 31, 2017	0.027%	Official estimate

146	Lesotho	2,007,201	April 10, 2016	0.026%	2016 census result

147	Latvia	1,916,200	April 1, 2019	0.025%	Monthly official estimate

–	Kosovo	1,798,506	December 31, 2017	0.023%	Official annual estimate

148	Guinea-Bissau	1,604,528	July 1, 2019	0.021%	Official annual projection

149	Bahrain	1,543,300	July 1, 2019	0.02%	Official annual projection

150	East Timor	1,387,149	July 1, 2019	0.018%	Official annual projection

151	Trinidad and Tobago	1,359,193	June 30, 2018	0.018%	Official estimate

152	Equatorial Guinea	1,358,276	July 1, 2018	0.018%	Official estimate

153	Estonia	1,323,820	January 1, 2019	0.017%	Official estimate

154	Mauritius	1,265,577	July 1, 2018	0.016%	Official estimate

155	Eswatini	1,093,238	May 11, 2017	0.014%	Official census result

156	Djibouti	1,078,373	July 1, 2019	0.014%	Official annual projection

157	Fiji	884,887	September 17, 2017	0.011%	Official census result

158	Comoros	873,724	July 1, 2019	0.011%	Official estimate

159	Cyprus	864,200	December 31, 2017	0.011%	Official annual estimate

160	Guyana	786,508	July 1, 2019	0.0102%	UN projection

161	Bhutan	741,672	July 1, 2019	0.0096%	Official annual projection

162	Solomon Islands	680,806	July 1, 2019	0.0088%	Official annual projection

–	Macau (China)	667,400	December 31, 2018	0.0087%	Official quarterly estimate

163	Montenegro	622,359	January 1, 2018	0.0081%	Official estimate

164	Luxembourg	613,894	January 1, 2019	0.008%	Official estimate

–	Western Sahara	582,478	July 1, 2019	0.0076%	UN projection

165	Suriname	573,085	July 1, 2019	0.0074%	UN projection

166	Cape Verde	550,483	July 1, 2019	0.0071%	Official annual projection

167	Malta	475,701	December 31, 2017	0.0062%	Official estimate

–	Transnistria	469,000	January 1, 2018	0.0061%	Official estimate

168	Brunei	421,300	July 1, 2017	0.0055%	Official estimate

169	Belize	398,050	July 1, 2018	0.0052%	Official estimate

170	Bahamas	385,340	July 1, 2019	0.005%	Official annual projection

171	Maldives	378,114	December 31, 2017	0.0049%	Official annual estimate

172	Iceland	357,050	December 31, 2018	0.0046%	Official quarterly estimate

–	Northern Cyprus	351,965	December 31, 2017	0.0046%	Official estimate

173	Vanuatu	304,500	July 1, 2018	0.004%	Official annual estimate

174	Barbados	287,010	July 1, 2019	0.0037%	UN projection

–	New Caledonia (France)	282,200	January 1, 2018	0.0037%	Official annual estimate

–	French Polynesia (France)	275,918	August 17, 2017	0.0036%	2017 census results

–	Abkhazia	244,832	January 1, 2018	0.0032%	Official estimate

175	São Tomé and Príncipe	201,784	July 1, 2018	0.0026%	Official estimate

176	Samoa	200,874	July 1, 2019	0.0026%	Official projection

177	Saint Lucia	180,454	July 1, 2019	0.0023%	UN projection

–	Guam (U.S.)	172,400	July 1, 2018	0.0022%	Official annual estimate

–	Curaçao (Netherlands)	160,012	January 1, 2018	0.0021%	Official annual estimate

–	-	145,053	December 1, 2015	0.0019%	2015 census result

178	Kiribati	120,100	July 1, 2018	0.0016%	Official annual estimate

–	Aruba (Netherlands)	111,849	December 31, 2018	0.0015%	Official quarterly estimate

179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,803	July 1, 2017	0.0014%	Official estimate

180	Grenada	108,825	July 1, 2019	0.0014%	UN projection

–	Jersey (UK)	105,500	December 31, 2017	0.0014%	Official estimate

181	Federated States of Micronesia	105,300	July 1, 2018	0.0014%	Official annual estimate

–	United States Virgin Islands (U.S.)	104,909	July 1, 2019	0.0014%	UN projection

182	Antigua and Barbuda	104,084	July 1, 2019	0.0014%	UN projection

183	Tonga	100,651	November 30, 2016	0.0013%	2016 census result

184	Seychelles	96,762	June 30, 2018	0.0013%	Official estimate

–	Isle of Man (UK)	83,314	April 24, 2016	0.0011%	2016 census result

185	Andorra	74,794	December 31, 2017	0.001%	Official estimate

186	Dominica	74,679	July 1, 2019	0.001%	UN projection

–	Bermuda (UK)	64,027	July 1, 2019	0.00083%	Official annual projection

–	Cayman Islands (UK)	63,415	December 31, 2017	0.00082%	Official estimate

–	Guernsey (UK)	62,063	December 31, 2017	0.00081%	Official estimate

–	American Samoa (U.S.)	56,700	July 1, 2018	0.00074%	Official annual estimate

–	Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.)	56,200	July 1, 2018	0.00073%	Official annual estimate

187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	56,345	July 1, 2019	0.0007%	UN projection

–	Greenland (Denmark)	55,992	January 1, 2019	0.00073%	Official estimate

188	Marshall Islands	55,500	July 1, 2018	0.00072%	Official annual estimate

–	South Ossetia	53,532	October 15, 2015	0.00069%	Preliminary 2015 census result

–	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	51,540	March 1, 2019	0.00067%	Monthly official estimate

–	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	41,369	July 1, 2018	0.00054%	Official estimate

–	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	40,614	January 1, 2018	0.00053%	Official estimate

189	Liechtenstein	38,380	December 31, 2018	0.0005%	Official semi annual estimate

190	Monaco	38,300	December 31, 2018	0.0005%	Official annual estimate

–	-	35,746	January 1, 2016	0.00046%	Official estimate

–	Gibraltar (UK)	33,573	December 31, 2015	0.00044%	Official estimate

191	San Marino	33,419	December 31, 2018	0.00043%	Official monthly estimate

–	British Virgin Islands (UK)	32,206	July 1, 2019	0.00042%	UN projection

192	Palau	17,900	July 1, 2018	0.00023%	Official annual estimate

–	Cook Islands (NZ)	15,200	July 1, 2018	0.0002%	Official annual estimate

–	Anguilla (UK)	15,174	July 1, 2019	0.0002%	UN projection

–	Wallis and Futuna (France)	11,700	July 1, 2018	0.00015%	Official annual estimate

193	Nauru	11,000	July 1, 2018	0.00014%	Official annual estimate

194	Tuvalu	10,200	July 1, 2018	0.00013%	Official annual estimate

–	Saint Barthélemy (France)	9,793	January 1, 2016	0.00013%	Official estimate

–	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	6,008	January 1, 2016	0.000078%	Official estimate

–	-	5,633	February 7, 2016	0.000073%	2016 census result

–	Montserrat (UK)	5,220	July 1, 2019	0.000068%	UN projection

–	Falkland Islands (UK)	3,198	October 9, 2016	0.000042%	2016 census result

–	Christmas Island (Australia)	1,928	June 30, 2018	0.000025%	Official estimate

–	Norfolk Island (Australia)	1,756	June 30, 2018	0.000023%	Official estimate

–	Niue (NZ)	1,520	July 1, 2018	0.000020%	Official annual estimate

–	Tokelau (NZ)	1,400	July 1, 2018	0.000018%	Official annual estimate

195	Vatican City	800	January 1, 2014	0.000010%	Official estimate

–	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	538	June 30, 2018	0.0000070%	Official estimate

–	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	50	January 1, 2019	0.00000065%	Official estimate

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South Africa is the largest country, with over 57 million people, and is the world's 24th-most populous nation.

final_sentence: South Africa is the largest country, with over 57 million people, and is the world's 24th-most populous nation.