# List of countries by population in 2005

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This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population, with population figures estimated for 1 July 2005 (rounded to the nearest 1,000). The figures are estimates for the year 2005 from the U.N. World Population Prospects (2004 revision) using the medium fertility variant.
The list includes all sovereign states and dependent territories recognized by the United Nations, plus the territory under the effective control of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
This list adopts definitions of "country" on a case-by-case basis. The "United Kingdom" is considered as a single country while constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are regarded separately.
| Rank | Country / Territory | Population July 2005 UN estimate | Change from 2000* |
| — | World | 6,464,750,000 | |
| 1 | China | 1,307,593,000 | |
| 2 | India | 1,103,371,000 | |
| 3 | United States | 295,520,000 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 222,781,000 | |
| 5 | Brazil | 186,405,000 | |
| 6 | Pakistan | 157,935,000 | 1 |
| 7 | Russia | 143,202,000 | 1 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 141,822,000 | |
| 9 | Nigeria | 131,530,000 | 1 |
| 10 | Japan | 128,085,000 | 1 |
| 11 | Mexico | 107,029,000 | |
| 12 | Philippines | 85,599,000 | 2 |
| 13 | Vietnam | 84,238,000 | 1 |
| 14 | Germany | 82,689,000 | 2 |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 77,431,000 | 1 |
| 16 | Egypt | 74,033,000 | 1 |
| 17 | Turkey | 73,193,000 | 1 |
| 18 | Iran | 69,515,000 | 1 |
| 19 | France | 65,446,000 | 1 |
| 20 | Thailand | 64,233,000 | 1 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 59,668,000 | |
| 22 | Italy | 58,093,000 | |
| 23 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 57,549,000 | |
| 24 | Myanmar | 50,519,000 | |
| 25 | South Korea | 50,000,000 | 1 |
| 26 | South Africa | 48,432,000 | 1 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 46,481,000 | 2 |
| 28 | Colombia | 45,600,000 | |
| 29 | Spain | 43,064,000 | |
| 30 | Argentina | 38,747,000 | |
| 31 | Poland | 38,530,000 | |
| 32 | Tanzania | 38,329,000 | |
| 33 | Sudan | 36,233,000 | |
| 34 | Kenya | 34,256,000 | |
| 35 | Algeria | 32,854,000 | |
| 36 | Canada | 32,268,000 | |
| 37 | Morocco | 31,478,000 | |
| 38 | Afghanistan | 29,863,000 | |
| 39 | Uganda | 28,816,000 | |
| 40 | Iraq | 28,807,000 | |
| 41 | Peru | 27,968,000 | |
| 42 | Nepal | 27,133,000 | |
| 43 | Venezuela | 26,749,000 | |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 26,593,000 | |
| 45 | Malaysia | 25,347,000 | |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 24,573,000 | |
| 47 | North Korea | 22,894,384 | |
| 48 | Taiwan | 22,488,000 | |
| 49 | Ghana | 22,113,000 | |
| 50 | Romania | 21,711,000 | |
| 51 | Yemen | 20,975,000 | 1 |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 20,743,000 | 1 |
| 53 | Australia | 20,155,000 | 2 |
| 54 | Syria | 19,792,000 | |
| 55 | Mozambique | 19,043,000 | |
| 56 | Madagascar | 18,606,000 | |
| 57 | Côte d'Ivoire | 18,154,000 | |
| 58 | Cameroon | 16,322,000 | |
| 59 | Netherlands | 16,299,000 | |
| 60 | Chile | 16,295,000 | |
| 61 | Angola | 15,941,000 | |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 14,825,000 | |
| 63 | Cambodia | 14,071,000 | |
| 64 | Niger | 13,957,000 | |
| 65 | Mali | 13,518,000 | |
| 66 | Ecuador | 13,228,000 | |
| 67 | Burkina Faso | 13,228,000 | |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 13,010,000 | |
| 69 | Guatemala | 12,884,000 | |
| 70 | Malawi | 12,599,000 | |
| 71 | Zambia | 11,668,000 | |
| 72 | Senegal | 11,658,000 | |
| 73 | Cuba | 11,269,000 | |
| 74 | Greece | 11,120,000 | |
| 75 | Belgium | 10,495,000 | |
| 76 | Portugal | 10,419,000 | |
| 77 | Czech Republic | 10,220,000 | |
| 78 | Tunisia | 10,102,000 | |
| 79 | Hungary | 10,098,000 | |
| 80 | Serbia | 9,778,991 | |
| 81 | Chad | 9,755,000 | |
| 82 | Belarus | 9,749,000 | |
| 83 | Guinea | 9,402,000 | |
| 84 | Bolivia | 9,182,000 | |
| 85 | Sweden | 9,041,000 | |
| 86 | Rwanda | 9,038,000 | |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 8,895,000 | |
| 88 | Haiti | 8,528,000 | |
| 89 | Benin | 8,439,000 | |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 8,411,000 | |
| 91 | Somalia | 8,228,000 | |
| 92 | Austria | 8,189,000 | |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 7,726,000 | |
| 94 | Burundi | 7,548,000 | |
| 95 | Switzerland | 7,252,000 | |
| 96 | Honduras | 7,205,000 | |
| 97 | Hong Kong (PR China) | 7,041,000 | |
| 98 | El Salvador | 6,881,000 | |
| 99 | Israel | 6,725,000 | |
| 100 | Tajikistan | 6,507,000 | |
| 101 | Paraguay | 6,158,000 | |
| 102 | Togo | 6,145,000 | |
| 103 | Laos | 5,924,000 | |
| 104 | Papua New Guinea | 5,887,000 | |
| 105 | Libya | 5,853,000 | |
| 106 | Jordan | 5,703,000 | |
| 107 | Tibet (PR China) | 5,700,000 | |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 5,525,000 | |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 5,487,000 | |
| 110 | Denmark | 5,431,000 | |
| 111 | Slovakia | 5,401,000 | |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,264,000 | |
| 113 | Finland | 5,249,000 | |
| 114 | Turkmenistan | 4,833,000 | |
| 115 | Norway | 4,620,000 | |
| 116 | Croatia | 4,551,000 | |
| 117 | United Arab Emirates | 4,496,000 | |
| 118 | Georgia | 4,474,000 | |
| 119 | Eritrea | 4,401,000 | |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 4,327,000 | |
| 121 | Singapore | 4,326,000 | |
| 122 | Moldova | 4,206,000 | |
| 123 | Ireland | 4,148,000 | |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 4,038,000 | |
| 124 | New Zealand | 4,028,000 | |
| 125 | Republic of the Congo | 3,999,000 | |
| 126 | Puerto Rico (US) | 3,955,000 | |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,907,000 | |
| 128 | Palestinian territories | 3,702,000 | |
| 129 | Lebanon | 3,577,000 | |
| 130 | Uruguay | 3,463,000 | |
| 131 | Lithuania | 3,431,000 | |
| 132 | Liberia | 3,283,000 | |
| 133 | Panama | 3,232,000 | |
| 134 | Albania | 3,130,000 | |
| 135 | Mauritania | 3,069,000 | |
| 136 | Armenia | 3,016,000 | |
| 137 | Kuwait | 2,687,000 | |
| 138 | Jamaica | 2,651,000 | |
| 139 | Mongolia | 2,646,000 | |
| 140 | Oman | 2,567,000 | |
| 141 | Latvia | 2,307,000 | |
| 142 | Bhutan | 2,163,000 | |
| 143 | Republic of Macedonia | 2,034,000 | |
| 144 | Namibia | 2,031,000 | |
| 145 | Slovenia | 1,967,000 | |
| 146 | Lesotho | 1,795,000 | |
| 147 | Botswana | 1,765,000 | |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,586,000 | |
| 149 | The Gambia | 1,517,000 | |
| 150 | Gabon | 1,384,000 | |
| 151 | Estonia | 1,330,000 | |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,305,000 | |
| 153 | Mauritius | 1,245,000 | |
| 154 | Swaziland | 1,032,000 | |
| 155 | East Timor | 947,000 | |
| 156 | Fiji | 848,000 | |
| 157 | Cyprus | 835,000 | |
| 158 | Qatar | 813,000 | |
| 159 | Comoros | 798,000 | |
| 160 | Djibouti | 793,000 | |
| 161 | Réunion (France) | 785,000 | |
| 162 | Guyana | 751,000 | |
| 163 | Bahrain | 727,000 | |
| 164 | Montenegro | 620,145 | |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 507,000 | |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 504,000 | |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 478,000 | |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 465,000 | |
| 169 | Macau (PR China) | 460,000 | |
| 170 | Suriname | 449,000 | |
| 171 | Guadeloupe (France) | 448,000 | |
| 172 | Malta | 402,000 | |
| 173 | Martinique (France) | 396,000 | |
| 174 | Brunei | 374,000 | |
| 175 | Western Sahara | 341,000 | |
| 176 | Maldives | 329,000 | |
| 177 | The Bahamas | 323,000 | |
| 178 | Iceland | 295,000 | |
| 179 | Belize | 270,000 | |
| 180 | Barbados | 270,000 | |
| 181 | French Polynesia (France) | 257,000 | |
| 182 | New Caledonia (France) | 237,000 | |
| 183 | Vanuatu | 211,000 | |
| 184 | French Guiana (France) | 187,000 | |
| 185 | Samoa | 185,000 | |
| 186 | Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) | 183,000 | |
| 187 | Guam (US) | 170,000 | |
| 188 | Saint Lucia | 161,000 | |
| 189 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 157,000 | |
| 190 | Channel Islands (UK) | 149,000 | |
| 191 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 119,000 | |
| 192 | U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 112,000 | |
| 193 | Federated States of Micronesia | 110,000 | |
| 194 | Grenada | 103,000 | |
| 195 | Tonga | 102,000 | |
| 196 | Aruba (Netherlands) | 99,000 | |
| 197 | Kiribati | 99,000 | |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 81,000 | |
| 199 | Northern Mariana Islands (US) | 81,000 | |
| 200 | Seychelles | 81,000 | |
| 201 | Dominica | 79,000 | |
| 202 | Isle of Man | 77,000 | |
| 203 | Andorra | 67,000 | |
| 204 | American Samoa (US) | 65,000 | |
| 205 | Bermuda (UK) | 64,000 | |
| 206 | Marshall Islands | 62,000 | |
| 207 | Greenland (Denmark) | 57,000 | |
| 208 | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 47,000 | |
| 209 | Cayman Islands (UK) | 45,000 | |
| 210 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 43,000 | |
| 211 | Monaco | 35,000 | |
| 212 | Liechtenstein | 35,000 | |
| 213 | San Marino | 28,000 | |
| 214 | Gibraltar (UK) | 28,000 | |
| 215 | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 26,000 | |
| 216 | British Virgin Islands (UK) | 22,000 | |
| 217 | Palau | 20,000 | |
| 218 | Cook Islands (NZ) | 18,000 | |
| 219 | Wallis and Futuna (France) | 15,000 | |
| 220 | Nauru | 14,000 | |
| 221 | Anguilla (UK) | 12,000 | |
| 222 | Tuvalu | 10,000 | |
| 223 | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 6,000 | |
| 224 | Saint Helena (UK) | 5,000 | |
| 225 | Montserrat (UK) | 4,000 | |
| 226 | Falkland Islands (UK) | 3,000 | |
| 227 | Niue (NZ) | 1,000 | |
| 228 | Tokelau (NZ) | 1,000 | |
| 229 | Vatican City | 783 | |
| 230 | Pitcairn Islands (UK) | 67 | |