This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population, with population figures estimated for 2015 (rounded to the nearest 1,000). The figures are estimates for the United Nations (UN) "2015 annual statistics", which lists more than 100,000 population by country and territory.
Political map of the Earth as of January 2015
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.
^Estimated total population of both Greek and Turkish controlled areas. The Statistical Institute of the Republic of Cyprus shows a population of 749,200 (2004 Census). The 2006 census of the Turkish controlled area (TRNC) shows a population of 264,172.
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This article is about population estimates for the year 2015 For a listing with more recent estimates see List of countries by population Historical demographics Scene during a census Articles Demographic history Historical demography World population estimates List of Countries by Population 2010 2015 2020 This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population with population figures estimated for 2015 rounded to the nearest 1 000 The figures are estimates for the United Nations UN 2015 annual statistics which lists more than 100 000 population by country and territory Political map of the Earth as of January 2015 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 Population2015 UN estimate Change from 2010 Area km2 1 Population density World 7 379 797 139 1 China 1 376 048 943 9 596 961 143 4 2 India 2 1 311 050 527 3 287 263 398 8 3 United States 321 418 820 9 833 520 32 7 4 Indonesia 257 563 815 1 904 569 135 2 5 Brazil 207 847 528 8 515 767 24 4 6 Pakistan 188 924 874 881 913 214 2 7 Nigeria 182 201 962 923 768 197 2 8 Bangladesh 160 995 642 147 570 1091 9 Russia 143 456 918 17 075 200 8 4 10 Mexico 127 017 224 1 1 972 550 64 4 11 Japan 126 573 481 1 377 972 334 9 12 Philippines 100 981 437 343 448 294 13 Ethiopia 99 390 750 1 1 104 300 90 14 Vietnam 91 508 084 1 331 230 8 276 3 15 Egypt 83 483 000 1 1 010 408 82 6 16 Iran 79 109 272 1 648 195 48 17 Germany 78 728 000 1 357 168 220 4 18 Turkey 77 266 814 783 356 98 6 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 76 244 544 2 345 409 32 5 20 Thailand 67 959 359 513 120 132 4 21 United Kingdom 64 715 810 1 242 495 266 9 22 France 64 395 345 1 640 679 100 5 23 Italy 60 340 328 1 301 338 200 2 24 Myanmar 59 780 000 676 578 88 4 25 South Africa 49 991 300 1 1 221 037 40 9 26 South Korea 49 410 366 1 100 210 493 1 27 Spain 45 989 016 2 505 990 90 9 28 Ukraine 45 782 592 1 603 628 75 8 29 Colombia 45 508 205 1 1 141 748 39 9 30 Tanzania 43 187 823 2 947 303 45 6 31 Sudan 42 338 426 2 1 886 068 22 4 32 Kenya 40 862 900 2 580 367 70 4 33 Argentina 40 518 951 3 2 780 400 14 6 34 Poland 38 167 329 3 312 679 122 1 35 Algeria 35 978 000 2 381 741 15 1 36 Canada 34 108 752 9 984 670 3 4 37 Iraq 32 481 000 3 437 072 74 3 38 Morocco 31 894 000 1 710 850 44 9 39 Uganda 31 784 600 241 038 131 9 40 Peru 29 461 933 1 1 285 216 22 9 41 Venezuela 28 833 845 2 716 445 40 2 42 Malaysia 28 334 135 3 330 803 85 7 43 Nepal 28 043 744 1 147 181 190 5 44 Uzbekistan 28 001 400 448 978 62 4 45 Saudi Arabia 27 136 977 1 2 149 690 12 6 46 Afghanistan 24 485 600 8 652 864 37 5 47 North Korea 24 325 701 120 540 201 8 48 Ghana 24 223 431 1 239 567 101 1 49 Taiwan 23 162 120 1 36 197 639 9 50 Yemen 23 153 982 1 527 968 43 9 51 Mozambique 22 416 881 4 801 590 28 52 Australia 3 22 299 800 1 7 692 024 2 9 53 Cote d Ivoire 21 570 746 4 322 463 66 9 54 Romania 21 462 186 4 238 397 90 55 Sri Lanka 20 653 000 3 65 610 314 8 56 Syria 20 619 000 2 185 180 111 3 57 Madagascar 20 146 442 1 587 041 34 3 58 Cameroon 19 958 352 475 442 42 59 Angola 18 992 708 2 1 246 700 15 2 60 Chile 17 094 270 756 096 22 6 61 Netherlands 16 574 989 2 41 543 399 62 Kazakhstan 16 442 000 2 724 900 6 63 Burkina Faso 15 730 977 4 274 200 57 4 64 Mali 15 370 000 1 1 240 192 12 4 65 Niger 15 203 822 1 1 267 000 12 66 Ecuador 14 483 499 283 561 51 1 67 Guatemala 14 361 666 2 108 889 131 9 68 Cambodia 14 302 779 5 181 035 79 69 Malawi 13 947 592 1 118 484 117 7 70 Zambia 13 257 269 1 752 618 17 6 71 Zimbabwe 12 644 041 3 390 757 32 4 72 Senegal 12 509 434 196 712 63 6 73 Chad 11 714 904 8 1 284 000 9 1 74 Greece 11 305 118 131 957 85 7 75 Cuba 11 241 161 2 109 884 102 3 76 Belgium 10 839 905 1 30 528 355 1 77 Portugal 10 637 713 1 92 212 115 4 78 Tunisia 10 547 100 163 610 64 5 79 Czech Republic 10 506 813 2 78 866 133 2 80 Bolivia 10 426 154 4 1 098 581 9 5 81 Rwanda 10 412 820 5 26 338 395 4 82 Guinea 10 323 755 1 245 836 42 83 Hungary 10 014 324 4 93 030 107 6 84 Dominican Republic 9 884 371 3 48 315 204 6 85 Haiti 9 855 000 3 27 750 355 1 86 Belarus 9 480 178 4 207 595 45 7 87 Somalia 9 358 602 4 637 657 14 7 88 Sweden 9 340 682 3 450 295 20 7 89 Benin 9 211 741 114 763 80 3 90 Azerbaijan 8 997 586 86 600 103 9 91 Burundi 8 518 862 3 27 834 306 1 92 Austria 8 375 290 83 879 99 8 93 United Arab Emirates 8 264 070 24 83 600 98 9 94 Honduras 8 045 990 2 112 492 71 5 95 Switzerland 7 785 806 41 285 188 6 96 Israel 7 623 600 3 22 072 345 4 97 Tajikistan 7 616 400 3 143 100 53 2 98 Bulgaria 7 563 710 5 110 993 6 68 1 99 Serbia 7 291 436 19 77 474 94 1 100 Hong Kong 7 024 200 3 2 755 2549 6 101 Papua New Guinea 6 744 955 3 462 840 0 102 Libya 6 545 619 3 1 759 541 0 103 Paraguay 6 459 727 2 406 752 0 104 Laos 6 230 200 1 237 955 0 105 El Salvador 6 194 126 7 21 041 0 106 Togo 6 191 155 4 56 785 0 107 Jordan 6 113 000 1 89 341 0 108 Sierra Leone 5 835 664 71 740 0 109 Nicaragua 5 822 265 130 375 0 110 Denmark 5 534 738 42 931 0 111 Turkmenistan 5 479 800 3 491 210 0 112 Slovakia 5 424 925 1 49 035 0 113 Kyrgyzstan 5 418 300 1 199 951 0 114 Finland 4 5 351 427 1 338 424 0 115 Eritrea 5 223 994 4 117 600 0 116 Singapore 5 076 700 5 721 5 0 117 Norway 5 4 858 199 2 385 203 0 118 Costa Rica 4 563 539 2 51 100 0 119 Central African Republic 4 505 945 4 622 984 0 120 Ireland 4 467 854 3 70 273 0 121 Georgia 4 436 391 3 69 700 0 122 Croatia 4 425 747 6 56 594 0 123 New Zealand 4 367 800 1 268 021 0 124 Liberia 4 101 767 8 111 369 0 125 Palestine 4 048 403 3 6 020 0 126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 844 046 1 51 129 0 127 Lebanon 3 785 655 2 10 452 0 128 Republic of the Congo 3 758 678 3 342 000 0 129 Puerto Rico 3 721 978 3 9 104 0 130 Kuwait 3 566 437 7 17 818 0 131 Moldova 3 563 695 33 846 0 132 Panama 3 504 483 75 417 0 133 Uruguay 3 356 584 176 215 0 134 Lithuania 3 329 039 65 300 0 135 Armenia 3 249 482 29 743 0 136 Mauritania 3 217 383 1 030 000 0 137 Albania 3 195 000 28 748 0 138 Mongolia 2 780 800 1 566 000 0 139 Oman 2 773 479 309 500 0 140 Jamaica 2 701 200 10 991 0 141 Latvia 2 248 374 64 589 0 142 Namibia 2 212 037 825 615 0 143 Kosovo 2 208 107 10 908 0 144 Macedonia 2 052 722 25 713 0 145 Slovenia 2 046 976 20 273 0 146 Botswana 2 029 307 581 730 0 147 Lesotho 1 891 830 30 355 0 148 Gambia 1 750 732 10 689 0 149 Qatar 1 699 435 11 581 0 150 Guinea Bissau 1 647 380 36 125 0 151 Gabon 1 501 266 267 667 0 152 Estonia 1 340 127 45 227 0 153 Trinidad and Tobago 1 317 714 5 131 0 154 Equatorial Guinea 1 313 000 28 050 0 155 Mauritius 6 1 283 415 2 040 0 156 Bahrain 1 234 571 765 3 0 157 Timor Leste 1 149 028 0 158 Cyprus 7 1 102 677 0 159 Swaziland 1 055 506 0 160 Djibouti 879 053 0 161 Fiji 850 700 0 162 Reunion 828 054 0 163 Guyana 761 442 0 164 Bhutan 695 822 0 165 Comoros 675 000 0 166 Montenegro 616 411 0 167 Macau 552 300 0 168 Suriname 531 170 0 169 Solomon Islands 530 669 0 170 Western Sahara 530 000 0 171 Cape Verde 512 582 0 172 Luxembourg 502 066 0 173 Brunei 414 400 0 174 Malta 414 372 0 175 Guadeloupe 404 394 0 176 Martinique 399 637 0 177 Bahamas 353 658 0 178 Maldives 319 738 0 179 Iceland 317 630 0 180 Belize 312 971 0 181 Barbados 276 300 0 182 French Polynesia 267 000 0 183 New Caledonia 248 000 0 184 Vanuatu 245 036 0 185 French Guiana 232 223 0 186 Mayotte 202 000 0 187 Samoa 183 123 0 188 Guam 180 865 0 189 Saint Lucia 174 000 0 190 Sao Tome and Principe 165 397 0 191 Curacao 142 180 0 192 Grenada 109 553 0 193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109 284 0 194 U S Virgin Islands 106 267 0 195 Tonga 103 365 0 196 Micronesia 102 624 0 197 Aruba 101 484 0 198 Kiribati 100 835 0 Change position from the list of countries by population in 2010See also editList of countries List of countries by area List of countries by past and future population List of countries by population List of countries by population in 1900 List of countries by population in 2000 List of countries by population in 2005 List of continents by population List of religious populations World population Human geography United NationsNotes edit Encyclopaedia Britannica https www britannica com topic browse Countries of the World a href Template Cite encyclopedia html title Template Cite encyclopedia cite encyclopedia a Missing or empty title help Includes data from Jammu and Kashmir India administered Azad Kashmir Pakistan administered and Aksai Chin PRC administered Includes Christmas Island 1 508 Cocos Keeling Islands 628 and Norfolk Island 1 828 Includes Aland Includes Svalbard 2 701 and Jan Mayen Island Includes Agalega Rodrigues and St Brandon Estimated total population of both Greek and Turkish controlled areas The Statistical Institute of the Republic of Cyprus shows a population of 749 200 2004 Census The 2006 census of the Turkish controlled area TRNC shows a population of 264 172 External links edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of countries by population in 2015 amp oldid 1206187680, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
