The 50 largest (population) countries in the world

rank country area sq.km. population
2008-07-01 est. 2009-07-01 est.
1. China 9,596,960 1,330,044,544 1,338,612,968
2. India 3,287,590 1,147,995,904 1,166,079,217
3. United States of America 9,826,630 303,824,640 307,212,123
4. Indonesia 1,919,440 237,512,352 240,271,522
5. Brazil 8,511,965 196,342,592 198,739,269
6. Pakistan 803,940 172,800,048 176,242,949
7. Bangladesh 144,000 153,546,896 156,050,883
8. Nigeria 923,768 146,255,312 149,229,090
9. Russia 17,075,200 140,702,096 140,041,247
10. Japan 377,835 127,288,416 127,078,679
11. Mexico 1,972,550 109,955,400 111,211,789
12. Philippines 300,000 96,061,680 97,976,603
13. Vietnam 329,560 86,116,560 86,967,524
14. Ethiopia 1,127,127 82,544,840 85,237,338
15. Egypt 1,001,450 81,713,520 83,082,869
16. Germany 357,021 82,369,552 82,329,758
17. Turkey 780,580 71,892,808 76,805,524
18. Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 2,345,410 66,514,504 68,692,542
19. Iran 1,648,000 65,875,224 66,429,284
20. Thailand 514,000 65,493,296 65,905,410
21. France 643,427 64,057,792 64,057,792
22. United Kingdom 244,820 60,943,912 61,113,205
23. Italy 301,230 58,145,320 58,126,212
24. South Africa 1,219,912 48,782,756 49,052,489
25. Korea, South 98,480 48,379,392 48,508,972
26. Burma (Myanmar) 678,500 47,758,180 48,137,741
27. Ukraine 603,700 45,994,288 45,700,395
28. Colombia 1,138,910 45,013,672 45,644,023
29. Sudan 2,505,810 40,218,456 41,087,825
30. Tanzania 945,087 40,213,160 41,048,532
31. Argentina 2,766,890 40,482,000 40,913,584
32. Spain 504,782 40,491,052 40,525,002
33. Kenya 582,650 37,953,840 39,002,772
34. Poland 312,685 38,500,696 38,482,919
35. Morocco 446,550 34,343,220 34,859,364
36. Algeria 2,381,740 33,769,668 34,178,188
37. Afghanistan 647,500 32,738,376 33,609,937
38. Canada 9,984,670 33,212,696 33,487,208
39. Uganda 236,040 31,367,972 32,369,558
40. Peru 1,285,220 29,180,900 29,546,963
41. Iraq 437,072 28,221,180 28,945,657
42. Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 28,146,656 28,686,633
43. Nepal 147,181 29,519,114 28,563,377
44. Uzbekistan 447,400 27,345,026 27,606,007
45. Venezuela 912,050 26,414,816 26,814,843
46. Malaysia 329,750 25,274,132 25,715,819
47. Ghana 239,460 23,382,848 23,832,495
48. Yemen 527,970 23,013,376 23,822,783
49. Taiwan 35,980 22,920,946 22,974,347
50. Korea, North 120,540 23,479,088 22,665,345
source: "The World Factbook 2008 and of 2009", CIA.