World population prospects

rank country population
1950
1. China 544,950,886
2. India 371,856,500
3. USA 157,813,040
4. Russia 102,702,461
5. Japan 82,823,736
6. Indonesia 77,151,870
7. Germany 68,376,002
8. Brazil 53,974,725
9. UK 50,615,999
10. Italy 46,366,769
11. Bangladesh 43,594,580
12. France 41,831,805
13. Pakistan 41,177,263
14. Ukraine 37,297,652
15. Nigeria 36,680,002
16. Spain 28,008,746
17. Mexico 27,740,700
18. Viet Nam 27,366,684
19. Poland 24,824,013
20. Egypt 21,514,024
21. Turkey 21,484,000
22. Thailand 20,607,324
23. Philippines 19,996,220
24. Korea, South 19,211,386
25. Ethiopia 18,433,865
26. Myanmar 17,157,509
27. Argentina 17,150,335
28. Iran 16,912,989
29. Romania 16,310,998
30. Canada 13,736,997
31. South Africa 13,683,162
32. Congo, DR 12,183,661
33. Colombia 11,999,600
34. Netherlands 10,113,998
35. Korea, North 9,736,822
36. Hungary 9,338,000
37. Sudan 9,189,991
38. Morocco 8,953,000
39. Czech Republic 8,924,882
40. Algeria 8,752,997
41. Belgium 8,628,489
42. Portugal 8,405,000
43. Sri Lanka 8,240,623
44. Australia 8,218,999
45. Afghanistan 8,151,455
46. Nepal 8,126,126
47. Taiwan 7,981,000
48. Belarus 7,745,003
49. Tanzania 7,649,766
50. Peru 7,632,461
51. Greece 7,566,002
52. Bulgaria 7,250,999
53. Sweden 7,014,001
54. Austria 6,936,445
55. Serbia 6,732,255
56. Kazakhstan 6,702,996
57. Mozambique 6,442,133
58. Uzbekistan 6,313,997
59. Malaysia 6,109,907
60. Chile 6,081,931
61. Kenya 6,076,757
62. Cuba 5,919,997
63. Iraq 5,719,191
64. Uganda 5,158,194
65. Venezuela 5,093,708
66. Ghana 4,980,879
67. Switzerland 4,692,633
68. Cameroon 4,466,496
69. Cambodia 4,345,800
70. Yemen 4,316,000
71. Denmark 4,270,994
72. Mali 4,267,630
73. Angola 4,147,509
74. Madagascar 4,083,554
75. Burkina Faso 4,080,438
76. Finland 4,009,003
77. Croatia 3,850,295
78. Syria 3,536,100
79. Tunisia 3,529,608
80. Georgia 3,527,004
81. Slovakia 3,463,443
82. Ecuador 3,387,357
83. Norway 3,265,000
84. Haiti 3,221,277
85. Saudi Arabia 3,201,369
86. Guatemala 3,146,073
87. Ireland 2,969,000
88. Azerbaijan 2,895,997
89. Malawi 2,880,700
90. Zimbabwe 2,746,854
91. Bolivia 2,713,630
92. Bosnia and Herz. 2,661,293
93. Guinea 2,618,922
94. Lithuania 2,567,402
95. Côte d'Ivoire 2,504,884
96. Niger 2,461,727
97. Burundi 2,456,301
98. Chad 2,429,433
99. Dominican R. 2,427,074
100. Senegal 2,416,264
101. Moldova, Rep. of 2,341,003
102. Zambia 2,340,351
103. Somalia 2,264,080
104. Uruguay 2,238,506
105. Puerto Rico 2,218,000
106. El Salvador 2,199,897
107. Rwanda 2,162,316
108. Benin 2,050,199
109. China, Hong Kong 1,973,998
110. Latvia 1,949,000
111. Sierra Leone 1,943,999
112. New Zealand 1,908,001
113. Papua New Guinea 1,798,096
114. Kyrgyzstan 1,740,000
115. Laos 1,666,255
116. Tajikistan 1,531,502
117. Honduras 1,487,235
118. Paraguay 1,473,245
119. Slovenia 1,473,094
120. Lebanon 1,442,826
121. Jamaica 1,402,896
122. Armenia 1,353,506
123. Togo 1,329,006
124. Central African R. 1,326,654
125. Nicaragua 1,294,993
126. Israel 1,257,971
127. Macedonia 1,229,699
128. Albania 1,215,002
129. Turkmenistan 1,211,000
130. Eritrea 1,141,299
131. Estonia 1,100,998
132. Libya 1,029,010
133. Singapore 1,022,098
134. Palestine, Occ. Terr. 1,004,800
135. Costa Rica 966,015
136. Panama 860,092
137. Liberia 823,899
138. Congo, Rep. 807,726
139. Mongolia 761,298
140. Lesotho 733,942
141. Mauritania 650,677
142. Trinidad and Tobago 635,999
143. Guinea-Bissau 518,170
144. Cyprus 494,014
145. Mauritius 493,254
146. Namibia 485,274
147. Jordan 472,489
148. Gabon 469,000
149. Oman 456,419
150. Timor-Leste 433,398
151. Guyana 422,900
152. Botswana 412,533
153. Montenegro 398,539
154. Malta 311,997
155. Luxembourg 296,001
156. Fiji 288,993
157. Swaziland 273,000
158. Gambia, The 258,453
159. Réunion 248,111
160. Equatorial Guinea 225,536
161. Martinique 222,001
162. Suriname 214,999
163. Barbados 210,995
164. Guadeloupe 209,999
165. China, Macao 190,449
166. Bhutan 168,377
167. Comoros 156,334
168. Kuwait 152,250
169. Cape Verde 146,134
170. Iceland 142,998
171. Bahrain 115,613
172. Netherlands Antilles 111,701
173. Channel Islands 102,236
174. Solomon Islands 89,793
175. Saint Lucia 82,783
176. Samoa 82,102
177. Maldives 81,999
178. Bahamas, The 79,088
179. Grenada 76,676
180. UAE 69,589
181. Belize 68,918
182. Saint Vincent & G. 67,000
183. New Caledonia 64,824
184. Djibouti 62,001
185. French Polynesia 60,696
186. São Tomé and Príncipe 60,000
187. Guam 59,650
188. Man, Isle of 55,253
189. Dominica 51,101
190. Brunei Darussalam 48,001
191. Vanuatu 47,695
192. Tonga 47,220
193. Antigua and Barbuda 46,301
194. Saint Kitts and Nevis 46,054
195. Aruba 38,066
196. Bermuda 37,260
197. Seychelles 36,322
198. Micronesia, FS 32,000
199. Faeroe Islands 31,504
200. Virgin Islands, U.S. 26,795
201. Kiribati 26,100
202. French Guiana 25,479
203. Qatar 25,000
204. Greenland 22,998
205. Gibraltar 20,498
206. Monaco 20,000
207. American Samoa 18,937
208. Mayotte 15,141
209. Cook Islands 15,079
210. Western Sahara 13,766
211. Liechtenstein 13,757
212. Montserrat 13,521
213. Marshall Islands 13,000
214. San Marino 12,781
215. British Virgin Is. 7,441
216. Palau 7,441
217. Wallis and Futuna 7,002
218. Northern Mariana Islands 6,999
219. Cayman Islands 6,604
220. Andorra 6,197
221. Tuvalu 5,166
222. Anguilla 5,121
223. Turks and Caicos Is. 5,047
224. Saint Helena 4,972
225. Niue 4,667
226. Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon 4,573
227. Nauru 2,953
228. Falkland Islands 2,261
229. Tokelau 1,570
230. Vatican City (Holy See) 905
231. Pitcairn Islands 130
rank country population
2009
1. China 1,345,750,973
2. India 1,198,003,272
3. USA 314,658,780
4. Indonesia 229,964,723
5. Brazil 193,733,795
6. Pakistan 180,808,096
7. Bangladesh 162,220,762
8. Nigeria 154,728,892
9. Russia 140,873,647
10. Japan 127,156,225
11. Mexico 109,610,036
12. Philippines 91,983,102
13. Viet Nam 88,068,900
14. Egypt 82,999,393
15. Ethiopia 82,824,732
16. Germany 82,166,671
17. Turkey 74,815,703
18. Iran 74,195,741
19. Thailand 67,764,033
20. Congo, DR 66,020,365
21. France 62,342,668
22. UK 61,565,422
23. Italy 59,870,123
24. South Africa 50,109,820
25. Myanmar 50,019,775
26. Korea, South 48,332,820
27. Ukraine 45,708,081
28. Colombia 45,659,709
29. Spain 44,903,659
30. Tanzania 43,739,051
31. Sudan 42,272,435
32. Argentina 40,276,376
33. Kenya 39,802,015
34. Poland 38,073,745
35. Algeria 34,895,470
36. Canada 33,573,467
37. Uganda 32,709,865
38. Morocco 31,992,592
39. Iraq 30,747,296
40. Nepal 29,330,505
41. Peru 29,164,883
42. Venezuela 28,583,366
43. Afghanistan 28,149,916
44. Uzbekistan 27,488,220
45. Malaysia 27,467,837
46. Saudi Arabia 25,720,605
47. Korea, North 23,906,070
48. Ghana 23,837,261
49. Yemen 23,580,220
50. Taiwan 22,950,000
51. Mozambique 22,894,294
52. Syria 21,906,156
53. Australia 21,292,893
54. Romania 21,274,730
55. Côte d'Ivoire 21,075,010
56. Sri Lanka 20,237,730
57. Madagascar 19,625,030
58. Cameroon 19,521,645
59. Angola 18,497,632
60. Chile 16,970,265
61. Netherlands 16,592,232
62. Burkina Faso 15,756,927
63. Kazakhstan 15,636,987
64. Niger 15,290,102
65. Malawi 15,263,417
66. Cambodia 14,805,358
67. Guatemala 14,026,947
68. Ecuador 13,625,069
69. Mali 13,010,209
70. Zambia 12,935,368
71. Senegal 12,534,228
72. Zimbabwe 12,522,784
73. Chad 11,206,152
74. Cuba 11,204,180
75. Greece 11,161,335
76. Portugal 10,707,130
77. Belgium 10,646,804
78. Czech Republic 10,368,946
79. Tunisia 10,271,506
80. Dominican R. 10,090,151
81. Guinea 10,068,724
82. Haiti 10,032,619
83. Rwanda 9,997,614
84. Hungary 9,992,662
85. Bolivia 9,862,860
86. Serbia 9,849,846
87. Belarus 9,633,543
88. Sweden 9,249,249
89. Somalia 9,133,124
90. Benin 8,934,985
91. Azerbaijan 8,832,172
92. Austria 8,363,882
93. Burundi 8,303,330
94. Switzerland 7,567,661
95. Bulgaria 7,544,581
96. Honduras 7,465,998
97. Israel 7,169,556
98. China, Hong Kong 7,022,088
99. Tajikistan 6,952,223
100. Papua New Guinea 6,732,159
101. Togo 6,618,613
102. Libya 6,419,925
103. Paraguay 6,348,917
104. Laos 6,320,429
105. Jordan 6,316,432
106. El Salvador 6,163,050
107. Nicaragua 5,742,800
108. Sierra Leone 5,696,471
109. Kyrgyzstan 5,482,200
110. Denmark 5,470,293
111. Slovakia 5,405,743
112. Finland 5,325,587
113. Turkmenistan 5,109,881
114. Eritrea 5,073,279
115. Norway 4,812,190
116. Singapore 4,736,878
117. UAE 4,598,600
118. Costa Rica 4,578,945
119. Ireland 4,515,450
120. Central African R. 4,422,397
121. Croatia 4,416,166
122. Palestine, Occ. Terr. 4,277,360
123. New Zealand 4,266,498
124. Georgia 4,260,333
125. Lebanon 4,223,553
126. Puerto Rico 3,981,585
127. Liberia 3,954,979
128. Bosnia and Herz. 3,766,579
129. Congo, Rep. 3,683,182
130. Moldova, Rep. of 3,603,506
131. Panama 3,453,898
132. Uruguay 3,360,854
133. Mauritania 3,290,630
134. Lithuania 3,286,547
135. Albania 3,155,271
136. Armenia 3,082,951
137. Kuwait 2,985,046
138. Oman 2,845,415
139. Jamaica 2,718,763
140. Mongolia 2,670,966
141. Latvia 2,249,362
142. Namibia 2,171,137
143. Lesotho 2,066,919
144. Macedonia 2,042,484
145. Slovenia 2,020,125
146. Botswana 1,949,780
147. Gambia, The 1,705,212
148. Guinea-Bissau 1,610,746
149. Gabon 1,474,586
150. Qatar 1,409,423
151. Estonia 1,340,263
152. Trinidad and Tobago 1,338,585
153. Mauritius 1,288,219
154. Swaziland 1,184,936
155. Timor-Leste 1,133,594
156. Cyprus 871,036
157. Djibouti 864,202
158. Fiji 849,218
159. Réunion 826,920
160. Bahrain 791,473
161. Guyana 762,498
162. Bhutan 697,335
163. Equatorial Guinea 676,273
164. Comoros 676,034
165. Montenegro 624,213
166. China, Macao 537,972
167. Solomon Islands 523,170
168. Suriname 519,740
169. Western Sahara 513,206
170. Cape Verde 505,606
171. Luxembourg 486,184
172. Guadeloupe 465,386
173. Malta 408,712
174. Martinique 404,720
175. Brunei Darussalam 399,687
176. Bahamas, The 341,713
177. Iceland 322,691
178. Maldives 309,430
179. Belize 306,777
180. French Polynesia 269,043
181. Barbados 255,872
182. New Caledonia 250,055
183. Vanuatu 239,788
184. French Guiana 225,651
185. Netherlands Antilles 198,198
186. Mayotte 194,159
187. Samoa 178,846
188. Guam 177,718
189. Saint Lucia 172,189
190. São Tomé and Príncipe 162,755
191. Channel Islands 149,850
192. Micronesia, FS 110,728
193. Virgin Islands, U.S. 109,503
194. Saint Vincent & G. 109,209
195. Aruba 106,523
196. Tonga 103,967
197. Grenada 103,930
198. Kiribati 98,045
199. Antigua and Barbuda 87,600
200. Northern Mariana Islands 86,895
201. Andorra 85,505
202. Seychelles 84,248
203. Man, Isle of 80,491
204. American Samoa 67,352
205. Dominica 66,634
206. Bermuda 64,863
207. Marshall Islands 62,041
208. Greenland 57,295
209. Cayman Islands 56,136
210. Saint Kitts and Nevis 51,715
211. Faeroe Islands 49,883
212. Liechtenstein 35,911
213. Monaco 32,812
214. Turks and Caicos Is. 32,788
215. San Marino 31,358
216. Gibraltar 31,045
217. British Virgin Is. 23,039
218. Palau 20,457
219. Cook Islands 19,808
220. Wallis and Futuna 15,330
221. Anguilla 15,155
222. Nauru 10,210
223. Tuvalu 9,929
224. Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon 6,056
225. Montserrat 5,924
226. Saint Helena 4,458
227. Falkland Islands 3,026
228. Niue 1,477
229. Tokelau 1,199
230. Vatican City (Holy See) 784
231. Pitcairn Islands 50
rank country population
2050
1. India 1,613,799,950
2. China 1,417,044,807
3. USA 403,931,520
4. Pakistan 335,195,025
5. Nigeria 289,082,564
6. Indonesia 288,110,442
7. Bangladesh 222,495,496
8. Brazil 218,511,967
9. Ethiopia 173,811,319
10. Congo, DR 147,511,800
11. Philippines 146,156,334
12. Egypt 129,533,301
13. Mexico 128,964,154
14. Russia 116,097,030
15. Viet Nam 111,665,648
16. Tanzania 109,450,125
17. Japan 101,658,573
18. Turkey 97,388,952
19. Iran 96,975,433
20. Uganda 91,271,336
21. Kenya 85,409,720
22. Sudan 75,883,643
23. Afghanistan 73,938,204
24. Thailand 73,360,955
25. UK 72,365,492
26. Germany 70,503,986
27. France 67,667,557
28. Iraq 63,994,882
29. Myanmar 63,373,112
30. Colombia 62,876,978
31. Niger 58,215,611
32. Italy 57,066,011
33. South Africa 56,801,779
34. Yemen 53,689,473
35. Spain 51,260,457
36. Argentina 50,942,743
37. Algeria 49,610,160
38. Nepal 49,028,309
39. Ghana 45,213,479
40. Canada 44,413,555
41. Mozambique 44,148,369
42. Korea, South 44,077,104
43. Saudi Arabia 43,658,157
44. Côte d'Ivoire 43,373,388
45. Madagascar 42,692,934
46. Morocco 42,582,845
47. Angola 42,267,337
48. Venezuela 42,041,652
49. Burkina Faso 40,829,868
50. Peru 39,775,765
51. Malaysia 39,664,352
52. Syria 36,910,698
53. Cameroon 36,735,872
54. Malawi 36,575,338
55. Uzbekistan 36,439,137
56. Ukraine 35,026,344
57. Poland 32,013,327
58. Zambia 28,956,728
59. Australia 28,724,025
60. Mali 28,260,388
61. Chad 27,776,150
62. Guatemala 27,480,325
63. Senegal 26,101,570
64. Korea, North 24,562,329
65. Guinea 23,974,916
66. Cambodia 23,795,313
67. Somalia 23,522,108
68. Taiwan 23,400,000
69. Zimbabwe 22,177,694
70. Rwanda 22,081,570
71. Benin 21,981,522
72. Sri Lanka 21,705,430
73. Chile 20,656,538
74. Ecuador 17,989,350
75. Kazakhstan 17,847,900
76. Netherlands 17,399,340
77. Romania 17,279,010
78. Haiti 15,484,731
79. Bolivia 14,908,273
80. Burundi 14,846,297
81. Dominican R. 13,441,348
82. Togo 13,195,867
83. Papua New Guinea 12,870,919
84. Tunisia 12,710,754
85. Sierra Leone 12,445,618
86. Honduras 12,402,077
87. Belgium 11,492,577
88. Tajikistan 11,111,454
89. Greece 10,939,192
90. Eritrea 10,786,638
91. Laos 10,744,160
92. Israel 10,649,053
93. Azerbaijan 10,578,791
94. Sweden 10,570,648
95. Czech Republic 10,293,819
96. Palestine, Occ. Terr. 10,264,625
97. Jordan 10,240,569
98. Portugal 10,015,058
99. Paraguay 9,867,163
100. Libya 9,818,500
101. Cuba 9,724,745
102. Serbia 9,193,257
103. Hungary 8,933,980
104. Liberia 8,840,768
105. China, Hong Kong 8,622,931
106. Austria 8,515,344
107. Switzerland 8,513,633
108. UAE 8,253,234
109. Nicaragua 8,143,303
110. El Salvador 7,882,161
111. Central African R. 7,602,750
112. Belarus 7,275,009
113. Kyrgyzstan 6,881,669
114. Congo, Rep. 6,863,359
115. Turkmenistan 6,795,583
116. Costa Rica 6,373,430
117. Ireland 6,294,590
118. Mauritania 6,061,032
119. Norway 5,946,571
120. Denmark 5,551,342
121. Finland 5,444,577
122. Bulgaria 5,391,778
123. New Zealand 5,348,528
124. Kuwait 5,240,022
125. Singapore 5,221,478
126. Panama 5,091,972
127. Lebanon 5,033,357
128. Slovakia 4,917,026
129. Oman 4,877,611
130. Puerto Rico 4,102,717
131. Croatia 3,825,078
132. Gambia, The 3,762,640
133. Uruguay 3,636,847
134. Namibia 3,588,155
135. Guinea-Bissau 3,554,885
136. Mongolia 3,445,704
137. Albania 3,303,219
138. Georgia 3,267,164
139. Timor-Leste 3,216,658
140. Armenia 3,017,574
141. Bosnia and Herz. 3,008,137
142. Botswana 2,758,236
143. Moldova, Rep. of 2,733,871
144. Jamaica 2,682,736
145. Lithuania 2,578,753
146. Lesotho 2,491,353
147. Gabon 2,471,355
148. Qatar 2,316,488
149. Slovenia 1,954,294
150. Macedonia 1,856,846
151. Latvia 1,854,341
152. Swaziland 1,748,666
153. Djibouti 1,469,099
154. Equatorial Guinea 1,444,976
155. Mauritius 1,425,799
156. Trinidad and Tobago 1,278,206
157. Bahrain 1,277,038
158. Estonia 1,233,130
159. Comoros 1,226,156
160. Cyprus 1,175,248
161. Réunion 1,095,699
162. Bhutan 1,012,696
163. Solomon Islands 1,006,838
164. Western Sahara 938,110
165. Fiji 909,921
166. Luxembourg 733,307
167. Cape Verde 702,527
168. Brunei Darussalam 657,508
169. Suriname 618,672
170. Montenegro 618,383
171. China, Macao 593,223
172. Guyana 558,406
173. Belize 506,348
174. Vanuatu 482,350
175. Guadeloupe 476,659
176. French Guiana 462,340
177. Maldives 455,203
178. Bahamas, The 454,907
179. Malta 413,225
180. Iceland 406,963
181. Martinique 392,510
182. Mayotte 386,256
183. New Caledonia 361,755
184. French Polynesia 354,093
185. São Tomé and Príncipe 295,694
186. Guam 241,552
187. Barbados 237,094
188. Saint Lucia 217,032
189. Samoa 192,234
190. Netherlands Antilles 192,201
191. Northern Mariana Islands 151,498
192. Kiribati 151,488
193. Channel Islands 143,899
194. Andorra 137,442
195. Micronesia, FS 127,943
196. Tonga 123,473
197. Saint Vincent & G. 118,522
198. Antigua and Barbuda 112,321
199. American Samoa 106,984
200. Aruba 106,453
201. Grenada 96,933
202. Seychelles 96,594
203. Marshall Islands 92,328
204. Man, Isle of 75,399
205. Virgin Islands, U.S. 74,963
206. Saint Kitts and Nevis 69,342
207. Cayman Islands 66,392
208. Dominica 66,355
209. Bermuda 62,680
210. Faeroe Islands 58,307
211. Greenland 49,887
212. Liechtenstein 44,789
213. Turks and Caicos Is. 40,491
214. Monaco 37,670
215. San Marino 32,976
216. Gibraltar 29,938
217. British Virgin Is. 27,700
218. Palau 26,443
219. Cook Islands 24,024
220. Anguilla 19,555
221. Wallis and Futuna 16,919
222. Tuvalu 11,036
223. Nauru 10,835
224. Montserrat 6,992
225. Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon 6,045
226. Saint Helena 4,703
227. Falkland Islands 2,967
228. Tokelau 1,210
229. Niue 1,106
230. Vatican City (Holy See) 766
231. Pitcairn Islands 51
source: World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision.
note: future estimates are based on a medium fertility variant of population growth.
note: Taiwan is not a member of the UN list, its data are GeoHive estimates.