Current world population

country population est.
2009-07-01
population growth
rate (%)
population est.
today
Afghanistan 33,609,937 2.63% 34,229,907
Albania 3,639,453 0.55% 3,653,492
Algeria 34,178,188 1.20% 34,465,847
American Samoa 65,628 1.22% 66,190
Andorra 83,888 1.14% 84,559
Angola 12,799,293 2.10% 12,987,811
Anguilla 14,436 2.27% 14,666
Antigua and Barbuda 85,632 1.30% 86,413
Argentina 40,913,584 1.05% 41,214,887
Armenia 2,967,004 -0.03% 2,966,380
Aruba 103,065 1.48% 104,135
Australia 21,262,641 1.20% 21,441,597
Austria 8,210,281 0.05% 8,213,160
Azerbaijan 8,238,672 0.76% 8,282,588
Bahamas, The 309,156 0.54% 310,327
Bahrain 727,785 1.29% 734,370
Bangladesh 156,050,883 1.29% 157,462,780
Barbados 284,589 0.38% 285,347
Belarus 9,648,533 -0.38% 9,622,818
Belgium 10,414,336 0.09% 10,420,910
Belize 307,899 2.15% 312,542
Benin 8,791,832 2.98% 8,975,589
Bermuda 67,837 0.65% 68,146
Bhutan 691,141 1.27% 697,297
Bolivia 9,775,246 1.77% 9,896,598
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,613,414 0.34% 4,624,415
Botswana 1,990,876 1.94% 2,017,965
Brazil 198,739,269 1.20% 200,411,946
British Virgin Islands 24,491 1.84% 24,807
Brunei 388,190 1.76% 392,982
Bulgaria 7,204,687 -0.79% 7,164,767
Burkina Faso 15,746,232 3.10% 16,088,594
Burma (Myanmar) 48,137,741 0.78% 48,401,087
Burundi 8,988,091 3.28% 9,194,861
Cambodia 14,494,293 1.77% 14,674,229
Cameroon 18,879,301 2.19% 19,169,287
Canada 33,487,208 0.82% 33,679,801
Cape Verde 429,474 0.56% 431,161
Cayman Islands 49,035 2.39% 49,857
Central African Republic 4,511,488 1.49% 4,558,635
Chad 10,329,208 2.07% 10,479,171
Chile 16,601,707 0.88% 16,704,174
China 1,338,612,968 0.66% 1,344,809,462
China, Hong Kong SAR 7,055,071 0.50% 7,079,812
China, Macao SAR 559,846 2.00% 567,699
Christmas Island 1,402 0.00% 1,402
Cocos Islands 596 0.00% 596
Colombia 45,644,023 1.38% 46,085,807
Comoros 752,438 2.77% 767,056
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 68,692,542 3.21% 70,239,084
Congo, Rep. of the 4,012,809 2.75% 4,090,207
Cook Islands 11,870 -3.30% 11,595
Costa Rica 4,253,877 1.36% 4,294,453
Cote d'Ivoire 20,617,068 2.13% 20,925,070
Croatia 4,489,409 -0.05% 4,487,835
Cuba 11,451,652 0.23% 11,470,125
Cyprus 796,740 0.52% 799,646
Czech Republic 10,211,904 -0.09% 10,205,458
Denmark 5,500,510 0.28% 5,511,312
Djibouti 516,055 1.90% 522,932
Dominica 72,660 0.21% 72,767
Dominican Republic 9,650,054 1.49% 9,750,901
Ecuador 14,573,101 1.50% 14,726,418
Egypt 83,082,869 1.64% 84,038,527
El Salvador 7,185,218 1.66% 7,268,874
Equatorial Guinea 633,441 2.70% 645,436
Eritrea 5,647,168 2.58% 5,749,355
Estonia 1,299,371 -0.63% 1,293,630
Ethiopia 85,237,338 3.21% 87,156,369
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3,140 0.01% 3,140
Faroe Islands 48,856 0.40% 48,993
Fiji 944,720 1.38% 953,864
Finland 5,250,275 0.10% 5,253,957
France 64,057,792 0.55% 64,304,897
French Polynesia 287,032 1.39% 289,830
Gabon 1,514,993 1.93% 1,535,501
Gambia, The 1,782,893 2.67% 1,816,280
Georgia 4,615,807 -0.33% 4,605,124
Germany 82,329,758 -0.05% 82,300,886
Ghana 23,832,495 1.88% 24,146,744
Gibraltar 28,034 0.11% 28,056
Greece 10,737,428 0.13% 10,747,218
Greenland 57,600 0.06% 57,624
Grenada 90,739 0.47% 91,038
Guam 178,430 NaN% NaN
Guatemala 13,276,517 2.07% 13,469,270
Guernsey 65,870 0.21% 65,967
Guinea 10,057,975 2.57% 10,239,272
Guinea-Bissau 1,533,964 2.02% 1,555,697
Guyana 772,298 0.18% 773,273
Haiti 9,035,536 1.84% 9,152,141
Holy See (Vatican City) 826 0.00% 826
Honduras 7,792,854 1.96% 7,899,981
Hungary 9,905,596 -0.26% 9,887,533
Iceland 306,694 0.74% 308,286
India 1,166,079,217 1.55% 1,178,755,936
Indonesia 240,271,522 1.14% 242,192,641
Iran 66,429,284 0.88% 66,839,289
Iraq 28,945,657 2.51% 29,455,227
Ireland 4,203,200 1.12% 4,236,218
Israel 7,233,701 1.67% 7,318,428
Italy 58,126,212 -0.05% 58,105,828
Jamaica 2,825,928 0.76% 2,840,991
Japan 127,078,679 -0.19% 126,909,334
Jersey 91,626 0.21% 91,761
Jordan 6,342,948 2.26% 6,443,490
Kazakhstan 15,399,437 0.39% 15,441,560
Kenya 39,002,772 2.69% 39,738,631
Kiribati 112,850 2.24% 114,623
Korea, North 22,665,345 0.42% 22,732,112
Korea, South 48,508,972 0.27% 48,600,833
Kosovo 1,804,838 NaN% NaN
Kuwait 2,691,158 3.55% 2,758,164
Kyrgyzstan 5,431,747 1.40% 5,485,082
Laos 6,834,942 2.32% 6,946,159
Latvia 2,231,503 -0.61% 2,221,956
Lebanon 4,017,095 1.11% 4,048,369
Lesotho 2,130,819 0.12% 2,132,612
Liberia 3,441,790 2.67% 3,506,243
Libya 6,310,434 2.17% 6,406,477
Liechtenstein 34,761 0.70% 34,932
Lithuania 3,555,179 -0.28% 3,548,197
Luxembourg 491,775 1.17% 495,811
Macedonia 2,066,718 0.26% 2,070,487
Madagascar 20,653,556 3.00% 21,088,129
Malawi 14,268,711 2.39% 14,507,894
Malaysia 25,715,819 1.72% 26,026,043
Maldives 396,334 -0.17% 395,861
Mali 12,666,987 2.77% 12,913,081
Malta 405,165 0.40% 406,302
Man, Isle of 76,512 0.52% 76,791
Marshall Islands 64,522 2.08% 65,463
Mauritania 3,129,486 2.40% 3,182,164
Mauritius 1,284,264 0.78% 1,291,290
Mayotte 223,765 3.32% 228,975
Mexico 111,211,789 1.13% 112,093,196
Micronesia, Federated States of 107,434 -0.24% 107,253
Moldova 4,320,748 -0.08% 4,318,324
Monaco 32,965 0.39% 33,055
Mongolia 3,041,142 1.49% 3,072,923
Montenegro 672,180 -0.85% 668,173
Montserrat 5,097 0.39% 5,111
Morocco 34,859,364 1.48% 35,221,214
Mozambique 21,669,278 1.79% 21,941,325
Namibia 2,108,665 0.95% 2,122,715
Nauru 14,019 1.75% 14,191
Nepal 28,563,377 1.28% 28,819,806
Netherlands 16,715,999 0.41% 16,764,068
Netherlands Antilles 227,049 0.73% 228,211
New Caledonia 227,436 1.14% 229,254
New Zealand 4,213,418 0.94% 4,241,197
Nicaragua 5,891,199 1.78% 5,964,747
Niger 15,306,252 3.68% 15,701,313
Nigeria 149,229,090 2.00% 151,322,386
Niue 1,398 -0.03% 1,398
Norfolk Island 2,141 0.01% 2,141
Northern Mariana Islands 88,662 2.29% 90,086
Norway 4,660,539 0.34% 4,671,653
Oman 3,418,085 3.14% 3,493,362
Pakistan 176,242,949 1.95% 178,653,373
Palau 20,796 0.43% 20,859
Palestinian Territory, Occupied 4,013,126 2.63% 4,087,152
Panama 3,360,474 1.50% 3,395,828
Papua New Guinea 6,057,263 2.07% 6,145,205
Paraguay 6,995,655 2.36% 7,111,449
Peru 29,546,963 1.23% 29,801,860
Philippines 97,976,603 1.96% 99,323,473
Pitcairn Islands 48 0.00% 48
Poland 38,482,919 -0.05% 38,469,424
Portugal 10,707,924 0.28% 10,728,953
Puerto Rico 3,971,020 0.34% 3,980,490
Qatar 833,285 0.96% 838,896
Romania 22,215,421 -0.15% 22,192,049
Russia 140,041,247 -0.47% 139,579,610
Rwanda 10,473,282 2.78% 10,677,491
Saint Barthelemy 7,448 NaN% NaN
Saint Helena 7,637 0.45% 7,661
Saint Kitts and Nevis 40,131 0.85% 40,370
Saint Lucia 160,267 0.42% 160,739
Saint Martin 29,820 NaN% NaN
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7,051 0.09% 7,055
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 104,574 -0.34% 104,325
Samoa 219,998 1.35% 222,081
San Marino 30,324 1.15% 30,569
Sao Tome and Principe 212,679 3.09% 217,288
Saudi Arabia 28,686,633 1.85% 29,058,852
Senegal 13,711,597 2.71% 13,972,215
Serbia 7,379,339 -0.47% 7,355,013
Seychelles 87,476 1.00% 88,090
Sierra Leone 6,440,053 2.28% 6,543,037
Singapore 4,657,542 1.00% 4,690,209
Slovakia 5,463,046 0.14% 5,468,410
Slovenia 2,005,692 -0.11% 2,004,145
Solomon Islands 595,613 2.39% 605,597
Somalia 9,832,017 2.82% 10,026,481
South Africa 49,052,489 0.28% 49,148,820
Spain 40,525,002 0.07% 40,544,898
Sri Lanka 21,324,791 0.90% 21,459,400
Sudan 41,087,825 2.14% 41,704,525
Suriname 481,267 1.10% 484,980
Svalbard 2,116 -0.02% 2,116
Swaziland 1,123,913 -0.46% 1,120,287
Sweden 9,059,651 0.16% 9,069,818
Switzerland 7,604,467 0.28% 7,619,401
Syria 20,178,485 2.13% 20,479,935
Taiwan 22,974,347 0.23% 23,011,408
Tajikistan 7,349,145 1.88% 7,446,049
Tanzania 41,048,532 2.04% 41,635,852
Thailand 65,905,410 0.62% 66,191,999
Timor-Leste (East-Timor) 1,131,612 2.03% 1,147,724
Togo 6,019,877 2.71% 6,134,298
Tokelau 1,416 -0.01% 1,416
Tonga 120,898 1.48% 122,153
Trinidad and Tobago 1,229,953 -0.10% 1,229,090
Tunisia 10,486,339 0.98% 10,558,416
Turkey 76,805,524 1.31% 77,511,209
Turkmenistan 4,884,887 1.14% 4,923,945
Turks and Caicos Islands 22,942 2.56% 23,354
Tuvalu 12,373 1.62% 12,514
Uganda 32,369,558 2.69% 32,980,270
Ukraine 45,700,395 -0.63% 45,498,462
United Arab Emirates 4,798,491 3.69% 4,922,679
United Kingdom 61,113,205 0.28% 61,233,221
United States of America 307,212,123 0.98% 309,323,722
Uruguay 3,494,382 0.47% 3,505,901
Uzbekistan 27,606,007 0.94% 27,788,010
Vanuatu 218,519 1.40% 220,665
Venezuela 26,814,843 1.51% 27,098,831
Vietnam 86,967,524 0.98% 87,565,289
Virgin Islands, U.S. 109,825 -0.03% 109,802
Wallis and Futuna 15,289 0.35% 15,327
Western Sahara 405,210 2.83% 413,253
Yemen 23,822,783 3.45% 24,399,229
Zambia 11,862,740 1.63% 11,998,359
Zimbabwe 11,392,629 1.53% 11,514,883
World 6,790,062,216 1.17% 6,845,638,782
source: "The World Factbook 2008 and of 2009", CIA.
note: As the growth and population data are estimates, one should allow for a reasonable margin of error.