Current world population

country population est.
2009-07-01
population growth
rate (%)
population est.
today
Afghanistan 33,609,937 2.63% 34,561,688
Albania 3,639,453 0.55% 3,661,006
Algeria 34,178,188 1.20% 34,619,789
American Samoa 65,628 1.22% 66,490
Andorra 83,888 1.14% 84,918
Angola 12,799,293 2.10% 13,088,697
Anguilla 14,436 2.27% 14,789
Antigua and Barbuda 85,632 1.30% 86,831
Argentina 40,913,584 1.05% 41,376,132
Armenia 2,967,004 -0.03% 2,966,046
Aruba 103,065 1.48% 104,707
Australia 21,262,641 1.20% 21,537,366
Austria 8,210,281 0.05% 8,214,701
Azerbaijan 8,238,672 0.76% 8,306,089
Bahamas, The 309,156 0.54% 310,954
Bahrain 727,785 1.29% 737,894
Bangladesh 156,050,883 1.29% 158,218,366
Barbados 284,589 0.38% 285,753
Belarus 9,648,533 -0.38% 9,609,056
Belgium 10,414,336 0.09% 10,424,428
Belize 307,899 2.15% 315,027
Benin 8,791,832 2.98% 9,073,927
Bermuda 67,837 0.65% 68,312
Bhutan 691,141 1.27% 700,592
Bolivia 9,775,246 1.77% 9,961,541
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,613,414 0.34% 4,630,303
Botswana 1,990,876 1.94% 2,032,462
Brazil 198,739,269 1.20% 201,307,089
British Virgin Islands 24,491 1.84% 24,976
Brunei 388,190 1.76% 395,546
Bulgaria 7,204,687 -0.79% 7,143,404
Burkina Faso 15,746,232 3.10% 16,271,811
Burma (Myanmar) 48,137,741 0.78% 48,542,019
Burundi 8,988,091 3.28% 9,305,516
Cambodia 14,494,293 1.77% 14,770,522
Cameroon 18,879,301 2.19% 19,324,475
Canada 33,487,208 0.82% 33,782,868
Cape Verde 429,474 0.56% 432,064
Cayman Islands 49,035 2.39% 50,297
Central African Republic 4,511,488 1.49% 4,583,866
Chad 10,329,208 2.07% 10,559,425
Chile 16,601,707 0.88% 16,759,009
China 1,338,612,968 0.66% 1,348,125,555
China, Hong Kong SAR 7,055,071 0.50% 7,093,052
China, Macao SAR 559,846 2.00% 571,902
Christmas Island 1,402 0.00% 1,402
Cocos Islands 596 0.00% 596
Colombia 45,644,023 1.38% 46,322,231
Comoros 752,438 2.77% 774,879
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 68,692,542 3.21% 71,066,726
Congo, Rep. of the 4,012,809 2.75% 4,131,627
Cook Islands 11,870 -3.30% 11,448
Costa Rica 4,253,877 1.36% 4,316,168
Cote d'Ivoire 20,617,068 2.13% 21,089,899
Croatia 4,489,409 -0.05% 4,486,992
Cuba 11,451,652 0.23% 11,480,011
Cyprus 796,740 0.52% 801,201
Czech Republic 10,211,904 -0.09% 10,202,008
Denmark 5,500,510 0.28% 5,517,093
Djibouti 516,055 1.90% 526,612
Dominica 72,660 0.21% 72,824
Dominican Republic 9,650,054 1.49% 9,804,870
Ecuador 14,573,101 1.50% 14,808,467
Egypt 83,082,869 1.64% 84,549,953
El Salvador 7,185,218 1.66% 7,313,642
Equatorial Guinea 633,441 2.70% 651,856
Eritrea 5,647,168 2.58% 5,804,042
Estonia 1,299,371 -0.63% 1,290,557
Ethiopia 85,237,338 3.21% 88,183,351
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3,140 0.01% 3,140
Faroe Islands 48,856 0.40% 49,066
Fiji 944,720 1.38% 958,757
Finland 5,250,275 0.10% 5,255,928
France 64,057,792 0.55% 64,437,137
French Polynesia 287,032 1.39% 291,328
Gabon 1,514,993 1.93% 1,546,475
Gambia, The 1,782,893 2.67% 1,834,148
Georgia 4,615,807 -0.33% 4,599,406
Germany 82,329,758 -0.05% 82,285,435
Ghana 23,832,495 1.88% 24,314,917
Gibraltar 28,034 0.11% 28,067
Greece 10,737,428 0.13% 10,752,457
Greenland 57,600 0.06% 57,637
Grenada 90,739 0.47% 91,198
Guam 178,430 na na
Guatemala 13,276,517 2.07% 13,572,423
Guernsey 65,870 0.21% 66,019
Guinea 10,057,975 2.57% 10,336,294
Guinea-Bissau 1,533,964 2.02% 1,567,327
Guyana 772,298 0.18% 773,795
Haiti 9,035,536 1.84% 9,214,544
Holy See (Vatican City) 826 0.00% 826
Honduras 7,792,854 1.96% 7,957,311
Hungary 9,905,596 -0.26% 9,877,866
Iceland 306,694 0.74% 309,138
India 1,166,079,217 1.55% 1,185,539,961
Indonesia 240,271,522 1.14% 243,220,740
Iran 66,429,284 0.88% 67,058,706
Iraq 28,945,657 2.51% 29,727,927
Ireland 4,203,200 1.12% 4,253,887
Israel 7,233,701 1.67% 7,363,771
Italy 58,126,212 -0.05% 58,094,919
Jamaica 2,825,928 0.76% 2,849,053
Japan 127,078,679 -0.19% 126,818,707
Jersey 91,626 0.21% 91,833
Jordan 6,342,948 2.26% 6,497,295
Kazakhstan 15,399,437 0.39% 15,464,102
Kenya 39,002,772 2.69% 40,132,431
Kiribati 112,850 2.24% 115,572
Korea, North 22,665,345 0.42% 22,767,842
Korea, South 48,508,972 0.27% 48,649,994
Kosovo 1,804,838 na na
Kuwait 2,691,158 3.55% 2,794,023
Kyrgyzstan 5,431,747 1.40% 5,513,625
Laos 6,834,942 2.32% 7,005,677
Latvia 2,231,503 -0.61% 2,216,847
Lebanon 4,017,095 1.11% 4,065,105
Lesotho 2,130,819 0.12% 2,133,572
Liberia 3,441,790 2.67% 3,540,735
Libya 6,310,434 2.17% 6,457,875
Liechtenstein 34,761 0.70% 35,023
Lithuania 3,555,179 -0.28% 3,544,461
Luxembourg 491,775 1.17% 497,970
Macedonia 2,066,718 0.26% 2,072,504
Madagascar 20,653,556 3.00% 21,320,694
Malawi 14,268,711 2.39% 14,635,894
Malaysia 25,715,819 1.72% 26,192,062
Maldives 396,334 -0.17% 395,609
Mali 12,666,987 2.77% 13,044,779
Malta 405,165 0.40% 406,910
Man, Isle of 76,512 0.52% 76,940
Marshall Islands 64,522 2.08% 65,967
Mauritania 3,129,486 2.40% 3,210,355
Mauritius 1,284,264 0.78% 1,295,050
Mayotte 223,765 3.32% 231,764
Mexico 111,211,789 1.13% 112,564,886
Micronesia, Federated States of 107,434 -0.24% 107,156
Moldova 4,320,748 -0.08% 4,317,026
Monaco 32,965 0.39% 33,103
Mongolia 3,041,142 1.49% 3,089,931
Montenegro 672,180 -0.85% 666,028
Montserrat 5,097 0.39% 5,118
Morocco 34,859,364 1.48% 35,414,860
Mozambique 21,669,278 1.79% 22,086,913
Namibia 2,108,665 0.95% 2,130,234
Nauru 14,019 1.75% 14,283
Nepal 28,563,377 1.28% 28,957,035
Netherlands 16,715,999 0.41% 16,789,792
Netherlands Antilles 227,049 0.73% 228,834
New Caledonia 227,436 1.14% 230,228
New Zealand 4,213,418 0.94% 4,256,062
Nicaragua 5,891,199 1.78% 6,004,107
Niger 15,306,252 3.68% 15,912,732
Nigeria 149,229,090 2.00% 152,442,626
Niue 1,398 -0.03% 1,398
Norfolk Island 2,141 0.01% 2,141
Northern Mariana Islands 88,662 2.29% 90,848
Norway 4,660,539 0.34% 4,677,600
Oman 3,418,085 3.14% 3,533,646
Pakistan 176,242,949 1.95% 179,943,327
Palau 20,796 0.43% 20,892
Palestinian Territory, Occupied 4,013,126 2.63% 4,126,768
Panama 3,360,474 1.50% 3,414,748
Papua New Guinea 6,057,263 2.07% 6,192,267
Paraguay 6,995,655 2.36% 7,173,417
Peru 29,546,963 1.23% 29,938,270
Philippines 97,976,603 1.96% 100,044,258
Pitcairn Islands 48 0.00% 48
Poland 38,482,919 -0.05% 38,462,201
Portugal 10,707,924 0.28% 10,740,206
Puerto Rico 3,971,020 0.34% 3,985,557
Qatar 833,285 0.96% 841,898
Romania 22,215,421 -0.15% 22,179,542
Russia 140,041,247 -0.47% 139,332,562
Rwanda 10,473,282 2.78% 10,786,775
Saint Barthelemy 7,448 na na
Saint Helena 7,637 0.45% 7,674
Saint Kitts and Nevis 40,131 0.85% 40,498
Saint Lucia 160,267 0.42% 160,992
Saint Martin 29,820 na na
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7,051 0.09% 7,058
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 104,574 -0.34% 104,191
Samoa 219,998 1.35% 223,196
San Marino 30,324 1.15% 30,699
Sao Tome and Principe 212,679 3.09% 219,755
Saudi Arabia 28,686,633 1.85% 29,258,047
Senegal 13,711,597 2.71% 14,111,686
Serbia 7,379,339 -0.47% 7,341,996
Seychelles 87,476 1.00% 88,418
Sierra Leone 6,440,053 2.28% 6,598,150
Singapore 4,657,542 1.00% 4,707,690
Slovakia 5,463,046 0.14% 5,471,281
Slovenia 2,005,692 -0.11% 2,003,316
Solomon Islands 595,613 2.39% 610,940
Somalia 9,832,017 2.82% 10,130,549
South Africa 49,052,489 0.28% 49,200,372
Spain 40,525,002 0.07% 40,555,546
Sri Lanka 21,324,791 0.90% 21,531,437
Sudan 41,087,825 2.14% 42,034,556
Suriname 481,267 1.10% 486,967
Svalbard 2,116 -0.02% 2,116
Swaziland 1,123,913 -0.46% 1,118,346
Sweden 9,059,651 0.16% 9,075,258
Switzerland 7,604,467 0.28% 7,627,393
Syria 20,178,485 2.13% 20,641,258
Taiwan 22,974,347 0.23% 23,031,242
Tajikistan 7,349,145 1.88% 7,497,908
Tanzania 41,048,532 2.04% 41,950,160
Thailand 65,905,410 0.62% 66,345,369
Timor-Leste (East-Timor) 1,131,612 2.03% 1,156,346
Togo 6,019,877 2.71% 6,195,530
Tokelau 1,416 -0.01% 1,416
Tonga 120,898 1.48% 122,825
Trinidad and Tobago 1,229,953 -0.10% 1,228,629
Tunisia 10,486,339 0.98% 10,596,989
Turkey 76,805,524 1.31% 77,888,861
Turkmenistan 4,884,887 1.14% 4,944,847
Turks and Caicos Islands 22,942 2.56% 23,574
Tuvalu 12,373 1.62% 12,589
Uganda 32,369,558 2.69% 33,307,096
Ukraine 45,700,395 -0.63% 45,390,396
United Arab Emirates 4,798,491 3.69% 4,989,138
United Kingdom 61,113,205 0.28% 61,297,449
United States of America 307,212,123 0.98% 310,453,758
Uruguay 3,494,382 0.47% 3,512,065
Uzbekistan 27,606,007 0.94% 27,885,410
Vanuatu 218,519 1.40% 221,813
Venezuela 26,814,843 1.51% 27,250,808
Vietnam 86,967,524 0.98% 87,885,186
Virgin Islands, U.S. 109,825 -0.03% 109,790
Wallis and Futuna 15,289 0.35% 15,347
Western Sahara 405,210 2.83% 417,557
Yemen 23,822,783 3.45% 24,707,718
Zambia 11,862,740 1.63% 12,070,936
Zimbabwe 11,392,629 1.53% 11,580,308
World 6,790,062,216 1.17% 6,875,380,929
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.