World population prospects

rank country population
1950
1. China 554,760,000
2. India 371,856,500
3. USA 157,813,039
4. Russia 102,702,461
5. Japan 83,625,000
6. Indonesia 79,538,012
7. Germany 68,376,000
8. Brazil 53,974,725
9. UK 50,615,999
10. Italy 47,104,001
11. Bangladesh 43,852,366
12. France 41,828,669
13. Ukraine 37,297,652
14. Pakistan 36,943,767
15. Nigeria 33,960,279
16. Spain 28,008,751
17. Mexico 27,740,698
18. Viet Nam 27,366,684
19. Poland 24,824,013
20. Egypt 21,834,003
21. Turkey 21,484,000
22. Thailand 20,607,322
23. Philippines 19,996,220
24. Korea, South 18,858,667
25. Ethiopia 18,433,865
26. Myanmar 17,157,510
27. Argentina 17,150,336
28. Iran 16,912,989
29. Romania 16,310,998
30. Canada 13,736,997
31. South Africa 13,683,162
32. Colombia 12,568,427
33. Congo, DR 12,183,661
34. Netherlands 10,114,000
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. Nepal 8,642,912
42. Belgium 8,628,489
43. Portugal 8,405,000
44. Australia 8,218,997
45. Afghanistan 8,151,455
46. Taiwan 7,981,000
47. Belarus 7,745,003
48. Tanzania 7,649,766
49. Peru 7,632,459
50. Greece 7,566,002
51. Sri Lanka 7,338,637
52. Bulgaria 7,250,999
53. Sweden 7,014,000
54. Austria 6,935,005
55. Serbia 6,732,255
56. Kazakhstan 6,702,997
57. Mozambique 6,442,133
58. Uzbekistan 6,313,997
59. Malaysia 6,109,907
60. Chile 6,081,932
61. Kenya 6,076,757
62. Cuba 5,919,995
63. Iraq 5,340,371
64. Ghana 5,243,021
65. Uganda 5,158,194
66. Venezuela 5,093,708
67. Switzerland 4,694,000
68. Cameroon 4,466,496
69. Cambodia 4,345,800
70. Yemen 4,316,000
71. Denmark 4,270,994
72. Madagascar 4,234,359
73. Angola 4,147,509
74. Finland 4,009,001
75. Burkina Faso 3,982,559
76. Croatia 3,850,297
77. Syria 3,536,100
78. Tunisia 3,529,608
79. Georgia 3,527,003
80. Slovakia 3,463,443
81. Ecuador 3,387,360
82. Mali 3,328,839
83. Norway 3,265,000
84. Haiti 3,221,274
85. Saudi Arabia 3,201,369
86. Guatemala 3,146,072
87. Ireland 2,969,000
88. Azerbaijan 2,895,998
89. Malawi 2,880,700
90. Zimbabwe 2,746,854
91. Bolivia 2,713,630
92. Bosnia and Herz. 2,661,293
93. Guinea 2,618,921
94. Lithuania 2,567,400
95. Senegal 2,543,436
96. Cote d'Ivoire 2,504,884
97. Burundi 2,456,301
98. Chad 2,429,433
99. Dominican R. 2,427,074
100. Zambia 2,412,729
101. Moldova, Rep. of 2,341,002
102. Somalia 2,264,080
103. Uruguay 2,238,504
104. Puerto Rico 2,218,000
105. Niger 2,207,826
106. Rwanda 2,162,316
107. Benin 2,004,949
108. China, Hong Kong 1,973,998
109. El Salvador 1,950,628
110. Latvia 1,949,000
111. Sierra Leone 1,943,999
112. New Zealand 1,908,000
113. Papua New Guinea 1,798,096
114. Kyrgyzstan 1,740,000
115. Tajikistan 1,531,502
116. Laos 1,524,163
117. Honduras 1,487,234
118. Paraguay 1,473,244
119. Slovenia 1,473,096
120. Lebanon 1,442,826
121. Jamaica 1,402,896
122. Armenia 1,353,505
123. Togo 1,329,006
124. Central African R. 1,314,159
125. Nicaragua 1,294,993
126. Israel 1,257,971
127. Macedonia 1,229,699
128. Albania 1,215,004
129. Turkmenistan 1,211,002
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 966,013
136. Panama 860,091
137. Liberia 823,899
138. Congo, Rep. 807,725
139. Mongolia 761,299
140. Lesotho 733,942
141. Mauritania 692,382
142. Trinidad and Tobago 635,999
143. Guinea-Bissau 504,777
144. Cyprus 494,014
145. Mauritius 493,253
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 415,500
153. Montenegro 398,539
154. Malta 311,997
155. Luxembourg 296,001
156. Gambia, The 293,696
157. Fiji 288,993
158. Swaziland 273,000
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 190,450
166. Comoros 172,689
167. Bhutan 168,377
168. Kuwait 152,250
169. Cape Verde 146,134
170. Iceland 142,998
171. Bahrain 115,613
172. Neth. 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 68,919
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. Faroe 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. Cook Islands 15,079
209. Western Sahara 13,766
210. Liechtenstein 13,757
211. Montserrat 13,521
212. Marshall Islands 13,000
213. San Marino 12,781
214. British Virgin Is. 7,441
215. Palau 7,441
216. Wallis and Futuna 7,002
217. Nrthrn. Mariana Is. 6,999
218. Cayman Islands 6,604
219. Andorra 6,197
220. Tuvalu 5,166
221. Anguilla 5,121
222. Turks and Caicos Is. 5,047
223. Saint Helena 4,972
224. Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon 4,573
225. Niue 4,495
226. Nauru 2,953
227. Falkland Islands 2,261
228. Tokelau 1,570
229. Vatican City 905
230. Pitcairn Islands 130
rank country population
2007
1. China 1,328,629,911
2. India 1,169,015,510
3. USA 305,826,244
4. Indonesia 231,626,979
5. Brazil 191,790,931
6. Pakistan 163,902,407
7. Bangladesh 158,664,960
8. Nigeria 148,092,542
9. Russia 142,498,534
10. Japan 127,966,710
11. Mexico 106,534,878
12. Philippines 87,960,115
13. Viet Nam 87,375,197
14. Ethiopia 83,099,188
15. Germany 82,599,470
16. Egypt 75,497,914
17. Turkey 74,876,697
18. Iran 71,208,382
19. Thailand 63,883,661
20. Congo, DR 62,635,722
21. France 61,647,375
22. UK 60,768,942
23. Italy 58,876,835
24. Myanmar 48,798,212
25. South Africa 48,576,764
26. Korea, South 48,223,854
27. Ukraine 46,205,379
28. Colombia 46,155,958
29. Spain 44,279,182
30. Tanzania 40,453,512
31. Argentina 39,531,118
32. Sudan 38,560,492
33. Poland 38,081,970
34. Kenya 37,537,715
35. Algeria 33,857,913
36. Canada 32,876,045
37. Morocco 31,224,136
38. Uganda 30,883,807
39. Iraq 28,993,376
40. Nepal 28,195,993
41. Peru 27,902,760
42. Venezuela 27,656,833
43. Uzbekistan 27,372,256
44. Afghanistan 27,145,277
45. Malaysia 26,571,879
46. Saudi Arabia 24,734,532
47. Korea, North 23,790,241
48. Ghana 23,478,396
49. Taiwan 23,100,000
50. Yemen 22,389,172
51. Romania 21,437,888
52. Mozambique 21,396,916
53. Australia 20,743,178
54. Syria 19,928,518
55. Madagascar 19,683,359
56. Sri Lanka 19,299,189
57. Cote d'Ivoire 19,261,825
58. Cameroon 18,549,179
59. Angola 17,024,086
60. Chile 16,634,758
61. Netherlands 16,418,826
62. Kazakhstan 15,421,864
63. Burkina Faso 14,784,289
64. Cambodia 14,443,678
65. Niger 14,225,523
66. Malawi 13,925,070
67. Guatemala 13,353,914
68. Zimbabwe 13,349,436
69. Ecuador 13,341,199
70. Senegal 12,378,532
71. Mali 12,336,800
72. Zambia 11,922,003
73. Cuba 11,267,884
74. Greece 11,146,919
75. Chad 10,780,573
76. Portugal 10,623,032
77. Belgium 10,457,344
78. Tunisia 10,327,285
79. Czech Republic 10,186,330
80. Hungary 10,029,647
81. Serbia 9,858,426
82. Dominican R. 9,759,665
83. Rwanda 9,724,575
84. Belarus 9,688,796
85. Haiti 9,597,851
86. Bolivia 9,524,569
87. Guinea 9,370,113
88. Sweden 9,118,954
89. Benin 9,032,787
90. Somalia 8,698,534
91. Burundi 8,508,229
92. Azerbaijan 8,467,171
93. Austria 8,360,746
94. Bulgaria 7,638,830
95. Switzerland 7,483,972
96. China, Hong Kong 7,206,088
97. Honduras 7,106,001
98. Israel 6,927,680
99. El Salvador 6,857,330
100. Tajikistan 6,735,996
101. Togo 6,585,146
102. Papua New Guinea 6,331,017
103. Libya 6,160,481
104. Paraguay 6,127,073
105. Jordan 5,924,247
106. Sierra Leone 5,865,872
107. Laos 5,859,393
108. Nicaragua 5,603,192
109. Denmark 5,442,105
110. Slovakia 5,390,035
111. Kyrgyzstan 5,316,544
112. Finland 5,276,895
113. Turkmenistan 4,965,275
114. Eritrea 4,850,762
115. Norway 4,698,097
116. Croatia 4,555,402
117. Costa Rica 4,467,626
118. Singapore 4,436,283
119. Georgia 4,395,420
120. UAE 4,380,439
121. Central African R. 4,342,736
122. Ireland 4,300,902
123. New Zealand 4,178,523
124. Lebanon 4,099,114
125. Palestine, Occ. Terr. 4,017,496
126. Puerto Rico 3,990,505
127. Bosnia and Herz. 3,934,818
128. Moldova, Rep. of 3,793,603
129. Congo, Rep. 3,768,087
130. Liberia 3,750,264
131. Lithuania 3,389,937
132. Panama 3,343,374
133. Uruguay 3,339,701
134. Albania 3,190,011
135. Mauritania 3,123,818
136. Armenia 3,002,271
137. Kuwait 2,851,144
138. Jamaica 2,713,782
139. Mongolia 2,628,837
140. Oman 2,595,132
141. Latvia 2,277,044
142. Namibia 2,074,148
143. Macedonia 2,038,464
144. Lesotho 2,007,833
145. Slovenia 2,001,510
146. Botswana 1,881,507
147. Gambia, The 1,708,680
148. Guinea-Bissau 1,695,043
149. Estonia 1,335,335
150. Trinidad and Tobago 1,333,270
151. Gabon 1,330,573
152. Mauritius 1,261,643
153. Timor-Leste 1,154,776
154. Swaziland 1,141,423
155. Cyprus 854,673
156. Qatar 840,634
157. Comoros 839,189
158. Fiji 838,699
159. Djibouti 833,025
160. Réunion 806,715
161. Bahrain 752,647
162. Guyana 737,907
163. Bhutan 658,481
164. Montenegro 597,987
165. Cape Verde 530,438
166. Equatorial Guinea 507,497
167. Solomon Islands 495,660
168. China, Macao 481,122
169. Western Sahara 480,000
170. Luxembourg 466,557
171. Suriname 457,961
172. Guadeloupe 444,859
173. Malta 406,583
174. Martinique 398,658
175. Brunei Darussalam 390,058
176. Bahamas, The 331,277
177. Maldives 305,556
178. Iceland 301,005
179. Barbados 293,894
180. Belize 287,698
181. French Polynesia 262,752
182. New Caledonia 241,724
183. Vanuatu 226,179
184. French Guiana 202,118
185. Neth. Antilles 191,572
186. Samoa 187,026
187. Guam 173,348
188. Saint Lucia 164,923
189. São Tomé and Príncipe 157,637
190. Channel Islands 149,252
191. Saint Vincent & G. 120,398
192. Virgin Islands, U.S. 111,425
193. Micronesia, FS 111,120
194. Grenada 105,668
195. Aruba 103,889
196. Tonga 100,337
197. Kiribati 95,067
198. Seychelles 86,606
199. Antigua and Barbuda 85,109
200. Nrthrn. Mariana Is. 83,837
201. Man, Isle of 78,515
202. Andorra 74,601
203. Dominica 67,390
204. American Samoa 66,829
205. Bermuda 64,559
206. Marshall Islands 59,286
207. Greenland 58,137
208. Saint Kitts and Nevis 50,417
209. Faroe Islands 48,885
210. Cayman Islands 47,210
211. Liechtenstein 35,242
212. Monaco 32,711
213. San Marino 30,926
214. Gibraltar 29,306
215. Turks and Caicos Is. 25,517
216. British Virgin Is. 22,545
217. Palau 20,314
218. Wallis and Futuna 15,249
219. Cook Islands 13,325
220. Anguilla 12,625
221. Tuvalu 10,530
222. Nauru 10,152
223. Saint Helena 6,563
224. Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon 6,355
225. Montserrat 5,875
226. Falkland Islands 3,005
227. Niue 1,565
228. Tokelau 1,389
229. Vatican City 783
230. Pitcairn Islands 50
rank country population
2050
1. India 1,658,269,984
2. China 1,408,845,703
3. USA 402,415,142
4. Indonesia 296,884,552
5. Pakistan 292,205,348
6. Nigeria 288,695,888
7. Brazil 254,085,395
8. Bangladesh 254,083,572
9. Congo, DR 186,837,074
10. Ethiopia 183,404,244
11. Philippines 140,466,426
12. Mexico 132,278,179
13. Egypt 121,219,251
14. Viet Nam 119,970,615
15. Russia 107,831,859
16. Japan 102,511,481
17. Iran 100,173,596
18. Turkey 98,945,628
19. Uganda 92,935,437
20. Tanzania 85,076,966
21. Kenya 84,756,691
22. Afghanistan 79,423,190
23. Germany 74,087,781
24. Sudan 73,028,747
25. UK 68,716,859
26. France 68,269,942
27. Thailand 67,375,995
28. Iraq 61,941,632
29. Colombia 61,859,889
30. Myanmar 58,709,128
31. Yemen 58,008,932
32. South Africa 55,589,815
33. Italy 54,610,306
34. Niger 53,163,226
35. Nepal 51,891,494
36. Argentina 51,382,419
37. Algeria 49,609,520
38. Spain 46,401,301
39. Saudi Arabia 45,030,295
40. Angola 44,565,690
41. Madagascar 44,452,891
42. Canada 42,754,439
43. Morocco 42,582,845
44. Korea, South 42,327,297
45. Venezuela 42,048,931
46. Ghana 41,881,272
47. Malaysia 39,630,571
48. Mozambique 39,116,530
49. Peru 39,048,818
50. Uzbekistan 38,385,708
51. Burkina Faso 37,502,871
52. Syria 34,886,565
53. Cote d'Ivoire 34,704,347
54. Mali 34,230,976
55. Cameroon 33,144,316
56. Malawi 31,943,879
57. Ukraine 30,937,283
58. Poland 30,259,669
59. Chad 29,395,047
60. Burundi 28,315,028
61. Australia 28,040,793
62. Guatemala 27,472,733
63. Senegal 25,256,893
64. Cambodia 25,114,182
65. Korea, North 24,665,794
66. Taiwan 23,204,000
67. Zambia 22,867,848
68. Guinea 22,711,260
69. Rwanda 22,627,255
70. Benin 22,505,901
71. Somalia 21,056,803
72. Chile 20,654,709
73. Zimbabwe 19,111,621
74. Sri Lanka 18,714,530
75. Ecuador 17,987,821
76. Kazakhstan 17,312,007
77. Netherlands 17,234,515
78. Romania 15,928,476
79. Haiti 15,274,574
80. Bolivia 14,908,126
81. Togo 14,050,307
82. Dominican R. 13,971,938
83. Sierra Leone 13,523,529
84. Tunisia 13,177,827
85. Liberia 12,459,516
86. Honduras 12,079,034
87. Eritrea 11,464,544
88. Papua New Guinea 11,154,601
89. Greece 10,807,510
90. Tajikistan 10,760,269
91. Belgium 10,642,824
92. Israel 10,526,922
93. Sweden 10,480,950
94. Palestine, Occ. Terr. 10,264,625
95. Jordan 10,120,987
96. El Salvador 10,040,493
97. Portugal 9,981,899
98. Cuba 9,910,814
99. Paraguay 9,868,252
100. Libya 9,682,986
101. Serbia 9,634,675
102. Azerbaijan 9,403,957
103. Laos 9,290,391
104. China, Hong Kong 8,980,085
105. Czech Republic 8,824,845
106. UAE 8,520,789
107. Austria 8,500,357
108. Hungary 8,459,398
109. Switzerland 8,434,001
110. Nicaragua 8,169,077
111. Central African R. 7,609,270
112. Congo, Rep. 7,560,640
113. Belarus 6,959,662
114. Turkmenistan 6,779,791
115. Kyrgyzstan 6,565,896
116. Costa Rica 6,425,988
117. Mauritania 6,364,093
118. Ireland 6,178,539
119. Norway 5,732,426
120. Denmark 5,527,836
121. Finland 5,360,201
122. Guinea-Bissau 5,323,770
123. Kuwait 5,240,174
124. Lebanon 5,221,320
125. New Zealand 5,209,348
126. Panama 5,092,767
127. Singapore 5,025,719
128. Bulgaria 4,948,663
129. Slovakia 4,664,123
130. Oman 4,638,971
131. Puerto Rico 4,421,943
132. Croatia 3,691,523
133. Gambia, The 3,648,648
134. Uruguay 3,640,683
135. Timor-Leste 3,462,406
136. Albania 3,451,070
137. Mongolia 3,387,996
138. Bosnia and Herz. 3,159,898
139. Georgia 3,134,122
140. Namibia 3,041,148
141. Moldova, Rep. of 2,883,160
142. Jamaica 2,762,960
143. Botswana 2,702,917
144. Lithuania 2,653,730
145. Armenia 2,458,175
146. Lesotho 2,355,606
147. Gabon 2,080,970
148. Latvia 1,767,915
149. Macedonia 1,745,685
150. Comoros 1,714,599
151. Slovenia 1,693,935
152. Djibouti 1,479,599
153. Mauritius 1,446,299
154. Swaziland 1,359,973
155. Qatar 1,333,342
156. Trinidad and Tobago 1,324,710
157. Cyprus 1,182,847
158. Equatorial Guinea 1,182,599
159. Bahrain 1,173,037
160. Estonia 1,128,269
161. Réunion 1,071,925
162. Cape Verde 1,001,823
163. Solomon Islands 955,354
164. Western Sahara 938,110
165. Bhutan 935,084
166. Fiji 909,921
167. Luxembourg 722,491
168. Brunei Darussalam 680,732
169. Montenegro 602,503
170. China, Macao 523,603
171. Maldives 509,503
172. Belize 486,633
173. Guyana 476,967
174. Guadeloupe 468,211
175. Vanuatu 454,329
176. Bahamas, The 448,768
177. Malta 428,465
178. Suriname 425,846
179. French Guiana 405,694
180. New Caledonia 359,830
181. French Polynesia 356,551
182. Iceland 354,632
183. Martinique 350,297
184. São Tomé and Príncipe 295,694
185. Barbados 271,565
186. Guam 241,552
187. Saint Lucia 216,399
188. Samoa 215,061
189. Neth. Antilles 186,116
190. Nrthrn. Mariana Is. 151,593
191. Kiribati 151,491
192. Channel Islands 144,007
193. Micronesia, FS 134,023
194. Tonga 122,519
195. American Samoa 112,601
196. Antigua and Barbuda 111,116
197. Saint Vincent & G. 106,224
198. Aruba 103,566
199. Seychelles 99,679
200. Grenada 95,203
201. Marshall Islands 92,328
202. Virgin Islands, U.S. 82,076
203. Man, Isle of 72,933
204. Saint Kitts and Nevis 69,342
205. Dominica 67,294
206. Andorra 65,595
207. Greenland 64,142
208. Bermuda 62,680
209. Cayman Islands 59,364
210. Faroe Islands 57,943
211. Liechtenstein 45,104
212. Monaco 37,341
213. San Marino 32,691
214. Turks and Caicos Is. 32,049
215. British Virgin Is. 28,265
216. Gibraltar 27,369
217. Palau 25,960
218. Anguilla 17,426
219. Wallis and Futuna 17,021
220. Cook Islands 11,988
221. Tuvalu 11,858
222. Nauru 10,862
223. Saint Helena 8,558
224. Montserrat 6,987
225. Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon 6,465
226. Falkland Islands 3,368
227. Tokelau 1,408
228. Niue 1,381
229. Vatican City 766
230. Pitcairn Islands 51
source: World Population Prospects: The 2006 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.