Countries Ranked by Population: 2000 -------------------------------------------------------- Rank Country Population -------------------------------------------------------- 1 China 1,262,474,301 2 India 1,002,708,291 3 United States 282,338,631 4 Indonesia 224,138,438 5 Brazil 175,552,771 6 Russia 146,001,176 7 Pakistan 141,553,775 8 Bangladesh 130,406,594 9 Japan 126,699,784 10 Nigeria 123,749,589 11 Mexico 99,926,620 12 Germany 82,187,909 13 Philippines 79,739,825 14 Vietnam 78,517,582 15 Egypt 70,492,342 16 Iran 66,005,872 17 Turkey 65,666,677 18 Ethiopia 62,651,398 19 Thailand 62,352,043 20 United Kingdom 59,522,468 21 France 59,381,628 22 Italy 57,719,337 23 Congo (Kinshasa) 51,809,830 24 Ukraine 49,153,027 25 Korea, South 47,261,283 26 South Africa 42,351,345 27 Burma 41,771,657 28 Spain 40,016,081 29 Colombia 39,685,655 30 Poland 38,646,023 31 Argentina 37,497,728 32 Sudan 35,079,814 33 Tanzania 33,767,567 34 Canada 31,278,097 35 Algeria 31,193,917 36 Kenya 30,310,235 37 Morocco 30,122,350 38 Peru 27,012,899 39 Afghanistan 25,888,797 40 Uzbekistan 24,755,519 41 Nepal 24,702,119 42 Venezuela 23,542,649 43 Uganda 23,495,923 44 Iraq 22,675,617 45 Romania 22,451,921 46 Taiwan 22,151,237 47 Saudi Arabia 22,023,506 48 Malaysia 21,793,293 49 Korea, North 21,647,682 50 Ghana 19,509,240 51 Sri Lanka 19,238,575 52 Australia 19,164,620 53 Mozambique 17,672,631 54 Yemen 17,479,206 55 Kazakhstan 16,733,227 56 Syria 16,305,659 57 Netherlands 15,907,853 58 Cote d'Ivoire 15,865,601 59 Madagascar 15,506,472 60 Chile 15,153,797 61 Cameroon 14,791,629 62 Ecuador 12,920,092 63 Guatemala 12,820,296 64 Cambodia 12,432,869 65 Burkina Faso 12,217,363 66 Zimbabwe 12,185,932 67 Cuba 11,134,273 68 Malawi 10,873,591 69 Mali 10,665,383 70 Serbia and Montenegro 10,662,736 71 Greece 10,559,110 72 Belarus 10,366,719 73 Czech Republic 10,270,128 74 Belgium 10,263,618 75 Niger 10,173,661 76 Hungary 10,137,449 77 Angola 10,132,376 78 Portugal 10,048,232 79 Zambia 9,798,529 80 Senegal 9,784,325 81 Tunisia 9,593,402 82 Sweden 8,923,569 83 Guinea 8,641,965 84 Chad 8,418,864 85 Dominican Republic 8,353,525 86 Bolivia 8,152,620 87 Austria 8,113,413 88 Bulgaria 7,818,495 89 Azerbaijan 7,748,163 90 Rwanda 7,404,703 91 Switzerland 7,266,920 92 Somalia 7,253,137 93 Haiti 7,177,115 94 Hong Kong S.A.R. 7,115,620 95 Tajikistan 6,440,732 96 Benin 6,428,396 97 Honduras 6,200,898 98 El Salvador 6,122,515 99 Israel 5,842,454 100 Burundi 5,713,711 101 Paraguay 5,585,828 102 Laos 5,497,733 103 Slovakia 5,400,320 104 Denmark 5,337,416 105 Sierra Leone 5,202,659 106 Finland 5,168,595 107 Libya 5,115,450 108 Togo 5,032,783 109 Georgia 5,019,538 110 Jordan 4,998,564 111 Papua New Guinea 4,926,984 112 Nicaragua 4,812,569 113 Kyrgyzstan 4,685,230 114 Turkmenistan 4,518,268 115 Norway 4,492,400 116 Moldova 4,430,654 117 Croatia 4,282,216 118 Eritrea 4,243,185 119 Singapore 4,151,720 120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,835,777 121 New Zealand 3,819,762 122 Puerto Rico 3,815,893 123 Ireland 3,791,690 124 Costa Rica 3,710,558 125 Lithuania 3,620,756 126 Lebanon 3,578,036 127 Central African Republic 3,501,489 128 Albania 3,473,835 129 Armenia 3,344,336 130 Uruguay 3,334,074 131 Liberia 3,148,999 132 Panama 2,836,298 133 Congo (Brazzaville) 2,809,476 134 Mauritania 2,667,859 135 Jamaica 2,652,689 136 Mongolia 2,600,835 137 Oman 2,533,389 138 Latvia 2,404,926 139 United Arab Emirates 2,369,153 140 Macedonia, The Former Yugo. Rep. of 2,041,467 141 West Bank 2,020,298 142 Bhutan 2,005,222 143 Kuwait 1,973,572 144 Slovenia 1,927,593 145 Lesotho 1,846,827 146 Namibia 1,826,279 147 Botswana 1,577,739 148 Estonia 1,431,471 149 Gambia, The 1,367,124 150 Guinea-Bissau 1,278,259 151 Gabon 1,222,938 152 Mauritius 1,179,368 153 Gaza Strip 1,132,063 154 Trinidad and Tobago 1,125,066 155 Swaziland 1,120,183 156 East Timor 846,599 157 Fiji 832,494 158 Cyprus 758,363 159 Qatar 744,483 160 Reunion 720,934 161 Guyana 698,110 162 Bahrain 634,137 163 Comoros 578,400 164 Equatorial Guinea 474,214 165 Solomon Islands 466,194 166 Luxembourg 438,777 167 Macau S.A.R. 431,338 168 Djibouti 430,822 169 Suriname 429,323 170 Guadeloupe 426,493 171 Martinique 414,516 172 Cape Verde 401,343 173 Malta 391,670 174 Brunei 336,376 175 Maldives 301,475 176 Bahamas, The 290,075 177 Iceland 276,365 178 Barbados 273,894 179 French Polynesia 249,110 180 Belize 247,009 181 Western Sahara 244,943 182 Netherlands Antilles 210,134 183 New Caledonia 201,816 184 Vanuatu 189,618 185 Samoa 179,466 186 French Guiana 172,605 187 Sao Tome and Principe 159,883 188 Saint Lucia 156,260 189 Mayotte 155,911 190 Guam 155,324 191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 115,461 192 Virgin Islands 108,637 193 Micronesia, Federated States of 107,754 194 Tonga 102,321 195 Kiribati 91,985 196 Grenada 89,312 197 Jersey 88,915 198 Seychelles 79,326 199 Man, Isle of 73,112 200 Dominica 71,540 201 Northern Mariana Islands 69,706 202 Aruba 69,539 203 Andorra 66,824 204 Antigua and Barbuda 66,464 205 Guernsey 64,080 206 Bermuda 62,971 207 American Samoa 57,301 208 Greenland 56,309 209 Marshall Islands 53,064 210 Faroe Islands 45,296 211 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,819 212 Cayman Islands 38,410 213 Liechtenstein 32,204 214 Monaco 31,693 215 Gibraltar 27,578 216 San Marino 26,937 217 Cook Islands 20,407 218 Virgin Islands, British 20,353 219 Palau 18,766 220 Turks and Caicos Islands 17,502 221 Wallis and Futuna 15,283 222 Nauru 11,845 223 Anguilla 11,797 224 Tuvalu 10,838 225 Saint Helena 7,212 226 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6,896 227 Montserrat 6,409 -------------------------------------------------------- Note: Data updated 7-17-2003 (Release notes). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base.