People > Population > CIA Factbook: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: This entry gives an estimate from the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. Note: starting with the 1993 Factbook, demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These countries are currently: The Bahamas, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	China	1.33 billion	2008
2	India	1.15 billion	2008
3	European Union	491.02 million	2008
4	United States	303.82 million	2008
	South Asia average (profile)	301.55 million	2008
5	Indonesia	237.51 million	2008
6	Brazil	196.34 million	2008
7	Pakistan	172.8 million	2008
	Emerging markets average (profile)	157.26 million	2008
8	Bangladesh	153.55 million	2008
9	Nigeria	146.26 million	2008
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	144.07 million	2008
10	Russia	140.7 million	2008
11	Japan	127.29 million	2008
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	124.56 million	2008
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	110.96 million	2008
12	Mexico	109.96 million	2008
	Religious countries average (profile)	97.29 million	2008
13	Philippines	96.06 million	2008
14	Vietnam	86.12 million	2008
15	Ethiopia	82.54 million	2008
16	Germany	82.37 million	2008
17	Egypt	81.71 million	2008
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	74.17 million	2008
18	Turkey	71.89 million	2008
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	66.51 million	2008
20	Iran	65.88 million	2008
21	Thailand	65.49 million	2008
22	United Kingdom	60.94 million	2008
23	France	60.88 million	2006
24	Italy	58.15 million	2008
	Cold countries average (profile)	54.08 million	2008
25	South Africa	48.78 million	2008
26	South Korea	48.38 million	2008
	Former British colonies average (profile)	48.07 million	2008
27	Burma	47.76 million	2008
28	Ukraine	45.99 million	2008
29	Colombia	45.01 million	2008
30	Spain	40.49 million	2008
31	Argentina	40.48 million	2008
32	Sudan	40.22 million	2008
33	Tanzania	40.21 million	2008
	failed states average (profile)	39.04 million	2008
34	Poland	38.5 million	2008
35	Kenya	37.95 million	2008
36	Morocco	34.34 million	2008
37	Algeria	33.77 million	2008
	Hot countries average (profile)	33.66 million	2008
38	Canada	33.21 million	2008
39	Afghanistan	32.74 million	2008
	OPEC countries average (profile)	32.31 million	2008
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	31.82 million	2008
40	Uganda	31.37 million	2008
	Muslim countries average (profile)	30.49 million	2008
41	Nepal	29.52 million	2008
42	Peru	29.18 million	2008
43	Iraq	28.22 million	2008
44	Saudi Arabia	28.15 million	2008
45	Uzbekistan	27.35 million	2008
46	Venezuela	26.41 million	2008
47	Malaysia	25.27 million	2008
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	24.81 million	2008
48	North Korea	23.48 million	2008
49	Ghana	23.38 million	2008
50	Yemen	23.01 million	2008
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	22.98 million	2008
51	Taiwan	22.92 million	2008
52	Romania	22.25 million	2008
	Catholic countries average (profile)	21.59 million	2008
53	Mozambique	21.28 million	2008
54	Sri Lanka	21.13 million	2008
55	Australia	21.01 million	2008
56	Cote d'Ivoire	20.18 million	2008
57	Madagascar	20.04 million	2008
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	20.04 million	2008
	NATO countries average (profile)	19.9 million	2008
58	Syria	19.75 million	2008
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	18.94 million	2008
	Christian countries average (profile)	18.5 million	2008
59	Cameroon	18.47 million	2008
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	18.08 million	2008
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	17.06 million	2008
60	Netherlands	16.65 million	2008
	Europe average (profile)	16.48 million	2008
61	Chile	16.45 million	2008
	European Union average (profile)	15.98 million	2008
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	15.97 million	2008
	Former French colonies average (profile)	15.84 million	2008
62	Kazakhstan	15.34 million	2008
	Eurozone average (profile)	15.28 million	2008
63	Burkina Faso	15.26 million	2008
64	Cambodia	14.24 million	2008
65	Malawi	13.93 million	2008
66	Ecuador	13.93 million	2008
67	Niger	13.27 million	2008
68	Guatemala	13 million	2008
69	Senegal	12.85 million	2008
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	12.72 million	2008
70	Angola	12.53 million	2008
71	Mali	12.32 million	2008
72	Zambia	11.67 million	2008
73	Cuba	11.42 million	2008
74	Zimbabwe	11.35 million	2008
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	11.16 million	2008
75	Greece	10.72 million	2008
76	Portugal	10.68 million	2008
77	Belgium	10.4 million	2008
78	Tunisia	10.38 million	2008
79	Czech Republic	10.22 million	2008
80	Rwanda	10.19 million	2008
81	Serbia and Montenegro	10.16 million	2008
82	Chad	10.11 million	2008
83	Hungary	9.93 million	2008
84	Guinea	9.81 million	2008
85	Belarus	9.69 million	2008
86	Somalia	9.56 million	2008
87	Dominican Republic	9.51 million	2008
88	Bolivia	9.25 million	2008
89	Sweden	9.05 million	2008
90	Haiti	8.92 million	2008
91	Burundi	8.69 million	2008
92	Benin	8.53 million	2008
93	Austria	8.21 million	2008
94	Azerbaijan	8.18 million	2008
95	Honduras	7.64 million	2008
96	Switzerland	7.58 million	2008
97	Bulgaria	7.26 million	2008
98	Tajikistan	7.21 million	2008
99	Israel	7.11 million	2008
100	El Salvador	7.07 million	2008
101	Hong Kong	7.02 million	2008
102	Paraguay	6.83 million	2008
103	Laos	6.68 million	2008
104	Sierra Leone	6.29 million	2008
105	Jordan	6.2 million	2008
106	Libya	6.17 million	2008
107	Papua New Guinea	5.93 million	2008
108	Togo	5.86 million	2008
109	Nicaragua	5.79 million	2008
110	Eritrea	5.5 million	2008
111	Denmark	5.48 million	2008
112	Slovakia	5.46 million	2008
113	Kyrgyzstan	5.36 million	2008
114	Finland	5.24 million	2008
115	Turkmenistan	5.18 million	2008
116	Norway	4.64 million	2008
117	Georgia	4.63 million	2008
118	United Arab Emirates	4.62 million	2008
119	Singapore	4.61 million	2008
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.59 million	2008
121	Croatia	4.49 million	2008
122	Central African Republic	4.44 million	2008
123	Moldova	4.32 million	2008
124	Costa Rica	4.2 million	2008
125	New Zealand	4.17 million	2008
126	Ireland	4.16 million	2008
127	Lebanon	3.97 million	2008
128	Puerto Rico	3.96 million	2008
129	Congo, Republic of the	3.9 million	2008
130	Albania	3.62 million	2008
131	Lithuania	3.57 million	2008
132	Uruguay	3.48 million	2008
133	Mauritania	3.36 million	2008
134	Liberia	3.33 million	2008
135	Oman	3.31 million	2008
136	Panama	3.31 million	2008
137	Mongolia	3 million	2008
138	Armenia	2.97 million	2008
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	2.86 million	2008
139	Jamaica	2.8 million	2008
140	Kuwait	2.6 million	2008
141	West Bank	2.41 million	2008
142	Latvia	2.25 million	2008
143	Lesotho	2.13 million	2008
144	Namibia	2.09 million	2008
145	Slovenia	2.01 million	2008
146	Botswana	1.84 million	2008
147	The Gambia	1.74 million	2008
148	Guinea-Bissau	1.5 million	2008
149	Gaza Strip	1.5 million	2008
150	Gabon	1.49 million	2008
151	Estonia	1.31 million	2008
152	Mauritius	1.27 million	2008
153	Swaziland	1.13 million	2008
154	East Timor	1.11 million	2008
155	Trinidad and Tobago	1.05 million	2008
156	Fiji	931,741	2008
157	Qatar	824,789	2008
158	Cyprus	792,604	2008
159	Reunion	787,584	2006
160	Guyana	770,794	2008
161	Comoros	731,775	2008
162	Bahrain	718,306	2008
163	Bhutan	682,321	2008
164	Montenegro	678,177	2008
165	Equatorial Guinea	616,459	2008
166	Solomon Islands	581,318	2008
167	Macau	545,674	2008
168	Djibouti	506,221	2008
169	Luxembourg	486,006	2008
170	Suriname	475,996	2008
171	Guadeloupe	452,776	2006
172	Martinique	436,131	2006
173	Cape Verde	426,998	2008
174	Malta	403,532	2008
175	Western Sahara	393,831	2008
176	Maldives	385,925	2008
177	Brunei	381,371	2008
178	The Bahamas	307,451	2008
179	Iceland	304,367	2008
180	Belize	301,270	2008
181	French Polynesia	283,019	2008
182	Barbados	281,968	2008
183	Netherlands Antilles	225,369	2008
184	New Caledonia	224,824	2008
185	Samoa	217,083	2008
186	Mayotte	216,306	2008
187	Vanuatu	215,446	2008
188	Sao Tome and Principe	206,178	2008
189	French Guiana	199,509	2006
190	Guam	175,877	2008
191	Saint Lucia	159,585	2008
192	Tonga	119,009	2008
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	118,432	2008
194	Kiribati	110,356	2008
195	Virgin Islands	109,840	2008
196	Federated States of Micronesia	107,665	2008
197	Aruba	101,541	2008
198	Jersey	91,533	2008
199	Grenada	90,343	2008
200	Northern Mariana Islands	86,616	2008
201	Antigua and Barbuda	84,522	2008
202	Andorra	82,627	2008
203	Seychelles	82,247	2008
204	Dominica	72,514	2008
205	Bermuda	66,536	2008
206	Guernsey	65,726	2008
207	American Samoa	64,827	2008
208	Marshall Islands	63,174	2008
209	Greenland	57,564	2008
210	Faroe Islands	48,668	2008
211	Cayman Islands	47,862	2008
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	39,817	2008
213	Liechtenstein	34,498	2008
214	Monaco	32,796	2008
215	San Marino	29,973	2008
216	Saint Martin	29,376	2008
217	Gibraltar	28,002	2008
218	British Virgin Islands	24,041	2008
219	Turks and Caicos Islands	22,352	2008
220	Palau	21,093	2008
221	Wallis and Futuna	15,237	2008
222	Anguilla	14,108	2008
223	Nauru	13,770	2008
224	Cook Islands	12,271	2008
225	Tuvalu	12,177	2008
226	Saint Helena	7,601	2008
227	Saint Barthelemy	7,492	2008
228	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	7,044	2008
229	Montserrat	5,079	2008
230	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	3,140	2008
231	Svalbard	2,165	2008
232	Norfolk Island	2,128	2008
233	Niue	1,444	2008
234	Tokelau	1,433	2008
235	Christmas Island	1,402	2007
236	Holy See (Vatican City)	824	2008
237	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	596	2007
238	Johnston Atoll	396	2004
239	Pitcairn Islands	48	2008

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