Countries Ranked by Population: 2003

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Rank Country Population
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 1 China 1,286,975,468
 2 India 1,049,700,118
 3 United States 290,342,554
 4 Indonesia 234,893,453
 5 Brazil 182,032,604
 6 Pakistan  150,694,740
 7 Russia 144,526,278
 8 Bangladesh 138,448,210
 9 Nigeria 133,881,703
 10 Japan 127,214,499
 11 Mexico 104,907,991
 12 Philippines 84,619,974
 13 Germany 82,398,326
 14 Vietnam 81,624,716
 15 Egypt  74,718,797
 16 Iran 68,278,826
 17 Turkey 68,109,469
 18 Ethiopia 66,557,553
 19 Thailand 64,265,276
 20 France 60,180,529
 21 United Kingdom 60,094,648
 22 Italy 57,998,353
 23 Congo (Kinshasa) 56,625,039
 24 Korea, South 48,289,037
 25 Ukraine 48,055,439
 26 South Africa 42,768,678
 27 Burma 42,510,537
 28 Colombia  41,662,073
 29 Spain 40,217,413
 30 Argentina 38,740,807
 31 Poland 38,622,660
 32 Sudan 38,114,160
 33 Tanzania  35,922,454
 34 Algeria 32,818,500
 35 Canada 32,207,113
 36 Morocco 31,689,265
 37 Kenya  31,639,091
 38 Afghanistan 28,717,213
 39 Peru 28,409,897
 40 Nepal 26,469,569
 41 Uzbekistan 25,981,647
 42 Uganda  25,632,794
 43 Iraq 24,683,313
 44 Venezuela 24,654,694
 45 Saudi Arabia 24,293,844
 46 Malaysia  23,092,940
 47 Taiwan 22,603,000
 48 Korea, North 22,466,481
 49 Romania 22,271,839
 50 Ghana 20,467,747
 51 Sri Lanka 19,742,439
 52 Australia 19,731,984
 53 Yemen 19,349,881
 54 Syria 17,585,540
 55 Mozambique  17,479,266
 56 Madagascar 16,979,744
 57 Cote d'Ivoire 16,962,491
 58 Kazakhstan 16,763,795
 59 Netherlands 16,150,511
 60 Cameroon 15,746,179
 61 Chile 15,665,216
 62 Guatemala 13,909,384
 63 Ecuador 13,710,234
 64 Burkina Faso  13,228,460
 65 Cambodia 13,124,764
 66 Zimbabwe 12,576,742
 67 Malawi 11,651,239
 68 Mali 11,626,219
 69 Cuba  11,263,429
 70 Niger 11,058,590
 71 Angola 10,766,471
 72 Greece 10,665,989
 73 Yugoslavia  10,655,774
 74 Senegal 10,580,307
 75 Belarus 10,322,151
 76 Zambia 10,307,333
 77 Belgium 10,289,088
 78 Czech Republic 10,249,216
 79 Portugal 10,102,022
 80 Hungary 10,045,407
 81 Tunisia 9,924,742
 82 Chad  9,253,493
 83 Guinea 9,030,220
 84 Sweden 8,878,085
 85 Dominican Republic 8,715,602
 86 Bolivia 8,586,443
 87 Austria 8,188,207
 88 Somalia 8,025,190
 89 Azerbaijan 7,830,764
 90 Rwanda 7,810,056
 91 Bulgaria  7,537,929
 92 Haiti 7,527,817
 93 Hong Kong S.A.R. 7,394,170
 94 Switzerland 7,318,638
 95 Benin 7,041,490
 96 Tajikistan 6,863,752
 97 Honduras 6,669,789
 98 El Salvador 6,470,379
 99 Israel 6,116,533
 100 Burundi  6,096,156
 101 Paraguay 6,036,900
 102 Laos 5,921,545
 103 Sierra Leone 5,732,681
 104 Libya 5,499,074
 105 Jordan 5,460,265
 106 Slovakia 5,430,033
 107 Togo 5,429,299
 108 Denmark 5,384,384
 109 Papua New Guinea  5,295,816
 110 Finland 5,190,785
 111 Nicaragua 5,128,517
 112 Georgia 4,934,413
 113 Kyrgyzstan 4,892,808
 114 Turkmenistan 4,775,544
 115 Singapore 4,608,595
 116 Norway 4,546,123
 117 Moldova 4,439,502
 118 Croatia  4,422,248
 119 Eritrea 4,362,254
 120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,989,018
 121 New Zealand 3,951,307
 122 Ireland 3,924,140
 123 Costa Rica 3,896,092
 124 Puerto Rico 3,885,877
 125 Lebanon 3,727,703
 126 Central African Republic 3,683,538
 127 Lithuania  3,592,561
 128 Albania 3,582,205
 129 Uruguay 3,413,329
 130 Armenia 3,326,448
 131 Liberia 3,317,176
 132 Panama 2,960,784
 133 Congo (Brazzaville) 2,954,258
 134 Mauritania 2,912,584
 135 Oman 2,807,125
 136 Mongolia  2,712,315
 137 Jamaica 2,695,867
 138 United Arab Emirates 2,484,818
 139 Latvia 2,348,784
 140 West Bank 2,237,194
 141 Kuwait 2,183,161
 142 Bhutan 2,139,549
 143 Macedonia, The Former Yugo. Rep. of 2,063,122
 144 Slovenia 1,935,677
 145 Namibia  1,927,447
 146 Lesotho 1,861,959
 147 Botswana 1,573,267
 148 Gambia, The 1,501,050
 149 Estonia 1,408,556
 150 Guinea-Bissau 1,360,827
 151 Gabon 1,321,560
 152 Gaza Strip 1,274,868
 153 Mauritius 1,210,447
 154 Swaziland  1,161,219
 155 Trinidad and Tobago 1,104,209
 156 East Timor 997,853
 157 Fiji 868,531
 158 Qatar 817,052
 159 Cyprus 771,657
 160 Reunion 755,171
 161 Guyana 702,100
 162 Bahrain 667,238
 163 Comoros  632,948
 164 Equatorial Guinea 510,473
 165 Solomon Islands 509,190
 166 Macau S.A.R. 469,903
 167 Djibouti 457,130
 168 Luxembourg 454,157
 169 Guadeloupe 440,189
 170 Suriname 435,449
 171 Martinique 425,966
 172 Cape Verde  412,137
 173 Malta 400,420
 174 Brunei 358,098
 175 Maldives 329,684
 176 Bahamas, The 297,477
 177 Iceland 280,798
 178 Barbados 277,264
 179 Belize 266,440
 180 French Polynesia 262,125
 181 Western Sahara  261,794
 182 Netherlands Antilles 216,226
 183 New Caledonia 210,798
 184 Vanuatu 199,414
 185 French Guiana 186,917
 186 Mayotte 178,437
 187 Samoa 178,173
 188 Sao Tome and Principe 175,883
 189 Guam 163,941
 190 Saint Lucia  162,157
 191 Micronesia, Federated States of 136,973
 192 Virgin Islands 124,778
 193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 116,812
 194 Tonga 108,141
 195 Kiribati 98,549
 196 Jersey 90,156
 197 Grenada 89,258
 198 Seychelles 80,469
 199 Northern Mariana Islands 80,006
 200 Man, Isle of 74,261
 201 Aruba 70,844
 202 American Samoa 70,260
 203 Dominica 69,655
 204 Andorra 69,150
 205 Antigua and Barbuda 67,897
 206 Guernsey 64,818
 207 Bermuda 64,482
 208 Marshall Islands  56,429
 209 Greenland 56,385
 210 Faroe Islands 46,345
 211 Cayman Islands 41,934
 212 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,763
 213 Liechtenstein 33,145
 214 Monaco 32,130
 215 San Marino 28,119
 216 Gibraltar 27,776
 217 Virgin Islands, British 21,730
 218 Cook Islands 21,008
 219 Palau 19,717
 220 Turks and Caicos Islands 19,350
 221 Wallis and Futuna 15,734
 222 Anguilla 12,738
 223 Nauru 12,570
 224 Tuvalu 11,305
 225 Montserrat 8,995
 226 Saint Helena  7,367
 227 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6,976
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Note: Data updated 10-10-2002. 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base.

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