List of countries by population in 2005

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This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population, with population figures estimated for 1 July 2005 (rounded to the nearest 1,000). The figures are estimates for the year 2005 from the U.N. World Population Prospects (2004 revision) using the medium fertility variant.[1]

The list includes all sovereign states and dependent territories recognized by the United Nations, plus the territory under the effective control of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

This list adopts definitions of "country" on a case-by-case basis. The "United Kingdom" is considered as a single country while constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are regarded separately.

Rank Country / Territory Population
July 2005
UN estimate		 Change
from
2000*
— World 6,464,750,000 Steady
1  China 1,307,593,000 Steady
2  India[2] 1,103,371,000 Steady
3  United States[3] 295,520,000 Steady
4  Indonesia 222,781,000 Steady
5  Brazil 186,405,000 Steady
6  Pakistan 157,935,000 Increase1
7  Russia 143,202,000 Decrease1
8  Bangladesh 141,822,000 Steady
9  Nigeria 131,530,000 Increase1
10  Japan 128,085,000 Decrease1
11  Mexico 107,029,000 Steady
12  Philippines 85,599,000 Increase2
13  Vietnam 84,238,000 Increase1
14  Germany 82,689,000 Decrease2
15  Ethiopia 77,431,000 Increase1
16  Egypt 74,033,000 Decrease1
17  Turkey 73,193,000 Increase1
18  Iran 69,515,000 Decrease1
19  France 65,446,000 Increase1
20  Thailand 64,233,000 Decrease1
21  United Kingdom 59,668,000 Steady
22  Italy 58,093,000 Steady
23  Democratic Republic of the Congo 57,549,000 Steady
24  Myanmar 50,519,000 Steady
25  South Korea 50,000,000 Increase1
26  South Africa 48,432,000 Increase1
27  Ukraine 46,481,000 Decrease2
28  Colombia 45,600,000 Steady
29  Spain 43,064,000 Steady
30  Argentina 38,747,000 Steady
31  Poland 38,530,000 Steady
32  Tanzania 38,329,000 Steady
33  Sudan 36,233,000 Steady
34  Kenya 34,256,000 Steady
35  Algeria 32,854,000 Steady
36  Canada 32,268,000 Steady
37  Morocco 31,478,000 Steady
38  Afghanistan 29,863,000 Steady
39  Uganda 28,816,000 Steady
40  Iraq 28,807,000 Steady
41  Peru 27,968,000 Steady
42    Nepal 27,133,000 Steady
43  Venezuela 26,749,000 Steady
44  Uzbekistan 26,593,000 Steady
45  Malaysia 25,347,000 Steady
46  Saudi Arabia 24,573,000 Steady
47  North Korea 22,894,384 Steady
48  Taiwan 22,488,000 Steady
49  Ghana 22,113,000 Steady
50  Romania 21,711,000 Steady
51  Yemen 20,975,000 Increase1
52  Sri Lanka 20,743,000 Increase1
53  Australia[4] 20,155,000 Decrease2
54  Syria 19,792,000 Steady
55  Mozambique 19,043,000 Steady
56  Madagascar[5] 18,606,000 Steady
57  Côte d'Ivoire 18,154,000 Steady
58  Cameroon 16,322,000 Steady
59  Netherlands 16,299,000 Steady
60  Chile 16,295,000 Steady
61  Angola 15,941,000 Steady
62  Kazakhstan 14,825,000 Steady
63  Cambodia 14,071,000 Steady
64  Niger 13,957,000 Steady
65  Mali 13,518,000 Steady
66  Ecuador 13,228,000 Steady
67  Burkina Faso 13,228,000 Steady
68  Zimbabwe 13,010,000 Steady
69  Guatemala 12,884,000 Steady
70  Malawi 12,599,000 Steady
71  Zambia 11,668,000 Steady
72  Senegal 11,658,000 Steady
73  Cuba 11,269,000 Steady
74  Greece 11,120,000 Steady
75  Belgium 10,495,000 Steady
76  Portugal 10,419,000 Steady
77  Czech Republic 10,220,000 Steady
78  Tunisia 10,102,000 Steady
79  Hungary 10,098,000 Steady
80  Serbia[6] 9,778,991 Steady
81  Chad 9,755,000 Steady
82  Belarus 9,749,000 Steady
83  Guinea 9,402,000 Steady
84  Bolivia 9,182,000 Steady
85  Sweden 9,041,000 Steady
86  Rwanda 9,038,000 Steady
87  Dominican Republic 8,895,000 Steady
88  Haiti 8,528,000 Steady
89  Benin 8,439,000 Steady
90  Azerbaijan 8,411,000 Steady
91  Somalia 8,228,000 Steady
92  Austria 8,189,000 Steady
93  Bulgaria 7,726,000 Steady
94  Burundi 7,548,000 Steady
95   Switzerland 7,252,000 Steady
96  Honduras 7,205,000 Steady
97  Hong Kong (PR China) 7,041,000 Steady
98  El Salvador 6,881,000 Steady
99  Israel 6,725,000 Steady
100  Tajikistan 6,507,000 Steady
101  Paraguay 6,158,000 Steady
102  Togo 6,145,000 Steady
103  Laos 5,924,000 Steady
104  Papua New Guinea 5,887,000 Steady
105  Libya 5,853,000 Steady
106  Jordan 5,703,000 Steady
107 Tibet Tibet (PR China) 5,700,000 Steady
108  Sierra Leone 5,525,000 Steady
109  Nicaragua 5,487,000 Steady
110  Denmark 5,431,000 Steady
111  Slovakia 5,401,000 Steady
112  Kyrgyzstan 5,264,000 Steady
113  Finland[7] 5,249,000 Steady
114  Turkmenistan 4,833,000 Steady
115  Norway[8] 4,620,000 Steady
116  Croatia 4,551,000 Steady
117  United Arab Emirates 4,496,000 Steady
118  Georgia 4,474,000 Steady
119  Eritrea 4,401,000 Steady
120  Costa Rica 4,327,000 Steady
121  Singapore 4,326,000 Steady
122  Moldova 4,206,000 Steady
123  Ireland 4,148,000 Steady
123  Central African Republic 4,038,000 Steady
124  New Zealand 4,028,000 Steady
125  Republic of the Congo 3,999,000 Steady
126  Puerto Rico (US) 3,955,000 Steady
127  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,907,000 Steady
128  Palestinian territories 3,702,000 Steady
129  Lebanon 3,577,000 Steady
130  Uruguay 3,463,000 Steady
131  Lithuania 3,431,000 Steady
132  Liberia 3,283,000 Steady
133  Panama 3,232,000 Steady
134  Albania 3,130,000 Steady
135  Mauritania 3,069,000 Steady
136  Armenia 3,016,000 Steady
137  Kuwait 2,687,000 Steady
138  Jamaica 2,651,000 Steady
139  Mongolia 2,646,000 Steady
140  Oman 2,567,000 Steady
141  Latvia 2,307,000 Steady
142  Bhutan[9] 2,163,000 Steady
143  Republic of Macedonia 2,034,000 Steady
144  Namibia 2,031,000 Steady
145  Slovenia 1,967,000 Steady
146  Lesotho 1,795,000 Steady
147  Botswana 1,765,000 Steady
148  Guinea-Bissau 1,586,000 Steady
149  The Gambia 1,517,000 Steady
150  Gabon 1,384,000 Steady
151  Estonia 1,330,000 Steady
152  Trinidad and Tobago 1,305,000 Steady
153  Mauritius[10] 1,245,000 Steady
154  Swaziland 1,032,000 Steady
155  East Timor 947,000 Steady
156  Fiji 848,000 Steady
157  Cyprus[11] 835,000 Steady
158  Qatar 813,000 Steady
159  Comoros[12] 798,000 Steady
160  Djibouti 793,000 Steady
161  Réunion (France) 785,000 Steady
162  Guyana 751,000 Steady
163  Bahrain 727,000 Steady
164  Montenegro[13] 620,145 Steady
165  Cape Verde 507,000 Steady
166  Equatorial Guinea 504,000 Steady
167  Solomon Islands 478,000 Steady
168  Luxembourg 465,000 Steady
169  Macau (PR China) 460,000 Steady
170  Suriname 449,000 Steady
171  Guadeloupe (France) 448,000 Steady
172  Malta 402,000 Steady
173  Martinique (France) 396,000 Steady
174  Brunei 374,000 Steady
175  Western Sahara 341,000 Steady
176  Maldives 329,000 Steady
177  The Bahamas 323,000 Steady
178  Iceland 295,000 Steady
179  Belize 270,000 Steady
180  Barbados 270,000 Steady
181  French Polynesia (France) 257,000 Steady
182  New Caledonia (France) 237,000 Steady
183  Vanuatu 211,000 Steady
184  French Guiana (France) 187,000 Steady
185  Samoa 185,000 Steady
186  Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 183,000 Steady
187  Guam (US) 170,000 Steady
188  Saint Lucia 161,000 Steady
189  São Tomé and Príncipe 157,000 Steady
190 Channel Islands (UK)[14] 149,000 Steady
191  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 119,000 Steady
192  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 112,000 Steady
193  Federated States of Micronesia 110,000 Steady
194  Grenada 103,000 Steady
195  Tonga 102,000 Steady
196  Aruba (Netherlands) 99,000 Steady
197  Kiribati 99,000 Steady
198  Antigua and Barbuda 81,000 Steady
199  Northern Mariana Islands (US) 81,000 Steady
200  Seychelles 81,000 Steady
201  Dominica 79,000 Steady
202  Isle of Man 77,000 Steady
203  Andorra 67,000 Steady
204  American Samoa (US) 65,000 Steady
205  Bermuda (UK) 64,000 Steady
206  Marshall Islands 62,000 Steady
207  Greenland (Denmark) 57,000 Steady
208  Faroe Islands (Denmark) 47,000 Steady
209  Cayman Islands (UK) 45,000 Steady
210  Saint Kitts and Nevis 43,000 Steady
211  Monaco 35,000 Steady
212  Liechtenstein 35,000 Steady
213  San Marino 28,000 Steady
214  Gibraltar (UK) 28,000 Steady
215  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 26,000 Steady
216  British Virgin Islands (UK) 22,000 Steady
217  Palau 20,000 Steady
218  Cook Islands (NZ) 18,000 Steady
219  Wallis and Futuna (France) 15,000 Steady
220  Nauru 14,000 Steady
221  Anguilla (UK) 12,000 Steady
222  Tuvalu 10,000 Steady
223  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) 6,000 Steady
224  Saint Helena (UK)[15] 5,000 Steady
225  Montserrat (UK) 4,000 Steady
226  Falkland Islands (UK) 3,000 Steady
227  Niue (NZ) 1,000 Steady
228  Tokelau (NZ) 1,000 Steady
229  Vatican City 783 Steady
230  Pitcairn Islands (UK) 67 Steady
Map of countries by population for the year 2005 (U.N. source)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ U.N. World Population Prospects (2004 revision)
  2. ^ Includes data from Jammu and Kashmir (India-administered), Azad Kashmir (Pakistan-administered), and Aksai Chin (PRC-administered).
  3. ^ "National Intercensal Tables: 2000–2010". www.census.gov.
  4. ^ Includes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828).
  5. ^ The figure from the National Institute of Statistics in Madagascar does not agree with the UN figure. Latest estimate is from 2004, extrapolation gives about 17,400,000 in 2005 [1] Archived 2003-03-12 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ Geohive.com Archived 2009-02-10 at the Wayback Machine: 1991 Census figure including Kosovo (with 1.96 million).
  7. ^ Includes Åland
  8. ^ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island.
  9. ^ The figure from the government of Bhutan does not agree with the UN figure. The 2005 Census figure is 672,425.
  10. ^ Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
  11. ^ Estimated total population of both Greek and Turkish controlled areas. The Statistical Institute of the Republic of Cyprus shows a population of 749,200 (2004 Census). The 2006 census of the Turkish controlled area (TRNC) shows a population of 264,172.
  12. ^ Includes the island of Mayotte (with a population in 2002 of 160,265).
  13. ^ Figure from the 2003 census Archived 2009-11-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ^ Consists of the bailiwicks of Guernsey (with a population at the 2001 census Archived 2009-11-13 at the Wayback Machine of 62,101) and Jersey (with a population at the 2001 census Archived 2006-08-23 at the Wayback Machine of 87,186).
  15. ^ Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha