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.

List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
40	.	Afghanistan	30,419,928		NA
221	.	Akrotiri	15,700		NA
137	.	Albania	3,002,859		Jul 2012 est.
34	.	Algeria	37,367,226		Jul 2012 est.
206	.	American Samoa	54,947		Jul 2012 est.
200	.	Andorra	85,082		Jul 2012 est.
59	.	Angola	18,056,072		Jul 2012 est.
223	.	Anguilla	15,423		Jul 2012 est.
254	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
198	.	Antigua and Barbuda	89,018		Jul 2012 est.
32	.	Argentina	42,192,494		Jul 2012 est.
138	.	Armenia	2,970,495		Jul 2012 est.
190	.	Aruba	107,635		NA
255	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
53	.	Australia	22,015,576		Jul 2012 est.
94	.	Austria	8,219,743		Jul 2012 est.
91	.	Azerbaijan	9,493,600		Jul 2012 est.
178	.	Bahamas, The	316,182		NA
157	.	Bahrain	1,248,348		Jul 2012 est.
8	.	Bangladesh	161,083,804		Jul 2012 est.
180	.	Barbados	287,733		Jul 2012 est.
89	.	Belarus	9,643,566		Jul 2012 est.
82	.	Belgium	10,438,353		Jul 2012 est.
177	.	Belize	327,719		Jul 2012 est.
90	.	Benin	9,598,787		NA
202	.	Bermuda	69,080		Jul 2012 est.
165	.	Bhutan	716,896		NA
83	.	Bolivia	10,290,003		Jul 2012 est.
128	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,879,296		Jul 2012 est.
144	.	Botswana	2,098,018		NA
257	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
5	.	Brazil	199,321,413		NA
256	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
215	.	British Virgin Islands	31,148		Jul 2012 est.
175	.	Brunei	408,786		Jul 2012 est.
100	.	Bulgaria	7,037,935		Jul 2012 est.
61	.	Burkina Faso	17,275,115		NA
24	.	Burma	54,584,650		NA
81	.	Burundi	10,557,259		NA
68	.	Cambodia	14,952,665		NA
58	.	Cameroon	20,129,878		NA
35	.	Canada	34,300,083		Jul 2012 est.
171	.	Cape Verde	523,568		Jul 2012 est.
207	.	Cayman Islands	52,560		NA
117	.	Central African Republic	5,057,208		NA
75	.	Chad	10,975,648		Jul 2012 est.
62	.	Chile	17,067,369		Jul 2012 est.
1	.	China	1,343,239,923		Jul 2012 est.
234	.	Christmas Island	1,496		Jul 2010 est.
250	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
238	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	596		Jul 2010 est.
29	.	Colombia	45,239,079		Jul 2012 est.
164	.	Comoros	737,284		Jul 2012 est.
19	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	73,599,190		NA
124	.	Congo, Republic of the	4,366,266		NA
224	.	Cook Islands	10,777		Jul 2012 est.
248	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
121	.	Costa Rica	4,636,348		Jul 2012 est.
55	.	Cote d'Ivoire	21,952,093		NA
123	.	Croatia	4,480,043		Jul 2012 est.
74	.	Cuba	11,075,244		Jul 2012 est.
188	.	Curacao	145,834		Jan 2010 est.
160	.	Cyprus	1,138,071		Jul 2012 est.
84	.	Czech Republic	10,177,300		Jul 2012 est.
110	.	Denmark	5,543,453		Jul 2012 est.
220	.	Dhekelia	15,700		NA
162	.	Djibouti	774,389		Jul 2012 est.
201	.	Dominica	73,126		Jul 2012 est.
85	.	Dominican Republic	10,088,598		Jul 2012 est.
67	.	Ecuador	15,223,680		Jul 2012 est.
15	.	Egypt	83,688,164		Jul 2012 est.
106	.	El Salvador	6,090,646		Jul 2012 est.
166	.	Equatorial Guinea	685,991		Jul 2012 est.
107	.	Eritrea	6,086,495		Jul 2012 est.
156	.	Estonia	1,274,709		Jul 2012 est.
14	.	Ethiopia	91,195,675		NA
252	.	European Union	NA		NA
231	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	3,140		Jul 2008 est.
210	.	Faroe Islands	49,483		Jul 2012 est.
161	.	Fiji	890,057		Jul 2012 est.
116	.	Finland	5,262,930		Jul 2012 est.
21	.	France	65,630,692		NA
181	.	French Polynesia	274,512		Jul 2012 est.
251	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
153	.	Gabon	1,608,321		NA
149	.	Gambia, The	1,840,454		Jul 2012 est.
151	.	Gaza Strip	1,710,257		Jul 2012 est.
122	.	Georgia	4,570,934		Jul 2012 est.
16	.	Germany	81,305,856		Jul 2012 est.
48	.	Ghana	24,652,402		NA
218	.	Gibraltar	29,034		Jul 2012 est.
78	.	Greece	10,767,827		Jul 2012 est.
205	.	Greenland	57,695		Jul 2012 est.
189	.	Grenada	109,011		Jul 2012 est.
187	.	Guam	159,914		Jul 2012 est.
69	.	Guatemala	14,099,032		Jul 2012 est.
204	.	Guernsey	65,345		Jul 2012 est.
76	.	Guinea	10,884,958		Jul 2012 est.
152	.	Guinea-Bissau	1,628,603		Jul 2012 est.
163	.	Guyana	741,908		NA
88	.	Haiti	9,801,664		NA
253	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
237	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	836		Jul 2012 est.
93	.	Honduras	8,296,693		NA
99	.	Hong Kong	7,153,519		Jul 2012 est.
87	.	Hungary	9,958,453		Jul 2012 est.
179	.	Iceland	313,183		Jul 2012 est.
2	.	India	1,205,073,612		Jul 2012 est.
4	.	Indonesia	248,645,008		Jul 2012 est.
18	.	Iran	78,868,711		Jul 2012 est.
39	.	Iraq	31,129,225		Jul 2012 est.
119	.	Ireland	4,722,028		Jul 2012 est.
199	.	Isle of Man	85,421		Jul 2012 est.
97	.	Israel	7,590,758		NA
23	.	Italy	61,261,254		Jul 2012 est.
139	.	Jamaica	2,889,187		Jul 2012 est.
249	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
10	.	Japan	127,368,088		Jul 2012 est.
196	.	Jersey	94,949		Jul 2012 est.
104	.	Jordan	6,508,887		Jul 2012 est.
60	.	Kazakhstan	17,522,010		Jul 2012 est.
31	.	Kenya	43,013,341		NA
195	.	Kiribati	101,998		Jul 2012 est.
49	.	Korea, North	24,589,122		Jul 2012 est.
25	.	Korea, South	48,860,500		Jul 2012 est.
150	.	Kosovo	1,836,529		Jul 2012 est.
140	.	Kuwait	2,646,314		NA
111	.	Kyrgyzstan	5,496,737		Jul 2012 est.
102	.	Laos	6,586,266		Jul 2012 est.
142	.	Latvia	2,191,580		Jul 2012 est.
126	.	Lebanon	4,140,289		Jul 2012 est.
148	.	Lesotho	1,930,493		NA
127	.	Liberia	3,887,886		Jul 2012 est.
109	.	Libya	5,613,380		NA
213	.	Liechtenstein	36,713		Jul 2012 est.
131	.	Lithuania	3,525,761		Jul 2012 est.
173	.	Luxembourg	509,074		Jul 2012 est.
169	.	Macau	578,025		Jul 2012 est.
145	.	Macedonia	2,082,370		Jul 2012 est.
54	.	Madagascar	22,005,222		Jul 2012 est.
65	.	Malawi	16,323,044		NA
43	.	Malaysia	29,179,952		Jul 2012 est.
176	.	Maldives	394,451		Jul 2012 est.
66	.	Mali	15,494,466		Jul 2012 est.
174	.	Malta	409,836		Jul 2012 est.
203	.	Marshall Islands	68,480		Jul 2012 est.
133	.	Mauritania	3,359,185		Jul 2012 est.
155	.	Mauritius	1,313,095		Jul 2012 est.
247	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
11	.	Mexico	114,975,406		Jul 2012 est.
191	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	106,487		Jul 2012 est.
130	.	Moldova	3,656,843		Jul 2012 est.
217	.	Monaco	30,510		Jul 2012 est.
135	.	Mongolia	3,179,997		Jul 2012 est.
167	.	Montenegro	657,394		Jul 2012 est.
230	.	Montserrat	5,164		NA
38	.	Morocco	32,309,239		Jul 2012 est.
50	.	Mozambique	23,515,934		NA
143	.	Namibia	2,165,828		NA
226	.	Nauru	9,378		Jul 2012 est.
246	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
41	.	Nepal	29,890,686		Jul 2012 est.
63	.	Netherlands	16,730,632		Jul 2012 est.
182	.	New Caledonia	260,166		Jul 2012 est.
125	.	New Zealand	4,327,944		Jul 2012 est.
108	.	Nicaragua	5,727,707		Jul 2012 est.
64	.	Niger	16,344,687		Jul 2012 est.
7	.	Nigeria	170,123,740		NA
236	.	Niue	1,269		Jul 2012 est.
232	.	Norfolk Island	2,182		Jul 2012 est.
208	.	Northern Mariana Islands	51,395		Jul 2012 est.
120	.	Norway	4,707,270		Jul 2012 est.
136	.	Oman	3,090,150		NA
6	.	Pakistan	190,291,129		Jul 2012 est.
219	.	Palau	21,032		Jul 2012 est.
132	.	Panama	3,510,045		Jul 2012 est.
105	.	Papua New Guinea	6,310,129		Jul 2012 est.
245	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
103	.	Paraguay	6,541,591		Jul 2012 est.
42	.	Peru	29,549,517		Jul 2012 est.
12	.	Philippines	103,775,002		Jul 2012 est.
239	.	Pitcairn Islands	48		Jul 2012 est.
33	.	Poland	38,415,284		Jul 2012 est.
77	.	Portugal	10,781,459		Jul 2012 est.
129	.	Puerto Rico	3,690,923		Jul 2012 est.
147	.	Qatar	1,951,591		Jul 2012 est.
56	.	Romania	21,848,504		Jul 2012 est.
9	.	Russia	142,517,670		Jul 2012 est.
73	.	Rwanda	11,689,696		NA
228	.	Saint Barthelemy	7,332		Jul 2012 est.
227	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,728		NA
209	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50,726		Jul 2012 est.
186	.	Saint Lucia	162,178		Jul 2012 est.
216	.	Saint Martin	30,959		Jul 2012 est.
229	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,831		Jul 2012 est.
194	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,537		Jul 2012 est.
184	.	Samoa	194,320		NA
214	.	San Marino	32,140		Jul 2012 est.
185	.	Sao Tome and Principe	183,176		Jul 2012 est.
46	.	Saudi Arabia	26,534,504		NA
71	.	Senegal	12,969,606		Jul 2012 est.
98	.	Serbia	7,276,604		NA
197	.	Seychelles	90,024		Jul 2012 est.
112	.	Sierra Leone	5,485,998		Jul 2012 est.
114	.	Singapore	5,353,494		Jul 2012 est.
212	.	Sint Maarten	39,088		Jan 2010 est.
113	.	Slovakia	5,483,088		Jul 2012 est.
146	.	Slovenia	1,996,617		Jul 2012 est.
168	.	Solomon Islands	584,578		Jul 2012 est.
86	.	Somalia	10,085,638		NA
26	.	South Africa	48,810,427		NA
241	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
80	.	South Sudan	10,625,176		Jul 2012 est.
27	.	Spain	47,042,984		Jul 2012 est.
240	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
57	.	Sri Lanka	21,481,334		Jul 2012 est.
36	.	Sudan	34,206,710		Jul 2012 est.
170	.	Suriname	560,157		Jul 2012 est.
233	.	Svalbard	1,970		Jul 2012 est.
154	.	Swaziland	1,386,914		NA
92	.	Sweden	9,103,788		Jul 2012 est.
95	.	Switzerland	7,925,517		Jul 2012 est.
52	.	Syria	22,530,746		NA
51	.	Taiwan	23,234,936		Jul 2012 est.
96	.	Tajikistan	7,768,385		Jul 2012 est.
28	.	Tanzania	46,912,768		NA
20	.	Thailand	67,091,089		NA
159	.	Timor-Leste	1,143,667		Jul 2012 est.
101	.	Togo	6,961,049		NA
235	.	Tokelau	1,368		Jul 2012 est.
192	.	Tonga	106,146		Jul 2012 est.
158	.	Trinidad and Tobago	1,226,383		Jul 2012 est.
79	.	Tunisia	10,732,900		Jul 2012 est.
17	.	Turkey	79,749,461		Jul 2012 est.
118	.	Turkmenistan	5,054,828		Jul 2012 est.
211	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,335		Jul 2012 est.
225	.	Tuvalu	10,619		Jul 2012 est.
37	.	Uganda	33,640,833		NA
30	.	Ukraine	44,854,065		Jul 2012 est.
115	.	United Arab Emirates	5,314,317		NA
22	.	United Kingdom	63,047,162		Jul 2012 est.
3	.	United States	313,847,465		Jul 2012 est.
243	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
134	.	Uruguay	3,316,328		Jul 2012 est.
44	.	Uzbekistan	28,394,180		Jul 2012 est.
183	.	Vanuatu	256,155		Jul 2012 est.
45	.	Venezuela	28,047,938		Jul 2012 est.
13	.	Vietnam	91,519,289		Jul 2012 est.
193	.	Virgin Islands	105,275		Jul 2012 est.
242	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
222	.	Wallis and Futuna	15,453		Jul 2012 est.
141	.	West Bank	2,622,544		NA
172	.	Western Sahara	522,928		NA
244	.	World	NA		NA
47	.	Yemen	24,771,809		Jul 2012 est.
70	.	Zambia	13,817,479		NA
72	.	Zimbabwe	12,619,600		NA