population of the top 100 largest countries in the world

Largest Countries of the World - by population
July, 2005
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Top 100 cities of the world - by population here!
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Capital cities of the world - with population here!
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1 China - 1,306,313,812
2 India - 1,080,264,388
3 United States - 295,734,134
4 Indonesia - 241,973,879
5 Brazil - 186,112,794
6 Pakistan - 162,419,946
7 Russia - 143,782,338
8 Bangladesh - 141,340,476
9 Nigeria - 137,253,500
10 Japan - 127,417,200

11 Mexico - 102,026,691
12 Germany - 82,081,365
13 Philippines - 80,961,430
14 Vietnam - 78,349,503
15 Egypt - 68,494,584
16 Turkey - 66,620,120
17 Iran - 65,865,302
18 Thailand - 61,163,833
19 Ethiopia - 60,967,436
20 United Kingdom - 59,247,439

21 France - 59,128,187
22 Italy - 56,686,568
23 Congo (Dem. Rep. of) - 51,987,773
24 Ukraine - 49,506,779
25 Burma - 48,852,098
26 South Korea - 47,350,529
27 South Africa - 43,981,758
28 Colombia - 40,036,927
29 Spain - 39,208,236
30 Poland - 38,644,184

31 Argentina - 37,214,757
32 Sudan - 35,530,371
33 Tanzania - 31,962,769
34 Algeria - 31,787,647
35 Canada - 31,330,255
36 Morocco - 30,205,387
37 Kenya - 29,250,541
38 Peru - 27,135,689
39 Afghanistan - 26,668,251
40 Nepal - 24,920,211

41 Uzbekistan - 24,422,518
42 Venezuela - 23,595,822
43 Uganda - 23,451,687
44 Iraq - 23,150,926
45 Taiwan - 22,319,222
46 Romania - 22,291,200
47 Saudi Arabia - 22,245,751
48 Malaysia - 21,820,143
49 North Korea - 21,687,550
50 Mozambique - 19,614,345

51 Sri Lanka - 19,355,053
52 Ghana - 19,271,744
53 Australia - 18,950,108
54 Syria - 17,758,925
55 Yemen - 17,521,085
56 Kazakhstan - 16,816,150
57 Cote d'Ivoire - 16,190,105
58 Cameroon - 15,891,531
59 Netherlands - 15,878,304
60 Madagascar - 15,294,535

61 Chile - 15,155,495
62 Ecuador - 12,782,161
63 Guatemala - 12,669,576
64 Cambodia - 11,918,865
65 Burkina Faso - 11,892,029
66 Angola - 11,486,729
67 Zimbabwe - 11,272,013
68 Cuba - 11,139,412
69 Greece - 10,750,705
70 Mali - 10,750,686

71 Serbia - 10,529,507
72 Belarus - 10,390,697
73 Senegal - 10,390,296
74 Czech Republic - 10,283,762
75 Niger - 10,260,316
76 Belgium - 10,185,894
77 Hungary - 10,167,182
78 Malawi - 10,154,299
79 Portugal - 9,902,147
80 Zambia - 9,872,007

81 Tunisia - 9,645,499
82 Sweden - 8,938,559
83 Rwanda - 8,336,995
84 Dominican Republic - 8,261,536
85 Bulgaria - 8,155,828
86 Austria - 8,148,007
87 Bolivia - 8,139,180
88 Azerbaijan - 7,955,772
89 Chad - 7,760,252
90 Guinea - 7,610,869

91 Somalia - 7,433,922
92 Switzerland - 7,288,715
93 Haiti - 6,991,589
94 Hong Kong S.A.R. - 6,966,929
95 Benin - 6,516,630
96 Tajikistan - 6,194,373
97 Honduras - 6,130,135
98 Burundi - 5,930,805
99 El Salvador - 5,925,374
100 Israel - 5,851,913

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and Times Atlas of the World, tenth edition

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