List of countries by population in 2000
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- This is harmonized list of population estimates for the year 2000. For a listing with more recent estimates, see List of countries by population
This is a list of countries by population in 2000. It is a list of countries in the world by population in the exact beginning of the year 2000.
Rank | Country/Territory | Population 2000 estimate |
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- | World World World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.... |
6,000,000,000 |
1 | Mainland China | 1,242,612,226 |
2 | India | 1,000,000,000 |
3 | United States | 281,421,906 |
4 | Indonesia | 206,264,595 |
5 | Brazil | 170,000,000 |
6 | Russia | 147,000,000 |
7 | Pakistan | 140,000,000 |
8 | Bangladesh | 130,000,000 |
9 | Japan | 127,000,000 |
10 | Nigeria | 110,000,000 |
11 | Mexico | 97,000,000 |
12 | Germany | 82,000,000 |
13 | Vietnam | 70,000,000 |
14 | Philippines | 70,000,000 |
15 | Ethiopia | 77,431,000 |
16 | Egypt | 74,033,000 |
17 | Turkey | 73,193,000 |
18 | Iran | 69,515,000 |
19 | Thailand | 64,233,000 |
20 | Early Modern France | 58,921,000 |
21 | United Kingdom | 58,459,000 |
22 | Italy | 57,620,000 |
23 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 57,549,000 |
24 | Myanmar | 50,519,000 |
25 | South Korea | 47,817,000 |
26 | South Africa | 45,000,000 |
27 | Ukraine | 46,481,000 |
28 | Colombia | 45,600,000 |
29 | Spain | 43,064,000 |
30 | Argentina | 38,747,000 |
31 | Poland | 38,530,000 |
32 | Tanzania | 38,329,000 |
33 | Sudan | 36,233,000 |
34 | Kenya | 34,256,000 |
35 | Algeria | 32,854,000 |
36 | Canada | 31,689,000 |
37 | Morocco | 31,478,000 |
38 | Afghanistan | 29,863,000 |
39 | Uganda | 28,816,000 |
40 | Iraq | 28,807,000 |
41 | Peru | 27,968,000 |
42 | Nepal | 27,133,000 |
43 | Venezuela | 26,749,000 |
44 | Uzbekistan | 26,593,000 |
45 | Malaysia | 25,347,000 |
46 | Saudi Arabia | 24,573,000 |
47 | Republic of China (Taiwan) | 22,894,384 |
48 | North Korea | 22,488,000 |
49 | Ghana | 22,113,000 |
50 | Kingdom of Romania | 21,711,000 |
51 | Australia | 19,000,000 |
52 | Yemen | 20,975,000 |
53 | Sri Lanka | 20,743,000 |
54 | Mozambique | 19,792,000 |
55 | Syria | 19,043,000 |
56 | Madagascar | 18,606,000 |
57 | Côte d'Ivoire | 18,154,000 |
58 | Cameroon | 16,322,000 |
59 | Netherlands | 16,299,000 |
60 | Chile | 16,295,000 |
61 | Angola | 15,941,000 |
62 | Kazakhstan | 14,825,000 |
63 | Cambodia | 14,071,000 |
64 | Niger | 13,957,000 |
65 | Mali | 13,518,000 |
66 | Burkina Faso | 13,228,000 |
67 | Ecuador | 13,228,000 |
68 | Zimbabwe | 13,010,000 |
69 | Malawi | 12,884,000 |
70 | Guatemala | 12,599,000 |
71 | Zambia | 11,668,000 |
72 | Senegal | 11,658,000 |
73 | Cuba | 11,269,000 |
74 | Greece | 11,120,000 |
75 | Portugal | 10,495,000 |
76 | Belgium | 10,419,000 |
77 | Czech Republic | 10,220,000 |
78 | Tunisia | 10,102,000 |
79 | Hungary | 10,098,000 |
80 | Serbia | 9,778,991 |
81 | Belarus | 9,755,000 |
82 | Chad | 9,749,000 |
83 | Guinea | 9,402,000 |
84 | Bolivia | 9,182,000 |
85 | Sweden | 9,041,000 |
86 | Rwanda | 9,038,000 |
87 | Dominican Republic | 8,895,000 |
88 | Haiti | 8,528,000 |
89 | Benin | 8,439,000 |
90 | Azerbaijan | 8,411,000 |
91 | Somalia | 8,228,000 |
92 | Austria | 8,189,000 |
93 | Kingdom of Bulgaria | 7,726,000 |
94 | Burundi | 7,548,000 |
95 | Switzerland | 7,252,000 |
96 | Honduras | 7,205,000 |
97 | Hong Kong (PR China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... ) |
7,041,000 |
98 | El Salvador | 6,881,000 |
99 | Israel | 6,725,000 |
100 | Tajikistan | 6,507,000 |
101 | Paraguay | 6,158,000 |
102 | Togo | 6,145,000 |
103 | Laos | 5,924,000 |
104 | Papua New Guinea | 5,887,000 |
105 | Libya | 5,853,000 |
106 | Jordan | 5,703,000 |
107 | Sierra Leone | 5,525,000 |
108 | Nicaragua | 5,487,000 |
109 | Denmark | 5,431,000 |
110 | Slovakia | 5,401,000 |
111 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,264,000 |
112 | Finland | 5,249,000 |
113 | Turkmenistan | 4,833,000 |
114 | Norway | 4,620,000 |
115 | Independent State of Croatia | 4,551,000 |
116 | United Arab Emirates | 4,496,000 |
117 | Georgia (country) | 4,474,000 |
118 | Eritrea | 4,401,000 |
119 | Costa Rica | 4,327,000 |
120 | Singapore | 4,326,000 |
121 | Moldova | 4,206,000 |
122 | Republic of Ireland | 4,148,000 |
123 | Central African Republic | 4,038,000 |
124 | New Zealand | 4,028,000 |
125 | Republic of the Congo | 3,999,000 |
126 | Puerto Rico (US) | 3,955,000 |
127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,907,000 |
128 | Palestinian territories | 3,702,000 |
129 | Lebanon | 3,577,000 |
130 | Uruguay | 3,463,000 |
131 | Lithuania | 3,431,000 |
132 | Liberia | 3,283,000 |
133 | Panama | 3,232,000 |
134 | Albania | 3,130,000 |
135 | Mauritania | 3,069,000 |
136 | Armenia | 3,016,000 |
137 | Kuwait | 2,687,000 |
138 | Jamaica | 2,651,000 |
139 | Mongolia | 2,646,000 |
140 | Oman | 2,567,000 |
141 | Latvia | 2,377,383 |
142 | Bhutan | 2,163,000 |
143 | Republic of Macedonia | 2,034,000 |
144 | Namibia | 2,031,000 |
145 | Slovenia | 1,967,000 |
146 | Lesotho | 1,795,000 |
147 | Botswana | 1,765,000 |
148 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,586,000 |
149 | The Gambia | 1,517,000 |
150 | Gabon | 1,384,000 |
151 | Estonia | 1,330,000 |
152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,305,000 |
153 | Mauritius | 1,245,000 |
154 | Swaziland | 1,032,000 |
155 | East Timor East Timor The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor... |
947,000 |
156 | Fiji | 848,000 |
157 | Cyprus | 835,000 |
158 | Qatar | 813,000 |
159 | Comoros | 798,000 |
160 | Djibouti | 793,000 |
161 | Réunion (France) | 785,000 |
162 | Guyana | 751,000 |
163 | Bahrain | 727,000 |
164 | Montenegro | 620,145 |
165 | Cape Verde | 507,000 |
166 | Equatorial Guinea | 504,000 |
167 | Solomon Islands | 478,000 |
168 | Luxembourg | 465,000 |
169 | Macau (PR China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... ) |
460,000 |
170 | Suriname | 449,000 |
171 | Guadeloupe (France) | 448,000 |
172 | Malta | 402,000 |
173 | Martinique (France) | 396,000 |
174 | Brunei | 374,000 |
175 | Western Sahara | 341,000 |
176 | Maldives | 329,000 |
177 | The Bahamas | 323,000 |
178 | Iceland | 295,000 |
179 | Belize | 270,000 |
180 | Barbados | 270,000 |
181 | French Polynesia (France) | 257,000 |
182 | New Caledonia (France) | 237,000 |
183 | Vanuatu | 211,000 |
184 | French Guiana (France) | 187,000 |
185 | Samoa | 185,000 |
186 | Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in Western Europe and in the Caribbean. The four parts of the Kingdom—Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten—are referred to as "countries", and participate on a basis of equality... ) |
183,000 |
187 | Guam (US) | 170,000 |
188 | Saint Lucia | 161,000 |
189 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 157,000 |
190 | Channel Islands Channel Islands The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey... (UK Crown dependency The Crown Dependencies are British possessions of the Crown, as opposed to overseas territories of the United Kingdom. They comprise the Channel Island Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.... ) |
149,000 |
191 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 119,000 |
192 | United States Virgin Islands (US) | 112,000 |
193 | Federated States of Micronesia | 110,000 |
194 | Grenada | 103,000 |
195 | Tonga | 102,000 |
196 | Aruba (Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in Western Europe and in the Caribbean. The four parts of the Kingdom—Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten—are referred to as "countries", and participate on a basis of equality... ) |
99,000 |
197 | Kiribati | 99,000 |
198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 81,000 |
199 | Northern Mariana Islands (US) | 81,000 |
200 | Seychelles | 81,000 |
201 | Dominica | 79,000 |
202 | Isle of Man (UK Crown dependency The Crown Dependencies are British possessions of the Crown, as opposed to overseas territories of the United Kingdom. They comprise the Channel Island Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.... ) |
77,000 |
203 | Andorra | 67,000 |
204 | American Samoa (US) | 65,000 |
205 | Bermuda (UK) | 64,000 |
206 | Marshall Islands | 62,000 |
207 | Greenland (Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... ) |
57,000 |
208 | Faroe Islands (Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... ) |
47,000 |
209 | Cayman Islands (UK) | 45,000 |
210 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 43,000 |
211 | Monaco | 35,000 |
212 | Liechtenstein | 35,000 |
213 | San Marino | 28,000 |
214 | Gibraltar (UK) | 28,000 |
215 | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 26,000 |
216 | British Virgin Islands (UK) | 22,000 |
217 | Palau | 20,000 |
218 | Cook Islands (NZ Realm of New Zealand The Realm of New Zealand is the entire area in which the Queen in right of New Zealand is head of state. The Realm comprises New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency in Antarctica, and is defined by a 1983 Letters Patent constituting the office of Governor-General of New... ) |
18,000 |
219 | Wallis and Futuna (France) | 15,000 |
220 | Nauru | 14,000 |
221 | Anguilla (UK) | 12,000 |
222 | Tuvalu | 10,000 |
223 | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 6,000 |
224 | Saint Helena (UK) | 5,000 |
225 | Montserrat (UK) | 4,000 |
226 | Falkland Islands (UK) | 3,000 |
227 | Niue (NZ Realm of New Zealand The Realm of New Zealand is the entire area in which the Queen in right of New Zealand is head of state. The Realm comprises New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency in Antarctica, and is defined by a 1983 Letters Patent constituting the office of Governor-General of New... ) |
1,000 |
228 | Tokelau (NZ Realm of New Zealand The Realm of New Zealand is the entire area in which the Queen in right of New Zealand is head of state. The Realm comprises New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency in Antarctica, and is defined by a 1983 Letters Patent constituting the office of Governor-General of New... ) |
1,000 |
229 | Vatican City | 783 |
230 | Pitcairn Islands (UK) | 67 |
See also
- List of countries
- List of countries by area
- List of countries by past and future population
- List of countries by population
- List of countries by population in 1900
- List of countries by population in 1907
- List of countries by population in 2005
- List of continents by population
- List of religious populations
- World populationWorld populationThe world population is the total number of living humans on the planet Earth. As of today, it is estimated to be billion by the United States Census Bureau...
- Human geographyHuman geographyHuman geography is one of the two major sub-fields of the discipline of geography. Human geography is the study of the world, its people, communities, and cultures. Human geography differs from physical geography mainly in that it has a greater focus on studying human activities and is more...
External links
- United Nations Analytical Report for the 2004 revision of World Population Prospects - includes details of methodology and sources used for the population estimates above.
- Population clocks & projected growth charts for all countries