List of countries by population in 2005

This is harmonized list of population estimates for the year 2005. For a listing with more recent estimates, see List of countries by population

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.

The list includes all sovereign states and dependent territories

Dependent territory

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recognized by the United Nations

United Nations

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plus the territory under the effective control of the Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

(Taiwan). For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by population (graphical).

Rank	Country / Territory	Population July 2005 UN estimate
—	World World population The 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...	6,464,750,000
1	People's Republic of China (Mainland Mainland China Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and... )	1,307,593,000
2	India	1,103,371,000
3	United States	298,213,000
4	Indonesia	222,781,000
5	Brazil	186,405,000
6	Pakistan	157,935,000
7	Russia	143,202,000
8	Bangladesh	141,822,000
9	Nigeria	131,530,000
10	Japan	128,085,000
11	Mexico	107,029,000
12	Vietnam	84,238,000
13	Philippines	83,054,000
14	Germany	82,689,000
15	Ethiopia	77,431,000
16	Egypt	74,033,000
17	Turkey	73,193,000
18	Iran	69,515,000
19	Early Modern France	65,446,000
20	Thailand	64,233,000
21	United Kingdom	59,668,000
22	Italy	58,093,000
23	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57,549,000
24	Myanmar	50,519,000
25	South Korea	50,000,000
26	South Africa	48,432,000
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	32,268,000
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	Yemen	20,975,000
52	Sri Lanka	20,743,000
53	Australia	20,155,000
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	Tibet (U-tsang Kham and Amdo Tibet Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people... )	5,700,000
108	Sierra Leone	5,525,000
109	Nicaragua	5,487,000
110	Denmark	5,431,000
111	Slovakia	5,401,000
112	Kyrgyzstan	5,264,000
113	Finland	5,249,000
114	Turkmenistan	4,833,000
115	Norway	4,620,000
116	Independent State of Croatia	4,551,000
117	United Arab Emirates	4,496,000
118	Georgia (country)	4,474,000
119	Eritrea	4,401,000
120	Costa Rica	4,327,000
121	Singapore	4,326,000
122	Moldova	4,206,000
123	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	2,307,000
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	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	Kingdom of 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