List of countries by population in 2010
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- This is harmonized list of population estimates for the year 2010. 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 2010 (rounded to the nearest 1,000). The figures are estimates for the year 2010 from the U.N. World Population Prospects (2010 revision).
The list includes all sovereign states and dependent territories
Dependent territory
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recognized by the United Nations
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plus the territory under the effective control of the Republic of China
Republic of China
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(Taiwan). For a graphical version of this list, see List of countries by population (graphical).
| Rank | Country / Territory | Population 2010 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... |
6,895,889,000 |
| 1 |  People's Republic of China (MainlandMainland 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... ) |
1,341,335,000 |
| 2 |  India |
1,224,614,000 |
| 3 |  United States |
310,384,000 |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
239,871,000 |
| 5 |  Brazil |
194,946,000 |
| 6 |  Pakistan |
173,593,000 |
| 7 |  Nigeria |
158,423,000 |
| 8 |  Bangladesh |
148,692,000 |
| 9 |  Russia |
142,958,000 |
| 10 |  Japan |
126,536,000 |
| 11 |  Mexico |
113,423,000 |
| 12 |  Philippines |
93,261,000 |
| 13 |  Vietnam |
87,848,000 |
| 14 |  Ethiopia |
82,950,000 |
| 15 |  Germany |
82,302,000 |
| 16 |  Egypt |
81,121,000 |
| 17 |  Iran |
73,974,000 |
| 18 |  Turkey |
72,752,000 |
| 19 |  Thailand |
69,122,000 |
| 20 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
65,966,000 |
| 21 |  Early Modern France |
62,787,000 |
| 22 |  United Kingdom |
62,036,000 |
| 23 |  Italy |
60,551,000 |
| 24 |  South Africa |
50,133,000 |
| 25 |  South Korea |
48,184,000 |
| 26 |  Myanmar |
50,519,000 |
| 27 |  Colombia |
46,295,000 |
| 28 |  Spain |
46,077,000 |
| 29 |  Ukraine |
45,448,000 |
| 30 |  Tanzania |
44,841,000 |
| 31 |  Sudan |
43,552,000 |
| 32 |  Kenya |
40,513,000 |
| 33 |  Argentina |
40,412,000 |
| 34 |  Poland |
38,277,000 |
| 35 |  Algeria |
35,468,000 |
| 36 |  Canada |
34,017,000 |
| 37 |  Uganda |
33,425,000 |
| 38 |  Morocco |
31,951,000 |
| 39 |  Iraq |
31,672,000 |
| 40 |  Afghanistan |
31,412,000 |
| 41 |  Nepal |
29,959,000 |
| 42 |  Peru |
29,077,000 |
| 43 |  Venezuela |
28,980,000 |
| 44 |  Malaysia |
28,401,000 |
| 45 |  Saudi Arabia |
27,448,000 |
| 46 |  Uzbekistan |
27,445,000 |
| 47 |  Ghana |
24,392,000 |
| 48 |  Republic of China (Taiwan) |
|
| 49 |  North Korea |
24,346,000 |
| 50 |  Yemen |
24,053,000 |
| 51 |  Mozambique |
23,391,000 |
| 52 |  Australia |
22,268,000 |
| 53 |  Kingdom of Romania |
21,486,000 |
| 54 |  Sri Lanka |
20,860,000 |
| 55 |  Madagascar |
20,714,000 |
| 56 |  Syria |
20,411,000 |
| 57 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
19,738,000 |
| 58 |  Cameroon |
19,599,000 |
| 59 |  Angola |
19,082,000 |
| 60 |  Chile |
17,114,000 |
| 61 |  Netherlands |
16,613,000 |
| 62 |  Burkina Faso |
16,469,000 |
| 63 |  Kazakhstan |
16,026,000 |
| 64 |  Niger |
15,512,000 |
| 65 |  Mali |
15,370,000 |
| 66 |  Malawi |
14,901,000 |
| 67 |  Ecuador |
14,465,000 |
| 68 |  Guatemala |
14,389,000 |
| 69 |  Cambodia |
14,138,000 |
| 70 |  Zambia |
13,089,000 |
| 71 |  Zimbabwe |
12,571,000 |
| 72 |  Senegal |
12,434,000 |
| 73 |  Greece |
11,359,000 |
| 74 |  Cuba |
11,258,000 |
| 75 |  Chad |
11,227,000 |
| 76 |  Belgium |
10,712,000 |
| 77 |  Portugal |
10,676,000 |
| 78 |  Rwanda |
10,624,000 |
| 79 |  Czech Republic |
10,493,000 |
| 80 |  Tunisia |
10,481,000 |
| 81 |  Haiti |
9,993,000 |
| 82 |  Hungary |
9,984,000 |
| 83 |  Guinea |
9,982,000 |
| 84 |  Bolivia |
9,930,000 |
| 85 |  Dominican Republic |
9,927,000 |
| 86 |  Serbia |
9,856,000 |
| 87 |  Belarus |
9,595,000 |
| 88 |  Sweden |
9,380,000 |
| 89 |  Somalia |
9,331,000 |
| 90 |  Azerbaijan |
9,188,000 |
| 91 |  Benin |
8,850,000 |
| 92 |  Austria |
8,394,000 |
| 93 |  Burundi |
8,383,000 |
| 94 |  Switzerland |
7,664,000 |
| 95 |  Honduras |
7,601,000 |
| 96 |  United Arab Emirates |
7,512,000 |
| 97 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
7,494,000 |
| 98 |  Israel |
7,418,000 |
| 99 |  Hong Kong (PR ChinaPeople'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... ) |
7,053,000 |
| 100 |  Tajikistan |
6,507,000 |
| 101 |  Papua New Guinea |
5,887,000 |
| 102 |  Paraguay |
6,455,000 |
| 103 |  Libya |
6,355,000 |
| 104 |  Laos |
6,201,000 |
| 105 |  El Salvador |
6,193,000 |
| 106 |  Jordan |
6,187,000 |
| 107 |  Togo |
6,028,000 |
| 108 |  Sierra Leone |
5,868,000 |
| 109 |  Nicaragua |
5,788,000 |
| 110 |  Denmark |
5,550,000 |
| 111 |  Slovakia |
5,462,000 |
| 112 |  Finland |
5,365,000 |
| 113 |  Kyrgyzstan |
5,334,000 |
| 114 |  Eritrea |
5,254,000 |
| 115 |  Singapore |
5,086,000 |
| 116 |  Turkmenistan |
5,042,000 |
| 117 |  Norway |
4,883,000 |
| 118 |  Costa Rica |
4,659,000 |
| 119 |  Republic of Ireland |
4,470,000 |
| 120 |  Independent State of Croatia |
4,403,000 |
| 121 |  Central African Republic |
4,401,000 |
| 122 |  New Zealand |
4,368,000 |
| 123 |  Georgia (country) |
4,352,000 |
| 124 |  Lebanon |
4,228,000 |
| 125 |  Republic of the Congo |
4,043,000 |
| 126 |  Palestinian territories |
4,039,000 |
| 127 |  Liberia |
3,994,000 |
| 128 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,760,000 |
| 129 |  Puerto Rico (US) |
3,749,000 |
| 130 |  Moldova |
3,573,000 |
| 131 |  Panama |
3,517,000 |
| 132 |  Mauritania |
3,460,000 |
| 133 |  Uruguay |
3,369,000 |
| 134 |  Lithuania |
3,324,000 |
| 135 |  Albania |
3,204,000 |
| 136 |  Armenia |
3,092,000 |
| 137 |  Oman |
2,782,000 |
| 138 |  Mongolia |
2,756,000 |
| 139 |  Jamaica |
2,741,000 |
| 140 |  Kuwait |
2,737,000 |
| 141 |  Namibia |
2,283,000 |
| 142 |  Latvia |
2,252,000 |
| 143 |  Lesotho |
2,171,000 |
| 144 |  Republic of Macedonia |
2,061,000 |
| 145 |  Slovenia |
2,030,000 |
| 146 |  Botswana |
2,007,000 |
| 147 |  Qatar |
1,759,000 |
| 148 |  The Gambia |
1,728,000 |
| 149 |  Guinea-Bissau |
1,515,000 |
| 150 |  Gabon |
1,505,000 |
| 151 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
1,341,000 |
| 152 |  Estonia |
1,341,000 |
| 153 |  Mauritius |
1,299,000 |
| 154 |  Bahrain |
1,262,000 |
| 155 |  Swaziland |
1,186,000 |
| 156 |  East Timor |
1,124,000 |
| 157 |  Cyprus |
1,104 |
| 158 |  Djibouti |
889,000 |
| 159 |  Fiji |
861,000 |
| 160 |  Réunion (France) |
846,000 |
| 161 |  Guyana |
754,000 |
| 162 |  Comoros |
735,000 |
| 163 |  Bhutan |
726,000 |
| 164 |  Equatorial Guinea |
700,000 |
| 165 |  Kingdom of Montenegro |
631 |
| 166 |  Macau (PR ChinaPeople'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... ) |
544,000 |
| 167 |  Solomon Islands |
538,000 |
| 168 |  Western Sahara |
531,000 |
| 169 |  Suriname |
525,000 |
| 170 |  Luxembourg |
507,000 |
| 171 |  Cape Verde |
496,000 |
| 172 |  Guadeloupe (France) |
461,000 |
| 173 |  Malta |
417,000 |
| 174 |  Martinique (France) |
406,000 |
| 175 |  Brunei |
399,000 |
| 176 |  The Bahamas |
343,000 |
| 177 |  Iceland |
320,000 |
| 178 |  Maldives |
316,000 |
| 179 |  Belize |
312,000 |
| 180 |  Barbados |
273,000 |
| 181 |  French Polynesia (France) |
271,000 |
| 182 |  New Caledonia (France) |
251,000 |
| 183 |  Vanuatu |
240,000 |
| 184 |  French Guiana (France) |
231,000 |
| 185 |  Mayotte |
204,000 |
| 186 |  Netherlands Antilles (NetherlandsKingdom 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... ) |
201,000 |
| 187 |  Samoa |
183,000 |
| 188 |  Guam (US) |
180,000 |
| 189 |  Saint Lucia |
174,000 |
| 190 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
165,000 |
| 191 | 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.... ) |
153,000 |
| 192 |  Federated States of Micronesia |
111,000 |
| 193 |  United States Virgin Islands (US) |
109,000 |
| 194 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
109,000 |
| 195 |  Aruba (NetherlandsKingdom 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... ) |
107,000 |
| 196 |  Tonga |
104,000 |
| 197 |  Grenada |
104,000 |
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 2000
- 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 2010 revision of World Population Prospects - includes details of methodology and sources used for the population estimates above.