Countries Ranked by Population: 2002
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Rank Country Population
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1 China 1,284,275,902
2 India 1,034,172,547
3 United States 287,675,526
4 Indonesia 231,326,092
5 Brazil 179,914,212
6 Pakistan 153,403,524
7 Russia 145,266,326
8 Bangladesh 135,656,790
9 Japan 127,065,841
10 Nigeria 119,906,518
11 Mexico 102,479,927
12 Philippines 82,995,088
13 Germany 82,350,671
14 Vietnam 80,908,147
15 Egypt 73,312,559
16 Ethiopia 67,946,797
17 Turkey 67,308,928
18 Iran 66,907,826
19 Thailand 63,645,250
20 France 59,925,035
21 United Kingdom 59,912,431
22 Italy 57,926,999
23 Congo (Kinshasa) 55,041,752
24 Ukraine 48,396,470
25 Korea, South 47,828,862
26 South Africa 44,433,622
27 Burma 42,281,860
28 Colombia 41,008,227
29 Spain 40,152,517
30 Poland 38,625,478
31 Argentina 38,331,121
32 Sudan 37,090,298
33 Tanzania 34,593,779
34 Canada 31,902,268
35 Kenya 31,386,842
36 Algeria 31,287,142
37 Morocco 31,167,783
38 Peru 26,769,436
39 Nepal 25,873,917
40 Uzbekistan 25,563,441
41 Afghanistan 25,268,405
42 Uganda 24,739,869
43 Saudi Arabia 24,501,530
44 Venezuela 24,287,670
45 Iraq 24,001,816
46 Malaysia 22,662,365
47 Taiwan 22,454,239
48 Romania 22,404,337
49 Korea, North 22,215,365
50 Ghana 20,163,149
51 Sri Lanka 19,576,783
52 Australia 19,546,792
53 Yemen 18,701,257
54 Mozambique 18,473,780
55 Syria 17,155,814
56 Madagascar 16,473,477
57 Cote d'Ivoire 16,252,726
58 Netherlands 16,122,830
59 Chile 15,497,046
60 Cameroon 15,428,030
61 Kazakhstan 15,077,224
62 Guatemala 13,541,978
63 Ecuador 12,921,234
64 Cambodia 12,890,312
65 Burkina Faso 12,886,513
66 Zimbabwe 12,463,115
67 Malawi 11,393,210
68 Mali 11,300,445
69 Cuba 11,226,999
70 Serbia and Montenegro 10,831,812
71 Niger 10,760,206
72 Greece 10,603,863
73 Zambia 10,595,811
74 Angola 10,553,547
75 Portugal 10,433,867
76 Belarus 10,335,382
77 Belgium 10,311,970
78 Senegal 10,311,497
79 Czech Republic 10,256,295
80 Hungary 10,083,313
81 Tunisia 9,770,575
82 Chad 8,971,376
83 Sweden 8,954,175
84 Guinea 8,815,576
85 Dominican Republic 8,596,132
86 Bolivia 8,445,134
87 Austria 8,148,312
88 Rwanda 7,852,401
89 Azerbaijan 7,798,497
90 Somalia 7,753,310
91 Bulgaria 7,661,799
92 Haiti 7,607,651
93 Switzerland 7,361,757
94 Benin 6,834,795
95 Hong Kong S.A.R. 6,762,476
96 Tajikistan 6,719,567
97 Honduras 6,514,412
98 El Salvador 6,353,681
99 Israel 6,029,529
100 Burundi 5,965,127
101 Paraguay 5,884,491
102 Laos 5,777,564
103 Sierra Leone 5,564,516
104 Slovakia 5,410,052
105 Denmark 5,374,693
106 Libya 5,368,585
107 Jordan 5,307,470
108 Togo 5,299,424
109 Finland 5,193,039
110 Papua New Guinea 5,172,033
111 Nicaragua 5,146,848
112 Kyrgyzstan 4,959,164
113 Georgia 4,728,357
114 Turkmenistan 4,688,963
115 Norway 4,535,591
116 Croatia 4,481,020
117 Moldova 4,434,547
118 Eritrea 4,305,577
119 Singapore 4,197,776
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,964,388
121 New Zealand 3,908,037
122 Ireland 3,879,155
123 Puerto Rico 3,858,806
124 Costa Rica 3,834,934
125 Lebanon 3,677,780
126 Lithuania 3,633,232
127 Central African Republic 3,623,238
128 Albania 3,508,512
129 Uruguay 3,363,085
130 Liberia 3,261,515
131 Armenia 3,013,818
IOWA 2,934,776
132 Panama 2,920,150
133 Congo (Brazzaville) 2,908,048
134 Mauritania 2,828,858
135 Oman 2,713,462
136 Jamaica 2,680,029
137 Mongolia 2,674,234
138 United Arab Emirates 2,445,989
139 Latvia 2,340,205
140 West Bank 2,163,667
141 Kuwait 2,111,561
142 Bhutan 2,094,176
143 Macedonia, The Former Yugo. Rep. of 2,030,445
144 Slovenia 2,011,497
145 Namibia 1,972,153
146 Lesotho 1,857,866
147 Botswana 1,630,347
148 Gambia, The 1,455,842
149 Estonia 1,360,122
150 Guinea-Bissau 1,333,453
151 Gabon 1,288,229
152 Gaza Strip 1,225,911
153 Mauritius 1,200,206
154 Swaziland 1,150,161
155 Trinidad and Tobago 1,111,509
156 East Timor 952,618
157 Fiji 856,346
158 Qatar 793,341
159 Cyprus 767,314
160 Guyana 759,104
161 Reunion 743,981
162 Bahrain 656,397
163 Comoros 614,382
164 Equatorial Guinea 498,144
165 Solomon Islands 494,786
166 Luxembourg 450,786
167 Djibouti 447,416
168 Macau S.A.R. 437,794
169 Guadeloupe 435,739
170 Suriname 433,682
171 Martinique 422,277
172 Cape Verde 408,760
173 Malta 393,515
174 Brunei 350,898
175 Maldives 320,165
176 Bahamas, The 295,131
177 Iceland 288,030
178 Barbados 276,182
179 Belize 259,946
180 French Polynesia 257,847
181 Western Sahara 256,177
182 Netherlands Antilles 214,258
183 New Caledonia 207,858
184 Vanuatu 196,178
185 French Guiana 182,333
186 Samoa 178,631
187 Mayotte 170,879
188 Sao Tome and Principe 170,372
189 Guam 161,057
190 Saint Lucia 160,145
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 116,394
192 Virgin Islands 108,810
193 Micronesia, Federated States of 108,071
194 Tonga 106,137
195 Kiribati 96,335
196 Jersey 89,775
197 Grenada 89,211
198 Seychelles 80,098
199 Northern Mariana Islands 74,003
200 Man, Isle of 73,873
201 Aruba 70,441
202 Dominica 70,158
203 Andorra 68,403
204 Antigua and Barbuda 67,448
205 Guernsey 64,587
206 Bermuda 64,004
207 American Samoa 57,716
208 Greenland 56,376
209 Marshall Islands 55,147
210 Faroe Islands 46,011
211 Cayman Islands 40,762
212 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,736
213 Liechtenstein 32,842
214 Monaco 31,987
215 San Marino 27,730
216 Gibraltar 27,714
217 Virgin Islands, British 21,272
218 Cook Islands 20,811
219 Palau 19,409
220 Turks and Caicos Islands 18,738
221 Wallis and Futuna 15,585
222 Anguilla 12,446
223 Nauru 12,329
224 Tuvalu 11,146
225 Montserrat 8,437
226 Saint Helena 7,317
227 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6,954
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base.