| entity |
2011-07-01 est. |
area (sq.km.) |
yearly population
growth % |
| China |
1,347,565,324 |
9,596,960 |
0.419 |
| India |
1,241,491,960 |
3,287,590 |
1.321 |
| United States of America |
313,085,380 |
9,826,630 |
0.852 |
| Indonesia |
242,325,638 |
1,919,440 |
0.977 |
| Brazil |
196,655,014 |
8,511,965 |
0.839 |
| Pakistan |
176,745,364 |
803,940 |
1.769 |
| Nigeria |
162,470,737 |
923,768 |
2.530 |
| Bangladesh |
150,493,658 |
144,000 |
1.254 |
| Russian Federation |
142,835,555 |
17,075,200 |
-0.102 |
| Japan |
126,497,241 |
377,835 |
-0.073 |
| Mexico |
114,793,341 |
1,972,550 |
1.137 |
| Philippines |
94,852,030 |
300,000 |
1.678 |
| Viet Nam |
88,791,996 |
329,560 |
1.019 |
| Ethiopia |
84,734,262 |
1,127,127 |
2.071 |
| Egypt |
82,536,770 |
1,001,450 |
1.668 |
| Germany |
82,162,512 |
357,021 |
-0.203 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of |
74,798,599 |
1,648,000 |
1.038 |
| Turkey |
73,639,596 |
780,580 |
1.136 |
| Thailand |
69,518,555 |
514,000 |
0.501 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
67,757,577 |
2,345,410 |
2.618 |
| France |
63,125,894 |
643,427 |
0.511 |
| United Kingdom |
62,417,431 |
244,820 |
0.603 |
| Italy |
60,788,694 |
301,230 |
0.227 |
| South Africa |
50,459,978 |
1,219,912 |
0.511 |
| Korea, Republic of |
48,391,343 |
98,480 |
0.385 |
| Myanmar |
48,336,763 |
678,500 |
0.792 |
| Colombia |
46,927,125 |
1,138,910 |
1.285 |
| Spain |
46,454,895 |
504,782 |
0.622 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
46,218,486 |
945,087 |
3.082 |
| Ukraine |
45,190,180 |
603,700 |
-0.547 |
| Sudan |
44,632,406 |
2,505,810 |
2.387 |
| Kenya |
41,609,728 |
582,650 |
2.685 |
| Argentina |
40,764,561 |
2,766,890 |
0.855 |
| Poland |
38,298,949 |
312,685 |
0.042 |
| Algeria |
35,980,193 |
2,381,740 |
1.355 |
| Uganda |
34,509,205 |
236,040 |
3.143 |
| Canada |
34,349,561 |
9,984,670 |
0.924 |
| Iraq |
32,664,942 |
437,072 |
3.098 |
| Afghanistan |
32,358,260 |
647,500 |
3.131 |
| Morocco |
32,272,974 |
446,550 |
0.988 |
| Nepal |
30,485,798 |
147,181 |
1.678 |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of |
29,436,891 |
912,050 |
1.493 |
| Peru |
29,399,817 |
1,285,220 |
1.126 |
| Malaysia |
28,859,154 |
329,750 |
1.566 |
| Saudi Arabia |
28,082,541 |
2,149,690 |
2.134 |
| Uzbekistan |
27,760,267 |
447,400 |
1.144 |
| Ghana |
24,965,816 |
239,460 |
2.263 |
| Yemen |
24,799,880 |
527,970 |
3.025 |
| Korea, Dem. People's Republic of |
24,451,285 |
120,540 |
0.413 |
| Mozambique |
23,929,708 |
801,590 |
2.239 |
| Australia |
22,605,732 |
7,686,850 |
1.325 |
| Romania |
21,436,495 |
237,500 |
-0.231 |
| Madagascar |
21,315,135 |
587,040 |
2.822 |
| Sri Lanka |
21,045,394 |
65,610 |
0.798 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
20,766,037 |
185,180 |
1.666 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
20,152,894 |
322,460 |
2.184 |
| Cameroon |
20,030,362 |
475,440 |
2.143 |
| Angola |
19,618,432 |
1,246,700 |
2.702 |
| Chile |
17,269,525 |
756,950 |
0.863 |
| Burkina Faso |
16,967,845 |
274,200 |
2.984 |
| Netherlands |
16,664,746 |
41,526 |
0.283 |
| Kazakhstan |
16,206,750 |
2,717,300 |
1.045 |
| Niger |
16,068,994 |
1,267,000 |
3.523 |
| Mali |
15,839,538 |
1,240,000 |
2.957 |
| Malawi |
15,380,888 |
118,480 |
3.242 |
| Guatemala |
14,757,316 |
108,890 |
2.525 |
| Ecuador |
14,666,055 |
283,560 |
1.313 |
| Cambodia |
14,305,183 |
181,040 |
1.203 |
| Zambia |
13,474,959 |
752,614 |
3.047 |
| Senegal |
12,767,556 |
196,190 |
2.602 |
| Zimbabwe |
12,754,378 |
390,580 |
2.153 |
| Chad |
11,525,496 |
1,284,000 |
2.588 |
| Greece |
11,390,031 |
131,940 |
0.233 |
| Cuba |
11,253,665 |
110,860 |
-0.049 |
| Rwanda |
10,942,950 |
26,338 |
2.922 |
| Belgium |
10,754,056 |
30,528 |
0.287 |
| Portugal |
10,689,663 |
92,391 |
0.049 |
| Tunisia |
10,594,057 |
163,610 |
1.014 |
| Czech Republic |
10,534,293 |
78,866 |
0.266 |
| Guinea |
10,221,808 |
245,857 |
2.512 |
| Haiti |
10,123,787 |
27,750 |
1.281 |
| Bolivia, Plurinational State of |
10,088,108 |
1,098,580 |
1.566 |
| Dominican Republic |
10,056,181 |
48,730 |
1.222 |
| Hungary |
9,966,116 |
93,030 |
-0.162 |
| Serbia |
9,853,969 |
77,474 |
-0.100 |
| Belarus |
9,559,441 |
207,600 |
-0.325 |
| Somalia |
9,556,873 |
637,657 |
2.563 |
| Sweden |
9,440,747 |
449,964 |
0.563 |
| Azerbaijan |
9,306,023 |
86,600 |
1.189 |
| Benin |
9,099,922 |
112,620 |
2.700 |
| Burundi |
8,575,172 |
27,830 |
1.927 |
| Austria |
8,413,429 |
83,870 |
0.164 |
| United Arab Emirates |
7,890,924 |
83,600 |
2.174 |
| Honduras |
7,754,687 |
112,090 |
1.980 |
| Switzerland |
7,701,690 |
41,290 |
0.388 |
| Israel |
7,562,194 |
20,770 |
1.661 |
| Bulgaria |
7,446,135 |
110,910 |
-0.658 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR |
7,122,187 |
1,092 |
1.044 |
| Papua New Guinea |
7,013,829 |
462,840 |
2.173 |
| Tajikistan |
6,976,958 |
143,100 |
1.461 |
| Paraguay |
6,568,290 |
406,750 |
1.706 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
6,422,772 |
1,759,540 |
0.774 |
| Jordan |
6,330,169 |
92,300 |
1.879 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
6,288,037 |
236,800 |
1.332 |
| El Salvador |
6,227,491 |
21,040 |
0.610 |
| Togo |
6,154,813 |
56,785 |
2.038 |
| Sierra Leone |
5,997,486 |
71,740 |
2.089 |
| Nicaragua |
5,869,859 |
129,494 |
1.416 |
| Denmark |
5,572,594 |
43,094 |
0.345 |
| Slovakia |
5,471,502 |
48,845 |
0.159 |
| Eritrea |
5,415,280 |
121,320 |
2.913 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
5,392,580 |
198,500 |
1.068 |
| Finland |
5,384,770 |
338,145 |
0.315 |
| Singapore |
5,187,933 |
693 |
1.105 |
| Turkmenistan |
5,105,301 |
488,100 |
1.240 |
| Norway |
4,924,848 |
323,802 |
0.690 |
| Costa Rica |
4,726,575 |
51,100 |
1.364 |
| Ireland |
4,525,802 |
70,280 |
1.139 |
| Central African Republic |
4,486,837 |
622,984 |
1.961 |
| New Zealand |
4,414,509 |
268,680 |
1.039 |
| Croatia |
4,395,560 |
56,542 |
-0.194 |
| Georgia |
4,329,026 |
69,700 |
-0.595 |
| Lebanon |
4,259,405 |
10,400 |
0.733 |
| Palestinian Territory, Occupied |
4,152,369 |
6,220 |
2.807 |
| Congo |
4,139,748 |
342,000 |
2.178 |
| Liberia |
4,128,572 |
111,370 |
2.643 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,752,228 |
51,129 |
-0.237 |
| Puerto Rico |
3,745,526 |
13,790 |
-0.037 |
| Panama |
3,571,185 |
78,200 |
1.461 |
| Moldova, Republic of |
3,544,864 |
33,843 |
-0.683 |
| Mauritania |
3,541,540 |
1,030,700 |
2.238 |
| Uruguay |
3,380,008 |
176,220 |
0.348 |
| Lithuania |
3,307,481 |
65,200 |
-0.438 |
| Albania |
3,215,988 |
28,748 |
0.334 |
| Armenia |
3,100,236 |
29,800 |
0.261 |
| Oman |
2,846,145 |
212,460 |
1.892 |
| Kuwait |
2,818,042 |
17,820 |
2.408 |
| Mongolia |
2,800,114 |
1,564,116 |
1.531 |
| Jamaica |
2,751,273 |
10,991 |
0.352 |
| Namibia |
2,324,004 |
825,418 |
1.678 |
| Latvia |
2,243,142 |
64,589 |
-0.376 |
| Lesotho |
2,193,843 |
30,355 |
1.032 |
| Macedonia |
2,063,893 |
25,333 |
0.117 |
| Slovenia |
2,035,012 |
20,273 |
0.229 |
| Botswana |
2,030,738 |
600,370 |
1.051 |
| Qatar |
1,870,041 |
11,437 |
2.895 |
| Gambia |
1,776,103 |
11,300 |
2.677 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,547,061 |
36,120 |
2.082 |
| Gabon |
1,534,262 |
267,667 |
1.911 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1,346,350 |
5,128 |
0.316 |
| Estonia |
1,340,537 |
45,226 |
-0.065 |
| Bahrain |
1,323,535 |
665 |
2.131 |
| Mauritius |
1,306,593 |
2,040 |
0.527 |
| Swaziland |
1,203,330 |
17,363 |
1.359 |
| Timor-Leste |
1,153,834 |
15,007 |
2.918 |
| Cyprus |
1,116,564 |
9,250 |
1.082 |
| Djibouti |
905,564 |
23,000 |
1.858 |
| Fiji |
868,406 |
18,270 |
0.806 |
| Réunion |
855,849 |
2,504 |
1.086 |
| Guyana |
756,040 |
214,970 |
0.218 |
| Comoros |
753,943 |
2,170 |
2.496 |
| Bhutan |
738,267 |
47,000 |
1.546 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
720,213 |
28,051 |
2.722 |
| Montenegro |
632,261 |
14,026 |
0.076 |
| China, Macao SAR |
555,731 |
28 |
2.011 |
| Solomon Islands |
552,267 |
28,450 |
2.498 |
| Western Sahara |
548,377 |
266,000 |
3.240 |
| Suriname |
529,419 |
163,270 |
0.871 |
| Luxembourg |
515,941 |
2,586 |
1.353 |
| Cape Verde |
500,585 |
4,033 |
0.946 |
| Guadeloupe |
463,069 |
1,628 |
0.449 |
| Malta |
417,855 |
316 |
0.311 |
| Martinique |
407,121 |
1,128 |
0.263 |
| Brunei Darussalam |
405,938 |
5,770 |
1.653 |
| Bahamas |
347,176 |
13,940 |
1.144 |
| Iceland |
324,366 |
103,000 |
1.163 |
| Maldives |
320,081 |
300 |
1.287 |
| Belize |
317,928 |
22,966 |
1.962 |
| Barbados |
273,925 |
431 |
0.219 |
| French Polynesia |
273,777 |
4,167 |
1.045 |
| New Caledonia |
254,816 |
19,060 |
1.476 |
| Vanuatu |
245,619 |
12,200 |
2.408 |
| French Guiana |
237,080 |
83,534 |
2.515 |
| Mayotte |
210,552 |
374 |
3.021 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
202,847 |
800 |
0.718 |
| Samoa |
183,874 |
2,944 |
0.484 |
| Guam |
182,111 |
541 |
1.198 |
| Saint Lucia |
176,044 |
616 |
0.962 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
168,526 |
1,001 |
1.966 |
| Channel Islands |
153,876 |
194 |
0.187 |
| Micronesia, Fed. States of |
111,542 |
702 |
0.549 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
109,365 |
389 |
0.003 |
| United States Virgin Islands |
108,846 |
1,910 |
-0.255 |
| Aruba |
108,141 |
193 |
0.344 |
| Grenada |
104,890 |
344 |
0.387 |
| Tonga |
104,509 |
748 |
0.426 |
| Kiribati |
101,093 |
811 |
1.535 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
89,612 |
443 |
0.980 |
| Seychelles |
86,879 |
455 |
0.330 |
| Andorra |
86,165 |
468 |
1.543 |
| Man, Isle of |
83,327 |
572 |
0.454 |
| American Samoa |
69,543 |
200 |
1.624 |
| Dominica |
67,675 |
754 |
0.008 |
| Bermuda |
65,077 |
53 |
0.195 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
61,174 |
477 |
1.750 |
| Greenland |
57,296 |
2,166,086 |
-0.008 |
| Cayman Islands |
56,729 |
259 |
0.823 |
| Marshall Islands |
54,816 |
181 |
1.610 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
53,051 |
261 |
1.183 |
| Faeroe Islands |
48,863 |
1,399 |
0.456 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
39,184 |
430 |
1.235 |
| Liechtenstein |
36,304 |
160 |
0.771 |
| Monaco |
35,427 |
2 |
0.036 |
| San Marino |
31,735 |
61 |
0.619 |
| Gibraltar |
29,254 |
7 |
0.083 |
| British Virgin Islands |
23,478 |
153 |
0.940 |
| Palau |
20,609 |
458 |
0.788 |
| Cook Islands |
20,414 |
237 |
0.537 |
| Anguilla |
15,645 |
102 |
1.564 |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands |
13,450 |
274 |
-0.649 |
| Nauru |
10,308 |
21 |
0.592 |
| Tuvalu |
9,847 |
26 |
0.233 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
6,041 |
242 |
0.000 |
| Montserrat |
5,990 |
102 |
0.880 |
| Saint Helena, Asc. and Tristan dC |
4,055 |
413 |
-0.879 |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
3,027 |
12,173 |
0.283 |
| Niue |
1,426 |
260 |
-2.803 |
| Tokelau |
1,134 |
10 |
0.297 |
| Holy See |
459 |
0 |
0.087 |
| World |
6,974,036,375 |
148,940,000 |
1.096 |
| UN: World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. |