The CIA World Factbook Edition 2016 People and Society

Population In 36 editions of 36.

Population was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2016 edition carries it in 262 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2016 edition
262
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

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World

1 entry

World

7,323,187,457 (July 2016 est.)

top ten most populous countries (in millions):
  • China 1373.54;
  • India 1266.88;
  • United States 324.00;
  • Indonesia 258.32;
  • Brazil 205.82;
  • Pakistan 202.00;
  • Nigeria 186.05;
  • Bangladesh 156.19;
  • Russia 142.36;
  • Japan 126.70
ten least populous countries:
  • Holy See (Vatican City) 1,000;
  • Nauru 9,591;
  • Tuvalu 10,959;
  • Palau 21,347;
  • Monaco 30,581;
  • San Marino 33,285;
  • Liechtenstein 37,937;
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis 52,329;
  • Marshall Islands 73,376;
  • Dominica 73,757
  • ten most densely populated countries (population per sq km): Monaco 15,291;
  • Singapore 8,416;
  • Holy See (Vatican City) 2,273;
  • Bahrain 1,814;
  • Maldives 1,319;
  • Malta 1,314;
  • Bangladesh 1,200;
  • Barbados 678;
  • Mauritius 664;
  • Lebanon 610
  • ten least densely populated countries (population per sq km): Mongolia 1.95;
  • Namibia 2.96;
  • Australia 2.99;
  • Iceland 3.35;
  • Mauritania 3.57;
  • Libya 3.72;
  • Guyana 3.74;
  • Suriname 3.76;
  • Canada 3.89;
  • Botswana 3.90

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

40,263,711 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

Angola

20,172,332

note: results from Angola's 2014 national census estimate the country's population to be 25.8 million (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 59

Benin

10,741,458

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 86

Botswana

2,209,208

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 145

Burkina Faso

19,512,533

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 60

Burundi

11,099,298

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 81

Cabo Verde

553,432 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Cameroon

24,360,803

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 53

Central African Republic

5,507,257

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 117

Chad

11,852,462 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Comoros

794,678 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo

81,331,050

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 18

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

4,852,412

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 125

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

23,740,424

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 54

Djibouti

846,687 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

Egypt

94,666,993 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Equatorial Guinea

759,451 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

Eritrea

5,869,869 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

Swaziland now Eswatini

1,451,428

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 155

Ethiopia

102,374,044

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 14

Gabon

1,738,541

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 154

Gambia, The now The Gambia

2,009,648 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

Ghana

26,908,262

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 49

Guinea

12,093,349 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Guinea-Bissau

1,759,159 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

Kenya

46,790,758

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 31

Lesotho

1,953,070

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 150

Liberia

4,299,944 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

Libya

6,541,948 (July 2015 est.)

note: immigrants make up just over 12% of the total population, according to UN data (2015) (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 107

Madagascar

24,430,325 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

Malawi

18,570,321

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 62

Mali

17,467,108 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Mauritania

3,677,293 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Mauritius

1,348,242 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 157

Morocco

33,655,786 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Mozambique

25,930,150

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 50

Namibia

2,436,469

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 143

Niger

18,638,600 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

Nigeria

186,053,386

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 8

Rwanda

12,988,423

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 74

Saint Helena, Ascension, And Tristan Da Cunha now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

7,795

note: Saint Helena's statistical agency estimated the enumerated national population (including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cuhna) to be 5,901 in 2016, according to the 2016 census; only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited, none of the other nearby islands/islets (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 226

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

197,541 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 186

Senegal

14,320,055 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

Seychelles

93,186 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 199

Sierra Leone

6,018,888 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

Somalia

10,817,354

note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 84

South Africa

54,300,704

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 26

South Sudan

12,530,717 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Sudan

36,729,501 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

Tanzania

52,482,726

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 27

Togo

7,756,937

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 100

Tunisia

11,134,588 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 80

Uganda

38,319,241

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 36

Western Sahara

587,020

note: estimate is based on projections by age, sex, fertility, mortality, and migration; fertility and mortality are based on data from neighboring countries (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 171

Zambia

15,510,711

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 70

Zimbabwe

14,546,961

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 72

Antarctic Region

5 entries

Antarctica

no indigenous inhabitants, but there are both permanent and summer-only staffed research stations

note: 53 countries have signed the 1959 Antarctic Treaty; 30 of those operate through their National Antarctic Program a number of seasonal-only (summer) and year-round research stations on the continent and its nearby islands south of 60 degrees south latitude (the region covered by the Antarctic Treaty); the population engaging in and supporting science or managing and protecting the Antarctic region varies from approximately 4,400 in summer to 1,100 in winter; in addition, approximately 1,000 personnel, including ship's crew and scientists doing onboard research, are present in the waters of the treaty region

peak summer (December-February) population - 4,490 total; Argentina 667, Australia 200, Australia and Romania jointly 13, Belgium 20, Brazil 40, Bulgaria 18, Chile 359, China 90, Czech Republic 20, Ecuador 26, Finland 20, France 125, France and Italy jointly 60, Germany 90, India 65, Italy 102, Japan 125, South Korea 70, NZ 85, Norway 44, Peru 28, Poland 40, Russia 429, South Africa 80, Spain 50, Sweden 20, Ukraine 24, UK 217, US 1,293, Uruguay 70 (2008-09)

  • winter (June-August) station population - 1,106 total;
  • Argentina 176, Australia 62, Brazil 12, Chile 114, China 29, France 26, France and Italy jointly 13, Germany 9, India 25, Japan 40, South Korea 18, NZ 10, Norway 7, Poland 12, Russia 148, South Africa 10, Ukraine 12, UK 37, US 337, Uruguay 9 (2009);
  • research stations operated within the Antarctic Treaty area (south of 60 degrees south latitude) by National Antarctic Programs
  • year-round stations - approximately 40 total;
  • Argentina 6, Australia 3, Brazil 1, Chile 6, China 2, France 1, France and Italy jointly 1, Germany 1, India 1, Japan 1, South Korea 1, NZ 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Russia 5, South Africa 1, Ukraine 1, UK 2, US 3, Uruguay 1 (2009)

a range of seasonal-only (summer) stations, camps, and refuges - Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, US, and Uruguay (2008-09)

in addition, during the austral summer some nations have numerous occupied locations such as tent camps, summer-long temporary facilities, and mobile traverses in support of research (May 2009 est.)

Bouvet Island

uninhabited

French Southern And Antarctic Lands now French Southern and Antarctic Lands

no indigenous inhabitants

Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul):
no permanent residents but has a meteorological station
Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul):
uninhabited but is frequently visited by fishermen and has a scientific research cabin for short stays
Iles Crozet:
uninhabited except for 18 to 30 people staffing the Alfred Faure research station on Ile del la Possession
Iles Kerguelen:
50 to 100 scientists are located at the main base at Port-aux-Francais on Ile Kerguelen
Bassas da India (Iles Eparses):

uninhabitable

Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on each possession; visited by scientists

Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses):
uninhabited, except for visits by scientists

Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands now Heard Island and McDonald Islands

uninhabited

South Georgia And South Sandwich Islands now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

no indigenous inhabitants

note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001, replaced by a permanent group of scientists of the British Antarctic Survey, which also has a biological station on Bird Island; the South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

57,728 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 206

Iceland

335,878 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

Jan Mayen

no indigenous inhabitants

note: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and the weather and coastal services radio station

Svalbard

1,872 (July 2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 233

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

33,332,025 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

Armenia

3,051,250 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

Azerbaijan

9,872,765 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

Bangladesh

156,186,882 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

Bhutan

750,125 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

British Indian Ocean Territory

no indigenous inhabitants

note: approximately 1,200 former agricultural workers resident in the Chagos Archipelago, often referred to as Chagossians or Ilois, were relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles in the 1960s and 1970s; approximately 3,000 UK and US military personnel and civilian contractors were living on the island of Diego Garcia

China

1,373,541,278 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

Georgia

4,928,052 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

India

1,266,883,598 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Japan

126,702,133 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Kazakhstan

18,360,353 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

Korea, North now North Korea

25,115,311 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

Korea, South now South Korea

50,924,172 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 28

Kyrgyzstan

5,727,553 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Maldives

392,960 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Mongolia

3,031,330 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Nepal

29,033,914 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Pakistan

201,995,540 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 7

Russia

142,355,415 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Sri Lanka

22.235 million (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Tajikistan

8,330,946 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Turkmenistan

5,291,317 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

Uzbekistan

29,473,614 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

Central America and the Caribbean

33 entries

Anguilla

16,752 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 221

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

93,581 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 198

Aruba

113,648 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 190

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

327,316

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 180

Barbados

291,495 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 181

Belize

353,858 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 178

British Virgin Islands

34,232 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 215

Cayman Islands

57,268 (July 2013 est.)

note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 207

Costa Rica

4,872,543 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

Cuba

11,179,995 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Curacao

149,035 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 189

Dominica

73,757 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

Dominican Republic

10,606,865 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

El Salvador

6,156,670 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Grenada

111,219 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 191

Guatemala

15,189,958 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Haiti

10,485,800

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 89

Honduras

8,893,259

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 94

Jamaica

2,970,340 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 139

Montserrat

5,267

note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 229

Navassa Island

uninhabited

note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island

Nicaragua

5,966,798 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 111

Panama

3,705,246 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Puerto Rico

3,578,056 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

Saint Barthelemy

7,209 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 227

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

52,329 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 210

Saint Lucia

164,464 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 187

Saint Martin

31,949 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 217

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

102,350 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 196

Sint Maarten

41,486 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 213

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

1,220,479 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Turks And Caicos Islands now Turks and Caicos Islands

51,430 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 211

Virgin Islands

102,951 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 195

Europe

49 entries

Albania

3,038,594 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

Andorra

85,660 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 201

Austria

8,711,770 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 95

Belarus

9,570,376 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

Belgium

11,409,077 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

3,861,912 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

Bulgaria

7,144,653 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102

Croatia

4,313,707 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

Czechia

10,644,842 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

Denmark

5,593,785

note: Statistics Denmark estimates the country's total population to be 5,724,456 as of 2016 Q3 (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 116

Estonia

1,258,545 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

European Union

515,052,778 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 3

Faroe Islands

50,456 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 212

Finland

5,498,211 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

France

66,836,154

note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233 (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 22

Germany

80,722,792 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

Gibraltar

29,328 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 219

Greece

10,773,253 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Guernsey

66,297 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 205

Holy See (Vatican City)

1,000 (2015 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 236

Hungary

9,874,784 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

Ireland

4,952,473 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Isle Of Man now Isle of Man

88,195 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 200

Italy

62,007,540 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

Jersey

98,069 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 197

Kosovo

1,883,018 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Latvia

1,965,686 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 149

Liechtenstein

37,937 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 214

Lithuania

2,854,235 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

Luxembourg

582,291 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Malta

415,196 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 176

Moldova

3,510,485 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

Monaco

30,581 (July 2016 est.)

note: immigrants make up more than 55% of the total population, according to UN data (2015)

country comparison to the world: 218

Montenegro

644,578 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

Netherlands

17,016,967 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

Macedonia now North Macedonia

2,100,025 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

Norway

5,265,158 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

Poland

38,523,261 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

Portugal

10,833,816 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

Romania

21,599,736 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

San Marino

33,285 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 216

Serbia

7,143,921

note: does not include the population of Kosovo (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 103

Slovakia

5,445,802 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

Slovenia

1,978,029 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

Spain

48,563,476 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Sweden

9,880,604 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Switzerland

8,179,294 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 98

Ukraine

44,209,733 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 32

United Kingdom

64,430,428 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

Middle East

19 entries

Akrotiri

approximately 15,700 on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 Service and UK-based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents

Bahrain

1,378,904 (July 2016 est.)

note: immigrants make up approximately 50% of the total population, according to UN data (2015)

country comparison to the world: 156

Cyprus

1,205,575 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 161

Dhekelia

approximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 service and UK based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents

Gaza Strip

1,753,327 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Iran

82,801,633 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 17

Iraq

38,146,025 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 37

Israel

8,174,527 (includes populations of the Golan Heights of Golan Sub-District and also East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967) (July 2016 est.)

note: approximately 20,500 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights; approximately 211,640 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2014)

country comparison to the world: 99

Jordan

8,185,384

note: increased estimate reflects revised assumptions about the net migration rate due to the increased flow of Syrian refugees (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 97

Kuwait

2,832,776 (July 2016 est.)

note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,183,658 for 2015, with immigrants accounting more than 69%

country comparison to the world: 141

Lebanon

6,237,738 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

Oman

3,355,262 (July 2016 est.)

note: immigrants make up over 40% of the total population, according to UN data (2015)

country comparison to the world: 134

Qatar

2,258,283 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Saudi Arabia

28,160,273 (July 2016 est.)

note: immigrants make up more than 30% of the total population, according to UN data (2015)

country comparison to the world: 47

Syria

17,185,170 (July 2016 est.)

note: approximately 20,500 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2014)

country comparison to the world: 66

Turkey now Turkiye

80,274,604 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

United Arab Emirates

5,927,482 (July 2016 est.)

note: the UN estimated the country's total population was 9,267,000 as of mid-year 2016; immigrants make up almost 85% of the total population, according to 2015 UN data (2016)

country comparison to the world: 112

West Bank

  • 2,697,687 (represents Palestinian population only) (July 2016 est.)

note: approximately 371,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank; approximately 211,640 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2014)

country comparison to the world: 142

Yemen

27,392,779 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

70,537 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 204

Canada

35,362,905 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

Clipperton Island

uninhabited

Mexico

123,166,749 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 12

Saint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

5,595 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 228

United States

323,995,528 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

Oceania

34 entries

American Samoa

54,194 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 208

Australia

22,992,654 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

Cook Islands

9,556 (July 2016 est.)

note: the Cook Islands' Ministry of Finance & Economic Management estimated the resident population to have been 12,000 in December 2015

country comparison to the world: 225

Coral Sea Islands

no indigenous inhabitants

note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological station on Willis Island (July 2007 est.)

Fiji

915,303 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

French Polynesia

285,321 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 182

Guam

162,742 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 188

Howland Island

uninhabited

note: American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during World War II but abandoned after the war; public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service

Jarvis Island

uninhabited

note: Millersville settlement on western side of island occasionally used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it was abandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical Year by scientists who left in 1958; public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service

Johnston Atoll

uninhabited

note: in previous years, there was an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel present; as of September 2001, population had decreased significantly when US Army Chemical Activity Pacific (USACAP) departed; as of May 2005 all US Government personnel had left the island

Kingman Reef

uninhabited

Kiribati

106,925 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 192

Marshall Islands

73,376 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 203

Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia

104,719 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 194

Midway Islands

no indigenous inhabitants; approximately 40 people make up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service and their services contractor living at the atoll (July 2014 est.)

Nauru

9,591 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 224

New Caledonia

275,355 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 184

New Zealand

4,474,549 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 126

Niue

1,190 (July 2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 235

Norfolk Island

2,210 (July 2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 231

Northern Mariana Islands

53,467 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 209

Palau

21,347 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 220

Palmyra Atoll

no indigenous inhabitants

note: variable temporary population of 4 to 20 staff and scientists of the Nature Conservancy and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2014 est.)

Papua New Guinea

6,791,317 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

Pitcairn Islands

54 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 238

Samoa

198,926

note: prior estimates used official net migration data by sex, but a highly unusual pattern for 1993 lead to a significant imbalance in the sex ratios (more men and fewer women) and a seeming reduction in the female population; the revised total was calculated using a 1993 number that was an average of the 1992 and 1994 migration figures (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 185

Solomon Islands

635,027 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 169

Tokelau

1,337 (July 2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 234

Tonga

106,513 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 193

Tuvalu

10,959 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 223

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

no indigenous inhabitants

note: public entry is only by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service

Jarvis Island:
  • Millersville settlement on western side of island occasionally used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it was abandoned;
  • reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical Year by scientists who left in 1958;
  • currently unoccupied
Johnston Atoll:
  • in previous years, an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel were present;
  • as of May 2005, all US Government personnel had left the island
Midway Islands:
approximately 40 people make up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service and their services contractor living at the atoll
Palmyra Atoll:
four to 20 Nature Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife staff, and researchers

Vanuatu

277,554 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 183

Wake Island

no indigenous inhabitants

note: approximately 150 military personnel and civilian contractors maintain and operate the airfield and communications facilities (2009)

Wallis And Futuna now Wallis and Futuna

15,664 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 222

South America

13 entries

Argentina

43,886,748 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Bolivia

10,969,649 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

Brazil

205,823,665 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

Chile

17,650,114 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Colombia

47,220,856 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

Ecuador

16,080,778 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

2,931 (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 230

Guyana

735,909

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 167

Paraguay

6,862,812 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

Peru

30,741,062 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

Suriname

585,824 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 172

Uruguay

3,351,016 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Venezuela

30,912,302 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

Southeast Asia

19 entries

Ashmore And Cartier Islands now Ashmore and Cartier Islands

no indigenous inhabitants

note: Indonesian fishermen are allowed access to the lagoon and fresh water at Ashmore Reef's West Island; access to East and Middle Islands is by permit only

Brunei

436,620 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

56,890,418

note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 25

Cambodia

15,957,223

note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 69

Christmas Island

2,205 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 232

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

596 (July 2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 237

Hong Kong

7,167,403 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Indonesia

258,316,051 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 5

Laos

7,019,073 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Macau

597,425

note: Macau's statistical agency estimated the total population to be approximately 646,800 as of 31 December 2015 (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 170

Malaysia

30,949,962 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Paracel Islands

no indigenous inhabitants

note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons

Philippines

102,624,209 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Singapore

5,781,728 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

Spratly Islands

no indigenous inhabitants

note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by military personnel of several claimant states

Taiwan

23,464,787 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

Thailand

68,200,824

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)

country comparison to the world: 21

Timor-Leste

1,261,072 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Vietnam

95,261,021 (July 2016 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2016, “Population”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population/2016.

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