FIELD LISTING :: POPULATION
This entry gives an estimate from the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. Note: Starting with the 1993 Factbook, demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These countries are currently: The Bahamas, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
| Country | POPULATION |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
32,564,342 (July 2015 est.) |
| Akrotiri |
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 |
| Albania |
3,029,278 (July 2015 est.) |
| Algeria |
39,542,166 (July 2015 est.) |
| American Samoa |
54,343 (July 2015 est.) |
| Andorra |
85,580 (July 2015 est.) |
| Angola |
19,625,353 note: preliminary results from Angola's 2014 national census estimate the country's population to be 24.3 million (July 2015 est.) |
| Anguilla |
16,418 (July 2015 est.) |
| Antarctica |
no indigenous inhabitants, but there are both permanent and summer-only staffed research stations note: 29 nations, all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, 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 (2008-2009) 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 - 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, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania (with Australia), Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, US, and Uruguay (2008-2009) 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.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
92,436 (July 2015 est.) |
| Argentina |
43,431,886 (July 2015 est.) |
| Armenia |
3,056,382 (July 2015 est.) |
| Aruba |
112,162 (July 2015 est.) |
| 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 |
| Australia |
22,751,014 (July 2015 est.) |
| Austria |
8,665,550 (July 2015 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
9,780,780 (July 2015 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
324,597 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 2015 est.) |
| Bahrain |
1,346,613 (July 2015 est.) note: immigrants make up approximately 50% of the total population, according to UN data (2015) |
| Bangladesh |
168,957,745 (July 2015 est.) |
| Barbados |
290,604 (July 2015 est.) |
| Belarus |
9,589,689 (July 2015 est.) |
| Belgium |
11,323,973 (July 2015 est.) |
| Belize |
347,369 (July 2015 est.) |
| Benin |
10,448,647 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 2015 est.) |
| Bermuda |
70,196 (July 2015 est.) |
| Bhutan |
741,919 note: the Factbook population estimate is consistent with the first modern census of Bhutan, conducted in 2005; previous Factbook population estimates for Bhutan, which were on the order of three times the total population reported here, were based on Bhutanese Government publications that did not include the census (July 2015 est.) |
| Bolivia |
10,800,882 (July 2015 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,867,055 (July 2015 est.) |
| Botswana |
2,182,719 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 2015 est.) |
| Bouvet Island |
uninhabited |
| Brazil |
204,259,812 (July 2015 est.) |
| 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 |
| British Virgin Islands |
33,454 (July 2015 est.) |
| Brunei |
429,646 (July 2015 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
7,186,893 (July 2015 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
18,931,686 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 2015 est.) |
| Burma |
56,320,206 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 2015 est.) |
| Burundi |
10,742,276 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 2015 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
545,993 (July 2015 est.) |
| Cambodia |
15,708,756 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 2015 est.) |
| Cameroon |
23,739,218 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 2015 est.) |
| Canada |
35,099,836 (July 2015 est.) |
| Cayman Islands |
56,092 (July 2013 est.) note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman (July 2015 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
5,391,539 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 2015 est.) |
| Chad |
11,631,456 (July 2015 est.) |
| Chile |
17,508,260 (July 2015 est.) |
| China |
1,367,485,388 (July 2015 est.) |
| Christmas Island |
2,205 (July 2015 est.) |
| Clipperton Island |
uninhabited |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
596 (July 2014 est.) |
| Colombia |
46,736,728 (July 2015 est.) |
| Comoros |
780,971 (July 2015 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
79,375,136 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 2015 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
4,755,097 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 2015 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
9,838 (July 2015 est.) note: the Cook Islands' Ministry of Finance & Economic Management estimated the resident population to have been 12,000 in December 2015 |
| 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.) |
| Costa Rica |
4,814,144 (July 2015 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
23,295,302 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 2015 est.) |
| Croatia |
4,464,844 (July 2015 est.) |
| Cuba |
11,031,433 (July 2015 est.) |
| Curacao |
148,406 (July 2015 est.) |
| Cyprus |
1,189,197 (July 2015 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
10,644,842 (July 2015 est.) |
| Denmark |
5,581,503 (July 2015 est.) |
| 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 |
| Djibouti |
828,324 (July 2015 est.) |
| Dominica |
73,607 (July 2015 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
10,478,756 (July 2015 est.) |
| Ecuador |
15,868,396 (July 2015 est.) |
| Egypt |
88,487,396 (July 2015 est.) |
| El Salvador |
6,141,350 (July 2015 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
740,743 (July 2015 est.) |
| Eritrea |
6,527,689 (July 2015 est.) |
| Estonia |
1,265,420 (July 2015 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
99,465,819 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 2015 est.) |
| European Union |
513,949,445 (July 2015 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
2,931 (2014 est.) |
| Faroe Islands |
50,196 (July 2015 est.) |
| Fiji |
909,389 (July 2015 est.) |
| Finland |
5,476,922 (July 2015 est.) |
| France |
66,553,766 note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233 (July 2015 est.) |
| French Polynesia |
282,703 (July 2015 est.) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
no indigenous inhabitants Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): has no permanent residents but has a meteorological station Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): is uninhabited but is frequently visited by fishermen and has a scientific research cabin for short stays Iles Crozet: are 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 |
| Gabon |
1,705,336 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 2015 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
1,967,709 (July 2015 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
1,869,055 (July 2015 est.) |
| Georgia |
4,931,226 (July 2015 est.) |
| Germany |
80,854,408 (July 2015 est.) |
| Ghana |
26,327,649 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 2015 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
29,258 (July 2015 est.) |
| Greece |
10,775,643 (July 2015 est.) |
| Greenland |
57,733 (July 2015 est.) |
| Grenada |
110,694 (July 2015 est.) |
| Guam |
161,785 (July 2015 est.) |
| Guatemala |
14,918,999 (July 2015 est.) |
| Guernsey |
66,080 (July 2015 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,726,170 (July 2015 est.) |
| Guinea |
11,780,162 (July 2015 est.) |
| Guyana |
735,222 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 2015 est.) |
| Haiti |
10,110,019 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 2015 est.) |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
uninhabited |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
1,000 (2015 est.) |
| Honduras |
8,746,673 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 2015 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
7,141,106 (July 2015 est.) |
| 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 |
| Hungary |
9,897,541 (July 2015 est.) |
| Iceland |
331,918 (July 2015 est.) |
| India |
1,251,695,584 (July 2015 est.) |
| Indonesia |
255,993,674 (July 2015 est.) |
| Iran |
81,824,270 (July 2015 est.) |
| Iraq |
37,056,169 (July 2015 est.) |
| Ireland |
4,892,305 (July 2015 est.) |
| Isle of Man |
87,545 (July 2015 est.) |
| Israel |
8,049,314 (includes populations of the Golan Heights of Golan Sub-District and also East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967) (July 2015 est.) note: approximately 20,500 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights; approximately 211,640 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2014) |
| Italy |
61,855,120 (July 2015 est.) |
| Jamaica |
2,950,210 (July 2015 est.) |
| Jan Mayen |
no indigenous inhabitants note: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and the weather and coastal services radio station |
| Japan |
126,919,659 (July 2015 est.) |
| 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 |
| Jersey |
97,294 (July 2015 est.) |
| 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 |
| Jordan |
8,117,564 note: increased estimate reflects revised assumptions about the net migration rate due to the increased flow of Syrian refugees (July 2015 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
18,157,122 (July 2015 est.) |
| Kenya |
45,925,301 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 2015 est.) |
| Kingman Reef |
uninhabited |
| Kiribati |
105,711 (July 2015 est.) |
| Korea, North |
24,983,205 (July 2015 est.) |
| Korea, South |
49,115,196 (July 2015 est.) |
| Kosovo |
1,870,981 (July 2015 est.) |
| Kuwait |
2,788,534 (July 2015 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% |
| Kyrgyzstan |
5,664,939 (July 2015 est.) |
| Laos |
6,911,544 (July 2015 est.) |
| Latvia |
1,986,705 (July 2015 est.) |
| Lebanon |
6,184,701 (July 2015 est.) |
| Lesotho |
1,947,701 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 2015 est.) |
| Liberia |
4,195,666 (July 2015 est.) |
| Libya |
6,411,776 (July 2015 est.) note: immigrants make up just over 12% of the total population, according to UN data (2015) (July 2015 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
37,624 (July 2015 est.) |
| Lithuania |
2,884,433 (July 2015 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
570,252 (July 2015 est.) |
| Macau |
592,731 note: Macau's statistical agency estimated the total population to be approximately 646,800 as of 31 December 2015 (July 2015 est.) |
| Macedonia |
2,096,015 (July 2015 est.) |
| Madagascar |
23,812,681 (July 2015 est.) |
| Malawi |
17,964,697 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 2015 est.) |
| Malaysia |
30,513,848 (July 2015 est.) |
| Maldives |
393,253 (July 2015 est.) |
| Mali |
16,955,536 (July 2015 est.) |
| Malta |
413,965 (July 2015 est.) |
| Marshall Islands |
72,191 (July 2015 est.) |
| Mauritania |
3,596,702 (July 2015 est.) |
| Mauritius |
1,339,827 (July 2015 est.) |
| Mexico |
121,736,809 (July 2015 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
105,216 (July 2015 est.) |
| 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.) |
| Moldova |
3,546,847 (July 2015 est.) |
| Monaco |
37,731 (July 2015 est.) note: immigrants make up more than 55% of the total population, according to UN data (2015) |
| Mongolia |
2,992,908 (July 2015 est.) |
| Montenegro |
647,073 (July 2015 est.) |
| Montserrat |
5,241 note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2015 est.) |
| Morocco |
33,322,699 (July 2015 est.) |
| Mozambique |
25,303,113 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 2015 est.) |
| Namibia |
2,212,307 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 2015 est.) |
| Nauru |
9,540 (July 2015 est.) |
| Navassa Island |
uninhabited note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island |
| Nepal |
31,551,305 (July 2015 est.) |
| Netherlands |
16,947,904 (July 2015 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
271,615 (July 2015 est.) |
| New Zealand |
4,438,393 (July 2015 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
5,907,881 (July 2015 est.) |
| Nigeria |
181,562,056 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 2015 est.) |
| Niger |
18,045,729 (July 2015 est.) |
| Niue |
1,190 (July 2014 est.) |
| Norfolk Island |
2,210 (July 2014 est.) |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
52,344 (July 2015 est.) |
| Norway |
5,207,689 (July 2015 est.) |
| Oman |
3,286,936 (July 2015 est.) note: immigrants make up over 40% of the total population, according to UN data (2015) |
| Pakistan |
199,085,847 (July 2015 est.) |
| Palau |
21,265 (July 2015 est.) |
| 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.) |
| Panama |
3,657,024 (July 2015 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
6,672,429 (July 2015 est.) |
| Paracel Islands |
no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons |
| Paraguay |
6,783,272 (July 2015 est.) |
| Peru |
30,444,999 (July 2015 est.) |
| Philippines |
100,998,376 (July 2015 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands |
48 (July 2014 est.) |
| Poland |
38,562,189 (July 2015 est.) |
| Portugal |
10,825,309 (July 2015 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
3,598,357 (July 2015 est.) |
| Qatar |
2,194,817 (July 2015 est.) |
| Romania |
21,666,350 (July 2015 est.) |
| Russia |
142,423,773 (July 2015 est.) |
| Rwanda |
12,661,733 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 2015 est.) |
| Saint Barthelemy |
7,237 (July 2015 est.) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
7,795 note: only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited, not any of the other nearby islands/islets (July 2015 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
51,936 (July 2015 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
163,922 (July 2015 est.) |
| Saint Martin |
31,754 (July 2015 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
5,657 (July 2015 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
102,627 (July 2015 est.) |
| Samoa |
197,773 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 2015 est.) |
| San Marino |
33,020 (July 2015 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
194,006 (July 2015 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
27,752,316 (July 2015 est.) note: immigrants make up more than 30% of the total population, according to UN data (2015) |
| Senegal |
13,975,834 (July 2015 est.) |
| Serbia |
7,176,794 note: does not include the population of Kosovo (July 2015 est.) |
| Seychelles |
92,430 (July 2015 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
5,879,098 (July 2015 est.) |
| Singapore |
5,674,472 (July 2015 est.) |
| Sint Maarten |
37,132 (2014 est.) |
| Slovakia |
5,445,027 (July 2015 est.) |
| Slovenia |
1,983,412 (July 2015 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
622,469 (July 2015 est.) |
| Somalia |
10,616,380 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 2015 est.) |
| South Africa |
53,675,563 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 2015 est.) |
| South Georgia and 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 |
| South Sudan |
12,042,910 (July 2015 est.) |
| Spain |
48,146,134 (July 2015 est.) |
| Spratly Islands |
no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by military personnel of several claimant states |
| Sri Lanka |
22,053,488 (July 2015 est.) |
| Sudan |
36,108,853 (July 2015 est.) |
| Suriname |
579,633 (July 2015 est.) |
| Svalbard |
1,872 (July 2014 est.) |
| Swaziland |
1,435,613 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 2015 est.) |
| Sweden |
9,801,616 (July 2015 est.) |
| Switzerland |
8,121,830 (July 2015 est.) |
| Syria |
17,064,854 (July 2014 est.) note: approximately 18,900 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2012) (July 2015 est.) |
| Taiwan |
23,415,126 (July 2015 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
8,191,958 (July 2015 est.) |
| Tanzania |
51,045,882 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 2015 est.) |
| Thailand |
67,976,405 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 2015 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
1,231,116 (July 2015 est.) |
| Togo |
7,552,318 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 2015 est.) |
| Tokelau |
1,337 (July 2014 est.) |
| Tonga |
106,501 (July 2015 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1,222,363 (July 2015 est.) |
| Tunisia |
11,037,225 (July 2015 est.) |
| Turkey |
79,414,269 (July 2015 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
5,231,422 (July 2015 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
50,280 (July 2015 est.) |
| Tuvalu |
10,869 (July 2015 est.) |
| Uganda |
37,101,745 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 2015 est.) |
| Ukraine |
44,429,471 (July 2015 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
5,779,760 (July 2015 est.) note: the UN estimates the country's total population to be 9,157,000 as of mid-year 2015; immigrants make up almost 90% of the total population, according to 2015 UN data (2016) |
| United Kingdom |
64,088,222 (July 2015 est.) |
| 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 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 |
| United States |
321,368,864 (July 2015 est.) |
| Uruguay |
3,341,893 (July 2015 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
29,199,942 (July 2015 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
272,264 (July 2015 est.) |
| Venezuela |
29,275,460 (July 2015 est.) |
| Vietnam |
94,348,835 (July 2015 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
103,574 (July 2015 est.) |
| 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 |
15,613 (July 2015 est.) |
| West Bank |
2,785,366 (represents Palestinian population only) (July 2015 est.) note: approximately 371,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank; approximately 211,640 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2014) |
| Western Sahara |
570,866 (July 2013 est.) note: estimate is based on projections by age, sex, fertility, mortality, and migration; fertility and mortality are based on data from neighboring countries (July 2015 est.) |
| World |
7,256,490,011 (July 2015 est.) top ten most populous countries (in millions): China 1361.51; India 1251.70; United States 321.36; Indonesia 255.99; Brazil 204.26; Pakistan 199.09; Nigeria 181.56; Bangladesh 168.96; Russia 142.42; Japan 126.92 |
| Yemen |
26,737,317 (July 2015 est.) |
| Zambia |
15,066,266 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 2015 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
14,229,541 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 2015 est.) |