Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,330,044,605
2	India	1,147,995,898
3	United States	303,824,646
4	Indonesia	237,512,355
5	Brazil	191,908,598
6	Pakistan	167,762,040
7	Bangladesh	153,546,901
8	Russia	140,702,094
9	Nigeria	138,283,240
10	Japan	127,288,419
11	Mexico	109,955,400
12	Philippines	92,681,453
13	Vietnam	86,116,559
14	Germany	82,369,548
15	Egypt	81,713,517
16	Ethiopia	78,254,090
17	Turkey	71,892,807
18	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	66,514,506
19	Iran	65,875,223
20	Thailand	65,493,298
21	France	64,057,790
22	United Kingdom	60,943,912
23	Italy	58,145,321
24	Korea, South	49,232,844
25	Burma	47,758,181
26	Ukraine	45,994,287
27	Colombia	45,013,674
28	South Africa	43,786,115
29	Argentina	40,677,348
30	Spain	40,491,051
31	Sudan	40,218,455
32	Tanzania	40,213,162
33	Poland	38,500,696
34	Kenya	37,953,838
35	Morocco	34,343,219
36	Algeria	33,769,669
37	Canada	33,212,696
38	Afghanistan	32,738,376
39	Uganda	31,367,972
40	Nepal	29,519,114
41	Peru	29,180,899
42	Uzbekistan	28,268,440
43	Iraq	28,221,181
44	Saudi Arabia	28,161,417
45	Venezuela	26,414,815
46	Malaysia	25,274,133
47	Korea, North	23,479,089
48	Ghana	23,382,848
49	Yemen	23,013,376
50	Taiwan	22,920,946
51	Romania	22,246,862
52	Mozambique	21,284,701
53	Sri Lanka	21,128,773
54	Australia	20,600,856
55	Madagascar	20,042,551
56	Syria	19,747,586
57	Cameroon	18,467,692
58	Cote d'Ivoire	18,373,060
59	Netherlands	16,645,313
60	Chile	16,454,143
61	Kazakhstan	15,340,533
62	Burkina Faso	15,264,735
63	Cambodia	14,241,640
64	Malawi	13,931,831
65	Ecuador	13,927,650
66	Niger	13,272,679
67	Guatemala	13,002,206
68	Senegal	12,853,259
69	Angola	12,531,357
70	Zimbabwe	12,382,920
71	Mali	12,324,029
72	Zambia	11,669,534
73	Cuba	11,423,952
74	Greece	10,722,816
75	Portugal	10,676,910
76	Belgium	10,403,951
77	Tunisia	10,383,577
78	Czech Republic	10,220,911
79	Guinea	10,211,437
80	Rwanda	10,186,063
81	Serbia	10,159,046
82	Chad	10,111,337
83	Hungary	9,930,915
84	Belarus	9,685,768
85	Somalia	9,558,666
86	Dominican Republic	9,507,133
87	Bolivia	9,247,816
88	Sweden	9,045,389
89	Haiti	8,924,553
90	Burundi	8,691,005
91	Benin	8,294,941
92	Austria	8,205,533
93	Azerbaijan	8,177,717
94	Honduras	7,639,327
95	Switzerland	7,581,520
96	Bulgaria	7,262,675
97	Tajikistan	7,211,884
98	Israel	7,112,359
99	El Salvador	7,066,403
100	Hong Kong	7,018,636

Definition: 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.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2008

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