Countries by Population in the Year 2000

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2000. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	6,129,944,000
1	China	1,271,823,000
2	India	1,048,003,000
3	United States	284,225,000
4	Indonesia	214,559,000
5	Brazil	172,855,000
6	Pakistan	152,612,000
7	Russia	146,952,000
8	Bangladesh	133,367,000
9	Japan	126,915,000
10	Nigeria	124,674,000
11	Mexico	97,881,000
12	Germany	81,748,000
13	Philippines	78,691,000
14	Vietnam	76,743,000
15	Egypt	72,299,000
16	Ethiopia	66,395,000
17	Iran	65,903,000
18	Turkey	65,014,000
19	Thailand	62,675,000
20	France	61,467,000
21	United Kingdom	59,358,000
22	Italy	57,253,000
23	Ukraine	49,773,000
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	49,693,000
25	South Africa	46,965,000
26	South Korea	46,629,000
27	Myanmar	45,046,000
28	Spain	40,910,000
29	Colombia	38,778,000
30	Poland	38,263,000
31	Argentina	37,007,000
32	Tanzania	33,772,000
33	Canada	30,737,000
34	Algeria	30,689,000
35	Kenya	30,176,000
36	Morocco	28,492,000
37	Sudan	27,470,000
38	Peru	26,402,000
39	Uzbekistan	24,638,000
40	Nepal	24,343,000
41	Venezuela	24,298,000
42	Iraq	24,022,000
43	Uganda	23,625,000
44	North Korea	23,587,000
45	Malaysia	22,696,000
46	Taiwan	22,283,000
47	Romania	22,107,000
48	Afghanistan	20,252,000
49	Ghana	19,385,000
50	Yemen	19,325,000
51	Sri Lanka	19,118,000
52	Australia	19,017,000
53	Mozambique	17,929,000
54	Ivory Coast	17,458,000
55	Syria	16,432,000
56	Madagascar	16,258,000
57	Netherlands	16,128,000
58	Angola	15,925,000
59	Saudi Arabia	15,747,000
60	Kazakhstan	15,465,000
61	Chile	15,412,000
62	Cameroon	14,717,000
63	Ecuador	12,580,000
64	Cambodia	12,365,000
65	Zimbabwe	11,856,000
66	Burkina Faso	11,745,000
67	Guatemala	11,564,000
68	Mali	11,388,000
69	Niger	11,308,000
70	Malawi	11,180,000
71	Cuba	11,091,000
72	Greece	10,754,000
73	Portugal	10,245,000
74	Czech Republic	10,244,000
75	Belgium	10,239,000
76	Hungary	10,203,000
77	Belarus	10,015,000
78	Zambia	9,873,000
79	Senegal	9,848,000
80	Tunisia	9,712,000
81	Sweden	8,861,000
82	Somalia	8,659,000
83	Bolivia	8,533,000
84	Dominican Republic	8,515,000
85	Chad	8,370,000
86	Guinea	8,354,000
87	Haiti	8,226,000
88	Rwanda	8,180,000
89	Azerbaijan	8,135,000
90	Bulgaria	8,035,000
91	Austria	8,004,000
92	Serbia	7,716,000
93	Switzerland	7,164,000
94	Benin	7,111,000
95	Honduras	6,488,000
96	Burundi	6,403,000
97	Tajikistan	6,223,000
98	Israel	6,031,000
99	El Salvador	5,930,000
100	South Sudan	5,897,000
101	Papua New Guinea	5,442,000
102	Denmark	5,431,000
103	Laos	5,386,000
104	Slovakia	5,380,000
105	Jordan	5,332,000
106	Libya	5,257,000
107	Finland	5,171,000
108	Togo	5,071,000
109	Paraguay	5,054,000
110	Kyrgyzstan	5,001,000
111	Nicaragua	4,989,000
112	Turkmenistan	4,537,000
113	Norway	4,478,000
114	Georgia	4,393,000
115	Croatia	4,356,000
116	Sierra Leone	4,327,000
117	Lebanon	4,293,000
118	Moldova	4,257,000
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,150,000
120	Singapore	3,991,000
121	Costa Rica	3,901,000
122	New Zealand	3,864,000
123	Central African Republic	3,781,000
124	Ireland	3,775,000
125	Lithuania	3,511,000
126	United Arab Emirates	3,379,000
127	Uruguay	3,261,000
128	Albania	3,178,000
129	Armenia	3,147,000
	Palestine	3,103,000
130	Republic of the Congo	3,072,000
131	Panama	2,981,000
132	Liberia	2,888,000
133	Jamaica	2,599,000
134	Mauritania	2,577,000
135	Mongolia	2,444,000
136	Latvia	2,382,000
137	Oman	2,268,000
138	Eritrea	2,233,000
139	North Macedonia	2,053,000
140	Lesotho	2,005,000
141	Slovenia	1,986,000
142	Kuwait	1,928,000
143	Namibia	1,798,000
144	Kosovo	1,796,000
145	Botswana	1,660,000
146	Gambia	1,435,000
147	Estonia	1,401,000
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1,317,000
149	Gabon	1,259,000
150	Guinea-Bissau	1,222,000
151	Mauritius	1,212,000
152	Eswatini	1,036,000
153	Cyprus	940,000
154	Fiji	836,000
155	Guyana	765,000
156	Djibouti	736,000
157	East Timor	714,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	680,000
159	Bahrain	662,000
160	Montenegro	634,000
161	Qatar	629,000
162	Bhutan	590,000
163	Comoros	531,000
164	Suriname	472,000
165	Cape Verde	450,000
166	Solomon Islands	436,000
167	Luxembourg	433,000
168	Malta	398,000
169	Brunei	323,000
170	Bahamas	322,000
171	Maldives	280,000
172	Iceland	279,000
173	Barbados	263,000
174	Belize	237,000
175	Vanuatu	184,000
176	Samoa	181,000
177	Saint Lucia	158,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	143,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	114,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	112,000
181	Grenada	107,000
182	Tonga	102,000
183	Kiribati	88,000
184	Seychelles	83,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	74,000
186	Dominica	69,000
187	Andorra	66,000
188	Marshall Islands	50,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	45,000
190	Liechtenstein	33,000
191	Monaco	32,000
192	San Marino	27,000
193	Palau	19,000
194	Nauru	10,000
195	Tuvalu	10,000
196	Vatican City	1,000