Countries by Population in the Year 2006

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2006. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	6,628,858,000
1	China	1,321,588,000
2	India	1,163,729,000
3	United States	301,306,000
4	Indonesia	232,408,000
5	Brazil	185,685,000
6	Pakistan	177,505,000
7	Nigeria	147,016,000
8	Bangladesh	145,589,000
9	Russia	144,296,000
10	Japan	127,948,000
11	Mexico	106,523,000
12	Philippines	88,812,000
13	Germany	82,016,000
14	Egypt	81,913,000
15	Vietnam	81,455,000
16	Ethiopia	79,522,000
17	Iran	72,630,000
18	Turkey	69,692,000
19	Thailand	66,296,000
20	France	64,151,000
21	United Kingdom	61,265,000
22	Democratic Republic of the Congo	59,686,000
23	Italy	58,644,000
24	South Africa	49,738,000
25	South Korea	47,922,000
26	Myanmar	47,615,000
27	Ukraine	47,361,000
28	Spain	44,312,000
29	Colombia	42,414,000
30	Tanzania	39,730,000
31	Argentina	39,420,000
32	Poland	38,103,000
33	Kenya	36,339,000
34	Algeria	33,355,000
35	Canada	32,597,000
36	Sudan	31,616,000
37	Morocco	30,911,000
38	Iraq	28,821,000
39	Uganda	28,372,000
40	Peru	28,217,000
41	Venezuela	27,008,000
42	Uzbekistan	26,522,000
43	Nepal	26,448,000
44	Malaysia	26,127,000
45	Afghanistan	24,958,000
46	North Korea	24,461,000
47	Yemen	23,161,000
48	Taiwan	22,864,000
49	Ghana	22,742,000
50	Romania	21,121,000
51	Saudi Arabia	21,007,000
52	Mozambique	20,542,000
53	Australia	20,426,000
54	Ivory Coast	20,307,000
55	Sri Lanka	20,282,000
56	Angola	19,644,000
57	Madagascar	19,441,000
58	Syria	19,055,000
59	Cameroon	17,309,000
60	Netherlands	16,625,000
61	Chile	16,429,000
62	Kazakhstan	16,031,000
63	Burkina Faso	14,151,000
64	Niger	14,007,000
65	Ecuador	13,965,000
66	Mali	13,760,000
67	Cambodia	13,537,000
68	Guatemala	13,226,000
69	Malawi	13,015,000
70	Zimbabwe	12,541,000
71	Zambia	11,921,000
72	Senegal	11,367,000
73	Cuba	11,273,000
74	Greece	11,000,000
75	Somalia	10,823,000
76	Chad	10,514,000
77	Portugal	10,513,000
78	Belgium	10,512,000
79	Tunisia	10,300,000
80	Czech Republic	10,290,000
81	Hungary	10,056,000
82	Belarus	9,634,000
83	Bolivia	9,440,000
84	Guinea	9,336,000
85	Dominican Republic	9,284,000
86	Rwanda	9,175,000
87	Haiti	9,138,000
88	Sweden	9,048,000
89	Azerbaijan	8,652,000
90	Benin	8,568,000
91	Austria	8,256,000
92	South Sudan	7,776,000
93	Burundi	7,723,000
94	Bulgaria	7,667,000
95	Honduras	7,568,000
96	Serbia	7,525,000
97	Switzerland	7,454,000
98	Tajikistan	6,991,000
99	Israel	6,785,000
100	Papua New Guinea	6,641,000
101	Jordan	6,102,000
102	El Salvador	6,005,000
103	Libya	5,921,000
104	Togo	5,919,000
105	Laos	5,917,000
106	Sierra Leone	5,569,000
107	Denmark	5,533,000
108	Paraguay	5,478,000
109	Nicaragua	5,380,000
110	Slovakia	5,377,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	5,267,000
112	Finland	5,256,000
113	Turkmenistan	5,099,000
114	United Arab Emirates	4,782,000
115	Lebanon	4,706,000
116	Norway	4,640,000
117	Central African Republic	4,339,000
118	Singapore	4,327,000
119	Croatia	4,315,000
120	Costa Rica	4,292,000
121	Ireland	4,204,000
122	New Zealand	4,177,000
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,081,000
124	Georgia	4,011,000
125	Moldova	3,956,000
126	Republic of the Congo	3,766,000
	Palestine	3,600,000
127	Liberia	3,400,000
128	Panama	3,344,000
129	Lithuania	3,290,000
130	Uruguay	3,287,000
131	Albania	3,064,000
132	Armenia	2,998,000
133	Mauritania	2,975,000
134	Jamaica	2,694,000
135	Eritrea	2,691,000
136	Mongolia	2,574,000
137	Oman	2,487,000
138	Kuwait	2,293,000
139	Latvia	2,229,000
140	North Macedonia	2,091,000
141	Slovenia	2,000,000
142	Namibia	1,979,000
143	Lesotho	1,943,000
144	Botswana	1,857,000
145	Kosovo	1,816,000
146	Gambia	1,690,000
147	Gabon	1,485,000
148	Guinea-Bissau	1,398,000
149	Trinidad and Tobago	1,355,000
150	Estonia	1,351,000
151	Mauritius	1,261,000
152	Eswatini	1,082,000
153	Cyprus	1,045,000
154	Equatorial Guinea	968,000
155	Bahrain	963,000
156	East Timor	962,000
157	Fiji	886,000
158	Qatar	866,000
159	Djibouti	846,000
160	Guyana	760,000
161	Bhutan	667,000
162	Montenegro	634,000
163	Comoros	599,000
164	Suriname	522,000
165	Cape Verde	488,000
166	Solomon Islands	487,000
167	Luxembourg	469,000
168	Malta	415,000
169	Brunei	362,000
170	Bahamas	346,000
171	Maldives	309,000
172	Iceland	300,000
173	Belize	284,000
174	Barbados	269,000
175	Vanuatu	213,000
176	Samoa	187,000
177	Saint Lucia	166,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	164,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	112,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	111,000
181	Grenada	110,000
182	Tonga	106,000
183	Kiribati	99,000
184	Seychelles	90,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	80,000
186	Andorra	78,000
187	Dominica	69,000
188	Marshall Islands	52,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,000
190	Liechtenstein	35,000
191	Monaco	32,000
192	San Marino	29,000
193	Palau	20,000
194	Nauru	10,000
195	Tuvalu	10,000
196	Vatican City	1,000