Countries by Population in the Year 2012

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2012. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	7,155,572,000
1	China	1,372,219,000
2	India	1,269,998,000
3	United States	319,604,000
4	Indonesia	251,083,000
5	Pakistan	205,895,000
6	Brazil	196,075,000
7	Nigeria	173,778,000
8	Bangladesh	154,333,000
9	Russia	144,142,000
10	Japan	128,024,000
11	Mexico	116,054,000
12	Philippines	99,138,000
13	Ethiopia	94,472,000
14	Egypt	92,132,000
15	Vietnam	88,981,000
16	Germany	80,912,000
17	Iran	78,863,000
18	Turkey	74,644,000
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	72,025,000
20	Thailand	69,223,000
21	France	66,325,000
22	United Kingdom	64,234,000
23	Italy	60,445,000
24	South Africa	53,329,000
25	Myanmar	49,625,000
26	South Korea	49,362,000
27	Spain	47,070,000
28	Tanzania	46,680,000
29	Ukraine	46,242,000
30	Colombia	45,492,000
31	Kenya	43,329,000
32	Argentina	41,954,000
33	Poland	38,241,000
34	Algeria	37,264,000
35	Sudan	36,503,000
36	Canada	34,735,000
37	Uganda	33,842,000
38	Morocco	33,569,000
39	Iraq	32,778,000
40	Afghanistan	30,023,000
41	Peru	29,422,000
42	Malaysia	29,410,000
43	Venezuela	29,371,000
44	Uzbekistan	29,040,000
45	Yemen	28,000,000
46	Nepal	27,506,000
47	Saudi Arabia	26,582,000
48	Ghana	26,410,000
49	North Korea	25,154,000
50	Angola	24,690,000
51	Mozambique	23,988,000
52	Taiwan	23,302,000
53	Ivory Coast	23,229,000
54	Madagascar	23,141,000
55	Syria	23,022,000
56	Australia	22,656,000
57	Sri Lanka	21,076,000
58	Cameroon	20,516,000
59	Romania	20,206,000
60	Niger	17,495,000
61	Chile	17,436,000
62	Kazakhstan	17,183,000
63	Netherlands	17,047,000
64	Burkina Faso	16,911,000
65	Mali	16,733,000
66	Malawi	15,486,000
67	Ecuador	15,451,000
68	Guatemala	14,940,000
69	Cambodia	14,833,000
70	Zambia	14,674,000
71	Zimbabwe	13,721,000
72	Senegal	13,131,000
73	Chad	12,984,000
74	Somalia	12,287,000
75	Cuba	11,304,000
76	Greece	11,090,000
77	Belgium	11,076,000
78	Tunisia	10,947,000
79	Guinea	10,789,000
80	Rwanda	10,701,000
81	Portugal	10,539,000
82	South Sudan	10,537,000
83	Czech Republic	10,505,000
84	Bolivia	10,432,000
85	Benin	10,244,000
86	Dominican Republic	10,008,000
87	Haiti	9,993,000
88	Hungary	9,928,000
89	Burundi	9,883,000
90	Sweden	9,483,000
91	Belarus	9,464,000
92	Azerbaijan	9,312,000
93	Honduras	8,628,000
94	Austria	8,410,000
95	Papua New Guinea	7,971,000
96	Switzerland	7,957,000
97	Tajikistan	7,914,000
98	Jordan	7,572,000
99	Israel	7,537,000
100	Bulgaria	7,350,000
101	Serbia	7,349,000
102	United Arab Emirates	7,344,000
103	Togo	7,009,000
104	Laos	6,473,000
105	Sierra Leone	6,470,000
106	Libya	6,122,000
107	El Salvador	6,102,000
108	Nicaragua	5,860,000
109	Paraguay	5,855,000
110	Turkmenistan	5,745,000
111	Denmark	5,686,000
112	Kyrgyzstan	5,646,000
113	Slovakia	5,402,000
114	Finland	5,401,000
115	Singapore	5,240,000
116	Lebanon	5,135,000
117	Norway	4,986,000
118	Republic of the Congo	4,683,000
119	Costa Rica	4,637,000
120	Central African Republic	4,593,000
121	Ireland	4,590,000
122	New Zealand	4,417,000
123	Liberia	4,325,000
124	Croatia	4,267,000
	Palestine	4,166,000
125	Georgia	3,854,000
126	Panama	3,726,000
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,707,000
128	Mauritania	3,560,000
129	Moldova	3,520,000
130	Oman	3,353,000
131	Uruguay	3,331,000
132	Kuwait	3,247,000
133	Eritrea	3,020,000
134	Lithuania	3,004,000
135	Armenia	2,923,000
136	Albania	2,911,000
137	Mongolia	2,769,000
138	Jamaica	2,767,000
139	Namibia	2,166,000
140	Botswana	2,092,000
141	Slovenia	2,051,000
142	Latvia	2,045,000
143	North Macedonia	2,034,000
144	Lesotho	2,024,000
145	Gambia	2,013,000
146	Qatar	1,859,000
147	Gabon	1,814,000
148	Kosovo	1,798,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	1,629,000
150	Trinidad and Tobago	1,399,000
151	Estonia	1,325,000
152	Mauritius	1,288,000
153	Equatorial Guinea	1,267,000
154	Bahrain	1,202,000
155	Cyprus	1,156,000
156	East Timor	1,123,000
157	Eswatini	1,121,000
158	Djibouti	958,000
159	Fiji	914,000
160	Guyana	745,000
161	Bhutan	713,000
162	Comoros	675,000
163	Montenegro	633,000
164	Solomon Islands	563,000
165	Suriname	559,000
166	Luxembourg	525,000
167	Cape Verde	512,000
168	Malta	426,000
169	Brunei	403,000
170	Maldives	380,000
171	Bahamas	374,000
172	Belize	331,000
173	Iceland	320,000
174	Barbados	277,000
175	Vanuatu	246,000
176	Samoa	196,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	188,000
178	Saint Lucia	172,000
179	Grenada	112,000
180	Kiribati	111,000
181	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,000
182	Tonga	108,000
183	Federated States of Micronesia	108,000
184	Seychelles	98,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	87,000
186	Andorra	78,000
187	Dominica	69,000
188	Marshall Islands	52,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,000
190	Liechtenstein	36,000
191	Monaco	34,000
192	San Marino	33,000
193	Palau	18,000
194	Tuvalu	11,000
195	Nauru	10,000
196	Vatican City	1,000