- See also: List of countries by population in 2005 and List of countries by population in 1907
This is a list of countries ordered according to population. The list includes and ranks sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories. Figures are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census authority where available and generally rounded off. Other figures are based on the 2007 mid-year estimate by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division.[Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Population Division (2006). "World Population Prospects, Table A.2" (.PDF). 2006 revision. United Nations. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.] Because the figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or with the same level of accuracy, the resulting rankings may be misleading.
| Rank | Country/territory/entity | Population | Date | % of world population | Source
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| — |  World | 6,671,226,000 | July 1, 2007 | 100% | UN estimate
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| 1 |  People\'s Republic of China[Mainland China only] | 1,325,980,000 | August 2 2008 | 19.88% | Chinese Population clock, in Chinese
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| 2 |  India | 1,136,160,000 | August 2 2008 | 17.03% | Official Indian Population clock
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| 3 |  United States | 303,605,941
| March 11, 2008 | 4.55% | Official USA Population clock
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| 4 |  Indonesia | 231,627,000 | | 3.47% | UN estimate
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| 5 |  Brazil | 186,315,468 | March 1, 2008 | 2.79% | Official Brazilian Population clock
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| 6 |  Pakistan | 162,652,500 | February 29, 2008 | 2.44% | Official Pakistani Population clock
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| 7 |  Bangladesh | 158,665,000 | | 2.38% | UN estimate
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| 8 |  Nigeria | 148,093,000 | | 2.22% | UN estimate
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| 9 |  Russia | 141,933,955 | March 1, 2008 | 2.13% | Russian Population clock
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| 10 |  Japan | 127,790,000 | December 1, 2007 | 1.92% | Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate
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| 11 |  Mexico | 106,535,000 | | 1.6% | UN estimate
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| 12 |  Philippines | 88,706,300 | July 1, 2007 | 1.33% |
Official Philippine National Statistics
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| 13 |  Vietnam | 87,375,000 | | 1.31% |
UN estimate
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| 14 |  Germany | 82,210,000 | December 31, 2007 | 1.23% | Federal Statistics Office estimate
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| 15 |  Ethiopia | 77,127,000 | July 2007 | 1.16% |
Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
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| 16 |  Egypt | 75,498,000 | | 1.13% |
UN estimate
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| 17 |  Iran | 71,208,000 | | 1.07% | UN estimate
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| 18 |  Turkey | 70,586,256 | December 31, 2007 | 1.06% | Turkish Statistical Institute
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| 19 |  France (incl. overseas France) | 64,473,140 | January 1, 2008 | 0.97% | Official INSEE estimate
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| 20 |  Thailand | 63,038,247 | December 31, 2007 | 0.94% |
Official Thai Statistics estimate
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| 21 |  Dem. Rep. of Congo | 62,636,000 | | 0.94% | UN estimate
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| 22 |  United Kingdom | 60,587,300 | June 30, 2006 | 0.91% | Official ONS estimate
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| 23 |  Italy | 59,337,888 | May 31, 2007 | 0.89% | Official Istat estimate
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| 24 |  Myanmar | 48,798,000 | | 0.73% |
UN estimate
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| 25 |  South Korea | 48,224,000 | | 0.72% | UN estimate
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| 26 |  South Africa | 47,850,700 | July 1, 2007 | 0.72% | Official Stat SA estimate
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| 27 |  Ukraine | 46,398,114 | December 1, 2007 | 0.69% | Official UKRSTAT estimate
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| 28 |  Spain | 45,200,737 | January 1, 2007 | 0.68% | Official INE estimate
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| 29 |  Colombia | 44,075,701
| March 1, 2008 | 0.66% | Official Colombian Population clock
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| 30 |  Argentina | 41,000,000
| September 2007 | 0.61% | Official INDEC estimate
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| 31 |  Tanzania | 40,454,000 | | 0.61% | UN estimate
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| 32 |  Sudan | 38,560,000 | | 0.58% | UN estimate
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| 33 |  Poland | 38,115,967 | June 30, 2007 | 0.57% | Official GUS estimate
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| 34 |  Kenya | 37,538,000 | | 0.56% | UN estimate
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| 35 |  Algeria | 33,858,000
| | 0.51% | UN estimate
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| 36 |  Canada | 33,334,700 | August 2 2008 | 0.5% | Official Canadian Population clock
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| 37 |  Morocco | 31,224,000 | | 0.47% | UN estimate
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| 38 |  Uganda | 30,884,000 | | 0.46% | UN estimate
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| 39 |  Iraq | 28,993,000 | | 0.43% | UN estimate
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| 40 |  Venezuela | 28,199,822 | February 24, 2008 | 0.42% | Official Venezuelan Population clock
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| 41 |  Nepal | 28,196,000 | | 0.42% | UN estimate
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| 42 |  Peru | 27,903,000 | | 0.42% | UN estimate
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| 43 |  Malaysia | 27,452,978 | February 29, 2008 | 0.41% | Official Malaysian Population clock
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| 44 |  Uzbekistan | 27,372,000 | | 0.41% | UN estimate
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| 45 |  Afghanistan | 27,145,000
| | 0.41% | UN estimate
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| 46 |  Saudi Arabia | 24,735,000 | | 0.37% | UN estimate
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| 47 |  North Korea | 23,790,000 | | 0.36% | UN estimate
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| 48 |  Ghana | 23,478,000 | | 0.35% | UN estimate
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| 49 |  Republic of China (Taiwan)[Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.] | 22,967,000 | December 31, 2007 | 0.34% | Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate
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| 50 |  Yemen | 22,389,000 | | 0.34% | UN estimate
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| 51 |  Romania | 21,438,000 | | 0.32% | UN estimate
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| 52 |  Mozambique | 21,397,000 | | 0.32% | UN estimate
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| 53 |  Australia[Includes Christmas Island (1,508), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (628), and Norfolk Island (1,828)] | 21,228,525 | March 6, 2008 | 0.32% | Official Australian Population clock
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| 54 |  Syria | 19,929,000 | | 0.3% | UN estimate
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| 55 |  Madagascar | 19,683,000 | | 0.3% | UN estimate
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| 56 |  Sri Lanka | 19,299,000 | | 0.29% | UN estimate
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| 57 |  CĂ´te d\'Ivoire | 19,262,000 | | 0.29% | UN estimate
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| 58 |  Cameroon | 18,549,000 | | 0.28% | UN estimate
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| 59 |  Angola | 17,024,000 | | 0.26% | UN estimate
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| 60 |  Chile | 16,598,074 | June 30, 2007 | 0.25% | Official INE projection
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| 61 |  Netherlands | 16,408,691 | March 2, 2008 | 0.25% | Official Netherlands Population clock
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| 62 |  Kazakhstan | 15,422,000 | | 0.23% | UN estimate
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| 63 |  Burkina Faso | 14,784,000 | | 0.22% | UN estimate
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| 64 |  Cambodia | 14,444,000 | | 0.22% | UN estimate
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| 65 |  Niger | 14,226,000 | | 0.21% | UN estimate
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| 66 |  Malawi | 13,925,000 | | 0.21% | UN estimate
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| 67 |  Guatemala | 13,354,000 | | 0.2% | UN estimate
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| 68 |  Zimbabwe | 13,349,000 | | 0.2% | UN estimate
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| 69 |  Ecuador | 13,341,000 | | 0.2% | UN estimate
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| 70 |  Senegal | 12,379,000 | | 0.19% | UN estimate
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| 71 |  Mali | 12,337,000 | | 0.18% | UN estimate
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| 72 |  Zambia | 11,922,000 | | 0.18% | UN estimate
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| 73 |  Cuba | 11,268,000 | | 0.17% | UN estimate
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| 74 |  Greece | 11,147,000 | | 0.17% | UN estimate
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| 75 |  Chad | 10,781,000 | | 0.16% | UN estimate
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| 76 |  Portugal | 10,623,000 | | 0.16% | UN estimate
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| 77 | .svg/58px-Flag of Belgium (civil).svg) Belgium | 10,584,534 | January 1, 2007 | 0.16% | Official Statbel estimate
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| 78 |  Czech Republic | 10,349,372 | September 30, 2007 | 0.16% | Official ÄŚSĂš estimate
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| 79 |  Tunisia | 10,327,000 | | 0.15% | UN estimate
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| 80 |  Hungary | 10,053,000 | June 26, 2007 | 0.15% | Official KSH estimate
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| 81 |  Dominican Republic | 9,760,000 | | 0.15% | UN estimate
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| 82 |  Rwanda | 9,725,000 | | 0.15% | UN estimate
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| 83 |  Belarus | 9,714,000 | end of 2006 | 0.15% | Official statistics of Belarus
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| 84 |  Haiti | 9,598,000 | | 0.14% | UN estimate
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| 85 |  Bolivia | 9,525,000 | | 0.14% | UN estimate
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| 86 |  Guinea | 9,370,000 | | 0.14% | UN estimate
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| 87 |  Sweden | 9,182,927 | December 31, 2007 | 0.14% | [1]
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| 88 |  Benin | 9,033,000 | | 0.14% | UN estimate
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| 89 |  Somalia | 8,699,000 | | 0.13% | UN estimate
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| 90 |  Burundi | 8,508,000 | | 0.13% | UN estimate
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| 91 |  Azerbaijan | 8,467,000 | | 0.13% | UN estimate
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| 92 |  Austria | 8,327,709 | December 31 2007 | 0.12% | Official Statistics Austria estimate
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| 93 |  Serbia[Excludes Kosovo. Mid-2007 UN estimate, which includes Kosovo is 9,858,000] | 7,758,000[citation needed] | | 0.12% |
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| 94 |  Bulgaria | 7,639,000 | | 0.11% | UN estimate
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| 95 |  Switzerland | 7,591,400 | December 31, 2007 | 0.11% | Swiss Federal Statistical Office
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| 96 |  Israel | 7,254,500[UN figure for mid-2007 is 6,967,000, which excludes Israeli population living in the West Bank.] | January 31, 2008 | 0.11% | Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
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| 97 |  Honduras | 7,106,000 | | 0.11% | UN estimate
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| — |  Hong Kong | 6,963,100 | December 31, 2007 | 0.11% | Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong
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| 98 |  El Salvador | 6,857,000 | | 0.1% | UN estimate
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| 99 |  Tajikistan | 6,736,000 | | 0.1% | UN estimate
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| 100 |  Togo | 6,585,000 | | 0.099% | UN estimate
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| 101 |  Papua New Guinea | 6,331,000 | | 0.095% | UN estimate
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| 102 |  Libya | 6,160,000 | | 0.092% | UN estimate
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| 103 |  Paraguay | 6,127,000 | | 0.092% | UN estimate
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| 104 |  Jordan | 5,924,000 | | 0.089% | UN estimate
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| 105 |  Sierra Leone | 5,866,000 | | 0.088% | UN estimate
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| 106 |  Laos | 5,859,000 | | 0.088% | UN estimate
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| 107 |  Nicaragua | 5,603,000 | | 0.084% | UN estimate
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| 108 |  Denmark | 5,475,791 | December 31, 2007 | 0.082% | Official "Statistics Denmark"
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| 109 |  Slovakia | 5,398,629 | September 30, 2007 | 0.081% | Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
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| 110 |  Kyrgyzstan | 5,317,000 | | 0.08% | UN estimate
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| 111 |  Finland | 5,305,262[Includes Ă…land Islands] | March 5, 2008 | 0.08% | Official Finnish Population clock
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| 112 |  Turkmenistan | 4,965,000 | | 0.074% | UN estimate
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| 113 |  Eritrea | 4,851,000 | | 0.073% | UN estimate
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| 114 |  Norway | 4,748,300[Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island] | March 5, 2008 | 0.071% | Official Norwegian Population clock
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| 115 |  Singapore | 4,681,000 | September 27, 2007 | 0.07% | Statistics Singapore
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| 116 |  Croatia | 4,555,000 | | 0.068% | UN estimate
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| 117 |  Costa Rica | 4,468,000 | | 0.067% | UN estimate
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| 118 |  Georgia | 4,395,000[Figure includes the Republic of Abkhazia (216,000) and South Ossetia (70,000)] | | 0.066% | UN estimate
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| 119 |  United Arab Emirates | 4,380,000 | | 0.066% | UN estimate
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| 120 |  Central African Republic | 4,343,000 | | 0.065% | UN estimate
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| 121 |  Ireland | 4,339,000 | April 30, 2007 | 0.065% | Official CSO Ireland Statistics
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| 122 |  New Zealand | 4,260,500 | March 6, 2008 | 0.064% | Official New Zealand Population clock
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| 123 |  Lebanon | 4,099,000 | | 0.061% | UN estimate
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| 124 |  Palestinian territories | 4,017,000 | | 0.06% | UN estimate
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| 125 |  Puerto Rico | 3,991,000 | | 0.06% | UN estimate
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| 126 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,935,000 | | 0.059% | UN estimate
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| 127 |  Moldova | 3,794,000[Includes Transnistria (555,347)] | | 0.057% | UN estimate
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| 128 |  Republic of the Congo | 3,768,000 | | 0.056% | UN estimate
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| 129 |  Liberia | 3,750,000 | | 0.056% | UN estimate
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| — |  Somaliland | 3,500,000 | | 0.052% | Somaliland government
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| 130 |  Lithuania | 3,366,200 | January 1, 2008 | 0.051% | Statistics Lithuania
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| 131 |  Panama | 3,343,000 | | 0.05% | UN estimate
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| 132 |  Uruguay | 3,340,000 | | 0.05% | UN estimate
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| 133 |  Albania | 3,190,000 | | 0.048% | UN estimate
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| 134 |  Mauritania | 3,124,000 | | 0.047% | UN estimate
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| 135 |  Armenia | 3,002,000 | | 0.045% | UN estimate
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| 136 |  Kuwait | 2,851,000 | | 0.043% | UN estimate
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| 137 |  Jamaica | 2,714,000 | | 0.041% | UN estimate
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| 138 |  Mongolia | 2,629,000 | | 0.039% | UN estimate
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| 139 |  Oman | 2,595,000 | | 0.039% | UN estimate
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| 140 |  Latvia | 2,269,600 | January 31, 2008 | 0.034% | Latvijas Statistika
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| 141 |  Kosovo | 2,126,708 | | 0.031% | The World Factbook
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| 142 |  Namibia | 2,074,000 | | 0.031% | UN estimate
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| 143 |  FYROM | 2,038,000 | | 0.031% | UN estimate
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| 144 |  Slovenia | 2,024,466 | February 24, 2008 | 0.031% | Official Slovenian population clock
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| 145 |  Lesotho | 2,008,000 | | 0.03% | UN estimate
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| 146 |  Botswana | 1,882,000 | | 0.028% | UN estimate
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| 147 |  Gambia | 1,709,000 | | 0.026% | UN estimate
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| 148 |  Guinea-Bissau | 1,695,000 | | 0.025% | UN estimate
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| 149 |  Estonia | 1,340,600 | January 1, 2008 | 0.02% | Statistics Estonia
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| 150 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1,333,000 | | 0.02% | UN estimate
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| 151 |  Gabon | 1,331,000 | | 0.02% | UN estimate
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| 152 |  Mauritius | 1,262,000[Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon]
| | 0.019% | UN estimate
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| 153 |  East Timor | 1,155,000 | | 0.017% | UN estimate
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| 154 |  Swaziland | 1,141,000 | | 0.017% | UN estimate
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| 155 |  Cyprus | 855,000[Includes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (264,172). The Statistical Institute of the Republic of Cyprus shows a population of 749,200 (2004 Census).] | | 0.013% | UN estimate
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| 156 |  Qatar | 841,000 | | 0.013% | UN estimate
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| 157 |  Djibouti | 833,000 | | 0.012% | UN estimate
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| 158 |  Fiji | 827,900 | 2007 Population Census | 0.013% | [http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/
Fiji Islands bureau of statistics]
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| — | Réunion[Part of France.] | 793,000 | January 1, 2007 | 0.012% | Official INSEE estimate
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| 159 |  Bahrain | 760,168 | | 0.011% | Kingdom of Bahrain Government Statistics
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| 160 |  Guyana | 738,000 | | 0.011% | UN estimate
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| 161 |  Comoros | 682,000[Excludes the island of Mayotte. The UN estimate is 839,000 (including Mayotte)] | July 2007 | 0.01% | World Gazetteer projection
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| 162 |  Bhutan | 658,000 | | 0.01% | UN estimate
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| 163 |  Montenegro | 598,000 | | 0.009% | UN estimate
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| — |  Macau | 531,400 | September 30, 2007 | 0.007% | Census and Statistics Department of Macao
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| 164 |  Cape Verde | 530,000 | | 0.008% | UN estimate
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| 165 |  Equatorial Guinea | 507,000 | | 0.008% | UN estimate
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| 166 |  Solomon Islands | 496,000 | | 0.007% | UN estimate
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| 167 |  Western Sahara | 480,000 | | 0.007% | UN estimate
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| 168 |  Luxembourg | 476,200 | January 1, 2007 | 0.007% | [Le portail des statistiques du Luxenbourg
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| 169 |  Suriname | 458,000 | | 0.007% | UN estimate
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| — | Guadeloupe | 408,000 | January 1, 2007 | 0.006% | INSEE est. subtracting St Martin and St Barth.
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| 170 |  Malta | 407,000 | | 0.006% | UN estimate
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| — | Martinique | 401,000 | January 1, 2007 | 0.006% | Official INSEE estimate
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| 171 |  Brunei | 390,000 | | 0.006% | UN estimate
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| 172 |  Bahamas | 331,000 | | 0.005% | UN estimate
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| 173 |  Iceland | 313,376 | January 1, 2008 | 0.005% | Hagstofa ĂŤslands
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| 174 |  Maldives | 306,000 | | 0.005% | UN estimate
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| 175 |  Barbados | 294,000 | | 0.004% | UN estimate
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| 176 |  Belize | 288,000 | | 0.004% | UN estimate
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| — |  French Polynesia | 259,596 | August 20, 2007 | 0.004% | August 2007 census
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| — | New Caledonia | 240,390 | January 1, 2007 | 0.004% | Official INSEE estimate
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| 177 |  Vanuatu | 226,000 | | 0.003% | UN estimate
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| — | French Guiana | 209,000 | January 1, 2007 | 0.003% | Official INSEE estimate
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| 178 |  Netherlands Antilles | 192,000 | | 0.003% | UN estimate
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| 179 |  Samoa | 188,540 | 2008 | 0.003% | [ http://www.spc.int/prism/Country/WS/stats/ Samoa Statistics Department]
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| — | Mayotte | 186,452 | July 31, 2007 | 0.003% | July 2007 census
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| 180 |  Guam | 173,000 | | 0.003% | UN estimate
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| 181 |  Saint Lucia | 165,000 | | 0.002% | UN estimate
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