World population

[Odie]

population of the World and by countries:

hard to believe there are this many people!

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Rank ↓ Country / Territory ↓ Population ↓ Date ↓ % of world population ↓ Source ↓

— Flag of World World 6,737,800,000 November 19, 2008 100% International Programs Center - census.gov

1 People's Republic of China[2] 1,327,320,000 November 19, 2008 19.7% Chinese Population clock

2 India 1,140,760,000 November 19, 2008 16.93% Indian Population clock

3 United States 305,690,000 November 19, 2008 4.54% Official USA Population clock

4 Indonesia 228,780,000 November 15, 2008 3.39% Indonesian Population Clock

5 Brazil 188,124,000 November 19, 2008 2.79% Official Brazilian Population clock

6 Pakistan 164,888,000 November 19, 2008 2.45% Official Pakistani Population clock

7 Bangladesh 158,665,000 2.36% UN estimate

8 Nigeria 148,093,000 2.2% UN estimate

9 Russia 141,900,000 August 1, 2008 2.11% Federal state statistics service

10 Japan 127,690,000 May 1, 2008 1.9% Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate

11 Mexico 106,682,500 mid-2008 1.58% INEGI projection

12 Philippines 90,457,200 mid-2008 1.34%

National Statistics Office projection

13 Vietnam 87,375,000 1.3%

UN estimate

14 Germany 82,169,000 February 29, 2008 1.22% Federal Statistics Office estimate

15 Ethiopia 79,221,000 July 2008 1.18%

Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency

16 Egypt 75,552,000 November 19, 2008 1.12% Official population clock

17 Turkey 70,586,256 December 31, 2007 1.05% Turkish Statistical Institute

18 Iran 70,495,782 November 2006 1.05%

Statistical Center of IRAN

19 France (incl. overseas France) 64,473,140 January 1, 2008 0.96% Official INSEE estimate

20 Thailand 63,038,247 December 31, 2007 0.94%

Official Thai Statistics estimate

21 Dem. Rep. of Congo 62,636,000 0.93% UN estimate

22 United Kingdom 61,186,000 January 1, 2008 0.9% [3]

23 Italy 59,619,290 December 31, 2007 0.89% Official Istat estimate

24 Burma 48,798,000 0.72%

UN estimate

25 South Korea 48,224,000 0.72% UN estimate

26 South Africa 47,850,700 July 1, 2007 0.71% Official Stat SA estimate

27 Ukraine 46,191,022 September 1, 2008 0.69% Official UKRSTAT estimate

28 Spain 46,063,500 January 2008 0.67% Official INE estimate

29 Colombia 44,603,000 October 13, 2008 0.65% Official Colombian Population clock

30 Tanzania 40,454,000 0.6% UN estimate

31 Argentina 39,745,613 June 30, 2008 0.61% Official INDEC estimate

32 Sudan 38,560,000 0.57% UN estimate

33 Poland 38,115,967 June 30, 2007 0.57% Official GUS estimate

34 Kenya 37,538,000 0.56% UN estimate

35 Algeria 33,858,000 0.5% UN estimate

36 Canada 33,432,900 November 19, 2008 0.5% Official Canadian Population clock

37 Morocco 31,224,000 0.46% UN estimate

38 Uganda 30,884,000 0.46% UN estimate

39 Iraq 28,993,000 0.43% UN estimate

40 Peru 28,750,770 June 30, 2007 0.43% Official INEI estimate[3]

41 Nepal 28,196,000 0.42% UN estimate

42 Venezuela 28,018,018 September 25, 2008 0.42% Official Venezuelan Population clock

43 Malaysia 27,730,000 September 5, 2008 0.41% Official Malaysian population website

44 Uzbekistan 27,372,000 0.41% UN estimate

45 Afghanistan 27,145,000 0.4% UN estimate

46 Saudi Arabia 24,735,000 0.37% UN estimate

47 North Korea 23,790,000 0.35% UN estimate

48 Ghana 23,478,000 0.35% UN estimate

49 Republic of China (Taiwan)[4] 23,007,007 August 31, 2008 0.34% Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate

50 Yemen 22,389,000 0.33% UN estimate

51 Romania 21,528,600 January 1, 2008 0.32% [4]

52 Australia[5] 21,487,170 November 16, 2008 0.32% Official Australian Population clock

53 Mozambique 21,397,000 0.32% UN estimate

54 Syria 19,929,000 0.3% UN estimate

55 Madagascar 19,683,000 0.29% UN estimate

56 Sri Lanka 19,299,000 0.29% UN estimate

57 Côte d'Ivoire 19,262,000 0.29% UN estimate

58 Cameroon 18,549,000 0.28% UN estimate

59 Angola 17,024,000 0.25% UN estimate

60 Chile 16,828,000 November 19, 2008 0.25% Official INE projection

61 Netherlands 16,468,072 November 13, 2008 0.24% Official Netherlands Population clock

62 Kazakhstan 15,422,000 0.23% UN estimate

63 Burkina Faso 14,784,000 0.22% UN estimate

64 Niger 14,226,000 0.21% UN estimate

65 Malawi 13,925,000 0.21% UN estimate

66 Ecuador 13,867,761 October 23, 2008 0.21% INEC

67 Cambodia 13,388,910 March 3, 2008 0.2% 2008 Census[6]

68 Guatemala 13,354,000 0.2% UN estimate

69 Zimbabwe 13,349,000 0.2% UN estimate

70 Senegal 12,379,000 0.18% UN estimate

71 Mali 12,337,000 0.18% UN estimate

72 Zambia 11,922,000 0.18% UN estimate

73 Cuba 11,268,000 0.17% UN estimate

74 Greece 11,215,000 January 1, 2008 0.17% [5]

75 Chad 10,781,000 0.16% UN estimate

76 Belgium 10,666,866 January 1, 2008 0.16% Official Statbel estimate

77 Portugal 10,617,600 January 1, 2008 0.16% [6]

78 Czech Republic 10,424,926 June 30, 2008 0.15% Official ČSÚ estimate

79 Tunisia 10,327,000 0.15% UN estimate

80 Hungary 10,035,000 June 30, 2008 0.15% Hungarian Central Statistical Office

81 Serbia[7] 9,527,100 January 1, 2008 0.15% [7]

82 Dominican Republic 9,760,000 0.14% UN estimate

83 Rwanda 9,725,000 0.14% UN estimate

84 Belarus 9,690,000 December 31, 2007 0.14% Official statistics of Belarus

85 Haiti 9,598,000 0.14% UN estimate

86 Bolivia 9,525,000 0.14% UN estimate

87 Guinea 9,370,000 0.14% UN estimate

88 Sweden 9,242,595 September 30, 2008 0.14% Statistics Sweden

89 Benin 9,033,000 0.13% UN estimate

90 Somalia 8,699,000 0.13% UN estimate

91 Burundi 8,508,000 0.13% UN estimate

92 Azerbaijan 8,629,900 January 1, 2008 0.13% [8]

93 Austria 8,340,924 April 1, 2008 0.12% Official Statistics Austria estimate

94 Switzerland 7,647,600 June 30, 2008 0.11% Swiss Federal Statistical Office

95 Bulgaria 7,640,238 December 31, 2007 0.11% National Statistical Institute

96 Israel 7,337,000[8] September 30, 2008 0.11% Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics

97 Honduras 7,106,000 0.11% UN estimate

— Hong Kong 6,985,260 June 30, 2008 0.11% Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong SAR

98 El Salvador 6,857,000 0.1% UN estimate

99 Tajikistan 6,736,000 0.1% UN estimate

100 Togo 6,585,000 0.098% UN estimate

101 Papua New Guinea 6,331,000 0.094% UN estimate

102 Libya 6,160,000 0.091% UN estimate

103 Paraguay 6,127,000 0.091% UN estimate

104 Jordan 5,924,000 0.088% UN estimate

105 Sierra Leone 5,866,000 0.087% UN estimate

106 Laos 5,859,000 0.087% UN estimate

107 Nicaragua 5,603,000 0.083% UN estimate

108 Denmark 5,506,000 October 1, 2008 0.081% Statistics Denmark

109 Slovakia 5,404,784 June 30, 2008 0.08% Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

110 Finland 5,324,868[9] November 18, 2008 0.079% Official Finnish Population clock

111 Kyrgyzstan 5,317,000 0.079% UN estimate

112 Turkmenistan 4,965,000 0.074% UN estimate

113 Eritrea 4,851,000 0.072% UN estimate

114 Singapore 4,839,400 Mid-2008 0.072% Statistics Singapore

115 Norway 4,793,400[10] November 18, 2008 0.071% Official Norwegian Population clock

116 Croatia 4,435,400 January 1, 2008 0.068% [9]

117 Costa Rica 4,468,000 0.066% UN estimate

118 Ireland 4,422,100 April 30, 2008 0.064% Official CSO Ireland Statistics

119 Georgia 4,382,100[11] January 1, 2008 0.065% [10]

120 United Arab Emirates 4,380,000 0.065% UN estimate

121 Central African Republic 4,343,000 0.065% UN estimate

122 New Zealand 4,287,100 November 19, 2008 0.063% Official New Zealand Population clock

123 Lebanon 4,099,000 0.061% UN estimate

124 Puerto Rico 3,991,000 0.059% UN estimate

125 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,935,000 0.058% UN estimate

126 Moldova 3,572,700[12] January 1, 2008 0.056% [11]

127 Republic of the Congo 3,768,000 0.056% UN estimate

128 Palestinian territories 3,761,646 December 1, 2007 0.056% Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics - 2007 Census

129 Liberia 3,750,000 0.056% UN estimate

— Somaliland 3,500,000 Date unknown 0.052% Somaliland government

130 Lithuania 3,361,100 April 1, 2008 0.05% Statistics Lithuania

131 Panama 3,343,000 0.05% UN estimate

132 Uruguay 3,340,000 0.05% UN estimate

133 Armenia 3,230,100 January 1, 2008 0.045% [12]

134 Albania 3,170,000 January 1, 2008 0.047% [13]

135 Mauritania 3,124,000 0.046% UN estimate

136 Kuwait 2,851,000 0.042% UN estimate

137 Jamaica 2,714,000 0.04% UN estimate

138 Mongolia 2,629,000 0.039% UN estimate

139 Oman 2,595,000 0.039% UN estimate

140 Latvia 2,268,000 May 1, 2008 0.034% Latvijas Statistika

141 Namibia 2,074,000 0.031% UN estimate

142 Republic of Macedonia 2,045,200 January 1, 2008 0.03% [14]

143 Slovenia 2,041,050 November 15, 2008 0.031% Official Slovenian population clock

144 Lesotho 2,008,000 0.03% UN estimate

145 Botswana 1,882,000 0.028% UN estimate

146 Gambia 1,709,000 0.025% UN estimate

147 Guinea-Bissau 1,695,000 0.025% UN estimate

148 Estonia 1,340,600 January 1, 2008 0.02% Statistics Estonia

149 Trinidad and Tobago 1,333,000 0.02% UN estimate

150 Gabon 1,331,000 0.02% UN estimate

151 Mauritius 1,262,000[13] 0.019% UN estimate

152 East Timor 1,155,000 0.017% UN estimate

153 Swaziland 1,141,000 0.017% UN estimate

154 Cyprus 794,600 January 1, 2008 0.012% [15]

155 Qatar 841,000[14] 0.012% UN estimate

156 Djibouti 833,000 0.012% UN estimate

157 Fiji 827,900 2007 0.012% Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics

— Réunion[15] 793,000 January 1, 2007 0.012% Official INSEE estimate

158 Bahrain 760,168 Date unknown 0.011% Kingdom of Bahrain Government Statistics

159 Guyana 738,000 0.011% UN estimate

160 Comoros 682,000[16] July 2007 0.01% World Gazetteer projection

161 Bhutan 658,000 0.01% UN estimate

162 Montenegro 620,000 0.009% UN estimate

— Macau 538,100 December 31, 2007 0.008% Statistics and Census Service of Macau

163 Cape Verde 530,000 0.008% UN estimate

164 Equatorial Guinea[17] 507,000 0.008% UN estimate

165 Solomon Islands 506,992 January 1, 2008 0.007% [16]

166 Luxembourg 483,800 January 1, 2008 0.007% Le portail des statistiques du Luxenbourg

167 Western Sahara 480,000 0.007% UN estimate

168 Suriname 458,000 0.007% UN estimate

— Guadeloupe[15] 451,000 January 1, 2007 0.007% INSEE estimate (minus the populations of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy)

169 Malta 410,600 January 1, 2008 0.006% [17]

— Martinique[15] 401,000 January 1, 2007 0.006% Official INSEE estimate

170 Brunei 390,000 0.006% UN estimate

171 Bahamas 331,000 0.005% UN estimate

172 Iceland 320,169 October 1, 2008 0.005% Hagstofa Íslands

173 Maldives 306,000 0.005% UN estimate

174 Barbados 294,000 0.004% UN estimate

175 Belize 288,000 0.004% UN estimate

— French Polynesia[15] 259,596 August 20, 2007 0.004% August 2007 census

— New Caledonia[15] 244,600 January 1, 2008 0.004% Official ISEE estimate

176 Vanuatu 226,000 0.003% UN estimate

— French Guiana[15] 209,000 January 1, 2007 0.003% Official INSEE estimate

177 Netherlands Antilles 192,000 0.003% UN estimate

178 Samoa 188,540 2008 0.003% Samoa Statistics Department

— Mayotte[15] 186,452 July 31, 2007 0.003% July 2007 census

179 Guam 173,000 0.003% UN estimate

180 Saint Lucia 165,000 0.002% UN estimate

181 São Tomé and Príncipe 158,000 0.002% UN estimate

182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 120,000 0.002% UN estimate

183 U.S. Virgin Islands 111,000 0.002% UN estimate

184 Federated States of Micronesia 111,000 0.002% UN estimate

185 Grenada 106,000 0.002% UN estimate

186 Aruba 104,000 0.002% UN estimate

187 Tonga 100,000 0.001% UN estimate

188 Kiribati 95,000 0.001% UN estimate

189 Jersey 89,300 December 31, 2006 0.001% [18]

190 Seychelles 87,000 0.001% UN estimate

191 Antigua and Barbuda 85,000 0.001% UN estimate

192 Northern Mariana Islands 84,000 0.001% UN estimate

193 Andorra 83,137 December 31, 2007 0.001% [19]

194 Isle of Man 80,058 2006 0.001% Isle of Man Government

195 Dominica 67,000 0.001% UN estimate

196 American Samoa 67,000 0.001% UN estimate

197 Guernsey 65,726 July 2008 0.001% The World Factbook

198 Bermuda 65,000 0.001% UN estimate

199 Marshall Islands 59,000 0.001% UN estimate

200 Greenland 58,000 0.001% UN estimate

201 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50,000 0.001% UN estimate

202 Faroe Islands 48,839 August 1, 2008 0.001% Official statistics of the Faroe Islands

203 Cayman Islands 47,000 0.001% UN estimate

204 Liechtenstein 35,365 December 31, 2007 0.0005% Statistik Liechtenstein

— Saint-Martin[15] 33,102[citation needed] October 2004 0.0005% October 2004 supplementary census[citation needed]

205 Monaco 33,000 0.0005%

UN estimate

206 San Marino 30,800 January 1, 2008 0.0005% [20]

207 Gibraltar 28,875 2006 0.0004% Government of Gibraltar - information services

208 Turks and Caicos Islands 26,000 0.0004% UN estimate

209 British Virgin Islands 23,000 0.0003% UN estimate

210 Cook Islands 20,200[18] September 2007 0.0002% Statistics office

211 Palau 20,000 0.0003% UN estimate

— Wallis and Futuna[15] 15,000 0.0002% UN estimate

212 Anguilla 13,000 0.0002% UN estimate

213 Tuvalu 11,000 0.0002% UN estimate

214 Nauru 10,000 0.0001% UN estimate

— Saint-Barthélemy[15] 8,450 January 1, 2007 0.0001% January 2007 census

215 Saint Helena 6,600[19] 0.0001% UN estimate

— Saint-Pierre and Miquelon[15] 6,125 January 1, 2006 0.0001% January 2006 census

216 Montserrat 5,900 0.0001% UN estimate

217 Falkland Islands 3,000 0.00005% UN estimate

218 Niue 1,600 0.00003% UN estimate

219 Tokelau 1,400 0.00003% UN estimate

220 Vatican City 800 0.00002% UN estimate

221 Pitcairn Islands 50 0.000001% UN estimate

[spot]

If you add them up there's 6.7 billion of them, all but ten living on Earth's land area of 58 million square miles. That's 112 people per square mile which isn't all that many people really. I live on a more populated part, there must be 8,000 people waking up in the square mile around me at the moment.

I'm comfortable enough at the density around me. If that were spread worldwide it would increase the world population 70 times over and we'd still not be crowded. That would be about the limit if we just stay thinly spread on the surface instead of all living in tower blocks. If we went for tower blocks we could go up another hundred times again. That would be about 45 trillion people at which point we could do with a population planning office.

[Bryn Mawr]

spot;1062684 wrote: If you add them up there's 6.7 billion of them, all but ten living on Earth's land area of 58 million square miles. That's 112 people per square mile which isn't all that many people really. I live on a more populated part, there must be 8,000 people waking up in the square mile around me at the moment.

I'm comfortable enough at the density around me. If that were spread worldwide it would increase the world population 70 times over and we'd still not be crowded. That would be about the limit if we just stay thinly spread on the surface instead of all living in tower blocks. If we went for tower blocks we could go up another hundred times again. That would be about 45 trillion people at which point we could do with a population planning office.


There's the minor problem of food production if we start urbanising the farmland - and I pity the poor sods whose allocation was at the top of Everest.

I also think you've seriously undercounted your neighbours - even given the amount of greenery down your way.

[spot]

Bryn Mawr;1062691 wrote: There's the minor problem of food production if we start urbanising the farmland - and I pity the poor sods whose allocation was at the top of Everest.

I also think you've seriously undercounted your neighbours - even given the amount of greenery down your way.


It's the Downs.

Radius of Bristol = 4 miles

Area = 3.14 x 4 x 4 = 40

population = 350,000

density = 8,000 on the back of an envelope.

Nobody grows food any longer, we have the Soylent Corporation.

Those on Everest have special hoodies.

[Odie]

34 million is lot for Canada and its becoming over-populated

[spot]

Odie;1062914 wrote: 34 million is lot for Canada and its becoming over-populated


All of it or just bits of it? Canada has an average of eight people in every square mile and most of those are in the cities. If you added a new city of ten million people where currently there's a lot of trees, would that make the rest of Canada feel more full of people?

[YZGI]

Odie;1062914 wrote: 34 million is lot for Canada and its becoming over-populated
I agree, how may eh's can one country take?:D

[mikeinie]

Odie;1062914 wrote: 34 million is lot for Canada and its becoming over-populated


Isn't Canada the largest country in the world by land? if not the 1st it is definitely the second largest, (but then again, who would want to live up in the tundra and arctic?)

Actually Canada is a pretty great place; it is always ranked in the top 5 best countries in the world to live in by the UN.

For a population of 34 million, who has to cover such a massive land mass, the services in the country are great (taxes go a long way), I mean look at all the roads that need to be cleared of snow in the winter, the cost of that alone must be huge. Then you also have great health care, you are a hugely multi-cultural country with no real race issues. You generally get on with everyone in the world.

Then you need to put up with your noisy neighbors¦¦

Canada has a lot to be proud of.

[Odie]

mikeinie;1062986 wrote: Isn't Canada the largest country in the world by land? if not the 1st it is definitely the second largest, (but then again, who would want to live up in the tundra and arctic?)

Actually Canada is a pretty great place; it is always ranked in the top 5 best countries in the world to live in by the UN.

For a population of 34 million, who has to cover such a massive land mass, the services in the country are great (taxes go a long way), I mean look at all the roads that need to be cleared of snow in the winter, the cost of that alone must be huge. Then you also have great health care, you are a hugely multi-cultural country with no real race issues. You generally get on with everyone in the world.

Then you need to put up with your noisy neighbors¦¦

Canada has a lot to be proud of.




I am proud to be Canadian as you well know, I just think Toronto has gotten way over-populated......

Toronto unfortunately has race issues, and its a shame living in a multi-cultural city!

and our roads that are cleared from snow, we pay for all of this in our property tax's when owning a home.



and those noisy neighbours...ahhh its cold out now so we don't see them!:yh_rotfl

[Victoria]

Wow this tiny country with over 16 million ! no wonder we have such small gardens!