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 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	6,107,942,000
1	China	1,266,727,000
2	India	1,050,012,000
3	United States	284,964,000
4	Indonesia	212,544,000
5	Brazil	174,693,000
6	Pakistan	151,822,000
7	Russia	147,130,000
8	Bangladesh	127,976,000
9	Japan	126,665,000
10	Nigeria	121,235,000
11	Mexico	97,112,000
12	Germany	81,562,000
13	Vietnam	78,591,000
14	Philippines	77,121,000
15	Egypt	70,638,000
16	Ethiopia	66,059,000
17	Iran	64,980,000
18	Turkey	63,645,000
19	Thailand	62,771,000
20	France	60,742,000
21	United Kingdom	59,143,000
22	Italy	56,951,000
23	Ukraine	49,106,000
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	47,902,000
25	South Korea	46,650,000
26	South Africa	46,607,000
27	Myanmar	45,297,000
28	Spain	40,634,000
29	Colombia	38,902,000
30	Poland	38,341,000
31	Argentina	36,864,000
32	Tanzania	33,972,000
33	Algeria	30,561,000
34	Canada	30,530,000
35	Kenya	30,398,000
36	Morocco	28,630,000
37	Peru	26,462,000
38	Sudan	25,965,000
39	Uzbekistan	24,768,000
40	Nepal	24,358,000
41	Iraq	24,215,000
42	Venezuela	24,197,000
43	Uganda	23,647,000
44	North Korea	23,291,000
45	Malaysia	22,647,000
46	Taiwan	22,127,000
47	Romania	21,979,000
48	Saudi Arabia	21,278,000
49	Afghanistan	19,670,000
50	Ghana	19,412,000
51	Australia	18,903,000
52	Sri Lanka	18,727,000
53	Yemen	18,371,000
54	Mozambique	17,548,000
55	Ivory Coast	16,575,000
56	Angola	16,127,000
57	Syria	16,103,000
58	Netherlands	15,989,000
59	Madagascar	15,973,000
60	Chile	15,264,000
61	Kazakhstan	15,216,000
62	Cameroon	14,894,000
63	Ecuador	12,518,000
64	Cambodia	12,010,000
65	Zimbabwe	11,791,000
66	Burkina Faso	11,703,000
67	Guatemala	11,602,000
68	Niger	11,422,000
69	Malawi	11,099,000
70	Cuba	11,088,000
71	Mali	11,073,000
72	Greece	11,019,000
73	Belarus	10,281,000
74	Portugal	10,262,000
75	Belgium	10,243,000
76	Czech Republic	10,241,000
77	Hungary	10,213,000
78	Tunisia	9,842,000
79	Zambia	9,750,000
80	Senegal	9,590,000
81	Sweden	8,859,000
82	Somalia	8,546,000
83	Bolivia	8,516,000
84	Dominican Republic	8,476,000
85	Haiti	8,284,000
86	Guinea	8,263,000
87	Azerbaijan	8,144,000
88	Bulgaria	8,130,000
89	Chad	8,124,000
90	Rwanda	8,057,000
91	Austria	8,001,000
92	Serbia	7,946,000
93	Switzerland	7,163,000
94	Benin	6,892,000
95	Honduras	6,566,000
96	Burundi	6,244,000
97	Tajikistan	6,204,000
98	Israel	6,056,000
99	South Sudan	5,978,000
100	El Salvador	5,942,000
101	Denmark	5,431,000
102	Papua New Guinea	5,414,000
103	Laos	5,386,000
104	Slovakia	5,376,000
105	Finland	5,171,000
106	Libya	5,096,000
107	Nicaragua	5,088,000
108	Paraguay	5,076,000
109	Jordan	5,003,000
110	Togo	4,939,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	4,911,000
112	Croatia	4,577,000
113	Turkmenistan	4,536,000
114	Sierra Leone	4,485,000
115	Norway	4,479,000
116	Georgia	4,331,000
117	Lebanon	4,286,000
118	Moldova	4,277,000
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,172,000
120	Singapore	4,015,000
121	Costa Rica	3,941,000
122	New Zealand	3,861,000
123	Ireland	3,742,000
124	Central African Republic	3,706,000
125	Lithuania	3,618,000
126	Uruguay	3,287,000
127	Albania	3,196,000
128	Armenia	3,188,000
129	United Arab Emirates	3,186,000
	Palestine	3,091,000
130	Republic of the Congo	3,056,000
131	Panama	2,972,000
132	Liberia	2,855,000
133	Mauritania	2,657,000
134	Jamaica	2,605,000
135	Mongolia	2,440,000
136	Latvia	2,409,000
137	Eritrea	2,378,000
138	Oman	2,329,000
139	North Macedonia	2,030,000
140	Lesotho	1,997,000
141	Slovenia	1,985,000
142	Kuwait	1,906,000
143	Kosovo	1,817,000
144	Namibia	1,799,000
145	Botswana	1,709,000
146	Gambia	1,417,000
147	Estonia	1,401,000
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1,329,000
149	Gabon	1,256,000
150	Guinea-Bissau	1,218,000
151	Mauritius	1,211,000
152	Eswatini	1,025,000
153	Cyprus	940,000
154	East Timor	872,000
155	Fiji	828,000
156	Guyana	759,000
157	Djibouti	731,000
158	Bahrain	702,000
159	Equatorial Guinea	668,000
160	Montenegro	633,000
161	Qatar	630,000
162	Bhutan	579,000
163	Comoros	531,000
164	Suriname	475,000
165	Cape Verde	454,000
166	Luxembourg	433,000
167	Solomon Islands	425,000
168	Malta	398,000
169	Brunei	330,000
170	Bahamas	323,000
171	Maldives	280,000
172	Iceland	279,000
173	Barbados	264,000
174	Belize	237,000
175	Vanuatu	190,000
176	Samoa	183,000
177	Saint Lucia	159,000
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	79,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	74,000
186	Dominica	69,000
187	Andorra	66,000
188	Marshall Islands	54,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	45,000
190	Liechtenstein	33,000
191	Monaco	32,000
192	San Marino	27,000
193	Palau	20,000
194	Nauru	10,000
195	Tuvalu	10,000
196	Vatican City	1,000