Countries by Population in the Year 2001

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2001. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	6,189,856,000
1	China	1,275,798,000
2	India	1,069,256,000
3	United States	288,139,000
4	Indonesia	215,601,000
5	Brazil	177,055,000
6	Pakistan	156,917,000
7	Russia	146,560,000
8	Bangladesh	130,411,000
9	Japan	126,943,000
10	Nigeria	124,468,000
11	Mexico	98,635,000
12	Germany	81,542,000
13	Vietnam	79,412,000
14	Philippines	78,796,000
15	Egypt	72,105,000
16	Ethiopia	68,004,000
17	Iran	66,109,000
18	Turkey	64,582,000
19	Thailand	63,362,000
20	France	61,108,000
21	United Kingdom	59,377,000
22	Italy	56,982,000
23	Democratic Republic of the Congo	49,331,000
24	Ukraine	48,653,000
25	South Africa	47,020,000
26	South Korea	46,927,000
27	Myanmar	45,780,000
28	Spain	40,850,000
29	Colombia	39,528,000
30	Poland	38,668,000
31	Argentina	37,278,000
32	Tanzania	34,955,000
33	Kenya	31,306,000
34	Algeria	30,988,000
35	Canada	30,837,000
36	Morocco	29,019,000
37	Peru	26,847,000
38	Sudan	26,632,000
39	Uzbekistan	25,083,000
40	Iraq	25,042,000
41	Nepal	24,761,000
42	Venezuela	24,658,000
43	Uganda	24,395,000
44	North Korea	23,443,000
45	Malaysia	23,243,000
46	Taiwan	22,262,000
47	Romania	21,861,000
48	Saudi Arabia	21,816,000
49	Ghana	19,919,000
50	Afghanistan	19,416,000
51	Australia	19,133,000
52	Yemen	18,886,000
53	Sri Lanka	18,825,000
54	Mozambique	17,989,000
55	Ivory Coast	17,024,000
56	Angola	16,661,000
57	Syria	16,512,000
58	Madagascar	16,460,000
59	Netherlands	16,076,000
60	Chile	15,439,000
61	Cameroon	15,289,000
62	Kazakhstan	15,256,000
63	Ecuador	12,735,000
64	Cambodia	12,228,000
65	Burkina Faso	12,062,000
66	Zimbabwe	11,878,000
67	Guatemala	11,869,000
68	Niger	11,823,000
69	Mali	11,405,000
70	Malawi	11,360,000
71	Cuba	11,123,000
72	Greece	11,057,000
73	Portugal	10,339,000
74	Belgium	10,286,000
75	Belarus	10,232,000
76	Czech Republic	10,228,000
77	Hungary	10,191,000
78	Zambia	10,032,000
79	Tunisia	9,945,000
80	Senegal	9,819,000
81	Somalia	8,897,000
82	Sweden	8,883,000
83	Bolivia	8,669,000
84	Dominican Republic	8,606,000
85	Haiti	8,437,000
86	Guinea	8,411,000
87	Chad	8,395,000
88	Azerbaijan	8,237,000
89	Rwanda	8,163,000
90	Bulgaria	8,065,000
91	Austria	8,020,000
92	Serbia	7,924,000
93	Switzerland	7,202,000
94	Benin	7,104,000
95	Honduras	6,747,000
96	Burundi	6,372,000
97	Tajikistan	6,342,000
98	South Sudan	6,251,000
99	Israel	6,178,000
100	El Salvador	5,975,000
101	Papua New Guinea	5,602,000
102	Laos	5,476,000
103	Denmark	5,453,000
104	Slovakia	5,377,000
105	Libya	5,213,000
106	Finland	5,181,000
107	Paraguay	5,171,000
108	Nicaragua	5,159,000
109	Jordan	5,109,000
110	Togo	5,077,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	4,959,000
112	Sierra Leone	4,683,000
113	Turkmenistan	4,603,000
114	Croatia	4,519,000
115	Norway	4,504,000
116	Lebanon	4,355,000
117	Moldova	4,227,000
118	Georgia	4,199,000
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,187,000
120	Singapore	4,092,000
121	Costa Rica	4,017,000
122	New Zealand	3,885,000
123	Central African Republic	3,812,000
124	Ireland	3,796,000
125	Lithuania	3,582,000
126	United Arab Emirates	3,365,000
127	Uruguay	3,298,000
128	Republic of the Congo	3,213,000
	Palestine	3,188,000
129	Albania	3,168,000
130	Armenia	3,149,000
131	Panama	3,031,000
132	Liberia	2,935,000
133	Mauritania	2,733,000
134	Jamaica	2,619,000
135	Mongolia	2,462,000
136	Eritrea	2,408,000
137	Latvia	2,376,000
138	Oman	2,360,000
139	North Macedonia	2,045,000
140	Lesotho	2,000,000
141	Slovenia	1,983,000
142	Kuwait	1,964,000
143	Namibia	1,839,000
144	Kosovo	1,830,000
145	Botswana	1,745,000
146	Gambia	1,458,000
147	Estonia	1,393,000
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1,335,000
149	Gabon	1,289,000
150	Guinea-Bissau	1,244,000
151	Mauritius	1,221,000
152	Eswatini	1,036,000
153	Cyprus	956,000
154	East Timor	885,000
155	Fiji	837,000
156	Guyana	759,000
157	Djibouti	753,000
158	Bahrain	721,000
159	Equatorial Guinea	702,000
160	Qatar	662,000
161	Montenegro	633,000
162	Bhutan	595,000
163	Comoros	542,000
164	Suriname	483,000
165	Cape Verde	462,000
166	Luxembourg	439,000
167	Solomon Islands	435,000
168	Malta	401,000
169	Brunei	337,000
170	Bahamas	327,000
171	Maldives	285,000
172	Iceland	284,000
173	Barbados	265,000
174	Belize	244,000
175	Vanuatu	194,000
176	Samoa	185,000
177	Saint Lucia	160,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	145,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	114,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	112,000
181	Grenada	108,000
182	Tonga	103,000
183	Kiribati	90,000
184	Seychelles	81,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	76,000
186	Dominica	68,000
187	Andorra	66,000
188	Marshall Islands	54,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,000
190	Liechtenstein	33,000
191	Monaco	32,000
192	San Marino	27,000
193	Palau	20,000
194	Tuvalu	10,000
195	Nauru	10,000
196	Vatican City	1,000