Countries by Population in the Year 2009

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2009. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 6,854,661,000
1 China 1,342,164,000
2 India 1,215,195,000
3 United States 311,215,000
4 Indonesia 239,464,000
5 Brazil 193,602,000
6 Pakistan 187,962,000
7 Nigeria 154,458,000
8 Bangladesh 145,926,000
9 Russia 143,098,000
10 Japan 128,103,000
11 Mexico 110,365,000
12 Philippines 92,107,000
13 Vietnam 86,021,000
14 Ethiopia 85,541,000
15 Egypt 84,663,000
16 Germany 81,238,000
17 Iran 73,812,000
18 Turkey 71,748,000
19 Thailand 67,575,000
20 France 64,348,000
21 Democratic Republic of the Congo 63,245,000
22 United Kingdom 62,449,000
23 Italy 59,430,000
24 South Africa 50,876,000
25 Myanmar 48,834,000
26 South Korea 48,490,000
27 Spain 46,247,000
28 Ukraine 45,950,000
29 Colombia 44,063,000
30 Tanzania 43,441,000
31 Argentina 40,476,000
32 Kenya 39,779,000
33 Poland 38,531,000
34 Algeria 34,873,000
35 Canada 33,405,000
36 Sudan 32,497,000
37 Morocco 32,227,000
38 Uganda 30,954,000
39 Iraq 29,811,000
40 Peru 28,906,000
41 Venezuela 28,133,000
42 Saudi Arabia 27,958,000
43 Malaysia 27,946,000
44 Uzbekistan 27,944,000
45 Afghanistan 26,967,000
46 Nepal 26,959,000
47 Ghana 24,637,000
48 North Korea 24,524,000
49 Yemen 23,676,000
50 Taiwan 23,023,000
51 Mozambique 22,133,000
52 Angola 22,090,000
53 Syria 21,569,000
54 Australia 21,465,000
55 Madagascar 20,811,000
56 Romania 20,529,000
57 Ivory Coast 20,459,000
58 Sri Lanka 20,388,000
59 Cameroon 19,044,000
60 Chile 16,747,000
61 Netherlands 16,648,000
62 Kazakhstan 16,296,000
63 Niger 15,740,000
64 Burkina Faso 15,420,000
65 Mali 14,789,000
66 Ecuador 14,620,000
67 Guatemala 14,120,000
68 Malawi 14,091,000
69 Cambodia 14,053,000
70 Zambia 13,080,000
71 Zimbabwe 12,607,000
72 Senegal 12,030,000
73 Somalia 11,584,000
74 Chad 11,301,000
75 Cuba 11,280,000
76 Greece 11,065,000
77 Belgium 10,764,000
78 Tunisia 10,731,000
79 Portugal 10,586,000
80 Czech Republic 10,401,000
81 Hungary 10,016,000
82 Bolivia 9,966,000
83 Rwanda 9,912,000
84 Guinea 9,899,000
85 Belarus 9,770,000
86 Haiti 9,652,000
87 Dominican Republic 9,585,000
88 Sweden 9,263,000
89 Azerbaijan 9,061,000
90 Benin 9,038,000
91 South Sudan 9,030,000
92 Burundi 8,463,000
93 Austria 8,335,000
94 Honduras 8,190,000
95 Serbia 7,706,000
96 Switzerland 7,692,000
97 Bulgaria 7,654,000
98 United Arab Emirates 7,551,000
99 Tajikistan 7,394,000
100 Papua New Guinea 7,248,000
101 Israel 7,137,000
102 Jordan 6,719,000
103 Togo 6,313,000
104 Libya 6,295,000
105 Laos 6,183,000
106 Sierra Leone 6,170,000
107 El Salvador 6,080,000
108 Nicaragua 5,729,000
109 Paraguay 5,673,000
110 Denmark 5,620,000
111 Slovakia 5,384,000
112 Kyrgyzstan 5,376,000
113 Finland 5,326,000
114 Turkmenistan 5,139,000
115 Singapore 4,925,000
116 Lebanon 4,920,000
117 Norway 4,800,000
118 Costa Rica 4,533,000
119 Central African Republic 4,515,000
120 Ireland 4,485,000
121 Croatia 4,388,000
122 New Zealand 4,298,000
123 Republic of the Congo 4,151,000
124 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,911,000
125 Georgia 3,867,000
Palestine 3,854,000
126 Liberia 3,848,000
127 Moldova 3,781,000
128 Panama 3,527,000
129 Uruguay 3,340,000
130 Mauritania 3,276,000
131 Lithuania 3,201,000
132 Eritrea 3,055,000
133 Armenia 2,973,000
134 Albania 2,940,000
135 Kuwait 2,723,000
136 Jamaica 2,717,000
137 Oman 2,674,000
138 Mongolia 2,649,000
139 Latvia 2,138,000
140 North Macedonia 2,088,000
141 Namibia 2,053,000
142 Slovenia 2,040,000
143 Botswana 2,028,000
144 Lesotho 2,002,000
145 Gambia 1,849,000
146 Kosovo 1,800,000
147 Gabon 1,626,000
148 Qatar 1,547,000
149 Guinea-Bissau 1,508,000
150 Trinidad and Tobago 1,397,000
151 Estonia 1,336,000
152 Mauritius 1,278,000
153 Bahrain 1,145,000
154 Cyprus 1,102,000
155 Eswatini 1,092,000
156 East Timor 1,055,000
157 Equatorial Guinea 1,019,000
158 Fiji 899,000
159 Djibouti 892,000
160 Guyana 753,000
161 Bhutan 694,000
162 Comoros 636,000
163 Montenegro 631,000
164 Suriname 537,000
165 Solomon Islands 522,000
166 Cape Verde 513,000
167 Luxembourg 494,000
168 Malta 414,000
169 Brunei 387,000
170 Bahamas 365,000
171 Maldives 343,000
172 Iceland 320,000
173 Belize 310,000
174 Barbados 273,000
175 Vanuatu 237,000
176 Samoa 192,000
177 São Tomé and Príncipe 176,000
178 Saint Lucia 169,000
179 Grenada 113,000
180 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 110,000
181 Federated States of Micronesia 108,000
182 Tonga 107,000
183 Kiribati 105,000
184 Seychelles 90,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 84,000
186 Andorra 75,000
187 Dominica 69,000
188 Marshall Islands 54,000
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47,000
190 Liechtenstein 36,000
191 Monaco 32,000
192 San Marino 31,000
193 Palau 19,000
194 Nauru 10,000
195 Tuvalu 10,000
196 Vatican City 1,000
Caveats and explanations
  • All data is based on the 2022 edition of the UN World Population prospects.
  • Historical records are based on the current territory of the country. For example, the population of Germany in 1970 includes both East Germany and West Germany.
  • Years after 2021 are projections based on the UN's "medium fertility" scenario.
  • Country population includes all overseas territories and autonomous regions. For example, population for the United States includes Puerto Rico.
  • Morocco includes Western Sahara.
  • Population for Israel does NOT include Palestine.
Population by Year