Countries by Population in the Year 2012

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2012. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	7,116,996,000
1	China	1,369,284,000
2	India	1,266,101,000
3	United States	319,274,000
4	Indonesia	248,666,000
5	Pakistan	200,581,000
6	Brazil	199,096,000
7	Nigeria	167,755,000
8	Bangladesh	151,127,000
9	Russia	143,473,000
10	Japan	127,935,000
11	Mexico	114,970,000
12	Philippines	97,189,000
13	Ethiopia	93,130,000
14	Egypt	90,234,000
15	Vietnam	88,821,000
16	Germany	81,480,000
17	Iran	76,772,000
18	Turkey	74,660,000
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	69,821,000
20	Thailand	68,937,000
21	France	65,418,000
22	United Kingdom	64,028,000
23	Italy	60,103,000
24	South Africa	52,782,000
25	Myanmar	50,004,000
26	South Korea	49,400,000
27	Tanzania	47,086,000
28	Spain	46,801,000
29	Colombia	45,550,000
30	Ukraine	45,444,000
31	Kenya	43,185,000
32	Argentina	41,734,000
33	Poland	38,627,000
34	Algeria	36,894,000
35	Sudan	34,759,000
36	Canada	34,503,000
37	Uganda	33,779,000
38	Morocco	33,564,000
39	Iraq	32,994,000
40	Saudi Arabia	30,487,000
41	Afghanistan	29,922,000
42	Peru	29,609,000
43	Malaysia	29,421,000
44	Venezuela	29,285,000
45	Uzbekistan	29,278,000
46	Nepal	27,305,000
47	Ghana	26,527,000
48	Yemen	25,846,000
49	North Korea	24,833,000
50	Angola	24,715,000
51	Mozambique	24,114,000
52	Taiwan	23,185,000
53	Syria	22,872,000
54	Madagascar	22,657,000
55	Australia	22,533,000
56	Ivory Coast	21,782,000
57	Sri Lanka	20,959,000
58	Cameroon	20,736,000
59	Romania	20,173,000
60	Niger	17,607,000
61	Chile	17,259,000
62	Kazakhstan	16,983,000
63	Netherlands	16,900,000
64	Burkina Faso	16,852,000
65	Mali	16,297,000
66	Malawi	15,362,000
67	Ecuador	15,362,000
68	Guatemala	14,980,000
69	Cambodia	14,680,000
70	Zambia	14,504,000
71	Zimbabwe	13,125,000
72	Senegal	13,052,000
73	Chad	12,537,000
74	Somalia	12,256,000
75	Cuba	11,303,000
76	Tunisia	11,113,000
77	Belgium	10,995,000
78	Greece	10,988,000
79	Rwanda	10,711,000
80	Guinea	10,658,000
81	Portugal	10,550,000
82	Czech Republic	10,506,000
83	South Sudan	10,486,000
84	Bolivia	10,483,000
85	Haiti	10,032,000
86	Dominican Republic	9,968,000
87	Hungary	9,934,000
88	Benin	9,869,000
89	Belarus	9,696,000
90	Burundi	9,614,000
91	Sweden	9,511,000
92	Azerbaijan	9,421,000
93	Honduras	8,708,000
94	United Arab Emirates	8,621,000
95	Austria	8,408,000
96	Switzerland	7,953,000
97	Papua New Guinea	7,917,000
98	Tajikistan	7,869,000
99	Serbia	7,605,000
100	Israel	7,525,000
101	Bulgaria	7,517,000
102	Jordan	7,200,000
103	Togo	6,838,000
104	Sierra Leone	6,701,000
105	Laos	6,463,000
106	El Salvador	6,149,000
107	Nicaragua	5,986,000
108	Paraguay	5,883,000
109	Libya	5,818,000
110	Denmark	5,692,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	5,590,000
112	Turkmenistan	5,409,000
113	Slovakia	5,406,000
114	Finland	5,401,000
115	Singapore	5,332,000
116	Lebanon	5,081,000
117	Norway	4,986,000
118	Central African Republic	4,758,000
119	Costa Rica	4,709,000
120	Republic of the Congo	4,656,000
121	Ireland	4,554,000
122	New Zealand	4,416,000
123	Croatia	4,342,000
124	Liberia	4,284,000
	Palestine	4,136,000
125	Georgia	3,814,000
126	Panama	3,722,000
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,709,000
128	Mauritania	3,579,000
129	Moldova	3,552,000
130	Oman	3,371,000
131	Uruguay	3,366,000
132	Kuwait	3,269,000
133	Eritrea	3,233,000
134	Lithuania	3,081,000
135	Armenia	2,921,000
136	Albania	2,895,000
137	Mongolia	2,767,000
138	Jamaica	2,753,000
139	Botswana	2,155,000
140	Namibia	2,149,000
141	North Macedonia	2,098,000
142	Slovenia	2,068,000
143	Latvia	2,065,000
144	Lesotho	2,046,000
145	Gambia	2,029,000
146	Qatar	1,855,000
147	Kosovo	1,808,000
148	Gabon	1,804,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	1,630,000
150	Trinidad and Tobago	1,425,000
151	Estonia	1,325,000
152	Mauritius	1,288,000
153	Bahrain	1,211,000
154	Equatorial Guinea	1,169,000
155	Cyprus	1,151,000
156	East Timor	1,125,000
157	Eswatini	1,108,000
158	Djibouti	946,000
159	Fiji	910,000
160	Guyana	742,000
161	Bhutan	717,000
162	Comoros	677,000
163	Montenegro	633,000
164	Solomon Islands	561,000
165	Suriname	555,000
166	Cape Verde	531,000
167	Luxembourg	524,000
168	Malta	426,000
169	Brunei	404,000
170	Maldives	381,000
171	Bahamas	380,000
172	Belize	333,000
173	Iceland	320,000
174	Barbados	276,000
175	Vanuatu	254,000
176	Samoa	197,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	188,000
178	Saint Lucia	173,000
179	Grenada	115,000
180	Kiribati	111,000
181	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	108,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	108,000
183	Tonga	108,000
184	Seychelles	95,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	87,000
186	Andorra	71,000
187	Dominica	69,000
188	Marshall Islands	53,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	48,000
190	Liechtenstein	36,000
191	Monaco	34,000
192	San Marino	33,000
193	Palau	18,000
194	Tuvalu	11,000
195	Nauru	10,000
196	Vatican City	1,000