2004 Population

In 2004, the world’s population was estimated at approximately 6.4 billion people. Asia was the most populous continent, home to over 3.9 billion individuals, with China and India alone accounting for more than 2.3 billion combined. Africa’s population surpassed 900 million, with Nigeria and Egypt as its most populous countries. Europe had about 728 million residents, with Russia, Germany, and France leading in population size. Latin America and the Caribbean together had around 550 million people, dominated by Brazil and Mexico. North America’s population was about 325 million, primarily concentrated in the United States, which had roughly 293 million people, and Canada. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific islands, had a much smaller population, totaling around 33 million. These figures reflect significant regional differences in population distribution and growth rates, with Asia and Africa experiencing the fastest increases.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	1,299,116,861	139.3
2	India	1,121,076,540	377.1
3	United States	292,805,298	32
4	Indonesia	227,321,651	125.5
5	Brazil	185,755,950	22.2
6	Pakistan	164,483,105	213.4
7	Russia	144,966,251	8.9
8	Nigeria	140,534,504	154.3
9	Bangladesh	136,763,678	1,050.7
10	Japan	127,668,360	350.3
11	Mexico	105,230,503	54.1
12	Vietnam	83,800,250	270.3
13	Philippines	83,600,001	280.4
14	Germany	82,487,209	236.6
15	Egypt	71,310,598	71.6
16	Ethiopia	69,811,259	63.7
17	Iran	69,600,627	45.4
18	Turkey	69,583,061	90.4
19	Thailand	63,442,956	124.2
20	France	62,673,046	97.9
21	United Kingdom	60,126,952	248.5
22	Congo Kinshasa	59,756,664	26.4
23	Italy	58,716,001	199.6
24	Burma	48,771,141	74.6
25	South Korea	47,849,421	493.7
26	South Africa	47,438,956	39.1
27	Ukraine	47,342,447	81.7
28	Spain	43,000,157	86.2
29	Colombia	42,012,843	40.4
30	Argentina	38,945,354	14.2
31	Poland	38,574,205	126.8
32	Tanzania	37,650,584	42.5
33	Kenya	34,764,895	61.1
34	Algeria	32,450,849	13.6
35	Canada	32,134,761	3.5
36	Sudan	30,266,982	16.3
37	Morocco	29,903,483	41.7
38	Peru	27,505,564	21.5
39	Uganda	26,277,878	133.3
40	Uzbekistan	26,268,252	61.7
41	Venezuela	25,926,640	29.4
42	Iraq	25,829,218	59.1
43	Malaysia	25,696,144	78.2
44	Afghanistan	25,695,673	39.4
45	Nepal	24,988,596	174.3
46	North Korea	23,523,484	195.4
47	Saudi Arabia	23,234,774	10.8
48	Taiwan	22,646,408	702
49	Romania	21,573,639	93.8
50	Ghana	21,086,078	92.7
51	Mozambique	20,060,939	25.5
52	Sri Lanka	19,933,590	308.4
53	Australia	19,777,611	2.6
54	Yemen	19,409,695	36.8
55	Côte d'Ivoire	18,473,708	58.1
56	Syria	18,082,580	97.3
57	Angola	18,075,908	14.5
58	Cameroon	17,678,398	37.4
59	Madagascar	17,585,638	30.2
60	Netherlands	16,266,339	479.9
61	Kazakhstan	15,988,620	5.9
62	Chile	15,828,679	21.3
63	Ecuador	13,367,803	48.3
64	Cambodia	13,228,594	74.9
65	Burkina Faso	13,206,560	48.2
66	Niger	12,427,578	9.8
67	Guatemala	12,387,395	115.6
68	Malawi	12,363,024	131.4
69	Zimbabwe	12,277,837	31.7
70	Mali	12,102,276	9.9
71	Zambia	11,399,442	15.3
72	Cuba	11,260,208	102.5
73	Greece	10,999,476	84.2
74	Senegal	10,559,162	54.8
75	Portugal	10,557,290	115.4
76	Belgium	10,413,347	343.9
77	Czechia	10,247,112	132.7
78	Hungary	10,072,608	112.4
79	Tunisia	9,938,757	64
80	Belarus	9,855,646	48.6
81	Chad	9,540,983	7.6
82	Sweden	9,046,267	22
83	Haiti	8,900,109	322.9
84	Bolivia	8,894,516	8.2
85	Azerbaijan	8,737,809	105.7
86	Dominican Republic	8,728,111	180.6
87	Rwanda	8,660,915	351.1
88	Somalia	8,539,890	13.6
89	Guinea	8,316,554	33.8
90	Austria	8,263,235	100.2
91	Bulgaria	7,665,632	70.7
92	Benin	7,589,195	68.6
93	South Sudan	7,472,992	11.6
94	Serbia	7,462,421	96.3
95	Switzerland	7,417,343	185.4
96	Burundi	7,166,460	279.1
97	Honduras	7,028,058	62.8
98	Hong Kong	6,847,993	6,382.1
99	Tajikistan	6,688,440	47.3
100	Israel	6,595,713	306.8
101	Papua New Guinea	6,037,812	13.3
102	El Salvador	5,887,619	284.1
103	Paraguay	5,825,838	14.7
104	Laos	5,746,043	24.9
105	Libya	5,539,363	3.1
106	Slovakia	5,405,585	112.4
107	Denmark	5,400,727	127.3
108	Togo	5,283,733	97.2
109	Jordan	5,253,826	59.2
110	Finland	5,220,193	17.2
111	Nicaragua	5,186,125	43.2
112	Kyrgyzstan	5,113,532	26.7
113	Sierra Leone	5,111,786	71.4
114	Georgia	4,742,862	68
115	Singapore	4,673,533	6,591.7
116	Turkmenistan	4,608,496	9.8
117	Norway	4,593,414	15.1
118	Eritrea	4,551,365	45.1
119	Croatia	4,441,435	79.3
120	Central African Republic	4,257,227	6.8
121	Costa Rica	4,146,697	81.2
122	Ireland	4,091,162	59.4
123	Lebanon	4,076,712	398.5
124	New Zealand	4,008,166	15.2
125	Moldova	3,994,611	121.4
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,876,894	75.7
127	Puerto Rico	3,827,008	431.5
128	United Arab Emirates	3,819,555	45.7
129	Lithuania	3,384,473	54
130	Congo Brazzaville	3,332,135	9.8
131	Uruguay	3,258,468	18.6
132	Panama	3,142,322	42.3
133	Armenia	3,086,693	109.4
134	Albania	3,045,640	111.2
135	Liberia	3,005,087	31.2
136	Jamaica	2,852,841	263.4
137	Mauritania	2,767,500	2.7
138	Oman	2,644,368	8.5
139	Mongolia	2,574,146	1.7
140	Latvia	2,283,318	36.7
141	Kuwait	2,197,249	123.3
142	West Bank	2,125,253	376.8
143	North Macedonia	2,051,932	80.7
144	Namibia	2,017,901	2.5
145	Slovenia	2,016,922	100.1
146	Lesotho	1,923,849	63.4
147	Botswana	1,781,586	3.1
148	Kosovo	1,757,128	161.4
149	The Gambia	1,468,112	145.1
150	Estonia	1,340,354	31.6
151	Gabon	1,319,661	5.1
152	Guinea-Bissau	1,317,437	46.9
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1,283,298	250.3
154	Gaza Strip	1,269,814	3,527.3
155	Mauritius	1,232,854	607.3
156	Eswatini	1,024,641	59.6
157	Cyprus	987,192	106.8
158	Timor-Leste	971,458	65.3
159	Bahrain	848,126	1,116
160	Fiji	829,715	45.4
161	Qatar	825,458	71.2
162	Guyana	793,580	4
163	Equatorial Guinea	711,710	25.4
164	Bhutan	698,736	18.2
165	Djibouti	656,304	28.3
166	Montenegro	620,511	46.1
167	Comoros	608,249	272.1
168	Suriname	488,168	3.1
169	Solomon Islands	480,781	17.2
170	Cabo Verde	462,775	114.7
171	Luxembourg	460,400	178
172	Macau	455,227	16,258.1
173	Malta	404,123	1,278.9
174	Brunei	354,260	67.3
175	Maldives	326,599	1,096
176	The Bahamas	300,866	30.1
177	Iceland	292,078	2.9
178	Barbados	280,969	653.4
179	Belize	280,519	12.3
180	French Polynesia	250,797	65.5
181	New Caledonia	228,021	12.5
182	Vanuatu	212,340	17.4
183	Samoa	182,772	64.8
184	Guam	158,843	292
185	Saint Lucia	156,646	258.5
186	Sao Tome and Principe	153,955	159.7
187	Curaçao	134,610	303.2
188	U.S. Virgin Islands	108,466	311.7
189	Federated States of Micronesia	108,097	154
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	106,464	273.7
191	Grenada	103,965	302.2
192	Tonga	102,666	143.2
193	Aruba	95,444	530.2
194	Kiribati	91,331	112.6
195	Jersey	88,171	760.1
196	Seychelles	82,953	182.3
197	Antigua and Barbuda	80,194	181
198	Isle of Man	78,744	137.7
199	Andorra	73,247	156.5
200	Dominica	72,154	96.1
201	Northern Mariana Islands	68,174	144.4
202	Bermuda	65,427	1,211.6
203	Guernsey	62,857	805.9
204	Marshall Islands	57,732	319
205	Greenland	57,701	0
206	American Samoa	57,338	289.6
207	Faroe Islands	48,289	34.7
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,527	182.1
209	Cayman Islands	43,094	163.2
210	Liechtenstein	34,574	216.1
211	Sint Maarten	32,771	963.9
212	Monaco	31,265	15,632.5
213	San Marino	29,212	478.9
214	Gibraltar	28,383	4,054.7
215	Saint Martin	27,503	509.3
216	British Virgin Islands	25,115	166.3
217	Turks and Caicos Islands	24,950	26.3
218	Palau	20,156	43.9
219	Wallis and Futuna	15,036	105.9
220	Cook Islands	14,050	59.5
221	Anguilla	12,780	140.4
222	Tuvalu	10,116	389.1
223	Nauru	9,958	474.2
224	Saint Barthelemy	7,556	302.2
225	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,438	18.9
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,268	25.9
227	Montserrat	4,963	48.7

Data from US Census International Database