2010 Population

In 2010, the world’s population reached approximately 6.9 billion people, marking a significant milestone in global demographic growth. Asia was the most populous continent, home to about 4.2 billion individuals, with China and India alone comprising over 1.3 billion and 1.2 billion people respectively, making them the two most populous countries. Africa’s population surpassed 1 billion, with Nigeria and Ethiopia as leading contributors. Europe’s population was around 740 million, with Russia and Germany as its largest countries by population. The Americas accounted for roughly 940 million people, split between about 580 million in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 350 million in North America, where the United States had a population of over 309 million. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had a much smaller population, totaling around 37 million. These figures reflected ongoing trends of rapid growth in Asia and Africa, stabilization in Europe, and moderate increases in the Americas.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	1,340,788,628	143.8
2	India	1,220,718,718	410.6
3	United States	309,321,666	33.8
4	Indonesia	246,256,766	135.9
5	Brazil	197,854,947	23.7
6	Pakistan	188,341,201	244.3
7	Nigeria	165,890,754	182.1
8	Bangladesh	146,553,896	1,125.9
9	Russia	143,493,100	8.8
10	Japan	127,645,939	350.2
11	Mexico	114,222,072	58.8
12	Philippines	93,745,810	314.4
13	Vietnam	90,458,607	291.7
14	Ethiopia	82,065,947	74.8
15	Germany	81,751,319	234.5
16	Egypt	81,571,106	81.9
17	Iran	75,034,503	49
18	Turkey	74,647,083	97
19	Congo Kinshasa	72,742,117	32.1
20	Thailand	66,271,488	129.7
21	France	64,934,209	101.4
22	United Kingdom	62,502,490	258.3
23	Italy	60,786,485	206.7
24	Burma	51,414,732	78.7
25	South Africa	51,122,241	42.1
26	South Korea	49,258,140	508.2
27	Spain	46,412,492	93
28	Ukraine	45,768,171	79
29	Tanzania	44,520,989	50.3
30	Colombia	43,821,154	42.2
31	Kenya	41,761,298	73.4
32	Argentina	41,358,093	15.1
33	Poland	38,616,395	126.9
34	Algeria	35,949,869	15.1
35	Sudan	34,983,893	18.8
36	Canada	34,200,883	3.8
37	Morocco	32,266,907	45
38	Uganda	31,002,201	157.3
39	Peru	29,347,898	22.9
40	Afghanistan	29,116,851	44.6
41	Iraq	29,072,967	66.5
42	Malaysia	29,062,898	88.4
43	Venezuela	28,663,205	32.5
44	Saudi Arabia	27,962,740	13
45	Uzbekistan	27,868,832	65.5
46	Nepal	26,662,624	186
47	Ghana	24,608,905	108.2
48	North Korea	24,371,787	202.4
49	Yemen	23,195,115	43.9
50	Taiwan	23,110,964	716.4
51	Mozambique	23,012,071	29.3
52	Angola	22,641,144	18.2
53	Syria	22,223,250	119.6
54	Australia	21,839,563	2.8
55	Côte d'Ivoire	21,718,472	68.3
56	Sri Lanka	21,083,218	326.2
57	Cameroon	20,899,959	44.2
58	Madagascar	20,808,128	35.8
59	Romania	20,532,547	89.3
60	Kazakhstan	17,080,458	6.3
61	Chile	16,760,187	22.5
62	Netherlands	16,573,644	489
63	Burkina Faso	15,633,854	57.1
64	Niger	15,612,503	12.3
65	Malawi	15,016,095	159.6
66	Ecuador	14,786,116	53.4
67	Mali	14,514,077	11.9
68	Cambodia	14,326,901	81.2
69	Guatemala	14,211,795	132.6
70	Zambia	13,646,916	18.4
71	Zimbabwe	12,721,852	32.9
72	Senegal	12,667,027	65.8
73	Chad	11,989,444	9.5
74	Cuba	11,261,892	102.5
75	Greece	11,039,844	84.5
76	Belgium	10,865,721	358.9
77	Portugal	10,650,026	116.4
78	Czechia	10,550,886	136.6
79	Tunisia	10,525,963	67.8
80	Bolivia	10,024,103	9.3
81	Hungary	9,989,465	111.5
82	Rwanda	9,923,423	402.3
83	Somalia	9,787,362	15.6
84	South Sudan	9,765,126	15.2
85	Belarus	9,680,067	47.7
86	Guinea	9,570,543	38.9
87	Haiti	9,553,473	346.6
88	Dominican Republic	9,432,674	195.2
89	Sweden	9,432,308	23
90	Azerbaijan	9,301,693	112.6
91	Benin	9,178,306	83
92	Burundi	9,139,612	355.9
93	Austria	8,447,901	102.5
94	United Arab Emirates	8,020,877	95.9
95	Honduras	7,991,283	71.4
96	Switzerland	7,769,857	194.3
97	Tajikistan	7,485,841	52.9
98	Bulgaria	7,391,080	68.1
99	Israel	7,352,652	342
100	Serbia	7,233,391	93.4
101	Papua New Guinea	7,064,435	15.6
102	Hong Kong	7,029,211	6,551
103	Jordan	6,800,252	76.6
104	Laos	6,393,271	27.7
105	Paraguay	6,372,088	16
106	Libya	6,367,346	3.6
107	Togo	6,178,252	113.6
108	Sierra Leone	6,121,737	85.5
109	El Salvador	5,966,820	288
110	Nicaragua	5,595,169	46.6
111	Denmark	5,546,980	130.7
112	Slovakia	5,426,041	112.8
113	Kyrgyzstan	5,410,439	28.2
114	Eritrea	5,368,638	53.2
115	Finland	5,354,669	17.6
116	Singapore	5,189,542	7,319.5
117	Turkmenistan	4,940,152	10.5
118	Georgia	4,902,939	70.3
119	Norway	4,891,301	16.1
120	Central African Republic	4,683,051	7.5
121	Ireland	4,622,824	67.1
122	Costa Rica	4,515,673	88.4
123	Lebanon	4,489,300	438.8
124	Croatia	4,417,475	78.9
125	New Zealand	4,269,245	16.1
126	Congo Brazzaville	4,237,655	12.4
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,884,835	75.9
128	Liberia	3,817,346	39.6
129	Moldova	3,731,159	113.4
130	Puerto Rico	3,721,525	419.6
131	Panama	3,481,393	46.8
132	Uruguay	3,302,078	18.9
133	Mauritania	3,202,968	3.1
134	Lithuania	3,088,773	49.3
135	Armenia	3,071,974	108.9
136	Albania	2,989,272	109.1
137	Oman	2,962,837	9.6
138	Jamaica	2,838,638	262.1
139	Mongolia	2,783,419	1.8
140	Kuwait	2,543,299	142.7
141	West Bank	2,403,049	426.1
142	Namibia	2,182,968	2.7
143	Latvia	2,115,339	34
144	Slovenia	2,084,182	103.4
145	North Macedonia	2,079,955	81.8
146	Lesotho	1,993,907	65.7
147	Botswana	1,977,723	3.5
148	Kosovo	1,814,820	166.7
149	The Gambia	1,749,619	172.9
150	Qatar	1,719,867	148.4
151	Gabon	1,627,676	6.3
152	Guinea-Bissau	1,516,054	53.9
153	Gaza Strip	1,502,519	4,173.7
154	Trinidad and Tobago	1,321,279	257.7
155	Estonia	1,302,817	30.7
156	Mauritius	1,281,606	631.3
157	Bahrain	1,180,087	1,552.7
158	Cyprus	1,102,726	119.3
159	Timor-Leste	1,087,657	73.1
160	Eswatini	1,019,229	59.2
161	Equatorial Guinea	985,606	35.1
162	Fiji	875,701	47.9
163	Guyana	786,937	4
164	Bhutan	759,415	19.8
165	Djibouti	739,454	31.9
166	Comoros	710,089	317.7
167	Montenegro	622,553	46.3
168	Macau	569,121	20,325.8
169	Solomon Islands	555,439	19.8
170	Suriname	535,243	3.4
171	Luxembourg	509,257	196.9
172	Cabo Verde	508,410	126.1
173	Malta	417,173	1,320.2
174	Maldives	395,647	1,327.7
175	Brunei	394,772	75
176	Belize	326,646	14.3
177	The Bahamas	319,159	31.9
178	Iceland	317,924	3.2
179	Barbados	289,599	673.5
180	French Polynesia	268,808	70.2
181	New Caledonia	252,363	13.8
182	Vanuatu	245,053	20.1
183	Samoa	192,001	68.1
184	Sao Tome and Principe	175,718	182.3
185	Guam	163,334	300.2
186	Saint Lucia	160,619	265
187	Curaçao	143,412	323
188	U.S. Virgin Islands	108,357	311.4
189	Grenada	107,862	313.6
190	Federated States of Micronesia	107,069	152.5
191	Tonga	105,623	147.3
192	Aruba	104,537	580.8
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,102	267.6
194	Kiribati	99,664	122.9
195	Jersey	93,317	804.5
196	Seychelles	88,053	193.5
197	Antigua and Barbuda	86,664	195.6
198	Andorra	84,563	180.7
199	Isle of Man	83,829	146.6
200	Dominica	73,216	97.5
201	Bermuda	68,347	1,265.7
202	Marshall Islands	65,768	363.4
203	Guernsey	64,799	830.8
204	Greenland	57,604	0
205	American Samoa	55,529	280.4
206	Northern Mariana Islands	55,121	116.8
207	Cayman Islands	50,119	189.8
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	49,888	191.1
209	Faroe Islands	49,052	35.2
210	Turks and Caicos Islands	43,214	45.6
211	Sint Maarten	37,896	1,114.6
212	Liechtenstein	36,137	225.9
213	San Marino	31,467	515.9
214	Monaco	30,589	15,294.5
215	Saint Martin	30,218	559.6
216	British Virgin Islands	29,629	196.2
217	Gibraltar	28,764	4,109.1
218	Palau	20,840	45.4
219	Wallis and Futuna	15,331	108
220	Anguilla	14,748	162.1
221	Cook Islands	11,459	48.6
222	Tuvalu	10,479	403
223	Nauru	9,237	439.9
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,682	19.5
225	Saint Barthelemy	7,405	296.2
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,976	24.7
227	Montserrat	5,118	50.2

Data from US Census International Database