2003 Population

In 2003, the world’s population was estimated to be around 6.3 billion people. Asia was the most populous continent, home to approximately 3.8 billion individuals, with China and India leading as the two most populous countries, each with populations exceeding 1 billion. Africa’s population stood at about 850 million, with Nigeria and Egypt as its most populous nations. Europe had roughly 728 million people, with Russia, Germany, and France being the largest contributors. Latin America and the Caribbean together accounted for about 540 million people, with Brazil and Mexico as the leading countries. North America’s population was around 325 million, primarily concentrated in the United States, which had about 290 million residents, and Canada. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had a much smaller population, totaling around 32 million. The global demographic landscape in 2003 reflected significant regional differences in growth rates, with developing regions, particularly in Asia and Africa, experiencing the fastest increases.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	1,292,609,952	138.6
2	India	1,103,497,631	371.1
3	United States	290,107,933	31.7
4	Indonesia	223,347,625	123.3
5	Brazil	183,412,348	21.9
6	Pakistan	161,075,633	209
7	Russia	145,703,488	8.9
8	Nigeria	136,587,691	150
9	Bangladesh	134,865,589	1,036.1
10	Japan	127,523,693	349.9
11	Mexico	103,843,015	53.4
12	Vietnam	82,699,693	266.7
13	Germany	82,504,552	236.6
14	Philippines	81,833,823	274.5
15	Egypt	69,838,271	70.2
16	Iran	68,916,732	45
17	Turkey	68,698,136	89.3
18	Ethiopia	67,980,692	62
19	Thailand	62,892,617	123.1
20	France	62,306,784	97.3
21	United Kingdom	59,823,618	247.3
22	Italy	58,336,020	198.3
23	Congo Kinshasa	58,013,244	25.6
24	Burma	48,261,784	73.9
25	Ukraine	47,692,440	82.3
26	South Korea	47,656,117	491.7
27	South Africa	46,770,302	38.5
28	Spain	42,321,028	84.8
29	Colombia	41,528,292	40
30	Poland	38,599,320	126.9
31	Argentina	38,529,402	14.1
32	Tanzania	36,597,918	41.3
33	Kenya	33,734,178	59.3
34	Algeria	31,975,415	13.4
35	Canada	31,889,308	3.5
36	Sudan	29,586,089	15.9
37	Morocco	29,543,837	41.2
38	Peru	27,059,492	21.1
39	Uzbekistan	25,992,143	61.1
40	Uganda	25,556,535	129.7
41	Venezuela	25,501,525	28.9
42	Malaysia	25,124,156	76.4
43	Iraq	25,079,249	57.3
44	Afghanistan	25,003,784	38.3
45	Nepal	24,644,751	171.9
46	North Korea	23,374,333	194.1
47	Saudi Arabia	22,801,189	10.6
48	Taiwan	22,561,453	699.4
49	Romania	21,748,090	94.6
50	Ghana	20,556,598	90.3
51	Sri Lanka	19,708,717	304.9
52	Mozambique	19,648,943	25
53	Australia	19,549,075	2.5
54	Yemen	18,854,790	35.7
55	Côte d'Ivoire	17,963,237	56.5
56	Syria	17,671,578	95.1
57	Angola	17,346,160	13.9
58	Cameroon	17,205,073	36.4
59	Madagascar	17,089,669	29.4
60	Netherlands	16,216,610	478.5
61	Kazakhstan	15,882,507	5.9
62	Chile	15,675,164	21.1
63	Ecuador	13,073,910	47.2
64	Cambodia	13,031,669	73.8
65	Burkina Faso	12,857,170	47
66	Zimbabwe	12,259,905	31.7
67	Guatemala	12,082,214	112.8
68	Malawi	11,979,045	127.3
69	Niger	11,971,585	9.5
70	Mali	11,761,326	9.6
71	Cuba	11,240,962	102.4
72	Zambia	11,098,500	14.9
73	Greece	11,009,594	84.3
74	Portugal	10,530,793	115.1
75	Belgium	10,368,850	342.5
76	Senegal	10,259,110	53.3
77	Czechia	10,238,459	132.5
78	Hungary	10,091,987	112.6
79	Belarus	9,904,905	48.8
80	Tunisia	9,842,039	63.3
81	Chad	9,096,185	7.2
82	Sweden	9,010,864	22
83	Haiti	8,738,605	317.1
84	Bolivia	8,710,725	8
85	Azerbaijan	8,662,912	104.8
86	Dominican Republic	8,605,589	178.1
87	Rwanda	8,477,177	343.7
88	Somalia	8,273,586	13.2
89	Austria	8,215,680	99.7
90	Guinea	8,120,753	33
91	Bulgaria	7,722,735	71.2
92	Serbia	7,496,449	96.8
93	Switzerland	7,384,539	184.6
94	Benin	7,359,515	66.5
95	South Sudan	7,179,281	11.1
96	Burundi	6,896,661	268.6
97	Honduras	6,862,657	61.3
98	Hong Kong	6,796,891	6,334.5
99	Tajikistan	6,567,854	46.4
100	Israel	6,471,897	301.1
101	Papua New Guinea	5,880,726	13
102	El Salvador	5,880,201	283.8
103	Paraguay	5,726,527	14.4
104	Laos	5,654,002	24.5
105	Libya	5,420,940	3.1
106	Slovakia	5,403,960	112.3
107	Denmark	5,387,248	127
108	Finland	5,205,082	17.1
109	Togo	5,150,277	94.7
110	Jordan	5,127,792	57.7
111	Nicaragua	5,108,888	42.6
112	Kyrgyzstan	5,059,344	26.4
113	Sierra Leone	4,930,221	68.8
114	Georgia	4,750,669	68.2
115	Norway	4,566,304	15
116	Singapore	4,564,951	6,438.6
117	Turkmenistan	4,556,164	9.7
118	Croatia	4,440,867	79.3
119	Eritrea	4,342,220	43
120	Central African Republic	4,182,328	6.7
121	Costa Rica	4,083,817	80
122	Moldova	4,040,951	122.9
123	Lebanon	4,015,665	392.5
124	Ireland	4,002,170	58.1
125	New Zealand	3,960,281	15
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,842,734	75.1
127	Puerto Rico	3,826,193	431.4
128	United Arab Emirates	3,693,043	44.2
129	Lithuania	3,424,736	54.6
130	Uruguay	3,250,656	18.6
131	Congo Brazzaville	3,208,961	9.4
132	Armenia	3,088,906	109.5
133	Panama	3,085,588	41.5
134	Albania	3,069,664	112
135	Liberia	2,983,448	31
136	Jamaica	2,851,638	263.3
137	Mauritania	2,698,933	2.6
138	Oman	2,592,927	8.4
139	Mongolia	2,546,571	1.6
140	Latvia	2,308,159	37.1
141	Kuwait	2,139,782	120.1
142	West Bank	2,080,196	368.8
143	North Macedonia	2,045,571	80.4
144	Slovenia	2,015,611	100
145	Namibia	1,991,705	2.4
146	Lesotho	1,917,409	63.2
147	Botswana	1,750,323	3.1
148	Kosovo	1,747,527	160.5
149	The Gambia	1,429,853	141.3
150	Estonia	1,349,483	31.8
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,288,431	45.8
152	Gabon	1,283,233	5
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1,277,364	249.1
154	Gaza Strip	1,234,166	3,428.2
155	Mauritius	1,221,981	602
156	Eswatini	1,026,257	59.7
157	Cyprus	964,653	104.4
158	Timor-Leste	955,968	64.3
159	Fiji	823,078	45
160	Guyana	790,492	4
161	Bahrain	781,007	1,027.6
162	Qatar	735,643	63.5
163	Djibouti	688,210	29.7
164	Bhutan	687,892	17.9
165	Equatorial Guinea	673,295	24
166	Montenegro	620,914	46.2
167	Comoros	591,731	264.8
168	Suriname	482,711	3.1
169	Solomon Islands	468,478	16.7
170	Cabo Verde	454,813	112.8
171	Luxembourg	453,937	175.5
172	Macau	444,177	15,863.5
173	Malta	401,653	1,271.1
174	Brunei	347,233	66
175	Maldives	318,485	1,068.7
176	The Bahamas	297,526	29.7
177	Iceland	289,516	2.9
178	Barbados	279,428	649.8
179	Belize	272,973	12
180	French Polynesia	247,753	64.7
181	New Caledonia	223,688	12.2
182	Vanuatu	206,991	17
183	Samoa	181,088	64.2
184	Guam	158,062	290.6
185	Saint Lucia	156,013	257.4
186	Sao Tome and Principe	150,498	156.1
187	Curaçao	133,208	300
188	U.S. Virgin Islands	108,505	311.8
189	Federated States of Micronesia	108,086	154
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	106,878	274.8
191	Grenada	103,317	300.3
192	Tonga	102,047	142.3
193	Aruba	93,707	520.6
194	Kiribati	89,907	110.9
195	Jersey	88,087	759.4
196	Seychelles	82,049	180.3
197	Antigua and Barbuda	79,067	178.5
198	Isle of Man	77,958	136.3
199	Dominica	71,905	95.7
200	Andorra	68,782	147
201	Northern Mariana Islands	68,590	145.3
202	Bermuda	64,847	1,200.9
203	Guernsey	62,597	802.5
204	Greenland	57,540	0
205	American Samoa	57,424	290
206	Marshall Islands	56,426	311.7
207	Faroe Islands	47,953	34.4
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,137	180.6
209	Cayman Islands	41,923	158.8
210	Liechtenstein	34,206	213.8
211	Sint Maarten	31,644	930.7
212	Monaco	31,459	15,729.5
213	San Marino	28,733	471
214	Gibraltar	28,315	4,045
215	Saint Martin	27,353	506.5
216	British Virgin Islands	24,459	162
217	Turks and Caicos Islands	22,919	24.2
218	Palau	19,978	43.5
219	Wallis and Futuna	14,953	105.3
220	Cook Islands	14,563	61.7
221	Anguilla	12,447	136.8
222	Tuvalu	10,061	387
223	Nauru	9,917	472.2
224	Saint Barthelemy	7,500	300
225	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,390	18.8
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,310	26.1
227	Montserrat	4,491	44

Data from US Census International Database