2005 Population

In 2005, the world population was estimated at approximately 6.5 billion people. Asia was the most populous continent, home to over 3.9 billion people, with China and India alone accounting for more than 2.4 billion combined—China had about 1.3 billion and India around 1.1 billion. Africa’s population was roughly 900 million, with Nigeria and Egypt as its most populous countries. Europe had around 730 million inhabitants, led by Russia (about 143 million) and Germany (over 80 million). The Americas, including both North and South America, had a combined population of about 900 million, with the United States at approximately 295 million and Brazil at about 186 million. Oceania, the least populated continent, had around 33 million people, mostly residing in Australia (about 20 million). Population growth rates were highest in Africa and parts of Asia, while Europe experienced slower growth and, in some countries, population decline.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	1,305,718,256	140
2	India	1,138,451,972	382.9
3	United States	295,516,599	32.3
4	Indonesia	230,421,225	127.2
5	Brazil	188,016,152	22.5
6	Pakistan	168,065,950	218
7	Nigeria	144,566,309	158.7
8	Russia	144,285,722	8.8
9	Bangladesh	138,574,556	1,064.6
10	Japan	127,705,189	350.4
11	Mexico	106,576,363	54.8
12	Philippines	85,346,265	286.2
13	Vietnam	84,920,497	273.9
14	Germany	82,439,417	236.4
15	Egypt	72,803,615	73.1
16	Ethiopia	71,680,064	65.4
17	Turkey	70,460,823	91.6
18	Iran	70,459,613	46
19	Thailand	63,982,612	125.2
20	France	63,054,116	98.5
21	Congo Kinshasa	61,637,003	27.2
22	United Kingdom	60,487,346	250
23	Italy	59,037,807	200.7
24	Burma	49,279,344	75.4
25	South Africa	48,104,426	39.6
26	South Korea	47,988,429	495.1
27	Ukraine	47,002,642	81.1
28	Spain	43,704,367	87.6
29	Colombia	42,482,621	40.9
30	Argentina	39,367,281	14.4
31	Tanzania	38,730,523	43.7
32	Poland	38,556,604	126.7
33	Kenya	35,842,338	63
34	Algeria	32,917,567	13.8
35	Canada	32,390,571	3.6
36	Sudan	30,963,544	16.6
37	Morocco	30,283,203	42.3
38	Peru	27,927,745	21.8
39	Uganda	27,031,475	137.1
40	Iraq	26,637,630	60.9
41	Uzbekistan	26,540,528	62.4
42	Venezuela	26,349,605	29.9
43	Afghanistan	26,332,646	40.4
44	Malaysia	26,261,658	79.9
45	Nepal	25,254,661	176.2
46	North Korea	23,669,409	196.6
47	Saudi Arabia	23,640,681	11
48	Taiwan	22,727,093	704.5
49	Ghana	21,633,674	95.1
50	Romania	21,405,705	93.1
51	Mozambique	20,488,080	26.1
52	Sri Lanka	20,102,989	311
53	Australia	20,014,831	2.6
54	Yemen	20,000,009	37.9
55	Côte d'Ivoire	18,982,839	59.7
56	Angola	18,789,200	15.1
57	Syria	18,567,721	99.9
58	Cameroon	18,160,990	38.4
59	Madagascar	18,094,500	31.1
60	Netherlands	16,299,098	480.9
61	Kazakhstan	16,120,507	6
62	Chile	15,979,151	21.5
63	Ecuador	13,661,288	49.3
64	Burkina Faso	13,569,965	49.6
65	Cambodia	13,430,639	76.1
66	Niger	12,907,510	10.2
67	Malawi	12,764,414	135.7
68	Guatemala	12,701,639	118.5
69	Mali	12,459,990	10.2
70	Zimbabwe	12,270,970	31.7
71	Zambia	11,721,238	15.8
72	Cuba	11,267,721	102.6
73	Greece	10,990,646	84.1
74	Senegal	10,871,798	56.5
75	Portugal	10,576,759	115.6
76	Belgium	10,469,151	345.8
77	Czechia	10,266,924	132.9
78	Hungary	10,057,624	112.2
79	Tunisia	10,029,805	64.6
80	Chad	9,958,507	7.9
81	Belarus	9,806,451	48.3
82	Sweden	9,082,560	22.1
83	Bolivia	9,080,521	8.4
84	Haiti	9,060,501	328.8
85	Dominican Republic	8,849,245	183.1
86	Rwanda	8,842,457	358.5
87	Azerbaijan	8,825,439	106.8
88	Somalia	8,795,276	14
89	Guinea	8,477,819	34.5
90	Austria	8,314,652	100.9
91	Benin	7,837,870	70.9
92	South Sudan	7,778,720	12.1
93	Bulgaria	7,611,111	70.2
94	Switzerland	7,448,225	186.2
95	Burundi	7,439,109	289.7
96	Serbia	7,424,559	95.8
97	Honduras	7,194,127	64.3
98	Hong Kong	6,904,226	6,434.5
99	Tajikistan	6,814,760	48.2
100	Israel	6,718,568	312.5
101	Papua New Guinea	6,197,855	13.7
102	Paraguay	5,922,921	14.9
103	El Salvador	5,899,475	284.7
104	Laos	5,836,357	25.3
105	Libya	5,658,181	3.2
106	Denmark	5,415,505	127.6
107	Slovakia	5,407,674	112.4
108	Togo	5,400,230	99.3
109	Jordan	5,390,895	60.7
110	Sierra Leone	5,271,649	73.6
111	Nicaragua	5,259,795	43.8
112	Finland	5,238,011	17.2
113	Kyrgyzstan	5,164,243	26.9
114	Georgia	4,790,009	68.7
115	Singapore	4,775,791	6,736
116	Eritrea	4,709,533	46.6
117	Turkmenistan	4,664,154	9.9
118	Norway	4,624,876	15.2
119	Croatia	4,441,957	79.4
120	Central African Republic	4,331,911	7
121	Costa Rica	4,208,692	82.4
122	Ireland	4,199,185	61
123	Lebanon	4,138,032	404.5
124	New Zealand	4,048,224	15.3
125	Moldova	3,948,260	120
126	United Arab Emirates	3,935,820	47.1
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,893,098	76.1
128	Puerto Rico	3,821,525	430.9
129	Congo Brazzaville	3,472,400	10.2
130	Lithuania	3,326,633	53.1
131	Uruguay	3,264,914	18.7
132	Panama	3,200,816	43.1
133	Liberia	3,138,399	32.6
134	Armenia	3,084,082	109.4
135	Albania	3,024,532	110.4
136	Jamaica	2,853,053	263.4
137	Mauritania	2,837,310	2.8
138	Oman	2,695,191	8.7
139	Mongolia	2,602,416	1.7
140	Latvia	2,258,990	36.3
141	Kuwait	2,256,621	126.6
142	West Bank	2,170,622	384.9
143	North Macedonia	2,057,226	80.9
144	Namibia	2,043,266	2.5
145	Slovenia	2,020,477	100.3
146	Lesotho	1,928,142	63.5
147	Botswana	1,813,417	3.2
148	Kosovo	1,767,272	162.3
149	The Gambia	1,509,112	149.1
150	Gabon	1,362,645	5.3
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,347,712	47.9
152	Estonia	1,331,702	31.4
153	Gaza Strip	1,305,570	3,626.6
154	Trinidad and Tobago	1,288,767	251.3
155	Mauritius	1,243,231	612.4
156	Eswatini	1,023,139	59.5
157	Cyprus	1,010,742	109.4
158	Timor-Leste	984,204	66.2
159	Qatar	972,560	83.9
160	Bahrain	915,968	1,205.2
161	Fiji	836,445	45.8
162	Guyana	792,905	4
163	Equatorial Guinea	752,209	26.8
164	Bhutan	709,325	18.5
165	Djibouti	665,314	28.7
166	Comoros	625,405	279.8
167	Montenegro	620,641	46.1
168	Suriname	493,898	3.2
169	Solomon Islands	493,138	17.6
170	Macau	474,027	16,929.5
171	Cabo Verde	470,564	116.7
172	Luxembourg	467,463	180.8
173	Malta	406,510	1,286.4
174	Brunei	361,037	68.6
175	Maldives	336,255	1,128.4
176	The Bahamas	304,045	30.4
177	Iceland	296,699	3
178	Belize	288,111	12.6
179	Barbados	282,477	656.9
180	French Polynesia	253,764	66.3
181	New Caledonia	232,395	12.7
182	Vanuatu	217,750	17.9
183	Samoa	184,491	65.4
184	Guam	159,580	293.3
185	Sao Tome and Principe	157,493	163.4
186	Saint Lucia	157,313	259.6
187	Curaçao	136,036	306.4
188	U.S. Virgin Islands	108,453	311.6
189	Federated States of Micronesia	108,044	153.9
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	106,037	272.6
191	Grenada	104,588	304
192	Tonga	103,264	144
193	Aruba	96,951	538.6
194	Kiribati	92,798	114.4
195	Jersey	88,491	762.9
196	Seychelles	83,822	184.2
197	Antigua and Barbuda	81,277	183.5
198	Isle of Man	79,590	139.1
199	Andorra	76,122	162.7
200	Dominica	72,398	96.4
201	Northern Mariana Islands	67,737	143.5
202	Bermuda	66,002	1,222.3
203	Guernsey	63,131	809.4
204	Marshall Islands	59,062	326.3
205	Greenland	57,779	0
206	American Samoa	57,297	289.4
207	Faroe Islands	48,306	34.7
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,902	183.5
209	Cayman Islands	44,264	167.7
210	Liechtenstein	34,880	218
211	Sint Maarten	33,674	990.4
212	Monaco	31,098	15,549
213	San Marino	29,605	485.3
214	Gibraltar	28,417	4,059.6
215	Saint Martin	27,893	516.5
216	Turks and Caicos Islands	27,588	29.1
217	British Virgin Islands	25,846	171.2
218	Palau	20,314	44.3
219	Wallis and Futuna	15,097	106.3
220	Cook Islands	13,563	57.5
221	Anguilla	13,111	144.1
222	Tuvalu	10,171	391.2
223	Nauru	10,000	476.2
224	Saint Barthelemy	7,580	303.2
225	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,484	19
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,224	25.7
227	Montserrat	4,530	44.4

Data from US Census International Database