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