2008 Population

In 2008, the world’s population reached approximately 6.7 billion people. Asia was the most populous continent, home to over 4 billion individuals, with China and India alone accounting for more than 1.3 billion and 1.1 billion people respectively, making them the two most populous countries globally. Africa’s population surpassed 950 million, with Nigeria and Egypt being the continent’s most populous nations. Europe had a population of around 730 million, with Russia and Germany as its largest countries by population. The Americas collectively had nearly 930 million residents, with the United States leading at over 300 million, followed by Brazil and Mexico. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had the smallest population, totaling about 35 million. These figures reflected ongoing trends of rapid growth in Asia and Africa, while populations in Europe and parts of East Asia began to stabilize or decline.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	1,326,206,773	142.2
2	India	1,188,680,299	399.8
3	United States	304,093,966	33.2
4	Indonesia	240,064,968	132.5
5	Brazil	194,195,572	23.2
6	Pakistan	180,012,960	233.5
7	Nigeria	157,143,322	172.5
8	Russia	143,359,355	8.8
9	Bangladesh	143,350,005	1,101.3
10	Japan	127,826,531	350.7
11	Mexico	110,876,639	57
12	Philippines	90,542,145	303.7
13	Vietnam	88,230,616	284.6
14	Germany	82,065,369	235.4
15	Egypt	77,777,097	78.1
16	Ethiopia	77,695,164	70.9
17	Iran	73,119,798	47.7
18	Turkey	73,020,415	94.9
19	Congo Kinshasa	67,979,602	30
20	Thailand	65,430,431	128.1
21	France	64,213,993	100.3
22	United Kingdom	61,657,030	254.9
23	Italy	60,091,305	204.3
24	Burma	50,617,389	77.5
25	South Africa	50,024,703	41.2
26	South Korea	48,753,802	503
27	Ukraine	46,155,640	79.7
28	Spain	45,910,365	92
29	Colombia	43,168,865	41.6
30	Tanzania	42,163,060	47.6
31	Argentina	40,531,409	14.8
32	Kenya	39,310,323	69.1
33	Poland	38,556,061	126.7
34	Algeria	34,619,419	14.5
35	Canada	33,393,043	3.7
36	Sudan	33,173,036	17.8
37	Morocco	31,474,893	43.9
38	Uganda	29,377,162	149
39	Peru	29,004,085	22.7
40	Malaysia	27,924,658	85
41	Venezuela	27,819,427	31.5
42	Afghanistan	27,703,539	42.5
43	Uzbekistan	27,347,297	64.3
44	Iraq	27,077,388	61.9
45	Saudi Arabia	26,115,002	12.1
46	Nepal	25,998,040	181.4
47	North Korea	24,098,471	200.1
48	Ghana	23,368,584	102.7
49	Taiwan	22,972,361	712.1
50	Mozambique	21,889,544	27.8
51	Yemen	21,877,507	41.4
52	Syria	21,387,154	115.1
53	Australia	21,040,262	2.7
54	Angola	20,996,143	16.8
55	Romania	20,888,685	90.9
56	Sri Lanka	20,697,509	320.2
57	Côte d'Ivoire	20,628,649	64.9
58	Cameroon	19,746,892	41.8
59	Madagascar	19,689,114	33.9
60	Kazakhstan	16,645,324	6.2
61	Chile	16,441,035	22.1
62	Netherlands	16,410,056	484.2
63	Burkina Faso	14,753,815	53.9
64	Niger	14,479,804	11.4
65	Ecuador	14,351,557	51.8
66	Malawi	14,077,435	149.6
67	Cambodia	13,969,008	79.1
68	Mali	13,636,273	11.2
69	Guatemala	13,605,801	127
70	Zambia	12,840,268	17.3
71	Zimbabwe	12,508,721	32.3
72	Senegal	11,918,503	61.9
73	Cuba	11,258,336	102.5
74	Chad	11,135,832	8.8
75	Greece	10,996,346	84.2
76	Belgium	10,692,800	353.2
77	Portugal	10,635,102	116.3
78	Czechia	10,455,430	135.4
79	Tunisia	10,307,653	66.3
80	Hungary	10,020,480	111.8
81	Belarus	9,712,051	47.9
82	Bolivia	9,646,692	8.9
83	Haiti	9,507,769	345
84	Rwanda	9,501,783	385.2
85	Somalia	9,467,536	15.1
86	Sweden	9,273,133	22.6
87	Dominican Republic	9,204,020	190.5
88	Azerbaijan	9,111,089	110.3
89	Guinea	9,090,759	37
90	South Sudan	8,789,748	13.6
91	Benin	8,602,404	77.8
92	Austria	8,406,796	102
93	Burundi	8,317,555	323.9
94	Honduras	7,682,066	68.7
95	Switzerland	7,610,996	190.3
96	Bulgaria	7,465,356	68.8
97	Serbia	7,307,359	94.3
98	Tajikistan	7,211,215	51
99	United Arab Emirates	7,159,278	85.6
100	Israel	7,090,562	329.8
101	Hong Kong	7,036,409	6,557.7
102	Papua New Guinea	6,703,837	14.8
103	Jordan	6,512,446	73.3
104	Paraguay	6,199,809	15.6
105	Laos	6,154,409	26.7
106	Libya	6,053,544	3.4
107	El Salvador	5,933,968	286.4
108	Togo	5,850,173	107.6
109	Sierra Leone	5,734,162	80.1
110	Denmark	5,491,488	129.4
111	Nicaragua	5,467,241	45.6
112	Slovakia	5,415,208	112.6
113	Finland	5,304,716	17.5
114	Kyrgyzstan	5,298,684	27.6
115	Eritrea	5,108,008	50.6
116	Singapore	5,046,845	7,118.3
117	Turkmenistan	4,829,017	10.3
118	Georgia	4,823,790	69.2
119	Norway	4,770,097	15.7
120	Central African Republic	4,518,406	7.3
121	Ireland	4,517,706	65.6
122	Croatia	4,434,262	79.2
123	Lebanon	4,421,994	432.3
124	Costa Rica	4,393,180	86
125	New Zealand	4,171,974	15.8
126	Congo Brazzaville	3,910,050	11.4
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,888,950	76
128	Moldova	3,811,762	115.9
129	Puerto Rico	3,761,122	424.1
130	Liberia	3,602,820	37.4
131	Panama	3,374,475	45.4
132	Uruguay	3,286,621	18.8
133	Lithuania	3,195,990	51
134	Armenia	3,076,467	109.1
135	Mauritania	3,053,544	3
136	Albania	2,984,372	108.9
137	Oman	2,850,375	9.2
138	Jamaica	2,847,477	262.9
139	Mongolia	2,702,400	1.7
140	Kuwait	2,433,178	136.6
141	West Bank	2,308,799	409.4
142	Latvia	2,197,506	35.3
143	Namibia	2,123,796	2.6
144	North Macedonia	2,069,952	81.4
145	Slovenia	2,056,915	102.1
146	Lesotho	1,959,558	64.6
147	Botswana	1,911,356	3.4
148	Kosovo	1,794,860	164.9
149	The Gambia	1,646,454	162.7
150	Gabon	1,512,483	5.9
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,446,280	51.4
152	Qatar	1,418,131	122.4
153	Gaza Strip	1,416,554	3,934.9
154	Estonia	1,311,467	30.9
155	Trinidad and Tobago	1,308,122	255.1
156	Mauritius	1,268,899	625.1
157	Bahrain	1,107,295	1,457
158	Cyprus	1,066,830	115.4
159	Timor-Leste	1,038,161	69.8
160	Eswatini	1,016,929	59.1
161	Equatorial Guinea	886,190	31.6
162	Fiji	860,394	47.1
163	Guyana	786,981	4
164	Bhutan	739,889	19.3
165	Djibouti	708,122	30.5
166	Comoros	676,977	302.9
167	Montenegro	621,000	46.2
168	Macau	546,033	19,501.2
169	Solomon Islands	530,486	19
170	Suriname	517,198	3.3
171	Cabo Verde	493,496	122.4
172	Luxembourg	490,953	189.9
173	Malta	412,044	1,303.9
174	Maldives	385,955	1,295.2
175	Brunei	381,187	72.4
176	Iceland	317,363	3.2
177	The Bahamas	313,115	31.3
178	Belize	311,144	13.6
179	Barbados	286,851	667.1
180	French Polynesia	262,881	68.7
181	New Caledonia	244,446	13.4
182	Vanuatu	234,122	19.2
183	Samoa	189,503	67.2
184	Sao Tome and Principe	168,358	174.6
185	Guam	161,917	297.6
186	Saint Lucia	159,365	263
187	Curaçao	140,507	316.5
188	U.S. Virgin Islands	108,397	311.5
189	Federated States of Micronesia	107,601	153.3
190	Grenada	106,564	309.8
191	Tonga	104,866	146.3
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,847	269.5
193	Aruba	101,494	563.9
194	Kiribati	97,060	119.7
195	Jersey	91,628	789.9
196	Seychelles	86,378	189.8
197	Antigua and Barbuda	84,487	190.7
198	Andorra	82,631	176.6
199	Isle of Man	82,201	143.7
200	Dominica	72,897	97.1
201	Bermuda	67,478	1,249.6
202	Guernsey	64,095	821.7
203	Marshall Islands	63,110	348.7
204	Northern Mariana Islands	60,971	129.2
205	Greenland	57,552	0
206	American Samoa	56,361	284.7
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	49,061	188
208	Faroe Islands	48,664	34.9
209	Cayman Islands	47,775	181
210	Turks and Caicos Islands	37,605	39.7
211	Sint Maarten	36,233	1,065.7
212	Liechtenstein	35,600	222.5
213	San Marino	30,746	504
214	Monaco	30,730	15,365
215	Saint Martin	29,359	543.7
216	Gibraltar	28,603	4,086.1
217	British Virgin Islands	28,161	186.5
218	Palau	20,679	45.1
219	Wallis and Futuna	15,237	107.3
220	Anguilla	14,098	154.9
221	Cook Islands	12,241	51.9
222	Tuvalu	10,346	397.9
223	Nauru	9,139	435.2
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,611	19.3
225	Saint Barthelemy	7,491	299.6
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,079	25.1
227	Montserrat	5,082	49.8

Data from US Census International Database