2009 Population

In 2009, the world’s population was estimated at approximately 6.8 billion people. Asia was the most populous continent, home to over 4 billion people, with China and India alone accounting for more than one-third of the global population—China had around 1.3 billion and India about 1.15 billion inhabitants. Africa’s population surpassed 1 billion, with Nigeria and Egypt as its most populous countries. Europe’s population was about 730 million, with Russia, Germany, and France as leading contributors. North America had roughly 340 million people, primarily in the United States (over 300 million) and Mexico. Latin America and the Caribbean together had about 580 million, with Brazil (around 195 million) as the largest country. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had the smallest population, totaling about 35 million. Population growth rates varied, with higher rates in Africa and South Asia, while Europe experienced slower growth and even population decline in some countries.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	1,333,559,909	143
2	India	1,204,850,597	405.2
3	United States	306,771,529	33.5
4	Indonesia	243,188,153	134.2
5	Brazil	196,071,090	23.5
6	Pakistan	183,963,929	238.6
7	Nigeria	161,479,596	177.3
8	Bangladesh	144,899,170	1,113.2
9	Russia	143,427,695	8.8
10	Japan	127,750,918	350.5
11	Mexico	112,510,831	57.9
12	Philippines	92,150,904	309.1
13	Vietnam	89,350,508	288.2
14	Germany	81,854,784	234.8
15	Ethiopia	79,839,434	72.8
16	Egypt	79,621,363	80
17	Iran	74,081,584	48.4
18	Turkey	73,841,285	95.9
19	Congo Kinshasa	70,299,929	31
20	Thailand	65,860,440	128.9
21	France	64,573,487	100.8
22	United Kingdom	62,049,797	256.5
23	Italy	60,461,584	205.6
24	Burma	51,017,774	78.1
25	South Africa	50,680,533	41.7
26	South Korea	49,000,481	505.6
27	Spain	46,290,324	92.8
28	Ukraine	45,950,761	79.3
29	Colombia	43,547,516	41.9
30	Tanzania	43,295,640	48.9
31	Argentina	40,943,942	15
32	Kenya	40,533,869	71.2
33	Poland	38,587,546	126.8
34	Algeria	35,268,128	14.8
35	Sudan	34,144,883	18.3
36	Canada	33,802,573	3.7
37	Morocco	31,871,058	44.5
38	Uganda	30,165,171	153
39	Peru	29,176,894	22.8
40	Malaysia	28,494,229	86.7
41	Afghanistan	28,480,801	43.7
42	Venezuela	28,242,367	32
43	Iraq	28,136,774	64.3
44	Uzbekistan	27,608,707	64.9
45	Saudi Arabia	27,035,739	12.6
46	Nepal	26,297,359	183.4
47	North Korea	24,237,567	201.3
48	Ghana	23,973,904	105.4
49	Taiwan	23,050,187	714.5
50	Yemen	22,533,001	42.7
51	Mozambique	22,427,917	28.5
52	Angola	21,804,107	17.5
53	Syria	21,710,990	116.8
54	Australia	21,475,384	2.8
55	Côte d'Ivoire	21,185,382	66.6
56	Sri Lanka	20,879,197	323.1
57	Romania	20,692,612	90
58	Cameroon	20,320,122	43
59	Madagascar	20,243,135	34.8
60	Kazakhstan	16,858,962	6.2
61	Chile	16,602,032	22.3
62	Netherlands	16,490,411	486.5
63	Burkina Faso	15,185,326	55.5
64	Niger	15,038,018	11.9
65	Ecuador	14,569,419	52.6
66	Malawi	14,545,019	154.6
67	Cambodia	14,153,379	80.2
68	Mali	14,067,464	11.5
69	Guatemala	13,906,592	129.8
70	Zambia	13,232,943	17.8
71	Zimbabwe	12,606,008	32.6
72	Senegal	12,289,303	63.8
73	Chad	11,562,812	9.2
74	Cuba	11,260,480	102.5
75	Greece	11,025,521	84.4
76	Belgium	10,777,617	356
77	Portugal	10,645,172	116.4
78	Czechia	10,518,272	136.2
79	Tunisia	10,411,019	67
80	Hungary	10,006,433	111.7
81	Bolivia	9,835,715	9.1
82	Rwanda	9,705,659	393.5
83	Belarus	9,696,331	47.8
84	Haiti	9,651,771	350.2
85	Somalia	9,629,182	15.3
86	Sweden	9,352,377	22.8
87	Guinea	9,327,011	38
88	Dominican Republic	9,319,215	192.9
89	South Sudan	9,246,358	14.4
90	Azerbaijan	9,206,777	111.4
91	Benin	8,883,843	80.3
92	Burundi	8,740,453	340.4
93	Austria	8,428,464	102.2
94	United Arab Emirates	8,032,709	96.1
95	Honduras	7,838,603	70.1
96	Switzerland	7,693,228	192.3
97	Bulgaria	7,427,947	68.5
98	Tajikistan	7,348,050	51.9
99	Serbia	7,270,195	93.8
100	Israel	7,218,923	335.8
101	Hong Kong	7,038,760	6,559.9
102	Papua New Guinea	6,881,681	15.2
103	Jordan	6,655,519	74.9
104	Paraguay	6,287,293	15.8
105	Laos	6,273,115	27.2
106	Libya	6,207,609	3.5
107	Togo	6,013,851	110.6
108	El Salvador	5,954,121	287.3
109	Sierra Leone	5,923,576	82.7
110	Nicaragua	5,532,425	46.1
111	Denmark	5,521,707	130.1
112	Slovakia	5,420,245	112.7
113	Kyrgyzstan	5,358,174	27.9
114	Finland	5,330,210	17.5
115	Eritrea	5,246,747	51.9
116	Singapore	5,123,009	7,225.7
117	Turkmenistan	4,884,372	10.4
118	Georgia	4,855,888	69.7
119	Norway	4,830,659	15.9
120	Central African Republic	4,595,423	7.4
121	Ireland	4,579,972	66.5
122	Lebanon	4,472,455	437.2
123	Costa Rica	4,454,801	87.2
124	Croatia	4,428,935	79.1
125	New Zealand	4,218,874	15.9
126	Congo Brazzaville	4,063,183	11.9
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,886,939	75.9
128	Moldova	3,770,697	114.6
129	Puerto Rico	3,740,697	421.8
130	Liberia	3,708,021	38.5
131	Panama	3,429,294	46.1
132	Uruguay	3,294,329	18.8
133	Lithuania	3,158,758	50.4
134	Mauritania	3,127,764	3
135	Armenia	3,074,270	109
136	Albania	2,983,560	108.9
137	Oman	2,905,436	9.4
138	Jamaica	2,843,554	262.5
139	Mongolia	2,741,412	1.8
140	Kuwait	2,489,044	139.7
141	West Bank	2,355,695	417.7
142	Latvia	2,161,153	34.7
143	Namibia	2,152,895	2.6
144	Slovenia	2,075,268	103
145	North Macedonia	2,074,492	81.6
146	Lesotho	1,976,556	65.1
147	Botswana	1,944,488	3.4
148	Kosovo	1,804,666	165.8
149	The Gambia	1,696,855	167.7
150	Qatar	1,568,790	135.4
151	Gabon	1,568,722	6.1
152	Guinea-Bissau	1,481,069	52.7
153	Gaza Strip	1,459,404	4,053.9
154	Trinidad and Tobago	1,314,871	256.4
155	Estonia	1,307,409	30.8
156	Mauritius	1,275,684	628.4
157	Bahrain	1,144,371	1,505.8
158	Cyprus	1,084,776	117.4
159	Timor-Leste	1,061,524	71.4
160	Eswatini	1,017,087	59.1
161	Equatorial Guinea	934,948	33.3
162	Fiji	868,302	47.5
163	Guyana	787,167	4
164	Bhutan	749,718	19.5
165	Djibouti	723,558	31.2
166	Comoros	693,695	310.4
167	Montenegro	621,968	46.2
168	Macau	560,558	20,019.9
169	Solomon Islands	542,972	19.4
170	Suriname	525,601	3.4
171	Cabo Verde	501,003	124.2
172	Luxembourg	500,087	193.4
173	Malta	415,142	1,313.7
174	Maldives	396,357	1,330.1
175	Brunei	387,970	73.7
176	Belize	318,897	14
177	Iceland	318,453	3.2
178	The Bahamas	316,135	31.6
179	Barbados	288,242	670.3
180	French Polynesia	265,919	69.5
181	New Caledonia	248,410	13.6
182	Vanuatu	239,589	19.7
183	Samoa	190,897	67.7
184	Sao Tome and Principe	172,030	178.5
185	Guam	162,659	299
186	Saint Lucia	160,004	264
187	Curaçao	141,995	319.8
188	U.S. Virgin Islands	108,404	311.5
189	Federated States of Micronesia	107,360	152.9
190	Grenada	107,223	311.7
191	Tonga	105,278	146.8
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,470	268.6
193	Aruba	103,014	572.3
194	Kiribati	98,387	121.3
195	Jersey	92,515	797.5
196	Seychelles	87,220	191.7
197	Antigua and Barbuda	85,572	193.2
198	Andorra	83,904	179.3
199	Isle of Man	83,031	145.2
200	Dominica	73,058	97.3
201	Bermuda	67,922	1,257.8
202	Guernsey	64,459	826.4
203	Marshall Islands	64,445	356
204	Northern Mariana Islands	58,115	123.1
205	Greenland	57,579	0
206	American Samoa	55,961	282.6
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	49,475	189.6
208	Cayman Islands	48,946	185.4
209	Faroe Islands	48,852	35.1
210	Turks and Caicos Islands	40,971	43.2
211	Sint Maarten	37,099	1,091.1
212	Liechtenstein	35,856	224.1
213	San Marino	31,115	510.1
214	Monaco	30,649	15,324.5
215	Saint Martin	29,804	551.9
216	British Virgin Islands	28,883	191.3
217	Gibraltar	28,685	4,097.9
218	Palau	20,767	45.2
219	Wallis and Futuna	15,284	107.6
220	Anguilla	14,424	158.5
221	Cook Islands	11,841	50.2
222	Tuvalu	10,411	400.4
223	Nauru	9,186	437.4
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,648	19.4
225	Saint Barthelemy	7,447	297.9
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,028	24.9
227	Montserrat	5,098	50

Data from US Census International Database