Countries Ranked by Population: 2002	Population	%
1 China	1 279 160 885	20.537%
2 India	1 034 172 547	16.604%
3 United States	287 675 526	4.619%
4 Indonesia	231 326 092	3.714%
5 Brazil	179 914 212	2.888%
6 Pakistan	147 663 429	2.371%
7 Russia	144 978 573	2.328%
8 Bangladesh	135 656 790	2.178%
9 Nigeria	130 499 978	2.095%
10 Japan	127 065 841	2.040%
11 Mexico	102 479 927	1.645%
12 Philippines	82 995 088	1.332%
13 Germany	82 350 671	1.322%
14 Vietnam	80 577 466	1.294%
15 Egypt	73 312 559	1.177%
16 Iran	67 538 065	1.084%
17 Turkey	67 308 928	1.081%
18 Ethiopia	65 253 938	1.048%
19 Thailand	63 645 250	1.022%
20 France	59 925 035	0.962%
21 United Kingdom	59 912 431	0.962%
22 Italy	57 926 999	0.930%
23 Congo (Kinshasa)	55 041 752	0.884%
24 Ukraine	48 396 470	0.777%
25 Korea South	47 962 703	0.770%
26 South Africa	42 715 936	0.686%
27 Burma	42 281 860	0.679%
28 Colombia	41 008 227	0.658%
29 Spain	40 152 517	0.645%
30 Poland	38 625 478	0.620%
31 Argentina	38 331 121	0.615%
32 Sudan	37 090 298	0.595%
33 Tanzania	35 301 718	0.567%
34 Algeria	32 277 942	0.518%
35 Canada	31 902 268	0.512%
36 Kenya	31 223 158	0.501%
37 Morocco	31 167 783	0.500%
38 Peru	27 949 639	0.449%
39 Afghanistan	27 755 775	0.446%
40 Nepal	25 873 917	0.415%
41 Uzbekistan	25 563 441	0.410%
42 Uganda	24 888 694	0.400%
43 Venezuela	24 287 670	0.390%
44 Iraq	24 001 816	0.385%
45 Saudi Arabia	23 513 330	0.378%
46 Malaysia	22 662 365	0.364%
47 Taiwan	22 454 239	0.360%
48 Romania	22 404 337	0.360%
49 Korea North	22 215 365	0.357%
50 Ghana	20 163 149	0.324%
51 Sri Lanka	19 576 783	0.314%
52 Australia	19 546 792	0.314%
53 Yemen	18 701 257	0.300%
54 Mozambique	18 296 100	0.294%
55 Syria	17 155 814	0.275%
56 Kazakhstan	16 741 519	0.269%
57 Cote d'Ivoire	16 597 693	0.266%
58 Madagascar	16 473 477	0.264%
59 Netherlands	16 122 830	0.259%
60 Chile	15 498 930	0.249%
61 Cameroon	15 428 030	0.248%
62 Guatemala	13 541 978	0.217%
63 Ecuador	13 447 494	0.216%
64 Cambodia	12 890 312	0.207%
65 Burkina Faso	12 886 513	0.207%
66 Zimbabwe	12 463 115	0.200%
67 Malawi	11 393 210	0.183%
68 Mali	11 300 445	0.181%
69 Cuba	11 226 999	0.180%
70 Niger	10 760 206	0.173%
71 Serbia and Montenegro	10 658 010	0.171%
72 Greece	10 603 863	0.170%
73 Angola	10 553 547	0.169%
74 Belarus	10 335 382	0.166%
75 Belgium	10 311 970	0.166%
76 Senegal	10 311 497	0.166%
77 Czech Republic	10 256 295	0.165%
78 Zambia	10 148 674	0.163%
79 Portugal	10 084 245	0.162%
80 Hungary	10 083 313	0.162%
81 Tunisia	9 815 644	0.158%
82 Chad	8 971 376	0.144%
83 Sweden	8 954 175	0.144%
84 Guinea	8 815 576	0.142%
85 Dominican Republic	8 596 132	0.138%
86 Bolivia	8 445 134	0.136%
87 Austria	8 148 312	0.131%
88 Azerbaijan	7 798 497	0.125%
89 Somalia	7 753 310	0.124%
90 Rwanda	7 668 223	0.123%
91 Bulgaria	7 661 799	0.123%
92 Haiti	7 405 259	0.119%
93 Switzerland	7 361 757	0.118%
94 Hong Kong S.A.R.	7 303 334	0.117%
95 Benin	6 834 795	0.110%
96 Tajikistan	6 719 567	0.108%
97 Honduras	6 514 412	0.105%
98 El Salvador	6 353 681	0.102%
99 Israel	6 029 529	0.097%
100 Burundi	5 965 127	0.096%
101 Paraguay	5 884 491	0.094%
102 Laos	5 777 564	0.093%
103 Sierra Leone	5 564 516	0.089%
104 Slovakia	5 410 052	0.087%
105 Denmark	5 374 693	0.086%
106 Libya	5 368 585	0.086%
107 Jordan	5 307 470	0.085%
108 Togo	5 299 424	0.085%
109 Finland	5 193 039	0.083%
110 Papua New Guinea	5 172 033	0.083%
111 Nicaragua	5 023 818	0.081%
112 Georgia	4 960 951	0.080%
113 Kyrgyzstan	4 822 166	0.077%
114 Turkmenistan	4 688 963	0.075%
115 Norway	4 535 591	0.073%
116 Singapore	4 452 732	0.071%
117 Moldova	4 434 547	0.071%
118 Croatia	4 390 751	0.070%
119 Eritrea	4 305 577	0.069%
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 964 388	0.064%
121 New Zealand	3 908 037	0.063%
122 Ireland	3 879 155	0.062%
123 Puerto Rico	3 858 806	0.062%
124 Costa Rica	3 834 934	0.062%
125 Lebanon	3 677 780	0.059%
126 Central African Republic	3 623 238	0.058%
127 Lithuania	3 601 138	0.058%
128 Albania	3 508 512	0.056%
129 Uruguay	3 386 575	0.054%
130 Armenia	3 330 099	0.053%
131 Liberia	3 261 515	0.052%
132 Panama	2 920 150	0.047%
133 Congo (Brazzaville)	2 908 048	0.047%
134 Mauritania	2 828 858	0.045%
135 Oman	2 713 462	0.044%
136 Jamaica	2 680 029	0.043%
137 Mongolia	2 674 234	0.043%
138 United Arab Emirates	2 445 989	0.039%
139 Latvia	2 366 515	0.038%
140 West Bank	2 163 667	0.035%
141 Kuwait	2 111 561	0.034%
142 Bhutan	2 094 176	0.034%
143 Macedonia The Former Yugo. Rep	2 054 800	0.033%
144 Slovenia	1 932 917	0.031%
145 Namibia	1 896 845	0.030%
146 Lesotho	1 857 866	0.030%
147 Botswana	1 579 436	0.025%
148 Gambia The	1 455 842	0.023%
149 Estonia	1 415 681	0.023%
150 Guinea-Bissau	1 333 453	0.021%
151 Gabon	1 288 229	0.021%
152 Gaza Strip	1 225 911	0.020%
153 Mauritius	1 200 206	0.019%
154 Swaziland	1 150 161	0.018%
155 Trinidad and Tobago	1 111 509	0.018%
156 East Timor	952 618	0.015%
157 Fiji	856 346	0.014%
158 Qatar	793 341	0.013%
159 Cyprus	767 314	0.012%
160 Reunion	743 981	0.012%
161 Guyana	699 572	0.011%
162 Bahrain	656 397	0.011%
163 Comoros	614 382	0.010%
164 Equatorial Guinea	498 144	0.008%
165 Solomon Islands	494 786	0.008%
166 Luxembourg	450 786	0.007%
167 Djibouti	447 416	0.007%
168 Macau S.A.R.	437 794	0.007%
169 Guadeloupe	435 739	0.007%
170 Suriname	433 682	0.007%
171 Martinique	422 277	0.007%
172 Cape Verde	408 760	0.007%
173 Malta	397 499	0.006%
174 Brunei	350 898	0.006%
175 Maldives	320 165	0.005%
176 Bahamas The	295 131	0.005%
177 Iceland	279 384	0.004%
178 Barbados	276 182	0.004%
179 Belize	259 946	0.004%
180 French Polynesia	257 847	0.004%
181 Western Sahara	256 177	0.004%
182 Netherlands Antilles	214 258	0.003%
183 New Caledonia	207 858	0.003%
184 Vanuatu	196 178	0.003%
185 French Guiana	182 333	0.003%
186 Samoa	178 631	0.003%
187 Mayotte	170 879	0.003%
188 Sao Tome and Principe	170 372	0.003%
189 Guam	161 057	0.003%
190 Saint Lucia	160 145	0.003%
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadin	116 394	0.002%
192 Virgin Islands	108 810	0.002%
193 Micronesia Federated States of	108 071	0.002%
194 Tonga	106 137	0.002%
195 Kiribati	96 335	0.002%
196 Jersey	89 775	0.001%
197 Grenada	89 211	0.001%
198 Seychelles	80 098	0.001%
199 Northern Mariana Islands	74 003	0.001%
200 Man Isle of	73 873	0.001%
201 Aruba	70 441	0.001%
202 Dominica	70 158	0.001%
203 Andorra	68 403	0.001%
204 Antigua and Barbuda	67 448	0.001%
205 Guernsey	64 587	0.001%
206 Bermuda	64 004	0.001%
207 American Samoa	57 716	0.001%
208 Greenland	56 376	0.001%
209 Marshall Islands	55 147	0.001%
210 Faroe Islands	46 011	0.001%
211 Cayman Islands	40 762	0.001%
212 Saint Kitts and Nevis	38 736	0.001%
213 Liechtenstein	32 842	0.001%
214 Monaco	31 987	0.001%
215 San Marino	27 730	0.000%
216 Gibraltar	27 714	0.000%
217 Virgin Islands British	21 272	0.000%
218 Cook Islands	20 811	0.000%
219 Palau	19 409	0.000%
220 Turks and Caicos Islands	18 738	0.000%
221 Wallis and Futuna	15 585	0.000%
222 Anguilla	12 446	0.000%
223 Nauru	12 329	0.000%
224 Tuvalu	11 146	0.000%
225 Montserrat	8 437	0.000%
226 Saint Helena	7 317	0.000%
227 Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6 954	0.000%
total population millions	6 228 641 303	100.0%
Note:  Data updated 7-17-2003 (Release notes).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base.