This is a list of countries by population in 2000. It is a list of all the countries and dependent territories in the world by their estimated population in the year 2000.
Because the table contains data only for the 230 nations and territories existing at the start of 2000, there are no entries for nations that became independent in 2000 or in later years.
This list adopts definitions of "country" on a case-by-case basis. The United Kingdom is considered as a single country while constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are regarded separately.
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1989 | 2000 | 2005 |
Rank | Country/Territory | Population 2000 estimate |
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– | World population | 6,080,671,215 [1] |
1 | ![]() | 1,261,832,482 [1] |
2 | ![]() | 1,040,000,000 [2] |
3 | ![]() | 275,562,673 [1] |
4 | ![]() | 224,784,210 [1] |
5 | ![]() | 172,860,370 [1] |
6 | ![]() | 146,001,176 [1] |
7 | ![]() | 141,553,775 [1] |
8 | ![]() | 129,194,224 [1] |
9 | ![]() | 126,549,976 [1] |
10 | ![]() | 123,337,822 [1] |
11 | ![]() | 100,349,766 [1] |
12 | ![]() | 82,797,408 [1] |
13 | ![]() | 81,159,644 [1] |
14 | ![]() | 78,773,873 [1] |
15 | ![]() | 68,359,979 [1] |
16 | ![]() | 65,666,677 [1] |
17 | ![]() | 65,619,636 [1] |
18 | ![]() | 64,117,452 [1] |
19 | ![]() | 61,230,874 [1] |
20 | ![]() | 59,511,464 [1] |
21 | ![]() | 59,329,691 [1] |
22 | ![]() | 57,634,327 [1] |
23 | ![]() | 51,964,999 [1] |
24 | ![]() | 49,429,800 [3] |
25 | ![]() | 47,470,969 [1] |
26 | ![]() | 43,421,021 [1] |
27 | ![]() | 41,734,853 [1] |
28 | ![]() | 39,996,671 [1] |
29 | ![]() | 39,685,655 [1] |
30 | ![]() | 38,646,023 [1] |
31 | ![]() | 36,955,182 [1] |
32 | ![]() | 35,306,126 [1] |
33 | ![]() | 35,079,814 [1] |
34 | ![]() | 31,281,092 [1] |
35 | ![]() | 31,193,917 [1] |
36 | ![]() | 30,339,770 [1] |
37 | ![]() | 30,122,350 [1] |
38 | ![]() | 27,012,899 [1] |
39 | ![]() | 25,838,797 [1] |
40 | ![]() | 24,755,519 [1] |
41 | ![]() | 24,702,119 [1] |
42 | ![]() | 23,542,649 [1] |
43 | ![]() | 23,317,560 [1] |
44 | ![]() | 22,675,617 [1] |
45 | ![]() | 22,411,121 [1] |
46 | ![]() | 22,191,087 [1] |
47 | ![]() | 22,023,506 [1] |
48 | ![]() | 21,793,293 [1] |
49 | ![]() | 21,687,550 [1] |
50 | ![]() | 19,533,560 [1] |
51 | ![]() | 19,238,575 [1] |
52 | ![]() | 19,169,083 [1] |
53 | ![]() | 19,104,696 [1] |
54 | ![]() | 18,606,000 [4] |
55 | ![]() | 17,479,206 [1] |
56 | ![]() | 16,733,227 [1] |
57 | ![]() | 16,305,659 [1] |
58 | ![]() | 15,980,950 [1] |
59 | ![]() | 15,892,237 [1] |
60 | ![]() | 15,421,937 [1] |
61 | ![]() | 15,153,797 [1] |
62 | ![]() | 12,920,092 [1] |
63 | ![]() | 12,639,939 [1] |
64 | ![]() | 12,212,306 [1] |
65 | ![]() | 11,946,065 [1] |
66 | ![]() | 11,342,521 [1] |
67 | ![]() | 11,141,997 [1] |
68 | ![]() | 10,685,948 [1] |
69 | ![]() | 10,601,527 [1] |
70 | ![]() | 10,400,000 [5] [6] |
71 | ![]() | 10,385,849 [1] |
72 | ![]() | 10,366,719 [1] |
73 | ![]() | 10,272,179 [1] |
74 | ![]() | 10,241,506 [1] |
75 | ![]() | 10,145,267 [1] |
76 | ![]() | 10,138,844 [1] |
77 | ![]() | 10,075,511 [1] |
78 | ![]() | 10,048,232 [1] |
79 | ![]() | 9,987,494 [1] |
80 | ![]() | 9,593,402 [1] |
81 | ![]() | 9,582,418 [1] |
82 | ![]() | 8,873,052 [1] |
83 | ![]() | 8,442,533 [1] |
84 | ![]() | 8,424,504 [1] |
85 | ![]() | 8,152,620 [1] |
86 | ![]() | 8,131,111 [1] |
87 | ![]() | 7,796,694 [1] |
88 | ![]() | 7,748,163 [1] |
89 | ![]() | 7,466,200 [1] |
90 | ![]() | 7,262,372 [1] |
91 | ![]() | 7,253,137 [1] |
92 | ![]() | 7,229,129 [1] |
93 | ![]() | 7,116,302 [1] |
94 | ![]() | 6,867,995 [1] |
95 | ![]() | 6,440,732 [1] |
96 | ![]() | 6,395,919 [1] |
97 | ![]() | 6,249,598 [1] |
98 | ![]() | 6,122,515 [1] |
99 | ![]() | 6,054,714 [1] |
100 | ![]() | 5,842,454 [1] |
101 | ![]() | 5,585,828 [1] |
102 | ![]() | 5,497,459 [1] |
103 | ![]() | 5,407,956 [1] |
104 | ![]() | 5,336,394 [1] |
105 | ![]() | 5,232,624 [1] |
106 | ![]() | 5,167,486 [1] [Note 1] |
107 | ![]() | 5,115,450 [1] |
108 | ![]() | 5,019,538 [1] |
109 | ![]() | 5,018,502 [1] |
110 | ![]() | 4,998,564 [1] |
111 | ![]() | 4,926,984 [1] |
112 | ![]() | 4,812,569 [1] |
113 | ![]() | 4,685,230 [1] |
114 | ![]() | 4,518,268 [1] |
115 | ![]() | 4,481,162 [1] [Note 2] |
116 | ![]() | 4,430,654 [1] |
117 | ![]() | 4,282,216 [1] |
118 | ![]() | 4,151,264 [1] |
119 | ![]() | 4,135,933 [1] |
120 | ![]() | 3,915,798 [1] |
121 | ![]() | 3,835,777 [1] |
122 | ![]() | 3,819,762 [1] |
123 | ![]() | 3,797,257 [1] |
124 | ![]() | 3,710,558 [1] |
125 | ![]() | 3,620,756 [1] |
126 | ![]() | 3,578,036 [1] |
127 | ![]() | 3,512,751 [1] |
128 | ![]() | 3,490,435 [1] |
129 | ![]() | 3,344,336 [1] |
130 | ![]() | 3,334,074 [1] |
131 | ![]() | 3,164,156 [1] |
132 | ![]() | 3,152,361 (West Bank 2,020,298, Gaza Strip 1,132,063) [1] |
133 | ![]() | 2,830,961 [1] |
134 | ![]() | 2,808,268 [1] |
135 | ![]() | 2,667,859 [1] |
136 | ![]() | 2,652,689 [1] |
137 | ![]() | 2,650,952 [1] |
138 | ![]() | 2,533,389 [1] |
139 | ![]() | 2,404,926 [1] |
140 | ![]() | 2,369,153 [1] |
141 | ![]() | 2,163,000 [7] |
142 | ![]() | 2,143,141 [1] |
143 | ![]() | 2,041,467 [1] |
144 | ![]() | 1,973,572 [1] |
145 | ![]() | 1,927,593 [1] |
146 | ![]() | 1,771,327 [1] |
147 | ![]() | 1,576,470 [1] |
148 | ![]() | 1,431,471 [1] |
149 | ![]() | 1,367,124 [1] |
150 | ![]() | 1,285,715 [1] |
152 | ![]() | 1,208,436 [1] |
151 | ![]() | 1,179,368 [1] [Note 3] |
153 | ![]() | 1,175,523 [1] |
154 | ![]() | 1,083,289 [1] |
155 | ![]() | 947,000 [1] |
156 | ![]() | 832,494 [1] |
157 | ![]() | 758,363 [Note 4] [1] |
158 | ![]() | 744,483 [1] |
159 | ![]() | 720,934 [1] |
160 | ![]() | 697,286 [1] |
161 | ![]() | 634,137 [1] |
162 | ![]() | 578,400 [1] |
163 | ![]() | 474,214 [1] |
164 | ![]() | 466,194 [1] |
165 | ![]() | 451,442 [1] |
166 | ![]() | 445,594 [1] |
167 | ![]() | 437,389 [1] |
168 | ![]() | 431,303 [1] |
169 | ![]() | 426,493 [1] |
170 | ![]() | 414,516 [1] |
171 | ![]() | 401,343 [1] |
172 | ![]() | 391,670 [1] |
173 | ![]() | 336,376 [1] |
174 | ![]() | 301,475 [1] |
175 | ![]() | 294,982 [1] |
176 | ![]() | 276,365 [1] |
177 | ![]() | 274,540 [1] |
178 | ![]() | 249,183 [1] |
179 | ![]() ![]() | 249,110 [1] |
180 | ![]() | 244,943 [1] |
181 | ![]() | 210,134 [1] |
182 | ![]() | 201,816 [1] |
183 | ![]() | 189,618 [1] |
184 | ![]() | 179,466 [1] |
185 | ![]() | 172,605 [1] |
186 | ![]() | 159,883 [1] |
187 | ![]() | 156,260 [1] |
188 | ![]() | 155,911 [1] |
189 | ![]() | 154,623 [1] |
190 | Channel Islands (UK) | 149,000 [8] |
191 | ![]() | 133,144 [1] |
192 | ![]() | 120,917 [1] |
193 | ![]() | 115,461 [1] |
194 | ![]() | 102,321 [1] |
195 | ![]() | 91,985 [1] |
196 | ![]() | 89,018 [1] |
197 | ![]() | 79,326 [1] |
198 | ![]() | 73,117 [1] |
199 | ![]() | 71,912 [1] |
200 | ![]() | 71,540 [1] |
201 | ![]() | 69,539 [1] |
202 | ![]() | 68,126 [1] |
203 | ![]() | 66,824 [1] |
204 | ![]() | 66,422 [1] |
205 | ![]() | 65,446 [1] |
206 | ![]() | 62,997 [1] |
207 | ![]() | 56,309 [1] |
208 | ![]() | 45,296 [1] |
209 | ![]() | 38,819 [1] |
210 | ![]() | 34,763 [1] |
211 | ![]() | 32,207 [1] |
212 | ![]() | 31,693 [1] |
213 | ![]() | 29,481 [1] |
214 | ![]() | 26,937 [1] |
215 | ![]() free association with New Zealand) | 20,407 [1] |
216 | ![]() | 19,615 [1] |
217 | ![]() | 18,766 [1] |
218 | ![]() | 17,502 [1] |
219 | ![]() | 15,283 [1] |
220 | ![]() | 11,845 [1] |
221 | ![]() | 11,797 [1] |
222 | ![]() | 10,838 [1] |
223 | ![]() | 7,212 [Note 5] [1] |
224 | ![]() | 6,896 [1] |
225 | ![]() | 6,409 [1] |
226 | ![]() | 2,826 [1] |
227 | ![]() association with New Zealand) | 2,113 [1] |
228 | ![]() | 1,458 [1] |
229 | ![]() | 880 [1] |
230 | ![]() | 54 [1] |