List of countries by population in 2000

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Map of countries by population for the year 2000 (U.N. source)

This is a list of countries by population in 2000. It is a list of countries in the world by population in the exact beginning of the year 2000.

Contents

Because the table contains data only for the 230 nations and territories at the start of 2000, there are no entries for national regions declared later in 2000 or subsequent 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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Rank
Country/Territory
Population
2000
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   World population 6,088,571,383
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1,242,000,000
2 Flag of India.svg  India 1,040,000,000 [1]
3 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 281,421,923
4 Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 206,264,595
5 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 170,000,000
6 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 147,000,000
7 Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 140,000,000
8 Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 130,000,000
9 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 127,000,000
10 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 119,000,000
11 Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 100,500,000
12 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 82,000,000
13 Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 78,758,000
14 Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 77,431,000
15 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 76,506,928
16 Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 74,033,000
17 Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 73,193,000
18 Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 69,515,000
19 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 64,233,000
20 Flag of France.svg  France 58,921,000
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 58,459,000
22 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57,620,000
23 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 57,549,000
24 Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 50,519,000
25 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 49,429,800 [2]
26 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 47,817,000
27 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 45,000,000
28 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 43,064,000
29 Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 40,800,000
30 Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 38,747,000
31 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 38,530,000
32 Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 38,329,000
33 Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 36,233,000
34 Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 34,256,000
35 Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 32,854,000
36 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 31,689,000
37 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 31,478,000
38 Flag of Afghanistan (1992-2001).svg  Afghanistan 29,863,000
39 Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 28,816,000
40  Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg Iraq 28,807,000
41 Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 27,968,000
42  Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 27,133,000
43 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 26,749,000
44 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 26,593,000
45 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 25,347,000
46 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 24,573,000
47 Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 22,894,384
48 Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 22,488,000
49 Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 22,113,000
50 Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 21,711,000
51 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20,000,000
52 Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 19,975,000
53 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 19,792,000
54 Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 19,743,000
55 Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 19,043,000
56 Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 18,606,000 [3]
57 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 18,154,000
58 Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 16,322,000
59 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 16,299,000
60 Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 16,295,000
61 Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 15,941,000
62 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 14,825,000
63 Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 14,071,000
64 Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 13,957,000
65 Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 13,518,000
66 Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 13,228,000
67 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 13,228,000
68 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 13,010,000
69 Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 12,884,000
70 Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 12,599,000
71 Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 11,668,000
72 Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 11,658,000
73 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 11,269,000
74 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 11,120,000
75 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 10,495,000
76 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 10,419,000
77 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 10,220,000
78 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 10,102,000
79 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 10,098,000
80 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 9,778,991 [4]
81 Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 9,755,000
82 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 9,749,000
83 Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 9,402,000
84 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 9,182,000
85 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9,041,000
86 Flag of Rwanda (1962-2001).svg  Rwanda 9,038,000
87 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 8,895,000
88 Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 8,528,000
89 Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 8,439,000
90 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 8,411,000
91 Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 8,228,000
92 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8,189,000
93 Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 7,726,000
94 Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 7,548,000
95 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7,252,000
96 Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 7,205,000
97 Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (PR China)7,041,000
98 Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 6,881,000
99 Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 6,725,000
100 Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 6,507,000
101 Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 6,145,000
102 Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 5,924,000
103 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 5,887,000
104  Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya 5,853,000
105 Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 5,703,000
106 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 5,525,000
107 Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 5,487,000
108 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5,431,000
109 Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 5,401,000
110 Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 5,300,000
111 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 5,264,000
112 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5,249,000 [5]
113 Flag of Turkmenistan (1997-2001).svg  Turkmenistan 4,833,000
114 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4,620,000 [6]
115 Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 4,551,000
116 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 4,496,000
117 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia 4,474,000
118 Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 4,401,000
119 Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4,327,000
120 Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4,326,000
121 Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 4,206,000
122 Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 4,148,000
123 Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 4,038,000
124 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4,028,000
125 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 3,999,000
126 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico (US)3,955,000
127 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,907,000
128 Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestinian territories 3,702,000
129 Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 3,577,000
130 Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 3,463,000
131 Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 3,431,000
132 Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 3,283,000
133 Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 3,232,000
134 Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 3,130,000
135 Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 3,069,000
136 Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 3,016,000
137 Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2,687,000
138 Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2,651,000
139 Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 2,646,000
140 Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 2,567,000
141 Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2,377,383
142 Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 2,163,000 [7]
143 Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 2,034,000
144 Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2,031,000
145 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1,967,000
146 Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg  Lesotho 1,795,000
147 Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1,765,000
148 Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 1,586,000
149 Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia 1,517,000
150 Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 1,384,000
151 Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1,330,000
152 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1,305,000
153 Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1,245,000 [8]
154 Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland 1,032,000
155  Flag of the United Nations.svg East Timor 947,000
156 Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 848,000
157 Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 835,000 [9]
158 Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 813,000
159 Flag of the Comoros (1996-2001).svg  Comoros 798,000 [10]
160 Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 793,000
161 Flag of France.svg  Réunion (France)785,000
162 Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 751,000
163 Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg  Bahrain 727,000
164  Flag of Montenegro (1993-2004).svg Montenegro 620,145 [11]
165 Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 507,000
166 Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 504,000
167 Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 478,000
168 Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 465,000
169 Flag of Macau.svg  Macau (PR China)460,000
170 Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 449,000
171 Flag of France.svg  Guadeloupe (France)448,000
172 Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 402,000
173 Flag of France.svg  Martinique (France)396,000
174 Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 374,000
175 Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Western Sahara 341,000
176 Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 329,000
177 Flag of the Bahamas.svg  The Bahamas 323,000
178 Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 295,000
179 Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 270,000
180 Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 270,000
181  Flag of France.svg Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia (France)257,000
182 Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia (France)237,000
183 Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 211,000
184 Flag of France.svg  French Guiana (France)187,000
185 Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 185,000
186 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles.svg  Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)183,000
187 Flag of Guam.svg  Guam (US)170,000
188 Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 161,000
189 Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 157,000
190  Channel Islands (UK)149,000 [12]
191 Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 119,000
192 Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands (US)112,000
193 Flag of Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Federated States of Micronesia 110,000
194 Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 103,000
195 Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 102,000
196 Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba (Netherlands)99,000
197 Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati 99,000
198 Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 81,000
199 Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands (US)81,000
200 Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 81,000
201 Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 79,000
202 Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man (UK)77,000
203 Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 67,000
204 Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa (US)65,000
205 Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda (UK)64,000
206 Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 62,000
207 Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland (Denmark)57,000
208 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands (Denmark)47,000
209Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands (UK)45,000
210 Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 43,000
211 Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 35,000
212 Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 35,000
213 Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 28,000
214 Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar (UK)28,000
215 Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)26,000
216 Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands (UK)22,000
217 Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 20,000
218 Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands (Self-governing in
free association with New Zealand)
18,000
219 Flag of France.svg  Wallis and Futuna (France)15,000
220 Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 13,500
221 Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla (UK)12,000
222 Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 10,000
223 Flag of France.svg  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France)6,000
224 Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena (UK)5,000 [13]
225 Flag of Montserrat.svg  Montserrat (UK)4,000
226 Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg  Falkland Islands (UK)3,000
227 Flag of Niue.svg  Niue (Self-governing in free
association with New Zealand)
2,100
228 Flag of Tokelau.svg  Tokelau (NZ)1,000
229 Flag of the Vatican City.svg   Vatican City 783
230 Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg  Pitcairn Islands (UK)67

See also

Notes

  1. "Population of India 2000". WolframAlpha. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  2. Чисельність населення країн світу у 1950 – 2009 рр.
  3. The figure from the National Institute of Statistics in Madagascar does not agree with the UN figure. Latest estimate is from 2004, extrapolation gives about 17,400,000 in 2005 Archived 2003-03-12 at the Wayback Machine .
  4. Geohive.com: 1991 Census figure including Kosovo (with 1.96 million).
  5. Includes Åland
  6. Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island.
  7. The figure from the government of Bhutan does not agree with the UN figure. The 2005 Census Archived 2006-06-23 at the Wayback Machine figure is 672,425.
  8. Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
  9. Estimated total population of both Greek and Turkish controlled areas. The Statistical Institute of the Republic of Cyprus shows a population of 749,200 (2004 Census). The 2006 census of the Turkish controlled area (TRNC) shows a population of 264,172.
  10. Includes the island of Mayotte (with a population in 2002 of 160,265).
  11. Figure from the 2003 census.
  12. Consists of the bailiwicks of Guernsey (with a population at the 2001 census of 62,101) and Jersey (with a population at the 2001 census of 87,186).
  13. Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

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