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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.
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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1989 | 2000 | 2005 |
Rank | Country/Territory | Population 2000 estimate |
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– | World population | 6,088,571,383 |
1 | China | 1,242,000,000 |
2 | India | 1,040,000,000 [1] |
3 | United States | 281,421,923 |
4 | Indonesia | 206,264,595 |
5 | Brazil | 170,000,000 |
6 | Russia | 147,000,000 |
7 | Pakistan | 140,000,000 |
8 | Bangladesh | 130,000,000 |
9 | Japan | 127,000,000 |
10 | Nigeria | 119,000,000 |
11 | Mexico | 100,500,000 |
12 | Germany | 82,000,000 |
13 | Vietnam | 78,758,000 |
14 | Ethiopia | 77,431,000 |
15 | Philippines | 76,506,928 |
16 | Egypt | 74,033,000 |
17 | Turkey | 73,193,000 |
18 | Iran | 69,515,000 |
19 | Thailand | 64,233,000 |
20 | France | 58,921,000 |
21 | United Kingdom | 58,459,000 |
22 | Italy | 57,620,000 |
23 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 57,549,000 |
24 | Myanmar | 50,519,000 |
25 | Ukraine | 49,429,800 [2] |
26 | South Korea | 47,817,000 |
27 | South Africa | 45,000,000 |
28 | Spain | 43,064,000 |
29 | Colombia | 40,800,000 |
30 | Argentina | 38,747,000 |
31 | Poland | 38,530,000 |
32 | Tanzania | 38,329,000 |
33 | Sudan | 36,233,000 |
34 | Kenya | 34,256,000 |
35 | Algeria | 32,854,000 |
36 | Canada | 31,689,000 |
37 | Morocco | 31,478,000 |
38 | Afghanistan | 29,863,000 |
39 | Uganda | 28,816,000 |
40 | Iraq | 28,807,000 |
41 | Peru | 27,968,000 |
42 | Nepal | 27,133,000 |
43 | Venezuela | 26,749,000 |
44 | Uzbekistan | 26,593,000 |
45 | Malaysia | 25,347,000 |
46 | Saudi Arabia | 24,573,000 |
47 | North Korea | 22,894,384 |
48 | Taiwan | 22,488,000 |
49 | Ghana | 22,113,000 |
50 | Romania | 21,711,000 |
51 | Australia | 20,000,000 |
52 | Yemen | 19,975,000 |
53 | Sri Lanka | 19,792,000 |
54 | Syria | 19,743,000 |
55 | Mozambique | 19,043,000 |
56 | Madagascar | 18,606,000 [3] |
57 | Ivory Coast | 18,154,000 |
58 | Cameroon | 16,322,000 |
59 | Netherlands | 16,299,000 |
60 | Chile | 16,295,000 |
61 | Angola | 15,941,000 |
62 | Kazakhstan | 14,825,000 |
63 | Cambodia | 14,071,000 |
64 | Niger | 13,957,000 |
65 | Mali | 13,518,000 |
66 | Ecuador | 13,228,000 |
67 | Burkina Faso | 13,228,000 |
68 | Zimbabwe | 13,010,000 |
69 | Guatemala | 12,884,000 |
70 | Malawi | 12,599,000 |
71 | Zambia | 11,668,000 |
72 | Senegal | 11,658,000 |
73 | Cuba | 11,269,000 |
74 | Greece | 11,120,000 |
75 | Belgium | 10,495,000 |
76 | Portugal | 10,419,000 |
77 | Czech Republic | 10,220,000 |
78 | Tunisia | 10,102,000 |
79 | Hungary | 10,098,000 |
80 | FR Yugoslavia | 9,778,991 [4] |
81 | Chad | 9,755,000 |
82 | Belarus | 9,749,000 |
83 | Guinea | 9,402,000 |
84 | Bolivia | 9,182,000 |
85 | Sweden | 9,041,000 |
86 | Rwanda | 9,038,000 |
87 | Dominican Republic | 8,895,000 |
88 | Haiti | 8,528,000 |
89 | Benin | 8,439,000 |
90 | Azerbaijan | 8,411,000 |
91 | Somalia | 8,228,000 |
92 | Austria | 8,189,000 |
93 | Bulgaria | 7,726,000 |
94 | Burundi | 7,548,000 |
95 | Switzerland | 7,252,000 |
96 | Honduras | 7,205,000 |
97 | Hong Kong (PR China) | 7,041,000 |
98 | El Salvador | 6,881,000 |
99 | Israel | 6,725,000 |
100 | Tajikistan | 6,507,000 |
101 | Togo | 6,145,000 |
102 | Laos | 5,924,000 |
103 | Papua New Guinea | 5,887,000 |
104 | Libya | 5,853,000 |
105 | Jordan | 5,703,000 |
106 | Sierra Leone | 5,525,000 |
107 | Nicaragua | 5,487,000 |
108 | Denmark | 5,431,000 |
109 | Slovakia | 5,401,000 |
110 | Paraguay | 5,300,000 |
111 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,264,000 |
112 | Finland | 5,249,000 [5] |
113 | Turkmenistan | 4,833,000 |
114 | Norway | 4,620,000 [6] |
115 | Croatia | 4,551,000 |
116 | United Arab Emirates | 4,496,000 |
117 | Georgia | 4,474,000 |
118 | Eritrea | 4,401,000 |
119 | Costa Rica | 4,327,000 |
120 | Singapore | 4,326,000 |
121 | Moldova | 4,206,000 |
122 | Ireland | 4,148,000 |
123 | Central African Republic | 4,038,000 |
124 | New Zealand | 4,028,000 |
125 | Republic of the Congo | 3,999,000 |
126 | Puerto Rico (US) | 3,955,000 |
127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,907,000 |
128 | Palestinian territories | 3,702,000 |
129 | Lebanon | 3,577,000 |
130 | Uruguay | 3,463,000 |
131 | Lithuania | 3,431,000 |
132 | Liberia | 3,283,000 |
133 | Panama | 3,232,000 |
134 | Albania | 3,130,000 |
135 | Mauritania | 3,069,000 |
136 | Armenia | 3,016,000 |
137 | Kuwait | 2,687,000 |
138 | Jamaica | 2,651,000 |
139 | Mongolia | 2,646,000 |
140 | Oman | 2,567,000 |
141 | Latvia | 2,377,383 |
142 | Bhutan | 2,163,000 [7] |
143 | Macedonia | 2,034,000 |
144 | Namibia | 2,031,000 |
145 | Slovenia | 1,967,000 |
146 | Lesotho | 1,795,000 |
147 | Botswana | 1,765,000 |
148 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,586,000 |
149 | The Gambia | 1,517,000 |
150 | Gabon | 1,384,000 |
151 | Estonia | 1,330,000 |
152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,305,000 |
153 | Mauritius | 1,245,000 [8] |
154 | Swaziland | 1,032,000 |
155 | East Timor | 947,000 |
156 | Fiji | 848,000 |
157 | Cyprus | 835,000 [9] |
158 | Qatar | 813,000 |
159 | Comoros | 798,000 [10] |
160 | Djibouti | 793,000 |
161 | Réunion (France) | 785,000 |
162 | Guyana | 751,000 |
163 | Bahrain | 727,000 |
164 | Montenegro | 620,145 [11] |
165 | Cape Verde | 507,000 |
166 | Equatorial Guinea | 504,000 |
167 | Solomon Islands | 478,000 |
168 | Luxembourg | 465,000 |
169 | Macau (PR China) | 460,000 |
170 | Suriname | 449,000 |
171 | Guadeloupe (France) | 448,000 |
172 | Malta | 402,000 |
173 | Martinique (France) | 396,000 |
174 | Brunei | 374,000 |
175 | Western Sahara | 341,000 |
176 | Maldives | 329,000 |
177 | The Bahamas | 323,000 |
178 | Iceland | 295,000 |
179 | Belize | 270,000 |
180 | Barbados | 270,000 |
181 | French Polynesia (France) | 257,000 |
182 | New Caledonia (France) | 237,000 |
183 | Vanuatu | 211,000 |
184 | French Guiana (France) | 187,000 |
185 | Samoa | 185,000 |
186 | Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) | 183,000 |
187 | Guam (US) | 170,000 |
188 | Saint Lucia | 161,000 |
189 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 157,000 |
190 | Channel Islands (UK) | 149,000 [12] |
191 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 119,000 |
192 | U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 112,000 |
193 | Federated States of Micronesia | 110,000 |
194 | Grenada | 103,000 |
195 | Tonga | 102,000 |
196 | Aruba (Netherlands) | 99,000 |
197 | Kiribati | 99,000 |
198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 81,000 |
199 | Northern Mariana Islands (US) | 81,000 |
200 | Seychelles | 81,000 |
201 | Dominica | 79,000 |
202 | Isle of Man (UK) | 77,000 |
203 | Andorra | 67,000 |
204 | American Samoa (US) | 65,000 |
205 | Bermuda (UK) | 64,000 |
206 | Marshall Islands | 62,000 |
207 | Greenland (Denmark) | 57,000 |
208 | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 47,000 |
209 | Cayman Islands (UK) | 45,000 |
210 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 43,000 |
211 | Monaco | 35,000 |
212 | Liechtenstein | 35,000 |
213 | San Marino | 28,000 |
214 | Gibraltar (UK) | 28,000 |
215 | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 26,000 |
216 | British Virgin Islands (UK) | 22,000 |
217 | Palau | 20,000 |
218 | Cook Islands (Self-governing in free association with New Zealand) | 18,000 |
219 | Wallis and Futuna (France) | 15,000 |
220 | Nauru | 13,500 |
221 | Anguilla (UK) | 12,000 |
222 | Tuvalu | 10,000 |
223 | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 6,000 |
224 | Saint Helena (UK) | 5,000 [13] |
225 | Montserrat (UK) | 4,000 |
226 | Falkland Islands (UK) | 3,000 |
227 | Niue (Self-governing in free association with New Zealand) | 2,100 |
228 | Tokelau (NZ) | 1,000 |
229 | Vatican City | 783 |
230 | Pitcairn Islands (UK) | 67 |
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