List of countries by population in 2000

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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Rank	Country/Territory	Population 2000 estimate
–	World population	6,080,671,215 [1]
1	China	1,261,832,482 [1]
2	India	1,040,000,000 [2]
3	United States	275,562,673 [1]
4	Indonesia	224,784,210 [1]
5	Brazil	172,860,370 [1]
6	Russia	146,001,176 [1]
7	Pakistan	141,553,775 [1]
8	Bangladesh	129,194,224 [1]
9	Japan	126,549,976 [1]
10	Nigeria	123,337,822 [1]
11	Mexico	100,349,766 [1]
12	Germany	82,797,408 [1]
13	Philippines	81,159,644 [1]
14	Vietnam	78,773,873 [1]
15	Egypt	68,359,979 [1]
16	Turkey	65,666,677 [1]
17	Iran	65,619,636 [1]
18	Ethiopia	64,117,452 [1]
19	Thailand	61,230,874 [1]
20	United Kingdom	59,511,464 [1]
21	France	59,329,691 [1]
22	Italy	57,634,327 [1]
23	Democratic Republic of the Congo	51,964,999 [1]
24	Ukraine	49,429,800 [3]
25	South Korea	47,470,969 [1]
26	South Africa	43,421,021 [1]
27	Myanmar	41,734,853 [1]
28	Spain	39,996,671 [1]
29	Colombia	39,685,655 [1]
30	Poland	38,646,023 [1]
31	Argentina	36,955,182 [1]
32	Tanzania	35,306,126 [1]
33	Sudan	35,079,814 [1]
34	Canada	31,281,092 [1]
35	Algeria	31,193,917 [1]
36	Kenya	30,339,770 [1]
37	Morocco	30,122,350 [1]
38	Peru	27,012,899 [1]
39	Afghanistan	25,838,797 [1]
40	Uzbekistan	24,755,519 [1]
41	Nepal	24,702,119 [1]
42	Venezuela	23,542,649 [1]
43	Uganda	23,317,560 [1]
44	Iraq	22,675,617 [1]
45	Romania	22,411,121 [1]
46	Taiwan	22,191,087 [1]
47	Saudi Arabia	22,023,506 [1]
48	Malaysia	21,793,293 [1]
49	North Korea	21,687,550 [1]
50	Ghana	19,533,560 [1]
51	Sri Lanka	19,238,575 [1]
52	Australia	19,169,083 [1]
53	Mozambique	19,104,696 [1]
54	Madagascar	18,606,000 [4]
55	Yemen	17,479,206 [1]
56	Kazakhstan	16,733,227 [1]
57	Syria	16,305,659 [1]
58	Ivory Coast	15,980,950 [1]
59	Netherlands	15,892,237 [1]
60	Cameroon	15,421,937 [1]
61	Chile	15,153,797 [1]
62	Ecuador	12,920,092 [1]
63	Guatemala	12,639,939 [1]
64	Cambodia	12,212,306 [1]
65	Burkina Faso	11,946,065 [1]
66	Zimbabwe	11,342,521 [1]
67	Cuba	11,141,997 [1]
68	Mali	10,685,948 [1]
69	Greece	10,601,527 [1]
70	FR Yugoslavia	10,400,000 [5][6]
71	Malawi	10,385,849 [1]
72	Belarus	10,366,719 [1]
73	Czech Republic	10,272,179 [1]
74	Belgium	10,241,506 [1]
75	Angola	10,145,267 [1]
76	Hungary	10,138,844 [1]
77	Niger	10,075,511 [1]
78	Portugal	10,048,232 [1]
79	Senegal	9,987,494 [1]
80	Tunisia	9,593,402 [1]
81	Zambia	9,582,418 [1]
82	Sweden	8,873,052 [1]
83	Dominican Republic	8,442,533 [1]
84	Chad	8,424,504 [1]
85	Bolivia	8,152,620 [1]
86	Austria	8,131,111 [1]
87	Bulgaria	7,796,694 [1]
88	Azerbaijan	7,748,163 [1]
89	Guinea	7,466,200 [1]
90	Switzerland	7,262,372 [1]
91	Somalia	7,253,137 [1]
92	Rwanda	7,229,129 [1]
93	Hong Kong (PR China)	7,116,302 [1]
94	Haiti	6,867,995 [1]
95	Tajikistan	6,440,732 [1]
96	Benin	6,395,919 [1]
97	Honduras	6,249,598 [1]
98	El Salvador	6,122,515 [1]
99	Burundi	6,054,714 [1]
100	Israel	5,842,454 [1]
101	Paraguay	5,585,828 [1]
102	Laos	5,497,459 [1]
103	Slovakia	5,407,956 [1]
104	Denmark	5,336,394 [1]
105	Sierra Leone	5,232,624 [1]
106	Finland	5,167,486 [1][Note 1]
107	Libya	5,115,450 [1]
108	Georgia	5,019,538 [1]
109	Togo	5,018,502 [1]
110	Jordan	4,998,564 [1]
111	Papua New Guinea	4,926,984 [1]
112	Nicaragua	4,812,569 [1]
113	Kyrgyzstan	4,685,230 [1]
114	Turkmenistan	4,518,268 [1]
115	Norway	4,481,162 [1][Note 2]
116	Moldova	4,430,654 [1]
117	Croatia	4,282,216 [1]
118	Singapore	4,151,264 [1]
119	Eritrea	4,135,933 [1]
120	Puerto Rico (US)	3,915,798 [1]
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,835,777 [1]
122	New Zealand	3,819,762 [1]
123	Ireland	3,797,257 [1]
124	Costa Rica	3,710,558 [1]
125	Lithuania	3,620,756 [1]
126	Lebanon	3,578,036 [1]
127	Central African Republic	3,512,751 [1]
128	Albania	3,490,435 [1]
129	Armenia	3,344,336 [1]
130	Uruguay	3,334,074 [1]
131	Liberia	3,164,156 [1]
132	Palestinian territories	3,152,361 (West Bank 2,020,298, Gaza Strip 1,132,063)[1]
133	Republic of the Congo	2,830,961 [1]
134	Panama	2,808,268 [1]
135	Mauritania	2,667,859 [1]
136	Jamaica	2,652,689 [1]
137	Mongolia	2,650,952 [1]
138	Oman	2,533,389 [1]
139	Latvia	2,404,926 [1]
140	United Arab Emirates	2,369,153 [1]
141	Bhutan	2,163,000 [7]
142	Lesotho	2,143,141 [1]
143	Macedonia	2,041,467 [1]
144	Kuwait	1,973,572 [1]
145	Slovenia	1,927,593 [1]
146	Namibia	1,771,327 [1]
147	Botswana	1,576,470 [1]
148	Estonia	1,431,471 [1]
149	The Gambia	1,367,124 [1]
150	Guinea-Bissau	1,285,715 [1]
152	Gabon	1,208,436 [1]
151	Mauritius	1,179,368 [1][Note 3]
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1,175,523 [1]
154	Swaziland	1,083,289 [1]
155	East Timor	947,000 [1]
156	Fiji	832,494 [1]
157	Cyprus	758,363 [Note 4][1]
158	Qatar	744,483 [1]
159	Réunion (France)	720,934 [1]
160	Guyana	697,286 [1]
161	Bahrain	634,137 [1]
162	Comoros	578,400 [1]
163	Equatorial Guinea	474,214 [1]
164	Solomon Islands	466,194 [1]
165	Djibouti	451,442 [1]
166	Macau (PR China)	445,594 [1]
167	Luxembourg	437,389 [1]
168	Suriname	431,303 [1]
169	Guadeloupe (France)	426,493 [1]
170	Martinique (France)	414,516 [1]
171	Cape Verde	401,343 [1]
172	Malta	391,670 [1]
173	Brunei	336,376 [1]
174	Maldives	301,475 [1]
175	The Bahamas	294,982 [1]
176	Iceland	276,365 [1]
177	Barbados	274,540 [1]
178	Belize	249,183 [1]
179	French Polynesia (France)	249,110 [1]
180	Western Sahara	244,943 [1]
181	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	210,134 [1]
182	New Caledonia (France)	201,816 [1]
183	Vanuatu	189,618 [1]
184	Samoa	179,466 [1]
185	French Guiana (France)	172,605 [1]
186	São Tomé and Príncipe	159,883 [1]
187	Saint Lucia	156,260 [1]
188	Mayotte (France)	155,911 [1]
189	Guam (US)	154,623 [1]
190	Channel Islands (UK)	149,000 [8]
191	Federated States of Micronesia	133,144 [1]
192	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	120,917 [1]
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	115,461 [1]
194	Tonga	102,321 [1]
195	Kiribati	91,985 [1]
196	Grenada	89,018 [1]
197	Seychelles	79,326 [1]
198	Isle of Man (UK)	73,117 [1]
199	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	71,912 [1]
200	Dominica	71,540 [1]
201	Aruba (Netherlands)	69,539 [1]
202	Marshall Islands	68,126 [1]
203	Andorra	66,824 [1]
204	Antigua and Barbuda	66,422 [1]
205	American Samoa (US)	65,446 [1]
206	Bermuda (UK)	62,997 [1]
207	Greenland (Denmark)	56,309 [1]
208	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	45,296 [1]
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis	38,819 [1]
210	Cayman Islands (UK)	34,763 [1]
211	Liechtenstein	32,207 [1]
212	Monaco	31,693 [1]
213	Gibraltar (UK)	29,481 [1]
214	San Marino	26,937 [1]
215	Cook Islands (Self-governing in free association with New Zealand)	20,407 [1]
216	British Virgin Islands (UK)	19,615 [1]
217	Palau	18,766 [1]
218	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	17,502 [1]
219	Wallis and Futuna (France)	15,283 [1]
220	Nauru	11,845 [1]
221	Anguilla (UK)	11,797 [1]
222	Tuvalu	10,838 [1]
223	Saint Helena (UK)	7,212 [Note 5][1]
224	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France)	6,896 [1]
225	Montserrat (UK)	6,409 [1]
226	Falkland Islands (UK)	2,826 [1]
227	Niue (Self-governing in free association with New Zealand)	2,113 [1]
228	Tokelau (NZ)	1,458 [1]
229	Vatican City	880 [1]
230	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	54 [1]

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