- List of countries by population in 2000
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- This is harmonized list of population estimates for the year 2000. For a listing with more recent estimates, see List of countries by population
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.
Rank Country/Territory Population
2000
estimate- World 6,000,000,000 1 China 1,242,612,226 2 India 1,000,000,000 3 United States 281,421,906 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 110,000,000 11 Mexico 97,000,000 12 Germany 82,000,000 13 Vietnam 70,000,000 14 Philippines 70,000,000 15 Ethiopia 77,431,000 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 South Korea 47,817,000 26 South Africa 45,000,000 27 Ukraine 46,481,000 28 Colombia 45,600,000 29 Spain 43,064,000 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 Republic of China (Taiwan) 22,894,384[1] 48 North Korea 22,488,000 49 Ghana 22,113,000 50 Romania 21,711,000 51 Australia 19,000,000 52 Yemen 20,975,000 53 Sri Lanka 20,743,000 54 Mozambique 19,792,000 55 Syria 19,043,000 56 Madagascar 18,606,000[2] 57 Côte d'Ivoire 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 Burkina Faso 13,228,000 67 Ecuador 13,228,000 68 Zimbabwe 13,010,000 69 Malawi 12,884,000 70 Guatemala 12,599,000 71 Zambia 11,668,000 72 Senegal 11,658,000 73 Cuba 11,269,000 74 Greece 11,120,000 75 Portugal 10,495,000 76 Belgium 10,419,000 77 Czech Republic 10,220,000 78 Tunisia 10,102,000 79 Hungary 10,098,000 80 Serbia 9,778,991[3] 81 Belarus 9,755,000 82 Chad 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 Paraguay 6,158,000 102 Togo 6,145,000 103 Laos 5,924,000 104 Papua New Guinea 5,887,000 105 Libya 5,853,000 106 Jordan 5,703,000 107 Sierra Leone 5,525,000 108 Nicaragua 5,487,000 109 Denmark 5,431,000 110 Slovakia 5,401,000 111 Kyrgyzstan 5,264,000 112 Finland 5,249,000[4] 113 Turkmenistan 4,833,000 114 Norway 4,620,000[5] 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[6] 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[7] 154 Swaziland 1,032,000 155 East Timor 947,000 156 Fiji 848,000 157 Cyprus 835,000[8] 158 Qatar 813,000 159 Comoros 798,000[9] 160 Djibouti 793,000 161 Réunion (France) 785,000 162 Guyana 751,000 163 Bahrain 727,000 164 Montenegro 620,145[10] 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[11] 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 (NZ) 18,000 219 Wallis and Futuna (France) 15,000 220 Nauru 14,000 221 Anguilla (UK) 12,000 222 Tuvalu 10,000 223 Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) 6,000 224 Saint Helena (UK) 5,000[12] 225 Montserrat (UK) 4,000 226 Falkland Islands (UK) 3,000 227 Niue (NZ) 1,000 228 Tokelau (NZ) 1,000 229 Vatican City 783 230 Pitcairn Islands (UK) 67 See also
- List of countries
- List of countries by area
- List of countries by past and future population
- List of countries by population
- List of countries by population in 1900
- List of countries by population in 1907
- List of countries by population in 2005
- List of continents by population
- List of religious populations
- World population
- Human geography
Notes
- ^ Consists of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Kinmen, Matsu, etc., which are under the effective control of the Republic of China, and are claimed by the People's Republic of China. Population figure is from the CIA World Factbook (as of 2005-07-01).
- ^ 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 [1].
- ^ Geohive.com: 1991 Census figure including Kosovo (with 1.96 million).
- ^ Includes Åland Islands
- ^ Includes Svalbard (2,701) and Jan Mayen Island.
- ^ The figure from the government of Bhutan does not agree with the UN figure. The 2005 Census figure is 672,425.
- ^ Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Includes the island of Mayotte (with a population as of 2002 of 160,265).
- ^ Figure from the 2003 census.
- ^ Consists of the bailiwicks of Guernsey (with a population as of the 2001 census of 62,101) and Jersey (with a population as of the 2001 census of 87,186).
- ^ Includes Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
External links
- United Nations Analytical Report for the 2004 revision of World Population Prospects - includes details of methodology and sources used for the population estimates above.
- Population clocks & projected growth charts for all countries
Categories:- Lists of countries
- Demography
- Lists by population
- 2000
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