World's 100 largest populations as of May 10, 2000
Total world popluation at this time was 6,080,141,683 people. It is interesting to see that the first 6 countries have more than half of the world's population.
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Rank Country Population Density
(persons/sq.km)
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1 China 1,261,832,482 135.3
2 India 1,014,003,817 341.0
3 United States 275,562,673 30.1
4 Indonesia 224,784,210 123.1
5 Brazil 172,860,370 20.4
6 Russia 146,001,176 8.6
7 Pakistan 141,553,775 181.8
8 Bangladesh 129,194,224 964.8
9 Japan 126,549,976 320.6
10 Nigeria 123,337,822 135.4
11 Mexico 100,349,766 52.2
12 Germany 82,797,408 236.4
13 Philippines 81,159,644 272.2
14 Vietnam 78,773,873 242.1
15 Egypt 68,359,979 68.7
16 Turkey 65,666,677 85.2
17 Iran 65,619,636 40.1
18 Ethiopia 64,117,452 57.3
19 Thailand 61,230,874 119.6
20 United Kingdom 59,508,382 246.3
21 France 59,329,691 108.7
22 Italy 57,634,327 196.0
23 Congo (Kinshasa) 51,964,999 22.9
24 Ukraine 49,153,027 81.4
25 Korea, South 47,470,969 483.5
26 South Africa 43,421,021 35.6
27 Burma 41,734,853 63.5
28 Spain 39,996,671 80.1
29 Colombia 39,685,655 38.2
30 Poland 38,646,023 126.9
31 Argentina 36,955,182 13.5
32 Tanzania 35,306,126 39.8
33 Sudan 35,079,814 14.8
34 Canada 31,278,097 3.4
35 Algeria 31,193,917 13.1
36 Kenya 30,339,770 53.3
37 Morocco 30,122,350 67.5
38 Peru 27,012,899 21.1
39 Afghanistan 25,888,797 40.0
40 Uzbekistan 24,755,519 55.3
41 Nepal 24,702,119 180.6
42 Venezuela 23,542,649 26.7
43 Uganda 23,317,560 116.8
44 Iraq 22,675,617 52.3
45 Romania 22,411,121 97.3
46 Taiwan 22,191,087 687.9
47 Saudi Arabia 22,023,506 10.2
48 Malaysia 21,793,293 66.3
49 Korea, North 21,687,550 180.1
50 Ghana 19,533,560 84.9
51 Sri Lanka 19,238,575 297.2
52 Australia 19,164,620 2.5
53 Mozambique 19,104,696 24.4
54 Yemen 17,479,206 33.1
55 Kazakhstan 16,733,227 6.2
56 Syria 16,305,659 88.6
57 Cote d'Ivoire 15,980,950 50.3
58 Netherlands 15,892,237 468.3
59 Madagascar 15,506,472 26.7
60 Cameroon 15,421,937 32.9
61 Chile 15,153,797 20.2
62 Ecuador 12,920,092 46.7
63 Guatemala 12,639,939 116.6
64 Cambodia 12,212,306 69.2
65 Burkina Faso 11,946,065 43.6
66 Zimbabwe 11,342,521 29.3
67 Cuba 11,141,997 100.5
68 Mali 10,685,948 8.8
69 Greece 10,601,527 81.1
70 Malawi 10,385,849 110.4
71 Belarus 10,366,719 49.9
72 Czech Republic 10,272,179 130.6
73 Belgium 10,241,506 338.8
74 Angola 10,145,267 8.1
75 Hungary 10,138,844 109.8
76 Niger 10,075,511 8.0
77 Portugal 10,048,232 109.7
78 Senegal 9,987,494 52.0
79 Serbia 9,981,929 113.0
80 Tunisia 9,593,402 61.7
81 Zambia 9,582,418 12.9
82 Sweden 8,873,052 21.6
83 Dominican Republic 8,442,533 174.5
84 Chad 8,424,504 6.7
85 Bolivia 8,152,620 7.5
86 Austria 8,131,111 98.3
87 Bulgaria 7,796,694 70.5
88 Azerbaijan 7,748,163 89.5
89 Guinea 7,466,200 30.4
90 Switzerland 7,262,372 182.6
91 Somalia 7,253,137 11.6
92 Rwanda 7,229,129 289.8
93 Hong Kong S.A.R. 7,115,620 7194.8
94 Haiti 6,867,995 249.2
95 Tajikistan 6,440,732 45.0
96 Benin 6,395,919 57.8
97 Honduras 6,249,598 55.9
98 El Salvador 6,122,515 295.5
99 Burundi 6,054,714 236.1
100 Israel 5,842,454 287.4
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Source:
U.S. Census Bureau.