countries with lesser population
24 Myanmar (Burma) 48,798,000 0.72% UN estimate 25 South Korea 48,224,000 0.72% UN estimate 26 South Africa 47,850,700 July 1, 2007 0.71% Official Stat SA estimate 27 Ukraine 46,191,022 September 1, 2008 0.69% Official UKRSTAT estimate 28 Spain 45,853,000 January 1, 2009 0.68% Eurostat estimate 29 Colombia 44,760,630 January 30, 2009 30 Tanzania 40,454,000 0.6% UN estimate 31 Argentina 39,745,613 June 30, 2008 0.61% Official INDEC estimate 32 Sudan 38,560,000 0.57% UN estimate 33 Poland 38,130,300 January 1, 2009 0.57% Eurostat estimate 34 Kenya 37,538,000 0.56% UN estimate 35 Algeria 33,858,000 0.5% UN estimate 36 Canada 33,552,000 February 13, 2009 0.5% Official Canadian Population clock 37 Morocco 31,343,359 December 28, 2008 0.47% Official Moroccan Population clock 38 Uganda 30,884,000 0.46% UN estimate 39 Iraq 28,993,000 0.43% UN estimate 40 Peru 28,750,770 June 30, 2007 0.43% Official INEI estimate[3] 41 Nepal 28,196,000 0.42% UN estimate 42 Venezuela 28,068,389 November 23, 2008 0.42% Official Venezuelan Population clock 43 Malaysia 27,757,000 December 27, 2008 0.41% Official Malaysian Population clock 44 Uzbekistan 27,372,000 0.41% UN estimate 45 Afghanistan 27,145,000 0.4% UN estimate 46 Saudi Arabia 24,735,000 0.37% UN estimate 47 North Korea 23,790,000 0.35% UN estimate 48 Ghana 23,478,000 0.35% UN estimate 49 Taiwan[4] 23,027,672 November 30, 2008 0.34% Official National Statistics Taiwan estimate 50 Yemen 22,389,000 0.33% UN estimate 51 Australia[5] 21,585,328 February 8, 2009 0.32% Official Australian Population clock 52 Romania 21,496,700 January 1, 2009 0.32% Eurostat estimate 53 Mozambique 21,397,000 0.32% UN estimate 54 Syria 19,929,000 0.3% UN estimate 55 Madagascar 19,683,000 0.29% UN estimate 56 Sri Lanka 19,299,000 0.29% UN estimate 57 Côte d'Ivoire 19,262,000 0.29% UN estimate 58 Cameroon 18,549,000 0.28% UN estimate 59 Angola 17,024,000 0.25% UN estimate 60 Chile 16,867,000 February 13, 2009 0.25% Official INE projection 61 Netherlands 16,494,300 January 30, 2009 0.24% Official Netherlands Population clock 62 Kazakhstan 15,571,506 August 1, 2008 0.23% National Statistics Agency estimate 63 Burkina Faso 14,784,000 0.22% UN estimate 64 Niger 14,226,000 0.21% UN estimate 65 Malawi 13,925,000 0.21% UN estimate 66 Ecuador 13,867,761 October 23, 2008 0.21% INEC 67 Cambodia 13,388,910 March 3, 2008 0.2% 2008 Census[6] 68 Guatemala 13,354,000 0.2% UN estimate 69 Zimbabwe 13,349,000 0.2% UN estimate 70 Senegal 12,379,000 0.18% UN estimate 71 Mali 12,337,000 0.18% UN estimate 72 Zambia 11,922,000 0.18% UN estimate 73 Cuba 11,268,000 0.17% UN estimate 74 Greece 11,262,500 January 1, 2009 0.17% Eurostat estimate 75 Chad 10,781,000 0.16% UN estimate 76 Belgium 10,741,000 January 1, 2009 0.16% Eurostat estimate 77 Portugal 10,631,800 January 1, 2009 0.16% Eurostat estimate 78 Czech Republic 10,474,600 January 1, 2009 0.16% Eurostat estimate 79 Tunisia 10,327,800 July 1, 2008 0.15% [7] 80 Hungary 10,029,900 January 1, 2009 0.15% Eurostat estimate 81 Serbia[8] 9,858,000 0.15% UN estimate 82 Dominican Republic 9,760,000 0.14% UN estimate 83 Rwanda 9,725,000 0.14% UN estimate 84 Belarus 9,690,000 December 31, 2007 0.14% Official statistics of Belarus 85 Haiti 9,598,000 0.14% UN estimate 86 Bolivia 9,525,000 0.14% UN estimate 87 Guinea 9,370,000 0.14% UN estimate 88 Sweden 9,259,000 January 1, 2009 0.14% Eurostat estimate 89 Benin 9,033,000 0.13% UN estimate 90 Somalia 8,699,000 0.13% UN estimate 91 Burundi 8,508,000 0.13% UN estimate 92 Azerbaijan 8,629,900 January 1, 2008 0.13% [3] 93 Austria 8,356,700 January 1, 2009 0.12% Eurostat estimate 94 Switzerland 7,667,700 January 1, 2009 0.11% Eurostat estimate 95 Bulgaria 7,602,100 January 1, 2009 0.11% Eurostat estimate 96 Israel 7,356,100[9] November 30, 2008 0.11% Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics 97 Honduras 7,106,000 0.11% UN estimate 98 El Salvador 6,857,000 0.1% UN estimate 99 Tajikistan 6,736,000 0.1% UN estimate 100 Togo 6,585,000 0.098% UN estimate 101 Papua New Guinea 6,331,000 0.094% UN estimate 102 Libya 6,160,000 0.091% UN estimate 103 Paraguay 6,127,000 0.091% UN estimate 104 Jordan 5,924,000 0.088% UN estimate 105 Sierra Leone 5,866,000 0.087% UN estimate 106 Laos 5,859,000 0.087% UN estimate 107 Nicaragua 5,603,000 0.083% UN estimate 108 Denmark 5,519,300 January 1, 2009 0.08% Eurostat estimate 109 Slovakia 5,411,100 January 1, 2009 0.08% Eurostat estimate 110 Finland 5,329,243[10] February 11, 2009 0.079% Official Finnish Population clock 111 Kyrgyzstan 5,317,000 0.079% UN estimate 112 Turkmenistan 4,965,000 0.074% UN estimate 113 Eritrea 4,851,000 0.072% UN estimate 114 Singapore 4,839,400 Mid-2008 0.072% Statistics Singapore 115 Norway 4,806,200[11] February 3, 2009 0.071% Official Norwegian Population clock 116 Ireland 4,517,800 January 1, 2009 0.07% Eurostat estimate 117 Croatia 4,432,000 January 1, 2009 0.07% Eurostat estimate 118 Costa Rica 4,468,000 0.066% UN estimate 119 Georgia 4,382,100[12] January 1, 2008 0.065% [4] 120 United Arab Emirates 4,380,000 0.065% UN estimate 121 Central African Republic 4,343,000 0.065% UN estimate 122 New Zealand 4,297,537 January 30, 2009 0.064% Official New Zealand Population clock 123 Lebanon 4,099,000 0.061% UN estimate 124 Puerto Rico 3,991,000 0.059% UN estimate 125 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,935,000 0.058% UN estimate 126 Moldova 3,572,700[13] January 1, 2008 0.056% [5] 127 Republic of the Congo 3,768,000 0.056% UN estimate 128 Palestine 3,761,646 December 1, 2007 0.056% 2007 Census 129 Liberia 3,750,000 0.056% UN estimate 130 Lithuania 3,350,400 January 1, 2009 0.05% Eurostat estimate 131 Panama 3,343,000 0.05% UN estimate 132 Uruguay 3,340,000 0.05% UN estimate 133 Armenia 3,230,100 January 1, 2008 0.045% [6] 134 Albania 3,170,000 January 1, 2008 0.047% [7] 135 Mauritania 3,124,000 0.046% UN estimate 136 Kuwait 2,851,000 0.042% UN estimate 137 Jamaica 2,714,000 0.04% UN estimate 138 Mongolia 2,629,000 0.039% UN estimate 139 Oman 2,595,000 0.039% UN estimate 140 Latvia 2,261,100 January 1, 2009 0.034% Eurostat estimate 141 Namibia 2,074,000 0.031% UN estimate 142 Republic of Macedonia 2,048,900 January 1, 2009 0.03% Eurostat estimate 143 Slovenia 2,040,725 January 30, 2009 0.031% Official Slovenian population clock 144 Lesotho 2,008,000 0.03% UN estimate 145 Botswana 1,882,000 0.028% UN estimate 146 Gambia 1,709,000 0.025% UN estimate 147 Guinea-Bissau 1,695,000 0.025% UN estimate 148 Estonia 1,340,300 January 1, 2009 0.02% Eurostat estimate 149 Trinidad and Tobago 1,333,000 0.02% UN estimate 150 Gabon 1,331,000 0.02% UN estimate 151 Mauritius 1,262,000[14] 0.019% UN estimate 152 East Timor 1,155,000 0.017% UN estimate 153 Swaziland 1,141,000 0.017% UN estimate 154 Qatar 841,000[15] 0.012% UN estimate 155 Fiji 837,271 Census 2007 0.012% Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics 156 Djibouti 833,000 0.012% UN estimate 157 Cyprus 801,600 January 1, 2009 0.012% Eurostat estimate 158 Bahrain 753,000 0.011% UN estimate 159 Guyana 738,000 0.011% UN estimate 160 Bhutan 658,000 0.01% UN estimate 161 Comoros 637,500[16] January 2009 0.009% World Gazetteer projection 162 Montenegro 620,000 0.009% UN estimate 163 Cape Verde 530,000 0.008% UN estimate 164 Equatorial Guinea[17] 507,000 0.008% UN estimate 165 Solomon Islands 506,992 January 1, 2008 0.007% [8] 166 Luxembourg 491,700 January 1, 2009 0.007% Eurostat estimate 167 Western Sahara 480,000 0.007% UN estimate 168 Suriname 458,000 0.007% UN estimate 169 Malta 412,600 January 1, 2009 0.006% Eurostat estimate 170 Brunei 390,000 0.006% UN estimate 171 Bahamas 331,000 0.005% UN estimate 172 Iceland 320,500 January 1, 2009 0.005% Eurostat estimate 173 Maldives 306,000 0.005% UN estimate 174 Barbados 294,000 0.004% UN estimate 175 Belize 288,000 0.004% UN estimate 176 Vanuatu 226,000 0.003% UN estimate 177 Netherlands Antilles 192,000 0.003% UN estimate 178 Samoa 188,359 2008 0.003% Samoa Statistics Department 179 Guam 173,000 0.003% UN estimate 180 Saint Lucia 165,000 0.002% UN estimate 181 São Tomé and Príncipe 158,000 0.002% UN estimate 182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 120,000 0.002% UN estimate 183 U.S. Virgin Islands 111,000 0.002% UN estimate 184 Federated States of Micronesia 111,000 0.002% UN estimate 185 Grenada 106,000 0.002% UN estimate 186 Aruba 104,000 0.002% UN estimate 187 Tonga 100,000 0.001% UN estimate 188 Kiribati 95,000 0.001% UN estimate 189 Jersey 89,300 December 31, 2006 0.001% [9] 190 Seychelles 87,000 0.001% UN estimate 191 Antigua and Barbuda 85,000 0.001% UN estimate 192 Northern Mariana Islands 84,000 0.001% UN estimate 193 Andorra 83,137 December 31, 2007 0.001% [10] 194 Isle of Man 80,058 2006 0.001% Isle of Man Government 195 Dominica 67,000 0.001% UN estimate 196 American Samoa 67,000 0.001% UN estimate 197 Bermuda 65,000 0.001% UN estimate 198 Guernsey 61,811 March 1, 2007 0.001% UN estimate: Series A, Table 2 199 Marshall Islands 59,000 0.001% UN estimate 200 Greenland 58,000 0.001% UN estimate 201 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50,000 0.001% UN estimate 202 Faroe Islands 48,731 December 1, 2008 0.001% Official statistics of the Faroe Islands 203 Cayman Islands 47,000 0.001% UN estimate 204 Liechtenstein 35,700 January 1, 2009 0.0005% Eurostat estimate 205 Monaco 33,000 0.0005% UN estimate 206 San Marino 30,800 January 1, 2008 0.0005% [11] 207 Gibraltar 29,257 December 31 2007 0.0004% [12] 208 Turks and Caicos Islands 26,000 0.0004% UN estimate 209 British Virgin Islands 23,000 0.0003% UN estimate 210 Cook Islands 20,200[18] September 2007 0.0002% Statistics office 211 Palau 20,000 0.0003% UN estimate 212 Anguilla 13,000 0.0002% UN estimate 213 Tuvalu 11,000 0.0002% UN estimate 214 Nauru 10,000 0.0001% UN estimate 215 Saint Helena 6,600[19] 0.0001% UN estimate 216 Montserrat 5,900 0.0001% UN estimate 217 Falkland Islands 3,000 0.00005% UN estimate 218 Niue 1,600 0.00003% UN estimate 219 Tokelau 1,400 0.00003% UN estimate 220 Vatican City 800 0.00002% UN estimate 221 Pitcairn Islands 50 |