List of countries by population in 2005
by population for the year 2005
This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population, with population figures estimated for 1 July 2005. The figures are estimates for the year 2005 from the U.N. World Population Prospects using the medium fertility variant.
The list includes all sovereign states and dependent territories recognized by the United Nations, plus the territory under the effective control of the Republic of China.
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.
| Rank | Country / Territory | Population July 2005 UN estimate | Change from 2000* |
| — | World | 6,464,750,000 | |
| 1 | 1,307,593,000 | ||
| 2 | 1,103,371,000 | ||
| 3 | 295,520,000 | ||
| 4 | 222,781,000 | ||
| 5 | 186,405,000 | ||
| 6 | 157,935,000 | 1 | |
| 7 | 143,202,000 | 1 | |
| 8 | 141,822,000 | ||
| 9 | 131,530,000 | 1 | |
| 10 | 128,085,000 | 1 | |
| 11 | 107,029,000 | ||
| 12 | 85,599,000 | 2 | |
| 13 | 84,238,000 | 1 | |
| 14 | 82,689,000 | 2 | |
| 15 | 77,431,000 | 1 | |
| 16 | 74,033,000 | 1 | |
| 17 | 73,193,000 | 1 | |
| 18 | 69,515,000 | 1 | |
| 19 | 65,446,000 | 1 | |
| 20 | 64,233,000 | 1 | |
| 21 | 59,668,000 | ||
| 22 | 58,093,000 | ||
| 23 | 57,549,000 | ||
| 24 | 50,519,000 | ||
| 25 | 50,000,000 | 1 | |
| 26 | 48,432,000 | 1 | |
| 27 | 46,481,000 | 2 | |
| 28 | 45,600,000 | ||
| 29 | 43,064,000 | ||
| 30 | 38,747,000 | ||
| 31 | 38,530,000 | ||
| 32 | 38,329,000 | ||
| 33 | 36,233,000 | ||
| 34 | 34,256,000 | ||
| 35 | 32,854,000 | ||
| 36 | 32,268,000 | ||
| 37 | 31,478,000 | ||
| 38 | 29,863,000 | ||
| 39 | 28,816,000 | ||
| 40 | 28,807,000 | ||
| 41 | 27,968,000 | ||
| 42 | 27,133,000 | ||
| 43 | 26,749,000 | ||
| 44 | 26,593,000 | ||
| 45 | 25,347,000 | ||
| 46 | 24,573,000 | ||
| 47 | 22,894,384 | ||
| 48 | 22,488,000 | ||
| 49 | 22,113,000 | ||
| 50 | 21,711,000 | ||
| 51 | 20,975,000 | 1 | |
| 52 | 20,743,000 | 1 | |
| 53 | 20,155,000 | 2 | |
| 54 | 19,792,000 | ||
| 55 | 19,043,000 | ||
| 56 | 18,606,000 | ||
| 57 | 18,154,000 | ||
| 58 | 16,322,000 | ||
| 59 | 16,299,000 | ||
| 60 | 16,295,000 | ||
| 61 | 15,941,000 | ||
| 62 | 14,825,000 | ||
| 63 | 14,071,000 | ||
| 64 | 13,957,000 | ||
| 65 | 13,518,000 | ||
| 66 | 13,228,000 | ||
| 67 | 13,228,000 | ||
| 68 | 13,010,000 | ||
| 69 | 12,884,000 | ||
| 70 | 12,599,000 | ||
| 71 | 11,668,000 | ||
| 72 | 11,658,000 | ||
| 73 | 11,269,000 | ||
| 74 | 11,120,000 | ||
| 75 | 10,495,000 | ||
| 76 | 10,419,000 | ||
| 77 | 10,220,000 | ||
| 78 | 10,102,000 | ||
| 79 | 10,098,000 | ||
| 80 | 9,778,991 | ||
| 81 | 9,755,000 | ||
| 82 | 9,749,000 | ||
| 83 | 9,402,000 | ||
| 84 | 9,182,000 | ||
| 85 | 9,041,000 | ||
| 86 | 9,038,000 | ||
| 87 | 8,895,000 | ||
| 88 | 8,528,000 | ||
| 89 | 8,439,000 | ||
| 90 | 8,411,000 | ||
| 91 | 8,228,000 | ||
| 92 | 8,189,000 | ||
| 93 | 7,726,000 | ||
| 94 | 7,548,000 | ||
| 95 | 7,252,000 | ||
| 96 | 7,205,000 | ||
| 97 | 7,041,000 | ||
| 98 | 6,881,000 | ||
| 99 | 6,725,000 | ||
| 100 | 6,507,000 | ||
| 101 | 6,158,000 | ||
| 102 | 6,145,000 | ||
| 103 | 5,924,000 | ||
| 104 | 5,887,000 | ||
| 105 | 5,853,000 | ||
| 106 | 5,703,000 | ||
| 107 |  Tibet | 5,700,000 | |
| 108 | 5,525,000 | ||
| 109 | 5,487,000 | ||
| 110 | 5,431,000 | ||
| 111 | 5,401,000 | ||
| 112 | 5,264,000 | ||
| 113 | 5,249,000 | ||
| 114 | 4,833,000 | ||
| 115 | 4,620,000 | ||
| 116 | 4,551,000 | ||
| 117 | 4,496,000 | ||
| 118 | 4,474,000 | ||
| 119 | 4,401,000 | ||
| 120 | 4,327,000 | ||
| 121 | 4,326,000 | ||
| 122 | 4,206,000 | ||
| 123 | 4,148,000 | ||
| 123 | 4,038,000 | ||
| 124 | 4,028,000 | ||
| 125 | 3,999,000 | ||
| 126 | 3,955,000 | ||
| 127 | 3,907,000 | ||
| 128 | 3,702,000 | ||
| 129 | 3,577,000 | ||
| 130 | 3,463,000 | ||
| 131 | 3,431,000 | ||
| 132 | 3,283,000 | ||
| 133 | 3,232,000 | ||
| 134 | 3,130,000 | ||
| 135 | 3,069,000 | ||
| 136 | 3,016,000 | ||
| 137 | 2,687,000 | ||
| 138 | 2,651,000 | ||
| 139 | 2,646,000 | ||
| 140 | 2,567,000 | ||
| 141 | 2,307,000 | ||
| 142 | 2,163,000 | ||
| 143 | 2,034,000 | ||
| 144 | 2,031,000 | ||
| 145 | 1,967,000 | ||
| 146 | 1,795,000 | ||
| 147 | 1,765,000 | ||
| 148 | 1,586,000 | ||
| 149 | 1,517,000 | ||
| 150 | 1,384,000 | ||
| 151 | 1,330,000 | ||
| 152 | 1,305,000 | ||
| 153 | 1,245,000 | ||
| 154 | 1,032,000 | ||
| 155 | 947,000 | ||
| 156 | 848,000 | ||
| 157 | 835,000 | ||
| 158 | 813,000 | ||
| 159 | 798,000 | ||
| 160 | 793,000 | ||
| 161 | 785,000 | ||
| 162 | 751,000 | ||
| 163 | 727,000 | ||
| 164 | 620,145 | ||
| 165 | 507,000 | ||
| 166 | 504,000 | ||
| 167 | 478,000 | ||
| 168 | 465,000 | ||
| 169 | 460,000 | ||
| 170 | 449,000 | ||
| 171 | 448,000 | ||
| 172 | 402,000 | ||
| 173 | 396,000 | ||
| 174 | 374,000 | ||
| 175 | 341,000 | ||
| 176 | 329,000 | ||
| 177 | 323,000 | ||
| 178 | 295,000 | ||
| 179 | 270,000 | ||
| 180 | 270,000 | ||
| 181 | 257,000 | ||
| 182 | 237,000 | ||
| 183 | 211,000 | ||
| 184 | 187,000 | ||
| 185 | 185,000 | ||
| 186 | 183,000 | ||
| 187 | 170,000 | ||
| 188 | 161,000 | ||
| 189 | 157,000 | ||
| 190 | Channel Islands | 149,000 | |
| 191 | 119,000 | ||
| 192 | 112,000 | ||
| 193 | 110,000 | ||
| 194 | 103,000 | ||
| 195 | 102,000 | ||
| 196 | 99,000 | ||
| 197 | 99,000 | ||
| 198 | 81,000 | ||
| 199 | 81,000 | ||
| 200 | 81,000 | ||
| 201 | 79,000 | ||
| 202 | 77,000 | ||
| 203 | 67,000 | ||
| 204 | 65,000 | ||
| 205 | 64,000 | ||
| 206 | 62,000 | ||
| 207 | 57,000 | ||
| 208 | 47,000 | ||
| 209 | 45,000 | ||
| 210 | 43,000 | ||
| 211 | 35,000 | ||
| 212 | 35,000 | ||
| 213 | 28,000 | ||
| 214 | 28,000 | ||
| 215 | 26,000 | ||
| 216 | 22,000 | ||
| 217 | 20,000 | ||
| 218 | 18,000 | ||
| 219 | 15,000 | ||
| 220 | 14,000 | ||
| 221 | 12,000 | ||
| 222 | 10,000 | ||
| 223 | 6,000 | ||
| 224 | 5,000 | ||
| 225 | 4,000 | ||
| 226 | 3,000 | ||
| 227 | 1,000 | ||
| 228 | 1,000 | ||
| 229 | 783 | ||
| 230 | 67 |