List of countries by population

1	China[4]	1,339,724,852	November 1, 2010	19.18%	Census result
2	India	1,210,193,422	March 1, 2011	17.33%	Census result
3	United States	312,873,000	January 1, 2012	4.48%	Official population clock
4	Indonesia	237,641,326	May 1, 2011	3.4%	Census result
5	Brazil	192,376,496	July 1, 2011	2.75%	Official estimate
6	Pakistan	178,243,000	January 1, 2012	2.55%	Official population clock
7	Nigeria	162,471,000	July 1, 2011	2.33%	UN estimate
8	Russia	142,914,136	January 1, 2011	2%	Official estimate
9	Bangladesh	142,319,000	March 15, 2011	2.04%	Census result
10	Japan	127,760,000	December 1, 2011	1.83%	Monthly official estimate
11	Mexico	112,336,538	June 12, 2010	1.61%	Census result
12	Philippines	94,013,200	July 1, 2010	1.35%	Official estimate
13	Vietnam	85,846,997	April 1, 2009	1.23%	Census result
14	Ethiopia	82,101,998	July 1, 2011	1.18%	Official estimate
15	Germany	81,768,000	June 30, 2011	1.17%	Monthly official estimate
16	Egypt	81,323,000	January 1, 2012	1.16%	Official population clock
17	Iran	75,965,000	January 1, 2012	1.09%	Official population clock
18	Turkey	73,722,988	December 31, 2010	1.06%	Official estimate
19	Thailand	69,519,000	July 1, 2011	1%	UN estimate
20	Democratic Republic of the Congo	67,758,000	July 1, 2011	0.97%	UN estimate
21	France[5]	65,027,000	January 1, 2011	0.93%	Official estimate
22	United Kingdom	62,300,000	July 1, 2010	0.89%	Official estimate
23	Italy	60,742,397	July 31, 2011	0.87%	Monthly official estimate
24	South Africa	50,586,757	July 1, 2011	0.72%	Official estimate
25	South Korea	48,580,000	November 1, 2010	0.7%	Census result
26	Myanmar	48,337,000	July 1, 2011	0.69%	UN estimate
27	Colombia	46,317,000	January 1, 2012	0.66%	Official population clock
28	Spain	46,162,024	October 1, 2011	0.66%	Monthly official estimate
29	Ukraine	45,668,028	September 1, 2011	0.65%	Monthly official estimate
30	Tanzania	43,188,000	July 1, 2010	0.62%	Official estimate
31	Argentina	40,117,096	October 27, 2010	0.57%	Census result
32	Kenya	38,610,097	August 24, 2009	0.55%	Census result
33	Poland	38,092,000	July 1, 2010	0.55%	Official estimate
34	Algeria	37,100,000	January 1, 2012	0.53%	Official estimate
35	Canada	34,605,346	October 1, 2011	0.5%	Official estimate
36	Uganda	32,939,800	July 1, 2011	0.47%	Official estimate
37	Morocco	32,422,000	January 1, 2012	0.46%	Official population clock
38	Afghanistan	32,358,000	July 1, 2011	0.46%	UN estimate
39	Iraq	32,105,000	July 1, 2009	0.46%	Official estimate
40	Sudan[6]	30,894,000	April 22, 2008	0.44%	Census result
41	Peru	29,797,694	June 30, 2011	0.43%	Official estimate
42	Venezuela	29,499,000	January 1, 2012	0.42%	Official population clock
43	Malaysia	28,334,135	July 6, 2010	0.41%	Census result
44	Uzbekistan	28,000,000	January 1, 2010	0.4%	Official estimate
45	Saudi Arabia	27,136,977	April 28, 2010	0.39%	Census result
46	Nepal	26,620,809	June 22, 2011	0.38%	Census result
47	Ghana	24,233,431	September 26, 2010	0.35%	Census result
48	North Korea	24,052,231	October 1, 2008	0.34%	Census result
49	Yemen	23,833,000	July 1, 2011	0.34%	Official estimate
50	Taiwan[7]	23,214,620	November 30, 2011	0.33%	Monthly official estimate WIKIPEDIA