Annual World Population by Country 2006

-5 year -1 year 2006 +1 year +5 year

In 2006, 🇨🇳China was the most populous country in the world, with a total of 1,313,086,567 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 1,172,373,788 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 622 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 2006 was Asia with a total population of 4,028,347,034 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 951,740,272, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a population of 564,664,743 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the largest populous of 1,637,168,644 people on record. Followed by Eastern Asia with a population of 1,546,192,516, and Eastern Africa with 305,920,805 people in the sub-region.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries had the largest population with a total of 4,992,670,634 people. While the lowest population for 2006 was found in No income group available with a population of 27,532,120 people in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2006

Countries with the Largest Population in 2006

Country	Population	Overall Population Change +/-
🇨🇳China	1,313,086,567	8,318,388
🇮🇳India	1,172,373,788	17,470,302
🇺🇸United States of America	299,753,098	2,967,772
🇮🇩Indonesia	231,797,427	3,020,272
🇧🇷Brazil	188,820,682	1,991,872
🇵🇰Pakistan	178,069,984	3,754,371
🇳🇬Nigeria	144,329,764	3,903,181
🇷🇺Russian Federation	143,338,669	-356,954
🇧🇩Bangladesh	142,628,831	1,452,920
🇯🇵Japan	127,902,167	116,206
🇲🇽Mexico	106,886,790	1,430,556
🇵🇭Philippines	87,901,835	1,646,582
🇻🇳Viet Nam	83,951,800	798,277
🇩🇪Germany	81,177,816	-14,641
🇪🇬Egypt	80,629,670	1,562,931
🇪🇹Ethiopia	79,691,050	2,256,764
🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	71,275,760	1,075,983
🇹🇷Türkiye	69,601,333	885,516
🇹🇭Thailand	66,319,524	504,938
🇫🇷France	60,919,150	422,682
🇬🇧United Kingdom	60,803,700	441,946
🇮🇹Italy	58,429,903	216,706
🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	58,381,630	1,885,801
🇿🇦South Africa	49,491,756	489,632
🇲🇲Myanmar	48,088,274	357,039
🇰🇷Republic of Korea	48,049,347	168,312
🇺🇦Ukraine	46,592,556	-285,216
🇪🇸Spain	44,422,831	765,742
🇨🇴Colombia	42,772,910	545,849
🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	40,562,052	1,140,746
🇦🇷Argentina	39,476,850	407,467
🇵🇱Poland	38,547,180	-36,827
🇰🇪Kenya	36,925,254	1,106,637
🇩🇿Algeria	33,435,080	532,267
🇨🇦Canada	32,531,867	321,522
🇲🇦Morocco	30,833,022	397,521
🇸🇩Sudan	30,332,968	831,153
🇮🇶Iraq	28,905,607	-419,322
🇺🇬Uganda	28,773,227	841,957
🇵🇪Peru	28,381,078	227,017
🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	27,102,080	427,563
🇺🇿Uzbekistan	26,926,819	365,066
🇳🇵Nepal	26,518,971	207,556
🇲🇾Malaysia	26,509,413	585,978
🇦🇫Afghanistan	25,442,944	953,408
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	25,382,870	1,001,703
🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	24,235,761	127,038
🇬🇭Ghana	23,098,586	605,300
🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	22,874,975	72,503
🇾🇪Yemen	21,966,298	669,963
🇷🇴Romania	20,909,402	-173,277
🇲🇿Mozambique	20,735,982	533,035
🇦🇺Australia	20,467,030	327,398
🇦🇴Angola	20,162,340	728,499
🇱🇰Sri Lanka	19,870,706	207,448
🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	19,432,009	1,189,636
🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	19,394,057	423,069
🇲🇬Madagascar	19,350,299	567,225
🇨🇲Cameroon	17,751,333	484,153
🇨🇱Chile	16,334,574	160,823
🇳🇱Netherlands	16,325,677	64,158
🇰🇿Kazakhstan	15,822,748	184,256
🇳🇪Niger	14,365,168	520,671
🇧🇫Burkina Faso	14,316,242	444,193
🇪🇨Ecuador	14,009,062	241,109
🇲🇱Mali	13,623,542	450,541
🇰🇭Cambodia	13,477,779	233,310
🇬🇹Guatemala	13,412,406	282,857
🇲🇼Malawi	13,118,306	370,191
🇿🇼Zimbabwe	12,330,490	153,126
🇿🇲Zambia	11,971,568	413,243
🇸🇳Senegal	11,263,386	296,859
🇨🇺Cuba	11,260,630	11,306
🇬🇷Greece	11,106,093	-10,518
🇸🇴Somalia	10,784,973	291,766
🇧🇪Belgium	10,582,975	69,332
🇵🇹Portugal	10,543,946	22,253
🇹🇳Tunisia	10,483,558	95,434
🇹🇩Chad	10,365,614	367,052
🇨🇿Czechia	10,304,815	28,476
🇭🇺Hungary	10,057,062	-11,195
🇧🇾Belarus	9,874,700	-56,117
🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	9,542,662	168,103
🇬🇳Guinea	9,330,625	205,388
🇩🇴Dominican Republic	9,284,168	117,736
🇷🇼Rwanda	9,270,066	249,179
🇭🇹Haiti	9,266,288	154,582
🇸🇪Sweden	9,104,720	57,153
🇦🇿Azerbaijan	8,763,354	111,067
🇧🇯Benin	8,402,631	235,194
🇦🇹Austria	8,267,763	28,625
🇸🇸South Sudan	8,029,517	376,842
🇷🇸Serbia	7,794,792	-36,605
🇧🇬Bulgaria	7,766,036	-47,716
🇭🇳Honduras	7,745,200	180,150
🇧🇮Burundi	7,658,190	275,665
🇨🇭Switzerland	7,475,010	49,440
🇹🇯Tajikistan	7,057,417	129,210
🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	6,960,594	30,519
🇮🇱Israel	6,832,077	119,352
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	6,708,218	211,227
🇯🇴Jordan	6,075,548	648,801
🇸🇻El Salvador	6,034,436	-4,934
🇱🇾Libya	5,973,370	118,503
🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	5,946,593	94,824
🇹🇬Togo	5,874,240	178,221
🇸🇱Sierra Leone	5,809,774	113,586
🇵🇾Paraguay	5,534,675	56,344
🇳🇮Nicaragua	5,529,812	76,367
🇩🇰Denmark	5,457,864	21,829
🇸🇰Slovakia	5,377,236	1,029
🇫🇮Finland	5,266,250	21,383
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	5,246,785	54,888
🇹🇲Turkmenistan	4,954,029	69,122
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	4,898,954	840,443
🇱🇧Lebanon	4,719,864	88,015
🇳🇴Norway	4,661,087	40,911
🇸🇬Singapore	4,486,583	177,000
🇭🇷Croatia	4,417,560	-11,433
🇨🇷Costa Rica	4,378,172	61,857
🇨🇫Central African Republic	4,294,352	73,885
🇮🇪Ireland	4,234,806	130,649
🇳🇿New Zealand	4,179,978	45,074
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,058,086	-36,711
🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	3,942,748	-66,414
🇬🇪Georgia	3,933,867	-27,535
🇨🇬Congo	3,813,323	142,017
🇵🇷Puerto Rico	3,791,559	-15,188
🇵🇸State of Palestine	3,627,668	88,786
🇱🇷Liberia	3,455,397	181,010
🇵🇦Panama	3,368,574	62,733
🇱🇹Lithuania	3,322,932	-50,801
🇺🇾Uruguay	3,322,282	5,584
🇲🇷Mauritania	3,081,230	70,587
🇦🇲Armenia	3,026,486	-23,113
🇦🇱Albania	3,003,387	-28,824
🇪🇷Eritrea	2,880,093	30,750
🇯🇲Jamaica	2,689,660	13,151
🇲🇳Mongolia	2,581,242	22,708
🇴🇲Oman	2,560,650	45,111
🇰🇼Kuwait	2,363,409	142,878
🇱🇻Latvia	2,203,913	-28,608
🇲🇰North Macedonia	2,081,076	2,585
🇸🇮Slovenia	2,013,570	9,375
🇳🇦Namibia	1,986,558	24,002
🇱🇸Lesotho	1,976,780	5,144
🇧🇼Botswana	1,928,704	37,081
🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1,817,659	-7,562
🇬🇲Gambia	1,711,294	52,562
🇬🇦Gabon	1,502,534	45,737
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	1,414,092	35,431
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1,376,919	7,821
🇪🇪Estonia	1,346,709	-7,779
🇲🇺Mauritius	1,264,767	6,094
🇸🇿Eswatini	1,077,735	5,983
🇨🇾Cyprus	1,055,438	18,374
🇶🇦Qatar	1,015,060	215,014
🇹🇱Timor-Leste	994,564	25,133
🇧🇭Bahrain	970,980	69,319
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	905,418	41,997
🇫🇯Fiji	883,083	8,192
🇩🇯Djibouti	846,946	19,097
🇷🇪Réunion	845,366	14,345
🇬🇾Guyana	758,367	-1,609
🇧🇹Bhutan	673,260	8,475
🇲🇪Montenegro	632,545	-610
🇰🇲Comoros	604,658	12,103
🇸🇷Suriname	522,022	5,879
🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	501,862	13,355
🇨🇻Cabo Verde	498,884	5,958
🇸🇧Solomon Islands	493,430	11,115
🇱🇺Luxembourg	472,404	7,227
🇲🇹Malta	411,198	781
🇬🇵Guadeloupe	400,926	1,002
🇲🇶Martinique	395,551	492
🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	372,808	6,000
🇪🇭Western Sahara	353,658	14,818
🇧🇸Bahamas	352,664	4,935
🇲🇻Maldives	314,401	9,891
🇮🇸Iceland	304,070	7,761
🇧🇿Belize	288,729	8,401
🇵🇫French Polynesia	274,901	3,762
🇧🇧Barbados	270,426	943
🇳🇨New Caledonia	245,635	3,751
🇻🇺Vanuatu	222,923	5,333
🇬🇫French Guiana	207,869	5,591
🇾🇹Mayotte	190,911	3,919
🇼🇸Samoa	189,379	985
🇱🇨Saint Lucia	166,470	1,055
🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	165,725	4,078
🇬🇺Guam	164,675	158
🇨🇼Curaçao	149,664	2,438
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	111,426	-641
🇬🇩Grenada	110,988	720
🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	110,301	-724
🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	106,514	13
🇹🇴Tonga	106,190	544
🇰🇮Kiribati	100,083	1,910
🇦🇼Aruba	95,606	1,157
🇯🇪Jersey	91,963	1,053
🇸🇨Seychelles	87,093	1,188
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	80,896	1,075
🇮🇲Isle of Man	80,228	869
🇦🇩Andorra	80,220	-2,013
🇩🇲Dominica	68,742	50
🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	66,060	-2,998
🇧🇲Bermuda	63,080	63
🇬🇬Guernsey	60,022	171
🇦🇸American Samoa	56,837	-443
🇬🇱Greenland	56,811	-80
🇲🇭Marshall Islands	54,208	-141
🇫🇴Faroe Islands	48,313	38
🇰🇾Cayman Islands	48,177	1,458
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,874	142
🇱🇮Liechtenstein	34,889	267
🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	34,183	724
🇲🇨Monaco	32,011	-156
🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	31,812	319
🇸🇲San Marino	29,959	482
🇬🇮Gibraltar	29,587	416
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	25,128	1,130
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	24,323	841
🇵🇼Palau	19,619	-249
🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	17,405	688
🇨🇰Cook Islands	15,199	72
🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	14,260	-290
🇦🇮Anguilla	12,325	200
🇳🇷Nauru	10,294	-25
🇹🇻Tuvalu	10,030	117
🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	8,237	188
🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,077	-19
🇸🇭Saint Helena	5,426	-107
🇲🇸Montserrat	4,731	37
🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,216	7
🇳🇺Niue	1,832	-17
🇹🇰Tokelau	1,365	-50
🇻🇦Holy See	622	-7

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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