Annual World Population by Country 2012

-5 year -1 year 2012 +1 year +5 year

In 2012, 🇨🇳China was the most populous country in the world, with a total of 1,366,560,818 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 1,274,487,214 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 581 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 2012 was Asia with a total population of 4,318,321,904 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 1,110,797,234, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a population of 603,818,795 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the largest populous of 1,786,031,180 people on record. Followed by Eastern Asia with a population of 1,602,779,694, and Eastern Africa with 362,460,568 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 5,370,495,690 people. While the lowest population for 2012 was found in No income group available with a population of 29,999,337 people in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2012

Countries with the Largest Population in 2012

Country	Population	Overall Population Change +/-
🇨🇳China	1,366,560,818	10,110,030
🇮🇳India	1,274,487,214	16,773,368
🇺🇸United States of America	316,651,321	2,759,460
🇮🇩Indonesia	250,222,695	3,114,242
🇵🇰Pakistan	202,205,861	3,249,951
🇧🇷Brazil	199,977,706	1,762,673
🇳🇬Nigeria	170,075,932	4,641,887
🇧🇩Bangladesh	152,090,650	1,926,713
🇷🇺Russian Federation	143,629,362	312,186
🇯🇵Japan	127,853,688	-162,727
🇲🇽Mexico	115,755,909	1,571,980
🇵🇭Philippines	98,032,317	1,686,022
🇪🇹Ethiopia	94,451,280	2,642,207
🇪🇬Egypt	91,240,376	2,012,315
🇻🇳Viet Nam	89,301,326	960,311
🇩🇪Germany	81,545,565	131,117
🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	77,324,451	1,105,102
🇹🇷Türkiye	75,277,439	1,233,896
🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	70,997,870	2,353,033
🇹🇭Thailand	69,157,023	439,938
🇬🇧United Kingdom	63,808,727	513,894
🇫🇷France	63,071,416	274,357
🇮🇹Italy	60,190,146	174,417
🇿🇦South Africa	53,145,033	725,348
🇲🇲Myanmar	50,218,185	427,836
🇰🇷Republic of Korea	49,634,185	468,060
🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	47,786,137	1,400,921
🇪🇸Spain	46,756,082	-90,337
🇨🇴Colombia	45,782,417	464,594
🇺🇦Ukraine	45,406,226	-76,169
🇰🇪Kenya	43,725,806	1,082,389
🇦🇷Argentina	41,952,365	436,706
🇵🇱Poland	38,625,874	-1,799
🇩🇿Algeria	37,260,562	733,671
🇸🇩Sudan	35,159,792	801,600
🇨🇦Canada	34,691,878	377,199
🇺🇬Uganda	34,273,295	989,114
🇮🇶Iraq	33,864,447	1,741,858
🇲🇦Morocco	33,352,169	450,494
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	30,821,543	668,419
🇦🇫Afghanistan	30,466,479	1,088,677
🇵🇪Peru	29,749,589	281,640
🇲🇾Malaysia	29,660,212	477,571
🇺🇿Uzbekistan	29,503,051	449,294
🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	29,470,426	371,404
🇳🇵Nepal	27,330,694	51,348
🇬🇭Ghana	26,858,762	663,128
🇾🇪Yemen	26,223,391	754,191
🇦🇴Angola	25,188,292	946,717
🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	24,887,770	108,812
🇲🇿Mozambique	24,487,611	747,022
🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	23,234,058	98,337
🇲🇬Madagascar	22,966,240	618,078
🇦🇺Australia	22,729,269	393,146
🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	22,605,577	-532,539
🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	22,010,712	457,067
🇨🇲Cameroon	21,032,684	592,604
🇱🇰Sri Lanka	21,017,147	116,460
🇷🇴Romania	20,137,118	-72,694
🇳🇪Niger	17,954,407	695,098
🇨🇱Chile	17,341,771	165,774
🇧🇫Burkina Faso	17,113,732	524,193
🇰🇿Kazakhstan	17,102,864	239,209
🇳🇱Netherlands	16,785,299	82,010
🇲🇱Mali	16,514,687	435,062
🇲🇼Malawi	15,581,250	438,725
🇪🇨Ecuador	15,483,883	243,210
🇬🇹Guatemala	15,128,306	296,684
🇰🇭Cambodia	14,786,640	214,167
🇿🇲Zambia	14,744,658	482,006
🇿🇼Zimbabwe	13,265,331	280,588
🇸🇳Senegal	13,231,833	360,390
🇹🇩Chad	12,754,906	435,298
🇸🇴Somalia	12,440,326	368,575
🇨🇺Cuba	11,309,290	12,122
🇹🇳Tunisia	11,174,383	123,382
🇧🇪Belgium	11,031,140	73,029
🇬🇷Greece	10,963,634	-48,289
🇷🇼Rwanda	10,840,334	258,738
🇬🇳Guinea	10,788,692	261,606
🇸🇸South Sudan	10,701,604	431,921
🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	10,569,697	173,412
🇵🇹Portugal	10,522,086	-55,116
🇨🇿Czechia	10,511,064	10,693
🇭🇹Haiti	10,108,539	153,646
🇩🇴Dominican Republic	10,030,882	126,631
🇧🇯Benin	10,014,078	290,703
🇭🇺Hungary	9,922,127	-23,458
🇧🇮Burundi	9,795,479	363,026
🇧🇾Belarus	9,693,749	-4,908
🇸🇪Sweden	9,555,987	90,273
🇦🇿Azerbaijan	9,485,576	128,306
🇭🇳Honduras	8,792,366	169,045
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	8,664,970	88,221
🇦🇹Austria	8,429,636	43,839
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	8,026,545	219,406
🇨🇭Switzerland	7,995,738	84,668
🇹🇯Tajikistan	7,956,382	175,211
🇮🇱Israel	7,592,106	133,768
🇷🇸Serbia	7,591,350	-26,661
🇧🇬Bulgaria	7,488,344	-57,818
🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	7,234,060	66,626
🇯🇴Jordan	7,211,863	24,434
🇹🇬Togo	6,926,634	177,985
🇸🇱Sierra Leone	6,788,587	174,981
🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6,508,804	92,321
🇸🇻El Salvador	6,161,289	24,382
🇳🇮Nicaragua	6,030,607	88,534
🇵🇾Paraguay	5,923,322	80,750
🇱🇾Libya	5,869,870	104,413
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	5,631,950	84,371
🇩🇰Denmark	5,600,960	25,115
🇹🇲Turkmenistan	5,458,682	100,102
🇫🇮Finland	5,413,858	25,409
🇸🇰Slovakia	5,409,283	6,353
🇸🇬Singapore	5,381,004	98,927
🇱🇧Lebanon	5,178,337	194,873
🇳🇴Norway	5,019,056	65,430
🇨🇫Central African Republic	4,773,306	29,877
🇨🇷Costa Rica	4,736,594	55,785
🇨🇬Congo	4,713,257	114,021
🇮🇪Ireland	4,564,550	20,762
🇳🇿New Zealand	4,410,284	29,309
🇱🇷Liberia	4,331,740	94,837
🇭🇷Croatia	4,331,594	-21,753
🇵🇸State of Palestine	4,184,161	96,746
🇬🇪Georgia	3,804,356	-18,298
🇵🇦Panama	3,754,862	66,658
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,674,374	-68,942
🇵🇷Puerto Rico	3,657,988	-37,902
🇲🇷Mauritania	3,636,114	114,969
🇴🇲Oman	3,535,578	328,909
🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	3,507,191	-89,953
🇰🇼Kuwait	3,394,663	251,596
🇺🇾Uruguay	3,371,133	9,743
🇪🇷Eritrea	3,252,596	39,650
🇱🇹Lithuania	3,063,341	-35,448
🇦🇲Armenia	2,914,421	-13,106
🇦🇱Albania	2,892,193	-6,426
🇲🇳Mongolia	2,792,349	50,348
🇯🇲Jamaica	2,759,817	14,014
🇧🇼Botswana	2,175,425	41,233
🇳🇦Namibia	2,167,470	36,340
🇲🇰North Macedonia	2,099,478	2,412
🇸🇮Slovenia	2,069,353	3,464
🇬🇲Gambia	2,061,014	63,586
🇱🇸Lesotho	2,054,717	17,940
🇱🇻Latvia	2,053,636	-22,906
🇶🇦Qatar	1,905,660	102,220
🇬🇦Gabon	1,836,705	65,288
🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1,811,412	6,207
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	1,652,717	44,517
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1,430,377	10,521
🇪🇪Estonia	1,322,682	-5,032
🇲🇺Mauritius	1,288,745	2,423
🇧🇭Bahrain	1,224,939	28,865
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	1,193,636	49,733
🇨🇾Cyprus	1,156,556	10,933
🇹🇱Timor-Leste	1,137,676	24,353
🇸🇿Eswatini	1,111,444	6,436
🇩🇯Djibouti	954,296	17,487
🇫🇯Fiji	911,059	2,536
🇷🇪Réunion	902,144	4,433
🇬🇾Guyana	743,966	3,346
🇧🇹Bhutan	721,146	7,813
🇰🇲Comoros	684,552	14,645
🇲🇪Montenegro	633,051	1,053
🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	582,766	10,539
🇸🇧Solomon Islands	567,763	14,383
🇸🇷Suriname	558,110	5,899
🇨🇻Cabo Verde	533,864	6,080
🇱🇺Luxembourg	530,585	12,253
🇪🇭Western Sahara	445,948	16,997
🇲🇹Malta	429,907	7,008
🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	406,634	5,104
🇬🇵Guadeloupe	402,984	-248
🇲🇻Maldives	387,539	13,187
🇲🇶Martinique	386,986	-2,424
🇧🇸Bahamas	382,061	3,962
🇧🇿Belize	337,059	7,564
🇮🇸Iceland	320,979	2,267
🇵🇫French Polynesia	286,584	1,216
🇧🇧Barbados	276,198	687
🇳🇨New Caledonia	271,302	5,049
🇻🇺Vanuatu	257,313	6,119
🇬🇫French Guiana	239,243	5,858
🇾🇹Mayotte	223,573	6,660
🇼🇸Samoa	198,124	1,804
🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	189,924	3,877
🇱🇨Saint Lucia	173,124	882
🇬🇺Guam	166,392	840
🇨🇼Curaçao	163,948	2,303
🇬🇩Grenada	115,912	1,022
🇰🇮Kiribati	111,618	1,699
🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	108,232	364
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	108,083	-594
🇹🇴Tonga	107,502	-378
🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	104,773	-728
🇦🇼Aruba	102,112	795
🇯🇪Jersey	97,423	792
🇸🇨Seychelles	95,309	1,476
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	87,674	886
🇮🇲Isle of Man	84,338	-158
🇦🇩Andorra	71,012	399
🇩🇲Dominica	68,888	245
🇧🇲Bermuda	63,560	-5
🇬🇬Guernsey	61,198	216
🇰🇾Cayman Islands	56,860	1,356
🇬🇱Greenland	56,199	-97
🇦🇸American Samoa	53,691	-659
🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	52,359	-184
🇲🇭Marshall Islands	52,202	-805
🇫🇴Faroe Islands	48,392	27
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,727	46
🇱🇮Liechtenstein	36,504	309
🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	36,026	-334
🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	35,139	3,350
🇲🇨Monaco	34,700	751
🇸🇲San Marino	33,132	188
🇬🇮Gibraltar	32,159	487
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	32,080	1,479
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	28,421	226
🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	21,445	556
🇨🇰Cook Islands	18,000	-73
🇵🇼Palau	17,946	-282
🇦🇮Anguilla	13,455	120
🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	12,671	-222
🇹🇻Tuvalu	10,854	145
🇳🇷Nauru	10,444	253
🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	9,216	117
🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,027	-24
🇸🇭Saint Helena	5,389	36
🇲🇸Montserrat	4,975	48
🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,194	54
🇳🇺Niue	1,813	13
🇹🇰Tokelau	1,440	98
🇻🇦Holy See	581	-8

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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