Countries Ranked by Population: 1997
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Rank Country                                  Population
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   1 China                                 1,227,713,981
   2 India                                   965,334,078
   3 United States                           268,008,430
   4 Indonesia                               213,701,781
   5 Brazil                                  167,320,280
   6 Russia                                  147,363,717
   7 Pakistan                                132,484,533
   8 Japan                                   125,817,684
   9 Bangladesh                              123,118,615
  10 Nigeria                                 113,555,648
  11 Mexico                                   95,667,462
  12 Germany                                  82,096,931
  13 Philippines                              76,154,730
  14 Vietnam                                  75,244,288
  15 Egypt                                    64,784,331
  16 Iran                                     63,516,602
  17 Turkey                                   63,047,647
  18 Thailand                                 59,461,708
  19 United Kingdom                           59,006,721
  20 Ethiopia                                 58,948,816
  21 France                                   58,627,229
  22 Italy                                    57,431,131
  23 Ukraine                                  50,423,383
  24 Congo (Kinshasa)                         47,564,626
  25 Korea, South                             46,113,245
  26 South Africa                             42,462,016
  27 Burma                                    40,851,319
  28 Spain                                    39,863,129
  29 Poland                                   38,655,842
  30 Colombia                                 37,657,830
  31 Argentina                                35,666,911
  32 Tanzania                                 32,705,551
  33 Sudan                                    32,160,729
  34 Canada                                   30,305,843
  35 Algeria                                  29,520,707
  36 Kenya                                    28,644,211
  37 Morocco                                  28,529,501
  38 Peru                                     25,556,273
  39 Uzbekistan                               23,596,577
  40 Afghanistan                              23,234,085
  41 Nepal                                    23,001,113
  42 Romania                                  22,562,461
  43 Venezuela                                22,374,398
  44 Taiwan                                   21,627,936
  45 Uganda                                   21,446,681
  46 Korea, North                             21,333,652
  47 Iraq                                     20,775,703
  48 Malaysia                                 20,476,091
  49 Saudi Arabia                             19,946,373
  50 Sri Lanka                                18,698,655
  51 Australia                                18,565,243
  52 Ghana                                    18,391,012
  53 Mozambique                               18,146,705
  54 Kazakhstan                               16,823,567
  55 Yemen                                    15,826,497
  56 Netherlands                              15,613,005
  57 Syria                                    15,081,016
  58 Cote d'Ivoire                            14,991,507
  59 Chile                                    14,598,890
  60 Cameroon                                 14,296,038
  61 Madagascar                               14,165,114
  62 Ecuador                                  12,126,283
  63 Guatemala                                11,669,820
  64 Cambodia                                 11,393,743
  65 Zimbabwe                                 11,171,665
  66 Burkina Faso                             11,005,277
  67 Cuba                                     11,002,731
  68 Greece                                   10,533,191
  69 Belarus                                  10,404,210
  70 Czech Republic                           10,301,459
  71 Hungary                                  10,244,682
  72 Belgium                                  10,181,253
  73 Serbia                                   10,170,033
  74 Portugal                                  9,994,921
  75 Malawi                                    9,862,701
  76 Mali                                      9,753,368
  77 Angola                                    9,557,141
  78 Niger                                     9,282,400
  79 Tunisia                                   9,233,857
  80 Senegal                                   9,135,154
  81 Zambia                                    9,035,752
  82 Sweden                                    8,864,519
  83 Bulgaria                                  8,084,518
  84 Austria                                   8,072,113
  85 Dominican Republic                        8,031,426
  86 Azerbaijan                                7,695,123
  87 Bolivia                                   7,693,188
  88 Chad                                      7,610,126
  89 Guinea                                    7,377,546
  90 Switzerland                               7,212,605
  91 Rwanda                                    7,127,759
  92 Somalia                                   6,633,514
  93 Hong Kong S.A.R.                          6,606,501
  94 Haiti                                     6,593,870
  95 Tajikistan                                6,070,759
  96 Benin                                     5,830,579
  97 Honduras                                  5,807,305
  98 El Salvador                               5,783,439
  99 Israel                                    5,531,387
 100 Burundi                                   5,508,131
 101 Slovakia                                  5,383,577
 102 Denmark                                   5,283,643
 103 Paraguay                                  5,154,123
 104 Georgia                                   5,153,575
 105 Finland                                   5,135,550
 106 Laos                                      5,098,518
 107 Libya                                     4,759,670
 108 Sierra Leone                              4,740,118
 109 Togo                                      4,596,988
 110 Papua New Guinea                          4,571,004
 111 Kyrgyzstan                                4,551,817
 112 Jordan                                    4,526,235
 113 Nicaragua                                 4,492,643
 114 Moldova                                   4,441,779
 115 Norway                                    4,405,648
 116 Croatia                                   4,319,632
 117 Turkmenistan                              4,267,070
 118 Puerto Rico                               3,828,061
 119 Singapore                                 3,741,214
 120 Eritrea                                   3,711,473
 121 New Zealand                               3,676,187
 122 Ireland                                   3,669,210
 123 Lithuania                                 3,651,923
 124 Costa Rica                                3,518,107
 125 Lebanon                                   3,430,388
 126 Armenia                                   3,377,788
 127 Bosnia and Herzegovina                    3,334,638
 128 Central African Republic                  3,324,338
 129 Albania                                   3,317,861
 130 Uruguay                                   3,260,414
 131 Panama                                    2,691,111
 132 Congo (Brazzaville)                       2,642,702
 133 Jamaica                                   2,607,573
 134 Mongolia                                  2,505,273
 135 Latvia                                    2,470,454
 136 Mauritania                                2,444,741
 137 Liberia                                   2,302,207
 138 Oman                                      2,283,635
 139 United Arab Emirates                      2,254,266
 140 Lesotho                                   2,028,890
 141 Macedonia, The Former Yugo. Rep. of       2,001,880
 142 Slovenia                                  1,917,851
 143 Bhutan                                    1,876,236
 144 West Bank                                 1,822,300
 145 Kuwait                                    1,765,345
 146 Namibia                                   1,677,082
 147 Botswana                                  1,522,860
 148 Estonia                                   1,458,065
 149 Gambia, The                               1,238,472
 150 Guinea-Bissau                             1,196,182
 151 Trinidad and Tobago                       1,191,912
 152 Gabon                                     1,167,753
 153 Mauritius                                 1,149,818
 154 Swaziland                                 1,011,981
 155 Gaza Strip                                1,003,746
 156 Fiji                                        797,890
 157 Cyprus                                      743,728
 158 Guyana                                      704,531
 159 Reunion                                     684,810
 160 Qatar                                       667,336
 161 Montenegro                                  646,951
 162 Bahrain                                     598,561
 163 Comoros                                     527,982
 164 Equatorial Guinea                           440,103
 165 Djibouti                                    432,360
 166 Solomon Islands                             424,265
 167 Suriname                                    422,002
 168 Luxembourg                                  421,137
 169 Macau S.A.R.                                420,972
 170 Guadeloupe                                  412,050
 171 Martinique                                  402,265
 172 Cape Verde                                  388,383
 173 Malta                                       382,920
 174 Brunei                                      313,563
 175 Bahamas, The                                285,166
 176 Maldives                                    274,366
 177 Iceland                                     271,146
 178 Barbados                                    270,299
 179 French Polynesia                            235,770
 180 Belize                                      229,579
 181 Western Sahara                              228,138
 182 Netherlands Antilles                        203,533
 183 New Caledonia                               192,347
 184 Samoa                                       180,418
 185 Vanuatu                                     179,428
 186 French Guiana                               156,616
 187 Saint Lucia                                 150,712
 188 Guam                                        146,330
 189 Sao Tome and Principe                       145,608
 190 Mayotte                                     134,133
 191 Micronesia, Federated States of             127,616
 192 Virgin Islands                              116,882
 193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines            113,396
 194 Tonga                                        97,399
 195 Grenada                                      90,005
 196 Jersey                                       87,411
 197 Kiribati                                     85,620
 198 Seychelles                                   78,017
 199 Dominica                                     73,010
 200 Man, Isle of                                 72,026
 201 Aruba                                        68,341
 202 Antigua and Barbuda                          64,774
 203 Andorra                                      64,573
 204 Northern Mariana Islands                     63,764
 205 Guernsey                                     63,243
 206 Bermuda                                      61,420
 207 Marshall Islands                             60,673
 208 American Samoa                               60,383
 209 Greenland                                    56,043
 210 Faroe Islands                                44,040
 211 Saint Kitts and Nevis                        39,296
 212 Cayman Islands                               32,358
 213 Liechtenstein                                31,296
 214 Monaco                                       31,223
 215 Gibraltar                                    27,340
 216 San Marino                                   25,720
 217 Cook Islands                                 19,776
 218 Virgin Islands, British                      18,998
 219 Palau                                        17,754
 220 Turks and Caicos Islands                     15,646
 221 Wallis and Futuna                            14,817
 222 Nauru                                        11,120
 223 Montserrat                                   11,108
 224 Anguilla                                     10,760
 225 Tuvalu                                       10,378
 226 Saint Helena                                  7,044
 227 Saint Pierre and Miquelon                     6,780
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