Data for 2000

Total Population, 2000

Name: Total Population, 2000
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2000, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2000 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,269,581,175; Vatican City is lowest, at 691. The middle country reads 4,903,178. Against 1999, 222 values changed (192 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2000

HighestChina

1,269,581,175

LowestVatican City

691

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
222distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 2000, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Total Population, 2000: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,269,581,175
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,057,922,733
3	United States`USA`Northern America	281,484,131
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	216,077,790
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	174,018,282
6	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	154,879,127
7	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	146,717,783
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	134,544,304
9	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	127,027,789
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	126,382,494
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	98,625,552
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81,797,258
13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	79,625,397
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77,154,011
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	73,083,284
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	67,411,494
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	66,418,659
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	65,425,961
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	63,007,815
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	59,483,717
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	59,057,338
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57,272,196
23	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	50,507,442
24	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	49,556,660
25	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47,159,719
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	46,766,661
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45,290,841
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	41,019,774
29	Colombia`COL`South America	39,089,934
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,258,071
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	37,213,984
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	34,260,139
33	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30,903,893
34	Canada`CAN`Northern America	30,891,803
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	30,642,890
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28,423,435
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	27,816,745
38	Peru`PER`South America	26,598,331
39	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	24,787,054
40	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24,546,509
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24,526,708
42	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24,424,056
43	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	24,000,150
44	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	23,665,910
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22,967,816
46	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	22,332,870
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,046,262
48	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	20,130,327
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19,637,087
50	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	19,624,141
51	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	19,293,054
52	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19,132,471
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18,129,653
54	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17,699,004
55	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	16,637,888
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	16,516,338
57	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16,194,869
58	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	16,177,722
59	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16,058,760
60	Chile`CHL`South America	15,503,635
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,501,103
62	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14,912,631
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12,689,206
64	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	12,462,336
65	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11,925,546
66	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11,892,055
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11,697,592
68	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	11,559,290
69	Niger`NER`Western Africa	11,509,630
70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11,315,942
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,109,109
72	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,782,635
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,283,204
74	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,251,717
75	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,236,804
76	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,190,600
77	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10,017,631
78	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,991,313
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9,968,260
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	9,764,935
81	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,872,101
82	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	8,838,713
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8,606,326
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8,584,190
85	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8,512,093
86	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8,428,832
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8,303,151
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	8,213,931
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8,174,785
90	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,012,928
91	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,000,520
92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,694,605
93	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7,221,619
94	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,184,007
95	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,704,664
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	6,577,773
97	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6,470,194
98	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6,284,735
99	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6,111,190
100	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6,032,267
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,943,366
102	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5,537,064
103	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5,431,212
104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5,386,945
105	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,379,999
106	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,339,658
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5,305,021
108	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,176,202
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,100,868
110	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,025,145
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,022,633
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4,783,722
113	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4,582,677
114	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,490,867
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4,423,611
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,329,340
117	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,328,358
118	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,326,105
119	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,234,967
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,159,771
121	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4,035,245
122	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,937,739
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,857,574
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,833,416
125	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,809,866
126	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,802,585
127	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,500,402
128	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3,493,575
129	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,266,206
130	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,166,148
131	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	3,151,793
132	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,151,345
133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,125,628
134	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,010,369
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,928,117
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,613,441
137	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,607,826
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,455,182
139	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,368,313
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,282,131
141	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,247,031
142	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,057,253
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,003,913
144	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,986,816
145	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,954,709
146	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,818,647
147	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,802,493
148	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,677,382
149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,455,084
150	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,396,997
151	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,319,774
152	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,275,572
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,234,741
154	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,216,629
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,041,414
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	947,667
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	840,909
158	Guyana`GUY`South America	764,832
159	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	747,318
160	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	745,088
161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	703,279
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	669,581
163	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	644,989
164	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	634,193
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	596,863
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	536,080
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	476,643
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	453,317
169	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	440,469
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	437,309
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	436,132
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	399,895
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	326,424
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	323,835
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	282,019
176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	281,280
177	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	262,063
178	Belize`BLZ`Central America	240,799
179	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	240,337
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	223,098
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	186,281
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	181,685
183	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	160,065
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	158,616
185	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	145,529
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	144,018
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	113,545
188	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	112,044
189	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	108,579
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	107,451
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	102,677
192	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	88,761
193	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	88,613
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	83,318
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	75,659
196	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	74,912
197	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	68,511
198	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	68,356
199	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	65,685
200	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	61,550
201	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	56,855
202	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,209
203	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	50,706
204	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	45,663
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	45,248
206	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	39,674
207	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	33,113
208	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	32,455
209	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	30,773
210	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	29,996
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	27,709
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	26,799
213	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	20,241
214	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19,178
215	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	18,730
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	15,854
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	11,177
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,168
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9,544
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	5,029
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2,047
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	691

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,269,581,175
2India1,057,922,733
3United States281,484,131
4Indonesia216,077,790
5Brazil174,018,282

Lowest

222Vatican City691
221Niue2,047
220Montserrat5,029
219Tuvalu9,544
218Nauru10,168

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,903,178. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
192 · 30rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,038,225,823 → 1,057,922,733+19,696,910
China1,260,176,655 → 1,269,581,175+9,404,520
Pakistan150,565,377 → 154,879,127+4,313,750
Nigeria123,047,320 → 126,382,494+3,335,174
Indonesia213,004,668 → 216,077,790+3,073,122

Fell most

Russia147,241,975 → 146,717,783−524,192
Ukraine49,976,446 → 49,556,660−419,786
Georgia4,455,583 → 4,328,358−127,225
Romania22,166,159 → 22,046,262−119,897
Timor-Leste834,697 → 745,088−89,609

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.
The position is ours
UN DESA Population Division publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2000). Total Population, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2000

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