Data for 2002

Total Population, 2002

Name: Total Population, 2002
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2002, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2002 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,286,866,839; Vatican City is lowest, at 672. The middle country reads 5,071,692. Against 2001, 222 values changed (193 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2002

HighestChina

1,286,866,839

LowestVatican City

672

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

222countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
222distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,286,866,839
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,097,600,380
3	United States`USA`Northern America	287,084,338
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	222,088,495
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	178,503,484
6	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	163,222,549
7	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	145,939,500
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	138,933,658
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	133,471,989
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	127,484,598
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	101,548,624
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	83,068,889
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	82,068,326
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	78,772,224
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	76,239,137
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	71,635,517
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68,011,317
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	67,048,795
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	64,266,437
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	60,327,248
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	59,540,763
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57,420,628
23	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	53,750,524
24	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	48,677,281
25	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	48,019,415
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	47,299,120
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46,232,653
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	41,755,704
29	Colombia`COL`South America	40,324,680
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,229,408
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	38,029,349
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	36,121,304
33	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32,629,808
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31,750,835
35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	31,535,577
36	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	29,228,727
37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29,198,142
38	Peru`PER`South America	27,288,217
39	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26,006,559
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	25,532,870
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	25,435,671
42	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	25,399,980
43	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	25,328,981
44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	24,102,477
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	23,943,973
46	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	22,566,901
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	21,770,017
48	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	21,378,117
49	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	20,835,086
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20,729,388
51	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	19,805,752
52	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19,595,355
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18,958,338
54	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	18,654,771
55	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	17,910,910
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	17,549,913
57	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17,468,332
58	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	17,327,699
59	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16,288,051
60	Chile`CHL`South America	15,857,925
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	15,725,528
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,656,677
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	13,138,472
64	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	12,855,241
65	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	12,680,897
66	Niger`NER`Western Africa	12,349,144
67	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12,288,050
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12,246,915
69	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12,087,653
70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11,880,440
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,177,418
72	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,890,285
73	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10,647,949
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10,466,214
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,413,044
76	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,332,973
77	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,239,468
78	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,138,466
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	9,971,515
80	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,873,450
81	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9,550,063
82	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	9,116,192
83	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,925,047
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8,900,355
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8,852,235
86	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8,674,066
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8,607,641
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	8,400,180
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8,326,133
90	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,081,636
91	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,861,943
92	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7,675,426
93	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,616,743
94	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,278,752
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	6,938,859
96	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6,824,132
97	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,821,408
98	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6,596,806
99	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6,531,669
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6,387,720
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,986,631
102	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5,924,003
103	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5,616,066
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5,610,889
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5,508,410
106	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,377,688
107	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,375,959
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,261,328
109	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,200,546
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,149,909
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,116,254
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5,027,130
113	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4,971,435
114	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4,769,465
115	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,538,014
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,463,504
117	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,305,782
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,188,002
119	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4,146,892
120	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,142,930
121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,127,846
122	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,075,705
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,006,077
124	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3,956,826
125	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,951,119
126	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,928,443
127	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,810,713
128	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,444,050
129	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,350,771
130	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	3,322,364
131	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,278,867
132	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,134,092
133	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,129,344
134	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,094,782
135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,055,630
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,738,655
137	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,640,572
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,500,075
139	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,392,978
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,337,140
141	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,311,351
142	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,074,484
143	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,059,974
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,994,679
145	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,991,572
146	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,889,970
147	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,829,462
148	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,744,763
149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,535,691
150	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,379,435
151	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,345,135
152	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,332,011
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,289,307
154	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,234,085
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,059,441
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	981,440
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	879,159
158	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	858,049
159	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	797,957
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	795,574
161	Guyana`GUY`South America	763,652
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	752,197
163	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	711,205
164	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	633,766
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	624,409
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	558,923
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	496,551
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	467,046
169	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	457,671
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	456,014
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	446,389
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	405,565
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	340,099
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	331,614
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	291,616
176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	287,607
177	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	264,148
178	Belize`BLZ`Central America	256,009
179	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	247,775
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	232,236
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	195,863
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	184,471
183	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	162,315
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	161,641
185	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	149,922
186	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	145,901
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	113,347
188	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	112,448
189	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	108,418
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	108,404
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	103,874
192	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	92,264
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	91,379
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	85,857
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	77,275
196	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	77,032
197	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	68,367
198	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	66,778
199	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	66,506
200	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	62,142
201	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	57,062
202	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,592
203	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	51,425
204	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	46,827
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46,020
206	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	42,514
207	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	33,742
208	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	32,422
209	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	31,604
210	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	30,960
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	27,831
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	27,491
213	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	21,430
214	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	20,597
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19,503
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	14,967
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	11,687
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,082
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9,623
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,476
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,942
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	672

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,286,866,839
2India1,097,600,380
3United States287,084,338
4Indonesia222,088,495
5Brazil178,503,484

Lowest

222Vatican City672
221Niue1,942
220Montserrat4,476
219Tuvalu9,623
218Nauru10,082

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5,071,692. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
193 · 29rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,077,898,575 → 1,097,600,380+19,701,805
China1,278,725,063 → 1,286,866,839+8,141,776
Pakistan159,270,907 → 163,222,549+3,951,642
Nigeria129,862,595 → 133,471,989+3,609,394
Indonesia219,097,902 → 222,088,495+2,990,593

Fell most

Ukraine49,106,855 → 48,677,281−429,574
Russia146,117,284 → 145,939,500−177,784
Romania21,919,917 → 21,770,017−149,900
Georgia4,209,636 → 4,127,846−81,790
Bulgaria7,928,452 → 7,861,943−66,509

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 2002.
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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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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2002). Total Population, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2002

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