Data for 2004

Total Population, 2004

Name: Total Population, 2004
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2004, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2004 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,302,100,316; Vatican City is lowest, at 661. The middle country reads 5,250,530. Against 2003, 222 values changed (192 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2004

HighestChina

1,302,100,316

LowestVatican City

661

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

222countries
1measure
2004the 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,302,100,316
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,135,991,513
3	United States`USA`Northern America	292,786,253
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	227,926,649
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	182,675,143
6	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	171,286,000
7	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	145,180,097
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	142,902,856
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	141,057,045
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	127,815,774
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	104,394,131
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	86,394,504
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	82,092,708
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	80,338,971
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	79,477,443
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	76,077,206
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	70,256,316
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	68,592,617
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	65,452,047
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	61,175,247
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	60,169,967
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58,176,738
23	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	56,997,741
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	48,991,421
25	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	47,979,507
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	47,697,075
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	47,068,772
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	43,234,566
29	Colombia`COL`South America	41,543,171
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	38,815,916
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,167,572
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	38,109,668
33	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	34,713,455
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32,628,286
35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	32,132,678
36	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	30,556,637
37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29,953,018
38	Peru`PER`South America	27,852,190
39	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27,577,878
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	27,154,515
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	26,340,838
42	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	26,029,350
43	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	26,016,656
44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25,256,772
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	24,254,943
46	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	23,560,654
47	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	22,745,431
48	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	22,095,167
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21,868,298
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	21,403,217
51	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20,087,605
52	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20,046,677
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	19,840,313
54	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	19,669,480
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	19,595,000
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18,606,608
57	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18,600,423
58	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18,336,875
59	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16,610,487
60	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16,425,566
61	Chile`CHL`South America	16,187,322
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,850,159
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	13,608,701
64	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13,500,533
65	Niger`NER`Western Africa	13,265,836
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13,244,731
67	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13,102,409
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12,807,402
69	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	12,500,737
70	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12,365,896
71	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11,338,198
72	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,238,756
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10,975,704
74	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,947,365
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,481,381
76	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,421,292
77	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10,280,998
78	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,261,450
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10,166,163
80	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,085,791
81	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	9,920,036
82	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,735,091
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9,204,287
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9,104,892
85	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	9,062,726
86	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,993,808
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8,910,263
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	8,816,844
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8,489,874
90	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,173,491
91	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8,159,094
92	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,749,430
93	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,565,841
94	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,384,194
95	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7,310,656
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	7,298,994
97	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7,233,041
98	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,888,163
99	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6,790,547
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6,615,087
101	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6,328,041
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,004,671
103	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5,882,061
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5,781,626
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5,736,693
106	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,404,598
107	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,388,175
108	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,376,038
109	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5,355,717
110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5,281,320
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,272,912
112	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,228,148
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,203,041
114	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4,958,093
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,599,279
116	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,591,743
117	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4,428,967
118	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,310,056
119	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,200,078
120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,192,826
121	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4,172,767
122	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,140,987
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,083,910
124	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,066,064
125	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,056,073
126	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,046,669
127	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,798,657
128	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,565,554
129	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	3,475,177
130	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,376,699
131	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,283,148
132	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,251,155
133	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,156,892
134	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,098,657
135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,022,541
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,868,664
137	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,672,225
138	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,598,284
139	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,542,793
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,404,821
141	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,264,174
142	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,157,320
143	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,086,581
144	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,993,545
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,971,129
146	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,942,082
147	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,822,773
148	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,807,146
149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,621,312
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,421,609
151	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,362,676
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,349,563
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,345,380
154	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,249,800
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,073,159
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,017,875
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	929,074
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	899,917
159	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	874,366
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	871,442
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	826,124
162	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	773,332
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	762,418
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	650,544
165	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	633,754
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	580,704
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	513,923
168	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	482,200
169	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	479,370
170	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	474,611
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	458,296
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	410,798
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	352,911
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	339,782
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	301,413
176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	292,168
177	Belize`BLZ`Central America	271,688
178	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	267,298
179	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	255,654
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	240,852
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	205,711
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	186,249
183	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	164,239
184	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	163,810
185	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	157,705
186	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	149,797
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	112,835
188	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	111,925
189	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	109,323
190	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	107,835
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	105,071
192	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	96,085
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	93,213
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	88,156
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	78,792
196	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	78,719
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	74,325
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	68,649
199	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	63,938
200	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	62,555
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,907
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	56,818
203	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	51,791
204	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48,017
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46,315
206	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	45,352
207	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	34,389
208	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	33,171
209	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	32,307
210	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	31,690
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	28,715
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	28,203
213	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	22,881
214	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	22,856
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19,820
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	15,078
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	12,068
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,060
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9,816
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,515
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,869
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	661

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,302,100,316
2India1,135,991,513
3United States292,786,253
4Indonesia227,926,649
5Brazil182,675,143

Lowest

222Vatican City661
221Niue1,869
220Montserrat4,515
219Tuvalu9,816
218Nauru10,060

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5,250,530. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 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

India1,116,803,006 → 1,135,991,513+19,188,507
China1,294,517,326 → 1,302,100,316+7,582,990
Pakistan167,110,248 → 171,286,000+4,175,752
Nigeria137,202,644 → 141,057,045+3,854,401
Indonesia225,048,008 → 227,926,649+2,878,641

Fell most

Russia145,794,229 → 145,180,097−614,132
Ukraine48,315,136 → 47,979,507−335,629
Romania21,593,450 → 21,403,217−190,233
Belarus9,803,176 → 9,735,091−68,085
Bulgaria7,804,409 → 7,749,430−54,979

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 2004.
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 (2004). Total Population, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2004

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