Data for 2006

Total Population, 2006

Name: Total Population, 2006
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2006, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2006 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,318,054,036; Vatican City is lowest, at 656. The middle country reads 5,329,650. Against 2005, 222 values changed (187 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2006

HighestChina

1,318,054,036

LowestVatican City

656

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

222countries
1measure
2006the 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,318,054,036
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,172,878,890
3	United States`USA`Northern America	298,730,209
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	233,951,652
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	186,653,106
6	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	179,682,690
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	149,077,334
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	146,405,973
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	144,102,948
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	127,997,247
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	107,253,666
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	89,508,986
13	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	82,700,403
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	82,167,897
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81,701,971
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	80,703,490
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	73,392,747
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	70,045,349
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	66,567,687
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	62,049,838
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61,051,094
22	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	60,615,908
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58,754,433
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	49,998,277
25	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	48,006,518
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	47,785,135
27	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	47,278,694
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	44,695,448
29	Colombia`COL`South America	42,691,084
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	40,294,902
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	39,622,115
32	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,071,167
33	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36,904,008
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33,623,506
35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	32,759,171
36	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	31,992,435
37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30,771,178
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	28,794,003
39	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	28,616,515
40	Peru`PER`South America	28,324,491
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	27,224,686
42	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	26,699,043
43	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	26,565,425
44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26,417,909
45	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	25,424,094
46	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	24,524,507
47	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	23,543,083
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	23,040,702
49	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	22,914,634
50	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	21,459,144
51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	21,035,732
52	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	20,787,087
53	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20,590,559
54	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20,546,802
55	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20,352,411
56	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20,015,279
57	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	19,730,909
58	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19,637,022
59	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	17,550,407
60	Chile`CHL`South America	16,509,195
61	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16,493,852
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16,103,716
63	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14,373,707
64	Niger`NER`Western Africa	14,268,581
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14,086,131
66	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13,990,139
67	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13,639,028
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13,367,459
69	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	13,198,701
70	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12,636,445
71	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12,129,553
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11,500,094
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,278,550
74	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11,016,103
75	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10,975,502
76	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	10,706,424
77	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,548,442
78	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,524,120
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10,346,410
80	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,304,588
81	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,049,943
82	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,608,036
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9,521,689
84	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	9,441,171
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9,341,183
86	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	9,299,246
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,216,562
88	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9,080,623
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8,711,380
90	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8,693,242
91	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,269,898
92	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7,976,526
93	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7,865,547
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	7,656,832
95	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,640,294
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,511,394
97	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,478,509
98	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7,057,566
99	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,931,090
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6,844,032
101	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6,747,720
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6,427,371
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,002,319
104	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5,980,211
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5,963,200
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5,624,466
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5,569,664
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,505,148
109	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,437,420
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,418,855
111	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,376,846
112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,282,453
113	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,266,247
114	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5,147,105
115	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5,009,100
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,751,136
117	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,660,494
118	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4,407,058
119	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,377,579
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,321,340
121	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,315,800
122	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,268,778
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,181,940
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,063,272
125	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,996,591
126	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,921,316
127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,837,409
128	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,776,215
129	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	3,645,096
130	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,490,787
131	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,375,024
132	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,289,506
133	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,269,808
134	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,050,809
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,013,660
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,990,377
137	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,703,502
138	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,700,968
139	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,584,756
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,514,795
141	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,364,733
142	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,219,032
143	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,089,233
144	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,003,114
145	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,991,888
146	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,945,063
147	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,874,516
148	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,813,079
149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,715,275
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,508,337
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,415,303
152	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,358,698
153	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,346,880
154	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,263,781
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,084,436
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,054,418
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	994,618
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	990,343
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	976,597
160	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	972,831
161	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	890,365
162	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	855,764
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	758,966
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	670,799
165	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	633,871
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	604,753
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	524,997
168	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	508,747
169	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	491,594
170	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	490,728
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	472,866
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	415,454
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	364,663
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	348,375
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	313,851
176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	303,874
177	Belize`BLZ`Central America	287,878
178	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	270,002
179	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	263,223
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	247,547
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	215,923
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	187,709
183	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	166,639
184	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	165,638
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	164,839
186	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	152,505
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	112,014
188	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	110,729
189	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	110,135
190	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	107,450
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	106,253
192	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	100,017
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	95,392
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	90,373
195	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	80,604
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	80,294
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	79,585
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	68,806
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	62,834
200	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	60,682
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,883
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	56,374
203	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	51,992
204	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48,428
205	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	48,232
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46,569
207	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	34,975
208	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	34,658
209	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	32,428
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	32,057
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	29,594
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	28,942
213	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	25,123
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	24,493
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19,593
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	15,206
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	12,470
218	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,056
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,034
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,582
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,798
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	656

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,318,054,036
2India1,172,878,890
3United States298,730,209
4Indonesia233,951,652
5Brazil186,653,106

Lowest

222Vatican City656
221Niue1,798
220Montserrat4,582
219Nauru10,034
218Tuvalu10,056

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5,329,650. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
187 · 35rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,154,676,322 → 1,172,878,890+18,202,568
China1,310,027,136 → 1,318,054,036+8,026,900
Pakistan175,453,212 → 179,682,690+4,229,478
Nigeria145,017,253 → 149,077,334+4,060,081
Indonesia230,871,650 → 233,951,652+3,080,002

Fell most

Russia144,597,884 → 144,102,948−494,936
Germany82,046,731 → 81,701,971−344,760
Ukraine47,585,556 → 47,278,694−306,862
Romania21,213,388 → 21,035,732−177,656
Moldova3,988,669 → 3,921,316−67,353

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 2006.
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 (2006). Total Population, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2006

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