Data for 2008

Total Population, 2008

Name: Total Population, 2008
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2008, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2008 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,333,821,016; Vatican City is lowest, at 638. The middle country reads 5,436,442. Against 2007, 222 values changed (187 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2008

HighestChina

1,333,821,016

LowestVatican City

638

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

222countries
1measure
2008the 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,333,821,016
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,207,930,964
3	United States`USA`Northern America	304,970,333
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	240,157,903
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	190,367,302
6	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	189,499,113
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	157,595,014
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	149,474,264
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	143,811,840
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	128,155,990
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	110,374,288
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92,699,095
13	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	85,864,789
14	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	85,543,668
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	85,175,788
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81,110,777
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	75,514,204
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	71,562,338
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	67,619,830
20	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	64,390,664
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	62,780,190
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	62,027,306
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59,561,684
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51,114,599
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	48,390,793
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	48,356,493
27	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	46,819,175
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46,235,054
29	Colombia`COL`South America	43,758,808
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42,570,728
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	40,424,148
32	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39,206,351
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	37,995,902
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	34,816,961
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	33,623,980
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	33,449,085
37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	31,606,767
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	30,539,553
39	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	28,971,036
40	Peru`PER`South America	28,719,041
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28,053,696
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27,570,059
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	27,494,774
44	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	26,990,037
45	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	26,482,622
46	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	25,111,941
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	24,764,618
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24,249,946
49	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23,287,877
50	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,086,239
51	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	21,819,036
52	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21,636,564
53	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21,578,655
54	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	21,514,439
55	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21,370,589
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20,923,840
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	20,718,742
58	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20,629,378
59	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18,574,056
60	Chile`CHL`South America	16,838,988
61	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16,597,258
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16,426,525
63	Niger`NER`Western Africa	15,361,915
64	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15,258,093
65	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	14,940,782
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14,575,202
67	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14,053,479
68	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	13,976,417
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13,935,174
70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13,021,324
71	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12,959,149
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12,048,959
73	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11,663,084
74	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	11,476,296
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,291,762
76	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11,076,872
77	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,709,708
78	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,564,081
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10,542,635
80	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,378,292
81	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,016,657
82	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	9,898,870
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9,850,858
84	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	9,804,269
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9,573,130
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,530,774
87	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,529,358
88	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9,228,466
89	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9,219,900
90	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8,942,638
91	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	8,817,647
92	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	8,505,637
93	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,323,253
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	8,012,587
95	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,641,728
96	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,535,592
97	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,454,279
98	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7,338,403
99	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7,183,002
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7,082,620
101	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,020,689
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6,989,866
103	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6,302,664
104	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,235,430
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,148,969
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,029,297
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5,936,138
108	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5,894,722
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,613,574
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,576,593
111	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,493,764
112	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,379,120
113	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5,345,029
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,342,520
115	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,313,377
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,925,354
117	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4,806,741
118	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,768,101
119	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,558,984
120	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,485,999
121	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,440,056
122	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,314,631
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,261,824
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,113,517
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,947,544
126	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,941,195
127	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	3,829,041
128	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,821,003
129	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,779,504
130	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,749,128
131	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,500,648
132	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,302,177
133	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,198,481
134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,183,269
135	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,992,930
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,959,990
137	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,816,327
138	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,725,635
139	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,651,421
140	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,634,424
141	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,626,529
142	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,177,711
143	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,070,834
144	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,047,056
145	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,025,085
146	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,966,541
147	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,949,970
148	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,817,852
149	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,800,858
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,607,175
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,488,054
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,426,938
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,372,084
154	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,337,074
155	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,274,635
156	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,120,714
157	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,098,091
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,091,026
159	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,084,530
160	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,032,429
161	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	903,399
162	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	892,734
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	754,606
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	686,351
165	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	632,845
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	629,307
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	537,245
168	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	535,930
169	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	508,790
170	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	501,355
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	488,990
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	418,969
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	377,793
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	358,120
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	336,170
176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	317,514
177	Belize`BLZ`Central America	304,361
178	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	272,714
179	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	268,379
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	253,825
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	226,896
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	190,107
183	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	173,793
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	168,808
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	165,693
186	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	154,775
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	111,028
188	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	110,896
189	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	108,936
190	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	107,020
191	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	106,960
192	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	104,222
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	97,805
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	92,547
195	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	83,495
196	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	82,912
197	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	82,029
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	68,854
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	63,300
200	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	57,150
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,661
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	55,828
203	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52,030
204	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	51,151
205	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48,498
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46,835
207	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	35,958
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	35,444
209	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	33,145
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	31,836
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	30,413
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	29,701
213	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	27,427
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	26,288
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19,009
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	15,981
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	12,890
218	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,321
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,009
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,677
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,780
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	638

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,333,821,016
2India1,207,930,964
3United States304,970,333
4Indonesia240,157,903
5Brazil190,367,302

Lowest

222Vatican City638
221Niue1,780
220Montserrat4,677
219Nauru10,009
218Tuvalu10,321

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5,436,442. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 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

India1,190,676,021 → 1,207,930,964+17,254,943
China1,325,813,582 → 1,333,821,016+8,007,434
Pakistan184,493,231 → 189,499,113+5,005,882
Nigeria153,267,261 → 157,595,014+4,327,753
United States301,844,226 → 304,970,333+3,126,107

Fell most

Ukraine47,062,798 → 46,819,175−243,623
Germany81,298,542 → 81,110,777−187,765
Romania20,870,716 → 20,718,742−151,974
Moldova3,851,396 → 3,779,504−71,892
Bosnia and Herzegovina4,013,424 → 3,947,544−65,880

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 2008.
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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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2008). Total Population, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2008

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