Data for 2010

Total Population, 2010

Name: Total Population, 2010
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2010, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2010 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,351,561,514; Vatican City is lowest, at 621. The middle country reads 5,556,110. Against 2009, 222 values changed (186 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2010

HighestChina

1,351,561,514

LowestVatican City

621

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

222countries
1measure
2010the 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,351,561,514
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,243,481,564
3	United States`USA`Northern America	311,062,790
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	246,305,322
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	199,239,047
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	193,701,929
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	166,642,886
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	152,201,981
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	143,934,465
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	128,185,275
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	113,623,895
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	96,337,125
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	90,538,514
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	89,196,072
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	87,455,152
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80,830,924
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	77,420,842
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	73,346,769
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	68,579,447
20	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	68,563,038
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	63,417,363
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	63,006,483
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60,164,213
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	52,344,051
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49,024,382
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	48,769,332
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46,840,471
28	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	46,456,003
29	Colombia`COL`South America	44,777,319
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	44,758,488
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	41,598,567
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	41,288,694
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,095,351
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	36,188,236
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	35,414,399
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	34,196,899
37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32,467,016
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	32,390,802
39	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31,045,366
40	Peru`PER`South America	29,086,019
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28,813,101
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28,655,776
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	28,385,506
44	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	28,284,089
45	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27,341,952
46	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	26,754,387
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	25,474,995
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	25,157,128
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	24,987,258
50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23,294,825
51	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,224,049
52	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	22,999,235
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	22,488,065
54	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22,482,421
55	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22,183,340
56	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22,141,581
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20,879,089
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	20,432,574
59	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19,668,066
60	Chile`CHL`South America	17,181,464
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16,836,810
62	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16,771,235
63	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16,548,835
64	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16,176,498
65	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	15,945,198
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15,076,695
67	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14,826,463
68	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14,500,726
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14,500,112
70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13,965,594
71	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	13,356,548
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12,635,413
73	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	12,312,575
74	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	12,261,756
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,297,409
76	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11,124,670
77	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,936,626
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10,765,980
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,578,660
80	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,464,035
81	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10,396,086
82	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10,317,553
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10,182,345
84	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,979,129
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9,820,175
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,803,294
87	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9,797,484
88	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	9,745,953
89	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,490,752
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9,378,232
91	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9,376,444
92	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9,146,851
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	8,365,878
94	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,365,092
95	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,825,753
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7,652,141
97	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7,633,523
98	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,437,599
99	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,395,864
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7,336,735
101	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7,297,043
102	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,101,617
103	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6,938,363
104	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,497,839
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,334,194
106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6,325,788
107	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6,222,714
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,068,249
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,737,971
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,737,450
111	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5,564,356
112	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,547,863
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,491,761
114	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,391,851
115	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,363,350
116	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,077,014
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,041,288
118	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,889,162
119	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,559,080
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,555,962
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,492,995
122	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,462,290
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,347,770
124	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,301,145
125	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,058,890
126	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,016,916
127	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,895,925
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,811,472
129	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,714,836
130	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,631,992
131	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,628,535
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,390,965
133	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,318,580
134	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,097,720
135	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,945,186
136	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,943,372
137	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,931,078
138	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,928,722
139	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,757,446
140	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,748,568
141	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,701,732
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,109,811
143	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,097,831
144	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,051,505
145	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,044,612
146	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,033,111
147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,996,251
148	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,926,630
149	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,788,743
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,719,879
151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,709,229
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,566,347
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,386,654
154	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,331,448
155	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,282,709
156	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,213,244
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,189,085
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,127,816
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,111,650
160	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,084,679
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	930,251
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	910,419
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	749,256
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	701,632
165	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	654,836
166	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	632,088
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	562,806
168	Suriname`SUR`South America	549,923
169	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	532,968
170	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	509,784
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	507,410
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	422,651
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	392,332
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	367,478
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	360,792
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	320,245
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	318,158
178	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	275,243
179	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	270,580
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	261,582
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	238,248
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	193,023
183	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	181,802
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	170,906
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	166,522
186	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	156,879
187	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	111,586
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	109,959
189	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	108,704
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	107,540
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	107,400
192	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	106,311
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	100,114
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	94,971
195	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	85,320
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	83,873
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	80,706
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	68,859
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	63,725
200	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,614
201	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	55,228
202	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	54,099
203	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	54,091
204	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52,044
205	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48,169
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46,846
207	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	36,856
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	35,999
209	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	33,794
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	33,163
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	31,248
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	30,624
213	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	29,739
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	27,675
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	18,396
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	16,976
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	13,345
218	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,614
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,043
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,794
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,768
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	621

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,351,561,514
2India1,243,481,564
3United States311,062,790
4Indonesia246,305,322
5Pakistan199,239,047

Lowest

222Vatican City621
221Niue1,768
220Montserrat4,794
219Nauru10,043
218Tuvalu10,614

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5,556,110. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
186 · 36rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,225,524,753 → 1,243,481,564+17,956,811
China1,342,522,716 → 1,351,561,514+9,038,798
Pakistan194,376,534 → 199,239,047+4,862,513
Nigeria162,049,464 → 166,642,886+4,593,422
Indonesia243,220,028 → 246,305,322+3,085,294

Fell most

Ukraine46,623,731 → 46,456,003−167,728
Romania20,576,927 → 20,432,574−144,353
Germany80,935,283 → 80,830,924−104,359
Moldova3,706,210 → 3,631,992−74,218
Bosnia and Herzegovina3,879,794 → 3,811,472−68,322

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 2010.
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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 (2010). Total Population, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2010

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