Data for 2011

Total Population, 2011

Name: Total Population, 2011
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2011, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2011 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,360,250,664; Vatican City is lowest, at 614. The middle country reads 5,638,976. Against 2010, 222 values changed (189 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2011

HighestChina

1,360,250,664

LowestVatican City

614

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

222countries
1measure
2011the 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,360,250,664
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,261,224,954
3	United States`USA`Northern America	314,105,078
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	249,470,032
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	203,746,065
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	195,284,734
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	171,379,598
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	153,591,076
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	144,043,748
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	128,096,432
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	115,243,504
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	98,248,614
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	93,149,970
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	91,093,059
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	88,468,314
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80,857,874
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	78,383,598
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	74,215,203
19	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	70,849,311
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	69,007,208
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	63,733,777
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	63,509,285
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60,367,880
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	52,995,205
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49,419,820
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	49,127,643
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46,998,043
28	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	46,307,853
29	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	46,029,367
30	Colombia`COL`South America	45,259,614
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	42,758,461
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	41,730,660
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,208,643
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	36,903,376
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36,140,806
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	34,555,452
37	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	33,354,543
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32,912,588
39	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	32,161,424
40	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	29,347,708
41	Peru`PER`South America	29,304,086
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29,185,212
43	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29,162,039
44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	28,823,196
45	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	27,582,897
46	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27,464,494
47	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	26,105,645
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	26,095,088
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	25,097,874
50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24,218,352
51	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	23,649,039
52	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,273,076
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	22,982,000
54	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22,878,098
55	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22,822,300
56	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22,479,775
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21,009,048
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	20,282,011
59	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20,232,304
60	Chile`CHL`South America	17,351,816
61	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17,176,283
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	17,066,002
63	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16,851,057
64	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16,661,908
65	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	16,469,049
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15,326,227
67	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15,265,022
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14,792,126
69	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14,722,584
70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14,437,796
71	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	13,595,424
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12,958,897
73	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	12,754,997
74	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	12,348,830
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,301,571
76	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11,108,844
77	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,038,631
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10,886,035
79	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10,656,810
80	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10,573,733
81	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,557,052
82	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,495,511
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10,348,929
84	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10,288,109
85	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10,093,623
86	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,946,676
87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9,945,621
88	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,914,904
89	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9,717,978
90	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,472,735
91	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9,449,259
92	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9,256,150
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	8,540,583
94	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,393,270
95	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,914,372
96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7,859,346
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7,824,785
98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7,480,424
99	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7,471,023
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,380,025
101	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,364,859
102	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7,199,423
103	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,142,970
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6,500,582
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,426,590
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6,387,251
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,343,203
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,090,127
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,819,051
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,814,626
111	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5,683,417
112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,594,535
113	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,570,849
114	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,398,109
115	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,388,241
116	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,182,239
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,096,020
118	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,952,968
119	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,609,833
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,609,724
121	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,579,602
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,565,021
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,382,700
124	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,280,824
125	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,221,178
126	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,115,908
127	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,868,724
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,741,798
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,693,505
130	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,683,710
131	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,557,266
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,502,811
133	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,326,825
134	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,132,814
135	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,076,763
136	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,028,642
137	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,998,485
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,923,271
139	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,911,504
140	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,760,494
141	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,745,180
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,146,325
143	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,073,535
144	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,059,941
145	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,048,804
146	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,040,446
147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,014,009
148	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,983,784
149	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,810,950
150	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,791,949
151	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,781,985
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,608,076
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,394,983
154	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,327,358
155	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,286,267
156	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,241,835
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,206,728
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,146,493
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,117,833
160	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,110,207
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	948,558
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	912,989
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	746,153
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	709,377
165	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	668,056
166	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	632,688
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	575,633
168	Suriname`SUR`South America	556,269
169	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	552,945
170	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	518,584
171	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	511,447
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	424,628
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	399,389
174	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	373,674
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	371,729
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	327,298
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	319,137
178	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	276,139
179	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	271,727
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	266,543
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	243,474
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	194,713
183	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	185,649
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	171,801
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	166,543
186	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	158,566
187	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	112,079
188	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	110,647
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	109,349
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	107,698
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	107,570
192	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	105,391
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	100,981
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	97,024
195	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	86,332
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	84,382
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	77,783
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69,053
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	63,733
200	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,834
201	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	55,606
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	54,895
203	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	53,608
204	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	51,907
205	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	47,934
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46,886
207	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	37,069
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	36,270
209	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	34,267
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	33,946
211	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	32,169
212	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	31,660
213	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	30,846
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	28,710
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	18,078
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,455
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	13,569
218	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,780
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,098
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,822
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,757
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	614

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,360,250,664
2India1,261,224,954
3United States314,105,078
4Indonesia249,470,032
5Pakistan203,746,065

Lowest

222Vatican City614
221Niue1,757
220Montserrat4,822
219Nauru10,098
218Tuvalu10,780

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5,638,976. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
189 · 33rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,243,481,564 → 1,261,224,954+17,743,390
China1,351,561,514 → 1,360,250,664+8,689,150
Nigeria166,642,886 → 171,379,598+4,736,712
Pakistan199,239,047 → 203,746,065+4,507,018
Indonesia246,305,322 → 249,470,032+3,164,710

Fell most

Libya6,497,839 → 6,343,203−154,636
Romania20,432,574 → 20,282,011−150,563
Ukraine46,456,003 → 46,307,853−148,150
Japan128,185,275 → 128,096,432−88,843
Moldova3,631,992 → 3,557,266−74,726

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 2011.
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 (2011). Total Population, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2011

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