Data for 2012

Total Population, 2012

Name: Total Population, 2012
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2012, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2012 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,369,520,864; Vatican City is lowest, at 602. The middle country reads 5,752,533. Against 2011, 221 values changed (184 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2012

HighestChina

1,369,520,864

LowestVatican City

602

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

222countries
1measure
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,369,520,864
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,278,674,502
3	United States`USA`Northern America	317,115,355
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	252,698,525
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	207,667,125
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	196,876,111
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	176,200,625
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	155,070,101
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	144,291,029
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	127,928,285
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	116,818,208
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	100,175,512
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	95,798,767
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	93,161,001
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	89,510,356
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80,916,390
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	79,370,580
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	75,197,198
19	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	73,254,618
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	69,436,098
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	64,058,465
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	63,960,484
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60,531,515
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53,782,567
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49,837,446
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	49,599,579
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	47,374,260
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47,018,323
29	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	46,210,056
30	Colombia`COL`South America	45,715,810
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43,888,303
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	42,161,721
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,247,868
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	37,646,166
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36,923,178
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	34,922,516
37	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	34,337,438
38	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33,654,842
39	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	33,355,241
40	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	30,560,034
41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29,662,831
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29,553,826
43	Peru`PER`South America	29,550,366
44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	29,261,903
45	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	28,433,647
46	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27,534,915
47	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	27,062,443
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	26,734,268
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	25,211,728
50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25,177,394
51	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	24,337,846
52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23,467,078
53	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23,462,438
54	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,345,961
55	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22,852,644
56	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22,759,763
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21,169,458
58	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20,809,529
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	20,158,452
60	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17,836,769
61	Chile`CHL`South America	17,519,119
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	17,306,106
63	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17,172,287
64	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	16,957,033
65	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16,915,194
66	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15,709,577
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15,572,194
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15,089,647
69	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14,945,085
70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14,913,629
71	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	13,817,887
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13,310,495
73	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13,210,998
74	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	12,461,160
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,303,175
76	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,107,518
77	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11,048,298
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,009,647
79	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10,921,581
80	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10,829,901
81	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10,756,240
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10,515,807
83	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,513,150
84	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,507,335
85	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10,397,657
86	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10,071,028
87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10,070,411
88	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10,069,771
89	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,916,623
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9,519,487
91	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,463,076
92	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9,376,181
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	8,715,076
94	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,431,601
95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8,081,390
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8,014,084
97	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,998,926
98	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7,607,780
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7,587,127
100	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7,497,118
101	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,324,623
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,317,014
103	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,201,061
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6,653,718
105	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6,551,080
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,518,978
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,179,328
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,113,975
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,901,287
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,897,008
111	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5,808,546
112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,696,519
113	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,591,917
114	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,413,971
115	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,404,871
116	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,293,340
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,235,742
118	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5,018,458
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,740,450
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,663,934
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,610,848
122	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,600,132
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,411,676
124	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,373,043
125	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,259,236
126	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,215,313
127	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,839,208
128	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,759,256
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,670,113
130	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,646,422
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,619,034
132	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,547,106
133	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,482,626
134	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,337,025
135	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,335,401
136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3,036,988
137	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,988,329
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,922,528
139	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,910,004
140	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,795,459
141	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,772,430
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,194,654
143	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,108,617
144	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,053,321
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,043,094
146	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,034,633
147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,034,354
148	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,027,289
149	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,907,117
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,846,889
151	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,806,532
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,651,417
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,403,809
154	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,322,616
155	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,293,483
156	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,289,170
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,216,303
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,165,397
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,134,885
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,123,863
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	966,747
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	914,918
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	746,288
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	717,279
165	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	681,630
166	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	633,540
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	587,446
168	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	573,606
169	Suriname`SUR`South America	562,633
170	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	530,947
171	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	511,955
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	426,611
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	405,557
174	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	386,818
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	375,469
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	334,414
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	320,841
178	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	276,938
179	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	273,084
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	271,633
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	248,883
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	196,498
183	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	189,439
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	172,587
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	166,331
186	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	160,890
187	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	112,775
188	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	112,284
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	108,736
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	107,890
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	107,460
192	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	104,298
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	101,763
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	99,543
195	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	87,260
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	84,335
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	76,834
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69,118
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	63,646
200	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	57,136
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,778
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	54,489
203	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	53,234
204	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	51,419
205	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48,091
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	47,033
207	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	37,276
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	36,596
209	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	35,023
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	34,711
211	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	33,467
212	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	32,127
213	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	32,029
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	30,345
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,765
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,661
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	13,379
218	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,934
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,267
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,796
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,757
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	602

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,369,520,864
2India1,278,674,502
3United States317,115,355
4Indonesia252,698,525
5Pakistan207,667,125

Lowest

222Vatican City602
221Niue1,757
220Montserrat4,796
219Nauru10,267
218Tuvalu10,934

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5,752,533. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
221values changed, of 222 in both
184 · 37rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

India1,261,224,954 → 1,278,674,502+17,449,548
China1,360,250,664 → 1,369,520,864+9,270,200
Nigeria171,379,598 → 176,200,625+4,821,027
Pakistan203,746,065 → 207,667,125+3,921,060
Indonesia249,470,032 → 252,698,525+3,228,493

Fell most

Japan128,096,432 → 127,928,285−168,147
Libya6,343,203 → 6,179,328−163,875
Romania20,282,011 → 20,158,452−123,559
Syria22,878,098 → 22,759,763−118,335
Ukraine46,307,853 → 46,210,056−97,797

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 2012.
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 (2012). Total Population, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2012

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