Data for 2013

Total Population, 2013

Name: Total Population, 2013
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2013, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2013 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,379,008,040; Vatican City is lowest, at 590. The middle country reads 5,868,315. Against 2012, 222 values changed (183 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2013

HighestChina

1,379,008,040

LowestVatican City

590

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

222countries
1measure
2013the 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,379,008,040
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,295,829,511
3	United States`USA`Northern America	320,110,759
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	255,852,467
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	211,073,978
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	198,478,299
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	181,049,443
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	156,532,141
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	144,604,098
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	127,723,645
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	118,343,573
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	102,076,336
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	98,438,751
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	95,333,553
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	90,573,104
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81,041,582
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	80,414,686
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	76,403,031
19	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	75,789,395
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	69,845,114
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	64,389,388
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	64,387,734
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60,653,868
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	54,678,791
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50,262,658
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	50,071,164
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48,824,128
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46,860,389
29	Colombia`COL`South America	46,151,584
30	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	46,126,770
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	44,986,791
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	42,582,455
33	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	38,414,171
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,259,262
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	37,785,849
36	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35,337,042
37	Canada`CAN`Northern America	35,293,433
38	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35,281,989
39	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	33,787,571
40	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	31,622,704
41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	30,174,265
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29,912,198
43	Peru`PER`South America	29,817,919
44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	29,724,065
45	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	29,312,952
46	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	28,026,825
47	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27,589,996
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	27,386,193
49	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	26,165,620
50	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	25,329,451
51	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	25,051,611
52	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	24,109,290
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23,939,775
54	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,416,875
55	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	23,236,270
56	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21,666,917
57	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21,402,376
58	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21,358,827
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	20,062,921
60	Niger`NER`Western Africa	18,519,898
61	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17,695,409
62	Chile`CHL`South America	17,687,006
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	17,556,502
64	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	17,459,615
65	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16,967,063
66	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16,161,816
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15,807,128
68	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15,398,997
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15,387,337
70	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15,170,208
71	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14,013,808
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13,710,849
73	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13,691,079
74	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	12,869,594
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,298,167
76	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	11,191,873
77	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11,166,275
78	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,160,276
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,141,361
80	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11,093,340
81	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,967,540
82	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10,708,834
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10,682,608
84	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,511,163
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,458,298
86	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10,439,341
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10,222,362
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10,193,833
89	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,889,346
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9,600,620
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9,504,409
92	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,464,453
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	8,889,278
94	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,481,406
95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8,302,698
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8,216,724
97	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8,091,202
98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7,991,809
99	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7,831,847
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7,749,379
101	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,276,180
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,264,600
103	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,264,335
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6,798,848
105	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6,714,051
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,611,385
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,304,628
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,138,839
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,983,845
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,982,445
111	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5,939,341
112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,797,289
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,743,436
114	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,615,333
115	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,439,053
116	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,410,422
117	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,385,588
118	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5,080,124
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,857,099
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,716,147
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,642,419
122	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,624,686
123	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,470,239
124	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,453,851
125	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,315,261
126	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,242,398
127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,833,913
128	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,825,329
129	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,809,125
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,734,318
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,610,859
132	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,606,769
133	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,507,746
134	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,408,738
135	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,345,337
136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3,074,360
137	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,958,360
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,922,518
139	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,907,573
140	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,851,881
141	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,783,687
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,252,508
143	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,140,682
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,103,820
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,056,504
146	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,056,441
147	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,032,641
148	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,013,280
149	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,013,010
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,913,059
151	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,817,167
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,695,973
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,412,653
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,346,218
155	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,317,919
156	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,290,984
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,257,203
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,183,895
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,158,695
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,129,990
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	984,824
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	916,352
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	750,021
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	725,273
165	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	696,192
166	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	633,202
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	598,743
168	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	594,945
169	Suriname`SUR`South America	569,020
170	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	543,354
171	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	512,225
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	428,452
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	411,202
174	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	400,070
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	378,953
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	341,627
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	323,885
178	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	277,665
179	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	276,822
180	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	274,728
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	254,482
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	198,268
183	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	193,148
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	173,369
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	165,966
186	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	163,109
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	113,838
188	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	113,487
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	108,135
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	108,121
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	107,078
192	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	103,157
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	102,558
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	102,093
195	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	88,064
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	84,141
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	75,194
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69,715
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	63,574
200	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	58,655
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,513
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	54,006
203	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	52,758
204	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	50,681
205	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48,279
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	47,069
207	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	37,419
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	36,910
209	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	35,854
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	35,447
211	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	33,653
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	33,620
213	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	32,407
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	31,703
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,648
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,605
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	13,252
218	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	11,001
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,517
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,753
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,762
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	590

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,379,008,040
2India1,295,829,511
3United States320,110,759
4Indonesia255,852,467
5Pakistan211,073,978

Lowest

222Vatican City590
221Niue1,762
220Montserrat4,753
219Nauru10,517
218Tuvalu11,001

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5,868,315. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
183 · 39rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,278,674,502 → 1,295,829,511+17,155,009
China1,369,520,864 → 1,379,008,040+9,487,176
Nigeria176,200,625 → 181,049,443+4,848,818
Pakistan207,667,125 → 211,073,978+3,406,853
Indonesia252,698,525 → 255,852,467+3,153,942

Fell most

Syria22,759,763 → 21,666,917−1,092,846
Japan127,928,285 → 127,723,645−204,640
Spain47,018,323 → 46,860,389−157,934
Romania20,158,452 → 20,062,921−95,531
Ukraine46,210,056 → 46,126,770−83,286

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 2013.
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 (2013). Total Population, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2013

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