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League of Nations

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Country

Population

  • 1
    China
    1.3 B
  • 2
    India
    1.2 B
  • 3
    United States
    310.2 M
  • 4
    Indonesia
    243 M
  • 5
    Brazil
    201.1 M
  • 6
    Pakistan
    184.4 M
  • 7
    Bangladesh
    156.1 M
  • 8
    Nigeria
    154 M
  • 9
    Russia
    140.7 M
  • 10
    Japan
    127.3 M
  • 11
    Mexico
    112.5 M
  • 12
    Philippines
    99.9 M
  • 13
    Vietnam
    89.6 M
  • 14
    Ethiopia
    88 M
  • 15
    Germany
    81.8 M
  • 16
    Egypt
    80.5 M
  • 17
    Turkey
    77.8 M
  • 18
    Iran
    76.9 M
  • 19
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    70.9 M
  • 20
    Thailand
    67.1 M
  • 21
    France
    64.8 M
  • 22
    United Kingdom
    62.3 M
  • 23
    Italy
    60.3 M
  • 24
    Myanmar [Burma]
    53.4 M
  • 25
    South Africa
    49 M
  • 26
    South Korea
    48.4 M
  • 27
    Spain
    46.5 M
  • 28
    Ukraine
    45.4 M
  • 29
    Colombia
    44.2 M
  • 30
    Tanzania
    41.9 M
  • 31
    Argentina
    41.3 M
  • 32
    Kenya
    40 M
  • 33
    Poland
    38.5 M
  • 34
    Sudan
    35 M
  • 35
    Algeria
    34.6 M
  • 36
    Canada
    33.7 M
  • 37
    Uganda
    33.4 M
  • 38
    Morocco
    31.6 M
  • 39
    Peru
    29.9 M
  • 40
    Iraq
    29.7 M
  • 41
    Afghanistan
    29.1 M
  • 42
    Nepal
    29 M
  • 43
    Malaysia
    28.3 M
  • 44
    Uzbekistan
    27.9 M
  • 45
    Venezuela
    27.2 M
  • 46
    Saudi Arabia
    25.7 M
  • 47
    Ghana
    24.3 M
  • 48
    Yemen
    23.5 M
  • 49
    North Korea
    22.9 M
  • 50
    Taiwan
    22.9 M
  • 51
    Syria
    22.2 M
  • 52
    Mozambique
    22.1 M
  • 53
    Romania
    22 M
  • 54
    Australia
    21.5 M
  • 55
    Sri Lanka
    21.5 M
  • 56
    Madagascar
    21.3 M
  • 57
    Ivory Coast
    21.1 M
  • 58
    Cameroon
    19.3 M
  • 59
    Chile
    16.7 M
  • 60
    Netherlands
    16.6 M
  • 61
    Burkina Faso
    16.2 M
  • 62
    Niger
    15.9 M
  • 63
    Malawi
    15.4 M
  • 64
    Kazakhstan
    15.3 M
  • 65
    Ecuador
    14.8 M
  • 66
    Cambodia
    14.5 M
  • 67
    Mali
    13.8 M
  • 68
    Guatemala
    13.6 M
  • 69
    Zambia
    13.5 M
  • 70
    Angola
    13.1 M
  • 71
    Senegal
    12.3 M
  • 72
    Zimbabwe
    11.7 M
  • 73
    Cuba
    11.4 M
  • 74
    Rwanda
    11.1 M
  • 75
    Greece
    11 M
  • 76
    Portugal
    10.7 M
  • 77
    Tunisia
    10.6 M
  • 78
    Chad
    10.5 M
  • 79
    Czech Republic
    10.5 M
  • 80
    Belgium
    10.4 M
  • 81
    Guinea
    10.3 M
  • 82
    Somalia
    10.1 M
  • 83
    Hungary
    10 M
  • 84
    Bolivia
    9.9 M
  • 85
    Burundi
    9.9 M
  • 86
    Dominican Republic
    9.8 M
  • 87
    Belarus
    9.7 M
  • 88
    Haiti
    9.6 M
  • 89
    Sweden
    9.6 M
  • 90
    Benin
    9.1 M
  • 91
    Azerbaijan
    8.3 M
  • 92
    South Sudan
    8.3 M
  • 93
    Austria
    8.2 M
  • 94
    Honduras
    8 M
  • 95
    Switzerland
    7.6 M
  • 96
    Tajikistan
    7.5 M
  • 97
    Israel
    7.4 M
  • 98
    Serbia
    7.3 M
  • 99
    Bulgaria
    7.1 M
  • 100
    Hong Kong
    6.9 M
  • 101
    Togo
    6.6 M
  • 102
    Libya
    6.5 M
  • 103
    Jordan
    6.4 M
  • 104
    Paraguay
    6.4 M
  • 105
    Laos
    6.4 M
  • 106
    Papua New Guinea
    6.1 M
  • 107
    El Salvador
    6.1 M
  • 108
    Nicaragua
    6 M
  • 109
    Eritrea
    5.8 M
  • 110
    Kyrgyzstan
    5.5 M
  • 111
    Denmark
    5.5 M
  • 112
    Slovakia
    5.5 M
  • 113
    Sierra Leone
    5.2 M
  • 114
    Finland
    5.2 M
  • 115
    Norway
    5 M
  • 116
    United Arab Emirates
    5 M
  • 117
    Turkmenistan
    4.9 M
  • 118
    Central African Republic
    4.8 M
  • 119
    Singapore
    4.7 M
  • 120
    Georgia
    4.6 M
  • 121
    Ireland
    4.6 M
  • 122
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    4.6 M
  • 123
    Costa Rica
    4.5 M
  • 124
    Croatia
    4.5 M
  • 125
    Moldova
    4.3 M
  • 126
    New Zealand
    4.3 M
  • 127
    Lebanon
    4.1 M
  • 128
    Puerto Rico
    3.9 M
  • 129
    Palestine
    3.8 M
  • 130
    Liberia
    3.7 M
  • 131
    Lithuania
    3.6 M
  • 132
    Uruguay
    3.5 M
  • 133
    Panama
    3.4 M
  • 134
    Mauritania
    3.2 M
  • 135
    Mongolia
    3.1 M
  • 136
    Republic of the Congo
    3 M
  • 137
    Albania
    3 M
  • 138
    Armenia
    3 M
  • 139
    Oman
    3 M
  • 140
    Jamaica
    2.8 M
  • 141
    Kuwait
    2.8 M
  • 142
    Latvia
    2.2 M
  • 143
    Namibia
    2.1 M
  • 144
    Macedonia
    2.1 M
  • 145
    Botswana
    2 M
  • 146
    Slovenia
    2 M
  • 147
    Lesotho
    1.9 M
  • 148
    Kosovo
    1.8 M
  • 149
    Gambia
    1.6 M
  • 150
    Guinea-Bissau
    1.6 M
  • 151
    Gabon
    1.5 M
  • 152
    Swaziland
    1.4 M
  • 153
    Mauritius
    1.3 M
  • 154
    Estonia
    1.3 M
  • 155
    Trinidad and Tobago
    1.2 M
  • 156
    East Timor
    1.2 M
  • 157
    Cyprus
    1.1 M
  • 158
    Equatorial Guinea
    1 M
  • 159
    Fiji
    876 K
  • 160
    Qatar
    840.9 K
  • 161
    Réunion
    776.9 K
  • 162
    Comoros
    773.4 K
  • 163
    Guyana
    748.5 K
  • 164
    Djibouti
    740.5 K
  • 165
    Bahrain
    738 K
  • 166
    Bhutan
    699.8 K
  • 167
    Montenegro
    666.7 K
  • 168
    Solomon Islands
    559.2 K
  • 169
    Cape Verde
    508.7 K
  • 170
    Luxembourg
    497.5 K
  • 171
    Suriname
    492.8 K
  • 172
    Macao
    449.2 K
  • 173
    Guadeloupe
    443 K
  • 174
    Martinique
    432.9 K
  • 175
    Malta
    403 K
  • 176
    Maldives
    395.7 K
  • 177
    Brunei
    395 K
  • 178
    Belize
    314.5 K
  • 179
    Iceland
    308.9 K
  • 180
    Bahamas
    301.8 K
  • 181
    Barbados
    285.7 K
  • 182
    Western Sahara
    273 K
  • 183
    French Polynesia
    270.5 K
  • 184
    Vanuatu
    221.6 K
  • 185
    New Caledonia
    216.5 K
  • 186
    French Guiana
    195.5 K
  • 187
    Samoa
    192 K
  • 188
    São Tomé and Príncipe
    175.8 K
  • 189
    Saint Lucia
    160.9 K
  • 190
    Guam
    159.4 K
  • 191
    Mayotte
    159 K
  • 192
    Curacao
    141.8 K
  • 193
    Tonga
    122.6 K
  • 194
    U.S. Virgin Islands
    108.7 K
  • 195
    Grenada
    107.8 K
  • 196
    Micronesia
    107.7 K
  • 197
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    104.2 K
  • 198
    Kiribati
    92.5 K
  • 199
    Jersey
    90.8 K
  • 200
    Seychelles
    88.3 K
  • 201
    Antigua and Barbuda
    86.8 K
  • 202
    Andorra
    84 K
  • 203
    Isle of Man
    75 K
  • 204
    Dominica
    72.8 K
  • 205
    Aruba
    71.6 K
  • 206
    Marshall Islands
    65.9 K
  • 207
    Bermuda
    65.4 K
  • 208
    Guernsey
    65.2 K
  • 209
    American Samoa
    57.9 K
  • 210
    Greenland
    56.4 K
  • 211
    Northern Mariana Islands
    53.9 K
  • 212
    Saint Kitts and Nevis
    51.1 K
  • 213
    Faroe Islands
    48.2 K
  • 214
    Cayman Islands
    44.3 K
  • 215
    Sint Maarten
    37.4 K
  • 216
    Saint Martin
    35.9 K
  • 217
    Liechtenstein
    35 K
  • 218
    Monaco
    33 K
  • 219
    San Marino
    31.5 K
  • 220
    Gibraltar
    27.9 K
  • 221
    Åland
    26.7 K
  • 222
    British Virgin Islands
    21.7 K
  • 223
    Cook Islands
    21.4 K
  • 224
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    20.6 K
  • 225
    Palau
    19.9 K
  • 226
    Bonaire
    18 K
  • 227
    Wallis and Futuna
    16 K
  • 228
    Anguilla
    13.3 K
  • 229
    Tuvalu
    10.5 K
  • 230
    Nauru
    10.1 K
  • 231
    Montserrat
    9.3 K
  • 232
    Saint Barthélemy
    8.5 K
  • 233
    Saint Helena
    7.5 K
  • 234
    Saint Pierre and Miquelon
    7 K
  • 235
    British Indian Ocean Territory
    4 K
  • 236
    Falkland Islands
    2.6 K
  • 237
    Svalbard and Jan Mayen
    2.6 K
  • 238
    Niue
    2.2 K
  • 239
    Norfolk Island
    1.8 K
  • 240
    Irish Empire
    1.8 K
  • 241
    Christmas Island
    1.5 K
  • 242
    Tokelau
    1.5 K
  • 243
    Vatican City
    921
  • 244
    Cocos [Keeling] Islands
    628
  • 245
    French Southern Territories
    140
  • 246
    Pitcairn Islands
    46
  • 247
    South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
    30

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