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Total Population, 2001

2001, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2001 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,278,725,063; Vatican City is lowest, at 682. The middle country reads 4,988,050. Against 2000, 222 values changed (188 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2001

HighestChina

1,278,725,063

LowestVatican City

682

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 2001, 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.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Population, 2001: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1ChinaCHNEastern Asia1,278,725,063
2IndiaINDSouthern Asia1,077,898,575
3United StatesUSANorthern America284,279,639
4IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia219,097,902
5BrazilBRASouth America176,301,203
6PakistanPAKSouthern Asia159,270,907
7RussiaRUSEastern Europe146,117,284
8BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia136,805,810
9NigeriaNGAWestern Africa129,862,595
10JapanJPNEastern Asia127,260,148
11MexicoMEXCentral America100,099,099
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe81,933,885
13PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia81,401,488
14VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia77,969,361
15EgyptEGYNorthern Africa74,652,029
16EthiopiaETHEastern Africa69,487,762
17IranIRNSouthern Asia67,452,005
18TürkiyeTURWestern Asia66,245,128
19ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia63,651,141
20FranceFRAWestern Europe59,905,128
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe59,288,090
22ItalyITASouthern Europe57,305,760
23DR CongoCODMiddle Africa52,132,646
24UkraineUKREastern Europe49,106,855
25South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa47,566,800

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1China1,278,725,063
  2. 2India1,077,898,575
  3. 3United States284,279,639
  4. 4Indonesia219,097,902
  5. 5Brazil176,301,203

Lowest

  1. 222Vatican City682
  2. 221Niue1,988
  3. 220Montserrat4,590
  4. 219Tuvalu9,586
  5. 218Nauru10,130

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,988,050. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 188 · 34rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • India1,057,922,733 → 1,077,898,575+19,975,842
  • China1,269,581,175 → 1,278,725,063+9,143,888
  • Pakistan154,879,127 → 159,270,907+4,391,780
  • Nigeria126,382,494 → 129,862,595+3,480,101
  • Indonesia216,077,790 → 219,097,902+3,020,112

Fell most

  • Russia146,717,783 → 146,117,284−600,499
  • Ukraine49,556,660 → 49,106,855−449,805
  • Romania22,046,262 → 21,919,917−126,345
  • Georgia4,328,358 → 4,209,636−118,722
  • Bulgaria8,000,520 → 7,928,452−72,068

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 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 2001.

  • The position is ours

    UN DESA Population Division publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2001). Total Population, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2001

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07Questions

Total Population, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population in Total Population, 2001?

China, at 1,278,725,063, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Population, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Total Population, 2001 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Population, 2001?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Total Population, 2001 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Total Population, 2023.

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