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The following is a list of all countries by population.
The following is a list of all countries by population.


We offer both a "scientific" nomenclature (metric prefixes for states, normalised to 1 million people )  - such as kilostates - and more informal language in terms of countries - such as megacountries.


== Kilostates (countries with at least 1000 million people) ==
The major boundaries are at multiples of 10 but in some cases there are minor boundaries at 3 (roughly the square root of 10) - the underlying theory being that "power" of a country is proportional to the square of its population (the number of binary interactions within its population).
 
 
== Kilostates (Gigacountries: countries with at least 1000 million people) ==


# [[China]]
# [[China]]
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== Hectostates (countries with at least 100 million but less than 1000 million people) ==
== Hectostates (Megacountries: countries with at least 100 million but less than 1000 million people) ==


# [[United States]]
# [[United States]]
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== Dekastates (countries with at least 10 million but less than 100 million people) ==
== Dekastates (countries with at least 10 million but less than 100 million people) ==
=== Macrostates (Macrocountries: countries with at least 30 million but less than 100 million people) ===


# [[Philippines]]
# [[Philippines]]
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# [[Uganda]]
# [[Uganda]]
# [[Morocco]]
# [[Morocco]]
=== Mesostates (Mesocountries: countries with at least 10 million but less than 30 million people) ===
# [[Iraq]]
# [[Iraq]]
# [[Nepal]]
# [[Nepal]]
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# [[Hungary]]
# [[Hungary]]


== Orthostates (countries with at least 1 million but less than 10 million people) ==
== Orthostates (Midicountries: countries with at least 1 million but less than 10 million people) ==


# [[Rwanda]]
# [[Rwanda]]
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# [[East Timor]]
# [[East Timor]]


== Decistates (countries with at least 0.1 million but less than 1 million people) ==
 
== Decistates (countries with at least 0.1 million (100,000) but less than 1 million people) ==
 
=== Tridecistates (Minicountries: countries with at least 0.3 million (300,000) but less than 1 million people) ===


# [[Djibouti]]
# [[Djibouti]]
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# [[Iceland]]
# [[Iceland]]
# [[Maldives]]
# [[Maldives]]
=== Henduodecistates (Microcountries: countries with at least 0.1 million (100,000) but less than 0.3 million (300,000) people) ===
# [[Barbados]]
# [[Barbados]]
# [[Vanuatu]]
# [[Vanuatu]]
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# [[Tonga]]
# [[Tonga]]


Centistates (countries with at least 0.01 million but less than 0.1 million people) ==
== Centistates (Nanocountries: countries with at least 0.01 million (10,000) but less than 0.1 million (100,000) people) ==


# [[Kiribati]]
# [[Kiribati]]
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# [[Nauru]]
# [[Nauru]]


Millistates (countries with less than 0.01 million (10,000) people) ==
 
== Millistates (Picocountries: countries with less than 0.01 million (10,000) people) ==


# [[Montserrat]]
# [[Montserrat]]
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# [[Vatican City]]
# [[Vatican City]]
# [[Pitcairn Islands]]
# [[Pitcairn Islands]]


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Latest revision as of 14:07, 21 April 2014

The following is a list of all countries by population.

We offer both a "scientific" nomenclature (metric prefixes for states, normalised to 1 million people ) - such as kilostates - and more informal language in terms of countries - such as megacountries.

The major boundaries are at multiples of 10 but in some cases there are minor boundaries at 3 (roughly the square root of 10) - the underlying theory being that "power" of a country is proportional to the square of its population (the number of binary interactions within its population).


Kilostates (Gigacountries: countries with at least 1000 million people)

  1. China
  2. India


Hectostates (Megacountries: countries with at least 100 million but less than 1000 million people)

  1. United States
  2. Indonesia
  3. Brazil
  4. Pakistan
  5. Bangladesh
  6. Nigeria
  7. Russia
  8. Japan
  9. Mexico


Dekastates (countries with at least 10 million but less than 100 million people)

Macrostates (Macrocountries: countries with at least 30 million but less than 100 million people)

  1. Philippines
  2. Vietnam
  3. Germany
  4. Ethiopia
  5. Egypt
  6. Iran
  7. Turkey
  8. Congo Democratic Republic
  9. France
  10. Thailand
  11. United Kingdom
  12. Italy
  13. Myanmar
  14. South Korea
  15. South Africa
  16. Spain
  17. Ukraine
  18. Colombia
  19. Tanzania
  20. Argentina
  21. Kenya
  22. Sudan
  23. Poland
  24. Algeria
  25. Canada
  26. Uganda
  27. Morocco

Mesostates (Mesocountries: countries with at least 10 million but less than 30 million people)

  1. Iraq
  2. Nepal
  3. Peru
  4. Venezuela
  5. Malaysia
  6. Afghanistan
  7. Uzbekistan
  8. Saudi Arabia
  9. North Korea
  10. Ghana
  11. Yemen
  12. Taiwan
  13. Australia
  14. Syria
  15. Romania
  16. Côte d'Ivoire
  17. Sri Lanka
  18. Mozambique
  19. Madagascar
  20. Cameroon
  21. Angola
  22. Chile
  23. Netherlands
  24. Kazakhstan
  25. Burkina Faso
  26. Niger
  27. Malawi
  28. Cambodia
  29. Mali
  30. Ecuador
  31. Guatemala
  32. Zambia
  33. Senegal
  34. Zimbabwe
  35. Greece
  36. Chad
  37. Cuba
  38. Belgium
  39. Portugal
  40. Czech Republic
  41. Tunisia
  42. Dominican Republic
  43. Guinea
  44. Haiti
  45. Hungary

Orthostates (Midicountries: countries with at least 1 million but less than 10 million people)

  1. Rwanda
  2. Bolivia
  3. Serbia
  4. Belarus
  5. Sweden
  6. Somalia
  7. Benin
  8. Azerbaijan
  9. Austria
  10. Burundi
  11. Switzerland
  12. Bulgaria
  13. Israel
  14. Honduras
  15. Hong Kong
  16. Tajikistan
  17. Papua New Guinea
  18. Togo
  19. Libya
  20. Paraguay
  21. Laos
  22. Jordan
  23. El Salvador
  24. Nicaragua
  25. Sierra Leone
  26. Denmark
  27. Kyrgyzstan
  28. Slovakia
  29. Finland
  30. Turkmenistan
  31. Eritrea
  32. Singapore
  33. Norway
  34. United Arab Emirates
  35. Costa Rica
  36. Ireland
  37. Croatia
  38. Central African Republic
  39. Georgia
  40. New Zealand
  41. Lebanon
  42. Puerto Rico
  43. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  44. Palestine
  45. Republic of the Congo
  46. Moldova
  47. Liberia
  48. Panama
  49. Uruguay
  50. Lithuania
  51. Mauritania
  52. Armenia
  53. Albania
  54. Kuwait
  55. Oman
  56. Jamaica
  57. Mongolia
  58. Latvia
  59. Namibia
  60. Lesotho
  61. Slovenia
  62. Macedonia
  63. Botswana
  64. Gambia
  65. Guinea-Bissau
  66. Gabon
  67. Qatar
  68. Estonia
  69. Trinidad and Tobago
  70. Mauritius
  71. Swaziland
  72. East Timor


Decistates (countries with at least 0.1 million (100,000) but less than 1 million people)

Tridecistates (Minicountries: countries with at least 0.3 million (300,000) but less than 1 million people)

  1. Djibouti
  2. Fiji
  3. Cyprus
  4. Bahrain
  5. Guyana
  6. Bhutan
  7. Comoros
  8. Equatorial Guinea
  9. Montenegro
  10. Macau
  11. Solomon Islands
  12. Suriname
  13. Western Sahara
  14. Cape Verde
  15. Luxembourg
  16. Malta
  17. Brunei
  18. Bahamas
  19. Belize
  20. Iceland
  21. Maldives

Henduodecistates (Microcountries: countries with at least 0.1 million (100,000) but less than 0.3 million (300,000) people)

  1. Barbados
  2. Vanuatu
  3. Netherlands Antilles
  4. Samoa
  5. Guam
  6. Saint Lucia
  7. São Tomé and Príncipe
  8. Federated States of Micronesia
  9. United States Virgin Islands
  10. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  11. Aruba
  12. Grenada
  13. Tonga

Centistates (Nanocountries: countries with at least 0.01 million (10,000) but less than 0.1 million (100,000) people)

  1. Kiribati
  2. Jersey
  3. Antigua and Barbuda
  4. Northern Mariana Islands
  5. Andorra
  6. Seychelles
  7. Isle of Man
  8. Dominica
  9. American Samoa
  10. Bermuda
  11. Marshall Islands
  12. Guernsey
  13. Greenland
  14. Cayman Islands
  15. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  16. Faroe Islands
  17. Liechtenstein
  18. Monaco
  19. Turks and Caicos Islands
  20. Gibraltar
  21. San Marino
  22. British Virgin Islands
  23. Cook Islands
  24. Palau
  25. Anguilla
  26. Tuvalu
  27. Nauru


Millistates (Picocountries: countries with less than 0.01 million (10,000) people)

  1. Montserrat
  2. Saint Helena
  3. Falkland Islands
  4. Niue
  5. Tokelau
  6. Vatican City
  7. Pitcairn Islands


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