List of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population
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This is a list of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections.
Table
[edit]| Rank | Country (or dependent territory) |
July 1, 2015 projection[1] |
% of pop. |
Average relative annual growth (%)[2] |
Average absolute annual growth [3] |
Estimated doubling time (Years)[4] |
Official figure (where available) |
Date of last figure |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India |
1,299,499,000 | 55.12 | 1.64 | 20,998,000 | 43 | 1,410,390,000 | December 18, 2024 | Official population clock |
| 2 |  Pakistan |
191,785,000 | 8.14 | 2.00 | 3,765,000 | 35 | 239,788,000 | December 18, 2024 | Official population clock |
| 3 |  Nigeria |
184,264,000 | 7.82 | 2.91 | 5,205,000 | 24 | 174,000,000 | 2013 | Official estimate |
| 4 |  Bangladesh |
158,762,000 | 6.73 | 1.37 | 2,139,000 | 51 | 178,054,000 | December 18, 2024 | Official population clock |
| 5 |  United Kingdom |
65,093,000 | 2.76 | 0.77 | 495,000 | 91 | 64,596,800 | June 30, 2014 | Official estimate |
| 6 |  South Africa |
54,957,000 | 2.33 | 1.61 | 873,000 | 43 | 54,956,900 | July 1, 2015 | Official estimate |
| 7 |  Tanzania |
48,829,000 | 2.07 | 2.97 | 1,407,000 | 24 | 47,421,786 | 2014 | Official estimate |
| 8 |  Kenya |
44,234,000 | 1.88 | 2.87 | 1,234,000 | 24 | 43,000,000 | 2014 | Official estimate |
| 9 |  Canada |
35,819,000 | 1.52 | 0.79 | 279,000 | 89 | 41,773,800 | December 18, 2024 | Official estimate |
| 10 |  Uganda |
35,760,000 | 1.52 | 3.09 | 1,071,000 | 23 | 34,856,813 | August 28, 2014 | Preliminary 2014 census result |
| 11 |  Malaysia |
31,032,000 | 1.32 | 1.84 | 561,000 | 38 | 34,379,400 | December 18, 2024 | Official population clock |
| 12 |  Ghana |
27,714,000 | 1.18 | 2.48 | 671,000 | 28 | 27,043,093 | 2014 | Official estimate |
| 13 |  Mozambique |
25,728,000 | 1.09 | 2.74 | 686,000 | 26 | 25,727,911 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 14 |  Australia |
23,792,000 | 1.01 | 1.42 | 333,000 | 49 | 27,568,800 | December 18, 2024 | Official population clock |
| 15 |  Cameroon |
21,918,000 | 0.93 | 2.65 | 565,000 | 27 | 21,917,602 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 16 |  Sri Lanka |
20,869,000 | 0.89 | 0.94 | 194,000 | 74 | 20,771,000 | July 1, 2014 | Official estimate |
| 17 |  Malawi |
16,307,000 | 0.69 | 3.18 | 502,000 | 22 | 16,832,900 | July 1, 2016 | Official estimate |
| 18 |  Zambia |
15,474,000 | 0.66 | 3.00 | 451,000 | 23 | 15,473,905 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 19 |  Rwanda |
11,324,000 | 0.48 | 2.61 | 288,000 | 27 | 10,515,973 | August 15, 2012 | Final 2012 census result |
| 20 |  Papua New Guinea |
8,219,000 | 0.35 | 3.11 | 248,000 | 23 | 7,744,700 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 21 |  Sierra Leone |
6,513,000 | 0.28 | 2.57 | 163,000 | 27 | 6,348,350 | 2014 | Official estimate |
| 22 |  Singapore |
5,541,000 | 0.24 | 1.30 | 71,000 | 54 | 5,535,000 | July 1, 2015 | Official estimate |
| 23 |  New Zealand |
4,579,000 | 0.19 | 1.53 | 69,000 | 46 | 5,439,370 | December 18, 2024 | Official population clock |
| 24 |  Jamaica |
2,729,000 | 0.12 | 0.26 | 7,000 | 270 | 2,723,246 | December 31, 2014 | Official estimate |
| 25 |  Namibia |
2,281,000 | 0.10 | 2.01 | 45,000 | 35 | 2,280,700 | July 1, 2015 | Official estimate |
| 26 |  Botswana |
2,176,000 | 0.09 | 1.92 | 41,000 | 36 | 2,024,904 | August 22, 2011 | Final 2011 census result |
| 27 |  Gambia |
2,022,000 | 3.27 | 64,000 | 22 | 2,101,000 | July 1, 2017 | UN projection | |
| 28 |  Lesotho |
1,908,000 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 4,000 | 330 | 1,894,194 | 2011 | Official estimate |
| 29 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
1,357,000 | 0.06 | 0.52 | 7,000 | 134 | 1,349,667 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 30 |  Mauritius |
1,263,000 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 2,000 | 437 | 1,261,208 | July 1, 2014 | Official estimate |
| 31 |  Eswatini (Swaziland) |
1,119,000 | 0.05 | 1.18 | 13,000 | 59 | 1,119,375 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 32 |  Fiji |
867,000 | 0.04 | 0.46 | 4,000 | 150 | 867,000 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 33 |  Cyprus |
846,000 | 0.04 | -0.94 | -8,000 | - | 858,000 | December 31, 2013 | Official estimate |
| 34 |  Guyana |
747,000 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 747,884 | September 15, 2012 | Preliminary 2012 census result |
| 35 |  Solomon Islands |
587,000 | 0.02 | 2.26 | 13,000 | 31 | 642,000 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 36 |  Malta |
425,000 | 0.02 | 0.47 | 2,000 | 147 | 417,432 | November 20, 2011 | 2011 census result |
| 37 |  Brunei |
421,000 | 0.02 | 1.69 | 7,000 | 41 | 393,162 | June 20, 2011 | Preliminary 2011 census result |
| 38 |  Bahamas |
379,000 | 0.02 | 1.34 | 5,000 | 52 | 369,670 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 39 |  Belize |
369,000 | 0.02 | 2.50 | 9,000 | 28 | 368,310 | June 2015 | Official estimate |
| 40 |  Barbados |
283,000 | 0.01 | 0.35 | 1,000 | 196 | 277,821 | May 1, 2010 | 2010 census result |
| 41 |  Vanuatu |
278,000 | 0.01 | 2.58 | 7,000 | 27 | 277,600 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 42 |  Samoa |
193,000 | 0.01 | 0.52 | 1,000 | 133 | 194,899 | 2016 | Official estimate |
| 43 |  Saint Lucia |
172,000 | 0.01 | 0.58 | 1,000 | 119 | 166,526 | May 10, 2010 | Preliminary 2010 census result |
| 44 |  Kiribati |
113,000 | 0.00 | 1.80 | 2,000 | 39 | 113,400 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 45 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
110,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 109,434 | 2014 | Official estimate |
| 46 |  Grenada |
104,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 103,328 | May 12, 2011 | Preliminary 2011 census result |
| 47 |  Tonga |
104,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 103,300 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 48 |  Seychelles |
97,000 | 0.00 | 1.04 | 1,000 | 67 | 90,945 | August 26, 2010 | Final 2010 census result |
| 49 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
89,000 | 0.00 | 1.14 | 1,000 | 61 | 85,567 | May 27, 2011 | Final 2011 census result |
| 50 |  Dominica |
71,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 71,293 | May 14, 2011 | Preliminary 2011 census result |
| 51 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
46,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 46,204 | May 15, 2011 | 2011 census result |
| 52 |  Tuvalu |
11,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 11,300 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 53 |  Nauru |
10,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 10,900 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| Total | 2,357,512,000 | 100.00 | 1.37 | 42,433,000 | 64 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Calculated, when available, from the latest national censuses or most recent official estimates (many of which are cited in their respective column), using the exponential formula shown on the List of countries by past and future population article. This is done to normalize the different populations to a unique date, so that they are really comparable.
- ^ It corresponds to the following formula: projection2015/projection2014x100-100.
- ^ It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual_growth/100.
- ^ It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+1).