List of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population

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 1,401,340,000 March 27, 2024 Official population clock
2  Pakistan 191,785,000 8.14 2.00 3,765,000 35 236,626,000 March 27, 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 51 176,558,000 March 27, 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 40,945,500 March 27, 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 33,884,100 March 27, 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 27,109,200 March 27, 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 5,283,140 March 27, 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ It corresponds to the following formula: projection2015/projection2014x100-100.
  3. ^ It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual_growth/100.
  4. ^ It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+1).

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