This is a list of countries by population in 2000. It is a list of countries in the world by population in the exact beginning of the year 2000.
Because the table contains data only for the 230 nations and territories at the start of 2000, there are no entries for national regions declared later in 2000 or subsequent years.
This list adopts definitions of "country" on a case-by-case basis. The United Kingdom is considered as a single country while constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are regarded separately.
^The figure from the National Institute of Statistics in Madagascar does not agree with the UN figure. Latest estimate is from 2004, extrapolation gives about 17,400,000 in 2005 [1]Archived 2003-03-12 at the Wayback Machine.
^Geohive.com: 1991 Census figure including Kosovo (with 1.96 million).
^The figure from the government of Bhutan does not agree with the UN figure. The 2005 CensusArchived 2006-06-23 at the Wayback Machine figure is 672,425.
^Estimated total population of both Greek and Turkish controlled areas. The Statistical Institute of the Republic of Cyprus shows a population of 749,200 (2004 Census). The 2006 census of the Turkish controlled area (TRNC) shows a population of 264,172.
^Includes the island of Mayotte (with a population in 2002 of 160,265).