A Ranking of People Per Capita

Recently, I came across a tweet, which inspired me.

This made me want to fact-check it. Are the United States and Brazil really comparable in terms of number of people per capita? This will require some investigation.

I created a TypeScript script to generate the numbers, so here’s then entire ranking:

1. Afghanistan - 1 person per capita
2. Albania - 1 person per capita
3. Algeria - 1 person per capita
4. American Samoa - 1 person per capita
5. Andorra - 1 person per capita
6. Angola - 1 person per capita
7. Anguilla - 1 person per capita
8. Antarctica - 1 person per capita
9. Antigua and Barbuda - 1 person per capita
10. Argentina - 1 person per capita
11. Armenia - 1 person per capita
12. Aruba - 1 person per capita
13. Australia - 1 person per capita
14. Austria - 1 person per capita
15. Azerbaijan - 1 person per capita
16. Bahamas - 1 person per capita
17. Bahrain - 1 person per capita
18. Bangladesh - 1 person per capita
19. Barbados - 1 person per capita
20. Belarus - 1 person per capita
21. Belgium - 1 person per capita
22. Belize - 1 person per capita
23. Benin - 1 person per capita
24. Bermuda - 1 person per capita
25. Bhutan - 1 person per capita
26. Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - 1 person per capita
27. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba - 1 person per capita
28. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1 person per capita
29. Botswana - 1 person per capita
30. Bouvet Island - 1 person per capita
31. Brazil - 1 person per capita
32. British Indian Ocean Territory - 1 person per capita
33. Brunei Darussalam - 1 person per capita
34. Bulgaria - 1 person per capita
35. Burkina Faso - 1 person per capita
36. Burundi - 1 person per capita
37. Cabo Verde - 1 person per capita
38. Cambodia - 1 person per capita
39. Cameroon - 1 person per capita
40. Canada - 1 person per capita
41. Cayman Islands - 1 person per capita
42. Central African Republic - 1 person per capita
43. Chad - 1 person per capita
44. Chile - 1 person per capita
45. China - 1 person per capita
46. Christmas Island - 1 person per capita
47. Cocos (Keeling) Islands - 1 person per capita
48. Colombia - 1 person per capita
49. Comoros - 1 person per capita
50. Congo - 1 person per capita
51. Congo (Democratic Republic of the) - 1 person per capita
52. Cook Islands - 1 person per capita
53. Costa Rica - 1 person per capita
54. Croatia - 1 person per capita
55. Cuba - 1 person per capita
56. Curaçao - 1 person per capita
57. Cyprus - 1 person per capita
58. Czech Republic - 1 person per capita
59. Côte d’Ivoire - 1 person per capita
60. Denmark - 1 person per capita
61. Djibouti - 1 person per capita
62. Dominica - 1 person per capita
63. Dominican Republic - 1 person per capita
64. Ecuador - 1 person per capita
65. Egypt - 1 person per capita
66. El Salvador - 1 person per capita
67. Equatorial Guinea - 1 person per capita
68. Eritrea - 1 person per capita
69. Estonia - 1 person per capita
70. Ethiopia - 1 person per capita
71. Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - 1 person per capita
72. Faroe Islands - 1 person per capita
73. Fiji - 1 person per capita
74. Finland - 1 person per capita
75. France - 1 person per capita
76. French Guiana - 1 person per capita
77. French Polynesia - 1 person per capita
78. French Southern Territories - 1 person per capita
79. Gabon - 1 person per capita
80. Gambia - 1 person per capita
81. Georgia - 1 person per capita
82. Germany - 1 person per capita
83. Ghana - 1 person per capita
84. Gibraltar - 1 person per capita
85. Greece - 1 person per capita
86. Greenland - 1 person per capita
87. Grenada - 1 person per capita
88. Guadeloupe - 1 person per capita
89. Guam - 1 person per capita
90. Guatemala - 1 person per capita
91. Guernsey - 1 person per capita
92. Guinea - 1 person per capita
93. Guinea-Bissau - 1 person per capita
94. Guyana - 1 person per capita
95. Haiti - 1 person per capita
96. Heard Island and McDonald Islands - 1 person per capita
97. Holy See - 1 person per capita
98. Honduras - 1 person per capita
99. Hong Kong - 1 person per capita
100. Hungary - 1 person per capita
101. Iceland - 1 person per capita
102. India - 1 person per capita
103. Indonesia - 1 person per capita
104. Iran (Islamic Republic of) - 1 person per capita
105. Iraq - 1 person per capita
106. Ireland - 1 person per capita
107. Isle of Man - 1 person per capita
108. Israel - 1 person per capita
109. Italy - 1 person per capita
110. Jamaica - 1 person per capita
111. Japan - 1 person per capita
112. Jersey - 1 person per capita
113. Jordan - 1 person per capita
114. Kazakhstan - 1 person per capita
115. Kenya - 1 person per capita
116. Kiribati - 1 person per capita
117. Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of) - 1 person per capita
118. Korea (Republic of) - 1 person per capita
119. Kuwait - 1 person per capita
120. Kyrgyzstan - 1 person per capita
121. Lao People’s Democratic Republic - 1 person per capita
122. Latvia - 1 person per capita
123. Lebanon - 1 person per capita
124. Lesotho - 1 person per capita
125. Liberia - 1 person per capita
126. Libya - 1 person per capita
127. Liechtenstein - 1 person per capita
128. Lithuania - 1 person per capita
129. Luxembourg - 1 person per capita
130. Macao - 1 person per capita
131. Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of) - 1 person per capita
132. Madagascar - 1 person per capita
133. Malawi - 1 person per capita
134. Malaysia - 1 person per capita
135. Maldives - 1 person per capita
136. Mali - 1 person per capita
137. Malta - 1 person per capita
138. Marshall Islands - 1 person per capita
139. Martinique - 1 person per capita
140. Mauritania - 1 person per capita
141. Mauritius - 1 person per capita
142. Mayotte - 1 person per capita
143. Mexico - 1 person per capita
144. Micronesia (Federated States of) - 1 person per capita
145. Moldova (Republic of) - 1 person per capita
146. Monaco - 1 person per capita
147. Mongolia - 1 person per capita
148. Montenegro - 1 person per capita
149. Montserrat - 1 person per capita
150. Morocco - 1 person per capita
151. Mozambique - 1 person per capita
152. Myanmar - 1 person per capita
153. Namibia - 1 person per capita
154. Nauru - 1 person per capita
155. Nepal - 1 person per capita
156. Netherlands - 1 person per capita
157. New Caledonia - 1 person per capita
158. New Zealand - 1 person per capita
159. Nicaragua - 1 person per capita
160. Niger - 1 person per capita
161. Nigeria - 1 person per capita
162. Niue - 1 person per capita
163. Norfolk Island - 1 person per capita
164. Northern Mariana Islands - 1 person per capita
165. Norway - 1 person per capita
166. Oman - 1 person per capita
167. Pakistan - 1 person per capita
168. Palau - 1 person per capita
169. Palestine, State of - 1 person per capita
170. Panama - 1 person per capita
171. Papua New Guinea - 1 person per capita
172. Paraguay - 1 person per capita
173. Peru - 1 person per capita
174. Philippines - 1 person per capita
175. Pitcairn - 1 person per capita
176. Poland - 1 person per capita
177. Portugal - 1 person per capita
178. Puerto Rico - 1 person per capita
179. Qatar - 1 person per capita
180. Republic of Kosovo - 1 person per capita
181. Romania - 1 person per capita
182. Russian Federation - 1 person per capita
183. Rwanda - 1 person per capita
184. Réunion - 1 person per capita
185. Saint Barthélemy - 1 person per capita
186. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - 1 person per capita
187. Saint Kitts and Nevis - 1 person per capita
188. Saint Lucia - 1 person per capita
189. Saint Martin (French part) - 1 person per capita
190. Saint Pierre and Miquelon - 1 person per capita
191. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 1 person per capita
192. Samoa - 1 person per capita
193. San Marino - 1 person per capita
194. Sao Tome and Principe - 1 person per capita
195. Saudi Arabia - 1 person per capita
196. Senegal - 1 person per capita
197. Serbia - 1 person per capita
198. Seychelles - 1 person per capita
199. Sierra Leone - 1 person per capita
200. Singapore - 1 person per capita
201. Sint Maarten (Dutch part) - 1 person per capita
202. Slovakia - 1 person per capita
203. Slovenia - 1 person per capita
204. Solomon Islands - 1 person per capita
205. Somalia - 1 person per capita
206. South Africa - 1 person per capita
207. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - 1 person per capita
208. South Sudan - 1 person per capita
209. Spain - 1 person per capita
210. Sri Lanka - 1 person per capita
211. Sudan - 1 person per capita
212. Suriname - 1 person per capita
213. Svalbard and Jan Mayen - 1 person per capita
214. Swaziland - 1 person per capita
215. Sweden - 1 person per capita
216. Switzerland - 1 person per capita
217. Syrian Arab Republic - 1 person per capita
218. Taiwan - 1 person per capita
219. Tajikistan - 1 person per capita
220. Tanzania, United Republic of - 1 person per capita
221. Thailand - 1 person per capita
222. Timor-Leste - 1 person per capita
223. Togo - 1 person per capita
224. Tokelau - 1 person per capita
225. Tonga - 1 person per capita
226. Trinidad and Tobago - 1 person per capita
227. Tunisia - 1 person per capita
228. Turkey - 1 person per capita
229. Turkmenistan - 1 person per capita
230. Turks and Caicos Islands - 1 person per capita
231. Tuvalu - 1 person per capita
232. Uganda - 1 person per capita
233. Ukraine - 1 person per capita
234. United Arab Emirates - 1 person per capita
235. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - 1 person per capita
236. United States Minor Outlying Islands - 1 person per capita
237. United States of America - 1 person per capita
238. Uruguay - 1 person per capita
239. Uzbekistan - 1 person per capita
240. Vanuatu - 1 person per capita
241. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - 1 person per capita
242. Viet Nam - 1 person per capita
243. Virgin Islands (British) - 1 person per capita
244. Virgin Islands (U.S.) - 1 person per capita
245. Wallis and Futuna - 1 person per capita
246. Western Sahara - 1 person per capita
247. Yemen - 1 person per capita
248. Zambia - 1 person per capita
249. Zimbabwe - 1 person per capita
250. Åland Islands - 1 person per capita