Countries by population

Every country ranked by number of people, with its share of the world total and how densely it is populated.

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Darker = more people

Two giants, then everyone else

India and China together hold about 35% of humanity. The United States is a distant third with about 340 million.

At the other end, 39 countries have fewer than a million people, many of them island nations in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

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Countries ranked by population
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1	India	1,417,492,000	17.72%	431.2
2	China	1,408,280,000	17.6%	145.1
3	United States	340,110,988	4.25%	36.3
4	Indonesia	284,438,782	3.56%	149.3
5	Pakistan	241,499,431	3.02%	273.8
6	Nigeria	223,800,000	2.8%	242.3
7	Brazil	213,421,037	2.67%	25.1
8	Bangladesh	169,828,911	2.12%	1,150.8
9	Russia	146,028,325	1.83%	8.5
10	Mexico	130,575,786	1.63%	66.5
11	Japan	123,300,000	1.54%	326.3
12	Philippines	114,123,600	1.43%	333.4
13	DR Congo	112,832,000	1.41%	48.1
14	Ethiopia	111,652,998	1.4%	101.1
15	Egypt	107,271,260	1.34%	107
16	Vietnam	101,343,800	1.27%	306
17	Iran	85,961,000	1.07%	52.2
18	Türkiye	85,664,944	1.07%	109.3
19	Germany	83,517,030	1.04%	233.9
20	France	68,688,000	0.86%	124.5
21	United Kingdom	68,265,209	0.85%	281
22	Tanzania	68,153,004	0.85%	72.1
23	Thailand	65,859,640	0.82%	128.4
24	South Africa	63,100,945	0.79%	51.7
25	Italy	58,919,230	0.74%	195.5
26	Kenya	53,330,978	0.67%	91.9
27	Colombia	53,057,212	0.66%	46.5
28	Sudan	51,662,000	0.65%	27.4
29	Myanmar	51,316,756	0.64%	75.8
30	South Korea	51,159,889	0.64%	510.5
31	Spain	49,315,949	0.62%	97.5
32	Algeria	47,400,000	0.59%	19.9
33	Argentina	46,735,004	0.58%	16.8
34	Iraq	46,118,793	0.58%	105.2
35	Uganda	45,905,417	0.57%	190
36	Afghanistan	43,844,000	0.55%	67.2
37	Canada	41,548,787	0.52%	4.2
38	Uzbekistan	37,859,698	0.47%	84.6
39	Poland	37,401,000	0.47%	119.6
40	Morocco	36,828,330	0.46%	82.5
41	Angola	36,170,961	0.45%	29
42	Saudi Arabia	35,300,280	0.44%	16.4
43	Peru	34,350,244	0.43%	26.7
44	Malaysia	34,231,700	0.43%	103.5
45	Mozambique	34,090,466	0.43%	42.5
46	Ghana	33,742,380	0.42%	141.5
47	Ukraine	32,862,000	0.41%	54.5
48	Yemen	32,684,503	0.41%	61.9
49	Madagascar	31,727,042	0.4%	54
50	Nepal	29,911,840	0.37%	203.2
51	Cameroon	29,442,327	0.37%	61.9
52	Ivory Coast	29,389,150	0.37%	91.1
53	Venezuela	28,517,000	0.36%	31.1
54	Australia	27,400,013	0.34%	3.6
55	Niger	26,312,034	0.33%	20.8
56	North Korea	25,950,000	0.32%	215.3
57	Syria	25,620,000	0.32%	138.4
58	Burkina Faso	24,070,553	0.3%	88.2
59	Taiwan	23,337,936	0.29%	644.8
60	Mali	22,395,489	0.28%	18.1
61	Sri Lanka	21,763,170	0.27%	331.7
62	Malawi	20,734,262	0.26%	175
63	Kazakhstan	20,407,844	0.26%	7.5
64	Chile	20,206,953	0.25%	26.7
65	Zambia	19,693,423	0.25%	26.2
66	Somalia	19,655,000	0.25%	30.8
67	Chad	19,340,757	0.24%	15.1
68	Romania	19,036,031	0.24%	79.9
69	Senegal	18,593,258	0.23%	94.5
70	Ecuador	18,103,660	0.23%	65.4
71	Netherlands	18,080,943	0.23%	432
72	Guatemala	18,079,810	0.23%	166
73	Cambodia	17,577,760	0.22%	97.1
74	Zimbabwe	17,073,087	0.21%	43.7
75	South Sudan	15,786,898	0.2%	25.5
76	Guinea	14,363,931	0.18%	58.4
77	Rwanda	14,104,969	0.18%	535.5
78	Benin	13,224,860	0.17%	117.4
79	Burundi	12,332,788	0.15%	443.1
80	Tunisia	11,972,169	0.15%	73.2
81	Haiti	11,867,032	0.15%	427.6
82	Belgium	11,825,551	0.15%	387.4
83	Papua New Guinea	11,781,559	0.15%	25.5
84	Jordan	11,734,000	0.15%	131.3
85	Bolivia	11,312,620	0.14%	10.3
86	Czechia	10,876,875	0.14%	137.9
87	Dominican Republic	10,771,504	0.13%	221.3
88	Portugal	10,749,635	0.13%	116.7
89	United Arab Emirates	10,678,556	0.13%	127.7
90	Sweden	10,596,652	0.13%	23.5
91	Tajikistan	10,499,000	0.13%	73.4
92	Greece	10,400,720	0.13%	78.8
93	Azerbaijan	10,241,722	0.13%	118.3
94	Israel	10,119,400	0.13%	487.2
95	Honduras	9,892,632	0.12%	87.9
96	Cuba	9,748,007	0.12%	88.7
97	Hungary	9,539,502	0.12%	102.5
98	Austria	9,200,931	0.12%	109.7
99	Belarus	9,109,280	0.11%	43.9
100	Switzerland	9,082,848	0.11%	220
101	Sierra Leone	9,077,691	0.11%	126.5
102	Togo	8,095,498	0.1%	142.6
103	Laos	7,647,000	0.1%	32.3
104	Libya	7,459,000	0.09%	4.2
105	Kyrgyzstan	7,281,800	0.09%	36.4
106	Turkmenistan	7,057,841	0.09%	14.5
107	Nicaragua	6,803,886	0.09%	52.2
108	Serbia	6,567,783	0.08%	74.3
109	Central African Republic	6,470,307	0.08%	10.4
110	Bulgaria	6,437,360	0.08%	58.1
111	Republic of the Congo	6,142,180	0.08%	18
112	Paraguay	6,109,644	0.08%	15
113	Singapore	6,036,900	0.08%	8,502.7
114	El Salvador	6,029,976	0.08%	286.6
115	Denmark	6,004,342	0.08%	139.3
116	Finland	5,645,651	0.07%	16.7
117	Norway	5,606,944	0.07%	17.3
118	Lebanon	5,490,000	0.07%	525.3
119	Palestine	5,483,450	0.07%	881.6
120	Ireland	5,458,600	0.07%	77.7
121	Slovakia	5,413,813	0.07%	110.4
122	New Zealand	5,324,700	0.07%	19.7
123	Costa Rica	5,309,625	0.07%	103.9
124	Oman	5,306,976	0.07%	17.1
125	Liberia	5,248,621	0.07%	47.1
126	Mauritania	4,927,532	0.06%	4.8
127	Kuwait	4,881,254	0.06%	274
128	Panama	4,064,780	0.05%	53.9
129	Croatia	3,866,233	0.05%	68.3
130	Georgia	3,704,500	0.05%	53.1
131	Eritrea	3,607,000	0.05%	30.7
132	Mongolia	3,544,835	0.04%	2.3
133	Uruguay	3,499,451	0.04%	19.3
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,422,000	0.04%	66.8
135	Qatar	3,173,024	0.04%	273.9
136	Armenia	3,081,100	0.04%	103.6
137	Namibia	3,022,401	0.04%	3.7
138	Lithuania	2,894,548	0.04%	44.3
139	Jamaica	2,825,544	0.04%	257.1
140	Gabon	2,469,296	0.03%	9.2
141	Gambia	2,422,712	0.03%	226.7
142	Moldova	2,381,300	0.03%	70.4
143	Albania	2,363,314	0.03%	82.2
144	Botswana	2,359,609	0.03%	4.1
145	Slovenia	2,130,638	0.03%	105.1
146	Lesotho	2,116,427	0.03%	69.7
147	Latvia	1,830,400	0.02%	28.4
148	North Macedonia	1,826,247	0.02%	71
149	Guinea-Bissau	1,781,308	0.02%	49.3
150	Equatorial Guinea	1,668,768	0.02%	59.5
151	Bahrain	1,594,654	0.02%	2,084.5
152	Kosovo	1,585,566	0.02%	145.4
153	Timor-Leste	1,391,221	0.02%	93.5
154	Estonia	1,369,995	0.02%	30.3
155	Trinidad and Tobago	1,368,333	0.02%	266.7
156	Mauritius	1,243,741	0.02%	609.7
157	Eswatini	1,235,549	0.02%	71.2
158	Djibouti	1,066,809	0.01%	46
159	Cyprus	966,400	0.01%	104.5
160	Fiji	900,869	0.01%	49.3
161	Comoros	870,038	0.01%	467.3
162	Bhutan	784,043	0.01%	20.4
163	Guyana	772,975	0.01%	3.6
164	Solomon Islands	750,325	0.01%	26
165	Luxembourg	681,973	0.01%	263.7
166	Montenegro	623,327	0.01%	45.1
167	Suriname	616,500	0.01%	3.8
168	Malta	574,250	0.01%	1,817.2
169	Maldives	515,132	0.01%	1,717.1
170	Cape Verde	491,233	0.01%	121.8
171	Brunei	455,500	0.01%	79
172	Belize	417,634	0.01%	18.2
173	Bahamas	398,165	0%	28.6
174	Iceland	391,810	0%	3.8
175	Vanuatu	321,409	0%	26.4
176	Barbados	267,800	0%	622.8
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	209,607	0%	217.4
178	Samoa	205,557	0%	72.3
179	Saint Lucia	184,100	0%	298.9
180	Seychelles	122,729	0%	271.5
181	Kiribati	120,740	0%	148.9
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,872	0%	285
183	Grenada	109,021	0%	316.9
184	Micronesia	105,564	0%	150.4
185	Antigua and Barbuda	103,603	0%	234.4
186	Tonga	100,179	0%	134.1
187	Andorra	88,306	0%	188.7
188	Dominica	67,408	0%	89.8
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,320	0%	196.6
190	Marshall Islands	42,418	0%	234.4
191	Liechtenstein	40,900	0%	255.6
192	Monaco	38,423	0%	19,021.3
193	San Marino	34,132	0%	559.5
194	Palau	16,733	0%	36.5
195	Nauru	11,680	0%	556.2
196	Tuvalu	10,643	0%	409.3
197	Vatican City	882	0%	2,004.5

Frequently asked questions

What is the most populated country in the world?

India, with about 1.42 billion people. It passed China in 2023 according to UN estimates (World Population Prospects). China has about 1.41 billion.

What are the 10 most populated countries?

India, China, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil, Bangladesh, Russia, Mexico.

What is the least populated country?

Vatican City, with fewer than 1,000 residents. Tuvalu and Nauru, in the Pacific, each have about 10,000 to 12,000.

How many people live in the world?

The countries in this table add up to about 8.00 billion people. The UN estimates world population passed 8 billion on November 15, 2022.

How current are these numbers?

Figures are recent national estimates (mostly 2023–2025) compiled in the open countries-states-cities database. Countries count people differently and at different times, so treat the figures as close estimates rather than exact counts.