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Population: ranking of countries

217 countries ranked by their latest value. India is highest at 1.5bn; Tuvalu is lowest at 9,492.

World 8.2bn (2025)Median country 6.5m217 countries
Population: world and regions, 1994–2025
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
02.5bn5.0bn7.5bn10.0bn1994199920042009201420192024WorldWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
Highest ten
India1.5bnChina1.4bnUnited States342mIndonesia286mPakistan255mNigeria238mBrazil213mBangladesh176mRussia144mEthiopia135m
Lowest tenof 217
Liechtenstein41,024Gibraltar40,126British Virgin Islands39,732Monaco38,341Marshall Islands36,282San Marino34,109Saint Martin (French part)24,941Palau17,663Nauru12,025Tuvalu9,492
full ranking

All 217 countries

Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.

217 shown
#CountryRegionPopulationYearRelative
1IndiaSouth Asia1.5bn2025
2ChinaEast Asia & Pacific1.4bn2025
3United StatesNorth America342m2025
4IndonesiaEast Asia & Pacific286m2025
5PakistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan255m2025
6NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa238m2025
7BrazilLatin America & Caribbean213m2025
8BangladeshSouth Asia176m2025
9RussiaEurope & Central Asia144m2025
10EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa135m2025
11MexicoLatin America & Caribbean132m2025
12JapanEast Asia & Pacific123m2025
13EgyptMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan118m2025
14PhilippinesEast Asia & Pacific117m2025
15Democratic Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa113m2025
16VietnamEast Asia & Pacific102m2025
17IranMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan92.4m2025
18TürkiyeEurope & Central Asia85.9m2025
19GermanyEurope & Central Asia83.5m2025
20ThailandEast Asia & Pacific71.6m2025
21TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa70.5m2025
22United KingdomEurope & Central Asia69.5m2025
23FranceEurope & Central Asia68.7m2025
24South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa64.7m2025
25ItalyEurope & Central Asia58.9m2025
26KenyaSub-Saharan Africa57.5m2025
27MyanmarEast Asia & Pacific54.9m2025
28ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean53.4m2025
29South KoreaEast Asia & Pacific51.7m2025
30SudanSub-Saharan Africa51.7m2025
31UgandaSub-Saharan Africa51.4m2025
32SpainEurope & Central Asia49.4m2025
33AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan47.4m2025
34IraqMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan47.0m2025
35ArgentinaLatin America & Caribbean45.9m2025
36AfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan43.8m2025
37YemenMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan41.8m2025
38CanadaNorth America41.7m2025
39AngolaSub-Saharan Africa39.0m2025
40UkraineEurope & Central Asia39.0m2025
41MoroccoMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan38.4m2025
42UzbekistanEurope & Central Asia37.1m2025
43Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan37.0m2025
44PolandEurope & Central Asia36.4m2025
45MalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific36.0m2025
46MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa35.6m2025
47GhanaSub-Saharan Africa35.1m2025
48PeruLatin America & Caribbean34.6m2025
49MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa32.7m2025
50Côte d'IvoireSub-Saharan Africa32.7m2025
51CameroonSub-Saharan Africa29.9m2025
52NepalSouth Asia29.6m2025
53VenezuelaLatin America & Caribbean28.5m2025
54NigerSub-Saharan Africa27.9m2025
55AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific27.6m2025
56North KoreaEast Asia & Pacific26.6m2025
57SyriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan25.6m2025
58MaliSub-Saharan Africa25.2m2025
59Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa24.1m2025
60MalawiSub-Saharan Africa22.2m2025
61ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa21.9m2025
62Sri LankaSouth Asia21.8m2025
63ChadSub-Saharan Africa21.0m2025
64KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia20.8m2025
65ChileLatin America & Caribbean19.9m2025
66SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa19.7m2025
67RomaniaEurope & Central Asia19.0m2025
68SenegalSub-Saharan Africa18.9m2025
69GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean18.7m2025
70EcuadorLatin America & Caribbean18.3m2025
71NetherlandsEurope & Central Asia18.1m2025
72CambodiaEast Asia & Pacific17.8m2025
73ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa17.0m2025
74GuineaSub-Saharan Africa15.1m2025
75BeninSub-Saharan Africa14.8m2025
76RwandaSub-Saharan Africa14.6m2025
77BurundiSub-Saharan Africa14.4m2025
78BoliviaLatin America & Caribbean12.6m2025
79TunisiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan12.3m2025
80South SudanSub-Saharan Africa12.2m2025
81BelgiumEurope & Central Asia11.9m2025
82HaitiLatin America & Caribbean11.9m2025
83JordanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan11.5m2025
84Dominican RepublicLatin America & Caribbean11.5m2025
85United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan11.5m2025
86HondurasLatin America & Caribbean11.0m2025
87CubaLatin America & Caribbean10.9m2025
88CzechiaEurope & Central Asia10.9m2025
89PortugalEurope & Central Asia10.8m2025
90TajikistanEurope & Central Asia10.8m2025
91Papua New GuineaEast Asia & Pacific10.8m2025
92SwedenEurope & Central Asia10.6m2025
93GreeceEurope & Central Asia10.4m2025
94AzerbaijanEurope & Central Asia10.2m2025
95IsraelMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan10.1m2025
96HungaryEurope & Central Asia9.5m2025
97AustriaEurope & Central Asia9.2m2025
98SwitzerlandEurope & Central Asia9.1m2025
99BelarusEurope & Central Asia9.1m2025
100Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa8.8m2025
101TogoSub-Saharan Africa8.6m2025
102LaosEast Asia & Pacific7.9m2025
103TurkmenistanEurope & Central Asia7.6m2025
104Hong KongEast Asia & Pacific7.5m2025
105LibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan7.5m2025
106KyrgyzstanEurope & Central Asia7.3m2025
107ParaguayLatin America & Caribbean7.0m2025
108NicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean7.0m2025
109SerbiaEurope & Central Asia6.5m2025
110Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa6.5m2025
111BulgariaEurope & Central Asia6.4m2025
112El SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean6.4m2025
113SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific6.1m2025
114DenmarkEurope & Central Asia6.0m2025
115LebanonMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan5.8m2025
116LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa5.7m2025
117FinlandEurope & Central Asia5.6m2025
118NorwayEurope & Central Asia5.6m2025
119Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa5.5m2025
120OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan5.5m2025
121IrelandEurope & Central Asia5.5m2025
122SlovakiaEurope & Central Asia5.4m2025
123West Bank and GazaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan5.4m2025
124New ZealandEast Asia & Pacific5.3m2025
125MauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa5.3m2025
126Costa RicaLatin America & Caribbean5.2m2025
127KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan4.9m2025
128PanamaLatin America & Caribbean4.6m2025
129GeorgiaEurope & Central Asia3.9m2025
130CroatiaEurope & Central Asia3.9m2025
131EritreaSub-Saharan Africa3.6m2025
132MongoliaEast Asia & Pacific3.6m2025
133UruguayLatin America & Caribbean3.4m2025
134Puerto RicoLatin America & Caribbean3.2m2025
135Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope & Central Asia3.1m2025
136NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa3.1m2025
137ArmeniaEurope & Central Asia3.1m2025
138QatarMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan3.0m2025
139LithuaniaEurope & Central Asia2.9m2025
140JamaicaLatin America & Caribbean2.8m2025
141The GambiaSub-Saharan Africa2.8m2025
142GabonSub-Saharan Africa2.6m2025
143BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa2.6m2025
144LesothoSub-Saharan Africa2.4m2025
145MoldovaEurope & Central Asia2.4m2025
146AlbaniaEurope & Central Asia2.3m2025
147Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa2.2m2025
148SloveniaEurope & Central Asia2.1m2025
149Equatorial GuineaSub-Saharan Africa1.9m2025
150LatviaEurope & Central Asia1.8m2025
151North MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia1.8m2025
152BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan1.6m2025
153KosovoEurope & Central Asia1.6m2025
154Timor-LesteEast Asia & Pacific1.4m2025
155CyprusEurope & Central Asia1.4m2025
156Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & Caribbean1.4m2025
157EstoniaEurope & Central Asia1.4m2025
158EswatiniSub-Saharan Africa1.3m2025
159MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa1.2m2025
160DjiboutiMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan1.2m2025
161FijiEast Asia & Pacific933,1542025
162ComorosSub-Saharan Africa882,8472025
163Solomon IslandsEast Asia & Pacific838,6452025
164GuyanaLatin America & Caribbean835,9862025
165BhutanSouth Asia796,6822025
166LuxembourgEurope & Central Asia686,9702025
167MacaoEast Asia & Pacific685,9002025
168SurinameLatin America & Caribbean639,8502025
169MontenegroEurope & Central Asia623,1292025
170MaltaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan579,7042025
171MaldivesSouth Asia529,6762025
172Cabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa527,3262025
173BruneiEast Asia & Pacific466,3302025
174BelizeLatin America & Caribbean422,9242025
175BahamasLatin America & Caribbean403,0332025
176IcelandEurope & Central Asia392,4042025
177VanuatuEast Asia & Pacific335,1692025
178New CaledoniaEast Asia & Pacific295,3332025
179BarbadosLatin America & Caribbean282,6232025
180French PolynesiaEast Asia & Pacific282,4652025
181São Tomé and PríncipeSub-Saharan Africa240,2542025
182SamoaEast Asia & Pacific219,3062025
183Saint LuciaLatin America & Caribbean180,1492025
184GuamEast Asia & Pacific168,9992025
185Channel IslandsEurope & Central Asia168,4662025
186CuraçaoLatin America & Caribbean156,2632025
187KiribatiEast Asia & Pacific136,4882025
188SeychellesSub-Saharan Africa122,7302025
189GrenadaLatin America & Caribbean117,3032025
190MicronesiaEast Asia & Pacific113,6832025
191ArubaLatin America & Caribbean108,7852025
192US Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean103,7922025
193TongaEast Asia & Pacific103,7422025
194Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesLatin America & Caribbean99,9242025
195Antigua and BarbudaLatin America & Caribbean94,2092025
196Isle of ManEurope & Central Asia84,1182025
197AndorraEurope & Central Asia82,9042025
198Cayman IslandsLatin America & Caribbean75,8442025
199DominicaLatin America & Caribbean65,8712025
200BermudaNorth America64,5552025
201GreenlandEurope & Central Asia56,8312025
202Faroe IslandsEurope & Central Asia54,9002025
203Saint Kitts and NevisLatin America & Caribbean46,9222025
204Turks and Caicos IslandsLatin America & Caribbean46,8552025
205American SamoaEast Asia & Pacific46,0292025
206Sint MaartenLatin America & Caribbean43,9232025
207Northern Mariana IslandsEast Asia & Pacific43,5412025
208LiechtensteinEurope & Central Asia41,0242025
209GibraltarEurope & Central Asia40,1262025
210British Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean39,7322025
211MonacoEurope & Central Asia38,3412025
212Marshall IslandsEast Asia & Pacific36,2822025
213San MarinoEurope & Central Asia34,1092025
214Saint Martin (French part)Latin America & Caribbean24,9412025
215PalauEast Asia & Pacific17,6632025
216NauruEast Asia & Pacific12,0252025
217TuvaluEast Asia & Pacific9,4922025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Population, total
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