Countries by population
India ranks highest at 1,463,865,525, followed by China and United States. All 194 countries and 44 territories ranked below.
Mostly 2025 data
Updated August 12, 2026
| Rank | Country | Population | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India | 1,463,865,525 | 2025 |
| 2 |  China | 1,406,585,000 | 2025 |
| 3 |  United States | 341,784,857 | 2025 |
| 4 |  Indonesia | 285,721,236 | 2025 |
| 5 |  Pakistan | 255,219,554 | 2025 |
| 6 |  Nigeria | 237,527,782 | 2025 |
| 7 |  Brazil | 212,812,405 | 2025 |
| 8 |  Bangladesh | 175,686,899 | 2025 |
| 9 |  Russia | 143,513,328 | 2025 |
| 10 |  Ethiopia | 135,472,051 | 2025 |
| 11 |  Mexico | 131,946,900 | 2025 |
| 12 |  Japan | 123,366,734 | 2025 |
| 13 |  Egypt | 118,365,995 | 2025 |
| 14 |  Philippines | 116,786,962 | 2025 |
| 15 |  DR Congo | 112,832,473 | 2025 |
| 16 |  Vietnam | 101,598,527 | 2025 |
| 17 |  Iran | 92,417,681 | 2025 |
| 18 |  Turkey (Türkiye) | 85,878,556 | 2025 |
| 19 |  Germany | 83,491,249 | 2025 |
| 20 |  Thailand | 71,619,863 | 2025 |
| 21 |  Tanzania | 70,545,865 | 2025 |
| 22 |  United Kingdom | 69,487,000 | 2025 |
| 23 |  France | 68,720,337 | 2025 |
| 24 |  South Africa | 64,747,319 | 2025 |
| 25 |  Italy | 58,915,656 | 2025 |
| 26 |  Kenya | 57,532,493 | 2025 |
| 27 |  Myanmar (Burma) | 54,850,648 | 2025 |
| 28 |  Colombia | 53,425,635 | 2025 |
| 29 |  South Korea | 51,684,564 | 2025 |
| 30 |  Sudan | 51,662,147 | 2025 |
| 31 |  Uganda | 51,384,894 | 2025 |
| 32 |  Spain | 49,355,143 | 2025 |
| 33 |  Algeria | 47,435,312 | 2025 |
| 34 |  Iraq | 47,020,774 | 2025 |
| 35 |  Argentina | 45,851,378 | 2025 |
| 36 |  Afghanistan | 43,844,111 | 2025 |
| 37 |  Yemen | 41,773,878 | 2025 |
| 38 |  Canada | 41,651,653 | 2025 |
| 39 |  Angola | 39,040,039 | 2025 |
| 40 |  Ukraine | 38,980,376 | 2025 |
| 41 |  Morocco | 38,430,770 | 2025 |
| 42 |  Uzbekistan | 37,053,428 | 2025 |
| 43 |  Saudi Arabia | 36,973,555 | 2025 |
| 44 |  Poland | 36,435,861 | 2025 |
| 45 |  Malaysia | 35,977,838 | 2025 |
| 46 |  Mozambique | 35,631,653 | 2025 |
| 47 |  Ghana | 35,064,272 | 2025 |
| 48 |  Peru | 34,576,665 | 2025 |
| 49 |  Madagascar | 32,740,678 | 2025 |
| 50 |  Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 32,711,547 | 2025 |
| 51 |  Cameroon | 29,879,337 | 2025 |
| 52 |  Nepal | 29,618,118 | 2025 |
| 53 |  Venezuela | 28,516,896 | 2025 |
| 54 |  Niger | 27,917,831 | 2025 |
| 55 |  Australia | 27,614,411 | 2025 |
| 56 |  North Korea | 26,571,036 | 2025 |
| 57 |  Syria | 25,620,427 | 2025 |
| 58 |  Mali | 25,198,821 | 2025 |
| 59 |  Burkina Faso | 24,074,580 | 2025 |
| 60 |  Taiwan territory | 23,299,000 | 2025 |
| 61 |  Malawi | 22,216,120 | 2025 |
| 62 |  Zambia | 21,913,874 | 2025 |
| 63 |  Sri Lanka | 21,756,000 | 2025 |
| 64 |  Chad | 21,003,705 | 2025 |
| 65 |  Kazakhstan | 20,843,754 | 2025 |
| 66 |  Chile | 19,859,921 | 2025 |
| 67 |  Somalia | 19,654,739 | 2025 |
| 68 |  Romania | 19,020,271 | 2025 |
| 69 |  Senegal | 18,931,966 | 2025 |
| 70 |  Guatemala | 18,687,881 | 2025 |
| 71 |  Ecuador | 18,289,896 | 2025 |
| 72 |  Netherlands | 18,087,633 | 2025 |
| 73 |  Cambodia | 17,847,982 | 2025 |
| 74 |  Zimbabwe | 16,950,795 | 2025 |
| 75 |  Guinea | 15,099,727 | 2025 |
| 76 |  Benin | 14,814,460 | 2025 |
| 77 |  Rwanda | 14,569,341 | 2025 |
| 78 |  Burundi | 14,390,003 | 2025 |
| 79 |  Bolivia | 12,581,843 | 2025 |
| 80 |  Tunisia | 12,348,573 | 2025 |
| 81 |  South Sudan | 12,188,788 | 2025 |
| 82 |  Belgium | 11,941,781 | 2025 |
| 83 |  Haiti | 11,906,095 | 2025 |
| 84 |  Jordan | 11,520,684 | 2025 |
| 85 |  Dominican Republic | 11,520,487 | 2025 |
| 86 |  United Arab Emirates | 11,513,149 | 2025 |
| 87 |  Honduras | 11,005,850 | 2025 |
| 88 |  Cuba | 10,937,203 | 2025 |
| 89 |  Czechia (Czech Republic) | 10,886,878 | 2025 |
| 90 |  Portugal | 10,804,871 | 2025 |
| 91 |  Tajikistan | 10,786,734 | 2025 |
| 92 |  Papua New Guinea | 10,762,817 | 2025 |
| 93 |  Sweden | 10,596,620 | 2025 |
| 94 |  Greece | 10,413,962 | 2025 |
| 95 |  Azerbaijan | 10,246,996 | 2025 |
| 96 |  Israel | 10,122,800 | 2025 |
| 97 |  Hungary | 9,514,251 | 2025 |
| 98 |  Austria | 9,208,163 | 2025 |
| 99 |  Switzerland | 9,092,436 | 2025 |
| 100 |  Belarus | 9,085,991 | 2025 |
| 101 |  Sierra Leone | 8,819,794 | 2025 |
| 102 |  Togo | 8,591,626 | 2025 |
| 103 |  Laos | 7,873,046 | 2025 |
| 104 |  Turkmenistan | 7,618,847 | 2025 |
| 105 |  Hong Kong territory | 7,498,900 | 2025 |
| 106 |  Libya | 7,458,555 | 2025 |
| 107 |  Kyrgyzstan | 7,343,064 | 2025 |
| 108 |  Paraguay | 7,013,078 | 2025 |
| 109 |  Nicaragua | 7,007,502 | 2025 |
| 110 |  Serbia | 6,549,143 | 2025 |
| 111 |  Republic of the Congo | 6,484,437 | 2025 |
| 112 |  Bulgaria | 6,433,302 | 2025 |
| 113 |  El Salvador | 6,365,503 | 2025 |
| 114 |  Singapore | 6,111,175 | 2025 |
| 115 |  Denmark | 6,009,169 | 2025 |
| 116 |  Lebanon | 5,849,421 | 2025 |
| 117 |  Liberia | 5,731,206 | 2025 |
| 118 |  Finland | 5,646,436 | 2025 |
| 119 |  Norway | 5,610,870 | 2025 |
| 120 |  Central African Republic | 5,513,282 | 2025 |
| 121 |  Oman | 5,494,691 | 2025 |
| 122 |  Ireland | 5,484,367 | 2025 |
| 123 |  Slovakia | 5,413,813 | 2025 |
| 124 |  New Zealand | 5,324,700 | 2025 |
| 125 |  Mauritania | 5,315,065 | 2025 |
| 126 |  Costa Rica | 5,152,950 | 2025 |
| 127 |  Kuwait | 4,865,298 | 2025 |
| 128 |  Panama | 4,571,189 | 2025 |
| 129 |  Georgia | 3,935,766 | 2025 |
| 130 |  Croatia | 3,876,200 | 2025 |
| 131 |  Eritrea | 3,607,003 | 2025 |
| 132 |  Mongolia | 3,568,978 | 2025 |
| 133 |  Uruguay | 3,384,688 | 2025 |
| 134 |  West Bank territory | 3,310,554 | 2025 archive |
| 135 |  Puerto Rico territory | 3,184,835 | 2025 |
| 136 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,140,095 | 2025 |
| 137 |  Namibia | 3,092,816 | 2025 |
| 138 |  Armenia | 3,086,700 | 2025 |
| 139 |  Qatar | 2,972,215 | 2025 |
| 140 |  Lithuania | 2,888,774 | 2025 |
| 141 |  Jamaica | 2,837,077 | 2025 |
| 142 |  Gambia | 2,822,093 | 2025 |
| 143 |  Gabon | 2,593,130 | 2025 |
| 144 |  Botswana | 2,562,122 | 2025 |
| 145 |  Lesotho | 2,363,325 | 2025 |
| 146 |  Moldova | 2,360,527 | 2025 |
| 147 |  Albania | 2,349,580 | 2025 |
| 148 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2,249,515 | 2025 |
| 149 |  Gaza Strip territory | 2,184,652 | 2025 archive |
| 150 |  Slovenia | 2,130,986 | 2025 |
| 151 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1,938,431 | 2025 |
| 152 |  Latvia | 1,847,785 | 2025 |
| 153 |  North Macedonia | 1,820,909 | 2025 |
| 154 |  Bahrain | 1,600,366 | 2025 |
| 155 |  Kosovo territory | 1,576,876 | 2025 |
| 156 |  Timor-Leste | 1,418,517 | 2025 |
| 157 |  Cyprus | 1,370,754 | 2025 |
| 158 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1,367,764 | 2025 |
| 159 |  Estonia | 1,366,475 | 2025 |
| 160 |  Eswatini | 1,256,174 | 2025 |
| 161 |  Mauritius | 1,243,741 | 2025 |
| 162 |  Djibouti | 1,184,076 | 2025 |
| 163 |  Fiji | 933,154 | 2025 |
| 164 |  Comoros | 882,847 | 2025 |
| 165 |  Solomon Islands | 838,645 | 2025 |
| 166 |  Guyana | 835,986 | 2025 |
| 167 |  Bhutan | 796,682 | 2025 |
| 168 |  Luxembourg | 686,970 | 2025 |
| 169 |  Macau territory | 685,900 | 2025 |
| 170 |  Western Sahara territory | 652,271 | — archive |
| 171 |  Suriname | 639,850 | 2025 |
| 172 |  Montenegro | 623,129 | 2025 |
| 173 |  Malta | 579,704 | 2025 |
| 174 |  Maldives | 529,676 | 2025 |
| 175 |  Cape Verde | 527,326 | 2025 |
| 176 |  Brunei | 466,330 | 2025 |
| 177 |  Belize | 422,924 | 2025 |
| 178 |  Bahamas | 403,033 | 2025 |
| 179 |  Iceland | 392,404 | 2025 |
| 180 |  Vanuatu | 335,169 | 2025 |
| 181 |  New Caledonia territory | 295,333 | 2025 |
| 182 |  Barbados | 282,623 | 2025 |
| 183 |  French Polynesia territory | 282,465 | 2025 |
| 184 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 240,254 | 2025 |
| 185 |  Samoa | 219,306 | 2025 |
| 186 |  Saint Lucia | 180,149 | 2025 |
| 187 |  Guam territory | 168,999 | 2025 |
| 188 |  Curaçao territory | 156,263 | 2025 |
| 189 |  Kiribati | 136,488 | 2025 |
| 190 |  Seychelles | 122,730 | 2025 |
| 191 |  Grenada | 117,303 | 2025 |
| 192 |  Micronesia | 113,683 | 2025 |
| 193 |  Aruba territory | 108,785 | 2025 |
| 194 |  Jersey territory | 103,944 | 2025 archive |
| 195 |  United States Virgin Islands territory | 103,792 | 2025 |
| 196 |  Tonga | 103,742 | 2025 |
| 197 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99,924 | 2025 |
| 198 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 94,209 | 2025 |
| 199 |  Isle of Man territory | 84,118 | 2025 |
| 200 |  Andorra | 82,904 | 2025 |
| 201 |  Cayman Islands territory | 75,844 | 2025 |
| 202 |  Guernsey territory | 67,923 | 2025 archive |
| 203 |  Dominica | 65,871 | 2025 |
| 204 |  Bermuda territory | 64,555 | 2025 |
| 205 |  Greenland territory | 56,831 | 2025 |
| 206 |  Faroe Islands territory | 54,900 | 2025 |
| 207 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46,922 | 2025 |
| 208 |  Turks and Caicos Islands territory | 46,855 | 2025 |
| 209 |  American Samoa territory | 46,029 | 2025 |
| 210 |  Sint Maarten territory | 43,923 | 2025 |
| 211 |  Northern Mariana Islands territory | 43,541 | 2025 |
| 212 |  Liechtenstein | 41,024 | 2025 |
| 213 |  Gibraltar territory | 40,126 | 2025 |
| 214 |  British Virgin Islands territory | 39,732 | 2025 |
| 215 |  Monaco | 38,341 | 2025 |
| 216 |  Marshall Islands | 36,282 | 2025 |
| 217 |  San Marino | 34,109 | 2025 |
| 218 |  Saint Martin territory | 24,941 | 2025 |
| 219 |  Anguilla territory | 19,416 | 2024 archive |
| 220 |  Palau | 17,663 | 2025 |
| 221 |  Wallis and Futuna territory | 15,998 | 2025 archive |
| 222 |  Nauru | 12,025 | 2025 |
| 223 |  Tuvalu | 9,492 | 2025 |
| 224 |  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha territory | 7,943 | 2024 archive |
| 225 |  Cook Islands territory | 7,592 | 2025 archive |
| 226 |  Saint Barthélemy territory | 7,079 | 2025 archive |
| 227 |  Montserrat territory | 5,468 | 2024 archive |
| 228 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon territory | 5,070 | 2025 archive |
| 229 |  Falkland Islands territory | 3,142 | 2021 archive |
| 230 |  Svalbard territory | 2,556 | 2025 archive |
| 231 |  Tokelau territory | 2,453 | 2024 archive |
| 232 | Paracel Islands territory | 2,230 | 2024 archive |
| 233 |  Niue territory | 1,815 | 2024 archive |
| 234 |  Norfolk Island territory | 1,739 | 2021 archive |
| 235 |  Christmas Island territory | 1,692 | 2021 archive |
| 236 |  Vatican City | 1,000 | 2024 archive |
| 237 |  Cocos (Keeling) Islands territory | 593 | 2021 archive |
| 238 |  Pitcairn Islands territory | 50 | 2025 archive |
How this is measured
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Values are the most recent non-empty observation for each country, so vintages differ; the year column carries each figure's own date rather than implying a single edition year. Territories appear where the source reports them and are labelled. See the methodology for refresh cadence, or the field definition for how the indicator is constructed.
22 of the 238 entries come from the archive rather than a live feed. Current statistical feeds track economies rather than every territory, so entities no live source covers are carried at their final CIA World Factbook value instead of being dropped from the table. Those rows are marked archive. None of them refresh, and each prints its own observation year. The oldest goes back to 2021, against a table otherwise on 2025 data, so read those rank positions as indicative rather than strictly comparable.