Countries by Population

The most populous countries are China, India, United States. Below, all 190 sovereign countries are ranked from most to least populous — click any column heading to re-sort, or select a country for its full profile.

#	Country	Population	Continent
1	China	1,392,730,000	Asia
2	India	1,352,617,328	Asia
3	United States	326,687,501	North America
4	Indonesia	267,663,435	Asia
5	Pakistan	212,215,030	Asia
6	Brazil	209,469,333	South America
7	Nigeria	195,874,740	Africa
8	Bangladesh	161,356,039	Asia
9	Russia	144,478,050	Europe
10	Japan	126,529,100	Asia
11	Mexico	126,190,788	North America
12	Ethiopia	109,224,559	Africa
13	Philippines	106,651,922	Asia
14	Egypt	98,423,595	Africa
15	Vietnam	95,540,395	Asia
16	DR Congo	84,068,091	Africa
17	Germany	82,905,782	Europe
18	Turkey	82,319,724	Asia
19	Iran	81,800,269	Asia
20	Thailand	69,428,524	Asia
21	France	66,977,107	Europe
22	United Kingdom	66,460,344	Europe
23	Italy	60,421,760	Europe
24	South Africa	57,779,622	Africa
25	Tanzania	56,318,348	Africa
26	Myanmar	53,708,395	Asia
27	South Korea	51,606,633	Asia
28	Kenya	51,393,010	Africa
29	Colombia	49,648,685	South America
30	Spain	46,796,540	Europe
31	Ukraine	44,622,516	Europe
32	Argentina	44,494,502	South America
33	Uganda	42,723,139	Africa
34	Algeria	42,228,429	Africa
35	Sudan	41,801,533	Africa
36	Iraq	38,433,600	Asia
37	Poland	37,974,750	Europe
38	Afghanistan	37,172,386	Asia
39	Canada	37,057,765	North America
40	Morocco	36,029,138	Africa
41	Saudi Arabia	33,699,947	Asia
42	Uzbekistan	32,955,400	Asia
43	Peru	31,989,256	South America
44	Malaysia	31,528,585	Asia
45	Angola	30,809,762	Africa
46	Ghana	29,767,108	Africa
47	Mozambique	29,495,962	Africa
48	Venezuela	28,870,195	South America
49	Yemen	28,498,687	Asia
50	Nepal	28,087,871	Asia
51	Madagascar	26,262,368	Africa
52	North Korea	25,549,819	Asia
53	Cameroon	25,216,237	Africa
54	Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	25,069,229	Africa
55	Australia	24,982,688	Oceania
56	Niger	22,442,948	Africa
57	Sri Lanka	21,670,000	Asia
58	Burkina Faso	19,751,535	Africa
59	Romania	19,466,145	Europe
60	Mali	19,077,690	Africa
61	Chile	18,729,160	South America
62	Kazakhstan	18,272,430	Asia
63	Malawi	18,143,315	Africa
64	Zambia	17,351,822	Africa
65	Guatemala	17,247,807	North America
66	Netherlands	17,231,624	Europe
67	Ecuador	17,084,357	South America
68	Syria	16,906,283	Asia
69	Cambodia	16,249,798	Asia
70	Senegal	15,854,360	Africa
71	Chad	15,477,751	Africa
72	Somalia	15,008,154	Africa
73	Zimbabwe	14,439,018	Africa
74	Guinea	12,414,318	Africa
75	Rwanda	12,301,939	Africa
76	Tunisia	11,565,204	Africa
77	Benin	11,485,048	Africa
78	Belgium	11,433,256	Europe
79	Bolivia	11,353,142	South America
80	Cuba	11,338,138	North America
81	Burundi	11,175,378	Africa
82	Haiti	11,123,176	North America
83	South Sudan	10,975,920	Africa
84	Greece	10,731,726	Europe
85	Czechia	10,629,928	Europe
86	Dominican Republic	10,627,165	North America
87	Portugal	10,283,822	Europe
88	Sweden	10,175,214	Europe
89	Jordan	9,956,011	Asia
90	Azerbaijan	9,939,800	Asia
91	Hungary	9,775,564	Europe
92	United Arab Emirates	9,630,959	Asia
93	Honduras	9,587,522	North America
94	Belarus	9,483,499	Europe
95	Tajikistan	9,100,837	Asia
96	Israel	8,882,800	Asia
97	Austria	8,840,521	Europe
98	Papua New Guinea	8,606,316	Oceania
99	Switzerland	8,513,227	Europe
100	Togo	7,889,094	Africa
101	Sierra Leone	7,650,154	Africa
102	Laos	7,061,507	Asia
103	Bulgaria	7,025,037	Europe
104	Serbia	6,963,764	Europe
105	Paraguay	6,956,071	South America
106	Lebanon	6,848,925	Asia
107	Libya	6,678,567	Africa
108	Nicaragua	6,465,513	North America
109	El Salvador	6,420,744	North America
110	Kyrgyzstan	6,322,800	Asia
111	Eritrea	6,213,972	Africa
112	Turkmenistan	5,850,908	Asia
113	Denmark	5,793,636	Europe
114	Singapore	5,638,676	Asia
115	Finland	5,515,525	Europe
116	Slovakia	5,446,771	Europe
117	Norway	5,311,916	Europe
118	Republic of the Congo	5,244,363	Africa
119	Costa Rica	4,999,441	North America
120	Ireland	4,867,309	Europe
121	New Zealand	4,841,000	Oceania
122	Oman	4,829,483	Asia
123	Liberia	4,818,977	Africa
124	Central African Republic	4,666,377	Africa
125	Mauritania	4,403,319	Africa
126	Panama	4,176,873	North America
127	Kuwait	4,137,309	Asia
128	Croatia	4,087,843	Europe
129	Georgia	3,726,549	Asia
130	Uruguay	3,449,299	South America
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,323,929	Europe
132	Mongolia	3,170,208	Asia
133	Armenia	2,951,776	Asia
134	Jamaica	2,934,855	North America
135	Albania	2,866,376	Europe
136	Lithuania	2,801,543	Europe
137	Qatar	2,781,677	Asia
138	Moldova	2,706,049	Europe
139	Namibia	2,448,255	Africa
140	Gambia	2,280,102	Africa
141	Botswana	2,254,126	Africa
142	Gabon	2,119,275	Africa
143	Lesotho	2,108,132	Africa
144	North Macedonia	2,084,367	Europe
145	Slovenia	2,073,894	Europe
146	Latvia	1,927,174	Europe
147	Guinea-Bissau	1,874,309	Africa
148	Bahrain	1,569,439	Asia
149	Trinidad and Tobago	1,389,858	North America
150	Estonia	1,321,977	Europe
151	Equatorial Guinea	1,308,974	Africa
152	Mauritius	1,265,303	Africa
153	Cyprus	1,189,265	Europe
154	Eswatini (Swaziland)	1,136,191	Africa
155	Djibouti	958,920	Africa
156	Comoros	832,322	Africa
157	Guyana	779,004	South America
158	Bhutan	754,394	Asia
159	Solomon Islands	652,858	Oceania
160	Montenegro	631,219	Europe
161	Luxembourg	607,950	Europe
162	Suriname	575,991	South America
163	Maldives	515,696	Asia
164	Malta	484,630	Europe
165	Brunei	428,962	Asia
166	Bahamas	385,640	North America
167	Belize	383,071	North America
168	Iceland	352,721	Europe
169	Vanuatu	292,680	Oceania
170	Barbados	286,641	North America
171	Samoa	196,130	Oceania
172	Saint Lucia	181,889	North America
173	Kiribati	115,847	Oceania
174	Micronesia	112,640	Oceania
175	Grenada	111,454	North America
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,210	North America
177	Tonga	103,197	Oceania
178	Seychelles	96,762	Africa
179	Antigua and Barbuda	96,286	North America
180	Andorra	77,006	Europe
181	Dominica	71,625	North America
182	Marshall Islands	58,413	Oceania
183	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52,441	North America
184	Monaco	38,682	Europe
185	Liechtenstein	37,910	Europe
186	San Marino	33,785	Europe
187	Palau	17,907	Oceania
188	Nauru	12,704	Oceania
189	Tuvalu	11,508	Oceania
190	Vatican City (Holy See)	825	Europe

Which country is bigger?

Put these numbers to the test in the Higher or Lower population game.

Play Higher or Lower Largest & smallest

Frequently asked questions

What is the most populous country in the world?+

China is the most populous country, followed by India and United States. Together the top few countries hold a large share of the world's population.

How many people are there in the world?+

The world population is roughly 8 billion people, spread very unevenly — a handful of countries hold more than half of it, while dozens of small nations have populations under a million.

Are these population figures exact?+

No — national populations change constantly, so these are best treated as approximate reference figures for comparison and study rather than live counts.