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World Population by Country

How is the world population growing? The largest and smallest countries in the world in terms of population. See population map and other world population comparisons.

The most populous countries

#1	China	1.44 bil.
#2	India	1.38 bil.
#3	United States	331.00 mil.
#4	Indonesia	273.52 mil.
#5	Pakistan	220.89 mil.
#6	Brazil	212.56 mil.
#7	Nigeria	206.14 mil.

How many people are in the world?

7.78 bil.

Approximate value based on the population of 231 countries and dependent territories.

Historical world population

Estimated by the UN's Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Population by gender

49.55%50.45%

The most populous country by region

AsiaChina1.44 bil.

N. AmericaUnited States331.00 mil.

S. AmericaBrazil212.56 mil.

AfricaNigeria206.14 mil.

Middle EastIran83.99 mil.

EuropeGermany83.78 mil.

Australia-OceaniaAustralia25.50 mil.

CaribbeanHaiti11.40 mil.

Polar regionsGreenland56.8 thous.

Future population growth

Estimated world population in billions for 2025 - 2095. Based on data from the UN's Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Population by region

Asia	4.52 bil.	58.04%
Africa	1.34 bil.	17.23%
Europe	604.49 mil.	7.77%
N. America	497.68 mil.	6.40%
S. America	481.50 mil.	6.19%
Middle East	255.89 mil.	3.29%
Others (3)	85.43 mil.	1.1%

World population map

Small countries

All Countries and Territories

No	Country	Population
1	China	1.44 bil.
2	India	1.38 bil.
3	United States	331.00 mil.
4	Indonesia	273.52 mil.
5	Pakistan	220.89 mil.
6	Brazil	212.56 mil.
7	Nigeria	206.14 mil.
8	Bangladesh	164.69 mil.
9	Russia	145.93 mil.
10	Mexico	128.93 mil.
11	Japan	126.48 mil.
12	Ethiopia	114.96 mil.
13	Philippines	109.58 mil.
14	Egypt	102.33 mil.
15	Vietnam	97.34 mil.
16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	89.56 mil.
17	Turkey	84.34 mil.
18	Iran	83.99 mil.
19	Germany	83.78 mil.
20	Thailand	69.80 mil.
21	United Kingdom	67.89 mil.
22	France	65.27 mil.
23	Italy	60.46 mil.
24	Tanzania	59.73 mil.
25	South Africa	59.31 mil.
26	Myanmar (Burma)	54.41 mil.
27	Kenya	53.77 mil.
28	South Korea	51.27 mil.
29	Colombia	50.88 mil.
30	Spain	46.75 mil.
31	Uganda	45.74 mil.
32	Argentina	45.20 mil.
33	Algeria	43.85 mil.
34	Sudan	43.85 mil.
35	Ukraine	43.73 mil.
36	Iraq	40.22 mil.
37	Afghanistan	38.93 mil.
38	Poland	37.85 mil.
39	Canada	37.74 mil.
40	Morocco	36.91 mil.
41	Saudi Arabia	34.81 mil.
42	Uzbekistan	33.47 mil.
43	Peru	32.97 mil.
44	Angola	32.87 mil.
45	Malaysia	32.37 mil.
46	Mozambique	31.26 mil.
47	Ghana	31.07 mil.
48	Yemen	29.83 mil.
49	Nepal	29.14 mil.
50	Venezuela	28.44 mil.
51	Madagascar	27.69 mil.
52	Cameroon	26.55 mil.
53	Ivory Coast	26.38 mil.
54	North Korea	25.78 mil.
55	Australia	25.50 mil.
56	Niger	24.21 mil.
57	Taiwan	23.82 mil.
58	Sri Lanka	21.41 mil.
59	Burkina Faso	20.90 mil.
60	Mali	20.25 mil.
61	Romania	19.24 mil.
62	Malawi	19.13 mil.
63	Chile	19.12 mil.
64	Kazakhstan	18.78 mil.
65	Zambia	18.38 mil.
66	Guatemala	17.92 mil.
67	Ecuador	17.64 mil.
68	Syria	17.50 mil.
69	Netherlands	17.13 mil.
70	Senegal	16.74 mil.
71	Cambodia	16.72 mil.
72	Chad	16.43 mil.
73	Somalia	15.89 mil.
74	Zimbabwe	14.86 mil.
75	Guinea	13.13 mil.
76	Rwanda	12.95 mil.
77	Benin	12.12 mil.
78	Burundi	11.89 mil.
79	Tunisia	11.82 mil.
80	Bolivia	11.67 mil.
81	Belgium	11.59 mil.
82	Haiti	11.40 mil.
83	Cuba	11.33 mil.
84	South Sudan	11.19 mil.
85	Dominican Republic	10.85 mil.
86	Czech Republic	10.71 mil.
87	Greece	10.42 mil.
88	Jordan	10.20 mil.
89	Portugal	10.20 mil.
90	Azerbaijan	10.14 mil.
91	Sweden	10.10 mil.
92	Honduras	9.90 mil.
93	United Arab Emirates	9.89 mil.
94	Hungary	9.66 mil.
95	Tajikistan	9.54 mil.
96	Belarus	9.45 mil.
97	Austria	9.01 mil.
98	Papua New Guinea	8.95 mil.
99	Serbia	8.74 mil.
100	Israel	8.66 mil.
101	Switzerland	8.65 mil.
102	Togo	8.28 mil.
103	Sierra Leone	7.98 mil.
104	Laos	7.28 mil.
105	Paraguay	7.13 mil.
106	Bulgaria	6.95 mil.
107	Libya	6.87 mil.
108	Lebanon	6.83 mil.
109	Nicaragua	6.62 mil.
110	Kyrgyzstan	6.52 mil.
111	El Salvador	6.49 mil.
112	Turkmenistan	6.03 mil.
113	Singapore	5.85 mil.
114	Denmark	5.79 mil.
115	Finland	5.54 mil.
116	Republic of the Congo	5.52 mil.
117	Slovakia	5.46 mil.
118	Norway	5.42 mil.
119	Oman	5.11 mil.
120	Costa Rica	5.09 mil.
121	Liberia	5.06 mil.
122	Ireland	4.94 mil.
123	Central African Republic	4.83 mil.
124	New Zealand	4.82 mil.
125	Mauritania	4.65 mil.
126	Panama	4.31 mil.
127	Kuwait	4.27 mil.
128	Croatia	4.11 mil.
129	Moldova	4.03 mil.
130	Georgia	3.99 mil.
131	Eritrea	3.55 mil.
132	Uruguay	3.47 mil.
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.28 mil.
134	Mongolia	3.28 mil.
135	Armenia	2.96 mil.
136	Jamaica	2.96 mil.
137	Qatar	2.88 mil.
138	Albania	2.88 mil.
139	Puerto Rico	2.86 mil.
140	Lithuania	2.72 mil.
141	Namibia	2.54 mil.
142	The Gambia	2.42 mil.
143	Botswana	2.35 mil.
144	Gabon	2.23 mil.
145	Lesotho	2.14 mil.
146	North Macedonia	2.08 mil.
147	Slovenia	2.08 mil.
148	Guinea Bissau	1.97 mil.
149	Latvia	1.89 mil.
150	Kosovo	1.84 mil.
151	Bahrain	1.70 mil.
152	Equatorial Guinea	1.40 mil.
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1.40 mil.
154	Estonia	1.33 mil.
155	Timor Leste	1.32 mil.
156	Mauritius	1.27 mil.
157	Cyprus	1.21 mil.
158	Eswatini (Swaziland)	1.16 mil.
159	Djibouti	988.0 thous.
160	Fiji	896.4 thous.
161	Reunion	895.3 thous.
162	Comoros	869.6 thous.
163	Guyana	786.6 thous.
164	Bhutan	771.6 thous.
165	Solomon Islands	686.9 thous.
166	Montenegro	628.1 thous.
167	Luxembourg	626.0 thous.
168	Western Sahara	597.3 thous.
169	Suriname	586.6 thous.
170	Cape Verde	556.0 thous.
171	Maldives	540.5 thous.
172	Malta	441.5 thous.
173	Brunei	437.5 thous.
174	Belize	397.6 thous.
175	The Bahamas	393.2 thous.
176	Iceland	341.2 thous.
177	Vanuatu	307.1 thous.
178	French Guiana	298.7 thous.
179	Barbados	287.4 thous.
180	New Caledonia	285.5 thous.
181	French Polynesia	280.9 thous.
182	Mayotte	272.8 thous.
183	Sao Tome and Principe	219.2 thous.
184	Samoa	198.4 thous.
185	Saint Lucia	183.6 thous.
186	Guam	168.8 thous.
187	Curaçao	164.1 thous.
188	Kiribati	119.4 thous.
189	Micronesia	115.0 thous.
190	Grenada	112.5 thous.
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110.9 thous.
192	Aruba	106.8 thous.
193	Tonga	105.7 thous.
194	US Virgin Islands	104.4 thous.
195	Seychelles	98.3 thous.
196	Antigua and Barbuda	97.9 thous.
197	Andorra	77.3 thous.
198	Dominica	72.0 thous.
199	Cayman Islands	65.7 thous.
200	Bermuda	62.3 thous.
201	Marshall Islands	59.2 thous.
202	Northern Mariana Islands	57.6 thous.
203	Greenland	56.8 thous.
204	Saint Kitts and Nevis	53.2 thous.
205	Faroe Islands	48.9 thous.
206	Monaco	39.2 thous.
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	38.7 thous.
208	Saint Martin	38.7 thous.
209	Liechtenstein	38.1 thous.
210	San Marino	33.9 thous.
211	Gibraltar	33.7 thous.
212	British Virgin Islands	30.2 thous.
213	Palau	18.1 thous.
214	Cook Islands	17.6 thous.
215	Anguilla	15.0 thous.
216	Tuvalu	11.8 thous.
217	Wallis and Futuna	11.2 thous.
218	Nauru	10.8 thous.
219	Saint Barthelemy	9.9 thous.
220	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5.8 thous.
221	Montserrat	5.0 thous.
222	Saint Helena	4.3 thous.
223	Falkland Islands	3.5 thous.
224	British Indian Ocean Territory	3.0 thous.
225	Norfolk Island	2.3 thous.
226	Christmas Island	2.1 thous.
227	Niue	1.6 thous.
228	Tokelau	1.4 thous.
229	Vatican	~800 ppl
230	Cocos Keeling Islands	~550 ppl
231	Pitcairn Island	~60 ppl