Countries and autonomous territories by population
edit| Rank | Country (or dependent territory) | Population | Date | % of world population |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China
|
1,424,361,920 | 17.6% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 2 |  India
|
1,404,167,000 | 17.3% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 3 |  United States
|
336,573,295 | 4.15% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 4 |  Indonesia
|
255,461,700 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 5 |  Brazil
|
217,800,176 | 2.68% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 6 |  Pakistan
|
237,612,640 | 2.93% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 7 |  Nigeria
|
183,523,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 8 |  Bangladesh
|
177,024,708 | 2.18% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 9 |  Russia
|
146,267,288 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 10 |  Japan
|
126,880,000 | May 1, 2015 | ||
| 11 |  Mexico
|
121,005,815 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 12 |  Philippines
|
110,932,950 | 1.37% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 13 |  Vietnam
|
91,583,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 14 |  Ethiopia
|
90,076,012 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 15 |  Egypt
|
106,428,077 | 1.31% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 16 |  Germany
|
81,083,600 | September 30, 2014 | ||
| 17 |  Iran
|
85,741,948 | 1.06% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 18 |  Turkey
|
77,695,904 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 19 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
71,246,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 20 |  France
|
66,139,000 | May 1, 2015 | ||
| 21 |  Thailand
|
65,104,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 22 |  United Kingdom
|
64,800,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 23 |  Italy
|
60,788,845 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 24 |  South Africa
|
54,002,000 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 25 |  Burma
|
51,419,420 | March 29, 2014 | ||
| 26 |  South Korea
|
51,413,925 | May 1, 2015 | ||
| 27 |  Colombia
|
48,377,000 | 0.596% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 28 |  Tanzania
|
47,421,786 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 29 |  Kenya
|
46,749,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 30 |  Spain
|
46,464,053 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 31 |  Argentina
|
43,131,966 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 32 |  Ukraine
|
42,854,106 | May 1, 2015 | ||
| 33 |  Algeria
|
40,400,000 | January 1, 2016 | ||
| 34 |  Poland
|
38,484,000 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 35 |  Sudan
|
38,435,252 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 36 |  Iraq
|
36,004,552 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 37 |  Canada
|
35,749,600 | April 1, 2015 | ||
| 38 |  Uganda
|
34,856,813 | August 28, 2014 | ||
| 39 |  Morocco
|
33,848,242 | September 1, 2014 | ||
| 40 |  Saudi Arabia
|
31,521,418 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 41 |  Peru
|
31,151,643 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 42 |  Uzbekistan
|
31,022,500 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 43 |  Malaysia
|
34,038,648 | 0.420% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 44 |  Venezuela
|
30,620,404 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 45 |  Nepal
|
28,037,904 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 46 |  Afghanistan
|
27,101,365 | March 21, 2015 | ||
| 47 |  Ghana
|
27,043,093 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 48 |  Yemen
|
25,956,000 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 49 |  Mozambique
|
25,727,911 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 50 |  North Korea
|
25,155,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 51 |  Angola
|
24,383,301 | May 16, 2014 | ||
| 52 |  Australia
|
27,252,610 | 0.336% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 53 |  Taiwan
|
23,456,545 | May 31, 2015 | ||
| 54 |  Syria
|
28,239,811 | June 18, 2024 | 0.35% | |
| 55 |  Ivory Coast
|
22,671,331 | May 15, 2014 | ||
| 56 |  Madagascar
|
21,842,167 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 57 |  Cameroon
|
21,143,237 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 58 |  Sri Lanka
|
20,675,000 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 59 |  Romania
|
19,942,642 | January 1, 2014 | ||
| 60 |  Niger
|
19,268,000 | July 1, 2015Z | ||
| 61 |  Burkina Faso
|
18,450,494 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 62 |  Chile
|
18,006,407 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 63 |  Kazakhstan
|
17,498,100 | May 1, 2015 | ||
| 64 |  Netherlands
|
18,112,055 | 0.223% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 65 |  Malawi
|
16,310,431 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 66 |  Mali
|
16,259,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 67 |  Guatemala
|
15,806,675 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 68 |  Ecuador
|
15,476,000 | May 1, 2015 | ||
| 69 |  Zambia
|
15,473,905 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 70 |  Cambodia
|
15,405,157 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 71 |  Chad
|
13,606,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 72 |  Senegal
|
13,508,715 | November 19, 2013 | ||
| 73 |  Zimbabwe
|
13,061,239 | August 17, 2012 | ||
| 74 |  South Sudan
|
11,892,934 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 75 |  Bolivia
|
11,410,651 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 76 |  Belgium
|
11,242,781 | April 1, 2015 | ||
| 77 |  Cuba
|
11,210,064 | December 31, 2013 | ||
| 78 |  Somalia
|
11,123,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 79 |  Rwanda
|
10,996,891 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 80 |  Tunisia
|
10,982,754 | April 23, 2014 | ||
| 81 |  Haiti
|
10,911,819 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 82 |  Greece
|
10,816,286 | May 9, 2011 | ||
| 83 |  Dominican Republic
|
10,652,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 84 |  Guinea
|
10,628,972 | April 2, 2014 | ||
| 85 |  Czech Republic
|
10,538,275 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 86 |  Portugal
|
10,477,800 | December 31, 2013 | ||
| 87 |  Benin
|
10,315,244 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 88 |  Hungary
|
9,849,000 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 89 |  Burundi
|
9,823,827 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 90 |  Sweden
|
9,775,572 | 30 April 2015 | ||
| 91 |  Azerbaijan
|
9,627,900 | May 1, 2015 | ||
| 92 |  United Arab Emirates
|
9,577,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 93 |  Belarus
|
9,481,000 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 94 |  Honduras
|
8,725,111 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 95 |  Austria
|
8,579,747 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 96 |  Tajikistan
|
8,354,000 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 97 |  Israel
|
8,345,700 | April 30, 2015 | ||
| 98 |  Switzerland
|
8,236,600 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 99 |  Papua New Guinea
|
7,398,500 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 100 |  Hong Kong (China)
|
7,264,100 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 101 |  Bulgaria
|
7,202,198 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 102 |  Togo
|
7,171,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 103 |  Serbia
|
7,146,759 | January 1, 2014 | ||
| 104 |  Paraguay
|
7,003,406 | 2015 | ||
| 105 |  Laos
|
6,802,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 106 |  Jordan
|
11,633,292 | 0.143% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 107 |  Eritrea
|
6,738,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 108 |  El Salvador
|
6,401,240 | 2014 | ||
| 109 |  Sierra Leone
|
6,319,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 110 |  Libya
|
6,317,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 111 |  Nicaragua
|
6,134,270 | 2013 | ||
| 112 |  Kyrgyzstan
|
5,935,400 | May 1, 2015 | ||
| 113 |  Denmark
|
5,668,743 | April 1, 2015 | ||
| 114 |  Finland
|
5,478,002 | April 15, 2015 | ||
| 115 |  Singapore
|
5,469,700 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 116 |  Slovakia
|
5,421,349 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 117 |  Norway
|
5,176,998 | April 1, 2015 | ||
| 118 |  Central African Republic
|
4,803,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 119 |  Costa Rica
|
4,773,130 | June 30, 2014 | ||
| 120 |  Turkmenistan
|
4,751,120 | December 26, 2012 | ||
| 121 |  Palestine
|
4,682,467 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 122 |  Republic of the Congo
|
4,671,000 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 123 |  Ireland
|
4,609,600 | April 1, 2014 | ||
| 124 |  New Zealand
|
5,370,021 | 0.0662% | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| 125 |  Liberia
|
4,503,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 126 |  Croatia
|
4,267,558 | July 1, 2012 | ||
| 127 |  Oman
|
4,161,705 | April 8, 2015 | ||
| 128 |  Lebanon
|
4,104,000 | July 1, 2012 | ||
| 129 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
3,791,622 | October 15, 2013 | ||
| 130 |  Panama
|
3,764,166 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 131 |  Georgia
|
3,729,500 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 132 |  Mauritania
|
3,631,775 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 133 |  Moldova
|
3,555,200 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 134 |  Puerto Rico (U.S.)
|
3,548,397 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 135 |  Somaliland
|
3,500,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 136 |  Uruguay
|
3,404,189 | June 30, 2014 | ||
| 137 |  Kuwait
|
3,268,431 | July 1, 2012 | ||
| 138 |  Mongolia
|
3,473,061 | June 18, 2024 | 0.043% | |
| 139 |  Armenia
|
3,013,900 | September 30, 2014 | ||
| 140 |  Lithuania
|
2,904,391 | June 1, 2015 | ||
| 141 |  Albania
|
2,893,005 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 142 |  Jamaica
|
2,717,991 | December 31, 2013 | ||
| 143 |  Qatar
|
2,334,029 | February 28, 2015 | ||
| 144 |  Namibia
|
2,280,700 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 145 |  Lesotho
|
2,120,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 146 |  Slovenia
|
2,103,169 | June 18, 2024 | 0.026% | |
| 147 |  Macedonia
|
2,065,769 | December 31, 2013 | ||
| 148 |  Botswana
|
2,056,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 149 |  Latvia
|
1,980,700 | May 1, 2015 | ||
| 150 |  The Gambia
|
1,882,450 | April 15, 2013 | ||
| 151 |  Kosovo
|
1,827,231 | 2015 | ||
| 152 |  Guinea-Bissau
|
1,788,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 153 |  Gabon
|
1,751,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 154 |  Equatorial Guinea
|
1,430,000 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 155 |  Trinidad and Tobago
|
1,328,019 | January 9, 2011 | ||
| 156 |  Bahrain
|
1,316,500 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 157 |  Estonia
|
1,313,271 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 158 |  Mauritius
|
1,261,208 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 159 |  East Timor
|
1,212,107 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 160 |  Swaziland
|
1,119,375 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 161 |  Djibouti
|
900,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 162 |  Fiji
|
859,178 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 163 |  Cyprus
|
858,000 | December 31, 2013 | ||
| 164 | .svg){kind=small} Réunion (France)
|
844,994 | January 1, 2014 | ||
| 165 |  Comoros
|
784,745 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 166 |  Bhutan
|
880,060 | June 18, 2024 | 0.0108% | |
| 167 |  Guyana
|
746,900 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 168 |  Macau (China)
|
636,200 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 169 |  Montenegro
|
620,029 | April 1, 2011 | ||
| 170 |  Solomon Islands
|
581,344 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 171 |  Luxembourg
|
562,958 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 172 |  Suriname
|
534,189 | August 13, 2012 | ||
| 173 |  Cape Verde
|
518,467 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 174 |  Western Sahara
|
510,713 | September 2, 2014 | ||
| 175 |  Transnistria
|
505,153 | January 1, 2014 | ||
| 176 |  Malta
|
445,426 | March 31, 2014 | ||
| 177 |  Guadeloupe (France)
|
405,739 | January 1, 2013 | ||
| 178 |  Brunei
|
393,372 | June 20, 2011 | ||
| 179 |  Martinique (France)
|
381,326 | |||
| 180 |  The Bahamas
|
368,390 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 181 |  Belize
|
358,899 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 182 |  Maldives
|
341,256 | September 20, 2014 | ||
| 183 |  Iceland
|
329,740 | April 1, 2015 | ||
| 184 |  Northern Cyprus
|
294,396 | December 4, 2011 | ||
| 185 |  Barbados
|
285,000 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 186 |  New Caledonia (France)
|
268,767 | August 26, 2014 | ||
| 187 |  French Polynesia (France)
|
268,270 | August 22, 2012 | ||
| 188 |  Vanuatu
|
264,652 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 189 |  Abkhazia
|
240,705 | 2011 | ||
| 190 |  French Guiana (France)
|
239,648 | January 1, 2012 | ||
| 191 |  Mayotte (France)
|
212,645 | August 21, 2012 | ||
| 192 |  Samoa
|
187,820 | November 7, 2011 | ||
| 193 |  São Tomé and Príncipe
|
187,356 | May 13, 2012 | ||
| 194 |  Saint Lucia
|
185,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 195 |  Guam (U.S.)
|
159,358 | April 1, 2010 | ||
| 196 |  Curaçao (Netherlands)
|
154,843 | January 1, 2014 | ||
| 197 |  Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
|
146,573 | |||
| 198 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
109,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 199 |  Aruba (Netherlands)
|
107,394 | October 31, 2014 | ||
| 200 |  Kiribati
|
106,461 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 201 |  United States Virgin Islands (U.S.)
|
106,405 | April 1, 2010 | ||
| 202 |  Grenada
|
103,328 | May 12, 2011 | ||
| 203 |  Tonga
|
103,252 | November 30, 2011 | ||
| 204 |  Federated States of Micronesia
|
101,351 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 205 |  Jersey (UK)
|
99,000 | December 31, 2012 | ||
| 206 |  Seychelles
|
89,949 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 207 |  Antigua and Barbuda
|
86,295 | May 27, 2011 | ||
| 208 |  Isle of Man (UK)
|
84,497 | March 27, 2011 | ||
| 209 |  Ceuta (Spain)
|
82,376 | 2011 | ||
| 210 |  Melilla (Spain)
|
78,476 | 2011 | ||
| 211 |  Andorra
|
76,949 | July 1, 2014 | ||
| 212 |  Dominica
|
71,293 | May 14, 2011 | ||
| 213 |  Guernsey (UK)
|
65,150 | March 31, 2014 | ||
| 214 |  Bermuda (UK)
|
64,237 | May 20, 2010 | ||
| 215 |  Marshall Islands
|
56,086 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 216 |  Greenland (Denmark)
|
55,984 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 217 |  Cayman Islands (UK)
|
55,691 | 2013 | ||
| 218 |  American Samoa (U.S.)
|
55,519 | April 1, 2010 | ||
| 219 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
55,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 220 |  Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.)
|
53,883 | April 1, 2010 | ||
| 221 |  South Ossetia[Note 1]
|
51,547 | January, 2013 | ||
| 222 |  Faroe Islands (Denmark)
|
48,724 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 223 |  Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
|
37,429 | January 1, 2010 | ||
| 224 |  Liechtenstein
|
37,370 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 225 |  Monaco
|
37,800 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 226 | .svg){kind=small} Saint-Martin (France)
|
36,522 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 227 |  San Marino
|
32,789 | December 31, 2014 | ||
| 228 |  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
|
31,458 | January 25, 2012 | ||
| 229 |  Gibraltar (UK)
|
30,001 | December 31, 2012 | ||
| 230 |  Åland Islands (Finland)
|
28,875 | September 30, 2014 | ||
| 231 |  British Virgin Islands (UK)
|
28,054 | July 12, 2010 | ||
| 232 |  Palau
|
20,901 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 233 |  Bonaire (Netherlands)
|
17,408 | January 1, 2013 | ||
| 234 |  Cook Islands (New Zealand)
|
14,974 | December 1, 2011 | ||
| 235 |  Anguilla (UK)
|
13,452 | May 11, 2011 | ||
| 236 |  Wallis and Futuna (France)
|
13,135 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 237 |  Tuvalu
|
11,323 | July 1, 2013 | ||
| 238 |  Nauru
|
10,084 | October 30, 2011 | ||
| 239 |  Saint Barthélemy (France)
|
9,269 | January 1, 2015 | ||
| 240 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)
|
6,069 | January 1, 2012 | ||
| 241 |  Montserrat (UK)
|
4,922 | May 12, 2011 | ||
| 242 |  Sint Eustatius (Netherlands)
|
4,020 | January 1, 2013 | ||
| 243 |  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)
|
4,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 244 |  Falkland Islands (UK)
|
3,000 | July 1, 2015 | ||
| 245 |  British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom)
|
3000 | 2013 | ||
| 246 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)
|
2,642 | 2012 | ||
| 247 |  Norfolk Island (Australia)
|
2,302 | August 9, 2011 | ||
| 248 |  Christmas Island (Australia)
|
2,072 | August 9, 2011 | ||
| 249 |  Saba (Netherlands)
|
1,991 | January 1, 2013 | ||
| 250 |  Niue (New Zealand)
|
1,613 | September 10, 2011 | ||
| 251 |  Tokelau (NZ)
|
1,411 | October 18, 2011 | ||
| 252 |  Vatican City
|
839 | July 1, 2012 | ||
| 253 |  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
|
550 | August 9, 2011 | ||
| 254 |  French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)
|
140 | 2013 | ||
| 255 |  Pitcairn Islands (UK)
|
56 | 2013 | ||
| 256 |  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom)
|
30 | 2006 |
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