Total Population by Country 2026

All 240 countries and territories ranked by population. Land area, density and growth come from the World Bank; each country page cites the year and source of every figure.

World population

8.3B

8,300,678,395 in 2026

Fastest growing

United Arab Emirates

+4.68%

Most densely populated

Macao

20,570/km²

Oldest population

Vatican City

Median age 57.4 years

All 240 Countries and Territories

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240 countries

World total from UN World Population Prospects 2024; country figures from the World Bank, with archive estimates where no public source covers a territory.

1	India	Asia	1,463,865,525	2.97M	484	+0.89%	17.64%
2	China	Asia	1,406,585,000	9.39M	150	−0.17%	16.95%
3	United States	North America	341,784,857	9.15M	37	+0.52%	4.12%
4	Indonesia	Asia	285,721,236	1.89M	149	+0.79%	3.44%
5	Pakistan	Asia	255,219,554	771K	321	+1.56%	3.07%
6	Nigeria	Africa	237,527,782	911K	250	+2.06%	2.86%
7	Brazil	South America	212,812,405	8.36M	25	+0.38%	2.56%
8	Bangladesh	Asia	175,686,899	130K	1,319	+1.22%	2.12%
9	Russia	Europe	143,513,328	16.4M	9	−0.11%	1.73%
10	Ethiopia	Africa	135,472,051	1.13M	114	+2.55%	1.63%
11	Mexico	North America	131,946,900	1.94M	67	+0.83%	1.59%
12	Japan	Asia	123,366,734	365K	342	−0.49%	1.49%
13	Egypt	Africa	118,365,995	995K	115	+1.56%	1.43%
14	Philippines	Asia	116,786,962	298K	385	+0.81%	1.41%
15	DR Congo	Africa	112,832,473	2.27M	47	+3.20%	1.36%
16	Vietnam	Asia	101,598,527	313K	320	+0.60%	1.22%
17	Iran	Asia	92,417,681	1.62M	56	+0.92%	1.11%
18	Turkey	Asia	85,878,556	770K	111	+0.42%	1.03%
19	Germany	Europe	83,491,249	349K	238	−0.03%	1.01%
20	Thailand	Asia	71,619,863	511K	140	−0.07%	0.86%
21	Tanzania	Africa	70,545,865	886K	75	+2.86%	0.85%
22	United Kingdom	Europe	69,487,000	242K	283	+0.30%	0.84%
23	France	Europe	68,720,337	539K	127	+0.25%	0.83%
24	South Africa	Africa	64,747,319	1.21M	52	+1.15%	0.78%
25	Italy	Europe	58,915,656	296K	199	−0.06%	0.71%
26	Kenya	Africa	57,532,493	581K	95	+1.93%	0.69%
27	Myanmar	Asia	54,850,648	653K	83	+0.64%	0.66%
28	Colombia	South America	53,425,635	1.11M	47	+1.02%	0.64%
29	South Korea	Asia	51,684,564	98K	530	−0.13%	0.62%
30	Sudan	Africa	51,662,147	1.87M	27	+2.38%	0.62%
31	Uganda	Africa	51,384,894	201K	243	+2.70%	0.62%
32	Spain	Europe	49,355,143	500K	97	+1.03%	0.59%
33	Algeria	Africa	47,435,312	2.38M	19	+1.32%	0.57%
34	Iraq	Asia	47,020,774	434K	104	+2.10%	0.57%
35	Argentina	South America	45,851,378	2.74M	17	+0.34%	0.55%
36	Afghanistan	Asia	43,844,111	652K	64	+2.77%	0.53%
37	Yemen	Asia	41,773,878	528K	75	+2.89%	0.50%
38	Canada	North America	41,651,653	8.79M	5	+0.94%	0.50%
39	Angola	Africa	39,040,039	1.25M	29	+3.00%	0.47%
40	Ukraine	Europe	38,980,376	579K	65	+2.92%	0.47%
41	Morocco	Africa	38,430,770	446K	85	+0.91%	0.46%
42	Uzbekistan	Asia	37,053,428	441K	81	+1.88%	0.45%
43	Saudi Arabia	Asia	36,973,555	2.15M	16	+4.63%	0.45%
44	Poland	Europe	36,435,861	306K	120	−0.34%	0.44%
45	Malaysia	Asia	35,977,838	329K	107	+1.18%	0.43%
46	Mozambique	Africa	35,631,653	786K	43	+2.85%	0.43%
47	Ghana	Africa	35,064,272	228K	148	+1.83%	0.42%
48	Peru	South America	34,576,665	1.28M	26	+1.04%	0.42%
49	Madagascar	Africa	32,740,678	582K	54	+2.40%	0.39%
50	Ivory Coast	Africa	32,711,547	318K	98	+2.41%	0.39%
51	Cameroon	Africa	29,879,337	473K	60	+2.56%	0.36%
52	Nepal	Asia	29,618,118	143K	207	−0.11%	0.36%
53	Venezuela	South America	28,516,896	882K	32	+0.39%	0.34%
54	Niger	Africa	27,917,831	1.27M	21	+3.22%	0.34%
55	Australia	Oceania	27,614,411	7.69M	3	+1.53%	0.33%
56	North Korea	Asia	26,571,036	120K	219	+0.27%	0.32%
57	Syria	Asia	25,620,427	184K	128	+3.77%	0.31%
58	Mali	Africa	25,198,821	1.22M	19	+2.90%	0.30%
59	Burkina Faso	Africa	24,074,580	274K	84	+2.21%	0.29%
60	Taiwan	Asia	23,923,276	35K	673	+0.04%	0.29%
61	Malawi	Africa	22,216,120	94K	224	+2.56%	0.27%
62	Zambia	Africa	21,913,874	743K	28	+2.77%	0.26%
63	Sri Lanka	Asia	21,756,000	62K	356	−0.73%	0.26%
64	Chad	Africa	21,003,705	1.26M	15	+3.41%	0.25%
65	Kazakhstan	Asia	20,843,754	2.7M	8	+1.21%	0.25%
66	Chile	South America	19,859,921	743K	26	+0.48%	0.24%
67	Somalia	Africa	19,654,739	627K	29	+3.34%	0.24%
68	Romania	Europe	19,020,271	230K	83	−0.17%	0.23%
69	Senegal	Africa	18,931,966	193K	94	+2.30%	0.23%
70	Guatemala	North America	18,687,881	107K	169	+1.52%	0.23%
71	Ecuador	South America	18,289,896	248K	72	+0.85%	0.22%
72	Netherlands	Europe	18,087,633	34K	531	+0.52%	0.22%
73	Cambodia	Asia	17,847,982	177K	99	+1.18%	0.22%
74	Zimbabwe	Africa	16,950,795	387K	42	+1.88%	0.20%
75	Guinea	Africa	15,099,727	246K	59	+2.31%	0.18%
76	Benin	Africa	14,814,460	113K	125	+2.40%	0.18%
77	Rwanda	Africa	14,569,341	25K	566	+2.17%	0.18%
78	Burundi	Africa	14,390,003	26K	533	+2.41%	0.17%
79	Bolivia	South America	12,581,843	1.08M	11	+1.35%	0.15%
80	Tunisia	Africa	12,348,573	155K	79	+0.58%	0.15%
81	South Sudan	Africa	12,188,788	632K	18	+2.03%	0.15%
82	Belgium	Europe	11,941,781	30K	386	+0.70%	0.14%
83	Haiti	North America	11,906,095	28K	422	+1.13%	0.14%
84	Jordan	Asia	11,520,684	89K	129	−0.28%	0.14%
85	Dominican Republic	North America	11,520,487	48K	235	+0.81%	0.14%
86	United Arab Emirates	Asia	11,513,149	71K	148	+4.68%	0.14%
87	Honduras	North America	11,005,850	112K	95	+1.65%	0.13%
88	Cuba	North America	10,937,203	104K	106	−0.39%	0.13%
89	Czech Republic	Europe	10,886,878	77K	141	−0.17%	0.13%
90	Portugal	Europe	10,804,871	92K	115	+1.03%	0.13%
91	Tajikistan	Asia	10,786,734	139K	75	+1.83%	0.13%
92	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	10,762,817	453K	23	+1.75%	0.13%
93	Sweden	Europe	10,596,620	407K	26	+0.25%	0.13%
94	Greece	Europe	10,413,962	129K	81	+0.09%	0.13%
95	Azerbaijan	Asia	10,246,996	83K	123	+0.43%	0.12%
96	Israel	Asia	10,122,800	22K	455	+1.20%	0.12%
97	Hungary	Europe	9,514,251	91K	105	−0.50%	0.11%
98	Austria	Europe	9,208,163	83K	111	+0.33%	0.11%
99	Switzerland	Europe	9,092,436	40K	225	+0.96%	0.11%
100	Belarus	Europe	9,085,991	203K	45	−0.51%	0.11%
101	Sierra Leone	Africa	8,819,794	72K	117	+2.04%	0.11%
102	Togo	Africa	8,591,626	54K	151	+2.18%	0.10%
103	Laos	Asia	7,873,046	231K	33	+1.32%	0.09%
104	Turkmenistan	Asia	7,618,847	470K	16	+1.65%	0.09%
105	Hong Kong	Asia	7,498,900	1.1K	7,177	−0.34%	0.09%
106	Libya	Africa	7,458,555	1.76M	4	+1.05%	0.09%
107	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	7,343,064	192K	37	+1.66%	0.09%
108	Paraguay	South America	7,013,078	396K	17	+1.20%	0.08%
109	Nicaragua	North America	7,007,502	120K	57	+1.31%	0.08%
110	Serbia	Europe	6,549,143	84K	79	−0.57%	0.08%
111	Congo	Africa	6,484,437	342K	18	+2.36%	0.08%
112	Bulgaria	Europe	6,433,302	109K	59	−0.13%	0.08%
113	El Salvador	North America	6,365,503	21K	305	+0.43%	0.08%
114	Singapore	Asia	6,111,175	718	8,242	+1.22%	0.07%
115	Denmark	Europe	6,009,169	40K	149	+0.54%	0.07%
116	Lebanon	Asia	5,849,421	10K	564	+0.75%	0.07%
117	Liberia	Africa	5,731,206	96K	57	+2.09%	0.07%
118	Finland	Europe	5,646,436	304K	18	+0.47%	0.07%
119	Norway	Europe	5,610,870	364K	15	+0.69%	0.07%
120	Central African Republic	Africa	5,513,282	623K	8	+3.37%	0.07%
121	Oman	Asia	5,494,691	310K	16	+3.96%	0.07%
122	Ireland	Europe	5,484,367	69K	77	+1.63%	0.07%
123	Slovakia	Europe	5,413,813	48K	113	−0.15%	0.07%
124	State of Palestine	Asia	5,413,596	6K	857	+2.33%	0.07%
125	New Zealand	Oceania	5,324,700	263K	20	+0.65%	0.06%
126	Mauritania	Africa	5,315,065	1.03M	5	+2.78%	0.06%
127	Costa Rica	North America	5,152,950	51K	100	+0.45%	0.06%
128	Kuwait	Asia	4,865,298	18K	272	−0.66%	0.06%
129	Panama	North America	4,571,189	74K	60	+1.22%	0.06%
130	Georgia	Asia	3,935,766	69K	65	+3.18%	0.05%
131	Croatia	Europe	3,876,200	56K	69	+0.26%	0.05%
132	Eritrea	Africa	3,607,003	121K	29	+2.00%	0.04%
133	Mongolia	Asia	3,568,978	1.56M	2	+1.25%	0.04%
134	Uruguay	South America	3,384,688	175K	19	−0.06%	0.04%
135	Puerto Rico	North America	3,184,835	8.9K	361	−0.55%	0.04%
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	3,140,095	51K	62	−0.77%	0.04%
137	Namibia	Africa	3,092,816	823K	4	+2.05%	0.04%
138	Armenia	Asia	3,086,700	28K	105	+1.74%	0.04%
139	Qatar	Asia	2,972,215	11K	231	+3.93%	0.04%
140	Lithuania	Europe	2,888,774	63K	46	+0.02%	0.03%
141	Jamaica	North America	2,837,077	11K	262	−0.07%	0.03%
142	Gambia	Africa	2,822,093	10K	267	+2.23%	0.03%
143	Gabon	Africa	2,593,130	258K	10	+2.11%	0.03%
144	Botswana	Africa	2,562,122	567K	4	+1.61%	0.03%
145	Lesotho	Africa	2,363,325	30K	76	+1.10%	0.03%
146	Moldova	Europe	2,360,527	33K	85	−1.75%	0.03%
147	Albania	Europe	2,349,580	27K	88	−1.17%	0.03%
148	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2,249,515	28K	77	+2.16%	0.03%
149	Slovenia	Europe	2,130,986	20K	105	+0.17%	0.03%
150	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1,938,431	28K	66	+2.40%	0.02%
151	Kosovo	Europe	1,883,018	11K	173	+0.79%	0.02%
152	Latvia	Europe	1,847,785	62K	30	−0.99%	0.02%
153	North Macedonia	Europe	1,820,909	25K	72	−0.19%	0.02%
154	Bahrain	Asia	1,600,366	800	1,971	+0.73%	0.02%
155	Timor-Leste	Asia	1,418,517	15K	93	+1.27%	0.02%
156	Cyprus	Europe	1,370,754	9.2K	146	+0.91%	0.02%
157	Trinidad and Tobago	North America	1,367,764	5.1K	267	−0.04%	0.02%
158	Estonia	Europe	1,366,475	43K	32	−0.43%	0.02%
159	Eswatini	Africa	1,256,174	17K	72	+1.07%	0.02%
160	Mauritius	Africa	1,243,741	2K	625	−0.16%	0.01%
161	Djibouti	Africa	1,184,076	23K	50	+1.31%	0.01%
162	Réunion	Africa	981,796	2.5K	392	+0.52%	0.01%
163	Fiji	Oceania	933,154	18K	51	+0.47%	0.01%
164	Comoros	Africa	882,847	1.9K	457	+1.85%	0.01%
165	Solomon Islands	Oceania	838,645	28K	29	+2.35%	0.01%
166	Guyana	South America	835,986	211K	4	+0.59%	0.01%
167	Bhutan	Asia	796,682	38K	21	+0.65%	0.01%
168	Luxembourg	Europe	686,970	2.6K	259	+1.46%	0.01%
169	Macao	Asia	685,900	33	20,570	−0.16%	0.01%
170	Suriname	South America	639,850	161K	4	+0.85%	0.01%
171	Montenegro	Europe	623,129	13K	46	−0.06%	0.01%
172	Western Sahara	Africa	587,259	266K	2	+2.54%	0.01%
173	Malta	Europe	579,704	320	1,727	+1.89%	0.01%
174	Maldives	Asia	529,676	298	1,765	+0.36%	0.01%
175	Cape Verde	Africa	527,326	4K	130	+0.47%	0.01%
176	Brunei	Asia	466,330	5.3K	87	+0.78%	0.01%
177	Belize	North America	422,924	23K	18	+1.39%	0.01%
178	Bahamas	North America	403,033	10K	40	+0.44%	0.00%
179	Guadeloupe	North America	395,752	1.6K	244	−0.48%	0.00%
180	Iceland	Europe	392,404	101K	4	+1.51%	0.00%
181	Martinique	North America	368,796	1.1K	334	−0.66%	0.00%
182	Vanuatu	Oceania	335,169	12K	26	+2.23%	0.00%
183	Mayotte	Africa	326,101	374	871	+3.77%	0.00%
184	French Guiana	South America	312,157	84K	4	+2.57%	0.00%
185	New Caledonia	Oceania	295,333	18K	16	+0.92%	0.00%
186	Barbados	North America	282,623	430	657	+0.06%	0.00%
187	French Polynesia	Oceania	282,465	3.5K	81	+0.23%	0.00%
188	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	240,254	960	240	+1.98%	0.00%
189	Samoa	Oceania	219,306	2.8K	78	+0.59%	0.00%
190	Saint Lucia	North America	180,149	610	294	+0.23%	0.00%
191	Guam	Oceania	168,999	540	308	+0.73%	0.00%
192	Curaçao	North America	156,263	444	348	+0.19%	0.00%
193	Kiribati	Oceania	136,488	810	164	+1.45%	0.00%
194	Seychelles	Africa	122,730	460	260	+1.13%	0.00%
195	Grenada	North America	117,303	340	344	+0.08%	0.00%
196	Micronesia	Oceania	113,683	700	161	+0.46%	0.00%
197	Jersey	Europe	111,128	116	956	+1.13%	0.00%
198	Aruba	North America	108,785	180	596	+0.73%	0.00%
199	U.S. Virgin Islands	North America	103,792	350	300	−0.56%	0.00%
200	Tonga	Oceania	103,742	720	145	−0.42%	0.00%
201	Saint Vincent	North America	99,924	390	260	−0.69%	0.00%
202	Antigua and Barbuda	North America	94,209	440	212	+0.47%	0.00%
203	Isle of Man	Europe	84,118	570	148	−0.05%	0.00%
204	Andorra	Europe	82,904	470	172	+1.17%	0.00%
205	Cayman Islands	North America	75,844	240	304	+1.85%	0.00%
206	Dominica	North America	65,871	750	89	−0.51%	0.00%
207	Bermuda	North America	64,555	54	1,198	−0.13%	0.00%
208	Guernsey	Europe	63,301	62	1,021	+0.24%	0.00%
209	Greenland	North America	56,831	410K	0	−0.01%	0.00%
210	Faroe Islands	Europe	54,900	1.4K	40	+0.48%	0.00%
211	Turks and Caicos	North America	46,855	950	49	+0.69%	0.00%
212	American Samoa	Oceania	46,029	200	238	−1.59%	0.00%
213	Sint Maarten	North America	43,923	34	1,257	+1.31%	0.00%
214	Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania	43,541	460	98	−1.68%	0.00%
215	Liechtenstein	Europe	41,024	160	249	+1.41%	0.00%
216	Gibraltar	Europe	40,126	10	3,847	+2.01%	0.00%
217	British Virgin Islands	North America	39,732	150	260	+0.66%	0.00%
218	Monaco	Europe	38,341	2.1	18,693	−0.75%	0.00%
219	Marshall Islands	Oceania	36,282	180	216	−3.43%	0.00%
220	San Marino	Europe	34,109	60	564	+0.39%	0.00%
221	Åland Islands	Europe	30,129	1.6K	19	+0.43%	0.00%
222	Caribbean Netherlands	North America	27,148	322	90	+1.64%	0.00%
223	Palau	Oceania	17,663	460	39	−0.18%	0.00%
224	Cook Islands	Oceania	17,011	237	71	−2.46%	0.00%
225	Anguilla	North America	15,899	91	176	+1.74%	0.00%
226	Nauru	Oceania	12,025	20	594	+0.65%	0.00%
227	Wallis and Futuna	Oceania	11,369	142	80	−0.97%	0.00%
228	Tuvalu	Oceania	9,492	30	327	−1.61%	0.00%
229	Saint Helena	Africa	6,059	394	16	+0.14%	0.00%
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	North America	5,794	242	25	−1.15%	0.00%
231	Montserrat	North America	4,390	102	44	+0.36%	0.00%
232	Falkland Islands	South America	3,791	12K	0	+0.01%	0.00%
233	Svalbard	Europe	2,939	61K	0	+0.03%	0.00%
234	Norfolk Island	Oceania	2,188	35	65	+0.01%	0.00%
235	Niue	Oceania	1,935	259	7	+0.68%	0.00%
236	Tokelau	Oceania	1,893	10	189	−0.01%	0.00%
237	Christmas Island	Oceania	1,692	135	13	+1.11%	0.00%
238	Cocos Islands	Oceania	593	14	42	+0.00%	0.00%
239	Vatican City	Europe	518	0.4	1,177	+0.00%	0.00%
240	Pitcairn Islands	Oceania	50	47	1	+0.00%	0.00%

Countries by Population Band

How the world's countries distribute across orders of magnitude.

1 billion or more

India, China

100 million – 1 billion

United States, Indonesia, Pakistan and others

10 – 100 million

Iran, Turkey, Germany and others

1 – 10 million

Hungary, Austria, Switzerland and others

Under 1 million

Réunion, Fiji, Comoros and others

Understanding Country Population Rankings

What counts as a country here

This list covers 240 countries and territories, which is broader than the 195 UN member and observer states. Dependencies and special administrative regions are listed separately because they publish their own statistics, so the populations of some entries are also counted inside the administering state's figures.

Why the years differ

Each indicator is the most recent published observation for that country, so vintages vary — a 2025 population estimate may sit beside a 2022 Gini index. The year is shown next to every value on the country pages rather than being averaged away.

Density and land area

Density is population divided by land area, excluding inland water. It says nothing about how people are distributed: Macao and a sparsely populated country with one large city can have very different lived experiences of the same number.

Growth rates

Growth combines births, deaths and net migration. A negative rate does not necessarily mean fewer births — in much of Europe and East Asia it reflects an age structure where deaths now outnumber births.