Largest Countries by Population
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Country Name |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
China |
1,412,360,000 |
1,411,100,000 |
1,407,745,000 |
1,402,760,000 |
1,396,215,000 |
India |
1,393,409,033 |
1,380,004,385 |
1,366,417,756 |
1,352,642,283 |
1,338,676,779 |
United States |
331,893,745 |
331,501,080 |
328,329,953 |
326,838,199 |
325,122,128 |
Indonesia |
276,361,788 |
273,523,621 |
270,625,567 |
267,670,549 |
264,650,969 |
Pakistan |
225,199,929 |
220,892,331 |
216,565,317 |
212,228,288 |
207,906,210 |
Brazil |
213,993,441 |
212,559,409 |
211,049,519 |
209,469,320 |
207,833,825 |
Nigeria |
211,400,704 |
206,139,587 |
200,963,603 |
195,874,685 |
190,873,247 |
Bangladesh |
166,303,494 |
164,689,383 |
163,046,173 |
161,376,713 |
159,685,421 |
Russia |
143,446,060 |
144,073,139 |
144,406,261 |
144,477,859 |
144,496,739 |
Mexico |
130,262,220 |
128,932,753 |
127,575,529 |
126,190,782 |
124,777,326 |
Japan |
125,681,593 |
126,261,000 |
126,633,000 |
126,811,000 |
126,972,000 |
Ethiopia |
117,876,226 |
114,963,583 |
112,078,727 |
109,224,410 |
106,399,926 |
Philippines |
111,046,910 |
109,581,085 |
108,116,622 |
106,651,394 |
105,172,921 |
Egypt |
104,258,327 |
102,334,403 |
100,388,076 |
98,423,602 |
96,442,590 |
Vietnam |
98,168,829 |
97,338,583 |
96,462,108 |
95,545,959 |
94,600,643 |
Democratic Republic Of Congo |
92,377,986 |
89,561,404 |
86,790,568 |
84,068,092 |
81,398,765 |
Turkey |
85,042,736 |
84,339,067 |
83,429,607 |
82,340,090 |
81,116,451 |
Iran |
85,028,760 |
83,992,953 |
82,913,893 |
81,800,204 |
80,673,888 |
Germany |
83,129,285 |
83,160,871 |
83,092,962 |
82,905,782 |
82,657,002 |
Thailand |
69,950,844 |
69,799,978 |
69,625,581 |
69,428,454 |
69,209,817 |
France |
67,499,343 |
67,379,908 |
67,248,926 |
67,101,930 |
66,918,020 |
United Kingdom |
67,326,569 |
67,081,000 |
66,836,327 |
66,460,344 |
66,058,859 |
Tanzania |
61,498,438 |
59,734,213 |
58,005,461 |
56,313,444 |
54,660,345 |
South Africa |
60,041,996 |
59,308,690 |
58,558,267 |
57,792,520 |
57,009,751 |
Italy |
59,066,225 |
59,449,527 |
59,729,081 |
60,421,760 |
60,536,709 |
Kenya |
54,985,702 |
53,771,300 |
52,573,967 |
51,392,570 |
50,221,146 |
Myanmar |
54,806,014 |
54,409,794 |
54,045,422 |
53,708,318 |
53,382,521 |
South Korea |
51,744,876 |
51,836,239 |
51,764,822 |
51,585,058 |
51,361,911 |
Colombia |
51,265,841 |
50,882,884 |
50,339,443 |
49,661,056 |
48,909,844 |
Spain |
47,326,687 |
47,363,419 |
47,134,837 |
46,797,754 |
46,593,236 |
Uganda |
47,123,533 |
45,741,000 |
44,269,587 |
42,729,032 |
41,166,588 |
Argentina |
45,808,747 |
45,376,763 |
44,938,712 |
44,494,502 |
44,044,811 |
Sudan |
44,909,351 |
43,849,269 |
42,813,237 |
41,801,532 |
40,813,398 |
Algeria |
44,616,626 |
43,851,043 |
43,053,054 |
42,228,415 |
41,389,174 |
Ukraine |
43,814,581 |
44,132,049 |
44,386,203 |
44,622,518 |
44,831,135 |
Iraq |
41,179,351 |
40,222,503 |
39,309,789 |
38,433,604 |
37,552,789 |
Afghanistan |
39,835,428 |
38,928,341 |
38,041,757 |
37,171,922 |
36,296,111 |
Canada |
38,246,108 |
38,037,204 |
37,601,230 |
37,065,084 |
36,545,236 |
Poland |
37,781,024 |
37,899,070 |
37,965,475 |
37,974,750 |
37,974,826 |
Morocco |
37,344,787 |
36,910,558 |
36,471,766 |
36,029,089 |
35,581,257 |
Saudi Arabia |
35,340,680 |
34,813,867 |
34,268,529 |
33,702,757 |
33,101,183 |
Uzbekistan |
34,915,100 |
34,232,050 |
33,580,350 |
32,956,100 |
32,388,600 |
Angola |
33,933,611 |
32,866,268 |
31,825,299 |
30,809,787 |
29,816,769 |
Peru |
33,359,416 |
32,971,846 |
32,510,462 |
31,989,265 |
31,444,299 |
Malaysia |
32,776,195 |
32,365,998 |
31,949,789 |
31,528,033 |
31,104,655 |
Mozambique |
32,163,045 |
31,255,435 |
30,366,043 |
29,496,009 |
28,649,007 |
Ghana |
31,732,128 |
31,072,945 |
30,417,858 |
29,767,108 |
29,121,464 |
Yemen |
30,490,639 |
29,825,968 |
29,161,922 |
28,498,683 |
27,834,811 |
Nepal |
29,674,920 |
29,136,808 |
28,608,715 |
28,095,712 |
27,632,682 |
Venezuela |
28,704,947 |
28,435,943 |
28,515,829 |
28,887,117 |
29,402,480 |
Madagascar |
28,427,333 |
27,691,019 |
26,969,306 |
26,262,313 |
25,570,511 |
Cameroon |
27,224,262 |
26,545,864 |
25,876,387 |
25,216,261 |
24,566,070 |
North Korea |
25,887,045 |
25,778,815 |
25,666,158 |
25,549,606 |
25,429,816 |
Australia |
25,739,256 |
25,693,267 |
25,365,745 |
24,982,688 |
24,601,860 |
Niger |
25,130,810 |
24,206,636 |
23,310,719 |
22,442,831 |
21,602,388 |
Sri Lanka |
22,156,000 |
21,919,000 |
21,803,000 |
21,670,000 |
21,444,000 |
Burkina Faso |
21,497,097 |
20,903,278 |
20,321,383 |
19,751,466 |
19,193,236 |
Mali |
20,855,724 |
20,250,834 |
19,658,023 |
19,077,755 |
18,512,429 |
Malawi |
19,647,681 |
19,129,955 |
18,628,749 |
18,143,215 |
17,670,193 |
Chile |
19,212,362 |
19,116,209 |
18,952,035 |
18,729,166 |
18,470,435 |
Romania |
19,115,146 |
19,257,520 |
19,371,648 |
19,473,970 |
19,588,715 |
Kazakhstan |
19,002,586 |
18,755,666 |
18,513,673 |
18,276,452 |
18,037,776 |
Zambia |
18,920,657 |
18,383,956 |
17,861,034 |
17,351,714 |
16,853,608 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
18,275,704 |
17,500,657 |
17,070,132 |
16,945,062 |
17,095,669 |
Ecuador |
17,888,474 |
17,643,060 |
17,373,657 |
17,084,359 |
16,785,356 |
Netherlands |
17,533,405 |
17,441,500 |
17,344,874 |
17,231,624 |
17,131,296 |
Senegal |
17,196,308 |
16,743,930 |
16,296,362 |
15,854,324 |
15,419,354 |
Guatemala |
17,109,746 |
16,858,333 |
16,604,026 |
16,346,950 |
16,087,418 |
Cambodia |
16,946,446 |
16,718,971 |
16,486,542 |
16,249,795 |
16,009,413 |
Chad |
16,914,985 |
16,425,859 |
15,946,882 |
15,477,727 |
15,016,761 |
Somalia |
16,359,500 |
15,893,219 |
15,442,906 |
15,008,225 |
14,589,165 |
Zimbabwe |
15,092,171 |
14,862,927 |
14,645,473 |
14,438,812 |
14,236,599 |
Guinea |
13,497,237 |
13,132,792 |
12,771,246 |
12,414,292 |
12,067,516 |
Rwanda |
13,276,517 |
12,952,209 |
12,626,938 |
12,301,969 |
11,980,960 |
Benin |
12,451,031 |
12,123,198 |
11,801,151 |
11,485,035 |
11,175,192 |
Burundi |
12,255,429 |
11,890,781 |
11,530,577 |
11,175,379 |
10,827,010 |
Tunisia |
11,935,764 |
11,818,618 |
11,694,721 |
11,565,203 |
11,433,438 |
Bolivia |
11,832,936 |
11,673,029 |
11,513,102 |
11,353,140 |
11,192,853 |
Belgium |
11,587,882 |
11,544,241 |
11,488,980 |
11,427,054 |
11,375,158 |
Haiti |
11,541,683 |
11,402,533 |
11,263,079 |
11,123,183 |
10,982,367 |
South Sudan |
11,381,377 |
11,193,729 |
11,062,114 |
10,975,924 |
10,910,774 |
Cuba |
11,317,498 |
11,326,616 |
11,333,484 |
11,338,146 |
11,339,255 |
Dominican Republic |
10,953,714 |
10,847,904 |
10,738,957 |
10,627,147 |
10,513,111 |
Czech Republic |
10,703,446 |
10,697,858 |
10,671,870 |
10,629,928 |
10,594,438 |
Greece |
10,664,568 |
10,700,556 |
10,721,582 |
10,732,882 |
10,754,679 |
Sweden |
10,415,811 |
10,353,442 |
10,278,887 |
10,175,214 |
10,057,698 |
Portugal |
10,299,423 |
10,297,081 |
10,286,263 |
10,283,822 |
10,300,300 |
Jordan |
10,269,022 |
10,203,140 |
10,101,697 |
9,965,322 |
9,785,840 |
Azerbaijan |
10,145,212 |
10,093,121 |
10,024,283 |
9,939,771 |
9,854,033 |
Honduras |
10,062,994 |
9,904,608 |
9,746,115 |
9,587,523 |
9,429,016 |
UAE |
9,991,083 |
9,890,400 |
9,770,526 |
9,630,966 |
9,487,206 |
Tajikistan |
9,749,625 |
9,537,642 |
9,321,023 |
9,100,847 |
8,880,270 |
Hungary |
9,709,886 |
9,750,149 |
9,771,141 |
9,775,564 |
9,787,966 |
Israel |
9,364,000 |
9,215,100 |
9,054,000 |
8,882,800 |
8,713,300 |
Belarus |
9,340,314 |
9,379,952 |
9,419,758 |
9,438,785 |
9,458,989 |
Papua New Guinea |
9,119,005 |
8,947,027 |
8,776,119 |
8,606,324 |
8,438,038 |
Austria |
8,956,279 |
8,916,864 |
8,879,920 |
8,840,521 |
8,797,566 |
Switzerland |
8,697,723 |
8,636,561 |
8,575,280 |
8,514,329 |
8,451,840 |
Togo |
8,478,242 |
8,278,737 |
8,082,359 |
7,889,095 |
7,698,476 |
Sierra Leone |
8,141,343 |
7,976,985 |
7,813,207 |
7,650,149 |
7,488,427 |
Hong Kong |
7,413,100 |
7,481,000 |
7,507,900 |
7,452,600 |
7,393,200 |
Lao PDR |
7,379,358 |
7,275,556 |
7,169,456 |
7,061,498 |
6,953,031 |
Paraguay |
7,219,641 |
7,132,530 |
7,044,639 |
6,956,069 |
6,867,058 |
Libya |
6,958,538 |
6,871,287 |
6,777,453 |
6,678,565 |
6,580,723 |
Bulgaria |
6,899,125 |
6,934,015 |
6,975,761 |
7,025,037 |
7,075,947 |
Serbia |
6,844,078 |
6,899,126 |
6,945,235 |
6,982,604 |
7,020,858 |
Lebanon |
6,769,151 |
6,825,442 |
6,855,709 |
6,859,408 |
6,819,373 |
Nicaragua |
6,702,379 |
6,624,554 |
6,545,503 |
6,465,502 |
6,384,843 |
Kyrgyz Republic |
6,694,200 |
6,579,900 |
6,456,200 |
6,322,800 |
6,198,200 |
El Salvador |
6,518,500 |
6,486,201 |
6,453,550 |
6,420,740 |
6,388,124 |
Turkmenistan |
6,117,933 |
6,031,187 |
5,942,094 |
5,850,902 |
5,757,667 |
Denmark |
5,856,733 |
5,831,404 |
5,814,422 |
5,793,636 |
5,764,980 |
Republic Of Congo |
5,657,017 |
5,518,092 |
5,380,504 |
5,244,363 |
5,110,701 |
Finland |
5,541,696 |
5,529,543 |
5,521,606 |
5,515,525 |
5,508,214 |
Singapore |
5,453,566 |
5,685,807 |
5,703,569 |
5,638,676 |
5,612,253 |
Slovak Republic |
5,447,247 |
5,458,827 |
5,454,147 |
5,446,771 |
5,439,232 |
Norway |
5,408,320 |
5,379,475 |
5,347,896 |
5,311,916 |
5,276,968 |
Oman |
5,223,376 |
5,106,622 |
4,974,992 |
4,829,476 |
4,665,926 |
Liberia |
5,180,208 |
5,057,677 |
4,937,374 |
4,818,976 |
4,702,224 |
Costa Rica |
5,139,053 |
5,094,114 |
5,047,561 |
4,999,443 |
4,949,955 |
New Zealand |
5,122,600 |
5,090,200 |
4,979,200 |
4,900,600 |
4,813,600 |
Ireland |
5,028,230 |
4,985,674 |
4,934,340 |
4,867,316 |
4,807,388 |
West Bank And Gaza |
4,922,749 |
4,803,269 |
4,685,306 |
4,569,087 |
4,454,805 |
Central African Republic |
4,919,987 |
4,829,764 |
4,745,179 |
4,666,375 |
4,596,023 |
Mauritania |
4,775,110 |
4,649,660 |
4,525,698 |
4,403,312 |
4,282,582 |
Panama |
4,381,583 |
4,314,768 |
4,246,440 |
4,176,868 |
4,106,764 |
Kuwait |
4,328,553 |
4,270,563 |
4,207,077 |
4,137,314 |
4,056,102 |
Croatia |
3,899,000 |
4,047,680 |
4,065,253 |
4,087,843 |
4,124,531 |
Georgia |
3,708,610 |
3,722,716 |
3,720,161 |
3,726,549 |
3,728,004 |
Uruguay |
3,485,152 |
3,473,727 |
3,461,731 |
3,449,290 |
3,436,645 |
Mongolia |
3,329,282 |
3,278,292 |
3,225,166 |
3,170,214 |
3,113,788 |
Puerto Rico |
3,263,584 |
3,281,538 |
3,193,694 |
3,193,354 |
3,325,286 |
Bosnia |
3,263,459 |
3,280,815 |
3,300,998 |
3,323,929 |
3,351,534 |
Jamaica |
2,973,462 |
2,961,161 |
2,948,277 |
2,934,853 |
2,920,848 |
Armenia |
2,968,128 |
2,963,234 |
2,957,728 |
2,951,741 |
2,944,789 |
Qatar |
2,930,524 |
2,881,060 |
2,832,071 |
2,781,682 |
2,724,727 |
Albania |
2,811,666 |
2,837,849 |
2,854,191 |
2,866,376 |
2,873,457 |
Lithuania |
2,795,321 |
2,794,885 |
2,794,137 |
2,801,543 |
2,828,403 |
Namibia |
2,587,344 |
2,540,916 |
2,494,524 |
2,448,300 |
2,402,623 |
Moldova |
2,573,928 |
2,620,495 |
2,664,974 |
2,708,214 |
2,755,158 |
Gambia |
2,486,937 |
2,416,664 |
2,347,696 |
2,280,092 |
2,213,900 |
Botswana |
2,397,240 |
2,351,625 |
2,303,703 |
2,254,067 |
2,205,076 |
Gabon |
2,278,829 |
2,225,728 |
2,172,578 |
2,119,275 |
2,064,812 |
Lesotho |
2,159,067 |
2,142,252 |
2,125,267 |
2,108,327 |
2,091,532 |
Slovenia |
2,107,007 |
2,102,419 |
2,088,385 |
2,073,894 |
2,066,388 |
North Macedonia |
2,065,092 |
2,072,531 |
2,076,694 |
2,076,217 |
2,074,502 |
Guinea-Bissau |
2,015,490 |
1,967,998 |
1,920,917 |
1,874,304 |
1,828,146 |
Latvia |
1,883,162 |
1,900,449 |
1,913,822 |
1,927,174 |
1,942,248 |
Kosovo |
1,806,279 |
1,790,133 |
1,788,878 |
1,797,085 |
1,791,003 |
Bahrain |
1,748,295 |
1,701,583 |
1,641,164 |
1,569,440 |
1,494,077 |
Equatorial Guinea |
1,449,891 |
1,402,985 |
1,355,982 |
1,308,966 |
1,262,008 |
Trinidad And Tobago |
1,403,374 |
1,399,491 |
1,394,969 |
1,389,841 |
1,384,060 |
Timor-Leste |
1,343,875 |
1,318,442 |
1,293,120 |
1,267,975 |
1,243,260 |
Estonia |
1,329,254 |
1,329,479 |
1,326,855 |
1,321,977 |
1,317,384 |
Mauritius |
1,266,060 |
1,265,740 |
1,265,711 |
1,265,303 |
1,264,613 |
Cyprus |
1,215,588 |
1,207,361 |
1,198,574 |
1,189,262 |
1,179,685 |
Eswatini |
1,172,369 |
1,160,164 |
1,148,133 |
1,136,274 |
1,124,808 |
Djibouti |
1,002,197 |
988,002 |
973,557 |
958,923 |
944,100 |
Fiji |
902,899 |
896,444 |
889,955 |
883,490 |
877,460 |
Comoros |
888,456 |
869,595 |
850,891 |
832,322 |
813,890 |
Guyana |
790,329 |
786,559 |
782,775 |
779,007 |
775,218 |
Bhutan |
779,900 |
771,612 |
763,094 |
754,396 |
745,563 |
Solomon Islands |
703,995 |
686,878 |
669,821 |
652,856 |
636,030 |
Macao |
658,391 |
649,342 |
640,446 |
631,633 |
622,578 |
Luxembourg |
639,070 |
630,419 |
620,001 |
607,950 |
596,336 |
Montenegro |
620,173 |
621,306 |
622,028 |
622,227 |
622,373 |
Suriname |
591,798 |
586,634 |
581,363 |
575,987 |
570,501 |
Cabo Verde |
561,901 |
555,988 |
549,936 |
543,764 |
537,499 |
Maldives |
543,620 |
540,542 |
530,957 |
515,704 |
496,398 |
Malta |
516,869 |
515,332 |
504,062 |
484,630 |
467,999 |
Brunei |
441,532 |
437,483 |
433,296 |
428,960 |
424,481 |
Belize |
404,915 |
397,621 |
390,351 |
383,071 |
375,775 |
Bahamas |
396,914 |
393,248 |
389,486 |
385,635 |
381,749 |
Iceland |
372,295 |
366,463 |
360,563 |
352,721 |
343,400 |
Vanuatu |
314,464 |
307,150 |
299,882 |
292,675 |
285,499 |
Barbados |
287,708 |
287,371 |
287,021 |
286,640 |
286,229 |
French Polynesia |
282,534 |
280,904 |
279,285 |
277,673 |
276,108 |
New Caledonia |
272,620 |
271,960 |
271,300 |
270,650 |
270,000 |
Sao Tome And Principe |
223,364 |
219,161 |
215,048 |
211,032 |
207,086 |
Samoa |
200,144 |
198,410 |
197,093 |
196,128 |
195,358 |
St. Lucia |
184,401 |
183,629 |
182,795 |
181,890 |
180,955 |
Channel Islands |
175,244 |
173,859 |
172,264 |
170,496 |
168,666 |
Guam |
170,184 |
168,783 |
167,295 |
165,770 |
164,281 |
Curacao |
152,369 |
154,947 |
157,441 |
159,336 |
160,175 |
Kiribati |
121,388 |
119,446 |
117,608 |
115,842 |
114,153 |
Micronesia |
116,255 |
115,021 |
113,811 |
112,640 |
111,461 |
Grenada |
113,015 |
112,519 |
112,002 |
111,449 |
110,874 |
St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
111,269 |
110,947 |
110,593 |
110,210 |
109,826 |
Aruba |
107,195 |
106,766 |
106,310 |
105,846 |
105,361 |
Tonga |
106,759 |
105,697 |
104,497 |
103,199 |
102,002 |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
105,870 |
106,290 |
106,669 |
107,001 |
107,281 |
Seychelles |
99,202 |
98,462 |
97,625 |
96,762 |
95,843 |
Antigua And Barbuda |
98,728 |
97,928 |
97,115 |
96,282 |
95,425 |
Isle Of Man |
85,410 |
85,032 |
84,589 |
84,073 |
83,610 |
Andorra |
77,354 |
77,265 |
77,146 |
77,008 |
76,997 |
Dominica |
72,172 |
71,991 |
71,808 |
71,626 |
71,460 |
Cayman Islands |
66,498 |
65,720 |
64,948 |
64,172 |
63,382 |
Bermuda |
63,867 |
63,893 |
63,911 |
63,918 |
63,873 |
Marshall Islands |
59,618 |
59,194 |
58,791 |
58,412 |
58,053 |
Northern Mariana Islands |
57,910 |
57,557 |
57,213 |
56,889 |
56,553 |
Greenland |
56,653 |
56,367 |
56,225 |
56,023 |
56,171 |
American Samoa |
55,103 |
55,197 |
55,312 |
55,461 |
55,617 |
St. Kitts And Nevis |
53,546 |
53,192 |
52,834 |
52,438 |
52,036 |
Faroe Islands |
49,053 |
48,865 |
48,677 |
48,497 |
48,326 |
Sint Maarten (Dutch Part) |
42,846 |
42,310 |
41,608 |
40,895 |
40,574 |
Monaco |
39,520 |
39,244 |
38,967 |
38,682 |
38,392 |
St. Martin (French Part) |
39,239 |
38,659 |
38,002 |
37,264 |
36,569 |
Turks And Caicos Islands |
39,226 |
38,718 |
38,194 |
37,667 |
37,116 |
Liechtenstein |
38,254 |
38,137 |
38,020 |
37,918 |
37,805 |
San Marino |
34,010 |
33,938 |
33,864 |
33,784 |
33,671 |
Gibraltar |
33,691 |
33,691 |
33,706 |
33,715 |
33,723 |
British Virgin Islands |
30,423 |
30,237 |
30,033 |
29,795 |
29,567 |
Palau |
18,174 |
18,092 |
18,001 |
17,911 |
17,809 |
Tuvalu |
11,925 |
11,792 |
11,655 |
11,505 |
11,365 |
Nauru |
10,873 |
10,834 |
10,764 |
10,678 |
10,577 |