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 |
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
| India |
1,438,069,596 |
1,425,423,212 |
1,414,203,896 |
1,402,617,695 |
1,389,030,312 |
| China |
1,410,710,000 |
1,412,175,000 |
1,412,360,000 |
1,411,100,000 |
1,407,745,000 |
| United States |
336,755,052 |
333,996,304 |
332,100,166 |
331,578,104 |
330,226,227 |
| Indonesia |
281,190,067 |
278,830,529 |
276,758,053 |
274,814,866 |
272,489,381 |
| Pakistan |
247,504,495 |
243,700,667 |
239,477,801 |
235,001,746 |
230,800,899 |
| Nigeria |
227,882,945 |
223,150,896 |
218,529,286 |
213,996,181 |
209,485,641 |
| Brazil |
211,140,729 |
210,306,415 |
209,550,294 |
208,660,842 |
207,455,459 |
| Bangladesh |
171,466,990 |
169,384,897 |
167,658,854 |
166,298,024 |
164,913,055 |
| Russia |
143,826,130 |
144,236,933 |
144,746,762 |
145,245,148 |
145,453,291 |
| Mexico |
129,739,759 |
128,613,117 |
127,648,148 |
126,799,054 |
125,762,982 |
| Ethiopia |
128,691,692 |
125,384,287 |
122,138,588 |
118,917,671 |
115,737,383 |
| Japan |
124,516,650 |
125,124,989 |
125,681,593 |
126,261,000 |
126,633,000 |
| Philippines |
114,891,199 |
113,964,338 |
113,100,950 |
112,081,264 |
110,804,683 |
| Egypt |
114,535,772 |
112,618,250 |
110,957,008 |
109,315,124 |
107,553,158 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo |
105,789,731 |
102,396,968 |
99,148,932 |
95,989,998 |
92,947,442 |
| Vietnam |
100,352,192 |
99,680,655 |
98,935,098 |
98,079,191 |
97,173,776 |
| Iran |
90,608,707 |
89,524,246 |
88,455,488 |
87,723,443 |
87,051,648 |
| Turkey |
85,325,965 |
84,979,913 |
84,147,318 |
83,384,680 |
82,579,440 |
| Germany |
83,287,273 |
83,177,813 |
83,196,078 |
83,160,871 |
83,092,962 |
| Thailand |
71,702,435 |
71,735,329 |
71,727,332 |
71,641,484 |
71,522,271 |
| United Kingdom |
68,526,000 |
67,636,000 |
66,978,000 |
66,740,000 |
66,628,000 |
| France |
68,372,286 |
68,184,457 |
67,842,811 |
67,601,110 |
67,382,061 |
| Tanzania |
66,617,606 |
64,711,821 |
62,830,412 |
60,972,798 |
59,174,891 |
| South Africa |
63,212,384 |
62,378,410 |
61,502,603 |
60,562,381 |
59,587,885 |
| Italy |
58,984,216 |
59,013,667 |
59,133,173 |
59,438,851 |
59,729,081 |
| Kenya |
55,339,003 |
54,252,461 |
53,219,166 |
52,217,334 |
51,202,827 |
| Myanmar |
54,133,798 |
53,756,787 |
53,387,102 |
53,016,522 |
52,640,713 |
| Colombia |
52,321,152 |
51,737,944 |
51,188,173 |
50,629,997 |
49,907,985 |
| South Korea |
51,712,619 |
51,672,569 |
51,769,539 |
51,836,239 |
51,764,822 |
| Sudan |
50,042,791 |
49,383,346 |
48,066,924 |
46,789,231 |
45,548,175 |
| Uganda |
48,656,601 |
47,312,719 |
45,910,930 |
44,457,152 |
42,999,637 |
| Spain |
48,352,528 |
47,786,102 |
47,443,821 |
47,359,424 |
47,118,501 |
| Algeria |
46,164,219 |
45,477,389 |
44,761,099 |
44,042,091 |
43,294,546 |
| Argentina |
45,538,401 |
45,407,904 |
45,312,281 |
45,191,965 |
44,973,465 |
| Iraq |
45,074,049 |
44,070,551 |
43,071,211 |
42,116,605 |
41,192,171 |
| Afghanistan |
41,454,761 |
40,578,842 |
40,000,412 |
39,068,979 |
37,856,121 |
| Canada |
40,049,088 |
38,950,132 |
38,239,864 |
38,028,638 |
37,618,495 |
| Yemen |
39,390,799 |
38,222,876 |
37,140,230 |
36,134,863 |
35,111,408 |
| Ukraine |
37,732,836 |
41,048,766 |
44,298,640 |
44,680,014 |
44,957,458 |
| Morocco |
37,712,505 |
37,329,064 |
36,954,442 |
36,584,208 |
36,210,898 |
| Angola |
36,749,906 |
35,635,029 |
34,532,429 |
33,451,132 |
32,375,632 |
| Poland |
36,687,353 |
36,821,749 |
36,981,559 |
37,515,748 |
37,965,475 |
| Uzbekistan |
35,652,307 |
34,938,955 |
34,243,696 |
33,586,372 |
32,964,701 |
| Malaysia |
35,126,298 |
34,695,493 |
34,282,399 |
33,889,558 |
33,440,596 |
| Peru |
33,845,617 |
33,475,438 |
33,155,882 |
32,838,579 |
32,449,303 |
| Ghana |
33,787,914 |
33,149,152 |
32,518,665 |
31,887,809 |
31,258,945 |
| Saudi Arabia |
33,702,731 |
32,175,224 |
30,784,383 |
31,552,510 |
30,063,799 |
| Mozambique |
33,635,160 |
32,656,246 |
31,707,800 |
30,783,688 |
29,884,380 |
| Madagascar |
31,195,932 |
30,437,261 |
29,691,083 |
28,953,556 |
28,219,554 |
| Nepal |
29,694,614 |
29,715,436 |
29,475,010 |
28,966,574 |
28,414,064 |
| Cameroon |
28,372,687 |
27,632,771 |
26,915,758 |
26,210,558 |
25,506,095 |
| Venezuela |
28,300,854 |
28,213,017 |
28,237,826 |
28,444,077 |
28,938,098 |
| Australia |
26,659,922 |
26,018,721 |
25,685,412 |
25,649,248 |
25,334,826 |
| North Korea |
26,418,204 |
26,328,845 |
26,232,534 |
26,136,312 |
26,037,632 |
| Niger |
26,159,867 |
25,311,973 |
24,502,140 |
23,717,613 |
22,947,757 |
| Mali |
23,769,127 |
23,072,640 |
22,388,630 |
21,713,836 |
21,068,405 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
23,594,623 |
22,462,173 |
21,628,839 |
21,049,429 |
20,353,534 |
| Burkina Faso |
23,025,776 |
22,509,038 |
21,995,243 |
21,478,690 |
20,961,952 |
| Sri Lanka |
22,037,000 |
22,181,000 |
22,156,000 |
21,919,000 |
21,803,000 |
| Malawi |
21,104,482 |
20,568,728 |
20,047,258 |
19,533,888 |
19,025,752 |
| Zambia |
20,723,965 |
20,152,938 |
19,603,607 |
19,059,395 |
18,513,839 |
| Kazakhstan |
20,330,104 |
20,034,609 |
19,743,603 |
19,482,117 |
19,209,555 |
| Chile |
19,658,835 |
19,553,036 |
19,456,334 |
19,370,624 |
19,197,744 |
| Chad |
19,319,064 |
18,455,316 |
17,828,273 |
17,224,679 |
16,685,223 |
| Romania |
19,061,062 |
19,048,502 |
19,122,059 |
19,265,250 |
19,371,648 |
| Somalia |
18,358,615 |
17,801,897 |
17,271,431 |
16,651,191 |
16,030,971 |
| Guatemala |
18,124,838 |
17,847,877 |
17,598,650 |
17,357,325 |
17,103,803 |
| Senegal |
18,077,573 |
17,651,103 |
17,220,867 |
16,789,219 |
16,352,922 |
| Ecuador |
17,980,083 |
17,823,897 |
17,682,454 |
17,546,065 |
17,340,021 |
| Netherlands |
17,877,117 |
17,700,982 |
17,533,044 |
17,441,500 |
17,344,874 |
| Cambodia |
17,423,880 |
17,201,724 |
16,974,305 |
16,725,474 |
16,481,304 |
| Zimbabwe |
16,340,822 |
16,069,056 |
15,797,210 |
15,526,888 |
15,271,368 |
| Guinea |
14,405,468 |
14,055,137 |
13,710,513 |
13,371,183 |
13,034,346 |
| Benin |
14,111,034 |
13,759,501 |
13,413,417 |
13,070,169 |
12,726,755 |
| Rwanda |
13,954,471 |
13,651,030 |
13,355,260 |
13,065,837 |
12,776,103 |
| Burundi |
13,689,450 |
13,321,097 |
12,965,481 |
12,617,036 |
12,255,336 |
| Bolivia |
12,244,159 |
12,077,154 |
11,937,360 |
11,816,299 |
11,671,386 |
| Tunisia |
12,200,431 |
12,119,334 |
12,048,622 |
11,974,057 |
11,875,081 |
| Belgium |
11,779,946 |
11,680,210 |
11,586,195 |
11,538,604 |
11,488,980 |
| Haiti |
11,637,398 |
11,503,606 |
11,374,586 |
11,243,848 |
11,105,163 |
| South Sudan |
11,483,374 |
11,021,177 |
10,865,780 |
10,698,467 |
10,423,384 |
| Jordan |
11,439,213 |
11,256,263 |
11,066,356 |
10,865,228 |
10,671,891 |
| Dominican Republic |
11,331,265 |
11,230,734 |
11,123,476 |
11,008,300 |
10,894,043 |
| Cuba |
11,019,931 |
11,059,820 |
11,122,168 |
11,176,354 |
11,202,846 |
| Czech Republic |
10,864,042 |
10,672,118 |
10,505,772 |
10,697,858 |
10,671,870 |
| Honduras |
10,644,851 |
10,463,872 |
10,289,877 |
10,119,640 |
9,943,633 |
| Portugal |
10,578,174 |
10,434,332 |
10,361,831 |
10,297,081 |
10,286,263 |
| Sweden |
10,536,632 |
10,486,941 |
10,415,811 |
10,353,442 |
10,278,887 |
| UAE |
10,483,751 |
10,074,977 |
9,575,152 |
9,401,038 |
9,445,785 |
| Greece |
10,407,351 |
10,437,805 |
10,570,130 |
10,698,599 |
10,721,582 |
| Tajikistan |
10,389,799 |
10,182,222 |
9,966,908 |
9,749,310 |
9,529,966 |
| Papua New Guinea |
10,389,635 |
10,203,169 |
10,012,896 |
9,815,746 |
9,609,010 |
| Azerbaijan |
10,153,958 |
10,141,756 |
10,137,750 |
10,093,121 |
10,024,283 |
| Israel |
9,849,000 |
9,557,500 |
9,371,400 |
9,215,100 |
9,054,000 |
| Hungary |
9,592,186 |
9,605,074 |
9,630,932 |
9,670,419 |
9,694,824 |
| Belarus |
9,178,298 |
9,228,071 |
9,302,585 |
9,379,952 |
9,419,758 |
| Austria |
9,131,761 |
9,041,851 |
8,955,797 |
8,916,864 |
8,879,920 |
| Switzerland |
8,888,822 |
8,777,088 |
8,704,546 |
8,638,167 |
8,575,280 |
| Sierra Leone |
8,460,512 |
8,276,807 |
8,094,602 |
7,912,558 |
7,731,991 |
| Togo |
8,223,850 |
8,068,616 |
7,936,176 |
7,788,054 |
7,619,925 |
| Lao PDR |
7,664,993 |
7,559,007 |
7,453,194 |
7,346,533 |
7,237,636 |
| Hong Kong |
7,536,100 |
7,346,100 |
7,413,100 |
7,481,000 |
7,507,900 |
| Turkmenistan |
7,364,438 |
7,230,193 |
7,092,043 |
6,949,912 |
6,803,944 |
| Libya |
7,305,659 |
7,223,805 |
7,135,175 |
7,045,399 |
6,951,033 |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
7,099,750 |
6,975,220 |
6,851,224 |
6,726,596 |
6,590,211 |
| Paraguay |
6,844,146 |
6,760,464 |
6,684,182 |
6,603,739 |
6,515,058 |
| Nicaragua |
6,823,613 |
6,730,654 |
6,644,741 |
6,565,267 |
6,483,657 |
| Serbia |
6,623,183 |
6,664,449 |
6,834,326 |
6,899,126 |
6,945,235 |
| Bulgaria |
6,446,596 |
6,465,097 |
6,507,301 |
6,550,696 |
6,616,726 |
| El Salvador |
6,309,624 |
6,280,319 |
6,255,782 |
6,234,673 |
6,222,318 |
| Republic Of Congo |
6,182,885 |
6,035,104 |
5,892,183 |
5,752,791 |
5,616,661 |
| Denmark |
5,946,952 |
5,903,037 |
5,856,733 |
5,831,404 |
5,814,422 |
| Singapore |
5,917,648 |
5,637,022 |
5,453,566 |
5,685,807 |
5,703,569 |
| Lebanon |
5,773,493 |
5,744,489 |
5,718,122 |
5,702,398 |
5,794,594 |
| Finland |
5,583,911 |
5,556,106 |
5,541,017 |
5,529,543 |
5,521,606 |
| Norway |
5,519,601 |
5,457,127 |
5,408,320 |
5,379,475 |
5,347,896 |
| Liberia |
5,493,031 |
5,373,294 |
5,259,323 |
5,149,463 |
5,043,721 |
| Slovak Republic |
5,426,740 |
5,431,752 |
5,447,247 |
5,458,827 |
5,454,147 |
| Ireland |
5,311,538 |
5,212,836 |
5,110,585 |
5,039,747 |
4,976,456 |
| New Zealand |
5,200,000 |
5,081,700 |
5,084,600 |
5,072,400 |
4,970,300 |
| West Bank And Gaza |
5,165,775 |
5,043,612 |
4,922,749 |
4,803,269 |
4,685,306 |
| Central African Republic |
5,152,421 |
5,098,039 |
5,112,100 |
5,026,628 |
4,944,703 |
| Costa Rica |
5,105,525 |
5,081,765 |
5,059,988 |
5,034,320 |
4,999,553 |
| Oman |
5,049,269 |
4,730,226 |
4,500,424 |
4,522,497 |
4,591,241 |
| Mauritania |
5,022,441 |
4,875,637 |
4,734,874 |
4,600,131 |
4,467,708 |
| Kuwait |
4,853,420 |
4,589,643 |
4,360,865 |
4,400,267 |
4,442,316 |
| Panama |
4,458,759 |
4,400,773 |
4,345,405 |
4,293,261 |
4,234,700 |
| Croatia |
3,859,686 |
3,855,641 |
3,878,981 |
3,914,206 |
3,949,390 |
| Georgia |
3,715,483 |
3,712,502 |
3,708,610 |
3,722,716 |
3,720,161 |
| Mongolia |
3,481,145 |
3,433,748 |
3,383,741 |
3,327,204 |
3,267,673 |
| Eritrea |
3,470,390 |
3,409,447 |
3,350,183 |
3,291,271 |
3,240,194 |
| Uruguay |
3,388,081 |
3,390,913 |
3,396,695 |
3,398,968 |
3,397,206 |
| Puerto Rico |
3,203,794 |
3,220,148 |
3,262,731 |
3,281,591 |
3,302,691 |
| Bosnia |
3,185,073 |
3,204,802 |
3,244,907 |
3,299,349 |
3,345,533 |
| Armenia |
2,964,300 |
2,969,200 |
2,962,300 |
2,961,500 |
2,962,500 |
| Namibia |
2,963,095 |
2,889,662 |
2,810,548 |
2,728,762 |
2,650,494 |
| Lithuania |
2,871,585 |
2,831,639 |
2,808,380 |
2,810,369 |
2,811,089 |
| Jamaica |
2,839,786 |
2,839,144 |
2,837,682 |
2,830,739 |
2,823,271 |
| Gambia |
2,697,845 |
2,636,470 |
2,576,010 |
2,515,733 |
2,456,844 |
| Qatar |
2,656,032 |
2,657,333 |
2,504,910 |
2,794,148 |
2,638,657 |
| Gabon |
2,484,789 |
2,430,747 |
2,376,722 |
2,322,539 |
2,267,706 |
| Botswana |
2,480,244 |
2,439,892 |
2,401,441 |
2,365,894 |
2,332,083 |
| Moldova |
2,457,783 |
2,528,654 |
2,595,809 |
2,635,130 |
2,664,224 |
| Albania |
2,411,658 |
2,451,636 |
2,489,762 |
2,528,480 |
2,567,801 |
| Lesotho |
2,311,472 |
2,286,110 |
2,261,542 |
2,235,727 |
2,209,405 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
2,153,339 |
2,105,529 |
2,058,841 |
2,013,255 |
1,967,696 |
| Slovenia |
2,120,461 |
2,112,076 |
2,108,079 |
2,102,419 |
2,088,385 |
| Latvia |
1,883,710 |
1,879,383 |
1,884,490 |
1,900,449 |
1,913,822 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
1,847,549 |
1,803,545 |
1,758,786 |
1,716,468 |
1,670,177 |
| North Macedonia |
1,827,816 |
1,831,712 |
1,837,114 |
1,856,124 |
1,876,262 |
| Kosovo |
1,682,668 |
1,768,096 |
1,786,079 |
1,790,151 |
1,788,891 |
| Bahrain |
1,577,059 |
1,524,693 |
1,504,365 |
1,472,204 |
1,483,756 |
| Timor-Leste |
1,384,286 |
1,369,295 |
1,350,139 |
1,326,053 |
1,300,945 |
| Estonia |
1,370,286 |
1,348,840 |
1,330,932 |
1,329,522 |
1,326,898 |
| Trinidad And Tobago |
1,367,510 |
1,365,805 |
1,367,558 |
1,366,725 |
1,363,985 |
| Cyprus |
1,344,976 |
1,331,370 |
1,317,309 |
1,302,247 |
1,286,671 |
| Mauritius |
1,248,647 |
1,262,523 |
1,266,334 |
1,266,014 |
1,265,985 |
| Eswatini |
1,230,506 |
1,218,917 |
1,206,593 |
1,192,729 |
1,179,874 |
| Djibouti |
1,152,944 |
1,137,096 |
1,121,248 |
1,105,188 |
1,088,709 |
| Fiji |
924,145 |
919,422 |
916,711 |
914,963 |
914,899 |
| Comoros |
850,387 |
834,188 |
818,174 |
802,163 |
786,578 |
| Guyana |
826,353 |
821,637 |
815,482 |
807,481 |
807,665 |
| Solomon Islands |
800,005 |
781,066 |
762,591 |
744,498 |
728,147 |
| Bhutan |
786,385 |
780,914 |
775,442 |
770,006 |
764,824 |
| Macao |
678,800 |
677,300 |
682,500 |
685,400 |
672,000 |
| Luxembourg |
666,430 |
653,103 |
640,064 |
630,419 |
620,001 |
| Suriname |
628,886 |
623,164 |
617,896 |
612,317 |
605,768 |
| Montenegro |
623,529 |
623,591 |
625,053 |
626,590 |
626,753 |
| Malta |
552,747 |
531,113 |
518,150 |
515,490 |
503,912 |
| Maldives |
525,994 |
524,106 |
516,154 |
502,118 |
487,731 |
| Cabo Verde |
522,331 |
519,741 |
516,649 |
514,679 |
514,104 |
| Brunei |
458,949 |
455,370 |
451,721 |
447,404 |
442,680 |
| Belize |
411,106 |
402,733 |
395,346 |
390,812 |
385,829 |
| Bahamas |
399,440 |
397,538 |
396,373 |
395,863 |
394,675 |
| Iceland |
385,663 |
382,003 |
372,520 |
366,463 |
360,563 |
| Vanuatu |
320,409 |
313,046 |
305,868 |
298,858 |
291,985 |
| New Caledonia |
289,870 |
287,123 |
285,214 |
284,176 |
283,606 |
| Barbados |
282,336 |
282,318 |
282,147 |
281,698 |
281,207 |
| French Polynesia |
281,118 |
280,378 |
279,792 |
279,209 |
279,034 |
| Sao Tome And Principe |
230,871 |
226,305 |
221,961 |
217,435 |
213,392 |
| Samoa |
216,663 |
215,261 |
213,779 |
211,944 |
209,780 |
| St. Lucia |
179,285 |
178,781 |
178,522 |
178,250 |
177,661 |
| Channel Islands |
167,691 |
167,215 |
166,741 |
166,235 |
165,639 |
| Guam |
166,506 |
165,180 |
163,730 |
162,158 |
161,808 |
| Curacao |
154,654 |
153,321 |
153,948 |
155,482 |
157,441 |
| Kiribati |
132,530 |
130,469 |
128,377 |
126,099 |
123,921 |
| Seychelles |
119,773 |
119,878 |
99,258 |
98,462 |
97,625 |
| Grenada |
117,081 |
116,913 |
116,688 |
116,341 |
115,981 |
| Micronesia |
112,630 |
112,114 |
111,624 |
110,916 |
110,282 |
| Aruba |
107,359 |
107,310 |
107,700 |
108,587 |
109,203 |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
104,917 |
105,413 |
105,870 |
106,290 |
106,669 |
| Tonga |
104,597 |
105,042 |
105,490 |
105,704 |
105,669 |
| St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
101,323 |
102,046 |
102,841 |
103,526 |
104,167 |
| Antigua And Barbuda |
93,316 |
92,840 |
92,349 |
91,846 |
91,364 |
| Isle Of Man |
84,165 |
84,132 |
84,106 |
84,064 |
83,957 |
| Andorra |
80,856 |
79,705 |
78,364 |
77,380 |
76,474 |
| Cayman Islands |
73,038 |
71,591 |
70,108 |
68,684 |
67,327 |
| Dominica |
66,510 |
66,826 |
67,202 |
67,573 |
67,880 |
| Bermuda |
64,698 |
64,749 |
64,648 |
64,382 |
64,107 |
| Greenland |
56,865 |
56,661 |
56,653 |
56,367 |
56,225 |
| Faroe Islands |
54,398 |
53,903 |
53,291 |
52,561 |
51,790 |
| American Samoa |
47,521 |
48,342 |
49,225 |
49,761 |
50,209 |
| St. Kitts And Nevis |
46,758 |
46,709 |
46,763 |
46,870 |
46,952 |
| Turks And Caicos Islands |
46,198 |
45,847 |
45,243 |
44,386 |
43,166 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
45,143 |
46,078 |
46,979 |
47,528 |
48,129 |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch Part) |
42,749 |
42,139 |
41,571 |
41,008 |
40,385 |
| Liechtenstein |
39,846 |
39,493 |
39,182 |
38,901 |
38,563 |
| British Virgin Islands |
38,985 |
38,319 |
37,809 |
37,135 |
36,395 |
| Monaco |
38,956 |
38,931 |
38,527 |
38,050 |
38,109 |
| Marshall Islands |
38,827 |
40,077 |
41,367 |
42,706 |
44,007 |
| Gibraltar |
38,471 |
37,609 |
36,858 |
36,173 |
35,494 |
| San Marino |
33,860 |
33,755 |
34,252 |
34,770 |
34,663 |
| St. Martin (French Part) |
27,515 |
28,870 |
29,961 |
31,786 |
34,267 |
| Palau |
17,727 |
17,759 |
17,783 |
17,792 |
17,798 |
| Nauru |
11,875 |
11,801 |
11,709 |
11,643 |
11,587 |
| Tuvalu |
9,816 |
9,992 |
10,194 |
10,399 |
10,581 |