Population by country, 2011
Countries217
1. China1,345,035,000
Median5,814,626
Japan127,833,00010 / 217
World7,086,704,141
Top 20
1,345,035,000
1,261,224,954
311,839,461
249,470,032
203,746,065
195,284,734
171,379,598
153,591,076
143,018,195
127,833,000
115,243,504
98,248,614
93,149,970
91,093,059
88,468,314
80,274,983
78,383,598
74,223,629
70,849,311
69,007,208
Bottom 10
36,312
34,267
33,946
32,620
31,660
30,846
28,710
18,078
10,780
10,098
Biggest increases since 2010
+11.6%
+6.4%
+5.6%
+4.6%
+4.4%
+4.0%
+4.0%
+3.8%
+3.8%
+3.7%
Biggest decreases since 2010
-3.6%
-2.7%
-2.6%
-2.4%
-2.2%
-2.0%
-1.8%
-1.8%
-1.8%
-1.7%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,345,035,000 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 1,261,224,954 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 311,839,461 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 249,470,032 | 4 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 203,746,065 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil | 195,284,734 | 6 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 171,379,598 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 153,591,076 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 143,018,195 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan | 127,833,000 | 10 |
| 11 | Mexico | 115,243,504 | 11 |
| 12 | Philippines | 98,248,614 | 12 |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 93,149,970 | 13 |
| 14 | Egypt | 91,093,059 | 14 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 88,468,314 | 15 |
| 16 | Germany | 80,274,983 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 78,383,598 | 17 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 74,223,629 | 18 |
| 19 | Congo - Kinshasa | 70,849,311 | 20 |
| 20 | Thailand | 69,007,208 | 19 |
| 21 | France | 65,340,830 | 21 |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 63,258,810 | 22 |
| 23 | Italy | 60,026,841 | 23 |
| 24 | South Africa | 52,995,205 | 24 |
| 25 | South Korea | 49,936,638 | 25 |
| 26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 49,419,820 | 26 |
| 27 | Spain | 46,742,697 | 27 |
| 28 | Ukraine | 46,307,853 | 28 |
| 29 | Tanzania | 46,029,367 | 30 |
| 30 | Colombia | 45,259,614 | 29 |
| 31 | Kenya | 42,758,461 | 31 |
| 32 | Argentina | 41,730,660 | 32 |
| 33 | Poland | 38,063,255 | 33 |
| 34 | Algeria | 36,903,376 | 34 |
| 35 | Sudan | 36,140,806 | 35 |
| 36 | Canada | 34,339,221 | 36 |
| 37 | Uganda | 33,354,543 | 38 |
| 38 | Morocco | 32,912,588 | 37 |
| 39 | Iraq | 32,161,424 | 39 |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 29,347,708 | 44 |
| 41 | Peru | 29,304,086 | 40 |
| 42 | Venezuela | 29,185,212 | 41 |
| 43 | Malaysia | 29,162,039 | 42 |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 28,823,196 | 43 |
| 45 | Yemen | 27,582,897 | 46 |
| 46 | Nepal | 27,464,494 | 45 |
| 47 | Ghana | 26,095,088 | 47 |
| 48 | North Korea | 25,097,874 | 48 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 25,091,867 | 49 |
| 50 | Angola | 24,218,352 | 50 |
| 51 | Mozambique | 23,649,039 | 51 |
| 52 | Côte d’Ivoire | 22,982,000 | 52 |
| 53 | Syria | 22,878,098 | 53 |
| 54 | Madagascar | 22,822,300 | 54 |
| 55 | Australia | 22,340,024 | 55 |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 21,009,048 | 56 |
| 57 | Cameroon | 20,232,304 | 58 |
| 58 | Romania | 20,147,528 | 57 |
| 59 | Chile | 17,351,816 | 59 |
| 60 | Niger | 17,176,283 | 62 |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 17,066,002 | 60 |
| 62 | Netherlands | 16,693,074 | 61 |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 16,661,908 | 63 |
| 64 | Mali | 16,469,049 | 64 |
| 65 | Ecuador | 15,326,227 | 65 |
| 66 | Malawi | 15,265,022 | 66 |
| 67 | Guatemala | 14,792,126 | 68 |
| 68 | Cambodia | 14,722,584 | 67 |
| 69 | Zambia | 14,437,796 | 69 |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 13,595,424 | 70 |
| 71 | Senegal | 12,958,897 | 71 |
| 72 | Chad | 12,754,997 | 72 |
| 73 | Somalia | 12,348,830 | 73 |
| 74 | Cuba | 11,301,571 | 74 |
| 75 | Greece | 11,104,899 | 75 |
| 76 | Belgium | 11,038,264 | 76 |
| 77 | Tunisia | 10,886,035 | 77 |
| 78 | Guinea | 10,656,810 | 80 |
| 79 | Rwanda | 10,573,733 | 81 |
| 80 | Portugal | 10,557,560 | 78 |
| 81 | Czechia | 10,496,088 | 79 |
| 82 | Bolivia | 10,348,929 | 82 |
| 83 | South Sudan | 10,288,109 | 87 |
| 84 | Benin | 10,093,623 | 86 |
| 85 | Hungary | 9,971,727 | 83 |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 9,945,621 | 84 |
| 87 | Haiti | 9,914,904 | 85 |
| 88 | Burundi | 9,717,978 | 90 |
| 89 | Belarus | 9,461,643 | 88 |
| 90 | Sweden | 9,449,213 | 89 |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 9,173,082 | 91 |
| 92 | Honduras | 8,540,583 | 92 |
| 93 | Austria | 8,391,643 | 93 |
| 94 | Switzerland | 7,912,398 | 94 |
| 95 | Papua New Guinea | 7,859,346 | 96 |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 7,824,785 | 95 |
| 97 | Israel | 7,765,800 | 97 |
| 98 | Jordan | 7,480,424 | 99 |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 7,348,328 | 98 |
| 100 | Serbia | 7,236,519 | 100 |
| 101 | United Arab Emirates | 7,104,538 | 102 |
| 102 | Hong Kong | 7,071,600 | 101 |
| 103 | Togo | 6,500,582 | 105 |
| 104 | Laos | 6,426,590 | 104 |
| 105 | Sierra Leone | 6,387,251 | 106 |
| 106 | Libya | 6,343,203 | 103 |
| 107 | El Salvador | 6,090,127 | 107 |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 5,819,051 | 109 |
| 109 | Paraguay | 5,814,626 | 108 |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 5,683,417 | 110 |
| 111 | Denmark | 5,570,572 | 111 |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,546,587 | 112 |
| 113 | Slovakia | 5,398,384 | 113 |
| 114 | Finland | 5,388,272 | 114 |
| 115 | Singapore | 5,183,688 | 115 |
| 116 | Lebanon | 5,096,020 | 116 |
| 117 | Norway | 4,953,088 | 117 |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 4,609,833 | 119 |
| 119 | Congo - Brazzaville | 4,609,724 | 121 |
| 120 | Ireland | 4,580,084 | 118 |
| 121 | Central African Republic | 4,565,021 | 120 |
| 122 | New Zealand | 4,384,000 | 122 |
| 123 | Croatia | 4,280,622 | 123 |
| 124 | Liberia | 4,221,178 | 124 |
| 125 | Palestinian Territories | 3,882,986 | 127 |
| 126 | Georgia | 3,756,441 | 126 |
| 127 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,741,798 | 125 |
| 128 | Panama | 3,693,505 | 129 |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 3,693,464 | 128 |
| 130 | Mauritania | 3,502,811 | 130 |
| 131 | Uruguay | 3,326,825 | 131 |
| 132 | Kuwait | 3,132,814 | 135 |
| 133 | Oman | 3,076,763 | 138 |
| 134 | Lithuania | 3,028,115 | 132 |
| 135 | Armenia | 3,027,900 | 133 |
| 136 | Eritrea | 2,998,485 | 134 |
| 137 | Albania | 2,905,195 | 136 |
| 138 | Moldova | 2,860,699 | 137 |
| 139 | Mongolia | 2,786,317 | 140 |
| 140 | Jamaica | 2,760,494 | 139 |
| 141 | Namibia | 2,146,325 | 141 |
| 142 | Botswana | 2,073,535 | 144 |
| 143 | Latvia | 2,059,709 | 142 |
| 144 | Slovenia | 2,052,843 | 143 |
| 145 | Lesotho | 2,014,009 | 145 |
| 146 | Gambia | 1,983,784 | 147 |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 1,937,398 | 146 |
| 148 | Kosovo | 1,791,949 | 148 |
| 149 | Gabon | 1,781,985 | 149 |
| 150 | Qatar | 1,624,761 | 150 |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,608,076 | 151 |
| 152 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,328,019 | 153 |
| 153 | Estonia | 1,327,439 | 152 |
| 154 | Mauritius | 1,252,404 | 154 |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,241,835 | 156 |
| 156 | Bahrain | 1,195,020 | 155 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,146,493 | 157 |
| 158 | Eswatini | 1,117,833 | 158 |
| 159 | Timor-Leste | 1,110,207 | 159 |
| 160 | Djibouti | 948,558 | 160 |
| 161 | Fiji | 912,989 | 161 |
| 162 | Guyana | 746,153 | 162 |
| 163 | Bhutan | 709,377 | 163 |
| 164 | Comoros | 668,056 | 164 |
| 165 | Montenegro | 620,345 | 165 |
| 166 | Suriname | 556,269 | 166 |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 552,945 | 168 |
| 168 | Macau | 549,600 | 167 |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 518,347 | 170 |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 511,447 | 169 |
| 171 | Malta | 416,268 | 171 |
| 172 | Brunei | 399,389 | 172 |
| 173 | Maldives | 373,674 | 174 |
| 174 | Bahamas | 371,729 | 173 |
| 175 | Belize | 327,298 | 175 |
| 176 | Iceland | 319,014 | 176 |
| 177 | Barbados | 276,139 | 177 |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 271,727 | 178 |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 266,543 | 179 |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 243,474 | 180 |
| 181 | Samoa | 194,713 | 181 |
| 182 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 185,649 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 171,801 | 183 |
| 184 | Guam | 166,543 | 184 |
| 185 | Channel Islands | 159,706 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 150,831 | 186 |
| 187 | Grenada | 112,079 | 187 |
| 188 | Kiribati | 110,647 | 189 |
| 189 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 109,349 | 188 |
| 190 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 108,290 | 190 |
| 191 | Micronesia | 107,698 | 191 |
| 192 | Tonga | 107,570 | 192 |
| 193 | Aruba | 102,591 | 193 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 87,441 | 194 |
| 195 | Antigua & Barbuda | 86,332 | 195 |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 84,382 | 196 |
| 197 | Andorra | 77,783 | 197 |
| 198 | Dominica | 69,053 | 198 |
| 199 | Bermuda | 63,733 | 199 |
| 200 | Greenland | 56,890 | 200 |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 55,606 | 202 |
| 202 | American Samoa | 54,895 | 201 |
| 203 | Northern Mariana Islands | 53,608 | 203 |
| 204 | Marshall Islands | 51,907 | 204 |
| 205 | Faroe Islands | 48,542 | 205 |
| 206 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46,886 | 206 |
| 207 | St. Martin | 37,069 | 207 |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 36,312 | 208 |
| 209 | Sint Maarten | 34,267 | 209 |
| 210 | Monaco | 33,946 | 211 |
| 211 | San Marino | 32,620 | 210 |
| 212 | Gibraltar | 31,660 | 212 |
| 213 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 30,846 | 213 |
| 214 | British Virgin Islands | 28,710 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 18,078 | 215 |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 10,780 | 216 |
| 217 | Nauru | 10,098 | 217 |