Population by country, 2015
Countries217
1. China1,379,860,000
Median6,183,676
Japan127,141,00010 / 217
World7,441,084,771
Top 20
1,379,860,000
1,328,024,498
321,815,121
261,799,249
217,290,883
201,675,532
190,671,878
159,383,179
144,640,716
127,141,000
121,072,306
105,312,992
103,867,135
99,597,342
92,823,254
82,619,362
81,686,611
81,035,531
78,218,479
70,540,795
Bottom 10
37,471
37,369
36,757
36,605
34,498
33,193
32,897
17,770
10,963
10,954
Biggest increases since 2014
+9.0%
+8.6%
+5.5%
+5.3%
+4.7%
+4.6%
+4.6%
+4.4%
+4.2%
+3.9%
Biggest decreases since 2014
-4.2%
-2.1%
-2.0%
-1.5%
-1.4%
-1.4%
-1.3%
-1.3%
-1.3%
-1.2%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,379,860,000 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 1,328,024,498 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 321,815,121 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 261,799,249 | 4 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 217,290,883 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil | 201,675,532 | 6 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 190,671,878 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 159,383,179 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 144,640,716 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan | 127,141,000 | 10 |
| 11 | Mexico | 121,072,306 | 11 |
| 12 | Philippines | 105,312,992 | 12 |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 103,867,135 | 13 |
| 14 | Egypt | 99,597,342 | 14 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 92,823,254 | 15 |
| 16 | Iran | 82,619,362 | 16 |
| 17 | Germany | 81,686,611 | 17 |
| 18 | Congo - Kinshasa | 81,035,531 | 18 |
| 19 | Türkiye | 78,218,479 | 19 |
| 20 | Thailand | 70,540,795 | 20 |
| 21 | France | 66,548,272 | 21 |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 65,087,000 | 22 |
| 23 | Italy | 60,229,605 | 23 |
| 24 | South Africa | 56,723,537 | 24 |
| 25 | Tanzania | 52,020,962 | 27 |
| 26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 51,089,056 | 26 |
| 27 | South Korea | 51,014,947 | 25 |
| 28 | Kenya | 47,088,526 | 30 |
| 29 | Colombia | 46,969,940 | 28 |
| 30 | Spain | 46,422,303 | 29 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 45,784,896 | 31 |
| 32 | Argentina | 43,477,012 | 32 |
| 33 | Sudan | 40,024,431 | 34 |
| 34 | Algeria | 40,019,529 | 33 |
| 35 | Poland | 37,986,412 | 35 |
| 36 | Iraq | 37,560,535 | 36 |
| 37 | Uganda | 37,531,446 | 37 |
| 38 | Canada | 35,704,498 | 38 |
| 39 | Morocco | 34,607,588 | 39 |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 33,831,764 | 40 |
| 41 | Malaysia | 31,232,798 | 41 |
| 42 | Yemen | 31,159,379 | 43 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 30,749,346 | 44 |
| 44 | Venezuela | 30,573,972 | 42 |
| 45 | Peru | 30,457,600 | 45 |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 29,816,382 | 46 |
| 47 | Ghana | 28,696,068 | 47 |
| 48 | Angola | 28,157,798 | 49 |
| 49 | Nepal | 27,823,629 | 48 |
| 50 | Mozambique | 26,547,572 | 50 |
| 51 | North Korea | 25,575,350 | 51 |
| 52 | Madagascar | 25,426,702 | 52 |
| 53 | Côte d’Ivoire | 25,246,342 | 53 |
| 54 | Australia | 23,815,995 | 54 |
| 55 | Cameroon | 22,763,414 | 55 |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 20,970,000 | 56 |
| 57 | Niger | 19,939,498 | 59 |
| 58 | Romania | 19,815,616 | 58 |
| 59 | Syria | 19,424,618 | 57 |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 18,777,487 | 60 |
| 61 | Mali | 18,593,022 | 61 |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 18,084,169 | 63 |
| 63 | Chile | 18,047,625 | 62 |
| 64 | Malawi | 17,085,587 | 65 |
| 65 | Netherlands | 16,939,923 | 64 |
| 66 | Zambia | 16,399,089 | 67 |
| 67 | Ecuador | 16,266,225 | 66 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 15,971,743 | 68 |
| 69 | Cambodia | 15,623,251 | 69 |
| 70 | Chad | 14,647,621 | 71 |
| 71 | Senegal | 14,593,331 | 72 |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 14,399,013 | 70 |
| 73 | Somalia | 13,806,963 | 73 |
| 74 | Guinea | 11,767,070 | 74 |
| 75 | Rwanda | 11,640,022 | 75 |
| 76 | Tunisia | 11,402,264 | 77 |
| 77 | Benin | 11,360,681 | 80 |
| 78 | Cuba | 11,275,065 | 76 |
| 79 | Belgium | 11,274,196 | 79 |
| 80 | South Sudan | 11,107,561 | 78 |
| 81 | Burundi | 11,047,580 | 83 |
| 82 | Bolivia | 11,014,705 | 82 |
| 83 | Greece | 10,820,883 | 81 |
| 84 | Czechia | 10,546,059 | 84 |
| 85 | Haiti | 10,523,242 | 86 |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 10,434,829 | 87 |
| 87 | Portugal | 10,358,076 | 85 |
| 88 | Sweden | 9,799,186 | 89 |
| 89 | Hungary | 9,797,755 | 88 |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 9,649,341 | 90 |
| 91 | Jordan | 9,544,729 | 93 |
| 92 | Belarus | 9,461,076 | 91 |
| 93 | Honduras | 9,237,305 | 92 |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 8,743,246 | 95 |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 8,643,840 | 96 |
| 96 | Austria | 8,642,699 | 94 |
| 97 | United Arab Emirates | 8,505,237 | 99 |
| 98 | Israel | 8,380,100 | 97 |
| 99 | Switzerland | 8,282,396 | 98 |
| 100 | Hong Kong | 7,291,300 | 100 |
| 101 | Serbia | 7,095,383 | 101 |
| 102 | Togo | 7,071,502 | 103 |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 7,037,655 | 104 |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 6,984,225 | 102 |
| 105 | Laos | 6,801,645 | 105 |
| 106 | Libya | 6,531,819 | 106 |
| 107 | Lebanon | 6,472,469 | 107 |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 6,215,770 | 109 |
| 109 | El Salvador | 6,183,676 | 108 |
| 110 | Paraguay | 6,159,103 | 110 |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 6,149,417 | 111 |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,040,036 | 112 |
| 113 | Denmark | 5,683,483 | 113 |
| 114 | Singapore | 5,535,002 | 114 |
| 115 | Finland | 5,479,531 | 115 |
| 116 | Slovakia | 5,423,801 | 116 |
| 117 | Norway | 5,188,607 | 117 |
| 118 | Congo - Brazzaville | 5,097,581 | 118 |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 4,818,038 | 119 |
| 120 | Ireland | 4,701,957 | 120 |
| 121 | Liberia | 4,659,431 | 122 |
| 122 | Central African Republic | 4,629,320 | 121 |
| 123 | New Zealand | 4,609,400 | 123 |
| 124 | Palestinian Territories | 4,270,092 | 125 |
| 125 | Oman | 4,184,895 | 126 |
| 126 | Croatia | 4,151,725 | 124 |
| 127 | Mauritania | 3,965,959 | 128 |
| 128 | Panama | 3,960,035 | 127 |
| 129 | Kuwait | 3,834,574 | 130 |
| 130 | Georgia | 3,725,276 | 129 |
| 131 | Puerto Rico | 3,535,167 | 131 |
| 132 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,518,541 | 132 |
| 133 | Uruguay | 3,368,017 | 133 |
| 134 | Eritrea | 3,105,546 | 134 |
| 135 | Mongolia | 3,026,864 | 136 |
| 136 | Armenia | 3,004,600 | 135 |
| 137 | Lithuania | 2,911,109 | 137 |
| 138 | Moldova | 2,835,978 | 138 |
| 139 | Jamaica | 2,802,534 | 139 |
| 140 | Albania | 2,731,293 | 140 |
| 141 | Namibia | 2,374,300 | 141 |
| 142 | Qatar | 2,344,557 | 144 |
| 143 | Gambia | 2,224,529 | 143 |
| 144 | Botswana | 2,203,273 | 142 |
| 145 | Lesotho | 2,104,611 | 145 |
| 146 | Slovenia | 2,063,531 | 146 |
| 147 | Gabon | 2,040,989 | 148 |
| 148 | Latvia | 1,977,527 | 147 |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 1,912,430 | 149 |
| 150 | Kosovo | 1,788,274 | 150 |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,786,457 | 151 |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,453,923 | 152 |
| 153 | Bahrain | 1,370,322 | 154 |
| 154 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,349,667 | 153 |
| 155 | Estonia | 1,315,407 | 155 |
| 156 | Mauritius | 1,262,879 | 156 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,219,502 | 157 |
| 158 | Timor-Leste | 1,205,131 | 158 |
| 159 | Eswatini | 1,142,813 | 159 |
| 160 | Djibouti | 1,020,313 | 160 |
| 161 | Fiji | 918,578 | 161 |
| 162 | Guyana | 758,781 | 162 |
| 163 | Bhutan | 740,618 | 163 |
| 164 | Comoros | 726,682 | 164 |
| 165 | Macau | 642,900 | 166 |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 639,415 | 167 |
| 167 | Montenegro | 624,651 | 165 |
| 168 | Suriname | 581,627 | 168 |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 569,604 | 169 |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 512,394 | 170 |
| 171 | Malta | 444,220 | 171 |
| 172 | Maldives | 428,154 | 173 |
| 173 | Brunei | 422,212 | 172 |
| 174 | Bahamas | 385,346 | 174 |
| 175 | Belize | 356,333 | 175 |
| 176 | Iceland | 330,815 | 176 |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 283,168 | 177 |
| 178 | Barbados | 278,990 | 178 |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 277,866 | 179 |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 266,101 | 180 |
| 181 | Samoa | 201,782 | 181 |
| 182 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 200,291 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 174,905 | 183 |
| 184 | Guam | 164,905 | 184 |
| 185 | Channel Islands | 163,454 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 157,980 | 186 |
| 187 | Kiribati | 116,815 | 187 |
| 188 | Grenada | 114,676 | 188 |
| 189 | Micronesia | 108,716 | 189 |
| 190 | Aruba | 107,906 | 192 |
| 191 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 107,712 | 190 |
| 192 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 106,960 | 191 |
| 193 | Tonga | 106,095 | 193 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 93,419 | 194 |
| 195 | Antigua & Barbuda | 89,409 | 195 |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 83,593 | 196 |
| 197 | Andorra | 72,174 | 197 |
| 198 | Dominica | 70,410 | 198 |
| 199 | Bermuda | 63,464 | 199 |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 61,642 | 200 |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,114 | 201 |
| 202 | American Samoa | 52,878 | 202 |
| 203 | Northern Mariana Islands | 51,514 | 203 |
| 204 | Faroe Islands | 48,898 | 205 |
| 205 | Marshall Islands | 48,800 | 204 |
| 206 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 47,087 | 206 |
| 207 | Liechtenstein | 37,494 | 208 |
| 208 | Sint Maarten | 37,471 | 209 |
| 209 | St. Martin | 37,369 | 207 |
| 210 | Monaco | 36,757 | 210 |
| 211 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 36,605 | 211 |
| 212 | British Virgin Islands | 34,498 | 212 |
| 213 | Gibraltar | 33,193 | 213 |
| 214 | San Marino | 32,897 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 17,770 | 215 |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 10,963 | 216 |
| 217 | Nauru | 10,954 | 217 |