Population by country, 2016
Countries217
1. China1,387,790,000
Median6,249,126
Japan127,076,00010 / 217
World7,528,221,579
Top 20
1,387,790,000
1,343,944,296
324,353,340
264,627,418
220,138,869
203,218,114
195,443,700
160,811,932
145,015,460
127,076,000
122,251,351
106,735,719
106,718,162
101,644,589
94,000,117
83,956,415
83,812,228
82,348,669
79,277,962
70,859,841
Bottom 10
38,249
37,716
37,276
37,175
33,878
33,658
33,101
17,797
11,150
10,930
Biggest increases since 2015
+5.7%
+5.1%
+4.9%
+4.8%
+4.7%
+4.4%
+3.9%
+3.9%
+3.8%
+3.7%
Biggest decreases since 2015
-2.5%
-2.3%
-2.2%
-1.8%
-1.5%
-1.5%
-1.4%
-1.3%
-1.3%
-1.2%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,387,790,000 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 1,343,944,296 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 324,353,340 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 264,627,418 | 4 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 220,138,869 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil | 203,218,114 | 6 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 195,443,700 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 160,811,932 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 145,015,460 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan | 127,076,000 | 10 |
| 11 | Mexico | 122,251,351 | 11 |
| 12 | Philippines | 106,735,719 | 12 |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 106,718,162 | 13 |
| 14 | Egypt | 101,644,589 | 14 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 94,000,117 | 15 |
| 16 | Congo - Kinshasa | 83,956,415 | 18 |
| 17 | Iran | 83,812,228 | 16 |
| 18 | Germany | 82,348,669 | 17 |
| 19 | Türkiye | 79,277,962 | 19 |
| 20 | Thailand | 70,859,841 | 20 |
| 21 | France | 66,724,104 | 21 |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 65,606,000 | 22 |
| 23 | Italy | 60,115,223 | 23 |
| 24 | South Africa | 57,259,551 | 24 |
| 25 | Tanzania | 53,824,013 | 25 |
| 26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 51,495,696 | 26 |
| 27 | South Korea | 51,217,803 | 27 |
| 28 | Kenya | 48,139,687 | 28 |
| 29 | Colombia | 47,437,512 | 29 |
| 30 | Spain | 46,458,139 | 30 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 45,616,832 | 31 |
| 32 | Argentina | 43,900,313 | 32 |
| 33 | Sudan | 41,259,892 | 33 |
| 34 | Algeria | 40,850,721 | 34 |
| 35 | Uganda | 38,799,152 | 37 |
| 36 | Iraq | 38,469,627 | 36 |
| 37 | Poland | 37,970,087 | 35 |
| 38 | Canada | 36,110,803 | 38 |
| 39 | Morocco | 35,023,457 | 39 |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 34,700,612 | 40 |
| 41 | Yemen | 32,109,010 | 42 |
| 42 | Malaysia | 31,789,685 | 41 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 31,284,568 | 43 |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 30,954,198 | 46 |
| 45 | Peru | 30,866,494 | 45 |
| 46 | Venezuela | 30,765,720 | 44 |
| 47 | Ghana | 29,356,742 | 47 |
| 48 | Angola | 29,183,070 | 48 |
| 49 | Nepal | 27,955,462 | 49 |
| 50 | Mozambique | 27,337,105 | 50 |
| 51 | Madagascar | 26,099,952 | 52 |
| 52 | Côte d’Ivoire | 25,989,405 | 53 |
| 53 | North Korea | 25,698,326 | 51 |
| 54 | Australia | 24,190,907 | 54 |
| 55 | Cameroon | 23,454,161 | 55 |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 21,209,000 | 56 |
| 57 | Niger | 20,685,753 | 57 |
| 58 | Romania | 19,702,267 | 58 |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 19,334,856 | 60 |
| 60 | Syria | 19,193,834 | 59 |
| 61 | Mali | 19,191,289 | 61 |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 18,363,600 | 62 |
| 63 | Chile | 18,267,221 | 63 |
| 64 | Malawi | 17,557,739 | 64 |
| 65 | Netherlands | 17,030,314 | 65 |
| 66 | Zambia | 16,914,423 | 66 |
| 67 | Ecuador | 16,505,139 | 67 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 16,268,760 | 68 |
| 69 | Cambodia | 15,852,803 | 69 |
| 70 | Chad | 15,114,655 | 70 |
| 71 | Senegal | 15,034,521 | 71 |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 14,600,294 | 72 |
| 73 | Somalia | 14,348,740 | 73 |
| 74 | Guinea | 12,073,030 | 74 |
| 75 | Rwanda | 11,919,183 | 75 |
| 76 | Benin | 11,697,842 | 77 |
| 77 | Tunisia | 11,528,674 | 76 |
| 78 | Belgium | 11,331,422 | 79 |
| 79 | Cuba | 11,265,612 | 78 |
| 80 | Burundi | 11,239,451 | 81 |
| 81 | Bolivia | 11,180,020 | 82 |
| 82 | South Sudan | 10,830,102 | 80 |
| 83 | Greece | 10,775,971 | 83 |
| 84 | Haiti | 10,671,457 | 85 |
| 85 | Czechia | 10,566,332 | 84 |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 10,551,430 | 86 |
| 87 | Portugal | 10,325,452 | 87 |
| 88 | Jordan | 10,006,367 | 91 |
| 89 | Sweden | 9,923,085 | 88 |
| 90 | Hungary | 9,759,755 | 89 |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 9,757,812 | 90 |
| 92 | Belarus | 9,469,379 | 92 |
| 93 | Honduras | 9,412,380 | 93 |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 8,961,718 | 94 |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 8,935,095 | 97 |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 8,865,631 | 95 |
| 97 | Austria | 8,736,668 | 96 |
| 98 | Israel | 8,546,000 | 98 |
| 99 | Switzerland | 8,373,338 | 99 |
| 100 | Hong Kong | 7,336,600 | 100 |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 7,205,328 | 103 |
| 102 | Togo | 7,200,884 | 102 |
| 103 | Serbia | 7,058,322 | 101 |
| 104 | Laos | 6,908,802 | 105 |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 6,894,139 | 104 |
| 106 | Libya | 6,632,126 | 106 |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 6,360,041 | 108 |
| 108 | Lebanon | 6,323,060 | 107 |
| 109 | Paraguay | 6,249,126 | 110 |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 6,232,666 | 111 |
| 111 | El Salvador | 6,200,800 | 109 |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,175,338 | 112 |
| 113 | Denmark | 5,728,010 | 113 |
| 114 | Singapore | 5,607,283 | 114 |
| 115 | Finland | 5,495,303 | 115 |
| 116 | Slovakia | 5,430,798 | 116 |
| 117 | Norway | 5,234,519 | 117 |
| 118 | Congo - Brazzaville | 5,222,536 | 118 |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 4,866,998 | 119 |
| 120 | Ireland | 4,762,722 | 120 |
| 121 | Liberia | 4,755,608 | 121 |
| 122 | New Zealand | 4,714,100 | 123 |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 4,713,663 | 122 |
| 124 | Oman | 4,390,877 | 125 |
| 125 | Palestinian Territories | 4,367,088 | 124 |
| 126 | Croatia | 4,106,867 | 126 |
| 127 | Mauritania | 4,086,657 | 127 |
| 128 | Panama | 4,029,086 | 128 |
| 129 | Kuwait | 4,004,096 | 129 |
| 130 | Georgia | 3,727,505 | 130 |
| 131 | Puerto Rico | 3,480,432 | 131 |
| 132 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,473,003 | 132 |
| 133 | Uruguay | 3,379,283 | 133 |
| 134 | Eritrea | 3,124,698 | 134 |
| 135 | Mongolia | 3,088,856 | 135 |
| 136 | Armenia | 2,992,300 | 136 |
| 137 | Lithuania | 2,877,325 | 137 |
| 138 | Jamaica | 2,809,915 | 139 |
| 139 | Moldova | 2,803,186 | 138 |
| 140 | Albania | 2,689,469 | 140 |
| 141 | Qatar | 2,477,113 | 142 |
| 142 | Namibia | 2,439,213 | 141 |
| 143 | Gambia | 2,283,769 | 143 |
| 144 | Botswana | 2,234,776 | 144 |
| 145 | Lesotho | 2,130,422 | 145 |
| 146 | Gabon | 2,100,306 | 147 |
| 147 | Slovenia | 2,065,042 | 146 |
| 148 | Latvia | 1,959,537 | 148 |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 1,906,313 | 149 |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,831,893 | 151 |
| 151 | Kosovo | 1,777,568 | 150 |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,508,186 | 152 |
| 153 | Bahrain | 1,423,726 | 153 |
| 154 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,353,895 | 154 |
| 155 | Estonia | 1,315,790 | 155 |
| 156 | Mauritius | 1,263,747 | 156 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,237,112 | 157 |
| 158 | Timor-Leste | 1,228,312 | 158 |
| 159 | Eswatini | 1,149,507 | 159 |
| 160 | Djibouti | 1,037,653 | 160 |
| 161 | Fiji | 919,166 | 161 |
| 162 | Guyana | 763,548 | 162 |
| 163 | Bhutan | 747,866 | 163 |
| 164 | Comoros | 741,741 | 164 |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 662,379 | 166 |
| 166 | Macau | 652,500 | 165 |
| 167 | Montenegro | 625,353 | 167 |
| 168 | Suriname | 587,757 | 168 |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 582,014 | 169 |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 512,554 | 170 |
| 171 | Malta | 454,505 | 171 |
| 172 | Maldives | 443,308 | 172 |
| 173 | Brunei | 427,564 | 173 |
| 174 | Bahamas | 388,055 | 174 |
| 175 | Belize | 364,705 | 175 |
| 176 | Iceland | 335,439 | 176 |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 283,423 | 177 |
| 178 | Barbados | 279,598 | 178 |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 279,178 | 179 |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 272,087 | 180 |
| 181 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 203,689 | 182 |
| 182 | Samoa | 203,499 | 181 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 175,646 | 183 |
| 184 | Guam | 164,233 | 184 |
| 185 | Channel Islands | 163,883 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 159,664 | 186 |
| 187 | Kiribati | 118,478 | 187 |
| 188 | Grenada | 115,130 | 188 |
| 189 | Micronesia | 109,075 | 189 |
| 190 | Aruba | 108,727 | 190 |
| 191 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 107,516 | 191 |
| 192 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 106,349 | 192 |
| 193 | Tonga | 105,524 | 193 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 94,677 | 194 |
| 195 | Antigua & Barbuda | 89,969 | 195 |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 83,466 | 196 |
| 197 | Andorra | 72,181 | 197 |
| 198 | Dominica | 69,606 | 198 |
| 199 | Bermuda | 63,449 | 199 |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 63,100 | 200 |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,186 | 201 |
| 202 | American Samoa | 52,245 | 202 |
| 203 | Northern Mariana Islands | 50,773 | 203 |
| 204 | Faroe Islands | 49,463 | 204 |
| 205 | Marshall Islands | 47,709 | 205 |
| 206 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 47,075 | 206 |
| 207 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 38,315 | 211 |
| 208 | Sint Maarten | 38,249 | 208 |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 37,716 | 207 |
| 210 | Monaco | 37,276 | 210 |
| 211 | St. Martin | 37,175 | 209 |
| 212 | British Virgin Islands | 33,878 | 212 |
| 213 | Gibraltar | 33,658 | 213 |
| 214 | San Marino | 33,101 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 17,797 | 215 |
| 216 | Nauru | 11,150 | 217 |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 10,930 | 216 |