Population by country, 2017
Countries217
1. China1,396,215,000
Median6,316,231
Japan126,972,00010 / 217
World7,613,788,655
Top 20
1,396,215,000
1,359,657,400
326,608,609
267,346,658
223,273,967
204,703,445
200,254,579
162,186,147
145,293,260
126,972,000
123,400,057
109,666,481
108,119,693
103,696,057
95,176,977
87,083,398
85,026,754
82,657,002
80,312,698
71,160,187
Bottom 10
38,996
37,962
37,678
36,837
34,245
33,825
32,699
17,812
11,324
10,869
Biggest increases since 2016
+5.4%
+4.2%
+4.0%
+3.8%
+3.7%
+3.6%
+3.6%
+3.6%
+3.6%
+3.5%
Biggest decreases since 2016
-5.3%
-3.5%
-2.6%
-2.5%
-2.0%
-1.7%
-1.6%
-1.6%
-1.6%
-1.5%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,396,215,000 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 1,359,657,400 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 326,608,609 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 267,346,658 | 4 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 223,273,967 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil | 204,703,445 | 6 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 200,254,579 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 162,186,147 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 145,293,260 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan | 126,972,000 | 10 |
| 11 | Mexico | 123,400,057 | 11 |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 109,666,481 | 13 |
| 13 | Philippines | 108,119,693 | 12 |
| 14 | Egypt | 103,696,057 | 14 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 95,176,977 | 15 |
| 16 | Congo - Kinshasa | 87,083,398 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 85,026,754 | 17 |
| 18 | Germany | 82,657,002 | 18 |
| 19 | Türkiye | 80,312,698 | 19 |
| 20 | Thailand | 71,160,187 | 20 |
| 21 | France | 66,918,020 | 21 |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 65,964,000 | 22 |
| 23 | Italy | 60,002,252 | 23 |
| 24 | South Africa | 57,635,162 | 24 |
| 25 | Tanzania | 55,652,890 | 25 |
| 26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 51,894,938 | 26 |
| 27 | South Korea | 51,361,911 | 27 |
| 28 | Kenya | 49,197,766 | 28 |
| 29 | Colombia | 48,131,078 | 29 |
| 30 | Spain | 46,571,232 | 30 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 45,436,041 | 31 |
| 32 | Argentina | 44,288,894 | 32 |
| 33 | Sudan | 42,714,306 | 33 |
| 34 | Algeria | 41,689,299 | 34 |
| 35 | Uganda | 40,177,388 | 35 |
| 36 | Iraq | 39,337,353 | 36 |
| 37 | Poland | 37,974,826 | 37 |
| 38 | Canada | 36,545,075 | 38 |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 35,688,935 | 40 |
| 40 | Morocco | 35,446,392 | 39 |
| 41 | Yemen | 33,090,921 | 41 |
| 42 | Malaysia | 32,355,644 | 42 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 31,819,178 | 43 |
| 44 | Peru | 31,324,637 | 45 |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 30,977,355 | 44 |
| 46 | Venezuela | 30,565,323 | 46 |
| 47 | Angola | 30,234,839 | 48 |
| 48 | Ghana | 30,008,354 | 47 |
| 49 | Mozambique | 28,166,393 | 50 |
| 50 | Nepal | 28,011,258 | 49 |
| 51 | Madagascar | 26,788,375 | 51 |
| 52 | Côte d’Ivoire | 26,733,372 | 52 |
| 53 | North Korea | 25,817,709 | 53 |
| 54 | Australia | 24,592,588 | 54 |
| 55 | Cameroon | 24,128,601 | 55 |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 21,453,000 | 56 |
| 57 | Niger | 21,435,446 | 57 |
| 58 | Burkina Faso | 19,894,407 | 59 |
| 59 | Mali | 19,813,011 | 61 |
| 60 | Romania | 19,588,715 | 58 |
| 61 | Syria | 19,224,668 | 60 |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 18,651,931 | 62 |
| 63 | Chile | 18,558,868 | 63 |
| 64 | Malawi | 18,039,715 | 64 |
| 65 | Zambia | 17,441,320 | 66 |
| 66 | Netherlands | 17,131,296 | 65 |
| 67 | Ecuador | 16,759,519 | 67 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 16,567,357 | 68 |
| 69 | Cambodia | 16,073,372 | 69 |
| 70 | Chad | 15,622,759 | 70 |
| 71 | Senegal | 15,475,002 | 71 |
| 72 | Somalia | 14,916,629 | 73 |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 14,812,482 | 72 |
| 74 | Guinea | 12,385,659 | 74 |
| 75 | Rwanda | 12,202,060 | 75 |
| 76 | Benin | 12,039,780 | 76 |
| 77 | Tunisia | 11,650,498 | 77 |
| 78 | Burundi | 11,506,762 | 80 |
| 79 | Belgium | 11,375,158 | 78 |
| 80 | Bolivia | 11,344,587 | 81 |
| 81 | Cuba | 11,247,829 | 79 |
| 82 | Haiti | 10,817,754 | 84 |
| 83 | Greece | 10,754,679 | 83 |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 10,666,843 | 86 |
| 85 | Czechia | 10,594,438 | 85 |
| 86 | Portugal | 10,300,300 | 87 |
| 87 | South Sudan | 10,259,154 | 82 |
| 88 | Jordan | 10,234,226 | 88 |
| 89 | Sweden | 10,057,698 | 89 |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 9,854,033 | 91 |
| 91 | Hungary | 9,726,756 | 90 |
| 92 | Honduras | 9,588,137 | 93 |
| 93 | Belarus | 9,458,989 | 92 |
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | 9,223,225 | 95 |
| 95 | Papua New Guinea | 9,178,714 | 94 |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 9,085,946 | 96 |
| 97 | Austria | 8,797,566 | 97 |
| 98 | Israel | 8,713,300 | 98 |
| 99 | Switzerland | 8,451,840 | 99 |
| 100 | Hong Kong | 7,393,200 | 100 |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 7,379,299 | 101 |
| 102 | Togo | 7,324,386 | 102 |
| 103 | Serbia | 7,020,858 | 103 |
| 104 | Laos | 7,018,147 | 104 |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 6,803,468 | 105 |
| 106 | Libya | 6,738,770 | 106 |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 6,507,061 | 107 |
| 108 | Paraguay | 6,338,660 | 109 |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 6,316,231 | 110 |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,306,696 | 112 |
| 111 | El Salvador | 6,213,533 | 111 |
| 112 | Lebanon | 6,160,128 | 108 |
| 113 | Denmark | 5,764,980 | 113 |
| 114 | Singapore | 5,612,253 | 114 |
| 115 | Finland | 5,508,214 | 115 |
| 116 | Slovakia | 5,439,232 | 116 |
| 117 | Congo - Brazzaville | 5,351,011 | 118 |
| 118 | Norway | 5,276,968 | 117 |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 4,913,177 | 119 |
| 120 | Liberia | 4,848,925 | 121 |
| 121 | Ireland | 4,827,445 | 120 |
| 122 | New Zealand | 4,813,600 | 122 |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 4,793,511 | 123 |
| 124 | Oman | 4,537,396 | 124 |
| 125 | Palestinian Territories | 4,454,805 | 125 |
| 126 | Mauritania | 4,210,600 | 127 |
| 127 | Kuwait | 4,154,812 | 129 |
| 128 | Panama | 4,098,707 | 128 |
| 129 | Croatia | 4,041,407 | 126 |
| 130 | Georgia | 3,728,004 | 130 |
| 131 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,428,682 | 132 |
| 132 | Puerto Rico | 3,410,837 | 131 |
| 133 | Uruguay | 3,388,438 | 133 |
| 134 | Eritrea | 3,150,347 | 134 |
| 135 | Mongolia | 3,148,917 | 135 |
| 136 | Armenia | 2,979,400 | 136 |
| 137 | Lithuania | 2,842,639 | 137 |
| 138 | Jamaica | 2,815,764 | 138 |
| 139 | Moldova | 2,755,189 | 139 |
| 140 | Albania | 2,648,285 | 140 |
| 141 | Qatar | 2,545,820 | 141 |
| 142 | Namibia | 2,506,853 | 142 |
| 143 | Gambia | 2,342,189 | 143 |
| 144 | Botswana | 2,266,747 | 144 |
| 145 | Lesotho | 2,157,110 | 145 |
| 146 | Gabon | 2,156,900 | 146 |
| 147 | Slovenia | 2,066,388 | 147 |
| 148 | Latvia | 1,942,248 | 148 |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 1,898,657 | 149 |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,877,072 | 150 |
| 151 | Kosovo | 1,791,019 | 151 |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,562,396 | 152 |
| 153 | Bahrain | 1,501,116 | 153 |
| 154 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,356,633 | 154 |
| 155 | Estonia | 1,317,384 | 155 |
| 156 | Mauritius | 1,264,887 | 156 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,254,275 | 157 |
| 158 | Timor-Leste | 1,251,703 | 158 |
| 159 | Eswatini | 1,158,195 | 159 |
| 160 | Djibouti | 1,054,841 | 160 |
| 161 | Fiji | 918,759 | 161 |
| 162 | Guyana | 768,479 | 162 |
| 163 | Comoros | 756,669 | 164 |
| 164 | Bhutan | 754,335 | 163 |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 685,672 | 165 |
| 166 | Macau | 648,400 | 166 |
| 167 | Montenegro | 625,982 | 167 |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 596,336 | 169 |
| 169 | Suriname | 593,713 | 168 |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 512,893 | 170 |
| 171 | Malta | 467,106 | 171 |
| 172 | Maldives | 458,287 | 172 |
| 173 | Brunei | 432,772 | 173 |
| 174 | Bahamas | 390,485 | 174 |
| 175 | Belize | 373,202 | 175 |
| 176 | Iceland | 343,400 | 176 |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 283,546 | 177 |
| 178 | Barbados | 280,171 | 178 |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 280,087 | 179 |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 278,507 | 180 |
| 181 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 206,970 | 181 |
| 182 | Samoa | 205,415 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 176,342 | 183 |
| 184 | Channel Islands | 164,319 | 185 |
| 185 | Guam | 163,490 | 184 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 160,175 | 186 |
| 187 | Kiribati | 120,275 | 187 |
| 188 | Grenada | 115,438 | 188 |
| 189 | Micronesia | 109,481 | 189 |
| 190 | Aruba | 108,735 | 190 |
| 191 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 107,281 | 191 |
| 192 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 105,663 | 192 |
| 193 | Tonga | 105,356 | 193 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 95,843 | 194 |
| 195 | Antigua & Barbuda | 90,468 | 195 |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 83,609 | 196 |
| 197 | Andorra | 73,763 | 197 |
| 198 | Dominica | 68,496 | 198 |
| 199 | Cayman Islands | 64,535 | 200 |
| 200 | Bermuda | 63,578 | 199 |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,172 | 201 |
| 202 | American Samoa | 51,586 | 202 |
| 203 | Faroe Islands | 50,179 | 204 |
| 204 | Northern Mariana Islands | 49,959 | 203 |
| 205 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 47,050 | 206 |
| 206 | Marshall Islands | 46,529 | 205 |
| 207 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 39,913 | 207 |
| 208 | Sint Maarten | 38,996 | 208 |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 37,962 | 209 |
| 210 | Monaco | 37,678 | 210 |
| 211 | St. Martin | 36,837 | 211 |
| 212 | Gibraltar | 34,245 | 213 |
| 213 | San Marino | 33,825 | 214 |
| 214 | British Virgin Islands | 32,699 | 212 |
| 215 | Palau | 17,812 | 215 |
| 216 | Nauru | 11,324 | 216 |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 10,869 | 217 |