Population by country, 2018
Countries217
1. China1,402,760,000
Median6,427,382
Japan126,811,00010 / 217
World7,696,159,728
Top 20
1,402,760,000
1,374,659,064
328,529,577
269,951,846
226,928,892
206,107,261
204,938,755
163,523,103
145,398,106
126,811,000
124,573,711
112,664,152
109,465,287
105,682,094
96,237,319
90,047,644
86,117,998
82,905,782
81,407,204
71,376,079
Bottom 10
39,712
38,246
38,154
36,012
34,854
34,657
34,522
17,814
11,477
10,751
Biggest increases since 2017
+6.0%
+4.1%
+4.1%
+3.6%
+3.6%
+3.5%
+3.5%
+3.5%
+3.5%
+3.5%
Biggest decreases since 2017
-3.5%
-2.9%
-2.7%
-2.5%
-2.5%
-2.2%
-1.8%
-1.7%
-1.5%
-1.4%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,402,760,000 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 1,374,659,064 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 328,529,577 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 269,951,846 | 4 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 226,928,892 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil | 206,107,261 | 6 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 204,938,755 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 163,523,103 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 145,398,106 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan | 126,811,000 | 10 |
| 11 | Mexico | 124,573,711 | 11 |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 112,664,152 | 12 |
| 13 | Philippines | 109,465,287 | 13 |
| 14 | Egypt | 105,682,094 | 14 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 96,237,319 | 15 |
| 16 | Congo - Kinshasa | 90,047,644 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 86,117,998 | 17 |
| 18 | Germany | 82,905,782 | 18 |
| 19 | Türkiye | 81,407,204 | 19 |
| 20 | Thailand | 71,376,079 | 20 |
| 21 | France | 67,158,348 | 21 |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 66,287,000 | 22 |
| 23 | Italy | 59,877,221 | 23 |
| 24 | South Africa | 58,613,001 | 24 |
| 25 | Tanzania | 57,437,145 | 25 |
| 26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 52,272,247 | 26 |
| 27 | South Korea | 51,585,058 | 27 |
| 28 | Kenya | 50,207,107 | 28 |
| 29 | Colombia | 49,024,465 | 29 |
| 30 | Spain | 46,782,011 | 30 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 45,208,907 | 31 |
| 32 | Argentina | 44,654,882 | 32 |
| 33 | Sudan | 44,230,596 | 33 |
| 34 | Algeria | 42,505,035 | 34 |
| 35 | Uganda | 41,565,831 | 35 |
| 36 | Iraq | 40,265,624 | 36 |
| 37 | Poland | 37,974,750 | 37 |
| 38 | Canada | 37,072,620 | 38 |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 36,743,039 | 39 |
| 40 | Morocco | 35,839,760 | 40 |
| 41 | Yemen | 34,085,182 | 41 |
| 42 | Malaysia | 32,910,967 | 42 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 32,373,490 | 43 |
| 44 | Peru | 31,897,584 | 44 |
| 45 | Angola | 31,297,155 | 47 |
| 46 | Ghana | 30,637,585 | 48 |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 30,196,281 | 45 |
| 48 | Venezuela | 29,807,592 | 46 |
| 49 | Mozambique | 29,018,644 | 49 |
| 50 | Nepal | 28,079,689 | 50 |
| 51 | Madagascar | 27,494,926 | 51 |
| 52 | Côte d’Ivoire | 27,464,173 | 52 |
| 53 | North Korea | 25,931,147 | 53 |
| 54 | Australia | 24,963,258 | 54 |
| 55 | Cameroon | 24,806,383 | 55 |
| 56 | Niger | 22,188,069 | 57 |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 21,670,000 | 56 |
| 58 | Mali | 20,442,030 | 59 |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 20,438,288 | 58 |
| 60 | Syria | 19,577,845 | 61 |
| 61 | Romania | 19,473,970 | 60 |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 18,932,727 | 62 |
| 63 | Chile | 18,893,191 | 63 |
| 64 | Malawi | 18,528,081 | 64 |
| 65 | Zambia | 17,973,569 | 65 |
| 66 | Netherlands | 17,231,624 | 66 |
| 67 | Ecuador | 17,049,547 | 67 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 16,845,685 | 68 |
| 69 | Cambodia | 16,274,522 | 69 |
| 70 | Chad | 16,156,531 | 70 |
| 71 | Senegal | 15,914,498 | 71 |
| 72 | Somalia | 15,452,487 | 72 |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 15,034,452 | 73 |
| 74 | Guinea | 12,704,774 | 74 |
| 75 | Rwanda | 12,487,996 | 75 |
| 76 | Benin | 12,383,347 | 76 |
| 77 | Burundi | 11,859,446 | 78 |
| 78 | Tunisia | 11,765,514 | 77 |
| 79 | Bolivia | 11,508,368 | 80 |
| 80 | Belgium | 11,427,054 | 79 |
| 81 | Cuba | 11,227,118 | 81 |
| 82 | Haiti | 10,962,362 | 82 |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 10,782,053 | 84 |
| 84 | Greece | 10,732,882 | 83 |
| 85 | Czechia | 10,629,928 | 85 |
| 86 | Jordan | 10,462,306 | 88 |
| 87 | Portugal | 10,283,822 | 86 |
| 88 | Sweden | 10,175,214 | 89 |
| 89 | South Sudan | 10,122,977 | 87 |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 9,939,771 | 90 |
| 91 | Honduras | 9,765,210 | 92 |
| 92 | Hungary | 9,706,964 | 91 |
| 93 | Belarus | 9,438,785 | 93 |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 9,394,513 | 95 |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 9,346,701 | 94 |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 9,307,333 | 96 |
| 97 | Israel | 8,882,800 | 98 |
| 98 | Austria | 8,840,521 | 97 |
| 99 | Switzerland | 8,514,329 | 99 |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 7,554,563 | 101 |
| 101 | Togo | 7,458,206 | 102 |
| 102 | Hong Kong | 7,452,600 | 100 |
| 103 | Laos | 7,128,045 | 104 |
| 104 | Serbia | 6,982,604 | 103 |
| 105 | Libya | 6,849,055 | 106 |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 6,710,798 | 105 |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 6,655,524 | 107 |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,444,079 | 110 |
| 109 | Paraguay | 6,427,382 | 108 |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 6,400,080 | 109 |
| 111 | El Salvador | 6,219,807 | 111 |
| 112 | Lebanon | 5,984,119 | 112 |
| 113 | Denmark | 5,793,636 | 113 |
| 114 | Singapore | 5,638,676 | 114 |
| 115 | Finland | 5,515,525 | 115 |
| 116 | Congo - Brazzaville | 5,483,118 | 117 |
| 117 | Slovakia | 5,446,771 | 116 |
| 118 | Norway | 5,311,916 | 118 |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 4,957,818 | 119 |
| 120 | Liberia | 4,944,726 | 120 |
| 121 | New Zealand | 4,900,600 | 122 |
| 122 | Ireland | 4,898,022 | 121 |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 4,878,657 | 123 |
| 124 | Oman | 4,597,877 | 124 |
| 125 | Palestinian Territories | 4,569,087 | 125 |
| 126 | Mauritania | 4,337,685 | 126 |
| 127 | Kuwait | 4,323,515 | 127 |
| 128 | Panama | 4,167,860 | 128 |
| 129 | Croatia | 3,988,775 | 129 |
| 130 | Georgia | 3,726,549 | 130 |
| 131 | Uruguay | 3,394,534 | 133 |
| 132 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,387,000 | 131 |
| 133 | Puerto Rico | 3,290,690 | 132 |
| 134 | Mongolia | 3,208,189 | 135 |
| 135 | Eritrea | 3,192,760 | 134 |
| 136 | Armenia | 2,969,000 | 136 |
| 137 | Jamaica | 2,820,097 | 138 |
| 138 | Lithuania | 2,819,200 | 137 |
| 139 | Moldova | 2,707,203 | 139 |
| 140 | Albania | 2,607,733 | 140 |
| 141 | Qatar | 2,580,734 | 141 |
| 142 | Namibia | 2,577,327 | 142 |
| 143 | Gambia | 2,399,632 | 143 |
| 144 | Botswana | 2,299,141 | 144 |
| 145 | Gabon | 2,212,318 | 146 |
| 146 | Lesotho | 2,183,603 | 145 |
| 147 | Slovenia | 2,073,894 | 147 |
| 148 | Latvia | 1,927,174 | 148 |
| 149 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,922,168 | 150 |
| 150 | North Macedonia | 1,889,051 | 149 |
| 151 | Kosovo | 1,797,086 | 151 |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,616,422 | 152 |
| 153 | Bahrain | 1,503,091 | 153 |
| 154 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,359,193 | 154 |
| 155 | Estonia | 1,321,977 | 155 |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 1,275,959 | 158 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,270,737 | 157 |
| 158 | Mauritius | 1,265,577 | 156 |
| 159 | Eswatini | 1,168,929 | 159 |
| 160 | Djibouti | 1,071,882 | 160 |
| 161 | Fiji | 917,180 | 161 |
| 162 | Guyana | 791,556 | 162 |
| 163 | Comoros | 771,590 | 163 |
| 164 | Bhutan | 759,759 | 164 |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 709,101 | 165 |
| 166 | Macau | 658,900 | 166 |
| 167 | Montenegro | 626,438 | 167 |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 607,950 | 168 |
| 169 | Suriname | 599,513 | 169 |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 513,415 | 170 |
| 171 | Malta | 483,903 | 171 |
| 172 | Maldives | 473,099 | 172 |
| 173 | Brunei | 437,810 | 173 |
| 174 | Bahamas | 392,717 | 174 |
| 175 | Belize | 380,226 | 175 |
| 176 | Iceland | 352,721 | 176 |
| 177 | Vanuatu | 285,259 | 180 |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 283,541 | 177 |
| 179 | Barbados | 280,711 | 178 |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 279,815 | 179 |
| 181 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 210,187 | 181 |
| 182 | Samoa | 207,582 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 177,017 | 183 |
| 184 | Channel Islands | 164,949 | 184 |
| 185 | Guam | 162,679 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 159,336 | 186 |
| 187 | Kiribati | 122,084 | 187 |
| 188 | Grenada | 115,691 | 188 |
| 189 | Micronesia | 109,909 | 189 |
| 190 | Aruba | 108,908 | 190 |
| 191 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 107,001 | 191 |
| 192 | Tonga | 105,567 | 193 |
| 193 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 104,926 | 192 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 96,762 | 194 |
| 195 | Antigua & Barbuda | 90,926 | 195 |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 83,805 | 196 |
| 197 | Andorra | 75,162 | 197 |
| 198 | Dominica | 68,174 | 198 |
| 199 | Cayman Islands | 65,941 | 199 |
| 200 | Bermuda | 63,831 | 200 |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,023 | 201 |
| 202 | Faroe Islands | 50,997 | 203 |
| 203 | American Samoa | 50,908 | 202 |
| 204 | Northern Mariana Islands | 49,077 | 204 |
| 205 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 47,008 | 205 |
| 206 | Marshall Islands | 45,285 | 206 |
| 207 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 41,559 | 207 |
| 208 | Sint Maarten | 39,712 | 208 |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 38,246 | 209 |
| 210 | Monaco | 38,154 | 210 |
| 211 | St. Martin | 36,012 | 211 |
| 212 | Gibraltar | 34,854 | 212 |
| 213 | British Virgin Islands | 34,657 | 214 |
| 214 | San Marino | 34,522 | 213 |
| 215 | Palau | 17,814 | 215 |
| 216 | Nauru | 11,477 | 216 |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 10,751 | 217 |