Population by country, 2020
Countries217
1. China1,411,100,000
Median6,565,267
Japan126,261,00011 / 217
World7,853,863,139
Top 20
1,411,100,000
1,402,617,695
331,578,104
274,814,866
235,001,746
213,996,181
208,660,842
166,298,024
145,245,148
126,799,054
126,261,000
118,917,671
112,081,264
109,315,124
98,079,191
95,989,998
87,723,443
83,384,680
83,160,871
71,641,484
Bottom 10
41,008
38,901
38,050
37,135
36,173
34,770
31,786
17,792
11,643
10,399
Biggest increases since 2019
+5.9%
+5.0%
+3.9%
+3.4%
+3.4%
+3.4%
+3.3%
+3.3%
+3.2%
+3.2%
Biggest decreases since 2019
-7.2%
-3.0%
-1.7%
-1.7%
-1.6%
-1.5%
-1.5%
-1.4%
-1.2%
-1.2%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,411,100,000 | 1 |
| 2 | India | 1,402,617,695 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 331,578,104 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 274,814,866 | 4 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 235,001,746 | 5 |
| 6 | Nigeria | 213,996,181 | 6 |
| 7 | Brazil | 208,660,842 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 166,298,024 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 145,245,148 | 9 |
| 10 | Mexico | 126,799,054 | 11 |
| 11 | Japan | 126,261,000 | 10 |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 118,917,671 | 12 |
| 13 | Philippines | 112,081,264 | 13 |
| 14 | Egypt | 109,315,124 | 14 |
| 15 | Vietnam | 98,079,191 | 15 |
| 16 | Congo - Kinshasa | 95,989,998 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 87,723,443 | 17 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 83,384,680 | 19 |
| 19 | Germany | 83,160,871 | 18 |
| 20 | Thailand | 71,641,484 | 20 |
| 21 | France | 67,601,110 | 21 |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 66,740,000 | 22 |
| 23 | Tanzania | 60,972,798 | 25 |
| 24 | South Africa | 60,562,381 | 24 |
| 25 | Italy | 59,438,851 | 23 |
| 26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 53,016,522 | 26 |
| 27 | Kenya | 52,217,334 | 28 |
| 28 | South Korea | 51,836,239 | 27 |
| 29 | Colombia | 50,629,997 | 29 |
| 30 | Spain | 47,359,424 | 30 |
| 31 | Sudan | 46,789,231 | 31 |
| 32 | Argentina | 45,191,965 | 32 |
| 33 | Ukraine | 44,680,014 | 33 |
| 34 | Uganda | 44,457,152 | 35 |
| 35 | Algeria | 44,042,091 | 34 |
| 36 | Iraq | 42,116,605 | 36 |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 39,068,979 | 38 |
| 38 | Canada | 38,028,638 | 39 |
| 39 | Poland | 37,515,748 | 37 |
| 40 | Morocco | 36,584,208 | 40 |
| 41 | Yemen | 36,134,863 | 41 |
| 42 | Malaysia | 33,889,558 | 42 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 33,586,372 | 43 |
| 44 | Angola | 33,451,132 | 45 |
| 45 | Peru | 32,838,579 | 44 |
| 46 | Ghana | 31,887,809 | 46 |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 31,552,510 | 47 |
| 48 | Mozambique | 30,783,688 | 48 |
| 49 | Nepal | 28,966,574 | 50 |
| 50 | Madagascar | 28,953,556 | 51 |
| 51 | Côte d’Ivoire | 28,915,449 | 52 |
| 52 | Venezuela | 28,444,077 | 49 |
| 53 | Cameroon | 26,210,558 | 54 |
| 54 | North Korea | 26,136,312 | 53 |
| 55 | Australia | 25,649,248 | 55 |
| 56 | Niger | 23,717,613 | 56 |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 21,919,000 | 57 |
| 58 | Mali | 21,713,836 | 58 |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 21,478,690 | 59 |
| 60 | Syria | 21,049,429 | 60 |
| 61 | Malawi | 19,533,888 | 64 |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 19,482,117 | 62 |
| 63 | Chile | 19,370,624 | 63 |
| 64 | Romania | 19,265,250 | 61 |
| 65 | Zambia | 19,059,395 | 65 |
| 66 | Ecuador | 17,546,065 | 67 |
| 67 | Netherlands | 17,441,500 | 66 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 17,357,325 | 68 |
| 69 | Chad | 17,224,679 | 69 |
| 70 | Senegal | 16,789,219 | 71 |
| 71 | Cambodia | 16,725,474 | 70 |
| 72 | Somalia | 16,651,191 | 72 |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 15,526,888 | 73 |
| 74 | Guinea | 13,371,183 | 74 |
| 75 | Benin | 13,070,169 | 76 |
| 76 | Rwanda | 13,065,837 | 75 |
| 77 | Burundi | 12,617,036 | 77 |
| 78 | Tunisia | 11,974,057 | 78 |
| 79 | Bolivia | 11,816,299 | 79 |
| 80 | Belgium | 11,538,604 | 80 |
| 81 | Haiti | 11,243,848 | 82 |
| 82 | Cuba | 11,176,354 | 81 |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 11,008,300 | 83 |
| 84 | Jordan | 10,865,228 | 85 |
| 85 | Greece | 10,698,599 | 84 |
| 86 | South Sudan | 10,698,467 | 87 |
| 87 | Czechia | 10,697,858 | 86 |
| 88 | Sweden | 10,353,442 | 89 |
| 89 | Portugal | 10,297,081 | 88 |
| 90 | Honduras | 10,119,640 | 91 |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 10,093,121 | 90 |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 9,815,746 | 93 |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 9,749,310 | 94 |
| 94 | Hungary | 9,670,419 | 92 |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 9,401,038 | 95 |
| 96 | Belarus | 9,379,952 | 96 |
| 97 | Israel | 9,215,100 | 97 |
| 98 | Austria | 8,916,864 | 98 |
| 99 | Switzerland | 8,638,167 | 99 |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 7,912,558 | 100 |
| 101 | Togo | 7,788,054 | 101 |
| 102 | Hong Kong | 7,481,000 | 102 |
| 103 | Laos | 7,346,533 | 103 |
| 104 | Libya | 7,045,399 | 104 |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 6,949,912 | 106 |
| 106 | Serbia | 6,899,126 | 105 |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,726,596 | 108 |
| 108 | Paraguay | 6,603,739 | 109 |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 6,565,267 | 110 |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 6,550,696 | 107 |
| 111 | El Salvador | 6,234,673 | 111 |
| 112 | Denmark | 5,831,404 | 112 |
| 113 | Congo - Brazzaville | 5,752,791 | 115 |
| 114 | Lebanon | 5,702,398 | 113 |
| 115 | Singapore | 5,685,807 | 114 |
| 116 | Finland | 5,529,543 | 116 |
| 117 | Slovakia | 5,458,827 | 117 |
| 118 | Norway | 5,379,475 | 118 |
| 119 | Liberia | 5,149,463 | 119 |
| 120 | New Zealand | 5,072,400 | 122 |
| 121 | Ireland | 5,039,747 | 121 |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 5,034,320 | 120 |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 5,026,628 | 123 |
| 124 | Palestinian Territories | 4,803,269 | 124 |
| 125 | Mauritania | 4,600,131 | 126 |
| 126 | Oman | 4,522,497 | 125 |
| 127 | Kuwait | 4,400,267 | 127 |
| 128 | Panama | 4,293,261 | 128 |
| 129 | Croatia | 3,914,206 | 129 |
| 130 | Georgia | 3,722,716 | 130 |
| 131 | Uruguay | 3,398,968 | 131 |
| 132 | Mongolia | 3,327,204 | 134 |
| 133 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,299,349 | 132 |
| 134 | Eritrea | 3,291,271 | 135 |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 3,281,591 | 133 |
| 136 | Armenia | 2,961,500 | 136 |
| 137 | Jamaica | 2,830,739 | 137 |
| 138 | Lithuania | 2,810,369 | 138 |
| 139 | Qatar | 2,794,148 | 141 |
| 140 | Namibia | 2,728,762 | 140 |
| 141 | Moldova | 2,635,130 | 139 |
| 142 | Albania | 2,528,480 | 142 |
| 143 | Gambia | 2,515,733 | 143 |
| 144 | Botswana | 2,365,894 | 144 |
| 145 | Gabon | 2,322,539 | 145 |
| 146 | Lesotho | 2,235,727 | 146 |
| 147 | Slovenia | 2,102,419 | 147 |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,013,255 | 148 |
| 149 | Latvia | 1,900,449 | 149 |
| 150 | North Macedonia | 1,856,124 | 150 |
| 151 | Kosovo | 1,790,151 | 151 |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,716,468 | 152 |
| 153 | Bahrain | 1,472,204 | 153 |
| 154 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,366,725 | 154 |
| 155 | Estonia | 1,329,522 | 155 |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 1,326,053 | 156 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,302,247 | 157 |
| 158 | Mauritius | 1,266,014 | 158 |
| 159 | Eswatini | 1,192,729 | 159 |
| 160 | Djibouti | 1,105,188 | 160 |
| 161 | Fiji | 914,963 | 161 |
| 162 | Guyana | 807,481 | 162 |
| 163 | Comoros | 802,163 | 163 |
| 164 | Bhutan | 770,006 | 164 |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 744,498 | 165 |
| 166 | Macau | 685,400 | 166 |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 630,419 | 168 |
| 168 | Montenegro | 626,590 | 167 |
| 169 | Suriname | 612,317 | 169 |
| 170 | Malta | 515,490 | 171 |
| 171 | Cape Verde | 514,679 | 170 |
| 172 | Maldives | 502,118 | 172 |
| 173 | Brunei | 447,404 | 173 |
| 174 | Bahamas | 395,863 | 174 |
| 175 | Belize | 390,812 | 175 |
| 176 | Iceland | 366,463 | 176 |
| 177 | Vanuatu | 298,858 | 177 |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 284,176 | 178 |
| 179 | Barbados | 281,698 | 179 |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 279,209 | 180 |
| 181 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 217,435 | 181 |
| 182 | Samoa | 211,944 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 178,250 | 183 |
| 184 | Channel Islands | 166,235 | 184 |
| 185 | Guam | 162,158 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 155,482 | 186 |
| 187 | Kiribati | 126,099 | 187 |
| 188 | Grenada | 116,341 | 188 |
| 189 | Micronesia | 110,916 | 189 |
| 190 | Aruba | 108,587 | 190 |
| 191 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 106,290 | 191 |
| 192 | Tonga | 105,704 | 192 |
| 193 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 103,526 | 193 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 98,462 | 194 |
| 195 | Antigua & Barbuda | 91,846 | 195 |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 84,064 | 196 |
| 197 | Andorra | 77,380 | 197 |
| 198 | Cayman Islands | 68,684 | 199 |
| 199 | Dominica | 67,573 | 198 |
| 200 | Bermuda | 64,382 | 200 |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,367 | 201 |
| 202 | Faroe Islands | 52,561 | 202 |
| 203 | American Samoa | 49,761 | 203 |
| 204 | Northern Mariana Islands | 47,528 | 204 |
| 205 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46,870 | 205 |
| 206 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 44,386 | 207 |
| 207 | Marshall Islands | 42,706 | 206 |
| 208 | Sint Maarten | 41,008 | 208 |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 38,901 | 209 |
| 210 | Monaco | 38,050 | 210 |
| 211 | British Virgin Islands | 37,135 | 211 |
| 212 | Gibraltar | 36,173 | 212 |
| 213 | San Marino | 34,770 | 213 |
| 214 | St. Martin | 31,786 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 17,792 | 215 |
| 216 | Nauru | 11,643 | 216 |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 10,399 | 217 |