Population by country, 2021
Countries217
1. India1,414,203,896
Median6,644,741
Japan125,681,59311 / 217
World7,919,567,995
Top 20
1,414,203,896
1,412,360,000
332,100,166
276,758,053
239,477,801
218,529,286
209,550,294
167,658,854
144,746,762
127,648,148
125,681,593
122,138,588
113,100,950
110,957,008
99,148,932
98,935,098
88,455,488
84,147,318
83,196,078
71,727,332
Bottom 10
41,367
39,182
38,527
37,809
36,858
34,252
29,961
17,783
11,709
10,194
Biggest increases since 2020
+3.7%
+3.5%
+3.3%
+3.3%
+3.3%
+3.2%
+3.1%
+3.0%
+3.0%
+3.0%
Biggest decreases since 2020
-10.4%
-5.7%
-4.1%
-3.1%
-2.4%
-2.0%
-1.8%
-1.7%
-1.5%
-1.5%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1,414,203,896 | 2 |
| 2 | China | 1,412,360,000 | 1 |
| 3 | United States | 332,100,166 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 276,758,053 | 4 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 239,477,801 | 5 |
| 6 | Nigeria | 218,529,286 | 6 |
| 7 | Brazil | 209,550,294 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 167,658,854 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 144,746,762 | 9 |
| 10 | Mexico | 127,648,148 | 10 |
| 11 | Japan | 125,681,593 | 11 |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 122,138,588 | 12 |
| 13 | Philippines | 113,100,950 | 13 |
| 14 | Egypt | 110,957,008 | 14 |
| 15 | Congo - Kinshasa | 99,148,932 | 16 |
| 16 | Vietnam | 98,935,098 | 15 |
| 17 | Iran | 88,455,488 | 17 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 84,147,318 | 18 |
| 19 | Germany | 83,196,078 | 19 |
| 20 | Thailand | 71,727,332 | 20 |
| 21 | France | 67,842,811 | 21 |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 66,978,000 | 22 |
| 23 | Tanzania | 62,830,412 | 23 |
| 24 | South Africa | 61,502,603 | 24 |
| 25 | Italy | 59,133,173 | 25 |
| 26 | Myanmar (Burma) | 53,387,102 | 26 |
| 27 | Kenya | 53,219,166 | 27 |
| 28 | South Korea | 51,769,539 | 28 |
| 29 | Colombia | 51,188,173 | 29 |
| 30 | Sudan | 48,066,924 | 31 |
| 31 | Spain | 47,443,821 | 30 |
| 32 | Uganda | 45,910,930 | 34 |
| 33 | Argentina | 45,312,281 | 32 |
| 34 | Algeria | 44,761,099 | 35 |
| 35 | Ukraine | 44,298,640 | 33 |
| 36 | Iraq | 43,071,211 | 36 |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 40,000,412 | 37 |
| 38 | Canada | 38,239,864 | 38 |
| 39 | Yemen | 37,140,230 | 41 |
| 40 | Poland | 36,981,559 | 39 |
| 41 | Morocco | 36,954,442 | 40 |
| 42 | Angola | 34,532,429 | 44 |
| 43 | Malaysia | 34,282,399 | 42 |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 34,243,696 | 43 |
| 45 | Peru | 33,155,882 | 45 |
| 46 | Ghana | 32,518,665 | 46 |
| 47 | Mozambique | 31,707,800 | 48 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 30,784,383 | 47 |
| 49 | Madagascar | 29,691,083 | 50 |
| 50 | Côte d’Ivoire | 29,639,736 | 51 |
| 51 | Nepal | 29,475,010 | 49 |
| 52 | Venezuela | 28,237,826 | 52 |
| 53 | Cameroon | 26,915,758 | 53 |
| 54 | North Korea | 26,232,534 | 54 |
| 55 | Australia | 25,685,412 | 55 |
| 56 | Niger | 24,502,140 | 56 |
| 57 | Mali | 22,388,630 | 58 |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 22,156,000 | 57 |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 21,995,243 | 59 |
| 60 | Syria | 21,628,839 | 60 |
| 61 | Malawi | 20,047,258 | 61 |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 19,743,603 | 62 |
| 63 | Zambia | 19,603,607 | 65 |
| 64 | Chile | 19,456,334 | 63 |
| 65 | Romania | 19,122,059 | 64 |
| 66 | Chad | 17,828,273 | 69 |
| 67 | Ecuador | 17,682,454 | 66 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 17,598,650 | 68 |
| 69 | Netherlands | 17,533,044 | 67 |
| 70 | Somalia | 17,271,431 | 72 |
| 71 | Senegal | 17,220,867 | 70 |
| 72 | Cambodia | 16,974,305 | 71 |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 15,797,210 | 73 |
| 74 | Guinea | 13,710,513 | 74 |
| 75 | Benin | 13,413,417 | 75 |
| 76 | Rwanda | 13,355,260 | 76 |
| 77 | Burundi | 12,965,481 | 77 |
| 78 | Tunisia | 12,048,622 | 78 |
| 79 | Bolivia | 11,937,360 | 79 |
| 80 | Belgium | 11,586,195 | 80 |
| 81 | Haiti | 11,374,586 | 81 |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 11,123,476 | 83 |
| 83 | Cuba | 11,122,168 | 82 |
| 84 | Jordan | 11,066,356 | 84 |
| 85 | South Sudan | 10,865,780 | 86 |
| 86 | Greece | 10,570,130 | 85 |
| 87 | Czechia | 10,505,772 | 87 |
| 88 | Sweden | 10,415,811 | 88 |
| 89 | Portugal | 10,361,831 | 89 |
| 90 | Honduras | 10,289,877 | 90 |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 10,137,750 | 91 |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 10,012,896 | 92 |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 9,966,908 | 93 |
| 94 | Hungary | 9,630,932 | 94 |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 9,575,152 | 95 |
| 96 | Israel | 9,371,400 | 97 |
| 97 | Belarus | 9,302,585 | 96 |
| 98 | Austria | 8,955,797 | 98 |
| 99 | Switzerland | 8,704,546 | 99 |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 8,094,602 | 100 |
| 101 | Togo | 7,936,176 | 101 |
| 102 | Laos | 7,453,194 | 103 |
| 103 | Hong Kong | 7,413,100 | 102 |
| 104 | Libya | 7,135,175 | 104 |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 7,092,043 | 105 |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,851,224 | 107 |
| 107 | Serbia | 6,834,326 | 106 |
| 108 | Paraguay | 6,684,182 | 108 |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 6,644,741 | 109 |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 6,507,301 | 110 |
| 111 | El Salvador | 6,255,782 | 111 |
| 112 | Congo - Brazzaville | 5,892,183 | 113 |
| 113 | Denmark | 5,856,733 | 112 |
| 114 | Lebanon | 5,718,122 | 114 |
| 115 | Finland | 5,541,017 | 116 |
| 116 | Singapore | 5,453,566 | 115 |
| 117 | Slovakia | 5,447,247 | 117 |
| 118 | Norway | 5,408,320 | 118 |
| 119 | Liberia | 5,259,323 | 119 |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 5,112,100 | 123 |
| 121 | Ireland | 5,110,585 | 121 |
| 122 | New Zealand | 5,084,600 | 120 |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 5,059,988 | 122 |
| 124 | Palestinian Territories | 4,922,749 | 124 |
| 125 | Mauritania | 4,734,874 | 125 |
| 126 | Oman | 4,500,424 | 126 |
| 127 | Kuwait | 4,360,865 | 127 |
| 128 | Panama | 4,345,405 | 128 |
| 129 | Croatia | 3,878,981 | 129 |
| 130 | Georgia | 3,708,610 | 130 |
| 131 | Uruguay | 3,396,695 | 131 |
| 132 | Mongolia | 3,383,741 | 132 |
| 133 | Eritrea | 3,350,183 | 134 |
| 134 | Puerto Rico | 3,262,731 | 135 |
| 135 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,244,907 | 133 |
| 136 | Armenia | 2,962,300 | 136 |
| 137 | Jamaica | 2,837,682 | 137 |
| 138 | Namibia | 2,810,548 | 140 |
| 139 | Lithuania | 2,808,380 | 138 |
| 140 | Moldova | 2,595,809 | 141 |
| 141 | Gambia | 2,576,010 | 143 |
| 142 | Qatar | 2,504,910 | 139 |
| 143 | Albania | 2,489,762 | 142 |
| 144 | Botswana | 2,401,441 | 144 |
| 145 | Gabon | 2,376,722 | 145 |
| 146 | Lesotho | 2,261,542 | 146 |
| 147 | Slovenia | 2,108,079 | 147 |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,058,841 | 148 |
| 149 | Latvia | 1,884,490 | 149 |
| 150 | North Macedonia | 1,837,114 | 150 |
| 151 | Kosovo | 1,786,079 | 151 |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,758,786 | 152 |
| 153 | Bahrain | 1,504,365 | 153 |
| 154 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,367,558 | 154 |
| 155 | Timor-Leste | 1,350,139 | 156 |
| 156 | Estonia | 1,330,932 | 155 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,317,309 | 157 |
| 158 | Mauritius | 1,266,334 | 158 |
| 159 | Eswatini | 1,206,593 | 159 |
| 160 | Djibouti | 1,121,248 | 160 |
| 161 | Fiji | 916,711 | 161 |
| 162 | Comoros | 818,174 | 163 |
| 163 | Guyana | 815,482 | 162 |
| 164 | Bhutan | 775,442 | 164 |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 762,591 | 165 |
| 166 | Macau | 682,500 | 166 |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 640,064 | 167 |
| 168 | Montenegro | 625,053 | 168 |
| 169 | Suriname | 617,896 | 169 |
| 170 | Malta | 518,150 | 170 |
| 171 | Cape Verde | 516,649 | 171 |
| 172 | Maldives | 516,154 | 172 |
| 173 | Brunei | 451,721 | 173 |
| 174 | Bahamas | 396,373 | 174 |
| 175 | Belize | 395,346 | 175 |
| 176 | Iceland | 372,520 | 176 |
| 177 | Vanuatu | 305,868 | 177 |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 285,214 | 178 |
| 179 | Barbados | 282,147 | 179 |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 279,792 | 180 |
| 181 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 221,961 | 181 |
| 182 | Samoa | 213,779 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 178,522 | 183 |
| 184 | Channel Islands | 166,741 | 184 |
| 185 | Guam | 163,730 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 153,948 | 186 |
| 187 | Kiribati | 128,377 | 187 |
| 188 | Grenada | 116,688 | 188 |
| 189 | Micronesia | 111,624 | 189 |
| 190 | Aruba | 107,700 | 190 |
| 191 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 105,870 | 191 |
| 192 | Tonga | 105,490 | 192 |
| 193 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 102,841 | 193 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 99,258 | 194 |
| 195 | Antigua & Barbuda | 92,349 | 195 |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 84,106 | 196 |
| 197 | Andorra | 78,364 | 197 |
| 198 | Cayman Islands | 70,108 | 198 |
| 199 | Dominica | 67,202 | 199 |
| 200 | Bermuda | 64,648 | 200 |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,653 | 201 |
| 202 | Faroe Islands | 53,291 | 202 |
| 203 | American Samoa | 49,225 | 203 |
| 204 | Northern Mariana Islands | 46,979 | 204 |
| 205 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46,763 | 205 |
| 206 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 45,243 | 206 |
| 207 | Sint Maarten | 41,571 | 208 |
| 208 | Marshall Islands | 41,367 | 207 |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 39,182 | 209 |
| 210 | Monaco | 38,527 | 210 |
| 211 | British Virgin Islands | 37,809 | 211 |
| 212 | Gibraltar | 36,858 | 212 |
| 213 | San Marino | 34,252 | 213 |
| 214 | St. Martin | 29,961 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 17,783 | 215 |
| 216 | Nauru | 11,709 | 216 |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 10,194 | 217 |