Population by country, 2023
Countries217
1. India1,438,069,596
Median6,623,183
Japan124,516,65012 / 217
World8,062,923,417
Top 20
1,438,069,596
1,410,710,000
336,755,052
281,190,067
247,504,495
227,882,945
211,140,729
171,466,990
143,826,130
129,739,759
128,691,692
124,516,650
114,891,199
114,535,772
105,789,731
100,352,192
90,608,707
85,325,965
83,287,273
71,702,435
Bottom 10
39,846
38,985
38,956
38,827
38,471
33,860
27,515
17,727
11,875
9,816
Biggest increases since 2022
+6.7%
+5.7%
+5.0%
+5.0%
+4.7%
+4.7%
+4.2%
+4.1%
+4.1%
+3.4%
Biggest decreases since 2022
-8.1%
-4.8%
-4.7%
-3.1%
-2.8%
-2.0%
-1.8%
-1.7%
-1.6%
-1.1%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1,438,069,596 | 1 |
| 2 | China | 1,410,710,000 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 336,755,052 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 281,190,067 | 4 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 247,504,495 | 5 |
| 6 | Nigeria | 227,882,945 | 6 |
| 7 | Brazil | 211,140,729 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 171,466,990 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 143,826,130 | 9 |
| 10 | Mexico | 129,739,759 | 10 |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 128,691,692 | 11 |
| 12 | Japan | 124,516,650 | 12 |
| 13 | Philippines | 114,891,199 | 13 |
| 14 | Egypt | 114,535,772 | 14 |
| 15 | Congo - Kinshasa | 105,789,731 | 15 |
| 16 | Vietnam | 100,352,192 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 90,608,707 | 17 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 85,325,965 | 18 |
| 19 | Germany | 83,287,273 | 19 |
| 20 | Thailand | 71,702,435 | 20 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 68,526,000 | 22 |
| 22 | France | 68,372,286 | 21 |
| 23 | Tanzania | 66,617,606 | 23 |
| 24 | South Africa | 63,212,384 | 24 |
| 25 | Italy | 58,984,216 | 25 |
| 26 | Kenya | 55,339,003 | 26 |
| 27 | Myanmar (Burma) | 54,133,798 | 27 |
| 28 | Colombia | 52,321,152 | 28 |
| 29 | South Korea | 51,712,619 | 29 |
| 30 | Sudan | 50,042,791 | 30 |
| 31 | Uganda | 48,656,601 | 32 |
| 32 | Spain | 48,352,528 | 31 |
| 33 | Algeria | 46,164,219 | 33 |
| 34 | Argentina | 45,538,401 | 34 |
| 35 | Iraq | 45,074,049 | 35 |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 41,454,761 | 37 |
| 37 | Canada | 40,049,088 | 38 |
| 38 | Yemen | 39,390,799 | 39 |
| 39 | Ukraine | 37,732,836 | 36 |
| 40 | Morocco | 37,712,505 | 40 |
| 41 | Angola | 36,749,906 | 42 |
| 42 | Poland | 36,687,353 | 41 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 35,652,307 | 43 |
| 44 | Malaysia | 35,126,298 | 44 |
| 45 | Peru | 33,845,617 | 45 |
| 46 | Ghana | 33,787,914 | 46 |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 33,702,731 | 48 |
| 48 | Mozambique | 33,635,160 | 47 |
| 49 | Madagascar | 31,195,932 | 49 |
| 50 | Côte d’Ivoire | 31,165,654 | 50 |
| 51 | Nepal | 29,694,614 | 51 |
| 52 | Cameroon | 28,372,687 | 53 |
| 53 | Venezuela | 28,300,854 | 52 |
| 54 | Australia | 26,659,922 | 55 |
| 55 | North Korea | 26,418,204 | 54 |
| 56 | Niger | 26,159,867 | 56 |
| 57 | Mali | 23,769,127 | 57 |
| 58 | Syria | 23,594,623 | 59 |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 23,025,776 | 58 |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 22,037,000 | 60 |
| 61 | Malawi | 21,104,482 | 61 |
| 62 | Zambia | 20,723,965 | 62 |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 20,330,104 | 63 |
| 64 | Chile | 19,658,835 | 64 |
| 65 | Chad | 19,319,064 | 66 |
| 66 | Romania | 19,061,062 | 65 |
| 67 | Somalia | 18,358,615 | 69 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 18,124,838 | 67 |
| 69 | Senegal | 18,077,573 | 71 |
| 70 | Ecuador | 17,980,083 | 68 |
| 71 | Netherlands | 17,877,117 | 70 |
| 72 | Cambodia | 17,423,880 | 72 |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 16,340,822 | 73 |
| 74 | Guinea | 14,405,468 | 74 |
| 75 | Benin | 14,111,034 | 75 |
| 76 | Rwanda | 13,954,471 | 76 |
| 77 | Burundi | 13,689,450 | 77 |
| 78 | Bolivia | 12,244,159 | 79 |
| 79 | Tunisia | 12,200,431 | 78 |
| 80 | Belgium | 11,779,946 | 80 |
| 81 | Haiti | 11,637,398 | 81 |
| 82 | South Sudan | 11,483,374 | 85 |
| 83 | Jordan | 11,439,213 | 82 |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 11,331,265 | 83 |
| 85 | Cuba | 11,019,931 | 84 |
| 86 | Czechia | 10,864,042 | 86 |
| 87 | Honduras | 10,644,851 | 88 |
| 88 | Portugal | 10,578,174 | 90 |
| 89 | Sweden | 10,536,632 | 87 |
| 90 | United Arab Emirates | 10,483,751 | 94 |
| 91 | Greece | 10,407,351 | 89 |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 10,389,799 | 92 |
| 93 | Papua New Guinea | 10,389,635 | 91 |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 10,153,958 | 93 |
| 95 | Israel | 9,849,000 | 96 |
| 96 | Hungary | 9,592,186 | 95 |
| 97 | Belarus | 9,178,298 | 97 |
| 98 | Austria | 9,131,761 | 98 |
| 99 | Switzerland | 8,888,822 | 99 |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 8,460,512 | 100 |
| 101 | Togo | 8,223,850 | 101 |
| 102 | Laos | 7,664,993 | 102 |
| 103 | Hong Kong | 7,536,100 | 103 |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 7,364,438 | 104 |
| 105 | Libya | 7,305,659 | 105 |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,099,750 | 106 |
| 107 | Paraguay | 6,844,146 | 107 |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 6,823,613 | 108 |
| 109 | Serbia | 6,623,183 | 109 |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 6,446,596 | 110 |
| 111 | El Salvador | 6,309,624 | 111 |
| 112 | Congo - Brazzaville | 6,182,885 | 112 |
| 113 | Denmark | 5,946,952 | 113 |
| 114 | Singapore | 5,917,648 | 115 |
| 115 | Lebanon | 5,773,493 | 114 |
| 116 | Finland | 5,583,911 | 116 |
| 117 | Norway | 5,519,601 | 117 |
| 118 | Liberia | 5,493,031 | 119 |
| 119 | Slovakia | 5,426,740 | 118 |
| 120 | Ireland | 5,311,538 | 120 |
| 121 | New Zealand | 5,200,000 | 123 |
| 122 | Palestinian Territories | 5,165,775 | 124 |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 5,152,421 | 121 |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 5,105,525 | 122 |
| 125 | Oman | 5,049,269 | 126 |
| 126 | Mauritania | 5,022,441 | 125 |
| 127 | Kuwait | 4,853,420 | 127 |
| 128 | Panama | 4,458,759 | 128 |
| 129 | Croatia | 3,859,686 | 129 |
| 130 | Georgia | 3,715,483 | 130 |
| 131 | Mongolia | 3,481,145 | 131 |
| 132 | Eritrea | 3,470,390 | 132 |
| 133 | Uruguay | 3,388,081 | 133 |
| 134 | Puerto Rico | 3,203,794 | 134 |
| 135 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,185,073 | 135 |
| 136 | Armenia | 2,964,300 | 136 |
| 137 | Namibia | 2,963,095 | 137 |
| 138 | Lithuania | 2,871,585 | 139 |
| 139 | Jamaica | 2,839,786 | 138 |
| 140 | Gambia | 2,697,845 | 141 |
| 141 | Qatar | 2,656,032 | 140 |
| 142 | Gabon | 2,484,789 | 145 |
| 143 | Botswana | 2,480,244 | 144 |
| 144 | Moldova | 2,457,783 | 142 |
| 145 | Albania | 2,411,658 | 143 |
| 146 | Lesotho | 2,311,472 | 146 |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,153,339 | 148 |
| 148 | Slovenia | 2,120,461 | 147 |
| 149 | Latvia | 1,883,710 | 149 |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,847,549 | 151 |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 1,827,816 | 150 |
| 152 | Kosovo | 1,682,668 | 152 |
| 153 | Bahrain | 1,577,059 | 153 |
| 154 | Timor-Leste | 1,384,286 | 154 |
| 155 | Estonia | 1,370,286 | 156 |
| 156 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,367,510 | 155 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,344,976 | 157 |
| 158 | Mauritius | 1,248,647 | 158 |
| 159 | Eswatini | 1,230,506 | 159 |
| 160 | Djibouti | 1,152,944 | 160 |
| 161 | Fiji | 924,145 | 161 |
| 162 | Comoros | 850,387 | 162 |
| 163 | Guyana | 826,353 | 163 |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 800,005 | 164 |
| 165 | Bhutan | 786,385 | 165 |
| 166 | Macau | 678,800 | 166 |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 666,430 | 167 |
| 168 | Suriname | 628,886 | 169 |
| 169 | Montenegro | 623,529 | 168 |
| 170 | Malta | 552,747 | 170 |
| 171 | Maldives | 525,994 | 171 |
| 172 | Cape Verde | 522,331 | 172 |
| 173 | Brunei | 458,949 | 173 |
| 174 | Belize | 411,106 | 174 |
| 175 | Bahamas | 399,440 | 175 |
| 176 | Iceland | 385,663 | 176 |
| 177 | Vanuatu | 320,409 | 177 |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 289,870 | 178 |
| 179 | Barbados | 282,336 | 179 |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 281,118 | 180 |
| 181 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 230,871 | 181 |
| 182 | Samoa | 216,663 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 179,285 | 183 |
| 184 | Channel Islands | 167,691 | 184 |
| 185 | Guam | 166,506 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 154,654 | 186 |
| 187 | Kiribati | 132,530 | 187 |
| 188 | Seychelles | 119,773 | 188 |
| 189 | Grenada | 117,081 | 189 |
| 190 | Micronesia | 112,630 | 190 |
| 191 | Aruba | 107,359 | 191 |
| 192 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 104,917 | 192 |
| 193 | Tonga | 104,597 | 193 |
| 194 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 101,323 | 194 |
| 195 | Antigua & Barbuda | 93,316 | 195 |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 84,165 | 196 |
| 197 | Andorra | 80,856 | 197 |
| 198 | Cayman Islands | 73,038 | 198 |
| 199 | Dominica | 66,510 | 199 |
| 200 | Bermuda | 64,698 | 200 |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,865 | 201 |
| 202 | Faroe Islands | 54,398 | 202 |
| 203 | American Samoa | 47,521 | 203 |
| 204 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46,758 | 204 |
| 205 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 46,198 | 206 |
| 206 | Northern Mariana Islands | 45,143 | 205 |
| 207 | Sint Maarten | 42,749 | 207 |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 39,846 | 209 |
| 209 | British Virgin Islands | 38,985 | 211 |
| 210 | Monaco | 38,956 | 210 |
| 211 | Marshall Islands | 38,827 | 208 |
| 212 | Gibraltar | 38,471 | 212 |
| 213 | San Marino | 33,860 | 213 |
| 214 | St. Martin | 27,515 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 17,727 | 215 |
| 216 | Nauru | 11,875 | 216 |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 9,816 | 217 |