Population by country, 2024
Countries217
1. India1,450,935,791
Median6,586,476
Japan123,975,37112 / 217
World8,140,897,523
Top 20
1,450,935,791
1,408,975,000
340,003,797
283,487,931
251,269,164
232,679,478
211,998,573
173,562,364
143,669,648
132,059,767
130,861,007
123,975,371
116,538,258
115,843,670
109,276,265
100,987,686
91,567,738
85,518,661
83,516,593
71,668,011
Bottom 10
40,450
39,471
39,329
38,631
37,548
33,977
26,129
17,695
11,947
9,646
Biggest increases since 2023
+7.6%
+5.1%
+4.8%
+4.7%
+4.6%
+4.6%
+4.0%
+3.5%
+3.5%
+3.3%
Biggest decreases since 2023
-5.2%
-5.0%
-3.3%
-2.3%
-1.9%
-1.7%
-1.6%
-1.4%
-0.9%
-0.8%
All countries
| # | Country / region | Population | Prior-year rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1,450,935,791 | 1 |
| 2 | China | 1,408,975,000 | 2 |
| 3 | United States | 340,003,797 | 3 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 283,487,931 | 4 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 251,269,164 | 5 |
| 6 | Nigeria | 232,679,478 | 6 |
| 7 | Brazil | 211,998,573 | 7 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 173,562,364 | 8 |
| 9 | Russia | 143,669,648 | 9 |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 132,059,767 | 11 |
| 11 | Mexico | 130,861,007 | 10 |
| 12 | Japan | 123,975,371 | 12 |
| 13 | Egypt | 116,538,258 | 14 |
| 14 | Philippines | 115,843,670 | 13 |
| 15 | Congo - Kinshasa | 109,276,265 | 15 |
| 16 | Vietnam | 100,987,686 | 16 |
| 17 | Iran | 91,567,738 | 17 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 85,518,661 | 18 |
| 19 | Germany | 83,516,593 | 19 |
| 20 | Thailand | 71,668,011 | 20 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 69,281,000 | 21 |
| 22 | Tanzania | 68,560,157 | 23 |
| 23 | France | 68,551,653 | 22 |
| 24 | South Africa | 64,007,187 | 24 |
| 25 | Italy | 58,952,704 | 25 |
| 26 | Kenya | 56,432,944 | 26 |
| 27 | Myanmar (Burma) | 54,500,091 | 27 |
| 28 | Colombia | 52,886,363 | 28 |
| 29 | South Korea | 51,751,065 | 29 |
| 30 | Sudan | 50,448,963 | 30 |
| 31 | Uganda | 50,015,092 | 31 |
| 32 | Spain | 48,848,840 | 32 |
| 33 | Algeria | 46,814,308 | 33 |
| 34 | Iraq | 46,042,015 | 35 |
| 35 | Argentina | 45,696,159 | 34 |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 42,647,492 | 36 |
| 37 | Canada | 41,262,329 | 37 |
| 38 | Yemen | 40,583,164 | 38 |
| 39 | Morocco | 38,081,173 | 40 |
| 40 | Angola | 37,885,849 | 41 |
| 41 | Ukraine | 37,860,221 | 39 |
| 42 | Poland | 36,559,233 | 42 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 36,361,859 | 43 |
| 44 | Malaysia | 35,557,673 | 44 |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 35,300,280 | 47 |
| 46 | Mozambique | 34,631,766 | 48 |
| 47 | Ghana | 34,427,414 | 46 |
| 48 | Peru | 34,217,848 | 45 |
| 49 | Madagascar | 31,964,956 | 49 |
| 50 | Côte d’Ivoire | 31,934,230 | 50 |
| 51 | Nepal | 29,651,054 | 51 |
| 52 | Cameroon | 29,123,744 | 52 |
| 53 | Venezuela | 28,405,543 | 53 |
| 54 | Australia | 27,194,286 | 54 |
| 55 | Niger | 27,032,412 | 56 |
| 56 | North Korea | 26,498,823 | 55 |
| 57 | Syria | 24,672,760 | 58 |
| 58 | Mali | 24,478,595 | 57 |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 23,548,781 | 59 |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 21,916,000 | 60 |
| 61 | Malawi | 21,655,286 | 61 |
| 62 | Zambia | 21,314,956 | 62 |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 20,592,571 | 63 |
| 64 | Chad | 20,299,123 | 65 |
| 65 | Chile | 19,764,771 | 64 |
| 66 | Romania | 19,051,804 | 66 |
| 67 | Somalia | 19,009,151 | 67 |
| 68 | Senegal | 18,501,984 | 69 |
| 69 | Guatemala | 18,406,359 | 68 |
| 70 | Ecuador | 18,135,478 | 70 |
| 71 | Netherlands | 17,993,485 | 71 |
| 72 | Cambodia | 17,638,801 | 72 |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 16,634,373 | 73 |
| 74 | Guinea | 14,754,785 | 74 |
| 75 | Benin | 14,462,724 | 75 |
| 76 | Rwanda | 14,256,567 | 76 |
| 77 | Burundi | 14,047,786 | 77 |
| 78 | Bolivia | 12,413,315 | 78 |
| 79 | Tunisia | 12,277,109 | 79 |
| 80 | South Sudan | 11,943,408 | 82 |
| 81 | Belgium | 11,858,610 | 80 |
| 82 | Haiti | 11,772,557 | 81 |
| 83 | Jordan | 11,552,876 | 83 |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 11,427,557 | 84 |
| 85 | United Arab Emirates | 10,986,400 | 90 |
| 86 | Cuba | 10,979,783 | 85 |
| 87 | Czechia | 10,905,028 | 86 |
| 88 | Honduras | 10,825,703 | 87 |
| 89 | Portugal | 10,694,681 | 88 |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 10,590,927 | 92 |
| 91 | Papua New Guinea | 10,576,502 | 93 |
| 92 | Sweden | 10,569,709 | 89 |
| 93 | Greece | 10,405,134 | 91 |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 10,202,830 | 94 |
| 95 | Israel | 10,002,200 | 95 |
| 96 | Hungary | 9,562,065 | 96 |
| 97 | Austria | 9,177,982 | 98 |
| 98 | Belarus | 9,132,629 | 97 |
| 99 | Switzerland | 9,005,582 | 99 |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 8,642,022 | 100 |
| 101 | Togo | 8,406,558 | 101 |
| 102 | Laos | 7,769,819 | 102 |
| 103 | Hong Kong | 7,524,100 | 103 |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 7,494,498 | 104 |
| 105 | Libya | 7,381,023 | 105 |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,221,868 | 106 |
| 107 | Paraguay | 6,929,153 | 107 |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 6,916,140 | 108 |
| 109 | Serbia | 6,586,476 | 109 |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 6,441,421 | 110 |
| 111 | El Salvador | 6,338,193 | 111 |
| 112 | Congo - Brazzaville | 6,332,961 | 112 |
| 113 | Singapore | 6,036,860 | 114 |
| 114 | Denmark | 5,976,992 | 113 |
| 115 | Lebanon | 5,805,962 | 115 |
| 116 | Finland | 5,619,911 | 116 |
| 117 | Liberia | 5,612,817 | 118 |
| 118 | Norway | 5,572,279 | 117 |
| 119 | Slovakia | 5,422,069 | 119 |
| 120 | Ireland | 5,395,790 | 120 |
| 121 | Central African Republic | 5,330,690 | 123 |
| 122 | New Zealand | 5,290,000 | 121 |
| 123 | Palestinian Territories | 5,289,152 | 122 |
| 124 | Oman | 5,281,538 | 125 |
| 125 | Mauritania | 5,169,395 | 126 |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 5,129,910 | 124 |
| 127 | Kuwait | 4,897,263 | 127 |
| 128 | Panama | 4,515,577 | 128 |
| 129 | Croatia | 3,866,200 | 129 |
| 130 | Georgia | 3,812,518 | 130 |
| 131 | Eritrea | 3,535,603 | 132 |
| 132 | Mongolia | 3,524,788 | 131 |
| 133 | Uruguay | 3,386,588 | 133 |
| 134 | Puerto Rico | 3,202,521 | 134 |
| 135 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,164,253 | 135 |
| 136 | Armenia | 3,033,500 | 136 |
| 137 | Namibia | 3,030,131 | 137 |
| 138 | Lithuania | 2,888,278 | 138 |
| 139 | Qatar | 2,857,822 | 141 |
| 140 | Jamaica | 2,839,175 | 139 |
| 141 | Gambia | 2,759,988 | 140 |
| 142 | Gabon | 2,538,952 | 142 |
| 143 | Botswana | 2,521,139 | 143 |
| 144 | Moldova | 2,402,306 | 144 |
| 145 | Albania | 2,377,128 | 145 |
| 146 | Lesotho | 2,337,423 | 146 |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,201,352 | 147 |
| 148 | Slovenia | 2,127,400 | 148 |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,892,516 | 150 |
| 150 | Latvia | 1,866,124 | 149 |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 1,824,359 | 151 |
| 152 | Kosovo | 1,594,353 | 152 |
| 153 | Bahrain | 1,588,670 | 153 |
| 154 | Timor-Leste | 1,400,638 | 154 |
| 155 | Estonia | 1,372,341 | 155 |
| 156 | Trinidad & Tobago | 1,368,333 | 156 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,358,282 | 157 |
| 158 | Mauritius | 1,245,779 | 158 |
| 159 | Eswatini | 1,242,822 | 159 |
| 160 | Djibouti | 1,168,722 | 160 |
| 161 | Fiji | 928,784 | 161 |
| 162 | Comoros | 866,628 | 162 |
| 163 | Guyana | 831,087 | 163 |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 819,198 | 164 |
| 165 | Bhutan | 791,524 | 165 |
| 166 | Macau | 687,000 | 166 |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 677,012 | 167 |
| 168 | Suriname | 634,431 | 168 |
| 169 | Montenegro | 623,525 | 169 |
| 170 | Malta | 568,847 | 170 |
| 171 | Maldives | 527,799 | 171 |
| 172 | Cape Verde | 524,877 | 172 |
| 173 | Brunei | 462,721 | 173 |
| 174 | Belize | 417,072 | 174 |
| 175 | Bahamas | 401,283 | 175 |
| 176 | Iceland | 386,506 | 176 |
| 177 | Vanuatu | 327,777 | 177 |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 292,639 | 178 |
| 179 | Barbados | 282,467 | 179 |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 281,807 | 180 |
| 181 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 235,536 | 181 |
| 182 | Samoa | 218,019 | 182 |
| 183 | St. Lucia | 179,744 | 183 |
| 184 | Channel Islands | 168,126 | 184 |
| 185 | Guam | 167,777 | 185 |
| 186 | Curaçao | 155,967 | 186 |
| 187 | Kiribati | 134,518 | 187 |
| 188 | Seychelles | 121,354 | 188 |
| 189 | Grenada | 117,207 | 189 |
| 190 | Micronesia | 113,160 | 190 |
| 191 | Aruba | 107,995 | 191 |
| 192 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 104,377 | 192 |
| 193 | Tonga | 104,175 | 193 |
| 194 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 100,616 | 194 |
| 195 | Antigua & Barbuda | 93,772 | 195 |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 84,160 | 196 |
| 197 | Andorra | 81,938 | 197 |
| 198 | Cayman Islands | 74,457 | 198 |
| 199 | Dominica | 66,205 | 199 |
| 200 | Bermuda | 64,636 | 200 |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,836 | 201 |
| 202 | Faroe Islands | 54,640 | 202 |
| 203 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46,843 | 204 |
| 204 | American Samoa | 46,765 | 203 |
| 205 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 46,535 | 205 |
| 206 | Northern Mariana Islands | 44,278 | 206 |
| 207 | Sint Maarten | 43,350 | 207 |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 40,450 | 208 |
| 209 | British Virgin Islands | 39,471 | 209 |
| 210 | Gibraltar | 39,329 | 212 |
| 211 | Monaco | 38,631 | 210 |
| 212 | Marshall Islands | 37,548 | 211 |
| 213 | San Marino | 33,977 | 213 |
| 214 | St. Martin | 26,129 | 214 |
| 215 | Palau | 17,695 | 215 |
| 216 | Nauru | 11,947 | 216 |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 9,646 | 217 |