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Countries by population, 2025

India had the highest population of 215 countries in 2025, at 1.46 billion. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 9,492. The median was 7.01 million and the figure for the World was 8.22 billion. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,463,865,525India
Lowest9,492Tuvalu
Median7,007,502215 countries
World8,215,424,893History

Top 40 countries, 2025

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IndiaIndia: 1,463,865,525 persons1,463,865,525ChinaChina: 1,406,585,000 persons1,406,585,000United StatesUnited States: 341,784,857 persons341,784,857IndonesiaIndonesia: 285,721,236 persons285,721,236PakistanPakistan: 255,219,554 persons255,219,554NigeriaNigeria: 237,527,782 persons237,527,782BrazilBrazil: 212,812,405 persons212,812,405BangladeshBangladesh: 175,686,899 persons175,686,899RussiaRussia: 143,513,328 persons143,513,328EthiopiaEthiopia: 135,472,051 persons135,472,051MexicoMexico: 131,946,900 persons131,946,900JapanJapan: 123,366,734 persons123,366,734EgyptEgypt: 118,365,995 persons118,365,995PhilippinesPhilippines: 116,786,962 persons116,786,962Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 112,832,473 persons112,832,473VietnamVietnam: 101,598,527 persons101,598,527IranIran: 92,417,681 persons92,417,681TürkiyeTürkiye: 85,878,556 persons85,878,556GermanyGermany: 83,491,249 persons83,491,249ThailandThailand: 71,619,863 persons71,619,863TanzaniaTanzania: 70,545,865 persons70,545,865United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 69,487,000 persons69,487,000FranceFrance: 68,720,337 persons68,720,337South AfricaSouth Africa: 64,747,319 persons64,747,319ItalyItaly: 58,915,656 persons58,915,656KenyaKenya: 57,532,493 persons57,532,493MyanmarMyanmar: 54,850,648 persons54,850,648ColombiaColombia: 53,425,635 persons53,425,635South KoreaSouth Korea: 51,684,564 persons51,684,564SudanSudan: 51,662,147 persons51,662,147UgandaUganda: 51,384,894 persons51,384,894SpainSpain: 49,355,143 persons49,355,143AlgeriaAlgeria: 47,435,312 persons47,435,312IraqIraq: 47,020,774 persons47,020,774ArgentinaArgentina: 45,851,378 persons45,851,378AfghanistanAfghanistan: 43,844,111 persons43,844,111YemenYemen: 41,773,878 persons41,773,878CanadaCanada: 41,651,653 persons41,651,653AngolaAngola: 39,040,039 persons39,040,039UkraineUkraine: 38,980,376 persons38,980,376
persons. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2025
persons		Change on 2024
1India1,463,865,525+0.9%
2China1,406,585,000-0.2%
3United States341,784,857+0.5%
4Indonesia285,721,236+0.8%
5Pakistan255,219,554+1.6%
6Nigeria237,527,782+2.1%
7Brazil212,812,405+0.4%
8Bangladesh175,686,899+1.2%
9Russia143,513,328-0.1%
10Ethiopia135,472,051+2.6%
11Mexico131,946,900+0.8%
12Japan123,366,734-0.5%
13Egypt118,365,995+1.6%
14Philippines116,786,962+0.8%
15Democratic Republic of the Congo112,832,473+3.3%
16Vietnam101,598,527+0.6%
17Iran92,417,681+0.9%
18Türkiye85,878,556+0.4%
19Germany83,491,249-0%
20Thailand71,619,863-0.1%
21Tanzania70,545,865+2.9%
22United Kingdom69,487,000+0.3%
23France68,720,337+0.2%
24South Africa64,747,319+1.2%
25Italy58,915,656-0.1%
26Kenya57,532,493+1.9%
27Myanmar54,850,648+0.6%
28Colombia53,425,635+1%
29South Korea51,684,564-0.1%
30Sudan51,662,147+2.4%
31Uganda51,384,894+2.7%
32Spain49,355,143+1%
33Algeria47,435,312+1.3%
34Iraq47,020,774+2.1%
35Argentina45,851,378+0.3%
36Afghanistan43,844,111+2.8%
37Yemen41,773,878+2.9%
38Canada41,651,653+0.9%
39Angola39,040,039+3%
40Ukraine38,980,376+3%
41Morocco38,430,770+0.9%
42Uzbekistan37,053,428+1.9%
43Saudi Arabia36,973,555+4.7%
44Poland36,435,861-0.3%
45Malaysia35,977,838+1.2%
46Mozambique35,631,653+2.9%
47Ghana35,064,272+1.8%
48Peru34,576,665+1%
49Madagascar32,740,678+2.4%
50Côte d’Ivoire32,711,547+2.4%
51Cameroon29,879,337+2.6%
52Nepal29,618,118-0.1%
53Venezuela28,516,896+0.4%
54Niger27,917,831+3.3%
55Australia27,614,411+1.5%
56North Korea26,571,036+0.3%
57Syria25,620,427+3.8%
58Mali25,198,821+2.9%
59Burkina Faso24,074,580+2.2%
60Malawi22,216,120+2.6%
61Zambia21,913,874+2.8%
62Sri Lanka21,756,000-0.7%
63Chad21,003,705+3.5%
64Kazakhstan20,843,754+1.2%
65Chile19,859,921+0.5%
66Somalia19,654,739+3.4%
67Romania19,020,271-0.2%
68Senegal18,931,966+2.3%
69Guatemala18,687,881+1.5%
70Ecuador18,289,896+0.9%
71Netherlands18,087,633+0.5%
72Cambodia17,847,982+1.2%
73Zimbabwe16,950,795+1.9%
74Guinea15,099,727+2.3%
75Benin14,814,460+2.4%
76Rwanda14,569,341+2.2%
77Burundi14,390,003+2.4%
78Bolivia12,581,843+1.4%
79Tunisia12,348,573+0.6%
80South Sudan12,188,788+2.1%
81Belgium11,941,781+0.7%
82Haiti11,906,095+1.1%
83Jordan11,520,684-0.3%
84Dominican Republic11,520,487+0.8%
85United Arab Emirates11,513,149+4.8%
86Honduras11,005,850+1.7%
87Cuba10,937,203-0.4%
88Czechia10,886,878-0.2%
89Portugal10,804,871+1%
90Tajikistan10,786,734+1.8%
91Papua New Guinea10,762,817+1.8%
92Sweden10,596,620+0.3%
93Greece10,413,962+0.1%
94Azerbaijan10,246,996+0.4%
95Israel10,122,800+1.2%
96Hungary9,514,251-0.5%
97Austria9,208,163+0.3%
98Switzerland9,092,436+1%
99Belarus9,085,991-0.5%
100Sierra Leone8,819,794+2.1%
101Togo8,591,626+2.2%
102Laos7,873,046+1.3%
103Turkmenistan7,618,847+1.7%
104Hong Kong7,498,900-0.3%
105Libya7,458,555+1.1%
106Kyrgyzstan7,343,064+1.7%
107Paraguay7,013,078+1.2%
108Nicaragua7,007,502+1.3%
109Serbia6,549,143-0.6%
110Republic of the Congo6,484,437+2.4%
111Bulgaria6,433,302-0.1%
112El Salvador6,365,503+0.4%
113Singapore6,111,175+1.2%
114Denmark6,009,169+0.5%
115Lebanon5,849,421+0.7%
116Liberia5,731,206+2.1%
117Finland5,646,436+0.5%
118Norway5,610,870+0.7%
119Central African Republic5,513,282+3.4%
120Oman5,494,691+4%
121Ireland5,484,367+1.6%
122Slovakia5,413,813-0.2%
123Palestine5,413,596+2.4%
124New Zealand5,324,700+0.7%
125Mauritania5,315,065+2.8%
126Costa Rica5,152,950+0.4%
127Kuwait4,865,298-0.7%
128Panama4,571,189+1.2%
129Georgia3,935,766+3.2%
130Croatia3,876,200+0.3%
131Eritrea3,607,003+2%
132Mongolia3,568,978+1.3%
133Uruguay3,384,688-0.1%
134Puerto Rico3,184,835-0.6%
135Bosnia and Herzegovina3,140,095-0.8%
136Namibia3,092,816+2.1%
137Armenia3,086,700+1.8%
138Qatar2,972,215+4%
139Lithuania2,888,7740%
140Jamaica2,837,077-0.1%
141Gambia2,822,093+2.3%
142Gabon2,593,130+2.1%
143Botswana2,562,122+1.6%
144Lesotho2,363,325+1.1%
145Moldova2,360,527-1.7%
146Albania2,349,580-1.2%
147Guinea-Bissau2,249,515+2.2%
148Slovenia2,130,986+0.2%
149Equatorial Guinea1,938,431+2.4%
150Latvia1,847,785-1%
151North Macedonia1,820,909-0.2%
152Bahrain1,600,366+0.7%
153Timor-Leste1,418,517+1.3%
154Cyprus1,370,754+0.9%
155Trinidad and Tobago1,367,764-0%
156Estonia1,366,475-0.4%
157Eswatini1,256,174+1.1%
158Mauritius1,243,741-0.2%
159Djibouti1,184,076+1.3%
160Fiji933,154+0.5%
161Comoros882,847+1.9%
162Solomon Islands838,645+2.4%
163Guyana835,986+0.6%
164Bhutan796,682+0.7%
165Luxembourg686,970+1.5%
166Macao685,900-0.2%
167Suriname639,850+0.9%
168Montenegro623,129-0.1%
169Malta579,704+1.9%
170Maldives529,676+0.4%
171Cape Verde527,326+0.5%
172Brunei466,330+0.8%
173Belize422,924+1.4%
174Bahamas403,033+0.4%
175Iceland392,404+1.5%
176Vanuatu335,169+2.3%
177New Caledonia295,333+0.9%
178Barbados282,623+0.1%
179French Polynesia282,465+0.2%
180São Tomé and Príncipe240,254+2%
181Samoa219,306+0.6%
182Saint Lucia180,149+0.2%
183Guam168,999+0.7%
184Curaçao156,263+0.2%
185Kiribati136,488+1.5%
186Seychelles122,730+1.1%
187Grenada117,303+0.1%
188Micronesia113,683+0.5%
189Aruba108,785+0.7%
190U.S. Virgin Islands103,792-0.6%
191Tonga103,742-0.4%
192Saint Vincent and the Grenadines99,924-0.7%
193Antigua and Barbuda94,209+0.5%
194Isle of Man84,118-0%
195Andorra82,904+1.2%
196Cayman Islands75,844+1.9%
197Dominica65,871-0.5%
198Bermuda64,555-0.1%
199Greenland56,831-0%
200Faroe Islands54,900+0.5%
201Saint Kitts and Nevis46,922+0.2%
202Turks and Caicos Islands46,855+0.7%
203American Samoa46,029-1.6%
204Sint Maarten43,923+1.3%
205Northern Mariana Islands43,541-1.7%
206Liechtenstein41,024+1.4%
207Gibraltar40,126+2%
208British Virgin Islands39,732+0.7%
209Monaco38,341-0.8%
210Marshall Islands36,282-3.4%
211San Marino34,109+0.4%
212Saint Martin24,941-4.5%
213Palau17,663-0.2%
214Nauru12,025+0.7%
215Tuvalu9,492-1.6%

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About this ranking

Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which country has the highest population?

India, with 1.46 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population?

Tuvalu, with 9,492 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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