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Countries by population

China had the highest population of 215 countries in 2014, at 1.37 billion. Nauru had the lowest, at 10,742. The median was 6.16 million and the figure for the World was 7.35 billion. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,371,860,000China
Lowest10,742Nauru
Median6,162,955215 countries
World7,353,532,223History

Top 40 countries, 2014

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ChinaChina: 1,371,860,000 persons1,371,860,000IndiaIndia: 1,312,277,191 persons1,312,277,191United StatesUnited States: 319,257,560 persons319,257,560IndonesiaIndonesia: 258,877,399 persons258,877,399PakistanPakistan: 214,264,647 persons214,264,647BrazilBrazil: 200,085,127 persons200,085,127NigeriaNigeria: 185,896,915 persons185,896,915BangladeshBangladesh: 157,964,929 persons157,964,929RussiaRussia: 144,237,223 persons144,237,223JapanJapan: 127,276,000 persons127,276,000MexicoMexico: 119,784,261 persons119,784,261PhilippinesPhilippines: 103,767,130 persons103,767,130EthiopiaEthiopia: 101,115,610 persons101,115,610EgyptEgypt: 97,528,654 persons97,528,654VietnamVietnam: 91,679,578 persons91,679,578IranIran: 81,502,045 persons81,502,045GermanyGermany: 80,982,500 persons80,982,500Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 78,403,242 persons78,403,242TürkiyeTürkiye: 77,181,884 persons77,181,884ThailandThailand: 70,216,367 persons70,216,367FranceFrance: 66,312,067 persons66,312,067United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 64,619,000 persons64,619,000ItalyItaly: 60,320,707 persons60,320,707South AfricaSouth Africa: 55,594,838 persons55,594,838South KoreaSouth Korea: 50,746,659 persons50,746,659MyanmarMyanmar: 50,681,634 persons50,681,634TanzaniaTanzania: 50,351,512 persons50,351,512ColombiaColombia: 46,565,429 persons46,565,429SpainSpain: 46,460,733 persons46,460,733KenyaKenya: 46,051,440 persons46,051,440UkraineUkraine: 45,972,380 persons45,972,380ArgentinaArgentina: 43,024,071 persons43,024,071AlgeriaAlgeria: 39,205,031 persons39,205,031SudanSudan: 38,823,318 persons38,823,318PolandPoland: 38,011,735 persons38,011,735IraqIraq: 36,550,059 persons36,550,059UgandaUganda: 36,395,539 persons36,395,539CanadaCanada: 35,434,066 persons35,434,066MoroccoMorocco: 34,204,780 persons34,204,780AfghanistanAfghanistan: 32,792,523 persons32,792,523
persons. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2014
persons		Change on 2013
1China1,371,860,000+0.6%
2India1,312,277,191+1.3%
3United States319,257,560+0.8%
4Indonesia258,877,399+1.2%
5Pakistan214,264,647+1.5%
6Brazil200,085,127+0.8%
7Nigeria185,896,915+2.7%
8Bangladesh157,964,929+0.9%
9Russia144,237,223+0.3%
10Japan127,276,000-0.1%
11Mexico119,784,261+1.2%
12Philippines103,767,130+1.7%
13Ethiopia101,115,610+2.7%
14Egypt97,528,654+2.3%
15Vietnam91,679,578+1.2%
16Iran81,502,045+1.4%
17Germany80,982,500+0.4%
18Democratic Republic of the Congo78,403,242+3.4%
19Türkiye77,181,884+1.4%
20Thailand70,216,367+0.5%
21France66,312,067+0.5%
22United Kingdom64,619,000+0.7%
23Italy60,320,7070%
24South Africa55,594,838+1.7%
25South Korea50,746,659+0.6%
26Myanmar50,681,634+0.8%
27Tanzania50,351,512+3.1%
28Colombia46,565,429+0.9%
29Spain46,460,733-0.3%
30Kenya46,051,440+2.4%
31Ukraine45,972,380-0.3%
32Argentina43,024,071+1%
33Algeria39,205,031+2.1%
34Sudan38,823,318+2.7%
35Poland38,011,735-0.1%
36Iraq36,550,059+3.6%
37Uganda36,395,539+3%
38Canada35,434,066+1%
39Morocco34,204,780+1.2%
40Afghanistan32,792,523+3.7%
41Malaysia30,696,137+1.7%
42Venezuela30,254,079+1.1%
43Yemen30,226,309+3.1%
44Uzbekistan30,222,994+1.7%
45Peru30,115,826+1%
46Saudi Arabia28,309,273+2.5%
47Ghana28,041,592+2.4%
48Nepal27,672,370+0.3%
49Angola27,160,769+3.8%
50Mozambique25,788,475+2.9%
51North Korea25,451,262+0.5%
52Madagascar24,764,348+2.7%
53Côte d’Ivoire24,527,395+2.5%
54Australia23,475,686+1.5%
55Cameroon22,059,893+3.1%
56Sri Lanka20,778,000+0.9%
57Syria20,273,659-6.4%
58Romania19,908,979-0.4%
59Niger19,215,909+3.8%
60Burkina Faso18,229,461+3%
61Mali18,020,267+3.2%
62Chile17,864,195+1%
63Kazakhstan17,816,285+1.5%
64Netherlands16,865,008+0.4%
65Malawi16,621,538+2.8%
66Ecuador16,035,124+1.4%
67Zambia15,895,315+3.2%
68Guatemala15,681,725+1.9%
69Cambodia15,396,772+1.5%
70Zimbabwe14,207,359+1.4%
71Chad14,188,678+3.6%
72Senegal14,152,102+3.2%
73Somalia13,339,491+3.7%
74Guinea11,472,924+2.5%
75Rwanda11,364,757+2.4%
76Cuba11,285,775-0.1%
77Tunisia11,274,288+1.2%
78South Sudan11,235,073+0.6%
79Belgium11,209,057+0.4%
80Benin11,030,004+3%
81Greece10,892,413-0.7%
82Bolivia10,848,888+1.6%
83Burundi10,799,785+3.5%
84Czechia10,525,347+0.1%
85Portugal10,401,062-0.5%
86Haiti10,373,235+1.5%
87Dominican Republic10,315,528+1.2%
88Hungary9,833,038-0.4%
89Sweden9,696,110+1%
90Azerbaijan9,535,079+1.3%
91Belarus9,448,515+0.1%
92Honduras9,063,122+2%
93Jordan8,791,710+10%
94Austria8,546,356+0.8%
95Papua New Guinea8,523,441+2.7%
96Tajikistan8,425,552+2.5%
97Israel8,215,700+1.9%
98Switzerland8,188,649+1.2%
99United Arab Emirates8,059,440+4.8%
100Hong Kong7,229,500+0.7%
101Serbia7,131,787-0.5%
102Bulgaria7,073,572-1.2%
103Togo6,937,644+2%
104Sierra Leone6,876,385+2.4%
105Laos6,703,172+1.4%
106Libya6,427,252+1.9%
107Lebanon6,346,990+10.5%
108El Salvador6,162,955+0.4%
109Turkmenistan6,075,283+2.3%
110Paraguay6,069,811+1.5%
111Nicaragua6,066,492+1.4%
112Kyrgyzstan5,905,848+2.2%
113Denmark5,643,475+0.5%
114Singapore5,469,724+1.3%
115Finland5,461,512+0.4%
116Slovakia5,418,649+0.1%
117Norway5,137,232+1.1%
118Republic of the Congo4,975,880+2.4%
119Costa Rica4,767,119+1.1%
120Ireland4,657,740+0.7%
121Central African Republic4,623,182-0.4%
122Liberia4,564,293+2.1%
123New Zealand4,516,500+1.7%
124Croatia4,201,598-0.8%
125Palestine4,173,398+2.4%
126Oman4,002,439+4.4%
127Panama3,892,101+1.7%
128Mauritania3,848,514+3.1%
129Georgia3,719,4140%
130Kuwait3,665,876+4.5%
131Puerto Rico3,585,017-1.3%
132Bosnia and Herzegovina3,564,829-1.3%
133Uruguay3,356,334+0.3%
134Eritrea3,095,173+0.7%
135Armenia3,013,800-0.3%
136Mongolia2,963,113+2.2%
137Lithuania2,937,253-0.8%
138Moldova2,857,815-0.1%
139Jamaica2,793,749+0.4%
140Albania2,773,767-1.5%
141Namibia2,312,139+2.6%
142Botswana2,172,044+1.5%
143Gambia2,164,528+2.9%
144Qatar2,151,745+12.3%
145Lesotho2,080,089+1.1%
146Slovenia2,061,980+0.1%
147Latvia1,993,782-0.9%
148Gabon1,978,399+3.4%
149North Macedonia1,917,557-0.3%
150Guinea-Bissau1,741,122+2.7%
151Equatorial Guinea1,399,828+4%
152Trinidad and Tobago1,345,343+0.4%
153Bahrain1,314,562+4.9%
154Estonia1,314,545-0.3%
155Mauritius1,261,208+0.2%
156Cyprus1,201,801+1.5%
157Timor-Leste1,181,903+2%
158Eswatini1,136,299+0.6%
159Djibouti1,002,717+1.8%
160Fiji917,585+0.1%
161Guyana754,229+0.6%
162Bhutan733,139+1.1%
163Comoros711,503+2.2%
164Montenegro623,744+0.2%
165Macao621,700+5%
166Solomon Islands616,908+3.7%
167Suriname575,373+1.1%
168Luxembourg556,319+2.4%
169Cape Verde512,3260%
170Malta433,481+2%
171Brunei416,750+1.3%
172Maldives413,617+3.4%
173Bahamas382,298+0.9%
174Belize348,923+2.1%
175Iceland327,386+1.1%
176New Caledonia281,224+1.6%
177Barbados278,348+0.2%
178French Polynesia276,387+0.6%
179Vanuatu260,240+2.3%
180Samoa200,037+0.9%
181São Tomé and Príncipe196,767+1.9%
182Saint Lucia174,138+0.4%
183Guam165,486-0.3%
184Curaçao155,909+1.4%
185Kiribati115,326+1.3%
186Grenada114,132+0.6%
187Micronesia108,396+0.3%
188U.S. Virgin Islands107,882-0.1%
189Saint Vincent and the Grenadines107,535-0.6%
190Aruba106,807+1.1%
191Tonga106,609-0.4%
192Seychelles91,359+1.6%
193Antigua and Barbuda88,765+0.8%
194Isle of Man83,892-0.3%
195Andorra73,737-1.9%
196Dominica70,373+0.9%
197Bermuda63,529-0.1%
198Cayman Islands60,160+2.6%
199Greenland56,295-0.3%
200American Samoa53,466-1%
201Northern Mariana Islands52,178-1.1%
202Marshall Islands49,796-1.7%
203Faroe Islands48,427+0.4%
204Saint Kitts and Nevis47,0890%
205Saint Martin37,450+0.1%
206Liechtenstein37,248+0.7%
207Sint Maarten36,672+2.3%
208Monaco36,128+1.9%
209Turks and Caicos Islands35,050+4.2%
210British Virgin Islands32,962+4%
211Gibraltar32,813+1.3%
212San Marino32,655-1.2%
213Palau17,715+0.4%
214Tuvalu10,984-0.2%
215Nauru10,742+2.1%

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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?

China, with 1.37 billion in 2014, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population?

Nauru, with 10,742 in 2014.

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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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