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Countries by population

China had the highest population of 215 countries in 2015, at 1.38 billion. Nauru had the lowest, at 10,954. The median was 6.22 million and the figure for the World was 7.44 billion. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,379,860,000China
Lowest10,954Nauru
Median6,215,770215 countries
World7,441,084,771History

Top 40 countries, 2015

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ChinaChina: 1,379,860,000 persons1,379,860,000IndiaIndia: 1,328,024,498 persons1,328,024,498United StatesUnited States: 321,815,121 persons321,815,121IndonesiaIndonesia: 261,799,249 persons261,799,249PakistanPakistan: 217,290,883 persons217,290,883BrazilBrazil: 201,675,532 persons201,675,532NigeriaNigeria: 190,671,878 persons190,671,878BangladeshBangladesh: 159,383,179 persons159,383,179RussiaRussia: 144,640,716 persons144,640,716JapanJapan: 127,141,000 persons127,141,000MexicoMexico: 121,072,306 persons121,072,306PhilippinesPhilippines: 105,312,992 persons105,312,992EthiopiaEthiopia: 103,867,135 persons103,867,135EgyptEgypt: 99,597,342 persons99,597,342VietnamVietnam: 92,823,254 persons92,823,254IranIran: 82,619,362 persons82,619,362GermanyGermany: 81,686,611 persons81,686,611Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 81,035,531 persons81,035,531TürkiyeTürkiye: 78,218,479 persons78,218,479ThailandThailand: 70,540,795 persons70,540,795FranceFrance: 66,548,272 persons66,548,272United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 65,087,000 persons65,087,000ItalyItaly: 60,229,605 persons60,229,605South AfricaSouth Africa: 56,723,537 persons56,723,537TanzaniaTanzania: 52,020,962 persons52,020,962MyanmarMyanmar: 51,089,056 persons51,089,056South KoreaSouth Korea: 51,014,947 persons51,014,947KenyaKenya: 47,088,526 persons47,088,526ColombiaColombia: 46,969,940 persons46,969,940SpainSpain: 46,422,303 persons46,422,303UkraineUkraine: 45,784,896 persons45,784,896ArgentinaArgentina: 43,477,012 persons43,477,012SudanSudan: 40,024,431 persons40,024,431AlgeriaAlgeria: 40,019,529 persons40,019,529PolandPoland: 37,986,412 persons37,986,412IraqIraq: 37,560,535 persons37,560,535UgandaUganda: 37,531,446 persons37,531,446CanadaCanada: 35,704,498 persons35,704,498MoroccoMorocco: 34,607,588 persons34,607,588AfghanistanAfghanistan: 33,831,764 persons33,831,764
persons. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2015
persons		Change on 2014
1China1,379,860,000+0.6%
2India1,328,024,498+1.2%
3United States321,815,121+0.8%
4Indonesia261,799,249+1.1%
5Pakistan217,290,883+1.4%
6Brazil201,675,532+0.8%
7Nigeria190,671,878+2.6%
8Bangladesh159,383,179+0.9%
9Russia144,640,716+0.3%
10Japan127,141,000-0.1%
11Mexico121,072,306+1.1%
12Philippines105,312,992+1.5%
13Ethiopia103,867,135+2.7%
14Egypt99,597,342+2.1%
15Vietnam92,823,254+1.2%
16Iran82,619,362+1.4%
17Germany81,686,611+0.9%
18Democratic Republic of the Congo81,035,531+3.4%
19Türkiye78,218,479+1.3%
20Thailand70,540,795+0.5%
21France66,548,272+0.4%
22United Kingdom65,087,000+0.7%
23Italy60,229,605-0.2%
24South Africa56,723,537+2%
25Tanzania52,020,962+3.3%
26Myanmar51,089,056+0.8%
27South Korea51,014,947+0.5%
28Kenya47,088,526+2.3%
29Colombia46,969,940+0.9%
30Spain46,422,303-0.1%
31Ukraine45,784,896-0.4%
32Argentina43,477,012+1.1%
33Sudan40,024,431+3.1%
34Algeria40,019,529+2.1%
35Poland37,986,412-0.1%
36Iraq37,560,535+2.8%
37Uganda37,531,446+3.1%
38Canada35,704,498+0.8%
39Morocco34,607,588+1.2%
40Afghanistan33,831,764+3.2%
41Malaysia31,232,798+1.7%
42Yemen31,159,379+3.1%
43Uzbekistan30,749,346+1.7%
44Venezuela30,573,972+1.1%
45Peru30,457,600+1.1%
46Saudi Arabia29,816,382+5.3%
47Ghana28,696,068+2.3%
48Angola28,157,798+3.7%
49Nepal27,823,629+0.5%
50Mozambique26,547,572+2.9%
51North Korea25,575,350+0.5%
52Madagascar25,426,702+2.7%
53Côte d’Ivoire25,246,342+2.9%
54Australia23,815,995+1.4%
55Cameroon22,763,414+3.2%
56Sri Lanka20,970,000+0.9%
57Niger19,939,498+3.8%
58Romania19,815,616-0.5%
59Syria19,424,618-4.2%
60Burkina Faso18,777,487+3%
61Mali18,593,022+3.2%
62Kazakhstan18,084,169+1.5%
63Chile18,047,625+1%
64Malawi17,085,587+2.8%
65Netherlands16,939,923+0.4%
66Zambia16,399,089+3.2%
67Ecuador16,266,225+1.4%
68Guatemala15,971,743+1.8%
69Cambodia15,623,251+1.5%
70Chad14,647,621+3.2%
71Senegal14,593,331+3.1%
72Zimbabwe14,399,013+1.3%
73Somalia13,806,963+3.5%
74Guinea11,767,070+2.6%
75Rwanda11,640,022+2.4%
76Tunisia11,402,264+1.1%
77Benin11,360,681+3%
78Cuba11,275,065-0.1%
79Belgium11,274,196+0.6%
80South Sudan11,107,561-1.1%
81Burundi11,047,580+2.3%
82Bolivia11,014,705+1.5%
83Greece10,820,883-0.7%
84Czechia10,546,059+0.2%
85Haiti10,523,242+1.4%
86Dominican Republic10,434,829+1.2%
87Portugal10,358,076-0.4%
88Sweden9,799,186+1.1%
89Hungary9,797,755-0.4%
90Azerbaijan9,649,341+1.2%
91Jordan9,544,729+8.6%
92Belarus9,461,076+0.1%
93Honduras9,237,305+1.9%
94Papua New Guinea8,743,246+2.6%
95Tajikistan8,643,840+2.6%
96Austria8,642,699+1.1%
97United Arab Emirates8,505,237+5.5%
98Israel8,380,100+2%
99Switzerland8,282,396+1.1%
100Hong Kong7,291,300+0.9%
101Serbia7,095,383-0.5%
102Togo7,071,502+1.9%
103Sierra Leone7,037,655+2.3%
104Bulgaria6,984,225-1.3%
105Laos6,801,645+1.5%
106Libya6,531,819+1.6%
107Lebanon6,472,469+2%
108Turkmenistan6,215,770+2.3%
109El Salvador6,183,676+0.3%
110Paraguay6,159,103+1.5%
111Nicaragua6,149,417+1.4%
112Kyrgyzstan6,040,036+2.3%
113Denmark5,683,483+0.7%
114Singapore5,535,002+1.2%
115Finland5,479,531+0.3%
116Slovakia5,423,801+0.1%
117Norway5,188,607+1%
118Republic of the Congo5,097,581+2.4%
119Costa Rica4,818,038+1.1%
120Ireland4,701,957+0.9%
121Liberia4,659,431+2.1%
122Central African Republic4,629,320+0.1%
123New Zealand4,609,400+2.1%
124Palestine4,270,092+2.3%
125Oman4,184,895+4.6%
126Croatia4,151,725-1.2%
127Mauritania3,965,959+3.1%
128Panama3,960,035+1.7%
129Kuwait3,834,574+4.6%
130Georgia3,725,276+0.2%
131Puerto Rico3,535,167-1.4%
132Bosnia and Herzegovina3,518,541-1.3%
133Uruguay3,368,017+0.3%
134Eritrea3,105,546+0.3%
135Mongolia3,026,864+2.2%
136Armenia3,004,600-0.3%
137Lithuania2,911,109-0.9%
138Moldova2,835,978-0.8%
139Jamaica2,802,534+0.3%
140Albania2,731,293-1.5%
141Namibia2,374,300+2.7%
142Qatar2,344,557+9%
143Gambia2,224,529+2.8%
144Botswana2,203,273+1.4%
145Lesotho2,104,611+1.2%
146Slovenia2,063,531+0.1%
147Gabon2,040,989+3.2%
148Latvia1,977,527-0.8%
149North Macedonia1,912,430-0.3%
150Guinea-Bissau1,786,457+2.6%
151Equatorial Guinea1,453,923+3.9%
152Bahrain1,370,322+4.2%
153Trinidad and Tobago1,349,667+0.3%
154Estonia1,315,407+0.1%
155Mauritius1,262,879+0.1%
156Cyprus1,219,502+1.5%
157Timor-Leste1,205,131+2%
158Eswatini1,142,813+0.6%
159Djibouti1,020,313+1.8%
160Fiji918,578+0.1%
161Guyana758,781+0.6%
162Bhutan740,618+1%
163Comoros726,682+2.1%
164Macao642,900+3.4%
165Solomon Islands639,415+3.6%
166Montenegro624,651+0.1%
167Suriname581,627+1.1%
168Luxembourg569,604+2.4%
169Cape Verde512,3940%
170Malta444,220+2.5%
171Maldives428,154+3.5%
172Brunei422,212+1.3%
173Bahamas385,346+0.8%
174Belize356,333+2.1%
175Iceland330,815+1%
176New Caledonia283,168+0.7%
177Barbados278,990+0.2%
178French Polynesia277,866+0.5%
179Vanuatu266,101+2.3%
180Samoa201,782+0.9%
181São Tomé and Príncipe200,291+1.8%
182Saint Lucia174,905+0.4%
183Guam164,905-0.4%
184Curaçao157,980+1.3%
185Kiribati116,815+1.3%
186Grenada114,676+0.5%
187Micronesia108,716+0.3%
188Aruba107,906+1%
189U.S. Virgin Islands107,712-0.2%
190Saint Vincent and the Grenadines106,960-0.5%
191Tonga106,095-0.5%
192Seychelles93,419+2.3%
193Antigua and Barbuda89,409+0.7%
194Isle of Man83,593-0.4%
195Andorra72,174-2.1%
196Dominica70,410+0.1%
197Bermuda63,464-0.1%
198Cayman Islands61,642+2.5%
199Greenland56,114-0.3%
200American Samoa52,878-1.1%
201Northern Mariana Islands51,514-1.3%
202Faroe Islands48,898+1%
203Marshall Islands48,800-2%
204Saint Kitts and Nevis47,087-0%
205Liechtenstein37,494+0.7%
206Sint Maarten37,471+2.2%
207Saint Martin37,369-0.2%
208Monaco36,757+1.7%
209Turks and Caicos Islands36,605+4.4%
210British Virgin Islands34,498+4.7%
211Gibraltar33,193+1.2%
212San Marino32,897+0.7%
213Palau17,770+0.3%
214Tuvalu10,963-0.2%
215Nauru10,954+2%

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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 1.38 billion in 2015, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population?

Nauru, with 10,954 in 2015.

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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