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China had the highest population of 215 countries in 2016, at 1.39 billion. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 10,930. The median was 6.32 million and the figure for the World was 7.53 billion. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,387,790,000China
Lowest10,930Tuvalu
Median6,323,060215 countries
World7,528,221,579History

Top 40 countries, 2016

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ChinaChina: 1,387,790,000 persons1,387,790,000IndiaIndia: 1,343,944,296 persons1,343,944,296United StatesUnited States: 324,353,340 persons324,353,340IndonesiaIndonesia: 264,627,418 persons264,627,418PakistanPakistan: 220,138,869 persons220,138,869BrazilBrazil: 203,218,114 persons203,218,114NigeriaNigeria: 195,443,700 persons195,443,700BangladeshBangladesh: 160,811,932 persons160,811,932RussiaRussia: 145,015,460 persons145,015,460JapanJapan: 127,076,000 persons127,076,000MexicoMexico: 122,251,351 persons122,251,351PhilippinesPhilippines: 106,735,719 persons106,735,719EthiopiaEthiopia: 106,718,162 persons106,718,162EgyptEgypt: 101,644,589 persons101,644,589VietnamVietnam: 94,000,117 persons94,000,117Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 83,956,415 persons83,956,415IranIran: 83,812,228 persons83,812,228GermanyGermany: 82,348,669 persons82,348,669TürkiyeTürkiye: 79,277,962 persons79,277,962ThailandThailand: 70,859,841 persons70,859,841FranceFrance: 66,724,104 persons66,724,104United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 65,606,000 persons65,606,000ItalyItaly: 60,115,223 persons60,115,223South AfricaSouth Africa: 57,259,551 persons57,259,551TanzaniaTanzania: 53,824,013 persons53,824,013MyanmarMyanmar: 51,495,696 persons51,495,696South KoreaSouth Korea: 51,217,803 persons51,217,803KenyaKenya: 48,139,687 persons48,139,687ColombiaColombia: 47,437,512 persons47,437,512SpainSpain: 46,458,139 persons46,458,139UkraineUkraine: 45,616,832 persons45,616,832ArgentinaArgentina: 43,900,313 persons43,900,313SudanSudan: 41,259,892 persons41,259,892AlgeriaAlgeria: 40,850,721 persons40,850,721UgandaUganda: 38,799,152 persons38,799,152IraqIraq: 38,469,627 persons38,469,627PolandPoland: 37,970,087 persons37,970,087CanadaCanada: 36,110,803 persons36,110,803MoroccoMorocco: 35,023,457 persons35,023,457AfghanistanAfghanistan: 34,700,612 persons34,700,612
persons. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2016
persons		Change on 2015
1China1,387,790,000+0.6%
2India1,343,944,296+1.2%
3United States324,353,340+0.8%
4Indonesia264,627,418+1.1%
5Pakistan220,138,869+1.3%
6Brazil203,218,114+0.8%
7Nigeria195,443,700+2.5%
8Bangladesh160,811,932+0.9%
9Russia145,015,460+0.3%
10Japan127,076,000-0.1%
11Mexico122,251,351+1%
12Philippines106,735,719+1.4%
13Ethiopia106,718,162+2.7%
14Egypt101,644,589+2.1%
15Vietnam94,000,117+1.3%
16Democratic Republic of the Congo83,956,415+3.6%
17Iran83,812,228+1.4%
18Germany82,348,669+0.8%
19Türkiye79,277,962+1.4%
20Thailand70,859,841+0.5%
21France66,724,104+0.3%
22United Kingdom65,606,000+0.8%
23Italy60,115,223-0.2%
24South Africa57,259,551+0.9%
25Tanzania53,824,013+3.5%
26Myanmar51,495,696+0.8%
27South Korea51,217,803+0.4%
28Kenya48,139,687+2.2%
29Colombia47,437,512+1%
30Spain46,458,139+0.1%
31Ukraine45,616,832-0.4%
32Argentina43,900,313+1%
33Sudan41,259,892+3.1%
34Algeria40,850,721+2.1%
35Uganda38,799,152+3.4%
36Iraq38,469,627+2.4%
37Poland37,970,087-0%
38Canada36,110,803+1.1%
39Morocco35,023,457+1.2%
40Afghanistan34,700,612+2.6%
41Yemen32,109,010+3%
42Malaysia31,789,685+1.8%
43Uzbekistan31,284,568+1.7%
44Saudi Arabia30,954,198+3.8%
45Peru30,866,494+1.3%
46Venezuela30,765,720+0.6%
47Ghana29,356,742+2.3%
48Angola29,183,070+3.6%
49Nepal27,955,462+0.5%
50Mozambique27,337,105+3%
51Madagascar26,099,952+2.6%
52Côte d’Ivoire25,989,405+2.9%
53North Korea25,698,326+0.5%
54Australia24,190,907+1.6%
55Cameroon23,454,161+3%
56Sri Lanka21,209,000+1.1%
57Niger20,685,753+3.7%
58Romania19,702,267-0.6%
59Burkina Faso19,334,856+3%
60Syria19,193,834-1.2%
61Mali19,191,289+3.2%
62Kazakhstan18,363,600+1.5%
63Chile18,267,221+1.2%
64Malawi17,557,739+2.8%
65Netherlands17,030,314+0.5%
66Zambia16,914,423+3.1%
67Ecuador16,505,139+1.5%
68Guatemala16,268,760+1.9%
69Cambodia15,852,803+1.5%
70Chad15,114,655+3.2%
71Senegal15,034,521+3%
72Zimbabwe14,600,294+1.4%
73Somalia14,348,740+3.9%
74Guinea12,073,030+2.6%
75Rwanda11,919,183+2.4%
76Benin11,697,842+3%
77Tunisia11,528,674+1.1%
78Belgium11,331,422+0.5%
79Cuba11,265,612-0.1%
80Burundi11,239,451+1.7%
81Bolivia11,180,020+1.5%
82South Sudan10,830,102-2.5%
83Greece10,775,971-0.4%
84Haiti10,671,457+1.4%
85Czechia10,566,332+0.2%
86Dominican Republic10,551,430+1.1%
87Portugal10,325,452-0.3%
88Jordan10,006,367+4.8%
89Sweden9,923,085+1.3%
90Hungary9,759,755-0.4%
91Azerbaijan9,757,812+1.1%
92Belarus9,469,379+0.1%
93Honduras9,412,380+1.9%
94Papua New Guinea8,961,718+2.5%
95United Arab Emirates8,935,095+5.1%
96Tajikistan8,865,631+2.6%
97Austria8,736,668+1.1%
98Israel8,546,000+2%
99Switzerland8,373,338+1.1%
100Hong Kong7,336,600+0.6%
101Sierra Leone7,205,328+2.4%
102Togo7,200,884+1.8%
103Serbia7,058,322-0.5%
104Laos6,908,802+1.6%
105Bulgaria6,894,139-1.3%
106Libya6,632,126+1.5%
107Turkmenistan6,360,041+2.3%
108Lebanon6,323,060-2.3%
109Paraguay6,249,126+1.5%
110Nicaragua6,232,666+1.4%
111El Salvador6,200,800+0.3%
112Kyrgyzstan6,175,338+2.2%
113Denmark5,728,010+0.8%
114Singapore5,607,283+1.3%
115Finland5,495,303+0.3%
116Slovakia5,430,798+0.1%
117Norway5,234,519+0.9%
118Republic of the Congo5,222,536+2.5%
119Costa Rica4,866,998+1%
120Ireland4,762,722+1.3%
121Liberia4,755,608+2.1%
122New Zealand4,714,100+2.3%
123Central African Republic4,713,663+1.8%
124Oman4,390,877+4.9%
125Palestine4,367,088+2.3%
126Croatia4,106,867-1.1%
127Mauritania4,086,657+3%
128Panama4,029,086+1.7%
129Kuwait4,004,096+4.4%
130Georgia3,727,505+0.1%
131Puerto Rico3,480,432-1.5%
132Bosnia and Herzegovina3,473,003-1.3%
133Uruguay3,379,283+0.3%
134Eritrea3,124,698+0.6%
135Mongolia3,088,856+2%
136Armenia2,992,300-0.4%
137Lithuania2,877,325-1.2%
138Jamaica2,809,915+0.3%
139Moldova2,803,186-1.2%
140Albania2,689,469-1.5%
141Qatar2,477,113+5.7%
142Namibia2,439,213+2.7%
143Gambia2,283,769+2.7%
144Botswana2,234,776+1.4%
145Lesotho2,130,422+1.2%
146Gabon2,100,306+2.9%
147Slovenia2,065,042+0.1%
148Latvia1,959,537-0.9%
149North Macedonia1,906,313-0.3%
150Guinea-Bissau1,831,893+2.5%
151Equatorial Guinea1,508,186+3.7%
152Bahrain1,423,726+3.9%
153Trinidad and Tobago1,353,895+0.3%
154Estonia1,315,7900%
155Mauritius1,263,747+0.1%
156Cyprus1,237,112+1.4%
157Timor-Leste1,228,312+1.9%
158Eswatini1,149,507+0.6%
159Djibouti1,037,653+1.7%
160Fiji919,166+0.1%
161Guyana763,548+0.6%
162Bhutan747,866+1%
163Comoros741,741+2.1%
164Solomon Islands662,379+3.6%
165Macao652,500+1.5%
166Montenegro625,353+0.1%
167Suriname587,757+1.1%
168Luxembourg582,014+2.2%
169Cape Verde512,5540%
170Malta454,505+2.3%
171Maldives443,308+3.5%
172Brunei427,564+1.3%
173Bahamas388,055+0.7%
174Belize364,705+2.3%
175Iceland335,439+1.4%
176New Caledonia283,423+0.1%
177Barbados279,598+0.2%
178French Polynesia279,178+0.5%
179Vanuatu272,087+2.2%
180São Tomé and Príncipe203,689+1.7%
181Samoa203,499+0.9%
182Saint Lucia175,646+0.4%
183Guam164,233-0.4%
184Curaçao159,664+1.1%
185Kiribati118,478+1.4%
186Grenada115,130+0.4%
187Micronesia109,075+0.3%
188Aruba108,727+0.8%
189U.S. Virgin Islands107,516-0.2%
190Saint Vincent and the Grenadines106,349-0.6%
191Tonga105,524-0.5%
192Seychelles94,677+1.3%
193Antigua and Barbuda89,969+0.6%
194Isle of Man83,466-0.2%
195Andorra72,1810%
196Dominica69,606-1.1%
197Bermuda63,449-0%
198Cayman Islands63,100+2.4%
199Greenland56,186+0.1%
200American Samoa52,245-1.2%
201Northern Mariana Islands50,773-1.4%
202Faroe Islands49,463+1.2%
203Marshall Islands47,709-2.2%
204Saint Kitts and Nevis47,075-0%
205Turks and Caicos Islands38,315+4.7%
206Sint Maarten38,249+2.1%
207Liechtenstein37,716+0.6%
208Monaco37,276+1.4%
209Saint Martin37,175-0.5%
210British Virgin Islands33,878-1.8%
211Gibraltar33,658+1.4%
212San Marino33,101+0.6%
213Palau17,797+0.2%
214Nauru11,150+1.8%
215Tuvalu10,930-0.3%

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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 1.39 billion in 2016, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population?

Tuvalu, with 10,930 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

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