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Countries by population

China had the highest population of 215 countries in 2017, at 1.4 billion. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 10,869. The median was 6.34 million and the figure for the World was 7.61 billion. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,396,215,000China
Lowest10,869Tuvalu
Median6,338,660215 countries
World7,613,788,655History

Top 40 countries, 2017

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ChinaChina: 1,396,215,000 persons1,396,215,000IndiaIndia: 1,359,657,400 persons1,359,657,400United StatesUnited States: 326,608,609 persons326,608,609IndonesiaIndonesia: 267,346,658 persons267,346,658PakistanPakistan: 223,273,967 persons223,273,967BrazilBrazil: 204,703,445 persons204,703,445NigeriaNigeria: 200,254,579 persons200,254,579BangladeshBangladesh: 162,186,147 persons162,186,147RussiaRussia: 145,293,260 persons145,293,260JapanJapan: 126,972,000 persons126,972,000MexicoMexico: 123,400,057 persons123,400,057EthiopiaEthiopia: 109,666,481 persons109,666,481PhilippinesPhilippines: 108,119,693 persons108,119,693EgyptEgypt: 103,696,057 persons103,696,057VietnamVietnam: 95,176,977 persons95,176,977Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 87,083,398 persons87,083,398IranIran: 85,026,754 persons85,026,754GermanyGermany: 82,657,002 persons82,657,002TürkiyeTürkiye: 80,312,698 persons80,312,698ThailandThailand: 71,160,187 persons71,160,187FranceFrance: 66,918,020 persons66,918,020United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 65,964,000 persons65,964,000ItalyItaly: 60,002,252 persons60,002,252South AfricaSouth Africa: 57,635,162 persons57,635,162TanzaniaTanzania: 55,652,890 persons55,652,890MyanmarMyanmar: 51,894,938 persons51,894,938South KoreaSouth Korea: 51,361,911 persons51,361,911KenyaKenya: 49,197,766 persons49,197,766ColombiaColombia: 48,131,078 persons48,131,078SpainSpain: 46,571,232 persons46,571,232UkraineUkraine: 45,436,041 persons45,436,041ArgentinaArgentina: 44,288,894 persons44,288,894SudanSudan: 42,714,306 persons42,714,306AlgeriaAlgeria: 41,689,299 persons41,689,299UgandaUganda: 40,177,388 persons40,177,388IraqIraq: 39,337,353 persons39,337,353PolandPoland: 37,974,826 persons37,974,826CanadaCanada: 36,545,075 persons36,545,075AfghanistanAfghanistan: 35,688,935 persons35,688,935MoroccoMorocco: 35,446,392 persons35,446,392
persons. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2017
persons		Change on 2016
1China1,396,215,000+0.6%
2India1,359,657,400+1.2%
3United States326,608,609+0.7%
4Indonesia267,346,658+1%
5Pakistan223,273,967+1.4%
6Brazil204,703,445+0.7%
7Nigeria200,254,579+2.5%
8Bangladesh162,186,147+0.9%
9Russia145,293,260+0.2%
10Japan126,972,000-0.1%
11Mexico123,400,057+0.9%
12Ethiopia109,666,481+2.8%
13Philippines108,119,693+1.3%
14Egypt103,696,057+2%
15Vietnam95,176,977+1.3%
16Democratic Republic of the Congo87,083,398+3.7%
17Iran85,026,754+1.4%
18Germany82,657,002+0.4%
19Türkiye80,312,698+1.3%
20Thailand71,160,187+0.4%
21France66,918,020+0.3%
22United Kingdom65,964,000+0.5%
23Italy60,002,252-0.2%
24South Africa57,635,162+0.7%
25Tanzania55,652,890+3.4%
26Myanmar51,894,938+0.8%
27South Korea51,361,911+0.3%
28Kenya49,197,766+2.2%
29Colombia48,131,078+1.5%
30Spain46,571,232+0.2%
31Ukraine45,436,041-0.4%
32Argentina44,288,894+0.9%
33Sudan42,714,306+3.5%
34Algeria41,689,299+2.1%
35Uganda40,177,388+3.6%
36Iraq39,337,353+2.3%
37Poland37,974,8260%
38Canada36,545,075+1.2%
39Afghanistan35,688,935+2.8%
40Morocco35,446,392+1.2%
41Yemen33,090,921+3.1%
42Malaysia32,355,644+1.8%
43Uzbekistan31,819,178+1.7%
44Peru31,324,637+1.5%
45Saudi Arabia30,977,355+0.1%
46Venezuela30,565,323-0.7%
47Angola30,234,839+3.6%
48Ghana30,008,354+2.2%
49Mozambique28,166,393+3%
50Nepal28,011,258+0.2%
51Madagascar26,788,375+2.6%
52Côte d’Ivoire26,733,372+2.9%
53North Korea25,817,709+0.5%
54Australia24,592,588+1.7%
55Cameroon24,128,601+2.9%
56Sri Lanka21,453,000+1.2%
57Niger21,435,446+3.6%
58Burkina Faso19,894,407+2.9%
59Mali19,813,011+3.2%
60Romania19,588,715-0.6%
61Syria19,224,668+0.2%
62Kazakhstan18,651,931+1.6%
63Chile18,558,868+1.6%
64Malawi18,039,715+2.7%
65Zambia17,441,320+3.1%
66Netherlands17,131,296+0.6%
67Ecuador16,759,519+1.5%
68Guatemala16,567,357+1.8%
69Cambodia16,073,372+1.4%
70Chad15,622,759+3.4%
71Senegal15,475,002+2.9%
72Somalia14,916,629+4%
73Zimbabwe14,812,482+1.5%
74Guinea12,385,659+2.6%
75Rwanda12,202,060+2.4%
76Benin12,039,780+2.9%
77Tunisia11,650,498+1.1%
78Burundi11,506,762+2.4%
79Belgium11,375,158+0.4%
80Bolivia11,344,587+1.5%
81Cuba11,247,829-0.2%
82Haiti10,817,754+1.4%
83Greece10,754,679-0.2%
84Dominican Republic10,666,843+1.1%
85Czechia10,594,438+0.3%
86Portugal10,300,300-0.2%
87South Sudan10,259,154-5.3%
88Jordan10,234,226+2.3%
89Sweden10,057,698+1.4%
90Azerbaijan9,854,033+1%
91Hungary9,726,756-0.3%
92Honduras9,588,137+1.9%
93Belarus9,458,989-0.1%
94United Arab Emirates9,223,225+3.2%
95Papua New Guinea9,178,714+2.4%
96Tajikistan9,085,946+2.5%
97Austria8,797,566+0.7%
98Israel8,713,300+2%
99Switzerland8,451,840+0.9%
100Hong Kong7,393,200+0.8%
101Sierra Leone7,379,299+2.4%
102Togo7,324,386+1.7%
103Serbia7,020,858-0.5%
104Laos7,018,147+1.6%
105Bulgaria6,803,468-1.3%
106Libya6,738,770+1.6%
107Turkmenistan6,507,061+2.3%
108Paraguay6,338,660+1.4%
109Nicaragua6,316,231+1.3%
110Kyrgyzstan6,306,696+2.1%
111El Salvador6,213,533+0.2%
112Lebanon6,160,128-2.6%
113Denmark5,764,980+0.6%
114Singapore5,612,253+0.1%
115Finland5,508,214+0.2%
116Slovakia5,439,232+0.2%
117Republic of the Congo5,351,011+2.5%
118Norway5,276,968+0.8%
119Costa Rica4,913,177+0.9%
120Liberia4,848,925+2%
121Ireland4,827,445+1.4%
122New Zealand4,813,600+2.1%
123Central African Republic4,793,511+1.7%
124Oman4,537,396+3.3%
125Palestine4,454,805+2%
126Mauritania4,210,600+3%
127Kuwait4,154,812+3.8%
128Panama4,098,707+1.7%
129Croatia4,041,407-1.6%
130Georgia3,728,0040%
131Bosnia and Herzegovina3,428,682-1.3%
132Puerto Rico3,410,837-2%
133Uruguay3,388,438+0.3%
134Eritrea3,150,347+0.8%
135Mongolia3,148,917+1.9%
136Armenia2,979,400-0.4%
137Lithuania2,842,639-1.2%
138Jamaica2,815,764+0.2%
139Moldova2,755,189-1.7%
140Albania2,648,285-1.5%
141Qatar2,545,820+2.8%
142Namibia2,506,853+2.8%
143Gambia2,342,189+2.6%
144Botswana2,266,747+1.4%
145Lesotho2,157,110+1.3%
146Gabon2,156,900+2.7%
147Slovenia2,066,388+0.1%
148Latvia1,942,248-0.9%
149North Macedonia1,898,657-0.4%
150Guinea-Bissau1,877,072+2.5%
151Equatorial Guinea1,562,396+3.6%
152Bahrain1,501,116+5.4%
153Trinidad and Tobago1,356,633+0.2%
154Estonia1,317,384+0.1%
155Mauritius1,264,887+0.1%
156Cyprus1,254,275+1.4%
157Timor-Leste1,251,703+1.9%
158Eswatini1,158,195+0.8%
159Djibouti1,054,841+1.7%
160Fiji918,759-0%
161Guyana768,479+0.6%
162Comoros756,669+2%
163Bhutan754,335+0.9%
164Solomon Islands685,672+3.5%
165Macao648,400-0.6%
166Montenegro625,982+0.1%
167Luxembourg596,336+2.5%
168Suriname593,713+1%
169Cape Verde512,893+0.1%
170Malta467,106+2.8%
171Maldives458,287+3.4%
172Brunei432,772+1.2%
173Bahamas390,485+0.6%
174Belize373,202+2.3%
175Iceland343,400+2.4%
176New Caledonia283,5460%
177Barbados280,171+0.2%
178French Polynesia280,087+0.3%
179Vanuatu278,507+2.4%
180São Tomé and Príncipe206,970+1.6%
181Samoa205,415+0.9%
182Saint Lucia176,342+0.4%
183Guam163,490-0.5%
184Curaçao160,175+0.3%
185Kiribati120,275+1.5%
186Grenada115,438+0.3%
187Micronesia109,481+0.4%
188Aruba108,7350%
189U.S. Virgin Islands107,281-0.2%
190Saint Vincent and the Grenadines105,663-0.6%
191Tonga105,356-0.2%
192Seychelles95,843+1.2%
193Antigua and Barbuda90,468+0.6%
194Isle of Man83,609+0.2%
195Andorra73,763+2.2%
196Dominica68,496-1.6%
197Cayman Islands64,535+2.3%
198Bermuda63,578+0.2%
199Greenland56,172-0%
200American Samoa51,586-1.3%
201Faroe Islands50,179+1.4%
202Northern Mariana Islands49,959-1.6%
203Saint Kitts and Nevis47,050-0.1%
204Marshall Islands46,529-2.5%
205Turks and Caicos Islands39,913+4.2%
206Sint Maarten38,996+2%
207Liechtenstein37,962+0.7%
208Monaco37,678+1.1%
209Saint Martin36,837-0.9%
210Gibraltar34,245+1.7%
211San Marino33,825+2.2%
212British Virgin Islands32,699-3.5%
213Palau17,812+0.1%
214Nauru11,324+1.6%
215Tuvalu10,869-0.6%

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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?

China, with 1.4 billion in 2017, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population?

Tuvalu, with 10,869 in 2017.

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