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Countries by population

China had the highest population of 215 countries in 2018, at 1.4 billion. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 10,751. The median was 6.44 million and the figure for the World was 7.7 billion. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,402,760,000China
Lowest10,751Tuvalu
Median6,444,079215 countries
World7,696,159,728History

Top 40 countries, 2018

CSVChart (SVG)

ChinaChina: 1,402,760,000 persons1,402,760,000IndiaIndia: 1,374,659,064 persons1,374,659,064United StatesUnited States: 328,529,577 persons328,529,577IndonesiaIndonesia: 269,951,846 persons269,951,846PakistanPakistan: 226,928,892 persons226,928,892BrazilBrazil: 206,107,261 persons206,107,261NigeriaNigeria: 204,938,755 persons204,938,755BangladeshBangladesh: 163,523,103 persons163,523,103RussiaRussia: 145,398,106 persons145,398,106JapanJapan: 126,811,000 persons126,811,000MexicoMexico: 124,573,711 persons124,573,711EthiopiaEthiopia: 112,664,152 persons112,664,152PhilippinesPhilippines: 109,465,287 persons109,465,287EgyptEgypt: 105,682,094 persons105,682,094VietnamVietnam: 96,237,319 persons96,237,319Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 90,047,644 persons90,047,644IranIran: 86,117,998 persons86,117,998GermanyGermany: 82,905,782 persons82,905,782TürkiyeTürkiye: 81,407,204 persons81,407,204ThailandThailand: 71,376,079 persons71,376,079FranceFrance: 67,158,348 persons67,158,348United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 66,287,000 persons66,287,000ItalyItaly: 59,877,221 persons59,877,221South AfricaSouth Africa: 58,613,001 persons58,613,001TanzaniaTanzania: 57,437,145 persons57,437,145MyanmarMyanmar: 52,272,247 persons52,272,247South KoreaSouth Korea: 51,585,058 persons51,585,058KenyaKenya: 50,207,107 persons50,207,107ColombiaColombia: 49,024,465 persons49,024,465SpainSpain: 46,782,011 persons46,782,011UkraineUkraine: 45,208,907 persons45,208,907ArgentinaArgentina: 44,654,882 persons44,654,882SudanSudan: 44,230,596 persons44,230,596AlgeriaAlgeria: 42,505,035 persons42,505,035UgandaUganda: 41,565,831 persons41,565,831IraqIraq: 40,265,624 persons40,265,624PolandPoland: 37,974,750 persons37,974,750CanadaCanada: 37,072,620 persons37,072,620AfghanistanAfghanistan: 36,743,039 persons36,743,039MoroccoMorocco: 35,839,760 persons35,839,760
persons. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2018
persons		Change on 2017
1China1,402,760,000+0.5%
2India1,374,659,064+1.1%
3United States328,529,577+0.6%
4Indonesia269,951,846+1%
5Pakistan226,928,892+1.6%
6Brazil206,107,261+0.7%
7Nigeria204,938,755+2.3%
8Bangladesh163,523,103+0.8%
9Russia145,398,106+0.1%
10Japan126,811,000-0.1%
11Mexico124,573,711+1%
12Ethiopia112,664,152+2.7%
13Philippines109,465,287+1.2%
14Egypt105,682,094+1.9%
15Vietnam96,237,319+1.1%
16Democratic Republic of the Congo90,047,644+3.4%
17Iran86,117,998+1.3%
18Germany82,905,782+0.3%
19Türkiye81,407,204+1.4%
20Thailand71,376,079+0.3%
21France67,158,348+0.4%
22United Kingdom66,287,000+0.5%
23Italy59,877,221-0.2%
24South Africa58,613,001+1.7%
25Tanzania57,437,145+3.2%
26Myanmar52,272,247+0.7%
27South Korea51,585,058+0.4%
28Kenya50,207,107+2.1%
29Colombia49,024,465+1.9%
30Spain46,782,011+0.5%
31Ukraine45,208,907-0.5%
32Argentina44,654,882+0.8%
33Sudan44,230,596+3.5%
34Algeria42,505,035+2%
35Uganda41,565,831+3.5%
36Iraq40,265,624+2.4%
37Poland37,974,750-0%
38Canada37,072,620+1.4%
39Afghanistan36,743,039+3%
40Morocco35,839,760+1.1%
41Yemen34,085,182+3%
42Malaysia32,910,967+1.7%
43Uzbekistan32,373,490+1.7%
44Peru31,897,584+1.8%
45Angola31,297,155+3.5%
46Ghana30,637,585+2.1%
47Saudi Arabia30,196,281-2.5%
48Venezuela29,807,592-2.5%
49Mozambique29,018,644+3%
50Nepal28,079,689+0.2%
51Madagascar27,494,926+2.6%
52Côte d’Ivoire27,464,173+2.7%
53North Korea25,931,147+0.4%
54Australia24,963,258+1.5%
55Cameroon24,806,383+2.8%
56Niger22,188,069+3.5%
57Sri Lanka21,670,000+1%
58Mali20,442,030+3.2%
59Burkina Faso20,438,288+2.7%
60Syria19,577,845+1.8%
61Romania19,473,970-0.6%
62Kazakhstan18,932,727+1.5%
63Chile18,893,191+1.8%
64Malawi18,528,081+2.7%
65Zambia17,973,569+3.1%
66Netherlands17,231,624+0.6%
67Ecuador17,049,547+1.7%
68Guatemala16,845,685+1.7%
69Cambodia16,274,522+1.3%
70Chad16,156,531+3.4%
71Senegal15,914,498+2.8%
72Somalia15,452,487+3.6%
73Zimbabwe15,034,452+1.5%
74Guinea12,704,774+2.6%
75Rwanda12,487,996+2.3%
76Benin12,383,347+2.9%
77Burundi11,859,446+3.1%
78Tunisia11,765,514+1%
79Bolivia11,508,368+1.4%
80Belgium11,427,054+0.5%
81Cuba11,227,118-0.2%
82Haiti10,962,362+1.3%
83Dominican Republic10,782,053+1.1%
84Greece10,732,882-0.2%
85Czechia10,629,928+0.3%
86Jordan10,462,306+2.2%
87Portugal10,283,822-0.2%
88Sweden10,175,214+1.2%
89South Sudan10,122,977-1.3%
90Azerbaijan9,939,771+0.9%
91Honduras9,765,210+1.8%
92Hungary9,706,964-0.2%
93Belarus9,438,785-0.2%
94Papua New Guinea9,394,513+2.4%
95United Arab Emirates9,346,701+1.3%
96Tajikistan9,307,333+2.4%
97Israel8,882,800+1.9%
98Austria8,840,521+0.5%
99Switzerland8,514,329+0.7%
100Sierra Leone7,554,563+2.4%
101Togo7,458,206+1.8%
102Hong Kong7,452,600+0.8%
103Laos7,128,045+1.6%
104Serbia6,982,604-0.5%
105Libya6,849,055+1.6%
106Bulgaria6,710,798-1.4%
107Turkmenistan6,655,524+2.3%
108Kyrgyzstan6,444,079+2.2%
109Paraguay6,427,382+1.4%
110Nicaragua6,400,080+1.3%
111El Salvador6,219,807+0.1%
112Lebanon5,984,119-2.9%
113Denmark5,793,636+0.5%
114Singapore5,638,676+0.5%
115Finland5,515,525+0.1%
116Republic of the Congo5,483,118+2.5%
117Slovakia5,446,771+0.1%
118Norway5,311,916+0.7%
119Costa Rica4,957,818+0.9%
120Liberia4,944,726+2%
121New Zealand4,900,600+1.8%
122Ireland4,898,022+1.5%
123Central African Republic4,878,657+1.8%
124Oman4,597,877+1.3%
125Palestine4,569,087+2.6%
126Mauritania4,337,685+3%
127Kuwait4,323,515+4.1%
128Panama4,167,860+1.7%
129Croatia3,988,775-1.3%
130Georgia3,726,549-0%
131Uruguay3,394,534+0.2%
132Bosnia and Herzegovina3,387,000-1.2%
133Puerto Rico3,290,690-3.5%
134Mongolia3,208,189+1.9%
135Eritrea3,192,760+1.3%
136Armenia2,969,000-0.3%
137Jamaica2,820,097+0.2%
138Lithuania2,819,200-0.8%
139Moldova2,707,203-1.7%
140Albania2,607,733-1.5%
141Qatar2,580,734+1.4%
142Namibia2,577,327+2.8%
143Gambia2,399,632+2.5%
144Botswana2,299,141+1.4%
145Gabon2,212,318+2.6%
146Lesotho2,183,603+1.2%
147Slovenia2,073,894+0.4%
148Latvia1,927,174-0.8%
149Guinea-Bissau1,922,168+2.4%
150North Macedonia1,889,051-0.5%
151Equatorial Guinea1,616,422+3.5%
152Bahrain1,503,091+0.1%
153Trinidad and Tobago1,359,193+0.2%
154Estonia1,321,977+0.3%
155Timor-Leste1,275,959+1.9%
156Cyprus1,270,737+1.3%
157Mauritius1,265,577+0.1%
158Eswatini1,168,929+0.9%
159Djibouti1,071,882+1.6%
160Fiji917,180-0.2%
161Guyana791,556+3%
162Comoros771,590+2%
163Bhutan759,759+0.7%
164Solomon Islands709,101+3.4%
165Macao658,900+1.6%
166Montenegro626,438+0.1%
167Luxembourg607,950+1.9%
168Suriname599,513+1%
169Cape Verde513,415+0.1%
170Malta483,903+3.6%
171Maldives473,099+3.2%
172Brunei437,810+1.2%
173Bahamas392,717+0.6%
174Belize380,226+1.9%
175Iceland352,721+2.7%
176Vanuatu285,259+2.4%
177New Caledonia283,541-0%
178Barbados280,711+0.2%
179French Polynesia279,815-0.1%
180São Tomé and Príncipe210,187+1.6%
181Samoa207,582+1.1%
182Saint Lucia177,017+0.4%
183Guam162,679-0.5%
184Curaçao159,336-0.5%
185Kiribati122,084+1.5%
186Grenada115,691+0.2%
187Micronesia109,909+0.4%
188Aruba108,908+0.2%
189U.S. Virgin Islands107,001-0.3%
190Tonga105,567+0.2%
191Saint Vincent and the Grenadines104,926-0.7%
192Seychelles96,762+1%
193Antigua and Barbuda90,926+0.5%
194Isle of Man83,805+0.2%
195Andorra75,162+1.9%
196Dominica68,174-0.5%
197Cayman Islands65,941+2.2%
198Bermuda63,831+0.4%
199Greenland56,023-0.3%
200Faroe Islands50,997+1.6%
201American Samoa50,908-1.3%
202Northern Mariana Islands49,077-1.8%
203Saint Kitts and Nevis47,008-0.1%
204Marshall Islands45,285-2.7%
205Turks and Caicos Islands41,559+4.1%
206Sint Maarten39,712+1.8%
207Liechtenstein38,246+0.7%
208Monaco38,154+1.3%
209Saint Martin36,012-2.2%
210Gibraltar34,854+1.8%
211British Virgin Islands34,657+6%
212San Marino34,522+2.1%
213Palau17,8140%
214Nauru11,477+1.4%
215Tuvalu10,751-1.1%

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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 1.4 billion in 2018, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population?

Tuvalu, with 10,751 in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

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