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Countries by population

China had the highest population of 215 countries in 2019, at 1.41 billion. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 10,581. The median was 6.59 million and the figure for the World was 7.78 billion. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,407,745,000China
Lowest10,581Tuvalu
Median6,590,211215 countries
World7,777,162,476History

Top 40 countries, 2019

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ChinaChina: 1,407,745,000 persons1,407,745,000IndiaIndia: 1,389,030,312 persons1,389,030,312United StatesUnited States: 330,226,227 persons330,226,227IndonesiaIndonesia: 272,489,381 persons272,489,381PakistanPakistan: 230,800,899 persons230,800,899NigeriaNigeria: 209,485,641 persons209,485,641BrazilBrazil: 207,455,459 persons207,455,459BangladeshBangladesh: 164,913,055 persons164,913,055RussiaRussia: 145,453,291 persons145,453,291JapanJapan: 126,633,000 persons126,633,000MexicoMexico: 125,762,982 persons125,762,982EthiopiaEthiopia: 115,737,383 persons115,737,383PhilippinesPhilippines: 110,804,683 persons110,804,683EgyptEgypt: 107,553,158 persons107,553,158VietnamVietnam: 97,173,776 persons97,173,776Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 92,947,442 persons92,947,442IranIran: 87,051,648 persons87,051,648GermanyGermany: 83,092,962 persons83,092,962TürkiyeTürkiye: 82,579,440 persons82,579,440ThailandThailand: 71,522,271 persons71,522,271FranceFrance: 67,382,061 persons67,382,061United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 66,628,000 persons66,628,000ItalyItaly: 59,729,081 persons59,729,081South AfricaSouth Africa: 59,587,885 persons59,587,885TanzaniaTanzania: 59,174,891 persons59,174,891MyanmarMyanmar: 52,640,713 persons52,640,713South KoreaSouth Korea: 51,764,822 persons51,764,822KenyaKenya: 51,202,827 persons51,202,827ColombiaColombia: 49,907,985 persons49,907,985SpainSpain: 47,118,501 persons47,118,501SudanSudan: 45,548,175 persons45,548,175ArgentinaArgentina: 44,973,465 persons44,973,465UkraineUkraine: 44,957,458 persons44,957,458AlgeriaAlgeria: 43,294,546 persons43,294,546UgandaUganda: 42,999,637 persons42,999,637IraqIraq: 41,192,171 persons41,192,171PolandPoland: 37,965,475 persons37,965,475AfghanistanAfghanistan: 37,856,121 persons37,856,121CanadaCanada: 37,618,495 persons37,618,495MoroccoMorocco: 36,210,898 persons36,210,898
persons. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2019
persons		Change on 2018
1China1,407,745,000+0.4%
2India1,389,030,312+1%
3United States330,226,227+0.5%
4Indonesia272,489,381+0.9%
5Pakistan230,800,899+1.7%
6Nigeria209,485,641+2.2%
7Brazil207,455,459+0.7%
8Bangladesh164,913,055+0.9%
9Russia145,453,2910%
10Japan126,633,000-0.1%
11Mexico125,762,982+1%
12Ethiopia115,737,383+2.7%
13Philippines110,804,683+1.2%
14Egypt107,553,158+1.8%
15Vietnam97,173,776+1%
16Democratic Republic of the Congo92,947,442+3.2%
17Iran87,051,648+1.1%
18Germany83,092,962+0.2%
19Türkiye82,579,440+1.4%
20Thailand71,522,271+0.2%
21France67,382,061+0.3%
22United Kingdom66,628,000+0.5%
23Italy59,729,081-0.2%
24South Africa59,587,885+1.7%
25Tanzania59,174,891+3%
26Myanmar52,640,713+0.7%
27South Korea51,764,822+0.3%
28Kenya51,202,827+2%
29Colombia49,907,985+1.8%
30Spain47,118,501+0.7%
31Sudan45,548,175+3%
32Argentina44,973,465+0.7%
33Ukraine44,957,458-0.6%
34Algeria43,294,546+1.9%
35Uganda42,999,637+3.4%
36Iraq41,192,171+2.3%
37Poland37,965,475-0%
38Afghanistan37,856,121+3%
39Canada37,618,495+1.5%
40Morocco36,210,898+1%
41Yemen35,111,408+3%
42Malaysia33,440,596+1.6%
43Uzbekistan32,964,701+1.8%
44Peru32,449,303+1.7%
45Angola32,375,632+3.4%
46Ghana31,258,945+2%
47Saudi Arabia30,063,799-0.4%
48Mozambique29,884,380+3%
49Venezuela28,938,098-2.9%
50Nepal28,414,064+1.2%
51Madagascar28,219,554+2.6%
52Côte d’Ivoire28,193,009+2.7%
53North Korea26,037,632+0.4%
54Cameroon25,506,095+2.8%
55Australia25,334,826+1.5%
56Niger22,947,757+3.4%
57Sri Lanka21,803,000+0.6%
58Mali21,068,405+3.1%
59Burkina Faso20,961,952+2.6%
60Syria20,353,534+4%
61Romania19,371,648-0.5%
62Kazakhstan19,209,555+1.5%
63Chile19,197,744+1.6%
64Malawi19,025,752+2.7%
65Zambia18,513,839+3%
66Netherlands17,344,874+0.7%
67Ecuador17,340,021+1.7%
68Guatemala17,103,803+1.5%
69Chad16,685,223+3.3%
70Cambodia16,481,304+1.3%
71Senegal16,352,922+2.8%
72Somalia16,030,971+3.7%
73Zimbabwe15,271,368+1.6%
74Guinea13,034,346+2.6%
75Rwanda12,776,103+2.3%
76Benin12,726,755+2.8%
77Burundi12,255,336+3.3%
78Tunisia11,875,081+0.9%
79Bolivia11,671,386+1.4%
80Belgium11,488,980+0.5%
81Cuba11,202,846-0.2%
82Haiti11,105,163+1.3%
83Dominican Republic10,894,043+1%
84Greece10,721,582-0.1%
85Jordan10,671,891+2%
86Czechia10,671,870+0.4%
87South Sudan10,423,384+3%
88Portugal10,286,2630%
89Sweden10,278,887+1%
90Azerbaijan10,024,283+0.9%
91Honduras9,943,633+1.8%
92Hungary9,694,824-0.1%
93Papua New Guinea9,609,010+2.3%
94Tajikistan9,529,966+2.4%
95United Arab Emirates9,445,785+1.1%
96Belarus9,419,758-0.2%
97Israel9,054,000+1.9%
98Austria8,879,920+0.4%
99Switzerland8,575,280+0.7%
100Sierra Leone7,731,991+2.3%
101Togo7,619,925+2.2%
102Hong Kong7,507,900+0.7%
103Laos7,237,636+1.5%
104Libya6,951,033+1.5%
105Serbia6,945,235-0.5%
106Turkmenistan6,803,944+2.2%
107Bulgaria6,616,726-1.4%
108Kyrgyzstan6,590,211+2.3%
109Paraguay6,515,058+1.4%
110Nicaragua6,483,657+1.3%
111El Salvador6,222,3180%
112Denmark5,814,422+0.4%
113Lebanon5,794,594-3.2%
114Singapore5,703,569+1.2%
115Republic of the Congo5,616,661+2.4%
116Finland5,521,606+0.1%
117Slovakia5,454,147+0.1%
118Norway5,347,896+0.7%
119Liberia5,043,721+2%
120Costa Rica4,999,553+0.8%
121Ireland4,976,456+1.6%
122New Zealand4,970,300+1.4%
123Central African Republic4,944,703+1.4%
124Palestine4,685,306+2.5%
125Oman4,591,241-0.1%
126Mauritania4,467,708+3%
127Kuwait4,442,316+2.7%
128Panama4,234,700+1.6%
129Croatia3,949,390-1%
130Georgia3,720,161-0.2%
131Uruguay3,397,206+0.1%
132Bosnia and Herzegovina3,345,533-1.2%
133Puerto Rico3,302,691+0.4%
134Mongolia3,267,673+1.9%
135Eritrea3,240,194+1.5%
136Armenia2,962,500-0.2%
137Jamaica2,823,271+0.1%
138Lithuania2,811,089-0.3%
139Moldova2,664,224-1.6%
140Namibia2,650,494+2.8%
141Qatar2,638,657+2.2%
142Albania2,567,801-1.5%
143Gambia2,456,844+2.4%
144Botswana2,332,083+1.4%
145Gabon2,267,706+2.5%
146Lesotho2,209,405+1.2%
147Slovenia2,088,385+0.7%
148Guinea-Bissau1,967,696+2.4%
149Latvia1,913,822-0.7%
150North Macedonia1,876,262-0.7%
151Equatorial Guinea1,670,177+3.3%
152Bahrain1,483,756-1.3%
153Trinidad and Tobago1,363,985+0.4%
154Estonia1,326,898+0.4%
155Timor-Leste1,300,945+2%
156Cyprus1,286,671+1.3%
157Mauritius1,265,9850%
158Eswatini1,179,874+0.9%
159Djibouti1,088,709+1.6%
160Fiji914,899-0.2%
161Guyana807,665+2%
162Comoros786,578+1.9%
163Bhutan764,824+0.7%
164Solomon Islands728,147+2.7%
165Macao672,000+2%
166Montenegro626,753+0.1%
167Luxembourg620,001+2%
168Suriname605,768+1%
169Cape Verde514,104+0.1%
170Malta503,912+4.1%
171Maldives487,731+3.1%
172Brunei442,680+1.1%
173Bahamas394,675+0.5%
174Belize385,829+1.5%
175Iceland360,563+2.2%
176Vanuatu291,985+2.4%
177New Caledonia283,6060%
178Barbados281,207+0.2%
179French Polynesia279,034-0.3%
180São Tomé and Príncipe213,392+1.5%
181Samoa209,780+1.1%
182Saint Lucia177,661+0.4%
183Guam161,808-0.5%
184Curaçao157,441-1.2%
185Kiribati123,921+1.5%
186Grenada115,981+0.3%
187Micronesia110,282+0.3%
188Aruba109,203+0.3%
189U.S. Virgin Islands106,669-0.3%
190Tonga105,669+0.1%
191Saint Vincent and the Grenadines104,167-0.7%
192Seychelles97,625+0.9%
193Antigua and Barbuda91,364+0.5%
194Isle of Man83,957+0.2%
195Andorra76,474+1.7%
196Dominica67,880-0.4%
197Cayman Islands67,327+2.1%
198Bermuda64,107+0.4%
199Greenland56,225+0.4%
200Faroe Islands51,790+1.6%
201American Samoa50,209-1.4%
202Northern Mariana Islands48,129-1.9%
203Saint Kitts and Nevis46,952-0.1%
204Marshall Islands44,007-2.8%
205Turks and Caicos Islands43,166+3.9%
206Sint Maarten40,385+1.7%
207Liechtenstein38,563+0.8%
208Monaco38,109-0.1%
209British Virgin Islands36,395+5%
210Gibraltar35,494+1.8%
211San Marino34,663+0.4%
212Saint Martin34,267-4.8%
213Palau17,798-0.1%
214Nauru11,587+1%
215Tuvalu10,581-1.6%

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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 1.41 billion in 2019, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population?

Tuvalu, with 10,581 in 2019.

Where does this ranking come from?

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