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China had the highest population of 215 countries in 2020, at 1.41 billion. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 10,399. The median was 6.6 million and the figure for the World was 7.85 billion. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,411,100,000China
Lowest10,399Tuvalu
Median6,603,739215 countries
World7,853,863,139History

Top 40 countries, 2020

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ChinaChina: 1,411,100,000 persons1,411,100,000IndiaIndia: 1,402,617,695 persons1,402,617,695United StatesUnited States: 331,578,104 persons331,578,104IndonesiaIndonesia: 274,814,866 persons274,814,866PakistanPakistan: 235,001,746 persons235,001,746NigeriaNigeria: 213,996,181 persons213,996,181BrazilBrazil: 208,660,842 persons208,660,842BangladeshBangladesh: 166,298,024 persons166,298,024RussiaRussia: 145,245,148 persons145,245,148MexicoMexico: 126,799,054 persons126,799,054JapanJapan: 126,261,000 persons126,261,000EthiopiaEthiopia: 118,917,671 persons118,917,671PhilippinesPhilippines: 112,081,264 persons112,081,264EgyptEgypt: 109,315,124 persons109,315,124VietnamVietnam: 98,079,191 persons98,079,191Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 95,989,998 persons95,989,998IranIran: 87,723,443 persons87,723,443TürkiyeTürkiye: 83,384,680 persons83,384,680GermanyGermany: 83,160,871 persons83,160,871ThailandThailand: 71,641,484 persons71,641,484FranceFrance: 67,601,110 persons67,601,110United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 66,740,000 persons66,740,000TanzaniaTanzania: 60,972,798 persons60,972,798South AfricaSouth Africa: 60,562,381 persons60,562,381ItalyItaly: 59,438,851 persons59,438,851MyanmarMyanmar: 53,016,522 persons53,016,522KenyaKenya: 52,217,334 persons52,217,334South KoreaSouth Korea: 51,836,239 persons51,836,239ColombiaColombia: 50,629,997 persons50,629,997SpainSpain: 47,359,424 persons47,359,424SudanSudan: 46,789,231 persons46,789,231ArgentinaArgentina: 45,191,965 persons45,191,965UkraineUkraine: 44,680,014 persons44,680,014UgandaUganda: 44,457,152 persons44,457,152AlgeriaAlgeria: 44,042,091 persons44,042,091IraqIraq: 42,116,605 persons42,116,605AfghanistanAfghanistan: 39,068,979 persons39,068,979CanadaCanada: 38,028,638 persons38,028,638PolandPoland: 37,515,748 persons37,515,748MoroccoMorocco: 36,584,208 persons36,584,208
persons. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2020
persons		Change on 2019
1China1,411,100,000+0.2%
2India1,402,617,695+1%
3United States331,578,104+0.4%
4Indonesia274,814,866+0.9%
5Pakistan235,001,746+1.8%
6Nigeria213,996,181+2.2%
7Brazil208,660,842+0.6%
8Bangladesh166,298,024+0.8%
9Russia145,245,148-0.1%
10Mexico126,799,054+0.8%
11Japan126,261,000-0.3%
12Ethiopia118,917,671+2.7%
13Philippines112,081,264+1.2%
14Egypt109,315,124+1.6%
15Vietnam98,079,191+0.9%
16Democratic Republic of the Congo95,989,998+3.3%
17Iran87,723,443+0.8%
18Türkiye83,384,680+1%
19Germany83,160,871+0.1%
20Thailand71,641,484+0.2%
21France67,601,110+0.3%
22United Kingdom66,740,000+0.2%
23Tanzania60,972,798+3%
24South Africa60,562,381+1.6%
25Italy59,438,851-0.5%
26Myanmar53,016,522+0.7%
27Kenya52,217,334+2%
28South Korea51,836,239+0.1%
29Colombia50,629,997+1.4%
30Spain47,359,424+0.5%
31Sudan46,789,231+2.7%
32Argentina45,191,965+0.5%
33Ukraine44,680,014-0.6%
34Uganda44,457,152+3.4%
35Algeria44,042,091+1.7%
36Iraq42,116,605+2.2%
37Afghanistan39,068,979+3.2%
38Canada38,028,638+1.1%
39Poland37,515,748-1.2%
40Morocco36,584,208+1%
41Yemen36,134,863+2.9%
42Malaysia33,889,558+1.3%
43Uzbekistan33,586,372+1.9%
44Angola33,451,132+3.3%
45Peru32,838,579+1.2%
46Ghana31,887,809+2%
47Saudi Arabia31,552,510+5%
48Mozambique30,783,688+3%
49Nepal28,966,574+1.9%
50Madagascar28,953,556+2.6%
51Côte d’Ivoire28,915,449+2.6%
52Venezuela28,444,077-1.7%
53Cameroon26,210,558+2.8%
54North Korea26,136,312+0.4%
55Australia25,649,248+1.2%
56Niger23,717,613+3.4%
57Sri Lanka21,919,000+0.5%
58Mali21,713,836+3.1%
59Burkina Faso21,478,690+2.5%
60Syria21,049,429+3.4%
61Malawi19,533,888+2.7%
62Kazakhstan19,482,117+1.4%
63Chile19,370,624+0.9%
64Romania19,265,250-0.5%
65Zambia19,059,395+2.9%
66Ecuador17,546,065+1.2%
67Netherlands17,441,500+0.6%
68Guatemala17,357,325+1.5%
69Chad17,224,679+3.2%
70Senegal16,789,219+2.7%
71Cambodia16,725,474+1.5%
72Somalia16,651,191+3.9%
73Zimbabwe15,526,888+1.7%
74Guinea13,371,183+2.6%
75Benin13,070,169+2.7%
76Rwanda13,065,837+2.3%
77Burundi12,617,036+3%
78Tunisia11,974,057+0.8%
79Bolivia11,816,299+1.2%
80Belgium11,538,604+0.4%
81Haiti11,243,848+1.2%
82Cuba11,176,354-0.2%
83Dominican Republic11,008,300+1%
84Jordan10,865,228+1.8%
85Greece10,698,599-0.2%
86South Sudan10,698,467+2.6%
87Czechia10,697,858+0.2%
88Sweden10,353,442+0.7%
89Portugal10,297,081+0.1%
90Honduras10,119,640+1.8%
91Azerbaijan10,093,121+0.7%
92Papua New Guinea9,815,746+2.2%
93Tajikistan9,749,310+2.3%
94Hungary9,670,419-0.3%
95United Arab Emirates9,401,038-0.5%
96Belarus9,379,952-0.4%
97Israel9,215,100+1.8%
98Austria8,916,864+0.4%
99Switzerland8,638,167+0.7%
100Sierra Leone7,912,558+2.3%
101Togo7,788,054+2.2%
102Hong Kong7,481,000-0.4%
103Laos7,346,533+1.5%
104Libya7,045,399+1.4%
105Turkmenistan6,949,912+2.1%
106Serbia6,899,126-0.7%
107Kyrgyzstan6,726,596+2.1%
108Paraguay6,603,739+1.4%
109Nicaragua6,565,267+1.3%
110Bulgaria6,550,696-1%
111El Salvador6,234,673+0.2%
112Denmark5,831,404+0.3%
113Republic of the Congo5,752,791+2.4%
114Lebanon5,702,398-1.6%
115Singapore5,685,807-0.3%
116Finland5,529,543+0.1%
117Slovakia5,458,827+0.1%
118Norway5,379,475+0.6%
119Liberia5,149,463+2.1%
120New Zealand5,072,400+2.1%
121Ireland5,039,747+1.3%
122Costa Rica5,034,320+0.7%
123Central African Republic5,026,628+1.7%
124Palestine4,803,269+2.5%
125Mauritania4,600,131+3%
126Oman4,522,497-1.5%
127Kuwait4,400,267-0.9%
128Panama4,293,261+1.4%
129Croatia3,914,206-0.9%
130Georgia3,722,716+0.1%
131Uruguay3,398,968+0.1%
132Mongolia3,327,204+1.8%
133Bosnia and Herzegovina3,299,349-1.4%
134Eritrea3,291,271+1.6%
135Puerto Rico3,281,591-0.6%
136Armenia2,961,500-0%
137Jamaica2,830,739+0.3%
138Lithuania2,810,369-0%
139Qatar2,794,148+5.9%
140Namibia2,728,762+3%
141Moldova2,635,130-1.1%
142Albania2,528,480-1.5%
143Gambia2,515,733+2.4%
144Botswana2,365,894+1.4%
145Gabon2,322,539+2.4%
146Lesotho2,235,727+1.2%
147Slovenia2,102,419+0.7%
148Guinea-Bissau2,013,255+2.3%
149Latvia1,900,449-0.7%
150North Macedonia1,856,124-1.1%
151Equatorial Guinea1,716,468+2.8%
152Bahrain1,472,204-0.8%
153Trinidad and Tobago1,366,725+0.2%
154Estonia1,329,522+0.2%
155Timor-Leste1,326,053+1.9%
156Cyprus1,302,247+1.2%
157Mauritius1,266,0140%
158Eswatini1,192,729+1.1%
159Djibouti1,105,188+1.5%
160Fiji914,9630%
161Guyana807,481-0%
162Comoros802,163+2%
163Bhutan770,006+0.7%
164Solomon Islands744,498+2.2%
165Macao685,400+2%
166Luxembourg630,419+1.7%
167Montenegro626,590-0%
168Suriname612,317+1.1%
169Malta515,490+2.3%
170Cape Verde514,679+0.1%
171Maldives502,118+2.9%
172Brunei447,404+1.1%
173Bahamas395,863+0.3%
174Belize390,812+1.3%
175Iceland366,463+1.6%
176Vanuatu298,858+2.4%
177New Caledonia284,176+0.2%
178Barbados281,698+0.2%
179French Polynesia279,209+0.1%
180São Tomé and Príncipe217,435+1.9%
181Samoa211,944+1%
182Saint Lucia178,250+0.3%
183Guam162,158+0.2%
184Curaçao155,482-1.2%
185Kiribati126,099+1.8%
186Grenada116,341+0.3%
187Micronesia110,916+0.6%
188Aruba108,587-0.6%
189U.S. Virgin Islands106,290-0.4%
190Tonga105,7040%
191Saint Vincent and the Grenadines103,526-0.6%
192Seychelles98,462+0.9%
193Antigua and Barbuda91,846+0.5%
194Isle of Man84,064+0.1%
195Andorra77,380+1.2%
196Cayman Islands68,684+2%
197Dominica67,573-0.5%
198Bermuda64,382+0.4%
199Greenland56,367+0.3%
200Faroe Islands52,561+1.5%
201American Samoa49,761-0.9%
202Northern Mariana Islands47,528-1.2%
203Saint Kitts and Nevis46,870-0.2%
204Turks and Caicos Islands44,386+2.8%
205Marshall Islands42,706-3%
206Sint Maarten41,008+1.5%
207Liechtenstein38,901+0.9%
208Monaco38,050-0.2%
209British Virgin Islands37,135+2%
210Gibraltar36,173+1.9%
211San Marino34,770+0.3%
212Saint Martin31,786-7.2%
213Palau17,792-0%
214Nauru11,643+0.5%
215Tuvalu10,399-1.7%

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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 2020, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population?

Tuvalu, with 10,399 in 2020.

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