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Countries by population

India had the highest population of 215 countries in 2022, at 1.43 billion. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 9,992. The median was 6.73 million and the figure for the World was 7.99 billion. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,425,423,212India
Lowest9,992Tuvalu
Median6,730,654215 countries
World7,988,550,201History

Top 40 countries, 2022

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IndiaIndia: 1,425,423,212 persons1,425,423,212ChinaChina: 1,412,175,000 persons1,412,175,000United StatesUnited States: 333,996,304 persons333,996,304IndonesiaIndonesia: 278,830,529 persons278,830,529PakistanPakistan: 243,700,667 persons243,700,667NigeriaNigeria: 223,150,896 persons223,150,896BrazilBrazil: 210,306,415 persons210,306,415BangladeshBangladesh: 169,384,897 persons169,384,897RussiaRussia: 144,236,933 persons144,236,933MexicoMexico: 128,613,117 persons128,613,117EthiopiaEthiopia: 125,384,287 persons125,384,287JapanJapan: 125,124,989 persons125,124,989PhilippinesPhilippines: 113,964,338 persons113,964,338EgyptEgypt: 112,618,250 persons112,618,250Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 102,396,968 persons102,396,968VietnamVietnam: 99,680,655 persons99,680,655IranIran: 89,524,246 persons89,524,246TürkiyeTürkiye: 84,979,913 persons84,979,913GermanyGermany: 83,177,813 persons83,177,813ThailandThailand: 71,735,329 persons71,735,329FranceFrance: 68,184,457 persons68,184,457United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 67,636,000 persons67,636,000TanzaniaTanzania: 64,711,821 persons64,711,821South AfricaSouth Africa: 62,378,410 persons62,378,410ItalyItaly: 59,013,667 persons59,013,667KenyaKenya: 54,252,461 persons54,252,461MyanmarMyanmar: 53,756,787 persons53,756,787ColombiaColombia: 51,737,944 persons51,737,944South KoreaSouth Korea: 51,672,569 persons51,672,569SudanSudan: 49,383,346 persons49,383,346SpainSpain: 47,786,102 persons47,786,102UgandaUganda: 47,312,719 persons47,312,719AlgeriaAlgeria: 45,477,389 persons45,477,389ArgentinaArgentina: 45,407,904 persons45,407,904IraqIraq: 44,070,551 persons44,070,551UkraineUkraine: 41,048,766 persons41,048,766AfghanistanAfghanistan: 40,578,842 persons40,578,842CanadaCanada: 38,950,132 persons38,950,132YemenYemen: 38,222,876 persons38,222,876MoroccoMorocco: 37,329,064 persons37,329,064
persons. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2022
persons		Change on 2021
1India1,425,423,212+0.8%
2China1,412,175,000-0%
3United States333,996,304+0.6%
4Indonesia278,830,529+0.7%
5Pakistan243,700,667+1.8%
6Nigeria223,150,896+2.1%
7Brazil210,306,415+0.4%
8Bangladesh169,384,897+1%
9Russia144,236,933-0.4%
10Mexico128,613,117+0.8%
11Ethiopia125,384,287+2.7%
12Japan125,124,989-0.4%
13Philippines113,964,338+0.8%
14Egypt112,618,250+1.5%
15Democratic Republic of the Congo102,396,968+3.3%
16Vietnam99,680,655+0.8%
17Iran89,524,246+1.2%
18Türkiye84,979,913+1%
19Germany83,177,813-0%
20Thailand71,735,3290%
21France68,184,457+0.5%
22United Kingdom67,636,000+1%
23Tanzania64,711,821+3%
24South Africa62,378,410+1.4%
25Italy59,013,667-0.2%
26Kenya54,252,461+1.9%
27Myanmar53,756,787+0.7%
28Colombia51,737,944+1.1%
29South Korea51,672,569-0.2%
30Sudan49,383,346+2.7%
31Spain47,786,102+0.7%
32Uganda47,312,719+3.1%
33Algeria45,477,389+1.6%
34Argentina45,407,904+0.2%
35Iraq44,070,551+2.3%
36Ukraine41,048,766-7.3%
37Afghanistan40,578,842+1.4%
38Canada38,950,132+1.9%
39Yemen38,222,876+2.9%
40Morocco37,329,064+1%
41Poland36,821,749-0.4%
42Angola35,635,029+3.2%
43Uzbekistan34,938,955+2%
44Malaysia34,695,493+1.2%
45Peru33,475,438+1%
46Ghana33,149,152+1.9%
47Mozambique32,656,246+3%
48Saudi Arabia32,175,224+4.5%
49Madagascar30,437,261+2.5%
50Côte d’Ivoire30,395,002+2.5%
51Nepal29,715,436+0.8%
52Venezuela28,213,017-0.1%
53Cameroon27,632,771+2.7%
54North Korea26,328,845+0.4%
55Australia26,018,721+1.3%
56Niger25,311,973+3.3%
57Mali23,072,640+3.1%
58Burkina Faso22,509,038+2.3%
59Syria22,462,173+3.9%
60Sri Lanka22,181,000+0.1%
61Malawi20,568,728+2.6%
62Zambia20,152,938+2.8%
63Kazakhstan20,034,609+1.5%
64Chile19,553,036+0.5%
65Romania19,048,502-0.4%
66Chad18,455,316+3.5%
67Guatemala17,847,877+1.4%
68Ecuador17,823,897+0.8%
69Somalia17,801,897+3.1%
70Netherlands17,700,982+1%
71Senegal17,651,103+2.5%
72Cambodia17,201,724+1.3%
73Zimbabwe16,069,056+1.7%
74Guinea14,055,137+2.5%
75Benin13,759,501+2.6%
76Rwanda13,651,030+2.2%
77Burundi13,321,097+2.7%
78Tunisia12,119,334+0.6%
79Bolivia12,077,154+1.2%
80Belgium11,680,210+0.8%
81Haiti11,503,606+1.1%
82Jordan11,256,263+1.7%
83Dominican Republic11,230,734+1%
84Cuba11,059,820-0.6%
85South Sudan11,021,177+1.4%
86Czechia10,672,118+1.6%
87Sweden10,486,941+0.7%
88Honduras10,463,872+1.7%
89Greece10,437,805-1.3%
90Portugal10,434,332+0.7%
91Papua New Guinea10,203,169+1.9%
92Tajikistan10,182,222+2.2%
93Azerbaijan10,141,7560%
94United Arab Emirates10,074,977+5.2%
95Hungary9,605,074-0.3%
96Israel9,557,500+2%
97Belarus9,228,071-0.8%
98Austria9,041,851+1%
99Switzerland8,777,088+0.8%
100Sierra Leone8,276,807+2.3%
101Togo8,068,616+1.7%
102Laos7,559,007+1.4%
103Hong Kong7,346,100-0.9%
104Turkmenistan7,230,193+1.9%
105Libya7,223,805+1.2%
106Kyrgyzstan6,975,220+1.8%
107Paraguay6,760,464+1.1%
108Nicaragua6,730,654+1.3%
109Serbia6,664,449-2.5%
110Bulgaria6,465,097-0.6%
111El Salvador6,280,319+0.4%
112Republic of the Congo6,035,104+2.4%
113Denmark5,903,037+0.8%
114Lebanon5,744,489+0.5%
115Singapore5,637,022+3.4%
116Finland5,556,106+0.3%
117Norway5,457,127+0.9%
118Slovakia5,431,752-0.3%
119Liberia5,373,294+2.2%
120Ireland5,212,836+2%
121Central African Republic5,098,039-0.3%
122Costa Rica5,081,765+0.4%
123New Zealand5,081,700-0.1%
124Palestine5,043,612+2.5%
125Mauritania4,875,637+3%
126Oman4,730,226+5.1%
127Kuwait4,589,643+5.2%
128Panama4,400,773+1.3%
129Croatia3,855,641-0.6%
130Georgia3,712,502+0.1%
131Mongolia3,433,748+1.5%
132Eritrea3,409,447+1.8%
133Uruguay3,390,913-0.2%
134Puerto Rico3,220,148-1.3%
135Bosnia and Herzegovina3,204,802-1.2%
136Armenia2,969,200+0.2%
137Namibia2,889,662+2.8%
138Jamaica2,839,144+0.1%
139Lithuania2,831,639+0.8%
140Qatar2,657,333+6.1%
141Gambia2,636,470+2.3%
142Moldova2,528,654-2.6%
143Albania2,451,636-1.5%
144Botswana2,439,892+1.6%
145Gabon2,430,747+2.3%
146Lesotho2,286,110+1.1%
147Slovenia2,112,076+0.2%
148Guinea-Bissau2,105,529+2.3%
149Latvia1,879,383-0.3%
150North Macedonia1,831,712-0.3%
151Equatorial Guinea1,803,545+2.5%
152Bahrain1,524,693+1.4%
153Timor-Leste1,369,295+1.4%
154Trinidad and Tobago1,365,805-0.1%
155Estonia1,348,840+1.3%
156Cyprus1,331,370+1.1%
157Mauritius1,262,523-0.3%
158Eswatini1,218,917+1%
159Djibouti1,137,096+1.4%
160Fiji919,422+0.3%
161Comoros834,188+2%
162Guyana821,637+0.8%
163Solomon Islands781,066+2.4%
164Bhutan780,914+0.7%
165Macao677,300-0.8%
166Luxembourg653,103+2%
167Montenegro623,591-0.2%
168Suriname623,164+0.9%
169Malta531,113+2.5%
170Maldives524,106+1.5%
171Cape Verde519,741+0.6%
172Brunei455,370+0.8%
173Belize402,733+1.9%
174Bahamas397,538+0.3%
175Iceland382,003+2.5%
176Vanuatu313,046+2.3%
177New Caledonia287,123+0.7%
178Barbados282,318+0.1%
179French Polynesia280,378+0.2%
180São Tomé and Príncipe226,305+2%
181Samoa215,261+0.7%
182Saint Lucia178,781+0.1%
183Guam165,180+0.9%
184Curaçao153,321-0.4%
185Kiribati130,469+1.6%
186Seychelles119,878+20.8%
187Grenada116,913+0.2%
188Micronesia112,114+0.4%
189Aruba107,310-0.4%
190U.S. Virgin Islands105,413-0.4%
191Tonga105,042-0.4%
192Saint Vincent and the Grenadines102,046-0.8%
193Antigua and Barbuda92,840+0.5%
194Isle of Man84,1320%
195Andorra79,705+1.7%
196Cayman Islands71,591+2.1%
197Dominica66,826-0.6%
198Bermuda64,749+0.2%
199Greenland56,6610%
200Faroe Islands53,903+1.1%
201American Samoa48,342-1.8%
202Saint Kitts and Nevis46,709-0.1%
203Northern Mariana Islands46,078-1.9%
204Turks and Caicos Islands45,847+1.3%
205Sint Maarten42,139+1.4%
206Marshall Islands40,077-3.1%
207Liechtenstein39,493+0.8%
208Monaco38,931+1%
209British Virgin Islands38,319+1.3%
210Gibraltar37,609+2%
211San Marino33,755-1.5%
212Saint Martin28,870-3.6%
213Palau17,759-0.1%
214Nauru11,801+0.8%
215Tuvalu9,992-2%

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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?

India, with 1.43 billion in 2022, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population?

Tuvalu, with 9,992 in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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