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Countries by population

India had the highest population of 215 countries in 2023, at 1.44 billion. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 9,816. The median was 6.82 million and the figure for the World was 8.06 billion. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,438,069,596India
Lowest9,816Tuvalu
Median6,823,613215 countries
World8,062,923,417History

Top 40 countries, 2023

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IndiaIndia: 1,438,069,596 persons1,438,069,596ChinaChina: 1,410,710,000 persons1,410,710,000United StatesUnited States: 336,755,052 persons336,755,052IndonesiaIndonesia: 281,190,067 persons281,190,067PakistanPakistan: 247,504,495 persons247,504,495NigeriaNigeria: 227,882,945 persons227,882,945BrazilBrazil: 211,140,729 persons211,140,729BangladeshBangladesh: 171,466,990 persons171,466,990RussiaRussia: 143,826,130 persons143,826,130MexicoMexico: 129,739,759 persons129,739,759EthiopiaEthiopia: 128,691,692 persons128,691,692JapanJapan: 124,516,650 persons124,516,650PhilippinesPhilippines: 114,891,199 persons114,891,199EgyptEgypt: 114,535,772 persons114,535,772Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 105,789,731 persons105,789,731VietnamVietnam: 100,352,192 persons100,352,192IranIran: 90,608,707 persons90,608,707TürkiyeTürkiye: 85,325,965 persons85,325,965GermanyGermany: 83,287,273 persons83,287,273ThailandThailand: 71,702,435 persons71,702,435United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 68,526,000 persons68,526,000FranceFrance: 68,372,286 persons68,372,286TanzaniaTanzania: 66,617,606 persons66,617,606South AfricaSouth Africa: 63,212,384 persons63,212,384ItalyItaly: 58,984,216 persons58,984,216KenyaKenya: 55,339,003 persons55,339,003MyanmarMyanmar: 54,133,798 persons54,133,798ColombiaColombia: 52,321,152 persons52,321,152South KoreaSouth Korea: 51,712,619 persons51,712,619SudanSudan: 50,042,791 persons50,042,791UgandaUganda: 48,656,601 persons48,656,601SpainSpain: 48,352,528 persons48,352,528AlgeriaAlgeria: 46,164,219 persons46,164,219ArgentinaArgentina: 45,538,401 persons45,538,401IraqIraq: 45,074,049 persons45,074,049AfghanistanAfghanistan: 41,454,761 persons41,454,761CanadaCanada: 40,049,088 persons40,049,088YemenYemen: 39,390,799 persons39,390,799UkraineUkraine: 37,732,836 persons37,732,836MoroccoMorocco: 37,712,505 persons37,712,505
persons. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2023
persons		Change on 2022
1India1,438,069,596+0.9%
2China1,410,710,000-0.1%
3United States336,755,052+0.8%
4Indonesia281,190,067+0.8%
5Pakistan247,504,495+1.6%
6Nigeria227,882,945+2.1%
7Brazil211,140,729+0.4%
8Bangladesh171,466,990+1.2%
9Russia143,826,130-0.3%
10Mexico129,739,759+0.9%
11Ethiopia128,691,692+2.6%
12Japan124,516,650-0.5%
13Philippines114,891,199+0.8%
14Egypt114,535,772+1.7%
15Democratic Republic of the Congo105,789,731+3.3%
16Vietnam100,352,192+0.7%
17Iran90,608,707+1.2%
18Türkiye85,325,965+0.4%
19Germany83,287,273+0.1%
20Thailand71,702,435-0%
21United Kingdom68,526,000+1.3%
22France68,372,286+0.3%
23Tanzania66,617,606+2.9%
24South Africa63,212,384+1.3%
25Italy58,984,216-0%
26Kenya55,339,003+2%
27Myanmar54,133,798+0.7%
28Colombia52,321,152+1.1%
29South Korea51,712,619+0.1%
30Sudan50,042,791+1.3%
31Uganda48,656,601+2.8%
32Spain48,352,528+1.2%
33Algeria46,164,219+1.5%
34Argentina45,538,401+0.3%
35Iraq45,074,049+2.3%
36Afghanistan41,454,761+2.2%
37Canada40,049,088+2.8%
38Yemen39,390,799+3.1%
39Ukraine37,732,836-8.1%
40Morocco37,712,505+1%
41Angola36,749,906+3.1%
42Poland36,687,353-0.4%
43Uzbekistan35,652,307+2%
44Malaysia35,126,298+1.2%
45Peru33,845,617+1.1%
46Ghana33,787,914+1.9%
47Saudi Arabia33,702,731+4.7%
48Mozambique33,635,160+3%
49Madagascar31,195,932+2.5%
50Côte d’Ivoire31,165,654+2.5%
51Nepal29,694,614-0.1%
52Cameroon28,372,687+2.7%
53Venezuela28,300,854+0.3%
54Australia26,659,922+2.5%
55North Korea26,418,204+0.3%
56Niger26,159,867+3.3%
57Mali23,769,127+3%
58Syria23,594,623+5%
59Burkina Faso23,025,776+2.3%
60Sri Lanka22,037,000-0.6%
61Malawi21,104,482+2.6%
62Zambia20,723,965+2.8%
63Kazakhstan20,330,104+1.5%
64Chile19,658,835+0.5%
65Chad19,319,064+4.7%
66Romania19,061,062+0.1%
67Somalia18,358,615+3.1%
68Guatemala18,124,838+1.6%
69Senegal18,077,573+2.4%
70Ecuador17,980,083+0.9%
71Netherlands17,877,117+1%
72Cambodia17,423,880+1.3%
73Zimbabwe16,340,822+1.7%
74Guinea14,405,468+2.5%
75Benin14,111,034+2.6%
76Rwanda13,954,471+2.2%
77Burundi13,689,450+2.8%
78Bolivia12,244,159+1.4%
79Tunisia12,200,431+0.7%
80Belgium11,779,946+0.9%
81Haiti11,637,398+1.2%
82South Sudan11,483,374+4.2%
83Jordan11,439,213+1.6%
84Dominican Republic11,331,265+0.9%
85Cuba11,019,931-0.4%
86Czechia10,864,042+1.8%
87Honduras10,644,851+1.7%
88Portugal10,578,174+1.4%
89Sweden10,536,632+0.5%
90United Arab Emirates10,483,751+4.1%
91Greece10,407,351-0.3%
92Tajikistan10,389,799+2%
93Papua New Guinea10,389,635+1.8%
94Azerbaijan10,153,958+0.1%
95Israel9,849,000+3%
96Hungary9,592,186-0.1%
97Belarus9,178,298-0.5%
98Austria9,131,761+1%
99Switzerland8,888,822+1.3%
100Sierra Leone8,460,512+2.2%
101Togo8,223,850+1.9%
102Laos7,664,993+1.4%
103Hong Kong7,536,100+2.6%
104Turkmenistan7,364,438+1.9%
105Libya7,305,659+1.1%
106Kyrgyzstan7,099,750+1.8%
107Paraguay6,844,146+1.2%
108Nicaragua6,823,613+1.4%
109Serbia6,623,183-0.6%
110Bulgaria6,446,596-0.3%
111El Salvador6,309,624+0.5%
112Republic of the Congo6,182,885+2.4%
113Denmark5,946,952+0.7%
114Singapore5,917,648+5%
115Lebanon5,773,493+0.5%
116Finland5,583,911+0.5%
117Norway5,519,601+1.1%
118Liberia5,493,031+2.2%
119Slovakia5,426,740-0.1%
120Ireland5,311,538+1.9%
121New Zealand5,200,000+2.3%
122Palestine5,165,775+2.4%
123Central African Republic5,152,421+1.1%
124Costa Rica5,105,525+0.5%
125Oman5,049,269+6.7%
126Mauritania5,022,441+3%
127Kuwait4,853,420+5.7%
128Panama4,458,759+1.3%
129Croatia3,859,686+0.1%
130Georgia3,715,483+0.1%
131Mongolia3,481,145+1.4%
132Eritrea3,470,390+1.8%
133Uruguay3,388,081-0.1%
134Puerto Rico3,203,794-0.5%
135Bosnia and Herzegovina3,185,073-0.6%
136Armenia2,964,300-0.2%
137Namibia2,963,095+2.5%
138Lithuania2,871,585+1.4%
139Jamaica2,839,7860%
140Gambia2,697,845+2.3%
141Qatar2,656,032-0%
142Gabon2,484,789+2.2%
143Botswana2,480,244+1.7%
144Moldova2,457,783-2.8%
145Albania2,411,658-1.6%
146Lesotho2,311,472+1.1%
147Guinea-Bissau2,153,339+2.3%
148Slovenia2,120,461+0.4%
149Latvia1,883,710+0.2%
150Equatorial Guinea1,847,549+2.4%
151North Macedonia1,827,816-0.2%
152Bahrain1,577,059+3.4%
153Timor-Leste1,384,286+1.1%
154Estonia1,370,286+1.6%
155Trinidad and Tobago1,367,510+0.1%
156Cyprus1,344,976+1%
157Mauritius1,248,647-1.1%
158Eswatini1,230,506+1%
159Djibouti1,152,944+1.4%
160Fiji924,145+0.5%
161Comoros850,387+1.9%
162Guyana826,353+0.6%
163Solomon Islands800,005+2.4%
164Bhutan786,385+0.7%
165Macao678,800+0.2%
166Luxembourg666,430+2%
167Suriname628,886+0.9%
168Montenegro623,529-0%
169Malta552,747+4.1%
170Maldives525,994+0.4%
171Cape Verde522,331+0.5%
172Brunei458,949+0.8%
173Belize411,106+2.1%
174Bahamas399,440+0.5%
175Iceland385,663+1%
176Vanuatu320,409+2.4%
177New Caledonia289,870+1%
178Barbados282,3360%
179French Polynesia281,118+0.3%
180São Tomé and Príncipe230,871+2%
181Samoa216,663+0.7%
182Saint Lucia179,285+0.3%
183Guam166,506+0.8%
184Curaçao154,654+0.9%
185Kiribati132,530+1.6%
186Seychelles119,773-0.1%
187Grenada117,081+0.1%
188Micronesia112,630+0.5%
189Aruba107,3590%
190U.S. Virgin Islands104,917-0.5%
191Tonga104,597-0.4%
192Saint Vincent and the Grenadines101,323-0.7%
193Antigua and Barbuda93,316+0.5%
194Isle of Man84,1650%
195Andorra80,856+1.4%
196Cayman Islands73,038+2%
197Dominica66,510-0.5%
198Bermuda64,698-0.1%
199Greenland56,865+0.4%
200Faroe Islands54,398+0.9%
201American Samoa47,521-1.7%
202Saint Kitts and Nevis46,758+0.1%
203Turks and Caicos Islands46,198+0.8%
204Northern Mariana Islands45,143-2%
205Sint Maarten42,749+1.4%
206Liechtenstein39,846+0.9%
207British Virgin Islands38,985+1.7%
208Monaco38,956+0.1%
209Marshall Islands38,827-3.1%
210Gibraltar38,471+2.3%
211San Marino33,860+0.3%
212Saint Martin27,515-4.7%
213Palau17,727-0.2%
214Nauru11,875+0.6%
215Tuvalu9,816-1.8%

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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 1.44 billion in 2023, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population?

Tuvalu, with 9,816 in 2023.

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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