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India had the highest population of 215 countries in 2024, at 1.45 billion. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 9,646. The median was 6.92 million and the figure for the World was 8.14 billion. Source: the World Bank.

Highest1,450,935,791India
Lowest9,646Tuvalu
Median6,916,140215 countries
World8,140,897,523History

Top 40 countries, 2024

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IndiaIndia: 1,450,935,791 persons1,450,935,791ChinaChina: 1,408,975,000 persons1,408,975,000United StatesUnited States: 340,003,797 persons340,003,797IndonesiaIndonesia: 283,487,931 persons283,487,931PakistanPakistan: 251,269,164 persons251,269,164NigeriaNigeria: 232,679,478 persons232,679,478BrazilBrazil: 211,998,573 persons211,998,573BangladeshBangladesh: 173,562,364 persons173,562,364RussiaRussia: 143,669,648 persons143,669,648EthiopiaEthiopia: 132,059,767 persons132,059,767MexicoMexico: 130,861,007 persons130,861,007JapanJapan: 123,975,371 persons123,975,371EgyptEgypt: 116,538,258 persons116,538,258PhilippinesPhilippines: 115,843,670 persons115,843,670Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 109,276,265 persons109,276,265VietnamVietnam: 100,987,686 persons100,987,686IranIran: 91,567,738 persons91,567,738TürkiyeTürkiye: 85,518,661 persons85,518,661GermanyGermany: 83,516,593 persons83,516,593ThailandThailand: 71,668,011 persons71,668,011United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 69,281,000 persons69,281,000TanzaniaTanzania: 68,560,157 persons68,560,157FranceFrance: 68,551,653 persons68,551,653South AfricaSouth Africa: 64,007,187 persons64,007,187ItalyItaly: 58,952,704 persons58,952,704KenyaKenya: 56,432,944 persons56,432,944MyanmarMyanmar: 54,500,091 persons54,500,091ColombiaColombia: 52,886,363 persons52,886,363South KoreaSouth Korea: 51,751,065 persons51,751,065SudanSudan: 50,448,963 persons50,448,963UgandaUganda: 50,015,092 persons50,015,092SpainSpain: 48,848,840 persons48,848,840AlgeriaAlgeria: 46,814,308 persons46,814,308IraqIraq: 46,042,015 persons46,042,015ArgentinaArgentina: 45,696,159 persons45,696,159AfghanistanAfghanistan: 42,647,492 persons42,647,492CanadaCanada: 41,262,329 persons41,262,329YemenYemen: 40,583,164 persons40,583,164MoroccoMorocco: 38,081,173 persons38,081,173AngolaAngola: 37,885,849 persons37,885,849
persons. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2024
persons		Change on 2023
1India1,450,935,791+0.9%
2China1,408,975,000-0.1%
3United States340,003,797+1%
4Indonesia283,487,931+0.8%
5Pakistan251,269,164+1.5%
6Nigeria232,679,478+2.1%
7Brazil211,998,573+0.4%
8Bangladesh173,562,364+1.2%
9Russia143,669,648-0.1%
10Ethiopia132,059,767+2.6%
11Mexico130,861,007+0.9%
12Japan123,975,371-0.4%
13Egypt116,538,258+1.7%
14Philippines115,843,670+0.8%
15Democratic Republic of the Congo109,276,265+3.3%
16Vietnam100,987,686+0.6%
17Iran91,567,738+1.1%
18Türkiye85,518,661+0.2%
19Germany83,516,593+0.3%
20Thailand71,668,011-0%
21United Kingdom69,281,000+1.1%
22Tanzania68,560,157+2.9%
23France68,551,653+0.3%
24South Africa64,007,187+1.3%
25Italy58,952,704-0.1%
26Kenya56,432,944+2%
27Myanmar54,500,091+0.7%
28Colombia52,886,363+1.1%
29South Korea51,751,065+0.1%
30Sudan50,448,963+0.8%
31Uganda50,015,092+2.8%
32Spain48,848,840+1%
33Algeria46,814,308+1.4%
34Iraq46,042,015+2.1%
35Argentina45,696,159+0.3%
36Afghanistan42,647,492+2.9%
37Canada41,262,329+3%
38Yemen40,583,164+3%
39Morocco38,081,173+1%
40Angola37,885,849+3.1%
41Ukraine37,860,221+0.3%
42Poland36,559,233-0.3%
43Uzbekistan36,361,859+2%
44Malaysia35,557,673+1.2%
45Saudi Arabia35,300,280+4.7%
46Mozambique34,631,766+3%
47Ghana34,427,414+1.9%
48Peru34,217,848+1.1%
49Madagascar31,964,956+2.5%
50Côte d’Ivoire31,934,230+2.5%
51Nepal29,651,054-0.1%
52Cameroon29,123,744+2.6%
53Venezuela28,405,543+0.4%
54Australia27,194,286+2%
55Niger27,032,412+3.3%
56North Korea26,498,823+0.3%
57Syria24,672,760+4.6%
58Mali24,478,595+3%
59Burkina Faso23,548,781+2.3%
60Sri Lanka21,916,000-0.5%
61Malawi21,655,286+2.6%
62Zambia21,314,956+2.9%
63Kazakhstan20,592,571+1.3%
64Chad20,299,123+5.1%
65Chile19,764,771+0.5%
66Romania19,051,804-0%
67Somalia19,009,151+3.5%
68Senegal18,501,984+2.3%
69Guatemala18,406,359+1.6%
70Ecuador18,135,478+0.9%
71Netherlands17,993,485+0.7%
72Cambodia17,638,801+1.2%
73Zimbabwe16,634,373+1.8%
74Guinea14,754,785+2.4%
75Benin14,462,724+2.5%
76Rwanda14,256,567+2.2%
77Burundi14,047,786+2.6%
78Bolivia12,413,315+1.4%
79Tunisia12,277,109+0.6%
80South Sudan11,943,408+4%
81Belgium11,858,610+0.7%
82Haiti11,772,557+1.2%
83Jordan11,552,876+1%
84Dominican Republic11,427,557+0.8%
85United Arab Emirates10,986,400+4.8%
86Cuba10,979,783-0.4%
87Czechia10,905,028+0.4%
88Honduras10,825,703+1.7%
89Portugal10,694,681+1.1%
90Tajikistan10,590,927+1.9%
91Papua New Guinea10,576,502+1.8%
92Sweden10,569,709+0.3%
93Greece10,405,134-0%
94Azerbaijan10,202,830+0.5%
95Israel10,002,200+1.6%
96Hungary9,562,065-0.3%
97Austria9,177,982+0.5%
98Belarus9,132,629-0.5%
99Switzerland9,005,582+1.3%
100Sierra Leone8,642,022+2.1%
101Togo8,406,558+2.2%
102Laos7,769,819+1.4%
103Hong Kong7,524,100-0.2%
104Turkmenistan7,494,498+1.8%
105Libya7,381,023+1%
106Kyrgyzstan7,221,868+1.7%
107Paraguay6,929,153+1.2%
108Nicaragua6,916,140+1.4%
109Serbia6,586,476-0.6%
110Bulgaria6,441,421-0.1%
111El Salvador6,338,193+0.5%
112Republic of the Congo6,332,961+2.4%
113Singapore6,036,860+2%
114Denmark5,976,992+0.5%
115Lebanon5,805,962+0.6%
116Finland5,619,911+0.6%
117Liberia5,612,817+2.2%
118Norway5,572,279+1%
119Slovakia5,422,069-0.1%
120Ireland5,395,790+1.6%
121Central African Republic5,330,690+3.5%
122New Zealand5,290,000+1.7%
123Palestine5,289,152+2.4%
124Oman5,281,538+4.6%
125Mauritania5,169,395+2.9%
126Costa Rica5,129,910+0.5%
127Kuwait4,897,263+0.9%
128Panama4,515,577+1.3%
129Croatia3,866,200+0.2%
130Georgia3,812,518+2.6%
131Eritrea3,535,603+1.9%
132Mongolia3,524,788+1.3%
133Uruguay3,386,588-0%
134Puerto Rico3,202,521-0%
135Bosnia and Herzegovina3,164,253-0.7%
136Armenia3,033,500+2.3%
137Namibia3,030,131+2.3%
138Lithuania2,888,278+0.6%
139Qatar2,857,822+7.6%
140Jamaica2,839,175-0%
141Gambia2,759,988+2.3%
142Gabon2,538,952+2.2%
143Botswana2,521,139+1.6%
144Moldova2,402,306-2.3%
145Albania2,377,128-1.4%
146Lesotho2,337,423+1.1%
147Guinea-Bissau2,201,352+2.2%
148Slovenia2,127,400+0.3%
149Equatorial Guinea1,892,516+2.4%
150Latvia1,866,124-0.9%
151North Macedonia1,824,359-0.2%
152Bahrain1,588,670+0.7%
153Timor-Leste1,400,638+1.2%
154Estonia1,372,341+0.1%
155Trinidad and Tobago1,368,333+0.1%
156Cyprus1,358,282+1%
157Mauritius1,245,779-0.2%
158Eswatini1,242,822+1%
159Djibouti1,168,722+1.4%
160Fiji928,784+0.5%
161Comoros866,628+1.9%
162Guyana831,087+0.6%
163Solomon Islands819,198+2.4%
164Bhutan791,524+0.7%
165Macao687,000+1.2%
166Luxembourg677,012+1.6%
167Suriname634,431+0.9%
168Montenegro623,525-0%
169Malta568,847+2.9%
170Maldives527,799+0.3%
171Cape Verde524,877+0.5%
172Brunei462,721+0.8%
173Belize417,072+1.5%
174Bahamas401,283+0.5%
175Iceland386,506+0.2%
176Vanuatu327,777+2.3%
177New Caledonia292,639+1%
178Barbados282,4670%
179French Polynesia281,807+0.2%
180São Tomé and Príncipe235,536+2%
181Samoa218,019+0.6%
182Saint Lucia179,744+0.3%
183Guam167,777+0.8%
184Curaçao155,967+0.8%
185Kiribati134,518+1.5%
186Seychelles121,354+1.3%
187Grenada117,207+0.1%
188Micronesia113,160+0.5%
189Aruba107,995+0.6%
190U.S. Virgin Islands104,377-0.5%
191Tonga104,175-0.4%
192Saint Vincent and the Grenadines100,616-0.7%
193Antigua and Barbuda93,772+0.5%
194Isle of Man84,160-0%
195Andorra81,938+1.3%
196Cayman Islands74,457+1.9%
197Dominica66,205-0.5%
198Bermuda64,636-0.1%
199Greenland56,836-0.1%
200Faroe Islands54,640+0.4%
201Saint Kitts and Nevis46,843+0.2%
202American Samoa46,765-1.6%
203Turks and Caicos Islands46,535+0.7%
204Northern Mariana Islands44,278-1.9%
205Sint Maarten43,350+1.4%
206Liechtenstein40,450+1.5%
207British Virgin Islands39,471+1.2%
208Gibraltar39,329+2.2%
209Monaco38,631-0.8%
210Marshall Islands37,548-3.3%
211San Marino33,977+0.3%
212Saint Martin26,129-5%
213Palau17,695-0.2%
214Nauru11,947+0.6%
215Tuvalu9,646-1.7%

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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?

India, with 1.45 billion in 2024, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population?

Tuvalu, with 9,646 in 2024.

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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