Rankings · population
Countries by population (since 1800)
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources. 229 countries ranked for 2023 (people).
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| 1 |  India | 1.4B people | +11.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 2 |  China | 1.4B people | +3.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 3 |  United States | 343.5M people | +7.3% | = |
| 4 |  Indonesia | 281.2M people | +9.9% | = |
| 5 |  Pakistan | 247.5M people | +17.3% | = |
| 6 |  Nigeria | 227.9M people | +25.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 7 |  Brazil | 211.1M people | +6.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 8 |  Bangladesh | 171.5M people | +9.5% | = |
| 9 |  Russia | 145.4M people | +0.6% | = |
| 10 |  Mexico | 129.7M people | +9.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 11 |  Ethiopia | 128.7M people | +30.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 12 |  Japan | 124.4M people | -2.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 13 |  Philippines | 114.9M people | +12.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 14 |  Egypt | 114.5M people | +20.1% | = |
| 15 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 105.8M people | +39.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 16 |  Vietnam | 100.4M people | +10.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 17 |  Iran | 90.6M people | +12.7% | = |
| 18 |  Turkey | 87.3M people | +14.2% | = |
| 19 |  Germany | 84.5M people | +4.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 20 |  Thailand | 71.7M people | +2.7% | = |
| 21 |  United Kingdom | 68.7M people | +6.7% | = |
| 22 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 66.6M people | +36.4% | ▲ 5 |
| 23 |  France | 66.4M people | +3.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 24 |  South Africa | 63.2M people | +15.6% | = |
| 25 |  Italy | 59.5M people | -1.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 26 |  Kenya | 55.3M people | +23.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 27 |  Myanmar | 54.1M people | +7.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 28 |  Colombia | 52.3M people | +13.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 29 |  South Korea | 51.7M people | +3.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 30 |  Sudan | 50M people | +32.4% | ▲ 5 |
| 31 |  Uganda | 48.7M people | +37.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 32 |  Spain | 47.9M people | +2.2% | ▼ 4 |
| 33 |  Algeria | 46.2M people | +20.2% | = |
| 34 |  Argentina | 45.5M people | +6.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 35 |  Iraq | 45.1M people | +27.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 36 |  Afghanistan | 41.5M people | +31.1% | ▲ 4 |
| 37 |  Yemen | 39.4M people | +34.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 38 |  Canada | 39.3M people | +11.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 39 |  Poland | 38.8M people | +1.3% | ▼ 5 |
| 40 |  Ukraine | 37.7M people | -18.2% | ▼ 10 |
| 41 |  Morocco | 37.7M people | +11.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 42 |  Angola | 36.7M people | +40.5% | ▲ 7 |
| 43 |  Uzbekistan | 35.7M people | +19.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 44 |  Malaysia | 35.1M people | +16.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 45 |  Peru | 33.8M people | +13.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 46 |  Ghana | 33.8M people | +23.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 47 |  Mozambique | 33.6M people | +34.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 48 |  Saudi Arabia | 33.3M people | +18.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 49 |  Madagascar | 31.2M people | +29.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 50 |  Ivory Coast | 31.2M people | +30.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 51 |  Nepal | 29.7M people | +7.6% | ▼ 4 |
| 52 |  Cameroon | 28.4M people | +32.6% | ▲ 5 |
| 53 |  Venezuela | 28.3M people | -5.4% | ▼ 11 |
| 54 |  Australia | 26.5M people | +13.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 55 |  North Korea | 26.4M people | +4.3% | ▼ 5 |
| 56 |  Niger | 26.2M people | +41.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 57 |  Mali | 23.8M people | +36.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 58 |  Syria | 23.6M people | +8.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 59 |  Taiwan | 23.3M people | -0.4% | ▼ 5 |
| 60 |  Burkina Faso | 23M people | +30.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 61 |  Sri Lanka | 23M people | +7.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 62 |  Malawi | 21.1M people | +30.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 63 |  Zambia | 20.7M people | +34.6% | ▲ 5 |
| 64 |  Kazakhstan | 20.3M people | +15.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 65 |  Chile | 19.7M people | +11.1% | ▼ 3 |
| 66 |  Chad | 19.3M people | +41.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 67 |  Romania | 19.1M people | -4.7% | ▼ 8 |
| 68 |  Somalia | 18.4M people | +42.7% | ▲ 6 |
| 69 |  Guatemala | 18.1M people | +17.8% | = |
| 70 |  Netherlands | 18.1M people | +6.6% | ▼ 5 |
| 71 |  Senegal | 18.1M people | +31.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 72 |  Ecuador | 18M people | +13.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 73 |  Cambodia | 17.4M people | +14.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 74 |  Zimbabwe | 16.3M people | +16.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 75 |  Guinea | 14.4M people | +28.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 76 |  Benin | 14.1M people | +31.8% | ▲ 6 |
| 77 |  Rwanda | 14M people | +25.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 78 |  Burundi | 13.7M people | +31.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 79 |  Bolivia | 12.2M people | +14.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 80 |  Tunisia | 12.2M people | +9.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 81 |  Belgium | 11.7M people | +5.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 82 |  Haiti | 11.6M people | +13.8% | ▲ 5 |
| 83 |  South Sudan | 11.5M people | +2.8% | ▼ 6 |
| 84 |  Jordan | 11.4M people | +43.1% | ▲ 14 |
| 85 |  Dominican Republic | 11.3M people | +11.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 86 |  Cuba | 11M people | -2.5% | ▼ 11 |
| 87 |  Czechia | 10.8M people | +2.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 88 |  Honduras | 10.6M people | +19.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 89 |  United Arab Emirates | 10.6M people | +35.9% | ▲ 10 |
| 90 |  Sweden | 10.6M people | +9.9% | = |
| 91 |  Portugal | 10.4M people | -0.3% | ▼ 6 |
| 92 |  Tajikistan | 10.4M people | +26.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 93 |  Papua New Guinea | 10.4M people | +25.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 94 |  Azerbaijan | 10.3M people | +8.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 95 |  Greece | 10.2M people | -6.6% | ▼ 14 |
| 96 |  Hungary | 9.7M people | -2.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 97 |  Israel | 9.3M people | +19.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 98 |  Austria | 9.1M people | +7.7% | ▼ 4 |
| 99 |  Belarus | 9.1M people | -3.7% | ▼ 7 |
| 100 |  Switzerland | 8.9M people | +9.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 101 |  Sierra Leone | 8.5M people | +26.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 102 |  Togo | 8.2M people | +21.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 103 |  Laos | 7.7M people | +15.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 104 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 7.4M people | +2.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 105 |  Turkmenistan | 7.4M people | +24.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 106 |  Libya | 7.3M people | +15.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 107 |  Kyrgyzstan | 7.1M people | +22.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 108 |  Paraguay | 6.8M people | +14.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 109 |  Nicaragua | 6.8M people | +14.0% | = |
| 110 |  Bulgaria | 6.8M people | -6.5% | ▼ 8 |
| 111 |  Republic of Serbia | 6.8M people | -6.9% | ▼ 10 |
| 112 |  El Salvador | 6.3M people | +2.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 113 |  Republic of the Congo | 6.2M people | +27.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 114 |  Denmark | 5.9M people | +5.9% | = |
| 115 |  Singapore | 5.8M people | +7.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 116 |  Lebanon | 5.8M people | +0.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 117 |  Finland | 5.6M people | +3.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 118 |  Norway | 5.5M people | +8.6% | = |
| 119 |  Slovakia | 5.5M people | +2.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 120 |  Liberia | 5.5M people | +22.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 121 |  Palestine | 5.4M people | +25.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 122 |  Ireland | 5.2M people | +12.4% | = |
| 123 |  New Zealand | 5.2M people | +16.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 124 |  Central African Republic | 5.2M people | +11.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 125 |  Costa Rica | 5.1M people | +8.3% | ▼ 5 |
| 126 |  Oman | 5M people | +31.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 127 |  Mauritania | 5M people | +34.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 128 |  Kuwait | 4.8M people | +37.9% | ▲ 5 |
| 129 |  Panama | 4.5M people | +16.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 130 |  Croatia | 3.9M people | -8.2% | ▼ 4 |
| 131 |  Georgia | 3.8M people | -0.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 132 |  Eritrea | 3.5M people | +12.9% | ▲ 4 |
| 133 |  Mongolia | 3.4M people | +20.3% | ▲ 7 |
| 134 |  Uruguay | 3.4M people | +1.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 135 |  Puerto Rico | 3.2M people | -10.1% | ▼ 3 |
| 136 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.2M people | -11.8% | ▼ 5 |
| 137 |  Moldova | 3.1M people | -10.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 138 |  Qatar | 3M people | +46.6% | ▲ 9 |
| 139 |  Namibia | 3M people | +31.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 140 |  Armenia | 2.9M people | +0.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 141 |  Lithuania | 2.9M people | -3.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 142 |  Jamaica | 2.8M people | +2.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 143 |  Albania | 2.8M people | -3.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 144 |  Gambia | 2.7M people | +28.2% | = |
| 145 |  Gabon | 2.5M people | +29.9% | ▲ 5 |
| 146 |  Botswana | 2.5M people | +15.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 147 |  Lesotho | 2.3M people | +12.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 148 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.2M people | +27.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 149 |  Slovenia | 2.1M people | +3.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 150 |  Latvia | 1.9M people | -6.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 151 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1.8M people | +37.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 152 |  North Macedonia | 1.8M people | -9.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 153 |  Kosovo | 1.7M people | -6.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 154 |  Bahrain | 1.6M people | +24.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 155 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1.5M people | +6.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 156 |  Timor-Leste | 1.4M people | +19.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 157 |  Estonia | 1.4M people | +3.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 158 |  Cyprus | 1.3M people | +13.6% | = |
| 159 |  Mauritius | 1.3M people | -1.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 160 |  Eswatini | 1.2M people | +8.9% | = |
| 161 |  Djibouti | 1.2M people | +17.1% | = |
| 162 |  Fiji | 924.2K people | +0.9% | = |
| 163 |  Comoros | 850.4K people | +22.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 164 |  Guyana | 826.4K people | +10.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 165 |  Solomon Islands | 800K people | +34.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 166 |  Bhutan | 786.4K people | +8.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 167 |  Macao S.A.R | 713.9K people | +19.2% | = |
| 168 |  Luxembourg | 665.1K people | +22.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 169 |  Montenegro | 633.6K people | +0.1% | ▼ 3 |
| 170 |  Suriname | 628.9K people | +10.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 171 |  Western Sahara | 579.7K people | +26.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 172 |  Malta | 533K people | +24.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 173 |  Maldives | 526K people | +31.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 174 |  Cabo Verde | 522.3K people | +2.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 175 |  Brunei | 459K people | +11.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 176 |  Belize | 411.1K people | +20.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 177 |  The Bahamas | 399.5K people | +5.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 178 |  Iceland | 387.6K people | +19.7% | = |
| 179 |  Vanuatu | 320.4K people | +25.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 180 |  New Caledonia | 289.9K people | +4.7% | = |
| 181 |  Barbados | 282.3K people | +1.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 182 |  French Polynesia | 281.1K people | +2.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 183 |  São Tomé and Principe | 230.9K people | +19.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 184 |  Samoa | 216.7K people | +9.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 185 |  Curaçao | 185.4K people | +13.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 186 |  Saint Lucia | 179.3K people | +3.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 187 |  Guam | 166.5K people | +0.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 188 |  Kiribati | 132.5K people | +16.4% | = |
| 189 |  Seychelles | 128K people | +25.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 190 |  Grenada | 117.1K people | +3.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 191 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 112.6K people | +4.2% | = |
| 192 |  Aruba | 107.9K people | +5.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 193 |  Tonga | 104.6K people | -2.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 194 |  Jersey | 103.7K people | +3.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 195 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 101.3K people | -6.3% | ▼ 5 |
| 196 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 93.3K people | +6.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 197 |  United States Virgin Islands | 85.7K people | -16.9% | ▼ 4 |
| 198 |  Isle of Man | 84.2K people | +0.0% | = |
| 199 |  Andorra | 80.9K people | +7.5% | = |
| 200 |  Cayman Islands | 73.1K people | +24.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 201 |  Dominica | 66.5K people | -4.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 202 |  Bermuda | 64.7K people | +1.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 203 |  Guernsey | 64K people | +3.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 204 |  Greenland | 56K people | -1.0% | = |
| 205 |  Faroe Islands | 54.7K people | +13.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 206 |  American Samoa | 47.5K people | -12.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 207 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46.8K people | -0.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 208 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 46.2K people | +37.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 209 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 45.2K people | -14.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 210 |  Sint Maarten | 42.8K people | +19.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 211 |  Liechtenstein | 39.6K people | +7.3% | = |
| 212 |  British Virgin Islands | 39K people | +23.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 213 |  Monaco | 39K people | +9.9% | = |
| 214 |  Marshall Islands | 38.8K people | -23.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 215 |  San Marino | 33.8K people | +0.4% | = |
| 216 |  Saint Martin | 27.5K people | -26.4% | ▼ 6 |
| 217 |  Palau | 17.8K people | +0.5% | = |
| 218 |  Anguilla | 14.4K people | +8.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 219 |  Cook Islands | 14.2K people | -19.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 220 |  Nauru | 11.9K people | +12.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 221 |  Wallis and Futuna | 11.4K people | -8.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 222 |  Saint Barthelemy | 11.1K people | +18.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 223 |  Tuvalu | 9,837 people | -10.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 224 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,707 people | -4.9% | = |
| 225 |  Saint Helena | 5,316 people | -2.7% | = |
| 226 |  Montserrat | 4,440 people | -7.0% | = |
| 227 |  Falkland Islands | 3,498 people | +6.3% | = |
| 228 |  Niue | 1,841 people | +3.1% | = |
| 229 |  Vatican | 501 people | -16.2% | = |
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