World ranking — Population, Total (millions)
Total resident population as of mid-year, counting all persons regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Unit: persons-million · Values in red are IMF forecasts (as of April 2026)
| Rank | Country | Value | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India |
1,476.63 | 2026 |
| 2 |  China |
1,401.92 | 2026 |
| 3 |  United States |
342.94 | 2026 |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
287.2 | 2026 |
| 5 |  Pakistan |
245.12 | 2026 |
| 6 |  Nigeria |
242.58 | 2026 |
| 7 |  Brazil |
214.08 | 2026 |
| 8 |  Bangladesh |
175.42 | 2026 |
| 9 |  Russia |
143.39 | 2026 |
| 10 |  Mexico |
134.41 | 2026 |
| 11 |  Japan |
122.66 | 2026 |
| 12 |  Philippines |
115.3 | 2026 |
| 13 |  Ethiopia |
112.37 | 2026 |
| 14 |  Egypt |
110.06 | 2026 |
| 15 |  DR Congo |
110.02 | 2026 |
| 16 |  Vietnam |
103.08 | 2026 |
| 17 |  Iran |
87.93 | 2026 |
| 18 |  Türkiye |
86.25 | 2026 |
| 19 |  Germany |
83.5 | 2026 |
| 20 |  Thailand |
71.56 | 2026 |
| 21 |  United Kingdom |
69.85 | 2026 |
| 22 |  Tanzania |
69.65 | 2026 |
| 23 |  France |
69.05 | 2026 |
| 24 |  South Africa |
63.97 | 2026 |
| 25 |  Italy |
58.88 | 2026 |
| 26 |  Myanmar |
55.19 | 2026 |
| 27 |  Kenya |
54.27 | 2026 |
| 28 |  Colombia |
53.4 | 2026 |
| 29 |  Sudan |
51.73 | 2026 |
| 30 |  South Korea |
51.62 | 2026 |
| 31 |  Spain |
50.31 | 2026 |
| 32 |  Uganda |
49.71 | 2026 |
| 33 |  Argentina |
47.95 | 2026 |
| 34 |  Algeria |
47.85 | 2026 |
| 35 |  Iraq |
46.64 | 2026 |
| 36 |  Afghanistan |
43.84 | 2025 |
| 37 |  Canada |
41.58 | 2026 |
| 38 |  Angola |
40.58 | 2026 |
| 39 |  Uzbekistan |
38.94 | 2026 |
| 40 |  Morocco |
38.05 | 2026 |
| 41 |  Mozambique |
36.83 | 2026 |
| 42 |  Saudi Arabia |
36.73 | 2026 |
| 43 |  Poland |
36.2 | 2026 |
| 44 |  Ghana |
35.7 | 2026 |
| 45 |  Peru |
34.75 | 2026 |
| 46 |  Malaysia |
34.23 | 2026 |
| 47 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
33.84 | 2026 |
| 48 |  Madagascar |
32.32 | 2026 |
| 49 |  Ukraine |
32.28 | 2026 |
| 50 |  Cameroon |
30.65 | 2026 |
| 51 |  Niger |
30.2 | 2026 |
| 52 |  Nepal |
29.62 | 2026 |
| 53 |  Australia |
28.08 | 2026 |
| 54 |  Venezuela |
26.89 | 2026 |
| 55 |  Mali |
26.02 | 2026 |
| 56 |  Malawi |
24.75 | 2026 |
| 57 |  Burkina Faso |
24.65 | 2026 |
| 58 |  Taiwan |
23.2 | 2026 |
| 59 |  Zambia |
22.52 | 2026 |
| 60 |  Sri Lanka |
21.92 | 2024 |
| 61 |  Syria |
21.39 | 2010 |
| 62 |  Kazakhstan |
20.59 | 2026 |
| 63 |  Chile |
20.15 | 2026 |
| 64 |  Senegal |
19.7 | 2026 |
| 65 |  Chad |
19.49 | 2026 |
| 66 |  Yemen |
19.38 | 2026 |
| 67 |  Guatemala |
18.93 | 2026 |
| 68 |  Romania |
18.72 | 2026 |
| 69 |  Ecuador |
18.24 | 2026 |
| 70 |  Netherlands |
18.14 | 2026 |
| 71 |  Cambodia |
18.05 | 2026 |
| 72 |  Zimbabwe |
17.73 | 2026 |
| 73 |  Somalia |
17.44 | 2026 |
| 74 |  Guinea |
16.2 | 2026 |
| 75 |  Benin |
15.36 | 2026 |
| 76 |  Burundi |
14.9 | 2026 |
| 77 |  Rwanda |
14.47 | 2026 |
| 78 |  Papua New Guinea |
13.07 | 2026 |
| 79 |  Bolivia |
12.75 | 2026 |
| 80 |  Haiti |
12.73 | 2026 |
| 81 |  South Sudan |
12.44 | 2026 |
| 82 |  Tunisia |
12.42 | 2026 |
| 83 |  Belgium |
11.93 | 2026 |
| 84 |  Jordan |
11.59 | 2026 |
| 85 |  United Arab Emirates |
11.47 | 2026 |
| 86 |  Honduras |
11.19 | 2026 |
| 87 |  Dominican Republic |
10.98 | 2026 |
| 88 |  Czechia |
10.87 | 2026 |
| 89 |  Sweden |
10.76 | 2026 |
| 90 |  Portugal |
10.74 | 2026 |
| 91 |  Tajikistan |
10.53 | 2026 |
| 92 |  Azerbaijan |
10.5 | 2026 |
| 93 |  Greece |
10.36 | 2026 |
| 94 |  Israel |
10.31 | 2026 |
| 95 |  Togo |
10.02 | 2026 |
| 96 |  Hungary |
9.54 | 2026 |
| 97 |  Austria |
9.21 | 2026 |
| 98 |  Switzerland |
9.09 | 2026 |
| 99 |  Belarus |
9.04 | 2026 |
| 100 |  Sierra Leone |
9 | 2026 |
| 101 |  Laos |
7.89 | 2026 |
| 102 |  Hong Kong |
7.55 | 2026 |
| 103 |  Libya |
7.53 | 2026 |
| 104 |  Kyrgyzstan |
7.37 | 2026 |
| 105 |  Nicaragua |
6.81 | 2026 |
| 106 |  Turkmenistan |
6.75 | 2026 |
| 107 |  Republic of the Congo |
6.67 | 2026 |
| 108 |  Serbia |
6.49 | 2026 |
| 109 |  Paraguay |
6.46 | 2026 |
| 110 |  El Salvador |
6.43 | 2026 |
| 111 |  Bulgaria |
6.21 | 2026 |
| 112 |  Singapore |
6.12 | 2026 |
| 113 |  Denmark |
6.04 | 2026 |
| 114 |  Liberia |
5.85 | 2026 |
| 115 |  Palestine |
5.74 | 2025 |
| 116 |  Central African Republic |
5.7 | 2026 |
| 117 |  Norway |
5.66 | 2026 |
| 118 |  Finland |
5.62 | 2026 |
| 119 |  Ireland |
5.56 | 2026 |
| 120 |  Costa Rica |
5.42 | 2026 |
| 121 |  Oman |
5.41 | 2026 |
| 122 |  Slovakia |
5.41 | 2026 |
| 123 |  New Zealand |
5.36 | 2026 |
| 124 |  Lebanon |
5.35 | 2025 |
| 125 |  Kuwait |
5.21 | 2026 |
| 126 |  Mauritania |
4.73 | 2026 |
| 127 |  Panama |
4.62 | 2026 |
| 128 |  Croatia |
3.88 | 2026 |
| 129 |  Georgia |
3.69 | 2026 |
| 130 |  Mongolia |
3.62 | 2026 |
| 131 |  Eritrea |
3.5 | 2019 |
| 132 |  Uruguay |
3.48 | 2026 |
| 133 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3.44 | 2026 |
| 134 |  Qatar |
3.19 | 2026 |
| 135 |  Namibia |
3.11 | 2026 |
| 136 |  Armenia |
3.06 | 2026 |
| 137 |  Gambia |
2.93 | 2026 |
| 138 |  Lithuania |
2.9 | 2026 |
| 139 |  Jamaica |
2.76 | 2026 |
| 140 |  Albania |
2.67 | 2026 |
| 141 |  Botswana |
2.58 | 2026 |
| 142 |  Lesotho |
2.39 | 2026 |
| 143 |  Gabon |
2.36 | 2026 |
| 144 |  Moldova |
2.34 | 2026 |
| 145 |  Slovenia |
2.14 | 2026 |
| 146 |  Guinea-Bissau |
2.06 | 2026 |
| 147 |  Latvia |
1.86 | 2026 |
| 148 |  North Macedonia |
1.81 | 2026 |
| 149 |  Equatorial Guinea |
1.68 | 2026 |
| 150 |  Bahrain |
1.65 | 2026 |
| 151 |  Kosovo |
1.57 | 2026 |
| 152 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
1.44 | 2026 |
| 153 |  Timor-Leste |
1.43 | 2026 |
| 154 |  Estonia |
1.37 | 2026 |
| 155 |  Mauritius |
1.24 | 2026 |
| 156 |  Eswatini |
1.18 | 2026 |
| 157 |  Djibouti |
1.07 | 2026 |
| 158 |  Guyana |
1.02 | 2026 |
| 159 |  Cyprus |
1 | 2026 |
| 160 |  Comoros |
0.93 | 2026 |
| 161 |  Fiji |
0.93 | 2026 |
| 162 |  Solomon Islands |
0.81 | 2026 |
| 163 |  Bhutan |
0.79 | 2026 |
| 164 |  Macao |
0.71 | 2026 |
| 165 |  Luxembourg |
0.7 | 2026 |
| 166 |  Suriname |
0.67 | 2026 |
| 167 |  Montenegro |
0.62 | 2026 |
| 168 |  Malta |
0.57 | 2026 |
| 169 |  Cabo Verde |
0.52 | 2026 |
| 170 |  Brunei |
0.47 | 2026 |
| 171 |  Bahamas |
0.42 | 2026 |
| 172 |  Belize |
0.42 | 2026 |
| 173 |  Maldives |
0.42 | 2026 |
| 174 |  Iceland |
0.4 | 2026 |
| 175 |  Vanuatu |
0.34 | 2026 |
| 176 |  Barbados |
0.29 | 2026 |
| 177 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
0.25 | 2026 |
| 178 |  Samoa |
0.21 | 2026 |
| 179 |  Saint Lucia |
0.18 | 2026 |
| 180 |  Kiribati |
0.13 | 2026 |
| 181 |  Seychelles |
0.13 | 2026 |
| 182 |  Grenada |
0.12 | 2026 |
| 183 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
0.11 | 2026 |
| 184 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
0.11 | 2026 |
| 185 |  Micronesia |
0.1 | 2026 |
| 186 |  Tonga |
0.1 | 2026 |
| 187 |  Andorra |
0.09 | 2026 |
| 188 |  Dominica |
0.08 | 2026 |
| 189 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
0.05 | 2026 |
| 190 |  Liechtenstein |
0.04 | 2026 |
| 191 |  Marshall Islands |
0.04 | 2026 |
| 192 |  San Marino |
0.03 | 2026 |
| 193 |  Palau |
0.02 | 2026 |
| 194 |  Nauru |
0.01 | 2026 |
| 195 |  Tuvalu |
0.01 | 2026 |