Population by country, 2018
Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Population | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.42 billion | 1.33 billion |
| 2 | India | 1.37 billion | 1.2 billion |
| 3 | United States of America | 333.6 million | 303.4 million |
| 4 | Indonesia | 268.7 million | 238.6 million |
| 5 | Pakistan | 225 million | 187.1 million |
| 6 | Brazil | 205.4 million | 189.5 million |
| 7 | Nigeria | 202.6 million | 155.4 million |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 162.8 million | 148.8 million |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 146.3 million | 143.8 million |
| 10 | Japan | 126.9 million | 128.1 million |
| 11 | Mexico | 124 million | 109.6 million |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 111.2 million | 84.3 million |
| 13 | Philippines | 108.8 million | 91.9 million |
| 14 | Egypt | 104.7 million | 85.1 million |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 95.7 million | 84.4 million |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 88.6 million | 63.4 million |
| 17 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 85.6 million | 75 million |
| 18 | Türkiye | 83.9 million | 71.1 million |
| 19 | Germany | 83.2 million | 81.2 million |
| 20 | Thailand | 71.3 million | 67.4 million |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 66.6 million | 61.8 million |
| 22 | France | 65.4 million | 62.6 million |
| 23 | Italy | 60.3 million | 59.3 million |
| 24 | South Africa | 58.1 million | 50.8 million |
| 25 | United Republic of Tanzania | 56.6 million | 42 million |
| 26 | Myanmar | 52.1 million | 48.3 million |
| 27 | Republic of Korea | 51.6 million | 48.3 million |
| 28 | Kenya | 49.7 million | 38.6 million |
| 29 | Colombia | 48.6 million | 43.5 million |
| 30 | Spain | 46.9 million | 45.9 million |
| 31 | Ukraine | 45.3 million | 46.9 million |
| 32 | Argentina | 44.5 million | 40.2 million |
| 33 | Sudan | 43.5 million | 33.2 million |
| 34 | Algeria | 42.1 million | 34.5 million |
| 35 | Uganda | 40.9 million | 30.1 million |
| 36 | Iraq | 39.8 million | 28.4 million |
| 37 | Poland | 38.2 million | 38 million |
| 38 | Canada | 37 million | 33.3 million |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 36.2 million | 25.9 million |
| 40 | Morocco | 35.7 million | 31.4 million |
| 41 | Yemen | 33.6 million | 24.7 million |
| 42 | Malaysia | 32.6 million | 27.3 million |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 32.1 million | 27.3 million |
| 44 | Peru | 31.6 million | 28.6 million |
| 45 | Angola | 30.8 million | 21.2 million |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 30.6 million | 22.8 million |
| 47 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 30.3 million | 27.9 million |
| 48 | Ghana | 30.3 million | 23.9 million |
| 49 | Mozambique | 28.6 million | 21.5 million |
| 50 | Nepal | 28 million | 26.9 million |
| 51 | Madagascar | 27.1 million | 20.6 million |
| 52 | Côte d'Ivoire | 27.1 million | 21.3 million |
| 53 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 25.9 million | 24.7 million |
| 54 | Australia | 24.9 million | 21.2 million |
| 55 | Cameroon | 24.5 million | 18.3 million |
| 56 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 23.6 million | 23 million |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 22.2 million | 20.6 million |
| 58 | Niger | 21.8 million | 15.1 million |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 20.2 million | 15 million |
| 60 | Mali | 20.1 million | 14.7 million |
| 61 | Romania | 19.6 million | 20.8 million |
| 62 | Syrian Arab Republic | 19.2 million | 21.5 million |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 18.8 million | 16.3 million |
| 64 | Chile | 18.7 million | 16.8 million |
| 65 | Malawi | 18.3 million | 13.8 million |
| 66 | Zambia | 17.7 million | 12.8 million |
| 67 | Netherlands | 17.4 million | 16.6 million |
| 68 | Ecuador | 16.9 million | 14.5 million |
| 69 | Guatemala | 16.7 million | 13.8 million |
| 70 | Cambodia | 16.2 million | 13.9 million |
| 71 | Chad | 15.9 million | 11.3 million |
| 72 | Senegal | 15.7 million | 11.9 million |
| 73 | Somalia | 15.2 million | 11.5 million |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 14.9 million | 12.9 million |
| 75 | Guinea | 12.5 million | 9.8 million |
| 76 | Rwanda | 12.3 million | 9.7 million |
| 77 | Benin | 12.2 million | 9.1 million |
| 78 | Tunisia | 11.7 million | 10.5 million |
| 79 | Burundi | 11.6 million | 8.3 million |
| 80 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 11.4 million | 9.8 million |
| 81 | Belgium | 11.4 million | 10.7 million |
| 82 | Cuba | 11.2 million | 11.3 million |
| 83 | Haiti | 10.9 million | 9.5 million |
| 84 | Greece | 10.7 million | 11.1 million |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 10.7 million | 9.5 million |
| 86 | Czechia | 10.5 million | 10.4 million |
| 87 | Jordan | 10.3 million | 6.9 million |
| 88 | Portugal | 10.3 million | 10.6 million |
| 89 | Sweden | 10.1 million | 9.2 million |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 10 million | 8.9 million |
| 91 | South Sudan | 10 million | 8.6 million |
| 92 | Hungary | 9.8 million | 10 million |
| 93 | Honduras | 9.7 million | 7.9 million |
| 94 | Belarus | 9.5 million | 9.5 million |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 9.3 million | 6 million |
| 96 | Papua New Guinea | 9.3 million | 7.1 million |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 9.2 million | 7.3 million |
| 98 | Austria | 8.8 million | 8.3 million |
| 99 | Switzerland | 8.5 million | 7.6 million |
| 100 | Israel | 8.4 million | 7 million |
| 101 | Togo | 8.2 million | 6.3 million |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 7.5 million | 5.8 million |
| 103 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 7.5 million | 7 million |
| 104 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.1 million | 6.1 million |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 7 million | 7.6 million |
| 106 | Serbia | 7 million | 7.5 million |
| 107 | Libya | 6.8 million | 6.2 million |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 6.6 million | 5.3 million |
| 109 | Paraguay | 6.4 million | 5.6 million |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 6.4 million | 5.5 million |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.3 million | 5.3 million |
| 112 | El Salvador | 6.2 million | 6 million |
| 113 | Lebanon | 6.1 million | 4.9 million |
| 114 | Denmark | 5.8 million | 5.5 million |
| 115 | Singapore | 5.6 million | 4.7 million |
| 116 | Finland | 5.5 million | 5.3 million |
| 117 | Slovakia | 5.4 million | 5.4 million |
| 118 | Congo | 5.4 million | 4.1 million |
| 119 | Norway | 5.3 million | 4.7 million |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 4.9 million | 4.4 million |
| 121 | Liberia | 4.9 million | 3.8 million |
| 122 | New Zealand | 4.9 million | 4.2 million |
| 123 | Ireland | 4.8 million | 4.5 million |
| 124 | Central African Republic | 4.8 million | 4.5 million |
| 125 | State of Palestine | 4.8 million | 3.8 million |
| 126 | Oman | 4.6 million | 2.6 million |
| 127 | Mauritania | 4.3 million | 3.1 million |
| 128 | Kuwait | 4.2 million | 2.6 million |
| 129 | Panama | 4.1 million | 3.5 million |
| 130 | Croatia | 4 million | 4.3 million |
| 131 | Georgia | 3.8 million | 4 million |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.4 million | 4 million |
| 133 | Uruguay | 3.4 million | 3.3 million |
| 134 | Puerto Rico | 3.3 million | 3.8 million |
| 135 | Republic of Moldova | 3.2 million | 3.8 million |
| 136 | Eritrea | 3.2 million | 2.8 million |
| 137 | Mongolia | 3.1 million | 2.6 million |
| 138 | Armenia | 2.9 million | 3 million |
| 139 | Albania | 2.9 million | 3 million |
| 140 | Jamaica | 2.8 million | 2.7 million |
| 141 | Lithuania | 2.8 million | 3.2 million |
| 142 | Qatar | 2.7 million | 1.3 million |
| 143 | Namibia | 2.5 million | 2 million |
| 144 | Gambia | 2.4 million | 1.8 million |
| 145 | Botswana | 2.3 million | 1.9 million |
| 146 | Gabon | 2.2 million | 1.6 million |
| 147 | Lesotho | 2.2 million | 2 million |
| 148 | Slovenia | 2.1 million | 2 million |
| 149 | Latvia | 1.9 million | 2.2 million |
| 150 | North Macedonia | 1.9 million | 2.1 million |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.9 million | 1.5 million |
| 152 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 1.8 million | 1.8 million |
| 153 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.6 million | 1.1 million |
| 154 | Bahrain | 1.5 million | 1.1 million |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.4 million | 1.4 million |
| 156 | Estonia | 1.3 million | 1.3 million |
| 157 | Mauritius | 1.3 million | 1.3 million |
| 158 | Timor-Leste | 1.3 million | 1 million |
| 159 | Cyprus | 1.3 million | 1.1 million |
| 160 | Eswatini | 1.2 million | 1.1 million |
| 161 | Djibouti | 1.1 million | 883,485 |
| 162 | Fiji | 918,161 | 901,300 |
| 163 | Réunion | 855,749 | 825,744 |
| 164 | Guyana | 770,948 | 755,767 |
| 165 | Comoros | 764,110 | 623,048 |
| 166 | Bhutan | 757,155 | 682,514 |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 697,375 | 504,445 |
| 168 | China, Macao SAR | 652,625 | 529,066 |
| 169 | Montenegro | 618,011 | 633,052 |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 602,097 | 484,072 |
| 171 | Suriname | 596,617 | 534,097 |
| 172 | Western Sahara | 519,362 | 373,892 |
| 173 | Cabo Verde | 513,114 | 498,867 |
| 174 | Malta | 475,434 | 418,027 |
| 175 | Maldives | 465,731 | 330,223 |
| 176 | Brunei Darussalam | 435,333 | 374,272 |
| 177 | Guadeloupe | 418,224 | 408,692 |
| 178 | Bahamas | 391,534 | 355,777 |
| 179 | Belize | 377,075 | 300,224 |
| 180 | Martinique | 366,946 | 400,909 |
| 181 | Iceland | 348,546 | 315,517 |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 283,565 | 252,287 |
| 183 | Vanuatu | 281,883 | 224,005 |
| 184 | Barbados | 280,439 | 271,948 |
| 185 | French Polynesia | 280,367 | 267,819 |
| 186 | French Guiana | 278,631 | 223,192 |
| 187 | Mayotte | 269,214 | 193,666 |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 208,589 | 171,744 |
| 189 | Samoa | 206,470 | 189,416 |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 176,682 | 168,284 |
| 191 | Curaçao | 168,779 | 154,232 |
| 192 | Guam | 163,069 | 165,470 |
| 193 | Kiribati | 121,173 | 103,118 |
| 194 | Grenada | 115,530 | 110,708 |
| 195 | Seychelles | 113,734 | 92,006 |
| 196 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 109,698 | 109,425 |
| 197 | Aruba | 106,093 | 97,196 |
| 198 | Tonga | 105,489 | 106,914 |
| 199 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 105,296 | 111,280 |
| 200 | Jersey | 102,292 | 94,680 |
| 201 | United States Virgin Islands | 93,736 | 107,106 |
| 202 | Antigua and Barbuda | 90,702 | 82,270 |
| 203 | Isle of Man | 83,668 | 81,551 |
| 204 | Andorra | 74,489 | 82,778 |
| 205 | Dominica | 68,309 | 68,853 |
| 206 | Cayman Islands | 65,242 | 50,420 |
| 207 | Bermuda | 63,684 | 63,157 |
| 208 | Guernsey | 62,252 | 61,144 |
| 209 | Greenland | 56,074 | 56,727 |
| 210 | American Samoa | 51,254 | 55,979 |
| 211 | Faroe Islands | 50,623 | 48,491 |
| 212 | Northern Mariana Islands | 49,532 | 58,056 |
| 213 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47,031 | 46,771 |
| 214 | Marshall Islands | 45,918 | 52,040 |
| 215 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 40,738 | 26,846 |
| 216 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 39,363 | 32,968 |
| 217 | Liechtenstein | 37,996 | 35,332 |
| 218 | Monaco | 37,482 | 31,674 |
| 219 | Saint Martin (French part) | 36,624 | 35,662 |
| 220 | Gibraltar | 34,532 | 30,204 |
| 221 | San Marino | 34,461 | 29,504 |
| 222 | British Virgin Islands | 33,169 | 25,812 |
| 223 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 25,099 | 18,739 |
| 224 | Palau | 17,821 | 19,153 |
| 225 | Cook Islands | 16,827 | 15,737 |
| 226 | Anguilla | 14,594 | 12,779 |
| 227 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 11,861 | 13,837 |
| 228 | Nauru | 11,407 | 10,014 |
| 229 | Tuvalu | 10,831 | 10,250 |
| 230 | Saint Barthélemy | 10,022 | 8,505 |
| 231 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,918 | 6,044 |
| 232 | Saint Helena | 5,494 | 5,266 |
| 233 | Montserrat | 4,585 | 4,646 |
| 234 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 3,521 | 3,230 |
| 235 | Tokelau | 1,811 | 1,558 |
| 236 | Niue | 1,779 | 1,781 |
| 237 | Holy See | 551 | 642 |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.