Population by country, 2026

Values are UN medium-variant projections.

◀▶2026

#	Country / area	Population	2016
1	India	1.47 billion	1.34 billion
2	China	1.41 billion	1.4 billion
3	United States of America	348.1 million	327.6 million
4	Indonesia	286.8 million	263.2 million
5	Pakistan	257.2 million	218.8 million
6	Nigeria	240 million	193 million
7	Brazil	213.2 million	202.5 million
8	Bangladesh	176.8 million	160.1 million
9	Russian Federation	143.5 million	145.5 million
10	Ethiopia	137.2 million	105.3 million
11	Mexico	132.5 million	121.7 million
12	Japan	122.6 million	127.1 million
13	Egypt	119.2 million	100.6 million
14	Philippines	117.3 million	106 million
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	114.6 million	82.4 million
16	Viet Nam	101.9 million	93.4 million
17	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	92.8 million	83.2 million
18	Türkiye	87.8 million	81 million
19	Germany	83.7 million	82.6 million
20	Thailand	71.6 million	70.7 million
21	United Republic of Tanzania	71.5 million	52.9 million
22	United Kingdom	69.7 million	65.6 million
23	France	66.7 million	65 million
24	South Africa	65.1 million	57.4 million
25	Italy	59 million	60.5 million
26	Kenya	58.1 million	47.6 million
27	Myanmar	55 million	51.3 million
28	Colombia	53.7 million	47.2 million
29	Sudan	52.5 million	40.6 million
30	Uganda	52.1 million	38.1 million
31	Republic of Korea	51.6 million	51.2 million
32	Spain	47.9 million	46.7 million
33	Algeria	47.7 million	40.4 million
34	Iraq	47.5 million	38.1 million
35	Argentina	45.9 million	43.7 million
36	Afghanistan	44.4 million	34.2 million
37	Yemen	42.4 million	31.6 million
38	Canada	40.3 million	36.1 million
39	Ukraine	39.7 million	45.7 million
40	Angola	39.6 million	28.7 million
41	Morocco	38.6 million	34.8 million
42	Poland	37.9 million	38.3 million
43	Uzbekistan	37.4 million	31 million
44	Malaysia	36.2 million	31.5 million
45	Mozambique	36.1 million	26.9 million
46	Ghana	35.4 million	29 million
47	Saudi Arabia	34.9 million	30.5 million
48	Peru	34.7 million	30.6 million
49	Madagascar	33.1 million	25.8 million
50	Côte d'Ivoire	33.1 million	25.6 million
51	Cameroon	30.3 million	23.1 million
52	Nepal	29.6 million	27.9 million
53	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	28.6 million	30.7 million
54	Niger	28.4 million	20.3 million
55	Australia	27.1 million	24.1 million
56	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	26.6 million	25.6 million
57	Syrian Arab Republic	26.1 million	19.1 million
58	Mali	25.6 million	18.9 million
59	Burkina Faso	24.3 million	19.1 million
60	Sri Lanka	23.3 million	21.8 million
61	China, Taiwan Province of China	23.1 million	23.6 million
62	Malawi	22.5 million	17.3 million
63	Zambia	22.2 million	16.7 million
64	Chad	21.3 million	14.9 million
65	Kazakhstan	21 million	18.2 million
66	Somalia	20 million	14 million
67	Chile	19.9 million	18.1 million
68	Senegal	19.1 million	14.8 million
69	Romania	18.9 million	19.8 million
70	Guatemala	18.8 million	16.1 million
71	Netherlands	18.4 million	17.1 million
72	Ecuador	18.4 million	16.4 million
73	Cambodia	18 million	15.7 million
74	Zimbabwe	17.1 million	14.5 million
75	Guinea	15.3 million	11.9 million
76	Benin	15 million	11.5 million
77	Rwanda	14.7 million	11.8 million
78	Burundi	14.6 million	11.1 million
79	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	12.7 million	11.1 million
80	Tunisia	12.4 million	11.5 million
81	South Sudan	12.3 million	11.1 million
82	Haiti	12 million	10.6 million
83	Belgium	11.8 million	11.3 million
84	Dominican Republic	11.6 million	10.5 million
85	United Arab Emirates	11.5 million	8.9 million
86	Jordan	11.5 million	9.9 million
87	Honduras	11.1 million	9.3 million
88	Cuba	10.9 million	11.3 million
89	Tajikistan	10.9 million	8.8 million
90	Papua New Guinea	10.9 million	8.9 million
91	Sweden	10.7 million	9.8 million
92	Czechia	10.5 million	10.5 million
93	Azerbaijan	10.4 million	9.8 million
94	Portugal	10.4 million	10.4 million
95	Greece	9.9 million	10.8 million
96	Togo	9.8 million	7.8 million
97	Hungary	9.6 million	9.8 million
98	Israel	9.6 million	8.1 million
99	Austria	9.1 million	8.7 million
100	Switzerland	9 million	8.3 million
101	Belarus	9 million	9.5 million
102	Sierra Leone	8.9 million	7.1 million
103	Lao People's Democratic Republic	7.9 million	6.9 million
104	Turkmenistan	7.7 million	6.3 million
105	Libya	7.5 million	6.6 million
106	China, Hong Kong SAR	7.4 million	7.4 million
107	Kyrgyzstan	7.3 million	6.1 million
108	Paraguay	7.1 million	6.2 million
109	Nicaragua	7.1 million	6.2 million
110	Bulgaria	6.7 million	7.2 million
111	Serbia	6.7 million	7.2 million
112	Congo	6.6 million	5.2 million
113	El Salvador	6.4 million	6.2 million
114	Denmark	6 million	5.7 million
115	Singapore	5.9 million	5.6 million
116	Lebanon	5.9 million	6.4 million
117	Liberia	5.8 million	4.7 million
118	Norway	5.6 million	5.2 million
119	State of Palestine	5.6 million	4.6 million
120	Finland	5.6 million	5.5 million
121	Central African Republic	5.6 million	4.7 million
122	Oman	5.6 million	4.3 million
123	Slovakia	5.5 million	5.4 million
124	Mauritania	5.4 million	4 million
125	Ireland	5.3 million	4.7 million
126	New Zealand	5.3 million	4.7 million
127	Costa Rica	5.2 million	4.8 million
128	Kuwait	5.1 million	3.9 million
129	Panama	4.6 million	4 million
130	Croatia	3.8 million	4.2 million
131	Georgia	3.8 million	3.8 million
132	Eritrea	3.6 million	3.1 million
133	Mongolia	3.5 million	3 million
134	Uruguay	3.4 million	3.4 million
135	Puerto Rico	3.2 million	3.5 million
136	Qatar	3.1 million	2.5 million
137	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.1 million	3.5 million
138	Namibia	3.1 million	2.4 million
139	Republic of Moldova	3 million	3.3 million
140	Armenia	2.9 million	2.9 million
141	Gambia	2.9 million	2.3 million
142	Jamaica	2.8 million	2.8 million
143	Lithuania	2.8 million	2.9 million
144	Albania	2.8 million	2.9 million
145	Gabon	2.6 million	2.1 million
146	Botswana	2.6 million	2.2 million
147	Lesotho	2.4 million	2.1 million
148	Guinea-Bissau	2.3 million	1.8 million
149	Slovenia	2.1 million	2.1 million
150	Equatorial Guinea	2 million	1.5 million
151	Latvia	1.8 million	2 million
152	North Macedonia	1.8 million	2 million
153	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.7 million	1.8 million
154	Bahrain	1.7 million	1.4 million
155	Trinidad and Tobago	1.5 million	1.4 million
156	Timor-Leste	1.4 million	1.2 million
157	Cyprus	1.4 million	1.2 million
158	Estonia	1.3 million	1.3 million
159	Mauritius	1.3 million	1.3 million
160	Eswatini	1.3 million	1.1 million
161	Djibouti	1.2 million	1 million
162	Fiji	935,284	918,975
163	Comoros	890,945	734,253
164	Réunion	883,987	863,972
165	Solomon Islands	848,431	650,788
166	Guyana	838,376	761,088
167	Bhutan	799,409	744,219
168	China, Macao SAR	722,288	628,145
169	Luxembourg	683,915	576,114
170	Suriname	642,544	584,709
171	Montenegro	627,838	626,277
172	Western Sahara	605,974	492,977
173	Malta	547,784	450,213
174	Maldives	530,591	435,774
175	Cabo Verde	528,504	512,437
176	Brunei Darussalam	468,083	424,916
177	Belize	425,799	360,083
178	Bahamas	403,759	386,690
179	Iceland	400,424	332,633
180	Guadeloupe	372,706	402,138
181	Mayotte	342,262	250,629
182	Vanuatu	338,862	269,042
183	Martinique	338,806	381,740
184	French Guiana	316,242	268,876
185	New Caledonia	296,643	283,321
186	French Polynesia	282,760	278,554
187	Barbados	282,679	279,292
188	Sao Tome and Principe	242,619	202,025
189	Samoa	219,912	202,640
190	Curaçao	185,460	167,312
191	Saint Lucia	180,332	175,290
192	Guam	169,543	164,565
193	Kiribati	137,468	117,580
194	Seychelles	133,921	108,522
195	Grenada	117,314	114,918
196	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	113,938	108,884
197	Aruba	108,173	104,585
198	Jersey	104,016	101,426
199	Tonga	103,511	105,825
200	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,577	106,666
201	Antigua and Barbuda	94,407	89,705
202	Isle of Man	84,034	83,386
203	United States Virgin Islands	83,758	99,075
204	Andorra	83,330	71,315
205	Cayman Islands	76,524	62,373
206	Dominica	65,681	70,529
207	Guernsey	64,526	62,237
208	Bermuda	64,489	63,425
209	Faroe Islands	56,270	49,179
210	Greenland	55,693	56,054
211	Turks and Caicos Islands	47,007	37,542
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,958	47,078
213	American Samoa	45,668	52,571
214	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	44,201	37,868
215	Northern Mariana Islands	43,194	51,161
216	Gibraltar	40,492	33,363
217	Liechtenstein	40,243	37,522
218	British Virgin Islands	39,849	35,528
219	Monaco	37,866	36,739
220	Marshall Islands	35,650	48,278
221	San Marino	33,583	34,025
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	31,649	24,592
223	Saint Martin (French part)	24,385	37,300
224	Palau	17,641	17,791
225	Anguilla	14,782	14,385
226	Cook Islands	13,035	17,398
227	Nauru	12,063	11,059
228	Saint Barthélemy	11,483	9,663
229	Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,152	12,091
230	Tuvalu	9,420	10,952
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,545	5,940
232	Saint Helena	5,177	5,526
233	Montserrat	4,346	4,655
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,467	3,442
235	Tokelau	2,656	1,682
236	Niue	1,819	1,783
237	Holy See	503	567

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.