Population by country, 2028

Values are UN medium-variant projections.

◀▶2028

#	Country / area	Population	2018
1	India	1.5 billion	1.37 billion
2	China	1.41 billion	1.42 billion
3	United States of America	351.5 million	333.6 million
4	Indonesia	291 million	268.7 million
5	Pakistan	265.7 million	225 million
6	Nigeria	249.9 million	202.6 million
7	Brazil	214.6 million	205.4 million
8	Bangladesh	181 million	162.8 million
9	Ethiopia	144.1 million	111.2 million
10	Russian Federation	142.8 million	146.3 million
11	Mexico	134.5 million	124 million
12	Egypt	122.7 million	104.7 million
13	Democratic Republic of the Congo	122 million	88.6 million
14	Japan	121.3 million	126.9 million
15	Philippines	119.1 million	108.8 million
16	Viet Nam	103 million	95.7 million
17	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	94.2 million	85.6 million
18	Türkiye	88.3 million	83.9 million
19	Germany	83.3 million	83.2 million
20	United Republic of Tanzania	75.6 million	56.6 million
21	Thailand	71.4 million	71.3 million
22	United Kingdom	70.5 million	66.6 million
23	France	66.8 million	65.4 million
24	South Africa	66.5 million	58.1 million
25	Kenya	60.3 million	49.7 million
26	Italy	58.5 million	60.3 million
27	Myanmar	55.7 million	52.1 million
28	Sudan	55.4 million	43.5 million
29	Uganda	54.8 million	40.9 million
30	Colombia	54.7 million	48.6 million
31	Republic of Korea	51.5 million	51.6 million
32	Iraq	49.5 million	39.8 million
33	Algeria	48.9 million	42.1 million
34	Spain	47.8 million	46.9 million
35	Afghanistan	46.9 million	36.2 million
36	Argentina	46.2 million	44.5 million
37	Yemen	44.7 million	33.6 million
38	Angola	42 million	30.8 million
39	Canada	40.9 million	37 million
40	Morocco	39.2 million	35.7 million
41	Ukraine	39.1 million	45.3 million
42	Uzbekistan	38.7 million	32.1 million
43	Mozambique	38.2 million	28.6 million
44	Poland	37.6 million	38.2 million
45	Malaysia	37 million	32.6 million
46	Ghana	36.6 million	30.3 million
47	Saudi Arabia	36.1 million	30.6 million
48	Peru	35.4 million	31.6 million
49	Madagascar	34.7 million	27.1 million
50	Côte d'Ivoire	34.7 million	27.1 million
51	Cameroon	31.8 million	24.5 million
52	Niger	30.2 million	21.8 million
53	Nepal	29.8 million	28 million
54	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	28.8 million	30.3 million
55	Syrian Arab Republic	27.6 million	19.2 million
56	Australia	27.6 million	24.9 million
57	Mali	27.1 million	20.1 million
58	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	26.7 million	25.9 million
59	Burkina Faso	25.4 million	20.2 million
60	Malawi	23.7 million	18.3 million
61	Sri Lanka	23.5 million	22.2 million
62	Zambia	23.4 million	17.7 million
63	China, Taiwan Province of China	22.8 million	23.6 million
64	Chad	22.5 million	15.9 million
65	Kazakhstan	21.4 million	18.8 million
66	Somalia	21.3 million	15.2 million
67	Chile	20.1 million	18.7 million
68	Senegal	20 million	15.7 million
69	Guatemala	19.4 million	16.7 million
70	Ecuador	18.7 million	16.9 million
71	Romania	18.6 million	19.6 million
72	Netherlands	18.6 million	17.4 million
73	Cambodia	18.3 million	16.2 million
74	Zimbabwe	17.8 million	14.9 million
75	Guinea	16 million	12.5 million
76	Benin	15.7 million	12.2 million
77	Rwanda	15.4 million	12.3 million
78	Burundi	15.3 million	11.6 million
79	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	13 million	11.4 million
80	South Sudan	12.8 million	10 million
81	Tunisia	12.5 million	11.7 million
82	Haiti	12.2 million	10.9 million
83	Jordan	11.9 million	10.3 million
84	United Arab Emirates	11.8 million	9.3 million
85	Belgium	11.8 million	11.4 million
86	Dominican Republic	11.7 million	10.7 million
87	Honduras	11.5 million	9.7 million
88	Tajikistan	11.3 million	9.2 million
89	Papua New Guinea	11.2 million	9.3 million
90	Cuba	10.8 million	11.2 million
91	Sweden	10.8 million	10.1 million
92	Azerbaijan	10.5 million	10 million
93	Czechia	10.5 million	10.5 million
94	Portugal	10.4 million	10.3 million
95	Togo	10.2 million	8.2 million
96	Israel	9.8 million	8.4 million
97	Greece	9.8 million	10.7 million
98	Hungary	9.5 million	9.8 million
99	Sierra Leone	9.3 million	7.5 million
100	Austria	9.1 million	8.8 million
101	Switzerland	9.1 million	8.5 million
102	Belarus	8.8 million	9.5 million
103	Lao People's Democratic Republic	8.1 million	7.1 million
104	Turkmenistan	7.9 million	6.6 million
105	Libya	7.7 million	6.8 million
106	Kyrgyzstan	7.6 million	6.3 million
107	China, Hong Kong SAR	7.3 million	7.5 million
108	Nicaragua	7.2 million	6.4 million
109	Paraguay	7.2 million	6.4 million
110	Congo	6.9 million	5.4 million
111	Bulgaria	6.6 million	7 million
112	Serbia	6.6 million	7 million
113	El Salvador	6.4 million	6.2 million
114	Liberia	6.1 million	4.9 million
115	Denmark	6 million	5.8 million
116	Central African Republic	6 million	4.8 million
117	Lebanon	6 million	6.1 million
118	Singapore	6 million	5.6 million
119	Oman	5.9 million	4.6 million
120	State of Palestine	5.9 million	4.8 million
121	Mauritania	5.7 million	4.3 million
122	Norway	5.7 million	5.3 million
123	Finland	5.6 million	5.5 million
124	Slovakia	5.4 million	5.4 million
125	Ireland	5.4 million	4.8 million
126	New Zealand	5.3 million	4.9 million
127	Costa Rica	5.2 million	4.9 million
128	Kuwait	5.2 million	4.2 million
129	Panama	4.7 million	4.1 million
130	Eritrea	3.8 million	3.2 million
131	Georgia	3.8 million	3.8 million
132	Croatia	3.8 million	4 million
133	Mongolia	3.6 million	3.1 million
134	Uruguay	3.4 million	3.4 million
135	Namibia	3.2 million	2.5 million
136	Qatar	3.2 million	2.7 million
137	Puerto Rico	3.2 million	3.3 million
138	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.1 million	3.4 million
139	Gambia	3 million	2.4 million
140	Republic of Moldova	2.9 million	3.2 million
141	Armenia	2.9 million	2.9 million
142	Jamaica	2.8 million	2.8 million
143	Lithuania	2.8 million	2.8 million
144	Gabon	2.7 million	2.2 million
145	Albania	2.7 million	2.9 million
146	Botswana	2.7 million	2.3 million
147	Lesotho	2.4 million	2.2 million
148	Guinea-Bissau	2.4 million	1.9 million
149	Slovenia	2.1 million	2.1 million
150	Equatorial Guinea	2.1 million	1.6 million
151	Latvia	1.8 million	1.9 million
152	North Macedonia	1.8 million	1.9 million
153	Bahrain	1.7 million	1.5 million
154	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.7 million	1.8 million
155	Trinidad and Tobago	1.5 million	1.4 million
156	Timor-Leste	1.5 million	1.3 million
157	Cyprus	1.4 million	1.3 million
158	Estonia	1.3 million	1.3 million
159	Eswatini	1.3 million	1.2 million
160	Mauritius	1.3 million	1.3 million
161	Djibouti	1.2 million	1.1 million
162	Fiji	943,373	918,161
163	Comoros	923,273	764,110
164	Réunion	891,791	855,749
165	Solomon Islands	888,062	697,375
166	Guyana	848,633	770,948
167	Bhutan	809,511	757,155
168	China, Macao SAR	724,042	652,625
169	Luxembourg	697,558	602,097
170	Suriname	653,160	596,617
171	Western Sahara	625,014	519,362
172	Montenegro	621,081	618,011
173	Malta	551,703	475,434
174	Maldives	534,417	465,731
175	Cabo Verde	532,986	513,114
176	Brunei Darussalam	474,844	435,333
177	Belize	436,935	377,075
178	Iceland	407,440	348,546
179	Bahamas	406,721	391,534
180	Guadeloupe	369,874	418,224
181	Mayotte	363,473	269,214
182	Vanuatu	353,669	281,883
183	Martinique	333,517	366,946
184	French Guiana	326,945	278,631
185	New Caledonia	301,595	283,565
186	French Polynesia	283,940	280,367
187	Barbados	282,801	280,439
188	Sao Tome and Principe	252,208	208,589
189	Samoa	222,405	206,470
190	Curaçao	185,304	168,779
191	Saint Lucia	180,892	176,682
192	Guam	171,841	163,069
193	Kiribati	141,376	121,173
194	Seychelles	137,797	113,734
195	Grenada	117,377	115,530
196	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	114,972	109,698
197	Aruba	108,127	106,093
198	Jersey	104,235	102,292
199	Tonga	102,721	105,489
200	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	98,272	105,296
201	Antigua and Barbuda	95,175	90,702
202	Andorra	84,738	74,489
203	Isle of Man	83,851	83,668
204	United States Virgin Islands	82,345	93,736
205	Cayman Islands	79,196	65,242
206	Dominica	64,976	68,309
207	Guernsey	64,703	62,252
208	Bermuda	64,252	63,684
209	Faroe Islands	57,236	50,623
210	Greenland	55,432	56,074
211	Turks and Caicos Islands	47,566	40,738
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,082	47,031
213	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	45,194	39,363
214	American Samoa	44,340	51,254
215	Northern Mariana Islands	42,317	49,532
216	Gibraltar	41,881	34,532
217	Liechtenstein	40,689	37,996
218	British Virgin Islands	40,197	33,169
219	Monaco	37,473	37,482
220	San Marino	33,649	34,461
221	Marshall Islands	33,452	45,918
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	32,662	25,099
223	Saint Martin (French part)	22,574	36,624
224	Palau	17,539	17,821
225	Anguilla	14,896	14,594
226	Cook Islands	12,251	16,827
227	Nauru	12,249	11,407
228	Saint Barthélemy	11,722	10,022
229	Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,008	11,861
230	Tuvalu	9,209	10,831
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,427	5,918
232	Saint Helena	5,062	5,494
233	Montserrat	4,285	4,585
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,458	3,521
235	Tokelau	2,805	1,811
236	Niue	1,824	1,779
237	Holy See	530	551

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