Population by country, 2036
Values are UN medium-variant projections.
| # | Country / area | Population | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1.58 billion | 1.47 billion |
| 2 | China | 1.37 billion | 1.41 billion |
| 3 | United States of America | 363.9 million | 348.1 million |
| 4 | Indonesia | 305.4 million | 286.8 million |
| 5 | Pakistan | 303.1 million | 257.2 million |
| 6 | Nigeria | 290.2 million | 240 million |
| 7 | Brazil | 218.3 million | 213.2 million |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 195.9 million | 176.8 million |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 172.3 million | 137.2 million |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 153.6 million | 114.6 million |
| 11 | Mexico | 141.5 million | 132.5 million |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 139.7 million | 143.5 million |
| 13 | Egypt | 137 million | 119.2 million |
| 14 | Philippines | 126.2 million | 117.3 million |
| 15 | Japan | 115.3 million | 122.6 million |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 106.7 million | 101.9 million |
| 17 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 97.9 million | 92.8 million |
| 18 | United Republic of Tanzania | 93.2 million | 71.5 million |
| 19 | Türkiye | 90.3 million | 87.8 million |
| 20 | Germany | 81.5 million | 83.7 million |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 72.8 million | 69.7 million |
| 22 | South Africa | 71.5 million | 65.1 million |
| 23 | Thailand | 70.4 million | 71.6 million |
| 24 | Kenya | 69.3 million | 58.1 million |
| 25 | France | 67.5 million | 66.7 million |
| 26 | Uganda | 65.9 million | 52.1 million |
| 27 | Sudan | 65.8 million | 52.5 million |
| 28 | Colombia | 57.6 million | 53.7 million |
| 29 | Iraq | 57.5 million | 47.5 million |
| 30 | Myanmar | 57.5 million | 55 million |
| 31 | Afghanistan | 57.3 million | 44.4 million |
| 32 | Italy | 56.4 million | 59 million |
| 33 | Yemen | 54 million | 42.4 million |
| 34 | Algeria | 52.8 million | 47.7 million |
| 35 | Angola | 52.5 million | 39.6 million |
| 36 | Republic of Korea | 50.1 million | 51.6 million |
| 37 | Argentina | 47.3 million | 45.9 million |
| 38 | Spain | 47.1 million | 47.9 million |
| 39 | Mozambique | 47 million | 36.1 million |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 43.5 million | 37.4 million |
| 41 | Canada | 43 million | 40.3 million |
| 42 | Ghana | 41.7 million | 35.4 million |
| 43 | Côte d'Ivoire | 41.5 million | 33.1 million |
| 44 | Morocco | 41.3 million | 38.6 million |
| 45 | Madagascar | 41.1 million | 33.1 million |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 40.3 million | 34.9 million |
| 47 | Malaysia | 40 million | 36.2 million |
| 48 | Cameroon | 38.3 million | 30.3 million |
| 49 | Niger | 37.8 million | 28.4 million |
| 50 | Peru | 37.7 million | 34.7 million |
| 51 | Ukraine | 36.6 million | 39.7 million |
| 52 | Poland | 36.1 million | 37.9 million |
| 53 | Mali | 33.5 million | 25.6 million |
| 54 | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.6 million | 26.1 million |
| 55 | Nepal | 31.9 million | 29.6 million |
| 56 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 30 million | 28.6 million |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 29.7 million | 24.3 million |
| 58 | Australia | 29.4 million | 27.1 million |
| 59 | Zambia | 28.6 million | 22.2 million |
| 60 | Malawi | 28.5 million | 22.5 million |
| 61 | Chad | 28 million | 21.3 million |
| 62 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 26.7 million | 26.6 million |
| 63 | Somalia | 26.7 million | 20 million |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 24.2 million | 23.3 million |
| 65 | Senegal | 23.7 million | 19.1 million |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 23.2 million | 21 million |
| 67 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 21.9 million | 23.1 million |
| 68 | Guatemala | 21.5 million | 18.8 million |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 20.6 million | 17.1 million |
| 70 | Chile | 20.5 million | 19.9 million |
| 71 | Ecuador | 19.9 million | 18.4 million |
| 72 | Cambodia | 19.8 million | 18 million |
| 73 | Netherlands | 19 million | 18.4 million |
| 74 | Benin | 18.7 million | 15 million |
| 75 | Guinea | 18.7 million | 15.3 million |
| 76 | Burundi | 18.3 million | 14.6 million |
| 77 | Rwanda | 17.9 million | 14.7 million |
| 78 | Romania | 17.7 million | 18.9 million |
| 79 | South Sudan | 14.9 million | 12.3 million |
| 80 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 14.3 million | 12.7 million |
| 81 | Jordan | 13.5 million | 11.5 million |
| 82 | Haiti | 13.2 million | 12 million |
| 83 | United Arab Emirates | 13 million | 11.5 million |
| 84 | Tunisia | 12.8 million | 12.4 million |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 12.8 million | 10.9 million |
| 86 | Honduras | 12.8 million | 11.1 million |
| 87 | Papua New Guinea | 12.6 million | 10.9 million |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 12.3 million | 11.6 million |
| 89 | Togo | 12.1 million | 9.8 million |
| 90 | Belgium | 11.9 million | 11.8 million |
| 91 | Sweden | 11 million | 10.7 million |
| 92 | Israel | 10.9 million | 9.6 million |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 10.9 million | 10.4 million |
| 94 | Sierra Leone | 10.6 million | 8.9 million |
| 95 | Cuba | 10.4 million | 10.9 million |
| 96 | Czechia | 10.2 million | 10.5 million |
| 97 | Portugal | 10.2 million | 10.4 million |
| 98 | Greece | 9.5 million | 9.9 million |
| 99 | Hungary | 9.2 million | 9.6 million |
| 100 | Switzerland | 9.2 million | 9 million |
| 101 | Austria | 9 million | 9.1 million |
| 102 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8.8 million | 7.9 million |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 8.6 million | 7.7 million |
| 104 | Belarus | 8.3 million | 9 million |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.3 million | 7.3 million |
| 106 | Libya | 8.3 million | 7.5 million |
| 107 | Congo | 8.3 million | 6.6 million |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 7.9 million | 7.1 million |
| 109 | Paraguay | 7.8 million | 7.1 million |
| 110 | Central African Republic | 7.6 million | 5.6 million |
| 111 | Liberia | 7.1 million | 5.8 million |
| 112 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 7 million | 7.4 million |
| 113 | Mauritania | 6.9 million | 5.4 million |
| 114 | State of Palestine | 6.8 million | 5.6 million |
| 115 | El Salvador | 6.6 million | 6.4 million |
| 116 | Oman | 6.6 million | 5.6 million |
| 117 | Lebanon | 6.4 million | 5.9 million |
| 118 | Serbia | 6.2 million | 6.7 million |
| 119 | Singapore | 6.2 million | 5.9 million |
| 120 | Bulgaria | 6.2 million | 6.7 million |
| 121 | Denmark | 6.1 million | 6 million |
| 122 | Norway | 5.8 million | 5.6 million |
| 123 | Ireland | 5.7 million | 5.3 million |
| 124 | Kuwait | 5.6 million | 5.1 million |
| 125 | Finland | 5.5 million | 5.6 million |
| 126 | New Zealand | 5.5 million | 5.3 million |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 5.3 million | 5.2 million |
| 128 | Slovakia | 5.3 million | 5.5 million |
| 129 | Panama | 5.1 million | 4.6 million |
| 130 | Eritrea | 4.5 million | 3.6 million |
| 131 | Mongolia | 3.9 million | 3.5 million |
| 132 | Georgia | 3.8 million | 3.8 million |
| 133 | Namibia | 3.7 million | 3.1 million |
| 134 | Croatia | 3.6 million | 3.8 million |
| 135 | Qatar | 3.5 million | 3.1 million |
| 136 | Gambia | 3.5 million | 2.9 million |
| 137 | Uruguay | 3.4 million | 3.4 million |
| 138 | Gabon | 3.2 million | 2.6 million |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 3 million | 3.2 million |
| 140 | Botswana | 3 million | 2.6 million |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.9 million | 3.1 million |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.8 million | 2.3 million |
| 143 | Jamaica | 2.7 million | 2.8 million |
| 144 | Armenia | 2.7 million | 2.9 million |
| 145 | Republic of Moldova | 2.7 million | 3 million |
| 146 | Lesotho | 2.6 million | 2.4 million |
| 147 | Lithuania | 2.6 million | 2.8 million |
| 148 | Albania | 2.6 million | 2.8 million |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.4 million | 2 million |
| 150 | Slovenia | 2.1 million | 2.1 million |
| 151 | Bahrain | 1.9 million | 1.7 million |
| 152 | Latvia | 1.7 million | 1.8 million |
| 153 | North Macedonia | 1.7 million | 1.8 million |
| 154 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 1.7 million | 1.7 million |
| 155 | Timor-Leste | 1.6 million | 1.4 million |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.5 million | 1.5 million |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1.5 million | 1.4 million |
| 158 | Eswatini | 1.4 million | 1.3 million |
| 159 | Djibouti | 1.3 million | 1.2 million |
| 160 | Estonia | 1.3 million | 1.3 million |
| 161 | Mauritius | 1.2 million | 1.3 million |
| 162 | Comoros | 1.1 million | 890,945 |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 1 million | 848,431 |
| 164 | Fiji | 971,146 | 935,284 |
| 165 | Réunion | 917,537 | 883,987 |
| 166 | Guyana | 888,111 | 838,376 |
| 167 | Bhutan | 845,520 | 799,409 |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 742,924 | 683,915 |
| 169 | China, Macao SAR | 722,669 | 722,288 |
| 170 | Western Sahara | 691,946 | 605,974 |
| 171 | Suriname | 690,238 | 642,544 |
| 172 | Montenegro | 592,036 | 627,838 |
| 173 | Malta | 555,726 | 547,784 |
| 174 | Maldives | 552,819 | 530,591 |
| 175 | Cabo Verde | 549,546 | 528,504 |
| 176 | Brunei Darussalam | 496,465 | 468,083 |
| 177 | Belize | 475,225 | 425,799 |
| 178 | Mayotte | 452,859 | 342,262 |
| 179 | Iceland | 424,265 | 400,424 |
| 180 | Bahamas | 416,286 | 403,759 |
| 181 | Vanuatu | 415,015 | 338,862 |
| 182 | French Guiana | 376,817 | 316,242 |
| 183 | Guadeloupe | 356,379 | 372,706 |
| 184 | New Caledonia | 319,211 | 296,643 |
| 185 | Martinique | 314,809 | 338,806 |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 292,672 | 242,619 |
| 187 | French Polynesia | 288,187 | 282,760 |
| 188 | Barbados | 280,023 | 282,679 |
| 189 | Samoa | 236,280 | 219,912 |
| 190 | Curaçao | 182,794 | 185,460 |
| 191 | Saint Lucia | 181,076 | 180,332 |
| 192 | Guam | 179,758 | 169,543 |
| 193 | Kiribati | 156,369 | 137,468 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 141,993 | 133,921 |
| 195 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 119,418 | 113,938 |
| 196 | Grenada | 117,136 | 117,314 |
| 197 | Aruba | 106,538 | 108,173 |
| 198 | Jersey | 104,943 | 104,016 |
| 199 | Tonga | 101,851 | 103,511 |
| 200 | Antigua and Barbuda | 97,051 | 94,407 |
| 201 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 94,267 | 99,577 |
| 202 | Cayman Islands | 89,025 | 76,524 |
| 203 | Andorra | 86,166 | 83,330 |
| 204 | Isle of Man | 82,514 | 84,034 |
| 205 | United States Virgin Islands | 77,827 | 83,758 |
| 206 | Guernsey | 64,627 | 64,526 |
| 207 | Dominica | 63,761 | 65,681 |
| 208 | Bermuda | 62,609 | 64,489 |
| 209 | Faroe Islands | 59,927 | 56,270 |
| 210 | Greenland | 53,874 | 55,693 |
| 211 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 49,611 | 47,007 |
| 212 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 48,418 | 44,201 |
| 213 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46,879 | 46,958 |
| 214 | Gibraltar | 46,191 | 40,492 |
| 215 | Liechtenstein | 42,044 | 40,243 |
| 216 | Northern Mariana Islands | 41,660 | 43,194 |
| 217 | British Virgin Islands | 41,106 | 39,849 |
| 218 | American Samoa | 40,668 | 45,668 |
| 219 | Monaco | 36,651 | 37,866 |
| 220 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 34,510 | 31,649 |
| 221 | San Marino | 33,817 | 33,583 |
| 222 | Marshall Islands | 27,925 | 35,650 |
| 223 | Saint Martin (French part) | 19,296 | 24,385 |
| 224 | Palau | 16,976 | 17,641 |
| 225 | Anguilla | 15,089 | 14,782 |
| 226 | Nauru | 13,317 | 12,063 |
| 227 | Saint Barthélemy | 12,409 | 11,483 |
| 228 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 10,658 | 11,152 |
| 229 | Cook Islands | 10,454 | 13,035 |
| 230 | Tuvalu | 8,985 | 9,420 |
| 231 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,000 | 5,545 |
| 232 | Saint Helena | 4,629 | 5,177 |
| 233 | Montserrat | 4,032 | 4,346 |
| 234 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 3,358 | 3,467 |
| 235 | Tokelau | 3,305 | 2,656 |
| 236 | Niue | 1,873 | 1,819 |
| 237 | Holy See | 540 | 503 |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.