Population Size

Global Ranking

in millionsSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	China	1412.36	2021	1	1411.1
2	India	1393.41	2021	2	1366.42
3	United States	331.89	2021	3	326.84
4	Indonesia	276.36	2021	4	273.52
5	Pakistan	225.2	2021	5	212.23
6	Brazil	213.99	2021	6	211.05
7	Nigeria	211.4	2021	7	200.96
8	Bangladesh	156.26	2015	8	154.52
9	Russia	143.45	2021	9	144.41
10	Mexico	130.26	2021	10	128.93
11	Japan	125.68	2021	11	126.63
12	Ethiopia	114.96	2020	12	112.08
13	Philippines	111.05	2021	13	109.58
14	Egypt	104.26	2021	14	102.33
15	Vietnam	98.17	2021	15	97.34
16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	92.38	2021	16	89.56
17	Turkey	85.04	2021	17	84.34
18 ↑	Iran	83.99	2020	19	79.56
19 ↓	Germany	83.13	2021	18	83.16
20	Thailand	69.95	2021	20	69.8
21 ↑	France	67.5	2021	22	66.92
22 ↓	United Kingdom	67.33	2021	21	67.08
23 ↑	Tanzania	61.5	2021	25	58.01
24	South Africa	60.04	2021	24	58.56
25 ↓	Italy	59.07	2021	23	59.73
26	Burma (Myanmar)	54.81	2021	26	54.41
27	Kenya	53.77	2020	27	52.57
28	South Korea	51.74	2021	28	51.84
29	Colombia	51.27	2021	29	50.88
30	Spain	47.33	2021	30	47.36
31	Uganda	47.12	2021	31	45.74
32	Argentina	45.81	2021	32	45.38
33 ↑	Sudan	44.91	2021	34	43.85
34 ↑	Algeria	44.62	2021	35	43.05
35 ↓	Ukraine	43.81	2021	33	44.13
36 ↑	Iraq	39.31	2019	40	35.57
37 ↑	Afghanistan	38.93	2020	39	36.3
38 ↓	Canada	38.25	2021	36	38.04
39 ↓	Poland	37.99	2015	36	38.04
40 ↓	Morocco	37.34	2021	38	36.47
41 ↑	Uzbekistan	34.92	2021	42	32.96
42 ↓	Saudi Arabia	34.27	2019	41	33.1
43 ↑	Peru	33.36	2021	46	30.93
44	Angola	32.87	2020	44	31.83
45 ↓	Malaysia	32.78	2021	43	32.37
46 ↓	Mozambique	32.16	2021	45	31.26
47	Ghana	31.73	2021	47	30.42
48	Yemen	30.49	2021	48	29.83
49	Nepal	29.67	2021	49	28.61
50	Venezuela	28.7	2021	50	28.44
51	Madagascar	27.69	2020	51	26.97
52 ↑	Cameroon	27.22	2021	53	25.88
53 ↓	Ivory Coast	27.05	2021	52	26.38
54	North Korea	25.78	2020	54	25.55
55	Australia	25.69	2020	55	25.37
56	Niger	25.13	2021	56	24.21
57	Sri Lanka	22.16	2021	57	21.92
58	Burkina Faso	20.9	2020	58	20.32
59 ↑	Mali	20.25	2020	62	18.51
60	Malawi	19.65	2021	60	19.13
61	Chile	19.21	2021	61	18.95
62 ↓	Romania	19.12	2021	59	19.59
63 ↓	Kazakhstan	19	2021	62	18.51
64	Zambia	18.92	2021	64	17.86
65	Syria	18.28	2021	65	17.5
66	Ecuador	17.89	2021	66	17.37
67	Netherlands	17.44	2020	67	17.34
68 ↑	Senegal	17.2	2021	69	16.74
69 ↓	Guatemala	17.11	2021	68	16.86
70	Cambodia	16.95	2021	70	16.49
71	Chad	16.43	2020	71	15.95
72	Somalia	16.36	2021	72	15.89
73	Zimbabwe	14.65	2019	73	14.44
74 ↑	Guinea	13.13	2020	75	12.41
75 ↓	Rwanda	12.95	2020	74	12.63
76	Burundi	12.26	2021	76	11.89
77 ↑	Benin	12.12	2020	78	11.8
78 ↓	Tunisia	11.94	2021	77	11.82
79 ↑	Bolivia	11.83	2021	80	11.51
80 ↓	Belgium	11.59	2021	79	11.54
81	Haiti	11.54	2021	81	11.4
82 ↑	Dominican Republic	10.95	2021	84	10.51
83	Czech Republic	10.7	2021	83	10.67
84 ↓	Greece	10.66	2021	82	10.72
85	Sweden	10.42	2021	85	10.35
86	Portugal	10.3	2021	86	10.28
87 ↑	Jordan	10.27	2021	89	9.79
88 ↓	Azerbaijan	10.09	2020	87	10.02
89 ↓	Honduras	10.06	2021	88	9.9
90	United Arab Emirates	9.89	2020	90	9.77
91 ↑	Tajikistan	9.75	2021	93	9.32
92 ↓	Hungary	9.71	2021	90	9.77
93 ↓	Belarus	9.38	2020	92	9.46
94	Israel	9.22	2020	94	9.05
95	Austria	8.88	2019	95	8.84
96 ↑	Papua New Guinea	8.78	2019	97	8.44
97 ↓	Switzerland	8.7	2021	96	8.64
98	Togo	8.28	2020	98	8.08
99	Sierra Leone	8.14	2021	99	7.81
100	Hong Kong	7.41	2021	100	7.48
101	Laos	7.38	2021	101	7.28
102	Paraguay	7.22	2021	102	7.04
103 ↑	Libya	6.96	2021	106	6.68
104 ↓	Bulgaria	6.93	2020	103	6.98
105 ↓	Serbia	6.84	2021	104	6.9
106 ↓	Lebanon	6.77	2021	105	6.83
107 ↑	Nicaragua	6.62	2020	108	6.3
108 ↓	El Salvador	6.49	2020	107	6.39
109	Turkmenistan	6.12	2021	109	6.03
110 ↑	Kyrgyzstan	5.96	2015	111	5.72
111 ↓	Denmark	5.86	2021	110	5.81
112 ↑	Finland	5.54	2021	113	5.53
113 ↓	Singapore	5.45	2021	112	5.69
113 ↑	Slovakia	5.45	2021	114	5.45
115	Norway	5.41	2021	115	5.19
116 ↑	Republic of the Congo	5.24	2018	120	4.86
117 ↓	Oman	5.22	2021	116	5.11
118 ↑	Liberia	5.18	2021	123	4.47
119 ↓	Costa Rica	5.14	2021	118	5.05
120 ↓	New Zealand	5.12	2021	117	5.09
121 ↓	Ireland	5.03	2021	119	4.99
122 ↓	Central African Republic	4.83	2020	121	4.75
123 ↓	Mauritania	4.78	2021	122	4.65
124	Kuwait	4.33	2021	124	4.21
125 ↑	Panama	3.97	2015	126	3.9
126 ↓	Croatia	3.9	2021	125	4.05
127	Georgia	3.71	2021	127	3.72
128	Uruguay	3.49	2021	128	3.46
129 ↑	Mongolia	3.33	2021	130	3.28
130 ↓	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.26	2021	129	3.3
130 ↑	Puerto Rico	3.26	2021	131	3.19
132	Eritrea	3.21	2011	132	3.17
133	Armenia	2.96	2019	133	2.95
134	Jamaica	2.88	2014	134	2.86
134 ↑	Qatar	2.88	2020	136	2.83
136 ↓	Albania	2.81	2021	135	2.84
137	Lithuania	2.8	2021	137	2.79
138	Moldova	2.66	2019	138	2.71
139	Namibia	2.59	2021	139	2.45
140	Botswana	2.4	2021	140	2.25
141	Gambia	2.35	2019	141	2.21
142	Gabon	2.28	2021	142	2.17
143	Lesotho	2.16	2021	143	2.13
144	Slovenia	2.11	2021	144	2.1
145	Macedonia	2.07	2020	145	2.08
146	Guinea-Bissau	2.02	2021	146	1.92
147	Latvia	1.88	2021	147	1.9
148	Bahrain	1.75	2021	148	1.57
149	Trinidad and Tobago	1.4	2021	149	1.39
150	Estonia	1.33	2021	150	1.33
151	Mauritius	1.27	2021	151	1.27
152 ↑	Equatorial Guinea	1.26	2017	153	1.17
153 ↓	Cyprus	1.22	2021	152	1.18
154	Swaziland	1.17	2021	154	1.15
155	Djibouti	0.99	2020	155	0.94
156	Fiji	0.9	2020	156	0.89
157	Comoros	0.87	2020	157	0.83
158	Guyana	0.79	2020	158	0.78
159	Bhutan	0.77	2020	159	0.75
160	Solomon Islands	0.7	2021	160	0.69
161	Macao	0.66	2021	161	0.64
162 ↑	Luxembourg	0.64	2021	163	0.61
163 ↓	Montenegro	0.62	2021	162	0.62
164	Suriname	0.59	2021	164	0.58
165	Cape Verde	0.56	2020	165	0.55
166	Maldives	0.54	2021	166	0.54
167	Malta	0.5	2019	167	0.46
168	Brunei	0.44	2021	168	0.43
169	Bahamas	0.4	2021	169	0.39
170	Belize	0.39	2019	170	0.38
171	Iceland	0.37	2021	171	0.37
172	Vanuatu	0.31	2021	172	0.29
173 ↓	Barbados	0.29	2020	172	0.29
174	New Caledonia	0.27	2021	174	0.27
175	Sao Tome and Principe	0.22	2021	175	0.22
176	Samoa	0.2	2021	176	0.2
177	Saint Lucia	0.18	2021	177	0.18
178 ↑	Micronesia	0.12	2021	179	0.11
178	Kiribati	0.12	2020	178	0.12
180 ↑	Tonga	0.11	2020	183	0.1
180 ↓	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.11	2021	179	0.11
180 ↓	Grenada	0.11	2021	179	0.11
180 ↓	Aruba	0.11	2021	179	0.11
184 ↓	Antigua and Barbuda	0.1	2020	183	0.1
184 ↓	Seychelles	0.1	2021	183	0.1
186	Andorra	0.08	2020	186	0.08
187	Dominica	0.07	2021	187	0.07
188	Bermuda	0.06	2021	188	0.06
189	Faroe Islands	0.05	2021	189	0.05
190	Liechtenstein	0.04	2020	190	0.04
190	Monaco	0.04	2021	190	0.04
192	Gibraltar	0.03	2021	192	0.03
192	San Marino	0.03	2021	192	0.03
194	Palau	0.02	2021	194	0.02
195	Tuvalu	0.01	2021	195	0.01

Definition of Population Size

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.