World Facts & Statistics

Rank
93	India	1,463,865,524.5
41	China	1,416,096,094
227	United States	347,275,807.5
94	Indonesia	285,721,235.5
159	Pakistan	255,219,554.5
152	Nigeria	237,527,781.5
23	Brazil	212,812,405
14	Bangladesh	175,686,899.5
173	Russia	143,997,393
61	Ethiopia	135,472,050.5
130	Mexico	131,946,900
102	Japan	123,103,479
221	Egypt	118,365,994.5
164	Philippines	116,786,962.5
47	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	112,832,473
192	Vietnam	101,598,527
95	Iran	92,417,681
214	Turkey	87,685,426
76	Germany	84,075,074.5
207	Thailand	71,619,863
226	Tanzania	70,545,865
222	United Kingdom	69,551,331.5
68	France	66,650,804.5
195	South Africa	64,747,319.5
99	Italy	59,146,260
105	Kenya	57,532,492.5
29	Myanmar	54,850,648
43	Colombia	53,425,635.5
107	South Korea	51,667,029.5
199	Sudan	51,662,147.5
218	Uganda	51,384,894
197	Spain	47,889,958
3	Algeria	47,435,311.5
96	Iraq	47,020,774
9	Argentina	45,851,377.5
1	Afghanistan	43,844,111.5
235	Yemen	41,773,877.5
34	Canada	40,126,723
6	Angola	39,040,038.5
219	Ukraine	38,980,376.5
136	Morocco	38,430,770
165	Poland	38,140,909.5
231	Uzbekistan	37,053,428
123	Malaysia	35,977,838
137	Mozambique	35,631,653
77	Ghana	35,064,272.5
163	Peru	34,576,665
185	Saudi Arabia	34,566,328
121	Madagascar	32,740,678
100	Côte d'Ivoire	32,711,546.5
33	Cameroon	29,879,337
141	Nepal	29,618,117.5
232	Venezuela	28,516,896
151	Niger	27,917,831
10	Australia	26,974,026
106	North Korea	26,571,036.5
205	Syrian Arab Republic	25,620,426.5
125	Mali	25,198,821.5
229	Burkina Faso	24,074,580
38	Sri Lanka	23,229,470.5
42	Taiwan	23,112,793
122	Malawi	22,216,119.5
236	Zambia	21,913,874
39	Chad	21,003,705
103	Kazakhstan	20,843,754.5
40	Chile	19,859,921
194	Somalia	19,654,739
186	Senegal	18,931,966.5
172	Romania	18,908,650.5
85	Guatemala	18,687,881.5
142	Netherlands	18,346,819
58	Ecuador	18,289,896
32	Cambodia	17,847,981.5
196	Zimbabwe	16,950,795
86	Guinea	15,099,727
54	Benin	14,814,459.5
174	Rwanda	14,569,340.5
30	Burundi	14,390,002.5
20	Bolivia	12,581,842.5
213	Tunisia	12,348,573
198	South Sudan	12,188,788
88	Haiti	11,906,095.5
17	Belgium	11,758,603
104	Jordan	11,520,684.5
57	Dominican Republic	11,520,487
212	United Arab Emirates	11,346,000
89	Honduras	11,005,849.5
51	Cuba	10,937,203.5
206	Tajikistan	10,786,733.5
161	Papua New Guinea	10,762,817
203	Sweden	10,656,633
53	Czech Republic	10,609,239.5
166	Portugal	10,411,833.5
8	Azerbaijan	10,397,713
80	Greece	9,938,844.5
208	Togo	9,721,607.5
91	Hungary	9,632,287
98	Israel	9,517,180.5
11	Austria	9,113,574
31	Belarus	8,997,603
204	Switzerland	8,967,407.5
189	Sierra Leone	8,819,794
111	Laos	7,873,045.5
215	Turkmenistan	7,618,847.5
116	Libya	7,458,554.5
90	China, Hong Kong SAR	7,396,076
110	Kyrgyzstan	7,295,034.5
162	Paraguay	7,013,077.5
150	Nicaragua	7,007,502
28	Bulgaria	6,714,559.5
187	Serbia	6,689,039
46	Congo	6,484,437
59	El Salvador	6,365,503
55	Denmark	6,002,507
190	Singapore	5,870,750
112	Lebanon	5,849,420.5
115	Liberia	5,731,206
67	Finland	5,623,329.5
154	Norway	5,623,071
75	State of Palestine	5,589,623
37	Central African Republic	5,513,282
138	Oman	5,494,691
191	Slovakia	5,474,881
128	Mauritania	5,315,064.5
97	Ireland	5,308,039
149	New Zealand	5,251,899
49	Costa Rica	5,152,950
109	Kuwait	5,026,077.5
160	Panama	4,571,189
50	Croatia	3,848,160
73	Georgia	3,806,671
62	Eritrea	3,607,003
132	Mongolia	3,517,100
230	Uruguay	3,384,688
169	Puerto Rico	3,235,289.5
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,140,095.5
170	Qatar	3,115,888.5
139	Namibia	3,092,816.5
133	Republic of Moldova	2,996,105.5
15	Armenia	2,952,364.5
101	Jamaica	2,837,077.5
118	Lithuania	2,830,144.5
74	Gambia	2,822,093
2	Albania	2,771,507.5
72	Gabon	2,593,129.5
22	Botswana	2,562,122
113	Lesotho	2,363,324.5
167	Guinea-Bissau	2,249,515
193	Slovenia	2,117,072
60	Equatorial Guinea	1,938,431
114	Latvia	1,853,559
220	North Macedonia	1,813,791
108	Kosovo	1,674,125
13	Bahrain	1,643,331.5
211	Trinidad and Tobago	1,511,155
168	Timor-Leste	1,418,517.5
52	Cyprus	1,370,754
63	Estonia	1,344,232
129	Mauritius	1,268,279.5
202	Eswatini	1,256,174
71	Djibouti	1,184,076.5
66	Fiji	933,154.5
44	Comoros	882,847.5
171	Réunion	882,405.5
25	Solomon Islands	838,645.5
87	Guyana	835,986
19	Bhutan	796,681.5
120	China, Macao SAR	722,007
119	Luxembourg	680,453.5
201	Suriname	639,850
134	Montenegro	632,729
200	Western Sahara	600,903.5
126	Malta	545,405
124	Maldives	529,676
35	Cabo Verde	527,325.5
27	Brunei Darussalam	466,330.5
24	Belize	422,924
12	Bahamas	403,032.5
92	Iceland	398,266
83	Guadeloupe	373,791
127	Martinique	340,439
45	Mayotte	337,011
148	Vanuatu	335,169
69	French Guiana	313,665.5
147	New Caledonia	295,333
16	Barbados	282,623.5
70	French Polynesia	282,465
184	Sao Tome and Principe	240,254
234	Samoa	219,306.5
143	Curaçao	185,487
179	Saint Lucia	180,149
84	Guam	168,998.5
79	Kiribati	136,488.5
188	Seychelles	132,778.5
82	Grenada	117,303.5
156	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	113,683
144	Aruba	108,147.5
224	Jersey	103,988.5
210	Tonga	103,742
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,924.5
7	Antigua and Barbuda	94,208.5
228	United States Virgin Islands	84,138.5
225	Isle of Man	84,118.5
5	Andorra	82,904.5
36	Cayman Islands	75,843.5
56	Dominica	65,871.5
18	Bermuda	64,554.5
223	Guernsey	64,476.5
64	Faroe Islands	56,001.5
81	Greenland	55,744.5
177	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,921.5
216	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,854.5
4	American Samoa	46,028.5
145	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	43,923
155	Northern Mariana Islands	43,540.5
117	Liechtenstein	40,128
78	Gibraltar	40,126
26	British Virgin Islands	39,732
131	Monaco	38,341
157	Marshall Islands	36,282
183	San Marino	33,572.5
146	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	31,338.5
180	Saint Martin (French part)	24,940.5
158	Palau	17,662.5
178	Anguilla	14,728
48	Cook Islands	13,263
140	Nauru	12,025.5
175	Saint Barthélemy	11,413.5
233	Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,194
217	Tuvalu	9,492
181	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,573.5
176	Saint Helena	5,196.5
135	Montserrat	4,359.5
65	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,469
209	Tokelau	2,608
153	Niue	1,820.5

Rank

India

1,463,865,524.5

China

1,416,096,094

227

United States

347,275,807.5

Indonesia

285,721,235.5

159

Pakistan

255,219,554.5

152

Nigeria

237,527,781.5

Brazil

212,812,405

Bangladesh

175,686,899.5

173

Russia

143,997,393

Ethiopia

135,472,050.5

130

Mexico

131,946,900

102

Japan

123,103,479

221

Egypt

118,365,994.5

164

Philippines

116,786,962.5

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

112,832,473

192

Vietnam

101,598,527

Iran

92,417,681

214

Turkey

87,685,426

Germany

84,075,074.5

207

Thailand

71,619,863

226

Tanzania

70,545,865

222

United Kingdom

69,551,331.5

France

66,650,804.5

195

South Africa

64,747,319.5

Italy

59,146,260

105

Kenya

57,532,492.5

Myanmar

54,850,648

Colombia

53,425,635.5

107

South Korea

51,667,029.5

199

Sudan

51,662,147.5

218

Uganda

51,384,894

197

47,889,958

47,435,311.5

47,020,774

45,851,377.5

43,844,111.5

235

Yemen

41,773,877.5

Canada

40,126,723

Angola

39,040,038.5

219

Ukraine

38,980,376.5

136

Morocco

38,430,770

165

Poland

38,140,909.5

231

Uzbekistan

37,053,428

123

Malaysia

35,977,838

137

Mozambique

35,631,653

Ghana

35,064,272.5

163

Peru

34,576,665

185

Saudi Arabia

34,566,328

121

Madagascar

32,740,678

100

Côte d'Ivoire

32,711,546.5

Cameroon

29,879,337

141

Nepal

29,618,117.5

232

Venezuela

28,516,896

151

Niger

27,917,831

Australia

26,974,026

106

North Korea

26,571,036.5

205

Syrian Arab Republic

25,620,426.5

125

Mali

25,198,821.5

229

Burkina Faso

24,074,580

Sri Lanka

23,229,470.5

Taiwan

23,112,793

122

Malawi

22,216,119.5

236

Zambia

21,913,874

Chad

21,003,705

103

Kazakhstan

20,843,754.5

Chile

19,859,921

194

Somalia

19,654,739

186

Senegal

18,931,966.5

172

Romania

18,908,650.5

Guatemala

18,687,881.5

142

Netherlands

18,346,819

Ecuador

18,289,896

Cambodia

17,847,981.5

196

Zimbabwe

16,950,795

Guinea

15,099,727

Benin

14,814,459.5

174

Rwanda

14,569,340.5

Burundi

14,390,002.5

Bolivia

12,581,842.5

213

Tunisia

12,348,573

198

South Sudan

12,188,788

Haiti

11,906,095.5

Belgium

11,758,603

104

Jordan

11,520,684.5

Dominican Republic

11,520,487

212

United Arab Emirates

11,346,000

Honduras

11,005,849.5

Cuba

10,937,203.5

206

Tajikistan

10,786,733.5

161

Papua New Guinea

10,762,817

203

Sweden

10,656,633

Czech Republic

10,609,239.5

166

Portugal

10,411,833.5

Azerbaijan

10,397,713

Greece

9,938,844.5

208

9,721,607.5

9,632,287

9,517,180.5

9,113,574

8,997,603

204

Switzerland

8,967,407.5

189

Sierra Leone

8,819,794

111

Laos

7,873,045.5

215

Turkmenistan

7,618,847.5

116

Libya

7,458,554.5

China, Hong Kong SAR

7,396,076

110

Kyrgyzstan

7,295,034.5

162

Paraguay

7,013,077.5

150

Nicaragua

7,007,502

Bulgaria

6,714,559.5

187

6,689,039

6,484,437

6,365,503

6,002,507

190

Singapore

5,870,750

112

Lebanon

5,849,420.5

115

Liberia

5,731,206

Finland

5,623,329.5

154

Norway

5,623,071

State of Palestine

5,589,623

Central African Republic

5,513,282

138

Oman

5,494,691

191

Slovakia

5,474,881

128

Mauritania

5,315,064.5

Ireland

5,308,039

149

New Zealand

5,251,899

Costa Rica

5,152,950

109

Kuwait

5,026,077.5

160

4,571,189

3,848,160

3,806,671

3,607,003

132

Mongolia

3,517,100

230

Uruguay

3,384,688

169

Puerto Rico

3,235,289.5

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3,140,095.5

170

Qatar

3,115,888.5

139

Namibia

3,092,816.5

133

Republic of Moldova

2,996,105.5

Armenia

2,952,364.5

101

Jamaica

2,837,077.5

118

2,830,144.5

2,822,093

2,771,507.5

2,593,129.5

2,562,122

113

Lesotho

2,363,324.5

167

Guinea-Bissau

2,249,515

193

Slovenia

2,117,072

Equatorial Guinea

1,938,431

114

Latvia

1,853,559

220

North Macedonia

1,813,791

108

Kosovo

1,674,125

Bahrain

1,643,331.5

211

Trinidad and Tobago

1,511,155

168

Timor-Leste

1,418,517.5

Cyprus

1,370,754

Estonia

1,344,232

129

Mauritius

1,268,279.5

202

1,256,174

1,184,076.5

933,154.5

882,847.5

171

882,405.5

838,645.5

835,986

796,681.5

120

China, Macao SAR

722,007

119

Luxembourg

680,453.5

201

Suriname

639,850

134

Montenegro

632,729

200

Western Sahara

600,903.5

126

Malta

545,405

124

529,676

527,325.5

466,330.5

422,924

403,032.5

398,266

373,791

127

Martinique

340,439

Mayotte

337,011

148

Vanuatu

335,169

French Guiana

313,665.5

147

New Caledonia

295,333

Barbados

282,623.5

French Polynesia

282,465

184

Sao Tome and Principe

240,254

234

Samoa

219,306.5

143

Curaçao

185,487

179

Saint Lucia

180,149

Guam

168,998.5

Kiribati

136,488.5

188

Seychelles

132,778.5

Grenada

117,303.5

156

Micronesia (Fed. States of)

113,683

144

Aruba

108,147.5

224

Jersey

103,988.5

210

Tonga

103,742

182

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

99,924.5

Antigua and Barbuda

94,208.5

228

United States Virgin Islands

84,138.5

225

84,118.5

82,904.5

75,843.5

65,871.5

64,554.5

223

Guernsey

64,476.5

Faroe Islands

56,001.5

Greenland

55,744.5

177

Saint Kitts and Nevis

46,921.5

216

Turks and Caicos Islands

46,854.5

American Samoa

46,028.5

145

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

43,923

155

Northern Mariana Islands

43,540.5

117

Liechtenstein

40,128

Gibraltar

40,126

British Virgin Islands

39,732

131

Monaco

38,341

157

Marshall Islands

36,282

183

San Marino

33,572.5

146

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

31,338.5

180

Saint Martin (French part)

24,940.5

158

Palau

17,662.5

178

Anguilla

14,728

Cook Islands

13,263

140

Nauru

12,025.5

175

Saint Barthélemy

11,413.5

233

Wallis and Futuna Islands

11,194

217

Tuvalu

9,492

181

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

5,573.5

176

Saint Helena

5,196.5

135

Montserrat

4,359.5

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

3,469

209

Tokelau

2,608

153

Niue

1,820.5

Understanding Global Population Distribution

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