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Countries With Highest Population - Population By Country

Most Populated Countries In The World

The Top 10 Most Populated Countries

1,463,870,000

India

1,416,100,000

China

347,276,000

America

285,721,000

Indonesia

255,220,000

Pakistan

237,528,000

Nigeria

212,812,000

Brazil

175,687,000

Bangladesh

143,997,000

Russia

135,472,000

Ethiopia

[Data based on 2026 demographic projections]. While the specific numbers change daily, the ranking of the world’s most populous nations remains relatively stable.

Rabk	Country	Population	Location	Area	Density	Global Share
1	India	1,463,870,000	Asia	3.3M	492	18.29%
2	China	1,416,100,000	Asia	9.7M	150	17.69%
3	United States	347,276,000	North America	9.4M	38	4.34%
4	Indonesia	285,721,000	Asia	1.9M	152	3.57%
5	Pakistan	255,220,000	Asia	881.9K	331	3.19%
6	Nigeria	237,528,000	Africa	923.8K	261	2.97%
7	Brazil	212,812,000	South America	8.5M	25	2.66%
8	Bangladesh	175,687,000	Asia	147.6K	1,350	2.19%
9	Russia	143,997,000	Asia	17.1M	9	1.80%
10	Ethiopia	135,472,000	Africa	1.1M	120	1.69%
11	Mexico	131,947,000	North America	2M	68	1.65%
12	Japan	123,103,000	Asia	377.9K	338	1.54%
13	Egypt	118,366,000	Africa	1M	119	1.48%
14	Philippines	116,787,000	Asia	342.4K	392	1.46%
15	DR Congo	112,832,000	Africa	2.3M	50	1.41%
16	Vietnam	101,599,000	Asia	331.2K	324	1.27%
17	Iran	92,417,700	Asia	1.6M	57	1.15%
18	Turkey	87,685,400	Asia	783.6K	112	1.10%
19	Germany	84,075,100	Europe	357.1K	241	1.05%
20	Thailand	71,619,900	Asia	513.1K	140	0.89%
21	Tanzania	70,545,900	Africa	945.1K	80	0.88%
22	United Kingdom	69,551,300	Europe	242.9K	287	0.87%
23	France	66,650,800	Europe	551.7K	122	0.83%
24	South Africa	64,747,300	Africa	1.2M	53	0.81%
25	Italy	59,146,300	Europe	301.3K	200	0.74%
26	Kenya	57,532,500	Africa	580.4K	101	0.72%
27	Myanmar	54,850,600	Asia	676.6K	84	0.69%
28	Colombia	53,425,600	South America	1.1M	48	0.67%
29	South Korea	51,667,000	Asia	100.2K	529	0.65%
30	Sudan	51,662,100	Africa	1.9M	28	0.65%
31	Uganda	51,384,900	Africa	241.6K	256	0.64%
32	Spain	47,890,000	Europe	506K	96	0.60%
33	Algeria	47,435,300	Africa	2.4M	20	0.59%
34	Iraq	47,020,800	Asia	438.3K	108	0.59%
35	Argentina	45,851,400	South America	2.8M	17	0.57%
36	Afghanistan	43,844,100	Asia	652.2K	67	0.55%
37	Yemen	41,773,900	Asia	528K	79	0.52%
38	Canada	40,126,700	North America	10M	4	0.50%
39	Angola	39,040,000	Africa	1.2M	31	0.49%
40	Ukraine	38,980,400	Europe	603.5K	67	0.49%
41	Morocco	38,430,800	Africa	446.6K	86	0.48%
42	Poland	38,140,900	Europe	312.7K	125	0.48%
43	Uzbekistan	37,053,400	Asia	447.4K	84	0.46%
44	Malaysia	35,977,800	Asia	330.8K	110	0.45%
45	Mozambique	35,631,700	Africa	801.6K	45	0.45%
46	Ghana	35,064,300	Africa	238.5K	154	0.44%
47	Peru	34,576,700	South America	1.3M	27	0.43%
48	Saudi Arabia	34,566,300	Asia	2.1M	16	0.43%
49	Madagascar	32,740,700	Africa	587K	56	0.41%
50	Ivory Coast	32,711,500	Africa	322.5K	103	0.41%
51	Cameroon	29,879,300	Africa	475.4K	63	0.37%
52	Nepal	29,618,100	Asia	147.2K	207	0.37%
53	Venezuela	28,516,900	South America	916.4K	32	0.36%
54	Niger	27,917,800	Africa	1.3M	22	0.35%
55	Australia	26,974,000	Oceania	7.7M	4	0.34%
56	North Korea	26,571,000	Asia	120.5K	221	0.33%
57	Syria	25,620,400	Asia	185.2K	140	0.32%
58	Mali	25,198,800	Africa	1.2M	21	0.31%
59	Burkina Faso	24,074,600	Africa	273K	88	0.30%
60	Sri Lanka	23,229,500	Asia	65.6K	376	0.29%
61	Taiwan	23,112,800	Asia	36.2K	639	0.29%
62	Malawi	22,216,100	Africa	118.5K	236	0.28%
63	Zambia	21,913,900	Africa	752.6K	29	0.27%
64	Chad	21,003,700	Africa	1.3M	17	0.26%
65	Kazakhstan	20,843,800	Asia	2.7M	8	0.26%
66	Chile	19,859,900	South America	756.1K	27	0.25%
67	Somalia	19,654,700	Africa	637.7K	31	0.25%
68	Senegal	18,932,000	Africa	196.7K	98	0.24%
69	Romania	18,908,600	Europe	238.4K	82	0.24%
70	Guatemala	18,687,900	North America	108.9K	174	0.23%
71	Netherlands	18,346,800	Europe	41.9K	545	0.23%
72	Ecuador	18,289,900	South America	276.8K	74	0.23%
73	Cambodia	17,848,000	Asia	181K	101	0.22%
74	Zimbabwe	16,950,800	Africa	390.8K	44	0.21%
75	Guinea	15,099,700	Africa	245.9K	61	0.19%
76	Benin	14,814,500	Africa	112.6K	131	0.19%
77	Rwanda	14,569,300	Africa	26.3K	591	0.18%
78	Burundi	14,390,000	Africa	27.8K	560	0.18%
79	Bolivia	12,581,800	South America	1.1M	12	0.16%
80	Tunisia	12,348,600	Africa	163.6K	79	0.15%
81	South Sudan	12,188,800	Africa	619.7K	19	0.15%
82	Haiti	11,906,100	North America	27.8K	432	0.15%
83	Belgium	11,758,600	Europe	30.5K	388	0.15%
84	Jordan	11,520,700	Asia	89.3K	130	0.14%
85	Dominican Republic	11,520,500	North America	48.7K	238	0.14%
86	United Arab Emirates	11,346,000	Asia	83.6K	160	0.14%
87	Honduras	11,005,800	North America	112.5K	98	0.14%
88	Cuba	10,937,200	North America	109.9K	105	0.14%
89	Tajikistan	10,786,700	Asia	143.1K	78	0.13%
90	Papua New Guinea	10,762,800	Oceania	462.8K	24	0.13%
91	Sweden	10,656,600	Europe	450.3K	26	0.13%
92	Czech Republic	10,609,200	Europe	78.9K	137	0.13%
93	Portugal	10,411,800	Europe	92.1K	114	0.13%
94	Azerbaijan	10,397,700	Asia	86.6K	126	0.13%
95	Greece	9,938,840	Europe	132K	77	0.12%
96	Togo	9,721,610	Africa	56.8K	179	0.12%
97	Hungary	9,632,290	Europe	93K	106	0.12%
98	Israel	9,517,180	Asia	20.8K	440	0.12%
99	Austria	9,113,570	Europe	83.9K	110	0.11%
100	Belarus	8,997,600	Europe	207.6K	44	0.11%
101	Switzerland	8,967,410	Europe	41.3K	227	0.11%
102	Sierra Leone	8,819,790	Africa	71.7K	122	0.11%
103	Laos	7,873,050	Asia	236.8K	34	0.10%
104	Turkmenistan	7,618,850	Asia	488.1K	16	0.10%
105	Libya	7,458,560	Africa	1.8M	4	0.09%
106	Hong Kong	7,396,080	Asia	1.1K	7,044	0.09%
107	Kyrgyzstan	7,295,030	Asia	200K	38	0.09%
108	Paraguay	7,013,080	South America	406.8K	18	0.09%
109	Nicaragua	7,007,500	North America	130.4K	58	0.09%
110	Bulgaria	6,714,560	Europe	110.9K	62	0.08%
111	Serbia	6,689,040	Europe	88.4K	76	0.08%
112	Republic of the Congo	6,484,440	Africa	342K	19	0.08%
113	El Salvador	6,365,500	North America	21K	307	0.08%
114	Denmark	6,002,510	Europe	43.1K	150	0.07%
115	Singapore	5,870,750	Asia	710	8,177	0.07%
116	Lebanon	5,849,420	Asia	10.5K	572	0.07%
117	Liberia	5,731,210	Africa	111.4K	60	0.07%
118	Finland	5,623,330	Europe	338.4K	19	0.07%
119	Norway	5,623,070	Europe	323.8K	15	0.07%
120	Palestine	5,589,620	Asia	6.2K	929	0.07%
121	Central African Republic	5,513,280	Africa	623K	9	0.07%
122	Oman	5,494,690	Asia	309.5K	18	0.07%
123	Slovakia	5,474,880	Europe	49K	112	0.07%
124	Mauritania	5,315,060	Africa	1M	5	0.07%
125	Ireland	5,308,040	Europe	70.3K	77	0.07%
126	New Zealand	5,251,900	Oceania	270.5K	20	0.07%
127	Costa Rica	5,152,950	North America	51.1K	101	0.06%
128	Kuwait	5,026,080	Asia	17.8K	282	0.06%
129	Panama	4,571,190	North America	75.4K	62	0.06%
130	Croatia	3,848,160	Europe	56.6K	69	0.05%
131	Georgia	3,806,670	Asia	69.7K	55	0.05%
132	Eritrea	3,607,000	Africa	117.6K	30	0.05%
133	Mongolia	3,517,100	Asia	1.6M	2	0.04%
134	Uruguay	3,384,690	South America	181K	19	0.04%
135	Puerto Rico	3,235,290	North America	8.9K	365	0.04%
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,140,100	Europe	51.2K	61	0.04%
137	Qatar	3,115,890	Asia	11.6K	271	0.04%
138	Namibia	3,092,820	Africa	825.6K	4	0.04%
139	Moldova	2,996,110	Europe	33.8K	91	0.04%
140	Armenia	2,952,360	Asia	29.7K	104	0.04%
141	Jamaica	2,837,080	North America	11K	262	0.04%
142	Lithuania	2,830,140	Europe	65.3K	45	0.04%
143	Gambia	2,822,090	Africa	10.7K	279	0.04%
144	Albania	2,771,510	Europe	28.7K	101	0.03%
145	Gabon	2,593,130	Africa	267.7K	10	0.03%
146	Botswana	2,562,120	Africa	582K	5	0.03%
147	Lesotho	2,363,320	Africa	30.4K	78	0.03%
148	Guinea-Bissau	2,249,520	Africa	36.1K	80	0.03%
149	Slovenia	2,117,070	Europe	20.3K	105	0.03%
150	Equatorial Guinea	1,938,430	Africa	28.1K	69	0.02%
151	Latvia	1,853,560	Europe	64.6K	30	0.02%
152	North Macedonia	1,813,790	Europe	25.7K	72	0.02%
153	Bahrain	1,643,330	Asia	765	2,093	0.02%
154	Trinidad and Tobago	1,511,160	North America	5.1K	295	0.02%
155	Timor-Leste	1,418,520	Asia	14.9K	95	0.02%
156	Cyprus	1,370,750	Asia	9.3K	148	0.02%
157	Estonia	1,344,230	Europe	45.2K	31	0.02%
158	Mauritius	1,268,280	Africa	2K	625	0.02%
159	Eswatini	1,256,170	Africa	17.4K	73	0.02%
160	Djibouti	1,184,080	Africa	23.2K	51	0.01%
161	Fiji	933,154	Oceania	18.3K	51	0.01%
162	Comoros	882,847	Africa	1.9K	474	0.01%
163	Reunion	882,405	Africa	2.5K	351	0.01%
164	Solomon Islands	838,645	Oceania	28.9K	30	0.01%
165	Guyana	835,986	South America	215K	4	0.01%
166	Bhutan	796,682	Asia	38.4K	21	0.01%
167	Macau	722,007	Asia	33	21,946	0.01%
168	Luxembourg	680,453	Europe	2.6K	264	0.01%
169	Suriname	639,850	South America	163.8K	4	0.01%
170	Montenegro	632,729	Europe	13.8K	47	0.01%
171	Western Sahara	600,904	Africa	266K	2	0.01%
172	Malta	545,405	Europe	316	1,704	0.01%
173	Maldives	529,676	Asia	300	1,766	0.01%
174	Cape Verde	527,326	Africa	4K	131	0.01%
175	Brunei	466,330	Asia	5.8K	88	0.01%
176	Belize	422,924	North America	23K	19	0.01%
177	Bahamas	403,033	North America	13.9K	40	0.01%
178	Iceland	398,266	Europe	103K	4	< 0.01%
179	Guadeloupe	373,791		1.6K	230	< 0.01%
180	Martinique	340,439		1.1K	302	< 0.01%
181	Mayotte	337,011		374	901	< 0.01%
182	Vanuatu	335,169	Oceania	12.2K	27	< 0.01%
183	French Guiana	313,666		83.5K	4	< 0.01%
184	New Caledonia	295,333		18.6K	16	< 0.01%
185	Barbados	282,623	North America	430	657	< 0.01%
186	French Polynesia	282,465		4.2K	81	< 0.01%
187	Sao Tome and Principe	240,254	Africa	964	250	< 0.01%
188	Samoa	219,306	Oceania	2.8K	79	< 0.01%
189	Curacao	185,487		444	418	< 0.01%
190	Saint Lucia	180,149		616	295	< 0.01%
191	Guam	168,999		549	313	< 0.01%
192	Kiribati	136,488	Oceania	811	169	< 0.01%
193	Seychelles	132,779	Africa	452	289	< 0.01%
194	Grenada	117,303	North America	344	345	< 0.01%
195	Micronesia	113,683	Oceania	702	162	< 0.01%
196	Aruba	108,147		180	601	< 0.01%
197	Jersey	103,989		116	867	< 0.01%
198	Tonga	103,742	Oceania	747	144	< 0.01%
199	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,924	North America	389	256	< 0.01%
200	Antigua and Barbuda	94,209	North America	442	214	< 0.01%
201	United States Virgin Islands	84,138		347	242	< 0.01%
202	Isle of Man	84,118		572	148	< 0.01%
203	Andorra	82,904	Europe	468	176	< 0.01%
204	Cayman Islands	75,844		264	316	< 0.01%
205	Dominica	65,871	North America	751	88	< 0.01%
206	Bermuda	64,555	North America	54	1,195	< 0.01%
207	Guernsey	64,477		78	1,023	< 0.01%
208	Faroe Islands	56,002		1.4K	41	< 0.01%
209	Greenland	55,745	North America	2.2M	0.14	< 0.01%
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,922	North America	261	180	< 0.01%
211	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,855		948	49	< 0.01%
212	American Samoa	46,029		199	230	< 0.01%
213	Sint Maarten	43,923		34	1,292	< 0.01%
214	Northern Mariana Islands	43,541		464	95	< 0.01%
215	Liechtenstein	40,128	Europe	160	251	< 0.01%
216	Gibraltar	40,126	Europe	7	5,901	< 0.01%
217	British Virgin Islands	39,732		151	265	< 0.01%
218	Monaco	38,341	Europe	2	19,171	< 0.01%
219	Marshall Islands	36,282	Oceania	181	202	< 0.01%
220	San Marino	33,572	Europe	61	560	< 0.01%
221	Saint Martin	24,941		53	499	< 0.01%
222	Palau	17,663	Oceania	459	38	< 0.01%
223	Anguilla	14,728		91	162	< 0.01%
224	Cook Islands	13,263		240	55	< 0.01%
225	Nauru	12,025	Oceania	21	601	< 0.01%
226	Saint Barthelemy	11,414		21	457	< 0.01%
227	Wallis and Futuna	11,194		274	41	< 0.01%
228	Tuvalu	9,492	Oceania	26	316	< 0.01%
229	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,574		242	23	< 0.01%
230	Montserrat	4,359		102	43	< 0.01%
231	Falkland Islands	3,469		12.2K	0.28	< 0.01%
232	Tokelau	2,608		12	261	< 0.01%
233	Niue	1,821		261	7	< 0.01%
234	Vatican City	501	Europe	< 1	1,139	< 0.01%
Source :	worldpopulationreview

Top 5 - Least Populated Independent Nation In The World

Vatican

501

Tuvalu

9,492

Nauru

12,025

Palau

17,663

San Marino

24,941

Highest Population Country in the World: Guide to Global Demographics

The global landscape is constantly shifting, but nothing defines the 21st century more than the movement of people. As of mid-2024, the world reached a historic milestone when India officially surpassed China to become the most populous nation on Earth. Understanding these rankings is crucial for grasping global economic power, resource management, and future environmental challenges.

Key Demographic Shifts: India vs. China

The transition of the top spot from China to India is a landmark event in human history.

India’s Growth: India’s population continues to grow due to a relatively high fertility rate and a massive “youth bulge,” with more than half the population under the age of 30.
China’s Transition: For the first time in decades, China’s population has begun to decline. This is attributed to decades of the “One-Child Policy,” rising living costs, and a rapidly aging workforce.

Major Drivers of Population Change

To understand why some countries are growing while others shrink, demographers look at three evergreen factors:

Fertility Rates: The average number of children born to a woman is the primary driver of growth. While global rates are falling (from 5 children per woman in 1950 to about 2.3 today), rates remain high in regions like Sub-Saharan Africa.
Increased Longevity: Advances in medicine and sanitation have doubled global life expectancy since 1900, meaning people are living longer and contributing to higher total population counts.
International Migration: For many developed nations like the U.S. and Germany, immigration is the main factor preventing population decline as domestic birth rates fall below replacement levels.

Challenges and Opportunities of a Growing World

A high population brings both significant strain and immense potential:

Environmental Impact: Larger populations increase the demand for energy and food, which can lead to higher greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss if not managed sustainably.
Resource Management: Rapid growth in countries with developing infrastructure can put extreme pressure on water, food security, and urban housing.
Economic Dividend: A large, young population (like India’s or Nigeria’s) can provide a massive workforce that drives innovation, entrepreneurship, and global market demand.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country will be the most populated in 2050?

India is expected to remain the most populous. However, Nigeria is projected to grow the fastest and may surpass the United States as the third most populous country by mid-century.

When will the world population stop growing?

The United Nations projects that the global population will peak at approximately 10.3 to 10.4 billion in the 2080s before beginning a slow, natural decline.

Why is population density important?

Total population tells you “how many,” but density tells you “how crowded.” High-density areas often face higher risks of communicable diseases and environmental pollution but also benefit from more efficient public transport and infrastructure.