Population (UN estimates)
Total population counting all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship, as midyear estimates. Figures for recent years can be revised with each World Population Prospects edition.
Highest in 2025
1,463,865,525 people
India
Lowest in 2025
9,492 people
Tuvalu
Euro area, 2025
358,664,361 people
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
217
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
217 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Greece | Poland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10,413,962 people | 36,435,861 people |
| 2024 | 10,405,134 people | 36,559,233 people |
| 2023 | 10,407,351 people | 36,687,353 people |
| 2022 | 10,437,805 people | 36,821,749 people |
| 2021 | 10,570,130 people | 36,981,559 people |
| 2020 | 10,698,599 people | 37,515,748 people |
| 2019 | 10,721,582 people | 37,965,475 people |
| 2018 | 10,732,882 people | 37,974,750 people |
| 2017 | 10,754,679 people | 37,974,826 people |
| 2016 | 10,775,971 people | 37,970,087 people |
| 2015 | 10,820,883 people | 37,986,412 people |
| 2014 | 10,892,413 people | 38,011,735 people |
| 2013 | 10,965,211 people | 38,040,196 people |
| 2012 | 11,045,011 people | 38,063,164 people |
| 2011 | 11,104,899 people | 38,063,255 people |
| 2010 | 11,121,341 people | 38,042,794 people |
| 2009 | 11,107,017 people | 38,151,603 people |
| 2008 | 11,077,841 people | 38,125,759 people |
| 2007 | 11,048,473 people | 38,120,560 people |
| 2006 | 11,020,362 people | 38,141,267 people |
| 2005 | 10,987,314 people | 38,165,445 people |
| 2004 | 10,955,141 people | 38,182,222 people |
| 2003 | 10,928,070 people | 38,204,570 people |
| 2002 | 10,902,022 people | 38,230,364 people |
| 2001 | 10,862,132 people | 38,248,076 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 217 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is India (1,463,865,525 people) and the lowest Tuvalu (9,492 people).
- Half of the countries are above 6,549,143 people and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 168 countries and fell in 49.
- The figure for the world was 8,215,424,893 people in 2025, against 7,853,863,139 people in 2020 (+4.6%).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 India 1,463,865,525 people
- 2 China 1,406,585,000 people
- 3 United States 341,784,857 people
- 4 Indonesia 285,721,236 people
- 5 Pakistan 255,219,554 people
- 6 Nigeria 237,527,782 people
- 7 Brazil 212,812,405 people
- 8 Bangladesh 175,686,899 people
- 9 Russia 143,513,328 people
- 10 Ethiopia 135,472,051 people
- 11 Mexico 131,946,900 people
- 12 Japan 123,366,734 people
- 13 Egypt 118,365,995 people
- 14 Philippines 116,786,962 people
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 112,832,473 people
- 16 Viet Nam 101,598,527 people
- 17 Iran 92,417,681 people
- 18 Türkiye 85,878,556 people
- 19 Germany 83,491,249 people
- 20 Thailand 71,619,863 people
- 21 Tanzania 70,545,865 people
- 22 United Kingdom 69,487,000 people
- 23 France 68,720,337 people
- 24 South Africa 64,747,319 people
- 25 Italy 58,915,656 people
- 26 Kenya 57,532,493 people
- 27 Myanmar 54,850,648 people
- 28 Colombia 53,425,635 people
- 29 South Korea 51,684,564 people
- 30 Sudan 51,662,147 people
- 31 Uganda 51,384,894 people
- 32 Spain 49,355,143 people
- 33 Algeria 47,435,312 people
- 34 Iraq 47,020,774 people
- 35 Argentina 45,851,378 people
- 36 Afghanistan 43,844,111 people
- 37 Yemen 41,773,878 people
- 38 Canada 41,651,653 people
- 39 Angola 39,040,039 people
- 40 Ukraine 38,980,376 people
- 41 Morocco 38,430,770 people
- 42 Uzbekistan 37,053,428 people
- 43 Saudi Arabia 36,973,555 people
- 44 Poland 36,435,861 people
- 45 Malaysia 35,977,838 people
- 46 Mozambique 35,631,653 people
- 47 Ghana 35,064,272 people
- 48 Peru 34,576,665 people
- 49 Madagascar 32,740,678 people
- 50 Côte d'Ivoire 32,711,547 people
- 51 Cameroon 29,879,337 people
- 52 Nepal 29,618,118 people
- 53 Venezuela 28,516,896 people
- 54 Niger 27,917,831 people
- 55 Australia 27,614,411 people
- 56 North Korea 26,571,036 people
- 57 Syria 25,620,427 people
- 58 Mali 25,198,821 people
- 59 Burkina Faso 24,074,580 people
- 60 Malawi 22,216,120 people
- 61 Zambia 21,913,874 people
- 62 Sri Lanka 21,756,000 people
- 63 Chad 21,003,705 people
- 64 Kazakhstan 20,843,754 people
- 65 Chile 19,859,921 people
- 66 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 19,654,739 people
- 67 Romania 19,020,271 people
- 68 Senegal 18,931,966 people
- 69 Guatemala 18,687,881 people
- 70 Ecuador 18,289,896 people
- 71 Netherlands 18,087,633 people
- 72 Cambodia 17,847,982 people
- 73 Zimbabwe 16,950,795 people
- 74 Guinea 15,099,727 people
- 75 Benin 14,814,460 people
- 76 Rwanda 14,569,341 people
- 77 Burundi 14,390,003 people
- 78 Bolivia 12,581,843 people
- 79 Tunisia 12,348,573 people
- 80 South Sudan 12,188,788 people
- 81 Belgium 11,941,781 people
- 82 Haiti 11,906,095 people
- 83 Jordan 11,520,684 people
- 84 Dominican Republic 11,520,487 people
- 85 United Arab Emirates 11,513,149 people
- 86 Honduras 11,005,850 people
- 87 Cuba 10,937,203 people
- 88 Czechia 10,886,878 people
- 89 Portugal 10,804,871 people
- 90 Tajikistan 10,786,734 people
- 91 Papua New Guinea 10,762,817 people
- 92 Sweden 10,596,620 people
- 93 Greece 10,413,962 people
- 94 Azerbaijan 10,246,996 people
- 95 Israel 10,122,800 people
- 96 Hungary 9,514,251 people
- 97 Austria 9,208,163 people
- 98 Switzerland 9,092,436 people
- 99 Belarus 9,085,991 people
- 100 Sierra Leone 8,819,794 people
- 101 Togo 8,591,626 people
- 102 Laos 7,873,046 people
- 103 Turkmenistan 7,618,847 people
- 104 Hong Kong SAR, China 7,498,900 people
- 105 Libya 7,458,555 people
- 106 Kyrgyzstan 7,343,064 people
- 107 Paraguay 7,013,078 people
- 108 Nicaragua 7,007,502 people
- 109 Serbia 6,549,143 people
- 110 Republic of the Congo 6,484,437 people
- 111 Bulgaria 6,433,302 people
- 112 El Salvador 6,365,503 people
- 113 Singapore 6,111,175 people
- 114 Denmark 6,009,169 people
- 115 Lebanon 5,849,421 people
- 116 Liberia 5,731,206 people
- 117 Finland 5,646,436 people
- 118 Norway 5,610,870 people
- 119 Central African Republic 5,513,282 people
- 120 Oman 5,494,691 people
- 121 Ireland 5,484,367 people
- 122 Slovakia 5,413,813 people
- 123 West Bank and Gaza 5,413,596 people
- 124 New Zealand 5,324,700 people
- 125 Mauritania 5,315,065 people
- 126 Costa Rica 5,152,950 people
- 127 Kuwait 4,865,298 people
- 128 Panama 4,571,189 people
- 129 Georgia 3,935,766 people
- 130 Croatia 3,876,200 people
- 131 Eritrea 3,607,003 people
- 132 Mongolia 3,568,978 people
- 133 Uruguay 3,384,688 people
- 134 Puerto Rico (US) 3,184,835 people
- 135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,140,095 people
- 136 Namibia 3,092,816 people
- 137 Armenia 3,086,700 people
- 138 Qatar 2,972,215 people
- 139 Lithuania 2,888,774 people
- 140 Jamaica 2,837,077 people
- 141 Gambia 2,822,093 people
- 142 Gabon 2,593,130 people
- 143 Botswana 2,562,122 people
- 144 Lesotho 2,363,325 people
- 145 Moldova 2,360,527 people
- 146 Albania 2,349,580 people
- 147 Guinea-Bissau 2,249,515 people
- 148 Slovenia 2,130,986 people
- 149 Equatorial Guinea 1,938,431 people
- 150 Latvia 1,847,785 people
- 151 North Macedonia 1,820,909 people
- 152 Bahrain 1,600,366 people
- 153 Kosovo 1,576,876 people
- 154 Timor-Leste 1,418,517 people
- 155 Cyprus 1,370,754 people
- 156 Trinidad and Tobago 1,367,764 people
- 157 Estonia 1,366,475 people
- 158 Eswatini 1,256,174 people
- 159 Mauritius 1,243,741 people
- 160 Djibouti 1,184,076 people
- 161 Fiji 933,154 people
- 162 Comoros 882,847 people
- 163 Solomon Islands 838,645 people
- 164 Guyana 835,986 people
- 165 Bhutan 796,682 people
- 166 Luxembourg 686,970 people
- 167 Macao SAR, China 685,900 people
- 168 Suriname 639,850 people
- 169 Montenegro 623,129 people
- 170 Malta 579,704 people
- 171 Maldives 529,676 people
- 172 Cabo Verde 527,326 people
- 173 Brunei 466,330 people
- 174 Belize 422,924 people
- 175 Bahamas 403,033 people
- 176 Iceland 392,404 people
- 177 Vanuatu 335,169 people
- 178 New Caledonia 295,333 people
- 179 Barbados 282,623 people
- 180 French Polynesia 282,465 people
- 181 São Tomé and Príncipe 240,254 people
- 182 Samoa 219,306 people
- 183 Saint Lucia 180,149 people
- 184 Guam 168,999 people
- 185 Channel Islands 168,466 people
- 186 Curaçao 156,263 people
- 187 Kiribati 136,488 people
- 188 Seychelles 122,730 people
- 189 Grenada 117,303 people
- 190 Micronesia 113,683 people
- 191 Aruba 108,785 people
- 192 US Virgin Islands 103,792 people
- 193 Tonga 103,742 people
- 194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99,924 people
- 195 Antigua and Barbuda 94,209 people
- 196 Isle of Man 84,118 people
- 197 Andorra 82,904 people
- 198 Cayman Islands 75,844 people
- 199 Dominica 65,871 people
- 200 Bermuda 64,555 people
- 201 Greenland 56,831 people
- 202 Faroe Islands 54,900 people
- 203 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46,922 people
- 204 Turks and Caicos Islands 46,855 people
- 205 American Samoa 46,029 people
- 206 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 43,923 people
- 207 Northern Mariana Islands 43,541 people
- 208 Liechtenstein 41,024 people
- 209 Gibraltar 40,126 people
- 210 British Virgin Islands 39,732 people
- 211 Monaco 38,341 people
- 212 Marshall Islands 36,282 people
- 213 San Marino 34,109 people
- 214 Saint Martin (French part) 24,941 people
- 215 Palau 17,663 people
- 216 Naoero 12,025 people
- 217 Tuvalu 9,492 people
- East Asia and Pacific 2,390,873,921 people
- Euro area 358,664,361 people
- Europe and Central Asia 932,525,035 people
- European Union 451,127,411 people
- Latin America and Caribbean 666,592,570 people
- Middle East and North Africa 828,025,185 people
- North America 383,501,065 people
- OECD members 1,402,243,571 people
- South Asia 1,692,252,900 people
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1,321,654,217 people
- World 8,215,424,893 people
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