Population estimates and projections by country, 2023
Total population on 1 July. Estimates up to 2023 and medium-variant projections from 2024 to 2100 by the UN Population Division, based on assumed future fertility, mortality and migration.
216 places ranked for 2023. Highest: India (1,438,069,596 people). Lowest: Tuvalu (9,816 people). The median is 6,809,708 people.
Highest 10
- 1. India 1,438,069,596 people
- 2. China 1,422,584,933 people
- 3. United States 343,477,335 people
- 4. Indonesia 281,190,067 people
- 5. Pakistan 247,504,495 people
- 6. Nigeria 227,882,945 people
- 7. Brazil 211,140,729 people
- 8. Bangladesh 171,466,990 people
- 9. Russia 145,440,500 people
- 10. Mexico 129,739,759 people
Lowest 10
- 216. Tuvalu 9,816 people
- 215. Naoero 11,875 people
- 214. Palau 17,727 people
- 213. Saint Martin (French part) 27,515 people
- 212. San Marino 33,733 people
- 211. Gibraltar 38,471 people
- 210. Marshall Islands 38,827 people
- 209. Monaco 38,956 people
- 208. British Virgin Islands 38,985 people
- 207. Liechtenstein 39,598 people
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 216. Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
In short
- Among the 216 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is India (1,438,069,596 people) and the lowest Tuvalu (9,816 people).
- Half of the countries are above 6,809,708 people and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 181 countries and fell in 35.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1,438,069,596 people | 2023 | |
| 2 | China | 1,422,584,933 people | 2023 | |
| 3 | United States | 343,477,335 people | 2023 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 281,190,067 people | 2023 | |
| 5 | Pakistan | 247,504,495 people | 2023 | |
| 6 | Nigeria | 227,882,945 people | 2023 | |
| 7 | Brazil | 211,140,729 people | 2023 | |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 171,466,990 people | 2023 | |
| 9 | Russia | 145,440,500 people | 2023 | |
| 10 | Mexico | 129,739,759 people | 2023 | |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 128,691,692 people | 2023 | |
| 12 | Japan | 124,370,947 people | 2023 | |
| 13 | Philippines | 114,891,199 people | 2023 | |
| 14 | Egypt | 114,535,772 people | 2023 | |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 105,789,731 people | 2023 | |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 100,352,192 people | 2023 | |
| 17 | Iran | 90,608,707 people | 2023 | |
| 18 | Türkiye | 87,270,502 people | 2023 | |
| 19 | Germany | 84,548,231 people | 2023 | |
| 20 | Thailand | 71,702,435 people | 2023 | |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 68,682,962 people | 2023 | |
| 22 | Tanzania | 66,617,606 people | 2023 | |
| 23 | France | 66,438,822 people | 2023 | |
| 24 | South Africa | 63,212,384 people | 2023 | |
| 25 | Italy | 59,499,453 people | 2023 | |
| 26 | Kenya | 55,339,003 people | 2023 | |
| 27 | Myanmar | 54,133,798 people | 2023 | |
| 28 | Colombia | 52,321,152 people | 2023 | |
| 29 | South Korea | 51,748,739 people | 2023 | |
| 30 | Sudan | 50,042,791 people | 2023 | |
| 31 | Uganda | 48,656,601 people | 2023 | |
| 32 | Spain | 47,911,580 people | 2023 | |
| 33 | Algeria | 46,164,219 people | 2023 | |
| 34 | Argentina | 45,538,401 people | 2023 | |
| 35 | Iraq | 45,074,049 people | 2023 | |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 41,454,761 people | 2023 | |
| 37 | Yemen | 39,390,799 people | 2023 | |
| 38 | Canada | 39,299,104 people | 2023 | |
| 39 | Poland | 38,762,844 people | 2023 | |
| 40 | Ukraine | 37,732,836 people | 2023 | |
| 41 | Morocco | 37,712,505 people | 2023 | |
| 42 | Angola | 36,749,906 people | 2023 | |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 35,652,307 people | 2023 | |
| 44 | Malaysia | 35,126,298 people | 2023 | |
| 45 | Peru | 33,845,617 people | 2023 | |
| 46 | Ghana | 33,787,914 people | 2023 | |
| 47 | Mozambique | 33,635,160 people | 2023 | |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 33,264,292 people | 2023 | |
| 49 | Madagascar | 31,195,932 people | 2023 | |
| 50 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31,165,654 people | 2023 | |
| 51 | Nepal | 29,694,614 people | 2023 | |
| 52 | Cameroon | 28,372,687 people | 2023 | |
| 53 | Venezuela | 28,300,854 people | 2023 | |
| 54 | Australia | 26,451,124 people | 2023 | |
| 55 | North Korea | 26,418,204 people | 2023 | |
| 56 | Niger | 26,159,867 people | 2023 | |
| 57 | Mali | 23,769,127 people | 2023 | |
| 58 | Syria | 23,594,623 people | 2023 | |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 23,025,776 people | 2023 | |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 22,971,617 people | 2023 | |
| 61 | Malawi | 21,104,482 people | 2023 | |
| 62 | Zambia | 20,723,965 people | 2023 | |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 20,330,104 people | 2023 | |
| 64 | Chile | 19,658,835 people | 2023 | |
| 65 | Chad | 19,319,064 people | 2023 | |
| 66 | Romania | 19,118,479 people | 2023 | |
| 67 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18,358,615 people | 2023 | |
| 68 | Guatemala | 18,124,838 people | 2023 | |
| 69 | Netherlands | 18,092,524 people | 2023 | |
| 70 | Senegal | 18,077,573 people | 2023 | |
| 71 | Ecuador | 17,980,083 people | 2023 | |
| 72 | Cambodia | 17,423,880 people | 2023 | |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 16,340,822 people | 2023 | |
| 74 | Guinea | 14,405,468 people | 2023 | |
| 75 | Benin | 14,111,034 people | 2023 | |
| 76 | Rwanda | 13,954,472 people | 2023 | |
| 77 | Burundi | 13,689,450 people | 2023 | |
| 78 | Bolivia | 12,244,160 people | 2023 | |
| 79 | Tunisia | 12,200,431 people | 2023 | |
| 80 | Belgium | 11,712,893 people | 2023 | |
| 81 | Haiti | 11,637,398 people | 2023 | |
| 82 | South Sudan | 11,483,374 people | 2023 | |
| 83 | Jordan | 11,439,214 people | 2023 | |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 11,331,266 people | 2023 | |
| 85 | Cuba | 11,019,930 people | 2023 | |
| 86 | Czechia | 10,809,716 people | 2023 | |
| 87 | Honduras | 10,644,851 people | 2023 | |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 10,642,081 people | 2023 | |
| 89 | Sweden | 10,551,494 people | 2023 | |
| 90 | Portugal | 10,430,738 people | 2023 | |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 10,389,798 people | 2023 | |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 10,389,635 people | 2023 | |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 10,318,207 people | 2023 | |
| 94 | Greece | 10,242,908 people | 2023 | |
| 95 | Hungary | 9,686,464 people | 2023 | |
| 96 | Togo | 9,304,338 people | 2023 | |
| 97 | Israel | 9,256,314 people | 2023 | |
| 98 | Austria | 9,130,429 people | 2023 | |
| 99 | Belarus | 9,115,680 people | 2023 | |
| 100 | Switzerland | 8,870,561 people | 2023 | |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 8,460,512 people | 2023 | |
| 102 | Laos | 7,664,992 people | 2023 | |
| 103 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7,442,734 people | 2023 | |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 7,364,438 people | 2023 | |
| 105 | Libya | 7,305,659 people | 2023 | |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,073,516 people | 2023 | |
| 107 | Paraguay | 6,844,146 people | 2023 | |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 6,823,613 people | 2023 | |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 6,795,803 people | 2023 | |
| 110 | Serbia | 6,773,201 people | 2023 | |
| 111 | El Salvador | 6,309,624 people | 2023 | |
| 112 | Republic of the Congo | 6,182,885 people | 2023 | |
| 113 | Denmark | 5,948,136 people | 2023 | |
| 114 | Singapore | 5,789,090 people | 2023 | |
| 115 | Lebanon | 5,773,492 people | 2023 | |
| 116 | Finland | 5,601,185 people | 2023 | |
| 117 | Norway | 5,519,167 people | 2023 | |
| 118 | Slovakia | 5,518,054 people | 2023 | |
| 119 | Liberia | 5,493,031 people | 2023 | |
| 120 | West Bank and Gaza | 5,409,202 people | 2023 | |
| 121 | Ireland | 5,196,630 people | 2023 | |
| 122 | New Zealand | 5,172,836 people | 2023 | |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 5,152,420 people | 2023 | |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 5,105,526 people | 2023 | |
| 125 | Oman | 5,049,269 people | 2023 | |
| 126 | Mauritania | 5,022,442 people | 2023 | |
| 127 | Kuwait | 4,838,782 people | 2023 | |
| 128 | Panama | 4,458,759 people | 2023 | |
| 129 | Croatia | 3,896,023 people | 2023 | |
| 130 | Georgia | 3,807,492 people | 2023 | |
| 131 | Eritrea | 3,470,390 people | 2023 | |
| 132 | Mongolia | 3,431,932 people | 2023 | |
| 133 | Uruguay | 3,388,080 people | 2023 | |
| 134 | Puerto Rico (US) | 3,242,022 people | 2023 | |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,185,073 people | 2023 | |
| 136 | Moldova | 3,067,070 people | 2023 | |
| 137 | Qatar | 2,979,082 people | 2023 | |
| 138 | Namibia | 2,963,095 people | 2023 | |
| 139 | Armenia | 2,943,393 people | 2023 | |
| 140 | Lithuania | 2,854,099 people | 2023 | |
| 141 | Jamaica | 2,839,786 people | 2023 | |
| 142 | Albania | 2,811,655 people | 2023 | |
| 143 | Gambia | 2,697,846 people | 2023 | |
| 144 | Gabon | 2,484,788 people | 2023 | |
| 145 | Botswana | 2,480,244 people | 2023 | |
| 146 | Lesotho | 2,311,472 people | 2023 | |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,153,339 people | 2023 | |
| 148 | Slovenia | 2,118,396 people | 2023 | |
| 149 | Latvia | 1,882,396 people | 2023 | |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,847,549 people | 2023 | |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 1,831,802 people | 2023 | |
| 152 | Kosovo | 1,700,031 people | 2023 | |
| 153 | Bahrain | 1,569,666 people | 2023 | |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,502,932 people | 2023 | |
| 155 | Timor-Leste | 1,384,286 people | 2023 | |
| 156 | Estonia | 1,367,196 people | 2023 | |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,344,976 people | 2023 | |
| 158 | Mauritius | 1,273,588 people | 2023 | |
| 159 | Eswatini | 1,230,506 people | 2023 | |
| 160 | Djibouti | 1,152,944 people | 2023 | |
| 161 | Fiji | 924,146 people | 2023 | |
| 162 | Comoros | 850,387 people | 2023 | |
| 163 | Guyana | 826,353 people | 2023 | |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 800,006 people | 2023 | |
| 165 | Bhutan | 786,385 people | 2023 | |
| 166 | Macao SAR, China | 713,912 people | 2023 | |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 665,098 people | 2023 | |
| 168 | Montenegro | 633,552 people | 2023 | |
| 169 | Suriname | 628,886 people | 2023 | |
| 170 | Malta | 532,956 people | 2023 | |
| 171 | Maldives | 525,994 people | 2023 | |
| 172 | Cabo Verde | 522,330 people | 2023 | |
| 173 | Brunei | 458,949 people | 2023 | |
| 174 | Belize | 411,106 people | 2023 | |
| 175 | Bahamas | 399,440 people | 2023 | |
| 176 | Iceland | 387,558 people | 2023 | |
| 177 | Vanuatu | 320,408 people | 2023 | |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 289,870 people | 2023 | |
| 179 | Barbados | 282,336 people | 2023 | |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 281,118 people | 2023 | |
| 181 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 230,871 people | 2023 | |
| 182 | Samoa | 216,663 people | 2023 | |
| 183 | Curaçao | 185,427 people | 2023 | |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 179,285 people | 2023 | |
| 185 | Guam | 166,506 people | 2023 | |
| 186 | Kiribati | 132,530 people | 2023 | |
| 187 | Seychelles | 127,951 people | 2023 | |
| 188 | Grenada | 117,081 people | 2023 | |
| 189 | Micronesia | 112,630 people | 2023 | |
| 190 | Aruba | 107,939 people | 2023 | |
| 191 | Tonga | 104,598 people | 2023 | |
| 192 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 101,323 people | 2023 | |
| 193 | Antigua and Barbuda | 93,316 people | 2023 | |
| 194 | US Virgin Islands | 85,701 people | 2023 | |
| 195 | Isle of Man | 84,165 people | 2023 | |
| 196 | Andorra | 80,856 people | 2023 | |
| 197 | Cayman Islands | 73,038 people | 2023 | |
| 198 | Dominica | 66,510 people | 2023 | |
| 199 | Bermuda | 64,698 people | 2023 | |
| 200 | Greenland | 55,922 people | 2023 | |
| 201 | Faroe Islands | 54,714 people | 2023 | |
| 202 | American Samoa | 47,521 people | 2023 | |
| 203 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46,758 people | 2023 | |
| 204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 46,198 people | 2023 | |
| 205 | Northern Mariana Islands | 45,143 people | 2023 | |
| 206 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 42,749 people | 2023 | |
| 207 | Liechtenstein | 39,598 people | 2023 | |
| 208 | British Virgin Islands | 38,985 people | 2023 | |
| 209 | Monaco | 38,956 people | 2023 | |
| 210 | Marshall Islands | 38,827 people | 2023 | |
| 211 | Gibraltar | 38,471 people | 2023 | |
| 212 | San Marino | 33,733 people | 2023 | |
| 213 | Saint Martin (French part) | 27,515 people | 2023 | |
| 214 | Palau | 17,727 people | 2023 | |
| 215 | Naoero | 11,875 people | 2023 | |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 9,816 people | 2023 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by UN Population Division; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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