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The most populous countries in the world

The 197 countries ranked by population. United Nations estimates as of 1 July 2024, rounded.

Rank	Countries	Population
1	India	1.45 billion
2	China	1.42 billion
3	United States	345 million
4	Indonesia	283 million
5	Pakistan	251 million
6	Nigeria	233 million
7	Brazil	212 million
8	Bangladesh	174 million
9	Russia	145 million
10	Ethiopia	132 million
11	Mexico	131 million
12	Japan	124 million
13	Egypt	117 million
14	Philippines	116 million
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	109 million
16	Vietnam	101 million
17	Iran	91.6 million
18	Turkey	87.5 million
19	Germany	84.5 million
20	Thailand	71.7 million
21	United Kingdom	69.1 million
22	Tanzania	68.6 million
23	France	66.5 million
24	South Africa	64 million
25	Italy	59.3 million
26	Kenya	56.4 million
27	Myanmar	54.5 million
28	Colombia	52.9 million
29	South Korea	51.7 million
30	Sudan	50.5 million
31	Uganda	50 million
32	Spain	47.9 million
33	Algeria	46.8 million
34	Iraq	46 million
35	Argentina	45.7 million
36	Afghanistan	42.6 million
37	Yemen	40.6 million
38	Canada	39.7 million
39	Poland	38.5 million
40	Morocco	38.1 million
41	Angola	37.9 million
42	Ukraine	37.9 million
43	Uzbekistan	36.4 million
44	Malaysia	35.6 million
45	Mozambique	34.6 million
46	Ghana	34.4 million
47	Peru	34.2 million
48	Saudi Arabia	34 million
49	Madagascar	32 million
50	Ivory Coast	31.9 million
51	Nepal	29.6 million
52	Cameroon	29.1 million
53	Venezuela	28.4 million
54	Niger	27 million
55	Australia	26.7 million
56	North Korea	26.5 million
57	Syria	24.7 million
58	Mali	24.5 million
59	Burkina Faso	23.6 million
60	Taiwan	23.4 million
61	Sri Lanka	23.1 million
62	Malawi	21.7 million
63	Zambia	21.3 million
64	Kazakhstan	20.6 million
65	Chad	20.3 million
66	Chile	19.8 million
67	Romania	19 million
68	Somalia	19 million
69	Senegal	18.5 million
70	Guatemala	18.4 million
71	Netherlands	18.2 million
72	Ecuador	18.1 million
73	Cambodia	17.6 million
74	Zimbabwe	16.6 million
75	Guinea	14.8 million
76	Benin	14.5 million
77	Rwanda	14.3 million
78	Burundi	14.1 million
79	Bolivia	12.4 million
80	Tunisia	12.3 million
81	South Sudan	11.9 million
82	Belgium	11.8 million
83	Haiti	11.8 million
84	Jordan	11.6 million
85	Dominican Republic	11.4 million
86	United Arab Emirates	11 million
87	Cuba	11 million
88	Honduras	10.8 million
89	Czech Republic	10.7 million
90	Sweden	10.6 million
91	Tajikistan	10.6 million
92	Papua New Guinea	10.6 million
93	Portugal	10.4 million
94	Azerbaijan	10.3 million
95	Greece	10.1 million
96	Hungary	9.7 million
97	Togo	9.5 million
98	Israel	9.4 million
99	Austria	9.1 million
100	Belarus	9.1 million
101	Switzerland	8.9 million
102	Sierra Leone	8.6 million
103	Laos	7.8 million
104	Turkmenistan	7.5 million
105	Libya	7.4 million
106	Kyrgyzstan	7.2 million
107	Paraguay	6.9 million
108	Nicaragua	6.9 million
109	Serbia	6.7 million
110	Bulgaria	6.7 million
111	El Salvador	6.3 million
112	Republic of the Congo	6.3 million
113	Denmark	6 million
114	Singapore	5.8 million
115	Lebanon	5.8 million
116	Finland	5.6 million
117	Liberia	5.6 million
118	Norway	5.6 million
119	Slovakia	5.5 million
120	Palestine	5.5 million
121	Central African Republic	5.3 million
122	Oman	5.3 million
123	Ireland	5.3 million
124	New Zealand	5.2 million
125	Mauritania	5.2 million
126	Costa Rica	5.1 million
127	Kuwait	4.9 million
128	Panama	4.5 million
129	Croatia	3.9 million
130	Georgia	3.8 million
131	Eritrea	3.5 million
132	Mongolia	3.5 million
133	Uruguay	3.4 million
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.2 million
135	Moldova	3 million
136	Namibia	3 million
137	Armenia	3 million
138	Lithuania	2.9 million
139	Qatar	2.9 million
140	Jamaica	2.8 million
141	Albania	2.8 million
142	The Gambia	2.8 million
143	Gabon	2.5 million
144	Botswana	2.5 million
145	Lesotho	2.3 million
146	Guinea-Bissau	2.2 million
147	Slovenia	2.1 million
148	Equatorial Guinea	1.9 million
149	Latvia	1.9 million
150	North Macedonia	1.8 million
151	Bahrain	1.6 million
152	Kosovo	1.6 million
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1.5 million
154	Timor-Leste	1.4 million
155	Cyprus	1.4 million
156	Estonia	1.4 million
157	Mauritius	1.3 million
158	Eswatini	1.2 million
159	Djibouti	1.2 million
160	Fiji	929,000
161	Comoros	867,000
162	Guyana	831,000
163	Solomon Islands	820,000
164	Bhutan	791,000
165	Luxembourg	673,000
166	Montenegro	638,000
167	Suriname	634,000
168	Malta	539,000
169	Maldives	527,000
170	Cape Verde	525,000
171	Brunei	463,000
172	Belize	418,000
173	The Bahamas	402,000
174	Iceland	393,000
175	Vanuatu	327,000
176	Barbados	282,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	235,000
178	Samoa	219,000
179	Saint Lucia	180,000
180	Kiribati	134,000
181	Seychelles	131,000
182	Grenada	117,000
183	Micronesia	113,000
184	Tonga	104,000
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	101,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	93,800
187	Andorra	81,900
188	Dominica	66,200
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,800
190	Liechtenstein	39,900
191	Monaco	38,600
192	Marshall Islands	37,500
193	San Marino	33,600
194	Palau	17,700
195	Nauru	11,900
196	Tuvalu	9,600
197	Vatican City	500

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