List of countries by population (United Nations)

Statistical regions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division.[1] Antarctica is omitted.

This is a list of countries and other inhabited areas of the world by total population, based on projections published by the United Nations in the 2017 revision of World Population Prospects. Figures refer to the de facto population in a country or area projected according to the "medium fertility" scenario.

List

Countries and areas ranked by population in 2017
Rank Country or area UN continental
region
[2]
UN statistical
region
[2]
Population
(1 July 2016)[3]
Population
(1 July 2017)[3]
Change
World7,466,964,280 7,550,262,101 +1.1%
1  China[lower-alpha 1]AsiaEastern Asia1,403,500,365 1,409,517,397 +0.4%
2  IndiaAsiaSouthern Asia1,324,171,354 1,339,180,127 +1.1%
3  United StatesAmericasNorthern America322,179,605 324,459,463 +0.7%
4  IndonesiaAsiaSouth-eastern Asia261,115,456 263,991,379 +1.1%
5  BrazilAmericasSouth America207,652,865 209,288,278 +0.8%
6  PakistanAsiaSouthern Asia193,203,476 197,015,955 +2.0%
7  NigeriaAfricaWestern Africa185,989,640 190,886,311 +2.6%
8  BangladeshAsiaSouthern Asia162,951,560 164,669,751 +1.1%
9  RussiaEuropeEastern Europe146,864,513 146,989,754 +0.1%
10  MexicoAmericasCentral America127,540,423 129,163,276 +1.3%
11  JapanAsiaEastern Asia127,748,513 127,484,450 −0.2%
12  EthiopiaAfricaEastern Africa102,403,196 104,957,438 +2.5%
13  PhilippinesAsiaSouth-eastern Asia103,320,222 104,918,090 +1.5%
14  EgyptAfricaNorthern Africa95,688,681 97,553,151 +1.9%
15  VietnamAsiaSouth-eastern Asia94,569,072 95,540,800 +1.0%
16  GermanyEuropeWestern Europe81,914,672 82,114,224 +0.2%
17  Democratic Republic of the CongoAfricaMiddle Africa78,736,153 81,339,988 +3.3%
18  IranAsiaSouthern Asia80,277,428 81,162,788 +1.1%
19  TurkeyAsiaWestern Asia79,512,426 80,745,020 +1.6%
20  ThailandAsiaSouth-eastern Asia68,863,514 69,037,513 +0.3%
21  United KingdomEuropeNorthern Europe65,788,574 66,181,585 +0.6%
22  France[lower-alpha 2]EuropeWestern Europe64,720,690 64,979,548 +0.4%
23  ItalyEuropeSouthern Europe59,429,938 59,359,900 −0.1%
24  Tanzania[lower-alpha 3]AfricaEastern Africa55,572,201 57,310,019 +3.1%
25  South AfricaAfricaSouthern Africa56,015,473 56,717,156 +1.3%
26  MyanmarAsiaSouth-eastern Asia52,885,223 53,370,609 +0.9%
27  South KoreaAsiaEastern Asia50,791,919 50,982,212 +0.4%
28  ColombiaAmericasSouth America48,653,419 49,065,615 +0.8%
29  KenyaAfricaEastern Africa48,461,567 49,699,862 +2.6%
30  Spain[lower-alpha 4]EuropeSouthern Europe46,347,576 46,354,321 0.0%
31  ArgentinaAmericasSouth America43,847,430 44,271,041 +1.0%
32  Ukraine[lower-alpha 5]EuropeEastern Europe44,438,625 44,222,947 −0.5%
33  UgandaAfricaEastern Africa41,487,965 42,862,958 +3.3%
34  AlgeriaAfricaNorthern Africa40,606,052 41,318,142 +1.8%
35  SudanAfricaNorthern Africa39,578,828 40,533,330 +2.4%
36  IraqAsiaWestern Asia37,202,572 38,274,618 +2.9%
37  PolandEuropeEastern Europe38,224,410 38,170,712 −0.1%
38  CanadaAmericasNorthern America36,289,822 36,624,199 +0.9%
39  MoroccoAfricaNorthern Africa35,276,786 35,739,580 +1.3%
40  AfghanistanAsiaSouthern Asia34,656,032 35,530,081 +2.5%
41  Saudi ArabiaAsiaWestern Asia32,275,687 32,938,213 +2.1%
42  PeruAmericasSouth America31,773,839 32,165,485 +1.2%
43  VenezuelaAmericasSouth America31,568,179 31,977,065 +1.3%
44  UzbekistanAsiaCentral Asia31,446,795 31,910,641 +1.5%
45  Malaysia[lower-alpha 6]AsiaSouth-eastern Asia31,187,265 31,624,264 +1.4%
46  AngolaAfricaMiddle Africa28,813,463 29,784,193 +3.4%
47  MozambiqueAfricaEastern Africa28,829,476 29,668,834 +2.9%
48    NepalAsiaSouthern Asia28,982,771 29,304,998 +1.1%
49  GhanaAfricaWestern Africa28,206,728 28,833,629 +2.2%
50  YemenAsiaWestern Asia27,584,213 28,250,420 +2.4%
51  MadagascarAfricaEastern Africa24,894,551 25,570,895 +2.7%
52  North KoreaAsiaEastern Asia25,368,620 25,490,965 +0.5%
53  Australia[lower-alpha 7]OceaniaAustralia and New Zealand24,125,848 24,450,561 +1.3%
54  Ivory CoastAfricaWestern Africa23,695,919 24,294,750 +2.5%
55  CameroonAfricaMiddle Africa23,439,189 24,053,727 +2.6%
56  Taiwan[lower-alpha 8]AsiaEastern Asia23,556,706 23,626,456 +0.3%
57  NigerAfricaWestern Africa20,672,987 21,477,348 +3.9%
58  Sri LankaAsiaSouthern Asia20,798,492 20,876,917 +0.4%
59  RomaniaEuropeEastern Europe19,778,083 19,679,306 −0.5%
60  Burkina FasoAfricaWestern Africa18,646,433 19,193,382 +2.9%
61  MalawiAfricaEastern Africa18,091,575 18,622,104 +2.9%
62  MaliAfricaWestern Africa17,994,837 18,541,980 +3.0%
63  SyriaAsiaWestern Asia18,430,453 18,269,868 −0.9%
64  KazakhstanAsiaCentral Asia17,987,736 18,204,499 +1.2%
65  ChileAmericasSouth America17,909,754 18,054,726 +0.8%
66  ZambiaAfricaEastern Africa16,591,390 17,094,130 +3.0%
67  NetherlandsEuropeWestern Europe16,987,330 17,035,938 +0.3%
68  GuatemalaAmericasCentral America16,582,469 16,913,503 +2.0%
69  EcuadorAmericasSouth America16,385,068 16,624,858 +1.5%
70  ZimbabweAfricaEastern Africa16,150,362 16,529,904 +2.4%
71  CambodiaAsiaSouth-eastern Asia15,762,370 16,005,373 +1.5%
72  SenegalAfricaWestern Africa15,411,614 15,850,567 +2.8%
73  ChadAfricaMiddle Africa14,452,543 14,899,994 +3.1%
74  SomaliaAfricaEastern Africa14,317,996 14,742,523 +3.0%
75  GuineaAfricaWestern Africa12,395,924 12,717,176 +2.6%
76  South SudanAfricaEastern Africa12,230,730 12,575,714 +2.8%
77  RwandaAfricaEastern Africa11,917,508 12,208,407 +2.4%
78  TunisiaAfricaNorthern Africa11,403,248 11,532,127 +1.1%
79  CubaAmericasCaribbean11,475,982 11,484,636 +0.1%
80  BelgiumEuropeWestern Europe11,358,379 11,429,336 +0.6%
81  BeninAfricaWestern Africa10,872,298 11,175,692 +2.8%
82  GreeceEuropeSouthern Europe11,183,716 11,159,773 −0.2%
83  BoliviaAmericasSouth America10,887,882 11,051,600 +1.5%
84  HaitiAmericasCaribbean10,847,334 10,981,229 +1.2%
85  BurundiAfricaEastern Africa10,524,117 10,864,245 +3.2%
86  Dominican RepublicAmericasCaribbean10,648,791 10,766,998 +1.1%
87  Czech RepublicEuropeEastern Europe10,610,947 10,618,303 +0.1%
88  PortugalEuropeSouthern Europe10,371,627 10,329,506 −0.4%
89  SwedenEuropeNorthern Europe9,837,533 9,910,701 +0.7%
90  Azerbaijan[lower-alpha 9]AsiaWestern Asia9,725,376 9,827,589 +1.1%
91  HungaryEuropeEastern Europe9,753,281 9,721,559 −0.3%
92  JordanAsiaWestern Asia9,455,802 9,702,353 +2.6%
93  BelarusEuropeEastern Europe9,480,042 9,468,338 −0.1%
94  United Arab EmiratesAsiaWestern Asia9,269,612 9,400,145 +1.4%
95  HondurasAmericasCentral America9,112,867 9,265,067 +1.7%
96  TajikistanAsiaCentral Asia8,734,951 8,921,343 +2.1%
97  Serbia[lower-alpha 10]EuropeSouthern Europe8,820,083 8,790,574 −0.3%
98  AustriaEuropeWestern Europe8,712,137 8,735,453 +0.3%
99   SwitzerlandEuropeWestern Europe8,401,739 8,476,005 +0.9%
100  IsraelAsiaWestern Asia8,191,828 8,321,570 +1.6%
101  Papua New GuineaOceaniaMelanesia8,084,991 8,251,162 +2.1%
102  TogoAfricaWestern Africa7,606,374 7,797,694 +2.5%
103  Sierra LeoneAfricaWestern Africa7,396,190 7,557,212 +2.2%
104  Hong KongAsiaEastern Asia7,302,843 7,364,883 +0.8%
105  BulgariaEuropeEastern Europe7,131,494 7,084,571 −0.7%
106  LaosAsiaSouth-eastern Asia6,758,353 6,858,160 +1.5%
107  ParaguayAmericasSouth America6,725,308 6,811,297 +1.3%
108  El SalvadorAmericasCentral America6,344,722 6,377,853 +0.5%
109  LibyaAfricaNorthern Africa6,293,253 6,374,616 +1.3%
110  NicaraguaAmericasCentral America6,149,928 6,217,581 +1.1%
111  LebanonAsiaWestern Asia6,006,668 6,082,357 +1.3%
112  KyrgyzstanAsiaCentral Asia5,955,734 6,045,117 +1.5%
113  TurkmenistanAsiaCentral Asia5,662,544 5,758,075 +1.7%
114  DenmarkEuropeNorthern Europe5,711,870 5,733,551 +0.4%
115  SingaporeAsiaSouth-eastern Asia5,622,455 5,708,844 +1.5%
116  Finland[lower-alpha 11]EuropeNorthern Europe5,503,132 5,523,231 +0.4%
117  SlovakiaEuropeEastern Europe5,444,218 5,447,662 +0.1%
118  Norway[lower-alpha 12]EuropeNorthern Europe5,254,694 5,305,383 +1.0%
119  CongoAfricaMiddle Africa5,125,821 5,260,750 +2.6%
120  EritreaAfricaEastern Africa4,954,645 5,068,831 +2.3%
121  Palestine[lower-alpha 13]AsiaWestern Asia4,790,705 4,920,724 +2.7%
122  Costa RicaAmericasCentral America4,857,274 4,905,769 +1.0%
123  IrelandEuropeNorthern Europe4,726,078 4,761,657 +0.8%
124  LiberiaAfricaWestern Africa4,613,823 4,731,906 +2.6%
125  New ZealandOceaniaAustralia and New Zealand4,660,833 4,705,818 +1.0%
126  Central African RepublicAfricaMiddle Africa4,594,621 4,659,080 +1.4%
127  OmanAsiaWestern Asia4,424,762 4,636,262 +4.8%
128  MauritaniaAfricaWestern Africa4,301,018 4,420,184 +2.8%
129  CroatiaEuropeSouthern Europe4,213,265 4,189,353 −0.6%
130  KuwaitAsiaWestern Asia4,052,584 4,136,528 +2.1%
131  PanamaAmericasCentral America4,034,119 4,098,587 +1.6%
132  Moldova[lower-alpha 14]EuropeEastern Europe4,059,608 4,051,212 −0.2%
133  Georgia[lower-alpha 15]AsiaWestern Asia3,925,405 3,912,061 −0.3%
134  Puerto RicoAmericasCaribbean3,667,903 3,663,131 −0.1%
135  Bosnia and HerzegovinaEuropeSouthern Europe3,516,816 3,507,017 −0.3%
136  UruguayAmericasSouth America3,444,006 3,456,750 +0.4%
137  MongoliaAsiaEastern Asia3,027,398 3,075,647 +1.6%
138  ArmeniaAsiaWestern Asia2,924,816 2,930,450 +0.2%
139  AlbaniaEuropeSouthern Europe2,926,348 2,930,187 +0.1%
140  JamaicaAmericasCaribbean2,881,355 2,890,299 +0.3%
141  LithuaniaEuropeNorthern Europe2,908,249 2,890,297 −0.6%
142  QatarAsiaWestern Asia2,569,804 2,639,211 +2.7%
143  NamibiaAfricaSouthern Africa2,479,713 2,533,794 +2.2%
144  BotswanaAfricaSouthern Africa2,250,260 2,291,661 +1.8%
145  LesothoAfricaSouthern Africa2,203,821 2,233,339 +1.3%
146  The GambiaAfricaWestern Africa2,038,501 2,100,568 +3.0%
147  Republic of MacedoniaEuropeSouthern Europe2,081,206 2,083,160 +0.1%
148  SloveniaEuropeSouthern Europe2,077,862 2,079,976 +0.1%
149  GabonAfricaMiddle Africa1,979,786 2,025,137 +2.3%
150  LatviaEuropeNorthern Europe1,970,530 1,949,670 −1.1%
151  Guinea-BissauAfricaWestern Africa1,815,698 1,861,283 +2.5%
152  BahrainAsiaWestern Asia1,425,171 1,492,584 +4.7%
153  Trinidad and TobagoAmericasCaribbean1,364,962 1,369,125 +0.3%
154  SwazilandAfricaSouthern Africa1,343,098 1,367,254 +1.8%
155  EstoniaEuropeNorthern Europe1,312,442 1,309,632 −0.2%
156  East TimorAsiaSouth-eastern Asia1,268,671 1,296,311 +2.2%
157  Equatorial GuineaAfricaMiddle Africa1,221,490 1,267,689 +3.8%
158  Mauritius[lower-alpha 16]AfricaEastern Africa1,262,132 1,265,138 +0.2%
159  Cyprus[lower-alpha 17]AsiaWestern Asia1,170,125 1,179,551 +0.8%
160  DjiboutiAfricaEastern Africa942,333 956,985 +1.6%
161  FijiOceaniaMelanesia898,760 905,502 +0.8%
162  RéunionAfricaEastern Africa869,925 876,562 +0.8%
163  ComorosAfricaEastern Africa795,601 813,912 +2.3%
164  BhutanAsiaSouthern Asia797,765 807,610 +1.2%
165  GuyanaAmericasSouth America773,303 777,859 +0.6%
166  MontenegroEuropeSouthern Europe628,615 628,960 +0.1%
167  MacauAsiaEastern Asia612,167 622,567 +1.7%
168  Solomon IslandsOceaniaMelanesia599,419 611,343 +2.0%
169  LuxembourgEuropeWestern Europe575,747 583,455 +1.3%
170  SurinameAmericasSouth America558,368 563,402 +0.9%
171  Western SaharaAfricaNorthern Africa538,755 552,628 +2.6%
172  Cape VerdeAfricaWestern Africa539,560 546,388 +1.3%
173  Guadeloupe[lower-alpha 18]AmericasCaribbean449,975 449,568 −0.1%
174  MaldivesAsiaSouthern Asia427,756 436,330 +2.0%
175  MaltaEuropeSouthern Europe429,362 430,835 +0.3%
176  BruneiAsiaSouth-eastern Asia423,196 428,697 +1.3%
177  BahamasAmericasCaribbean391,232 395,361 +1.1%
178  MartiniqueAmericasCaribbean385,103 384,896 −0.1%
179  BelizeAmericasCentral America366,954 374,681 +2.1%
180  IcelandEuropeNorthern Europe332,474 335,025 +0.8%
181  BarbadosAmericasCaribbean284,996 285,719 +0.3%
182  French PolynesiaOceaniaPolynesia280,208 283,007 +1.0%
183  French GuianaAmericasSouth America275,713 282,731 +2.5%
184  New CaledoniaOceaniaMelanesia272,677 276,255 +1.3%
185  VanuatuOceaniaMelanesia270,402 276,244 +2.2%
186  MayotteAfricaEastern Africa246,489 253,045 +2.7%
187  Sao Tome and PrincipeAfricaMiddle Africa199,910 204,327 +2.2%
188  SamoaOceaniaPolynesia195,125 196,440 +0.7%
189  Saint LuciaAmericasCaribbean178,015 178,844 +0.5%
190 Guernsey Guernsey and  JerseyEuropeNorthern Europe164,541 165,314 +0.5%
191  GuamOceaniaMicronesia162,896 164,229 +0.8%
192  CuraçaoAmericasCaribbean159,371 160,539 +0.7%
193  KiribatiOceaniaMicronesia114,395 116,398 +1.8%
194  Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAmericasCaribbean109,643 109,897 +0.2%
195  TongaOceaniaPolynesia107,122 108,020 +0.8%
196  GrenadaAmericasCaribbean107,317 107,825 +0.5%
197  Federated States of MicronesiaOceaniaMicronesia104,937 105,544 +0.6%
198  ArubaAmericasCaribbean104,822 105,264 +0.4%
199  United States Virgin IslandsAmericasCaribbean104,913 104,901 0.0%
200  Antigua and BarbudaAmericasCaribbean100,963 102,012 +1.0%
201  SeychellesAfricaEastern Africa94,228 94,737 +0.5%
202  Isle of ManEuropeNorthern Europe83,737 84,287 +0.7%
203  AndorraEuropeSouthern Europe77,281 76,965 −0.4%
204  DominicaAmericasCaribbean73,543 73,925 +0.5%
205  Cayman IslandsAmericasCaribbean60,765 61,559 +1.3%
206  BermudaAmericasNorthern America61,666 61,349 −0.5%
207  GreenlandAmericasNorthern America56,412 56,480 +0.1%
208  American SamoaOceaniaPolynesia55,599 55,641 +0.1%
209  Saint Kitts and NevisAmericasCaribbean54,821 55,345 +1.0%
210  Northern Mariana IslandsOceaniaMicronesia55,023 55,144 +0.2%
211  Marshall IslandsOceaniaMicronesia53,066 53,127 +0.1%
212  Faroe IslandsEuropeNorthern Europe49,117 49,290 +0.4%
213  Sint MaartenAmericasCaribbean39,537 40,120 +1.5%
214  MonacoEuropeWestern Europe38,499 38,695 +0.5%
215  LiechtensteinEuropeWestern Europe37,666 37,922 +0.7%
216  Turks and Caicos IslandsAmericasCaribbean34,900 35,446 +1.6%
217  GibraltarEuropeSouthern Europe34,408 34,571 +0.5%
218  San MarinoEuropeSouthern Europe33,203 33,400 +0.6%
219  British Virgin IslandsAmericasCaribbean30,661 31,196 +1.7%
220  Caribbean Netherlands[lower-alpha 19]AmericasCaribbean25,019 25,398 +1.5%
221  PalauOceaniaMicronesia21,503 21,729 +1.1%
222  Cook IslandsOceaniaPolynesia17,379 17,380 0.0%
223  AnguillaAmericasCaribbean14,764 14,909 +1.0%
224  Wallis and FutunaOceaniaPolynesia11,899 11,773 −1.1%
225  NauruOceaniaMicronesia11,347 11,359 +0.1%
226  TuvaluOceaniaPolynesia11,097 11,192 +0.9%
227  Saint Pierre and MiquelonAmericasNorthern America6,305 6,320 +0.2%
228  MontserratAmericasCaribbean5,152 5,177 +0.5%
229  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaAfricaWestern Africa4,035 4,049 +0.3%
230  Falkland IslandsAmericasSouth America2,910 2,910 0.0%
231  NiueOceaniaPolynesia1,624 1,618 −0.4%
232  TokelauOceaniaPolynesia1,282 1,300 +1.4%
233   Vatican City[lower-alpha 20]EuropeSouthern Europe801 792 −1.1%

See also

Notes

  1. The UN source document states: For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China (Hong Kong and Macao) and Taiwan Province of China.
  2. Refers to metropolitan France.
  3. Including Zanzibar.
  4. Including Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.
  5. Including Crimea.
  6. Including Sabah and Sarawak.
  7. Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
  8. Listed as China, Taiwan Province of China.
  9. Including Nagorno-Karabakh.
  10. Including Kosovo.
  11. Including Åland Islands.
  12. Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
  13. Including East Jerusalem.
  14. Including Transnistria.
  15. Including Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
  16. Including Agaléga, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
  17. Including Northern Cyprus.
  18. Including Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin.
  19. Refers to Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius.
  20. Listed as Holy See.

References

  1. UNSD Methodology – Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49)
  2. 1 2 "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects, the 2017 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Total Population - Both Sexes". World Population Prospects, the 2017 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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