Which country has the largest population?

By the figures used here, China and India are the two most populous countries by a wide margin, each well over a billion people, followed by the United States.

Which country has the smallest population?

Among UN member states, the microstates of Oceania and Europe are smallest — Tuvalu, Nauru, Palau, San Marino, and Liechtenstein all have populations under 40,000.

Countries by population

All 194 UN member states ordered by population, most to least. Tap any country for its capital, area, flag, and facts, or practise with Population Ranking and Higher or Lower.

#	Country	Population
1	China	1,392,730,000
2	India	1,352,617,328
3	United States	326,687,501
4	Indonesia	267,663,435
5	Pakistan	212,215,030
6	Brazil	209,469,333
7	Nigeria	195,874,740
8	Bangladesh	161,356,039
9	Russia	144,478,050
10	Japan	126,529,100
11	Mexico	126,190,788
12	Ethiopia	109,224,559
13	Philippines	106,651,922
14	Egypt	98,423,595
15	Vietnam	95,540,395
16	DR Congo	84,068,091
17	Germany	82,905,782
18	Türkiye	82,319,724
19	Iran	81,800,269
20	Thailand	69,428,524
21	France	66,977,107
22	United Kingdom	66,460,344
23	Italy	60,421,760
24	South Africa	57,779,622
25	Tanzania	56,318,348
26	Myanmar	53,708,395
27	South Korea	51,606,633
28	Kenya	51,393,010
29	Colombia	49,648,685
30	Spain	46,796,540
31	Ukraine	44,622,516
32	Argentina	44,494,502
33	Uganda	42,723,139
34	Algeria	42,228,429
35	Sudan	41,801,533
36	Iraq	38,433,600
37	Poland	37,974,750
38	Afghanistan	37,172,386
39	Canada	37,057,765
40	Morocco	36,029,138
41	Saudi Arabia	33,699,947
42	Uzbekistan	32,955,400
43	Peru	31,989,256
44	Malaysia	31,528,585
45	Angola	30,809,762
46	Ghana	29,767,108
47	Mozambique	29,495,962
48	Venezuela	28,870,195
49	Yemen	28,498,687
50	Nepal	28,087,871
51	Madagascar	26,262,368
52	North Korea	25,549,819
53	Cameroon	25,216,237
54	Ivory Coast	25,069,229
55	Australia	24,982,688
56	Niger	22,442,948
57	Sri Lanka	21,670,000
58	Burkina Faso	19,751,535
59	Romania	19,466,145
60	Mali	19,077,690
61	Chile	18,729,160
62	Kazakhstan	18,272,430
63	Malawi	18,143,315
64	Zambia	17,351,822
65	Guatemala	17,247,807
66	Netherlands	17,231,624
67	Ecuador	17,084,357
68	Syria	16,906,283
69	Cambodia	16,249,798
70	Senegal	15,854,360
71	Chad	15,477,751
72	Somalia	15,008,154
73	Zimbabwe	14,439,018
74	Guinea	12,414,318
75	Rwanda	12,301,939
76	Tunisia	11,565,204
77	Benin	11,485,048
78	Belgium	11,433,256
79	Bolivia	11,353,142
80	Cuba	11,338,138
81	Burundi	11,175,378
82	Haiti	11,123,176
83	South Sudan	10,975,920
84	Greece	10,731,726
85	Czechia	10,629,928
86	Dominican Republic	10,627,165
87	Portugal	10,283,822
88	Sweden	10,175,214
89	Jordan	9,956,011
90	Azerbaijan	9,939,800
91	Hungary	9,775,564
92	United Arab Emirates	9,630,959
93	Honduras	9,587,522
94	Belarus	9,483,499
95	Tajikistan	9,100,837
96	Israel	8,882,800
97	Austria	8,840,521
98	Papua New Guinea	8,606,316
99	Switzerland	8,513,227
100	Togo	7,889,094
101	Sierra Leone	7,650,154
102	Laos	7,061,507
103	Bulgaria	7,025,037
104	Serbia	6,963,764
105	Paraguay	6,956,071
106	Lebanon	6,848,925
107	Libya	6,678,567
108	Nicaragua	6,465,513
109	El Salvador	6,420,744
110	Kyrgyzstan	6,322,800
111	Eritrea	6,213,972
112	Turkmenistan	5,850,908
113	Denmark	5,793,636
114	Singapore	5,638,676
115	Finland	5,515,525
116	Slovakia	5,446,771
117	Norway	5,311,916
118	Republic of the Congo	5,244,363
119	Costa Rica	4,999,441
120	Ireland	4,867,309
121	New Zealand	4,841,000
122	Oman	4,829,483
123	Liberia	4,818,977
124	Central African Republic	4,666,377
125	Mauritania	4,403,319
126	Panama	4,176,873
127	Kuwait	4,137,309
128	Croatia	4,087,843
129	Georgia	3,726,549
130	Uruguay	3,449,299
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,323,929
132	Mongolia	3,170,208
133	Armenia	2,951,776
134	Jamaica	2,934,855
135	Albania	2,866,376
136	Lithuania	2,801,543
137	Qatar	2,781,677
138	Moldova	2,706,049
139	Namibia	2,448,255
140	Gambia	2,280,102
141	Botswana	2,254,126
142	Gabon	2,119,275
143	Lesotho	2,108,132
144	North Macedonia	2,084,367
145	Slovenia	2,073,894
146	Latvia	1,927,174
147	Guinea-Bissau	1,874,309
148	Bahrain	1,569,439
149	Trinidad and Tobago	1,389,858
150	Estonia	1,321,977
151	Equatorial Guinea	1,308,974
152	Timor-Leste	1,267,972
153	Mauritius	1,265,303
154	Cyprus	1,189,265
155	Eswatini	1,136,191
156	Djibouti	958,920
157	Fiji	883,483
158	Comoros	832,322
159	Guyana	779,004
160	Bhutan	754,394
161	Solomon Islands	652,858
162	Montenegro	631,219
163	Luxembourg	607,950
164	Suriname	575,991
165	Cape Verde	555,987
166	Maldives	515,696
167	Malta	484,630
168	Brunei	428,962
169	Bahamas	385,640
170	Belize	383,071
171	Iceland	352,721
172	Vanuatu	292,680
173	Barbados	286,641
174	São Tomé and Príncipe	211,028
175	Samoa	196,130
176	Saint Lucia	181,889
177	Kiribati	115,847
178	Micronesia	112,640
179	Grenada	111,454
180	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,210
181	Tonga	103,197
182	Seychelles	96,762
183	Antigua and Barbuda	96,286
184	Andorra	77,006
185	Dominica	71,625
186	Marshall Islands	58,413
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52,441
188	Monaco	38,682
189	Liechtenstein	37,910
190	San Marino	33,785
191	Palau	17,907
192	Nauru	12,704
193	Tuvalu	11,508
194	Vatican City	825

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FAQ

Which country has the largest population?: By the figures used here, China and India are the two most populous countries by a wide margin, each well over a billion people, followed by the United States.
Which country has the smallest population?: Among UN member states, the microstates of Oceania and Europe are smallest — Tuvalu, Nauru, Palau, San Marino, and Liechtenstein all have populations under 40,000.