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Countries of the world by population

All 246 countries and territories ranked by current population — 8.3 billion people, with 193,820 towns and cities recorded. Each country links to its city tables, and to its 2005 archive entry for the 20-year view.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

#	Country	Continent	Population	Places
1	India	AS	1,476,625,576	6,998
2	China	AS	1,412,914,089	3,398
3	United States	NA	349,035,494	21,028
4	Indonesia	AS	287,886,782	505
5	Pakistan	AS	259,299,791	533
6	Nigeria	AF	242,431,832	485
7	Brazil	SA	213,562,666	5,639
8	Bangladesh	AS	177,818,044	153
9	Russia	EU	143,394,458	4,988
10	Ethiopia	AF	138,902,185	248
11	Mexico	NA	132,997,658	16,800
12	Japan	AS	122,427,731	1,972
13	Egypt	AF	120,101,175	249
14	Philippines	AS	117,724,471	4,227
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	AF	116,452,162	118
16	Vietnam	AS	102,177,431	516
17	Iran	AS	93,168,497	2,397
18	Turkey	AS	87,926,082	3,188
19	Germany	EU	83,644,258	11,044
20	Tanzania	AF	72,563,780	318
21	Thailand	AS	71,559,614	446
22	United Kingdom	EU	69,931,528	5,206
23	France	EU	66,746,401	15,180
24	South Africa	AF	65,453,084	941
25	Italy	EU	58,926,166	11,686
26	Kenya	AF	58,636,412	331
27	Myanmar	AS	55,184,819	512
28	Colombia	SA	53,936,226	1,063
29	Sudan	AF	53,282,719	101
30	Uganda	AF	52,761,469	166
31	South Korea	AS	51,600,388	152
32	Algeria	AF	48,028,334	347
33	Iraq	AS	48,007,437	112
34	Spain	EU	47,850,793	6,716
35	Argentina	SA	46,003,734	1,097
36	Afghanistan	AS	45,047,069	103
37	Yemen	AS	42,961,653	54
38	Canada	NA	40,467,728	1,936
39	Angola	AF	40,215,179	181
40	Ukraine	EU	39,535,849	4,972
41	Morocco	AF	38,762,441	389
42	Poland	EU	37,843,188	3,708
43	Uzbekistan	AS	37,724,223	146
44	Mozambique	AF	36,639,851	92
45	Malaysia	AS	36,385,115	729
46	Ghana	AF	35,697,557	112
47	Saudi Arabia	AS	35,165,787	154
48	Peru	SA	34,922,148	1,626
49	Madagascar	AF	33,522,052	147
50	Ivory Coast	AF	33,494,346	5,130
51	Cameroon	AF	30,640,817	145
52	Nepal	AS	29,629,410	66
53	Niger	AF	28,814,878	73
54	Venezuela	SA	28,633,711	240
55	Australia	OC	27,227,096	1,629
56	North Korea	AS	26,633,691	118
57	Syria	AS	26,472,497	125
58	Mali	AF	25,932,275	77
59	Burkina Faso	AF	24,601,700	91
60	Taiwan	AS	23,451,837	85
61	Sri Lanka	AS	23,348,315	88
62	Malawi	AF	22,785,535	37
63	Zambia	AF	22,521,915	98
64	Chad	AF	21,560,380	74
65	Kazakhstan	AS	21,083,626	298
66	Somalia	AF	20,305,907	73
67	Chile	SA	19,945,850	283
68	Senegal	AF	19,366,548	148
69	Guatemala	NA	18,967,978	325
70	Romania	EU	18,800,605	6,946
71	The Netherlands	EU	18,448,775	1,689
72	Ecuador	SA	18,444,506	126
73	Cambodia	AS	18,051,219	237
74	Zimbabwe	AF	17,273,580	67
75	Guinea	AF	15,441,993	67
76	Benin	AF	15,170,419	77
77	Rwanda	AF	14,889,693	51
78	Burundi	AF	14,729,157	31
79	Bolivia	SA	12,749,291	138
80	South Sudan	AF	12,436,037	23
81	Tunisia	AF	12,415,138	282
82	Haiti	NA	12,037,506	113
83	Belgium	EU	11,774,642	2,249
84	Dominican Republic	NA	11,609,500	203
85	Jordan	AS	11,589,532	91
86	United Arab Emirates	AS	11,574,682	51
87	Honduras	NA	11,184,760	544
88	Tajikistan	AS	10,978,599	85
89	Papua New Guinea	OC	10,947,848	47
90	Cuba	NA	10,892,659	165
91	Sweden	EU	10,701,047	1,293
92	Czechia	EU	10,527,781	2,697
93	Azerbaijan	AS	10,454,855	243
94	Portugal	EU	10,395,362	1,003
95	Togo	AF	9,930,918	35
96	Greece	EU	9,897,115	1,954
97	Israel	AS	9,647,689	713
98	Hungary	EU	9,585,818	1,072
99	Austria	EU	9,107,266	2,808
100	Switzerland	EU	9,007,798	1,477
101	Sierra Leone	AF	8,996,745	87
102	Belarus	EU	8,937,018	306
103	Laos	AS	7,974,017	83
104	Turkmenistan	AS	7,736,632	106
105	Libya	AF	7,539,851	119
106	Kyrgyzstan	AS	7,400,465	84
107	Hong Kong	AS	7,396,076	319
108	Nicaragua	NA	7,097,329	140
109	Paraguay	SA	7,095,279	171
110	Bulgaria	EU	6,667,659	320
111	Serbia	EU	6,641,964	413
112	Republic of the Congo	AF	6,637,785	58
113	El Salvador	NA	6,391,253	102
114	Denmark	EU	6,023,520	493
115	Singapore	AS	5,905,748	46
116	Lebanon	AS	5,897,467	40
117	Liberia	AF	5,853,949	26
118	Central African Republic	AF	5,698,984	51
119	Palestinian Territory	AS	5,692,790	445
120	Oman	AS	5,671,458	34
121	Norway	EU	5,652,989	510
122	Finland	EU	5,621,739	556
123	Mauritania	AF	5,461,319	87
124	Slovakia	EU	5,451,342	744
125	Ireland	EU	5,356,950	544
126	New Zealand	OC	5,287,479	429
127	Costa Rica	NA	5,174,789	115
128	Kuwait	AS	5,102,773	20
129	Panama	NA	4,625,718	652
130	Croatia	EU	3,822,345	1,209
131	Georgia	AS	3,804,642	217
132	Eritrea	AF	3,682,669	16
133	Mongolia	AS	3,556,798	52
134	Uruguay	SA	3,382,537	153
135	Puerto Rico	NA	3,222,688	227
136	Qatar	AS	3,173,559	21
137	Namibia	AF	3,153,246	91
138	Bosnia and Herzegovina	EU	3,114,242	287
139	Moldova	EU	2,961,253	94
140	Armenia	AS	2,930,915	612
141	Gambia	AF	2,884,079	176
142	Jamaica	NA	2,833,403	98
143	Lithuania	EU	2,797,338	144
144	Albania	EU	2,751,025	193
145	Gabon	AF	2,647,399	50
146	Botswana	AF	2,603,388	139
147	Lesotho	AF	2,389,336	47
148	Guinea-Bissau	AF	2,297,808	44
149	Slovenia	EU	2,114,573	602
150	Equatorial Guinea	AF	1,984,468	27
151	Latvia	EU	1,835,935	124
152	North Macedonia	EU	1,804,063	297
153	Bahrain	AS	1,675,572	11
154	Kosovo	EU	1,666,992	76
155	Trinidad and Tobago	NA	1,513,268	27
156	Timor Leste	OC	1,436,923	32
157	Cyprus	EU	1,382,334	129
158	Estonia	EU	1,331,062	202
159	Eswatini	AF	1,269,859	24
160	Mauritius	AF	1,265,059	116
161	Djibouti	AF	1,199,459	32
162	Fiji	OC	937,282	14
163	Comoros	AF	899,010	118
164	Reunion	AF	886,298	28
165	Solomon Islands	OC	858,288	13
166	Guyana	SA	840,890	22
167	Bhutan	AS	802,214	33
168	Luxembourg	EU	687,448	209
169	Suriname	SA	645,256	24
170	Macao	AS	631,636	8
171	Montenegro	EU	626,233	65
172	Western Sahara	AF	610,813	26
173	Malta	EU	549,011	69
174	Maldives	AS	531,517	32
175	Cabo Verde	AF	529,630	153
176	Brunei	AS	469,775	63
177	Belize	NA	428,644	138
178	Bahamas	NA	404,628	24
179	Iceland	EU	402,329	50
180	Guadeloupe	NA	372,453	25
181	Mayotte	AF	347,536	64
182	Vanuatu	OC	342,564	9
183	Martinique	NA	337,711	22
184	French Guiana	SA	318,872	16
185	New Caledonia	OC	297,892	33
186	French Polynesia	OC	283,076	44
187	Barbados	NA	282,724	13
188	Sao Tome and Principe	AF	244,994	45
189	Samoa	OC	220,528	72
190	Curacao	NA	185,440	12
191	Saint Lucia	NA	180,488	34
192	Guam	OC	170,185	25
193	Kiribati	OC	138,445	37
194	Seychelles	AF	134,959	19
195	Grenada	NA	117,362	10
196	Micronesia	OC	114,183	21
197	Aruba	NA	108,164	10
198	Jersey	EU	104,106	5
199	Tonga	OC	103,291	47
200	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA	99,245	21
201	Antigua and Barbuda	NA	94,626	41
202	Isle of Man	EU	84,055	6
203	Andorra	EU	83,753	20
204	U.S. Virgin Islands	NA	83,400	8
205	Cayman Islands	NA	77,196	69
206	Dominica	NA	65,511	20
207	Guernsey	EU	64,609	6
208	Bermuda	NA	64,459	11
209	Faroe Islands	EU	56,526	33
210	Greenland	NA	55,629	18
211	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA	47,148	11
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA	46,992	18
213	American Samoa	OC	45,319	27
214	Sint Maarten	NA	44,447	7
215	Northern Mariana Islands	OC	42,914	9
216	Gibraltar	EU	40,867	2
217	Liechtenstein	EU	40,368	14
218	British Virgin Islands	NA	39,936	2
219	Monaco	EU	38,087	1
220	Marshall Islands	OC	35,075	22
221	San Marino	EU	33,605	15
222	Aland Islands	EU	26,711	21
223	Saint Martin	NA	23,898	9
224	Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	NA	18,012	10
225	Palau	OC	17,614	25
226	Anguilla	NA	14,817	5
227	Cook Islands	OC	12,826	2
228	Nauru	OC	12,101	15
229	Saint Barthelemy	NA	11,550	1
230	Wallis and Futuna	OC	11,113	8
231	Tuvalu	OC	9,362	7
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA	5,513	2
233	Saint Helena	AF	5,147	6
234	Montserrat	NA	4,328	2
235	British Indian Ocean Territory	AS	4,000	2
236	Falkland Islands	SA	3,465	1
237	Tokelau	OC	2,691	3
238	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	EU	2,550	2
239	Norfolk Island	OC	1,828	1
240	Niue	OC	1,822	1
241	Christmas Island	OC	1,500	1
242	Cocos Islands	AS	628	1
243	Vatican	EU	506	1
244	French Southern Territories	AN	140	1
245	Pitcairn	OC	46	1
246	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	AN	30	1