Engraving the plate…First look at this one — fetching its numbers now
people · no best or worst — largest to smallest
216 of 216 countries report a figure for population
World average: 37.9M
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | India | 1.46B | 2025 | |
| #2 | People's Republic of China | 1.41B | 2025 | |
| #3 | United States | 341.8M | 2025 | |
| #4 | Indonesia | 285.7M | 2025 | |
| #5 | Pakistan | 255.2M | 2025 | |
| #6 | Nigeria | 237.5M | 2025 | |
| #7 | Brazil | 212.8M | 2025 | |
| #8 | Bangladesh | 175.7M | 2025 | |
| #9 | Russia | 143.5M | 2025 | |
| #10 | Ethiopia | 135.5M | 2025 | |
| #11 | Mexico | 131.9M | 2025 | |
| #12 | Japan | 123.4M | 2025 | |
| #13 | Egypt | 118.4M | 2025 | |
| #14 | Philippines | 116.8M | 2025 | |
| #15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 112.8M | 2025 | |
| #16 | Vietnam | 101.6M | 2025 | |
| #17 | Iran | 92.4M | 2025 | |
| #18 | Turkey | 85.9M | 2025 | |
| #19 | Germany | 83.5M | 2025 | |
| #20 | Thailand | 71.6M | 2025 | |
| #21 | Tanzania | 70.5M | 2025 | |
| #22 | United Kingdom | 69.5M | 2025 | |
| #23 | France | 68.7M | 2025 | |
| #24 | South Africa | 64.7M | 2025 | |
| #25 | Italy | 58.9M | 2025 | |
| #26 | Kenya | 57.5M | 2025 | |
| #27 | Myanmar | 54.9M | 2025 | |
| #28 | Colombia | 53.4M | 2025 | |
| #29 | South Korea | 51.7M | 2025 | |
| #30 | Sudan | 51.7M | 2025 | |
| #31 | Uganda | 51.4M | 2025 | |
| #32 | Spain | 49.4M | 2025 | |
| #33 | Algeria | 47.4M | 2025 | |
| #34 | Iraq | 47.0M | 2025 | |
| #35 | Argentina | 45.9M | 2025 | |
| #36 | Afghanistan | 43.8M | 2025 | |
| #37 | Yemen | 41.8M | 2025 | |
| #38 | Canada | 41.7M | 2025 | |
| #39 | Angola | 39.0M | 2025 | |
| #40 | Ukraine | 39.0M | 2025 | |
| #41 | Morocco | 38.4M | 2025 | |
| #42 | Uzbekistan | 37.1M | 2025 | |
| #43 | Saudi Arabia | 37.0M | 2025 | |
| #44 | Poland | 36.4M | 2025 | |
| #45 | Malaysia | 36.0M | 2025 | |
| #46 | Mozambique | 35.6M | 2025 | |
| #47 | Ghana | 35.1M | 2025 | |
| #48 | Peru | 34.6M | 2025 | |
| #49 | Madagascar | 32.7M | 2025 | |
| #50 | Ivory Coast | 32.7M | 2025 | |
| #51 | Cameroon | 29.9M | 2025 | |
| #52 | Nepal | 29.6M | 2025 | |
| #53 | Venezuela | 28.5M | 2025 | |
| #54 | Niger | 27.9M | 2025 | |
| #55 | Australia | 27.6M | 2025 | |
| #56 | North Korea | 26.6M | 2025 | |
| #57 | Syria | 25.6M | 2025 | |
| #58 | Mali | 25.2M | 2025 | |
| #59 | Burkina Faso | 24.1M | 2025 | |
| #60 | Malawi | 22.2M | 2025 | |
| #61 | Zambia | 21.9M | 2025 | |
| #62 | Sri Lanka | 21.8M | 2025 | |
| #63 | Chad | 21.0M | 2025 | |
| #64 | Kazakhstan | 20.8M | 2025 | |
| #65 | Chile | 19.9M | 2025 | |
| #66 | Somalia | 19.7M | 2025 | |
| #67 | Romania | 19.0M | 2025 | |
| #68 | Senegal | 18.9M | 2025 | |
| #69 | Guatemala | 18.7M | 2025 | |
| #70 | Ecuador | 18.3M | 2025 | |
| #71 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 18.1M | 2025 | |
| #72 | Cambodia | 17.8M | 2025 | |
| #73 | Zimbabwe | 17.0M | 2025 | |
| #74 | Guinea | 15.1M | 2025 | |
| #75 | Benin | 14.8M | 2025 | |
| #76 | Rwanda | 14.6M | 2025 | |
| #77 | Burundi | 14.4M | 2025 | |
| #78 | Bolivia | 12.6M | 2025 | |
| #79 | Tunisia | 12.3M | 2025 | |
| #80 | South Sudan | 12.2M | 2025 | |
| #81 | Belgium | 11.9M | 2025 | |
| #82 | Haiti | 11.9M | 2025 | |
| #83 | Jordan | 11.5M | 2025 | |
| #84 | Dominican Republic | 11.5M | 2025 | |
| #85 | United Arab Emirates | 11.5M | 2025 | |
| #86 | Honduras | 11.0M | 2025 | |
| #87 | Cuba | 10.9M | 2025 | |
| #88 | Czech Republic | 10.9M | 2025 | |
| #89 | Portugal | 10.8M | 2025 | |
| #90 | Tajikistan | 10.8M | 2025 | |
| #91 | Papua New Guinea | 10.8M | 2025 | |
| #92 | Sweden | 10.6M | 2025 | |
| #93 | Greece | 10.4M | 2025 | |
| #94 | Azerbaijan | 10.2M | 2025 | |
| #95 | Israel | 10.1M | 2025 | |
| #96 | Hungary | 9.5M | 2025 | |
| #97 | Austria | 9.2M | 2025 | |
| #98 | Switzerland | 9.1M | 2025 | |
| #99 | Belarus | 9.1M | 2025 | |
| #100 | Sierra Leone | 8.8M | 2025 | |
| #101 | Togo | 8.6M | 2025 | |
| #102 | Laos | 7.9M | 2025 | |
| #103 | Turkmenistan | 7.6M | 2025 | |
| #104 | Hong Kong | 7.5M | 2025 | |
| #105 | Libya | 7.5M | 2025 | |
| #106 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.3M | 2025 | |
| #107 | Paraguay | 7.0M | 2025 | |
| #108 | Nicaragua | 7.0M | 2025 | |
| #109 | Serbia | 6.5M | 2025 | |
| #110 | Republic of the Congo | 6.5M | 2025 | |
| #111 | Bulgaria | 6.4M | 2025 | |
| #112 | El Salvador | 6.4M | 2025 | |
| #113 | Singapore | 6.1M | 2025 | |
| #114 | Denmark | 6.0M | 2025 | |
| #115 | Lebanon | 5.8M | 2025 | |
| #116 | Liberia | 5.7M | 2025 | |
| #117 | Finland | 5.6M | 2025 | |
| #118 | Norway | 5.6M | 2025 | |
| #119 | Central African Republic | 5.5M | 2025 | |
| #120 | Oman | 5.5M | 2025 | |
| #121 | Ireland | 5.5M | 2025 | |
| #122 | Slovakia | 5.4M | 2025 | |
| #123 | Palestine | 5.4M | 2025 | |
| #124 | New Zealand | 5.3M | 2025 | |
| #125 | Mauritania | 5.3M | 2025 | |
| #126 | Costa Rica | 5.2M | 2025 | |
| #127 | Kuwait | 4.9M | 2025 | |
| #128 | Panama | 4.6M | 2025 | |
| #129 | Georgia | 3.9M | 2025 | |
| #130 | Croatia | 3.9M | 2025 | |
| #131 | Eritrea | 3.6M | 2025 | |
| #132 | Mongolia | 3.6M | 2025 | |
| #133 | Uruguay | 3.4M | 2025 | |
| #134 | Puerto Rico | 3.2M | 2025 | |
| #135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.1M | 2025 | |
| #136 | Namibia | 3.1M | 2025 | |
| #137 | Armenia | 3.1M | 2025 | |
| #138 | Qatar | 3.0M | 2025 | |
| #139 | Lithuania | 2.9M | 2025 | |
| #140 | Jamaica | 2.8M | 2025 | |
| #141 | The Gambia | 2.8M | 2025 | |
| #142 | Gabon | 2.6M | 2025 | |
| #143 | Botswana | 2.6M | 2025 | |
| #144 | Lesotho | 2.4M | 2025 | |
| #145 | Moldova | 2.4M | 2025 | |
| #146 | Albania | 2.3M | 2025 | |
| #147 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.2M | 2025 | |
| #148 | Slovenia | 2.1M | 2025 | |
| #149 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.9M | 2025 | |
| #150 | Latvia | 1.8M | 2025 | |
| #151 | North Macedonia | 1.8M | 2025 | |
| #152 | Bahrain | 1.6M | 2025 | |
| #153 | Kosovo | 1.6M | 2025 | |
| #154 | Timor-Leste | 1.4M | 2025 | |
| #155 | Cyprus | 1.4M | 2025 | |
| #156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.4M | 2025 | |
| #157 | Estonia | 1.4M | 2025 | |
| #158 | Eswatini | 1.3M | 2025 | |
| #159 | Mauritius | 1.2M | 2025 | |
| #160 | Djibouti | 1.2M | 2025 | |
| #161 | Fiji | 933,154 | 2025 | |
| #162 | Comoros | 882,847 | 2025 | |
| #163 | Solomon Islands | 838,645 | 2025 | |
| #164 | Guyana | 835,986 | 2025 | |
| #165 | Bhutan | 796,682 | 2025 | |
| #166 | Luxembourg | 686,970 | 2025 | |
| #167 | Macau | 685,900 | 2025 | |
| #168 | Suriname | 639,850 | 2025 | |
| #169 | Montenegro | 623,129 | 2025 | |
| #170 | Malta | 579,704 | 2025 | |
| #171 | Maldives | 529,676 | 2025 | |
| #172 | Cape Verde | 527,326 | 2025 | |
| #173 | Brunei | 466,330 | 2025 | |
| #174 | Belize | 422,924 | 2025 | |
| #175 | The Bahamas | 403,033 | 2025 | |
| #176 | Iceland | 392,404 | 2025 | |
| #177 | Vanuatu | 335,169 | 2025 | |
| #178 | New Caledonia | 295,333 | 2025 | |
| #179 | Barbados | 282,623 | 2025 | |
| #180 | French Polynesia | 282,465 | 2025 | |
| #181 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 240,254 | 2025 | |
| #182 | Samoa | 219,306 | 2025 | |
| #183 | Saint Lucia | 180,149 | 2025 | |
| #184 | Guam | 168,999 | 2025 | |
| #185 | Curaçao | 156,263 | 2025 | |
| #186 | Kiribati | 136,488 | 2025 | |
| #187 | Seychelles | 122,730 | 2025 | |
| #188 | Grenada | 117,303 | 2025 | |
| #189 | Federated States of Micronesia | 113,683 | 2025 | |
| #190 | Aruba | 108,785 | 2025 | |
| #191 | United States Virgin Islands | 103,792 | 2025 | |
| #192 | Tonga | 103,742 | 2025 | |
| #193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99,924 | 2025 | |
| #194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 94,209 | 2025 | |
| #195 | Isle of Man | 84,118 | 2025 | |
| #196 | Andorra | 82,904 | 2025 | |
| #197 | Cayman Islands | 75,844 | 2025 | |
| #198 | Dominica | 65,871 | 2025 | |
| #199 | Bermuda | 64,555 | 2025 | |
| #200 | Greenland | 56,831 | 2025 | |
| #201 | Faroe Islands | 54,900 | 2025 | |
| #202 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46,922 | 2025 | |
| #203 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 46,855 | 2025 | |
| #204 | American Samoa | 46,029 | 2025 | |
| #205 | Sint Maarten | 43,923 | 2025 | |
| #206 | Northern Mariana Islands | 43,541 | 2025 | |
| #207 | Liechtenstein | 41,024 | 2025 | |
| #208 | Gibraltar | 40,126 | 2025 | |
| #209 | British Virgin Islands | 39,732 | 2025 | |
| #210 | Monaco | 38,341 | 2025 | |
| #211 | Marshall Islands | 36,282 | 2025 | |
| #212 | San Marino | 34,109 | 2025 | |
| #213 | Saint-Martin | 24,941 | 2025 | |
| #214 | Palau | 17,663 | 2025 | |
| #215 | Nauru | 12,025 | 2025 | |
| #216 | Tuvalu | 9,492 | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)