Countries by Population — Full List 2026

Which countries have the largest population in 2026? This table ranks every country and territory by total population, from the most populous nations like China and India to the smallest island states. Data is sourced from the CIA World Factbook and updated regularly.

238 countries ranked·Source: CIA World Factbook·Last updated: 2025

#	Country	Region	Population (People)
1	India	South Asia	1,419,316,933
2	China	East and Southeast Asia	1,407,181,209
3	United States	North America	338,016,259
4	Indonesia	East and Southeast Asia	283,587,097
5	Pakistan	South Asia	257,047,044
6	Nigeria	Africa	244,344,065
7	Brazil	South America	221,359,387
8	Bangladesh	South Asia	174,370,536
9	Russia	Central Asia	140,134,279
10	Mexico	North America	130,739,927
11	Japan	East and Southeast Asia	123,201,945
12	Ethiopia	Africa	121,372,632
13	DRC	Africa	119,038,825
14	Philippines	East and Southeast Asia	118,277,063
15	Egypt	Africa	112,870,457
16	Vietnam	East and Southeast Asia	106,688,169
17	Iran	Middle East	89,177,357
18	Turkey	Middle East	84,625,585
19	Germany	Europe	84,012,284
20	Thailand	East and Southeast Asia	70,025,248
21	Tanzania	Africa	69,145,464
22	United Kingdom	Europe	68,751,311
23	France	Europe	68,512,806
24	South Africa	Africa	61,089,926
25	Italy	Europe	60,924,851
26	Burma	East and Southeast Asia	57,931,718
27	Kenya	Africa	55,751,717
28	South Korea	East and Southeast Asia	51,486,343
29	Uganda	Africa	50,863,850
30	Sudan	Africa	50,467,278
31	Colombia	South America	49,842,298
32	Afghanistan	South Asia	49,474,805
33	Algeria	Africa	47,735,685
34	Spain	Europe	47,280,433
35	Argentina	South America	45,418,098
36	Iraq	Middle East	42,917,742
37	Canada	North America	39,187,155
38	Angola	Africa	38,984,796
39	Poland	Europe	38,746,310
40	Morocco	Africa	37,387,585
41	Uzbekistan	Central Asia	37,015,151
42	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	36,544,431
43	Ukraine	Europe	35,661,826
44	Ghana	Africa	35,336,133
45	Malaysia	East and Southeast Asia	34,905,275
46	Yemen	Middle East	34,505,496
47	Mozambique	Africa	34,206,144
48	Peru	South America	32,768,614
49	Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	31,855,971
50	Venezuela	South America	31,755,435

51	Cameroon	Africa	31,518,954
52	Madagascar	Africa	31,345,040
53	Nepal	South Asia	31,334,402
54	Australia	Australia-Oceania	27,490,921
55	Niger	Africa	27,322,555
56	North Korea	East and Southeast Asia	26,402,841
57	Syria	Middle East	24,261,882
58	Taiwan	East and Southeast Asia	23,600,776
59	Burkina Faso	Africa	23,490,300
60	Mali	Africa	22,634,423
61	Sri Lanka	South Asia	22,050,561
62	Zambia	Africa	22,021,971
63	Malawi	Africa	21,763,309
64	Kazakhstan	Central Asia	20,432,662
65	Somalia	Africa	20,324,160
66	Chad	Africa	19,674,004
67	Chile	South America	19,091,343
68	Senegal	Africa	18,847,519
69	Ecuador	South America	18,479,841
70	Guatemala	Central America and Caribbean	18,255,216
71	Romania	Europe	18,148,155
72	Netherlands	Europe	17,833,885
73	Zimbabwe	Africa	17,472,752
74	Cambodia	East and Southeast Asia	17,230,333
75	Benin	Africa	15,186,090
76	Guinea	Africa	14,374,590
77	Rwanda	Africa	13,623,302
78	Burundi	Africa	13,590,102
79	South Sudan	Africa	12,703,714
80	Bolivia	South America	12,436,103
81	Tunisia	Africa	11,962,995
82	Belgium	Europe	11,960,170
83	Haiti	Central America and Caribbean	11,898,812
84	Jordan	Middle East	11,312,507
85	The Dominican	Central America and Caribbean	10,899,292
86	Czechia	Europe	10,838,703
87	Azerbaijan	Middle East	10,694,370
88	Sweden	Europe	10,643,745
89	Tajikistan	Central Asia	10,593,876
90	Greece	Europe	10,424,536
91	Papua New Guinea	East and Southeast Asia	10,273,996
92	Portugal	Europe	10,194,277
93	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	10,093,593
94	Cuba	Central America and Caribbean	10,059,519
95	Hungary	Europe	9,855,745
96	Honduras	Central America and Caribbean	9,529,188
97	Belarus	Europe	9,460,972
98	Israel	Middle East	9,402,617
99	Sierra Leone	Africa	9,331,203
100	Austria	Europe	9,174,390
101	Togo	Africa	9,143,439
102	Switzerland	Europe	8,925,741
103	Laos	East and Southeast Asia	7,953,556
104	Paraguay	South America	7,604,044
105	Libya	Africa	7,361,263
106	Hong Kong	East and Southeast Asia	7,305,556
107	Nicaragua	Central America and Caribbean	6,739,380
108	Bulgaria	Europe	6,737,997
109	Serbia	Europe	6,652,212
110	Eritrea	Africa	6,416,435
111	El Salvador	Central America and Caribbean	6,334,723
112	Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	6,219,751
113	Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	6,097,665
114	Singapore	East and Southeast Asia	6,080,545
115	Denmark	Europe	6,051,491
116	Central African Republic	Africa	5,750,570
117	Turkmenistan	Central Asia	5,744,151
118	Slovakia	Europe	5,563,649
119	Liberia	Africa	5,563,541
120	Finland	Europe	5,550,449
121	Norway	Europe	5,509,733
122	Lebanon	Middle East	5,364,482
123	Costa Rica	Central America and Caribbean	5,304,932
124	Ireland	Europe	5,233,461
125	Mauritania	Africa	5,202,109
126	New Zealand	Australia-Oceania	5,161,211
127	Georgia	Middle East	4,900,961
128	Panama	Central America and Caribbean	4,536,008
129	Croatia	Europe	4,071,208
130	Oman	Middle East	3,969,824
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	3,653,499
132	Moldova	Europe	3,578,930
133	Uruguay	South America	3,449,444
134	West Bank	Middle East	3,310,554
135	Mongolia	East and Southeast Asia	3,281,676
136	Kuwait	Middle East	3,172,511
137	Puerto Rico	Central America and Caribbean	2,984,841
138	Armenia	Middle East	2,963,837
139	Jamaica	Central America and Caribbean	2,938,503
140	Namibia	Africa	2,852,777
141	Lithuania	Europe	2,815,687
142	Qatar	Middle East	2,568,426
143	Albania	Europe	2,551,837
144	The Gambia	Africa	2,523,327
145	Botswana	Africa	2,521,534
146	Gabon	Africa	2,513,738
147	Lesotho	Africa	2,222,962
148	Gaza, Gaza Strip	Middle East	2,184,652
149	North Macedonia	Europe	2,137,556
150	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2,132,325
151	Slovenia	Europe	2,097,893
152	Kosovo	Europe	1,977,093
153	Latvia	Europe	1,888,439
154	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1,795,834
155	Bahrain	Middle East	1,566,888
156	Trinidad and Tobago	Central America and Caribbean	1,410,170
157	Timor-Leste	East and Southeast Asia	1,404,785
158	Estonia	Europe	1,340,478
159	Cyprus	Europe	1,332,293
160	Mauritius	Africa	1,311,375
161	Eswatini	Africa	1,137,268
162	Djibouti	Africa	1,013,703
163	Fiji	Australia-Oceania	951,611
164	Comoros	Africa	911,707
165	Bhutan	South Asia	892,877
166	Guyana	South America	794,099
167	Solomon Islands	Australia-Oceania	738,774
168	Luxembourg	Europe	671,254
169	Suriname	South America	653,605
170	Western Sahara	Africa	652,271
171	Macau	East and Southeast Asia	644,426
172	Cabo Verde	Africa	611,014
173	Montenegro	Europe	599,849
174	Malta	Europe	521,828
175	Brunei	East and Southeast Asia	491,900
176	Belize	Central America and Caribbean	421,960
177	The Bahamas	Central America and Caribbean	415,306
178	Maldives	South Asia	388,858
179	Iceland	Europe	364,036
180	Vanuatu	Australia-Oceania	318,007
181	New Caledonia	Australia-Oceania	307,612
182	French Polynesia	Australia-Oceania	305,507
183	Barbados	Central America and Caribbean	304,139
184	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	223,561
185	Samoa	Australia-Oceania	210,223
186	Guam	Australia-Oceania	169,532
187	Saint Lucia	Central America and Caribbean	168,462
188	Curacao	Central America and Caribbean	153,289
189	Aruba	Central America and Caribbean	125,063
190	Kiribati	Australia-Oceania	116,545
191	Grenada	Central America and Caribbean	114,621
192	Tonga	Australia-Oceania	104,519
193	Jersey	Europe	103,944
194	Virgin Islands	Central America and Caribbean	103,792
195	Antigua and Barbuda	Central America and Caribbean	102,634
196	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Central America and Caribbean	100,647
197	Federated States of Micronesia	Australia-Oceania	99,603
198	Seychelles	Africa	98,187
199	Isle of Man	Europe	92,666
200	Andorra	Europe	85,370
201	Marshall Islands	Australia-Oceania	82,011
202	Dominica	Central America and Caribbean	74,661
203	Bermuda	North America	72,800
204	Guernsey	Europe	67,923
205	Cayman Islands	Central America and Caribbean	66,653
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	Central America and Caribbean	60,439
207	Greenland	North America	57,751
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Central America and Caribbean	55,434
209	Faroe Islands	Europe	52,933
210	Northern Mariana Islands	Australia-Oceania	51,118
211	Sint Maarten	Central America and Caribbean	46,738
212	American Samoa	Australia-Oceania	43,268
213	Liechtenstein	Europe	40,547
214	British Virgin Islands	Central America and Caribbean	40,102
215	San Marino	Europe	35,291
216	Saint Martin	Central America and Caribbean	33,093
217	Monaco	Europe	32,047
218	Gibraltar	Europe	29,733
219	Palau	Australia-Oceania	21,947
220	Anguilla	Central America and Caribbean	19,416
221	Wallis and Futuna	Australia-Oceania	15,998
222	Tuvalu	Australia-Oceania	11,824
223	Nauru	Australia-Oceania	9,930
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	Africa	7,943
225	Cook Islands	Australia-Oceania	7,592
226	Saint Barthelemy	Central America and Caribbean	7,079
227	Montserrat	Central America and Caribbean	5,468
228	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	North America	5,070
229	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	South America	3,142
230	Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)	Europe	2,556
231	Tokelau	Australia-Oceania	2,453
232	Paracel Islands	East and Southeast Asia	2,230
233	Niue	Australia-Oceania	1,815
234	Norfolk Island	Australia-Oceania	1,739
235	Christmas Island	Australia-Oceania	1,692
236	Holy See (Vatican City)	Europe	1,000
237	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Australia-Oceania	593
238	Pitcairn Islands	Australia-Oceania	50

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@misc{bamwor_countries_by_population_2025_2025,
  author = {Bamwor},
  title = {Countries by Population 2025},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://bamwor.com/en/countries-by-population},
  note = {Bamwor World Encyclopedia. Accessed 2026-03-13}
}

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