Population · 2025 data

Countries by Population

Q: What is the most populated country in the world?

India, with 1.464 billion people in 2025, followed by China (1.407 billion).

About 8.192 billion people live in the 216 countries and territories below. India and China together are home to 35% of humanity. Open any country for its population history since 1960.

8.192 billion

World population (2025)

57%

Live in the 10 most populous countries

Countries with a shrinking population

9.1 million

Median country (Belarus)

Most populous countries

1.46 billion

1.41 billion

341.8 million

285.7 million

255.2 million

237.5 million

212.8 million

175.7 million

143.5 million

135.5 million

Top 5%
Top 15%
Top 30%
Top half
Lower half
Bottom 25%

Population of every country (2025)

Rank	Country	Population	Growth	Per km²	Urban	World share
1	India	1,463,865,525	+0.89%	488	36%	17.87%
2	China	1,406,585,000	-0.17%	150	66%	17.17%
3	United States	341,784,857	+0.52%	37	80%	4.17%
4	Indonesia	285,721,236	+0.78%	150	59%	3.49%
5	Pakistan	255,219,554	+1.56%	326	40%	3.12%
6	Nigeria	237,527,782	+2.06%	255	64%	2.90%
7	Brazil	212,812,405	+0.38%	25	88%	2.60%
8	Bangladesh	175,686,899	+1.22%	1,333	33%	2.14%
9	Russia	143,513,328	-0.11%	9	75%	1.75%
10	Ethiopia	135,472,051	+2.55%	118	24%	1.65%
11	Mexico	131,946,900	+0.83%	67	80%	1.61%
12	Japan	123,366,734	-0.49%	340	92%	1.51%
13	Egypt	118,365,995	+1.56%	117	43%	1.44%
14	Philippines	116,786,962	+0.81%	389	56%	1.43%
15	DR Congo	112,832,473	+3.20%	48	45%	1.38%
16	Vietnam	101,598,527	+0.60%	322	39%	1.24%
17	Iran	92,417,681	+0.92%	56	77%	1.13%
18	Türkiye	85,878,556	+0.42%	111	89%	1.05%
19	Germany	83,491,249	-0.03%	239	82%	1.02%
20	Thailand	71,619,863	-0.07%	140	63%	0.87%
21	Tanzania	70,545,865	+2.86%	78	37%	0.86%
22	United Kingdom	69,487,000	+0.30%	286	83%	0.85%
23	France	68,720,337	+0.25%	127	79%	0.84%
24	South Africa	64,747,319	+1.15%	53	64%	0.79%
25	Italy	58,915,656	-0.06%	199	70%	0.72%
26	Kenya	57,532,493	+1.93%	97	32%	0.70%
27	Myanmar	54,850,648	+0.64%	84	31%	0.67%
28	Colombia	53,425,635	+1.01%	48	79%	0.65%
29	South Korea	51,684,564	-0.13%	530	81%	0.63%
30	Sudan	51,662,147	+2.38%	27	35%	0.63%
31	Uganda	51,384,894	+2.70%	249	32%	0.63%
32	Spain	49,355,143	+1.03%	98	81%	0.60%
33	Algeria	47,435,312	+1.32%	20	76%	0.58%
34	Iraq	47,020,774	+2.10%	106	70%	0.57%
35	Argentina	45,851,378	+0.34%	17	92%	0.56%
36	Afghanistan	43,844,111	+2.77%	65	26%	0.54%
37	Yemen	41,773,878	+2.89%	77	37%	0.51%
38	Canada	41,651,653	+0.94%	5	83%	0.51%
39	Angola	39,040,039	+3.00%	30	71%	0.48%
40	Ukraine	38,980,376	+2.92%	65	70%	0.48%
41	Morocco	38,430,770	+0.91%	85	63%	0.47%
42	Uzbekistan	37,053,428	+1.88%	83	51%	0.45%
43	Saudi Arabia	36,973,555	+4.63%	16	85%	0.45%
44	Poland	36,435,861	-0.34%	119	60%	0.44%
45	Malaysia	35,977,838	+1.17%	108	77%	0.44%
46	Mozambique	35,631,653	+2.85%	44	37%	0.43%
47	Ghana	35,064,272	+1.83%	151	59%	0.43%
48	Peru	34,576,665	+1.04%	27	86%	0.42%
49	Madagascar	32,740,678	+2.40%	55	33%	0.40%
50	Côte d'Ivoire	32,711,547	+2.40%	100	55%	0.40%
51	Cameroon	29,879,337	+2.56%	62	56%	0.36%
52	Nepal	29,618,118	-0.11%	207	67%	0.36%
53	Venezuela	28,516,896	+0.39%	32	89%	0.35%
54	Niger	27,917,831	+3.22%	21	18%	0.34%
55	Australia	27,614,411	+1.53%	4	88%	0.34%
56	North Korea	26,571,036	+0.27%	220	64%	0.32%
57	Syria	25,620,427	+3.77%	134	72%	0.31%
58	Mali	25,198,821	+2.90%	20	32%	0.31%
59	Burkina Faso	24,074,580	+2.21%	86	29%	0.29%
60	Malawi	22,216,120	+2.56%	230	18%	0.27%
61	Zambia	21,913,874	+2.77%	29	46%	0.27%
62	Sri Lanka	21,756,000	-0.73%	354	20%	0.27%
63	Chad	21,003,705	+3.41%	16	28%	0.26%
64	Kazakhstan	20,843,754	+1.21%	8	62%	0.25%
65	Chile	19,859,921	+0.48%	27	89%	0.24%
66	Somalia	19,654,739	+3.34%	30	55%	0.24%
67	Romania	19,020,271	-0.17%	83	52%	0.23%
68	Senegal	18,931,966	+2.30%	96	56%	0.23%
69	Guatemala	18,687,881	+1.52%	172	56%	0.23%
70	Ecuador	18,289,896	+0.85%	73	63%	0.22%
71	Netherlands	18,087,633	+0.52%	534	96%	0.22%
72	Cambodia	17,847,982	+1.18%	100	41%	0.22%
73	Zimbabwe	16,950,795	+1.88%	43	40%	0.21%
74	Guinea	15,099,727	+2.31%	60	39%	0.18%
75	Benin	14,814,460	+2.40%	128	53%	0.18%
76	Rwanda	14,569,341	+2.17%	600	31%	0.18%
77	Burundi	14,390,003	+2.41%	547	26%	0.18%
78	Bolivia	12,581,843	+1.35%	11	72%	0.15%
79	Tunisia	12,348,573	+0.58%	79	71%	0.15%
80	South Sudan	12,188,788	+2.03%	19	22%	0.15%
81	Belgium	11,941,781	+0.70%	389	88%	0.15%
82	Haiti	11,906,095	+1.13%	427	56%	0.15%
83	Jordan	11,520,684	-0.28%	130	93%	0.14%
84	Dominican Republic	11,520,487	+0.81%	237	73%	0.14%
85	United Arab Emirates	11,513,149	+4.68%	155	86%	0.14%
86	Honduras	11,005,850	+1.65%	97	59%	0.13%
87	Cuba	10,937,203	-0.39%	106	77%	0.13%
88	Czechia	10,886,878	-0.17%	141	73%	0.13%
89	Portugal	10,804,871	+1.03%	117	61%	0.13%
90	Tajikistan	10,786,734	+1.83%	76	26%	0.13%
91	Papua New Guinea	10,762,817	+1.75%	23	16%	0.13%
92	Sweden	10,596,620	+0.25%	26	89%	0.13%
93	Greece	10,413,962	+0.08%	81	79%	0.13%
94	Azerbaijan	10,246,996	+0.43%	123	59%	0.13%
95	Israel	10,122,800	+1.20%	462	92%	0.12%
96	Hungary	9,514,251	-0.50%	105	71%	0.12%
97	Austria	9,208,163	+0.33%	111	70%	0.11%
98	Switzerland	9,092,436	+0.96%	228	86%	0.11%
99	Belarus	9,085,991	-0.51%	45	79%	0.11%
100	Sierra Leone	8,819,794	+2.04%	120	46%	0.11%
101	Togo	8,591,626	+2.18%	155	44%	0.10%
102	Laos	7,873,046	+1.32%	34	40%	0.10%
103	Turkmenistan	7,618,847	+1.65%	16	47%	0.09%
104	Hong Kong	7,498,900	-0.34%	7,166	100%	0.09%
105	Libya	7,458,555	+1.04%	4	88%	0.09%
106	Kyrgyzstan	7,343,064	+1.66%	38	35%	0.09%
107	Paraguay	7,013,078	+1.20%	17	70%	0.09%
108	Nicaragua	7,007,502	+1.31%	57	59%	0.09%
109	Serbia	6,549,143	-0.57%	75	63%	0.08%
110	Republic of the Congo	6,484,437	+2.36%	19	64%	0.08%
111	Bulgaria	6,433,302	-0.13%	59	74%	0.08%
112	El Salvador	6,365,503	+0.43%	306	76%	0.08%
113	Singapore	6,111,175	+1.22%	8,329	100%	0.07%
114	Denmark	6,009,169	+0.54%	149	89%	0.07%
115	Lebanon	5,849,421	+0.75%	568	91%	0.07%
116	Liberia	5,731,206	+2.09%	58	56%	0.07%
117	Finland	5,646,436	+0.47%	18	75%	0.07%
118	Norway	5,610,870	+0.69%	15	84%	0.07%
119	Central African Republic	5,513,282	+3.37%	9	45%	0.07%
120	Oman	5,494,691	+3.96%	17	79%	0.07%
121	Ireland	5,484,367	+1.63%	78	65%	0.07%
122	Slovakia	5,413,813	-0.15%	113	53%	0.07%
123	Palestine	5,413,596	+2.33%	878	87%	0.07%
124	New Zealand	5,324,700	+0.65%	20	84%	0.06%
125	Mauritania	5,315,065	+2.78%	5	61%	0.06%
126	Costa Rica	5,152,950	+0.45%	101	80%	0.06%
127	Kuwait	4,865,298	-0.65%	275	100%	0.06%
128	Panama	4,571,189	+1.22%	61	66%	0.06%
129	Georgia	3,935,766	+3.18%	67	61%	0.05%
130	Croatia	3,876,200	+0.26%	69	58%	0.05%
131	Eritrea	3,607,003	+2.00%	29	35%	0.04%
132	Mongolia	3,568,978	+1.25%	2	71%	0.04%
133	Uruguay	3,384,688	-0.06%	19	96%	0.04%
134	Puerto Rico	3,184,835	-0.55%	361	94%	0.04%
135	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,140,095	-0.77%	62	53%	0.04%
136	Namibia	3,092,816	+2.05%	4	51%	0.04%
137	Armenia	3,086,700	+1.74%	108	66%	0.04%
138	Qatar	2,972,215	+3.92%	249	99%	0.04%
139	Lithuania	2,888,774	+0.02%	46	69%	0.04%
140	Jamaica	2,837,077	-0.07%	262	59%	0.03%
141	Gambia	2,822,093	+2.23%	273	65%	0.03%
142	Gabon	2,593,130	+2.11%	10	92%	0.03%
143	Botswana	2,562,122	+1.61%	4	68%	0.03%
144	Lesotho	2,363,325	+1.10%	77	45%	0.03%
145	Moldova	2,360,527	-1.75%	84	44%	0.03%
146	Albania	2,349,580	-1.17%	87	59%	0.03%
147	Guinea-Bissau	2,249,515	+2.16%	78	47%	0.03%
148	Slovenia	2,130,986	+0.17%	106	56%	0.03%
149	Equatorial Guinea	1,938,431	+2.40%	67	72%	0.02%
150	Latvia	1,847,785	-0.99%	30	69%	0.02%
151	North Macedonia	1,820,909	-0.19%	72	63%	0.02%
152	Bahrain	1,600,366	+0.73%	1,986	100%	0.02%
153	Kosovo	1,576,876	-1.10%	—	51%	0.02%
154	Timor-Leste	1,418,517	+1.27%	94	29%	0.02%
155	Cyprus	1,370,754	+0.91%	147	67%	0.02%
156	Trinidad and Tobago	1,367,764	-0.04%	267	54%	0.02%
157	Estonia	1,366,475	-0.43%	32	71%	0.02%
158	Eswatini	1,256,174	+1.07%	72	27%	0.02%
159	Mauritius	1,243,741	-0.16%	623	39%	0.02%
160	Djibouti	1,184,076	+1.31%	50	73%	0.01%
161	Fiji	933,154	+0.47%	51	60%	0.01%
162	Comoros	882,847	+1.85%	464	34%	0.01%
163	Solomon Islands	838,645	+2.35%	29	31%	0.01%
164	Guyana	835,986	+0.59%	4	26%	0.01%
165	Bhutan	796,682	+0.65%	21	43%	0.01%
166	Luxembourg	686,970	+1.46%	263	95%	0.01%
167	Macau	685,900	-0.16%	20,631	100%	0.01%
168	Suriname	639,850	+0.85%	4	66%	0.01%
169	Montenegro	623,129	-0.06%	46	66%	0.01%
170	Malta	579,704	+1.89%	1,805	96%	0.01%
171	Maldives	529,676	+0.35%	1,771	43%	0.01%
172	Cape Verde	527,326	+0.47%	130	78%	0.01%
173	Brunei	466,330	+0.78%	88	75%	0.01%
174	Belize	422,924	+1.39%	18	42%	0.01%
175	Bahamas	403,033	+0.44%	40	81%	0.00%
176	Iceland	392,404	+1.51%	4	94%	0.00%
177	Vanuatu	335,169	+2.23%	27	22%	0.00%
178	New Caledonia	295,333	+0.92%	16	68%	0.00%
179	Barbados	282,623	+0.06%	655	60%	0.00%
180	French Polynesia	282,465	+0.23%	80	62%	0.00%
181	Sao Tome and Principe	240,254	+1.98%	245	69%	0.00%
182	Samoa	219,306	+0.59%	78	18%	0.00%
183	Saint Lucia	180,149	+0.23%	295	29%	0.00%
184	Guam	168,999	+0.73%	310	94%	0.00%
185	Curacao	156,263	+0.19%	351	91%	0.00%
186	Kiribati	136,488	+1.45%	166	63%	0.00%
187	Seychelles	122,730	+1.13%	266	45%	0.00%
188	Grenada	117,303	+0.08%	341	37%	0.00%
189	Micronesia	113,683	+0.46%	161	22%	0.00%
190	Aruba	108,785	+0.73%	600	62%	0.00%
191	Virgin Islands	103,792	-0.56%	300	95%	0.00%
192	Tonga	103,742	-0.42%	145	21%	0.00%
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,924	-0.69%	259	48%	0.00%
194	Antigua and Barbuda	94,209	+0.46%	213	24%	0.00%
195	Isle of Man	84,118	-0.05%	147	52%	0.00%
196	Andorra	82,904	+1.17%	175	89%	0.00%
197	Cayman Islands	75,844	+1.85%	310	100%	0.00%
198	Dominica	65,871	-0.51%	88	74%	0.00%
199	Bermuda	64,555	-0.13%	1,197	100%	0.00%
200	Greenland	56,831	-0.01%	0	89%	0.00%
201	Faroe Islands	54,900	+0.47%	40	40%	0.00%
202	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,922	+0.17%	179	32%	0.00%
203	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,855	+0.69%	49	94%	0.00%
204	American Samoa	46,029	-1.59%	235	81%	0.00%
205	Sint Maarten	43,923	+1.31%	1,275	100%	0.00%
206	Northern Mariana Islands	43,541	-1.68%	97	92%	0.00%
207	Liechtenstein	41,024	+1.41%	253	15%	0.00%
208	Gibraltar	40,126	+2.01%	3,933	100%	0.00%
209	British Virgin Islands	39,732	+0.66%	261	57%	0.00%
210	Monaco	38,341	-0.75%	18,537	100%	0.00%
211	Marshall Islands	36,282	-3.43%	207	79%	0.00%
212	San Marino	34,109	+0.39%	555	97%	0.00%
213	Saint Martin	24,941	-4.65%	493	100%	0.00%
214	Palau	17,663	-0.18%	38	79%	0.00%
215	Nauru	12,025	+0.65%	569	100%	0.00%
216	Tuvalu	9,492	-1.61%	371	65%	0.00%

Data: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).

Where the world lives

Asia: 4.784 billion (58.4%)
Africa: 1.547 billion (18.9%)
Americas: 1.046 billion (12.8%)
Europe: 763.18 million (9.3%)
Oceania: 46.46 million (0.6%)

Fastest growing and shrinking

167 countries are still growing, led by United Arab Emirates (+4.7%), Saudi Arabia (+4.6%), Oman (+4.0%) and Qatar (+3.9%). 49 are shrinking, most quickly Saint Martin (-4.7%), Marshall Islands (-3.4%), Moldova (-1.8%) and Northern Mariana Islands (-1.7%) — mostly because of low birth rates and emigration.

The most crowded countries

Among countries with more than a million people, the most densely populated are Singapore (8,329/km²), Hong Kong (7,166/km²), Bahrain (1,986/km²), Bangladesh (1,333/km²) and Palestine (878/km²).

About the data

Figures are mid-year estimates from the World Bank (based on UN population prospects and national censuses) for 2025. Territories are listed separately from the countries they belong to.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most populated country in the world?

India, with 1.464 billion people in 2025, followed by China (1.407 billion).

What are the 10 most populated countries?

India, China, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil, Bangladesh, Russia and Ethiopia.

What is the world population?

About 8.192 billion people in 2025, adding up the countries and territories in this ranking.

Which country has the smallest population?

Tuvalu — about 9,492 people.

How many countries have a shrinking population?

49 countries and territories recorded negative population growth in the latest year.