Countries of the world by population (2026)

236 countries and territories ranked by population, with yearly change, density, median age and world share. Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024.

#	Country	Population 2026	Yearly change	Net change	Density (P/km²)	Median age	Fertility	World share
1	India	1,476,625,576	+0.86%	+12,760,052	497	30.2	1.93	17.8%
2	China	1,412,914,088	-0.22%	-3,182,005	150	41.7	1.03	17.0%
3	United States	349,035,494	+0.49%	+1,759,687	38	39.7	1.62	4.21%
4	Indonesia	287,886,782	+0.74%	+2,165,547	152	31.7	2.08	3.47%
5	Pakistan	259,299,792	+1.59%	+4,080,237	336	21.8	3.44	3.12%
6	Nigeria	242,431,832	+2.03%	+4,904,050	266	19.4	4.2	2.92%
7	Brazil	213,562,666	+0.34%	+750,261	26	36.2	1.59	2.57%
8	Bangladesh	177,818,044	+1.19%	+2,131,145	1,366	27.3	2.09	2.14%
9	Russia	143,394,458	-0.23%	-602,935	9	41.7	1.47	1.73%
10	Ethiopia	138,902,185	+2.48%	+3,430,134	124	20.3	3.72	1.67%
11	Mexico	132,997,658	+0.78%	+1,050,758	68	31.0	1.85	1.60%
12	Japan	122,427,731	-0.56%	-675,748	336	51.2	1.23	1.48%
13	Egypt	120,101,176	+1.44%	+1,735,181	121	25.7	2.68	1.45%
14	Philippines	117,724,472	+0.79%	+937,509	395	27.6	1.86	1.42%
15	DR Congo	116,452,162	+3.13%	+3,619,689	51	16.9	5.8	1.40%
16	Vietnam	102,177,431	+0.55%	+578,904	326	34.9	1.86	1.23%
17	Iran	93,168,498	+0.76%	+750,817	57	35.5	1.66	1.12%
18	Türkiye	87,926,082	+0.30%	+240,656	114	34.9	1.62	1.06%
19	Germany	83,644,258	-0.23%	-430,817	239	46.7	1.46	1.01%
20	Tanzania	72,563,780	+2.79%	+2,017,915	82	18.6	4.41	0.874%
21	Thailand	71,559,614	-0.09%	-60,249	140	42.0	1.19	0.862%
22	United Kingdom	69,931,528	+0.52%	+380,197	289	41.2	1.53	0.842%
23	France	66,746,400	+0.14%	+95,596	124	43.5	1.64	0.804%
24	South Africa	65,453,084	+1.05%	+705,765	54	29.9	2.17	0.789%
25	Italy	58,926,166	-0.39%	-220,094	199	49.6	1.22	0.710%
26	Kenya	58,636,412	+1.89%	+1,103,919	101	21.3	3.07	0.706%
27	Myanmar	55,184,819	+0.59%	+334,171	85	31.4	2.06	0.665%
28	Colombia	53,936,226	+0.92%	+510,591	49	34.0	1.6	0.650%
29	Sudan	53,282,718	+3.03%	+1,620,571	29	19.8	4.13	0.642%
30	Uganda	52,761,470	+2.62%	+1,376,575	263	18.1	3.97	0.636%
31	South Korea	51,600,388	-0.14%	-66,641	529	47.2	0.76	0.622%
32	Algeria	48,028,334	+1.20%	+593,022	20	29.8	2.62	0.579%
33	Iraq	48,007,437	+2.05%	+986,663	111	22.1	3.13	0.578%
34	Spain	47,850,792	-0.10%	-39,165	96	47.3	1.24	0.576%
35	Argentina	46,003,734	+0.33%	+152,356	17	34.3	1.51	0.554%
36	Afghanistan	45,047,068	+2.71%	+1,202,957	69	18.4	4.56	0.543%
37	Yemen	42,961,653	+2.76%	+1,187,775	81	19.5	4.33	0.518%
38	Canada	40,467,728	+0.79%	+341,005	5	41.8	1.33	0.488%
39	Angola	40,215,180	+2.95%	+1,175,141	32	17.7	4.89	0.484%
40	Ukraine	39,535,848	-0.74%	+555,472	68	42.8	1.0	0.476%
41	Morocco	38,762,441	+0.84%	+331,671	87	31.1	2.16	0.467%
42	Poland	37,843,188	-0.38%	-297,721	124	44.0	1.31	0.456%
43	Uzbekistan	37,724,222	+1.75%	+670,795	86	28.0	3.4	0.454%
44	Mozambique	36,639,850	+2.79%	+1,008,198	47	17.6	4.54	0.441%
45	Malaysia	36,385,114	+1.10%	+407,276	111	32.4	1.52	0.438%
46	Ghana	35,697,557	+1.77%	+633,285	157	22.6	3.26	0.430%
47	Saudi Arabia	35,165,787	+1.69%	+599,459	16	30.7	2.27	0.424%
48	Peru	34,922,148	+0.97%	+345,483	27	31.5	1.92	0.421%
49	Madagascar	33,522,052	+2.34%	+781,374	58	20.4	3.78	0.404%
50	Côte d'Ivoire	33,494,346	+2.34%	+782,799	105	19.5	4.1	0.404%
51	Cameroon	30,640,816	+2.49%	+761,480	65	19.2	4.12	0.369%
52	Nepal	29,629,410	+0.14%	+11,292	207	26.7	1.92	0.357%
53	Niger	28,814,878	+3.13%	+897,047	23	16.7	5.64	0.347%
54	Venezuela	28,633,710	+0.42%	+116,815	32	30.5	2.04	0.345%
55	Australia	27,227,096	+0.91%	+253,070	4	39.5	1.64	0.328%
56	North Korea	26,633,691	+0.22%	+62,655	221	37.8	1.75	0.321%
57	Syria	26,472,497	+3.04%	+852,071	144	24.8	2.62	0.319%
58	Mali	25,932,275	+2.85%	+733,454	21	16.9	5.33	0.312%
59	Burkina Faso	24,601,700	+2.15%	+527,120	90	19.0	3.91	0.296%
60	Sri Lanka	23,348,315	+0.50%	+118,844	377	34.6	1.93	0.281%
61	Taiwan	23,011,292	-0.44%	-101,501	636	46.4	0.86	0.277%
62	Malawi	22,785,535	+2.53%	+569,415	242	19.4	3.45	0.275%
63	Zambia	22,521,916	+2.72%	+608,041	30	19.2	3.91	0.271%
64	Chad	21,560,380	+2.60%	+556,675	17	16.7	5.84	0.260%
65	Kazakhstan	21,083,626	+1.11%	+239,872	8	30.7	2.92	0.254%
66	Somalia	20,305,907	+3.24%	+651,168	32	16.6	5.8	0.245%
67	Chile	19,945,850	+0.41%	+85,929	27	38.4	1.12	0.240%
68	Senegal	19,366,548	+2.26%	+434,582	101	20.8	3.66	0.233%
69	Guatemala	18,967,978	+1.47%	+280,096	177	24.8	2.23	0.229%
70	Romania	18,800,604	-0.58%	-108,046	82	44.4	1.71	0.226%
71	Netherlands	18,448,776	+0.51%	+101,957	548	42.5	1.44	0.222%
72	Ecuador	18,444,506	+0.84%	+154,610	74	30.7	1.78	0.222%
73	Cambodia	18,051,220	+1.10%	+203,238	102	27.4	2.49	0.217%
74	Zimbabwe	17,273,580	+1.88%	+322,785	45	19.3	3.57	0.208%
75	Guinea	15,441,992	+2.21%	+342,265	63	19.5	3.96	0.186%
76	Benin	15,170,420	+2.36%	+355,960	135	19.2	4.34	0.183%
77	Rwanda	14,889,693	+2.12%	+320,352	627	21.2	3.54	0.179%
78	Burundi	14,729,157	+2.31%	+339,154	574	17.6	4.57	0.177%
79	Bolivia	12,749,291	+1.31%	+167,448	12	26.5	2.47	0.154%
80	South Sudan	12,436,037	+2.02%	+247,249	20	20.0	3.63	0.150%
81	Tunisia	12,415,138	+0.52%	+66,566	80	34.4	1.79	0.150%
82	Haiti	12,037,506	+1.08%	+131,410	437	25.3	2.55	0.145%
83	Belgium	11,774,642	+0.12%	+16,039	386	43.1	1.4	0.142%
84	Dominican Republic	11,609,500	+0.75%	+89,013	241	29.7	2.17	0.140%
85	Jordan	11,589,532	+2.12%	+68,848	131	25.9	2.54	0.140%
86	United Arab Emirates	11,574,682	+1.69%	+228,682	163	32.6	1.21	0.139%
87	Honduras	11,184,760	+1.59%	+178,910	100	25.6	2.42	0.135%
88	Tajikistan	10,978,598	+1.74%	+191,865	79	23.4	2.96	0.132%
89	Papua New Guinea	10,947,848	+1.68%	+185,031	24	24.0	2.99	0.132%
90	Cuba	10,892,659	-0.42%	-44,544	105	43.5	1.45	0.131%
91	Sweden	10,701,046	+0.39%	+44,414	26	41.5	1.44	0.129%
92	Czechia	10,527,780	-0.20%	-81,459	136	45.3	1.47	0.127%
93	Azerbaijan	10,454,855	+0.53%	+57,142	126	35.1	1.66	0.126%
94	Portugal	10,395,362	-0.16%	-16,471	113	48.2	1.52	0.125%
95	Togo	9,930,918	+2.13%	+209,311	183	20.2	4.01	0.120%
96	Greece	9,897,116	-0.43%	-41,729	77	48.1	1.34	0.119%
97	Israel	9,647,689	+1.36%	+130,508	446	30.3	2.73	0.116%
98	Hungary	9,585,818	-0.34%	-46,469	105	45.1	1.5	0.115%
99	Austria	9,107,266	-0.07%	-6,308	110	44.9	1.34	0.110%
100	Switzerland	9,007,798	+0.42%	+40,391	228	44.2	1.45	0.109%
101	Sierra Leone	8,996,744	+1.96%	+176,951	125	20.9	3.53	0.108%
102	Belarus	8,937,018	-0.69%	-60,585	44	42.8	1.23	0.108%
103	Laos	7,974,018	+1.25%	+100,972	35	26.3	2.33	0.096%
104	Turkmenistan	7,736,632	+1.48%	+117,784	16	28.3	2.6	0.093%
105	Libya	7,539,852	+1.12%	+81,297	4	29.0	2.21	0.091%
106	Kyrgyzstan	7,400,464	+1.40%	+105,430	39	26.5	2.72	0.089%
107	Hong Kong	7,378,602	-0.46%	-17,474	7,027	48.9	0.75	0.089%
108	Nicaragua	7,097,329	+1.25%	+89,827	59	27.3	2.16	0.086%
109	Paraguay	7,095,280	+1.15%	+82,202	18	28.3	2.37	0.085%
110	Bulgaria	6,667,660	-0.73%	-46,900	61	46.0	1.74	0.080%
111	Serbia	6,641,964	-0.66%	-47,075	76	45.7	1.51	0.080%
112	Republic of the Congo	6,637,786	+2.33%	+153,349	19	19.7	3.99	0.080%
113	El Salvador	6,391,254	+0.40%	+25,751	308	29.4	1.74	0.077%
114	Denmark	6,023,520	+0.31%	+21,014	151	42.3	1.52	0.073%
115	Singapore	5,905,748	+0.56%	+34,998	8,148	37.8	0.97	0.071%
116	Lebanon	5,897,466	+0.84%	+48,046	576	30.0	2.19	0.071%
117	Liberia	5,853,949	+2.18%	+122,743	61	20.0	3.71	0.071%
118	Central African Republic	5,698,984	+3.28%	+185,702	9	15.6	5.69	0.069%
119	Palestine	5,692,790	+1.90%	+103,167	945	21.3	3.13	0.069%
120	Oman	5,671,458	+2.82%	+176,767	18	30.8	2.44	0.068%
121	Norway	5,652,988	+0.37%	+29,918	16	41.1	1.42	0.068%
122	Finland	5,621,738	-0.08%	-1,591	18	44.4	1.3	0.068%
123	Mauritania	5,461,319	+2.69%	+146,254	5	18.5	4.48	0.066%
124	Slovakia	5,451,342	-0.16%	-23,539	113	43.8	1.57	0.066%
125	Ireland	5,356,950	+0.88%	+48,911	78	40.2	1.6	0.065%
126	New Zealand	5,287,479	+0.65%	+35,580	20	39.0	1.64	0.064%
127	Costa Rica	5,174,789	+0.41%	+21,839	102	36.7	1.31	0.062%
128	Kuwait	5,102,773	+1.39%	+76,695	286	35.8	1.49	0.061%
129	Panama	4,625,718	+1.17%	+54,529	62	31.6	2.07	0.056%
130	Croatia	3,822,345	-0.66%	-25,815	68	46.5	1.47	0.046%
131	Georgia	3,804,642	-0.06%	-2,029	55	38.6	1.78	0.046%
132	Eritrea	3,682,669	+2.07%	+75,666	30	20.5	3.55	0.044%
133	Mongolia	3,556,798	+1.09%	+39,698	2	28.0	2.54	0.043%
134	Uruguay	3,382,537	-0.07%	-2,151	19	37.7	1.38	0.041%
135	Puerto Rico	3,222,688	-0.47%	-12,602	363	47.2	0.94	0.039%
136	Qatar	3,173,560	+1.65%	+57,671	276	34.4	1.69	0.038%
137	Namibia	3,153,246	+1.89%	+60,430	4	22.5	3.13	0.038%
138	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,114,242	-0.84%	-25,854	61	47.1	1.5	0.038%
139	Moldova	2,961,254	-0.98%	-34,852	90	40.1	1.72	0.036%
140	Armenia	2,930,915	-0.72%	-21,450	104	38.2	1.71	0.035%
141	Gambia	2,884,080	+2.15%	+61,986	285	19.8	3.7	0.035%
142	Jamaica	2,833,404	-0.16%	-3,674	262	34.3	1.33	0.034%
143	Lithuania	2,797,338	-0.82%	-32,806	45	43.6	1.22	0.034%
144	Albania	2,751,025	-0.74%	-20,483	100	38.8	1.32	0.033%
145	Gabon	2,647,400	+2.05%	+54,270	10	22.6	3.49	0.032%
146	Botswana	2,603,388	+1.60%	+41,266	5	24.7	2.63	0.031%
147	Lesotho	2,389,336	+1.09%	+26,011	79	23.1	2.61	0.029%
148	Guinea-Bissau	2,297,808	+2.10%	+48,293	82	20.6	3.62	0.028%
149	Slovenia	2,114,574	-0.13%	-2,499	105	46.0	1.58	0.025%
150	Equatorial Guinea	1,984,468	+2.32%	+46,037	71	21.9	3.95	0.024%
151	Latvia	1,835,934	-0.78%	-17,624	30	44.8	1.35	0.022%
152	North Macedonia	1,804,062	-0.56%	-9,728	72	42.4	1.47	0.022%
153	Bahrain	1,675,572	+1.81%	+32,241	2,094	34.4	1.77	0.020%
154	Kosovo	1,666,992	-0.31%	-7,133	153	34.2	1.52	0.020%
155	Trinidad and Tobago	1,513,268	+0.10%	+2,113	295	39.2	1.52	0.018%
156	Timor-Leste	1,436,923	+1.31%	+18,406	97	23.1	2.5	0.017%
157	Cyprus	1,382,334	+0.80%	+11,581	150	40.1	1.37	0.017%
158	Estonia	1,331,062	-0.53%	-13,170	31	44.2	1.38	0.016%
159	Eswatini	1,269,858	+1.08%	+13,685	74	23.7	2.64	0.015%
160	Mauritius	1,265,058	-0.27%	-3,221	633	39.3	1.21	0.015%
161	Djibouti	1,199,460	+1.31%	+15,383	52	26.2	2.54	0.014%
162	Fiji	937,282	+0.43%	+4,127	51	29.3	2.23	0.011%
163	Comoros	899,010	+1.79%	+16,163	481	21.7	3.71	0.011%
164	Réunion	886,298	+0.45%	+3,893	353	39.4	2.12	0.011%
165	Solomon Islands	858,288	+2.30%	+19,642	31	21.9	3.42	0.010%
166	Guyana	840,890	+0.58%	+4,904	4	27.5	2.35	0.010%
167	Bhutan	802,214	+0.70%	+5,533	21	32.0	1.43	0.010%
168	Macau	723,188	+0.23%	+1,182	21,717	41.3	0.7	<0.01%
169	Luxembourg	687,448	+0.99%	+6,995	267	40.7	1.41	<0.01%
170	Suriname	645,256	+0.83%	+5,406	4	29.9	2.19	<0.01%
171	Montenegro	626,233	-0.54%	-6,496	47	41.4	1.79	<0.01%
172	Western Sahara	610,813	+1.58%	+9,909	2	33.8	2.13	<0.01%
173	Malta	549,011	+0.37%	+3,606	1,742	42.5	1.12	<0.01%
174	Maldives	531,517	+0.35%	+1,841	1,784	34.4	1.53	<0.01%
175	Cape Verde	529,630	+0.42%	+2,304	131	30.5	1.49	<0.01%
176	Brunei	469,775	+0.72%	+3,444	89	34.2	1.7	<0.01%
177	Belize	428,644	+1.33%	+5,721	19	28.3	1.99	<0.01%
178	Bahamas	404,628	+0.38%	+1,596	40	36.7	1.36	<0.01%
179	Iceland	402,329	+0.92%	+4,063	4	37.6	1.49	<0.01%
180	Guadeloupe	372,453	-0.36%	-1,338	229	48.4	2.04	<0.01%
181	Mayotte	347,536	+3.04%	+10,525	929	18.3	4.43	<0.01%
182	Vanuatu	342,564	+2.16%	+7,395	28	21.4	3.5	<0.01%
183	Martinique	337,711	-0.80%	-2,728	299	51.2	1.95	<0.01%
184	French Guiana	318,871	+1.65%	+5,206	4	25.9	3.25	<0.01%
185	New Caledonia	297,892	+0.83%	+2,559	16	35.8	1.93	<0.01%
186	French Polynesia	283,076	+0.21%	+611	80	37.7	1.47	<0.01%
187	Barbados	282,724	+0.03%	+101	656	40.7	1.7	<0.01%
188	São Tomé and Príncipe	244,994	+1.94%	+4,740	255	20.7	3.47	<0.01%
189	Samoa	220,528	+0.56%	+1,221	79	20.8	3.7	<0.01%
190	Curaçao	185,440	-0.03%	-46	418	40.0	1.07	<0.01%
191	Saint Lucia	180,488	+0.17%	+339	296	36.1	1.37	<0.01%
192	Guam	170,185	+0.69%	+1,186	315	32.6	2.68	<0.01%
193	Kiribati	138,445	+1.41%	+1,957	171	24.0	3.06	<0.01%
194	Seychelles	134,959	+1.53%	+2,180	295	35.6	2.06	<0.01%
195	Grenada	117,362	+0.03%	+59	341	35.9	1.45	<0.01%
196	Micronesia	114,182	+0.43%	+500	163	24.5	2.67	<0.01%
197	Aruba	108,164	-0.02%	+16	601	42.7	1.61	<0.01%
198	Jersey	104,106	+0.10%	+117	897	44.9	1.38	<0.01%
199	Tonga	103,291	-0.43%	-451	143	22.0	3.04	<0.01%
200	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,244	-0.68%	-680	255	35.7	1.73	<0.01%
201	Antigua and Barbuda	94,626	+0.43%	+417	215	37.7	1.57	<0.01%
202	Isle of Man	84,054	-0.08%	-64	147	47.3	1.53	<0.01%
203	Andorra	83,753	+0.96%	+849	179	45.2	1.11	<0.01%
204	United States Virgin Islands	83,400	-0.89%	-738	240	45.9	2.05	<0.01%
205	Cayman Islands	77,196	+1.73%	+1,352	322	40.1	1.5	<0.01%
206	Dominica	65,511	-0.53%	-361	87	37.6	1.46	<0.01%
207	Guernsey	64,610	+0.15%	+133	828	45.5	1.37	<0.01%
208	Bermuda	64,459	-0.15%	-96	1,194	47.4	1.42	<0.01%
209	Faroe Islands	56,526	+0.87%	+525	41	38.1	2.19	<0.01%
210	Greenland	55,628	-0.23%	-116	0	36.5	1.9	<0.01%
211	Turks and Caicos Islands	47,148	+0.58%	+294	50	40.6	1.43	<0.01%
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,992	+0.13%	+70	180	37.5	1.5	<0.01%
213	American Samoa	45,318	-1.54%	-710	228	30.1	2.22	<0.01%
214	Sint Maarten	44,447	+1.11%	+524	1,307	43.0	1.42	<0.01%
215	Northern Mariana Islands	42,914	-1.30%	-626	94	39.8	2.24	<0.01%
216	Gibraltar	40,866	+1.73%	+741	4,087	39.8	1.88	<0.01%
217	Liechtenstein	40,368	+0.57%	+240	252	45.7	1.54	<0.01%
218	British Virgin Islands	39,936	+0.44%	+204	264	40.1	1.07	<0.01%
219	Monaco	38,087	-0.58%	-254	18,276	54.1	2.08	<0.01%
220	Marshall Islands	35,075	-3.28%	-1,207	194	21.5	2.77	<0.01%
221	San Marino	33,605	+0.09%	+32	549	50.1	1.17	<0.01%
222	Caribbean Netherlands	31,913	+1.65%	+575	97	40.7	1.44	<0.01%
223	Saint Martin	23,898	-4.16%	-1,043	451	44.9	2.59	<0.01%
224	Palau	17,614	-0.30%	-48	38	39.9	1.84	<0.01%
225	Anguilla	14,817	+0.47%	+89	163	40.1	1.34	<0.01%
226	Cook Islands	12,826	-3.26%	-437	54	39.1	1.97	<0.01%
227	Nauru	12,102	+0.64%	+76	576	21.2	3.2	<0.01%
228	Saint Barthélemy	11,550	+1.05%	+136	550	40.1	0.84	<0.01%
229	Wallis and Futuna	11,113	-0.72%	-81	78	39.6	1.39	<0.01%
230	Tuvalu	9,362	-1.24%	-130	360	25.1	3.1	<0.01%
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,514	-1.14%	-60	23	48.6	1.28	<0.01%
232	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	5,148	-1.15%	-49	13	52.0	1.64	<0.01%
233	Montserrat	4,328	-0.83%	-31	42	42.8	1.45	<0.01%
234	Falkland Islands	3,465	-0.12%	-4	0	44.4	1.69	<0.01%
235	Tokelau	2,691	+2.60%	+83	224	28.6	2.54	<0.01%
236	Niue	1,822	+0.33%	+2	7	36.1	2.44	<0.01%