List of countries by population (United Nations)

Statistical regions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division.[1] Antarctica is omitted.

This is a list of independent countries and inhabited dependent territories by total population, based on estimates and projections published by the United Nations in the 2015 revision of World Population Prospects. Figures refer to the de facto population in a country or area projected according to the "medium fertility" scenario.

Countries and areas ranked by population in 2016
Rank Country or area UN continental
region
[1]
UN statistical
region
[1]
Population
(1 July 2016)[2]
Population
(1 July 2015)[2]
Change
World7,432,663,275 7,349,472,099 +1.1%
1  ChinaAsiaEastern Asia1,382,323,332 1,376,048,943 +0.5%
2  IndiaAsiaSouthern Asia1,326,801,576 1,311,050,527 +1.2%
3  United StatesAmericasNorthern America324,118,787 321,773,631 +0.7%
4  IndonesiaAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia260,581,100 257,563,815 +1.2%
5  BrazilAmericasSouth America209,567,920 207,847,528 +0.8%
6  PakistanAsiaSouthern Asia192,826,502 188,924,874 +2.1%
7  NigeriaAfricaWestern Africa186,987,563 182,201,962 +2.6%
8  BangladeshAsiaSouthern Asia162,910,864 160,995,642 +1.2%
9  RussiaEuropeEastern Europe143,439,832 143,456,918 0.0%
10  MexicoAmericasCentral America128,632,004 127,017,224 +1.3%
11  JapanAsiaEastern Asia126,323,715 126,573,481 −0.2%
12  PhilippinesAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia102,250,133 100,699,395 +1.5%
13  EthiopiaAfricaEastern Africa101,853,268 99,390,750 +2.5%
14  VietnamAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia94,444,200 93,447,601 +1.1%
15  EgyptAfricaNorthern Africa93,383,574 91,508,084 +2.0%
16  GermanyEuropeWestern Europe80,682,351 80,688,545 0.0%
17  IranAsiaSouthern Asia80,043,146 79,109,272 +1.2%
18  Democratic Republic of the CongoAfricaMiddle Africa79,722,624 77,266,814 +3.2%
19  TurkeyAsiaWestern Asia79,622,062 78,665,830 +1.2%
20  ThailandAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia68,146,609 67,959,359 +0.3%
21  United KingdomEuropeNorthern Europe65,111,143 64,715,810 +0.6%
22  FranceEuropeWestern Europe64,668,129 64,395,345 +0.4%
23  ItalyEuropeSouthern Europe59,801,004 59,797,685 0.0%
24  Tanzania[lower-alpha 1]AfricaEastern Africa55,155,473 53,470,420 +3.2%
25  South AfricaAfricaSouthern Africa54,978,907 54,490,406 +0.9%
26  MyanmarAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia54,363,426 53,897,154 +0.9%
27  South KoreaAsiaEastern Asia50,503,933 50,293,439 +0.4%
28  ColombiaAmericasSouth America48,654,392 48,228,704 +0.9%
29  KenyaAfricaEastern Africa47,251,449 46,050,302 +2.6%
30  SpainEuropeSouthern Europe46,064,604 46,121,699 −0.1%
31  UkraineEuropeEastern Europe44,624,373 44,823,765 −0.4%
32  ArgentinaAmericasSouth America43,847,277 43,416,755 +1.0%
33  SudanAfricaNorthern Africa41,175,541 40,234,882 +2.3%
34  AlgeriaAfricaNorthern Africa40,375,954 39,666,519 +1.8%
35  UgandaAfricaEastern Africa40,322,768 39,032,383 +3.3%
36  PolandEuropeEastern Europe38,593,161 38,611,794 0.0%
37  IraqAsiaWestern Asia37,547,686 36,423,395 +3.1%
38  CanadaAmericasNorthern America36,286,378 35,939,927 +1.0%
39  MoroccoAfricaNorthern Africa34,817,065 34,377,511 +1.3%
40  AfghanistanAsiaSouthern Asia33,369,945 32,526,562 +2.6%
41  Saudi ArabiaAsiaWestern Asia32,157,974 31,540,372 +2.0%
42  PeruAmericasSouth America31,774,225 31,376,670 +1.3%
43  VenezuelaAmericasSouth America31,518,855 31,108,083 +1.3%
44  MalaysiaAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia30,751,602 30,331,007 +1.4%
45  UzbekistanAsiaCentral Asia30,300,446 29,893,488 +1.4%
46    NepalAsiaSouthern Asia28,850,717 28,513,700 +1.2%
47  MozambiqueAfricaEastern Africa28,751,362 27,977,863 +2.8%
48  GhanaAfricaWestern Africa28,033,375 27,409,893 +2.3%
49  YemenAsiaWestern Asia27,477,600 26,832,215 +2.4%
50  AngolaAfricaMiddle Africa25,830,958 25,021,974 +3.2%
51  North KoreaAsiaEastern Asia25,281,327 25,155,317 +0.5%
52  MadagascarAfricaEastern Africa24,915,822 24,235,390 +2.8%
53  Australia[lower-alpha 2]OceaniaAustralia and New Zealand24,309,330 23,968,973 +1.4%
54  CameroonAfricaMiddle Africa23,924,407 23,344,179 +2.5%
55  Taiwan[lower-alpha 3]AsiaEastern Asia23,395,600 23,381,038 +0.1%
56  Côte d'IvoireAfricaWestern Africa23,254,184 22,701,556 +2.4%
57  Sri LankaAsiaSouthern Asia20,810,816 20,715,010 +0.5%
58  NigerAfricaWestern Africa20,715,285 19,899,120 +4.1%
59  RomaniaEuropeEastern Europe19,372,734 19,511,324 −0.7%
60  Burkina FasoAfricaWestern Africa18,633,725 18,105,570 +2.9%
61  Syrian Arab RepublicAsiaWestern Asia18,563,595 18,502,413 +0.3%
62  MaliAfricaWestern Africa18,134,835 17,599,694 +3.0%
63  ChileAmericasSouth America18,131,850 17,948,141 +1.0%
64  KazakhstanAsiaCentral Asia17,855,384 17,625,226 +1.3%
65  MalawiAfricaEastern Africa17,749,826 17,215,232 +3.1%
66  NetherlandsEuropeWestern Europe16,979,729 16,924,929 +0.3%
67  ZambiaAfricaEastern Africa16,717,332 16,211,767 +3.1%
68  GuatemalaAmericasCentral America16,672,956 16,342,897 +2.0%
69  EcuadorAmericasSouth America16,385,450 16,144,363 +1.5%
70  ZimbabweAfricaEastern Africa15,966,810 15,602,751 +2.3%
71  CambodiaAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia15,827,241 15,577,899 +1.6%
72  SenegalAfricaWestern Africa15,589,485 15,129,273 +3.0%
73  ChadAfricaMiddle Africa14,496,739 14,037,472 +3.3%
74  GuineaAfricaWestern Africa12,947,122 12,608,590 +2.7%
75  South SudanAfricaEastern Africa12,733,427 12,339,812 +3.2%
76  RwandaAfricaEastern Africa11,882,766 11,609,666 +2.4%
77  BurundiAfricaEastern Africa11,552,561 11,178,921 +3.3%
78  CubaAmericasCaribbean11,392,889 11,389,562 0.0%
79  TunisiaAfricaNorthern Africa11,375,220 11,253,554 +1.1%
80  BelgiumEuropeWestern Europe11,371,928 11,299,192 +0.6%
81  BeninAfricaWestern Africa11,166,658 10,879,829 +2.6%
82  SomaliaAfricaEastern Africa11,079,013 10,787,104 +2.7%
83  GreeceEuropeSouthern Europe10,919,459 10,954,617 −0.3%
84  BoliviaAmericasSouth America10,888,402 10,724,705 +1.5%
85  HaitiAmericasCaribbean10,848,175 10,711,067 +1.3%
86  Dominican RepublicAmericasCaribbean10,648,613 10,528,391 +1.1%
87  Czech RepublicEuropeEastern Europe10,548,058 10,543,186 0.0%
88  PortugalEuropeSouthern Europe10,304,434 10,349,803 −0.4%
89  Azerbaijan[lower-alpha 4]AsiaWestern Asia9,868,447 9,753,968 +1.2%
90  SwedenEuropeNorthern Europe9,851,852 9,779,426 +0.7%
91  HungaryEuropeEastern Europe9,821,318 9,855,023 −0.3%
92  BelarusEuropeEastern Europe9,481,521 9,495,826 −0.2%
93  United Arab EmiratesAsiaWestern Asia9,266,971 9,156,963 +1.2%
94  Serbia[lower-alpha 5]EuropeSouthern Europe8,812,705 8,850,975 −0.4%
95  TajikistanAsiaCentral Asia8,669,464 8,481,855 +2.2%
96  AustriaEuropeWestern Europe8,569,633 8,544,586 +0.3%
97   SwitzerlandEuropeWestern Europe8,379,477 8,298,663 +1.0%
98  IsraelAsiaWestern Asia8,192,463 8,064,036 +1.6%
99  HondurasAmericasCentral America8,189,501 8,075,060 +1.4%
100  Papua New GuineaOceaniaMelanesia7,776,115 7,619,321 +2.1%
101  JordanAsiaWestern Asia7,747,800 7,594,547 +2.0%
102  TogoAfricaWestern Africa7,496,833 7,304,578 +2.6%
103  Hong KongAsiaEastern Asia7,346,248 7,287,983 +0.8%
104  BulgariaEuropeEastern Europe7,097,796 7,149,787 −0.7%
105  LaosAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia6,918,367 6,802,023 +1.7%
106  ParaguayAmericasSouth America6,725,430 6,639,123 +1.3%
107  Sierra LeoneAfricaWestern Africa6,592,102 6,453,184 +2.2%
108  LibyaAfricaNorthern Africa6,330,159 6,278,438 +0.8%
109  NicaraguaAmericasCentral America6,150,035 6,082,032 +1.1%
110  El SalvadorAmericasCentral America6,146,419 6,126,583 +0.3%
111  KyrgyzstanAsiaCentral Asia6,033,769 5,939,962 +1.6%
112  LebanonAsiaWestern Asia5,988,153 5,850,743 +2.3%
113  SingaporeAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia5,696,506 5,603,740 +1.7%
114  DenmarkEuropeNorthern Europe5,690,750 5,669,081 +0.4%
115  FinlandEuropeNorthern Europe5,523,904 5,503,457 +0.4%
116  TurkmenistanAsiaCentral Asia5,438,670 5,373,502 +1.2%
117  SlovakiaEuropeEastern Europe5,429,418 5,426,258 +0.1%
118  EritreaAfricaEastern Africa5,351,680 5,227,791 +2.4%
119  NorwayEuropeNorthern Europe5,271,958 5,210,967 +1.2%
120  Central African RepublicAfricaMiddle Africa4,998,493 4,900,274 +2.0%
121  Costa RicaAmericasCentral America4,857,218 4,807,850 +1.0%
122  Palestine[lower-alpha 6]AsiaWestern Asia4,797,239 4,668,466 +2.8%
123  CongoAfricaMiddle Africa4,740,992 4,620,330 +2.6%
124  IrelandEuropeNorthern Europe4,713,993 4,688,465 +0.5%
125  OmanAsiaWestern Asia4,654,471 4,490,541 +3.7%
126  LiberiaAfricaWestern Africa4,615,222 4,503,438 +2.5%
127  New ZealandOceaniaAustralia and New Zealand4,565,185 4,528,526 +0.8%
128  CroatiaEuropeSouthern Europe4,225,001 4,240,317 −0.4%
129  MauritaniaAfricaWestern Africa4,166,463 4,067,564 +2.4%
130  Moldova[lower-alpha 7]EuropeEastern Europe4,062,862 4,068,897 −0.1%
131  KuwaitAsiaWestern Asia4,007,146 3,892,115 +3.0%
132  PanamaAmericasCentral America3,990,406 3,929,141 +1.6%
133  Georgia[lower-alpha 8]AsiaWestern Asia3,979,781 3,999,812 −0.5%
134  Bosnia and HerzegovinaEuropeSouthern Europe3,802,134 3,810,416 −0.2%
135  Puerto RicoAmericasCaribbean3,680,772 3,683,238 −0.1%
136  UruguayAmericasSouth America3,444,071 3,431,555 +0.4%
137  ArmeniaAsiaWestern Asia3,026,048 3,017,712 +0.3%
138  MongoliaAsiaEastern Asia3,006,444 2,959,134 +1.6%
139  AlbaniaEuropeSouthern Europe2,903,700 2,896,679 +0.2%
140  LithuaniaEuropeNorthern Europe2,850,030 2,878,405 −1.0%
141  JamaicaAmericasCaribbean2,803,362 2,793,335 +0.4%
142  NamibiaAfricaSouthern Africa2,513,981 2,458,830 +2.2%
143  BotswanaAfricaSouthern Africa2,303,820 2,262,485 +1.8%
144  QatarAsiaWestern Asia2,291,368 2,235,355 +2.5%
145  LesothoAfricaSouthern Africa2,160,309 2,135,022 +1.2%
146  Republic of MacedoniaEuropeSouthern Europe2,081,012 2,078,453 +0.1%
147  SloveniaEuropeSouthern Europe2,069,362 2,067,526 +0.1%
148  GambiaAfricaWestern Africa2,054,986 1,990,924 +3.2%
149  LatviaEuropeNorthern Europe1,955,742 1,970,503 −0.7%
150  Guinea-BissauAfricaWestern Africa1,888,429 1,844,325 +2.4%
151  GabonAfricaMiddle Africa1,763,142 1,725,292 +2.2%
152  BahrainAsiaWestern Asia1,396,829 1,377,237 +1.4%
153  Trinidad and TobagoAmericasCaribbean1,364,973 1,360,088 +0.4%
154  EstoniaEuropeNorthern Europe1,309,104 1,312,558 −0.3%
155  SwazilandAfricaSouthern Africa1,304,063 1,286,970 +1.3%
156  MauritiusAfricaEastern Africa1,277,459 1,273,212 +0.3%
157  Timor-LesteAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia1,211,245 1,184,765 +2.2%
158  Cyprus[lower-alpha 9]EuropeSouth-Eastern Europe1,176,598 1,165,300 +1.0%
159  DjiboutiAfricaEastern Africa899,598 887,861 +1.3%
160  FijiOceaniaMelanesia897,537 892,145 +0.6%
161  Equatorial GuineaAfricaMiddle Africa869,587 845,060 +2.9%
162  RéunionAfricaEastern Africa867,214 861,154 +0.7%
163  ComorosAfricaEastern Africa807,118 788,474 +2.4%
164  BhutanAsiaSouthern Asia784,103 774,830 +1.2%
165  GuyanaAmericasSouth America770,610 767,085 +0.5%
166  MontenegroEuropeSouthern Europe626,101 625,781 +0.1%
167  MacauAsiaEastern Asia597,126 587,606 +1.6%
168  Solomon IslandsOceaniaMelanesia594,934 583,591 +1.9%
169  Western SaharaAfricaNorthern Africa584,206 572,540 +2.0%
170  LuxembourgEuropeWestern Europe576,243 567,110 +1.6%
171  SurinameAmericasSouth America547,610 542,975 +0.9%
172  Cabo VerdeAfricaWestern Africa526,993 520,502 +1.2%
173  Guadeloupe[lower-alpha 10]AmericasCaribbean470,547 468,450 +0.4%
174  BruneiAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia428,874 423,188 +1.3%
175  MaltaEuropeSouthern Europe419,615 418,670 +0.2%
176  MartiniqueAmericasCaribbean396,364 396,425 0.0%
177  BahamasAmericasCaribbean392,718 388,019 +1.2%
178  MaldivesAsiaSouthern Asia369,812 363,657 +1.7%
179  BelizeAmericasCentral America366,942 359,287 +2.1%
180  IcelandEuropeNorthern Europe331,778 329,425 +0.7%
181  French PolynesiaOceaniaPolynesia285,735 282,764 +1.1%
182  BarbadosAmericasCaribbean285,006 284,215 +0.3%
183  French GuianaAmericasSouth America275,688 268,606 +2.6%
184  VanuatuOceaniaMelanesia270,470 264,652 +2.2%
185  New CaledoniaOceaniaMelanesia266,431 263,118 +1.3%
186  MayotteAfricaEastern Africa246,496 240,015 +2.7%
187  SamoaOceaniaPolynesia194,523 193,228 +0.7%
188  Sao Tome and PrincipeAfricaMiddle Africa194,390 190,344 +2.1%
189  Saint LuciaAmericasCaribbean186,383 184,999 +0.7%
190  GuamOceaniaMicronesia172,094 169,885 +1.3%
191  Guernsey and  JerseyEuropeNorthern Europe164,466 163,692 +0.5%
192  CuraçaoAmericasCaribbean158,635 157,203 +0.9%
193  KiribatiOceaniaMicronesia114,405 112,423 +1.8%
194  Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAmericasCaribbean109,644 109,462 +0.2%
195  GrenadaAmericasCaribbean107,327 106,825 +0.5%
196  TongaOceaniaPolynesia106,915 106,170 +0.7%
197  United States Virgin IslandsAmericasCaribbean106,415 106,291 +0.1%
198  Federated States of MicronesiaOceaniaMicronesia104,966 104,460 +0.5%
199  ArubaAmericasCaribbean104,263 103,889 +0.4%
200  SeychellesAfricaEastern Africa97,026 96,471 +0.6%
201  Antigua and BarbudaAmericasCaribbean92,738 91,818 +1.0%
202  Isle of ManEuropeNorthern Europe88,421 87,780 +0.7%
203  DominicaAmericasCaribbean73,016 72,680 +0.5%
204  AndorraEuropeSouthern Europe69,165 70,473 −1.9%
205  BermudaAmericasNorthern America61,662 62,004 −0.6%
206  Cayman IslandsAmericasCaribbean60,764 59,967 +1.3%
207  GreenlandAmericasNorthern America56,196 56,186 0.0%
208  Saint Kitts and NevisAmericasCaribbean56,183 55,572 +1.1%
209  American SamoaOceaniaPolynesia55,602 55,538 +0.1%
210  Northern Mariana IslandsOceaniaMicronesia55,389 55,070 +0.6%
211  Marshall IslandsOceaniaMicronesia53,069 52,993 +0.1%
212  Faroe IslandsEuropeNorthern Europe48,239 48,199 +0.1%
213  Sint MaartenAmericasCaribbean39,538 38,745 +2.0%
214  MonacoEuropeWestern Europe37,863 37,731 +0.3%
215  LiechtensteinEuropeWestern Europe37,776 37,531 +0.7%
216  Turks and Caicos IslandsAmericasCaribbean34,904 34,339 +1.6%
217  GibraltarEuropeSouthern Europe32,373 32,217 +0.5%
218  San MarinoEuropeSouthern Europe31,950 31,781 +0.5%
219  British Virgin IslandsAmericasCaribbean30,659 30,117 +1.8%
220  Caribbean Netherlands[lower-alpha 11]AmericasCaribbean25,328 24,861 +1.9%
221  PalauOceaniaMicronesia21,501 21,291 +1.0%
222  Cook IslandsOceaniaPolynesia20,948 20,833 +0.6%
223  AnguillaAmericasCaribbean14,763 14,614 +1.0%
224  Wallis and FutunaOceaniaPolynesia13,112 13,151 −0.3%
225  NauruOceaniaMicronesia10,263 10,222 +0.4%
226  TuvaluOceaniaPolynesia9,943 9,916 +0.3%
227  Saint Pierre and MiquelonAmericasNorthern America6,301 6,288 +0.2%
228  MontserratAmericasCaribbean5,154 5,125 +0.6%
229  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaAfricaWestern Africa3,956 3,961 −0.1%
230  Falkland IslandsAmericasSouth America2,912 2,903 +0.3%
231  NiueOceaniaPolynesia1,612 1,610 +0.1%
232  TokelauOceaniaPolynesia1,276 1,250 +2.1%
233   Vatican City[lower-alpha 12]EuropeSouthern Europe801 800 +0.1%

Notes

  1. Including Zanzibar.
  2. Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
  3. Listed under "Other non-specified areas."
  4. Including Nagorno-Karabakh.
  5. Including Kosovo.
  6. Including East Jerusalem.
  7. Including Transnistria.
  8. Including Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
  9. Including Northern Cyprus.
  10. Including Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin.
  11. Refers to Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius.
  12. Listed as "Holy See."

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects, the 2015 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. July 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Total Population - Both Sexes". World Population Prospects, the 2015 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. July 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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