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The Most Populated Countries in the World

How many people are in the world and where do they live? The total number of humans as of 2020 is 7,524,090,000. And most of them live in Asia with the most populous independent state being China. The rapid growth of population in this region began from the 1950s. As a result, now 5 places in the top 10 are occupied by Asian countries. All other continents are represented only by one or two countries: the USA and Mexico (North America), Brazil (South America), Russia is from Europe (since most of the populace lives in the European part), and Nigeria (Africa).

List of The Most Populated Countries in the World

Rank Country Population
1  China 1,366,990,000
2  India 1,260,160,000
3  United States 318,816,000
4  Indonesia 252,164,800
5  Brazil 203,212,000
6  Pakistan 188,020,000
7  Nigeria 178,517,000
8  Bangladesh 157,047,000
9  Russia 146,149,200
10  Japan 127,040,000
11  Mexico 119,713,203
12  Philippines 100,311,400
13  Vietnam 89,708,900
14  Ethiopia 87,952,991
15  Egypt 87,225,200
16  Germany 80,781,000
17  Iran 77,775,100
18  Turkey 76,667,864
19 Congo 69,360,000
20  France 65,991,000
21  Thailand 64,871,000
22  United Kingdom 64,105,654
23  Italy 60,780,377
24  South Africa 54,002,000
25  Burma 51,419,420
26  South Korea 50,423,955
27  Colombia 47,794,500
28  Spain 46,507,800
29  Tanzania 44,928,923
30  Ukraine 42,981,850
31  Argentina 42,669,500
32  Kenya 41,800,000
33  Algeria 38,700,000
34  Poland 38,496,000
35  Sudan 37,289,406
36  Iraq 36,004,552
37  Canada 35,540,419
38  Uganda 35,357,000
39  Morocco 33,389,800
40  Peru 30,814,175
41  Saudi Arabia 30,770,375
42  Uzbekistan 30,492,800
43  Malaysia 30,352,200
44  Venezuela 30,206,307
45  Ghana 27,043,093
46    Nepal 26,494,504
47  Afghanistan 26,023,100
48  Yemen 25,956,000
49  Mozambique 25,041,922
50  North Korea 25,027,000
51  Australia 23,612,700
52  Taiwan 23,404,243
53  Ivory Coast 23,202,000
54  Syria 21,987,000
55  Madagascar 21,263,403
56  Cameroon 20,386,799
57  Sri Lanka 20,277,597
58  Romania 19,942,642
59  Angola 19,813,179
60  Chile 17,819,054
61  Burkina Faso 17,322,796
62  Kazakhstan 17,309,000
63  Niger 17,138,707
64  Netherlands 16,869,900
65  Ecuador 15,834,700
66  Guatemala 15,806,675
67  Malawi 15,805,239
68  Mali 15,768,000
69  Cambodia 15,184,116
70  Zambia 15,023,315
71  Senegal 13,508,715
72  Chad 13,211,000
73  Zimbabwe 13,061,239
74  South Sudan 11,384,393
75  Belgium 11,207,699
76  Cuba 11,167,325
77  Rwanda 10,996,891
78  Greece 10,992,589
79  Tunisia 10,982,754
80  Somalia 10,806,000
81  Haiti 10,745,665
82  Guinea 10,628,972
83  Czech Republic 10,521,600
84  Portugal 10,477,800
85  Dominican Republic 10,378,267
86  Bolivia 10,027,254
87  Benin 9,988,068
88  Hungary 9,879,000
89  Sweden 9,705,005
90  Azerbaijan 9,477,100
91  Belarus 9,469,200
92  United Arab Emirates 9,446,000
93  Burundi 9,420,248
94  Honduras 8,725,111
95  Austria 8,527,230
96  Israel 8,222,700
97   Switzerland 8,183,800
98  Tajikistan 8,161,000
99  Papua New Guinea 7,398,500
100  Bulgaria 7,245,677
101  Hong Kong 7,234,800
102  Serbia 7,146,759
103  Togo 6,993,000
104  Paraguay 6,893,727
105  Laos 6,693,300
106  Jordan 6,636,770
107  Eritrea 6,536,000
108  El Salvador 6,401,240
109  Libya 6,253,000
110  Sierra Leone 6,205,000
111  Nicaragua 6,071,045
112  Kyrgyzstan 5,842,600
113  Denmark 5,639,719
114  Singapore 5,469,700
115  Finland 5,462,939
116  Slovakia 5,415,949
117  Turkmenistan 5,307,000
118  Norway 5,137,679
119  Central African Republic 4,709,000
120  Costa Rica 4,667,096
121  Ireland 4,609,600
122  Republic of the Congo 4,559,000
123  Palestine 4,550,368
124  New Zealand 4,530,260
125  Georgia[16] 4,490,500
126  Liberia 4,397,000
127  Croatia 4,267,558
128  Oman 4,061,083
129  Lebanon 4,036,000
130  Bosnia 3,791,622
131  Panama 3,713,312
132  Puerto Rico 3,615,086
133  Moldova 3,557,600
134  Mauritania 3,545,620
135  Uruguay 3,404,189
136  Kuwait 3,065,850
137  Armenia 3,009,800
138  Mongolia 2,974,629
139  Lithuania 2,928,897
140  Albania 2,895,947
141  Jamaica 2,717,991
142  Namibia 2,113,077
143  Lesotho 2,098,000
144  Qatar 2,077,357
145  Macedonia 2,065,769
146  Slovenia 2,064,108
147  Botswana 2,024,904
148  Latvia 1,993,300
149  Gambia 1,882,450
150  Kosovo 1,859,203
151  Guinea-Bissau 1,746,000
152  Gabon 1,711,000
153  Equatorial Guinea 1,622,000
154  Trinidad and Tobago 1,328,019
155  Estonia 1,315,819
156  Swaziland 1,268,000
157  Mauritius 1,261,208
158  Bahrain 1,234,571
159  Timor-Leste 1,212,107
160  Djibouti 886,000
161  Fiji 859,178
162  Cyprus 858,000
163  Réunion (France) 840,974
164  Guyana 784,894
165  Comoros 763,952
166  Bhutan 752,220
167  Montenegro 620,029
168  Macau (China) 614,500
169  Western Sahara 586,000
170  Solomon Islands 581,344
171  Luxembourg 549,700
172  Suriname 534,189
173  Cape Verde 518,467
174  Transnistria 505,153
175  Malta 416,055
176  Guadeloupe 405,739
177  Brunei 393,372
178  Martinique (France) 386,486
179  Bahamas 368,390
180  Belize 349,728
181  Maldives 341,848
182  Iceland 327,050
183  Northern Cyprus 294,906
184  Barbados 285,000
185  French Polynesia 268,270
186  Vanuatu 264,652
187  New Caledonia 258,958
188  Abkhazia 240,705
189  French Guiana 237,549
190  Mayotte 212,645
191  Samoa 187,820
192  São Tomé and Príncipe 187,356
193  Saint Lucia 184,000
194  Guam (USA) 159,358
195  Curaçao 150,563
196  Saint Vincent 109,000
197  Kiribati 106,461
198  Virgin Islands 106,405
199  Grenada 103,328
200  Tonga 103,252
201  Aruba 101,484
202 Micronesia 101,351
203  Jersey (UK) 99,000
204  Seychelles 90,945
205  Antigua and Barbuda 86,295
206  Isle of Man 84,497
207  Andorra 76,098
208  Dominica 71,293
209  Bermuda 64,237
210  Guernsey 63,085
211  Greenland 56,483
212  Marshall Islands 56,086
213  American Samoa 55,519
214  Cayman Islands 55,456
215  Saint Kitts and Nevis 55,000
216  Northern Mariana Islands 53,883
217  South Ossetia 51,547
218  Faroe Islands 48,456
219  Sint Maarten 37,429
220  Liechtenstein 37,132
221  Saint Martin 36,979
222  Monaco 36,950
223  San Marino 33,698
224  Turks and Caicos Islands 31,458
225  Gibraltar (UK) 30,001
226  British Virgin Islands 29,537
227  Åland Islands 28,502
228  Caribbean Netherlands 23,296
229  Palau 20,901
230  Cook Islands (NZ) 14,974
231  Anguilla (UK) 13,452
232  Wallis and Futuna 13,135
233  Tuvalu 11,323
234  Nauru 10,084
235  Saint Barthélemy 8,938
236  Saint Pierre 6,081
237  Montserrat (UK) 4,922
238  Saint Helena 4,000
239  Falkland Islands (UK) 3,000
240  Svalbard and Jan Mayen 2,655
241  Norfolk Island 2,302
242  Christmas Island 2,072
243  Niue (NZ) 1,613
244  Tokelau (NZ) 1,411
245   Vatican City 839
246  Cocos  Islands 596
247  Pitcairn Islands (UK) 56

What are the 10 countries with the largest population?

Ten Countries with the Highest Population in the World. are China, India, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Brazil, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia and Mexico.

What is the world population ?
7.8 billion
The world population is projected to reach 9.9 billion by 2050, an increase of more than 25% from the current 2022 population of 7.8 billion. Total fertility rates are below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman in 91 countries and territories, mostly in Asia and Europe, as well as in the United States

How many countries are there in ?
Countries in the World: There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.

Which country has the smallest population ?

10 Smallest Countries in the World by Population in

  • Vatican City (1000 residents)
  • Nauru (10,670 residents)
  • Tuvalu (11,192 residents)
  • Palau (21,097 residents)
  • San Marino (33,562 residents)
  • Liechtenstein (37,877)
  • Monaco (38,682 residents)
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis (53,000 residents)
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