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Countries by Population.
Every country and territory ranked by population, with the 2025 world total.
This list of countries by population uses World Bank data for 2025. The world had about 8.2 billion people, and India (1.46 billion) and China (1.41 billion) together held almost 35% of them. The table ranks every country, with its share of the world total in percent.
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World population, 2025
8,215,424,893
Most populated country
India: 1,463,865,525
Countries and territories
217
| Rank | Country | Population 2025 | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1,463,865,525 | 17.819% |
| 2 | China | 1,406,585,000 | 17.121% |
| 3 | United States | 341,784,857 | 4.160% |
| 4 | Indonesia | 285,721,236 | 3.478% |
| 5 | Pakistan | 255,219,554 | 3.107% |
| 6 | Nigeria | 237,527,782 | 2.891% |
| 7 | Brazil | 212,812,405 | 2.590% |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 175,686,899 | 2.139% |
| 9 | Russia | 143,513,328 | 1.747% |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 135,472,051 | 1.649% |
| 11 | Mexico | 131,946,900 | 1.606% |
| 12 | Japan | 123,366,734 | 1.502% |
| 13 | Egypt | 118,365,995 | 1.441% |
| 14 | Philippines | 116,786,962 | 1.422% |
| 15 | DR Congo | 112,832,473 | 1.373% |
| 16 | Vietnam | 101,598,527 | 1.237% |
| 17 | Iran | 92,417,681 | 1.125% |
| 18 | Türkiye | 85,878,556 | 1.045% |
| 19 | Germany | 83,491,249 | 1.016% |
| 20 | Thailand | 71,619,863 | 0.872% |
| 21 | Tanzania | 70,545,865 | 0.859% |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 69,487,000 | 0.846% |
| 23 | France | 68,720,337 | 0.836% |
| 24 | South Africa | 64,747,319 | 0.788% |
| 25 | Italy | 58,915,656 | 0.717% |
| 26 | Kenya | 57,532,493 | 0.700% |
| 27 | Myanmar | 54,850,648 | 0.668% |
| 28 | Colombia | 53,425,635 | 0.650% |
| 29 | South Korea | 51,684,564 | 0.629% |
| 30 | Sudan | 51,662,147 | 0.629% |
| 31 | Uganda | 51,384,894 | 0.625% |
| 32 | Spain | 49,355,143 | 0.601% |
| 33 | Algeria | 47,435,312 | 0.577% |
| 34 | Iraq | 47,020,774 | 0.572% |
| 35 | Argentina | 45,851,378 | 0.558% |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 43,844,111 | 0.534% |
| 37 | Yemen | 41,773,878 | 0.508% |
| 38 | Canada | 41,651,653 | 0.507% |
| 39 | Angola | 39,040,039 | 0.475% |
| 40 | Ukraine | 38,980,376 | 0.474% |
| 41 | Morocco | 38,430,770 | 0.468% |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 37,053,428 | 0.451% |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 36,973,555 | 0.450% |
| 44 | Poland | 36,435,861 | 0.444% |
| 45 | Malaysia | 35,977,838 | 0.438% |
| 46 | Mozambique | 35,631,653 | 0.434% |
| 47 | Ghana | 35,064,272 | 0.427% |
| 48 | Peru | 34,576,665 | 0.421% |
| 49 | Madagascar | 32,740,678 | 0.399% |
| 50 | Côte d'Ivoire | 32,711,547 | 0.398% |
| 51 | Cameroon | 29,879,337 | 0.364% |
| 52 | Nepal | 29,618,118 | 0.361% |
| 53 | Venezuela | 28,516,896 | 0.347% |
| 54 | Niger | 27,917,831 | 0.340% |
| 55 | Australia | 27,614,411 | 0.336% |
| 56 | North Korea | 26,571,036 | 0.323% |
| 57 | Syria | 25,620,427 | 0.312% |
| 58 | Mali | 25,198,821 | 0.307% |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 24,074,580 | 0.293% |
| 60 | Malawi | 22,216,120 | 0.270% |
| 61 | Zambia | 21,913,874 | 0.267% |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 21,756,000 | 0.265% |
| 63 | Chad | 21,003,705 | 0.256% |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 20,843,754 | 0.254% |
| 65 | Chile | 19,859,921 | 0.242% |
| 66 | Somalia | 19,654,739 | 0.239% |
| 67 | Romania | 19,020,271 | 0.232% |
| 68 | Senegal | 18,931,966 | 0.230% |
| 69 | Guatemala | 18,687,881 | 0.227% |
| 70 | Ecuador | 18,289,896 | 0.223% |
| 71 | Netherlands | 18,087,633 | 0.220% |
| 72 | Cambodia | 17,847,982 | 0.217% |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 16,950,795 | 0.206% |
| 74 | Guinea | 15,099,727 | 0.184% |
| 75 | Benin | 14,814,460 | 0.180% |
| 76 | Rwanda | 14,569,341 | 0.177% |
| 77 | Burundi | 14,390,003 | 0.175% |
| 78 | Bolivia | 12,581,843 | 0.153% |
| 79 | Tunisia | 12,348,573 | 0.150% |
| 80 | South Sudan | 12,188,788 | 0.148% |
| 81 | Belgium | 11,941,781 | 0.145% |
| 82 | Haiti | 11,906,095 | 0.145% |
| 83 | Jordan | 11,520,684 | 0.140% |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 11,520,487 | 0.140% |
| 85 | United Arab Emirates | 11,513,149 | 0.140% |
| 86 | Honduras | 11,005,850 | 0.134% |
| 87 | Cuba | 10,937,203 | 0.133% |
| 88 | Czechia | 10,886,878 | 0.133% |
| 89 | Portugal | 10,804,871 | 0.132% |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 10,786,734 | 0.131% |
| 91 | Papua New Guinea | 10,762,817 | 0.131% |
| 92 | Sweden | 10,596,620 | 0.129% |
| 93 | Greece | 10,413,962 | 0.127% |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 10,246,996 | 0.125% |
| 95 | Israel | 10,122,800 | 0.123% |
| 96 | Hungary | 9,514,251 | 0.116% |
| 97 | Austria | 9,208,163 | 0.112% |
| 98 | Switzerland | 9,092,436 | 0.111% |
| 99 | Belarus | 9,085,991 | 0.111% |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 8,819,794 | 0.107% |
| 101 | Togo | 8,591,626 | 0.105% |
| 102 | Laos | 7,873,046 | 0.096% |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 7,618,847 | 0.093% |
| 104 | Hong Kong (China) | 7,498,900 | 0.091% |
| 105 | Libya | 7,458,555 | 0.091% |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,343,064 | 0.089% |
| 107 | Paraguay | 7,013,078 | 0.085% |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 7,007,502 | 0.085% |
| 109 | Serbia | 6,549,143 | 0.080% |
| 110 | Republic of the Congo | 6,484,437 | 0.079% |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 6,433,302 | 0.078% |
| 112 | El Salvador | 6,365,503 | 0.077% |
| 113 | Singapore | 6,111,175 | 0.074% |
| 114 | Denmark | 6,009,169 | 0.073% |
| 115 | Lebanon | 5,849,421 | 0.071% |
| 116 | Liberia | 5,731,206 | 0.070% |
| 117 | Finland | 5,646,436 | 0.069% |
| 118 | Norway | 5,610,870 | 0.068% |
| 119 | Central African Republic | 5,513,282 | 0.067% |
| 120 | Oman | 5,494,691 | 0.067% |
| 121 | Ireland | 5,484,367 | 0.067% |
| 122 | Slovakia | 5,413,813 | 0.066% |
| 123 | West Bank and Gaza | 5,413,596 | 0.066% |
| 124 | New Zealand | 5,324,700 | 0.065% |
| 125 | Mauritania | 5,315,065 | 0.065% |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 5,152,950 | 0.063% |
| 127 | Kuwait | 4,865,298 | 0.059% |
| 128 | Panama | 4,571,189 | 0.056% |
| 129 | Georgia | 3,935,766 | 0.048% |
| 130 | Croatia | 3,876,200 | 0.047% |
| 131 | Eritrea | 3,607,003 | 0.044% |
| 132 | Mongolia | 3,568,978 | 0.043% |
| 133 | Uruguay | 3,384,688 | 0.041% |
| 134 | Puerto Rico (US) | 3,184,835 | 0.039% |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,140,095 | 0.038% |
| 136 | Namibia | 3,092,816 | 0.038% |
| 137 | Armenia | 3,086,700 | 0.038% |
| 138 | Qatar | 2,972,215 | 0.036% |
| 139 | Lithuania | 2,888,774 | 0.035% |
| 140 | Jamaica | 2,837,077 | 0.035% |
| 141 | The Gambia | 2,822,093 | 0.034% |
| 142 | Gabon | 2,593,130 | 0.032% |
| 143 | Botswana | 2,562,122 | 0.031% |
| 144 | Lesotho | 2,363,325 | 0.029% |
| 145 | Moldova | 2,360,527 | 0.029% |
| 146 | Albania | 2,349,580 | 0.029% |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,249,515 | 0.027% |
| 148 | Slovenia | 2,130,986 | 0.026% |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,938,431 | 0.024% |
| 150 | Latvia | 1,847,785 | 0.022% |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 1,820,909 | 0.022% |
| 152 | Bahrain | 1,600,366 | 0.019% |
| 153 | Kosovo | 1,576,876 | 0.019% |
| 154 | Timor-Leste | 1,418,517 | 0.017% |
| 155 | Cyprus | 1,370,754 | 0.017% |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,367,764 | 0.017% |
| 157 | Estonia | 1,366,475 | 0.017% |
| 158 | Eswatini | 1,256,174 | 0.015% |
| 159 | Mauritius | 1,243,741 | 0.015% |
| 160 | Djibouti | 1,184,076 | 0.014% |
| 161 | Fiji | 933,154 | 0.011% |
| 162 | Comoros | 882,847 | 0.011% |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 838,645 | 0.010% |
| 164 | Guyana | 835,986 | 0.010% |
| 165 | Bhutan | 796,682 | 0.010% |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 686,970 | 0.008% |
| 167 | Macao (China) | 685,900 | 0.008% |
| 168 | Suriname | 639,850 | 0.008% |
| 169 | Montenegro | 623,129 | 0.008% |
| 170 | Malta | 579,704 | 0.007% |
| 171 | Maldives | 529,676 | 0.006% |
| 172 | Cabo Verde | 527,326 | 0.006% |
| 173 | Brunei | 466,330 | 0.006% |
| 174 | Belize | 422,924 | 0.005% |
| 175 | The Bahamas | 403,033 | 0.005% |
| 176 | Iceland | 392,404 | 0.005% |
| 177 | Vanuatu | 335,169 | 0.004% |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 295,333 | 0.004% |
| 179 | Barbados | 282,623 | 0.003% |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 282,465 | 0.003% |
| 181 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 240,254 | 0.003% |
| 182 | Samoa | 219,306 | 0.003% |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 180,149 | 0.002% |
| 184 | Guam | 168,999 | 0.002% |
| 185 | Channel Islands | 168,466 | 0.002% |
| 186 | Curaçao | 156,263 | 0.002% |
| 187 | Kiribati | 136,488 | 0.002% |
| 188 | Seychelles | 122,730 | 0.001% |
| 189 | Grenada | 117,303 | 0.001% |
| 190 | Micronesia | 113,683 | 0.001% |
| 191 | Aruba | 108,785 | 0.001% |
| 192 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 103,792 | 0.001% |
| 193 | Tonga | 103,742 | 0.001% |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99,924 | 0.001% |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 94,209 | 0.001% |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 84,118 | 0.001% |
| 197 | Andorra | 82,904 | 0.001% |
| 198 | Cayman Islands | 75,844 | 0.001% |
| 199 | Dominica | 65,871 | 0.001% |
| 200 | Bermuda | 64,555 | 0.001% |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,831 | 0.001% |
| 202 | Faroe Islands | 54,900 | 0.001% |
| 203 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46,922 | 0.001% |
| 204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 46,855 | 0.001% |
| 205 | American Samoa | 46,029 | 0.001% |
| 206 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 43,923 | 0.001% |
| 207 | Northern Mariana Islands | 43,541 | 0.001% |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 41,024 | 0.000% |
| 209 | Gibraltar | 40,126 | 0.000% |
| 210 | British Virgin Islands | 39,732 | 0.000% |
| 211 | Monaco | 38,341 | 0.000% |
| 212 | Marshall Islands | 36,282 | 0.000% |
| 213 | San Marino | 34,109 | 0.000% |
| 214 | Saint Martin (French part) | 24,941 | 0.000% |
| 215 | Palau | 17,663 | 0.000% |
| 216 | Nauru | 12,025 | 0.000% |
| 217 | Tuvalu | 9,492 | 0.000% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL), 2025. Territories with separate statistics are listed where the World Bank reports them.
QUICK ANSWER
The world population was about 8.22 billion in 2025, according to World Bank data. India is the most populated country in the world with about 1.46 billion people, followed by China with about 1.41 billion and the United States with about 342 million.
What is the world’s human population?
The World Bank’s World Development Indicators put the global population at 8,215,424,893 in 2025, up from about 8.14 billion in 2024. Growth has slowed to under 1% a year as birth rates fall in most regions.
For the United States, the World Bank’s 2025 value (341,784,857) is the same figure as the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025 estimate used on the US states by population page.
The most populated country in the world
India overtook China as the most populated country around 2023. China’s population has been shrinking slightly since 2022, while India’s is still growing. Together they hold more than a third of all people on Earth.
In short
How to use the Countries by Population
- Scroll the table, which ranks every country by its 2025 population.
- Read the share column to see each country's part of the world total.
- Search the page for a country name to jump straight to it.
- Use the sources section to see where the World Bank figures come from.
Quick reference
Worked examples
| Input | 2025 | Share of world |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1,463,865,525 | 17.82% |
| China | 1,406,585,000 | 17.12% |
| United States | 341,784,857 | 4.16% |
| Indonesia | 285,721,236 | 3.48% |
| Pakistan | 255,219,554 | 3.11% |
| Nigeria | 237,527,782 | 2.89% |
| Brazil | 212,812,405 | 2.59% |
| Bangladesh | 175,686,899 | 2.14% |
| Russia | 143,513,328 | 1.75% |
| Ethiopia | 135,472,051 | 1.65% |
Accuracy
How we checked this
We recalculated 4 figures on this page from the official dataset on October 26, 2026, independently of the site's code. 4 of 4 matched.
| Input | Independent value | This page | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 17.819% | 17.819% | Yes |
| China | 17.121% | 17.121% | Yes |
| United States | 4.16% | 4.16% | Yes |
| Indonesia | 3.478% | 3.478% | Yes |
From the source
Currently, one in four people lives in a country where the population has already peaked.
GOOD TO KNOW
Frequently asked questions
What is the most populated country in the world?
India, with 1,463,865,525 people in 2025 (World Bank).
What is the world population?
About 8.22 billion in 2025 (World Bank: 8,215,424,893).
How many countries have more than 100 million people?
In the 2025 World Bank data, 16 countries have more than 100 million inhabitants, led by India, China, the United States, Indonesia and Pakistan. Together they hold about 65% of the world population.