All Countries

Population rankings for 250 countries and territories worldwide. The world's total population stands at approximately 8.02 billion people, spread across 150,259,712.71 km² of land area in 6 major regions.

India is the most populous country with 1,417,492,000 people, while Pitcairn Islands is the least populous with just 35 people. Use the table below to search, sort, and filter all countries by name, population, area, density, and region.

Together, these nations speak 155 distinct languages, use 162 different currencies, and span every continent from the Arctic to Antarctica. Macau is the most densely populated at 22,863 people per km², while the global average is roughly 53 per km².

Total Countries

250

World Population

8.02B

Most Populous

India

Least Populous

Pitcairn Islands

Population by Region

Distribution of the world's population across major regions

Asia50 countries · 58.9%
Africa59 countries · 18.2%
Americas56 countries · 13.0%
Europe53 countries · 9.2%
Oceania27 countries · 0.6%
Antarctic5 countries · 0.0%

250 countries

Rank
1India flagIndia1,417,492,000
2China flagChina1,408,280,000
3United States flagUnited States340,110,988
4Indonesia flagIndonesia284,438,782
5Pakistan flagPakistan241,499,431
6Nigeria flagNigeria223,800,000
7Brazil flagBrazil213,421,037
8Bangladesh flagBangladesh169,828,911
9Russia flagRussia146,028,325
10Mexico flagMexico130,575,786
11Japan flagJapan123,210,000
12Philippines flagPhilippines114,123,600
13DR Congo flagDR Congo112,832,000
14Ethiopia flagEthiopia111,652,998
15Egypt flagEgypt107,271,260
16Vietnam flagVietnam101,343,800
17Iran flagIran85,961,000
18Turkey flagTurkey85,664,944
19Germany flagGermany83,491,249
20United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom69,281,437
21Tanzania flagTanzania68,153,004
22France flagFrance66,351,959
23Thailand flagThailand65,859,640
24South Africa flagSouth Africa63,100,945
25Italy flagItaly58,927,633
26Kenya flagKenya53,330,978
27Colombia flagColombia53,057,212
28Sudan flagSudan51,662,000
29Myanmar flagMyanmar51,316,756
30South Korea flagSouth Korea51,159,889
31Spain flagSpain49,315,949
32Algeria flagAlgeria47,400,000
33Argentina flagArgentina46,735,004
34Iraq flagIraq46,118,793
35Uganda flagUganda45,905,417
36Afghanistan flagAfghanistan43,844,000
37Canada flagCanada41,651,653
38Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan37,859,698
39Poland flagPoland37,392,000
40Morocco flagMorocco36,828,330
41Angola flagAngola36,170,961
42Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia35,300,280
43Peru flagPeru34,350,244
44Malaysia flagMalaysia34,231,700
45Mozambique flagMozambique34,090,466
46Ghana flagGhana33,742,380
47Ukraine flagUkraine32,862,000
48Yemen flagYemen32,684,503
49Madagascar flagMadagascar31,727,042
50Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast31,719,275
51Nepal flagNepal29,911,840
52Cameroon flagCameroon29,442,327
53Venezuela flagVenezuela28,517,000
54Australia flagAustralia27,536,874
55Niger flagNiger26,312,034
56North Korea flagNorth Korea25,950,000
57Syria flagSyria25,620,000
58Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso24,070,553
59Taiwan flagTaiwan23,317,031
60Mali flagMali22,395,489
61Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka21,763,170
62Malawi flagMalawi20,734,262
63Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan20,426,568
64Chile flagChile20,206,953
65Zambia flagZambia19,693,423
66Somalia flagSomalia19,655,000
67Chad flagChad19,340,757
68Romania flagRomania19,036,031
69Senegal flagSenegal18,593,258
70Ecuador flagEcuador18,103,660
71Netherlands flagNetherlands18,100,436
72Guatemala flagGuatemala18,079,810
73Cambodia flagCambodia17,577,760
74Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe17,073,087
75South Sudan flagSouth Sudan15,786,898
76Guinea flagGuinea14,363,931
77Rwanda flagRwanda14,104,969
78Benin flagBenin13,224,860
79Burundi flagBurundi12,332,788
80Tunisia flagTunisia11,972,169
81Haiti flagHaiti11,867,032
82Belgium flagBelgium11,825,551
83Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea11,781,559
84Jordan flagJordan11,734,000
85Bolivia flagBolivia11,365,333
86United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates11,294,243
87Czechia flagCzechia10,882,341
88Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic10,771,504
89Portugal flagPortugal10,749,635
90Sweden flagSweden10,605,098
91Tajikistan flagTajikistan10,499,000
92Greece flagGreece10,400,720
93Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan10,241,722
94Israel flagIsrael10,134,800
95Honduras flagHonduras9,892,632
96Cuba flagCuba9,748,007
97Hungary flagHungary9,539,502
98Austria flagAustria9,200,931
99Belarus flagBelarus9,109,280
100Switzerland flagSwitzerland9,082,848
101Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone9,077,691
102Togo flagTogo8,095,498
103Laos flagLaos7,647,000
104Hong Kong flagHong Kong7,527,500
105Libya flagLibya7,459,000
106Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan7,281,800
107Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan7,057,841
108Nicaragua flagNicaragua6,803,886
109Serbia flagSerbia6,567,783
110Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic6,470,307
111Bulgaria flagBulgaria6,437,360
112Republic of the Congo flagRepublic of the Congo6,142,180
113Singapore flagSingapore6,110,200
114Paraguay flagParaguay6,109,644
115El Salvador flagEl Salvador6,029,976
116Denmark flagDenmark6,011,488
117Finland flagFinland5,650,325
118Norway flagNorway5,606,944
119Lebanon flagLebanon5,490,000
120Palestine flagPalestine5,483,450
121Ireland flagIreland5,458,600
122Slovakia flagSlovakia5,413,813
123Oman flagOman5,343,630
124New Zealand flagNew Zealand5,324,700
125Costa Rica flagCosta Rica5,309,625
126Liberia flagLiberia5,248,621
127Mauritania flagMauritania4,927,532
128Kuwait flagKuwait4,881,254
129Panama flagPanama4,064,780
130Georgia flagGeorgia4,000,921
131Croatia flagCroatia3,866,233
132Eritrea flagEritrea3,607,000
133Mongolia flagMongolia3,544,835
134Uruguay flagUruguay3,499,451
135Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina3,422,000
136Puerto Rico flagPuerto Rico3,203,295
137Qatar flagQatar3,173,024
138Armenia flagArmenia3,076,200
139Namibia flagNamibia3,022,401
140Lithuania flagLithuania2,894,886
141Jamaica flagJamaica2,825,544
142Moldova flagMoldova2,749,076
143Gabon flagGabon2,469,296
144Gambia flagGambia2,422,712
145Albania flagAlbania2,363,314
146Botswana flagBotswana2,359,609
147Slovenia flagSlovenia2,130,638
148Lesotho flagLesotho2,116,427
149Latvia flagLatvia1,829,000
150North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia1,822,612
151Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau1,781,308
152Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea1,668,768
153Bahrain flagBahrain1,594,654
154Kosovo flagKosovo1,585,566
155Cyprus flagCyprus1,442,614
156Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste1,391,221
157Estonia flagEstonia1,369,995
158Trinidad and Tobago flagTrinidad and Tobago1,367,764
159Mauritius flagMauritius1,243,741
160Eswatini flagEswatini1,235,549
161Djibouti flagDjibouti1,066,809
162Comoros flagComoros919,901
163Fiji flagFiji900,869
164Réunion flagRéunion896,175
165Bhutan flagBhutan784,043
166Guyana flagGuyana772,975
167Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands750,325
168Macau flagMacau685,900
169Luxembourg flagLuxembourg681,973
170Montenegro flagMontenegro623,327
171Suriname flagSuriname616,500
172Western Sahara flagWestern Sahara600,904
173Malta flagMalta574,250
174Maldives flagMaldives515,132
175Cape Verde flagCape Verde491,233
176Brunei flagBrunei455,500
177Belize flagBelize417,634
178Bahamas flagBahamas398,165
179Iceland flagIceland391,810
180Guadeloupe flagGuadeloupe378,561
181Martinique flagMartinique349,925
182Vanuatu flagVanuatu321,409
183Mayotte flagMayotte320,901
184French Guiana flagFrench Guiana292,354
185French Polynesia flagFrench Polynesia279,500
186Barbados flagBarbados267,800
187New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia264,596
188São Tomé and Príncipe flagSão Tomé and Príncipe209,607
189Samoa flagSamoa205,557
190Saint Lucia flagSaint Lucia184,100
191Curaçao flagCuraçao156,115
192Guam flagGuam153,836
193Seychelles flagSeychelles122,729
194Kiribati flagKiribati120,740
195Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flagSaint Vincent and the Grenadines110,872
196Grenada flagGrenada109,021
197Aruba flagAruba107,566
198Micronesia flagMicronesia105,564
199Antigua and Barbuda flagAntigua and Barbuda103,603
200Jersey flagJersey103,267
201Tonga flagTonga100,179
202Andorra flagAndorra88,406
203United States Virgin Islands flagUnited States Virgin Islands87,146
204Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands84,738
205Isle of Man flagIsle of Man84,530
206Dominica flagDominica67,408
207Guernsey flagGuernsey64,781
208Bermuda flagBermuda64,055
209Greenland flagGreenland56,542
210Faroe Islands flagFaroe Islands54,885
211Saint Kitts and Nevis flagSaint Kitts and Nevis51,320
212Turks and Caicos Islands flagTurks and Caicos Islands50,828
213American Samoa flagAmerican Samoa49,710
214Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands47,329
215Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands42,418
216Sint Maarten flagSint Maarten41,349
217Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein40,900
218British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands39,471
219Monaco flagMonaco38,423
220Gibraltar flagGibraltar38,000
221San Marino flagSan Marino34,132
222Caribbean Netherlands flagCaribbean Netherlands31,980
223Saint Martin flagSaint Martin31,496
224Åland Islands flagÅland Islands30,654
225Palau flagPalau16,733
226Anguilla flagAnguilla16,010
227Cook Islands flagCook Islands15,040
228Nauru flagNauru11,680
229Wallis and Futuna flagWallis and Futuna11,620
230Tuvalu flagTuvalu10,643
231Saint Barthélemy flagSaint Barthélemy10,562
232Saint Pierre and Miquelon flagSaint Pierre and Miquelon5,819
233Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha flagSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha5,651
234Montserrat flagMontserrat4,386
235Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands3,662
236Tokelau flagTokelau2,608
237Svalbard and Jan Mayen flagSvalbard and Jan Mayen2,530
238Norfolk Island flagNorfolk Island2,188
239Christmas Island flagChristmas Island1,692
240Niue flagNiue1,681
241Antarctica flagAntarctica1,300
242Vatican City flagVatican City882
243Cocos (Keeling) Islands flagCocos (Keeling) Islands593
244French Southern and Antarctic Lands flagFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands400
245Pitcairn Islands flagPitcairn Islands35
246Heard Island and McDonald Islands flagHeard Island and McDonald Islands0
247United States Minor Outlying Islands flagUnited States Minor Outlying Islands0
248South Georgia flagSouth Georgia0
249Bouvet Island flagBouvet Island0
250British Indian Ocean Territory flagBritish Indian Ocean Territory0

Quick Facts

Population

World Total
8.02B
Average per Country
32.1M
Most Populous
India
Least Populous
Pitcairn Islands

Geography

Total Land Area
150.3M km²
Avg Density
53/km²
Largest Country
Russia
Smallest Country
Vatican City

Frequently Asked Questions

How many countries are there in the world?

There are 250 countries and territories recognized worldwide. Of these, 195 are independent sovereign states and 192 are members of the United Nations.

What is the current world population?

The world population is approximately 8.02 billion people as of 2026. Asia is the most populous region with 4.72 billion people, followed by Africa.

Which is the largest country in the world by area?

Russia is the largest country in the world by land area at 17,098,246 km². The smallest is Vatican City at just 0.49 km². The global average population density is approximately 53 people per km².

Which country has the highest population density?

Macau has the highest population density at 22,863 people per km². Population density varies dramatically, from dense city-states to vast, sparsely populated nations.

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