Least Populous Countries & Territories (2026)

The world's least populous countries are often small island nations or microstates. Pitcairn Islands has the smallest population with just 35 people, followed by French Southern and Antarctic Lands (400) and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (593).

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