Most Populous Countries in the World (2026)

As of 2026, India is the world's most populous country with 1.42 billion people, followed by China (1.41B) and United States (340M). The top 10 most populous countries account for 57.1% of the world's total population.

#1

India

1,417,492,000

#2

China

1,408,280,000

#3

United States

340,110,988

Most Populous Countries in the World - 250 countries ranked by Population

Rank	Country	Population	Population	Region
1	India	1,417,492,000	1,417,492,000	Asia
2	China	1,408,280,000	1,408,280,000	Asia
3	United States	340,110,988	340,110,988	Americas
4	Indonesia	284,438,782	284,438,782	Asia
5	Pakistan	241,499,431	241,499,431	Asia
6	Nigeria	223,800,000	223,800,000	Africa
7	Brazil	213,421,037	213,421,037	Americas
8	Bangladesh	169,828,911	169,828,911	Asia
9	Russia	146,028,325	146,028,325	Europe
10	Mexico	130,575,786	130,575,786	Americas
11	Japan	123,210,000	123,210,000	Asia
12	Philippines	114,123,600	114,123,600	Asia
13	DR Congo	112,832,000	112,832,000	Africa
14	Ethiopia	111,652,998	111,652,998	Africa
15	Egypt	107,271,260	107,271,260	Africa
16	Vietnam	101,343,800	101,343,800	Asia
17	Iran	85,961,000	85,961,000	Asia
18	Turkey	85,664,944	85,664,944	Asia
19	Germany	83,491,249	83,491,249	Europe
20	United Kingdom	69,281,437	69,281,437	Europe
21	Tanzania	68,153,004	68,153,004	Africa
22	France	66,351,959	66,351,959	Europe
23	Thailand	65,859,640	65,859,640	Asia
24	South Africa	63,100,945	63,100,945	Africa
25	Italy	58,927,633	58,927,633	Europe
26	Kenya	53,330,978	53,330,978	Africa
27	Colombia	53,057,212	53,057,212	Americas
28	Sudan	51,662,000	51,662,000	Africa
29	Myanmar	51,316,756	51,316,756	Asia
30	South Korea	51,159,889	51,159,889	Asia
31	Spain	49,315,949	49,315,949	Europe
32	Algeria	47,400,000	47,400,000	Africa
33	Argentina	46,735,004	46,735,004	Americas
34	Iraq	46,118,793	46,118,793	Asia
35	Uganda	45,905,417	45,905,417	Africa
36	Afghanistan	43,844,000	43,844,000	Asia
37	Canada	41,651,653	41,651,653	Americas
38	Uzbekistan	37,859,698	37,859,698	Asia
39	Poland	37,392,000	37,392,000	Europe
40	Morocco	36,828,330	36,828,330	Africa
41	Angola	36,170,961	36,170,961	Africa
42	Saudi Arabia	35,300,280	35,300,280	Asia
43	Peru	34,350,244	34,350,244	Americas
44	Malaysia	34,231,700	34,231,700	Asia
45	Mozambique	34,090,466	34,090,466	Africa
46	Ghana	33,742,380	33,742,380	Africa
47	Ukraine	32,862,000	32,862,000	Europe
48	Yemen	32,684,503	32,684,503	Asia
49	Madagascar	31,727,042	31,727,042	Africa
50	Ivory Coast	31,719,275	31,719,275	Africa
51	Nepal	29,911,840	29,911,840	Asia
52	Cameroon	29,442,327	29,442,327	Africa
53	Venezuela	28,517,000	28,517,000	Americas
54	Australia	27,536,874	27,536,874	Oceania
55	Niger	26,312,034	26,312,034	Africa
56	North Korea	25,950,000	25,950,000	Asia
57	Syria	25,620,000	25,620,000	Asia
58	Burkina Faso	24,070,553	24,070,553	Africa
59	Taiwan	23,317,031	23,317,031	Asia
60	Mali	22,395,489	22,395,489	Africa
61	Sri Lanka	21,763,170	21,763,170	Asia
62	Malawi	20,734,262	20,734,262	Africa
63	Kazakhstan	20,426,568	20,426,568	Asia
64	Chile	20,206,953	20,206,953	Americas
65	Zambia	19,693,423	19,693,423	Africa
66	Somalia	19,655,000	19,655,000	Africa
67	Chad	19,340,757	19,340,757	Africa
68	Romania	19,036,031	19,036,031	Europe
69	Senegal	18,593,258	18,593,258	Africa
70	Ecuador	18,103,660	18,103,660	Americas
71	Netherlands	18,100,436	18,100,436	Europe
72	Guatemala	18,079,810	18,079,810	Americas
73	Cambodia	17,577,760	17,577,760	Asia
74	Zimbabwe	17,073,087	17,073,087	Africa
75	South Sudan	15,786,898	15,786,898	Africa
76	Guinea	14,363,931	14,363,931	Africa
77	Rwanda	14,104,969	14,104,969	Africa
78	Benin	13,224,860	13,224,860	Africa
79	Burundi	12,332,788	12,332,788	Africa
80	Tunisia	11,972,169	11,972,169	Africa
81	Haiti	11,867,032	11,867,032	Americas
82	Belgium	11,825,551	11,825,551	Europe
83	Papua New Guinea	11,781,559	11,781,559	Oceania
84	Jordan	11,734,000	11,734,000	Asia
85	Bolivia	11,365,333	11,365,333	Americas
86	United Arab Emirates	11,294,243	11,294,243	Asia
87	Czechia	10,882,341	10,882,341	Europe
88	Dominican Republic	10,771,504	10,771,504	Americas
89	Portugal	10,749,635	10,749,635	Europe
90	Sweden	10,605,098	10,605,098	Europe
91	Tajikistan	10,499,000	10,499,000	Asia
92	Greece	10,400,720	10,400,720	Europe
93	Azerbaijan	10,241,722	10,241,722	Asia
94	Israel	10,134,800	10,134,800	Asia
95	Honduras	9,892,632	9,892,632	Americas
96	Cuba	9,748,007	9,748,007	Americas
97	Hungary	9,539,502	9,539,502	Europe
98	Austria	9,200,931	9,200,931	Europe
99	Belarus	9,109,280	9,109,280	Europe
100	Switzerland	9,082,848	9,082,848	Europe
101	Sierra Leone	9,077,691	9,077,691	Africa
102	Togo	8,095,498	8,095,498	Africa
103	Laos	7,647,000	7,647,000	Asia
104	Hong Kong	7,527,500	7,527,500	Asia
105	Libya	7,459,000	7,459,000	Africa
106	Kyrgyzstan	7,281,800	7,281,800	Asia
107	Turkmenistan	7,057,841	7,057,841	Asia
108	Nicaragua	6,803,886	6,803,886	Americas
109	Serbia	6,567,783	6,567,783	Europe
110	Central African Republic	6,470,307	6,470,307	Africa
111	Bulgaria	6,437,360	6,437,360	Europe
112	Republic of the Congo	6,142,180	6,142,180	Africa
113	Singapore	6,110,200	6,110,200	Asia
114	Paraguay	6,109,644	6,109,644	Americas
115	El Salvador	6,029,976	6,029,976	Americas
116	Denmark	6,011,488	6,011,488	Europe
117	Finland	5,650,325	5,650,325	Europe
118	Norway	5,606,944	5,606,944	Europe
119	Lebanon	5,490,000	5,490,000	Asia
120	Palestine	5,483,450	5,483,450	Asia
121	Ireland	5,458,600	5,458,600	Europe
122	Slovakia	5,413,813	5,413,813	Europe
123	Oman	5,343,630	5,343,630	Asia
124	New Zealand	5,324,700	5,324,700	Oceania
125	Costa Rica	5,309,625	5,309,625	Americas
126	Liberia	5,248,621	5,248,621	Africa
127	Mauritania	4,927,532	4,927,532	Africa
128	Kuwait	4,881,254	4,881,254	Asia
129	Panama	4,064,780	4,064,780	Americas
130	Georgia	4,000,921	4,000,921	Asia
131	Croatia	3,866,233	3,866,233	Europe
132	Eritrea	3,607,000	3,607,000	Africa
133	Mongolia	3,544,835	3,544,835	Asia
134	Uruguay	3,499,451	3,499,451	Americas
135	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,422,000	3,422,000	Europe
136	Puerto Rico	3,203,295	3,203,295	Americas
137	Qatar	3,173,024	3,173,024	Asia
138	Armenia	3,076,200	3,076,200	Asia
139	Namibia	3,022,401	3,022,401	Africa
140	Lithuania	2,894,886	2,894,886	Europe
141	Jamaica	2,825,544	2,825,544	Americas
142	Moldova	2,749,076	2,749,076	Europe
143	Gabon	2,469,296	2,469,296	Africa
144	Gambia	2,422,712	2,422,712	Africa
145	Albania	2,363,314	2,363,314	Europe
146	Botswana	2,359,609	2,359,609	Africa
147	Slovenia	2,130,638	2,130,638	Europe
148	Lesotho	2,116,427	2,116,427	Africa
149	Latvia	1,829,000	1,829,000	Europe
150	North Macedonia	1,822,612	1,822,612	Europe
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,781,308	1,781,308	Africa
152	Equatorial Guinea	1,668,768	1,668,768	Africa
153	Bahrain	1,594,654	1,594,654	Asia
154	Kosovo	1,585,566	1,585,566	Europe
155	Cyprus	1,442,614	1,442,614	Europe
156	Timor-Leste	1,391,221	1,391,221	Asia
157	Estonia	1,369,995	1,369,995	Europe
158	Trinidad and Tobago	1,367,764	1,367,764	Americas
159	Mauritius	1,243,741	1,243,741	Africa
160	Eswatini	1,235,549	1,235,549	Africa
161	Djibouti	1,066,809	1,066,809	Africa
162	Comoros	919,901	919,901	Africa
163	Fiji	900,869	900,869	Oceania
164	Réunion	896,175	896,175	Africa
165	Bhutan	784,043	784,043	Asia
166	Guyana	772,975	772,975	Americas
167	Solomon Islands	750,325	750,325	Oceania
168	Macau	685,900	685,900	Asia
169	Luxembourg	681,973	681,973	Europe
170	Montenegro	623,327	623,327	Europe
171	Suriname	616,500	616,500	Americas
172	Western Sahara	600,904	600,904	Africa
173	Malta	574,250	574,250	Europe
174	Maldives	515,132	515,132	Asia
175	Cape Verde	491,233	491,233	Africa
176	Brunei	455,500	455,500	Asia
177	Belize	417,634	417,634	Americas
178	Bahamas	398,165	398,165	Americas
179	Iceland	391,810	391,810	Europe
180	Guadeloupe	378,561	378,561	Americas
181	Martinique	349,925	349,925	Americas
182	Vanuatu	321,409	321,409	Oceania
183	Mayotte	320,901	320,901	Africa
184	French Guiana	292,354	292,354	Americas
185	French Polynesia	279,500	279,500	Oceania
186	Barbados	267,800	267,800	Americas
187	New Caledonia	264,596	264,596	Oceania
188	São Tomé and Príncipe	209,607	209,607	Africa
189	Samoa	205,557	205,557	Oceania
190	Saint Lucia	184,100	184,100	Americas
191	Curaçao	156,115	156,115	Americas
192	Guam	153,836	153,836	Oceania
193	Seychelles	122,729	122,729	Africa
194	Kiribati	120,740	120,740	Oceania
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,872	110,872	Americas
196	Grenada	109,021	109,021	Americas
197	Aruba	107,566	107,566	Americas
198	Micronesia	105,564	105,564	Oceania
199	Antigua and Barbuda	103,603	103,603	Americas
200	Jersey	103,267	103,267	Europe
201	Tonga	100,179	100,179	Oceania
202	Andorra	88,406	88,406	Europe
203	United States Virgin Islands	87,146	87,146	Americas
204	Cayman Islands	84,738	84,738	Americas
205	Isle of Man	84,530	84,530	Europe
206	Dominica	67,408	67,408	Americas
207	Guernsey	64,781	64,781	Europe
208	Bermuda	64,055	64,055	Americas
209	Greenland	56,542	56,542	Americas
210	Faroe Islands	54,885	54,885	Europe
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,320	51,320	Americas
212	Turks and Caicos Islands	50,828	50,828	Americas
213	American Samoa	49,710	49,710	Oceania
214	Northern Mariana Islands	47,329	47,329	Oceania
215	Marshall Islands	42,418	42,418	Oceania
216	Sint Maarten	41,349	41,349	Americas
217	Liechtenstein	40,900	40,900	Europe
218	British Virgin Islands	39,471	39,471	Americas
219	Monaco	38,423	38,423	Europe
220	Gibraltar	38,000	38,000	Europe
221	San Marino	34,132	34,132	Europe
222	Caribbean Netherlands	31,980	31,980	Americas
223	Saint Martin	31,496	31,496	Americas
224	Åland Islands	30,654	30,654	Europe
225	Palau	16,733	16,733	Oceania
226	Anguilla	16,010	16,010	Americas
227	Cook Islands	15,040	15,040	Oceania
228	Nauru	11,680	11,680	Oceania
229	Wallis and Futuna	11,620	11,620	Oceania
230	Tuvalu	10,643	10,643	Oceania
231	Saint Barthélemy	10,562	10,562	Americas
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,819	5,819	Americas
233	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	5,651	5,651	Africa
234	Montserrat	4,386	4,386	Americas
235	Falkland Islands	3,662	3,662	Americas
236	Tokelau	2,608	2,608	Oceania
237	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	2,530	2,530	Europe
238	Norfolk Island	2,188	2,188	Oceania
239	Christmas Island	1,692	1,692	Oceania
240	Niue	1,681	1,681	Oceania
241	Antarctica	1,300	1,300	Antarctic
242	Vatican City	882	882	Europe
243	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	593	593	Oceania
244	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	400	400	Antarctic
245	Pitcairn Islands	35	35	Oceania
246	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	0	Antarctic
247	United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	Americas
248	South Georgia	0	0	Antarctic
249	Bouvet Island	0	0	Antarctic
250	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	Africa