List of Countries by Population

(Last Updated On: April 16, 2021)

List of Countries by Population – This is an inventory of nations and dependencies by inhabitants. It contains sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories, and, in some circumstances, constituent nations of sovereign states, with inclusion throughout the record is based totally on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.

For instance, the United Kingdom is taken into account as a single entity, whereas the constituent nations of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are thought of individually. In this List of Countries by Population, also given in % is every nation’s inhabitants in contrast with the world inhabitants, which the United Nations estimates at 7.85 billion as of at the moment. Growth Rate, Area in kilometers, and the density of population are also added to this list of Countries by Population.

Most Populous Countries

List of Countries by Population says, the 5 most populous nations are China, India, adopted by the European Union (which isn’t a country), the United States, the island nation of Indonesia, and Pakistan.

The Smallest Countries

Among the smallest nations on the earth when it comes to inhabitants are the island nations within the Caribbean and the southern Pacific Ocean (Oceania). The three least populated nations on the earth are Vatican City, an enclave within the city of Rome in Italy, Monaco, a principality on the Mediterranean coast, and an enclave inside Southern France, and Nauru, a tiny island nation in Micronesia within the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Lets find below a list of Countries by Population

Rank	Country	2021 Population	2020 Population	Growth Rate	Area (km²)	2018 Density
1	China	1,444,216,107	1,439,323,776	0.34%	9,706,961	148/km²
2	India	1,393,409,038	1,380,004,385	0.97%	3,287,590	416/km²
3	United States	332,915,073	331,002,651	0.58%	9,372,610	35/km²
4	Indonesia	276,361,783	273,523,615	1.04%	1,904,569	142/km²
5	Pakistan	225,199,937	220,892,340	1.95%	881,912	246/km²
6	Brazil	213,993,437	212,559,417	0.67%	8,515,767	25/km²
7	Nigeria	211,400,708	206,139,589	2.55%	923,768	218/km²
8	Bangladesh	166,303,498	164,689,383	0.98%	147,570	1,105/km²
9	Russia	145,912,025	145,934,462	-0.02%	17,098,242	9/km²
10	Mexico	130,262,216	128,932,753	1.03%	1,964,375	65/km²
11	Japan	126,050,804	126,476,461	-0.34%	377,930	336/km²
12	Ethiopia	117,876,227	114,963,588	2.53%	1,104,300	101/km²
13	Philippines	111,046,913	109,581,078	1.34%	342,353	316/km²
14	Egypt	104,258,327	102,334,404	1.88%	1,002,450	100/km²
15	Vietnam	98,168,833	97,338,579	0.85%	331,212	291/km²
16	Dr Congo	92,377,993	89,561,403	3.14%	2,344,858	37/km²
17	Turkey	85,042,738	84,339,067	0.83%	783,562	106/km²
18	Iran	85,028,759	83,992,949	1.23%	1,648,195	50/km²
19	Germany	83,900,473	83,783,942	0.14%	357,114	234/km²
20	Thailand	69,950,850	69,799,978	0.22%	513,120	136/km²
21	United Kingdom	68,207,116	67,886,011	0.47%	242,900	278/km²
22	France	65,426,179	65,273,511	0.23%	551,695	118/km²
23	Tanzania	61,498,437	59,734,218	2.95%	945,087	61/km²
24	Italy	60,367,477	60,461,826	-0.16%	301,336	201/km²
25	South Africa	60,041,994	59,308,690	1.24%	1,221,037	48/km²
26	Kenya	54,985,698	53,771,296	2.26%	580,367	91/km²
27	Myanmar	54,806,012	54,409,800	0.73%	676,578	80/km²
28	South Korea	51,305,186	51,269,185	0.07%	100,210	511/km²
29	Colombia	51,265,844	50,882,891	0.75%	1,141,748	44/km²
30	Uganda	47,123,531	45,741,007	3.02%	241,550	183/km²
31	Spain	46,745,216	46,754,778	-0.02%	505,992	92/km²
32	Argentina	45,605,826	45,195,774	0.91%	2,780,400	16/km²
33	Sudan	44,909,353	43,849,260	2.42%	1,886,068	23/km²
34	Algeria	44,616,624	43,851,044	1.75%	2,381,741	18/km²
35	Ukraine	43,466,819	43,733,762	-0.61%	603,500	73/km²
36	Iraq	41,179,350	40,222,493	2.38%	438,317	90/km²
37	Afghanistan	39,835,428	38,928,346	2.33%	652,230	58/km²
38	Canada	38,067,903	37,742,154	0.86%	9,984,670	4/km²
39	Poland	37,797,005	37,846,611	-0.13%	312,679	121/km²
40	Morocco	37,344,795	36,910,560	1.18%	446,550	82/km²
41	Saudi Arabia	35,340,683	34,813,871	1.51%	2,149,690	16/km²
42	Uzbekistan	33,935,763	33,469,203	1.39%	447,400	74/km²
43	Angola	33,933,610	32,866,272	3.25%	1,246,700	26/km²
44	Peru	33,359,418	32,971,854	1.18%	1,285,216	25/km²
45	Malaysia	32,776,194	32,365,999	1.27%	330,803	97/km²
46	Mozambique	32,163,047	31,255,435	2.90%	801,590	38/km²
47	Ghana	31,732,129	31,072,940	2.12%	238,533	128/km²
48	Yemen	30,490,640	29,825,964	2.23%	527,968	55/km²
49	Nepal	29,674,920	29,136,808	1.85%	147,181	194/km²
50	Venezuela	28,704,954	28,435,940	0.95%	916,445	31/km²
51	Madagascar	28,427,328	27,691,018	2.66%	587,041	46/km²
52	Cameroon	27,224,265	26,545,863	2.56%	475,442	54/km²
53	Ivory Coast	27,053,629	26,378,274	2.56%	322,463	80/km²
54	North Korea	25,887,041	25,778,816	0.42%	120,538	213/km²
55	Australia	25,788,215	25,499,884	1.13%	7,692,024	3/km²
56	Niger	25,130,817	24,206,644	3.82%	1,267,000	18/km²
57	Taiwan	23,855,010	23,816,775	0.16%	36,193	657/km²
58	Sri Lanka	21,497,310	21,413,249	0.39%	65,610	325/km²
59	Burkina Faso	21,497,096	20,903,273	2.84%	272,967	74/km²
60	Mali	20,855,735	20,250,833	2.99%	1,240,192	16/km²
61	Malawi	19,647,684	19,129,952	2.71%	118,484	157/km²
62	Chile	19,212,361	19,116,201	0.50%	756,102	25/km²
63	Romania	19,127,774	19,237,691	-0.57%	238,391	81/km²
64	Kazakhstan	18,994,962	18,776,707	1.16%	2,724,900	7/km²
65	Zambia	18,920,651	18,383,955	2.92%	752,612	24/km²
66	Syria	18,275,702	17,500,658	4.43%	185,180	92/km²
67	Guatemala	18,249,860	17,915,568	1.87%	108,889	161/km²
68	Ecuador	17,888,475	17,643,054	1.39%	276,841	63/km²
69	Senegal	17,196,301	16,743,927	2.70%	196,722	83/km²
70	Netherlands	17,173,099	17,134,872	0.22%	41,850	409/km²
71	Cambodia	16,946,438	16,718,965	1.36%	181,035	91/km²
72	Chad	16,914,985	16,425,864	2.98%	1,284,000	12/km²
73	Somalia	16,359,504	15,893,222	2.93%	637,657	24/km²
74	Zimbabwe	15,092,171	14,862,924	1.54%	390,757	37/km²
75	Guinea	13,497,244	13,132,795	2.78%	245,857	52/km²
76	Rwanda	13,276,513	12,952,218	2.50%	26,338	479/km²
77	Benin	12,451,040	12,123,200	2.70%	112,622	105/km²
78	Burundi	12,255,433	11,890,784	3.07%	27,834	414/km²
79	Tunisia	11,935,766	11,818,619	0.99%	163,610	71/km²
80	Bolivia	11,832,940	11,673,021	1.37%	1,098,581	10/km²
81	Belgium	11,632,326	11,589,623	0.37%	30,528	378/km²
82	Haiti	11,541,685	11,402,528	1.22%	27,750	406/km²
83	South Sudan	11,381,378	11,193,725	1.68%	619,745	18/km²
84	Cuba	11,317,505	11,326,616	-0.08%	109,884	103/km²
85	Dominican Republic	10,953,703	10,847,910	0.98%	48,671	221/km²
86	Czech Republic	10,724,555	10,708,981	0.15%	78,865	136/km²
87	Greece	10,370,744	10,423,054	-0.50%	131,990	79/km²
88	Jordan	10,269,021	10,203,134	0.65%	89,342	113/km²
89	Azerbaijan	10,223,342	10,139,177	0.83%	86,600	116/km²
90	Portugal	10,167,925	10,196,709	-0.28%	92,090	111/km²
91	Sweden	10,160,169	10,099,265	0.60%	450,295	22/km²
92	Honduras	10,062,991	9,904,607	1.60%	112,492	87/km²
93	United Arab Emirates	9,991,089	9,890,402	1.02%	83,600	117/km²
94	Tajikistan	9,749,627	9,537,645	2.22%	143,100	65/km²
95	Hungary	9,634,164	9,660,351	-0.27%	93,028	104/km²
96	Belarus	9,442,862	9,449,323	-0.07%	207,600	46/km²
97	Papua New Guinea	9,119,010	8,947,024	1.92%	462,840	19/km²
98	Austria	9,043,070	9,006,398	0.41%	83,871	107/km²
99	Israel	8,789,774	8,655,535	1.55%	20,770	410/km²
100	Switzerland	8,715,494	8,654,622	0.70%	41,284	208/km²
101	Serbia	8,697,550	8,737,371	-0.46%	88,361	99/km²
102	Togo	8,478,250	8,278,724	2.41%	56,785	142/km²
103	Sierra Leone	8,141,343	7,976,983	2.06%	71,740	109/km²
104	Hong Kong	7,552,810	7,496,981	0.74%	1,104	6,736/km²
105	Laos	7,379,358	7,275,560	1.43%	236,800	30/km²
106	Paraguay	7,219,638	7,132,538	1.22%	406,752	17/km²
107	Libya	6,958,532	6,871,292	1.27%	1,759,540	4/km²
108	Bulgaria	6,896,663	6,948,445	-0.75%	110,879	63/km²
109	Lebanon	6,769,146	6,825,445	-0.82%	10,452	656/km²
110	Nicaragua	6,702,385	6,624,554	1.17%	130,373	50/km²
111	Kyrgyzstan	6,628,356	6,524,195	1.60%	199,951	32/km²
112	El Salvador	6,518,499	6,486,205	0.50%	21,041	307/km²
113	Turkmenistan	6,117,924	6,031,200	1.44%	488,100	12/km²
114	Singapore	5,896,686	5,850,342	0.79%	710	8,175/km²
115	Denmark	5,813,298	5,792,202	0.36%	43,094	134/km²
116	Republic Of The Congo	5,657,013	5,518,087	2.52%	342,000	16/km²
117	Finland	5,548,360	5,540,720	0.14%	338,424	16/km²
118	Norway	5,465,630	5,421,241	0.82%	323,802	17/km²
119	Slovakia	5,460,721	5,459,642	0.02%	49,037	111/km²
120	Oman	5,223,375	5,106,626	2.29%	309,500	16/km²
121	Palestine	5,222,748	5,101,414	2.38%	6,220	801/km²
122	Liberia	5,180,203	5,057,681	2.42%	111,369	44/km²
123	Costa Rica	5,139,052	5,094,118	0.88%	51,100	99/km²
124	Ireland	4,982,907	4,937,786	0.91%	70,273	69/km²
125	Central African Republic	4,919,981	4,829,767	1.87%	622,984	8/km²
126	New Zealand	4,860,643	4,822,233	0.80%	270,467	18/km²
127	Mauritania	4,775,119	4,649,658	2.70%	1,030,700	4/km²
128	Panama	4,381,579	4,314,767	1.55%	75,417	56/km²
129	Kuwait	4,328,550	4,270,571	1.36%	17,818	236/km²
130	Croatia	4,081,651	4,105,267	-0.58%	56,594	73/km²
131	Moldova	4,024,019	4,033,963	-0.25%	33,846	119/km²
132	Georgia	3,979,765	3,989,167	-0.24%	69,700	57/km²
133	Eritrea	3,601,467	3,546,421	1.55%	117,600	30/km²
134	Uruguay	3,485,151	3,473,730	0.33%	181,034	19/km²
135	Mongolia	3,329,289	3,278,290	1.56%	1,564,110	2/km²
136	Bosnia And Herzegovina	3,263,466	3,280,819	-0.53%	51,209	64/km²
137	Jamaica	2,973,463	2,961,167	0.42%	10,991	268/km²
138	Armenia	2,968,127	2,963,243	0.16%	29,743	99/km²
139	Qatar	2,930,528	2,881,053	1.72%	11,586	244/km²
140	Albania	2,872,933	2,877,797	-0.17%	28,748	100/km²
141	Puerto Rico	2,828,255	2,860,853	-1.14%	8,870	331/km²
142	Lithuania	2,689,862	2,722,289	-1.19%	65,300	42/km²
143	Namibia	2,587,344	2,540,905	1.83%	825,615	3/km²
144	Gambia	2,486,945	2,416,668	2.91%	10,689	220/km²
145	Botswana	2,397,241	2,351,627	1.94%	582,000	4/km²
146	Gabon	2,278,825	2,225,734	2.39%	267,668	8/km²
147	Lesotho	2,159,079	2,142,249	0.79%	30,355	70/km²
148	Macedonia	2,082,658	2,083,374	-0.03%	25,713	81/km²
149	Slovenia	2,078,724	2,078,938	-0.01%	20,273	103/km²
150	Guinea Bissau	2,015,494	1,968,001	2.41%	36,125	53/km²
151	Latvia	1,866,942	1,886,198	-1.02%	64,559	30/km²
152	Bahrain	1,748,296	1,701,575	2.75%	765	2,145/km²
153	Equatorial Guinea	1,449,896	1,402,985	3.34%	28,051	48/km²
154	Trinidad And Tobago	1,403,375	1,399,488	0.28%	5,130	272/km²
155	Timor Leste	1,343,873	1,318,445	1.93%	14,874	87/km²
156	Estonia	1,325,185	1,326,535	-0.10%	45,227	29/km²
157	Mauritius	1,273,433	1,271,768	0.13%	2,040	622/km²
158	Cyprus	1,215,584	1,207,359	0.68%	9,251	130/km²
159	Swaziland	1,172,362	1,160,164	1.05%	17,364	66/km²
160	Djibouti	1,002,187	988,000	1.44%	23,200	42/km²
161	Fiji	902,906	896,445	0.72%	18,272	49/km²
162	Reunion	901,686	895,312	0.71%	2,511	354/km²
163	Comoros	888,451	869,601	2.17%	1,862	457/km²
164	Guyana	790,326	786,552	0.48%	214,969	4/km²
165	Bhutan	779,898	771,608	1.07%	38,394	20/km²
166	Solomon Islands	703,996	686,884	2.49%	28,896	23/km²
167	Macau	658,394	649,335	1.40%	30	21,348/km²
168	Luxembourg	634,814	625,978	1.41%	2,586	238/km²
169	Montenegro	628,053	628,066	-0.00%	13,812	45/km²
170	Western Sahara	611,875	597,339	2.43%	266,000	2/km²
171	Suriname	591,800	586,632	0.88%	163,820	4/km²
172	Cape Verde	561,898	555,987	1.06%	4,033	136/km²
173	Maldives	543,617	540,544	0.57%	300	1,770/km²
174	Malta	442,784	441,543	0.28%	316	1,394/km²
175	Brunei	441,532	437,479	0.93%	5,765	75/km²
176	Belize	404,914	397,628	1.83%	22,966	17/km²
177	Guadeloupe	400,020	400,124	-0.03%	1,628	246/km²
178	Bahamas	396,913	393,244	0.93%	13,943	28/km²
179	Martinique	374,745	375,265	-0.14%	1,128	333/km²
180	Iceland	343,353	341,243	0.62%	103,000	3/km²
181	Vanuatu	314,464	307,145	2.38%	12,189	25/km²
182	French Guiana	306,448	298,682	2.60%	83,534	3/km²
183	New Caledonia	288,218	285,498	0.95%	18,575	15/km²
184	Barbados	287,711	287,375	0.12%	430	668/km²
185	French Polynesia	282,530	280,908	0.58%	4,167	67/km²
186	Mayotte	279,515	272,815	2.46%	374	712/km²
187	Sao Tome And Principe	223,368	219,159	1.92%	964	223/km²
188	Samoa	200,149	198,414	0.87%	2,842	69/km²
189	Saint Lucia	184,400	183,627	0.42%	616	297/km²
190	Guam	170,179	168,775	0.83%	549	305/km²
191	Curacao	164,798	164,093	0.43%	444	368/km²
192	Kiribati	121,392	119,449	1.63%	811	145/km²
193	Micronesia	116,254	115,023	1.07%	702	162/km²
194	Grenada	113,021	112,523	0.44%	344	326/km²
195	Saint Vincent And The Grenadines	111,263	110,940	0.29%	389	284/km²
196	Aruba	107,204	106,766	0.41%	180	591/km²
197	Tonga	106,760	105,695	1.01%	747	140/km²
198	United States Virgin Islands	104,226	104,425	-0.19%	347	301/km²
199	Seychelles	98,908	98,347	0.57%	452	216/km²
200	Antigua And Barbuda	98,731	97,929	0.82%	442	220/km²
201	Isle Of Man	85,410	85,033	0.44%	572	148/km²
202	Andorra	77,355	77,265	0.12%	468	165/km²
203	Dominica	72,167	71,986	0.25%	751	96/km²
204	Cayman Islands	66,497	65,722	1.18%	264	246/km²
205	Bermuda	62,090	62,278	-0.30%	54	1,158/km²
206	Marshall Islands	59,610	59,190	0.71%	181	325/km²
207	Northern Mariana Islands	57,917	57,559	0.62%	464	123/km²
208	Greenland	56,877	56,770	0.19%	2,166,086	0/km²
209	American Samoa	55,100	55,191	-0.16%	199	278/km²
210	Saint Kitts And Nevis	53,544	53,199	0.65%	261	202/km²
211	Faroe Islands	49,049	48,863	0.38%	1,393	35/km²
212	Sint Maarten	43,412	42,876	1.25%	34	1,247/km²
213	Monaco	39,511	39,242	0.69%	2	19,482/km²
214	Saint Martin	39,234	38,666	1.47%	53	717/km²
215	Turks And Caicos Islands	39,231	38,717	1.33%	948	40/km²
216	Liechtenstein	38,250	38,128	0.32%	160	238/km²
217	San Marino	34,017	33,931	0.25%	61	555/km²
218	Gibraltar	33,698	33,691	0.02%	6	5,617/km²
219	British Virgin Islands	30,421	30,231	0.63%	151	199/km²
220	Palau	18,169	18,094	0.41%	459	39/km²
221	Cook Islands	17,565	17,564	0.01%	236	74/km²
222	Anguilla	15,117	15,003	0.76%	91	163/km²
223	Tuvalu	11,931	11,792	1.18%	26	448/km²
224	Wallis And Futuna	11,094	11,239	-1.29%	142	81/km²
225	Nauru	10,876	10,824	0.48%	21	512/km²
226	Saint Barthelemy	9,907	9,877	0.30%	21	469/km²
227	Saint Pierre And Miquelon	5,766	5,794	-0.48%	242	24/km²
228	Montserrat	4,977	4,992	-0.30%	102	49/km²
229	Falkland Islands	3,533	3,480	1.52%	12,173	0/km²
230	Niue	1,619	1,626	-0.43%	260	6/km²
231	Tokelau	1,373	1,357	1.18%	12	112/km²
232	Vatican City	800	801	-0.12%	1	799/km²