How many people live in each country?

India, with 1.46 billion people in 2025, and China, with 1.41 billion, are far larger than any other country; the United States is third with 342 million. The smallest, Tuvalu, had about 9,500 people. Search 217 countries and territories. Figures are mid-year estimates, many from the United Nations.

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Key facts

Measure: People. Written from the data below.

  • India has the highest figure, 1.46B, followed by China (1.41B) and United States (342M).
  • Tuvalu has the lowest figure, 9,492, followed by Nauru (12,025) and Palau (17,663).
  • The highest is 154,221 times the lowest.
  • World: 8.22B. Of the 217 compared, 0 are above it and 217 below.

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Chartly. “How many people live in each country?” Chart. Data: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL (data as of December 31, 2025). https://chart.ly/charts/population-by-country (accessed November 4, 2026).

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Country People
India 1,463,865,525
China 1,406,585,000
United States 341,784,857
Indonesia 285,721,236
Pakistan 255,219,554
Nigeria 237,527,782
Brazil 212,812,405
Bangladesh 175,686,899
Russia 143,513,328
Ethiopia 135,472,051
Mexico 131,946,900
Japan 123,366,734
Egypt 118,365,995
Philippines 116,786,962
Congo (Democratic Republic) 112,832,473
Vietnam 101,598,527
Iran 92,417,681
Türkiye 85,878,556
Germany 83,491,249
Thailand 71,619,863
Tanzania 70,545,865
United Kingdom 69,487,000
France 68,720,337
South Africa 64,747,319
Italy 58,915,656
Kenya 57,532,493
Myanmar 54,850,648
Colombia 53,425,635
South Korea 51,684,564
Sudan 51,662,147
Uganda 51,384,894
Spain 49,355,143
Algeria 47,435,312
Iraq 47,020,774
Argentina 45,851,378
Afghanistan 43,844,111
Yemen 41,773,878
Canada 41,651,653
Angola 39,040,039
Ukraine 38,980,376
Morocco 38,430,770
Uzbekistan 37,053,428
Saudi Arabia 36,973,555
Poland 36,435,861
Malaysia 35,977,838
Mozambique 35,631,653
Ghana 35,064,272
Peru 34,576,665
Madagascar 32,740,678
Côte d'Ivoire 32,711,547
Cameroon 29,879,337
Nepal 29,618,118
Venezuela 28,516,896
Niger 27,917,831
Australia 27,614,411
North Korea 26,571,036
Syria 25,620,427
Mali 25,198,821
Burkina Faso 24,074,580
Malawi 22,216,120
Zambia 21,913,874
Sri Lanka 21,756,000
Chad 21,003,705
Kazakhstan 20,843,754
Chile 19,859,921
Somalia 19,654,739
Romania 19,020,271
Senegal 18,931,966
Guatemala 18,687,881
Ecuador 18,289,896
Netherlands 18,087,633
Cambodia 17,847,982
Zimbabwe 16,950,795
Guinea 15,099,727
Benin 14,814,460
Rwanda 14,569,341
Burundi 14,390,003
Bolivia 12,581,843
Tunisia 12,348,573
South Sudan 12,188,788
Belgium 11,941,781
Haiti 11,906,095
Jordan 11,520,684
Dominican Republic 11,520,487
United Arab Emirates 11,513,149
Honduras 11,005,850
Cuba 10,937,203
Czechia 10,886,878
Portugal 10,804,871
Tajikistan 10,786,734
Papua New Guinea 10,762,817
Sweden 10,596,620
Greece 10,413,962
Azerbaijan 10,246,996
Israel 10,122,800
Hungary 9,514,251
Austria 9,208,163
Switzerland 9,092,436
Belarus 9,085,991
Sierra Leone 8,819,794
Togo 8,591,626
Laos 7,873,046
Turkmenistan 7,618,847
Hong Kong 7,498,900
Libya 7,458,555
Kyrgyzstan 7,343,064
Paraguay 7,013,078
Nicaragua 7,007,502
Serbia 6,549,143
Congo (Republic) 6,484,437
Bulgaria 6,433,302
El Salvador 6,365,503
Singapore 6,111,175
Denmark 6,009,169
Lebanon 5,849,421
Liberia 5,731,206
Finland 5,646,436
Norway 5,610,870
Central African Republic 5,513,282
Oman 5,494,691
Ireland 5,484,367
Slovakia 5,413,813
West Bank and Gaza 5,413,596
New Zealand 5,324,700
Mauritania 5,315,065
Costa Rica 5,152,950
Kuwait 4,865,298
Panama 4,571,189
Georgia 3,935,766
Croatia 3,876,200
Eritrea 3,607,003
Mongolia 3,568,978
Uruguay 3,384,688
Puerto Rico 3,184,835
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,140,095
Namibia 3,092,816
Armenia 3,086,700
Qatar 2,972,215
Lithuania 2,888,774
Jamaica 2,837,077
The Gambia 2,822,093
Gabon 2,593,130
Botswana 2,562,122
Lesotho 2,363,325
Moldova 2,360,527
Albania 2,349,580
Guinea-Bissau 2,249,515
Slovenia 2,130,986
Equatorial Guinea 1,938,431
Latvia 1,847,785
North Macedonia 1,820,909
Bahrain 1,600,366
Kosovo 1,576,876
Timor-Leste 1,418,517
Cyprus 1,370,754
Trinidad and Tobago 1,367,764
Estonia 1,366,475
Eswatini 1,256,174
Mauritius 1,243,741
Djibouti 1,184,076
Fiji 933,154
Comoros 882,847
Solomon Islands 838,645
Guyana 835,986
Bhutan 796,682
Luxembourg 686,970
Macao 685,900
Suriname 639,850
Montenegro 623,129
Malta 579,704
Maldives 529,676
Cabo Verde 527,326
Brunei 466,330
Belize 422,924
The Bahamas 403,033
Iceland 392,404
Vanuatu 335,169
New Caledonia 295,333
Barbados 282,623
French Polynesia 282,465
Sao Tome and Principe 240,254
Samoa 219,306
St. Lucia 180,149
Guam 168,999
Channel Islands 168,466
Curacao 156,263
Kiribati 136,488
Seychelles 122,730
Grenada 117,303
Micronesia 113,683
Aruba 108,785
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 103,792
Tonga 103,742
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 99,924
Antigua and Barbuda 94,209
Isle of Man 84,118
Andorra 82,904
Cayman Islands 75,844
Dominica 65,871
Bermuda 64,555
Greenland 56,831
Faroe Islands 54,900
St. Kitts and Nevis 46,922
Turks and Caicos Islands 46,855
American Samoa 46,029
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 43,923
Northern Mariana Islands 43,541
Liechtenstein 41,024
Gibraltar 40,126
British Virgin Islands 39,732
Monaco 38,341
Marshall Islands 36,282
San Marino 34,109
St. Martin (French part) 24,941
Palau 17,663
Nauru 12,025
Tuvalu 9,492
World 8,215,424,893

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