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World Countries By Population 2026

World Countries Population 2026

Rank Country Population (Today) Growth Rate (%) Density (P/Km²) Equivalent World
1 India 1,471,069,160 0.86% 497 17.7867%
2 China 1,414,268,409 -0.22% 147 17.1113%
3 United States 348,282,982 0.49% 38 4.212%
4 Indonesia 286,950,713 0.74% 151 3.4698%
5 Pakistan 257,487,746 1.59% 336 3.1119%
6 Nigeria 240,267,207 2.03% 266 2.903%
7 Brazil 213,246,355 0.34% 26 2.5792%
8 Bangladesh 176,886,086 1.19% 1,366 2.1383%
9 Russia 143,539,253 -0.23% 9 1.7367%
10 Ethiopia 137,388,417 2.48% 139 1.6595%
11 Mexico 132,543,452 0.78% 68 1.6027%
12 Japan 122,729,702 -0.56% 325 1.4852%
13 Egypt 119,339,568 1.44% 121 1.4424%
14 Philippines 117,314,710 0.79% 392 1.4185%
15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 114,848,942 3.13% 51 1.3867%
16 Vietnam 101,931,311 0.55% 326 1.2327%
17 Iran 92,857,963 0.76% 57 1.1228%
18 Turkey 87,810,976 0.3% 114 1.0621%
19 Germany 83,729,303 -0.23% 240 1.0131%
20 Thailand 71,588,825 -0.09% 140 0.8661%
21 Tanzania 71,672,379 2.8% 82 0.8656%
22 United Kingdom 69,771,629 0.52% 288 0.8438%
23 France 66,706,316 0.14% 121 0.8069%
24 South Africa 65,150,273 1.05% 54 0.7876%
25 Italy 59,027,684 -0.39% 199 0.7143%
26 Kenya 58,150,832 1.89% 101 0.7027%
27 Myanmar 55,041,589 0.59% 84 0.6656%
28 Colombia 53,718,564 0.92% 48 0.6495%
29 Sudan 52,572,605 3.03% 30 0.6348%
30 Uganda 52,155,279 2.62% 264 0.6299%
31 South Korea 51,632,464 -0.14% 522 0.6247%
32 Spain 47,871,739 -0.1% 95 0.5792%
33 Algeria 47,774,384 1.2% 20 0.5775%
34 Iraq 47,575,212 2.05% 111 0.5748%
35 Argentina 45,937,462 0.33% 16 0.5556%
36 Afghanistan 44,511,678 2.71% 69 0.5376%
37 Yemen 42,440,492 2.76% 81 0.5126%
38 Canada 40,326,715 0.79% 4 0.4876%
39 Ukraine 39,663,618 -0.74% 68 0.48%
40 Angola 39,693,077 2.95% 32 0.4793%
41 Morocco 38,620,286 0.84% 87 0.467%
42 Poland 37,906,311 -0.38% 124 0.4587%
43 Uzbekistan 37,433,829 1.75% 89 0.4524%
44 Malaysia 36,209,048 1.1% 111 0.4377%
45 Mozambique 36,191,254 2.79% 47 0.4371%
46 Ghana 35,420,552 1.77% 157 0.428%
47 Saudi Arabia 34,904,577 1.69% 16 0.4218%
48 Peru 34,773,238 0.97% 27 0.4204%
49 Madagascar 33,177,420 2.34% 58 0.4008%
50 Ivory Coast 33,149,968 2.34% 105 0.4005%
51 Cameroon 30,305,051 2.49% 66 0.3661%
52 Nepal 29,610,693 0.14% 201 0.3582%
53 Venezuela 28,580,997 0.42% 31 0.3457%
54 Niger 28,417,857 3.14% 23 0.3431%
55 Australia 27,118,244 0.91% 4 0.3279%
56 North Korea 26,608,285 0.22% 221 0.3218%
57 Syria 26,118,625 3.04% 144 0.3154%
58 Mali 25,607,518 2.85% 21 0.3092%
59 Burkina Faso 24,369,603 2.15% 90 0.2944%
60 Sri Lanka 23,297,354 0.5% 372 0.2818%
61 Taiwan 23,055,721 -0.44% 650 0.279%
62 Malawi 22,532,682 2.53% 241 0.2722%
63 Zambia 22,252,503 2.72% 30 0.2687%
64 Chad 21,313,635 2.61% 17 0.2574%
65 Kazakhstan 20,980,861 1.11% 8 0.2536%
66 Somalia 20,016,732 3.24% 32 0.2417%
67 Chile 19,909,764 0.41% 26 0.2408%
68 Senegal 19,174,566 2.26% 101 0.2316%
69 Romania 18,848,273 -0.58% 82 0.2281%
70 Guatemala 18,845,261 1.47% 177 0.2278%
71 Netherlands 18,407,470 0.51% 548 0.2226%
72 Ecuador 18,376,464 0.84% 74 0.2222%
73 Cambodia 17,963,621 1.11% 100 0.2172%
74 Zimbabwe 17,130,975 1.88% 45 0.207%
75 Guinea 15,292,131 2.21% 63 0.1847%
76 Benin 15,013,100 2.36% 135 0.1814%
77 Rwanda 14,751,066 2.12% 615 0.1782%
78 Burundi 14,579,943 2.31% 568 0.1761%
79 Bolivia 12,676,056 1.31% 12 0.1532%
80 Tunisia 12,387,103 0.52% 80 0.1498%
81 South Sudan 12,325,854 2.02% 22 0.1489%
82 Haiti 11,980,238 1.08% 437 0.1448%
83 Belgium 11,768,257 0.12% 389 0.1424%
84 Dominican Republic 11,571,187 0.75% 240 0.1399%
85 United Arab Emirates 11,488,779 1.69% 163 0.1388%
86 Jordan 11,481,496 2.12% 131 0.1387%
87 Honduras 11,106,534 1.59% 103 0.1342%
88 Cuba 10,912,633 -0.42% 102 0.132%
89 Tajikistan 10,894,915 1.74% 77 0.1317%
90 Papua New Guinea 10,866,913 1.68% 24 0.1313%
91 Sweden 10,682,883 0.39% 26 0.1292%
92 Czech Republic 10,537,021 -0.2% 136 0.1275%
93 Azerbaijan 10,430,465 0.53% 126 0.1261%
94 Portugal 10,402,705 -0.16% 113 0.1259%
95 Greece 9,915,935 -0.43% 76 0.12%
96 Togo 9,837,982 2.13% 183 0.1189%
97 Hungary 9,600,035 -0.34% 106 0.1162%
98 Israel 9,590,129 1.36% 446 0.1159%
99 Austria 9,109,908 -0.07% 110 0.1102%
100 Switzerland 8,991,234 0.42% 225 0.1087%
101 Belarus 8,963,930 -0.69% 44 0.1085%
102 Sierra Leone 8,919,182 1.96% 125 0.1078%
103 Laos 7,930,212 1.25% 35 0.0959%
104 Turkmenistan 7,686,373 1.48% 16 0.0929%
105 Libya 7,502,762 1.12% 4 0.0907%
106 Hong Kong 7,393,341 -0.46% 6,714 0.0895%
107 Kyrgyzstan 7,354,960 1.4% 39 0.0889%
108 Paraguay 7,059,578 1.15% 18 0.0853%
109 Nicaragua 7,058,228 1.26% 59 0.0853%
110 Bulgaria 6,688,969 -0.73% 62 0.081%
111 Serbia 6,661,268 -0.66% 87 0.0806%
112 Republic of the Congo 6,569,947 2.33% 19 0.0794%
113 El Salvador 6,380,155 0.4% 308 0.0772%
114 Denmark 6,015,248 0.31% 142 0.0728%
115 Singapore 5,891,215 0.56% 8,647 0.0712%
116 Lebanon 5,875,737 0.84% 576 0.071%
117 Liberia 5,797,915 2.18% 61 0.07%
118 Norway 5,643,876 0.37% 19 0.0683%
119 Palestine 5,645,352 1.9% 946 0.0682%
120 Finland 5,623,795 -0.08% 19 0.068%
121 Central African Republic 5,616,730 3.28% 9 0.0678%
122 Oman 5,601,136 2.82% 18 0.0676%
123 Slovakia 5,455,267 -0.16% 111 0.066%
124 Mauritania 5,396,755 2.69% 5 0.0652%
125 Ireland 5,336,339 0.88% 78 0.0645%
126 New Zealand 5,272,337 0.65% 20 0.0638%
127 Costa Rica 5,165,458 0.41% 101 0.0625%
128 Kuwait 5,071,610 1.39% 286 0.0613%
129 Panama 4,602,009 1.17% 62 0.0556%
130 Croatia 3,833,447 -0.66% 68 0.0464%
131 Georgia 3,805,694 -0.06% 55 0.046%
132 Eritrea 3,649,209 2.07% 30 0.0441%
133 Mongolia 3,539,759 1.09% 2 0.0428%
134 Uruguay 3,383,539 -0.07% 20 0.0409%
135 Puerto Rico 3,229,280 -0.47% 371 0.0391%
136 Qatar 3,150,571 1.65% 274 0.0381%
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,125,747 -0.84% 61 0.0378%
138 Namibia 3,127,138 1.89% 4 0.0378%
139 Moldova 2,973,923 -0.98% 90 0.036%
140 Armenia 2,940,184 -0.72% 103 0.0356%
141 The Gambia 2,856,876 2.15% 285 0.0345%
142 Jamaica 2,835,354 -0.16% 262 0.0343%
143 Lithuania 2,807,461 -0.83% 45 0.034%
144 Albania 2,759,900 -0.74% 100 0.0334%
145 Gabon 2,623,522 2.05% 10 0.0317%
146 Botswana 2,585,059 1.6% 5 0.0312%
147 Lesotho 2,377,849 1.1% 79 0.0287%
148 Guinea-Bissau 2,276,641 2.1% 82 0.0275%
149 Slovenia 2,115,802 -0.13% 105 0.0256%
150 Equatorial Guinea 1,964,240 2.32% 71 0.0237%
151 Latvia 1,842,189 -0.78% 30 0.0223%
152 North Macedonia 1,808,459 -0.56% 72 0.0219%
153 Kosovo 1,669,271 -0.31% 153 0.0202%
154 Bahrain 1,662,220 1.82% 2,140 0.0201%
155 Trinidad and Tobago 1,512,596 0.1% 295 0.0183%
156 East Timor 1,428,635 1.31% 97 0.0173%
157 Cyprus 1,377,460 0.8% 150 0.0167%
158 Estonia 1,334,163 -0.53% 31 0.0161%
159 Mauritius 1,266,531 -0.27% 623 0.0153%
160 Eswatini 1,263,847 1.08% 73 0.0153%
161 Djibouti 1,192,542 1.31% 52 0.0144%
162 Fiji 935,530 0.43% 51 0.0113%
163 Comoros 891,927 1.79% 483 0.0108%
164 Réunion 884,549 0.45% 355 0.0107%
165 Solomon Islands 849,630 2.3% 30 0.0103%
166 Guyana 838,732 0.59% 4 0.0101%
167 Bhutan 799,762 0.7% 21 0.0097%
168 Macau 722,459 0.23% 22,600 0.0087%
169 Luxembourg 684,456 0.99% 265 0.0083%
170 Suriname 642,909 0.83% 4 0.0078%
171 Montenegro 627,726 -0.54% 45 0.0076%
172 Western Sahara 606,567 1.58% 2 0.0073%
173 Malta 548,115 0.37% 1,743 0.0066%
174 Maldives 530,711 0.35% 1,772 0.0064%
175 Cape Verde 528,648 0.42% 131 0.0064%
176 Brunei 468,294 0.72% 81 0.0057%
177 Belize 426,149 1.33% 19 0.0052%
178 The Bahamas 403,958 0.38% 76 0.0049%
179 Iceland 400,707 0.92% 4 0.0048%
180 Guadeloupe 373,043 -0.36% 229 0.0045%
181 Mayotte 342,901 3.04% 927 0.0041%
182 Martinique 338,898 -0.8% 319 0.0041%
183 Vanuatu 339,317 2.16% 28 0.0041%
184 French Guiana 316,567 1.65% 4 0.0038%
185 New Caledonia 296,807 0.83% 16 0.0036%
186 French Polynesia 282,819 0.21% 77 0.0034%
187 Barbados 282,693 0.03% 657 0.0034%
188 São Tomé and Príncipe 242,909 1.94% 255 0.0029%
189 Samoa 219,991 0.56% 78 0.0027%
190 Curaçao 185,467 -0.03% 437 0.0022%
191 Saint Lucia 180,353 0.17% 293 0.0022%
192 Guam 169,670 0.69% 315 0.0021%
193 Kiribati 137,587 1.41% 191 0.0017%
194 Seychelles 134,053 1.53% 295 0.0016%
195 Grenada 117,349 0.03% 345 0.0014%
196 Federated States of Micronesia 113,968 0.43% 163 0.0014%
197 Aruba 108,172 -0.02% 601 0.0013%
198 Jersey 104,059 0.1% 897 0.0013%
199 Tonga 103,485 -0.43% 159 0.0013%
200 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99,541 -0.68% 254 0.0012%
201 Antigua and Barbuda 94,448 0.43% 215 0.0011%
202 Isle of Man 84,085 -0.08% 147 0.001%
203 United States Virgin Islands 83,724 -0.89% 238 0.001%
204 Andorra 83,401 0.96% 178 0.001%
205 Cayman Islands 76,609 1.73% 320 0.0009%
206 Dominica 65,664 -0.53% 87 0.0008%
207 Guernsey 64,568 0.15% 1,010 0.0008%
208 Bermuda 64,502 -0.15% 1,194 0.0008%
209 Faroe Islands 56,311 0.87% 41 0.0007%
210 Greenland 55,685 -0.23% 0 0.0007%
211 Turks and Caicos Islands 47,027 0.59% 50 0.0006%
212 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46,964 0.13% 181 0.0006%
213 American Samoa 45,625 -1.54% 227 0.0006%
214 Sint Maarten 44,231 1.11% 1,307 0.0005%
215 Northern Mariana Islands 43,159 -1.31% 94 0.0005%
216 Gibraltar 40,556 1.73% 4,087 0.0005%
217 Liechtenstein 40,266 0.58% 252 0.0005%
218 British Virgin Islands 39,860 0.44% 259 0.0005%
219 Monaco 38,183 -0.58% 25,562 0.0005%
220 Marshall Islands 35,578 -3.28% 195 0.0004%
221 San Marino 33,592 0.09% 551 0.0004%
222 Caribbean Netherlands 31,682 1.65% 97 0.0004%
223 Saint Martin 24,333 -4.16% 451 0.0003%
224 Palau 17,638 -0.3% 38 0.0002%
225 Anguilla 14,786 0.47% 168 0.0002%
226 Cook Islands 13,009 -3.26% 53 0.0002%
227 Nauru 12,068 0.64% 605 0.0001%
228 Saint Barthélemy 11,496 1.05% 525 0.0001%
229 Wallis and Futuna 11,148 -0.72% 79 0.0001%
230 Tuvalu 9,413 -1.24% 312 0.0001%
231 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,541 -1.14% 24 0.0001%
232 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 5,173 -1.15% 13 0.0001%
233 Montserrat 4,344 -0.83% 42 0.0001%
234 Falkland Islands 3,467 -0.12% 0 0%
235 Tokelau 2,660 2.6% 224 0%
236 Niue 1,819 0.33% 7 0%
237 Vatican City 503 1.38% 1,151 0%
Note/ Countries with blue text color is Sovereign countries and The countries with red text color is Territories/Dependencies countries