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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 1,473,190,471 0.86% 497 17.7867%
2 China 1,413,746,910 -0.22% 147 17.1113%
3 United States 348,570,789 0.49% 38 4.212%
4 Indonesia 287,308,518 0.74% 151 3.4698%
5 Pakistan 258,177,182 1.59% 336 3.1119%
6 Nigeria 241,088,521 2.03% 266 2.903%
7 Brazil 213,367,673 0.34% 26 2.5792%
8 Bangladesh 177,241,388 1.19% 1,366 2.1383%
9 Russia 143,483,666 -0.23% 9 1.7367%
10 Ethiopia 137,961,161 2.48% 139 1.6595%
11 Mexico 132,716,972 0.78% 68 1.6027%
12 Japan 122,613,543 -0.56% 325 1.4852%
13 Egypt 119,629,426 1.44% 121 1.4424%
14 Philippines 117,471,253 0.79% 392 1.4185%
15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 115,453,355 3.13% 51 1.3867%
16 Vietnam 102,025,490 0.55% 326 1.2327%
17 Iran 92,976,717 0.76% 57 1.1228%
18 Turkey 87,855,022 0.3% 114 1.0621%
19 Germany 83,696,595 -0.23% 240 1.0131%
20 Thailand 71,577,616 -0.09% 140 0.8661%
21 Tanzania 72,009,052 2.8% 82 0.8656%
22 United Kingdom 69,832,807 0.52% 288 0.8438%
23 France 66,721,700 0.14% 121 0.8069%
24 South Africa 65,265,803 1.05% 54 0.7876%
25 Italy 58,988,621 -0.39% 199 0.7143%
26 Kenya 58,335,255 1.89% 101 0.7027%
27 Myanmar 55,096,426 0.59% 84 0.6656%
28 Colombia 53,801,718 0.92% 48 0.6495%
29 Sudan 52,840,461 3.03% 30 0.6348%
30 Uganda 52,384,520 2.62% 264 0.6299%
31 South Korea 51,620,120 -0.14% 522 0.6247%
32 Spain 47,863,680 -0.1% 95 0.5792%
33 Algeria 47,871,150 1.2% 20 0.5775%
34 Iraq 47,739,198 2.05% 111 0.5748%
35 Argentina 45,962,823 0.33% 16 0.5556%
36 Afghanistan 44,714,045 2.71% 69 0.5376%
37 Yemen 42,637,431 2.76% 81 0.5126%
38 Canada 40,380,594 0.79% 4 0.4876%
39 Ukraine 39,614,383 -0.74% 68 0.48%
40 Angola 39,890,118 2.95% 32 0.4793%
41 Morocco 38,674,613 0.84% 87 0.467%
42 Poland 37,882,055 -0.38% 124 0.4587%
43 Uzbekistan 37,544,185 1.75% 89 0.4524%
44 Malaysia 36,276,179 1.1% 111 0.4377%
45 Mozambique 36,360,712 2.79% 47 0.4371%
46 Ghana 35,525,806 1.77% 157 0.428%
47 Saudi Arabia 35,003,841 1.69% 16 0.4218%
48 Peru 34,830,048 0.97% 27 0.4204%
49 Madagascar 33,307,933 2.34% 58 0.4008%
50 Ivory Coast 33,280,373 2.34% 105 0.4005%
51 Cameroon 30,432,098 2.49% 66 0.3661%
52 Nepal 29,617,871 0.14% 201 0.3582%
53 Venezuela 28,601,201 0.42% 31 0.3457%
54 Niger 28,567,554 3.14% 23 0.3431%
55 Australia 27,159,812 0.91% 4 0.3279%
56 North Korea 26,618,004 0.22% 221 0.3218%
57 Syria 26,252,093 3.04% 144 0.3154%
58 Mali 25,730,169 2.85% 21 0.3092%
59 Burkina Faso 24,457,612 2.15% 90 0.2944%
60 Sri Lanka 23,316,841 0.5% 372 0.2818%
61 Taiwan 23,038,638 -0.44% 650 0.279%
62 Malawi 22,628,356 2.53% 241 0.2722%
63 Zambia 22,354,306 2.72% 30 0.2687%
64 Chad 21,406,958 2.61% 17 0.2574%
65 Kazakhstan 21,020,041 1.11% 8 0.2536%
66 Somalia 20,125,699 3.24% 32 0.2417%
67 Chile 19,923,570 0.41% 26 0.2408%
68 Senegal 19,247,323 2.26% 101 0.2316%
69 Romania 18,829,926 -0.58% 82 0.2281%
70 Guatemala 18,891,952 1.47% 177 0.2278%
71 Netherlands 18,423,269 0.51% 548 0.2226%
72 Ecuador 18,402,438 0.84% 74 0.2222%
73 Cambodia 17,997,016 1.11% 100 0.2172%
74 Zimbabwe 17,185,133 1.88% 45 0.207%
75 Guinea 15,348,924 2.21% 63 0.1847%
76 Benin 15,072,688 2.36% 135 0.1814%
77 Rwanda 14,803,645 2.12% 615 0.1782%
78 Burundi 14,636,465 2.31% 568 0.1761%
79 Bolivia 12,703,968 1.31% 12 0.1532%
80 Tunisia 12,397,839 0.52% 80 0.1498%
81 South Sudan 12,367,656 2.02% 22 0.1489%
82 Haiti 12,002,087 1.08% 437 0.1448%
83 Belgium 11,770,713 0.12% 389 0.1424%
84 Dominican Republic 11,585,829 0.75% 240 0.1399%
85 United Arab Emirates 11,521,432 1.69% 163 0.1388%
86 Jordan 11,522,459 2.12% 131 0.1387%
87 Honduras 11,136,291 1.59% 103 0.1342%
88 Cuba 10,904,952 -0.42% 102 0.132%
89 Tajikistan 10,926,723 1.74% 77 0.1317%
90 Papua New Guinea 10,897,690 1.68% 24 0.1313%
91 Sweden 10,689,842 0.39% 26 0.1292%
92 Czech Republic 10,533,473 -0.2% 136 0.1275%
93 Azerbaijan 10,439,804 0.53% 126 0.1261%
94 Portugal 10,399,885 -0.16% 113 0.1259%
95 Greece 9,908,688 -0.43% 76 0.12%
96 Togo 9,873,214 2.13% 183 0.1189%
97 Hungary 9,594,571 -0.34% 106 0.1162%
98 Israel 9,612,052 1.36% 446 0.1159%
99 Austria 9,108,896 -0.07% 110 0.1102%
100 Switzerland 8,997,575 0.42% 225 0.1087%
101 Belarus 8,953,558 -0.69% 44 0.1085%
102 Sierra Leone 8,948,622 1.96% 125 0.1078%
103 Laos 7,946,901 1.25% 35 0.0959%
104 Turkmenistan 7,705,494 1.48% 16 0.0929%
105 Libya 7,516,912 1.12% 4 0.0907%
106 Hong Kong 7,387,664 -0.46% 6,714 0.0895%
107 Kyrgyzstan 7,372,280 1.4% 39 0.0889%
108 Paraguay 7,073,188 1.15% 18 0.0853%
109 Nicaragua 7,073,129 1.26% 59 0.0853%
110 Bulgaria 6,680,757 -0.73% 62 0.081%
111 Serbia 6,653,830 -0.66% 87 0.0806%
112 Republic of the Congo 6,595,637 2.33% 19 0.0794%
113 El Salvador 6,384,408 0.4% 308 0.0772%
114 Denmark 6,018,418 0.31% 142 0.0728%
115 Singapore 5,896,777 0.56% 8,647 0.0712%
116 Lebanon 5,884,042 0.84% 576 0.071%
117 Liberia 5,819,155 2.18% 61 0.07%
118 Norway 5,647,371 0.37% 19 0.0683%
119 Palestine 5,663,360 1.9% 946 0.0682%
120 Finland 5,623,010 -0.08% 19 0.068%
121 Central African Republic 5,647,711 3.28% 9 0.0678%
122 Oman 5,627,700 2.82% 18 0.0676%
123 Slovakia 5,453,760 -0.16% 111 0.066%
124 Mauritania 5,421,155 2.69% 5 0.0652%
125 Ireland 5,344,214 0.88% 78 0.0645%
126 New Zealand 5,278,131 0.65% 20 0.0638%
127 Costa Rica 5,169,031 0.41% 101 0.0625%
128 Kuwait 5,083,476 1.39% 286 0.0613%
129 Panama 4,611,052 1.17% 62 0.0556%
130 Croatia 3,829,173 -0.66% 68 0.0464%
131 Georgia 3,805,290 -0.06% 55 0.046%
132 Eritrea 3,661,903 2.07% 30 0.0441%
133 Mongolia 3,546,256 1.09% 2 0.0428%
134 Uruguay 3,383,151 -0.07% 20 0.0409%
135 Puerto Rico 3,226,746 -0.47% 371 0.0391%
136 Qatar 3,159,314 1.65% 274 0.0381%
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,121,308 -0.84% 61 0.0378%
138 Namibia 3,137,050 1.89% 4 0.0378%
139 Moldova 2,969,034 -0.98% 90 0.036%
140 Armenia 2,936,614 -0.72% 103 0.0356%
141 The Gambia 2,867,189 2.15% 285 0.0345%
142 Jamaica 2,834,604 -0.16% 262 0.0343%
143 Lithuania 2,803,559 -0.83% 45 0.034%
144 Albania 2,756,478 -0.74% 100 0.0334%
145 Gabon 2,632,582 2.05% 10 0.0317%
146 Botswana 2,592,029 1.6% 5 0.0312%
147 Lesotho 2,382,230 1.1% 79 0.0287%
148 Guinea-Bissau 2,284,668 2.1% 82 0.0275%
149 Slovenia 2,115,328 -0.13% 105 0.0256%
150 Equatorial Guinea 1,971,901 2.32% 71 0.0237%
151 Latvia 1,839,778 -0.78% 30 0.0223%
152 North Macedonia 1,806,765 -0.56% 72 0.0219%
153 Kosovo 1,668,394 -0.31% 153 0.0202%
154 Bahrain 1,667,293 1.82% 2,140 0.0201%
155 Trinidad and Tobago 1,512,853 0.1% 295 0.0183%
156 East Timor 1,431,793 1.31% 97 0.0173%
157 Cyprus 1,379,324 0.8% 150 0.0167%
158 Estonia 1,332,970 -0.53% 31 0.0161%
159 Mauritius 1,265,964 -0.27% 623 0.0153%
160 Eswatini 1,266,139 1.08% 73 0.0153%
161 Djibouti 1,195,178 1.31% 52 0.0144%
162 Fiji 936,200 0.43% 51 0.0113%
163 Comoros 894,618 1.79% 483 0.0108%
164 Réunion 885,219 0.45% 355 0.0107%
165 Solomon Islands 852,909 2.3% 30 0.0103%
166 Guyana 839,558 0.59% 4 0.0101%
167 Bhutan 800,700 0.7% 21 0.0097%
168 Macau 722,739 0.23% 22,600 0.0087%
169 Luxembourg 685,598 0.99% 265 0.0083%
170 Suriname 643,806 0.83% 4 0.0078%
171 Montenegro 627,151 -0.54% 45 0.0076%
172 Western Sahara 608,182 1.58% 2 0.0073%
173 Malta 548,458 0.37% 1,743 0.0066%
174 Maldives 531,020 0.35% 1,772 0.0064%
175 Cape Verde 529,023 0.42% 131 0.0064%
176 Brunei 468,860 0.72% 81 0.0057%
177 Belize 427,099 1.33% 19 0.0052%
178 The Bahamas 404,215 0.38% 76 0.0049%
179 Iceland 401,327 0.92% 4 0.0048%
180 Guadeloupe 372,817 -0.36% 229 0.0045%
181 Mayotte 344,649 3.04% 927 0.0041%
182 Martinique 338,440 -0.8% 319 0.0041%
183 Vanuatu 340,548 2.16% 28 0.0041%
184 French Guiana 317,443 1.65% 4 0.0038%
185 New Caledonia 297,222 0.83% 16 0.0036%
186 French Polynesia 282,917 0.21% 77 0.0034%
187 Barbados 282,705 0.03% 657 0.0034%
188 São Tomé and Príncipe 243,700 1.94% 255 0.0029%
189 Samoa 220,196 0.56% 78 0.0027%
190 Curaçao 185,457 -0.03% 437 0.0022%
191 Saint Lucia 180,404 0.17% 293 0.0022%
192 Guam 169,867 0.69% 315 0.0021%
193 Kiribati 137,914 1.41% 191 0.0017%
194 Seychelles 134,397 1.53% 295 0.0016%
195 Grenada 117,354 0.03% 345 0.0014%
196 Federated States of Micronesia 114,050 0.43% 163 0.0014%
197 Aruba 108,169 -0.02% 601 0.0013%
198 Jersey 104,077 0.1% 897 0.0013%
199 Tonga 103,410 -0.43% 159 0.0013%
200 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99,427 -0.68% 254 0.0012%
201 Antigua and Barbuda 94,516 0.43% 215 0.0011%
202 Isle of Man 84,073 -0.08% 147 0.001%
203 United States Virgin Islands 83,599 -0.89% 238 0.001%
204 Andorra 83,535 0.96% 178 0.001%
205 Cayman Islands 76,832 1.73% 320 0.0009%
206 Dominica 65,605 -0.53% 87 0.0008%
207 Guernsey 64,584 0.15% 1,010 0.0008%
208 Bermuda 64,485 -0.15% 1,194 0.0008%
209 Faroe Islands 56,393 0.87% 41 0.0007%
210 Greenland 55,663 -0.23% 0 0.0007%
211 Turks and Caicos Islands 47,073 0.59% 50 0.0006%
212 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46,974 0.13% 181 0.0006%
213 American Samoa 45,506 -1.54% 227 0.0006%
214 Sint Maarten 44,313 1.11% 1,307 0.0005%
215 Northern Mariana Islands 43,065 -1.31% 94 0.0005%
216 Gibraltar 40,674 1.73% 4,087 0.0005%
217 Liechtenstein 40,305 0.58% 252 0.0005%
218 British Virgin Islands 39,889 0.44% 259 0.0005%
219 Monaco 38,146 -0.58% 25,562 0.0005%
220 Marshall Islands 35,381 -3.28% 195 0.0004%
221 San Marino 33,597 0.09% 551 0.0004%
222 Caribbean Netherlands 31,770 1.65% 97 0.0004%
223 Saint Martin 24,162 -4.16% 451 0.0003%
224 Palau 17,629 -0.3% 38 0.0002%
225 Anguilla 14,798 0.47% 168 0.0002%
226 Cook Islands 12,937 -3.26% 53 0.0002%
227 Nauru 12,081 0.64% 605 0.0001%
228 Saint Barthélemy 11,517 1.05% 525 0.0001%
229 Wallis and Futuna 11,135 -0.72% 79 0.0001%
230 Tuvalu 9,393 -1.24% 312 0.0001%
231 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,530 -1.14% 24 0.0001%
232 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 5,163 -1.15% 13 0.0001%
233 Montserrat 4,338 -0.83% 42 0.0001%
234 Falkland Islands 3,466 -0.12% 0 0%
235 Tokelau 2,672 2.6% 224 0%
236 Niue 1,820 0.33% 7 0%
237 Vatican City 505 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