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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 1,477,022,764 0.86% 497 17.7867%
2 China 1,412,804,787 -0.22% 147 17.1113%
3 United States 349,090,733 0.49% 38 4.212%
4 Indonesia 287,954,918 0.74% 151 3.4698%
5 Pakistan 259,422,696 1.59% 336 3.1119%
6 Nigeria 242,572,280 2.03% 266 2.903%
7 Brazil 213,586,843 0.34% 26 2.5792%
8 Bangladesh 177,883,267 1.19% 1,366 2.1383%
9 Russia 143,383,243 -0.23% 9 1.7367%
10 Ethiopia 138,995,860 2.48% 139 1.6595%
11 Mexico 133,030,447 0.78% 68 1.6027%
12 Japan 122,403,693 -0.56% 325 1.4852%
13 Egypt 120,153,075 1.44% 121 1.4424%
14 Philippines 117,754,058 0.79% 392 1.4185%
15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 116,545,267 3.13% 51 1.3867%
16 Vietnam 102,195,630 0.55% 326 1.2327%
17 Iran 93,191,255 0.76% 57 1.1228%
18 Turkey 87,934,594 0.3% 114 1.0621%
19 Germany 83,637,507 -0.23% 240 1.0131%
20 Thailand 71,557,366 -0.09% 140 0.8661%
21 Tanzania 72,617,274 2.8% 82 0.8656%
22 United Kingdom 69,943,330 0.52% 288 0.8438%
23 France 66,749,492 0.14% 121 0.8069%
24 South Africa 65,474,516 1.05% 54 0.7876%
25 Italy 58,918,050 -0.39% 199 0.7143%
26 Kenya 58,668,426 1.89% 101 0.7027%
27 Myanmar 55,195,493 0.59% 84 0.6656%
28 Colombia 53,951,943 0.92% 48 0.6495%
29 Sudan 53,324,359 3.03% 30 0.6348%
30 Uganda 52,798,660 2.62% 264 0.6299%
31 South Korea 51,597,819 -0.14% 522 0.6247%
32 Spain 47,849,119 -0.1% 95 0.5792%
33 Algeria 48,045,963 1.2% 20 0.5775%
34 Iraq 48,035,450 2.05% 111 0.5748%
35 Argentina 46,008,640 0.33% 16 0.5556%
36 Afghanistan 45,079,634 2.71% 69 0.5376%
37 Yemen 42,993,213 2.76% 81 0.5126%
38 Canada 40,477,930 0.79% 4 0.4876%
39 Ukraine 39,525,437 -0.74% 68 0.48%
40 Angola 40,246,087 2.95% 32 0.4793%
41 Morocco 38,772,759 0.84% 87 0.467%
42 Poland 37,838,236 -0.38% 124 0.4587%
43 Uzbekistan 37,743,552 1.75% 89 0.4524%
44 Malaysia 36,397,456 1.1% 111 0.4377%
45 Mozambique 36,666,849 2.79% 47 0.4371%
46 Ghana 35,715,955 1.77% 157 0.428%
47 Saudi Arabia 35,183,170 1.69% 16 0.4218%
48 Peru 34,932,679 0.97% 27 0.4204%
49 Madagascar 33,543,714 2.34% 58 0.4008%
50 Ivory Coast 33,515,959 2.34% 105 0.4005%
51 Cameroon 30,661,618 2.49% 66 0.3661%
52 Nepal 29,630,838 0.14% 201 0.3582%
53 Venezuela 28,637,701 0.42% 31 0.3457%
54 Niger 28,837,991 3.14% 23 0.3431%
55 Australia 27,234,907 0.91% 4 0.3279%
56 North Korea 26,635,563 0.22% 221 0.3218%
57 Syria 26,493,211 3.04% 144 0.3154%
58 Mali 25,951,747 2.85% 21 0.3092%
59 Burkina Faso 24,616,608 2.15% 90 0.2944%
60 Sri Lanka 23,352,046 0.5% 372 0.2818%
61 Taiwan 23,007,776 -0.44% 650 0.279%
62 Malawi 22,801,197 2.53% 241 0.2722%
63 Zambia 22,538,221 2.72% 30 0.2687%
64 Chad 21,575,553 2.61% 17 0.2574%
65 Kazakhstan 21,090,823 1.11% 8 0.2536%
66 Somalia 20,322,555 3.24% 32 0.2417%
67 Chile 19,948,512 0.41% 26 0.2408%
68 Senegal 19,378,763 2.26% 101 0.2316%
69 Romania 18,796,780 -0.58% 82 0.2281%
70 Guatemala 18,976,302 1.47% 177 0.2278%
71 Netherlands 18,451,812 0.51% 548 0.2226%
72 Ecuador 18,449,362 0.84% 74 0.2222%
73 Cambodia 18,057,346 1.11% 100 0.2172%
74 Zimbabwe 17,282,972 1.88% 45 0.207%
75 Guinea 15,451,524 2.21% 63 0.1847%
76 Benin 15,180,337 2.36% 135 0.1814%
77 Rwanda 14,898,633 2.12% 615 0.1782%
78 Burundi 14,738,576 2.31% 568 0.1761%
79 Bolivia 12,754,393 1.31% 12 0.1532%
80 Tunisia 12,417,235 0.52% 80 0.1498%
81 South Sudan 12,443,176 2.02% 22 0.1489%
82 Haiti 12,041,558 1.08% 437 0.1448%
83 Belgium 11,775,151 0.12% 389 0.1424%
84 Dominican Republic 11,612,282 0.75% 240 0.1399%
85 United Arab Emirates 11,580,423 1.69% 163 0.1388%
86 Jordan 11,596,463 2.12% 131 0.1387%
87 Honduras 11,190,049 1.59% 103 0.1342%
88 Cuba 10,891,075 -0.42% 102 0.132%
89 Tajikistan 10,984,185 1.74% 77 0.1317%
90 Papua New Guinea 10,953,290 1.68% 24 0.1313%
91 Sweden 10,702,413 0.39% 26 0.1292%
92 Czech Republic 10,527,063 -0.2% 136 0.1275%
93 Azerbaijan 10,456,675 0.53% 126 0.1261%
94 Portugal 10,394,791 -0.16% 113 0.1259%
95 Greece 9,895,595 -0.43% 76 0.12%
96 Togo 9,936,863 2.13% 183 0.1189%
97 Hungary 9,584,700 -0.34% 106 0.1162%
98 Israel 9,651,658 1.36% 446 0.1159%
99 Austria 9,107,067 -0.07% 110 0.1102%
100 Switzerland 9,009,030 0.42% 225 0.1087%
101 Belarus 8,934,821 -0.69% 44 0.1085%
102 Sierra Leone 9,001,808 1.96% 125 0.1078%
103 Laos 7,977,050 1.25% 35 0.0959%
104 Turkmenistan 7,740,038 1.48% 16 0.0929%
105 Libya 7,542,474 1.12% 4 0.0907%
106 Hong Kong 7,377,407 -0.46% 6,714 0.0895%
107 Kyrgyzstan 7,403,571 1.4% 39 0.0889%
108 Paraguay 7,097,777 1.15% 18 0.0853%
109 Nicaragua 7,100,050 1.26% 59 0.0853%
110 Bulgaria 6,665,919 -0.73% 62 0.081%
111 Serbia 6,640,392 -0.66% 87 0.0806%
112 Republic of the Congo 6,642,049 2.33% 19 0.0794%
113 El Salvador 6,392,090 0.4% 308 0.0772%
114 Denmark 6,024,143 0.31% 142 0.0728%
115 Singapore 5,906,825 0.56% 8,647 0.0712%
116 Lebanon 5,899,045 0.84% 576 0.071%
117 Liberia 5,857,528 2.18% 61 0.07%
118 Norway 5,653,687 0.37% 19 0.0683%
119 Palestine 5,695,893 1.9% 946 0.0682%
120 Finland 5,621,590 -0.08% 19 0.068%
121 Central African Republic 5,703,681 3.28% 9 0.0678%
122 Oman 5,675,690 2.82% 18 0.0676%
123 Slovakia 5,451,039 -0.16% 111 0.066%
124 Mauritania 5,465,235 2.69% 5 0.0652%
125 Ireland 5,358,440 0.88% 78 0.0645%
126 New Zealand 5,288,598 0.65% 20 0.0638%
127 Costa Rica 5,175,486 0.41% 101 0.0625%
128 Kuwait 5,104,914 1.39% 286 0.0613%
129 Panama 4,627,388 1.17% 62 0.0556%
130 Croatia 3,821,451 -0.66% 68 0.0464%
131 Georgia 3,804,561 -0.06% 55 0.046%
132 Eritrea 3,684,838 2.07% 30 0.0441%
133 Mongolia 3,557,994 1.09% 2 0.0428%
134 Uruguay 3,382,452 -0.07% 20 0.0409%
135 Puerto Rico 3,222,168 -0.47% 371 0.0391%
136 Qatar 3,175,108 1.65% 274 0.0381%
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,113,290 -0.84% 61 0.0378%
138 Namibia 3,154,958 1.89% 4 0.0378%
139 Moldova 2,960,201 -0.98% 90 0.036%
140 Armenia 2,930,164 -0.72% 103 0.0356%
141 The Gambia 2,885,819 2.15% 285 0.0345%
142 Jamaica 2,833,250 -0.16% 262 0.0343%
143 Lithuania 2,796,511 -0.83% 45 0.034%
144 Albania 2,750,298 -0.74% 100 0.0334%
145 Gabon 2,648,951 2.05% 10 0.0317%
146 Botswana 2,604,619 1.6% 5 0.0312%
147 Lesotho 2,390,143 1.1% 79 0.0287%
148 Guinea-Bissau 2,299,169 2.1% 82 0.0275%
149 Slovenia 2,114,473 -0.13% 105 0.0256%
150 Equatorial Guinea 1,985,741 2.32% 71 0.0237%
151 Latvia 1,835,423 -0.78% 30 0.0223%
152 North Macedonia 1,803,706 -0.56% 72 0.0219%
153 Kosovo 1,666,810 -0.31% 153 0.0202%
154 Bahrain 1,676,459 1.82% 2,140 0.0201%
155 Trinidad and Tobago 1,513,318 0.1% 295 0.0183%
156 East Timor 1,437,498 1.31% 97 0.0173%
157 Cyprus 1,382,691 0.8% 150 0.0167%
158 Estonia 1,330,815 -0.53% 31 0.0161%
159 Mauritius 1,264,939 -0.27% 623 0.0153%
160 Eswatini 1,270,280 1.08% 73 0.0153%
161 Djibouti 1,199,940 1.31% 52 0.0144%
162 Fiji 937,412 0.43% 51 0.0113%
163 Comoros 899,479 1.79% 483 0.0108%
164 Réunion 886,429 0.45% 355 0.0107%
165 Solomon Islands 858,834 2.3% 30 0.0103%
166 Guyana 841,050 0.59% 4 0.0101%
167 Bhutan 802,395 0.7% 21 0.0097%
168 Macau 723,244 0.23% 22,600 0.0087%
169 Luxembourg 687,662 0.99% 265 0.0083%
170 Suriname 645,426 0.83% 4 0.0078%
171 Montenegro 626,112 -0.54% 45 0.0076%
172 Western Sahara 611,099 1.58% 2 0.0073%
173 Malta 549,078 0.37% 1,743 0.0066%
174 Maldives 531,578 0.35% 1,772 0.0064%
175 Cape Verde 529,702 0.42% 131 0.0064%
176 Brunei 469,884 0.72% 81 0.0057%
177 Belize 428,816 1.33% 19 0.0052%
178 The Bahamas 404,678 0.38% 76 0.0049%
179 Iceland 402,446 0.92% 4 0.0048%
180 Guadeloupe 372,407 -0.36% 229 0.0045%
181 Mayotte 347,809 3.04% 927 0.0041%
182 Martinique 337,613 -0.8% 319 0.0041%
183 Vanuatu 342,772 2.16% 28 0.0041%
184 French Guiana 319,026 1.65% 4 0.0038%
185 New Caledonia 297,971 0.83% 16 0.0036%
186 French Polynesia 283,096 0.21% 77 0.0034%
187 Barbados 282,727 0.03% 657 0.0034%
188 São Tomé and Príncipe 245,130 1.94% 255 0.0029%
189 Samoa 220,568 0.56% 78 0.0027%
190 Curaçao 185,438 -0.03% 437 0.0022%
191 Saint Lucia 180,498 0.17% 293 0.0022%
192 Guam 170,223 0.69% 315 0.0021%
193 Kiribati 138,504 1.41% 191 0.0017%
194 Seychelles 135,020 1.53% 295 0.0016%
195 Grenada 117,363 0.03% 345 0.0014%
196 Federated States of Micronesia 114,198 0.43% 163 0.0014%
197 Aruba 108,163 -0.02% 601 0.0013%
198 Jersey 104,109 0.1% 897 0.0013%
199 Tonga 103,275 -0.43% 159 0.0013%
200 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99,220 -0.68% 254 0.0012%
201 Antigua and Barbuda 94,639 0.43% 215 0.0011%
202 Isle of Man 84,052 -0.08% 147 0.001%
203 United States Virgin Islands 83,374 -0.89% 238 0.001%
204 Andorra 83,778 0.96% 178 0.001%
205 Cayman Islands 77,235 1.73% 320 0.0009%
206 Dominica 65,499 -0.53% 87 0.0008%
207 Guernsey 64,613 0.15% 1,010 0.0008%
208 Bermuda 64,456 -0.15% 1,194 0.0008%
209 Faroe Islands 56,542 0.87% 41 0.0007%
210 Greenland 55,624 -0.23% 0 0.0007%
211 Turks and Caicos Islands 47,157 0.59% 50 0.0006%
212 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46,994 0.13% 181 0.0006%
213 American Samoa 45,292 -1.54% 227 0.0006%
214 Sint Maarten 44,462 1.11% 1,307 0.0005%
215 Northern Mariana Islands 42,893 -1.31% 94 0.0005%
216 Gibraltar 40,887 1.73% 4,087 0.0005%
217 Liechtenstein 40,376 0.58% 252 0.0005%
218 British Virgin Islands 39,942 0.44% 259 0.0005%
219 Monaco 38,079 -0.58% 25,562 0.0005%
220 Marshall Islands 35,026 -3.28% 195 0.0004%
221 San Marino 33,606 0.09% 551 0.0004%
222 Caribbean Netherlands 31,928 1.65% 97 0.0004%
223 Saint Martin 23,853 -4.16% 451 0.0003%
224 Palau 17,613 -0.3% 38 0.0002%
225 Anguilla 14,819 0.47% 168 0.0002%
226 Cook Islands 12,808 -3.26% 53 0.0002%
227 Nauru 12,104 0.64% 605 0.0001%
228 Saint Barthélemy 11,553 1.05% 525 0.0001%
229 Wallis and Futuna 11,110 -0.72% 79 0.0001%
230 Tuvalu 9,358 -1.24% 312 0.0001%
231 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,511 -1.14% 24 0.0001%
232 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 5,145 -1.15% 13 0.0001%
233 Montserrat 4,327 -0.83% 42 0.0001%
234 Falkland Islands 3,465 -0.12% 0 0%
235 Tokelau 2,693 2.6% 224 0%
236 Niue 1,822 0.33% 7 0%
237 Vatican City 507 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