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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 1,480,561,143 0.86% 497 17.7867%
2 China 1,411,934,920 -0.22% 147 17.1113%
3 United States 349,570,800 0.49% 38 4.212%
4 Indonesia 288,551,743 0.74% 151 3.4698%
5 Pakistan 260,572,687 1.59% 336 3.1119%
6 Nigeria 243,942,244 2.03% 266 2.903%
7 Brazil 213,789,205 0.34% 26 2.5792%
8 Bangladesh 178,475,918 1.19% 1,366 2.1383%
9 Russia 143,290,521 -0.23% 9 1.7367%
10 Ethiopia 139,951,205 2.48% 139 1.6595%
11 Mexico 133,319,881 0.78% 68 1.6027%
12 Japan 122,209,937 -0.56% 325 1.4852%
13 Egypt 120,636,563 1.44% 121 1.4424%
14 Philippines 118,015,174 0.79% 392 1.4185%
15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 117,553,436 3.13% 51 1.3867%
16 Vietnam 102,352,722 0.55% 326 1.2327%
17 Iran 93,389,338 0.76% 57 1.1228%
18 Turkey 88,008,063 0.3% 114 1.0621%
19 Germany 83,582,951 -0.23% 240 1.0131%
20 Thailand 71,538,669 -0.09% 140 0.8661%
21 Tanzania 73,178,849 2.8% 82 0.8656%
22 United Kingdom 70,045,376 0.52% 288 0.8438%
23 France 66,775,153 0.14% 121 0.8069%
24 South Africa 65,667,222 1.05% 54 0.7876%
25 Italy 58,852,891 -0.39% 199 0.7143%
26 Kenya 58,976,046 1.89% 101 0.7027%
27 Myanmar 55,286,962 0.59% 84 0.6656%
28 Colombia 54,090,646 0.92% 48 0.6495%
29 Sudan 53,771,146 3.03% 30 0.6348%
30 Uganda 53,181,037 2.62% 264 0.6299%
31 South Korea 51,577,228 -0.14% 522 0.6247%
32 Spain 47,835,675 -0.1% 95 0.5792%
33 Algeria 48,207,369 1.2% 20 0.5775%
34 Iraq 48,308,982 2.05% 111 0.5748%
35 Argentina 46,050,943 0.33% 16 0.5556%
36 Afghanistan 45,417,186 2.71% 69 0.5376%
37 Yemen 43,321,709 2.76% 81 0.5126%
38 Canada 40,567,801 0.79% 4 0.4876%
39 Ukraine 39,443,312 -0.74% 68 0.48%
40 Angola 40,574,755 2.95% 32 0.4793%
41 Morocco 38,863,378 0.84% 87 0.467%
42 Poland 37,797,777 -0.38% 124 0.4587%
43 Uzbekistan 37,927,628 1.75% 89 0.4524%
44 Malaysia 36,509,431 1.1% 111 0.4377%
45 Mozambique 36,949,507 2.79% 47 0.4371%
46 Ghana 35,891,521 1.77% 157 0.428%
47 Saudi Arabia 35,348,744 1.69% 16 0.4218%
48 Peru 35,027,439 0.97% 27 0.4204%
49 Madagascar 33,761,412 2.34% 58 0.4008%
50 Ivory Coast 33,733,476 2.34% 105 0.4005%
51 Cameroon 30,873,535 2.49% 66 0.3661%
52 Nepal 29,642,811 0.14% 201 0.3582%
53 Venezuela 28,671,401 0.42% 31 0.3457%
54 Niger 29,087,688 3.14% 23 0.3431%
55 Australia 27,304,242 0.91% 4 0.3279%
56 North Korea 26,651,775 0.22% 221 0.3218%
57 Syria 26,715,837 3.04% 144 0.3154%
58 Mali 26,156,331 2.85% 21 0.3092%
59 Burkina Faso 24,763,409 2.15% 90 0.2944%
60 Sri Lanka 23,384,551 0.5% 372 0.2818%
61 Taiwan 22,979,281 -0.44% 650 0.279%
62 Malawi 22,960,782 2.53% 241 0.2722%
63 Zambia 22,708,030 2.72% 30 0.2687%
64 Chad 21,731,218 2.61% 17 0.2574%
65 Kazakhstan 21,156,177 1.11% 8 0.2536%
66 Somalia 20,504,313 3.24% 32 0.2417%
67 Chile 19,971,541 0.41% 26 0.2408%
68 Senegal 19,500,123 2.26% 101 0.2316%
69 Romania 18,766,177 -0.58% 82 0.2281%
70 Guatemala 19,054,183 1.47% 177 0.2278%
71 Netherlands 18,478,166 0.51% 548 0.2226%
72 Ecuador 18,492,686 0.84% 74 0.2222%
73 Cambodia 18,113,049 1.11% 100 0.2172%
74 Zimbabwe 17,373,307 1.88% 45 0.207%
75 Guinea 15,546,256 2.21% 63 0.1847%
76 Benin 15,279,730 2.36% 135 0.1814%
77 Rwanda 14,986,335 2.12% 615 0.1782%
78 Burundi 14,832,856 2.31% 568 0.1761%
79 Bolivia 12,800,951 1.31% 12 0.1532%
80 Tunisia 12,435,143 0.52% 80 0.1498%
81 South Sudan 12,512,903 2.02% 22 0.1489%
82 Haiti 12,078,002 1.08% 437 0.1448%
83 Belgium 11,779,249 0.12% 389 0.1424%
84 Dominican Republic 11,636,706 0.75% 240 0.1399%
85 United Arab Emirates 11,634,889 1.69% 163 0.1388%
86 Jordan 11,664,790 2.12% 131 0.1387%
87 Honduras 11,239,684 1.59% 103 0.1342%
88 Cuba 10,878,263 -0.42% 102 0.132%
89 Tajikistan 11,037,241 1.74% 77 0.1317%
90 Papua New Guinea 11,004,625 1.68% 24 0.1313%
91 Sweden 10,714,019 0.39% 26 0.1292%
92 Czech Republic 10,521,144 -0.2% 136 0.1275%
93 Azerbaijan 10,472,252 0.53% 126 0.1261%
94 Portugal 10,390,087 -0.16% 113 0.1259%
95 Greece 9,883,507 -0.43% 76 0.12%
96 Togo 9,995,630 2.13% 183 0.1189%
97 Hungary 9,575,586 -0.34% 106 0.1162%
98 Israel 9,688,226 1.36% 446 0.1159%
99 Austria 9,105,378 -0.07% 110 0.1102%
100 Switzerland 9,019,606 0.42% 225 0.1087%
101 Belarus 8,917,521 -0.69% 44 0.1085%
102 Sierra Leone 9,050,915 1.96% 125 0.1078%
103 Laos 8,004,888 1.25% 35 0.0959%
104 Turkmenistan 7,771,932 1.48% 16 0.0929%
105 Libya 7,566,076 1.12% 4 0.0907%
106 Hong Kong 7,367,937 -0.46% 6,714 0.0895%
107 Kyrgyzstan 7,432,461 1.4% 39 0.0889%
108 Paraguay 7,120,479 1.15% 18 0.0853%
109 Nicaragua 7,124,905 1.26% 59 0.0853%
110 Bulgaria 6,652,220 -0.73% 62 0.081%
111 Serbia 6,627,985 -0.66% 87 0.0806%
112 Republic of the Congo 6,684,901 2.33% 19 0.0794%
113 El Salvador 6,399,183 0.4% 308 0.0772%
114 Denmark 6,029,429 0.31% 142 0.0728%
115 Singapore 5,916,103 0.56% 8,647 0.0712%
116 Lebanon 5,912,898 0.84% 576 0.071%
117 Liberia 5,892,957 2.18% 61 0.07%
118 Norway 5,659,518 0.37% 19 0.0683%
119 Palestine 5,725,931 1.9% 946 0.0682%
120 Finland 5,620,279 -0.08% 19 0.068%
121 Central African Republic 5,755,358 3.28% 9 0.0678%
122 Oman 5,720,000 2.82% 18 0.0676%
123 Slovakia 5,448,527 -0.16% 111 0.066%
124 Mauritania 5,505,935 2.69% 5 0.0652%
125 Ireland 5,371,575 0.88% 78 0.0645%
126 New Zealand 5,298,262 0.65% 20 0.0638%
127 Costa Rica 5,181,447 0.41% 101 0.0625%
128 Kuwait 5,124,707 1.39% 286 0.0613%
129 Panama 4,642,471 1.17% 62 0.0556%
130 Croatia 3,814,322 -0.66% 68 0.0464%
131 Georgia 3,803,888 -0.06% 55 0.046%
132 Eritrea 3,706,013 2.07% 30 0.0441%
133 Mongolia 3,568,831 1.09% 2 0.0428%
134 Uruguay 3,381,805 -0.07% 20 0.0409%
135 Puerto Rico 3,217,941 -0.47% 371 0.0391%
136 Qatar 3,189,691 1.65% 274 0.0381%
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,105,887 -0.84% 61 0.0378%
138 Namibia 3,171,492 1.89% 4 0.0378%
139 Moldova 2,952,045 -0.98% 90 0.036%
140 Armenia 2,924,208 -0.72% 103 0.0356%
141 The Gambia 2,903,021 2.15% 285 0.0345%
142 Jamaica 2,832,000 -0.16% 262 0.0343%
143 Lithuania 2,790,004 -0.83% 45 0.034%
144 Albania 2,744,591 -0.74% 100 0.0334%
145 Gabon 2,664,064 2.05% 10 0.0317%
146 Botswana 2,616,244 1.6% 5 0.0312%
147 Lesotho 2,397,450 1.1% 79 0.0287%
148 Guinea-Bissau 2,312,558 2.1% 82 0.0275%
149 Slovenia 2,113,682 -0.13% 105 0.0256%
150 Equatorial Guinea 1,998,520 2.32% 71 0.0237%
151 Latvia 1,831,401 -0.78% 30 0.0223%
152 North Macedonia 1,800,881 -0.56% 72 0.0219%
153 Kosovo 1,665,347 -0.31% 153 0.0202%
154 Bahrain 1,684,921 1.82% 2,140 0.0201%
155 Trinidad and Tobago 1,513,747 0.1% 295 0.0183%
156 East Timor 1,442,765 1.31% 97 0.0173%
157 Cyprus 1,385,799 0.8% 150 0.0167%
158 Estonia 1,328,825 -0.53% 31 0.0161%
159 Mauritius 1,263,993 -0.27% 623 0.0153%
160 Eswatini 1,274,103 1.08% 73 0.0153%
161 Djibouti 1,204,337 1.31% 52 0.0144%
162 Fiji 938,531 0.43% 51 0.0113%
163 Comoros 903,968 1.79% 483 0.0108%
164 Réunion 887,547 0.45% 355 0.0107%
165 Solomon Islands 864,304 2.3% 30 0.0103%
166 Guyana 842,427 0.59% 4 0.0101%
167 Bhutan 803,959 0.7% 21 0.0097%
168 Macau 723,711 0.23% 22,600 0.0087%
169 Luxembourg 689,567 0.99% 265 0.0083%
170 Suriname 646,922 0.83% 4 0.0078%
171 Montenegro 625,153 -0.54% 45 0.0076%
172 Western Sahara 613,793 1.58% 2 0.0073%
173 Malta 549,651 0.37% 1,743 0.0066%
174 Maldives 532,094 0.35% 1,772 0.0064%
175 Cape Verde 530,328 0.42% 131 0.0064%
176 Brunei 470,829 0.72% 81 0.0057%
177 Belize 430,402 1.33% 19 0.0052%
178 The Bahamas 405,105 0.38% 76 0.0049%
179 Iceland 403,479 0.92% 4 0.0048%
180 Guadeloupe 372,029 -0.36% 229 0.0045%
181 Mayotte 350,726 3.04% 927 0.0041%
182 Martinique 336,850 -0.8% 319 0.0041%
183 Vanuatu 344,826 2.16% 28 0.0041%
184 French Guiana 320,488 1.65% 4 0.0038%
185 New Caledonia 298,662 0.83% 16 0.0036%
186 French Polynesia 283,260 0.21% 77 0.0034%
187 Barbados 282,748 0.03% 657 0.0034%
188 São Tomé and Príncipe 246,451 1.94% 255 0.0029%
189 Samoa 220,910 0.56% 78 0.0027%
190 Curaçao 185,421 -0.03% 437 0.0022%
191 Saint Lucia 180,584 0.17% 293 0.0022%
192 Guam 170,551 0.69% 315 0.0021%
193 Kiribati 139,048 1.41% 191 0.0017%
194 Seychelles 135,595 1.53% 295 0.0016%
195 Grenada 117,372 0.03% 345 0.0014%
196 Federated States of Micronesia 114,335 0.43% 163 0.0014%
197 Aruba 108,158 -0.02% 601 0.0013%
198 Jersey 104,139 0.1% 897 0.0013%
199 Tonga 103,151 -0.43% 159 0.0013%
200 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99,030 -0.68% 254 0.0012%
201 Antigua and Barbuda 94,752 0.43% 215 0.0011%
202 Isle of Man 84,033 -0.08% 147 0.001%
203 United States Virgin Islands 83,165 -0.89% 238 0.001%
204 Andorra 84,003 0.96% 178 0.001%
205 Cayman Islands 77,607 1.73% 320 0.0009%
206 Dominica 65,400 -0.53% 87 0.0008%
207 Guernsey 64,639 0.15% 1,010 0.0008%
208 Bermuda 64,428 -0.15% 1,194 0.0008%
209 Faroe Islands 56,679 0.87% 41 0.0007%
210 Greenland 55,588 -0.23% 0 0.0007%
211 Turks and Caicos Islands 47,234 0.59% 50 0.0006%
212 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47,011 0.13% 181 0.0006%
213 American Samoa 45,094 -1.54% 227 0.0006%
214 Sint Maarten 44,600 1.11% 1,307 0.0005%
215 Northern Mariana Islands 42,735 -1.31% 94 0.0005%
216 Gibraltar 41,084 1.73% 4,087 0.0005%
217 Liechtenstein 40,441 0.58% 252 0.0005%
218 British Virgin Islands 39,991 0.44% 259 0.0005%
219 Monaco 38,017 -0.58% 25,562 0.0005%
220 Marshall Islands 34,698 -3.28% 195 0.0004%
221 San Marino 33,614 0.09% 551 0.0004%
222 Caribbean Netherlands 32,075 1.65% 97 0.0004%
223 Saint Martin 23,568 -4.16% 451 0.0003%
224 Palau 17,598 -0.3% 38 0.0002%
225 Anguilla 14,839 0.47% 168 0.0002%
226 Cook Islands 12,689 -3.26% 53 0.0002%
227 Nauru 12,126 0.64% 605 0.0001%
228 Saint Barthélemy 11,587 1.05% 525 0.0001%
229 Wallis and Futuna 11,088 -0.72% 79 0.0001%
230 Tuvalu 9,325 -1.24% 312 0.0001%
231 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,493 -1.14% 24 0.0001%
232 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 5,129 -1.15% 13 0.0001%
233 Montserrat 4,317 -0.83% 42 0.0001%
234 Falkland Islands 3,464 -0.12% 0 0%
235 Tokelau 2,712 2.6% 224 0%
236 Niue 1,824 0.33% 7 0%
237 Vatican City 509 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