List of countries and dependencies by population

Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	Population	Date	% of world population	Source
1	China	1,388,480,000	January 5, 2018	18.3%	Official population clock
2	India	1,326,160,000	January 5, 2018	17.5%	Official population clock
3	United States	326,400,000	January 5, 2018	4.3%	Official population clock
4	Indonesia	261,890,900	July 1, 2017	3.45%	Official annual projection
5	Pakistan	210,146,000	January 5, 2018	2.77%	Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
6	Brazil	208,485,000	January 5, 2018	2.75%	Official population clock
7	Nigeria	193,392,500	March 21, 2016	2.55%	Annual official estimate
8	Bangladesh	163,770,000	January 5, 2018	2.16%	Official population clock
9	Russia	146,867,905	November 1, 2017	1.93%	Official estimate
10	Japan	126,700,000	December 1, 2017	1.67%	Monthly provisional estimate
11	Mexico	123,675,351	October 1, 2017	1.63%	Official projection
12	Philippines	105,124,000	January 5, 2018	1.38%	Official population clock
13	Egypt	96,291,800	January 5, 2018	1.27%	Official population clock
14	Ethiopia	94,352,000	July 1, 2017	1.24%	Official projection
15	Vietnam	93,700,000	July 1, 2017	1.23%	Annual official projection
16	Germany	82,800,000	December 31, 2016	1.09%	Provisional official annual estimate
17	Democratic Republic of the Congo	81,339,900	July 1, 2017	1.07%	UN Projection
18	Iran	81,099,400	January 5, 2018	1.07%	Official population clock
19	Turkey	79,814,871	December 31, 2016	1.05%	Official annual estimate
20	France]	67,201,000	December 1, 2017	0.89%	Monthly official estimate
21	Thailand	66,061,000	July 1, 2017	0.87%	Official annual projection
22	United Kingdom	65,648,000	July 1, 2016	0.86%	Official mid-year estimate
23	Italy	60,501,718	August 31, 2017	0.8%	Monthly official estimate
24	South Africa	56,717,000	July 1, 2017	0.75%	Annual official estimate
25	Myanmar	53,370,609	July 1, 2017	0.7%	UN projection
26	Tanzania	51,557,365	July 1, 2017	0.68%	Official annual projection
27	South Korea	51,446,201	July 1, 2017	0.68%	Annual official estimate
28	Kenya	49,699,862	July 1, 2017	0.65%	UN projection
29	Colombia	49,570,900	January 5, 2018	0.653%	Official population clock
30	Spain	46,549,045	July 1, 2017	0.61%	Official estimate
31	Argentina	44,044,811	July 1, 2017	0.58%	Official annual projection
32	Ukraine]	42,418,235	November 1, 2017	0.56%	Monthly official estimate
33	Algeria	41,697,498	July 1, 2017	0.55%	Official annual projection
34	Sudan	40,782,742	July 1, 2017	0.54%	Official annual projection
35	Poland	38,422,346	June 30, 2017	0.51%	Official estimate
36	Iraq	38,274,618	July 1, 2017	0.5%	UN projection
37	Uganda	37,673,800	July 1, 2017	0.5%	Official annual projection
38	Canada	36,978,600	January 5, 2018	0.487%	Official estimate
39	Morocco	34,542,200	January 5, 2018	0.455%	Official annual projection
40	Saudi Arabia	32,612,641	July 1, 2017	0.43%	Annual official estimate
41	Malaysia	32,354,500	January 5, 2018	0.426%	Official population clock
42	Uzbekistan	32,345,000	July 1, 2017	0.43%	Official population report
43	Peru	31,826,018	July 1, 2017	0.42%	Official annual projection
44	Venezuela	31,431,164	July 1, 2017	0.41%	Official annual projection
45	Afghanistan	29,724,323	July 1, 2017	0.39%	Annual official estimate
46	Ghana	28,956,587	July 1, 2017	0.38%	Official annual projection
47	Mozambique	28,861,863	August 1, 2017	0.38%	Official census result
48	Nepal	28,825,709	July 1, 2017	0.38%	Official annual projection
49	Angola	28,359,634	January 1, 2017	0.37%	Official Estimate
50	Yemen	28,250,000	July 1, 2017	0.37%	UN projection
51	Madagascar	25,571,000	July 1, 2017	0.34%	UN projection
52	North Korea	25,491,000	July 1, 2017	0.34%	UN projection
53	Australia	24,769,600	January 5, 2018	0.326%	Official population clock
54	Ivory Coast	24,294,750	July 1, 2017	0.32%	UN projection
55	Taiwan	23,566,853	November 1, 2017	0.31%	Monthly official estimate
56	Cameroon	23,248,044	January 1, 2017	0.31%	Annual official projection
57	Sri Lanka	21,444,000	July 1, 2017	0.28%	Official estimate
58	Niger	20,651,070	July 1, 2017	0.27%	Annual official projection
59	Romania	19,638,000	January 1, 2017	0.26%	Annual official estimate
60	Burkina Faso	19,632,147	July 1, 2017	0.26%	Annual official projection
61	Mali	18,542,000	July 1, 2017	0.24%	UN projection
62	Syria	18,270,000	July 1, 2017	0.24%	UN projection
63	Kazakhstan	18,137,300	December 1, 2017	0.24%	Official estimate
64	Chile	17,574,003	April 19, 2017	0.23%	Final or definitive 2017 census result
65	Malawi	17,373,185	July 1, 2017	0.23%	Annual official projection
66	Netherlands	17,185,600	January 5, 2018	0.226%	Official population clock
67	Ecuador	16,903,900	January 5, 2018	0.223%	Official population clock
68	Zambia	16,405,229	July 1, 2017	0.22%	Official annual projection
69	Guatemala	16,176,133	July 1, 2015	0.21%	Official estimate
70	Cambodia	15,848,495	July 1, 2017	0.21%	Official annual projection
71	Senegal	15,256,346	January 1, 2017	0.2%	Official annual projection
72	Chad	14,900,000	July 1, 2017	0.2%	UN projection
73	Somalia	14,742,523	July 1, 2017	0.19%	UN projection
74	Zimbabwe	14,542,235	July 1, 2017	0.19%	Official annual projection
75	South Sudan	11,868,209	July 1, 2017	0.16%	Official annual projection
76	Rwanda	11,809,300	July 1, 2017	0.16%	Official projection (medium scenario)
77	Guinea	11,702,692	July 1, 2017	0.15%	Official annual projection
78	Tunisia	11,446,300	July 1, 2017	0.15%	Official estimate
79	Belgium	11,392,068	November 1, 2017	0.15%	Monthly official estimate
80	Cuba	11,239,224	December 31, 2016	0.15%	Annual official estimate
81	Bolivia	11,145,770	July 1, 2017	0.15%	Official projection
82	Benin	11,002,578	July 1, 2017	0.14%	Official projection
83	Haiti	10,911,819	March 31, 2015	0.14%	Official estimate
84	Greece	10,768,193	January 1, 2017	0.14%	Official estimate
85	Czech Republic	10,597,473	September 30, 2017	0.14%	Official quarterly estimate
86	Burundi	10,400,938	July 1, 2017	0.14%	Official annual projection
87	Portugal	10,309,573	December 31, 2016	0.14%	Annual official estimate
88	Dominican Republic	10,169,172	July 1, 2017	0.13%	Official projection
89	Sweden	10,103,843	October 31, 2017	0.13%	Official monthly estimate
90	Jordan	10,046,450	January 5, 2018	0.132%	Official population clock
91	Azerbaijan	9,867,250	September 1, 2017	0.13%	Official estimate
92	Hungary	9,799,000	January 1, 2017	0.13%	Annual official estimate
93	Belarus	9,495,800	October 1, 2017	0.13%	Official quarterly estimate
94	United Arab Emirates	9,400,000	July 1, 2017	0.12%	UN projection
95	Honduras	8,866,351	July 1, 2017	0.12%	Official annual projection
96	Tajikistan	8,829,300	July 1, 2017	0.12%	Official estimate
97	Austria	8,817,514	October 1, 2017	0.12%	Quarterly provisional figure
98	Israel	8,798,060	January 5, 2018	0.116%	Official population clock
99	Switzerland	8,465,234	September 30, 2017	0.11%	Quarterly provisional figure
100	Papua New Guinea	8,151,300	July 1, 2016	0.11%	Annual official estimate
–	Hong Kong (China)	7,389,500	July 1, 2017	0.097%	Official estimate
101	Togo	7,178,000	July 1, 2017	0.095%	Official estimate
102	Bulgaria	7,101,859	December 31, 2016	0.094%	Official estimate
103	Sierra Leone	7,092,113	December 4, 2015	0.093%	Final 2015 census result
104	Serbia	7,058,322	June 30, 2016	0.093%	Annual official estimate
105	Paraguay	7,052,983	January 1, 2018	0.093%	Official estimate
106	El Salvador	6,581,940	July 1, 2017	0.087%	Official projection
107	Laos	6,492,400	March 1, 2015	0.086%	Preliminary 2015 census result
108	Libya	6,374,616	July 1, 2017	0.084%	UN projection
109	Nicaragua	6,305,956	July 1, 2017	0.083%	Official estimate
110	Kyrgyzstan	6,140,200	January 1, 2017	0.081%	Official estimate
111	Lebanon	6,082,000	July 1, 2017	0.08%	UN projection
112	Denmark	5,778,570	October 1, 2017	0.076%	Official quarterly estimate
113	Turkmenistan	5,758,000	July 1, 2017	0.076%	UN projection
114	Singapore	5,612,300	July 1, 2017	0.074%	Official estimate
115	Finland	5,509,984	September 30, 2017	0.073%	Monthly official estimate
116	Slovakia	5,441,899	September 30, 2017	0.072%	Official estimate
117	Norway	5,290,288	October 1, 2017	0.07%	Official quarterly estimate
118	Republic of the Congo	5,260,750	July 1, 2017	0.069%	UN projection
119	Eritrea	5,068,831	July 1, 2017	0.067%	UN projection
120	Costa Rica	4,947,490	June 30, 2017	0.065%	Official estimate
121	New Zealand	4,844,990	January 5, 2018	0.0638%	Official population clock
122	Palestine	4,816,503	July 1, 2016	0.063%	Official estimate
123	Ireland	4,792,500	April 1, 2017	0.063%	Official estimate 2017 census result
124	Central African Republic	4,659,080	July 1, 2017	0.061%	UN projection
125	Oman	4,639,678	December 1, 2017	0.061%	Official estimate
126	Liberia	4,289,520	July 1, 2017	0.056%	Official projection[Note 14]
127	Croatia	4,154,213	December 31, 2016	0.055%	Annual official estimate
128	Kuwait	4,132,415	July 1, 2016	0.054%	Official estimate
129	Panama	4,098,135	July 1, 2017	0.054%	Official estimate
130	Mauritania	3,806,719	July 1, 2017	0.05%	Annual official projection
131	Georgia	3,718,200	January 1, 2017	0.049%	Annual official estimate
132	Moldova	3,550,900	January 1, 2017	0.047%	Official estimate
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,518,000	July 1, 2015	0.046%	Official estimate
134	Uruguay	3,493,205	June 30, 2017	0.046%	Annual official projection
–	Puerto Rico (U.S.)	3,411,307	July 1, 2016	0.045%	Official estimate
135	Mongolia	3,188,475	January 5, 2018	0.042%	Official population clock
136	Armenia	2,979,600	September 30, 2017	0.039%	Official quarterly estimate
137	Albania	2,876,591	January 1, 2017	0.038%	Annual official estimate
138	Lithuania	2,810,865	December 1, 2017	0.037%	Monthly official estimate
139	Jamaica	2,730,894	December 31, 2016	0.036%	Official estimate
140	Qatar	2,634,234	September 30, 2017	0.035%	Monthly official estimate
141	Namibia	2,368,747	July 1, 2017	0.031%	Official projection
142	Lesotho	2,233,339	July 1, 2017	0.029%	UN projection
143	Botswana	2,230,905	July 1, 2016	0.029%	Official annual projection
144	The Gambia	2,101,000	July 1, 2017	0.028%	UN projection
145	Macedonia	2,073,702	December 31, 2016	0.027%	Official estimate
146	Slovenia	2,065,895	January 1, 2017	0.027%	Official estimate
147	Gabon	2,025,137	July 1, 2017	0.027%	UN projection
148	Latvia	1,931,200	December 1, 2017	0.025%	Monthly official estimate
–	Kosovo	1,783,531	December 31, 2016	0.023%	Official annual projection
149	Guinea-Bissau	1,553,822	July 1, 2017	0.02%	Official annual projection
150	Bahrain	1,451,200	July 1, 2017	0.019%	Official annual projection
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1,356,633	July 1, 2017	0.018%	Official estimate
152	Estonia	1,352,320	January 1, 2017	0.018%	Official estimate
153	Mauritius	1,263,820	December 31, 2016	0.017%	Official estimate
154	Equatorial Guinea	1,222,442	July 4, 2015	0.016%	Preliminary 2015 census result
155	East Timor	1,167,242	July 11, 2015	0.015%	Preliminary 2015 census result
156	Swaziland	1,145,970	July 1, 2017	0.015%	Official projection
157	Djibouti	956,985	July 1, 2017	0.013%	UN projection
158	Fiji	869,458	July 1, 2015	0.011%	Annual official estimate
159	Cyprus	854,800	December 31, 2016	0.011%	Official estimate
160	Comoros	806,153	July 1, 2016	0.011%	Official estimate
161	Bhutan	795,240	January 5, 2018	0.01%	Official population clock
162	Guyana	777,859	July 1, 2017	0.0102%	UN projection
163	Solomon Islands	651,700	July 1, 2016	0.0086%	Annual official estimate
–	Macau (China)	648,500	September 30, 2017	0.0085%	Official quarterly estimate
164	Montenegro	622,387	January 1, 2017	0.0082%	Official estimate
165	Luxembourg	590,667	January 1, 2017	0.0078%	Official estimate
–	Western Sahara	552,628	July 1, 2017	0.0073%	UN projection
166	Suriname	541,638	August 13, 2012	0.0071%	Final 2012 census result
167	Cape Verde	537,661	July 1, 2017	0.0071%	Official annual projection
–	Transnistria	475,665	October 15, 2015	0.0063%	Preliminary 2015 census result
168	Malta	434,403	December 31, 2015	0.0057%	Official estimate
169	Brunei	417,200	July 1, 2015	0.0055%	Official estimate
170	Belize	380,010	October 1, 2016	0.005%	Official estimate
171	Bahamas	378,040	July 1, 2016	0.005%	Official projection
172	Iceland	346,750	September 30, 2017	0.0046%	Official quarterly estimate
173	Maldives	344,023	September 20, 2014	0.0045%	Preliminary 2014 census result
–	Northern Cyprus	313,626	June 30, 2014	0.0041%	Official estimate
174	Vanuatu	289,700	July 1, 2016	0.0038%	Annual official estimate
175	Barbados	285,719	July 1, 2017	0.0038%	UN projection
–	New Caledonia (France)	277,000	July 1, 2016	0.0036%	Annual official estimate
–	French Polynesia (France)	275,918	August 17, 2017	0.0036%	2017 census results
–	Abkhazia]	240,705	February 28, 2011	0.0032%	2011 census result
176	Samoa	196,315	January 1, 2017	0.0026%	Official projection
177	São Tome and Príncipe	187,356	May 13, 2012	0.0025%	2012 census result
178	Saint Lucia	178,844	July 1, 2017	0.0024%	UN projection
–	Guam (U.S.)	184,200	July 1, 2015	0.0024%	Annual official estimate
–	Curaçao (Netherlands)	160,337	January 1, 2017	0.0021%	Annual official estimate
–	Artsakh	150,932	December 1, 2015	0.002%	Preliminary 2015 census result
179	Kiribati	115,300	July 1, 2016	0.0015%	Annual official estimate
–	Aruba (Netherlands)	110,882	June 30, 2017	0.0015%	Official quarterly estimate
180	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,557	July 1, 2015	0.0014%	Official estimate
–	United States Virgin Islands (U.S.)	104,901	July 1, 2017	0.0014%	UN projection
181	Federated States of Micronesia	104,600	July 1, 2016	0.0014%	Annual official estimate
–	Jersey (UK)	104,200	December 31, 2016	0.0014%	Annual official estimate
182	Grenada	103,328	May 12, 2011	0.0014%	2011 census result
183	Tonga	100,600	July 1, 2016	0.0013%	Annual official estimate
184	Seychelles	94,205	December 31, 2016	0.0012%	Official estimate
185	Antigua and Barbuda	86,295	May 27, 2011	0.0011%	Preliminary 2011 census result
–	Isle of Man (UK)	83,314	April 24, 2016	0.0011%	2016 census result
186	Andorra	78,264	December 31, 2016	0.001%	Annual official estimate
187	Dominica	71,293	May 14, 2011	0.00094%	Preliminary 2011 census result
–	Guernsey (UK)	62,723	March 31, 2016	0.00083%	Official estimate
–	Bermuda (UK)	61,954	July 1, 2013	0.00082%	Official estimate
–	Cayman Islands (UK)	60,413	December 31, 2015	0.0008%	Official estimate
–	American Samoa (U.S.)	56,400	July 1, 2016	0.00074%	Annual official estimate
–	Greenland (Denmark)	56,171	July 1, 2017	0.00074%	official estimate
–	Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.)	55,700	July 1, 2016	0.00073%	Annual official estimate
188	Marshall Islands	55,000	July 1, 2016	0.00072%	Annual official estimate
–	South Ossetia	53,532	October 15, 2015	0.00071%	Preliminary 2015 census result
–	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	50,358	November 1, 2017	0.00066%	Monthly official estimate
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,204	May 15, 2011	0.00061%	2011 census result
–	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	39,410	January 1, 2016	0.00052%	Official estimate
–	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	37,910	July 1, 2016	0.0005%	Official estimate
190	Liechtenstein	37,877	June 30, 2017	0.0005%	Semi annual official estimate
191	Monaco	37,550	December 31, 2016	0.00049%	Annual official estimate
–	Saint-Martin (France)	36,457	January 1, 2015	0.00048%	Annual official estimate
192	San Marino	33,290	October 31, 2017	0.00044%	Monthly official estimate
–	Gibraltar (UK)	33,140	December 31, 2014	0.00044%	Annual official estimate
–	British Virgin Islands (UK)	28,514	July 1, 2013	0.00038%	Official estimate
–	Cook Islands (NZ)	18,100	March 1, 2016	0.00024%	Official quarterly estimate
193	Palau	17,800	July 1, 2016	0.00023%	Annual official estimate
–	Anguilla (UK)	13,452	May 11, 2011	0.00018%	Preliminary 2011 census result
–	Wallis and Futuna (France)	11,800	July 1, 2016	0.00016%	Annual official estimate
194	Nauru	10,800	July 1, 2016	0.00014%	Annual official estimate
195	Tuvalu	10,100	July 1, 2016	0.00013%	Annual official estimate
–	Saint Barthélemy (France)	9,417	January 1, 2015	0.00012%	Annual official estimate
–	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	6,286	January 1, 2015	0.000083%	Annual official estimate
–	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	5,633	February 7, 2016	0.000074%	2016 census result
–	Montserrat (UK)	4,922	May 12, 2011	0.000065%	2011 census result
–	Falkland Islands (UK)	2,563	April 15, 2012	0.000034%	2012 census result
–	Norfolk Island (Australia)	2,302	August 9, 2011	0.000030%	2011 census result
–	Christmas Island (Australia)	2,072	August 9, 2011	0.000027%	2011 census result
–	Niue (NZ)	1,470	July 1, 2015	0.00002%	Annual official estimate
–	Tokelau (NZ)	1,411	October 18, 2011	0.000019%	2011 census result
196	Vatican City	800	January 1, 2014	0.000011%	Official estimate
–	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	550	August 9, 2011	0.0000072%	2011 census result
–	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	57	July 1, 2014	0.00000075%	Official estimate