| Rank | Country | 2022 Population | 2021 Population | Growth Rate | Area | Density (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,448,471,400 | 1,444,216,107 | 0.29% | 9,706,961 | 149/km² |
| 2 | India | 1,406,631,776 | 1,393,409,038 | 0.95% | 3,287,590 | 428/km² |
| 3 | United States | 334,805,269 | 332,915,073 | 0.57% | 9,372,610 | 36/km² |
| 4 | Indonesia | 279,134,505 | 276,361,783 | 1.00% | 1,904,569 | 147/km² |
| 5 | Pakistan | 229,488,994 | 225,199,937 | 1.90% | 881,912 | 260/km² |
| 6 | Nigeria | 216,746,934 | 211,400,708 | 2.53% | 923,768 | 235/km² |
| 7 | Brazil | 215,353,593 | 213,993,437 | 0.64% | 8,515,767 | 25/km² |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 167,885,689 | 166,303,498 | 0.95% | 147,570 | 1,138/km² |
| 9 | Russia | 145,805,947 | 145,912,025 | -0.07% | 17,098,242 | 9/km² |
| 10 | Mexico | 131,562,772 | 130,262,216 | 1.00% | 1,964,375 | 67/km² |
| 11 | Japan | 125,584,838 | 126,050,804 | -0.37% | 377,930 | 332/km² |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 120,812,698 | 117,876,227 | 2.49% | 1,104,300 | 109/km² |
| 13 | Philippines | 112,508,994 | 111,046,913 | 1.32% | 342,353 | 329/km² |
| 14 | Egypt | 106,156,692 | 104,258,327 | 1.82% | 1,002,450 | 106/km² |
| 15 | Vietnam | 98,953,541 | 98,168,833 | 0.80% | 331,212 | 299/km² |
| 16 | DR Congo | 95,240,792 | 92,377,993 | 3.10% | 2,344,858 | 41/km² |
| 17 | Iran | 86,022,837 | 85,028,759 | 1.17% | 1,648,195 | 52/km² |
| 18 | Turkey | 85,561,976 | 85,042,738 | 0.61% | 783,562 | 109/km² |
| 19 | Germany | 83,883,596 | 83,900,473 | -0.02% | 357,114 | 235/km² |
| 20 | Thailand | 70,078,203 | 69,950,850 | 0.18% | 513,120 | 137/km² |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 68,497,907 | 68,207,116 | 0.43% | 242,900 | 282/km² |
| 22 | France | 65,584,518 | 65,426,179 | 0.24% | 551,695 | 119/km² |
| 23 | Tanzania | 63,298,550 | 61,498,437 | 2.93% | 945,087 | 67/km² |
| 24 | South Africa | 60,756,135 | 60,041,994 | 1.19% | 1,221,037 | 50/km² |
| 25 | Italy | 60,262,770 | 60,367,477 | -0.17% | 301,336 | 200/km² |
| 26 | England | 57,367,811 | 0.72% | 130,279 | 440/km² | |
| 27 | Kenya | 56,215,221 | 54,985,698 | 2.24% | 580,367 | 97/km² |
| 28 | Myanmar | 55,227,143 | 54,806,012 | 0.77% | 676,578 | 82/km² |
| 29 | Colombia | 51,512,762 | 51,265,844 | 0.48% | 1,141,748 | 45/km² |
| 30 | South Korea | 51,329,899 | 51,305,186 | 0.05% | 100,210 | 512/km² |
| 31 | Uganda | 48,432,863 | 47,123,531 | 2.78% | 241,550 | 201/km² |
| 32 | Spain | 46,719,142 | 46,745,216 | -0.06% | 505,992 | 92/km² |
| 33 | Argentina | 46,010,234 | 45,605,826 | 0.89% | 2,780,400 | 17/km² |
| 34 | Sudan | 45,992,020 | 44,909,353 | 2.41% | 1,886,068 | 24/km² |
| 35 | Algeria | 45,350,148 | 44,616,624 | 1.64% | 2,381,741 | 19/km² |
| 36 | Ukraine | 43,192,122 | 43,466,819 | -0.63% | 603,500 | 72/km² |
| 37 | Iraq | 42,164,965 | 41,179,350 | 2.39% | 438,317 | 96/km² |
| 38 | Afghanistan | 40,754,388 | 39,835,428 | 2.31% | 652,230 | 62/km² |
| 39 | Canada | 38,388,419 | 38,067,903 | 0.84% | 9,984,670 | 4/km² |
| 40 | Morocco | 37,772,756 | 37,344,795 | 1.15% | 446,550 | 85/km² |
| 41 | Poland | 37,739,785 | 37,797,005 | -0.15% | 312,679 | 121/km² |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 35,844,909 | 35,340,683 | 1.43% | 2,149,690 | 17/km² |
| 43 | Angola | 35,027,343 | 33,933,610 | 3.22% | 1,246,700 | 28/km² |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 34,382,084 | 33,935,763 | 1.32% | 447,400 | 77/km² |
| 45 | Peru | 33,684,208 | 33,359,418 | 0.97% | 1,285,216 | 26/km² |
| 46 | Malaysia | 33,181,072 | 32,776,194 | 1.24% | 330,803 | 100/km² |
| 47 | Mozambique | 33,089,461 | 32,163,047 | 2.88% | 801,590 | 41/km² |
| 48 | Ghana | 32,395,450 | 31,732,129 | 2.09% | 238,533 | 136/km² |
| 49 | Yemen | 31,154,867 | 30,490,640 | 2.18% | 527,968 | 59/km² |
| 50 | Nepal | 30,225,582 | 29,674,920 | 1.86% | 147,181 | 205/km² |
| 51 | Venezuela | 29,266,991 | 28,704,954 | 1.96% | 916,445 | 32/km² |
| 52 | Madagascar | 29,178,077 | 28,427,328 | 2.64% | 587,041 | 50/km² |
| 53 | Cameroon | 27,911,548 | 27,224,265 | 2.52% | 475,442 | 59/km² |
| 54 | Ivory Coast | 27,742,298 | 27,053,629 | 2.55% | 322,463 | 86/km² |
| 55 | Niger | 26,083,660 | 25,130,817 | 3.79% | 1,267,000 | 21/km² |
| 56 | Australia | 26,068,792 | 25,788,215 | 1.09% | 7,692,024 | 3/km² |
| 57 | North Korea | 25,990,679 | 25,887,041 | 0.40% | 120,538 | 216/km² |
| 58 | Taiwan | 23,888,595 | 23,855,010 | 0.14% | 36,193 | 660/km² |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 22,102,838 | 21,497,096 | 2.82% | 272,967 | 81/km² |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 21,575,842 | 21,497,310 | 0.37% | 65,610 | 329/km² |
| 61 | Mali | 21,473,764 | 20,855,735 | 2.96% | 1,240,192 | 17/km² |
| 62 | Malawi | 20,180,839 | 19,647,684 | 2.71% | 118,484 | 170/km² |
| 63 | Zambia | 19,470,234 | 18,920,651 | 2.90% | 752,612 | 26/km² |
| 64 | Syria | 19,364,809 | 18,275,702 | 5.96% | 185,180 | 105/km² |
| 65 | Chile | 19,250,195 | 19,212,361 | 0.20% | 756,102 | 25/km² |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 19,205,043 | 18,994,962 | 1.11% | 2,724,900 | 7/km² |
| 67 | Romania | 19,031,335 | 19,127,774 | -0.50% | 238,391 | 80/km² |
| 68 | Guatemala | 18,584,039 | 18,249,860 | 1.83% | 108,889 | 171/km² |
| 69 | Ecuador | 18,113,361 | 17,888,475 | 1.26% | 276,841 | 65/km² |
| 70 | Senegal | 17,653,671 | 17,196,301 | 2.66% | 196,722 | 90/km² |
| 71 | Chad | 17,413,580 | 16,914,985 | 2.95% | 1,284,000 | 14/km² |
| 72 | Netherlands | 17,211,447 | 17,173,099 | 0.22% | 41,850 | 411/km² |
| 73 | Cambodia | 17,168,639 | 16,946,438 | 1.31% | 181,035 | 95/km² |
| 74 | Somalia | 16,841,795 | 16,359,504 | 2.95% | 637,657 | 26/km² |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 15,331,428 | 15,092,171 | 1.59% | 390,757 | 39/km² |
| 76 | Guinea | 13,865,691 | 13,497,244 | 2.73% | 245,857 | 56/km² |
| 77 | Rwanda | 13,600,464 | 13,276,513 | 2.44% | 26,338 | 516/km² |
| 78 | Benin | 12,784,726 | 12,451,040 | 2.68% | 112,622 | 114/km² |
| 79 | Burundi | 12,624,840 | 12,255,433 | 3.01% | 27,834 | 454/km² |
| 80 | Tunisia | 12,046,656 | 11,935,766 | 0.93% | 163,610 | 74/km² |
| 81 | Bolivia | 11,992,656 | 11,832,940 | 1.35% | 1,098,581 | 11/km² |
| 82 | Haiti | 11,680,283 | 11,541,685 | 1.20% | 27,750 | 421/km² |
| 83 | Belgium | 11,668,278 | 11,632,326 | 0.31% | 30,528 | 382/km² |
| 84 | South Sudan | 11,618,511 | 11,381,378 | 2.08% | 619,745 | 19/km² |
| 85 | Cuba | 11,305,652 | 11,317,505 | -0.10% | 109,884 | 103/km² |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 11,056,370 | 10,953,703 | 0.94% | 48,671 | 227/km² |
| 87 | Czech Republic | 10,736,784 | 10,724,555 | 0.11% | 78,865 | 136/km² |
| 88 | Greece | 10,316,637 | 10,370,744 | -0.52% | 131,990 | 78/km² |
| 89 | Jordan | 10,300,869 | 10,269,021 | 0.31% | 89,342 | 115/km² |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 10,300,205 | 10,223,342 | 0.75% | 86,600 | 119/km² |
| 91 | Honduras | 10,221,247 | 10,062,991 | 1.57% | 112,492 | 91/km² |
| 92 | Sweden | 10,218,971 | 10,160,169 | 0.58% | 450,295 | 23/km² |
| 93 | Portugal | 10,140,570 | 10,167,925 | -0.27% | 92,090 | 110/km² |
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | 10,081,785 | 9,991,089 | 0.91% | 83,600 | 121/km² |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 9,957,464 | 9,749,627 | 2.13% | 143,100 | 70/km² |
| 96 | Hungary | 9,606,259 | 9,634,164 | -0.29% | 93,028 | 103/km² |
| 97 | Belarus | 9,432,800 | 9,442,862 | -0.11% | 207,600 | 45/km² |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | 9,292,169 | 9,119,010 | 1.90% | 462,840 | 20/km² |
| 99 | Austria | 9,066,710 | 9,043,070 | 0.26% | 83,871 | 108/km² |
| 100 | Israel | 8,922,892 | 8,789,774 | 1.51% | 20,770 | 430/km² |
| 101 | Switzerland | 8,773,637 | 8,715,494 | 0.67% | 41,284 | 213/km² |
| 102 | Togo | 8,680,837 | 8,478,250 | 2.39% | 56,785 | 153/km² |
| 103 | Serbia | 8,653,016 | 8,697,550 | -0.51% | 88,361 | 98/km² |
| 104 | Sierra Leone | 8,306,436 | 8,141,343 | 2.03% | 71,740 | 116/km² |
| 105 | Hong Kong | 7,604,299 | 7,552,810 | 0.68% | 1,104 | 6,888/km² |
| 106 | Laos | 7,481,023 | 7,379,358 | 1.38% | 236,800 | 32/km² |
| 107 | Paraguay | 7,305,843 | 7,219,638 | 1.19% | 406,752 | 18/km² |
| 108 | Libya | 7,040,745 | 6,958,532 | 1.18% | 1,759,540 | 4/km² |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 6,844,597 | 6,896,663 | -0.75% | 110,879 | 62/km² |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 6,779,100 | 6,702,385 | 1.14% | 130,373 | 52/km² |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,728,271 | 6,628,356 | 1.51% | 199,951 | 34/km² |
| 112 | Lebanon | 6,684,849 | 6,769,146 | -1.25% | 10,452 | 640/km² |
| 113 | El Salvador | 6,550,389 | 6,518,499 | 0.49% | 21,041 | 311/km² |
| 114 | Turkmenistan | 6,201,943 | 6,117,924 | 1.37% | 488,100 | 13/km² |
| 115 | Singapore | 5,943,546 | 5,896,686 | 0.79% | 710 | 8,371/km² |
| 116 | Denmark | 5,834,950 | 5,813,298 | 0.37% | 43,094 | 135/km² |
| 117 | Republic of the Congo | 5,797,805 | 5,657,013 | 2.49% | 342,000 | 17/km² |
| 118 | Finland | 5,554,960 | 5,548,360 | 0.12% | 338,424 | 16/km² |
| 119 | Norway | 5,511,370 | 5,465,630 | 0.84% | 323,802 | 17/km² |
| 120 | Scotland | 5,504,651 | 0.35% | 77,933 | 71/km² | |
| 121 | Slovakia | 5,460,193 | 5,460,721 | -0.01% | 49,037 | 111/km² |
| 122 | Palestine | 5,345,541 | 5,222,748 | 2.35% | 6,220 | 859/km² |
| 123 | Oman | 5,323,993 | 5,223,375 | 1.93% | 309,500 | 17/km² |
| 124 | Liberia | 5,305,117 | 5,180,203 | 2.41% | 111,369 | 48/km² |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 5,182,354 | 5,139,052 | 0.84% | 51,100 | 101/km² |
| 126 | Ireland | 5,020,199 | 4,982,907 | 0.75% | 70,273 | 71/km² |
| 127 | Central African Republic | 5,016,678 | 4,919,981 | 1.97% | 622,984 | 8/km² |
| 128 | Mauritania | 4,901,981 | 4,775,119 | 2.66% | 1,030,700 | 5/km² |
| 129 | New Zealand | 4,898,203 | 4,860,643 | 0.77% | 270,467 | 18/km² |
| 130 | Panama | 4,446,964 | 4,381,579 | 1.49% | 75,417 | 59/km² |
| 131 | Kuwait | 4,380,326 | 4,328,550 | 1.20% | 17,818 | 246/km² |
| 132 | Croatia | 4,059,286 | 4,081,651 | -0.55% | 56,594 | 72/km² |
| 133 | Moldova | 4,013,171 | 4,024,019 | -0.27% | 33,846 | 119/km² |
| 134 | Georgia | 3,968,738 | 3,979,765 | -0.28% | 69,700 | 57/km² |
| 135 | Eritrea | 3,662,244 | 3,601,467 | 1.69% | 117,600 | 31/km² |
| 136 | Uruguay | 3,496,016 | 3,485,151 | 0.31% | 181,034 | 19/km² |
| 137 | Mongolia | 3,378,078 | 3,329,289 | 1.47% | 1,564,110 | 2/km² |
| 138 | Bosnia And Herzegovina | 3,249,317 | 3,263,466 | -0.43% | 51,209 | 63/km² |
| 139 | Wales | 3,193,665 | 0.38% | 20,779 | 154/km² | |
| 140 | Jamaica | 2,985,094 | 2,973,463 | 0.39% | 10,991 | 272/km² |
| 141 | Qatar | 2,979,915 | 2,930,528 | 1.69% | 11,586 | 257/km² |
| 142 | Armenia | 2,971,966 | 2,968,127 | 0.13% | 29,743 | 100/km² |
| 143 | Albania | 2,866,374 | 2,872,933 | -0.23% | 28,748 | 100/km² |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 2,829,812 | 2,828,255 | 0.06% | 8,870 | 319/km² |
| 145 | Lithuania | 2,661,708 | 2,689,862 | -1.05% | 65,300 | 41/km² |
| 146 | Namibia | 2,633,874 | 2,587,344 | 1.80% | 825,615 | 3/km² |
| 147 | Gambia | 2,558,482 | 2,486,945 | 2.88% | 10,689 | 239/km² |
| 148 | Botswana | 2,441,162 | 2,397,241 | 1.83% | 582,000 | 4/km² |
| 149 | Gabon | 2,331,533 | 2,278,825 | 2.31% | 267,668 | 9/km² |
| 150 | Lesotho | 2,175,699 | 2,159,079 | 0.77% | 30,355 | 72/km² |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 2,081,304 | 2,082,658 | -0.07% | 25,713 | 81/km² |
| 152 | Slovenia | 2,078,034 | 2,078,724 | -0.03% | 20,273 | 103/km² |
| 153 | Guinea Bissau | 2,063,367 | 2,015,494 | 2.38% | 36,125 | 57/km² |
| 154 | Latvia | 1,848,837 | 1,866,942 | -0.97% | 64,559 | 29/km² |
| 155 | Kosovo | 1,802,250 | 0.11% | 10,887 | 166/km² | |
| 156 | Bahrain | 1,783,983 | 1,748,296 | 2.04% | 765 | 2,332/km² |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,496,662 | 1,449,896 | 3.23% | 28,051 | 53/km² |
| 158 | Trinidad And Tobago | 1,406,585 | 1,403,375 | 0.23% | 5,130 | 274/km² |
| 159 | Timor Leste | 1,369,429 | 1,343,873 | 1.90% | 14,874 | 92/km² |
| 160 | Estonia | 1,321,910 | 1,325,185 | -0.25% | 45,227 | 29/km² |
| 161 | Mauritius | 1,274,727 | 1,273,433 | 0.10% | 2,040 | 625/km² |
| 162 | Cyprus | 1,223,387 | 1,215,584 | 0.64% | 9,251 | 132/km² |
| 163 | Eswatini | 1,184,817 | 1,172,362 | 1.06% | 17,364 | 68/km² |
| 164 | Djibouti | 1,016,097 | 1,002,187 | 1.39% | 23,200 | 44/km² |
| 165 | Fiji | 909,466 | 902,906 | 0.73% | 18,272 | 50/km² |
| 166 | Reunion | 908,061 | 901,686 | 0.71% | 2,511 | 362/km² |
| 167 | Comoros | 907,419 | 888,451 | 2.13% | 1,862 | 487/km² |
| 168 | Guyana | 794,045 | 790,326 | 0.47% | 214,969 | 4/km² |
| 169 | Bhutan | 787,941 | 779,898 | 1.03% | 38,394 | 21/km² |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 721,159 | 703,996 | 2.44% | 28,896 | 25/km² |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 642,371 | 634,814 | 1.19% | 2,586 | 248/km² |
| 172 | Montenegro | 627,950 | 628,053 | -0.02% | 13,812 | 45/km² |
| 173 | Western Sahara | 626,161 | 611,875 | 2.33% | 266,000 | 2/km² |
| 174 | Suriname | 596,831 | 591,800 | 0.85% | 163,820 | 4/km² |
| 175 | Cape Verde | 567,678 | 561,898 | 1.03% | 4,033 | 141/km² |
| 176 | Maldives | 540,985 | 543,617 | -0.48% | 300 | 1,803/km² |
| 177 | Brunei | 445,431 | 441,532 | 0.88% | 5,765 | 77/km² |
| 178 | Malta | 444,033 | 442,784 | 0.28% | 316 | 1,405/km² |
| 179 | Belize | 412,190 | 404,914 | 1.80% | 22,966 | 18/km² |
| 180 | Bahamas | 400,516 | 396,913 | 0.91% | 13,943 | 29/km² |
| 181 | Guadeloupe | 399,794 | 400,020 | -0.06% | 1,628 | 246/km² |
| 182 | Martinique | 374,087 | 374,745 | -0.18% | 1,128 | 332/km² |
| 183 | Iceland | 345,393 | 343,353 | 0.59% | 103,000 | 3/km² |
| 184 | Vanuatu | 321,832 | 314,464 | 2.34% | 12,189 | 26/km² |
| 185 | French Guiana | 314,169 | 306,448 | 2.52% | 83,534 | 4/km² |
| 186 | Barbados | 288,023 | 287,711 | 0.11% | 430 | 670/km² |
| 187 | Mayotte | 286,259 | 279,515 | 2.41% | 374 | 765/km² |
| 188 | Sao Tome And Principe | 227,679 | 223,368 | 1.93% | 964 | 236/km² |
| 189 | Samoa | 202,239 | 200,149 | 1.04% | 2,842 | 71/km² |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 185,113 | 184,400 | 0.39% | 616 | 301/km² |
| 191 | Kiribati | 123,419 | 121,392 | 1.67% | 811 | 152/km² |
| 192 | Micronesia | 117,489 | 116,254 | 1.06% | 702 | 167/km² |
| 193 | Grenada | 113,475 | 113,021 | 0.40% | 344 | 330/km² |
| 194 | Saint Vincent And the Grenadines | 111,551 | 111,263 | 0.26% | 389 | 287/km² |
| 195 | Tonga | 107,749 | 106,760 | 0.93% | 747 | 144/km² |
| 196 | Antigua And Barbuda | 99,509 | 98,731 | 0.79% | 442 | 225/km² |
| 197 | Seychelles | 99,426 | 98,908 | 0.52% | 452 | 220/km² |
| 198 | Andorra | 77,463 | 77,355 | 0.14% | 468 | 166/km² |
| 199 | Dominica | 72,344 | 72,167 | 0.25% | 751 | 96/km² |
| 200 | Marshall Islands | 60,057 | 59,610 | 0.75% | 181 | 332/km² |
| 201 | Greenland | 56,973 | 56,877 | 0.17% | 2,166,086 | 0/km² |
| 202 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 53,871 | 53,544 | 0.61% | 261 | 206/km² |
| 203 | Monaco | 39,783 | 39,511 | 0.69% | 2 | 19,892/km² |
| 204 | Liechtenstein | 38,387 | 38,250 | 0.36% | 160 | 240/km² |
| 205 | San Marino | 34,085 | 34,017 | 0.20% | 61 | 559/km² |
| 206 | Palau | 18,233 | 18,169 | 0.35% | 459 | 40/km² |
| 207 | Tuvalu | 12,066 | 11,931 | 1.13% | 26 | 464/km² |
| 208 | Nauru | 10,903 | 10,876 | 0.25% | 21 | 519/km² |
| 209 | Vatican City | 799 | 800 | -0.12% | 1 | 799/km² |