Population, total - Country Ranking

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Rank Country Value Year
1 China 1,410,929,000.00 2020
2 India 1,380,004,000.00 2020
3 United States 331,501,100.00 2020
4 Indonesia 273,523,600.00 2020
5 Pakistan 220,892,300.00 2020
6 Brazil 212,559,400.00 2020
7 Nigeria 206,139,600.00 2020
8 Bangladesh 164,689,400.00 2020
9 Russia 144,104,100.00 2020
10 Mexico 128,932,800.00 2020
11 Japan 125,836,000.00 2020
12 Ethiopia 114,963,600.00 2020
13 Philippines 109,581,100.00 2020
14 Egypt 102,334,400.00 2020
15 Vietnam 97,338,580.00 2020
16 Dem. Rep. Congo 89,561,410.00 2020
17 Turkey 84,339,060.00 2020
18 Iran 83,992,950.00 2020
19 Germany 83,160,870.00 2020
20 Thailand 69,799,980.00 2020
21 France 67,379,900.00 2020
22 United Kingdom 67,215,300.00 2020
23 Tanzania 59,734,210.00 2020
24 Italy 59,449,530.00 2020
25 South Africa 59,308,690.00 2020
26 Myanmar 54,409,790.00 2020
27 Kenya 53,771,300.00 2020
28 Korea 51,836,240.00 2020
29 Colombia 50,882,880.00 2020
30 Spain 47,363,420.00 2020
31 Uganda 45,741,000.00 2020
32 Argentina 45,376,760.00 2020
33 Ukraine 44,134,690.00 2020
34 Algeria 43,851,040.00 2020
35 Sudan 43,849,270.00 2020
36 Iraq 40,222,500.00 2020
37 Afghanistan 38,928,340.00 2020
38 Canada 38,037,200.00 2020
39 Poland 37,899,070.00 2020
40 Morocco 36,910,560.00 2020
41 Saudi Arabia 34,813,870.00 2020
42 Uzbekistan 34,232,050.00 2020
43 Peru 32,971,850.00 2020
44 Angola 32,866,270.00 2020
45 Malaysia 32,366,000.00 2020
46 Mozambique 31,255,440.00 2020
47 Ghana 31,072,940.00 2020
48 Yemen 29,825,970.00 2020
49 Nepal 29,136,810.00 2020
50 Venezuela 28,435,940.00 2020
51 Madagascar 27,691,020.00 2020
52 Cameroon 26,545,860.00 2020
53 Côte d'Ivoire 26,378,280.00 2020
54 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 25,778,820.00 2020
55 Australia 25,693,270.00 2020
56 Niger 24,206,640.00 2020
57 Sri Lanka 21,919,000.00 2020
58 Burkina Faso 20,903,280.00 2020
59 Mali 20,250,830.00 2020
60 Romania 19,257,520.00 2020
61 Malawi 19,129,960.00 2020
62 Chile 19,116,210.00 2020
63 Kazakhstan 18,754,440.00 2020
64 Zambia 18,383,960.00 2020
65 Ecuador 17,643,060.00 2020
66 Syrian Arab Republic 17,500,660.00 2020
67 Netherlands 17,441,500.00 2020
68 Guatemala 16,858,330.00 2020
69 Senegal 16,743,930.00 2020
70 Cambodia 16,718,970.00 2020
71 Chad 16,425,860.00 2020
72 Somalia 15,893,220.00 2020
73 Zimbabwe 14,862,930.00 2020
74 Guinea 13,132,790.00 2020
75 Rwanda 12,952,210.00 2020
76 Benin 12,123,200.00 2020
77 Burundi 11,890,780.00 2020
78 Tunisia 11,818,620.00 2020
79 Bolivia 11,673,030.00 2020
80 Belgium 11,544,240.00 2020
81 Haiti 11,402,530.00 2020
82 Cuba 11,326,620.00 2020
83 Dominican Republic 10,847,900.00 2020
84 Greece 10,700,560.00 2020
85 Czech Republic 10,697,860.00 2020
86 Sweden 10,353,440.00 2020
87 Portugal 10,297,080.00 2020
88 Jordan 10,203,140.00 2020
89 Azerbaijan 10,093,120.00 2020
90 Honduras 9,904,608.00 2020
91 United Arab Emirates 9,890,400.00 2020
92 Hungary 9,750,149.00 2020
93 Tajikistan 9,537,642.00 2020
94 Belarus 9,379,952.00 2020
95 Israel 9,215,100.00 2020
96 Papua New Guinea 8,947,027.00 2020
97 Austria 8,916,864.00 2020
98 Switzerland 8,636,561.00 2020
99 Togo 8,278,737.00 2020
100 Sierra Leone 7,976,985.00 2020
101 Hong Kong SAR, China 7,481,800.00 2020
102 Lao PDR 7,275,556.00 2020
103 Paraguay 7,132,530.00 2020
104 Bulgaria 6,934,015.00 2020
105 Serbia 6,899,126.00 2020
106 Libya 6,871,287.00 2020
107 Lebanon 6,825,442.00 2020
108 Nicaragua 6,624,554.00 2020
109 Kyrgyz Republic 6,579,900.00 2020
110 El Salvador 6,486,201.00 2020
111 Turkmenistan 6,031,187.00 2020
112 Denmark 5,831,404.00 2020
113 Singapore 5,685,807.00 2020
114 Finland 5,529,543.00 2020
115 Congo 5,518,092.00 2020
116 Slovak Republic 5,458,827.00 2020
117 Norway 5,379,475.00 2020
118 Oman 5,106,622.00 2020
119 Costa Rica 5,094,114.00 2020
120 New Zealand 5,084,300.00 2020
121 Liberia 5,057,677.00 2020
122 Ireland 4,985,674.00 2020
123 Central African Republic 4,829,764.00 2020
124 Mauritania 4,649,660.00 2020
125 Panama 4,314,768.00 2020
126 Kuwait 4,270,563.00 2020
127 Croatia 4,047,680.00 2020
128 Georgia 3,722,716.00 2020
129 Uruguay 3,473,727.00 2020
130 Puerto Rico 3,281,538.00 2020
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,280,815.00 2020
132 Mongolia 3,278,292.00 2020
133 Eritrea 3,213,969.00 2011
134 Armenia 2,963,234.00 2020
135 Jamaica 2,961,161.00 2020
136 Qatar 2,881,060.00 2020
137 Albania 2,837,849.00 2020
138 Lithuania 2,794,885.00 2020
139 Moldova 2,620,495.00 2020
140 Namibia 2,540,916.00 2020
141 The Gambia 2,416,664.00 2020
142 Botswana 2,351,625.00 2020
143 Gabon 2,225,728.00 2020
144 Lesotho 2,142,252.00 2020
145 Slovenia 2,102,419.00 2020
146 North Macedonia 2,072,531.00 2020
147 Guinea-Bissau 1,967,998.00 2020
148 Latvia 1,900,449.00 2020
149 Bahrain 1,701,583.00 2020
150 Equatorial Guinea 1,402,985.00 2020
151 Trinidad and Tobago 1,399,491.00 2020
152 Estonia 1,329,479.00 2020
153 Timor-Leste 1,318,442.00 2020
154 Mauritius 1,265,740.00 2020
155 Cyprus 1,207,361.00 2020
156 Eswatini 1,160,164.00 2020
157 Djibouti 988,002.00 2020
158 Fiji 896,444.00 2020
159 Comoros 869,595.00 2020
160 Guyana 786,559.00 2020
161 Bhutan 771,612.00 2020
162 Solomon Islands 686,878.00 2020
163 Macao SAR, China 649,342.00 2020
164 Luxembourg 630,419.00 2020
165 Montenegro 621,306.00 2020
166 Suriname 586,634.00 2020
167 Cabo Verde 555,988.00 2020
168 Malta 515,332.00 2020
169 Brunei 437,483.00 2020
170 Belize 397,621.00 2020
171 The Bahamas 393,248.00 2020
172 Iceland 366,463.00 2020
173 Vanuatu 307,150.00 2020
174 Barbados 287,371.00 2020
175 New Caledonia 271,960.00 2020
176 São Tomé and Principe 219,161.00 2020
177 Samoa 198,410.00 2020
178 St. Lucia 183,629.00 2020
179 Kiribati 119,446.00 2020
180 Grenada 112,519.00 2020
181 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 110,947.00 2020
182 Tonga 105,697.00 2020
183 Seychelles 98,462.00 2020
184 Antigua and Barbuda 97,928.00 2020
185 Andorra 77,265.00 2020
186 Dominica 71,991.00 2020
187 Cayman Islands 65,720.00 2020
188 Greenland 56,367.00 2020
189 St. Kitts and Nevis 53,192.00 2020
190 Monaco 39,244.00 2020
191 Liechtenstein 38,137.00 2020
192 San Marino 33,938.00 2020
193 Palau 18,092.00 2020
194 Tuvalu 11,792.00 2020
195 Nauru 10,834.00 2020

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Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.