TOP 100

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,379,302,784
2	India	1,281,935,872
3	United States	326,625,792
4	Indonesia	260,580,736
5	Brazil	207,353,392
6	Pakistan	204,924,864
7	Nigeria	190,632,256
8	Bangladesh	157,826,576
9	Russia	142,257,520
10	Japan	126,451,400
11	Mexico	124,574,792
12	Ethiopia	105,350,016
13	Philippines	104,256,080
14	Egypt	97,041,072
15	Vietnam	96,160,160
16	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	83,301,152
17	Iran	82,021,568
18	Turkey	80,845,216
19	Germany	80,594,016
20	Thailand	68,414,136
21	France	67,106,160
22	United Kingdom	64,769,452
23	Italy	62,137,800
24	Burma	55,123,816
25	South Africa	54,841,552
26	Tanzania	53,950,936
27	Korea, South	51,181,300
28	Spain	48,958,160
29	Colombia	47,698,524
30	Kenya	47,615,740
31	Argentina	44,293,292
32	Ukraine	44,033,872
33	Algeria	40,969,444
34	Uganda	39,570,124
35	Iraq	39,192,112
36	Poland	38,476,268
37	Sudan	37,345,936
38	Canada	35,623,680
39	Afghanistan	34,124,812
40	Morocco	33,986,656
41	Malaysia	31,381,992
42	Venezuela	31,304,016
43	Peru	31,036,656
44	Uzbekistan	29,748,860
45	Nepal	29,384,296
46	Angola	29,310,272
47	Saudi Arabia	28,571,770
48	Yemen	28,036,828
49	Ghana	27,499,924
50	Mozambique	26,573,706
51	Korea, North	25,248,140
52	Madagascar	25,054,160
53	Cameroon	24,994,884
54	Cote d'Ivoire	24,184,810
55	Taiwan	23,508,428
56	Australia	23,232,412
57	Sri Lanka	22,409,380
58	Romania	21,529,968
59	Burkina Faso	20,107,508
60	Niger	19,245,344
61	Malawi	19,196,246
62	Kazakhstan	18,556,698
63	Syria	18,028,548
64	Mali	17,885,244
65	Chile	17,789,268
66	Netherlands	17,084,720
67	Ecuador	16,290,913
68	Cambodia	16,204,486
69	Zambia	15,972,000
70	Guatemala	15,460,732
71	Senegal	14,668,522
72	Zimbabwe	13,805,084
73	South Sudan	13,026,129
74	Guinea	12,413,867
75	Chad	12,075,985
76	Rwanda	11,901,484
77	Belgium	11,491,346
78	Burundi	11,466,756
79	Tunisia	11,403,800
80	Cuba	11,147,407
81	Bolivia	11,138,234
82	Benin	11,038,805
83	Somalia	11,031,386
84	Portugal	10,839,514
85	Greece	10,768,477
86	Dominican Republic	10,734,247
87	Czech Republic	10,674,723
88	Haiti	10,646,714
89	Jordan	10,248,069
90	Azerbaijan	9,961,396
91	Sweden	9,960,487
92	Hungary	9,850,845
93	Belarus	9,549,747
94	Honduras	9,038,741
95	Austria	8,754,413
96	Tajikistan	8,468,555
97	Israel	8,299,706
98	Switzerland	8,236,303
99	Togo	7,965,055
100	Hong Kong	7,191,503

Definition: This entry gives an estimate from the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. Note: Starting with the 1993 Factbook, demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These countries are currently: The Bahamas, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2018

See also: Population map