The total world population amounts to more than 7.8 billion people, in 2022, China remains the country with the largest population in the world, with more than 1.44 billion people. India has the second-largest population in the world, with just under 1.40 billion inhabitants. With an estimated difference of fewer than 20 million people, experts predict that India will overtake China as the most populous nation on earth by 2030. The total world population is expected to reach around 11 billion people by the end of the century.
Fourteen (14) countries have populations greater than 100 million. Ninety-one (91) countries have populations greater than 10 million. China and India account for roughly 36% of the world’s population.
The ten most populous countries in 2022 are China, India, followed by the United States, Indonesia, and Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil, Bangladesh, Russia, and Mexico. The ten countries and territories in the world with the smallest population are Vatican City (799), Tokelau (1,378), Niue (1,622), Falkland Islands (3,539), Montserrat (4,965), Saint Pierre And Miquelon (5,759), Saint Barthelemy (9,945), Nauru (10,903), Wallis And Futuna (10,982), and Tuvalu (12,066).
List of countries and territories with the largest population, 2022
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Rank Country 2022 Population 2030 Population 2050 Population Area Density (km²) Growth Rate World Percentage
1 China 1448471.4 1464340.159 1402405.17 9706961 149.2199 1.0029 0.1821 2 India 1406631.776 1503642.322 1639176.033 3287590 427.8611 1.0095 0.1768 3 United States 334805.269 349641.876 379419.102 9372610 35.7217 1.0057 0.0421 4 Indonesia 279134.505 299198.43 330904.664 1904569 146.5605 1.01 0.0351 5 Pakistan 229488.994 262958.794 338013.196 881912 260.2176 1.019 0.0289 6 Nigeria 216746.934 262977.337 401315 923768 234.6335 1.0253 0.0273 7 Brazil 215353.593 223852.122 228980.4 8515767 25.2888 1.0064 0.0271 8 Bangladesh 167885.689 178993.869 192567.778 147570 1137.6682 1.0095 0.0211 9 Russia 145805.947 143347.515 135824.481 17098242 8.5275 0.9993 0.0183 10 Mexico 131562.772 140875.762 155150.818 1964375 66.9744 1.01 0.0165 11 Japan 125584.838 120758.057 105804.027 377930 332.2966 0.9963 0.0158 12 Ethiopia 120812.698 144944.299 205410.675 1104300 109.4021 1.0249 0.0152 13 Philippines 112508.994 123697.925 144488.158 342353 328.6345 1.0132 0.0141 14 Egypt 106156.692 120831.557 159956.808 1002450 105.8972 1.0182 0.0133 15 Vietnam 98953.541 104163.519 109605.011 331212 298.7619 1.008 0.0124 16 DR Congo 95240.792 120046.726 194488.658 2344858 40.6169 1.031 0.012 17 Iran 86022.837 92663.708 103098.075 1648195 52.1921 1.0117 0.0108 18 Turkey 85561.976 89157.785 97139.57 783562 109.1962 1.0061 0.0108 19 Germany 83883.596 83135.644 80103.978 357114 234.893 0.9998 0.0105 20 Thailand 70078.203 70345.536 65940.489 513120 136.5727 1.0018 0.0088 21 United Kingdom 68497.907 70485.49 74081.981 242900 282.0004 1.0043 0.0086 22 France 65584.518 66695.702 67586.728 551695 118.8782 1.0024 0.0082 23 Tanzania 63298.55 79162.725 129386.839 945087 66.9764 1.0293 0.008 24 South Africa 60756.135 65956.081 75517.92 1221037 49.7578 1.0119 0.0076 25 Italy 60262.77 59031.475 54381.673 301336 199.9853 0.9983 0.0076 26 Kenya 56215.221 66449.654 91575.089 580367 96.8615 1.0224 0.0071 27 Myanmar 55227.143 58478.494 62253.43 676578 81.6272 1.0077 0.0069 28 Colombia 51512.762 53416.763 55957.824 1141748 45.1175 1.0048 0.0065 29 South Korea 51329.899 51152.046 46829.925 100210 512.2233 1.0005 0.0065 30 Uganda 48432.863 59437.928 89446.904 241550 200.5086 1.0278 0.0061 31 Spain 46719.142 46230.14 43637.41 505992 92.3318 0.9994 0.0059 32 Argentina 46010.234 49056.162 54867.256 2780400 16.5481 1.0089 0.0058 33 Sudan 45992.02 55253.529 81192.823 1886068 24.3851 1.0241 0.0058 34 Algeria 45350.148 50360.749 60923.386 2381741 19.0408 1.0164 0.0057 35 Ukraine 43192.122 40882.329 35219.042 603500 71.5694 0.9937 0.0054 36 Iraq 42164.965 50193.756 70940.126 438317 96.1974 1.0239 0.0053 37 Afghanistan 40754.388 48093.578 64682.974 652230 62.4847 1.0231 0.0051 38 Canada 38388.419 40833.727 45669.441 9984670 3.8447 1.0084 0.0048 39 Morocco 37772.756 40887.295 46165.501 446550 84.588 1.0115 0.0047 40 Poland 37739.785 36944.563 33294.567 312679 120.6982 0.9985 0.0047 41 Saudi Arabia 35844.909 39322.338 44562.476 2149690 16.6745 1.0143 0.0045 42 Angola 35027.343 44834.712 77420.346 1246700 28.096 1.0322 0.0044 43 Uzbekistan 34382.084 37418.456 42942.485 447400 76.8486 1.0132 0.0043 44 Peru 33684.208 36030.592 40373.987 1285216 26.209 1.0097 0.0042 45 Malaysia 33181.072 36095.054 40550.365 330803 100.3046 1.0124 0.0042 46 Mozambique 33089.461 41184.834 65312.929 801590 41.2798 1.0288 0.0042 47 Ghana 32395.45 37833.419 52016.125 238533 135.8112 1.0209 0.0041 48 Yemen 31154.867 36406.888 48080.021 527968 59.009 1.0218 0.0039 49 Nepal 30225.582 33389.536 35323.921 147181 205.3633 1.0186 0.0038 50 Venezuela 29266.991 33626.469 37023.115 916445 31.9353 1.0196 0.0037 51 Madagascar 29178.077 35622.321 54048.128 587041 49.7036 1.0264 0.0037 52 Cameroon 27911.548 33766.121 50573.042 475442 58.7065 1.0252 0.0035 53 Ivory Coast 27742.298 33712.599 51263.671 322463 86.0325 1.0255 0.0035 54 Niger 26083.66 34846.02 65593.043 1267000 20.5869 1.0379 0.0033 55 Australia 26068.792 28177.481 32814.113 7692024 3.3891 1.0109 0.0033 56 North Korea 25990.679 26651.329 26561.619 120538 215.6223 1.004 0.0033 57 Taiwan 23888.595 24011.258 22412.982 36193 660.0336 1.0014 0.003 58 Burkina Faso 22102.838 27404.039 43432.184 272967 80.9726 1.0282 0.0028 59 Sri Lanka 21575.842 22023.016 21813.968 65610 328.8499 1.0037 0.0027 60 Mali 21473.764 26957.396 43585.53 1240192 17.3149
61 Malawi 20180.839 24849.44 38142.973 118484 170.3254 1.0271 0.0025 62 Zambia 19470.234 24325.505 39120.917 752612 25.8702 1.029 0.0024 63 Syria 19364.809 26676.565 33129.321 185180 104.5729 1.0596 0.0024 64 Chile 19250.195 19458.103 20319.307 756102 25.4598 1.002 0.0024 65 Kazakhstan 19205.043 20639.021 24024.045 2724900 7.048 1.0111 0.0024 66 Romania 19031.335 18306.101 16259.787 238391 79.8324 0.995 0.0024 67 Guatemala 18584.039 21212.561 26920.712 108889 170.6696 1.0183 0.0023 68 Ecuador 18113.361 19818.797 23316.457 276841 65.4288 1.0126 0.0023 69 Senegal 17653.671 21551.46 33186.859 196722 89.7392 1.0266 0.0022 70 Chad 17413.58 21690.381 34031.311 1284000 13.562 1.0295 0.0022 71 Netherlands 17211.447 17450.322 17165.372 41850 411.2652 1.0022 0.0022 72 Cambodia 17168.639 18781.033 21860.919 181035 94.836 1.0131 0.0022 73 Somalia 16841.795 21191.037 34922.447 637657 26.412 1.0295 0.0021 74 Zimbabwe 15331.428 17596.447 23947.923 390757 39.2352 1.0159 0.0019 75 Guinea 13865.691 17020.915 25971.806 245857 56.3974 1.0273 0.0017 76 Rwanda 13600.464 16234.387 23048.005 26338 516.3818 1.0244 0.0017 77 Benin 12784.726 15672.304 24280.477 112622 113.5189 1.0268 0.0016 78 Burundi 12624.84 15772.822 25324.761 27834 453.5762 1.0301 0.0016 79 Tunisia 12046.656 12755.757 13796.6 163610 73.6303 1.0093 0.0015 80 Bolivia 11992.656 13240.382 15839.563 1098581 10.9165 1.0135 0.0015 81 Haiti 11680.283 12733.238 14877.779 27750 420.9111 1.012 0.0015 82 Belgium 11668.278 11903.75 12220.765 30528 382.2156 1.0031 0.0015 83 South Sudan 11618.511 13839.272 19962.712 619745 18.7472 1.0208 0.0015 84 Cuba 11305.652 11142.328 10162.396 109884 102.8872 0.999 0.0014 85 Dominican Republic 11056.37 11770.322 12795.809 48671 227.1655 1.0094 0.0014 86 Czech Republic 10736.784 10744.834 10545.581 78865 136.1413 1.0011 0.0013 87 Greece 10316.637 9917.25 9029.249 131990 78.1623 0.9948 0.0013 88 Jordan 10300.869 10655.181 12932.41 89342 115.297 1.0031 0.0013 89 Azerbaijan 10300.205 10739.732 11064.999 86600 118.94 1.0075 0.0013 90 Honduras 10221.247 11449.249 13830.799 112492 90.862 1.0157 0.0013 91 Sweden 10218.971 10629.981 11389.196 450295 22.6939 1.0058 0.0013 92 Portugal 10140.57 9912.679 9084.576 92090 110.1159 0.9973 0.0013 93 United Arab Emirates 10081.785 10661.076 10425.287 83600 120.5955 1.0091 0.0013 94 Tajikistan 9957.464 11557.369 16208.25 143100 69.584 1.0213 0.0013 95 Hungary 9606.259 9338.446 8470.23 93028 103.262 0.9971 0.0012 96 Belarus 9432.8 9264.784 8634.225 207600 45.4374 0.9989 0.0012 97 Papua New Guinea 9292.169 10709.348 14204.066 462840 20.0764 1.019 0.0012 98 Austria 9066.71 9175.689 9130.699 83871 108.103 1.0026 0.0011 99 Israel 8922.892 9979.698 12720.416 20770 429.6048 1.0151 0.0011 100 Switzerland 8773.637 9185.115 9817.721 41284 212.5191 1.0067 0.0011 101 Togo 8680.837 10421.916 15415.499 56785 152.872 1.0239 0.0011 102 Serbia 8653.016 8250.431 7083.833 88361 97.928 0.9949 0.0011 103 Sierra Leone 8306.436 9648.691 12944.873 71740 115.7853 1.0203 0.001 104 Hong Kong 7604.299 8018.67 8041.048 1104 6887.952 1.0068 0.001 105 Laos 7481.023 8226.273 9479.747 236800 31.5922 1.0138 0.0009 106 Paraguay 7305.843 7949.971 9101.631 406752 17.9614 1.0119 0.0009 107 Libya 7040.745 7606.415 8525.414 1759540 4.0015 1.0118 0.0009 108 Bulgaria 6844.597 6416.749 5385.441 110879 61.7303 0.9925 0.0009 109 Nicaragua 6779.1 7391.881 8531.048 130373 51.9977 1.0114 0.0009 110 Kyrgyzstan 6728.271 7446.104 9126.108 199951 33.6496 1.0151 0.0008 111 Lebanon 6684.849 6194.844 6528.164 10452 639.5761 0.9875 0.0008 112 El Salvador 6550.389 6778.586 6936.786 21041 311.3155 1.0049 0.0008 113 Turkmenistan 6201.943 6782.355 7949.281 488100 12.7063 1.0137 0.0008 114 Singapore 5943.546 6262.466 6407.532 710 8371.1915 1.0079 0.0007 115 Denmark 5834.95 6001.867 6245.374 43094 135.4005 1.0037 0.0007 116 Republic of the Congo 5797.805 7019.831 10701.994 342000 16.9526 1.0249 0.0007 117 Finland 5554.96 5580.537 5486.143 338424 16.4142 1.0012 0.0007 118 Norway 5511.37 5875.913 6600.338 323802 17.0208 1.0084 0.0007 119 Slovakia 5460.193 5403.4 4983.648 49037 111.3484 0.9999 0.0007 120 Palestine 5345.541 6341.728 8815.774 6220 859.4117 1.0235 0.0007
121 Oman 5323.993 5936.081 6915.444 309500 17.2019 1.0193 0.0007 122 Liberia 5305.117 6371.553 9339.752 111369 47.6355 1.0241 0.0007 123 Costa Rica 5182.354 5468.038 5772.699 51100 101.4159 1.0084 0.0007 124 Ireland 5020.199 5248.041 5677.615 70273 71.4385 1.0075 0.0006 125 Central African Republic 5016.678 5942.211 8400.956 622984 8.0527 1.0197 0.0006 126 Mauritania 4901.981 5967.168 9024.892 1030700 4.756 1.0266 0.0006 127 New Zealand 4898.203 5172.962 5607.793 270467 18.1102 1.0077 0.0006 128 Panama 4446.964 4927.612 5852.947 75417 58.965 1.0149 0.0006 129 Kuwait 4380.326 4747.081 5393.472 17818 245.8371 1.012 0.0006 130 Croatia 4059.286 3877.272 3364.8 56594 71.7264 0.9945 0.0005 131 Moldova 4013.171 3885.896 3360.177 33846 118.5715 0.9973 0.0005 132 Georgia 3968.738 3853.306 3516.865 69700 56.9403 0.9972 0.0005 133 Eritrea 3662.244 4240.213 6005.49 117600 31.1415 1.0169 0.0005 134 Uruguay 3496.016 3569.471 3639.109 181034 19.3114 1.0031 0.0004 135 Mongolia 3378.078 3716.21 4448.93 1564110 2.1597 1.0147 0.0004 136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3249.317 3126.648 2685.037 51209 63.4521 0.9957 0.0004 137 Jamaica 2985.094 3047.974 2960.317 10991 271.5944 1.0039 0.0004 138 Qatar 2979.915 3326.89 3851.131 11586 257.1996 1.0169 0.0004 139 Armenia 2971.966 2967.005 2816.112 29743 99.9215 1.0013 0.0004 140 Albania 2866.374 2786.974 2424.061 28748 99.7069 0.9977 0.0004 141 Puerto Rico 2829.812 2905.352 2445.386 8870 319.0318 1.0006 0.0004 142 Lithuania 2661.708 2484.803 2121.397 65300 40.7612 0.9895 0.0003 143 Namibia 2633.874 3010.871 3981.13 825615 3.1902 1.018 0.0003 144 Gambia 2558.482 3170.685 4882.101 10689 239.3565 1.0288 0.0003 145 Botswana 2441.162 2774.34 3509.819 582000 4.1944 1.0183 0.0003 146 Gabon 2331.533 2744.451 3809.05 267668 8.7105 1.0231 0.0003 147 Lesotho 2175.699 2325.164 2665.27 30355 71.6751 1.0077 0.0003 148 North Macedonia 2081.304 2050.747 1856.775 25713 80.9436 0.9993 0.0003 149 Slovenia 2078.034 2056.193 1939.592 20273 102.5025 0.9997 0.0003 150 Guinea-Bissau 2063.367 2461.208 3557.201 36125 57.1174 1.0238 0.0003 151 Latvia 1848.837 1720.146 1479.172 64559 28.6379 0.9903 0.0002 152 Bahrain 1783.983 2013.416 2316.049 765 2332.0039 1.0204 0.0002 153 Equatorial Guinea 1496.662 1873.549 2820.925 28051 53.355 1.0323 0.0002 154 Trinidad and Tobago 1406.585 1413.415 1343.789 5130 274.1881 1.0023 0.0002 155 Timor-Leste 1369.429 1574.057 2019.291 14874 92.0686 1.019 0.0002 156 Estonia 1321.91 1279.962 1158.408 45227 29.2283 0.9975 0.0002 157 Mauritius 1274.727 1274.041 1185.529 2040 624.8662 1.001 0.0002 158 Cyprus 1223.387 1274.972 1354.591 9251 132.2438 1.0064 0.0002 159 Eswatini 1184.817 1297.835 1704.428 17364 68.2341 1.0106 0.0001 160 Djibouti 1016.097 1116.724 1295.373 23200 43.7973 1.0139 0.0001 161 Fiji 909.466 966.015 1071.255 18272 49.7738 1.0073 0.0001 162 Reunion 908.061 954.806 1009.876 2511 361.6332 1.0071 0.0001 163 Comoros 907.419 1063.114 1471.737 1862 487.3357 1.0213 0.0001 164 Guyana 794.045 821.59 824.957 214969 3.6938 1.0047 0.0001 165 Bhutan 787.941 842.67 904.616 38394 20.5225 1.0103 0.0001 166 Solomon Islands 721.159 864.605 1290.216 28896 24.9571 1.0244 0.0001 167 Macau 667.49 731.874 838.368 30 22249.6667 1.0138 0.0001 168 Luxembourg 642.371 690.348 789.942 2586 248.4033 1.0119 0.0001 169 Montenegro 627.95 624.059 589.333 13812 45.4641 0.9998 0.0001 170 Western Sahara 626.161 737.345 984.023 266000 2.354 1.0233 0.0001 171 Suriname 596.831 632.401 680.241 163820 3.6432 1.0085 0.0001 172 Cape Verde 567.678 610.057 679.394 4033 140.7582 1.0103 0.0001 173 Maldives 540.985 519.341 586.1 300 1803.2833 0.9952 0.0001 174 Brunei 445.431 470.99 492.385 5765 77.2647 1.0088 0.0001 175 Malta 444.033 448.899 426.787 316 1405.1677 1.0028 0.0001 176 Belize 412.19 467.633 571.042 22966 17.9478 1.018 0.0001 177 Bahamas 400.516 426.813 463.333 13943 28.7252 1.0091 0.0001 178 Guadeloupe 399.794 400.246 386.922 1628 245.5737 0.9994 0.0001 179 Martinique 374.087 367.716 331.96 1128 331.6374 0.9982 0 180 Iceland 345.393 359.711 376.693 103000 3.3533 1.0059 0
181 Vanuatu 321.832 383.373 556.756 12189 26.4035 1.0234 0 182 French Guiana 314.169 377.611 544.807 83534 3.761 1.0252 0 183 New Caledonia 290.915 311.024 346.51 18575 15.6616 1.0094 0 184 Barbados 288.023 289.444 277.011 430 669.8209 1.0011 0 185 Mayotte 286.259 342.89 494.839 374 765.3984 1.0241 0 186 French Polynesia 284.164 296.714 310.654 4167 68.1939 1.0058 0 187 Sao Tome and Principe 227.679 268.244 394.153 964 236.1815 1.0193 0 188 Samoa 202.239 220.371 267.391 2842 71.1608 1.0104 0 189 Saint Lucia 185.113 188.738 182.129 616 300.5081 1.0039 0 190 Guam 171.519 181.147 192.78 549 312.4208 1.0079 0 191 Curacao 165.529 170.704 175.722 444 372.8131 1.0044 0 192 Kiribati 123.419 139.179 176.708 811 152.1813 1.0167 0 193 Micronesia 117.489 126.691 138.917 702 167.3632 1.0106 0 194 Grenada 113.475 115.779 115.564 344 329.8692 1.004 0 195 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 111.551 113.038 109.113 389 286.7635 1.0026 0 196 Tonga 107.749 115.621 134.18 747 144.2423 1.0093 0 197 Aruba 107.609 110.247 108.716 180 597.8278 1.0038 0 198 United States Virgin Islands 103.971 100.692 86.22 347 299.6282 0.9976 0 199 Antigua and Barbuda 99.509 104.864 110.896 442 225.1335 1.0079 0 200 Seychelles 99.426 102.534 104.565 452 219.969 1.0052 0 201 Isle of Man 85.732 87.993 90.748 572 149.8811 1.0038 0 202 Andorra 77.463 77.925 76.118 468 165.5192 1.0014 0 203 Dominica 72.344 73.241 70.877 751 96.3302 1.0025 0 204 Cayman Islands 67.277 73.334 84.655 264 254.8371 1.0117 0 205 Bermuda 61.939 60.492 53.278 54 1147.0185 0.9976 0 206 Marshall Islands 60.057 65 75.365 181 331.8066 1.0075 0 207 Northern Mariana Islands 58.269 61.06 62.032 464 125.5797 1.0061 0 208 Greenland 56.973 57.091 53.3 2166086 0.0263 1.0017 0 209 American Samoa 55.03 54.728 53.581 199 276.5327 0.9987 0 210 Saint Kitts and Nevis 53.871 55.832 56.161 261 206.4023 1.0061 0 211 Faroe Islands 49.233 50.913 53.466 1393 35.3431 1.0038 0 212 Sint Maarten 43.966 48.076 55.017 34 1293.1176 1.0128 0 213 Monaco 39.783 41.777 46.002 2 19891.5 1.0069 0 214 Turks and Caicos Islands 39.741 43.606 50.273 948 41.9209 1.013 0 215 Saint Martin 39.73 43.269 50.825 53 749.6226 1.0126 0 216 Liechtenstein 38.387 39.402 40.36 160 239.9187 1.0036 0 217 San Marino 34.085 34.413 33.64 61 558.7705 1.002 0 218 Gibraltar 33.704 33.914 33.917 6 5617.3333 1.0002 0 219 British Virgin Islands 30.596 31.764 31.541 151 202.6225 1.0058 0 220 Palau 18.233 18.476 17.718 459 39.7233 1.0035 0 221 Cook Islands 17.571 17.524 17.081 236 74.4534 1.0003 0 222 Anguilla 15.23 15.914 16.517 91 167.3626 1.0075 0 223 Tuvalu 12.066 13.164 15.983 26 464.0769 1.0113 0 224 Wallis and Futuna 10.982 10.389 9.131 142 77.338 0.9899 0 225 Nauru 10.903 10.991 10.794 21 519.1905 1.0025 0 226 Saint Barthelemy 9.945 10.226 10.831 21 473.5714 1.0038 0 227 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5.759 5.677 5.247 242 23.7975 0.9988 0 228 Montserrat 4.965 4.763 4.153 102 48.6765 0.9976 0 229 Falkland Islands 3.539 3.436 3.243 12173 0.2907 1.0017 0 230 Niue 1.622 1.664 1.778 260 6.2385 1.0019 0 231 Tokelau 1.378 1.448 1.565 12 114.8333 1.0036 0 232 Vatican City 0.799 0.795 0.814 1 799 0.9988 0