Countries by Population in the Year 2026

This page lists the projected population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2026. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations, medium fertility variant.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	8,266,245,000
1	India	1,470,296,000
2	China	1,422,576,000
3	United States	351,708,000
4	Indonesia	286,820,000
5	Pakistan	257,236,000
6	Nigeria	239,968,000
7	Brazil	213,202,000
8	Bangladesh	176,757,000
9	Russia	143,560,000
10	Ethiopia	137,180,000
11	Mexico	132,480,000
12	Japan	122,772,000
13	Egypt	119,234,000
14	Philippines	117,258,000
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	114,629,000
16	Vietnam	101,897,000
17	Iran	92,815,000
18	Turkey	87,795,000
19	Germany	83,741,000
20	Thailand	71,593,000
21	Tanzania	71,550,000
22	United Kingdom	70,296,000
23	France	69,279,000
24	South Africa	65,108,000
25	Italy	59,042,000
26	Kenya	58,084,000
27	Myanmar	55,022,000
28	Colombia	53,688,000
29	Sudan	52,475,000
30	Uganda	52,072,000
31	South Korea	51,637,000
32	Spain	47,875,000
33	Algeria	47,739,000
34	Iraq	47,515,000
35	Argentina	45,928,000
36	Afghanistan	44,438,000
37	Yemen	42,369,000
38	Canada	40,307,000
39	Ukraine	39,682,000
40	Angola	39,621,000
41	Morocco	39,206,000
42	Poland	37,915,000
43	Uzbekistan	37,394,000
44	Malaysia	36,185,000
45	Mozambique	36,129,000
46	Ghana	35,382,000
47	Saudi Arabia	34,868,000
48	Peru	34,753,000
49	Madagascar	33,130,000
50	Ivory Coast	33,102,000
51	Cameroon	30,259,000
52	Nepal	29,608,000
53	Venezuela	28,574,000
54	Niger	28,363,000
55	Australia	27,103,000
56	North Korea	26,605,000
57	Syria	26,070,000
58	Mali	25,563,000
59	Burkina Faso	24,338,000
60	Sri Lanka	23,290,000
61	Taiwan	23,062,000
62	Malawi	22,498,000
63	Zambia	22,215,000
64	Chad	21,280,000
65	Kazakhstan	20,967,000
66	Somalia	19,977,000
67	Chile	19,905,000
68	Senegal	19,148,000
69	Romania	18,855,000
70	Guatemala	18,828,000
71	Netherlands	18,586,000
72	Ecuador	18,367,000
73	Cambodia	17,951,000
74	Zimbabwe	17,111,000
75	Guinea	15,271,000
76	Benin	14,991,000
77	Rwanda	14,732,000
78	Burundi	14,559,000
79	Bolivia	12,666,000
80	Tunisia	12,383,000
81	South Sudan	12,311,000
82	Haiti	11,972,000
83	Belgium	11,767,000
84	Dominican Republic	11,566,000
85	United Arab Emirates	11,477,000
86	Jordan	11,467,000
87	Honduras	11,096,000
88	Cuba	10,915,000
89	Tajikistan	10,883,000
90	Papua New Guinea	10,856,000
91	Sweden	10,680,000
92	Czech Republic	10,538,000
93	Azerbaijan	10,427,000
94	Portugal	10,404,000
95	Greece	9,919,000
96	Togo	9,825,000
97	Hungary	9,602,000
98	Israel	9,582,000
99	Austria	9,110,000
100	Switzerland	8,989,000
101	Belarus	8,968,000
102	Sierra Leone	8,908,000
103	Laos	7,924,000
104	Turkmenistan	7,679,000
105	Libya	7,498,000
106	Kyrgyzstan	7,349,000
107	Paraguay	7,055,000
108	Nicaragua	7,053,000
109	Bulgaria	6,692,000
110	Serbia	6,664,000
111	Republic of the Congo	6,561,000
112	El Salvador	6,379,000
113	Denmark	6,126,000
114	Singapore	5,889,000
115	Lebanon	5,873,000
116	Liberia	5,790,000
117	Norway	5,643,000
	Palestine	5,639,000
118	Finland	5,624,000
119	Central African Republic	5,605,000
120	Oman	5,591,000
121	Slovakia	5,456,000
122	Mauritania	5,388,000
123	Ireland	5,333,000
124	New Zealand	5,285,000
125	Costa Rica	5,164,000
126	Kuwait	5,067,000
127	Panama	4,599,000
128	Croatia	3,835,000
129	Georgia	3,806,000
130	Eritrea	3,645,000
131	Mongolia	3,537,000
132	Uruguay	3,384,000
133	Qatar	3,147,000
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,127,000
135	Namibia	3,124,000
136	Moldova	2,976,000
137	Armenia	2,941,000
138	Gambia	2,853,000
139	Jamaica	2,836,000
140	Lithuania	2,809,000
141	Albania	2,761,000
142	Gabon	2,620,000
143	Botswana	2,583,000
144	Lesotho	2,376,000
145	Guinea-Bissau	2,274,000
146	Slovenia	2,116,000
147	Equatorial Guinea	1,961,000
148	Latvia	1,843,000
149	North Macedonia	1,809,000
150	Kosovo	1,670,000
151	Bahrain	1,660,000
152	Trinidad and Tobago	1,513,000
153	East Timor	1,427,000
154	Cyprus	1,377,000
155	Estonia	1,335,000
156	Mauritius	1,267,000
157	Eswatini	1,263,000
158	Djibouti	1,192,000
159	Fiji	935,000
160	Comoros	891,000
161	Solomon Islands	848,000
162	Guyana	838,000
163	Bhutan	799,000
164	Luxembourg	684,000
165	Suriname	643,000
166	Montenegro	628,000
167	Malta	548,000
168	Maldives	531,000
169	Cape Verde	529,000
170	Brunei	468,000
171	Belize	426,000
172	Bahamas	404,000
173	Iceland	400,000
174	Vanuatu	339,000
175	Barbados	283,000
176	São Tomé and Príncipe	243,000
177	Samoa	220,000
178	Saint Lucia	180,000
179	Kiribati	137,000
180	Seychelles	134,000
181	Grenada	117,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	114,000
183	Tonga	104,000
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	94,000
186	Andorra	83,000
187	Dominica	66,000
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,000
189	Liechtenstein	40,000
190	Monaco	38,000
191	Marshall Islands	36,000
192	San Marino	34,000
193	Palau	18,000
194	Nauru	12,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000