Countries by Population in the Year 2015

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2015. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 7,426,478,000
1 China 1,400,420,000
2 India 1,320,247,000
3 United States 328,491,000
4 Indonesia 260,364,000
5 Pakistan 215,820,000
6 Brazil 200,891,000
7 Nigeria 188,318,000
8 Bangladesh 158,673,000
9 Russia 145,083,000
10 Japan 127,358,000
11 Mexico 120,464,000
12 Philippines 104,595,000
13 Ethiopia 102,479,000
14 Egypt 98,580,000
15 Vietnam 92,253,000
16 Iran 82,053,000
17 Germany 81,589,000
18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 79,712,000
19 Turkey 79,017,000
20 Thailand 70,391,000
21 France 67,325,000
22 United Kingdom 65,619,000
23 Italy 60,639,000
24 South Africa 56,069,000
25 Tanzania 51,124,000
26 Myanmar 50,888,000
27 South Korea 50,773,000
28 Colombia 46,767,000
29 Spain 46,687,000
30 Kenya 46,577,000
31 Ukraine 45,869,000
32 Argentina 43,252,000
33 Algeria 39,610,000
34 Sudan 39,419,000
35 Poland 38,267,000
36 Iraq 37,068,000
37 Uganda 36,950,000
38 Canada 35,792,000
39 Morocco 34,888,000
40 Afghanistan 33,436,000
41 Malaysia 30,960,000
42 Yemen 30,694,000
43 Uzbekistan 30,481,000
44 Venezuela 30,420,000
45 Peru 30,275,000
46 Saudi Arabia 29,485,000
47 Ghana 28,369,000
48 Nepal 27,729,000
49 Angola 27,656,000
50 Mozambique 26,162,000
51 North Korea 25,513,000
52 Madagascar 25,094,000
53 Ivory Coast 24,880,000
54 Australia 23,768,000
55 Taiwan 23,501,000
56 Cameroon 22,418,000
57 Sri Lanka 21,640,000
58 Romania 19,921,000
59 Syria 19,711,000
60 Niger 19,570,000
61 Burkina Faso 18,502,000
62 Mali 18,302,000
63 Chile 17,956,000
64 Kazakhstan 17,948,000
65 Netherlands 17,233,000
66 Malawi 16,853,000
67 Ecuador 16,149,000
68 Zambia 16,145,000
69 Guatemala 15,828,000
70 Cambodia 15,510,000
71 Chad 14,433,000
72 Senegal 14,373,000
73 Zimbabwe 14,302,000
74 Somalia 13,575,000
75 Guinea 11,616,000
76 Rwanda 11,501,000
77 Tunisia 11,338,000
78 Cuba 11,277,000
79 Belgium 11,238,000
80 Benin 11,194,000
81 South Sudan 11,113,000
82 Burundi 10,980,000
83 Bolivia 10,932,000
84 Greece 10,858,000
85 Czech Republic 10,522,000
86 Haiti 10,449,000
87 Portugal 10,383,000
88 Dominican Republic 10,376,000
89 Hungary 9,852,000
90 Sweden 9,748,000
91 Azerbaijan 9,694,000
92 Belarus 9,479,000
93 Jordan 9,202,000
94 Honduras 9,150,000
95 Papua New Guinea 8,634,000
96 Austria 8,586,000
97 Tajikistan 8,532,000
98 United Arab Emirates 8,460,000
99 Switzerland 8,239,000
100 Israel 7,974,000
101 Togo 7,567,000
102 Serbia 7,202,000
103 Bulgaria 7,202,000
104 Sierra Leone 6,957,000
105 Laos 6,749,000
106 Lebanon 6,544,000
107 Libya 6,482,000
108 El Salvador 6,175,000
109 Turkmenistan 6,144,000
110 Paraguay 6,114,000
111 Nicaragua 6,108,000
112 Kyrgyzstan 5,949,000
113 Denmark 5,765,000
114 Singapore 5,492,000
115 Finland 5,472,000
116 Slovakia 5,418,000
117 Norway 5,166,000
118 Republic of the Congo 5,036,000
119 Costa Rica 4,793,000
120 Ireland 4,678,000
121 Liberia 4,609,000
122 Central African Republic 4,590,000
123 New Zealand 4,584,000
Palestine 4,466,000
124 Croatia 4,206,000
125 Oman 4,078,000
126 Panama 3,926,000
127 Mauritania 3,906,000
128 Georgia 3,792,000
129 Kuwait 3,744,000
130 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,541,000
131 Uruguay 3,362,000
132 Moldova 3,313,000
133 Eritrea 3,095,000
134 Mongolia 2,944,000
135 Lithuania 2,922,000
136 Armenia 2,922,000
137 Albania 2,901,000
138 Jamaica 2,798,000
139 Namibia 2,342,000
140 Qatar 2,327,000
141 Gambia 2,195,000
142 Botswana 2,188,000
143 Lesotho 2,092,000
144 Slovenia 2,059,000
145 Gabon 2,011,000
146 North Macedonia 1,990,000
147 Latvia 1,986,000
148 Kosovo 1,799,000
149 Guinea-Bissau 1,764,000
150 Equatorial Guinea 1,427,000
151 Trinidad and Tobago 1,425,000
152 Bahrain 1,342,000
153 Estonia 1,313,000
154 Mauritius 1,292,000
155 Cyprus 1,211,000
156 East Timor 1,193,000
157 Eswatini 1,139,000
158 Djibouti 1,012,000
159 Fiji 918,000
160 Guyana 756,000
161 Bhutan 737,000
162 Comoros 719,000
163 Montenegro 630,000
164 Solomon Islands 628,000
165 Suriname 579,000
166 Luxembourg 563,000
167 Cape Verde 512,000
168 Malta 440,000
169 Maldives 421,000
170 Brunei 420,000
171 Bahamas 384,000
172 Belize 353,000
173 Iceland 329,000
174 Barbados 279,000
175 Vanuatu 263,000
176 Samoa 201,000
177 São Tomé and Príncipe 199,000
178 Saint Lucia 175,000
179 Kiribati 116,000
180 Grenada 114,000
181 Federated States of Micronesia 109,000
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 107,000
183 Tonga 106,000
184 Seychelles 106,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 89,000
186 Andorra 73,000
187 Dominica 70,000
188 Marshall Islands 49,000
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47,000
190 Liechtenstein 37,000
191 Monaco 36,000
192 San Marino 34,000
193 Palau 18,000
194 Nauru 11,000
195 Tuvalu 11,000
196 Vatican City 1,000
Caveats and explanations
  • All data is based on the 2024 edition of the UN World Population prospects.
  • Historical records are based on the current territory of the country. For example, the population of Germany in 1970 includes both East Germany and West Germany.
  • Years after 2023 are projections based on the UN's "medium fertility" scenario.
  • Country population includes all overseas territories and autonomous regions. For example, population for the United States includes Puerto Rico.
  • Morocco includes Western Sahara.
  • Population for Israel does NOT include Palestine.
Population by Year