Countries by Population in the Year 2016

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2016. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	7,514,506,000
1	China	1,407,825,000
2	India	1,335,802,000
3	United States	331,441,000
4	Indonesia	263,235,000
5	Pakistan	218,762,000
6	Brazil	202,460,000
7	Nigeria	193,025,000
8	Bangladesh	160,093,000
9	Russia	145,533,000
10	Japan	127,193,000
11	Mexico	121,681,000
12	Philippines	106,031,000
13	Ethiopia	105,255,000
14	Egypt	100,615,000
15	Vietnam	93,394,000
16	Iran	83,185,000
17	Germany	82,566,000
18	Democratic Republic of the Congo	82,359,000
19	Turkey	81,012,000
20	Thailand	70,690,000
21	France	67,501,000
22	United Kingdom	66,146,000
23	Italy	60,512,000
24	South Africa	57,379,000
25	Tanzania	52,918,000
26	Myanmar	51,290,000
27	South Korea	51,195,000
28	Kenya	47,600,000
29	Colombia	47,173,000
30	Spain	46,681,000
31	Ukraine	45,700,000
32	Argentina	43,702,000
33	Sudan	40,630,000
34	Algeria	40,429,000
35	Poland	38,266,000
36	Uganda	38,113,000
37	Iraq	38,053,000
38	Canada	36,132,000
39	Morocco	35,299,000
40	Afghanistan	34,227,000
41	Yemen	31,624,000
42	Malaysia	31,506,000
43	Uzbekistan	31,017,000
44	Venezuela	30,728,000
45	Peru	30,640,000
46	Saudi Arabia	30,464,000
47	Ghana	29,023,000
48	Angola	28,660,000
49	Nepal	27,918,000
50	Mozambique	26,934,000
51	Madagascar	25,760,000
52	North Korea	25,637,000
53	Ivory Coast	25,612,000
54	Australia	24,128,000
55	Taiwan	23,557,000
56	Cameroon	23,109,000
57	Sri Lanka	21,820,000
58	Niger	20,309,000
59	Romania	19,821,000
60	Syria	19,138,000
61	Burkina Faso	19,053,000
62	Mali	18,884,000
63	Kazakhstan	18,220,000
64	Chile	18,139,000
65	Malawi	17,319,000
66	Netherlands	17,316,000
67	Zambia	16,653,000
68	Ecuador	16,383,000
69	Guatemala	16,115,000
70	Cambodia	15,736,000
71	Chad	14,862,000
72	Senegal	14,814,000
73	Zimbabwe	14,496,000
74	Somalia	14,039,000
75	Guinea	11,918,000
76	Rwanda	11,779,000
77	Benin	11,528,000
78	Tunisia	11,466,000
79	Belgium	11,312,000
80	Cuba	11,273,000
81	Burundi	11,115,000
82	South Sudan	11,102,000
83	Bolivia	11,098,000
84	Greece	10,784,000
85	Haiti	10,598,000
86	Czech Republic	10,527,000
87	Dominican Republic	10,494,000
88	Portugal	10,358,000
89	Jordan	9,888,000
90	Sweden	9,851,000
91	Hungary	9,827,000
92	Azerbaijan	9,812,000
93	Belarus	9,496,000
94	Honduras	9,325,000
95	United Arab Emirates	8,889,000
96	Papua New Guinea	8,853,000
97	Tajikistan	8,755,000
98	Austria	8,702,000
99	Switzerland	8,329,000
100	Israel	8,132,000
101	Togo	7,760,000
102	Bulgaria	7,153,000
103	Serbia	7,152,000
104	Sierra Leone	7,119,000
105	Laos	6,855,000
106	Libya	6,582,000
107	Lebanon	6,401,000
108	Turkmenistan	6,287,000
109	Paraguay	6,204,000
110	El Salvador	6,193,000
111	Nicaragua	6,191,000
112	Kyrgyzstan	6,054,000
113	Denmark	5,812,000
114	Singapore	5,559,000
115	Finland	5,487,000
116	Slovakia	5,423,000
117	Norway	5,214,000
118	Republic of the Congo	5,159,000
119	Costa Rica	4,843,000
120	Ireland	4,727,000
121	Liberia	4,710,000
122	New Zealand	4,682,000
123	Central African Republic	4,669,000
	Palestine	4,577,000
124	Oman	4,291,000
125	Croatia	4,162,000
126	Mauritania	4,025,000
127	Panama	3,994,000
128	Kuwait	3,925,000
129	Georgia	3,792,000
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,496,000
131	Uruguay	3,374,000
132	Moldova	3,261,000
133	Eritrea	3,116,000
134	Mongolia	3,009,000
135	Armenia	2,920,000
136	Albania	2,896,000
137	Lithuania	2,889,000
138	Jamaica	2,807,000
139	Qatar	2,528,000
140	Namibia	2,406,000
141	Gambia	2,254,000
142	Botswana	2,219,000
143	Lesotho	2,117,000
144	Gabon	2,071,000
145	Slovenia	2,061,000
146	North Macedonia	1,971,000
147	Latvia	1,969,000
148	Guinea-Bissau	1,809,000
149	Kosovo	1,759,000
150	Equatorial Guinea	1,481,000
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1,433,000
152	Bahrain	1,397,000
153	Estonia	1,316,000
154	Mauritius	1,292,000
155	Cyprus	1,228,000
156	East Timor	1,217,000
157	Eswatini	1,146,000
158	Djibouti	1,029,000
159	Fiji	919,000
160	Guyana	761,000
161	Bhutan	744,000
162	Comoros	734,000
163	Solomon Islands	651,000
164	Montenegro	626,000
165	Suriname	585,000
166	Luxembourg	576,000
167	Cape Verde	512,000
168	Malta	450,000
169	Maldives	436,000
170	Brunei	425,000
171	Bahamas	387,000
172	Belize	360,000
173	Iceland	333,000
174	Barbados	279,000
175	Vanuatu	269,000
176	Samoa	203,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	202,000
178	Saint Lucia	175,000
179	Kiribati	118,000
180	Grenada	115,000
181	Seychelles	109,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	109,000
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	107,000
184	Tonga	106,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	90,000
186	Dominica	71,000
187	Andorra	71,000
188	Marshall Islands	48,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,000
190	Liechtenstein	38,000
191	Monaco	37,000
192	San Marino	34,000
193	Palau	18,000
194	Nauru	11,000
195	Tuvalu	11,000
196	Vatican City	1,000