Countries by Population in the Year 2018

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2018. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 7,688,633,000
1 China 1,424,527,000
2 India 1,367,229,000
3 United States 337,274,000
4 Indonesia 268,673,000
5 Pakistan 225,032,000
6 Brazil 205,431,000
7 Nigeria 202,647,000
8 Bangladesh 162,842,000
9 Russia 146,349,000
10 Japan 127,003,000
11 Mexico 123,978,000
12 Ethiopia 111,152,000
13 Philippines 108,799,000
14 Egypt 104,717,000
15 Vietnam 95,747,000
16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 88,613,000
17 Iran 85,614,000
18 Turkey 83,875,000
19 Germany 83,253,000
20 Thailand 71,291,000
21 France 67,919,000
22 United Kingdom 67,076,000
23 Italy 60,336,000
24 South Africa 58,130,000
25 Tanzania 56,576,000
26 Myanmar 52,088,000
27 South Korea 51,572,000
28 Kenya 49,716,000
29 Colombia 48,560,000
30 Spain 46,952,000
31 Ukraine 45,339,000
32 Argentina 44,479,000
33 Sudan 43,539,000
34 Algeria 42,106,000
35 Uganda 40,869,000
36 Iraq 39,789,000
37 Poland 38,249,000
38 Canada 37,043,000
39 Afghanistan 36,204,000
40 Morocco 36,171,000
41 Yemen 33,588,000
42 Malaysia 32,638,000
43 Uzbekistan 32,087,000
44 Peru 31,556,000
45 Angola 30,764,000
46 Saudi Arabia 30,594,000
47 Venezuela 30,327,000
48 Ghana 30,327,000
49 Mozambique 28,592,000
50 Nepal 28,030,000
51 Madagascar 27,137,000
52 Ivory Coast 27,100,000
53 North Korea 25,876,000
54 Australia 24,930,000
55 Cameroon 24,458,000
56 Taiwan 23,651,000
57 Sri Lanka 22,173,000
58 Niger 21,808,000
59 Burkina Faso 20,172,000
60 Mali 20,127,000
61 Romania 19,646,000
62 Syria 19,200,000
63 Kazakhstan 18,797,000
64 Chile 18,722,000
65 Malawi 18,283,000
66 Zambia 17,707,000
67 Netherlands 17,539,000
68 Ecuador 16,892,000
69 Guatemala 16,712,000
70 Cambodia 16,178,000
71 Chad 15,878,000
72 Senegal 15,695,000
73 Somalia 15,175,000
74 Zimbabwe 14,920,000
75 Guinea 12,543,000
76 Rwanda 12,344,000
77 Benin 12,212,000
78 Tunisia 11,710,000
79 Burundi 11,650,000
80 Bolivia 11,427,000
81 Belgium 11,400,000
82 Cuba 11,237,000
83 Haiti 10,891,000
84 Greece 10,740,000
85 Dominican Republic 10,725,000
86 Czech Republic 10,546,000
87 Jordan 10,344,000
88 Portugal 10,327,000
89 Sweden 10,120,000
90 Azerbaijan 10,012,000
91 South Sudan 9,960,000
92 Hungary 9,777,000
93 Honduras 9,676,000
94 Belarus 9,489,000
95 United Arab Emirates 9,296,000
96 Papua New Guinea 9,287,000
97 Tajikistan 9,196,000
98 Austria 8,823,000
99 Switzerland 8,486,000
100 Israel 8,436,000
101 Togo 8,157,000
102 Sierra Leone 7,467,000
103 Laos 7,073,000
104 Bulgaria 7,050,000
105 Serbia 7,047,000
106 Libya 6,795,000
107 Turkmenistan 6,581,000
108 Paraguay 6,383,000
109 Nicaragua 6,358,000
110 Kyrgyzstan 6,278,000
111 El Salvador 6,218,000
112 Lebanon 6,075,000
113 Denmark 5,888,000
114 Singapore 5,611,000
115 Finland 5,513,000
116 Slovakia 5,440,000
117 Republic of the Congo 5,416,000
118 Norway 5,295,000
119 Costa Rica 4,936,000
120 Liberia 4,896,000
121 New Zealand 4,878,000
122 Ireland 4,841,000
123 Central African Republic 4,828,000
Palestine 4,797,000
124 Oman 4,584,000
125 Mauritania 4,273,000
126 Kuwait 4,227,000
127 Panama 4,134,000
128 Croatia 4,047,000
129 Georgia 3,793,000
130 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,407,000
131 Uruguay 3,392,000
132 Moldova 3,172,000
133 Eritrea 3,167,000
134 Mongolia 3,136,000
135 Armenia 2,912,000
136 Albania 2,897,000
137 Jamaica 2,818,000
138 Lithuania 2,810,000
139 Qatar 2,742,000
140 Namibia 2,541,000
141 Gambia 2,371,000
142 Botswana 2,283,000
143 Gabon 2,185,000
144 Lesotho 2,170,000
145 Slovenia 2,063,000
146 Latvia 1,935,000
147 North Macedonia 1,930,000
148 Guinea-Bissau 1,900,000
149 Kosovo 1,772,000
150 Equatorial Guinea 1,589,000
151 Bahrain 1,502,000
152 Trinidad and Tobago 1,450,000
153 Estonia 1,319,000
154 Mauritius 1,290,000
155 East Timor 1,264,000
156 Cyprus 1,263,000
157 Eswatini 1,164,000
158 Djibouti 1,063,000
159 Fiji 918,000
160 Guyana 771,000
161 Comoros 764,000
162 Bhutan 757,000
163 Solomon Islands 697,000
164 Montenegro 618,000
165 Luxembourg 602,000
166 Suriname 597,000
167 Cape Verde 513,000
168 Malta 476,000
169 Maldives 466,000
170 Brunei 435,000
171 Bahamas 392,000
172 Belize 377,000
173 Iceland 349,000
174 Vanuatu 282,000
175 Barbados 280,000
176 São Tomé and Príncipe 209,000
177 Samoa 206,000
178 Saint Lucia 177,000
179 Kiribati 121,000
180 Grenada 116,000
181 Seychelles 114,000
182 Federated States of Micronesia 110,000
183 Tonga 105,000
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 105,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 91,000
186 Andorra 75,000
187 Dominica 68,000
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47,000
189 Marshall Islands 46,000
190 Monaco 38,000
191 Liechtenstein 38,000
192 San Marino 34,000
193 Palau 18,000
194 Tuvalu 11,000
195 Nauru 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