Countries by Population in the Year 2020

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2020. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 7,851,415,000
1 China 1,433,604,000
2 India 1,395,971,000
3 United States 342,728,000
4 Indonesia 273,748,000
5 Pakistan 232,776,000
6 Nigeria 211,741,000
7 Brazil 208,127,000
8 Bangladesh 165,622,000
9 Russia 146,555,000
10 Japan 126,575,000
11 Mexico 126,357,000
12 Ethiopia 117,298,000
13 Philippines 111,478,000
14 Egypt 108,460,000
15 Vietnam 97,620,000
16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 94,413,000
17 Iran 87,482,000
18 Turkey 85,758,000
19 Germany 83,635,000
20 Thailand 71,583,000
21 France 68,337,000
22 United Kingdom 67,806,000
23 South Africa 60,079,000
24 Tanzania 60,051,000
25 Italy 60,041,000
26 Myanmar 52,825,000
27 South Korea 51,826,000
28 Kenya 51,708,000
29 Colombia 50,327,000
30 Spain 47,637,000
31 Sudan 46,174,000
32 Argentina 45,116,000
33 Ukraine 44,836,000
34 Uganda 43,737,000
35 Algeria 43,685,000
36 Iraq 41,642,000
37 Afghanistan 38,430,000
38 Poland 38,219,000
39 Canada 38,018,000
40 Morocco 36,939,000
41 Yemen 35,641,000
42 Malaysia 33,697,000
43 Uzbekistan 33,269,000
44 Angola 32,921,000
45 Peru 32,660,000
46 Ghana 31,569,000
47 Saudi Arabia 30,809,000
48 Mozambique 30,324,000
49 Nepal 28,699,000
50 Venezuela 28,588,000
51 Madagascar 28,586,000
52 Ivory Coast 28,558,000
53 North Korea 26,089,000
54 Cameroon 25,857,000
55 Australia 25,656,000
56 Taiwan 23,680,000
57 Niger 23,328,000
58 Sri Lanka 22,488,000
59 Mali 21,380,000
60 Burkina Faso 21,219,000
61 Syria 20,751,000
62 Romania 19,453,000
63 Kazakhstan 19,350,000
64 Chile 19,331,000
65 Malawi 19,278,000
66 Zambia 18,787,000
67 Netherlands 17,776,000
68 Ecuador 17,473,000
69 Guatemala 17,229,000
70 Chad 16,936,000
71 Cambodia 16,591,000
72 Senegal 16,572,000
73 Somalia 16,332,000
74 Zimbabwe 15,394,000
75 Guinea 13,202,000
76 Rwanda 12,921,000
77 Benin 12,898,000
78 Burundi 12,441,000
79 Tunisia 11,929,000
80 Bolivia 11,753,000
81 Belgium 11,524,000
82 Cuba 11,189,000
83 Haiti 11,176,000
84 Dominican Republic 10,949,000
85 Jordan 10,763,000
86 Greece 10,715,000
87 South Sudan 10,561,000
88 Czech Republic 10,557,000
89 Portugal 10,362,000
90 Sweden 10,328,000
91 Azerbaijan 10,154,000
92 Honduras 10,033,000
93 Hungary 9,769,000
94 Papua New Guinea 9,716,000
95 Tajikistan 9,641,000
96 Belarus 9,400,000
97 United Arab Emirates 9,358,000
98 Austria 8,902,000
99 Israel 8,730,000
100 Switzerland 8,608,000
101 Togo 8,566,000
102 Sierra Leone 7,821,000
103 Laos 7,292,000
104 Libya 6,999,000
105 Bulgaria 6,951,000
106 Serbia 6,939,000
107 Turkmenistan 6,878,000
108 Kyrgyzstan 6,582,000
109 Paraguay 6,559,000
110 Nicaragua 6,525,000
111 El Salvador 6,223,000
112 Denmark 5,931,000
113 Lebanon 5,696,000
114 Republic of the Congo 5,683,000
115 Singapore 5,682,000
116 Finland 5,525,000
117 Slovakia 5,454,000
118 Norway 5,367,000
119 Liberia 5,094,000
120 New Zealand 5,055,000
121 Costa Rica 5,019,000
Palestine 5,011,000
122 Ireland 4,963,000
123 Central African Republic 4,961,000
124 Oman 4,571,000
125 Mauritania 4,533,000
126 Kuwait 4,464,000
127 Panama 4,267,000
128 Croatia 3,970,000
129 Georgia 3,797,000
130 Uruguay 3,398,000
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,324,000
132 Mongolia 3,265,000
133 Eritrea 3,262,000
134 Moldova 3,090,000
135 Armenia 2,900,000
136 Albania 2,878,000
137 Jamaica 2,825,000
138 Qatar 2,816,000
139 Lithuania 2,795,000
140 Namibia 2,688,000
141 Gambia 2,486,000
142 Botswana 2,349,000
143 Gabon 2,295,000
144 Lesotho 2,222,000
145 Slovenia 2,091,000
146 Guinea-Bissau 1,991,000
147 Latvia 1,908,000
148 North Macedonia 1,886,000
149 Kosovo 1,747,000
150 Equatorial Guinea 1,697,000
151 Bahrain 1,478,000
152 Trinidad and Tobago 1,478,000
153 Estonia 1,329,000
154 East Timor 1,314,000
155 Cyprus 1,295,000
156 Mauritius 1,285,000
157 Eswatini 1,185,000
158 Djibouti 1,097,000
159 Fiji 914,000
160 Guyana 803,000
161 Comoros 794,000
162 Bhutan 767,000
163 Solomon Islands 735,000
164 Luxembourg 626,000
165 Montenegro 610,000
166 Suriname 609,000
167 Malta 515,000
168 Cape Verde 514,000
169 Maldives 495,000
170 Brunei 445,000
171 Bahamas 396,000
172 Belize 388,000
173 Iceland 364,000
174 Vanuatu 295,000
175 Barbados 281,000
176 São Tomé and Príncipe 215,000
177 Samoa 211,000
178 Saint Lucia 178,000
179 Kiribati 125,000
180 Seychelles 119,000
181 Grenada 116,000
182 Federated States of Micronesia 110,000
183 Tonga 106,000
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 104,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 92,000
186 Andorra 77,000
187 Dominica 68,000
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47,000
189 Marshall Islands 43,000
190 Liechtenstein 39,000
191 Monaco 38,000
192 San Marino 35,000
193 Palau 18,000
194 Nauru 12,000
195 Tuvalu 10,000
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