Countries by Population in the Year 2023

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2023. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 8,056,506,000
1 China 1,432,422,000
2 India 1,431,703,000
3 United States 346,015,000
4 Indonesia 280,026,000
5 Pakistan 245,673,000
6 Nigeria 225,495,000
7 Brazil 210,707,000
8 Bangladesh 170,427,000
9 Russia 145,675,000
10 Mexico 129,171,000
11 Ethiopia 127,028,000
12 Japan 124,671,000
13 Philippines 114,411,000
14 Egypt 113,493,000
15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 104,063,000
16 Vietnam 100,029,000
17 Iran 90,103,000
18 Turkey 87,169,000
19 Germany 84,401,000
20 Thailand 71,716,000
21 United Kingdom 68,978,000
22 France 68,916,000
23 Tanzania 65,657,000
24 South Africa 62,797,000
25 Italy 59,564,000
26 Kenya 54,794,000
27 Myanmar 53,947,000
28 Colombia 52,033,000
29 South Korea 51,759,000
30 Sudan 50,037,000
31 Uganda 47,981,000
32 Spain 47,907,000
33 Algeria 45,831,000
34 Argentina 45,459,000
35 Iraq 44,590,000
36 Afghanistan 40,865,000
37 Canada 39,060,000
38 Poland 38,814,000
39 Yemen 38,794,000
40 Morocco 38,098,000
41 Ukraine 38,024,000
42 Angola 36,187,000
43 Uzbekistan 35,294,000
44 Malaysia 34,908,000
45 Peru 33,656,000
46 Ghana 33,467,000
47 Mozambique 33,141,000
48 Saudi Arabia 32,867,000
49 Madagascar 30,813,000
50 Ivory Coast 30,784,000
51 Nepal 29,715,000
52 Venezuela 28,251,000
53 Cameroon 27,998,000
54 North Korea 26,376,000
55 Australia 26,321,000
56 Niger 25,727,000
57 Mali 23,416,000
58 Taiwan 23,370,000
59 Syria 23,015,000
60 Sri Lanka 22,905,000
61 Burkina Faso 22,766,000
62 Malawi 20,833,000
63 Zambia 20,430,000
64 Kazakhstan 20,196,000
65 Chile 19,603,000
66 Romania 19,169,000
67 Chad 18,768,000
68 Netherlands 18,198,000
69 Somalia 18,031,000
70 Guatemala 17,984,000
71 Ecuador 17,902,000
72 Senegal 17,867,000
73 Cambodia 17,315,000
74 Zimbabwe 16,203,000
75 Guinea 14,229,000
76 Benin 13,934,000
77 Rwanda 13,803,000
78 Burundi 13,504,000
79 Tunisia 12,161,000
80 Bolivia 12,159,000
81 Belgium 11,698,000
82 Haiti 11,570,000
83 Jordan 11,347,000
84 Dominican Republic 11,283,000
85 South Sudan 11,147,000
86 Cuba 11,039,000
87 Czech Republic 10,828,000
88 Honduras 10,554,000
89 Sweden 10,522,000
90 United Arab Emirates 10,445,000
91 Portugal 10,431,000
92 Greece 10,349,000
93 Azerbaijan 10,332,000
94 Papua New Guinea 10,296,000
95 Tajikistan 10,288,000
96 Hungary 9,683,000
97 Togo 9,196,000
98 Israel 9,191,000
99 Belarus 9,145,000
100 Austria 9,136,000
101 Switzerland 8,843,000
102 Sierra Leone 8,368,000
103 Laos 7,612,000
104 Turkmenistan 7,298,000
105 Libya 7,269,000
106 Kyrgyzstan 7,016,000
107 Bulgaria 6,813,000
108 Paraguay 6,802,000
109 Serbia 6,788,000
110 Nicaragua 6,777,000
111 El Salvador 6,295,000
112 Republic of the Congo 6,108,000
113 Denmark 6,042,000
114 Singapore 5,766,000
115 Lebanon 5,761,000
116 Finland 5,590,000
117 Slovakia 5,517,000
118 Norway 5,489,000
119 Liberia 5,433,000
Palestine 5,368,000
120 New Zealand 5,167,000
121 Ireland 5,166,000
122 Costa Rica 5,093,000
123 Central African Republic 5,065,000
124 Mauritania 4,948,000
125 Oman 4,933,000
126 Kuwait 4,793,000
127 Panama 4,430,000
128 Croatia 3,903,000
129 Georgia 3,807,000
130 Eritrea 3,439,000
131 Mongolia 3,410,000
132 Uruguay 3,389,000
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,194,000
134 Moldova 3,081,000
135 Qatar 2,946,000
136 Namibia 2,928,000
137 Armenia 2,902,000
138 Lithuania 2,841,000
139 Jamaica 2,840,000
140 Albania 2,822,000
141 Gambia 2,667,000
142 Botswana 2,460,000
143 Gabon 2,458,000
144 Lesotho 2,298,000
145 Guinea-Bissau 2,129,000
146 Slovenia 2,118,000
147 Latvia 1,885,000
148 North Macedonia 1,836,000
149 Equatorial Guinea 1,825,000
150 Kosovo 1,709,000
151 Bahrain 1,552,000
152 Trinidad and Tobago 1,500,000
153 East Timor 1,377,000
154 Estonia 1,367,000
155 Cyprus 1,338,000
156 Mauritius 1,275,000
157 Eswatini 1,225,000
158 Djibouti 1,145,000
159 Fiji 922,000
160 Comoros 842,000
161 Guyana 824,000
162 Solomon Islands 790,000
163 Bhutan 784,000
164 Luxembourg 661,000
165 Montenegro 628,000
166 Suriname 626,000
167 Malta 530,000
168 Maldives 525,000
169 Cape Verde 521,000
170 Brunei 457,000
171 Belize 408,000
172 Bahamas 399,000
173 Iceland 384,000
174 Vanuatu 317,000
175 Barbados 282,000
176 São Tomé and Príncipe 229,000
177 Samoa 216,000
178 Saint Lucia 179,000
179 Kiribati 132,000
180 Seychelles 127,000
181 Grenada 117,000
182 Federated States of Micronesia 112,000
183 Tonga 105,000
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 102,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 93,000
186 Andorra 80,000
187 Dominica 67,000
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47,000
189 Monaco 39,000
190 Liechtenstein 39,000
191 Marshall Islands 39,000
192 San Marino 34,000
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