Countries by Population in the Year 2021

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2021. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 7,876,932,000
1 China 1,434,045,000
2 India 1,402,808,000
3 United States 340,075,000
4 Indonesia 272,890,000
5 Pakistan 229,281,000
6 Brazil 213,828,000
7 Nigeria 210,874,000
8 Bangladesh 168,415,000
9 Russia 145,473,000
10 Mexico 126,386,000
11 Japan 124,947,000
12 Ethiopia 118,743,000
13 Philippines 113,094,000
14 Egypt 108,392,000
15 Vietnam 97,094,000
16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 94,374,000
17 Iran 87,590,000
18 Turkey 84,459,000
19 Germany 83,390,000
20 Thailand 71,562,000
21 United Kingdom 67,690,000
22 France 67,187,000
23 Tanzania 62,637,000
24 Italy 59,361,000
25 South Africa 59,138,000
26 Myanmar 53,618,000
27 Kenya 52,511,000
28 South Korea 51,831,000
29 Colombia 51,244,000
30 Spain 47,398,000
31 Argentina 45,164,000
32 Uganda 45,123,000
33 Sudan 45,053,000
34 Algeria 43,812,000
35 Ukraine 43,729,000
36 Iraq 43,071,000
37 Afghanistan 39,618,000
38 Poland 38,379,000
39 Canada 38,019,000
40 Morocco 37,450,000
41 Saudi Arabia 35,764,000
42 Angola 33,958,000
43 Uzbekistan 33,810,000
44 Peru 33,519,000
45 Malaysia 33,396,000
46 Yemen 32,641,000
47 Ghana 32,512,000
48 Mozambique 31,636,000
49 Nepal 29,698,000
50 Madagascar 28,571,000
51 Venezuela 28,352,000
52 Ivory Coast 27,146,000
53 Cameroon 26,845,000
54 North Korea 25,922,000
55 Australia 25,796,000
56 Niger 24,786,000
57 Taiwan 23,842,000
58 Burkina Faso 21,813,000
59 Sri Lanka 21,747,000
60 Mali 21,561,000
61 Syria 21,059,000
62 Malawi 19,633,000
63 Romania 19,394,000
64 Chile 19,394,000
65 Zambia 19,201,000
66 Kazakhstan 19,097,000
67 Ecuador 17,690,000
68 Netherlands 17,644,000
69 Guatemala 17,494,000
70 Chad 16,910,000
71 Somalia 16,801,000
72 Senegal 16,657,000
73 Cambodia 16,497,000
74 Zimbabwe 15,834,000
75 Guinea 13,369,000
76 Rwanda 13,305,000
77 Benin 12,819,000
78 Burundi 12,387,000
79 Tunisia 12,217,000
80 Bolivia 12,010,000
81 Belgium 11,582,000
82 Haiti 11,379,000
83 Cuba 11,292,000
84 Dominican Republic 11,060,000
85 Jordan 11,040,000
86 South Sudan 10,667,000
87 Czech Republic 10,524,000
88 Greece 10,481,000
89 Sweden 10,417,000
90 Portugal 10,298,000
91 Azerbaijan 10,296,000
92 Honduras 10,202,000
93 Papua New Guinea 9,850,000
94 Hungary 9,731,000
95 Tajikistan 9,644,000
96 Belarus 9,606,000
97 United Arab Emirates 9,327,000
98 Austria 8,914,000
99 Israel 8,829,000
100 Switzerland 8,671,000
101 Togo 8,543,000
102 Sierra Leone 8,328,000
103 Laos 7,373,000
104 Serbia 7,332,000
105 Bulgaria 6,938,000
106 Nicaragua 6,802,000
107 Libya 6,696,000
108 Paraguay 6,664,000
109 Kyrgyzstan 6,477,000
110 El Salvador 6,305,000
111 Turkmenistan 6,297,000
112 Denmark 5,950,000
113 Singapore 5,926,000
114 Republic of the Congo 5,769,000
115 Lebanon 5,631,000
116 Finland 5,534,000
117 Slovakia 5,456,000
118 Central African Republic 5,414,000
119 Norway 5,392,000
120 Liberia 5,141,000
121 Costa Rica 5,141,000
122 New Zealand 5,115,000
Palestine 5,077,000
123 Ireland 4,967,000
124 Mauritania 4,556,000
125 Oman 4,498,000
126 Panama 4,323,000
127 Kuwait 4,253,000
128 Croatia 4,079,000
129 Georgia 3,763,000
130 Eritrea 3,588,000
131 Uruguay 3,430,000
132 Mongolia 3,322,000
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,296,000
134 Moldova 3,075,000
135 Albania 2,862,000
136 Jamaica 2,826,000
137 Lithuania 2,805,000
138 Armenia 2,799,000
139 Qatar 2,692,000
140 Gambia 2,607,000
141 Botswana 2,569,000
142 Namibia 2,511,000
143 Gabon 2,317,000
144 Lesotho 2,269,000
145 Slovenia 2,119,000
146 North Macedonia 2,108,000
147 Guinea-Bissau 2,038,000
148 Latvia 1,887,000
149 Kosovo 1,666,000
150 Equatorial Guinea 1,614,000
151 Trinidad and Tobago 1,522,000
152 Bahrain 1,461,000
153 Estonia 1,330,000
154 East Timor 1,310,000
155 Mauritius 1,299,000
156 Cyprus 1,241,000
157 Eswatini 1,187,000
158 Djibouti 1,098,000
159 Fiji 923,000
160 Comoros 814,000
161 Guyana 803,000
162 Bhutan 775,000
163 Solomon Islands 699,000
164 Luxembourg 635,000
165 Montenegro 628,000
166 Suriname 610,000
167 Cape Verde 585,000
168 Malta 521,000
169 Maldives 518,000
170 Brunei 444,000
171 Bahamas 407,000
172 Belize 397,000
173 Iceland 369,000
174 Vanuatu 315,000
175 Barbados 281,000
176 São Tomé and Príncipe 221,000
177 Samoa 217,000
178 Saint Lucia 180,000
179 Kiribati 128,000
180 Grenada 124,000
181 Federated States of Micronesia 113,000
182 Tonga 106,000
183 Seychelles 106,000
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 105,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 93,000
186 Andorra 78,000
187 Dominica 72,000
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 48,000
189 Marshall Islands 43,000
190 Liechtenstein 39,000
191 Monaco 37,000
192 San Marino 34,000
193 Palau 18,000
194 Nauru 12,000
195 Tuvalu 11,000
196 Vatican City 1,000
Caveats and explanations
  • All data is based on the 2022 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 2021 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