Countries by Population in the Year 2015

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2015. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 7,383,240,000
1 China 1,397,783,000
2 India 1,315,103,000
3 United States 327,201,000
4 Indonesia 257,688,000
5 Pakistan 209,659,000
6 Brazil 204,335,000
7 Nigeria 181,703,000
8 Bangladesh 156,916,000
9 Russia 144,442,000
10 Japan 127,368,000
11 Mexico 119,472,000
12 Philippines 102,126,000
13 Ethiopia 101,097,000
14 Egypt 96,675,000
15 Vietnam 91,717,000
16 Germany 81,968,000
17 Iran 80,882,000
18 Turkey 78,966,000
19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 77,326,000
20 Thailand 70,142,000
21 France 66,260,000
22 United Kingdom 65,498,000
23 Italy 60,298,000
24 South Africa 55,220,000
25 Tanzania 51,608,000
26 Myanmar 51,280,000
27 South Korea 50,788,000
28 Colombia 46,895,000
29 Spain 46,433,000
30 Kenya 46,346,000
31 Ukraine 45,050,000
32 Argentina 43,042,000
33 Algeria 39,146,000
34 Poland 38,574,000
35 Sudan 37,586,000
36 Iraq 37,265,000
37 Uganda 36,894,000
38 Canada 35,562,000
39 Morocco 34,953,000
40 Afghanistan 33,361,000
41 Saudi Arabia 32,442,000
42 Malaysia 30,842,000
43 Uzbekistan 30,694,000
44 Peru 30,521,000
45 Venezuela 30,367,000
46 Ghana 28,532,000
47 Yemen 28,139,000
48 Angola 27,624,000
49 Nepal 27,517,000
50 Mozambique 26,435,000
51 North Korea 25,191,000
52 Madagascar 24,531,000
53 Australia 23,641,000
54 Taiwan 23,468,000
55 Ivory Coast 23,292,000
56 Cameroon 22,662,000
57 Sri Lanka 21,291,000
58 Romania 19,959,000
59 Niger 19,740,000
60 Syria 19,492,000
61 Burkina Faso 18,443,000
62 Mali 17,828,000
63 Chile 17,779,000
64 Kazakhstan 17,716,000
65 Netherlands 17,167,000
66 Malawi 16,707,000
67 Ecuador 16,075,000
68 Zambia 15,991,000
69 Guatemala 15,859,000
70 Cambodia 15,316,000
71 Senegal 14,162,000
72 Zimbabwe 14,006,000
73 Chad 13,933,000
74 Somalia 13,538,000
75 Rwanda 11,504,000
76 Tunisia 11,493,000
77 Guinea 11,475,000
78 Cuba 11,336,000
79 Belgium 11,215,000
80 South Sudan 11,132,000
81 Bolivia 11,004,000
82 Greece 10,836,000
83 Benin 10,772,000
84 Burundi 10,668,000
85 Czech Republic 10,522,000
86 Haiti 10,488,000
87 Portugal 10,382,000
88 Dominican Republic 10,344,000
89 Hungary 9,857,000
90 Azerbaijan 9,805,000
91 Sweden 9,798,000
92 Belarus 9,697,000
93 Honduras 9,211,000
94 Jordan 9,151,000
95 United Arab Emirates 8,877,000
96 Austria 8,585,000
97 Papua New Guinea 8,573,000
98 Tajikistan 8,423,000
99 Switzerland 8,237,000
100 Israel 7,933,000
101 Serbia 7,533,000
102 Togo 7,380,000
103 Bulgaria 7,341,000
104 Sierra Leone 7,228,000
105 Laos 6,736,000
106 Lebanon 6,467,000
107 Nicaragua 6,253,000
108 El Salvador 6,221,000
109 Libya 6,147,000
110 Paraguay 6,134,000
111 Kyrgyzstan 5,864,000
112 Denmark 5,768,000
113 Turkmenistan 5,715,000
114 Singapore 5,615,000
115 Finland 5,472,000
116 Slovakia 5,422,000
117 Norway 5,166,000
118 Republic of the Congo 5,004,000
119 Costa Rica 4,870,000
120 Central African Republic 4,781,000
121 Ireland 4,642,000
122 New Zealand 4,572,000
123 Liberia 4,563,000
Palestine 4,430,000
124 Croatia 4,271,000
125 Oman 4,085,000
126 Panama 3,923,000
127 Mauritania 3,894,000
128 Georgia 3,772,000
129 Kuwait 3,751,000
130 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,547,000
131 Uruguay 3,397,000
132 Eritrea 3,327,000
133 Moldova 3,306,000
134 Lithuania 2,979,000
135 Mongolia 2,933,000
136 Armenia 2,885,000
137 Albania 2,883,000
138 Jamaica 2,790,000
139 Qatar 2,315,000
140 Botswana 2,282,000
141 Namibia 2,263,000
142 Gambia 2,221,000
143 North Macedonia 2,107,000
144 Lesotho 2,106,000
145 Slovenia 2,076,000
146 Latvia 2,001,000
147 Gabon 1,999,000
148 Guinea-Bissau 1,766,000
149 Kosovo 1,759,000
150 Trinidad and Tobago 1,456,000
151 Bahrain 1,338,000
152 Equatorial Guinea 1,321,000
153 Estonia 1,313,000
154 Mauritius 1,293,000
155 East Timor 1,196,000
156 Cyprus 1,182,000
157 Eswatini 1,130,000
158 Djibouti 998,000
159 Fiji 917,000
160 Guyana 753,000
161 Bhutan 740,000
162 Comoros 722,000
163 Montenegro 634,000
164 Solomon Islands 605,000
165 Suriname 573,000
166 Luxembourg 563,000
167 Cape Verde 549,000
168 Malta 451,000
169 Maldives 426,000
170 Brunei 419,000
171 Bahamas 391,000
172 Belize 356,000
173 Iceland 329,000
174 Barbados 278,000
175 Vanuatu 273,000
176 Samoa 203,000
177 São Tomé and Príncipe 199,000
178 Saint Lucia 175,000
179 Grenada 118,000
180 Kiribati 116,000
181 Federated States of Micronesia 109,000
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 107,000
183 Tonga 106,000
184 Seychelles 99,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 90,000
186 Andorra 72,000
187 Dominica 70,000
188 Marshall Islands 50,000
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 48,000
190 Liechtenstein 37,000
191 Monaco 36,000
192 San Marino 33,000
193 Palau 18,000
194 Nauru 11,000
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