Countries by Population in the Year 2016

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2016. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 7,469,955,000
1 China 1,405,679,000
2 India 1,330,630,000
3 United States 329,655,000
4 Indonesia 260,496,000
5 Pakistan 212,280,000
6 Brazil 206,042,000
7 Nigeria 186,289,000
8 Bangladesh 158,744,000
9 Russia 144,895,000
10 Japan 127,134,000
11 Mexico 120,827,000
12 Philippines 103,937,000
13 Ethiopia 103,847,000
14 Egypt 98,772,000
15 Vietnam 92,666,000
16 Iran 82,699,000
17 Germany 82,179,000
18 Turkey 80,326,000
19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 79,988,000
20 Thailand 70,447,000
21 France 66,468,000
22 United Kingdom 65,938,000
23 Italy 60,168,000
24 South Africa 56,533,000
25 Tanzania 53,477,000
26 Myanmar 51,688,000
27 South Korea 51,201,000
28 Kenya 47,357,000
29 Colombia 47,345,000
30 Spain 46,430,000
31 Ukraine 44,915,000
32 Argentina 43,472,000
33 Algeria 39,940,000
34 Sudan 38,757,000
35 Poland 38,532,000
36 Iraq 38,251,000
37 Uganda 38,061,000
38 Canada 35,902,000
39 Morocco 35,392,000
40 Afghanistan 34,146,000
41 Saudi Arabia 33,058,000
42 Malaysia 31,295,000
43 Uzbekistan 31,205,000
44 Peru 30,903,000
45 Venezuela 30,693,000
46 Ghana 29,210,000
47 Yemen 28,894,000
48 Angola 28,631,000
49 Nepal 27,703,000
50 Mozambique 27,251,000
51 North Korea 25,325,000
52 Madagascar 25,171,000
53 Australia 23,999,000
54 Ivory Coast 23,902,000
55 Taiwan 23,557,000
56 Cameroon 23,363,000
57 Sri Lanka 21,383,000
58 Niger 20,517,000
59 Romania 19,853,000
60 Burkina Faso 18,993,000
61 Syria 18,918,000
62 Mali 18,398,000
63 Chile 17,961,000
64 Kazakhstan 17,956,000
65 Netherlands 17,251,000
66 Malawi 17,171,000
67 Zambia 16,505,000
68 Ecuador 16,316,000
69 Guatemala 16,143,000
70 Cambodia 15,519,000
71 Senegal 14,551,000
72 Chad 14,347,000
73 Zimbabwe 14,304,000
74 Somalia 13,990,000
75 Rwanda 11,782,000
76 Guinea 11,777,000
77 Tunisia 11,622,000
78 Cuba 11,344,000
79 Belgium 11,282,000
80 South Sudan 11,257,000
81 Bolivia 11,176,000
82 Benin 11,094,000
83 Burundi 10,787,000
84 Greece 10,777,000
85 Haiti 10,639,000
86 Czech Republic 10,526,000
87 Dominican Republic 10,467,000
88 Portugal 10,349,000
89 Azerbaijan 9,922,000
90 Sweden 9,900,000
91 Jordan 9,838,000
92 Hungary 9,832,000
93 Belarus 9,705,000
94 Honduras 9,378,000
95 United Arab Emirates 8,957,000
96 Papua New Guinea 8,791,000
97 Austria 8,700,000
98 Tajikistan 8,625,000
99 Switzerland 8,327,000
100 Israel 8,082,000
101 Togo 7,567,000
102 Serbia 7,506,000
103 Sierra Leone 7,402,000
104 Bulgaria 7,277,000
105 Laos 6,838,000
106 Nicaragua 6,344,000
107 Lebanon 6,331,000
108 El Salvador 6,241,000
109 Libya 6,237,000
110 Paraguay 6,222,000
111 Kyrgyzstan 5,966,000
112 Turkmenistan 5,818,000
113 Denmark 5,797,000
114 Singapore 5,685,000
115 Finland 5,487,000
116 Slovakia 5,427,000
117 Norway 5,214,000
118 Republic of the Congo 5,125,000
119 Costa Rica 4,920,000
120 Central African Republic 4,858,000
121 Ireland 4,690,000
122 Liberia 4,661,000
123 New Zealand 4,649,000
Palestine 4,539,000
124 Oman 4,298,000
125 Croatia 4,239,000
126 Kuwait 4,067,000
127 Mauritania 3,998,000
128 Panama 3,992,000
129 Georgia 3,771,000
130 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,502,000
131 Uruguay 3,409,000
132 Eritrea 3,353,000
133 Moldova 3,249,000
134 Mongolia 2,997,000
135 Lithuania 2,948,000
136 Albania 2,882,000
137 Armenia 2,872,000
138 Jamaica 2,799,000
139 Qatar 2,514,000
140 Botswana 2,328,000
141 Namibia 2,303,000
142 Gambia 2,285,000
143 Lesotho 2,131,000
144 North Macedonia 2,109,000
145 Slovenia 2,086,000
146 Gabon 2,058,000
147 Latvia 1,983,000
148 Guinea-Bissau 1,812,000
149 Kosovo 1,759,000
150 Trinidad and Tobago 1,465,000
151 Bahrain 1,386,000
152 Equatorial Guinea 1,373,000
153 Estonia 1,316,000
154 Mauritius 1,294,000
155 East Timor 1,215,000
156 Cyprus 1,192,000
157 Eswatini 1,138,000
158 Djibouti 1,015,000
159 Fiji 918,000
160 Guyana 757,000
161 Bhutan 747,000
162 Comoros 738,000
163 Montenegro 634,000
164 Solomon Islands 620,000
165 Suriname 578,000
166 Luxembourg 576,000
167 Cape Verde 555,000
168 Malta 462,000
169 Maldives 445,000
170 Brunei 424,000
171 Bahamas 394,000
172 Belize 364,000
173 Iceland 333,000
174 Vanuatu 280,000
175 Barbados 278,000
176 Samoa 204,000
177 São Tomé and Príncipe 203,000
178 Saint Lucia 176,000
179 Grenada 119,000
180 Kiribati 118,000
181 Federated States of Micronesia 110,000
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 106,000
183 Tonga 106,000
184 Seychelles 100,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 90,000
186 Andorra 72,000
187 Dominica 70,000
188 Marshall Islands 49,000
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 48,000
190 Liechtenstein 37,000
191 Monaco 37,000
192 San Marino 34,000
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