Countries by Population in the Year 2017

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2017. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 7,556,993,000
1 China 1,414,226,000
2 India 1,346,642,000
3 United States 332,274,000
4 Indonesia 263,204,000
5 Pakistan 214,770,000
6 Brazil 207,678,000
7 Nigeria 191,045,000
8 Bangladesh 160,825,000
9 Russia 145,323,000
10 Japan 126,854,000
11 Mexico 122,211,000
12 Ethiopia 106,740,000
13 Philippines 105,813,000
14 Egypt 100,796,000
15 Vietnam 93,587,000
16 Iran 83,913,000
17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 82,874,000
18 Germany 82,484,000
19 Turkey 81,713,000
20 Thailand 70,767,000
21 France 66,655,000
22 United Kingdom 66,372,000
23 Italy 60,069,000
24 South Africa 56,311,000
25 Tanzania 55,326,000
26 Myanmar 52,097,000
27 South Korea 51,419,000
28 Kenya 48,432,000
29 Colombia 47,907,000
30 Spain 46,517,000
31 Ukraine 44,752,000
32 Argentina 43,865,000
33 Algeria 40,739,000
34 Sudan 39,998,000
35 Uganda 39,436,000
36 Iraq 39,145,000
37 Poland 38,532,000
38 Canada 36,325,000
39 Morocco 35,833,000
40 Afghanistan 35,126,000
41 Saudi Arabia 33,775,000
42 Malaysia 31,757,000
43 Uzbekistan 31,703,000
44 Peru 31,363,000
45 Venezuela 30,790,000
46 Ghana 29,899,000
47 Angola 29,678,000
48 Yemen 29,654,000
49 Mozambique 28,142,000
50 Nepal 28,019,000
51 Madagascar 25,833,000
52 North Korea 25,454,000
53 Ivory Coast 24,526,000
54 Australia 24,392,000
55 Cameroon 24,060,000
56 Taiwan 23,632,000
57 Sri Lanka 21,468,000
58 Niger 21,327,000
59 Romania 19,743,000
60 Burkina Faso 19,558,000
61 Syria 19,010,000
62 Mali 19,002,000
63 Chile 18,207,000
64 Kazakhstan 18,201,000
65 Malawi 17,640,000
66 Netherlands 17,338,000
67 Zambia 17,030,000
68 Ecuador 16,563,000
69 Guatemala 16,439,000
70 Cambodia 15,730,000
71 Senegal 14,952,000
72 Chad 14,838,000
73 Zimbabwe 14,602,000
74 Somalia 14,596,000
75 Guinea 12,085,000
76 Rwanda 12,080,000
77 Tunisia 11,749,000
78 Benin 11,426,000
79 Belgium 11,352,000
80 Bolivia 11,350,000
81 Cuba 11,340,000
82 Burundi 11,020,000
83 South Sudan 10,876,000
84 Haiti 10,789,000
85 Greece 10,723,000
86 Dominican Republic 10,588,000
87 Czech Republic 10,529,000
88 Portugal 10,317,000
89 Jordan 10,091,000
90 Azerbaijan 10,030,000
91 Sweden 10,006,000
92 Hungary 9,799,000
93 Belarus 9,712,000
94 Honduras 9,544,000
95 United Arab Emirates 9,032,000
96 Papua New Guinea 9,007,000
97 Tajikistan 8,826,000
98 Austria 8,773,000
99 Switzerland 8,419,000
100 Israel 8,236,000
101 Togo 7,756,000
102 Sierra Leone 7,586,000
103 Serbia 7,480,000
104 Bulgaria 7,215,000
105 Laos 6,944,000
106 Nicaragua 6,435,000
107 Libya 6,327,000
108 Paraguay 6,311,000
109 El Salvador 6,260,000
110 Lebanon 6,186,000
111 Kyrgyzstan 6,070,000
112 Turkmenistan 5,919,000
113 Denmark 5,828,000
114 Singapore 5,739,000
115 Finland 5,503,000
116 Slovakia 5,436,000
117 Norway 5,259,000
118 Republic of the Congo 5,249,000
119 Costa Rica 4,970,000
120 Central African Republic 4,951,000
121 Liberia 4,751,000
122 Ireland 4,742,000
123 New Zealand 4,726,000
Palestine 4,648,000
124 Oman 4,498,000
125 Croatia 4,209,000
126 Mauritania 4,105,000
127 Panama 4,061,000
128 Kuwait 4,029,000
129 Georgia 3,772,000
130 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,460,000
131 Uruguay 3,419,000
132 Eritrea 3,377,000
133 Moldova 3,201,000
134 Mongolia 3,062,000
135 Lithuania 2,919,000
136 Albania 2,880,000
137 Armenia 2,859,000
138 Jamaica 2,806,000
139 Qatar 2,676,000
140 Botswana 2,377,000
141 Gambia 2,349,000
142 Namibia 2,344,000
143 Lesotho 2,157,000
144 Gabon 2,114,000
145 North Macedonia 2,111,000
146 Slovenia 2,094,000
147 Latvia 1,964,000
148 Guinea-Bissau 1,857,000
149 Kosovo 1,742,000
150 Trinidad and Tobago 1,474,000
151 Bahrain 1,433,000
152 Equatorial Guinea 1,425,000
153 Estonia 1,316,000
154 Mauritius 1,294,000
155 East Timor 1,234,000
156 Cyprus 1,203,000
157 Eswatini 1,147,000
158 Djibouti 1,032,000
159 Fiji 919,000
160 Guyana 761,000
161 Comoros 754,000
162 Bhutan 753,000
163 Solomon Islands 636,000
164 Montenegro 633,000
165 Luxembourg 591,000
166 Suriname 584,000
167 Cape Verde 562,000
168 Malta 473,000
169 Maldives 463,000
170 Brunei 428,000
171 Bahamas 398,000
172 Belize 371,000
173 Iceland 339,000
174 Vanuatu 287,000
175 Barbados 279,000
176 Samoa 207,000
177 São Tomé and Príncipe 206,000
178 Saint Lucia 177,000
179 Grenada 120,000
180 Kiribati 119,000
181 Federated States of Micronesia 110,000
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 106,000
183 Tonga 106,000
184 Seychelles 101,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 91,000
186 Andorra 73,000
187 Dominica 70,000
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 48,000
189 Marshall Islands 48,000
190 Liechtenstein 38,000
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.
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