Countries by Population in the Year 2020

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2020. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 7,804,974,000
1 China 1,432,170,000
2 India 1,389,966,000
3 United States 338,985,000
4 Indonesia 270,826,000
5 Pakistan 225,113,000
6 Brazil 212,565,000
7 Nigeria 205,781,000
8 Bangladesh 166,427,000
9 Russia 145,762,000
10 Mexico 125,610,000
11 Japan 125,543,000
12 Ethiopia 115,638,000
13 Philippines 111,288,000
14 Egypt 106,539,000
15 Vietnam 96,204,000
16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 91,332,000
17 Iran 86,990,000
18 Turkey 83,812,000
19 Germany 83,268,000
20 Thailand 71,389,000
21 United Kingdom 67,470,000
22 France 67,117,000
23 Tanzania 60,772,000
24 Italy 59,640,000
25 South Africa 58,466,000
26 Myanmar 53,228,000
27 South Korea 51,858,000
28 Kenya 51,460,000
29 Colombia 50,617,000
30 Spain 47,330,000
31 Argentina 44,908,000
32 Ukraine 44,091,000
33 Sudan 43,828,000
34 Uganda 43,686,000
35 Algeria 43,091,000
36 Iraq 42,043,000
37 Poland 38,478,000
38 Afghanistan 38,326,000
39 Canada 37,758,000
40 Morocco 37,040,000
41 Saudi Arabia 36,230,000
42 Uzbekistan 33,243,000
43 Peru 33,090,000
44 Malaysia 33,004,000
45 Angola 32,899,000
46 Yemen 31,927,000
47 Ghana 31,849,000
48 Mozambique 30,721,000
49 Nepal 28,999,000
50 Venezuela 28,629,000
51 Madagascar 27,879,000
52 Ivory Coast 26,478,000
53 Cameroon 26,137,000
54 North Korea 25,813,000
55 Australia 25,544,000
56 Niger 23,882,000
57 Taiwan 23,801,000
58 Sri Lanka 21,683,000
59 Burkina Faso 21,232,000
60 Mali 20,887,000
61 Syria 20,486,000
62 Romania 19,490,000
63 Chile 19,207,000
64 Malawi 19,121,000
65 Kazakhstan 18,861,000
66 Zambia 18,655,000
67 Netherlands 17,578,000
68 Ecuador 17,487,000
69 Guatemala 17,231,000
70 Chad 16,379,000
71 Cambodia 16,296,000
72 Somalia 16,273,000
73 Senegal 16,215,000
74 Zimbabwe 15,505,000
75 Guinea 13,042,000
76 Rwanda 12,987,000
77 Benin 12,467,000
78 Tunisia 12,106,000
79 Burundi 12,054,000
80 Bolivia 11,862,000
81 Belgium 11,541,000
82 Cuba 11,309,000
83 Haiti 11,235,000
84 Dominican Republic 10,939,000
85 Jordan 10,817,000
86 South Sudan 10,545,000
87 Greece 10,543,000
88 Czech Republic 10,538,000
89 Sweden 10,321,000
90 Portugal 10,298,000
91 Azerbaijan 10,274,000
92 Honduras 10,042,000
93 Hungary 9,770,000
94 Belarus 9,661,000
95 Papua New Guinea 9,649,000
96 Tajikistan 9,443,000
97 United Arab Emirates 9,248,000
98 Austria 8,901,000
99 Israel 8,686,000
100 Switzerland 8,606,000
101 Togo 8,342,000
102 Sierra Leone 8,140,000
103 Serbia 7,384,000
104 Laos 7,266,000
105 Bulgaria 7,020,000
106 Nicaragua 6,710,000
107 Libya 6,612,000
108 Paraguay 6,573,000
109 Kyrgyzstan 6,372,000
110 El Salvador 6,281,000
111 Turkmenistan 6,204,000
112 Denmark 5,919,000
113 Singapore 5,894,000
114 Lebanon 5,695,000
115 Republic of the Congo 5,635,000
116 Finland 5,525,000
117 Slovakia 5,458,000
118 Norway 5,368,000
119 Central African Republic 5,272,000
120 Costa Rica 5,105,000
121 New Zealand 5,045,000
122 Liberia 5,034,000
Palestine 4,962,000
123 Ireland 4,925,000
124 Oman 4,589,000
125 Kuwait 4,468,000
126 Mauritania 4,441,000
127 Panama 4,266,000
128 Croatia 4,115,000
129 Georgia 3,769,000
130 Eritrea 3,524,000
131 Uruguay 3,428,000
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,341,000
133 Mongolia 3,266,000
134 Moldova 3,095,000
135 Albania 2,872,000
136 Lithuania 2,836,000
137 Qatar 2,829,000
138 Jamaica 2,814,000
139 Armenia 2,812,000
140 Gambia 2,541,000
141 Botswana 2,524,000
142 Namibia 2,467,000
143 Gabon 2,268,000
144 Lesotho 2,240,000
145 Slovenia 2,116,000
146 North Macedonia 2,114,000
147 Guinea-Bissau 1,993,000
148 Latvia 1,907,000
149 Kosovo 1,675,000
150 Equatorial Guinea 1,578,000
151 Trinidad and Tobago 1,514,000
152 Bahrain 1,494,000
153 Estonia 1,329,000
154 Mauritius 1,297,000
155 East Timor 1,290,000
156 Cyprus 1,234,000
157 Eswatini 1,174,000
158 Djibouti 1,082,000
159 Fiji 918,000
160 Comoros 798,000
161 Guyana 792,000
162 Bhutan 770,000
163 Solomon Islands 683,000
164 Montenegro 630,000
165 Luxembourg 626,000
166 Suriname 604,000
167 Cape Verde 580,000
168 Maldives 511,000
169 Malta 510,000
170 Brunei 440,000
171 Bahamas 406,000
172 Belize 392,000
173 Iceland 364,000
174 Vanuatu 308,000
175 Barbados 280,000
176 São Tomé and Príncipe 216,000
177 Samoa 213,000
178 Saint Lucia 179,000
179 Kiribati 125,000
180 Grenada 123,000
181 Federated States of Micronesia 112,000
182 Tonga 105,000
183 Seychelles 105,000
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 105,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 92,000
186 Andorra 77,000
187 Dominica 72,000
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 48,000
189 Marshall Islands 44,000
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.
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