Countries by Population in the Year 2023

This page lists the projected population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2023. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations, medium fertility variant.
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Rank Country Population
World 8,008,552,000
1 China 1,434,038,000
2 India 1,422,027,000
3 United States 342,651,000
4 Indonesia 276,386,000
5 Pakistan 238,126,000
6 Nigeria 221,154,000
7 Brazil 215,802,000
8 Bangladesh 172,075,000
9 Russia 144,694,000
10 Mexico 127,984,000
11 Ethiopia 124,937,000
12 Japan 123,625,000
13 Philippines 116,452,000
14 Egypt 111,847,000
15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 100,607,000
16 Vietnam 98,531,000
17 Iran 88,844,000
18 Turkey 85,591,000
19 Germany 83,313,000
20 Thailand 71,754,000
21 United Kingdom 68,151,000
22 France 67,430,000
23 Tanzania 66,456,000
24 South Africa 60,141,000
25 Italy 58,956,000
26 Kenya 54,555,000
27 Myanmar 54,381,000
28 Colombia 51,959,000
29 South Korea 51,803,000
30 Uganda 47,915,000
31 Spain 47,541,000
32 Sudan 47,487,000
33 Argentina 45,631,000
34 Algeria 45,263,000
35 Iraq 44,996,000
36 Afghanistan 41,677,000
37 Poland 41,478,000
38 Canada 38,618,000
39 Morocco 38,233,000
40 Saudi Arabia 36,681,000
41 Angola 36,128,000
42 Ukraine 36,069,000
43 Uzbekistan 34,902,000
44 Peru 34,187,000
45 Malaysia 34,125,000
46 Yemen 34,071,000
47 Ghana 33,797,000
48 Mozambique 33,421,000
49 Nepal 30,723,000
50 Madagascar 29,963,000
51 Venezuela 28,556,000
52 Ivory Coast 28,511,000
53 Cameroon 28,277,000
54 Niger 26,696,000
55 Australia 26,309,000
56 North Korea 26,117,000
57 Taiwan 23,909,000
58 Burkina Faso 22,960,000
59 Mali 22,939,000
60 Syria 22,661,000
61 Sri Lanka 21,864,000
62 Malawi 20,664,000
63 Zambia 20,290,000
64 Romania 20,056,000
65 Chile 19,615,000
66 Kazakhstan 19,500,000
67 Ecuador 18,097,000
68 Chad 17,997,000
69 Guatemala 17,965,000
70 Somalia 17,865,000
71 Netherlands 17,768,000
72 Senegal 17,536,000
73 Cambodia 16,855,000
74 Zimbabwe 16,488,000
75 Guinea 14,024,000
76 Rwanda 13,935,000
77 Benin 13,531,000
78 Burundi 13,063,000
79 Tunisia 12,404,000
80 Bolivia 12,299,000
81 Belgium 11,671,000
82 Haiti 11,654,000
83 Jordan 11,316,000
84 Dominican Republic 11,282,000
85 Cuba 11,204,000
86 South Sudan 10,997,000
87 Sweden 10,581,000
88 Honduras 10,511,000
89 Czech Republic 10,490,000
90 Azerbaijan 10,387,000
91 Greece 10,360,000
92 Portugal 10,260,000
93 Hungary 10,246,000
94 Papua New Guinea 10,237,000
95 Tajikistan 10,049,000
96 Belarus 9,520,000
97 United Arab Emirates 9,479,000
98 Israel 9,106,000
99 Togo 8,951,000
100 Austria 8,950,000
101 Switzerland 8,769,000
102 Sierra Leone 8,698,000
103 Laos 7,582,000
104 Serbia 7,181,000
105 Nicaragua 6,998,000
106 Libya 6,850,000
107 Paraguay 6,818,000
108 Bulgaria 6,730,000
109 Kyrgyzstan 6,683,000
110 Turkmenistan 6,474,000
111 El Salvador 6,349,000
112 Republic of the Congo 6,038,000
113 Denmark 6,007,000
114 Singapore 5,995,000
115 Slovakia 5,847,000
116 Central African Republic 5,658,000
117 Finland 5,543,000
118 Norway 5,454,000
119 Lebanon 5,426,000
120 Liberia 5,360,000
Palestine 5,310,000
121 New Zealand 5,226,000
122 Costa Rica 5,195,000
123 Ireland 5,040,000
124 Mauritania 4,799,000
125 Oman 4,609,000
126 Panama 4,438,000
127 Kuwait 4,290,000
128 Croatia 4,020,000
129 Georgia 3,735,000
130 Eritrea 3,716,000
131 Moldova 3,498,000
132 Uruguay 3,423,000
133 Mongolia 3,423,000
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,221,000
135 Albania 2,837,000
136 Jamaica 2,826,000
137 Armenia 2,778,000
138 Gambia 2,739,000
139 Lithuania 2,731,000
140 Qatar 2,706,000
141 Botswana 2,653,000
142 Namibia 2,585,000
143 Gabon 2,413,000
144 Lesotho 2,317,000
145 Guinea-Bissau 2,128,000
146 Slovenia 2,120,000
147 North Macedonia 2,089,000
148 Latvia 1,840,000
149 Equatorial Guinea 1,695,000
150 Kosovo 1,662,000
151 Trinidad and Tobago 1,533,000
152 Bahrain 1,479,000
153 East Timor 1,351,000
154 Estonia 1,325,000
155 Mauritius 1,300,000
156 Cyprus 1,256,000
157 Eswatini 1,206,000
158 Djibouti 1,129,000
159 Fiji 933,000
160 Comoros 844,000
161 Guyana 811,000
162 Bhutan 785,000
163 Solomon Islands 732,000
164 Luxembourg 651,000
165 Montenegro 627,000
166 Suriname 620,000
167 Cape Verde 596,000
168 Malta 534,000
169 Maldives 523,000
170 Brunei 451,000
171 Bahamas 411,000
172 Belize 408,000
173 Iceland 374,000
174 Vanuatu 331,000
175 Barbados 282,000
176 São Tomé and Príncipe 230,000
177 Samoa 224,000
178 Saint Lucia 180,000
179 Kiribati 132,000
180 Grenada 126,000
181 Federated States of Micronesia 115,000
182 Tonga 107,000
183 Seychelles 107,000
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 104,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 94,000
186 Andorra 80,000
187 Dominica 73,000
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 48,000
189 Marshall Islands 42,000
190 Liechtenstein 39,000
191 Monaco 36,000
192 San Marino 34,000
193 Palau 18,000
194 Nauru 13,000
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