Countries by Population in the Year 2026

This page lists the projected population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2026. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations, medium fertility variant.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	8,228,376,000
1	India	1,461,003,000
2	China	1,432,127,000
3	United States	348,085,000
4	Indonesia	283,094,000
5	Pakistan	252,323,000
6	Nigeria	237,298,000
7	Brazil	219,374,000
8	Bangladesh	177,274,000
9	Russia	143,269,000
10	Ethiopia	134,555,000
11	Mexico	130,753,000
12	Philippines	121,739,000
13	Japan	121,622,000
14	Egypt	117,168,000
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	110,820,000
16	Vietnam	100,399,000
17	Iran	90,703,000
18	Turkey	86,914,000
19	Germany	83,170,000
20	Tanzania	72,438,000
21	Thailand	71,983,000
22	United Kingdom	68,823,000
23	France	67,884,000
24	South Africa	61,994,000
25	Italy	58,428,000
26	Kenya	57,888,000
27	Myanmar	55,519,000
28	Colombia	52,751,000
29	Uganda	51,971,000
30	South Korea	51,663,000
31	Sudan	51,244,000
32	Iraq	48,065,000
33	Spain	47,392,000
34	Algeria	47,237,000
35	Argentina	46,476,000
36	Afghanistan	45,088,000
37	Canada	39,594,000
38	Angola	39,516,000
39	Poland	39,365,000
40	Morocco	39,363,000
41	Ukraine	39,063,000
42	Saudi Arabia	38,245,000
43	Uzbekistan	36,396,000
44	Yemen	36,390,000
45	Mozambique	36,326,000
46	Ghana	35,771,000
47	Malaysia	35,204,000
48	Peru	35,183,000
49	Madagascar	32,170,000
50	Nepal	31,744,000
51	Ivory Coast	30,717,000
52	Cameroon	30,530,000
53	Venezuela	30,183,000
54	Niger	29,864,000
55	Australia	27,087,000
56	North Korea	26,356,000
57	Syria	25,951,000
58	Mali	25,135,000
59	Burkina Faso	24,737,000
60	Taiwan	23,985,000
61	Malawi	22,315,000
62	Sri Lanka	22,025,000
63	Zambia	21,994,000
64	Kazakhstan	20,168,000
65	Chad	19,717,000
66	Chile	19,707,000
67	Somalia	19,572,000
68	Romania	19,341,000
69	Senegal	18,923,000
70	Guatemala	18,775,000
71	Ecuador	18,656,000
72	Netherlands	17,925,000
73	Zimbabwe	17,553,000
74	Cambodia	17,378,000
75	Guinea	15,046,000
76	Rwanda	14,899,000
77	Benin	14,643,000
78	Burundi	14,127,000
79	Bolivia	12,836,000
80	Tunisia	12,715,000
81	Haiti	12,081,000
82	Belgium	11,759,000
83	Dominican Republic	11,580,000
84	South Sudan	11,573,000
85	Jordan	11,473,000
86	Cuba	11,141,000
87	Honduras	11,006,000
88	Papua New Guinea	10,794,000
89	Sweden	10,764,000
90	Tajikistan	10,609,000
91	Azerbaijan	10,532,000
92	Czech Republic	10,513,000
93	Greece	10,243,000
94	Portugal	10,185,000
95	Hungary	9,818,000
96	United Arab Emirates	9,702,000
97	Togo	9,576,000
98	Israel	9,517,000
99	Belarus	9,391,000
100	Sierra Leone	9,259,000
101	Austria	9,002,000
102	Switzerland	8,931,000
103	Laos	7,889,000
104	Nicaragua	7,284,000
105	Libya	7,075,000
106	Paraguay	7,073,000
107	Serbia	7,036,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	6,994,000
109	Turkmenistan	6,716,000
110	Bulgaria	6,538,000
111	Republic of the Congo	6,454,000
112	El Salvador	6,441,000
113	Central African Republic	6,190,000
114	Singapore	6,108,000
115	Denmark	6,094,000
116	Liberia	5,718,000
	Palestine	5,684,000
117	Slovakia	5,607,000
118	Norway	5,574,000
119	Finland	5,556,000
120	New Zealand	5,350,000
121	Costa Rica	5,297,000
122	Mauritania	5,196,000
123	Ireland	5,136,000
124	Lebanon	5,039,000
125	Oman	4,814,000
126	Panama	4,616,000
127	Kuwait	4,406,000
128	Croatia	3,953,000
129	Eritrea	3,926,000
130	Georgia	3,705,000
131	Mongolia	3,560,000
132	Uruguay	3,424,000
133	Moldova	3,224,000
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,175,000
135	Gambia	2,946,000
136	Jamaica	2,822,000
137	Albania	2,819,000
138	Botswana	2,785,000
139	Armenia	2,776,000
140	Qatar	2,767,000
141	Namibia	2,712,000
142	Lithuania	2,657,000
143	Gabon	2,557,000
144	Lesotho	2,394,000
145	Guinea-Bissau	2,268,000
146	Slovenia	2,117,000
147	North Macedonia	2,082,000
148	Equatorial Guinea	1,816,000
149	Latvia	1,781,000
150	Kosovo	1,673,000
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1,542,000
152	Bahrain	1,518,000
153	East Timor	1,409,000
154	Estonia	1,313,000
155	Mauritius	1,304,000
156	Cyprus	1,280,000
157	Eswatini	1,241,000
158	Djibouti	1,176,000
159	Fiji	954,000
160	Comoros	891,000
161	Guyana	828,000
162	Bhutan	800,000
163	Solomon Islands	781,000
164	Luxembourg	671,000
165	Suriname	637,000
166	Montenegro	625,000
167	Cape Verde	613,000
168	Malta	539,000
169	Maldives	514,000
170	Brunei	461,000
171	Belize	425,000
172	Bahamas	419,000
173	Iceland	381,000
174	Vanuatu	354,000
175	Barbados	283,000
176	São Tomé and Príncipe	243,000
177	Samoa	234,000
178	Saint Lucia	182,000
179	Kiribati	139,000
180	Grenada	128,000
181	Federated States of Micronesia	118,000
182	Tonga	110,000
183	Seychelles	109,000
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	96,000
186	Andorra	81,000
187	Dominica	74,000
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	48,000
189	Marshall Islands	43,000
190	Liechtenstein	40,000
191	Monaco	36,000
192	San Marino	34,000
193	Palau	18,000
194	Nauru	13,000
195	Tuvalu	12,000
196	Vatican City	1,000