TOP 50

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,394,016,000
2	India	1,326,093,184
3	United States	332,639,104
4	Indonesia	267,026,368
5	Pakistan	233,500,640
6	Nigeria	214,028,304
7	Brazil	211,715,968
8	Bangladesh	162,650,848
9	Russia	141,722,208
10	Mexico	128,649,568
11	Japan	125,507,472
12	Philippines	109,180,816
13	Ethiopia	108,113,152
14	Egypt	104,124,440
15	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	101,780,264
16	Vietnam	98,721,272
17	Iran	84,923,312
18	Turkey	82,017,512
19	Germany	80,159,664
20	Thailand	68,977,400
21	France	67,848,160
22	United Kingdom	65,761,116
23	Italy	62,402,660
24	Tanzania	58,552,844
25	Burma	56,590,072
26	South Africa	56,463,616
27	Kenya	53,527,936
28	Korea, South	51,835,112
29	Spain	50,015,792
30	Colombia	49,084,840
31	Sudan	45,561,556
32	Argentina	45,479,120
33	Ukraine	43,922,940
34	Uganda	43,252,968
35	Algeria	42,972,880
36	Iraq	38,872,656
37	Poland	38,282,324
38	Canada	37,694,084
39	Afghanistan	36,643,816
40	Morocco	35,561,656
41	Saudi Arabia	34,173,496
42	Malaysia	32,652,084
43	Angola	32,522,340
44	Peru	31,914,988
45	Uzbekistan	30,565,412
46	Nepal	30,327,876
47	Mozambique	30,098,196
48	Yemen	29,884,404
49	Ghana	29,340,248
50	Venezuela	28,644,604

Definition: This entry gives an estimate from the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region. Note: Starting with the 1993 Factbook, demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These countries are currently: The Bahamas, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020