List of countries and territories with the largest population, 2022

Anna PapadopoulosMarch 28, 2022Stats Gate

The total world population amounts to more than 7.8 billion people, in 2022, China remains the country with the largest population in the world, with more than 1.44 billion people. India has the second-largest population in the world, with just under 1.40 billion inhabitants. With an estimated difference of fewer than 20 million people, experts predict that India will overtake China as the most populous nation on earth by 2030. The total world population is expected to reach around 11 billion people by the end of the century.

Fourteen (14) countries have populations greater than 100 million. Ninety-one (91) countries have populations greater than 10 million. China and India account for roughly 36% of the world’s population.

The ten most populous countries in 2022 are China, India, followed by the United States, Indonesia, and Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil, Bangladesh, Russia, and Mexico. The ten countries and territories in the world with the smallest population are Vatican City (799), Tokelau (1,378), Niue (1,622), Falkland Islands (3,539), Montserrat (4,965), Saint Pierre And Miquelon (5,759), Saint Barthelemy (9,945), Nauru (10,903), Wallis And Futuna (10,982), and Tuvalu (12,066).

List of countries and territories with the largest population, 2022

Rank	Country	2022 Population	2030 Population	2050 Population	Area	Density (km²)	Growth Rate	World Percentage
1	China	1448471.4	1464340.159	1402405.17	9706961	149.2199	1.0029	0.1821
2	India	1406631.776	1503642.322	1639176.033	3287590	427.8611	1.0095	0.1768
3	United States	334805.269	349641.876	379419.102	9372610	35.7217	1.0057	0.0421
4	Indonesia	279134.505	299198.43	330904.664	1904569	146.5605	1.01	0.0351
5	Pakistan	229488.994	262958.794	338013.196	881912	260.2176	1.019	0.0289
6	Nigeria	216746.934	262977.337	401315	923768	234.6335	1.0253	0.0273
7	Brazil	215353.593	223852.122	228980.4	8515767	25.2888	1.0064	0.0271
8	Bangladesh	167885.689	178993.869	192567.778	147570	1137.6682	1.0095	0.0211
9	Russia	145805.947	143347.515	135824.481	17098242	8.5275	0.9993	0.0183
10	Mexico	131562.772	140875.762	155150.818	1964375	66.9744	1.01	0.0165
11	Japan	125584.838	120758.057	105804.027	377930	332.2966	0.9963	0.0158
12	Ethiopia	120812.698	144944.299	205410.675	1104300	109.4021	1.0249	0.0152
13	Philippines	112508.994	123697.925	144488.158	342353	328.6345	1.0132	0.0141
14	Egypt	106156.692	120831.557	159956.808	1002450	105.8972	1.0182	0.0133
15	Vietnam	98953.541	104163.519	109605.011	331212	298.7619	1.008	0.0124
16	DR Congo	95240.792	120046.726	194488.658	2344858	40.6169	1.031	0.012
17	Iran	86022.837	92663.708	103098.075	1648195	52.1921	1.0117	0.0108
18	Turkey	85561.976	89157.785	97139.57	783562	109.1962	1.0061	0.0108
19	Germany	83883.596	83135.644	80103.978	357114	234.893	0.9998	0.0105
20	Thailand	70078.203	70345.536	65940.489	513120	136.5727	1.0018	0.0088
21	United Kingdom	68497.907	70485.49	74081.981	242900	282.0004	1.0043	0.0086
22	France	65584.518	66695.702	67586.728	551695	118.8782	1.0024	0.0082
23	Tanzania	63298.55	79162.725	129386.839	945087	66.9764	1.0293	0.008
24	South Africa	60756.135	65956.081	75517.92	1221037	49.7578	1.0119	0.0076
25	Italy	60262.77	59031.475	54381.673	301336	199.9853	0.9983	0.0076
26	Kenya	56215.221	66449.654	91575.089	580367	96.8615	1.0224	0.0071
27	Myanmar	55227.143	58478.494	62253.43	676578	81.6272	1.0077	0.0069
28	Colombia	51512.762	53416.763	55957.824	1141748	45.1175	1.0048	0.0065
29	South Korea	51329.899	51152.046	46829.925	100210	512.2233	1.0005	0.0065
30	Uganda	48432.863	59437.928	89446.904	241550	200.5086	1.0278	0.0061
31	Spain	46719.142	46230.14	43637.41	505992	92.3318	0.9994	0.0059
32	Argentina	46010.234	49056.162	54867.256	2780400	16.5481	1.0089	0.0058
33	Sudan	45992.02	55253.529	81192.823	1886068	24.3851	1.0241	0.0058
34	Algeria	45350.148	50360.749	60923.386	2381741	19.0408	1.0164	0.0057
35	Ukraine	43192.122	40882.329	35219.042	603500	71.5694	0.9937	0.0054
36	Iraq	42164.965	50193.756	70940.126	438317	96.1974	1.0239	0.0053
37	Afghanistan	40754.388	48093.578	64682.974	652230	62.4847	1.0231	0.0051
38	Canada	38388.419	40833.727	45669.441	9984670	3.8447	1.0084	0.0048
39	Morocco	37772.756	40887.295	46165.501	446550	84.588	1.0115	0.0047
40	Poland	37739.785	36944.563	33294.567	312679	120.6982	0.9985	0.0047
41	Saudi Arabia	35844.909	39322.338	44562.476	2149690	16.6745	1.0143	0.0045
42	Angola	35027.343	44834.712	77420.346	1246700	28.096	1.0322	0.0044
43	Uzbekistan	34382.084	37418.456	42942.485	447400	76.8486	1.0132	0.0043
44	Peru	33684.208	36030.592	40373.987	1285216	26.209	1.0097	0.0042
45	Malaysia	33181.072	36095.054	40550.365	330803	100.3046	1.0124	0.0042
46	Mozambique	33089.461	41184.834	65312.929	801590	41.2798	1.0288	0.0042
47	Ghana	32395.45	37833.419	52016.125	238533	135.8112	1.0209	0.0041
48	Yemen	31154.867	36406.888	48080.021	527968	59.009	1.0218	0.0039
49	Nepal	30225.582	33389.536	35323.921	147181	205.3633	1.0186	0.0038
50	Venezuela	29266.991	33626.469	37023.115	916445	31.9353	1.0196	0.0037
51	Madagascar	29178.077	35622.321	54048.128	587041	49.7036	1.0264	0.0037
52	Cameroon	27911.548	33766.121	50573.042	475442	58.7065	1.0252	0.0035
53	Ivory Coast	27742.298	33712.599	51263.671	322463	86.0325	1.0255	0.0035
54	Niger	26083.66	34846.02	65593.043	1267000	20.5869	1.0379	0.0033
55	Australia	26068.792	28177.481	32814.113	7692024	3.3891	1.0109	0.0033
56	North Korea	25990.679	26651.329	26561.619	120538	215.6223	1.004	0.0033
57	Taiwan	23888.595	24011.258	22412.982	36193	660.0336	1.0014	0.003
58	Burkina Faso	22102.838	27404.039	43432.184	272967	80.9726	1.0282	0.0028
59	Sri Lanka	21575.842	22023.016	21813.968	65610	328.8499	1.0037	0.0027
60	Mali	21473.764	26957.396	43585.53	1240192	17.3149	1.0296	0.0027
61	Malawi	20180.839	24849.44	38142.973	118484	170.3254	1.0271	0.0025
62	Zambia	19470.234	24325.505	39120.917	752612	25.8702	1.029	0.0024
63	Syria	19364.809	26676.565	33129.321	185180	104.5729	1.0596	0.0024
64	Chile	19250.195	19458.103	20319.307	756102	25.4598	1.002	0.0024
65	Kazakhstan	19205.043	20639.021	24024.045	2724900	7.048	1.0111	0.0024
66	Romania	19031.335	18306.101	16259.787	238391	79.8324	0.995	0.0024
67	Guatemala	18584.039	21212.561	26920.712	108889	170.6696	1.0183	0.0023
68	Ecuador	18113.361	19818.797	23316.457	276841	65.4288	1.0126	0.0023
69	Senegal	17653.671	21551.46	33186.859	196722	89.7392	1.0266	0.0022
70	Chad	17413.58	21690.381	34031.311	1284000	13.562	1.0295	0.0022
71	Netherlands	17211.447	17450.322	17165.372	41850	411.2652	1.0022	0.0022
72	Cambodia	17168.639	18781.033	21860.919	181035	94.836	1.0131	0.0022
73	Somalia	16841.795	21191.037	34922.447	637657	26.412	1.0295	0.0021
74	Zimbabwe	15331.428	17596.447	23947.923	390757	39.2352	1.0159	0.0019
75	Guinea	13865.691	17020.915	25971.806	245857	56.3974	1.0273	0.0017
76	Rwanda	13600.464	16234.387	23048.005	26338	516.3818	1.0244	0.0017
77	Benin	12784.726	15672.304	24280.477	112622	113.5189	1.0268	0.0016
78	Burundi	12624.84	15772.822	25324.761	27834	453.5762	1.0301	0.0016
79	Tunisia	12046.656	12755.757	13796.6	163610	73.6303	1.0093	0.0015
80	Bolivia	11992.656	13240.382	15839.563	1098581	10.9165	1.0135	0.0015
81	Haiti	11680.283	12733.238	14877.779	27750	420.9111	1.012	0.0015
82	Belgium	11668.278	11903.75	12220.765	30528	382.2156	1.0031	0.0015
83	South Sudan	11618.511	13839.272	19962.712	619745	18.7472	1.0208	0.0015
84	Cuba	11305.652	11142.328	10162.396	109884	102.8872	0.999	0.0014
85	Dominican Republic	11056.37	11770.322	12795.809	48671	227.1655	1.0094	0.0014
86	Czech Republic	10736.784	10744.834	10545.581	78865	136.1413	1.0011	0.0013
87	Greece	10316.637	9917.25	9029.249	131990	78.1623	0.9948	0.0013
88	Jordan	10300.869	10655.181	12932.41	89342	115.297	1.0031	0.0013
89	Azerbaijan	10300.205	10739.732	11064.999	86600	118.94	1.0075	0.0013
90	Honduras	10221.247	11449.249	13830.799	112492	90.862	1.0157	0.0013
91	Sweden	10218.971	10629.981	11389.196	450295	22.6939	1.0058	0.0013
92	Portugal	10140.57	9912.679	9084.576	92090	110.1159	0.9973	0.0013
93	United Arab Emirates	10081.785	10661.076	10425.287	83600	120.5955	1.0091	0.0013
94	Tajikistan	9957.464	11557.369	16208.25	143100	69.584	1.0213	0.0013
95	Hungary	9606.259	9338.446	8470.23	93028	103.262	0.9971	0.0012
96	Belarus	9432.8	9264.784	8634.225	207600	45.4374	0.9989	0.0012
97	Papua New Guinea	9292.169	10709.348	14204.066	462840	20.0764	1.019	0.0012
98	Austria	9066.71	9175.689	9130.699	83871	108.103	1.0026	0.0011
99	Israel	8922.892	9979.698	12720.416	20770	429.6048	1.0151	0.0011
100	Switzerland	8773.637	9185.115	9817.721	41284	212.5191	1.0067	0.0011
101	Togo	8680.837	10421.916	15415.499	56785	152.872	1.0239	0.0011
102	Serbia	8653.016	8250.431	7083.833	88361	97.928	0.9949	0.0011
103	Sierra Leone	8306.436	9648.691	12944.873	71740	115.7853	1.0203	0.001
104	Hong Kong	7604.299	8018.67	8041.048	1104	6887.952	1.0068	0.001
105	Laos	7481.023	8226.273	9479.747	236800	31.5922	1.0138	0.0009
106	Paraguay	7305.843	7949.971	9101.631	406752	17.9614	1.0119	0.0009
107	Libya	7040.745	7606.415	8525.414	1759540	4.0015	1.0118	0.0009
108	Bulgaria	6844.597	6416.749	5385.441	110879	61.7303	0.9925	0.0009
109	Nicaragua	6779.1	7391.881	8531.048	130373	51.9977	1.0114	0.0009
110	Kyrgyzstan	6728.271	7446.104	9126.108	199951	33.6496	1.0151	0.0008
111	Lebanon	6684.849	6194.844	6528.164	10452	639.5761	0.9875	0.0008
112	El Salvador	6550.389	6778.586	6936.786	21041	311.3155	1.0049	0.0008
113	Turkmenistan	6201.943	6782.355	7949.281	488100	12.7063	1.0137	0.0008
114	Singapore	5943.546	6262.466	6407.532	710	8371.1915	1.0079	0.0007
115	Denmark	5834.95	6001.867	6245.374	43094	135.4005	1.0037	0.0007
116	Republic of the Congo	5797.805	7019.831	10701.994	342000	16.9526	1.0249	0.0007
117	Finland	5554.96	5580.537	5486.143	338424	16.4142	1.0012	0.0007
118	Norway	5511.37	5875.913	6600.338	323802	17.0208	1.0084	0.0007
119	Slovakia	5460.193	5403.4	4983.648	49037	111.3484	0.9999	0.0007
120	Palestine	5345.541	6341.728	8815.774	6220	859.4117	1.0235	0.0007
121	Oman	5323.993	5936.081	6915.444	309500	17.2019	1.0193	0.0007
122	Liberia	5305.117	6371.553	9339.752	111369	47.6355	1.0241	0.0007
123	Costa Rica	5182.354	5468.038	5772.699	51100	101.4159	1.0084	0.0007
124	Ireland	5020.199	5248.041	5677.615	70273	71.4385	1.0075	0.0006
125	Central African Republic	5016.678	5942.211	8400.956	622984	8.0527	1.0197	0.0006
126	Mauritania	4901.981	5967.168	9024.892	1030700	4.756	1.0266	0.0006
127	New Zealand	4898.203	5172.962	5607.793	270467	18.1102	1.0077	0.0006
128	Panama	4446.964	4927.612	5852.947	75417	58.965	1.0149	0.0006
129	Kuwait	4380.326	4747.081	5393.472	17818	245.8371	1.012	0.0006
130	Croatia	4059.286	3877.272	3364.8	56594	71.7264	0.9945	0.0005
131	Moldova	4013.171	3885.896	3360.177	33846	118.5715	0.9973	0.0005
132	Georgia	3968.738	3853.306	3516.865	69700	56.9403	0.9972	0.0005
133	Eritrea	3662.244	4240.213	6005.49	117600	31.1415	1.0169	0.0005
134	Uruguay	3496.016	3569.471	3639.109	181034	19.3114	1.0031	0.0004
135	Mongolia	3378.078	3716.21	4448.93	1564110	2.1597	1.0147	0.0004
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3249.317	3126.648	2685.037	51209	63.4521	0.9957	0.0004
137	Jamaica	2985.094	3047.974	2960.317	10991	271.5944	1.0039	0.0004
138	Qatar	2979.915	3326.89	3851.131	11586	257.1996	1.0169	0.0004
139	Armenia	2971.966	2967.005	2816.112	29743	99.9215	1.0013	0.0004
140	Albania	2866.374	2786.974	2424.061	28748	99.7069	0.9977	0.0004
141	Puerto Rico	2829.812	2905.352	2445.386	8870	319.0318	1.0006	0.0004
142	Lithuania	2661.708	2484.803	2121.397	65300	40.7612	0.9895	0.0003
143	Namibia	2633.874	3010.871	3981.13	825615	3.1902	1.018	0.0003
144	Gambia	2558.482	3170.685	4882.101	10689	239.3565	1.0288	0.0003
145	Botswana	2441.162	2774.34	3509.819	582000	4.1944	1.0183	0.0003
146	Gabon	2331.533	2744.451	3809.05	267668	8.7105	1.0231	0.0003
147	Lesotho	2175.699	2325.164	2665.27	30355	71.6751	1.0077	0.0003
148	North Macedonia	2081.304	2050.747	1856.775	25713	80.9436	0.9993	0.0003
149	Slovenia	2078.034	2056.193	1939.592	20273	102.5025	0.9997	0.0003
150	Guinea-Bissau	2063.367	2461.208	3557.201	36125	57.1174	1.0238	0.0003
151	Latvia	1848.837	1720.146	1479.172	64559	28.6379	0.9903	0.0002
152	Bahrain	1783.983	2013.416	2316.049	765	2332.0039	1.0204	0.0002
153	Equatorial Guinea	1496.662	1873.549	2820.925	28051	53.355	1.0323	0.0002
154	Trinidad and Tobago	1406.585	1413.415	1343.789	5130	274.1881	1.0023	0.0002
155	Timor-Leste	1369.429	1574.057	2019.291	14874	92.0686	1.019	0.0002
156	Estonia	1321.91	1279.962	1158.408	45227	29.2283	0.9975	0.0002
157	Mauritius	1274.727	1274.041	1185.529	2040	624.8662	1.001	0.0002
158	Cyprus	1223.387	1274.972	1354.591	9251	132.2438	1.0064	0.0002
159	Eswatini	1184.817	1297.835	1704.428	17364	68.2341	1.0106	0.0001
160	Djibouti	1016.097	1116.724	1295.373	23200	43.7973	1.0139	0.0001
161	Fiji	909.466	966.015	1071.255	18272	49.7738	1.0073	0.0001
162	Reunion	908.061	954.806	1009.876	2511	361.6332	1.0071	0.0001
163	Comoros	907.419	1063.114	1471.737	1862	487.3357	1.0213	0.0001
164	Guyana	794.045	821.59	824.957	214969	3.6938	1.0047	0.0001
165	Bhutan	787.941	842.67	904.616	38394	20.5225	1.0103	0.0001
166	Solomon Islands	721.159	864.605	1290.216	28896	24.9571	1.0244	0.0001
167	Macau	667.49	731.874	838.368	30	22249.6667	1.0138	0.0001
168	Luxembourg	642.371	690.348	789.942	2586	248.4033	1.0119	0.0001
169	Montenegro	627.95	624.059	589.333	13812	45.4641	0.9998	0.0001
170	Western Sahara	626.161	737.345	984.023	266000	2.354	1.0233	0.0001
171	Suriname	596.831	632.401	680.241	163820	3.6432	1.0085	0.0001
172	Cape Verde	567.678	610.057	679.394	4033	140.7582	1.0103	0.0001
173	Maldives	540.985	519.341	586.1	300	1803.2833	0.9952	0.0001
174	Brunei	445.431	470.99	492.385	5765	77.2647	1.0088	0.0001
175	Malta	444.033	448.899	426.787	316	1405.1677	1.0028	0.0001
176	Belize	412.19	467.633	571.042	22966	17.9478	1.018	0.0001
177	Bahamas	400.516	426.813	463.333	13943	28.7252	1.0091	0.0001
178	Guadeloupe	399.794	400.246	386.922	1628	245.5737	0.9994	0.0001
179	Martinique	374.087	367.716	331.96	1128	331.6374	0.9982	0
180	Iceland	345.393	359.711	376.693	103000	3.3533	1.0059	0
181	Vanuatu	321.832	383.373	556.756	12189	26.4035	1.0234	0
182	French Guiana	314.169	377.611	544.807	83534	3.761	1.0252	0
183	New Caledonia	290.915	311.024	346.51	18575	15.6616	1.0094	0
184	Barbados	288.023	289.444	277.011	430	669.8209	1.0011	0
185	Mayotte	286.259	342.89	494.839	374	765.3984	1.0241	0
186	French Polynesia	284.164	296.714	310.654	4167	68.1939	1.0058	0
187	Sao Tome and Principe	227.679	268.244	394.153	964	236.1815	1.0193	0
188	Samoa	202.239	220.371	267.391	2842	71.1608	1.0104	0
189	Saint Lucia	185.113	188.738	182.129	616	300.5081	1.0039	0
190	Guam	171.519	181.147	192.78	549	312.4208	1.0079	0
191	Curacao	165.529	170.704	175.722	444	372.8131	1.0044	0
192	Kiribati	123.419	139.179	176.708	811	152.1813	1.0167	0
193	Micronesia	117.489	126.691	138.917	702	167.3632	1.0106	0
194	Grenada	113.475	115.779	115.564	344	329.8692	1.004	0
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	111.551	113.038	109.113	389	286.7635	1.0026	0
196	Tonga	107.749	115.621	134.18	747	144.2423	1.0093	0
197	Aruba	107.609	110.247	108.716	180	597.8278	1.0038	0
198	United States Virgin Islands	103.971	100.692	86.22	347	299.6282	0.9976	0
199	Antigua and Barbuda	99.509	104.864	110.896	442	225.1335	1.0079	0
200	Seychelles	99.426	102.534	104.565	452	219.969	1.0052	0
201	Isle of Man	85.732	87.993	90.748	572	149.8811	1.0038	0
202	Andorra	77.463	77.925	76.118	468	165.5192	1.0014	0
203	Dominica	72.344	73.241	70.877	751	96.3302	1.0025	0
204	Cayman Islands	67.277	73.334	84.655	264	254.8371	1.0117	0
205	Bermuda	61.939	60.492	53.278	54	1147.0185	0.9976	0
206	Marshall Islands	60.057	65	75.365	181	331.8066	1.0075	0
207	Northern Mariana Islands	58.269	61.06	62.032	464	125.5797	1.0061	0
208	Greenland	56.973	57.091	53.3	2166086	0.0263	1.0017	0
209	American Samoa	55.03	54.728	53.581	199	276.5327	0.9987	0
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis	53.871	55.832	56.161	261	206.4023	1.0061	0
211	Faroe Islands	49.233	50.913	53.466	1393	35.3431	1.0038	0
212	Sint Maarten	43.966	48.076	55.017	34	1293.1176	1.0128	0
213	Monaco	39.783	41.777	46.002	2	19891.5	1.0069	0
214	Turks and Caicos Islands	39.741	43.606	50.273	948	41.9209	1.013	0
215	Saint Martin	39.73	43.269	50.825	53	749.6226	1.0126	0
216	Liechtenstein	38.387	39.402	40.36	160	239.9187	1.0036	0
217	San Marino	34.085	34.413	33.64	61	558.7705	1.002	0
218	Gibraltar	33.704	33.914	33.917	6	5617.3333	1.0002	0
219	British Virgin Islands	30.596	31.764	31.541	151	202.6225	1.0058	0
220	Palau	18.233	18.476	17.718	459	39.7233	1.0035	0
221	Cook Islands	17.571	17.524	17.081	236	74.4534	1.0003	0
222	Anguilla	15.23	15.914	16.517	91	167.3626	1.0075	0
223	Tuvalu	12.066	13.164	15.983	26	464.0769	1.0113	0
224	Wallis and Futuna	10.982	10.389	9.131	142	77.338	0.9899	0
225	Nauru	10.903	10.991	10.794	21	519.1905	1.0025	0
226	Saint Barthelemy	9.945	10.226	10.831	21	473.5714	1.0038	0
227	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5.759	5.677	5.247	242	23.7975	0.9988	0
228	Montserrat	4.965	4.763	4.153	102	48.6765	0.9976	0
229	Falkland Islands	3.539	3.436	3.243	12173	0.2907	1.0017	0
230	Niue	1.622	1.664	1.778	260	6.2385	1.0019	0
231	Tokelau	1.378	1.448	1.565	12	114.8333	1.0036	0
232	Vatican City	0.799	0.795	0.814	1	799	0.9988	0

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