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Ranked: Least populated countries in the world (2024 Report)

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As of 2023, the global population has experienced a significant surge, reaching 8.02 billion from 7.95 billion in 2022. While much attention has historically been directed towards the world’s most populous countries, it is now crucial to shift the focus towards understanding and recognizing the least populated nations across the globe.

In 2024, Tuvalu’s population will be 11,400, with a growth rate of 0.72%. Tuvalu is a charmingly small island nation consisting of atolls and reef islands. Life expectancy is 60 at birth, and family planning has slowed population growth. More than 10% of the population lives abroad for education, works in the Nauru phosphate industry, or ships. Nauru, a tiny island country in Micronesia, northeast of Australia, is a humble place with a population density of 554 people per square kilometer and an overall life expectancy of 63.9 years. Nauru’s demographic history is marked by migrations, and the government has repatriated groups of non-Nauruans, most recently in the 2000s.

Palau: As of 2024, Palau’s population is 18,060, with a growth rate of -0.04%. The population has declined since 2005 due to a low fertility rate and emigration, but there’s also significant immigration into Palau. San Marino: The population of this picturesque microstate surrounded by north-central Italy is 33,640 in 2024, with a growth rate of -0.08%. Despite being urban, almost two-thirds of San Marino’s population resides in its three main cities.

Least populated countries in the world

RankCountryRegionPopulationCapital
1TuvaluOceania11400Funafuti
2NauruOceania12780Yaren
3PalauOceania18060Melekeok
4San MarinoEurope33640San Marino
5MonacoEurope36300Monaco
6LiechtensteinEurope39580Vaduz
7Marshall IslandsOceania42000Majuro
8Saint Kitts and NevisAmericas47760Basseterre
9DominicaAmericas73040Roseau
10AndorraEurope80090Andorra la Vella
11Antigua and BarbudaAmericas94300Saint John's
12Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAmericas103700Kingstown
13TongaOceania107770Nuku'alofa
14MicronesiaOceania115220Palikir
15SeychellesAfrica119770Victoria
16KiribatiOceania133510Tarawa Atoll
17Saint LuciaAmericas180250Castries
18SamoaOceania225680Apia
19São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica231860Sao Tome
20BarbadosAmericas282000Bridgetown
21VanuatuOceania 334510Port Vila
22IcelandEurope393600Reykjavik
23BelizeAmericas410820Belmopan
24BahamasAmericas412620Nassau
25Brunei DarussalamAsia452520Bandar Seri Begawan
26MaldivesAsia521020Male
27MaltaEurope553210Valletta
28Cabo Verde [Cape Verde]Africa598680Praia
29MontenegroEurope616180Podgorica
30SurinameAmericas623240Paramaribo
31LuxembourgEurope668610Luxembourg
32Macao (China)Asia704150Macao
33Solomon IslandsOceania740420Honiara
34BhutanAsia787420Thimphu
35GuyanaAmericas813830Georgetown
36ComorosAfrica852080Moroni
37FijiOceania936380Suva
38DjiboutiAfrica1136450Djibouti
39Eswatini [Swaziland]Africa1210820Mbabane
40CyprusEurope1260140Nicosia
41MauritiusAfrica1261040Port Louis
42Timor Leste (East Timor)Asia1360600Dili
43EstoniaEurope1366190Tallinn
44BahrainAsia 1485510Manama
45Trinidad and TobagoAmericas1534940Port of Spain
46Equatorial GuineaAfrica1714670Malabo
47North MacedoniaEurope1811980Skopje
48LatviaEurope1881750Riga
49SloveniaEurope 2120940Ljubljana
50Guinea-BissauAfrica2150840Bissau
51LesothoAfrica2330320Maseru
52GabonAfrica2436570Libreville
53MoldovaEurope2486890Chisinau
54NamibiaAfrica2604170Windhoek
55BotswanaAfrica2675350Gaborone
56QatarAsia2716390Doha
57AlbaniaEurope2745970Tirana (Tirane)
58GambiaAfrica2773170Banjul
59ArmeniaAsia2777970Yerevan
60JamaicaAmericas2825540Kingston
61LithuaniaEurope2871900Vilnius
62PortugalEurope3205690Lisbon
63Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope3210850Sarajevo
64UruguayAmericas3423110Montevideo
65MongoliaAsia3447160Ulaanbaatar
66EritreaAfrica3748900Asmara
67GeorgiaAsia3760360Tbilisi
68CroatiaEurope3853200Zagreb
69KuwaitAsia4310110Kuwait City
70PalestineAsia4468090East Jerusalem (Ramallah)
71OmanAsia4644380Muscat
72MauritaniaAfrica4862990Nouakchott
73Costa RicaAmericas5212170San Jose
74New ZealandOceania5223100Wellington
75IrelandEurope5262380Dublin
76LebanonAsia5353930Beirut
77LiberiaAfrica5418380Monrovia
78SlovakiaEurope 5426740Bratislava
79NorwayEurope5519590Oslo
80FinlandEurope5584260Helsinki
81Central African RepublicAfrica5742310Bangui
82SingaporeAsia5917650Singapore
83DenmarkEurope5946950Copenhagen
84Republic of the CongoAfrica6106870Brazzaville
85El SalvadorAmericas6364940San Salvador
86BulgariaEurope6430370Sofia
87TurkmenistanAsia6516100Ashgabat
88SerbiaEurope6618030Belgrade
89Papua New GuineaOceania6861520Port Moresby
90LibyaAfrica6888390Tripoli
91NicaraguaAmericas7046310Managua
92KyrgyzstanAsia7100800Bishkek
93Hong Kong (China)Asia7536100Hong Kong
94LaosAsia7633780Vientiane
95Sierra LeoneAfrica8791090Freetown
96SwitzerlandEurope8849850Bern
97TogoAfrica9053800Lome
98AustriaEurope9132380Vienna
99BelarusEurope9178300Minsk
100United Arab EmiratesAsia 9516870Abu Dhabi
101HungaryEurope9589870Budapest
102IsraelAsia9756700Jerusalem
103AzerbaijanAsia10112560Baku
104TajikistanAsia 10143540Dushanbe
105PanamaAmericas10329930Panama City
106GreeceEurope10361300Athens
107PolandEurope10525350Warsaw
108SwedenEurope10536630Stockholm
109HondurasAmericas10593800Tegucigalpa
110Czech Republic (Czechia)Europe10873690Prague
111South SudanAfrica11088800Juba
112CubaAmericas11194450Havana
113Dominican RepublicAfrica11332970Santo Domingo
114JordanAsia11337050Amman
115HaitiAmericas11724760Port au Prince
116BelgiumEurope11822590Brussels
117BoliviaAmericas12388570La Paz (administrative), Sucre (official)
118TunisiaAfrica 12458220Tunis
119BurundiAfrica13238560Gitega
120BeninAfrica13712830Porto Novo
121RwandaAfrica14094680Kigali
122GuineaAfrica14190610Conakry
123ZimbabweAfrica16665410Harare
124CambodiaAsia16944830 Phnom Penh
125GuatemalaAmericas17602430Guatemala City
126SenegalAfrica17763160Dakar
127NetherlandsEurope17879490Amsterdam
128SomaliaAfrica 18143380Mogadishu
129EcuadorAmericas18190480Quito
130ChadAfrica18278570N'Djamena
131RomaniaEurope19056120Bucharest
132ChileAmericas19629590Santiago
133KazakhstanAsia19900180Astana
134ZambiaAfrica20569740Lusaka
135MalawiAfrica20931750Lilongwe
136Sri LankaAsia22037000Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
137SyriaAsia 23227010Damascus
138Burkina FasoAfrica23251490Ouagadougou
139MaliAfrica23293700Bamako
140TaiwanAsia 23951811Taipei
141North KoreaAsia26160820Pyongyang
142AustraliaOceania26638540Canberra
143NigerAfrica27202840Niamey
144CameroonAfrica28647290Yaounde
145VenezuelaAmericas28838500Caracas
146Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)Africa29647174Yamoussoukro
147MadagascarAfrica30325730Antananarivo
148NepalAsia30896590Kathmandu
149MozambiqueAfrica33897350Maputo
150GhanaAfrica34121990Accra
151MalaysiaAsia34308530Kuala Lumpur
152ParaguayAmericas34352720Asuncion
153YemenAsia34449820Sana'a
154UzbekistanAsia 36412350Tashkent
155AngolaAfrica36684200Luanda
156PhilippinesAsia36685850Manila
157Saudi ArabiaAsia36947030Riyadh
158UkraineEurope 37000000Kyiv or Kiev
159MoroccoAfrica37840040Rabat
160CanadaAmericas40097760Ottawa
161AfghanistanAsia42239850Kabul
162IraqAsia45504560Baghdad
163AlgeriaAfrica45606480Algiers
164ArgentinaAmericas46654580Buenos Aires
165SudanAfrica48109010Khartoum
166SpainEurope 48373340Madrid
167UgandaAfrica 48582330Kampala
168South KoreaAsia51712620Seoul
169ColombiaAmericas52085170Bogota
170Myanmar [Burma]Asia54578000Nay Pyi Taw
171KenyaAfrica55100590Nairobi
172ItalyEurope58761150Rome
173South AfricaAfrica60414500Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town
174TanzaniaAfrica67438110Dodoma
175FranceEurope68170230Paris
176United KingdomEurope 68350000London
177ThailandAsia 71801280Bangkok
178GermanyEurope84482270Berlin
179Turkey (Türkiye)Asia85326000Ankara
180Iran (Islamic Republic of)Asia89172770Tehran
181VietnamAsia98858950Hanoi
182DR Congo [Democratic Republic of the Congo]Africa102262810Kinshasa
183EgyptAfrica112716600Cairo
184PeruAmericas117337370Lima
185JapanAsia124516650Tokyo
186EthiopiaAfrica126527060Addis Ababa
187MexicoAmericas128455570Mexico City
188RussiaEurope143826130Moscow
189BangladeshAsia172954320Dhaka
190BrazilAmericas216422450Brasilia
191NigeriaAfrica223804630Abuja
192PakistanAsia240485660Islamabad
193IndonesiaAsia277534120Jakarta
194United StatesAmericas334914900Washington D.C.
195ChinaAsia1410710000Beijing
196IndiaAsia1428627660New Delhi

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