Population

Afghanistan

39,232,003 (2023 est.)

Akrotiri

(2020) approximately 18,195 on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 11,000 Cypriots and 7,195 Service and UK-based contract personnel and dependents

Albania

3,101,621 (2023 est.)

Algeria

44,758,398 (2023 est.)

American Samoa

44,620 (2023 est.)

Andorra

85,468 (2023 est.)

Angola

35,981,281 (2023 est.)

Anguilla

19,079 (2023 est.)

Antarctica

no indigenous inhabitants, but there are both year-round and summer-only staffed research stations

note: 54 countries have signed the 1959 Antarctic Treaty; 30 of those operate through their National Antarctic Program a number of seasonal-only (summer) and year-round research stations on the continent and its nearby islands south of 60 degrees south latitude (the region covered by the Antarctic Treaty); the population engaging in and supporting science or managing and protecting the Antarctic region varies from approximately 5,000 in summer to 1,100 in winter; in addition, approximately 1,000 personnel, including ship's crew and scientists doing onboard research, are present in the waters of the treaty region
as of 2017, peak summer (December-February) maximum capacity in scientific stations - 4,877 total; Argentina 601, Australia 243, Belarus 12, Belgium 40, Brazil 66, Bulgaria 22, Chile 433, China 166, Czechia 20, Ecuador 34, Finland 17, France 90, France and Italy jointly 80, Germany 104, India 113, Italy 120, Japan 130, South Korea 130, Netherlands 10, NZ 86, Norway 70, Peru 30, Poland 40, Russia 335, South Africa 80, Spain 98, Sweden 20, Ukraine 24, UK 196, US 1,399, Uruguay 68 (2017)

winter (June-August) maximum capacity in scientific station - 1,036 total; Argentina 221, Australia 52, Brazil 15, Chile 114, China 32, France 24, France and Italy jointly 13, Germany 9, India 48, Japan 40, Netherlands 10, South Korea 25, NZ 11, Norway 7, Poland 16, Russia 125, South Africa 15, Ukraine 12, UK 44, US 215, Uruguay 8 (2017)

research stations operated within the Antarctic Treaty area (south of 60 degrees south latitude) by National Antarctic Programs year-round stations - approximately 40 total; Argentina 6, Australia 3, Brazil 1, Chile 6, China 2, France 1, France and Italy jointly 1, Germany 1, India 2, Japan 1, Netherlands 1, South Korea 2, NZ 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Russia 5, South Africa 1, Ukraine 1, UK 2, US 3, Uruguay 2 (2017)

a range of seasonal-only (summer) stations, camps, and refuges - Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, China, Czechia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, US, and Uruguay (2017)

in addition, during the austral summer some nations have numerous occupied locations such as tent camps, summer-long temporary facilities, and mobile traverses in support of research

Antigua and Barbuda

101,489 (2023 est.)

Argentina

46,621,847 (2023 est.)

Armenia

2,989,091 (2023 est.)

Aruba

123,702 (2023 est.)

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

(July 2021 est.) no indigenous inhabitants

note: Indonesian fishermen are allowed access to the lagoon and fresh water at Ashmore Reef's West Island; access to East and Middle Islands is by permit only

Australia

26,461,166 (2023 est.)

Austria

8,940,860 (2023 est.)

Azerbaijan

10,420,515 (2023 est.)

Bahamas, The

358,508 (2023 est.)

Bahrain

1,553,886 (2023 est.)

note: immigrants make up approximately 45% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)

Bangladesh

167,184,465 (2023 est.)

Barbados

303,431 (2023 est.)

Belarus

9,383,853 (2023 est.)

Belgium

11,913,633 (2023 est.)

Belize

419,137 (2023 est.)

Benin

14,219,908 (2023 est.)

Bermuda

72,576 (2023 est.)

Bhutan

876,181 (2023 est.)

Bolivia

12,186,079 (2023 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3,807,764 (2023 est.)

Botswana

2,417,596 (2023 est.)

Bouvet Island

uninhabited

Brazil

218,689,757 (2023 est.)

British Indian Ocean Territory

no indigenous inhabitants

note: approximately 1,200 former agricultural workers resident in the Chagos Archipelago, often referred to as Chagossians or Ilois, were relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles in the 1960s and 1970s; approximately 3,000 UK and US military personnel and civilian contractors living on the island of Diego Garcia (2018)

British Virgin Islands

39,369 (2023 est.)

Brunei

484,991 (2023 est.)

note: immigrants make up approximately 26% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)

Bulgaria

6,827,736 (2023 est.)

Burkina Faso

22,489,126 (2023 est.)

Burma

57,970,293 (2023 est.)

Burundi

13,162,952 (2023 est.)

Cabo Verde

603,901 (2023 est.)

Cambodia

16,891,245 (2023 est.)

Cameroon

30,135,732 (2023 est.)

Canada

38,516,736 (2023 est.)

Cayman Islands

65,483 (2023 est.)

note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman

Central African Republic

5,552,228 (2023 est.)

Chad

18,523,165 (2023 est.)

Chile

18,549,457 (2023 est.)

China

1,413,142,846 (2023 est.)

Christmas Island

2,205 (2016 est.)

Clipperton Island

uninhabited

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

596 (July 2014 est.)

Colombia

49,336,454 (2023 est.)

Comoros

888,378 (2023 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

111,859,928 (2023 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

5,677,493 (2023 est.)

Cook Islands

7,939 (2023 est.)

note: the Cook Islands' Ministry of Finance & Economic Management estimated the resident population to have been 11,700 in September 2016

Coral Sea Islands

(July 2021 est.) no indigenous inhabitants

note: there is a staff of four at the meteorological station on Willis Island

Costa Rica

5,256,612 (2023 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

29,344,847 (2023 est.)

Croatia

4,169,239 (2023 est.)

Cuba

10,985,974 (2023 est.)

Curacao

152,849 (2023 est.)

Cyprus

1,308,120 (2023 est.)

Czechia

10,706,242 (2023 est.)

Denmark

5,946,984 (2023 est.)

Dhekelia

approximately 15,500 on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 9,700 Cypriots and 5,800 Service and UK-based contract personnel and dependents

Djibouti

976,143 (2023 est.)

Dominica

74,656 (2023 est.)

Dominican Republic

10,790,744 (2023 est.)

Ecuador

17,483,326 (2023 est.)

Egypt

109,546,720 (2023 est.)

El Salvador

6,602,370 (2023 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

1,737,695 (2023 est.)

Eritrea

6,274,796 (2023 est.)

Estonia

1,202,762 (2023 est.)

Eswatini

1,130,043 (2023 est.)

Ethiopia

116,462,712 (2023 est.)

European Union

(July 2022 est.) 450,858,381

rank by population:

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

3,662 (2021 est.)

note: data include all persons usually resident in the islands at the time of the 2021 census

Faroe Islands

52,600 (2023 est.)

Fiji

947,760 (2023 est.)

Finland

5,614,571 (2023 est.)

France

68,521,974 (2023 est.)

note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233

French Polynesia

301,488 (2023 est.)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

no indigenous inhabitants

Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): uninhabited but has a meteorological station
Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): uninhabited but is frequently visited by fishermen and has a scientific research cabin for short stays
Iles Crozet: uninhabited except for 18 to 30 people staffing the Alfred Faure research station on Ile del la Possession
Iles Kerguelen: 50 to 100 scientists are located at the main base at Port-aux-Francais on Ile Kerguelen
Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): uninhabitable
Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on each possession; visited by scientists
Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): uninhabited, except for visits by scientists

Gabon

2,397,368 (2023 est.)

Gambia, The

2,468,569 (2023 est.)

Gaza Strip

2,098,389 (2023 est.)

Georgia

4,936,390 (2023 est.)

Germany

84,220,184 (2023 est.)

Ghana

33,846,114 (2023 est.)

Gibraltar

29,629 (2023 est.)

Greece

10,497,595 (2023 est.)

Greenland

57,777 (2023 est.)

Grenada

114,299 (2023 est.)

Guam

169,330 (2023 est.)

Guatemala

17,980,803 (2023 est.)

Guernsey

67,642 (2023 est.)

Guinea

13,607,249 (2023 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

2,078,820 (2023 est.)

Guyana

791,739 (2023 est.)

Haiti

11,470,261 (2023 est.)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

uninhabited

Holy See (Vatican City)

1,000 (2022 est.)

Honduras

9,571,352 (2023 est.)

Hong Kong

7,288,167 (2023 est.)

Hungary

9,670,009 (2023 est.)

Iceland

360,872 (2023 est.)

India

1,399,179,585 (2023 est.)

Indonesia

279,476,346 (2023 est.)

Iran

87,590,873 (2023 est.)

Iraq

41,266,109 (2023 est.)

Ireland

5,323,991 (2023 est.)

Isle of Man

91,840 (2023 est.)

Israel

9,043,387 (2023 est.) (includes populations of the Golan Heights or Golan Sub-District and also East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after 1967)

note: approximately 236,600 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2021); following the March 2019 US recognition of the Golan Heights as being part of Israel, The World Factbook no longer includes Israeli settler population of the Golan Heights (estimated at 23,400 in 2019) in its overall Israeli settler total

Italy

61,021,855 (2023 est.)

Jamaica

2,820,982 (2023 est.)

Jan Mayen

no indigenous inhabitants

note: military personnel operate the the weather and coastal services radio station

Japan

123,719,238 (2023 est.)

Jersey

102,785 (2023 est.)

Jordan

11,086,716 (2023 est.)

note: increased estimate reflects revised assumptions about the net migration rate due to the increased flow of Syrian refugees

Kazakhstan

19,543,464 (2023 est.)

Kenya

57,052,004 (2023 est.)

Kiribati

115,372 (2023 est.)

Korea, North

26,072,217 (2023 est.)

Korea, South

51,966,948 (2023 est.)

Kosovo

1,964,327 (2023 est.)

Kuwait

3,103,580 (2023 est.)

note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,420,110 for 2019, with non-Kuwaitis accounting for nearly 70% of the population

Kyrgyzstan

6,122,781 (2023 est.)

Laos

7,852,377 (2023 est.)

Latvia

1,821,750 (2023 est.)

Lebanon

5,331,203 (2023 est.)

Lesotho

2,210,646 (2023 est.)

Liberia

5,506,280 (2023 est.)

Libya

7,252,573 (2023 est.)

note: immigrants make up just over 12% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)

Liechtenstein

39,993 (2023 est.)

note: immigrants make up 67% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)

Lithuania

2,655,755 (2023 est.)

Luxembourg

660,924 (2023 est.)

Macau

639,971 (2023 est.)

Madagascar

28,812,195 (2023 est.)

Malawi

21,279,597 (2023 est.)

Malaysia

34,219,975 (2023 est.)

Maldives

389,568 (2023 est.)

Mali

21,359,722 (2023 est.)

Malta

467,138 (2023 est.)

Marshall Islands

80,966 (2023 est.)

Mauritania

4,244,878 (2023 est.)

Mauritius

1,309,448 (2023 est.)

Mexico

129,875,529 (2023 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of

100,319 (2023 est.)

Moldova

3,250,532 (2023 est.)

Monaco

31,597 (2023 est.)

note: immigrants make up almost 68% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)

Mongolia

3,255,468 (2023 est.)

note: Mongolia is one of the least densely populated countries in the world (2 people per sq km); twice as many ethnic Mongols (some 6 million) live in Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) in neighboring China

Montenegro

602,445 (2023 est.)

Montserrat

5,440 (2023 est.)

note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned

Morocco

37,067,420 (2023 est.)

note: includes Western Sahara

Mozambique

32,513,805 (2023 est.)

Namibia

2,777,232 (2023 est.)

Nauru

9,852 (2023 est.)

Navassa Island

uninhabited; transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island

Nepal

30,899,443 (2023 est.)

Netherlands

17,463,930 (2023 est.)

New Caledonia

300,682 (2023 est.)

New Zealand

5,109,702 (2023 est.)

Nicaragua

6,359,689 (2023 est.)

Niger

25,396,840 (2023 est.)

Nigeria

230,842,743 (2023 est.)

Niue

2,000 (July 2022 est.)

note: because of the island's limited economic and educational opportunities, Niueans have emigrated for decades - primarily to New Zealand, but also to Australia and other Pacific island states; Niue's population peaked in 1966 at 5,194, but by 2005 had fallen to 1,508; since then it has rebounded slightly; as of 2013, 23,883 people of Niuean ancestry lived in New Zealand - with more than 20% Niue-born; this means that there are about 15 times as many persons of Niuean ancestry living in New Zealand as in Niue, possibly the most eccentric population distribution in the world

Norfolk Island

1,748 (2016 est.)

North Macedonia

2,133,410 (2023 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

51,295 (2023 est.)

Norway

5,597,924 (2023 est.)

Oman

3,833,465 (2023 est.)

note: immigrants make up approximately 46% of the total population (2019)

Pakistan

247,653,551 (2023 est.)

note: results of Pakistan's 2017 national census estimate the country's total population to be 207,684,626

Palau

21,779 (2023 est.)

Panama

4,404,108 (2023 est.)

Papua New Guinea

9,819,350 (2023 est.)

Paracel Islands

1,440 (July 2014 est.)

note: Chinese activity has increased in recent years, particularly on Woody Island, where the population exceeds 1,000; there are scattered Chinese garrisons on some other islands

Paraguay

7,439,863 (2023 est.)

Peru

32,440,172 (2023 est.)

Philippines

116,434,200 (2023 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

50 (2021 est.)

Poland

37,991,766 (2023 est.)

Portugal

10,223,150 (2023 est.)

Puerto Rico

3,057,311 (2023 est.)

Qatar

2,532,104 (2023 est.)

Romania

18,326,327 (2023 est.)

Russia

141,698,923 (2023 est.)

Rwanda

13,400,541 (2023 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

7,093 (2023 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

7,935 (2023 est.)

note: Saint Helena's Statistical Office estimated the resident population to be 4,439 in 2021; only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited, none of the other nearby islands/islets are

Saint Kitts and Nevis

54,817 (2023 est.)

Saint Lucia

167,591 (2023 est.)

Saint Martin

32,897 (2023 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

5,195 (2023 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

100,804 (2023 est.)

Samoa

207,501 (2023 est.)

San Marino

34,892 (2023 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

220,372 (2023 est.)

Saudi Arabia

35,939,806 (2023 est.)

note: immigrants make up 38.3% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)

Senegal

18,384,660 (2023 est.)

Serbia

6,693,375 (2023 est.)

note: does not include the population of Kosovo

Seychelles

97,617 (2023 est.)

Sierra Leone

8,908,040 (2023 est.)

Singapore

5,975,383 (2023 est.)

Sint Maarten

45,677 (2023 est.)

Slovakia

5,425,319 (2023 est.)

Slovenia

2,099,790 (2023 est.)

Solomon Islands

714,766 (2023 est.)

Somalia

12,693,796 (2023 est.)

note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare

South Africa

58,048,332 (2023 est.)

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

(July 2021 est.) no indigenous inhabitants

note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001, replaced by a permanent group of scientists of the British Antarctic Survey, which also has a biological station on Bird Island; the South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited

South Sudan

12,118,379 (2023 est.)

Spain

47,222,613 (2023 est.)

Spratly Islands

(July 2021 est.) no indigenous inhabitants

note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by military personnel of several claimant states

Sri Lanka

23,326,272 (2023 est.)

Sudan

49,197,555 (2023 est.)

Suriname

639,759 (2023 est.)

Svalbard

2,926 (January 2021 est.)

Sweden

10,536,338 (2023 est.)

Switzerland

8,563,760 (2023 est.)

Syria

22,933,531 (2023 est.)

note: approximately 22,900 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights (2018)

Taiwan

23,588,613 (2023 est.)

Tajikistan

9,245,937 (2023 est.)

Tanzania

65,642,682 (2023 est.)

Thailand

69,794,997 (2023 est.)

Timor-Leste

1,476,042 (2023 est.)

Togo

8,703,961 (2023 est.)

Tokelau

1,647 (2019 est.)

Tonga

105,221 (2023 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

1,407,460 (2023 est.)

Tunisia

11,976,182 (2023 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye)

83,593,483 (2023 est.)

Turkmenistan

5,690,818 (2023 est.)

note: some sources suggest Turkmenistan's population could be as much as 1 to 2 million people lower than available estimates because of large-scale emigration during the last 10 years

Turks and Caicos Islands

59,367 (2023 est.)

Tuvalu

11,639 (2023 est.)

Uganda

47,729,952 (2023 est.)

Ukraine

43,306,477 (2023 est.)

United Arab Emirates

9,973,449 (2023 est.)

note: the UN estimated the country's total population was 10,082,000 as of 2022; immigrants make up 88.1% of the total population, according to UN data (2020)

United Kingdom

68,138,484 (2023 est.) United Kingdom

constituent countries by percentage of total population:
England 84.3%
Scotland 8.2%
Wales 4.6%
Northern Ireland 2.8%

United States

339,665,118 (2023 est.)

note: the US Census Bureau's 2020 census results show the US population as 331,449,281 as of 1 April 2020

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

no indigenous inhabitants

note: public entry is only by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife Service

Jarvis Island: Millersville settlement on western side of island occasionally used as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it was abandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during the International Geophysical Year by scientists who left in 1958; currently unoccupied

Johnston Atoll: in previous years, an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel were present; as of May 2005, all US Government personnel had left the island

Midway Islands: approximately 40 people make up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service and their services contractor living at the atoll

Palmyra Atoll: four to 20 Nature Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife staff, and researchers

Uruguay

3,416,264 (2023 est.)

Uzbekistan

31,360,836 (2023 est.)

Vanuatu

313,046 (2023 est.)

Venezuela

30,518,260 (2023 est.)

Vietnam

104,799,174 (2023 est.)

Virgin Islands

104,917 (2023 est.)

Wake Island

(2018 est.) no indigenous inhabitants

note: approximately 100 military personnel and civilian contractors maintain and operate the airfield and communications facilities

Wallis and Futuna

15,929 (2023 est.)

West Bank

3,176,549 (2023 est.)

note: approximately 468,300 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2022); approximately 236,600 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2021)

World

7,979,261,010 (2023 est.)

ten most populous countries (in millions): China 1413.14; India 1339.92; United States 339.67; Indonesia 279.48; Pakistan 247.65; Nigeria 230.84; Brazil 218.69; Bangladesh 167.18; Russia 141.7; Mexico 129.88

ten least populous countries: Holy See (Vatican City) 1,000; Niue 2,000; Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,195; Montserrat 5,440; Saint Barthelemy 7,093; Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan de Cunha 7,935; Cook Islands 7,939; Nauru 9,852; Tuvalu 11,639; Wallis and Futuna 15,929

ten most densely populated countries (population per sq km): Macau 22,856.1; Monaco 15,798.5; Singapore 8,427.9; Hong Kong 6,792.3; Gaza Strip 5,660.4; Gibraltar 4,232.7; Bahrain 2,044.6; Malta 1,478.3; Bermuda 1,344; Maldives 1,343.4

ten least densely populated countries (population per sq km): Greenland 0.03; Falkland Islands 0.26; Mongolia 2.1; Namibia 3.37; Australia 3.4; Iceland 3.6; Guyana 4; Suriname 4.1; Mauritania 4.1; Libya 4.1

Yemen

31,565,602 (2023 est.)

Zambia

20,216,029 (2023 est.)

Zimbabwe

15,418,674 (2023 est.)