Countries by population (2018)

1. INTRODUCTION

Which is the most populated country? Which is the least populated? How many inhabitants does your country have?

Below you can find a list with the population that all the sovereign countries of the world had in 2018.

I hope it helps. 🙂

2. SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES BY POPULATION (2018)

N.º	Country	Poulation prospect (1/7/2018)
1	China	1 391 778 000
2	India	1 364 645 000
3	United States	327 054 000
4	Indonesia	264 841 000
5	Pakistan	214 248 000
6	Brazil	209 586 000
7	Nigeria	207 483 000
8	Bangladesh	174 358 000
9	Russia	147 240 000
10	Japan	126 581 000
11	Mexico	124 738 000
12	Philippines	106 126 000
13	Egypt	97 886 000
14	Etiopia	96 548 000
15	Democratic Repubic of the Congo	95 818 000
16	Vietnam	94 702 000
17	Germany	83 705 000
18	Iran	81 714 000
19	Turkey	81 447 000
20	Thailand	67 909 000
21	United Kingdom	66 736 000
22	France	65 239 000
23	Italy	60 466 000
24	South Africa	57 394 000
25	Birmania/Myanmar	54 224 000
26	Tanzania	53 041 000
27	South Korea	52 447 000
28	Colombia	49 925 000
29	Kenya	47 820 000
30	Spain	46 653 000
31	Argentina	44 495 000
32	Argelia	42 739 000
33	Ukraine	42 307 000
34	Sudan	41 985 000
35	Iraq	39 852 000
36	Uganda	38 823 000
37	Poland	38 455 000
38	Canada	37 105 000
39	Morocco	34 948 000
40	Saudi Arabia	33 748 000
41	Uzbekistan	32 964 000
42	Malaysia	32 559 000
43	Peru	32 163 000
44	Venezuela	31 828 000
45	Mozambique	29 824 000
46	Ghana	29 625 000
47	Angola	29 234 000
48	Nepal	29 219 000
49	Yemen	29 216 000
50	Afganistan	28 389 000
51	Ivory Coast	25 163 000
52	Syria	25 027 000
53	Madagascar	24 970 000
54	Australia	24 954 000
55	North Korea	24 326 000
56	Cameroon	24 304 000
57	Sri Lanka	21 688 000
58	Niger	21 154 000
59	Burkina Faso	20 268 000
60	Mali	19 952 000
61	Romania	19 510 000
62	Kazakhstan	18 289 000
63	Malawi	17 926 000
64	Chile	17 793 000
65	Guatemala	17 642 000
66	Netherlands	17 239 000
67	Ecuador	17 039 000
68	Zambia	16 893 000
69	Cambodia	15 770 000
70	Senegal	15 728 000
71	Chad	15 189 000
72	South Sudan	14 891 000
73	Zimbabwe	13 981 000
74	Somalia	13 501 000
75	Rwanda	12 234 000
76	Benin	11 969 000
77	Haiti	11 665 000
78	Tunisia	11 606 000
79	Greece	11 581 000
80	Guinea	11 566 000
81	Belgium	11 431 000
82	Bolivia	11 311 000
83	Cuba	11 240 000
84	Jordan	11 015 000
85	Burundi	10 714 000
86	Czech Republic	10 602 000
87	Dominican Republic	10 266 000
88	Portugal	10 216 000
89	Sweden	10 203 000
90	Azerbaijan	9 993 000
91	Hungary	9 749 000
92	Belarus	9 501 000
93	United Arab Emirates	9 225 000
94	Tajikistan	9 041 000
95	Honduras	9 012 000
96	Israel	8 879 000
97	Austria	8 871 000
98	Switzerland	8 560 000
99	Papua New Guinea	8 532 000
100	Eritrea	8 094 000
101	Sierra Leone	7 704 000
102	Togo	7 694 000
103	Paraguay	7 053 000
104	Bulgaria	7 035 000
105	Serbia	6 995 000
106	Laos	6 811 000
107	El Salvador	6 643 000
108	Libya	6 471 000
109	Nicaragua	6 461 000
110	Kyrgyzstan	6 281 000
111	Lebanon	6 003 000
112	Denmark	5 802 000
113	Singapore	5 617 000
114	Finland	5 521 000
115	Slovakia	5 442 000
116	Norway	5 319 000
117	Central African Republic	5 200 000
118	Republic of the Congo	5 142 000
119	Turkmenistan	5 090 000
120	Costa Rica	5 003 000
121	New Zealand	4 868 000
122	Ireland	4 859 000
123	Oman	4 780 000
124	Kuwait	4 639 000
125	Liberia	4 382 000
126	Panama	4 159 000
127	Croatia	4 147 000
128	Mauritania	4 063 000
129	Georgia	3 710 000
130	Moldova	3 572 000
131	Uruguay	3 506 000
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 376 000
133	Mongolia	3 236 000
134	Armenia	2 975 000
135	Albania	2 856 000
136	Lithuania	2 792 000
137	Jamaica	2 734 000
138	Qatar	2 445 000
139	Namibia	2 421 000
140	Botswana	2 312 000
141	Bahrain	2 202 000
142	The Gambia	2 184 000
143	Republic of Macedonia	2 077 000
144	Slovenia	2 069 000
145	Gabon	1 972 000
146	Latvia	1 921 000
147	Lesotho	1 918 000
148	Guinea-Bissau	1 603 000
149	Trinidad and Tobago	1 363 000
150	Estonia	1 322 000
151	Mauritius	1 275 000
152	Equatorial Guinea	1 272 000
153	East Timor	1 259 000
154	Swaziland	1 160 000
155	Djibouti	1 048 000
156	Fiji	891 000
157	Cyprus	865 000
158	Comoros	850 000
159	Bhutan	802 000
160	Guyana	746 000
161	Solomon Island	699 000
162	Montenegro	623 000
163	Luxembourg	613 000
164	Suriname	580 000
165	Cape Verde	546 000
166	Malta	447 000
167	Brunei	436 000
168	Belize	399 000
169	Bahamas	381 000
170	Maldivas	362 000
171	Iceland	341 000
172	Barbados	285 000
173	Vanuatu	282 000
174	Sao Tome and Principe	208 000
175	Samoa	194 000
176	Santa Lucia	175 000
177	Kiribati	114 000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	111 000
179	Grenada	109 000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	105 000
181	Seychelles	100 000
182	Tonga	100 000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	92 000
184	Andorra	79 000
185	Dominica	71 000
186	Marshall Islands	56 000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46 000
188	Liechtenstein	38 000
189	Monaco	38 000
190	San Marino	33 000
191	Palau	18 000
192	Nauru	11 000
193	Tuvalu	10 000
194	Vatican City	800

3. NON-SOVEREIGN TERRITORIES BY POPULATION (2018)

N.º	Territory	Population prospect (1/7/2018)
1	Taiwan	23 618 000
2	Hong Kong	7 369 000
3	Palestine	5 095 000
4	Puerto Rico	3 405 000
5	Kosovo	1 767 000

(*) NOTE: I only included those non-sovereign territories that people usually ask about (in the spanish website). If you want to know the population of any other territory, you can use the question service or the comments. 🙂

4. MAP WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORLD POPULATION

Distribution of the world population by countries.

5. REFERENCES

Wikipedia.org (2018). Países y territorios dependientes por población. Avaliable [HERE].
Saberespractico.com (2018). Países del mundo ordenados por población (2018). Avaliable [HERE].
Census.gov (2018). U.S. and World Population Clock. Avaliable [HERE]. (*) Real time population clock!
Cia.gov (2018). The World Factbook > United States > People and Society > Population. Avaliable [HERE].
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2018). Población residente en España. Avaliable [HERE].
Ali Zifan – Wikimedia Commons (2015). Countries and Dependencies by Population in 2014. Avaliable [HERE].