1. INTRODUCTION
Below you will find an updated list to 2026 with all the world’s sovereign countries by population.
I hope you find it useful.
2. COUNTRIES BY POPULATION (2026)
- China: 1,411,750,000
- India: 1,469,300,000
- United States: 339,900,000
- Indonesia: 281,600,000
- Pakistan: 247,500,000
- Nigeria: 236,700,000
- Brazil: 212,600,000
- Bangladesh: 176,100,000
- Russia: 145,900,000
- Mexico: 132,800,000
- Japan: 122,600,000
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: 114,900,000
- Philippines: 117,300,000
- Ethiopia: 129,700,000
- Egypt: 116,500,000
- Vietnam: 101,900,000
- Iran: 92,000,000
- Turkey: 87,900,000
- Germany: 84,600,000
- United Kingdom: 69,200,000
- Thailand: 71,700,000
- France: 66,600,000
- Tanzania: 68,500,000
- South Africa: 64,100,000
- Italy: 59,100,000
- Myanmar: 54,400,000
- Colombia: 52,900,000
- Kenya: 56,400,000
- South Korea: 51,300,000
- Sudan: 49,300,000
- Spain: 48,600,000
- Argentina: 46,900,000
- Algeria: 46,900,000
- Uganda: 49,300,000
- Iraq: 45,200,000
- Ukraine: 36,700,000
- Canada: 41,200,000
- Poland: 37,500,000
- Morocco: 37,600,000
- Uzbekistan: 36,900,000
- Yemen: 35,300,000
- Angola: 36,000,000
- Peru: 34,300,000
- Afghanistan: 42,200,000
- Malaysia: 34,000,000
- Saudi Arabia: 33,800,000
- Mozambique: 33,600,000
- Ghana: 34,100,000
- Venezuela: 32,200,000
- Ivory Coast: 31,800,000
- Madagascar: 30,800,000
- Nepal: 30,200,000
- Cameroon: 29,300,000
- Australia: 27,300,000
- Niger: 27,300,000
- North Korea: 26,100,000
- Mali: 23,900,000
- Syria: 23,400,000
- Burkina Faso: 23,700,000
- Sri Lanka: 22,100,000
- Zambia: 20,900,000
- Chile: 20,300,000
- Kazakhstan: 20,200,000
- Malawi: 20,700,000
- Romania: 18,500,000
- Senegal: 18,900,000
- Somalia: 18,900,000
- Chad: 18,800,000
- Netherlands: 18,100,000
- Guatemala: 18,000,000
- Ecuador: 17,400,000
- Cambodia: 16,900,000
- Zimbabwe: 16,600,000
- South Sudan: 15,700,000
- Guinea: 14,100,000
- Rwanda: 14,200,000
- Benin: 13,900,000
- Burundi: 13,900,000
- Bolivia: 12,500,000
- Tunisia: 11,900,000
- Belgium: 11,900,000
- Haiti: 11,600,000
- Jordan: 11,400,000
- Cuba: 10,900,000
- Czech Republic: 10,900,000
- Dominican Republic: 11,000,000
- Sweden: 10,700,000
- Greece: 10,300,000
- Portugal: 10,300,000
- Azerbaijan: 10,300,000
- Tajikistan: 10,300,000
- Israel: 9,900,000
- Honduras: 10,100,000
- Hungary: 9,600,000
- United Arab Emirates: 9,700,000
- Papua New Guinea: 10,000,000
- Belarus: 9,100,000
- Austria: 9,200,000
- Switzerland: 9,000,000
- Sierra Leone: 8,900,000
- Togo: 8,900,000
- Laos: 7,700,000
- Libya: 7,400,000
- Turkmenistan: 7,400,000
- Kyrgyzstan: 7,200,000
- El Salvador: 6,900,000
- Nicaragua: 6,900,000
- Serbia: 6,600,000
- Bulgaria: 6,300,000
- Paraguay: 7,000,000
- Republic of the Congo: 6,200,000
- Denmark: 6,000,000
- Singapore: 5,950,000
- Central African Republic: 5,900,000
- Finland: 5,600,000
- Norway: 5,600,000
- Slovakia: 5,400,000
- Liberia: 5,500,000
- Lebanon: 5,300,000
- Costa Rica: 5,300,000
- Ireland: 5,300,000
- New Zealand: 5,300,000
- Oman: 5,200,000
- Kuwait: 4,900,000
- Mauritania: 4,900,000
- Panama: 4,600,000
- Croatia: 3,800,000
- Eritrea: 3,700,000
- Georgia: 3,700,000
- Uruguay: 3,500,000
- Mongolia: 3,500,000
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 3,100,000
- Armenia: 2,900,000
- Lithuania: 2,800,000
- Albania: 2,800,000
- Jamaica: 2,800,000
- Qatar: 2,800,000
- Namibia: 2,700,000
- Moldova: 2,500,000
- Gambia: 2,800,000
- Botswana: 2,400,000
- Gabon: 2,400,000
- Slovenia: 2,100,000
- Lesotho: 2,300,000
- Latvia: 1,900,000
- North Macedonia: 1,800,000
- Guinea-Bissau: 2,100,000
- Equatorial Guinea: 1,800,000
- Bahrain: 1,600,000
- Trinidad and Tobago: 1,400,000
- Estonia: 1,370,000
- East Timor: 1,400,000
- Mauritius: 1,260,000
- Djibouti: 1,100,000
- Eswatini (Swaziland): 1,200,000
- Cyprus: 1,030,000
- Fiji: 930,000
- Comoros: 870,000
- Guyana: 820,000
- Bhutan: 790,000
- Solomon Islands: 750,000
- Luxembourg: 680,000
- Suriname: 630,000
- Montenegro: 620,000
- Cape Verde: 590,000
- Malta: 560,000
- Maldives: 540,000
- Belize: 460,000
- Brunei: 450,000
- Bahamas: 410,000
- Iceland: 390,000
- Vanuatu: 330,000
- Barbados: 280,000
- Sao Tome and Principe: 230,000
- Samoa: 210,000
- Saint Lucia: 180,000
- Grenada: 127,000
- Kiribati: 135,000
- Seychelles: 124,000
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 111,000
- Micronesia: 106,000
- Tonga: 104,000
- Antigua and Barbuda: 95,000
- Andorra: 80,000
- Dominica: 73,000
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: 54,000
- Marshall Islands: 42,000
- Liechtenstein: 40,000
- Monaco: 39,000
- San Marino: 34,000
- Palau: 18,000
- Nauru: 12,000
- Tuvalu: 11,000
- Vatican City: 1,000
3. REFERENCES
- United Nations (2024-2026). World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results. Available [HERE].
