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Population

Our World in Data and the World Bank · 1900 to 2025

Population is the background to every other figure: it turns counts into rates and shares into numbers of people. The site takes it from Our World in Data and the World Bank, a figure every ten years from 1900 and the latest one, for all 220 places.[1] India and China each have over 1.4 billion people; Tuvalu and Nauru about ten thousand.

It weights the population-weighted world average, shown beside the plain average of countries, and sorts the rankings by size.[1] It also turns survey shares into the number of cannabis users, drawn in the treemap of users, and gives rates per person for offences, shops and research.

Published by
Our World in Data — Population (long-run estimates)
Data
World Bank — Population, total
File here
population.csv
See also
The chart · The files and their checksums
of 220 places covered
220
years in the file
1900–2025
the median country
9,150,300
places with several years
196

Population, on the map

The stronger the blue, the higher the figure, by fifths of the places covered. Select a country for its profile.

Lowest fifthSecond fifthMiddle fifthFourth fifthHighest fifthNot in the dataset

Highest

  1. India1,463,865,5252025
  2. China1,406,585,0002025
  3. United States341,784,8572025

Lowest

  1. Tuvalu9,4922025
  2. Nauru12,0252025
  3. Palau17,6632025

Country by country

Each place's latest figure, as on its profile. Select a heading to sort.

Further figures
AbkhaziaAsia245,000people in 20252025
AfghanistanAsia43,844,111people in 20252025
AlbaniaEurope2,349,580people in 20252025
AlgeriaAfrica47,435,312people in 20252025
AndorraEurope82,904people in 20252025
AngolaAfrica39,040,039people in 20252025
Antigua and BarbudaNorth America94,209people in 20252025
ArgentinaSouth America45,851,378people in 20252025
ArmeniaAsia3,086,700people in 20252025
ArubaNorth America108,000people in 20252025
AustraliaOceania27,614,411people in 20252025
AustriaEurope9,208,163people in 20252025
AzerbaijanAsia10,246,996people in 20252025
BahamasNorth America403,033people in 20252025
BahrainAsia1,600,366people in 20252025
BangladeshAsia175,686,899people in 20252025
BarbadosNorth America282,623people in 20252025
BelarusEurope9,085,991people in 20252025
BelgiumEurope11,941,781people in 20252025
BelizeNorth America422,924people in 20252025
BeninAfrica14,814,460people in 20252025
BermudaNorth America64,636people in 20242024
BhutanAsia796,682people in 20252025
BoliviaSouth America12,581,843people in 20252025
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope3,140,095people in 20252025
BotswanaAfrica2,562,122people in 20252025
BrazilSouth America212,812,405people in 20252025
British Virgin IslandsNorth America38,985people in 20232023
BruneiAsia466,330people in 20252025
BulgariaEurope6,433,302people in 20252025
Burkina FasoAfrica24,074,580people in 20252025
BurundiAfrica14,390,003people in 20252025
Cabo VerdeAfrica527,326people in 20252025
CambodiaAsia17,847,982people in 20252025
CameroonAfrica29,879,337people in 20252025
CanadaNorth America41,651,653people in 20252025
Cayman IslandsNorth America88,833people in 20242024
Central African RepublicAfrica5,513,282people in 20252025
ChadAfrica21,003,705people in 20252025
ChileSouth America19,859,921people in 20252025
ChinaAsia1,406,585,000people in 20252025
ColombiaSouth America53,425,635people in 20252025
ComorosAfrica882,847people in 20252025
CongoAfrica6,484,437people in 20252025
Costa RicaNorth America5,152,950people in 20252025
Côte d'IvoireAfrica32,711,547people in 20252025
CroatiaEurope3,876,200people in 20252025
CubaNorth America10,937,203people in 20252025
CuraçaoNorth America156,000people in 20252025
CyprusEurope1,370,754people in 20252025
CzechiaEurope10,886,878people in 20252025
DenmarkEurope6,009,169people in 20252025
DjiboutiAfrica1,184,076people in 20252025
DominicaNorth America65,871people in 20252025
Dominican RepublicNorth America11,520,487people in 20252025
DR CongoAfrica112,832,473people in 20252025
EcuadorSouth America18,289,896people in 20252025
EgyptAfrica118,365,995people in 20252025
El SalvadorNorth America6,365,503people in 20252025
Equatorial GuineaAfrica1,938,431people in 20252025
EritreaAfrica3,607,003people in 20252025
EstoniaEurope1,366,475people in 20252025
EswatiniAfrica1,256,174people in 20252025
EthiopiaAfrica135,472,051people in 20252025
Faroe IslandsEurope54,684people in 20252025
FijiOceania933,154people in 20252025
FinlandEurope5,646,436people in 20252025
FranceEurope68,720,337people in 20252025
French PolynesiaOceania278,786people in 20222022
GabonAfrica2,593,130people in 20252025
GambiaAfrica2,822,093people in 20252025
GeorgiaAsia3,935,766people in 20252025
GermanyEurope83,491,249people in 20252025
GhanaAfrica35,064,272people in 20252025
GibraltarEurope39,329people in 20242024
GreeceEurope10,413,962people in 20252025
GreenlandNorth America56,542people in 20252025
GrenadaNorth America117,303people in 20252025
GuamOceania153,836people in 20202020
GuatemalaNorth America18,687,881people in 20252025
GuernseyEurope64,421people in 20232023
GuineaAfrica15,099,727people in 20252025
Guinea-BissauAfrica2,249,515people in 20252025
GuyanaSouth America835,986people in 20252025
HaitiNorth America11,906,095people in 20252025
HondurasNorth America11,005,850people in 20252025
Hong KongAsia7,498,900people in 20252025
HungaryEurope9,514,251people in 20252025
IcelandEurope392,404people in 20252025
IndiaAsia1,463,865,525people in 20252025
IndonesiaAsia285,721,236people in 20252025
IranAsia92,417,681people in 20252025
IraqAsia47,020,774people in 20252025
IrelandEurope5,484,367people in 20252025
Isle of ManEurope84,523people in 20242024
IsraelAsia10,122,800people in 20252025
ItalyEurope58,915,656people in 20252025
JamaicaNorth America2,837,077people in 20252025
JapanAsia123,366,734people in 20252025
JerseyEurope104,540people in 20242024
JordanAsia11,520,684people in 20252025
KazakhstanAsia20,843,754people in 20252025
KenyaAfrica57,532,493people in 20252025
KiribatiOceania136,488people in 20252025
KosovoEurope1,576,876people in 20252025
KuwaitAsia4,865,298people in 20252025
KyrgyzstanAsia7,343,064people in 20252025
LaosAsia7,873,046people in 20252025
LatviaEurope1,847,785people in 20252025
LebanonAsia5,849,421people in 20252025
LesothoAfrica2,363,325people in 20252025
LiberiaAfrica5,731,206people in 20252025
LibyaAfrica7,458,555people in 20252025
LiechtensteinEurope41,024people in 20252025
LithuaniaEurope2,888,774people in 20252025
LuxembourgEurope686,970people in 20252025
MacauAsia682,070people in 20212021
MadagascarAfrica32,740,678people in 20252025
MalawiAfrica22,216,120people in 20252025
MalaysiaAsia35,977,838people in 20252025
MaldivesAsia529,676people in 20252025
MaliAfrica25,198,821people in 20252025
MaltaEurope579,704people in 20252025
Marshall IslandsOceania36,282people in 20252025
MauritaniaAfrica5,315,065people in 20252025
MauritiusAfrica1,243,741people in 20252025
MexicoNorth America131,946,900people in 20252025
MicronesiaOceania113,683people in 20252025
MoldovaEurope2,360,527people in 20252025
MonacoEurope38,341people in 20252025
MongoliaAsia3,568,978people in 20252025
MontenegroEurope623,129people in 20252025
MoroccoAfrica38,430,770people in 20252025
MozambiqueAfrica35,631,653people in 20252025
MyanmarAsia54,850,648people in 20252025
NamibiaAfrica3,092,816people in 20252025
NauruOceania12,025people in 20252025
NepalAsia29,618,118people in 20252025
NetherlandsEurope18,087,633people in 20252025
New ZealandOceania5,324,700people in 20252025
NicaraguaNorth America7,007,502people in 20252025
NigerAfrica27,917,831people in 20252025
NigeriaAfrica237,527,782people in 20252025
North KoreaAsia26,571,036people in 20252025
North MacedoniaEurope1,820,909people in 20252025
Northern CyprusEurope380,000people in 20252025
Northern Mariana IslandsOceania47,329people in 20202020
NorwayEurope5,610,870people in 20252025
OmanAsia5,494,691people in 20252025
PakistanAsia255,219,554people in 20252025
PalauOceania17,663people in 20252025
PalestineAsia5,413,596people in 20252025
PanamaNorth America4,571,189people in 20252025
Papua New GuineaOceania10,762,817people in 20252025
ParaguaySouth America7,013,078people in 20252025
PeruSouth America34,576,665people in 20252025
PhilippinesAsia116,786,962people in 20252025
PolandEurope36,435,861people in 20252025
PortugalEurope10,804,871people in 20252025
Puerto RicoNorth America3,285,874people in 20202020
QatarAsia2,972,215people in 20252025
RéunionAfrica882,405people in 20252025
RomaniaEurope19,020,271people in 20252025
RussiaEurope143,513,328people in 20252025
RwandaAfrica14,569,341people in 20252025
Saint Kitts and NevisNorth America46,922people in 20252025
Saint LuciaNorth America180,149people in 20252025
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNorth America99,924people in 20252025
SamoaOceania219,306people in 20252025
San MarinoEurope34,109people in 20252025
São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica240,254people in 20252025
Saudi ArabiaAsia36,973,555people in 20252025
SenegalAfrica18,931,966people in 20252025
SerbiaEurope6,549,143people in 20252025
SeychellesAfrica122,730people in 20252025
Sierra LeoneAfrica8,819,794people in 20252025
SingaporeAsia6,111,175people in 20252025
Sint MaartenNorth America42,800people in 20232023
SlovakiaEurope5,413,813people in 20252025
SloveniaEurope2,130,986people in 20252025
Solomon IslandsOceania838,645people in 20252025
SomaliaAfrica19,654,739people in 20252025
SomalilandAfrica5,700,000people in 20252025
South AfricaAfrica64,747,319people in 20252025
South KoreaAsia51,684,564people in 20252025
South SudanAfrica12,188,788people in 20252025
SpainEurope49,355,143people in 20252025
Sri LankaAsia21,756,000people in 20252025
SudanAfrica51,662,147people in 20252025
SurinameSouth America639,850people in 20252025
SwedenEurope10,596,620people in 20252025
SwitzerlandEurope9,092,436people in 20252025
SyriaAsia25,620,427people in 20252025
TaiwanAsia23,300,000people in 20252025
TajikistanAsia10,786,734people in 20252025
TanzaniaAfrica70,545,865people in 20252025
ThailandAsia71,619,863people in 20252025
Timor-LesteAsia1,418,517people in 20252025
TogoAfrica8,591,626people in 20252025
TongaOceania103,742people in 20252025
TransnistriaEurope465,000people in 20252025
Trinidad and TobagoNorth America1,367,764people in 20252025
TunisiaAfrica12,348,573people in 20252025
TürkiyeAsia85,878,556people in 20252025
TurkmenistanAsia7,618,847people in 20252025
TuvaluOceania9,492people in 20252025
UgandaAfrica51,384,894people in 20252025
UkraineEurope38,980,376people in 20252025
United Arab EmiratesAsia11,513,149people in 20252025
United KingdomEurope69,487,000people in 20252025
United StatesNorth America341,784,857people in 20252025
UruguaySouth America3,384,688people in 20252025
US Virgin IslandsNorth America87,146people in 20202020
UzbekistanAsia37,053,428people in 20252025
VanuatuOceania335,169people in 20252025
VenezuelaSouth America28,516,896people in 20252025
VietnamAsia101,598,527people in 20252025
YemenAsia41,773,878people in 20252025
ZambiaAfrica21,913,874people in 20252025
ZimbabweAfrica16,950,795people in 20252025

What is counted, and how the file was made

How many people live in each country and territory: a figure every ten years from 1900 to 2020 and the latest one. It weights the population-weighted world average, shown beside the plain one, and sorts the rankings by population.

Compiled for this site on 4 October 2026 and moved into this file on 20 October 2026. For 196 countries the figures from 1900 to 2020 are Our World in Data's long-run series and the latest (mostly 2025) is the World Bank's. 23 dependencies and disputed territories have a single recent figure only. Borders are today's. Not a copy of a published file.

The file belongs to Our World in Data, World Bank and keeps its terms; cite the publisher when you use it.

References

  1. Our World in Data — Population sources
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