Population In 36 editions of 36.

7,503,828,180 (2018 est.)

top ten most populous countries (in millions):

• China 1379.3;
• India 1281.93;
• United States 326.63;
• Indonesia 260.58;
• Brazil 207.35;
• Pakistan 204.92;
• Nigeria 190.63;
• Bangladesh 157.83;
• Russia 142.26;
• Japan 126.45;
• ten least populous countries: Holy See (Vatican City) 1,000;
• Montserrat 5,292;
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,533;
• Saint Barthelemy 7,184;
• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan de Cunha 7,828;
• Cook Islands 9,290;
• Tuvalu 11,052;
• Nauru 11,359;
• Wallis and Futuna 15,714;
• Anguilla 17,087;
• ten most densely populated countries (population per sq km): Macau 21,346;
• Monaco 15,322;
• Singapore 8,572;
• Hong Kong 6,702;
• Gaza Strip 4,987;
• Gibraltar 4,523;
• Bahrain 1,857;
• Maldives 1,318;
• Malta 1,317;
• Bermuda 1,312;
• ten least densely populated countries (population per sq km): Greenland less than 1;
• Mongolia 2;
• Western Sahara 2.3;
• Australia 3;
• Namibia 3;
• Iceland 3.4;
• Mauritania 3.6;
• Guyana 3.7;
• Libya 3.8;
• Suriname 3.8

41,657,488 (July 2018 est.)

30,355,880 (July 2018 est.)

note: Angola's national statistical agency projects the country's 2017 population to be 28.4 million

11,340,504 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

2,249,104 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

19,742,715 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

11,844,520 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

568,373 (July 2018 est.)

25,640,965 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

5,745,062 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

15,833,116 (July 2018 est.)

821,164 (July 2018 est.)

85,281,024 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

5,062,021 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

26,260,582 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

884,017 (July 2018 est.)

99,413,317 (July 2018 est.)

797,457 (July 2018 est.)

5,970,646 (July 2018 est.)

1,087,200 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

108,386,391 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

2,119,036 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

2,092,731 (July 2018 est.)

28,102,471 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

11,855,411 (July 2018 est.)

1,833,247 (July 2018 est.)

48,397,527 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

1,962,461 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

4,809,768 (July 2018 est.)

6,754,507 (July 2018 est.)

note: immigrants make up just over 12% of the total population, according to UN data (2017)

25,683,610 (July 2018 est.)

19,842,560 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

18,429,893 (July 2018 est.)

3,840,429 (July 2018 est.)

1,364,283 (July 2018 est.)

34,314,130 (July 2018 est.)

27,233,789 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

2,533,224 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

19,866,231 (July 2018 est.)

203,452,505 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

12,187,400 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

7,841 (July 2018 est.)

note: Saint Helena's statistical agency estimated the enumerated national population (including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cuhna) to be 5,901 in 2016, according to the 2016 census; only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited, none of the other nearby islands/islets are

204,454 (July 2018 est.)

15,020,945 (July 2018 est.)

94,633 (July 2018 est.)

6,312,212 (July 2018 est.)

11,259,029 (July 2018 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

55,380,210 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

10,204,581 (July 2018 est.)

43,120,843 (July 2018 est.)

55,451,343 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

8,176,449 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

11,516,189 (July 2018 est.)

40,853,749 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

619,551 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimate is based on projections by age, sex, fertility, mortality, and migration; fertility and mortality are based on data from neighboring countries

16,445,079 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

14,030,368 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

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

note: 53 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 4,400 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

uninhabited

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

uninhabited

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

57,691 (July 2018 est.)

343,518 (July 2018 est.)

no indigenous inhabitants

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

2,583 (July 2017 est.)

34,940,837 (July 2018 est.)

3,038,217 (July 2018 est.)

10,046,516 (July 2018 est.)

159,453,001 (July 2018 est.)

766,397 (July 2018 est.)

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)

1,384,688,986 (July 2018 est.)

4.003 million (July 2018 est.)

1,296,834,042 (July 2018 est.)

126,168,156 (July 2018 est.)

18,744,548 (July 2018 est.)

25,381,085 (July 2018 est.)

51,418,097 (July 2018 est.)

5,849,296 (July 2018 est.)

392,473 (July 2018 est.)

3,103,428 (July 2018 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

29,717,587 (July 2018 est.)

• 207,862,518 (July 2017 est.) (July 2018 est.)

note: provisional results of Pakistan's 2017 national census estimate the country's total population to be 207,774,000

142,122,776 (July 2018 est.)

22,576,592 (July 2018 est.)

8,604,882 (July 2018 est.)

5,411,012 (July 2018 est.)

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

30,023,709 (July 2018 est.)

17,422 (July 2018 est.)

95,882 (July 2018 est.)

116,576 (July 2018 est.)

332,634 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

293,131 (July 2018 est.)

385,854 (July 2018 est.)

35,802 (July 2018 est.)

59,613 (July 2018 est.)

note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman

4,987,142 (July 2018 est.)

11,116,396 (July 2018 est.)

150,241 (July 2018 est.)

74,027 (July 2018 est.)

10,298,756 (July 2018 est.)

6,187,271 (July 2018 est.)

112,207 (July 2018 est.)

16,581,273 (July 2018 est.)

10,788,440 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

9,182,766 (July 2018 est.)

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

2,812,090 (July 2018 est.)

5,315 (July 2018 est.)

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

uninhabited; transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island

6,085,213 (July 2018 est.)

3,800,644 (July 2018 est.)

3,294,626 (July 2018 est.)

7,160 (July 2018 est.)

53,094 (July 2018 est.)

165,510 (July 2018 est.)

32,284 (July 2018 est.)

101,844 (July 2018 est.)

42,677 (July 2018 est.)

1,215,527 (July 2018 est.)

53,701 (July 2018 est.)

106,977 (July 2018 est.)

3,057,220 (July 2018 est.)

85,708 (July 2018 est.)

8,793,370 (July 2018 est.)

9,527,543 (July 2018 est.)

11,570,762 (July 2018 est.)

3,849,891 (July 2018 est.)

7,057,504 (July 2018 est.)

4,270,480 (July 2018 est.)

10,686,269 (July 2018 est.)

5,809,502 (July 2018 est.)

1,244,288 (July 2018 est.)

517,111,329 (July 2018 est.)

rank by population:

Germany - 80,457,737 France - 67,364,357 United Kingdom - 65,105,246 Italy - 62,246,674 Spain - 49,331,076 Poland - 38,420,687 Romania - 21,457,116 Netherlands - 17,151,228 Belgium - 11,570,762 Greece - 10,761,523 Czechia - 10,686,269 Portugal - 10,355,493 Sweden - 10,040,995 Hungary - 9,825,704 Austria - 8,793,370 Bulgaria - 7,057,504 Denmark - 5,809,502 Finland - 5,537,364 Slovakia - 5,445,040 Ireland - 5,068,050 Croatia - 4,270,480 Lithuania - 2,793,284 Slovenia - 2,102,126 Latvia - 1,923,559 Estonia - 1,244,288 Cyprus - 1,237,088 Luxembourg - 605,764 Malta - 449,043 (July 2018 est.)

51,018 (July 2018 est.)

5,537,364 (July 2018 est.)

67,364,357 (July 2018 est.)

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

80,457,737 (July 2018 est.)

29,461 (July 2018 est.)

10,761,523 (July 2018 est.)

66,697 (July 2018 est.)

1,000 (2017 est.)

9,825,704 (July 2018 est.)

5,068,050 (July 2018 est.)

89,407 (July 2018 est.)

62,246,674 (July 2018 est.)

99,602 (July 2018 est.)

1,907,592 (July 2018 est.)

1,923,559 (July 2018 est.)

38,547 (July 2018 est.)

note: immigrants make up 65% of the total population, according to UN data (2017)

2,793,284 (July 2018 est.)

605,764 (July 2018 est.)

449,043 (July 2018 est.)

3,437,720 (July 2018 est.)

30,727 (July 2018 est.)

note: immigrants make up almost 55% of the total population, according to UN data (2017)

614,249 (July 2018 est.)

17,151,228 (July 2018 est.)

2,118,945 (July 2018 est.)

5,372,191 (July 2018 est.)

38,420,687 (July 2018 est.)

10,355,493 (July 2018 est.)

21,457,116 (July 2018 est.)

33,779 (July 2018 est.)

7,078,110 (July 2018 est.)

note: does not include the population of Kosovo

5,445,040 (July 2018 est.)

2,102,126 (July 2018 est.)

49,331,076 (July 2018 est.)

10,040,995 (July 2018 est.)

8,292,809 (July 2018 est.)

43,952,299 (July 2018 est.)

65,105,246 United Kingdom (July 2018 est.)