Population In 36 editions of 36.

7,772,850,805 (July 2021 est.)

top ten most populous countries (in millions):

• China 1397.89;
• India 1339.33;
• United States 334.99;
• Indonesia 275.12;
• Pakistan 238.18;
• Nigeria 219.47;
• Brazil 213.45;
• Bangladesh 164.1;
• Russia 142.32;
• Japan 124.69

ten least populous countries:

• Holy See (Vatican City) 1,000;
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,321;
• Montserrat 5,387;
• Saint Barthelemy 7,116;
• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan de Cunha 7,915;
• Cook Islands 8,327;
• Nauru 9,770;
• Tuvalu 11,448;
• Wallis and Futuna 15,851;
• Anguilla 18,403

• ten most densely populated countries (population per sq km): Macau 22,514;
• Monaco 15,611;
• Singapore 8,273;
• Hong Kong 6,769;
• Gaza Strip 5,436;
• Gibraltar 4,216;
• Bahrain 2,009;
• Malta 1,458;
• Bermuda 1,335;
• Maldives 1,311

• ten least densely populated countries (population per sq km): Greenland .027;
• Falkland Islands .26;
• Mongolia 2.1;
• Namibia 3.3;
• Australia 3.4;
• Iceland 3.5;
• Suriname 3.9;
• Mauritania 4;
• Libya 4;
• Guyana 4

43,576,691 (July 2021 est.)

33,642,646 (July 2021 est.)

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

13,301,694 (July 2021 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

2,350,667 (July 2021 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

21,382,659 (July 2021 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

12,241,065 (July 2021 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

589,451 (July 2021 est.)

28,524,175 (July 2021 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

5,357,984 (July 2021 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

17,414,108 (July 2021 est.)

864,335 (July 2021 est.)

105,044,646 (July 2021 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

5,417,414 (July 2021 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

28,088,455 (July 2021 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

938,413 (July 2021 est.)

106,437,241 (July 2021 est.)

857,008 (July 2021 est.)

6,147,398 (July 2021 est.)

1,113,276 (July 2021 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

110,871,031 (July 2021 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

2,284,912 (July 2021 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

2,221,301 (July 2021 est.)

32,372,889 (July 2021 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

12,877,894 (July 2021 est.)

1,976,187 (July 2021 est.)

54,685,051 (July 2021 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

2,177,740 (July 2021 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

5,214,030 (July 2021 est.)

7,017,224 (July 2021 est.)

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

27,534,354 (July 2021 est.)

20,308,502 (July 2021 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

20,137,527 (July 2021 est.)

4,079,284 (July 2021 est.)

1,386,129 (July 2021 est.)

36,561,813 (July 2021 est.)

note: includes Western Sahara

30,888,034 (July 2021 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

2,678,191 (July 2021 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

23,605,767 (July 2021 est.)

219,463,862 (July 2021 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

12,943,132 (July 2021 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

7,915 (July 2021 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

213,948 (July 2021 est.)

16,082,442 (July 2021 est.)

96,387 (July 2021 est.)

6,807,277 (July 2021 est.)

12,094,640 (July 2021 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

56,978,635 (July 2021 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

10,984,074 (July 2021 est.)

46,751,152 (July 2021 est.)

62,092,761 (July 2021 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

8,283,189 (July 2021 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

11,811,335 (July 2021 est.)

44,712,143 (July 2021 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

19,077,816 (July 2021 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

14,829,988 (July 2021 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 (July 2021 est.)

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

57,799 (July 2021 est.)

354,234 (July 2021 est.)

no indigenous inhabitants

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

2,926 (January 2021 est.)

37,466,414 (July 2021 est.)

3,011,609 (July 2021 est.)

10,282,283 (July 2021 est.)

164,098,818 (July 2021 est.)

857,423 (July 2021 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)

1,397,897,720 (July 2021 est.)

4,933,674 (July 2021 est.)

1,339,330,514 (July 2021 est.)

124,687,293 (July 2021 est.)

19,245,793 (July 2021 est.)

25,831,360 (July 2021 est.)

51,715,162 (July 2021 est.)

6,018,789 (July 2021 est.)

390,669 (July 2021 est.)

3,198,913 (July 2021 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

30,424,878 (July 2021 est.)

238,181,034 (July 2021 est.)

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

142,320,790 (July 2021 est.)

23,044,123 (July 2021 est.)

8,990,874 (July 2021 est.)

5,579,889 (July 2021 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

30,842,796 (July 2021 est.)

18,403 (July 2021 est.)

99,175 (July 2021 est.)

120,917 (July 2021 est.)

352,655 (July 2021 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

301,865 (July 2021 est.)

405,633 (July 2021 est.)

37,891 (July 2021 est.)

63,131 (July 2021 est.)

note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman

5,151,140 (July 2021 est.)

11,032,343 (July 2021 est.)

151,885 (July 2021 est.)

74,584 (July 2021 est.)

10,597,348 (July 2021 est.)

6,528,135 (July 2021 est.)

113,570 (July 2021 est.)

17,422,821 (July 2021 est.)

11,198,240 (July 2021 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

9,346,277 (July 2021 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

2,816,602 (July 2021 est.)

5,387 (July 2021 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

6,243,931 (July 2021 est.)

3,928,646 (July 2021 est.)

3,142,779 (July 2021 est.)

7,116 (July 2021 est.)

54,149 (July 2021 est.)

166,637 (July 2021 est.)

32,680 (July 2021 est.)

101,145 (July 2021 est.)

44,564 (July 2021 est.)

1,221,047 (July 2021 est.)

57,196 (July 2021 est.)

105,870 (July 2021 est.)

3,088,385 (July 2021 est.)

85,645 (July 2021 est.)

8,884,864 (July 2021 est.)

9,441,842 (July 2021 est.)

11,778,842 (July 2021 est.)

3,824,782 (July 2021 est.)

6,919,180 (July 2021 est.)

4,208,973 (July 2021 est.)

10,702,596 (July 2021 est.)

5,894,687 (July 2021 est.)

1,220,042 (July 2021 est.)

450,131,902 (July 2021 est.)

rank by population:

• Germany - 79,903,481;
• France - 68,084,217;
• Italy - 62,390,364;
• Spain - 47,260,584;
• Poland - 38,185,913;
• Romania - 21,230,362;
• Netherlands - 17,337,403;
• Belgium - 11,778,842;
• Czechia - 10,702,596;
• Greece - 10,569,703;
• Portugal - 10,263,850;
• Sweden - 10,261,767;
• Hungary - 9,728,337;
• Austria - 8,884,864;
• Bulgaria - 6,919,180;
• Denmark - 5,894,687;
• Finland - 5,587,442;
• Slovakia - 5,436,066;
• Ireland - 5,224,884;
• Croatia - 4,208,973;
• Lithuania - 2,711,566;
• Slovenia - 2,102,106;
• Latvia - 1,862,687;
• Cyprus - 1,281,506;
• Estonia - 1,220,042;
• Luxembourg - 639,589;
• Malta - 460,891 (July 2021 est.)

51,943 (July 2021 est.)

5,587,442 (July 2021 est.)

68,084,217 (July 2021 est.)

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

79,903,481 (July 2021 est.)

29,516 (July 2021 est.)

10,569,703 (July 2021 est.)

67,334 (July 2021 est.)

1,000 (2019 est.)

9,728,337 (July 2021 est.)

5,224,884 (July 2021 est.)

90,895 (July 2021 est.)

62,390,364 (July 2021 est.)

101,476 (July 2021 est.)

1,935,259 (July 2021 est.)

1,862,687 (July 2021 est.)

39,425 (July 2021 est.)

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

2,711,566 (July 2021 est.)

639,589 (July 2021 est.)

460,891 (July 2021 est.)

3,323,875 (July 2021 est.)

31,223 (July 2021 est.)

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

607,414 (July 2021 est.)

17,337,403 (July 2021 est.)

2,128,262 (July 2021 est.)

5,509,591 (July 2021 est.)

38,185,913 (July 2021 est.)

10,263,850 (July 2021 est.)

21,230,362 (July 2021 est.)

34,467 (July 2021 est.)

6,974,289 (July 2021 est.)

note: does not include the population of Kosovo

5,436,066 (July 2021 est.)

2,102,106 (July 2021 est.)

47,260,584 (July 2021 est.)

10,261,767 (July 2021 est.)

8,453,550 (July 2021 est.)

43,745,640 (July 2021 est.)