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Top 10 Most Populous Countries

The countries with the largest populations, from the latest World Bank figures.

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  • 📏 Ranked by population
  • 🔄 Refreshed daily
  • 📚 Source: World Bank Open Data

  1. India

    Data year 2024

    1.5B people

    No change

  2. China

    Data year 2024

    1.4B people

    No change

  3. United States

    Data year 2024

    341.8M people

    No change
  1. 4IndonesiaData year 2024285.7M peopleNo change
  2. 5PakistanData year 2024255.2M peopleNo change
  3. 6NigeriaData year 2024237.5M peopleNo change
  4. 7BrazilData year 2024212.8M peopleNo change
  5. 8BangladeshData year 2024175.7M peopleNo change
  6. 9Russian FederationData year 2024143.5M peopleNo change
  7. 10EthiopiaData year 2024135.5M peopleNo change
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  1. 11MexicoData year 2024131.9M peopleNo change
  2. 12JapanData year 2024123.4M peopleNo change
  3. 13Egypt, Arab Rep.Data year 2023118.4M peopleNo change
  4. 14PhilippinesData year 2024116.8M peopleNo change
  5. 15Congo, Dem. Rep.Data year 2024112.8M peopleNo change
  6. 16Viet NamData year 2024101.6M peopleNo change
  7. 17Iran, Islamic Rep.Data year 202492.4M peopleNo change
  8. 18TurkiyeData year 202485.9M peopleNo change
  9. 19GermanyData year 202483.5M peopleNo change
  10. 20ThailandData year 202471.6M peopleNo change
  11. 21TanzaniaData year 202470.5M peopleNo change
  12. 22United KingdomData year 202469.5M peopleNo change
  13. 23FranceData year 202468.7M peopleNo change
  14. 24South AfricaData year 202464.7M peopleNo change
  15. 25ItalyData year 202458.9M peopleNo change
  16. 26KenyaData year 202457.5M peopleNo change
  17. 27MyanmarData year 202454.9M peopleNo change
  18. 28ColombiaData year 202053.4M peopleNo change
  19. 29Korea, Rep.Data year 202251.7M peopleNo change
  20. 30SudanData year 202451.7M peopleNo change
  21. 31UgandaData year 202451.4M peopleNo change
  22. 32SpainData year 202449.4M peopleNo change
  23. 33AlgeriaData year 202447.4M peopleNo change
  24. 34IraqData year 202447M peopleNo change
  25. 35ArgentinaData year 202445.9M peopleNo change
  26. 36AfghanistanData year 202443.8M peopleNo change
  27. 37Yemen, Rep.Data year 202341.8M peopleNo change
  28. 38CanadaData year 202441.7M peopleNo change
  29. 39AngolaData year 202539M peopleNo change
  30. 40UkraineData year 202439M peopleNo change
  31. 41MoroccoData year 202438.4M peopleNo change
  32. 42UzbekistanData year 202337.1M peopleNo change
  33. 43Saudi ArabiaData year 202437M peopleNo change
  34. 44PolandData year 202436.4M peopleNo change
  35. 45MalaysiaData year 202436M peopleNo change
  36. 46MozambiqueData year 202435.6M peopleNo change
  37. 47GhanaData year 202435.1M peopleNo change
  38. 48PeruData year 202334.6M peopleNo change
  39. 49MadagascarData year 202532.7M peopleNo change
  40. 50Cote d'IvoireData year 202432.7M peopleNo change

How this list is ranked

Total population (World Bank indicator SP.POP.TOTL), latest year available for each country, from the last 6 years only.

Data from World Bank Open Data, refreshed daily. Arrows show how each entry moved since the previous update.

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