2015 Population

In 2015, the world’s population reached approximately 7.3 billion people. Asia was the most populous continent, home to about 60% of the global population, with China (around 1.37 billion) and India (about 1.31 billion) as the two most populous countries. Africa’s population was rapidly growing, surpassing 1.2 billion, with Nigeria as its most populous country. Europe’s population stood at around 738 million, with Russia and Germany leading in numbers. Latin America and the Caribbean had a combined population of about 634 million, with Brazil and Mexico as the largest countries. North America, including the United States (about 321 million), Canada, and Mexico, accounted for roughly 358 million people. Oceania, the least populated continent, had around 39 million people, with Australia being the most populous nation in the region. These figures reflect significant regional differences in population growth rates, age structures, and urbanization levels across the globe in 2015.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	1,375,727,075	147.5
2	India	1,297,588,343	436.4
3	United States	320,635,163	35
4	Indonesia	260,617,061	143.9
5	Pakistan	210,462,259	273
6	Brazil	206,626,819	24.7
7	Nigeria	188,830,820	207.3
8	Bangladesh	154,500,279	1,186.9
9	Russia	143,343,305	8.8
10	Japan	126,656,703	347.5
11	Mexico	122,200,093	62.9
12	Philippines	101,817,421	341.5
13	Vietnam	96,197,851	310.2
14	Ethiopia	94,621,003	86.3
15	Egypt	92,844,967	93.3
16	Congo Kinshasa	86,458,286	38.1
17	Germany	83,106,944	238.4
18	Iran	79,939,283	52.2
19	Turkey	79,368,631	103.1
20	Thailand	68,067,372	133.2
21	France	66,575,000	104
22	United Kingdom	64,868,357	268.1
23	Italy	61,512,589	209.1
24	Burma	54,089,016	82.8
25	South Africa	53,661,885	44.2
26	Tanzania	51,891,917	58.6
27	South Korea	50,646,419	522.6
28	Kenya	47,824,362	84
29	Spain	46,117,462	92.4
30	Colombia	45,166,122	43.5
31	Ukraine	44,428,813	76.7
32	Argentina	43,474,406	15.9
33	Algeria	39,531,363	16.6
34	Sudan	39,395,587	21.2
35	Poland	38,559,087	126.7
36	Uganda	36,111,900	183.2
37	Canada	36,069,803	4
38	Iraq	34,813,806	79.6
39	Morocco	34,207,410	47.7
40	Afghanistan	32,547,550	49.9
41	Saudi Arabia	31,415,279	14.6
42	Malaysia	31,241,608	95.1
43	Venezuela	30,482,975	34.6
44	Peru	30,056,046	23.5
45	Uzbekistan	29,205,359	68.7
46	Nepal	28,645,436	199.8
47	Ghana	28,062,643	123.3
48	Angola	27,292,819	21.9
49	Yemen	26,698,167	50.6
50	Mozambique	26,386,824	33.6
51	North Korea	25,031,833	207.9
52	Côte d'Ivoire	24,450,508	76.9
53	Cameroon	24,155,633	51.1
54	Madagascar	23,772,723	40.9
55	Australia	23,618,255	3.1
56	Taiwan	23,428,727	726.2
57	Sri Lanka	22,052,143	341.2
58	Romania	19,873,138	86.4
59	Niger	18,889,021	14.9
60	Syria	18,415,482	99.1
61	Kazakhstan	18,150,942	6.7
62	Burkina Faso	18,133,139	66.2
63	Chile	17,507,482	23.5
64	Malawi	17,398,794	184.9
65	Netherlands	16,943,854	499.9
66	Mali	16,834,385	13.8
67	Zambia	15,914,626	21.4
68	Ecuador	15,860,106	57.3
69	Guatemala	15,720,815	146.7
70	Cambodia	15,168,983	85.9
71	Senegal	14,753,625	76.6
72	Chad	14,349,217	11.4
73	Zimbabwe	13,415,831	34.7
74	Rwanda	11,375,693	461.2
75	Belgium	11,319,441	373.9
76	Cuba	11,213,978	102.1
77	South Sudan	11,177,737	17.3
78	Tunisia	11,161,137	71.8
79	Bolivia	10,942,240	10.1
80	Guinea	10,924,380	44.5
81	Benin	10,841,374	98
82	Greece	10,728,157	82.1
83	Somalia	10,655,805	17
84	Czechia	10,643,240	137.8
85	Burundi	10,576,586	411.9
86	Portugal	10,433,546	114.1
87	Haiti	10,251,935	372
88	Dominican Republic	9,987,801	206.7
89	Hungary	9,884,329	110.3
90	Sweden	9,838,542	24
91	Azerbaijan	9,781,046	118.4
92	Jordan	9,677,380	109
93	Belarus	9,584,589	47.2
94	United Arab Emirates	9,308,415	111.3
95	Austria	8,664,442	105.1
96	Honduras	8,659,991	77.4
97	Tajikistan	8,185,075	57.8
98	Switzerland	8,118,683	203
99	Papua New Guinea	8,057,405	17.8
100	Israel	8,029,883	373.5
101	Bulgaria	7,186,710	66.2
102	Sierra Leone	7,150,013	99.8
103	Hong Kong	7,140,437	6,654.6
104	Togo	7,092,156	130.4
105	Serbia	7,052,916	91
106	Laos	6,973,535	30.2
107	Paraguay	6,779,440	17.1
108	Libya	6,227,706	3.5
109	El Salvador	6,205,387	299.5
110	Lebanon	6,179,654	604.1
111	Nicaragua	5,895,223	49.1
112	Eritrea	5,829,912	57.7
113	Denmark	5,688,232	134
114	Kyrgyzstan	5,664,323	29.5
115	Singapore	5,512,966	7,775.7
116	Finland	5,477,371	18
117	Slovakia	5,444,716	113.2
118	Turkmenistan	5,228,010	11.1
119	Norway	5,207,134	17.1
120	Georgia	4,931,249	70.7
121	Central African Republic	4,900,242	7.9
122	Ireland	4,891,224	71
123	Costa Rica	4,812,345	94.2
124	Congo Brazzaville	4,754,983	13.9
125	New Zealand	4,525,113	17.1
126	Liberia	4,459,788	46.3
127	Croatia	4,335,285	77.5
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,865,491	75.5
129	Panama	3,783,321	50.9
130	Mauritania	3,592,075	3.5
131	Moldova	3,542,172	107.7
132	Puerto Rico	3,472,858	391.6
133	Uruguay	3,344,293	19.1
134	Oman	3,279,258	10.6
135	Armenia	3,056,294	108.4
136	Albania	3,036,304	110.8
137	Mongolia	2,992,282	1.9
138	Lithuania	2,884,632	46
139	Jamaica	2,815,763	260
140	Kuwait	2,789,302	156.5
141	West Bank	2,646,750	469.3
142	Namibia	2,388,262	2.9
143	Qatar	2,196,122	189.5
144	Botswana	2,146,296	3.8
145	North Macedonia	2,105,107	82.8
146	Slovenia	2,099,131	104.2
147	Lesotho	2,080,628	68.5
148	The Gambia	2,023,672	200
149	Latvia	1,986,717	31.9
150	Gabon	1,937,851	7.5
151	Kosovo	1,870,354	171.8
152	Gaza Strip	1,711,085	4,753
153	Guinea-Bissau	1,703,262	60.6
154	Trinidad and Tobago	1,353,620	264
155	Bahrain	1,346,509	1,771.7
156	Mauritius	1,296,195	638.5
157	Estonia	1,265,255	29.8
158	Equatorial Guinea	1,261,803	45
159	Timor-Leste	1,230,868	82.8
160	Cyprus	1,189,441	128.7
161	Eswatini	1,059,240	61.6
162	Fiji	908,719	49.7
163	Djibouti	826,935	35.7
164	Bhutan	806,078	21
165	Comoros	786,044	351.7
166	Guyana	785,140	4
167	Montenegro	619,723	46.1
168	Solomon Islands	617,418	22.1
169	Macau	597,628	21,343.9
170	Suriname	579,104	3.7
171	Luxembourg	570,327	220.5
172	Cabo Verde	545,302	135.2
173	Malta	434,537	1,375.1
174	Brunei	429,258	81.5
175	Maldives	392,899	1,318.5
176	Belize	364,042	16
177	The Bahamas	334,403	33.4
178	Iceland	331,919	3.3
179	Barbados	295,878	688.1
180	French Polynesia	282,554	73.8
181	Vanuatu	271,992	22.3
182	New Caledonia	271,652	14.9
183	Samoa	197,752	70.1
184	Sao Tome and Principe	193,789	201
185	Guam	166,404	305.9
186	Saint Lucia	163,507	269.8
187	Curaçao	148,412	334.3
188	Aruba	112,135	623
189	Grenada	110,779	322
190	U.S. Virgin Islands	107,712	309.5
191	Tonga	106,470	148.5
192	Kiribati	105,813	130.5
193	Federated States of Micronesia	105,097	149.7
194	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	102,504	263.5
195	Jersey	97,084	836.9
196	Antigua and Barbuda	92,246	208.2
197	Seychelles	92,085	202.4
198	Isle of Man	87,418	152.8
199	Andorra	85,690	183.1
200	Dominica	73,968	98.5
201	Marshall Islands	72,028	397.9
202	Bermuda	70,260	1,301.1
203	Guernsey	66,187	848.6
204	Greenland	57,719	0
205	Cayman Islands	56,027	212.2
206	Northern Mariana Islands	52,863	112
207	American Samoa	52,268	264
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,909	198.9
209	Turks and Caicos Islands	50,386	53.1
210	Faroe Islands	50,187	36
211	Sint Maarten	40,993	1,205.7
212	Liechtenstein	37,625	235.2
213	British Virgin Islands	33,384	221.1
214	San Marino	33,010	541.1
215	Saint Martin	31,740	587.8
216	Monaco	30,573	15,286.5
217	Gibraltar	29,137	4,162.4
218	Palau	21,159	46.1
219	Anguilla	16,390	180.1
220	Wallis and Futuna	15,576	109.7
221	Tuvalu	10,879	418.4
222	Cook Islands	9,802	41.5
223	Nauru	9,494	452.1
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,820	19.8
225	Saint Barthelemy	7,240	289.6
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,692	23.5
227	Montserrat	5,236	51.3

Data from US Census International Database