In 2013, the world’s population was estimated at approximately 7.1 billion people. Asia was the most populous continent, home to about 4.3 billion individuals, with China and India alone accounting for over 2.5 billion—China remained the world’s most populous country, followed closely by India. Africa’s population was around 1.1 billion, making it the second most populous continent, with Nigeria and Ethiopia as leading contributors. Europe’s population was about 740 million, with Russia, Germany, and France as its most populous countries. Latin America and the Caribbean had roughly 600 million people, with Brazil and Mexico as regional giants. North America’s population was about 350 million, dominated by the United States, which had over 316 million residents. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific islands, had the smallest population, totaling around 38 million. The global population distribution reflected rapid growth in Asia and Africa, while Europe and parts of the developed world experienced slower increases or even stagnation.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 1,362,866,209 | 146.1 |
2 | India | 1,267,220,075 | 426.2 |
3 | United States | 315,993,715 | 34.5 |
4 | Indonesia | 255,144,559 | 140.8 |
5 | Brazil | 203,079,584 | 24.3 |
6 | Pakistan | 201,581,954 | 261.5 |
7 | Nigeria | 179,546,969 | 197.1 |
8 | Bangladesh | 151,383,334 | 1,163 |
9 | Russia | 143,447,406 | 8.8 |
10 | Japan | 127,038,622 | 348.5 |
11 | Mexico | 119,228,748 | 61.3 |
12 | Philippines | 98,448,417 | 330.2 |
13 | Vietnam | 93,859,918 | 302.7 |
14 | Ethiopia | 89,333,993 | 81.5 |
15 | Egypt | 88,110,608 | 88.5 |
16 | Germany | 82,056,877 | 235.3 |
17 | Congo Kinshasa | 80,747,292 | 35.6 |
18 | Iran | 77,668,796 | 50.7 |
19 | Turkey | 77,341,642 | 100.5 |
20 | Thailand | 67,413,873 | 132 |
21 | France | 65,966,626 | 103 |
22 | United Kingdom | 63,872,733 | 264 |
23 | Italy | 61,433,746 | 208.9 |
24 | Burma | 53,044,168 | 81.2 |
25 | South Africa | 52,418,463 | 43.2 |
26 | South Korea | 50,063,069 | 516.5 |
27 | Tanzania | 48,767,600 | 55.1 |
28 | Spain | 46,290,810 | 92.8 |
29 | Kenya | 45,488,358 | 79.9 |
30 | Ukraine | 45,388,613 | 78.3 |
31 | Colombia | 44,640,800 | 43 |
32 | Argentina | 42,635,451 | 15.6 |
33 | Poland | 38,618,538 | 126.9 |
34 | Algeria | 38,083,690 | 16 |
35 | Sudan | 37,257,113 | 20 |
36 | Canada | 35,386,802 | 3.9 |
37 | Uganda | 33,809,510 | 171.5 |
38 | Morocco | 33,440,544 | 46.7 |
39 | Iraq | 32,911,448 | 75.2 |
40 | Afghanistan | 31,098,161 | 47.7 |
41 | Malaysia | 30,399,783 | 92.5 |
42 | Saudi Arabia | 30,162,427 | 14 |
43 | Venezuela | 29,886,014 | 33.9 |
44 | Peru | 29,806,584 | 23.3 |
45 | Uzbekistan | 28,665,947 | 67.4 |
46 | Nepal | 27,907,012 | 194.7 |
47 | Ghana | 26,635,950 | 117.1 |
48 | Angola | 25,353,587 | 20.3 |
49 | Yemen | 25,310,624 | 47.9 |
50 | Mozambique | 25,009,061 | 31.8 |
51 | North Korea | 24,767,164 | 205.7 |
52 | Taiwan | 23,311,860 | 722.6 |
53 | Côte d'Ivoire | 23,284,095 | 73.2 |
54 | Australia | 22,946,421 | 3 |
55 | Cameroon | 22,689,999 | 48 |
56 | Madagascar | 22,561,376 | 38.8 |
57 | Sri Lanka | 21,673,209 | 335.3 |
58 | Syria | 21,064,653 | 113.3 |
59 | Romania | 20,136,346 | 87.6 |
60 | Kazakhstan | 17,731,751 | 6.6 |
61 | Niger | 17,505,864 | 13.8 |
62 | Chile | 17,217,196 | 23.1 |
63 | Burkina Faso | 17,109,478 | 62.5 |
64 | Netherlands | 16,802,870 | 495.8 |
65 | Malawi | 16,443,231 | 174.8 |
66 | Mali | 15,814,633 | 13 |
67 | Ecuador | 15,432,555 | 55.7 |
68 | Guatemala | 15,125,716 | 141.2 |
69 | Zambia | 14,964,352 | 20.1 |
70 | Cambodia | 14,807,531 | 83.9 |
71 | Senegal | 13,885,937 | 72.1 |
72 | Chad | 13,385,231 | 10.6 |
73 | Zimbabwe | 13,107,407 | 33.9 |
74 | Cuba | 11,250,503 | 102.4 |
75 | South Sudan | 11,187,790 | 17.4 |
76 | Belgium | 11,147,559 | 368.2 |
77 | Tunisia | 10,901,720 | 70.2 |
78 | Greece | 10,872,247 | 83.2 |
79 | Rwanda | 10,831,401 | 439.1 |
80 | Czechia | 10,609,322 | 137.3 |
81 | Bolivia | 10,581,190 | 9.8 |
82 | Portugal | 10,534,203 | 115.2 |
83 | Guinea | 10,351,170 | 42.1 |
84 | Somalia | 10,282,585 | 16.4 |
85 | Benin | 10,134,506 | 91.6 |
86 | Burundi | 10,068,783 | 392.1 |
87 | Hungary | 9,929,530 | 110.8 |
88 | Haiti | 9,921,160 | 360 |
89 | Dominican Republic | 9,772,789 | 202.3 |
90 | Sweden | 9,647,647 | 23.5 |
91 | Belarus | 9,623,929 | 47.4 |
92 | Azerbaijan | 9,590,337 | 116.1 |
93 | United Arab Emirates | 8,930,981 | 106.8 |
94 | Austria | 8,562,327 | 103.9 |
95 | Honduras | 8,429,141 | 75.3 |
96 | Switzerland | 7,994,737 | 199.9 |
97 | Tajikistan | 7,905,676 | 55.9 |
98 | Jordan | 7,845,361 | 88.3 |
99 | Israel | 7,768,325 | 361.4 |
100 | Papua New Guinea | 7,643,865 | 16.9 |
101 | Bulgaria | 7,267,962 | 67 |
102 | Serbia | 7,124,084 | 92 |
103 | Hong Kong | 7,082,123 | 6,600.3 |
104 | Laos | 6,740,794 | 29.2 |
105 | Sierra Leone | 6,723,830 | 93.9 |
106 | Togo | 6,715,494 | 123.5 |
107 | Paraguay | 6,619,307 | 16.7 |
108 | El Salvador | 6,120,762 | 295.4 |
109 | Libya | 5,950,347 | 3.4 |
110 | Nicaragua | 5,777,371 | 48.1 |
111 | Eritrea | 5,687,507 | 56.3 |
112 | Denmark | 5,617,172 | 132.4 |
113 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,547,741 | 28.9 |
114 | Slovakia | 5,441,501 | 113.1 |
115 | Finland | 5,430,351 | 17.9 |
116 | Singapore | 5,383,565 | 7,593.2 |
117 | Lebanon | 5,145,013 | 502.9 |
118 | Turkmenistan | 5,110,940 | 10.9 |
119 | Norway | 5,085,513 | 16.7 |
120 | Georgia | 4,942,158 | 70.9 |
121 | Central African Republic | 4,938,250 | 7.9 |
122 | Ireland | 4,775,487 | 69.3 |
123 | Costa Rica | 4,694,498 | 91.9 |
124 | Congo Brazzaville | 4,574,052 | 13.4 |
125 | New Zealand | 4,377,391 | 16.5 |
126 | Croatia | 4,375,160 | 78.2 |
127 | Liberia | 4,243,822 | 44.1 |
128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,874,948 | 75.7 |
129 | Panama | 3,654,178 | 49.2 |
130 | Moldova | 3,616,348 | 109.9 |
131 | Puerto Rico | 3,589,468 | 404.7 |
132 | Mauritania | 3,434,130 | 3.3 |
133 | Uruguay | 3,326,597 | 19 |
134 | Oman | 3,147,449 | 10.2 |
135 | Armenia | 3,064,086 | 108.6 |
136 | Albania | 3,017,282 | 110.1 |
137 | Lithuania | 2,943,358 | 47 |
138 | Mongolia | 2,911,859 | 1.9 |
139 | Jamaica | 2,822,413 | 260.6 |
140 | Kuwait | 2,695,800 | 151.3 |
141 | West Bank | 2,547,990 | 451.8 |
142 | Namibia | 2,292,848 | 2.8 |
143 | Slovenia | 2,095,552 | 104 |
144 | North Macedonia | 2,094,132 | 82.3 |
145 | Botswana | 2,078,279 | 3.7 |
146 | Lesotho | 2,046,245 | 67.4 |
147 | Qatar | 2,043,293 | 176.4 |
148 | Latvia | 2,029,430 | 32.6 |
149 | The Gambia | 1,913,150 | 189 |
150 | Kosovo | 1,847,268 | 169.7 |
151 | Gabon | 1,808,969 | 7 |
152 | Gaza Strip | 1,629,166 | 4,525.5 |
153 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,624,312 | 57.8 |
154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,340,855 | 261.5 |
155 | Mauritius | 1,291,247 | 636.1 |
156 | Bahrain | 1,281,297 | 1,685.9 |
157 | Estonia | 1,279,726 | 30.2 |
158 | Timor-Leste | 1,172,274 | 78.8 |
159 | Cyprus | 1,155,556 | 125 |
160 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,146,895 | 40.9 |
161 | Eswatini | 1,040,730 | 60.5 |
162 | Fiji | 896,215 | 49 |
163 | Djibouti | 790,955 | 34.1 |
164 | Bhutan | 787,669 | 20.5 |
165 | Guyana | 786,248 | 4 |
166 | Comoros | 756,978 | 338.7 |
167 | Montenegro | 621,603 | 46.2 |
168 | Solomon Islands | 592,741 | 21.2 |
169 | Macau | 586,116 | 20,932.7 |
170 | Suriname | 562,748 | 3.6 |
171 | Luxembourg | 545,475 | 210.9 |
172 | Cabo Verde | 530,549 | 131.6 |
173 | Malta | 426,039 | 1,348.2 |
174 | Brunei | 415,374 | 78.9 |
175 | Maldives | 393,812 | 1,321.5 |
176 | Belize | 349,379 | 15.3 |
177 | The Bahamas | 328,289 | 32.8 |
178 | Iceland | 323,744 | 3.2 |
179 | Barbados | 293,480 | 682.5 |
180 | French Polynesia | 277,207 | 72.4 |
181 | New Caledonia | 264,052 | 14.4 |
182 | Vanuatu | 261,325 | 21.4 |
183 | Samoa | 195,471 | 69.3 |
184 | Sao Tome and Principe | 186,659 | 193.6 |
185 | Guam | 165,313 | 303.9 |
186 | Saint Lucia | 162,391 | 268 |
187 | Curaçao | 146,844 | 330.7 |
188 | Grenada | 109,675 | 318.8 |
189 | Aruba | 109,110 | 606.2 |
190 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 108,041 | 310.5 |
191 | Tonga | 106,304 | 148.3 |
192 | Federated States of Micronesia | 105,995 | 151 |
193 | Kiribati | 103,386 | 127.5 |
194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 103,092 | 265 |
195 | Jersey | 95,578 | 823.9 |
196 | Seychelles | 90,508 | 198.9 |
197 | Antigua and Barbuda | 89,990 | 203.1 |
198 | Isle of Man | 86,058 | 150.5 |
199 | Andorra | 85,389 | 182.5 |
200 | Dominica | 73,674 | 98.1 |
201 | Marshall Islands | 69,610 | 384.6 |
202 | Bermuda | 69,537 | 1,287.7 |
203 | Guernsey | 65,689 | 842.2 |
204 | Greenland | 57,672 | 0 |
205 | American Samoa | 53,808 | 271.8 |
206 | Cayman Islands | 53,657 | 203.2 |
207 | Northern Mariana Islands | 53,260 | 112.8 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 51,111 | 195.8 |
209 | Faroe Islands | 49,701 | 35.7 |
210 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 47,820 | 50.4 |
211 | Sint Maarten | 39,763 | 1,169.5 |
212 | Liechtenstein | 37,010 | 231.3 |
213 | San Marino | 32,435 | 531.7 |
214 | British Virgin Islands | 31,878 | 211.1 |
215 | Saint Martin | 31,248 | 578.7 |
216 | Monaco | 30,519 | 15,259.5 |
217 | Gibraltar | 28,992 | 4,141.7 |
218 | Palau | 21,029 | 45.8 |
219 | Anguilla | 15,728 | 172.8 |
220 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,478 | 109 |
221 | Tuvalu | 10,707 | 411.8 |
222 | Cook Islands | 10,414 | 44.1 |
223 | Nauru | 9,396 | 447.4 |
224 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,772 | 19.7 |
225 | Saint Barthelemy | 7,299 | 292 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,808 | 24 |
227 | Montserrat | 5,187 | 50.9 |
Data from US Census International Database