In 2014, the world’s population was estimated at approximately 7.2 billion people. Asia was the most populous continent, home to about 4.4 billion individuals, with China and India alone accounting for over 2.6 billion combined—making them the two most populous countries globally. Africa’s population was rapidly growing, reaching around 1.1 billion, with Nigeria and Ethiopia as its most populous nations. Europe’s population stood at roughly 740 million, led by Russia and Germany. The Americas had a combined population of about 970 million, with the United States (over 318 million) and Brazil (around 203 million) as the largest countries in North and South America, respectively. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had a much smaller population, totaling around 38 million. Global population growth in 2014 was driven mainly by higher birth rates in developing regions, particularly in Africa and parts of Asia.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 1,369,685,822 | 146.9 |
2 | India | 1,282,483,039 | 431.3 |
3 | United States | 318,301,008 | 34.8 |
4 | Indonesia | 257,934,026 | 142.4 |
5 | Pakistan | 206,054,670 | 267.3 |
6 | Brazil | 204,830,402 | 24.5 |
7 | Nigeria | 184,193,052 | 202.2 |
8 | Bangladesh | 152,955,073 | 1,175 |
9 | Russia | 143,404,233 | 8.8 |
10 | Japan | 126,845,084 | 348 |
11 | Mexico | 120,751,101 | 62.1 |
12 | Philippines | 100,125,736 | 335.8 |
13 | Vietnam | 95,031,568 | 306.5 |
14 | Ethiopia | 91,942,495 | 83.8 |
15 | Egypt | 90,487,244 | 90.9 |
16 | Congo Kinshasa | 83,589,544 | 36.9 |
17 | Germany | 82,375,634 | 236.3 |
18 | Iran | 78,790,170 | 51.4 |
19 | Turkey | 78,354,942 | 101.8 |
20 | Thailand | 67,760,535 | 132.6 |
21 | France | 66,278,308 | 103.5 |
22 | United Kingdom | 64,346,449 | 266 |
23 | Italy | 61,504,156 | 209.1 |
24 | Burma | 53,551,239 | 81.9 |
25 | South Africa | 52,996,665 | 43.6 |
26 | South Korea | 50,345,320 | 519.5 |
27 | Tanzania | 50,275,034 | 56.8 |
28 | Kenya | 46,653,387 | 82 |
29 | Spain | 46,151,087 | 92.5 |
30 | Ukraine | 44,943,744 | 77.6 |
31 | Colombia | 44,901,421 | 43.2 |
32 | Argentina | 43,057,355 | 15.7 |
33 | Algeria | 38,806,577 | 16.3 |
34 | Poland | 38,592,156 | 126.8 |
35 | Sudan | 38,252,912 | 20.5 |
36 | Canada | 35,748,891 | 3.9 |
37 | Uganda | 34,909,711 | 177.1 |
38 | Iraq | 33,992,998 | 77.7 |
39 | Morocco | 33,823,667 | 47.2 |
40 | Afghanistan | 31,809,829 | 48.8 |
41 | Malaysia | 30,819,786 | 93.8 |
42 | Saudi Arabia | 30,801,971 | 14.3 |
43 | Venezuela | 30,200,922 | 34.2 |
44 | Peru | 29,936,720 | 23.4 |
45 | Uzbekistan | 28,934,531 | 68 |
46 | Nepal | 28,291,654 | 197.4 |
47 | Ghana | 27,349,575 | 120.2 |
48 | Angola | 26,314,148 | 21.1 |
49 | Yemen | 26,019,667 | 49.3 |
50 | Mozambique | 25,695,578 | 32.7 |
51 | North Korea | 24,899,182 | 206.8 |
52 | Côte d'Ivoire | 23,866,223 | 75.1 |
53 | Cameroon | 23,398,896 | 49.5 |
54 | Taiwan | 23,369,760 | 724.4 |
55 | Australia | 23,292,143 | 3 |
56 | Madagascar | 23,163,364 | 39.8 |
57 | Sri Lanka | 21,864,322 | 338.3 |
58 | Romania | 20,016,775 | 87.1 |
59 | Syria | 19,469,277 | 104.7 |
60 | Niger | 18,176,446 | 14.3 |
61 | Kazakhstan | 17,943,170 | 6.6 |
62 | Burkina Faso | 17,613,799 | 64.3 |
63 | Chile | 17,363,760 | 23.3 |
64 | Malawi | 16,920,106 | 179.8 |
65 | Netherlands | 16,874,277 | 497.9 |
66 | Mali | 16,319,381 | 13.4 |
67 | Ecuador | 15,646,805 | 56.5 |
68 | Zambia | 15,433,003 | 20.8 |
69 | Guatemala | 15,425,047 | 143.9 |
70 | Cambodia | 14,966,008 | 84.8 |
71 | Senegal | 14,315,564 | 74.4 |
72 | Chad | 13,887,656 | 11 |
73 | Zimbabwe | 13,251,459 | 34.3 |
74 | South Sudan | 11,266,497 | 17.5 |
75 | Cuba | 11,237,977 | 102.3 |
76 | Belgium | 11,234,661 | 371.1 |
77 | Rwanda | 11,148,366 | 451.9 |
78 | Tunisia | 11,032,489 | 71 |
79 | Greece | 10,801,129 | 82.7 |
80 | Bolivia | 10,762,990 | 9.9 |
81 | Guinea | 10,631,947 | 43.3 |
82 | Czechia | 10,626,503 | 137.6 |
83 | Benin | 10,479,345 | 94.7 |
84 | Portugal | 10,477,254 | 114.5 |
85 | Somalia | 10,463,187 | 16.7 |
86 | Burundi | 10,379,547 | 404.2 |
87 | Haiti | 10,045,783 | 364.5 |
88 | Hungary | 9,907,419 | 110.6 |
89 | Dominican Republic | 9,881,761 | 204.5 |
90 | Sweden | 9,736,574 | 23.7 |
91 | Azerbaijan | 9,686,433 | 117.2 |
92 | Belarus | 9,604,682 | 47.3 |
93 | United Arab Emirates | 9,170,474 | 109.7 |
94 | Jordan | 8,998,365 | 101.3 |
95 | Austria | 8,615,171 | 104.5 |
96 | Honduras | 8,545,907 | 76.4 |
97 | Switzerland | 8,059,368 | 201.5 |
98 | Tajikistan | 8,045,925 | 56.9 |
99 | Israel | 7,901,925 | 367.6 |
100 | Papua New Guinea | 7,847,820 | 17.3 |
101 | Bulgaria | 7,228,135 | 66.6 |
102 | Hong Kong | 7,112,284 | 6,628.4 |
103 | Serbia | 7,089,319 | 91.5 |
104 | Sierra Leone | 6,934,399 | 96.8 |
105 | Togo | 6,902,009 | 126.9 |
106 | Laos | 6,857,083 | 29.7 |
107 | Paraguay | 6,699,944 | 16.9 |
108 | El Salvador | 6,178,552 | 298.2 |
109 | Libya | 6,100,968 | 3.5 |
110 | Lebanon | 5,878,034 | 574.6 |
111 | Nicaragua | 5,836,758 | 48.6 |
112 | Eritrea | 5,773,286 | 57.2 |
113 | Denmark | 5,647,207 | 133.1 |
114 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,603,761 | 29.2 |
115 | Finland | 5,454,465 | 18 |
116 | Singapore | 5,447,896 | 7,683.9 |
117 | Slovakia | 5,443,439 | 113.2 |
118 | Turkmenistan | 5,169,200 | 11 |
119 | Norway | 5,147,527 | 16.9 |
120 | Georgia | 4,935,889 | 70.8 |
121 | Central African Republic | 4,910,238 | 7.9 |
122 | Ireland | 4,832,026 | 70.1 |
123 | Costa Rica | 4,753,585 | 93.1 |
124 | Congo Brazzaville | 4,662,366 | 13.7 |
125 | New Zealand | 4,442,509 | 16.8 |
126 | Croatia | 4,356,748 | 77.8 |
127 | Liberia | 4,348,141 | 45.1 |
128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,870,503 | 75.6 |
129 | Panama | 3,716,141 | 50 |
130 | Moldova | 3,579,084 | 108.8 |
131 | Puerto Rico | 3,534,091 | 398.5 |
132 | Mauritania | 3,512,773 | 3.4 |
133 | Uruguay | 3,335,299 | 19.1 |
134 | Oman | 3,212,578 | 10.4 |
135 | Armenia | 3,060,577 | 108.5 |
136 | Albania | 3,026,779 | 110.5 |
137 | Mongolia | 2,952,686 | 1.9 |
138 | Lithuania | 2,914,439 | 46.5 |
139 | Jamaica | 2,818,580 | 260.2 |
140 | Kuwait | 2,743,334 | 154 |
141 | West Bank | 2,597,201 | 460.5 |
142 | Namibia | 2,340,420 | 2.8 |
143 | Qatar | 2,124,222 | 183.3 |
144 | Botswana | 2,112,235 | 3.7 |
145 | North Macedonia | 2,099,581 | 82.6 |
146 | Slovenia | 2,097,579 | 104.1 |
147 | Lesotho | 2,063,598 | 68 |
148 | Latvia | 2,007,714 | 32.3 |
149 | The Gambia | 1,968,298 | 194.5 |
150 | Gabon | 1,874,420 | 7.3 |
151 | Kosovo | 1,858,674 | 170.7 |
152 | Gaza Strip | 1,670,119 | 4,639.2 |
153 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,663,149 | 59.1 |
154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,347,437 | 262.8 |
155 | Bahrain | 1,314,023 | 1,729 |
156 | Mauritius | 1,293,747 | 637.3 |
157 | Estonia | 1,272,393 | 30 |
158 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,203,614 | 42.9 |
159 | Timor-Leste | 1,201,366 | 80.8 |
160 | Cyprus | 1,172,653 | 126.9 |
161 | Eswatini | 1,049,981 | 61 |
162 | Fiji | 902,596 | 49.4 |
163 | Djibouti | 808,876 | 34.9 |
164 | Bhutan | 796,913 | 20.8 |
165 | Guyana | 785,674 | 4 |
166 | Comoros | 771,754 | 345.3 |
167 | Montenegro | 620,897 | 46.2 |
168 | Solomon Islands | 605,109 | 21.6 |
169 | Macau | 591,872 | 21,138.3 |
170 | Suriname | 570,919 | 3.7 |
171 | Luxembourg | 558,008 | 215.8 |
172 | Cabo Verde | 537,942 | 133.4 |
173 | Malta | 430,028 | 1,360.8 |
174 | Brunei | 422,308 | 80.2 |
175 | Maldives | 393,335 | 1,319.9 |
176 | Belize | 356,767 | 15.6 |
177 | The Bahamas | 331,346 | 33.1 |
178 | Iceland | 327,872 | 3.3 |
179 | Barbados | 294,700 | 685.3 |
180 | French Polynesia | 279,909 | 73.1 |
181 | New Caledonia | 267,874 | 14.7 |
182 | Vanuatu | 266,682 | 21.9 |
183 | Samoa | 196,617 | 69.7 |
184 | Sao Tome and Principe | 190,241 | 197.3 |
185 | Guam | 165,864 | 304.9 |
186 | Saint Lucia | 162,956 | 268.9 |
187 | Curaçao | 147,702 | 332.7 |
188 | Aruba | 110,627 | 614.6 |
189 | Grenada | 110,239 | 320.5 |
190 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 107,882 | 310 |
191 | Tonga | 106,416 | 148.4 |
192 | Federated States of Micronesia | 105,566 | 150.4 |
193 | Kiribati | 104,608 | 129 |
194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 102,791 | 264.2 |
195 | Jersey | 96,330 | 830.4 |
196 | Seychelles | 91,306 | 200.7 |
197 | Antigua and Barbuda | 91,115 | 205.7 |
198 | Isle of Man | 86,751 | 151.7 |
199 | Andorra | 85,563 | 182.8 |
200 | Dominica | 73,824 | 98.3 |
201 | Marshall Islands | 70,832 | 391.3 |
202 | Bermuda | 69,906 | 1,294.6 |
203 | Guernsey | 65,946 | 845.5 |
204 | Greenland | 57,696 | 0 |
205 | Cayman Islands | 54,841 | 207.7 |
206 | American Samoa | 53,078 | 268.1 |
207 | Northern Mariana Islands | 53,069 | 112.4 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 51,512 | 197.4 |
209 | Faroe Islands | 49,938 | 35.8 |
210 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 49,157 | 51.9 |
211 | Sint Maarten | 40,380 | 1,187.6 |
212 | Liechtenstein | 37,314 | 233.2 |
213 | San Marino | 32,729 | 536.5 |
214 | British Virgin Islands | 32,631 | 216.1 |
215 | Saint Martin | 31,514 | 583.6 |
216 | Monaco | 30,535 | 15,267.5 |
217 | Gibraltar | 29,066 | 4,152.3 |
218 | Palau | 21,093 | 46 |
219 | Anguilla | 16,058 | 176.5 |
220 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,527 | 109.3 |
221 | Tuvalu | 10,792 | 415.1 |
222 | Cook Islands | 10,100 | 42.8 |
223 | Nauru | 9,446 | 449.8 |
224 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,797 | 19.8 |
225 | Saint Barthelemy | 7,268 | 290.7 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,751 | 23.8 |
227 | Montserrat | 5,211 | 51.1 |
Data from US Census International Database