In 2016, the world’s population was estimated at approximately 7.4 billion people. Asia remained the most populous continent, home to about 60% of the global population, with China (over 1.37 billion) and India (about 1.32 billion) as the two most populous countries. Africa’s population was rapidly growing, reaching around 1.2 billion, with Nigeria as its most populous nation. Europe’s population was relatively stable at around 740 million, with Russia and Germany as leading countries by population. North America had about 579 million people, primarily in the United States (approximately 323 million) and Mexico. Latin America and the Caribbean together accounted for over 640 million people, with Brazil (over 207 million) as the largest country in the region. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had a much smaller population, totaling around 40 million. These figures reflect significant regional differences in population growth rates, with Africa and Asia experiencing the fastest increases.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 1,382,148,409 | 148.2 |
2 | India | 1,312,486,077 | 441.4 |
3 | United States | 322,941,311 | 35.3 |
4 | Indonesia | 263,204,105 | 145.3 |
5 | Pakistan | 214,750,792 | 278.6 |
6 | Brazil | 208,323,342 | 24.9 |
7 | Nigeria | 193,466,758 | 212.4 |
8 | Bangladesh | 156,085,586 | 1,199.1 |
9 | Russia | 143,260,870 | 8.7 |
10 | Japan | 126,461,255 | 347 |
11 | Mexico | 123,576,658 | 63.6 |
12 | Philippines | 103,351,132 | 346.6 |
13 | Vietnam | 97,355,565 | 314 |
14 | Ethiopia | 97,266,995 | 88.7 |
15 | Egypt | 95,228,450 | 95.7 |
16 | Congo Kinshasa | 89,429,985 | 39.4 |
17 | Germany | 83,823,029 | 240.4 |
18 | Iran | 81,004,837 | 52.9 |
19 | Turkey | 80,232,150 | 104.2 |
20 | Thailand | 68,346,863 | 133.8 |
21 | France | 66,857,439 | 104.4 |
22 | United Kingdom | 65,344,284 | 270.1 |
23 | Italy | 61,499,222 | 209.1 |
24 | Burma | 54,616,787 | 83.6 |
25 | South Africa | 54,283,569 | 44.7 |
26 | Tanzania | 53,601,096 | 60.5 |
27 | South Korea | 50,917,040 | 525.4 |
28 | Kenya | 48,932,882 | 86 |
29 | Spain | 46,159,139 | 92.5 |
30 | Colombia | 45,425,599 | 43.7 |
31 | Ukraine | 44,207,714 | 76.3 |
32 | Argentina | 43,886,223 | 16 |
33 | Sudan | 40,560,911 | 21.8 |
34 | Algeria | 40,249,348 | 16.9 |
35 | Poland | 38,518,526 | 126.6 |
36 | Uganda | 37,534,321 | 190.4 |
37 | Canada | 36,404,804 | 4 |
38 | Iraq | 35,580,015 | 81.4 |
39 | Morocco | 34,591,211 | 48.3 |
40 | Afghanistan | 33,310,667 | 51.1 |
41 | Saudi Arabia | 32,003,091 | 14.9 |
42 | Malaysia | 31,647,285 | 96.3 |
43 | Venezuela | 30,757,956 | 34.9 |
44 | Peru | 30,166,474 | 23.6 |
45 | Uzbekistan | 29,479,741 | 69.3 |
46 | Nepal | 28,983,737 | 202.2 |
47 | Ghana | 28,769,102 | 126.4 |
48 | Angola | 28,290,322 | 22.7 |
49 | Yemen | 27,347,406 | 51.8 |
50 | Mozambique | 27,087,330 | 34.4 |
51 | North Korea | 25,165,316 | 209 |
52 | Côte d'Ivoire | 25,048,232 | 78.8 |
53 | Cameroon | 24,874,070 | 52.6 |
54 | Madagascar | 24,388,331 | 41.9 |
55 | Australia | 23,980,152 | 3.1 |
56 | Taiwan | 23,480,200 | 727.8 |
57 | Sri Lanka | 22,234,863 | 344 |
58 | Romania | 19,722,552 | 85.8 |
59 | Niger | 19,637,375 | 15.5 |
60 | Burkina Faso | 18,661,548 | 68.2 |
61 | Kazakhstan | 18,353,692 | 6.8 |
62 | Malawi | 17,881,060 | 190.1 |
63 | Syria | 17,807,789 | 95.8 |
64 | Chile | 17,648,507 | 23.7 |
65 | Mali | 17,352,082 | 14.2 |
66 | Netherlands | 17,012,019 | 501.9 |
67 | Zambia | 16,408,846 | 22.1 |
68 | Ecuador | 16,071,878 | 58.1 |
69 | Guatemala | 16,007,802 | 149.4 |
70 | Cambodia | 15,416,146 | 87.3 |
71 | Senegal | 15,197,269 | 78.9 |
72 | Chad | 14,820,349 | 11.8 |
73 | Zimbabwe | 13,600,605 | 35.2 |
74 | Rwanda | 11,603,005 | 470.4 |
75 | Belgium | 11,401,905 | 376.6 |
76 | Tunisia | 11,284,841 | 72.6 |
77 | Guinea | 11,224,749 | 45.7 |
78 | Benin | 11,219,731 | 101.4 |
79 | Cuba | 11,179,836 | 101.8 |
80 | Bolivia | 11,118,038 | 10.3 |
81 | South Sudan | 10,977,098 | 17 |
82 | Somalia | 10,861,134 | 17.3 |
83 | Burundi | 10,720,731 | 417.5 |
84 | Greece | 10,703,982 | 81.9 |
85 | Czechia | 10,658,627 | 138 |
86 | Haiti | 10,482,997 | 380.4 |
87 | Portugal | 10,400,888 | 113.7 |
88 | Dominican Republic | 10,092,031 | 208.9 |
89 | Jordan | 10,040,615 | 113.1 |
90 | Sweden | 9,961,459 | 24.3 |
91 | Azerbaijan | 9,873,095 | 119.5 |
92 | Hungary | 9,860,398 | 110 |
93 | Belarus | 9,563,641 | 47.1 |
94 | United Arab Emirates | 9,432,801 | 112.8 |
95 | Honduras | 8,768,940 | 78.4 |
96 | Austria | 8,710,175 | 105.6 |
97 | Tajikistan | 8,322,721 | 58.8 |
98 | Papua New Guinea | 8,270,958 | 18.3 |
99 | Switzerland | 8,175,208 | 204.4 |
100 | Israel | 8,155,139 | 379.4 |
101 | Sierra Leone | 7,369,799 | 102.9 |
102 | Togo | 7,280,496 | 133.9 |
103 | Hong Kong | 7,166,455 | 6,678.9 |
104 | Bulgaria | 7,144,269 | 65.9 |
105 | Laos | 7,089,918 | 30.7 |
106 | Serbia | 7,015,855 | 90.6 |
107 | Paraguay | 6,859,115 | 17.3 |
108 | Libya | 6,351,165 | 3.6 |
109 | El Salvador | 6,248,359 | 301.5 |
110 | Lebanon | 6,232,203 | 609.2 |
111 | Nicaragua | 5,953,315 | 49.6 |
112 | Eritrea | 5,876,981 | 58.2 |
113 | Denmark | 5,733,361 | 135.1 |
114 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,726,765 | 29.9 |
115 | Singapore | 5,576,352 | 7,865.1 |
116 | Finland | 5,499,022 | 18.1 |
117 | Slovakia | 5,445,305 | 113.2 |
118 | Turkmenistan | 5,287,253 | 11.3 |
119 | Norway | 5,264,276 | 17.3 |
120 | Central African Republic | 4,970,639 | 8 |
121 | Ireland | 4,950,973 | 71.9 |
122 | Georgia | 4,928,106 | 70.7 |
123 | Costa Rica | 4,870,671 | 95.4 |
124 | Congo Brazzaville | 4,852,262 | 14.2 |
125 | New Zealand | 4,614,016 | 17.4 |
126 | Liberia | 4,575,321 | 47.5 |
127 | Croatia | 4,313,911 | 77.1 |
128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,859,923 | 75.4 |
129 | Panama | 3,850,896 | 51.8 |
130 | Mauritania | 3,672,022 | 3.6 |
131 | Moldova | 3,505,515 | 106.6 |
132 | Puerto Rico | 3,411,561 | 384.7 |
133 | Uruguay | 3,353,404 | 19.2 |
134 | Oman | 3,347,125 | 10.8 |
135 | Armenia | 3,051,140 | 108.2 |
136 | Albania | 3,045,854 | 111.2 |
137 | Mongolia | 3,030,679 | 2 |
138 | Lithuania | 2,855,139 | 45.6 |
139 | Kuwait | 2,833,699 | 159 |
140 | Jamaica | 2,814,150 | 259.8 |
141 | West Bank | 2,696,624 | 478.1 |
142 | Namibia | 2,436,330 | 3 |
143 | Qatar | 2,259,867 | 195.1 |
144 | Botswana | 2,180,441 | 3.8 |
145 | North Macedonia | 2,110,184 | 83 |
146 | Slovenia | 2,100,372 | 104.2 |
147 | Lesotho | 2,097,505 | 69.1 |
148 | The Gambia | 2,079,245 | 205.5 |
149 | Gabon | 1,999,879 | 7.8 |
150 | Latvia | 1,965,848 | 31.6 |
151 | Kosovo | 1,882,352 | 172.9 |
152 | Gaza Strip | 1,752,968 | 4,869.4 |
153 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,745,159 | 62.1 |
154 | Bahrain | 1,378,755 | 1,814.2 |
155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,359,247 | 265.1 |
156 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,321,456 | 47.1 |
157 | Mauritius | 1,298,178 | 639.5 |
158 | Timor-Leste | 1,260,738 | 84.8 |
159 | Estonia | 1,258,272 | 29.7 |
160 | Cyprus | 1,205,878 | 130.5 |
161 | Eswatini | 1,068,502 | 62.1 |
162 | Fiji | 914,582 | 50 |
163 | Djibouti | 845,173 | 36.5 |
164 | Bhutan | 815,165 | 21.2 |
165 | Comoros | 799,921 | 357.9 |
166 | Guyana | 784,880 | 4 |
167 | Solomon Islands | 629,689 | 22.5 |
168 | Montenegro | 618,126 | 46 |
169 | Macau | 603,350 | 21,548.2 |
170 | Suriname | 587,114 | 3.8 |
171 | Luxembourg | 582,432 | 225.2 |
172 | Cabo Verde | 552,644 | 137 |
173 | Malta | 439,578 | 1,391.1 |
174 | Brunei | 436,222 | 82.9 |
175 | Maldives | 392,506 | 1,317.1 |
176 | Belize | 371,202 | 16.3 |
177 | The Bahamas | 337,461 | 33.7 |
178 | Iceland | 335,881 | 3.4 |
179 | Barbados | 297,009 | 690.7 |
180 | French Polynesia | 285,143 | 74.5 |
181 | Vanuatu | 277,264 | 22.7 |
182 | New Caledonia | 275,393 | 15.1 |
183 | Samoa | 198,891 | 70.5 |
184 | Sao Tome and Principe | 197,293 | 204.7 |
185 | Guam | 166,897 | 306.8 |
186 | Saint Lucia | 164,047 | 270.7 |
187 | Curaçao | 149,042 | 335.7 |
188 | Aruba | 113,633 | 631.3 |
189 | Grenada | 111,300 | 323.5 |
190 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 107,516 | 309 |
191 | Kiribati | 107,010 | 131.9 |
192 | Tonga | 106,472 | 148.5 |
193 | Federated States of Micronesia | 104,597 | 149 |
194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 102,235 | 262.8 |
195 | Jersey | 97,836 | 843.4 |
196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 93,387 | 210.8 |
197 | Seychelles | 92,847 | 204.1 |
198 | Isle of Man | 88,060 | 154 |
199 | Andorra | 85,771 | 183.3 |
200 | Dominica | 74,103 | 98.7 |
201 | Marshall Islands | 73,203 | 404.4 |
202 | Bermuda | 70,601 | 1,307.4 |
203 | Guernsey | 66,411 | 851.4 |
204 | Greenland | 57,738 | 0 |
205 | Cayman Islands | 57,214 | 216.7 |
206 | Northern Mariana Islands | 52,653 | 111.6 |
207 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 52,301 | 200.4 |
208 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 51,555 | 54.4 |
209 | American Samoa | 51,397 | 259.6 |
210 | Faroe Islands | 50,447 | 36.2 |
211 | Sint Maarten | 41,604 | 1,223.6 |
212 | Liechtenstein | 37,938 | 237.1 |
213 | British Virgin Islands | 34,138 | 226.1 |
214 | San Marino | 33,279 | 545.6 |
215 | Saint Martin | 31,937 | 591.4 |
216 | Monaco | 30,632 | 15,316 |
217 | Gibraltar | 29,206 | 4,172.3 |
218 | Palau | 21,228 | 46.2 |
219 | Anguilla | 16,723 | 183.8 |
220 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,625 | 110 |
221 | Tuvalu | 10,969 | 421.9 |
222 | Nauru | 9,542 | 454.4 |
223 | Cook Islands | 9,520 | 40.3 |
224 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,841 | 19.9 |
225 | Saint Barthelemy | 7,215 | 288.6 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,632 | 23.3 |
227 | Montserrat | 5,260 | 51.6 |
Data from US Census International Database