2017 Population

In 2017, the world’s population reached approximately 7.5 billion people, continuing its steady growth. Asia was the most populous continent, home to about 60% of the global population, with China and India leading as the two most populous countries, each exceeding 1.3 billion residents. Africa’s population was rapidly increasing, surpassing 1.2 billion and accounting for roughly 16% of the world’s total, with Nigeria emerging as the continent’s most populous nation. Europe’s population stood at around 742 million, but growth was stagnating or declining in several countries due to low birth rates. The Americas collectively had over 1 billion inhabitants, with the United States (over 325 million) and Brazil (about 209 million) being the largest countries in North and South America, respectively. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had the smallest population share, with about 40 million people. Urbanization trends were significant, as more than half of the world’s population lived in cities by 2017, reflecting ongoing demographic shifts across continents and regions.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	1,389,787,047	149
2	India	1,327,127,431	446.4
3	United States	324,985,539	35.5
4	Indonesia	265,708,968	146.7
5	Pakistan	219,176,700	284.3
6	Brazil	209,969,058	25.1
7	Nigeria	198,312,085	217.7
8	Bangladesh	157,720,078	1,211.6
9	Russia	143,150,610	8.7
10	Japan	126,215,286	346.3
11	Mexico	124,883,590	64.2
12	Philippines	104,862,154	351.7
13	Ethiopia	99,963,283	91.2
14	Vietnam	98,482,273	317.6
15	Egypt	97,583,808	98
16	Congo Kinshasa	92,453,955	40.8
17	Germany	84,123,624	241.3
18	Iran	82,046,494	53.6
19	Turkey	80,808,069	105
20	Thailand	68,607,190	134.3
21	France	67,126,156	104.8
22	United Kingdom	65,783,069	271.9
23	Italy	61,498,899	209.1
24	Tanzania	55,303,380	62.4
25	Burma	55,125,262	84.4
26	South Africa	54,821,014	45.1
27	South Korea	51,134,612	527.6
28	Kenya	50,035,005	87.9
29	Spain	46,268,801	92.7
30	Colombia	45,744,428	44
31	Argentina	44,292,731	16.2
32	Ukraine	44,029,189	76
33	Sudan	41,818,056	22.5
34	Algeria	40,952,312	17.2
35	Uganda	39,184,992	198.8
36	Poland	38,469,803	126.4
37	Canada	36,731,939	4
38	Iraq	36,345,459	83.1
39	Morocco	34,968,788	48.8
40	Afghanistan	34,097,944	52.3
41	Saudi Arabia	32,567,388	15.1
42	Malaysia	32,040,544	97.5
43	Venezuela	30,650,761	34.7
44	Peru	30,282,393	23.7
45	Uzbekistan	29,755,821	69.9
46	Ghana	29,479,431	129.6
47	Nepal	29,313,646	204.5
48	Angola	29,310,737	23.5
49	Yemen	27,984,859	53
50	Mozambique	27,809,390	35.4
51	Côte d'Ivoire	25,652,685	80.7
52	Cameroon	25,555,473	54.1
53	North Korea	25,299,829	210.1
54	Madagascar	25,009,416	43
55	Australia	24,370,179	3.2
56	Taiwan	23,520,367	729.1
57	Sri Lanka	22,410,749	346.8
58	Niger	20,388,375	16.1
59	Romania	19,558,508	85.1
60	Burkina Faso	19,198,909	70.1
61	Kazakhstan	18,549,665	6.9
62	Malawi	18,365,567	195.2
63	Mali	17,885,069	14.7
64	Chile	17,786,791	23.9
65	Syria	17,463,180	93.9
66	Netherlands	17,079,084	503.9
67	Zambia	16,920,529	22.8
68	Guatemala	16,289,862	152
69	Ecuador	16,281,498	58.8
70	Cambodia	15,660,221	88.7
71	Senegal	15,652,205	81.3
72	Chad	15,326,202	12.2
73	Zimbabwe	13,805,081	35.7
74	Rwanda	11,899,254	482.4
75	Benin	11,612,447	105
76	Guinea	11,534,259	46.9
77	Belgium	11,482,059	379.2
78	Tunisia	11,403,062	73.4
79	Bolivia	11,289,476	10.4
80	Cuba	11,147,117	101.5
81	Somalia	11,079,525	17.7
82	Burundi	10,951,667	426.5
83	Greece	10,698,002	81.9
84	Czechia	10,671,766	138.2
85	Haiti	10,643,145	386.2
86	South Sudan	10,507,302	16.3
87	Portugal	10,370,571	113.4
88	Jordan	10,247,507	115.4
89	Dominican Republic	10,195,531	211
90	Sweden	10,094,338	24.6
91	Azerbaijan	9,961,850	120.6
92	Hungary	9,835,682	109.8
93	United Arab Emirates	9,543,192	114.2
94	Belarus	9,541,820	47
95	Honduras	8,876,162	79.3
96	Austria	8,752,360	106.2
97	Papua New Guinea	8,486,694	18.7
98	Tajikistan	8,458,972	59.8
99	Israel	8,280,728	385.2
100	Switzerland	8,231,519	205.8
101	Sierra Leone	7,591,774	106
102	Togo	7,471,768	137.4
103	Laos	7,205,428	31.2
104	Hong Kong	7,190,300	6,701.1
105	Bulgaria	7,100,884	65.5
106	Serbia	6,978,391	90.1
107	Paraguay	6,940,221	17.5
108	Libya	6,483,076	3.7
109	El Salvador	6,303,924	304.2
110	Lebanon	6,223,873	608.4
111	Nicaragua	6,011,584	50.1
112	Eritrea	5,926,231	58.7
113	Kyrgyzstan	5,788,175	30.2
114	Denmark	5,773,404	136.1
115	Singapore	5,637,272	7,951
116	Finland	5,519,372	18.2
117	Slovakia	5,445,176	113.2
118	Turkmenistan	5,346,603	11.4
119	Norway	5,318,850	17.5
120	Central African Republic	5,041,175	8.1
121	Ireland	5,009,156	72.7
122	Congo Brazzaville	4,954,490	14.5
123	Costa Rica	4,928,413	96.5
124	Georgia	4,926,448	70.7
125	New Zealand	4,700,525	17.8
126	Liberia	4,688,786	48.7
127	Croatia	4,292,667	76.7
128	Panama	3,932,333	52.9
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,853,839	75.3
130	Mauritania	3,752,599	3.6
131	Moldova	3,469,042	105.5
132	Oman	3,415,807	11
133	Uruguay	3,362,462	19.2
134	Puerto Rico	3,352,108	378
135	Mongolia	3,067,699	2
136	Albania	3,055,278	111.5
137	Armenia	3,045,086	108
138	Kuwait	2,876,506	161.4
139	Lithuania	2,825,940	45.1
140	Jamaica	2,813,518	259.8
141	West Bank	2,746,820	487
142	Namibia	2,484,586	3
143	Qatar	2,316,205	199.9
144	Botswana	2,214,659	3.9
145	The Gambia	2,134,985	211
146	North Macedonia	2,114,687	83.1
147	Lesotho	2,114,641	69.7
148	Slovenia	2,101,369	104.3
149	Gabon	2,060,138	8
150	Latvia	1,945,078	31.2
151	Kosovo	1,894,666	174
152	Gaza Strip	1,794,660	4,985.2
153	Guinea-Bissau	1,788,559	63.6
154	Bahrain	1,410,746	1,856.2
155	Equatorial Guinea	1,381,721	49.3
156	Trinidad and Tobago	1,364,964	266.2
157	Mauritius	1,300,376	640.6
158	Timor-Leste	1,290,927	86.8
159	Estonia	1,251,222	29.5
160	Cyprus	1,221,929	132.2
161	Eswatini	1,077,731	62.6
162	Fiji	920,176	50.4
163	Djibouti	863,611	37.3
164	Bhutan	824,209	21.5
165	Comoros	813,477	364
166	Guyana	784,722	4
167	Solomon Islands	641,944	22.9
168	Montenegro	616,284	45.8
169	Macau	609,011	21,750.4
170	Suriname	595,019	3.8
171	Luxembourg	594,319	229.8
172	Cabo Verde	560,017	138.9
173	Malta	444,458	1,406.5
174	Brunei	443,198	84.2
175	Maldives	392,156	1,316
176	Belize	378,270	16.6
177	The Bahamas	340,519	34
178	Iceland	339,755	3.4
179	Barbados	298,086	693.2
180	French Polynesia	287,678	75.2
181	Vanuatu	282,505	23.2
182	New Caledonia	279,106	15.3
183	Sao Tome and Principe	200,744	208.2
184	Samoa	200,056	70.9
185	Guam	167,357	307.6
186	Saint Lucia	164,584	271.6
187	Curaçao	149,658	337.1
188	Aruba	115,121	639.6
189	Grenada	111,800	325
190	Kiribati	108,212	133.4
191	U.S. Virgin Islands	107,281	308.3
192	Tonga	106,428	148.4
193	Federated States of Micronesia	104,072	148.3
194	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	101,985	262.2
195	Jersey	98,586	849.9
196	Antigua and Barbuda	94,537	213.4
197	Seychelles	93,595	205.7
198	Isle of Man	88,678	155
199	Andorra	85,811	183.4
200	Marshall Islands	74,361	410.8
201	Dominica	74,228	98.8
202	Bermuda	70,928	1,313.5
203	Guernsey	66,621	854.1
204	Cayman Islands	58,401	221.2
205	Greenland	57,755	0
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	52,711	55.6
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52,687	201.9
208	Northern Mariana Islands	52,448	111.1
209	Faroe Islands	50,722	36.4
210	American Samoa	50,468	254.9
211	Sint Maarten	42,212	1,241.5
212	Liechtenstein	38,245	239
213	British Virgin Islands	34,893	231.1
214	San Marino	33,536	549.8
215	Saint Martin	32,117	594.8
216	Monaco	30,711	15,355.5
217	Gibraltar	29,273	4,181.9
218	Palau	21,301	46.4
219	Anguilla	17,057	187.4
220	Wallis and Futuna	15,673	110.4
221	Tuvalu	11,061	425.4
222	Nauru	9,590	456.7
223	Cook Islands	9,253	39.2
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,859	19.9
225	Saint Barthelemy	7,191	287.6
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,571	23
227	Montserrat	5,283	51.8

Data from US Census International Database