2018 Population

In 2018, the world’s population reached approximately 7.6 billion people, continuing a trend of steady growth. Asia remained the most populous continent, home to about 60% of the global population, with China and India alone accounting for over 2.7 billion people combined. Africa, the second most populous continent, had around 1.3 billion inhabitants and was experiencing the fastest growth rate. Europe’s population was relatively stable at around 742 million, while Latin America and the Caribbean together had about 650 million people. North America, dominated by the United States (with over 327 million) and Canada, totaled roughly 360 million. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had the smallest population at just over 40 million. Rapid urbanization, especially in Asia and Africa, and differing fertility rates across regions contributed to the diverse demographic patterns observed in 2018.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	1,395,959,772	149.7
2	India	1,341,470,939	451.2
3	United States	326,687,501	35.7
4	Indonesia	268,149,316	148
5	Pakistan	223,911,895	290.5
6	Brazil	211,669,594	25.3
7	Nigeria	203,416,212	223.3
8	Bangladesh	159,341,784	1,224.1
9	Russia	143,005,302	8.7
10	Mexico	126,119,342	64.9
11	Japan	125,918,130	345.5
12	Philippines	106,513,195	357.2
13	Ethiopia	102,674,812	93.6
14	Egypt	99,834,881	100.3
15	Vietnam	99,578,720	321.1
16	Congo Kinshasa	95,484,274	42.1
17	Germany	84,333,044	241.9
18	Iran	83,058,935	54.2
19	Turkey	81,227,582	105.5
20	Thailand	68,854,623	134.8
21	France	67,382,001	105.2
22	United Kingdom	66,196,401	273.6
23	Italy	61,488,598	209
24	Tanzania	56,982,920	64.3
25	Burma	55,625,918	85.1
26	South Africa	55,356,492	45.6
27	South Korea	51,300,396	529.3
28	Kenya	51,187,423	89.9
29	Colombia	46,674,420	44.9
30	Spain	46,474,373	93.1
31	Argentina	44,693,790	16.3
32	Ukraine	43,943,676	75.9
33	Sudan	43,111,301	23.2
34	Algeria	41,638,373	17.5
35	Uganda	40,574,927	205.9
36	Poland	38,412,361	126.3
37	Iraq	37,164,456	85
38	Canada	37,043,971	4.1
39	Morocco	35,339,189	49.3
40	Afghanistan	34,907,481	53.5
41	Saudi Arabia	33,119,193	15.4
42	Malaysia	32,425,760	98.7
43	Peru	30,771,840	24
44	Angola	30,356,114	24.3
45	Ghana	30,197,001	132.7
46	Uzbekistan	30,031,631	70.6
47	Venezuela	29,626,035	33.6
48	Nepal	29,622,964	206.6
49	Yemen	28,608,339	54.2
50	Mozambique	28,556,573	36.3
51	Côte d'Ivoire	26,252,176	82.6
52	Cameroon	26,245,577	55.5
53	Madagascar	25,635,410	44.1
54	North Korea	25,434,699	211.2
55	Australia	24,748,006	3.2
56	Taiwan	23,542,883	729.8
57	Sri Lanka	22,579,620	349.4
58	Niger	21,151,821	16.7
59	Burkina Faso	19,741,483	72.1
60	Romania	19,382,573	84.3
61	Malawi	18,851,278	200.4
62	Kazakhstan	18,737,311	6.9
63	Mali	18,429,576	15.1
64	Chile	17,921,978	24.1
65	Syria	17,738,965	95.4
66	Zambia	17,445,061	23.5
67	Netherlands	17,145,121	505.9
68	Guatemala	16,572,901	154.7
69	Ecuador	16,488,667	59.6
70	Senegal	16,102,843	83.6
71	Cambodia	15,900,821	90.1
72	Chad	15,832,084	12.6
73	Zimbabwe	14,030,322	36.3
74	Rwanda	12,184,782	494
75	Benin	12,016,866	108.6
76	Guinea	11,855,333	48.2
77	Belgium	11,559,893	381.8
78	Tunisia	11,515,254	74.1
79	Bolivia	11,456,219	10.6
80	Somalia	11,311,551	18
81	Burundi	11,221,770	437
82	Cuba	11,115,979	101.2
83	Haiti	10,784,028	391.3
84	Czechia	10,682,727	138.3
85	Greece	10,668,856	81.7
86	Jordan	10,457,794	117.8
87	Portugal	10,342,137	113.1
88	Dominican Republic	10,298,027	213.1
89	Sweden	10,210,063	24.9
90	South Sudan	10,204,353	15.8
91	Azerbaijan	10,047,186	121.6
92	Hungary	9,810,134	109.5
93	United Arab Emirates	9,638,206	115.3
94	Belarus	9,518,834	46.9
95	Honduras	8,999,560	80.4
96	Austria	8,790,907	106.6
97	Papua New Guinea	8,704,496	19.2
98	Tajikistan	8,593,986	60.7
99	Israel	8,406,687	391.1
100	Switzerland	8,287,563	207.2
101	Sierra Leone	7,814,142	109.1
102	Togo	7,670,649	141
103	Laos	7,319,140	31.7
104	Hong Kong	7,211,916	6,721.3
105	Bulgaria	7,056,613	65
106	Paraguay	7,022,461	17.7
107	Serbia	6,940,138	89.6
108	Libya	6,621,675	3.8
109	El Salvador	6,368,195	307.3
110	Lebanon	6,093,900	595.7
111	Nicaragua	6,069,889	50.6
112	Eritrea	5,978,076	59.2
113	Kyrgyzstan	5,848,221	30.5
114	Denmark	5,809,375	136.9
115	Singapore	5,696,047	8,033.9
116	Finland	5,538,400	18.2
117	Slovakia	5,444,277	113.2
118	Turkmenistan	5,405,799	11.5
119	Norway	5,370,697	17.7
120	Central African Republic	5,093,996	8.2
121	Ireland	5,065,676	73.5
122	Congo Brazzaville	5,061,805	14.8
123	Costa Rica	4,985,424	97.6
124	Georgia	4,926,309	70.7
125	Liberia	4,809,519	49.9
126	New Zealand	4,779,927	18.1
127	Croatia	4,271,543	76.3
128	Panama	4,038,693	54.3
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,847,289	75.2
130	Mauritania	3,833,699	3.7
131	Oman	3,485,106	11.3
132	Moldova	3,432,718	104.4
133	Uruguay	3,371,478	19.3
134	Puerto Rico	3,295,244	371.5
135	Mongolia	3,103,126	2
136	Albania	3,064,357	111.8
137	Armenia	3,038,152	107.7
138	Kuwait	2,917,713	163.8
139	Jamaica	2,813,471	259.8
140	West Bank	2,797,282	496
141	Lithuania	2,797,002	44.6
142	Namibia	2,532,960	3.1
143	Qatar	2,365,810	204.2
144	Botswana	2,248,863	4
145	The Gambia	2,190,810	216.5
146	Lesotho	2,131,247	70.2
147	North Macedonia	2,118,782	83.3
148	Gabon	2,118,701	8.2
149	Slovenia	2,102,031	104.3
150	Latvia	1,924,381	30.9
151	Kosovo	1,907,199	175.2
152	Gaza Strip	1,835,993	5,100
153	Guinea-Bissau	1,833,188	65.2
154	Bahrain	1,442,415	1,897.9
155	Equatorial Guinea	1,441,750	51.4
156	Trinidad and Tobago	1,389,734	271
157	Timor-Leste	1,321,392	88.8
158	Mauritius	1,302,302	641.5
159	Estonia	1,243,890	29.3
160	Cyprus	1,237,560	133.9
161	Eswatini	1,086,857	63.2
162	Fiji	925,481	50.6
163	Djibouti	882,202	38.1
164	Bhutan	833,204	21.7
165	Comoros	826,707	369.9
166	Guyana	785,014	4
167	Solomon Islands	654,171	23.4
168	Macau	614,577	21,949.2
169	Montenegro	614,229	45.7
170	Luxembourg	605,984	234.3
171	Suriname	602,789	3.9
172	Cabo Verde	567,405	140.7
173	Brunei	450,185	85.5
174	Malta	449,044	1,421
175	Maldives	391,823	1,314.8
176	Belize	385,235	16.9
177	The Bahamas	343,575	34.3
178	Iceland	343,534	3.4
179	Barbados	299,110	695.6
180	French Polynesia	290,153	75.8
181	Vanuatu	287,706	23.6
182	New Caledonia	282,787	15.5
183	Sao Tome and Principe	204,138	211.8
184	Samoa	201,245	71.3
185	Guam	167,773	308.4
186	Saint Lucia	165,115	272.5
187	Curaçao	150,255	338.4
188	Aruba	116,596	647.8
189	Grenada	112,279	326.4
190	Kiribati	109,418	134.9
191	U.S. Virgin Islands	107,001	307.5
192	Tonga	106,337	148.3
193	Federated States of Micronesia	103,520	147.5
194	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	101,753	261.6
195	Jersey	99,332	856.3
196	Antigua and Barbuda	95,693	216
197	Seychelles	94,327	207.3
198	Isle of Man	89,272	156.1
199	Andorra	85,813	183.4
200	Marshall Islands	75,504	417.1
201	Dominica	74,342	99
202	Bermuda	71,240	1,319.3
203	Guernsey	66,819	856.7
204	Cayman Islands	59,587	225.7
205	Greenland	57,772	0
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	53,854	56.8
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	53,067	203.3
208	Northern Mariana Islands	52,247	110.7
209	Faroe Islands	51,011	36.6
210	American Samoa	49,485	249.9
211	Sint Maarten	42,814	1,259.2
212	Liechtenstein	38,547	240.9
213	British Virgin Islands	35,646	236.1
214	San Marino	33,782	553.8
215	Saint Martin	32,280	597.8
216	Monaco	30,810	15,405
217	Gibraltar	29,338	4,191.1
218	Palau	21,376	46.6
219	Anguilla	17,393	191.1
220	Wallis and Futuna	15,720	110.7
221	Tuvalu	11,155	429
222	Nauru	9,638	459
223	Cook Islands	9,001	38.1
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,875	20
225	Saint Barthelemy	7,169	286.8
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,509	22.8
227	Montserrat	5,306	52

Data from US Census International Database