In 2019, the world’s population reached approximately 7.7 billion people, with significant variation across continents and regions. Asia was the most populous continent, home to about 4.6 billion people—nearly 60% of the global total—with China (around 1.4 billion) and India (about 1.37 billion) as the two most populous countries. Africa’s population was rapidly growing, reaching about 1.3 billion, with Nigeria as its most populous country. Europe’s population stood at roughly 747 million, with Russia and Germany as leading countries by population. The Americas had about 1 billion people, with the United States (around 329 million) and Brazil (approximately 211 million) as the largest countries in North and South America, respectively. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had a much smaller share, with around 42 million inhabitants. These figures reflected ongoing demographic trends such as high growth rates in Africa and parts of Asia, and slower or negative growth in many European countries.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 1,400,797,713 | 150.2 |
2 | India | 1,355,597,153 | 455.9 |
3 | United States | 328,239,523 | 35.9 |
4 | Indonesia | 270,532,675 | 149.3 |
5 | Pakistan | 228,674,451 | 296.6 |
6 | Brazil | 213,349,354 | 25.5 |
7 | Nigeria | 208,640,307 | 229.1 |
8 | Bangladesh | 160,947,649 | 1,236.4 |
9 | Russia | 142,818,379 | 8.7 |
10 | Mexico | 127,294,489 | 65.5 |
11 | Japan | 125,555,208 | 344.5 |
12 | Philippines | 108,205,565 | 362.9 |
13 | Ethiopia | 105,376,083 | 96.1 |
14 | Egypt | 101,973,865 | 102.4 |
15 | Vietnam | 100,669,666 | 324.7 |
16 | Congo Kinshasa | 98,580,816 | 43.5 |
17 | Germany | 84,486,950 | 242.3 |
18 | Iran | 84,038,757 | 54.9 |
19 | Turkey | 81,628,106 | 106.1 |
20 | Thailand | 69,082,954 | 135.2 |
21 | France | 67,625,957 | 105.6 |
22 | United Kingdom | 66,603,767 | 275.3 |
23 | Italy | 61,449,057 | 208.9 |
24 | Tanzania | 58,659,971 | 66.2 |
25 | Burma | 56,117,594 | 85.9 |
26 | South Africa | 55,891,953 | 46 |
27 | Kenya | 52,348,464 | 92 |
28 | South Korea | 51,439,350 | 530.7 |
29 | Colombia | 47,829,703 | 46 |
30 | Spain | 46,812,053 | 93.8 |
31 | Argentina | 45,089,449 | 16.5 |
32 | Sudan | 44,337,528 | 23.8 |
33 | Ukraine | 43,951,400 | 75.9 |
34 | Algeria | 42,305,560 | 17.8 |
35 | Uganda | 41,830,731 | 212.2 |
36 | Poland | 38,345,891 | 126 |
37 | Iraq | 37,998,273 | 86.9 |
38 | Canada | 37,350,365 | 4.1 |
39 | Afghanistan | 35,739,709 | 54.8 |
40 | Morocco | 35,701,589 | 49.8 |
41 | Saudi Arabia | 33,670,051 | 15.7 |
42 | Malaysia | 32,800,591 | 99.8 |
43 | Peru | 31,452,824 | 24.6 |
44 | Angola | 31,427,180 | 25.2 |
45 | Ghana | 30,918,261 | 135.9 |
46 | Uzbekistan | 30,305,196 | 71.2 |
47 | Nepal | 29,910,522 | 208.7 |
48 | Mozambique | 29,320,964 | 37.3 |
49 | Yemen | 29,216,329 | 55.3 |
50 | Venezuela | 28,663,911 | 32.5 |
51 | Cameroon | 26,983,060 | 57.1 |
52 | Côte d'Ivoire | 26,858,174 | 84.5 |
53 | Madagascar | 26,265,521 | 45.2 |
54 | North Korea | 25,568,868 | 212.4 |
55 | Australia | 25,113,987 | 3.3 |
56 | Taiwan | 23,553,634 | 730.1 |
57 | Sri Lanka | 22,741,278 | 351.9 |
58 | Niger | 21,944,198 | 17.3 |
59 | Burkina Faso | 20,286,336 | 74.1 |
60 | Malawi | 19,337,320 | 205.5 |
61 | Romania | 19,196,073 | 83.5 |
62 | Mali | 18,985,385 | 15.6 |
63 | Kazakhstan | 18,915,907 | 7 |
64 | Syria | 18,584,688 | 100 |
65 | Chile | 18,053,934 | 24.3 |
66 | Zambia | 17,978,611 | 24.2 |
67 | Netherlands | 17,210,116 | 507.8 |
68 | Guatemala | 16,856,499 | 157.3 |
69 | Ecuador | 16,693,091 | 60.3 |
70 | Senegal | 16,549,615 | 86 |
71 | Chad | 16,348,657 | 13 |
72 | Cambodia | 16,129,716 | 91.4 |
73 | Zimbabwe | 14,277,179 | 36.9 |
74 | Rwanda | 12,458,371 | 505 |
75 | Benin | 12,432,985 | 112.4 |
76 | Guinea | 12,186,302 | 49.6 |
77 | Belgium | 11,635,321 | 384.3 |
78 | Tunisia | 11,620,878 | 74.8 |
79 | Bolivia | 11,620,835 | 10.7 |
80 | Somalia | 11,557,634 | 18.4 |
81 | Burundi | 11,519,643 | 448.6 |
82 | Cuba | 11,086,499 | 101 |
83 | Haiti | 10,923,591 | 396.4 |
84 | Czechia | 10,691,502 | 138.4 |
85 | Jordan | 10,669,125 | 120.1 |
86 | Greece | 10,638,236 | 81.4 |
87 | Dominican Republic | 10,399,252 | 215.2 |
88 | Portugal | 10,314,630 | 112.8 |
89 | Sweden | 10,311,555 | 25.1 |
90 | South Sudan | 10,280,050 | 16 |
91 | Azerbaijan | 10,129,069 | 122.6 |
92 | Hungary | 9,783,707 | 109.2 |
93 | United Arab Emirates | 9,720,156 | 116.3 |
94 | Belarus | 9,494,495 | 46.8 |
95 | Honduras | 9,116,618 | 81.5 |
96 | Papua New Guinea | 8,924,209 | 19.7 |
97 | Austria | 8,825,644 | 107 |
98 | Tajikistan | 8,727,934 | 61.7 |
99 | Israel | 8,533,033 | 396.9 |
100 | Switzerland | 8,343,256 | 208.6 |
101 | Sierra Leone | 8,035,721 | 112.2 |
102 | Togo | 7,872,308 | 144.8 |
103 | Laos | 7,430,770 | 32.2 |
104 | Hong Kong | 7,231,217 | 6,739.3 |
105 | Paraguay | 7,105,476 | 17.9 |
106 | Bulgaria | 7,011,475 | 64.6 |
107 | Serbia | 6,902,768 | 89.1 |
108 | Libya | 6,757,971 | 3.8 |
109 | El Salvador | 6,427,299 | 310.2 |
110 | Nicaragua | 6,128,101 | 51.1 |
111 | Eritrea | 6,032,338 | 59.7 |
112 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,906,824 | 30.8 |
113 | Denmark | 5,841,245 | 137.7 |
114 | Lebanon | 5,841,037 | 571 |
115 | Singapore | 5,753,597 | 8,115.1 |
116 | Finland | 5,556,081 | 18.3 |
117 | Turkmenistan | 5,464,588 | 11.6 |
118 | Slovakia | 5,442,524 | 113.1 |
119 | Norway | 5,419,620 | 17.8 |
120 | Congo Brazzaville | 5,174,423 | 15.2 |
121 | Central African Republic | 5,168,685 | 8.3 |
122 | Ireland | 5,120,458 | 74.3 |
123 | Costa Rica | 5,041,601 | 98.7 |
124 | Liberia | 4,937,555 | 51.3 |
125 | Georgia | 4,927,734 | 70.7 |
126 | New Zealand | 4,854,803 | 18.4 |
127 | Croatia | 4,250,505 | 75.9 |
128 | Panama | 4,139,538 | 55.7 |
129 | Mauritania | 3,915,212 | 3.8 |
130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,840,279 | 75 |
131 | Oman | 3,554,839 | 11.5 |
132 | Moldova | 3,396,460 | 103.3 |
133 | Uruguay | 3,380,460 | 19.3 |
134 | Puerto Rico | 3,241,261 | 365.5 |
135 | Mongolia | 3,136,806 | 2 |
136 | Albania | 3,072,944 | 112.2 |
137 | Armenia | 3,030,310 | 107.4 |
138 | Kuwait | 2,957,304 | 166 |
139 | West Bank | 2,847,911 | 504.9 |
140 | Jamaica | 2,813,989 | 259.8 |
141 | Lithuania | 2,768,295 | 44.2 |
142 | Namibia | 2,581,343 | 3.1 |
143 | Qatar | 2,409,287 | 207.9 |
144 | Botswana | 2,282,973 | 4 |
145 | The Gambia | 2,246,630 | 222 |
146 | Gabon | 2,175,439 | 8.4 |
147 | Lesotho | 2,146,942 | 70.7 |
148 | North Macedonia | 2,122,376 | 83.4 |
149 | Slovenia | 2,102,381 | 104.3 |
150 | Kosovo | 1,919,978 | 176.4 |
151 | Latvia | 1,903,750 | 30.6 |
152 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,879,337 | 66.8 |
153 | Gaza Strip | 1,876,812 | 5,213.4 |
154 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,501,535 | 53.5 |
155 | Bahrain | 1,473,724 | 1,939.1 |
156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,405,423 | 274.1 |
157 | Timor-Leste | 1,352,065 | 90.9 |
158 | Mauritius | 1,303,751 | 642.2 |
159 | Cyprus | 1,252,725 | 135.6 |
160 | Estonia | 1,236,253 | 29.2 |
161 | Eswatini | 1,095,839 | 63.7 |
162 | Fiji | 930,476 | 50.9 |
163 | Djibouti | 900,897 | 38.9 |
164 | Bhutan | 842,110 | 21.9 |
165 | Comoros | 839,591 | 375.7 |
166 | Guyana | 785,685 | 4 |
167 | Solomon Islands | 666,359 | 23.8 |
168 | Macau | 620,014 | 22,143.4 |
169 | Luxembourg | 617,419 | 238.8 |
170 | Montenegro | 612,064 | 45.5 |
171 | Suriname | 610,507 | 3.9 |
172 | Cabo Verde | 574,799 | 142.5 |
173 | Brunei | 457,173 | 86.8 |
174 | Malta | 453,321 | 1,434.6 |
175 | Belize | 392,106 | 17.2 |
176 | Maldives | 391,483 | 1,313.7 |
177 | Iceland | 347,209 | 3.5 |
178 | The Bahamas | 346,623 | 34.6 |
179 | Barbados | 300,082 | 697.9 |
180 | Vanuatu | 292,858 | 24 |
181 | French Polynesia | 292,560 | 76.4 |
182 | New Caledonia | 286,430 | 15.7 |
183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 207,469 | 215.2 |
184 | Samoa | 202,450 | 71.8 |
185 | Guam | 168,149 | 309.1 |
186 | Saint Lucia | 165,634 | 273.3 |
187 | Curaçao | 150,827 | 339.7 |
188 | Aruba | 118,056 | 655.9 |
189 | Grenada | 112,735 | 327.7 |
190 | Kiribati | 110,622 | 136.4 |
191 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 106,669 | 306.5 |
192 | Tonga | 106,198 | 148.1 |
193 | Federated States of Micronesia | 102,937 | 146.6 |
194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 101,537 | 261 |
195 | Jersey | 100,066 | 862.6 |
196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 96,852 | 218.6 |
197 | Seychelles | 95,038 | 208.9 |
198 | Isle of Man | 89,840 | 157.1 |
199 | Andorra | 85,782 | 183.3 |
200 | Marshall Islands | 76,632 | 423.4 |
201 | Dominica | 74,442 | 99.1 |
202 | Bermuda | 71,537 | 1,324.8 |
203 | Guernsey | 67,003 | 859 |
204 | Cayman Islands | 60,770 | 230.2 |
205 | Greenland | 57,787 | 0 |
206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 54,982 | 58 |
207 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53,438 | 204.7 |
208 | Northern Mariana Islands | 52,048 | 110.3 |
209 | Faroe Islands | 51,313 | 36.8 |
210 | American Samoa | 48,456 | 244.7 |
211 | Sint Maarten | 43,408 | 1,276.7 |
212 | Liechtenstein | 38,845 | 242.8 |
213 | British Virgin Islands | 36,397 | 241 |
214 | San Marino | 34,019 | 557.7 |
215 | Saint Martin | 32,427 | 600.5 |
216 | Monaco | 30,929 | 15,464.5 |
217 | Gibraltar | 29,400 | 4,200 |
218 | Palau | 21,453 | 46.7 |
219 | Anguilla | 17,730 | 194.8 |
220 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,765 | 111 |
221 | Tuvalu | 11,252 | 432.8 |
222 | Nauru | 9,684 | 461.1 |
223 | Cook Islands | 8,763 | 37.1 |
224 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,890 | 20 |
225 | Saint Barthelemy | 7,149 | 286 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,447 | 22.5 |
227 | Montserrat | 5,331 | 52.3 |
Data from US Census International Database