Countries — World Population 195 Countries (2026)

Complete list of all 195 countries ranked by population with area, density and growth rate data.

# Country Population Area (km²) Density Growth Continent
35 Afghanistan flag Afghanistan 43,000,000 652,230 66 +2.3% Asia
139 Albania flag Albania 2,780,000 28,748 97 -0.2% Europe
34 Algeria flag Algeria 46,000,000 2,381,741 19 +1.6% Africa
186 Andorra flag Andorra 80,000 468 171 +0.1% Europe
38 Angola flag Angola 37,900,000 1,246,700 30 +3.3% Africa
183 Antigua and Barbuda flag Antigua and Barbuda 100,000 442 226 +1.2% North America
33 Argentina flag Argentina 46,700,000 2,780,400 17 +0.8% South America
135 Armenia flag Armenia 2,980,000 29,743 100 +0.1% Asia
54 Australia flag Australia 26,800,000 7,692,024 3 +1.5% Oceania
99 Austria flag Austria 9,130,000 83,871 109 +0.5% Europe
91 Azerbaijan flag Azerbaijan 10,300,000 86,600 119 +0.7% Asia
172 Bahamas flag Bahamas 410,000 13,943 29 +1.1% North America
150 Bahrain flag Bahrain 1,540,000 760 2,026 +2.1% Asia
8 Bangladesh flag Bangladesh 172,000,000 147,570 1,166 +0.9% Asia
175 Barbados flag Barbados 280,000 430 651 +0.2% North America
98 Belarus flag Belarus 9,450,000 207,600 46 -0.4% Europe
82 Belgium flag Belgium 11,700,000 30,528 383 +0.5% Europe
171 Belize flag Belize 440,000 22,966 19 +1.9% North America
77 Benin flag Benin 13,600,000 112,622 121 +2.8% Africa
162 Bhutan flag Bhutan 790,000 38,394 21 +1.1% Asia
79 Bolivia flag Bolivia 12,300,000 1,098,581 11 +1.4% South America
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina flag Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,200,000 51,197 62 -0.3% Europe
140 Botswana flag Botswana 2,700,000 581,730 5 +1.7% Africa
7 Brazil flag Brazil 217,000,000 8,515,767 25 +0.7% South America
170 Brunei flag Brunei 450,000 5,765 78 +1.1% Asia
109 Bulgaria flag Bulgaria 6,450,000 110,879 58 -0.7% Europe
59 Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso 23,300,000 274,222 85 +2.7% Africa
78 Burundi flag Burundi 13,200,000 27,834 474 +3.1% Africa
167 Cabo Verde flag Cabo Verde 600,000 4,033 149 +1.3% Africa
73 Cambodia flag Cambodia 17,200,000 181,035 95 +1.4% Asia
52 Cameroon flag Cameroon 28,000,000 475,442 59 +2.6% Africa
37 Canada flag Canada 38,800,000 9,984,670 4 +0.8% North America
116 Central African Republic flag Central African Republic 5,500,000 622,984 9 +2.1% Africa
67 Chad flag Chad 18,900,000 1,284,000 15 +3% Africa
64 Chile flag Chile 19,600,000 756,102 26 +0.7% South America
2 China flag China 1,410,000,000 9,596,960 147 +0.1% Asia
28 Colombia flag Colombia 52,200,000 1,141,748 46 +0.8% South America
160 Comoros flag Comoros 860,000 2,235 385 +2.2% Africa
112 Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) flag Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) 6,100,000 342,000 18 +2.6% Africa
121 Costa Rica flag Costa Rica 5,200,000 51,100 102 +0.8% North America
129 Croatia flag Croatia 3,980,000 56,594 70 -0.4% Europe
85 Cuba flag Cuba 11,100,000 109,884 101 -0.1% North America
156 Cyprus flag Cyprus 1,260,000 9,251 136 +0.7% Europe
86 Czech Republic flag Czech Republic 10,900,000 78,867 138 +0.3% Europe
15 DR Congo flag DR Congo 102,000,000 2,344,858 44 +3.2% Africa
113 Denmark flag Denmark 5,960,000 42,924 139 +0.5% Europe
158 Djibouti flag Djibouti 1,100,000 23,200 47 +1.4% Africa
187 Dominica flag Dominica 73,000 751 97 +0.2% North America
84 Dominican Republic flag Dominican Republic 11,200,000 48,671 230 +0.9% North America
68 Ecuador flag Ecuador 18,200,000 283,561 64 +1.3% South America
14 Egypt flag Egypt 107,000,000 1,001,449 107 +1.8% Africa
110 El Salvador flag El Salvador 6,340,000 21,041 301 +0.5% North America
152 Equatorial Guinea flag Equatorial Guinea 1,500,000 28,051 53 +2.6% Africa
131 Eritrea flag Eritrea 3,500,000 117,600 30 +1% Africa
153 Estonia flag Estonia 1,370,000 45,228 30 +0.1% Europe
157 Eswatini flag Eswatini 1,200,000 17,364 69 +0.9% Africa
11 Ethiopia flag Ethiopia 128,000,000 1,104,300 116 +2.5% Africa
159 Fiji flag Fiji 930,000 18,272 51 +0.6% Oceania
115 Finland flag Finland 5,560,000 338,145 16 +0.2% Europe
21 France flag France 68,400,000 643,801 106 +0.3% Europe
144 Gabon flag Gabon 2,400,000 267,668 9 +2.3% Africa
141 Gambia flag Gambia 2,700,000 11,295 239 +2.8% Africa
130 Georgia flag Georgia 3,700,000 69,700 53 -0.3% Asia
19 Germany flag Germany 84,300,000 357,114 236 +0.1% Europe
45 Ghana flag Ghana 34,000,000 238,533 143 +2.1% Africa
90 Greece flag Greece 10,400,000 131,957 79 -0.2% Europe
179 Grenada flag Grenada 125,000 344 363 +0.5% North America
71 Guatemala flag Guatemala 17,600,000 108,889 162 +1.8% North America
76 Guinea flag Guinea 14,100,000 245,857 57 +2.8% Africa
147 Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau 2,100,000 36,125 58 +2.5% Africa
161 Guyana flag Guyana 800,000 214,969 4 +0.5% South America
81 Haiti flag Haiti 11,800,000 27,750 425 +1.3% North America
88 Honduras flag Honduras 10,700,000 112,492 95 +1.6% North America
97 Hungary flag Hungary 9,700,000 93,028 104 -0.3% Europe
173 Iceland flag Iceland 380,000 103,000 4 +0.9% Europe
1 India flag India 1,441,000,000 3,287,263 438 +0.9% Asia
4 Indonesia flag Indonesia 278,000,000 1,904,569 146 +0.9% Asia
17 Iran flag Iran 89,200,000 1,648,195 54 +1% Asia
36 Iraq flag Iraq 43,000,000 438,317 98 +2.2% Asia
122 Ireland flag Ireland 5,200,000 70,273 74 +0.9% Europe
96 Israel flag Israel 9,800,000 20,770 472 +1.5% Asia
25 Italy flag Italy 58,800,000 301,340 195 -0.1% Europe
53 Ivory Coast flag Ivory Coast 27,500,000 322,463 85 +2.5% Africa
138 Jamaica flag Jamaica 2,830,000 10,991 257 +0.3% North America
12 Japan flag Japan 123,000,000 377,915 325 -0.5% Asia
87 Jordan flag Jordan 10,800,000 89,342 121 +1.2% Asia
65 Kazakhstan flag Kazakhstan 19,300,000 2,724,900 7 +1.1% Asia
26 Kenya flag Kenya 56,400,000 580,367 97 +2.3% Africa
180 Kiribati flag Kiribati 120,000 811 148 +1.5% Oceania
126 Kuwait flag Kuwait 4,800,000 17,818 269 +1.5% Asia
105 Kyrgyzstan flag Kyrgyzstan 7,000,000 199,951 35 +1.7% Asia
103 Laos flag Laos 7,600,000 236,800 32 +1.5% Asia
149 Latvia flag Latvia 1,840,000 64,589 28 -0.7% Europe
120 Lebanon flag Lebanon 5,340,000 10,452 511 +0.3% Asia
145 Lesotho flag Lesotho 2,230,000 30,355 73 +0.8% Africa
119 Liberia flag Liberia 5,400,000 111,369 48 +2.7% Africa
106 Libya flag Libya 7,000,000 1,759,541 4 +1.3% Africa
191 Liechtenstein flag Liechtenstein 38,000 160 238 +0.7% Europe
137 Lithuania flag Lithuania 2,860,000 65,300 44 -0.9% Europe
164 Luxembourg flag Luxembourg 670,000 2,586 259 +1.6% Europe
50 Madagascar flag Madagascar 29,600,000 587,041 50 +2.7% Africa
60 Malawi flag Malawi 22,200,000 118,484 187 +2.8% Africa
47 Malaysia flag Malaysia 33,600,000 329,847 102 +1.1% Asia
169 Maldives flag Maldives 520,000 298 1,745 +1.5% Asia
58 Mali flag Mali 23,400,000 1,240,192 19 +3% Africa
168 Malta flag Malta 535,000 316 1,693 +0.3% Europe
189 Marshall Islands flag Marshall Islands 42,000 181 232 +0.4% Oceania
127 Mauritania flag Mauritania 4,700,000 1,030,700 5 +2.6% Africa
155 Mauritius flag Mauritius 1,270,000 2,040 623 +0.2% Africa
10 Mexico flag Mexico 129,600,000 1,964,375 66 +1% North America
181 Micronesia flag Micronesia 116,000 702 165 +0.5% Oceania
143 Moldova flag Moldova 2,600,000 33,846 77 -1.1% Europe
190 Monaco flag Monaco 39,000 2 19,500 +0.3% Europe
133 Mongolia flag Mongolia 3,380,000 1,564,116 2 +1.5% Asia
165 Montenegro flag Montenegro 630,000 13,812 46 +0.2% Europe
39 Morocco flag Morocco 37,600,000 446,550 84 +1.1% Africa
46 Mozambique flag Mozambique 33,900,000 801,590 42 +2.9% Africa
27 Myanmar flag Myanmar 54,600,000 676,578 81 +0.7% Asia
142 Namibia flag Namibia 2,700,000 825,615 3 +1.9% Africa
195 Nauru flag Nauru 10,900 21 519 +0.5% Oceania
49 Nepal flag Nepal 30,000,000 147,181 204 +1% Asia
70 Netherlands flag Netherlands 17,900,000 41,543 431 +0.4% Europe
124 New Zealand flag New Zealand 5,100,000 268,838 19 +0.9% Oceania
107 Nicaragua flag Nicaragua 6,800,000 130,370 52 +1.1% North America
55 Niger flag Niger 26,200,000 1,267,000 21 +3.7% Africa
6 Nigeria flag Nigeria 225,000,000 923,768 244 +2.5% Africa
56 North Korea flag North Korea 26,200,000 120,538 217 +0.4% Asia
148 North Macedonia flag North Macedonia 2,090,000 25,713 81 +0% Europe
117 Norway flag Norway 5,500,000 323,802 17 +0.5% Europe
125 Oman flag Oman 4,900,000 309,500 16 +3% Asia
5 Pakistan flag Pakistan 245,000,000 881,913 278 +1.9% Asia
193 Palau flag Palau 18,000 459 39 +0.3% Oceania
123 Palestine flag Palestine 5,200,000 6,020 864 +2.5% Asia
128 Panama flag Panama 4,400,000 75,417 58 +1.6% North America
94 Papua New Guinea flag Papua New Guinea 10,000,000 462,840 22 +2.1% Oceania
104 Paraguay flag Paraguay 7,400,000 406,752 18 +1.3% South America
48 Peru flag Peru 33,300,000 1,285,216 26 +1% South America
13 Philippines flag Philippines 117,000,000 300,000 390 +1.5% Asia
40 Poland flag Poland 37,600,000 312,696 120 -0.2% Europe
93 Portugal flag Portugal 10,200,000 92,212 111 +0.1% Europe
136 Qatar flag Qatar 2,900,000 11,586 250 +1.3% Asia
66 Romania flag Romania 19,000,000 238,397 80 -0.6% Europe
9 Russia flag Russia 143,000,000 17,098,242 8 -0.2% Europe
75 Rwanda flag Rwanda 14,200,000 26,338 539 +2.5% Africa
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis flag Saint Kitts and Nevis 55,000 261 211 +0.6% North America
178 Saint Lucia flag Saint Lucia 185,000 616 300 +0.4% North America
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flag Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 110,000 389 283 +0.3% North America
177 Samoa flag Samoa 220,000 2,842 77 +0.7% Oceania
192 San Marino flag San Marino 34,000 61 557 +0.5% Europe
43 Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia 35,800,000 2,149,690 17 +1.7% Asia
72 Senegal flag Senegal 17,600,000 196,722 90 +2.7% Africa
108 Serbia flag Serbia 6,800,000 77,474 88 -0.6% Europe
184 Seychelles flag Seychelles 100,000 452 221 +0.7% Africa
102 Sierra Leone flag Sierra Leone 8,600,000 71,740 120 +2.1% Africa
114 Singapore flag Singapore 5,900,000 728 8,103 +0.9% Asia
118 Slovakia flag Slovakia 5,500,000 49,035 112 +0.1% Europe
146 Slovenia flag Slovenia 2,110,000 20,273 104 +0.3% Europe
163 Solomon Islands flag Solomon Islands 720,000 28,896 25 +2.2% Oceania
69 Somalia flag Somalia 18,100,000 637,657 28 +2.7% Africa
24 South Africa flag South Africa 60,400,000 1,219,090 50 +1.1% Africa
29 South Korea flag South Korea 51,700,000 100,210 516 +0% Asia
83 South Sudan flag South Sudan 11,400,000 619,745 18 +1.2% Africa
31 Spain flag Spain 47,400,000 505,990 94 +0.1% Europe
61 Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka 22,200,000 65,610 338 +0.4% Asia
32 Sudan flag Sudan 46,900,000 1,861,484 25 +2.4% Africa
166 Suriname flag Suriname 630,000 163,820 4 +1% South America
89 Sweden flag Sweden 10,600,000 450,295 24 +0.5% Europe
101 Switzerland flag Switzerland 8,800,000 41,285 213 +0.7% Europe
62 Syria flag Syria 21,300,000 185,180 115 +1.5% Asia
176 São Tomé and Príncipe flag São Tomé and Príncipe 230,000 964 239 +2% Africa
57 Taiwan flag Taiwan 23,600,000 36,193 652 +0.1% Asia
92 Tajikistan flag Tajikistan 10,300,000 143,100 72 +2.2% Asia
23 Tanzania flag Tanzania 65,500,000 945,087 69 +3% Africa
20 Thailand flag Thailand 71,600,000 513,120 140 +0.3% Asia
154 Timor-Leste flag Timor-Leste 1,360,000 14,874 91 +2.1% Asia
100 Togo flag Togo 8,900,000 56,785 157 +2.5% Africa
185 Tonga flag Tonga 100,000 747 134 +0.2% Oceania
151 Trinidad and Tobago flag Trinidad and Tobago 1,530,000 5,128 298 +0.2% North America
80 Tunisia flag Tunisia 11,900,000 163,610 73 +0.9% Africa
18 Turkey flag Turkey 85,300,000 783,356 109 +0.8% Asia
111 Turkmenistan flag Turkmenistan 6,200,000 488,100 13 +1.6% Asia
194 Tuvalu flag Tuvalu 11,600 26 446 +0.9% Oceania
30 Uganda flag Uganda 48,200,000 241,037 200 +3.3% Africa
41 Ukraine flag Ukraine 37,000,000 603,550 61 -1.5% Europe
95 United Arab Emirates flag United Arab Emirates 10,000,000 83,600 120 +1.5% Asia
22 United Kingdom flag United Kingdom 67,800,000 242,495 280 +0.5% Europe
3 United States flag United States 335,000,000 9,372,610 36 +0.5% North America
132 Uruguay flag Uruguay 3,480,000 176,215 20 +0.4% South America
42 Uzbekistan flag Uzbekistan 36,500,000 447,400 82 +1.6% Asia
174 Vanuatu flag Vanuatu 330,000 12,189 27 +2.3% Oceania
196 Vatican City flag Vatican City 800 0 1,818 +0% Europe
51 Venezuela flag Venezuela 28,800,000 916,445 31 +0.1% South America
16 Vietnam flag Vietnam 98,900,000 331,212 299 +0.9% Asia
44 Yemen flag Yemen 34,700,000 527,968 66 +2% Asia
63 Zambia flag Zambia 20,200,000 752,618 27 +2.9% Africa
74 Zimbabwe flag Zimbabwe 16,600,000 390,757 42 +1.5% Africa

196 countries