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Population Rankings: 2026

The total population for each country is listed below.

The total population of the world is estimated to have increased to over 8 billion in 2022 with a growth rate of approximately 1% expected for the year.

In order to take account of the problems in assessing the accuracy of population estimates World Economics has produced a Population Data Quality Rating (PDQR) against each country.






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Country World Economics Population Quality
(Grade: A-E)		 Rank
Order		 Population Size
2026 (Millions)
India C 1 1,469.38
China C 2 1,407.59
United States A 3 347.63
Indonesia D 4 286.58
Pakistan E 5 258.12
Nigeria C 6 241.40
Brazil B 7 212.58
Bangladesh D 8 176.82
Russia C 9 142.86
Ethiopia E 10 138.24
Mexico B 11 132.33
Japan A 12 122.05
Egypt C 13 119.54
Philippines C 14 117.12
Congo, Dem. Rep E 15 116.00
Vietnam D 16 101.74
Türkiye B 17 87.52
Germany A 18 83.34
Tanzania D 19 72.24
Thailand B 20 71.26
United Kingdom A 21 69.66
France B 22 66.50
South Africa B 23 65.12
Italy B 24 58.73
Kenya D 25 58.34
Myanmar E 26 54.93
Colombia B 27 53.67
Sudan E 28 53.04
Uganda E 29 52.50
Korea, Rep. A 30 51.40
Algeria C 31 47.83
Spain B 32 47.68
Argentina B 33 45.79
Afghanistan E 34 44.85
Yemen, Rep. E 35 42.77
Canada A 36 40.30
Angola E 37 40.04
Ukraine B 38 39.40
Morocco B 39 38.59
Poland A 40 37.70
Uzbekistan C 41 37.56
Mozambique E 42 36.47
Malaysia B 43 36.21
Ghana D 44 35.53
Saudi Arabia B 45 35.01
Peru C 46 34.75
Madagascar E 47 33.36
Cote d'Ivoire D 48 33.35
Cameroon E 49 30.50
Nepal E 50 29.45
Niger E 51 28.70
Australia A 52 27.11
Mali E 53 25.83
Burkina Faso D 54 24.49
Sri Lanka B 55 23.25
Taiwan B 56 22.92
Malawi D 57 22.67
Zambia D 58 22.42
Chad E 59 21.47
Kazakhstan B 60 21.00
Chile B 61 19.85
Senegal D 62 19.28
Guatemala C 63 18.86
Romania B 64 18.74
Netherlands A 65 18.37
Ecuador C 66 18.35
Cambodia E 67 17.96
Zimbabwe E 68 17.19
Guinea E 69 15.37
Benin D 70 15.10
Rwanda C 71 14.82
Burundi E 72 14.67
Bolivia C 73 12.69
Tunisia B 74 12.36
Haiti E 75 11.98
Belgium A 76 11.73
Dominican Republic D 77 11.55
Jordan C 78 11.53
United Arab Emirates A 79 11.52
Honduras E 80 11.13
Tajikistan D 81 10.92
Papua New Guinea E 82 10.90
Sweden A 83 10.66
Czechia A 84 10.49
Azerbaijan C 85 10.41
Portugal A 86 10.36
Togo E 87 9.89
Greece B 88 9.86
Israel B 89 9.61
Hungary B 90 9.55
Austria A 91 9.07
Switzerland A 92 8.97
Sierra Leone D 93 8.95
Belarus B 94 8.91
Laos E 95 7.93
Turkmenistan E 96 7.70
Libya E 97 7.51
Kyrgyzstan C 98 7.37
Hong Kong B 99 7.35
Paraguay C 100 7.06
Nicaragua D 101 7.06
Bulgaria B 102 6.65
Serbia B 103 6.62
Congo, Rep. E 104 6.61
El Salvador C 105 6.36
Denmark A 106 6.00
Singapore A 107 5.87
Lebanon E 108 5.87
Liberia E 109 5.83
Central African Republic E 110 5.67
Oman B 111 5.65
Norway A 112 5.63
Finland A 113 5.60
Mauritania E 114 5.44
Slovak Republic B 115 5.43
Ireland A 116 5.34
New Zealand A 117 5.27
Costa Rica B 118 5.15
Kuwait B 119 5.08
Panama B 120 4.60
Croatia B 121 3.81
Georgia B 122 3.79
Mongolia B 123 3.54
Uruguay B 124 3.37
Qatar B 125 3.16
Namibia D 126 3.14
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 127 3.10
Moldova B 128 2.95
Armenia B 129 2.92
Gambia E 130 2.87
Jamaica B 131 2.82
Lithuania A 132 2.79
Albania B 133 2.74
Gabon E 134 2.64
Botswana B 135 2.59
Lesotho E 136 2.38
Guinea-Bissau E 137 2.29
Slovenia A 138 2.11
Latvia A 139 1.83
North Macedonia B 140 1.80
Bahrain B 141 1.67
Trinidad and Tobago C 142 1.51
Cyprus B 143 1.38
Estonia A 144 1.33
Eswatini E 145 1.26
Mauritius B 146 1.26
Comoros E 147 0.90
Guyana C 148 0.84
Bhutan C 149 0.80
Luxembourg A 150 0.68
Suriname C 151 0.64
Malta B 152 0.55
Cabo Verde B 153 0.53
Brunei B 154 0.47
Bahamas, The C 155 0.40
Iceland A 156 0.40


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Grade definitions:
         A: As good as it gets
         B: Good
         C: Use with caution
         D: Poor
         E: Extremely poor quality






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