Population by Size

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
2022 (Millions)
India C 1 1,428.63
China A 2 1,425.67
United States A 3 340.00
Indonesia B 4 277.53
Pakistan D 5 240.49
Nigeria E 6 223.80
Brazil A 7 216.42
Bangladesh E 8 172.95
Russia A 9 144.44
Mexico A 10 128.46
Ethiopia E 11 126.53
Japan A 12 123.29
Philippines B 13 117.34
Egypt B 14 112.72
Congo, Dem. Rep E 15 102.26
Vietnam B 16 98.86
Türkiye A 17 85.82
Germany B 18 83.29
Thailand A 19 71.80
United Kingdom A 20 67.74
Tanzania E 21 67.44
France A 22 64.76
South Africa C 23 60.41
Italy B 24 58.87
Kenya D 25 55.10
Myanmar C 26 54.58
Colombia B 27 52.09
Korea, Rep. A 28 51.78
Uganda E 29 48.58
Sudan E 30 48.11
Spain B 31 47.52
Argentina A 32 45.77
Algeria C 33 45.61
Afghanistan E 34 42.24
Poland A 35 41.03
Canada A 36 38.78
Morocco C 37 37.84
Saudi Arabia A 38 36.95
Ukraine B 39 36.74
Angola E 40 36.68
Uzbekistan E 41 35.16
Yemen, Rep. E 42 34.45
Peru B 43 34.35
Malaysia B 44 34.31
Ghana C 45 34.12
Mozambique D 46 33.90
Nepal D 47 30.90
Madagascar D 48 30.33
Cote d'Ivoire D 49 28.87
Cameroon E 50 28.65
Niger E 51 27.20
Australia A 52 26.44
Taiwan A 53 23.92
Mali C 54 23.29
Burkina Faso C 55 23.25
Sri Lanka C 56 21.89
Malawi D 57 20.93
Zambia E 58 20.57
Romania C 59 19.89
Chile B 60 19.63
Kazakhstan A 61 19.61
Chad E 62 18.28
Ecuador D 63 18.19
Guatemala C 64 18.09
Senegal D 65 17.76
Netherlands B 66 17.62
Cambodia D 67 16.94
Zimbabwe E 68 16.67
Guinea E 69 14.19
Rwanda D 70 14.09
Benin D 71 13.71
Burundi E 72 13.24
Tunisia C 73 12.46
Bolivia D 74 12.39
Haiti E 75 11.72
Belgium B 76 11.69
Jordan C 77 11.34
Dominican Republic D 78 11.33
Sweden B 79 10.61
Honduras D 80 10.59
Azerbaijan B 81 10.41
Greece B 82 10.34
Papua New Guinea E 83 10.33
Portugal B 84 10.25
Hungary D 85 10.16
Tajikistan B 86 10.14
United Arab Emirates C 87 9.52
Belarus A 88 9.50
Israel C 89 9.17
Togo D 90 9.05
Austria B 91 8.96
Switzerland C 92 8.80
Sierra Leone C 93 8.79
Laos D 94 7.63
Hong Kong A 95 7.49
Serbia C 96 7.15
Nicaragua E 97 7.05
Libya E 98 6.89
Paraguay D 99 6.86
Kyrgyzstan A 100 6.74
Bulgaria C 101 6.69
Turkmenistan B 102 6.52
El Salvador D 103 6.36
Congo, Rep. E 104 6.11
Singapore A 105 6.01
Denmark B 106 5.91
Slovak Republic D 107 5.80
Central African Republic E 108 5.74
Finland C 109 5.55
Norway B 110 5.47
Liberia E 111 5.42
Lebanon E 112 5.35
New Zealand A 113 5.23
Costa Rica C 114 5.21
Ireland A 115 5.06
Mauritania E 116 4.86
Oman A 117 4.64
Panama C 118 4.47
Kuwait A 119 4.31
Croatia C 120 4.01
Georgia B 121 3.73
Mongolia A 122 3.45
Moldova B 123 3.44
Uruguay C 124 3.42
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 125 3.21
Albania C 126 2.83
Jamaica D 127 2.83
Armenia A 128 2.78
Gambia E 129 2.77
Lithuania C 130 2.72
Qatar A 131 2.72
Botswana D 132 2.68
Namibia E 133 2.60
Gabon D 134 2.44
Lesotho E 135 2.33
Guinea-Bissau E 136 2.15
Slovenia A 137 2.12
North Macedonia B 138 2.09
Latvia D 139 1.83
Bahrain C 140 1.49
Estonia D 141 1.32
Mauritius A 142 1.30
Cyprus B 143 1.26
Eswatini D 144 1.21
Comoros D 145 0.85
Guyana D 146 0.81
Bhutan C 147 0.79
Luxembourg B 148 0.65
Suriname D 149 0.62
Malta B 150 0.54
Bahamas, The C 151 0.41
Iceland B 152 0.38


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