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)
China A 1 1,448.47
India C 2 1,406.63
United States A 3 334.81
Indonesia B 4 279.13
Pakistan D 5 229.49
Nigeria E 6 216.75
Brazil A 7 215.35
Bangladesh E 8 167.89
Russia A 9 145.81
Mexico A 10 131.56
Japan A 11 125.58
Ethiopia E 12 120.81
Philippines B 13 112.51
Egypt B 14 106.16
Vietnam B 15 98.95
Congo, Dem. Rep E 16 95.24
Türkiye A 17 85.56
Germany B 18 83.88
Thailand A 19 70.08
United Kingdom A 20 68.50
France A 21 65.58
Tanzania E 22 63.30
South Africa C 23 60.76
Italy B 24 60.26
Kenya D 25 56.22
Myanmar C 26 55.23
Colombia B 27 51.51
Korea, Rep. A 28 51.33
Uganda E 29 48.43
Spain B 30 46.72
Argentina A 31 46.01
Sudan E 32 45.99
Algeria C 33 45.35
Ukraine B 34 43.19
Afghanistan E 35 40.75
Canada A 36 38.39
Morocco C 37 37.77
Poland A 38 37.74
Saudi Arabia A 39 35.84
Angola E 40 35.03
Uzbekistan E 41 34.38
Peru B 42 33.68
Malaysia B 43 33.18
Mozambique D 44 33.09
Ghana C 45 32.40
Yemen, Rep. E 46 31.15
Nepal D 47 30.23
Madagascar D 48 29.18
Cameroon E 49 27.91
Cote d'Ivoire D 50 27.74
Niger E 51 26.08
Australia A 52 26.07
Taiwan A 53 23.89
Burkina Faso C 54 22.10
Sri Lanka C 55 21.58
Mali C 56 21.47
Malawi D 57 20.18
Zambia E 58 19.47
Chile B 59 19.25
Kazakhstan A 60 19.21
Romania C 61 19.03
Guatemala C 62 18.58
Ecuador D 63 18.11
Senegal D 64 17.65
Chad E 65 17.41
Netherlands B 66 17.21
Cambodia D 67 17.17
Zimbabwe E 68 15.33
Guinea E 69 13.87
Rwanda D 70 13.60
Benin D 71 12.78
Burundi E 72 12.62
Tunisia C 73 12.05
Bolivia D 74 11.99
Haiti E 75 11.68
Belgium B 76 11.67
Dominican Republic D 77 11.06
Greece B 78 10.32
Jordan C 79 10.30
Azerbaijan B 80 10.30
Honduras D 81 10.22
Sweden B 82 10.22
Portugal B 83 10.14
United Arab Emirates C 84 10.08
Tajikistan B 85 9.96
Hungary D 86 9.61
Belarus A 87 9.43
Papua New Guinea E 88 9.29
Austria B 89 9.07
Israel C 90 8.92
Switzerland C 91 8.77
Togo D 92 8.68
Serbia C 93 8.65
Sierra Leone C 94 8.31
Hong Kong A 95 7.60
Laos D 96 7.48
Paraguay D 97 7.31
Libya E 98 7.04
Bulgaria C 99 6.84
Nicaragua E 100 6.78
Kyrgyzstan A 101 6.73
Lebanon E 102 6.68
El Salvador D 103 6.55
Turkmenistan B 104 6.20
Singapore A 105 5.94
Denmark B 106 5.83
Congo, Rep. E 107 5.80
Finland C 108 5.55
Norway B 109 5.51
Slovak Republic D 110 5.46
Oman A 111 5.32
Liberia E 112 5.31
Costa Rica C 113 5.18
Ireland A 114 5.02
Central African Republic E 115 5.02
Mauritania E 116 4.90
New Zealand A 117 4.90
Panama C 118 4.45
Kuwait A 119 4.38
Croatia C 120 4.06
Moldova B 121 4.01
Georgia B 122 3.97
Uruguay C 123 3.50
Mongolia A 124 3.38
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 125 3.25
Jamaica D 126 2.99
Armenia A 127 2.97
Albania C 128 2.87
Qatar A 129 2.68
Lithuania C 130 2.66
Namibia E 131 2.63
Gambia E 132 2.56
Botswana D 133 2.44
Gabon D 134 2.33
Lesotho E 135 2.18
North Macedonia B 136 2.08
Slovenia A 137 2.08
Guinea-Bissau E 138 2.06
Latvia D 139 1.85
Bahrain C 140 1.78
Estonia D 141 1.32
Mauritius A 142 1.27
Cyprus B 143 1.22
Eswatini D 144 1.18
Comoros D 145 0.91
Guyana D 146 0.79
Bhutan C 147 0.79
Luxembourg B 148 0.64
Suriname D 149 0.60
Malta B 150 0.44
Bahamas, The C 151 0.40
Iceland B 152 0.35


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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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