Most Populated countries in the World, 2025: Full list

India is the most Populated country in the world with 1.42 Billion People, closely followed by China with 1.41 billion people as per data published by World Bank.

• India’s population is largest in the world at 1.42 billion.
• India and China are only countries with population over 1 billion.
• Total 15 countries ha population over 100 million.
• Tuvalu is the least populated country in the world.

Most Populated country each continent

Asia

• India is the most populated country in Asia with 1.42 Billion peoples.
• China is the 2nd largest country by population in Asia.

Europe

• Russia is the Most populated country in Europe with population of 143.8 Million people.
• Türkiye is the 2nd most populated country.
• Germany comes third with 84.5 millions of people.

Africa

• Nigeria is most Populated country in Africa with Population of 223.8 million peoples.
• Nigeria is followed by Ethiopia at 2nd place with Population of 126.5 million.

North America

• USA is the most Populated in North American continent with 334.9 Million People.
• Mexico is 2nd biggest after USA.

South America

• Brazil is most populated in South America with 216.4 million People.
• Columbia is 2nd most populated after Brazil.

Australia

Population of Australia is 26.6 million and its word rank is 55th in total.

5 out of 10 country in the list of most populated countries are from Asia, 2 from North America, one from Africa, South America and Europe each,

Most Populated countries: full list

Rank	Country	Poppulation
1	India	1.42 B
2	China	1.41 B
3	United States	334.9 M
4	Indonesia	277.5 M
5	Pakistan	240.5 M
6	Nigeria	223.8 M
7	Brazil	216.4 M
8	Bangladesh	173.0 M
9	Russian Federation	143.8 M
10	Mexico	128.5 M
11	Ethiopia	126.5 M
12	Japan	124.5 M
13	Philippines	117.3 M
14	Egypt, Arab Rep.	112.7 M
15	Congo, Dem. Rep.	102.3 M
16	Viet Nam	98.9 M
17	Iran, Islamic Rep.	89.2 M
18	Turkiye	85.3 M
19	Germany	84.5 M
20	Thailand	71.8 M
21	United Kingdom	68.4 M
22	France	68.2 M
23	Tanzania	67.4 M
24	South Africa	60.4 M
25	Italy	58.8 M
26	Kenya	55.1 M
27	Myanmar	54.6 M
28	Colombia	52.1 M
29	Korea, Rep.	51.7 M
30	Uganda	48.6 M
31	Spain	48.4 M
32	Sudan	48.1 M
33	Argentina	46.7 M
34	Algeria	45.6 M
35	Iraq	45.5 M
36	Afghanistan	42.2 M
37	Canada	40.1 M
38	Morocco	37.8 M
39	Ukraine	37.0 M
40	Saudi Arabia	36.9 M
41	Poland	36.7 M
42	Angola	36.7 M
43	Uzbekistan	36.4 M
44	Yemen, Rep.	34.4 M
45	Peru	34.4 M
46	Malaysia	34.3 M
47	Ghana	34.1 M
48	Mozambique	33.9 M
49	Nepal	30.9 M
50	Madagascar	30.3 M
51	Cote d’Ivoire	28.9 M
52	Venezuela, RB	28.8 M
53	Cameroon	28.6 M
54	Niger	27.2 M
55	Australia	26.6 M
56	Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.	26.2 M
57	Mali	23.3 M
58	Burkina Faso	23.3 M
59	Syrian Arab Republic	23.2 M
60	Sri Lanka	22.0 M
61	Malawi	20.9 M
62	Zambia	20.6 M
63	Kazakhstan	19.9 M
64	Chile	19.6 M
65	Romania	19.1 M
66	Chad	18.3 M
67	Ecuador	18.2 M
68	Somalia	18.1 M
69	Netherlands	17.9 M
70	Senegal	17.8 M
71	Guatemala	17.6 M
72	Cambodia	16.9 M
73	Zimbabwe	16.7 M
74	Guinea	14.2 M
75	Rwanda	14.1 M
76	Benin	13.7 M
77	Burundi	13.2 M
78	Tunisia	12.5 M
79	Bolivia	12.4 M
80	Belgium	11.8 M
81	Haiti	11.7 M
82	Jordan	11.3 M
83	Dominican Republic	11.3 M
84	Cuba	11.2 M
85	South Sudan	11.1 M
86	Czechia	10.9 M
87	Honduras	10.6 M
88	Sweden	10.5 M
89	Portugal	10.5 M
90	Greece	10.4 M
91	Papua New Guinea	10.3 M
92	Tajikistan	10.1 M
93	Azerbaijan	10.1 M
94	Israel	9.8 M
95	Hungary	9.6 M
96	United Arab Emirates	9.5 M
97	Belarus	9.2 M
98	Austria	9.1 M
99	Togo	9.1 M
100	Switzerland	8.8 M
101	Sierra Leone	8.8 M
102	Lao PDR	7.6 M
103	Hong Kong SAR, China	7.5 M
104	Kyrgyz Republic	7.1 M
105	Nicaragua	7.0 M
106	Libya	6.9 M
107	Paraguay	6.9 M
108	Serbia	6.6 M
109	Turkmenistan	6.5 M
110	Bulgaria	6.4 M
111	El Salvador	6.4 M
112	Congo, Rep.	6.1 M
113	Denmark	5.9 M
114	Singapore	5.9 M
115	Central African Republic	5.7 M
116	Finland	5.6 M
117	Norway	5.5 M
118	Slovak Republic	5.4 M
119	Liberia	5.4 M
120	Lebanon	5.4 M
121	Ireland	5.3 M
122	New Zealand	5.2 M
123	Costa Rica	5.2 M
124	Mauritania	4.9 M
125	Oman	4.6 M
126	Panama	4.5 M
127	Kuwait	4.3 M
128	Croatia	3.9 M
129	Georgia	3.8 M
130	Eritrea	3.7 M
131	Mongolia	3.4 M
132	Uruguay	3.4 M
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.2 M
134	Puerto Rico	3.2 M
135	Lithuania	2.9 M
136	Jamaica	2.8 M
137	Armenia	2.8 M
138	Gambia, The	2.8 M
139	Albania	2.7 M
140	Qatar	2.7 M
141	Botswana	2.7 M
142	Namibia	2.6 M
143	Moldova	2.5 M
144	Gabon	2.4 M
145	Lesotho	2.3 M
146	Guinea-Bissau	2.2 M
147	Slovenia	2.1 M
148	Latvia	1.9 M
149	North Macedonia	1.8 M
150	Kosovo	1.8 M
151	Equatorial Guinea	1.7 M
152	Trinidad and Tobago	1.5 M
153	Bahrain	1.5 M
154	Estonia	1.4 M
155	Timor-Leste	1.4 M
156	Mauritius	1.3 M
157	Cyprus	1.3 M
158	Eswatini	1.2 M
159	Djibouti	1.1 M
160	Fiji	936.4 K
161	Comoros	852.1 K
162	Guyana	813.8 K
163	Bhutan	787.4 K
164	Solomon Islands	740.4 K
165	Macao SAR, China	704.1 K
166	Luxembourg	668.6 K
167	Suriname	623.2 K
168	Montenegro	616.2 K
169	Cabo Verde	598.7 K
170	Malta	553.2 K
171	Maldives	521.0 K
172	Brunei Darussalam	452.5 K
173	Bahamas, The	412.6 K
174	Belize	410.8 K
175	Iceland	393.6 K
176	Vanuatu	334.5 K
177	Barbados	282.0 K
178	New Caledonia	267.9 K
179	Sao Tome and Principe	231.9 K
180	Samoa	225.7 K
181	St. Lucia	180.3 K
182	Channel Islands	175.3 K
183	Guam	173.0 K
184	Curacao	147.9 K
185	Kiribati	133.5 K
186	Grenada	126.2 K
187	Seychelles	119.8 K
188	Tonga	107.8 K
189	Aruba	106.3 K
190	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	103.7 K
191	Antigua and Barbuda	94.3 K
192	Isle of Man	84.7 K
193	Andorra	80.1 K
194	Dominica	73.0 K
195	Cayman Islands	69.3 K
196	Bermuda	63.5 K
197	Greenland	56.9 K
198	Faroe Islands	53.3 K
199	Northern Mariana Islands	49.8 K
200	St. Kitts and Nevis	47.8 K
201	Turks and Caicos Islands	46.1 K
202	American Samoa	43.9 K
203	Marshall Islands	42.0 K
204	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	41.2 K
205	Liechtenstein	39.6 K
206	Monaco	36.3 K
207	San Marino	33.6 K
208	Gibraltar	32.7 K
209	St. Martin (French part)	32.1 K
210	Palau	18.1 K
211	Nauru	12.8 K
212	Tuvalu	11.4 K
	World	8.025 Billion

Source: World Bank