Last updated: May 13, 2026

Countries by Population

Countries sorted by estimated population.

Country	Capital	Continent	Population	Area	Currency
India	New Delhi	Asia	1.42 billion	3,287,263 km²	Indian rupee
China	Beijing	Asia	1.41 billion	9,706,961 km²	Chinese yuan
United States	Washington, D.C.	North America	340.1 million	9,525,067 km²	United States dollar
Indonesia	Jakarta	Asia	284.4 million	1,904,569 km²	Indonesian rupiah
Pakistan	Islamabad	Asia	241.5 million	796,095 km²	Pakistani rupee
Nigeria	Abuja	Africa	223.8 million	923,768 km²	Nigerian naira
Brazil	Brasília	South America	213.4 million	8,515,767 km²	Brazilian real
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Asia	169.8 million	147,570 km²	Bangladeshi taka
Russia	Moscow	Europe	146 million	17,098,246 km²	Russian ruble
Mexico	Mexico City	North America	130.6 million	1,964,375 km²	Mexican peso
Japan	Tokyo	Asia	123.2 million	377,930 km²	Japanese yen
Philippines	Manila	Asia	114.1 million	342,353 km²	Philippine peso
DR Congo	Kinshasa	Africa	112.8 million	2,344,858 km²	Congolese franc
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Africa	111.7 million	1,104,300 km²	Ethiopian birr
Egypt	Cairo	Africa	107.3 million	1,002,450 km²	Egyptian pound
Vietnam	Hanoi	Asia	101.3 million	331,212 km²	Vietnamese đồng
Iran	Tehran	Asia	86 million	1,648,195 km²	Iranian rial
Turkey	Ankara	Europe	85.7 million	783,562 km²	Turkish lira
Germany	Berlin	Europe	83.5 million	357,114 km²	euro
United Kingdom	London	Europe	69.3 million	244,376 km²	British pound
Tanzania	Dodoma	Africa	68.2 million	947,303 km²	Tanzanian shilling
France	Paris	Europe	66.4 million	543,908 km²	euro
Thailand	Bangkok	Asia	65.9 million	513,120 km²	Thai baht
South Africa	Pretoria	Africa	63.1 million	1,221,037 km²	South African rand
Italy	Rome	Europe	58.9 million	301,336 km²	euro
Kenya	Nairobi	Africa	53.3 million	580,367 km²	Kenyan shilling
Colombia	Bogotá	South America	53.1 million	1,141,748 km²	Colombian peso
Sudan	Khartoum	Africa	51.7 million	1,886,068 km²	Sudanese pound
Myanmar	Naypyidaw	Asia	51.3 million	676,578 km²	Burmese kyat
South Korea	Seoul	Asia	51.2 million	100,210 km²	South Korean won
Spain	Madrid	Europe	49.3 million	505,992 km²	euro
Algeria	Algiers	Africa	47.4 million	2,381,741 km²	Algerian dinar
Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America	46.7 million	2,780,400 km²	Argentine peso
Iraq	Baghdad	Asia	46.1 million	438,317 km²	Iraqi dinar
Uganda	Kampala	Africa	45.9 million	241,550 km²	Ugandan shilling
Afghanistan	Kabul	Asia	43.8 million	652,230 km²	Afghan afghani
Canada	Ottawa	North America	41.7 million	9,984,670 km²	Canadian dollar
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Asia	37.9 million	447,400 km²	Uzbekistani soʻm
Poland	Warsaw	Europe	37.4 million	312,679 km²	Polish złoty
Morocco	Rabat	Africa	36.8 million	446,550 km²	Moroccan dirham
Angola	Luanda	Africa	36.2 million	1,246,700 km²	Angolan kwanza
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Asia	35.3 million	2,149,690 km²	Saudi riyal
Peru	Lima	South America	34.4 million	1,285,216 km²	Peruvian sol
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Asia	34.2 million	330,803 km²	Malaysian ringgit
Mozambique	Maputo	Africa	34.1 million	801,590 km²	Mozambican metical
Ghana	Accra	Africa	33.7 million	238,533 km²	Ghanaian cedi
Ukraine	Kyiv	Europe	32.9 million	603,550 km²	Ukrainian hryvnia
Yemen	Sana'a	Asia	32.7 million	527,968 km²	Yemeni rial
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Africa	31.7 million	587,041 km²	Malagasy ariary
Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	Africa	31.7 million	322,463 km²	West African CFA franc
Nepal	Kathmandu	Asia	29.9 million	147,181 km²	Nepalese rupee
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Africa	29.4 million	475,442 km²	Central African CFA franc
Venezuela	Caracas	South America	28.5 million	916,445 km²	Venezuelan bolívar soberano
Australia	Canberra	Oceania	27.5 million	7,692,024 km²	Australian dollar
Niger	Niamey	Africa	26.3 million	1,267,000 km²	West African CFA franc
North Korea	Pyongyang	Asia	25.9 million	120,538 km²	North Korean won
Syria	Damascus	Asia	25.6 million	185,180 km²	Syrian pound
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Africa	24.1 million	272,967 km²	West African CFA franc
Taiwan	Taipei	Asia	23.3 million	36,197 km²	New Taiwan dollar
Mali	Bamako	Africa	22.4 million	1,240,192 km²	West African CFA franc
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Asia	21.8 million	65,610 km²	Sri Lankan rupee
Malawi	Lilongwe	Africa	20.7 million	118,484 km²	Malawian kwacha
Kazakhstan	Astana	Asia	20.4 million	2,724,900 km²	Kazakhstani tenge
Chile	Santiago	South America	20.2 million	756,102 km²	Chilean peso
Zambia	Lusaka	Africa	19.7 million	752,612 km²	Zambian kwacha
Somalia	Mogadishu	Africa	19.7 million	637,657 km²	Somali shilling
Chad	N'Djamena	Africa	19.3 million	1,284,000 km²	Central African CFA franc
Romania	Bucharest	Europe	19 million	238,391 km²	Romanian leu
Senegal	Dakar	Africa	18.6 million	196,722 km²	West African CFA franc
Ecuador	Quito	South America	18.1 million	276,841 km²	United States dollar
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Europe	18.1 million	41,865 km²	euro
Guatemala	Guatemala City	North America	18.1 million	108,889 km²	Guatemalan quetzal
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Asia	17.6 million	181,035 km²	Cambodian riel
Zimbabwe	Harare	Africa	17.1 million	390,757 km²	Zimbabwean dollar
South Sudan	Juba	Africa	15.8 million	619,745 km²	South Sudanese pound
Guinea	Conakry	Africa	14.4 million	245,857 km²	Guinean franc
Rwanda	Kigali	Africa	14.1 million	26,338 km²	Rwandan franc
Benin	Porto-Novo	Africa	13.2 million	112,622 km²	West African CFA franc
Burundi	Gitega	Africa	12.3 million	27,834 km²	Burundian franc
Tunisia	Tunis	Africa	12 million	163,610 km²	Tunisian dinar
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	North America	11.9 million	27,750 km²	Haitian gourde
Belgium	Brussels	Europe	11.8 million	30,528 km²	euro
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Oceania	11.8 million	462,840 km²	Papua New Guinean kina
Jordan	Amman	Asia	11.7 million	89,342 km²	Jordanian dinar
Bolivia	Sucre	South America	11.4 million	1,098,581 km²	Bolivian boliviano
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Asia	11.3 million	83,600 km²	United Arab Emirates dirham
Czechia	Prague	Europe	10.9 million	78,865 km²	Czech koruna
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	North America	10.8 million	48,671 km²	Dominican peso
Portugal	Lisbon	Europe	10.7 million	92,090 km²	euro
Sweden	Stockholm	Europe	10.6 million	450,295 km²	Swedish krona
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Asia	10.5 million	143,100 km²	Tajikistani somoni
Greece	Athens	Europe	10.4 million	131,990 km²	euro
Azerbaijan	Baku	Europe	10.2 million	86,600 km²	Azerbaijani manat
Israel	Jerusalem	Asia	10.1 million	21,937 km²	Israeli new shekel
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	North America	9.9 million	112,492 km²	Honduran lempira
Cuba	Havana	North America	9.7 million	109,884 km²	Cuban convertible peso
Hungary	Budapest	Europe	9.5 million	93,028 km²	Hungarian forint
Austria	Vienna	Europe	9.2 million	83,871 km²	euro
Belarus	Minsk	Europe	9.1 million	207,600 km²	Belarusian ruble
Switzerland	Bern	Europe	9.1 million	41,284 km²	Swiss franc
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Africa	9.1 million	71,740 km²	Leone
Togo	Lomé	Africa	8.1 million	56,785 km²	West African CFA franc
Laos	Vientiane	Asia	7.6 million	236,800 km²	Lao kip
Hong Kong	City of Victoria	Asia	7.5 million	1,104 km²	Hong Kong dollar
Libya	Tripoli	Africa	7.5 million	1,759,540 km²	Libyan dinar
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Asia	7.3 million	199,951 km²	Kyrgyzstani som
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Asia	7.1 million	488,100 km²	Turkmenistan manat
Nicaragua	Managua	North America	6.8 million	130,373 km²	Nicaraguan córdoba
Serbia	Belgrade	Europe	6.6 million	77,589 km²	Serbian dinar
Central African Republic	Bangui	Africa	6.5 million	622,984 km²	Central African CFA franc
Bulgaria	Sofia	Europe	6.4 million	110,879 km²	Bulgarian lev
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Africa	6.1 million	342,000 km²	Central African CFA franc
Singapore	Singapore	Asia	6.1 million	710 km²	Singapore dollar
Paraguay	Asunción	South America	6.1 million	406,752 km²	Paraguayan guaraní
El Salvador	San Salvador	North America	6 million	21,041 km²	United States dollar
Denmark	Copenhagen	Europe	6 million	43,094 km²	Danish krone
Finland	Helsinki	Europe	5.7 million	338,455 km²	euro
Norway	Oslo	Europe	5.6 million	386,224 km²	Norwegian krone
Lebanon	Beirut	Asia	5.5 million	10,452 km²	Lebanese pound
Palestine	Ramallah	Asia	5.5 million	6,220 km²	Egyptian pound
Ireland	Dublin	Europe	5.5 million	70,273 km²	euro
Slovakia	Bratislava	Europe	5.4 million	49,037 km²	euro
Oman	Muscat	Asia	5.3 million	309,500 km²	Omani rial
New Zealand	Wellington	Oceania	5.3 million	268,838 km²	New Zealand dollar
Costa Rica	San José	North America	5.3 million	51,100 km²	Costa Rican colón
Liberia	Monrovia	Africa	5.2 million	111,369 km²	Liberian dollar
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Africa	4.9 million	1,030,700 km²	Mauritanian ouguiya
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Asia	4.9 million	17,818 km²	Kuwaiti dinar
Panama	Panama City	North America	4.1 million	75,417 km²	Panamanian balboa
Georgia	Tbilisi	Asia	4 million	69,700 km²	lari
Croatia	Zagreb	Europe	3.9 million	56,594 km²	euro
Eritrea	Asmara	Africa	3.6 million	117,600 km²	Eritrean nakfa
Mongolia	Ulan Bator	Asia	3.5 million	1,564,110 km²	Mongolian tögrög
Uruguay	Montevideo	South America	3.5 million	181,034 km²	Uruguayan peso
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Europe	3.4 million	51,209 km²	Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
Puerto Rico	San Juan	North America	3.2 million	8,870 km²	United States dollar
Qatar	Doha	Asia	3.2 million	11,586 km²	Qatari riyal
Armenia	Yerevan	Asia	3.1 million	29,743 km²	Armenian dram
Namibia	Windhoek	Africa	3 million	825,615 km²	Namibian dollar
Lithuania	Vilnius	Europe	2.9 million	65,300 km²	euro
Jamaica	Kingston	North America	2.8 million	10,991 km²	Jamaican dollar
Moldova	Chișinău	Europe	2.7 million	33,847 km²	Moldovan leu
Gabon	Libreville	Africa	2.5 million	267,668 km²	Central African CFA franc
Gambia	Banjul	Africa	2.4 million	10,689 km²	dalasi
Albania	Tirana	Europe	2.4 million	28,748 km²	Albanian lek
Botswana	Gaborone	Africa	2.4 million	582,000 km²	Botswana pula
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Europe	2.1 million	20,273 km²	euro
Lesotho	Maseru	Africa	2.1 million	30,355 km²	Lesotho loti
Latvia	Riga	Europe	1.8 million	64,559 km²	euro
North Macedonia	Skopje	Europe	1.8 million	25,713 km²	denar
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Africa	1.8 million	36,125 km²	West African CFA franc
Equatorial Guinea	Ciudad de la Paz	Africa	1.7 million	28,051 km²	Central African CFA franc
Bahrain	Manama	Asia	1.6 million	765 km²	Bahraini dinar
Kosovo	Pristina	Europe	1.6 million	10,908 km²	euro
Cyprus	Nicosia	Europe	1.4 million	9,251 km²	euro
Timor-Leste	Dili	Oceania	1.4 million	14,874 km²	United States dollar
Estonia	Tallinn	Europe	1.4 million	45,227 km²	euro
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	North America	1.4 million	5,130 km²	Trinidad and Tobago dollar
Mauritius	Port Louis	Africa	1.2 million	2,040 km²	Mauritian rupee
Eswatini	Mbabane	Africa	1.2 million	17,364 km²	Swazi lilangeni
Djibouti	Djibouti	Africa	1.1 million	23,200 km²	Djiboutian franc
Comoros	Moroni	Africa	919.9 thousand	1,862 km²	Comorian franc
Fiji	Suva	Oceania	900.9 thousand	18,272 km²	Fijian dollar
Réunion	Saint-Denis	Africa	896.2 thousand	2,511 km²	euro
Bhutan	Thimphu	Asia	784 thousand	38,394 km²	Bhutanese ngultrum
Guyana	Georgetown	South America	773 thousand	214,969 km²	Guyanese dollar
Solomon Islands	Honiara	Oceania	750.3 thousand	28,896 km²	Solomon Islands dollar
Macau	No official capital listed	Asia	685.9 thousand	30 km²	Macanese pataca
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Europe	682 thousand	2,586 km²	euro
Montenegro	Podgorica	Europe	623.3 thousand	13,812 km²	euro
Suriname	Paramaribo	South America	616.5 thousand	163,820 km²	Surinamese dollar
Western Sahara	El Aaiún	Africa	600.9 thousand	266,000 km²	Algerian dinar
Malta	Valletta	Europe	574.3 thousand	316 km²	euro
Maldives	Malé	Asia	515.1 thousand	300 km²	Maldivian rufiyaa
Cape Verde	Praia	Africa	491.2 thousand	4,033 km²	Cape Verdean escudo
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia	455.5 thousand	5,765 km²	Brunei dollar
Belize	Belmopan	North America	417.6 thousand	22,966 km²	Belize dollar
Bahamas	Nassau	North America	398.2 thousand	13,943 km²	Bahamian dollar
Iceland	Reykjavik	Europe	391.8 thousand	103,000 km²	Icelandic króna
Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre	North America	378.6 thousand	1,628 km²	euro
Martinique	Fort-de-France	North America	349.9 thousand	1,128 km²	euro
Vanuatu	Port Vila	Oceania	321.4 thousand	12,189 km²	Vanuatu vatu
Mayotte	Mamoudzou	Africa	320.9 thousand	374 km²	euro
French Guiana	Cayenne	South America	292.4 thousand	83,534 km²	euro
French Polynesia	Papeetē	Oceania	279.5 thousand	4,167 km²	CFP franc
Barbados	Bridgetown	North America	267.8 thousand	430 km²	Barbadian dollar
New Caledonia	Nouméa	Oceania	264.6 thousand	18,575 km²	CFP franc
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé	Africa	209.6 thousand	964 km²	São Tomé and Príncipe dobra
Samoa	Apia	Oceania	205.6 thousand	2,842 km²	Samoan tālā
Saint Lucia	Castries	North America	184.1 thousand	616 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Curaçao	Willemstad	North America	156.1 thousand	444 km²	Netherlands Antillean guilder
Guam	Hagåtña	Oceania	153.8 thousand	549 km²	United States dollar
Seychelles	Victoria	Africa	122.7 thousand	452 km²	Seychellois rupee
Kiribati	South Tarawa	Oceania	120.7 thousand	811 km²	Australian dollar
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	North America	110.9 thousand	389 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Grenada	St. George's	North America	109 thousand	344 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Aruba	Oranjestad	North America	107.6 thousand	180 km²	Aruban florin
Micronesia	Palikir	Oceania	105.6 thousand	702 km²	United States dollar
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	North America	103.6 thousand	442 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Jersey	Saint Helier	Europe	103.3 thousand	116 km²	British pound
Tonga	Nuku'alofa	Oceania	100.2 thousand	747 km²	Tongan paʻanga
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Europe	88.4 thousand	468 km²	euro
United States Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	North America	87.1 thousand	347 km²	United States dollar
Cayman Islands	George Town	North America	84.7 thousand	264 km²	Cayman Islands dollar
Isle of Man	Douglas	Europe	84.5 thousand	572 km²	British pound
Dominica	Roseau	North America	67.4 thousand	751 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Guernsey	St. Peter Port	Europe	64.8 thousand	78 km²	British pound
Bermuda	Hamilton	North America	64.1 thousand	54 km²	Bermudian dollar
Greenland	Nuuk	North America	56.5 thousand	2,166,086 km²	krone
Faroe Islands	Tórshavn	Europe	54.9 thousand	1,393 km²	Danish krone
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	North America	51.3 thousand	261 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town	North America	50.8 thousand	948 km²	United States dollar
American Samoa	Pago Pago	Oceania	49.7 thousand	199 km²	United States dollar
Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	Oceania	47.3 thousand	464 km²	United States dollar
Marshall Islands	Majuro	Oceania	42.4 thousand	181 km²	United States dollar
Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	North America	41.3 thousand	34 km²	Netherlands Antillean guilder
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Europe	40.9 thousand	160 km²	Swiss franc
British Virgin Islands	Road Town	North America	39.5 thousand	151 km²	United States dollar
Monaco	Monaco	Europe	38.4 thousand	2 km²	euro
Gibraltar	Gibraltar	Europe	38 thousand	6 km²	Gibraltar pound
San Marino	City of San Marino	Europe	34.1 thousand	61 km²	euro
Caribbean Netherlands	Kralendijk	North America	32 thousand	328 km²	United States dollar
Saint Martin	Marigot	North America	31.5 thousand	53 km²	euro
Åland Islands	Mariehamn	Europe	30.7 thousand	1,580 km²	euro
Palau	Ngerulmud	Oceania	16.7 thousand	459 km²	United States dollar
Anguilla	The Valley	North America	16 thousand	91 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Cook Islands	Avarua	Oceania	15 thousand	236 km²	Cook Islands dollar
Nauru	Yaren	Oceania	11.7 thousand	21 km²	Australian dollar
Wallis and Futuna	Mata-Utu	Oceania	11.6 thousand	142 km²	CFP franc
Tuvalu	Funafuti	Oceania	10.6 thousand	26 km²	Australian dollar
Saint Barthélemy	Gustavia	North America	10.6 thousand	21 km²	euro
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Saint-Pierre	North America	5.8 thousand	242 km²	euro
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Jamestown	Africa	5.7 thousand	394 km²	Pound sterling
Montserrat	Plymouth	North America	4.4 thousand	102 km²	Eastern Caribbean dollar
Falkland Islands	Stanley	South America	3.7 thousand	12,173 km²	Falkland Islands pound
Tokelau	Fakaofo	Oceania	2.6 thousand	12 km²	New Zealand dollar
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Longyearbyen	Europe	2.5 thousand	61,399 km²	krone
Norfolk Island	Kingston	Oceania	2.2 thousand	36 km²	Australian dollar
Christmas Island	Flying Fish Cove	Asia	1.7 thousand	135 km²	Australian dollar
Niue	Alofi	Oceania	1.7 thousand	260 km²	New Zealand dollar
Antarctica	No official capital listed	Antarctica	1.3 thousand	14,000,000 km²	Not listed
Vatican City	Vatican City	Europe	882	0 km²	euro
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	West Island	Asia	593	14 km²	Australian dollar
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Port-aux-Français	Antarctica	400	7,747 km²	euro
Pitcairn Islands	Adamstown	Oceania	35	47 km²	New Zealand dollar
Bouvet Island	No official capital listed	Antarctica	0	49 km²	Not listed
British Indian Ocean Territory	Diego Garcia	Asia	0	60 km²	United States dollar
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	No official capital listed	Antarctica	0	412 km²	Not listed
South Georgia	King Edward Point	Antarctica	0	3,903 km²	British pound
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Washington DC	Oceania	0	34 km²	United States dollar