List of countries by population in 2015

This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population, with population figures estimated for 2015 (rounded to the nearest 1,000). The figures are estimates for the United Nations (UN)"2015 annual statistics", which lists more than 100,000 population by country and territory.

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The list includes all sovereign states and dependent territories recognized by the United Nations plus the territory under the effective control of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

This list adopts definitions of "country" on a case by case basis. The United Kingdom is considered as a single country while constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are regarded separately.

Rank	Country / territory	Population 2015 (UN estimate)	Change from 2010*	Area (km²)[1]	Population density
–	World	7,379,797,139
1	China	1,376,048,943		9,596,961	143.4
2	India[2]	1,311,050,527		3,287,263	398.8
3	United States	321,418,820		9,833,520	32.7
4	Indonesia	257,563,815		1,904,569	135.2
5	Brazil	207,847,528		8,515,767	24.4
6	Pakistan	188,924,874		881,913	214.2
7	Nigeria	182,201,962		923,768	197.2
8	Bangladesh	160,995,642		147,570	1091
9	Russia	143,456,918		17,075,200	8.4
10	Mexico	127,017,224	1	1,972,550	64.4
11	Japan	126,573,481	1	377,972	334.9
12	Philippines	100,981,437		343,448	294
13	Ethiopia	99,390,750	1	1,104,300	90
14	Vietnam	91,508,084	1	331,230.8	276.3
15	Egypt	83,483,000	1	1,010,408	82.6
16	Germany	78,728,000	1	357,168	220.4
17	Iran	79,109,272		1,648,195	48
18	Turkey	77,266,814		783,356	98.6
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	76,244,544		2,345,409	32.5
20	Thailand	67,959,359		513,120	132.4
21	United Kingdom	64,715,810	1	242,495	266.9
22	France	64,395,345	1	640,679	100.5
23	Italy	60,340,328	1	301,338	200.2
24	Myanmar	59,780,000		676,578	88.4
25	South Africa	49,991,300	1	1,221,037	40.9
26	South Korea	49,410,366	1	100,210	493.1
27	Spain	45,989,016	2	505,990	90.9
28	Ukraine	45,782,592	1	603,628	75.8
29	Colombia	45,508,205	1	1,141,748	39.9
30	Tanzania	43,187,823	2	947,303	45.6
31	Sudan	42,338,426	2	1,886,068	22.4
32	Kenya	40,862,900	2	580,367	70.4
33	Argentina	40,518,951	3	2,780,400	14.6
34	Poland	38,167,329	3	312,679	122.1
35	Algeria	35,978,000		2,381,741	15.1
36	Canada	34,108,752		9,984,670	3.4
37	Iraq	32,481,000	3	437,072	74.3
38	Morocco	31,894,000	1	710,850	44.9
39	Uganda	31,784,600		241,038	131.9
40	Peru	29,461,933	1	1,285,216	22.9
41	Venezuela	28,833,845	2	716,445	40.2
42	Malaysia	28,334,135	3	330,803	85.7
43	Nepal	28,043,744	1	147,181	190.5
44	Uzbekistan	28,001,400		448,978	62.4
45	Saudi Arabia	27,136,977	1	2,149,690	12.6
46	Afghanistan	24,485,600	8	652,864	37.5
47	North Korea	24,325,701		120,540	201.8
48	Ghana	24,223,431	1	239,567	101.1
49	Taiwan	23,162,120	1	36,197	639.9
50	Yemen	23,153,982	1	527,968	43.9
51	Mozambique	22,416,881	4	801,590	28
52	Australia[3]	22,299,800	1	7,692,024	2.9
53	Cote d'Ivoire	21,570,746	4	322,463	66.9
54	Romania	21,462,186	4	238,397	90
55	Sri Lanka	20,653,000	3	65,610	314.8
56	Syria	20,619,000	2	185,180	111.3
57	Madagascar	20,146,442	1	587,041	34.3
58	Cameroon	19,958,352		475,442	42
59	Angola	18,992,708	2	1,246,700	15.2
60	Chile	17,094,270		756,096	22.6
61	Netherlands	16,574,989	2	41,543	399
62	Kazakhstan	16,442,000		2,724,900	6
63	Burkina Faso	15,730,977	4	274,200	57.4
64	Mali	15,370,000	1	1,240,192	12.4
65	Niger	15,203,822	1	1,267,000	12
66	Ecuador	14,483,499		283,561	51.1
67	Guatemala	14,361,666	2	108,889	131.9
68	Cambodia	14,302,779	5	181,035	79
69	Malawi	13,947,592	1	118,484	117.7
70	Zambia	13,257,269	1	752,618	17.6
71	Zimbabwe	12,644,041	3	390,757	32.4
72	Senegal	12,509,434		196,712	63.6
73	Chad	11,714,904	8	1,284,000	9.1
74	Greece	11,305,118		131,957	85.7
75	Cuba	11,241,161	2	109,884	102.3
76	Belgium	10,839,905	1	30,528	355.1
77	Portugal	10,637,713	1	92,212	115.4
78	Tunisia	10,547,100		163,610	64.5
79	Czech Republic	10,506,813	2	78,866	133.2
80	Bolivia	10,426,154	4	1,098,581	9.5
81	Rwanda	10,412,820	5	26,338	395.4
82	Guinea	10,323,755	1	245,836	42
83	Hungary	10,014,324	4	93,030	107.6
84	Dominican Republic	9,884,371	3	48,315	204.6
85	Haiti	9,855,000	3	27,750	355.1
86	Belarus	9,480,178	4	207,595	45.7
87	Somalia	9,358,602	4	637,657	14.7
88	Sweden	9,340,682	3	450,295	20.7
89	Benin	9,211,741		114,763	80.3
90	Azerbaijan	8,997,586		86,600	103.9
91	Burundi	8,518,862	3	27,834	306.1
92	Austria	8,375,290		83,879	99.8
93	United Arab Emirates	8,264,070	24	83,600	98.9
94	Honduras	8,045,990	2	112,492	71.5
95	Switzerland	7,785,806		41,285	188.6
96	Israel	7,623,600	3	22,072	345.4
97	Tajikistan	7,616,400	3	143,100	53.2
98	Bulgaria	7,563,710	5	110,993.6	68.1
99	Serbia	7,291,436	19	77,474	94.1
100	Hong Kong	7,024,200	3	2,755	2549.6
101	Papua New Guinea	6,744,955	3	462,840
102	Libya	6,545,619	3	1,759,541
103	Paraguay	6,459,727	2	406,752
104	Laos	6,230,200	1	237,955
105	El Salvador	6,194,126	7	21,041
106	Togo	6,191,155	4	56,785
107	Jordan	6,113,000	1	89,341
108	Sierra Leone	5,835,664		71,740
109	Nicaragua	5,822,265		130,375
110	Denmark	5,534,738		42,931
111	Turkmenistan	5,479,800	3	491,210
112	Slovakia	5,424,925	1	49,035
113	Kyrgyzstan	5,418,300	1	199,951
114	Finland[4]	5,351,427	1	338,424
115	Eritrea	5,223,994	4	117,600
116	Singapore	5,076,700	5	721.5
117	Norway[5]	4,858,199	2	385,203
118	Costa Rica	4,563,539	2	51,100
119	Central African Republic	4,505,945	4	622,984
120	Ireland	4,467,854	3	70,273
121	Georgia	4,436,391	3	69,700
122	Croatia	4,425,747	6	56,594
123	New Zealand	4,367,800	1	268,021
124	Liberia	4,101,767	8	111,369
125	Palestine	4,048,403	3	6,020
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,844,046	1	51,129
127	Lebanon	3,785,655	2	10,452
128	Republic of the Congo	3,758,678	3	342,000
129	Puerto Rico	3,721,978	3	9,104
130	Kuwait	3,566,437	7	17,818
131	Moldova	3,563,695		33,846
132	Panama	3,504,483		75,417
133	Uruguay	3,356,584		176,215
134	Lithuania	3,329,039		65,300
135	Armenia	3,249,482		29,743
136	Mauritania	3,217,383		1,030,000
137	Albania	3,195,000		28,748
138	Mongolia	2,780,800		1,566,000
139	Oman	2,773,479		309,500
140	Jamaica	2,701,200		10,991
141	Latvia	2,248,374		64,589
142	Namibia	2,212,037		825,615
143	Kosovo	2,208,107		10,908
144	Macedonia	2,052,722		25,713
145	Slovenia	2,046,976		20,273
146	Botswana	2,029,307		581,730
147	Lesotho	1,891,830		30,355
148	Gambia	1,750,732		10,689
149	Qatar	1,699,435		11,581
150	Guinea-Bissau	1,647,380		36,125
151	Gabon	1,501,266		267,667
152	Estonia	1,340,127		45,227
153	Trinidad and Tobago	1,317,714		5,131
154	Equatorial Guinea	1,313,000		28,050
155	Mauritius[6]	1,283,415		2,040
156	Bahrain	1,234,571		765.3
157	Timor-Leste	1,149,028
158	Cyprus[7]	1,102,677
159	Swaziland	1,055,506
160	Djibouti	879,053
161	Fiji	850,700
162	Réunion	828,054
163	Guyana	761,442
164	Bhutan	695,822
165	Comoros	675,000
166	Montenegro	616,411
167	Macau	552,300
168	Suriname	531,170
169	Solomon Islands	530,669
170	Western Sahara	530,000
171	Cape Verde	512,582
172	Luxembourg	502,066
173	Brunei	414,400
174	Malta	414,372
175	Guadeloupe	404,394
176	Martinique	399,637
177	Bahamas	353,658
178	Maldives	319,738
179	Iceland	317,630
180	Belize	312,971
181	Barbados	276,300
182	French Polynesia	267,000
183	New Caledonia	248,000
184	Vanuatu	245,036
185	French Guiana	232,223
186	Mayotte	202,000
187	Samoa	183,123
188	Guam	180,865
189	Saint Lucia	174,000
190	São Tomé and Príncipe	165,397
191	Curacao	142,180
192	Grenada	109,553
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,284
194	U.S. Virgin Islands	106,267
195	Tonga	103,365
196	Micronesia	102,624
197	Aruba	101,484
198	Kiribati	100,835
*Change position from the list of countries by population in 2010