Most populated countries | Full List, Population & Data

The 50 countries with the largest population.

Countries
50
Population
7B
Total area
96,602,789 km²

Countries

# Country Capital Population Area (km²)
1 India New Delhi 1B 3,287,263
2 China Beijing 1B 9,706,961
3 United States Washington, D.C. 340M 9,525,067
4 Indonesia Jakarta 284M 1,904,569
5 Pakistan Islamabad 241M 796,095
6 Nigeria Abuja 224M 923,768
7 Brazil Brasília 213M 8,515,767
8 Bangladesh Dhaka 170M 147,570
9 Russia Moscow 146M 17,098,246
10 Mexico Mexico City 131M 1,964,375
11 Japan Tokyo 123M 377,930
12 Philippines Manila 114M 342,353
13 DR Congo Kinshasa 113M 2,344,858
14 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 112M 1,104,300
15 Egypt Cairo 107M 1,002,450
16 Vietnam Hanoi 101M 331,212
17 Iran Tehran 86M 1,648,195
18 Turkey Ankara 86M 783,562
19 Germany Berlin 83M 357,114
20 United Kingdom London 69M 244,376
21 Tanzania Dodoma 68M 947,303
22 France Paris 66M 543,908
23 Thailand Bangkok 66M 513,120
24 South Africa Pretoria 63M 1,221,037
25 Italy Rome 59M 301,336
26 Kenya Nairobi 53M 580,367
27 Colombia Bogotá 53M 1,141,748
28 Sudan Khartoum 52M 1,886,068
29 Myanmar Naypyidaw 51M 676,578
30 South Korea Seoul 51M 100,210
31 Spain Madrid 49M 505,992
32 Algeria Algiers 47M 2,381,741
33 Argentina Buenos Aires 47M 2,780,400
34 Iraq Baghdad 46M 438,317
35 Uganda Kampala 46M 241,550
36 Afghanistan Kabul 44M 652,230
37 Canada Ottawa 42M 9,984,670
38 Uzbekistan Tashkent 38M 447,400
39 Poland Warsaw 37M 312,679
40 Morocco Rabat 37M 446,550
41 Angola Luanda 36M 1,246,700
42 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 35M 2,149,690
43 Peru Lima 34M 1,285,216
44 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 34M 330,803
45 Mozambique Maputo 34M 801,590
46 Ghana Accra 34M 238,533
47 Ukraine Kyiv 33M 603,550
48 Yemen Sana'a 33M 527,968
49 Madagascar Antananarivo 32M 587,041
50 Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 32M 322,463

Frequently Asked Questions

Our Most populated countries | Full List, Population & Data list currently contains 50 countries, based on data from multiple authoritative sources. See the full table above for every entry.

We filter our country database using rules described in each list (for example landlocked = no sea coastline in the source data). This page shows 50 matching countries.

Country profiles combine REST Countries (borders, UN membership), CIA World Factbook (coastline, government type, elevation), and World Bank and WHO indicators.

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