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The interactive world map provides a visual overview of every sovereign nation on Earth, scaled by population size. By exploring this map, users can quickly identify the most and least populous countries, compare regional demographic weight, and navigate directly to detailed country profiles. Population data is drawn from the most recent national census reports and international estimates maintained by the World Bank and United Nations.

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1 Afghanistan Afghanistan 43,844,000 2 Albania Albania 2,363,314 3 Algeria Algeria 47,400,000 4 American Samoa American Samoa 49,710 5 Andorra Andorra 88,406 6 Angola Angola 36,170,961 7 Anguilla Anguilla 16,010 8 Antarctica Antarctica 1,300 9 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 103,603 10 Argentina Argentina 46,735,004 11 Armenia Armenia 3,076,200 12 Aruba Aruba 107,566 13 Australia Australia 27,536,874 14 Austria Austria 9,200,931 15 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 10,241,722 16 Bahamas Bahamas 398,165 17 Bahrain Bahrain 1,594,654 18 Bangladesh Bangladesh 169,828,911 19 Barbados Barbados 267,800 20 Belarus Belarus 9,109,280 21 Belgium Belgium 11,825,551 22 Belize Belize 417,634 23 Benin Benin 13,224,860 24 Bermuda Bermuda 64,055 25 Bhutan Bhutan 784,043 26 Bolivia Bolivia 11,365,333 27 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,422,000 28 Botswana Botswana 2,359,609 29 Brazil Brazil 213,421,037 30 British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 39,471 31 Brunei Brunei 455,500 32 Bulgaria Bulgaria 6,437,360 33 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 24,070,553 34 Burundi Burundi 12,332,788 35 Cambodia Cambodia 17,577,760 36 Cameroon Cameroon 29,442,327 37 Canada Canada 41,651,653 38 Cape Verde Cape Verde 491,233 39 Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean Netherlands 31,980 40 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 84,738 41 Central African Republic Central African Republic 6,470,307 42 Chad Chad 19,340,757 43 Chile Chile 20,206,953 44 China China 1,408,280,000 45 Christmas Island Christmas Island 1,692 46 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands 593 47 Colombia Colombia 53,057,212 48 Comoros Comoros 919,901 49 Cook Islands Cook Islands 15,040 50 Costa Rica Costa Rica 5,309,625 51 Croatia Croatia 3,866,233 52 Cuba Cuba 9,748,007 53 Curaçao Curaçao 156,115 54 Cyprus Cyprus 1,442,614 55 Czechia Czechia 10,882,341 56 DR Congo DR Congo 112,832,000 57 Denmark Denmark 6,011,488 58 Djibouti Djibouti 1,066,809 59 Dominica Dominica 67,408 60 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 10,771,504 61 Ecuador Ecuador 18,103,660 62 Egypt Egypt 107,271,260 63 El Salvador El Salvador 6,029,976 64 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 1,668,768 65 Eritrea Eritrea 3,607,000 66 Estonia Estonia 1,369,995 67 Eswatini Eswatini 1,235,549 68 Ethiopia Ethiopia 111,652,998 69 Falkland Islands Falkland Islands 3,662 70 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 54,885 71 Fiji Fiji 900,869 72 Finland Finland 5,650,325 73 France France 66,351,959 74 French Guiana French Guiana 292,354 75 French Polynesia French Polynesia 279,500 76 French Southern and Antarctic Lands French Southern and Antarctic Lands 400 77 Gabon Gabon 2,469,296 78 Gambia Gambia 2,422,712 79 Georgia Georgia 4,000,921 80 Germany Germany 83,491,249 81 Ghana Ghana 33,742,380 82 Gibraltar Gibraltar 38,000 83 Greece Greece 10,400,720 84 Greenland Greenland 56,542 85 Grenada Grenada 109,021 86 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 378,561 87 Guam Guam 153,836 88 Guatemala Guatemala 18,079,810 89 Guernsey Guernsey 64,781 90 Guinea Guinea 14,363,931 91 Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 1,781,308 92 Guyana Guyana 772,975 93 Haiti Haiti 11,867,032 94 Honduras Honduras 9,892,632 95 Hong Kong Hong Kong 7,527,500 96 Hungary Hungary 9,539,502 97 Iceland Iceland 391,810 98 India India 1,417,492,000 99 Indonesia Indonesia 284,438,782 100 Iran Iran 85,961,000 101 Iraq Iraq 46,118,793 102 Ireland Ireland 5,458,600 103 Isle of Man Isle of Man 84,530 104 Israel Israel 10,134,800 105 Italy Italy 58,927,633 106 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 31,719,275 107 Jamaica Jamaica 2,825,544 108 Japan Japan 123,210,000 109 Jersey Jersey 103,267 110 Jordan Jordan 11,734,000 111 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 20,426,568 112 Kenya Kenya 53,330,978 113 Kiribati Kiribati 120,740 114 Kosovo Kosovo 1,585,566 115 Kuwait Kuwait 4,881,254 116 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 7,281,800 117 Laos Laos 7,647,000 118 Latvia Latvia 1,829,000 119 Lebanon Lebanon 5,490,000 120 Lesotho Lesotho 2,116,427 121 Liberia Liberia 5,248,621 122 Libya Libya 7,459,000 123 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 40,900 124 Lithuania Lithuania 2,894,886 125 Luxembourg Luxembourg 681,973 126 Macau Macau 685,900 127 Madagascar Madagascar 31,727,042 128 Malawi Malawi 20,734,262 129 Malaysia Malaysia 34,231,700 130 Maldives Maldives 515,132 131 Mali Mali 22,395,489 132 Malta Malta 574,250 133 Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 42,418 134 Martinique Martinique 349,925 135 Mauritania Mauritania 4,927,532 136 Mauritius Mauritius 1,243,741 137 Mayotte Mayotte 320,901 138 Mexico Mexico 130,575,786 139 Micronesia Micronesia 105,564 140 Moldova Moldova 2,749,076 141 Monaco Monaco 38,423 142 Mongolia Mongolia 3,544,835 143 Montenegro Montenegro 623,327 144 Montserrat Montserrat 4,386 145 Morocco Morocco 36,828,330 146 Mozambique Mozambique 34,090,466 147 Myanmar Myanmar 51,316,756 148 Namibia Namibia 3,022,401 149 Nauru Nauru 11,680 150 Nepal Nepal 29,911,840 151 Netherlands Netherlands 18,100,436 152 New Caledonia New Caledonia 264,596 153 New Zealand New Zealand 5,324,700 154 Nicaragua Nicaragua 6,803,886 155 Niger Niger 26,312,034 156 Nigeria Nigeria 223,800,000 157 Niue Niue 1,681 158 Norfolk Island Norfolk Island 2,188 159 North Korea North Korea 25,950,000 160 North Macedonia North Macedonia 1,822,612 161 Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands 47,329 162 Norway Norway 5,606,944 163 Oman Oman 5,343,630 164 Pakistan Pakistan 241,499,431 165 Palau Palau 16,733 166 Palestine Palestine 5,483,450 167 Panama Panama 4,064,780 168 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 11,781,559 169 Paraguay Paraguay 6,109,644 170 Peru Peru 34,350,244 171 Philippines Philippines 114,123,600 172 Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands 35 173 Poland Poland 37,392,000 174 Portugal Portugal 10,749,635 175 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 3,203,295 176 Qatar Qatar 3,173,024 177 Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 6,142,180 178 Romania Romania 19,036,031 179 Russia Russia 146,028,325 180 Rwanda Rwanda 14,104,969 181 Réunion Réunion 896,175 182 Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy 10,562 183 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 5,651 184 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 51,320 185 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 184,100 186 Saint Martin Saint Martin 31,496 187 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,819 188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 110,872 189 Samoa Samoa 205,557 190 San Marino San Marino 34,132 191 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 35,300,280 192 Senegal Senegal 18,593,258 193 Serbia Serbia 6,567,783 194 Seychelles Seychelles 122,729 195 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 9,077,691 196 Singapore Singapore 6,110,200 197 Sint Maarten Sint Maarten 41,349 198 Slovakia Slovakia 5,413,813 199 Slovenia Slovenia 2,130,638 200 Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 750,325 201 Somalia Somalia 19,655,000 202 South Africa South Africa 63,100,945 203 South Korea South Korea 51,159,889 204 South Sudan South Sudan 15,786,898 205 Spain Spain 49,315,949 206 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 21,763,170 207 Sudan Sudan 51,662,000 208 Suriname Suriname 616,500 209 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Svalbard and Jan Mayen 2,530 210 Sweden Sweden 10,605,098 211 Switzerland Switzerland 9,082,848 212 Syria Syria 25,620,000 213 São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe 209,607 214 Taiwan Taiwan 23,317,031 215 Tajikistan Tajikistan 10,499,000 216 Tanzania Tanzania 68,153,004 217 Thailand Thailand 65,859,640 218 Timor-Leste Timor-Leste 1,391,221 219 Togo Togo 8,095,498 220 Tokelau Tokelau 2,608 221 Tonga Tonga 100,179 222 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 1,367,764 223 Tunisia Tunisia 11,972,169 224 Turkey Turkey 85,664,944 225 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 7,057,841 226 Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 50,828 227 Tuvalu Tuvalu 10,643 228 Uganda Uganda 45,905,417 229 Ukraine Ukraine 32,862,000 230 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 11,294,243 231 United Kingdom United Kingdom 69,281,437 232 United States United States 340,110,988 233 United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands 87,146 234 Uruguay Uruguay 3,499,451 235 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 37,859,698 236 Vanuatu Vanuatu 321,409 237 Vatican City Vatican City 882 238 Venezuela Venezuela 28,517,000 239 Vietnam Vietnam 101,343,800 240 Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna 11,620 241 Western Sahara Western Sahara 600,904 242 Yemen Yemen 32,684,503 243 Zambia Zambia 19,693,423 244 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 17,073,087 245 Åland Islands Åland Islands 30,654
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Frequently Asked Questions

There are 195 recognized sovereign countries in the world today. This total includes 193 member states of the United Nations and two permanent observer states, the Holy See and the State of Palestine. The exact count can vary depending on whether disputed territories and self-declared states are included in the tally.

India is currently the most populous country in the world, with an estimated population of approximately 1.44 billion people. It surpassed China in 2023 to claim this distinction. Together, India and China account for more than one-third of the total global population.

Russia is the largest country in the world by land area, spanning approximately 17.1 million square kilometers across Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It covers more than one-eighth of the inhabited land area on Earth and stretches across eleven time zones from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka.

Sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest-growing region in the world by population. Several countries in this region, including Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia, are projected to see their populations more than double by the middle of the twenty-first century due to high fertility rates and improving life expectancy.

Among countries with significant land area, Bangladesh is the most densely populated, with over 1,200 people per square kilometer. If city-states and microstates are included, Monaco holds the record with approximately 26,000 residents per square kilometer within its 2.02 square kilometer territory.

Population data comes primarily from national censuses conducted by individual governments, typically every ten years. Between census years, statistical agencies produce annual estimates using birth and death registration data, migration records, and demographic surveys. International organizations like the United Nations and World Bank compile and standardize these national figures for global comparison.