Population by Size

The total population for each country is listed below.

The total population of the world is estimated to have increased to over 8 billion in 2022 with a growth rate of approximately 1% expected for the year.

In order to take account of the problems in assessing the accuracy of population estimates World Economics has produced a Population Data Quality Rating (PDQR) against each country.






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Country World Economics Population Quality
(Grade: A-E)		 Rank
Order		 Population Size
2022 (Millions)
India C 1 1,438.07
China A 2 1,422.58
United States A 3 343.48
Indonesia B 4 281.19
Pakistan D 5 247.50
Nigeria E 6 227.88
Brazil A 7 211.14
Bangladesh E 8 171.47
Russia A 9 145.44
Mexico A 10 129.74
Ethiopia E 11 128.69
Japan A 12 124.37
Philippines B 13 114.89
Egypt B 14 114.54
Congo, Dem. Rep E 15 105.79
Vietnam B 16 100.35
Türkiye A 17 87.27
Germany B 18 84.55
Thailand A 19 71.70
United Kingdom A 20 68.68
Tanzania E 21 66.62
France A 22 66.44
South Africa C 23 63.21
Italy B 24 59.50
Kenya D 25 55.34
Myanmar C 26 54.13
Colombia B 27 52.32
Korea, Rep. A 28 51.75
Sudan E 29 50.04
Uganda E 30 48.66
Spain B 31 47.91
Algeria C 32 46.16
Argentina A 33 45.54
Afghanistan E 34 41.45
Yemen, Rep. E 35 39.39
Canada A 36 39.30
Poland A 37 38.76
Ukraine B 38 37.73
Morocco C 39 37.71
Angola E 40 36.75
Uzbekistan E 41 35.65
Malaysia B 42 35.13
Peru B 43 33.85
Ghana C 44 33.79
Mozambique D 45 33.64
Saudi Arabia A 46 33.26
Madagascar D 47 31.20
Cote d'Ivoire D 48 31.17
Nepal D 49 29.69
Cameroon E 50 28.37
Australia A 51 26.45
Niger E 52 26.16
Mali C 53 23.77
Taiwan A 54 23.32
Burkina Faso C 55 23.03
Sri Lanka C 56 22.97
Malawi D 57 21.10
Zambia E 58 20.72
Kazakhstan A 59 20.33
Chile B 60 19.66
Chad E 61 19.32
Romania C 62 19.12
Guatemala C 63 18.12
Netherlands B 64 18.09
Senegal D 65 18.08
Ecuador D 66 17.98
Cambodia D 67 17.42
Zimbabwe E 68 16.34
Guinea E 69 14.41
Benin D 70 14.11
Rwanda D 71 13.95
Burundi E 72 13.69
Bolivia D 73 12.24
Tunisia C 74 12.20
Belgium B 75 11.71
Haiti E 76 11.64
Jordan C 77 11.44
Dominican Republic D 78 11.33
Czechia B 79 10.81
Honduras D 80 10.64
United Arab Emirates C 81 10.64
Sweden B 82 10.55
Portugal B 83 10.43
Tajikistan B 84 10.39
Papua New Guinea E 85 10.39
Azerbaijan B 86 10.32
Greece B 87 10.24
Hungary D 88 9.69
Togo D 89 9.30
Israel C 90 9.26
Austria B 91 9.13
Belarus A 92 9.12
Switzerland C 93 8.87
Sierra Leone C 94 8.46
Laos D 95 7.66
Hong Kong A 96 7.44
Turkmenistan B 97 7.36
Libya E 98 7.31
Kyrgyzstan A 99 7.07
Paraguay D 100 6.84
Nicaragua E 101 6.82
Bulgaria C 102 6.80
Serbia C 103 6.77
El Salvador D 104 6.31
Congo, Rep. E 105 6.18
Denmark B 106 5.95
Singapore A 107 5.79
Lebanon E 108 5.77
Finland C 109 5.60
Norway B 110 5.52
Slovak Republic D 111 5.52
Liberia E 112 5.49
Ireland A 113 5.20
New Zealand A 114 5.17
Central African Republic E 115 5.15
Costa Rica C 116 5.11
Oman A 117 5.05
Mauritania E 118 5.02
Kuwait A 119 4.84
Panama C 120 4.46
Croatia C 121 3.90
Georgia B 122 3.81
Mongolia A 123 3.43
Uruguay C 124 3.39
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 125 3.19
Moldova B 126 3.07
Qatar A 127 2.98
Namibia E 128 2.96
Armenia A 129 2.94
Lithuania C 130 2.85
Jamaica D 131 2.84
Albania C 132 2.81
Gambia E 133 2.70
Gabon D 134 2.48
Botswana D 135 2.48
Lesotho E 136 2.31
Guinea-Bissau E 137 2.15
Slovenia A 138 2.12
Latvia D 139 1.88
North Macedonia B 140 1.83
Bahrain C 141 1.57
Estonia D 142 1.37
Cyprus B 143 1.34
Mauritius A 144 1.27
Eswatini D 145 1.23
Comoros D 146 0.85
Guyana D 147 0.83
Bhutan C 148 0.79
Luxembourg B 149 0.67
Suriname D 150 0.63
Malta B 151 0.53
Bahamas, The C 152 0.40
Iceland B 153 0.39


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Grade definitions:
         A: As good as it gets
         B: Good
         C: Use with caution
         D: Poor
         E: Extremely poor quality






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