Population Rankings: 2024

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
2024 (Millions)
India D 1 1,450.94
China A 2 1,419.32
United States A 3 345.43
Indonesia B 4 283.49
Pakistan D 5 251.27
Nigeria E 6 232.68
Brazil A 7 212.00
Bangladesh E 8 173.56
Russia A 9 144.82
Ethiopia E 10 132.06
Mexico B 11 130.86
Japan A 12 123.75
Egypt B 13 116.54
Philippines B 14 115.84
Congo, Dem. Rep E 15 109.28
Vietnam B 16 100.99
Türkiye A 17 87.47
Germany B 18 84.55
Thailand A 19 71.67
United Kingdom A 20 69.14
Tanzania E 21 68.56
France A 22 66.55
South Africa C 23 64.01
Italy B 24 59.34
Kenya D 25 56.43
Myanmar C 26 54.50
Colombia B 27 52.89
Korea, Rep. A 28 51.72
Sudan E 29 50.45
Uganda E 30 50.02
Spain B 31 47.91
Algeria C 32 46.81
Argentina A 33 45.70
Afghanistan E 34 42.65
Yemen, Rep. E 35 40.58
Canada A 36 39.74
Poland A 37 38.54
Morocco C 38 38.08
Angola E 39 37.89
Ukraine B 40 37.86
Uzbekistan E 41 36.36
Malaysia B 42 35.56
Mozambique D 43 34.63
Ghana C 44 34.43
Peru B 45 34.22
Saudi Arabia A 46 33.96
Madagascar D 47 31.96
Cote d'Ivoire D 48 31.93
Nepal D 49 29.65
Cameroon E 50 29.12
Niger E 51 27.03
Australia A 52 26.71
Mali C 53 24.48
Burkina Faso C 54 23.55
Taiwan A 55 23.21
Sri Lanka C 56 23.10
Malawi D 57 21.66
Zambia E 58 21.31
Kazakhstan A 59 20.59
Chad E 60 20.30
Chile B 61 19.76
Romania C 62 19.02
Senegal D 63 18.50
Guatemala C 64 18.41
Netherlands B 65 18.23
Ecuador D 66 18.14
Cambodia D 67 17.64
Zimbabwe E 68 16.63
Guinea E 69 14.75
Benin D 70 14.46
Rwanda D 71 14.26
Burundi E 72 14.05
Bolivia D 73 12.41
Tunisia C 74 12.28
Haiti E 75 11.77
Belgium B 76 11.74
Jordan C 77 11.55
Dominican Republic D 78 11.43
United Arab Emirates C 79 11.03
Honduras D 80 10.83
Czechia B 81 10.74
Sweden B 82 10.61
Tajikistan B 83 10.59
Papua New Guinea E 84 10.58
Portugal B 85 10.43
Azerbaijan B 86 10.34
Greece B 87 10.05
Hungary D 88 9.68
Togo D 89 9.52
Israel C 90 9.39
Austria B 91 9.12
Belarus A 92 9.06
Switzerland C 93 8.92
Sierra Leone D 94 8.64
Laos D 95 7.77
Turkmenistan B 96 7.49
Hong Kong A 97 7.41
Libya E 98 7.38
Kyrgyzstan A 99 7.19
Paraguay D 100 6.93
Nicaragua E 101 6.92
Bulgaria C 102 6.76
Serbia C 103 6.74
El Salvador D 104 6.34
Congo, Rep. E 105 6.33
Denmark B 106 5.98
Singapore A 107 5.83
Lebanon E 108 5.81
Finland C 109 5.62
Liberia E 110 5.61
Norway B 111 5.58
Slovak Republic C 112 5.51
Central African Republic E 113 5.33
Oman A 114 5.28
Ireland A 115 5.26
New Zealand A 116 5.21
Mauritania E 117 5.17
Costa Rica C 118 5.13
Kuwait A 119 4.93
Panama C 120 4.52
Croatia C 121 3.88
Georgia B 122 3.81
Mongolia A 123 3.48
Uruguay C 124 3.39
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 125 3.16
Qatar A 126 3.05
Moldova B 127 3.03
Namibia E 128 3.03
Armenia A 129 2.97
Lithuania C 130 2.86
Jamaica D 131 2.84
Albania C 132 2.79
Gambia E 133 2.76
Gabon D 134 2.54
Botswana D 135 2.52
Lesotho E 136 2.34
Guinea-Bissau E 137 2.20
Slovenia A 138 2.12
Latvia D 139 1.87
North Macedonia B 140 1.82
Bahrain C 141 1.61
Trinidad and Tobago D 142 1.51
Estonia C 143 1.36
Cyprus B 144 1.36
Mauritius A 145 1.27
Eswatini D 146 1.24
Comoros D 147 0.87
Guyana D 148 0.83
Bhutan C 149 0.79
Luxembourg B 150 0.67
Suriname D 151 0.63
Malta A 152 0.54
Cabo Verde C 153 0.52
Brunei E 154 0.46
Bahamas, The C 155 0.40
Iceland B 156 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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