Population Rankings: 2025

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
2025 (Millions)
India C 1 1,459.52
China C 2 1,412.87
United States A 3 346.43
Indonesia D 4 284.94
Pakistan E 5 254.52
Nigeria C 6 236.91
Brazil B 7 212.22
Bangladesh D 8 175.09
Russia C 9 143.67
Ethiopia E 10 135.08
Mexico B 11 131.55
Japan A 12 122.87
Egypt C 13 118.03
Philippines C 14 116.43
Congo, Dem. Rep E 15 112.56
Vietnam D 16 101.34
Türkiye B 17 87.44
Germany A 18 83.89
Thailand B 19 71.44
United Kingdom A 20 69.39
Tanzania D 21 70.35
France B 22 66.51
South Africa B 23 64.55
Italy B 24 59.03
Kenya D 25 57.36
Myanmar E 26 54.70
Colombia B 27 53.27
Korea, Rep. A 28 51.54
Sudan E 29 51.52
Uganda D 30 51.23
Spain A 31 47.79
Algeria C 32 47.32
Argentina B 33 45.73
Afghanistan E 34 43.73
Yemen, Rep. E 35 41.66
Canada A 36 40.03
Poland A 37 38.05
Morocco B 38 38.33
Angola E 39 38.94
Ukraine B 40 38.90
Uzbekistan C 41 36.95
Malaysia B 42 35.87
Mozambique E 43 35.53
Ghana D 44 34.97
Peru C 45 34.47
Saudi Arabia B 46 34.48
Madagascar E 47 32.65
Cote d'Ivoire D 48 32.63
Nepal E 49 29.51
Cameroon E 50 29.80
Niger D 51 27.85
Australia A 52 26.90
Mali E 53 25.14
Burkina Faso D 54 24.01
Taiwan B 55 23.06
Sri Lanka B 56 23.17
Malawi D 57 22.15
Zambia D 58 21.85
Kazakhstan B 59 20.79
Chad E 60 20.95
Chile B 61 19.80
Romania B 62 18.87
Senegal D 63 18.88
Guatemala C 64 18.63
Netherlands A 65 18.30
Ecuador C 66 18.23
Cambodia E 67 17.80
Zimbabwe E 68 16.90
Guinea E 69 15.06
Benin D 70 14.78
Rwanda C 71 14.53
Burundi E 72 14.35
Bolivia C 73 12.54
Tunisia B 74 12.32
Haiti E 75 11.87
Belgium A 76 11.73
Jordan C 77 11.49
Dominican Republic D 78 11.49
United Arab Emirates A 79 11.31
Honduras E 80 10.97
Czechia B 81 10.59
Sweden A 82 10.63
Tajikistan D 83 10.75
Papua New Guinea E 84 10.73
Portugal A 85 10.39
Azerbaijan C 86 10.37
Greece B 87 9.92
Hungary B 88 9.61
Togo E 89 9.70
Israel B 90 9.49
Austria A 91 9.09
Belarus B 92 8.98
Switzerland A 93 8.95
Sierra Leone E 94 8.79
Laos E 95 7.85
Turkmenistan E 96 7.60
Hong Kong B 97 7.38
Libya E 98 7.44
Kyrgyzstan C 99 7.27
Paraguay C 100 6.99
Nicaragua D 101 6.99
Bulgaria B 102 6.70
Serbia B 103 6.67
El Salvador C 104 6.34
Congo, Rep. E 105 6.47
Denmark A 106 5.99
Singapore A 107 5.85
Lebanon E 108 5.83
Finland A 109 5.61
Liberia E 110 5.72
Norway A 111 5.61
Slovak Republic B 112 5.46
Central African Republic E 113 5.50
Oman B 114 5.48
Ireland A 115 5.30
New Zealand A 116 5.24
Mauritania E 117 5.30
Costa Rica B 118 5.14
Kuwait B 119 5.01
Panama B 120 4.56
Croatia B 121 3.84
Georgia B 122 3.80
Mongolia B 123 3.51
Uruguay A 124 3.38
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 125 3.13
Qatar B 126 3.11
Moldova B 127 2.99
Namibia D 128 3.08
Armenia B 129 2.94
Lithuania B 130 2.82
Jamaica B 131 2.83
Albania B 132 2.76
Gambia E 133 2.81
Gabon E 134 2.59
Botswana B 135 2.55
Lesotho E 136 2.36
Guinea-Bissau E 137 2.24
Slovenia A 138 2.11
Latvia A 139 1.85
North Macedonia B 140 1.81
Bahrain B 141 1.64
Trinidad and Tobago C 142 1.51
Estonia A 143 1.34
Cyprus B 144 1.37
Mauritius B 145 1.26
Eswatini E 146 1.25
Comoros E 147 0.88
Guyana C 148 0.83
Bhutan C 149 0.79
Luxembourg A 150 0.68
Suriname C 151 0.64
Malta B 152 0.54
Cabo Verde B 153 0.53
Brunei B 154 0.47
Bahamas, The C 155 0.40
Iceland A 156 0.40


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