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This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population in 2020.

The list includes all sovereign states and dependent territories recognized by the United Nations, plus the territory under the effective control of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

This list adopts definitions of "country" on a case-by-case basis. The "United Kingdom" is considered as a single country while constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are regarded separately.

A numbered rank is assigned to the 193 member states of the United Nations, plus the two observer states to the United Nations General Assembly. Dependent territories and constituent countries that are parts of sovereign states are not assigned a numbered rank. In addition, sovereign states with limited recognition are also included, but not assigned a numbered rank.

List of countries and territories by total population
Country / territory	Population 2020 (UN estimate)^[1]^[2]	Notes
World	7,887,001,291
China	1,426,106,093	^[A]
India	1,402,617,696
United States	339,436,159
Indonesia	274,814,866
Pakistan	235,001,746
Nigeria	213,996,818
Brazil	208,660,843
Bangladesh	166,298,024
Russia	146,371,299
Mexico	126,799,055
Japan	126,304,543
Ethiopia	118,917,672
Philippines	112,081,264
Egypt	109,315,124
Vietnam	98,079,191
Democratic Republic of the Congo	95,989,998
Iran	87,723,443
Turkey	86,091,692
Germany	83,628,709
Thailand	71,641,484
United Kingdom	67,351,862
France	65,905,728
Tanzania	60,927,789
South Africa	60,562,381
Italy	59,912,769
Myanmar	53,016,522
Kenya	52,217,334
South Korea	51,858,482
Colombia	50,629,998
Spain	47,679,489
Sudan	46,789,231
Argentina	45,191,965
Ukraine	44,680,015
Uganda	44,457,153
Algeria	44,042,091
Iraq	42,116,605
Afghanistan	39,068,979
Canada	38,171,902
Poland	38,171,012
Morocco	36,584,208
Yemen	36,134,864
Malaysia	33,889,559
Uzbekistan	33,586,372
Angola	33,451,133
Peru	32,858,580
Ghana	31,887,809
Saudi Arabia	30,991,207
Mozambique	30,783,688
Nepal	28,966,575
Madagascar	28,953,557
Ivory Coast	28,915,450
Venezuela	28,444,078
Cameroon	26,210,558
North Korea	26,136,312
Australia	25,743,791
Niger	23,717,614
Taiwan	23,663,459
Sri Lanka	22,561,807
Mali	21,713,838
Burkina Faso	21,478,690
Syria	21,049,929
Malawi	19,533,888
Kazakhstan	19,482,117
Romania	19,392,469
Chile	19,370,624
Zambia	19,059,395
Netherlands	17,663,184	^[B]
Ecuador	17,546,045
Guatemala	17,357,326
Chad	17,224,679
Senegal	16,789,220
Cambodia	16,725,474
Somalia	16,651,191
Zimbabwe	15,526,889
Guinea	13,371,183
Benin	13,070,169
Rwanda	13,065,837
Burundi	12,617,036
Tunisia	11,914,057
Bolivia	11,860,300
Belgium	11,540,107
Haiti	11,243,848
Cuba	11,376,540
Dominican Republic	11,008,300
Jordan	10,865,229
Greece	10,699,369
South Sudan	10,698,467
Czech Republic	10,550,130
Portugal	10,370,519
Sweden	10,353,867
Azerbaijan	10,181,730
Honduras	10,119,641
Papua New Guinea	9,815,746
Hungary	9,749,467
Tajikistan	9,749,311
United Arab Emirates	9,448,524
Belarus	9,350,949
Austria	8,921,485
Israel	8,800,376
Togo	8,669,721
Switzerland	8,640,582
Sierra Leone	7,912,558
Hong Kong (China)	7,490,236	^[C]
Laos	7,346,553
Libya	7,045,399
Turkmenistan	6,949,912
Bulgaria	6,933,652
Serbia	6,907,812
Kyrgyzstan	6,664,107
Paraguay	6,603,740
Nicaragua	6,565,267
El Salvador	6,234,674
Denmark	5,831,530
Republic of the Congo	5,752,791
Lebanon	5,792,398
Singapore	5,620,121
Finland	5,529,612
Slovakia	5,455,204
Norway	5,379,279
Liberia	5,149,464
New Zealand	5,069,895
Palestine	5,069,692
Costa Rica	5,034,320
Central African Republic	5,026,629
Ireland	4,982,607
Mauritania	4,600,131
Oman	4,522,597
Kuwait	4,400,144
Panama	4,293,621
Croatia	3,953,958
Georgia	3,795,618
Uruguay	3,396,968
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,299,350
Eritrea	3,291,271
Mongolia	3,290,786
Puerto Rico (US)	3,275,805	^[D]
Moldova	3,069,131
Armenia	2,890,893
Albania	2,871,954
Jamaica	2,830,739
Qatar	2,803,375
Lithuania	2,795,765
Namibia	2,728,762
The Gambia	2,515,734
Botswana	2,365,894
Gabon	2,322,539
Lesotho	2,235,727
Slovenia	2,102,420
Guinea-Bissau	2,013,235
Latvia	1,901,124
North Macedonia	1,872,016
Kosovo	1,751,417
Equatorial Guinea	1,716,469
Bahrain	1,483,077
Trinidad and Tobago	1,481,024
Estonia	1,329,670
Timor-Leste	1,326,604
Cyprus	1,302,248
Mauritius	1,283,223
Eswatini	1,192,730
Djibouti	1,105,189
Fiji	914,963
Réunion (France)	861,446	^[E]
Guyana	807,482
Comoros	802,164
Bhutan	770,006
Solomon Islands	744,489
Macau (China)	683,067	^[C]
Luxembourg	630,597
Suriname	612,317
Montenegro	607,935
Western Sahara (disputed)	549,365
Malta	518,207
Cabo Verde	514,680
Maldives	502,119
Brunei	447,404
Guadeloupe (France)	407,394	^[E]
The Bahamas	395,804
Belize	390,812
Iceland	366,614
Martinique (France)	356,615	^[E]
Vanuatu	298,859
French Guiana (France)	289,056	^[E]
Mayotte (France)	284,371	^[E]
New Caledonia (France)	284,177	^[F]
Barbados	281,698
French Polynesia (France)	279,209	^[G]
São Tomé and Príncipe	217,435
Samoa	211,944
Curaçao (Netherlands)	185,015	^[H]
Saint Lucia	178,251
Guam (US)	162,158	^[D]
Kiribati	126,099
Seychelles	120,291
Grenada	116,341
Micronesia	110,917
Aruba (Netherlands)	107,941	^[H]
Tonga	105,704
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,526
Jersey (UK)	103,130	^[I]
Antigua and Barbuda	91,846
U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	87,707	^[D]
Isle of Man (UK)	84,064	^[I]
Andorra	77,380
Cayman Islands (UK)	68,684	^[J]
Dominica	67,573
Bermuda (UK)	64,382	^[J]
Guernsey (UK)	63,106	^[I]
Greenland (Denmark)	56,080	^[K]
Faroe Islands (Denmark)	52,586	^[K]
American Samoa (US)	49,761	^[D]
Northern Mariana Islands (US)	47,528	^[D]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,870
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	44,386	^[J]
Marshall Islands	42,706
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	41,008	^[H]
Liechtenstein	38,767
Monaco	38,051
British Virgin Islands (UK)	37,135	^[J]
Gibraltar (UK)	36,173	^[J]
San Marino	34,769
Saint Martin (France)	31,786	^[L]
Palau	17,792
Cook Islands (New Zealand)	15,643	^[M]
Anguilla (UK)	14,843	^[J]
Nauru	11,643
Wallis and Futuna Islands (France)	11,616	^[L]
Saint Barthélemy (France)	10,543	^[L]
Tuvalu	10,400
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	5,827	^[L]
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	5,430	^[J]
Montserrat (UK)	4,508	^[J]
Falkland Islands (UK)	3,506	^[J]
Tokelau (New Zealand)	2,128	^[M]
Niue (New Zealand)	1,798	^[N]
Vatican City	528

Notes

↑ Figure is for Mainland China only.
↑ Core state and constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Figure includes the populations of the three special municipalities in the Caribbean: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
1 2 Special administrative region of China.
1 2 3 4 5 Unincorporated U.S. territory.
1 2 3 4 5 Overseas department and region of France.
↑ Sui generis collectivity of France.
↑ Overseas country and collectivity of France.
1 2 3 Constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
1 2 3 Self-governing British Crown Dependency.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British Overseas Territory.
1 2 Autonomous territory within the Danish Realm.
1 2 3 4 Overseas collectivity of France.
1 2 Self-governing associated state of New Zealand.
↑ Dependent territory of New Zealand.

References

↑ "Countries Ordered by Population in 2020".
↑ "World Population by Country in 2020 (World Map)". Retrieved 17 May 2026.

[3] Figure is for Mainland China only.

[4] Core state and constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Figure includes the populations of the three special municipalities in the Caribbean: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

[fn1-5] 1 2 Special administrative region of China.

[fn7-6] 1 2 3 4 5 Unincorporated U.S. territory.

[fn5-7] 1 2 3 4 5 Overseas department and region of France.

[8] Sui generis collectivity of France.

[9] Overseas country and collectivity of France.

[fn2-10] 1 2 3 Constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

[fn3-11] 1 2 3 Self-governing British Crown Dependency.

[fn6-12] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British Overseas Territory.

[fn4-13] 1 2 Autonomous territory within the Danish Realm.

[fn9-14] 1 2 3 4 Overseas collectivity of France.

[fn8-15] 1 2 Self-governing associated state of New Zealand.

[16] Dependent territory of New Zealand.

[1] "Countries Ordered by Population in 2020".

[Ref2-2] "World Population by Country in 2020 (World Map)". Retrieved 17 May 2026.

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