Most Populous Countries 2026

The world's largest countries by live population.

#	Country	Most Populous Countries	Population
1	India	1,477,852,621	1,477,852,621
2	China	1,414,854,075	1,414,854,075
3	United States	346,702,838	346,702,838
4	Indonesia	288,585,292	288,585,292
5	Pakistan	261,925,742	261,925,742
6	Nigeria	245,602,226	245,602,226
7	Brazil	214,396,564	214,396,564
8	Bangladesh	177,937,906	177,937,906
9	Russia	143,083,933	143,083,933
10	Ethiopia	139,074,876	139,074,876
11	Mexico	132,914,005	132,914,005
12	Japan	122,026,145	122,026,145
13	Egypt	120,464,705	120,464,705
14	Philippines	118,792,949	118,792,949
15	The Democratic Republic of Congo	116,865,941	116,865,941
16	Vietnam	102,645,472	102,645,472
17	Iran	93,243,078	93,243,078
18	Turkey	88,623,538	88,623,538
19	Germany	83,883,668	83,883,668
20	Tanzania	72,889,811	72,889,811
21	Thailand	71,730,000	71,730,000
22	United Kingdom	71,481,824	71,481,824
23	Northern Ireland	69,215,717	69,215,717
24	France	66,569,580	66,569,580
25	South Africa	65,284,407	65,284,407
26	Kenya	58,981,825	58,981,825
27	Italy	58,670,798	58,670,798
28	Myanmar	55,442,793	55,442,793
29	Colombia	53,702,678	53,702,678
30	Uganda	53,293,624	53,293,624
31	Sudan	52,330,548	52,330,548
32	South Korea	51,398,105	51,398,105
33	Algeria	48,289,287	48,289,287
34	Iraq	48,115,804	48,115,804
35	Spain	47,650,183	47,650,183
36	Argentina	46,277,126	46,277,126
37	Afghanistan	45,245,001	45,245,001
38	Yemen	42,583,057	42,583,057
39	Canada	39,824,752	39,824,752
40	Morocco	38,941,397	38,941,397
41	Angola	38,620,197	38,620,197
42	Poland	37,691,286	37,691,286
43	Ukraine	37,162,126	37,162,126
44	Uzbekistan	37,091,697	37,091,697
45	Mozambique	36,457,366	36,457,366
46	Malaysia	36,268,910	36,268,910
47	Ghana	35,877,046	35,877,046
48	Saudi Arabia	34,827,129	34,827,129
49	Peru	34,704,414	34,704,414
50	Madagascar	32,151,666	32,151,666

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