Countries by population

Did you know India recently overtook China as the world's most populous nation, ending a six-decade streak? The demographic balance of power is changing — and the ripple effects will be enormous.

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Population by country
Rank	Country	Population
36	Afghanistan	43.84
37	Yemen	41.77
38	Canada	40.13
39	Angola	39.04
40	Ukraine	38.98
41	Morocco	38.43
42	Poland	38.14
43	Uzbekistan	37.05
44	Malaysia	35.98
45	Mozambique	35.63
46	Ghana	35.06
47	Peru	34.58
48	Saudi Arabia	34.57
49	Madagascar	32.74
50	Côte d'Ivoire	32.71
51	Cameroon	29.88
52	Nepal	29.62
53	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	28.52
54	Niger	27.92
55	Australia	26.97
56	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	26.57
57	Syrian Arab Republic	25.62
58	Mali	25.2
59	Burkina Faso	24.07
60	Sri Lanka	23.23
61	Malawi	22.22
62	Zambia	21.91
63	Chad	21
64	Kazakhstan	20.84
65	Chile	19.86
66	Somalia	19.65
67	Senegal	18.93
68	Romania	18.91
69	Guatemala	18.69
70	Netherlands, Kingdom of the	18.35
71	Ecuador	18.29
72	Cambodia	17.85
73	Zimbabwe	16.95
74	Guinea	15.1
75	Benin	14.81
76	Rwanda	14.57
77	Burundi	14.39
78	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	12.58
79	Tunisia	12.35
80	South Sudan	12.19
81	Haiti	11.91
82	Belgium	11.76
83	Jordan	11.52
84	Dominican Republic	11.52
85	United Arab Emirates	11.35
86	Honduras	11.01
87	Cuba	10.94
88	Tajikistan	10.79
89	Papua New Guinea	10.76
90	Sweden	10.66
91	Czechia	10.61
92	Portugal	10.41
93	Azerbaijan	10.4
94	Greece	9.94
95	Togo	9.72
96	Hungary	9.63
97	Israel	9.52
98	Austria	9.11
99	Belarus	9
100	Switzerland	8.97
101	Sierra Leone	8.82
102	Lao People's Democratic Republic	7.87
103	Turkmenistan	7.62
104	Libya	7.46
105	Hong Kong	7.4
106	Kyrgyzstan	7.3
107	Paraguay	7.01
108	Nicaragua	7.01
109	Bulgaria	6.71
110	Serbia	6.69
111	Congo	6.48
112	El Salvador	6.37
113	Denmark	6
114	Singapore	5.87
115	Lebanon	5.85
116	Liberia	5.73
117	Norway	5.62
118	Finland	5.62
119	Palestine	5.59
120	Central African Republic	5.51
121	Oman	5.49
122	Slovakia	5.47
123	Mauritania	5.32
124	Ireland	5.31
125	New Zealand	5.25
126	Costa Rica	5.15
127	Kuwait	5.03
128	Panama	4.57
129	Croatia	3.85
130	Georgia	3.81
131	Eritrea	3.61
132	Mongolia	3.52
133	Uruguay	3.38
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.14
135	Qatar	3.12
136	Namibia	3.09
137	Moldova, Republic of	3
138	Armenia	2.95
139	Jamaica	2.84
140	Lithuania	2.83
141	Gambia	2.82
142	Albania	2.77
143	Gabon	2.59
144	Botswana	2.56
145	Lesotho	2.36
146	Guinea-Bissau	2.25
147	Slovenia	2.12
148	Equatorial Guinea	1.94
149	Latvia	1.85
150	North Macedonia	1.81
151	Bahrain	1.64
152	Trinidad and Tobago	1.51
153	Timor-Leste	1.42
154	Cyprus	1.37
155	Estonia	1.34
156	Mauritius	1.27
157	Eswatini	1.26
158	Djibouti	1.18
159	Fiji	0.93
160	Comoros	0.88
161	Solomon Islands	0.84
162	Guyana	0.84
163	Bhutan	0.8
164	Macao	0.72
165	Luxembourg	0.68
166	Suriname	0.64
167	Montenegro	0.63
168	Western Sahara	0.6
169	Malta	0.55
170	Maldives	0.53
171	Cabo Verde	0.53
172	Brunei Darussalam	0.47
173	Belize	0.42
174	Iceland	0.4
175	Bahamas	0.4
176	Vanuatu	0.34
177	Barbados	0.28
178	Sao Tome and Principe	0.24
179	Samoa	0.22
180	Saint Lucia	0.18
181	Kiribati	0.14
182	Seychelles	0.13
183	Grenada	0.12
184	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.11
185	Tonga	0.1
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.1
187	Antigua and Barbuda	0.09
188	Dominica	0.07
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.05
190	San Marino	0.03
191	Tuvalu	0.01

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