| Rank (total) | Country | Total (persons) | per km² (persons) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,367,820,000 | 146.66 | 2015 |
| 2 | India | 1,251,696,000 | 420.99 | 2015 WFB |
| 3 | United States of America | 321,419,000 | 35.14 | 2015 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 255,182,000 | 140.86 | 2015 |
| 5 | Brazil | 204,451,000 | 24.46 | 2015 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 199,086,000 | 258.26 | 2015 WFB |
| 7 | Nigeria | 181,562,000 | 199.35 | 2015 WFB |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 158,960,000 | 1,221.17 | 2015 |
| 9 | Russia | 143,972,000 | 8.79 | 2015 |
| 10 | Japan | 126,958,000 | 348.32 | 2015 |
| 11 | Mexico | 119,531,000 | 61.49 | 2015 |
| 12 | Philippines | 101,500,000 | 340.41 | 2015 |
| 13 | Vietnam | 91,760,000 | 295.93 | 2015 |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 90,078,000 | 90.08 | 2015 |
| 15 | Egypt | 87,963,000 | 88.37 | 2015 |
| 16 | Germany | 81,198,000 | 232.88 | 2015 |
| 17 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 79,375,000 | 35.01 | 2015 WFB |
| 18 | Iran | 78,773,000 | 51.43 | 2015 |
| 19 | Turkey | 77,696,000 | 100.95 | 2015 |
| 20 | Thailand | 67,236,000 | 131.61 | 2015 |
| 21 | France | 64,199,000 | 116.73 | 2015 |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 64,088,000 | 264.90 | 2015 |
| 23 | Italy | 60,796,000 | 206.69 | 2015 |
| 24 | South Africa | 54,957,000 | 45.25 | 2015 |
| 25 | Myanmar (Burma) | 54,000,000 | 82.63 | 2015 |
| 26 | Korea (South) | 52,419,000 | 540.85 | 2015 |
| 27 | Tanzania | 48,750,000 | 55.03 | 2015 |
| 28 | Colombia | 48,203,000 | 46.41 | 2015 |
| 29 | Spain | 46,624,000 | 93.44 | 2015 |
| 30 | Kenya | 46,100,000 | 81.00 | 2015 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 45,224,000 | 78.06 | 2015 |
| 32 | Argentina | 43,132,000 | 15.76 | 2015 |
| 33 | Algeria | 39,500,000 | 16.58 | 2015 |
| 34 | Poland | 38,479,000 | 126.47 | 2015 |
| 35 | Sudan | 38,435,000 | 20.65 | 2015 |
| 36 | Iraq | 37,056,000 | 84.73 | 2015 WFB |
| 37 | Canada | 35,935,000 | 3.95 | 2015 |
| 38 | Uganda | 35,757,000 | 181.42 | 2015 |
| 39 | Morocco | 33,774,000 | 75.68 | 2015 |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 32,564,000 | 49.93 | 2015 WFB |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 31,521,000 | 14.66 | 2015 |
| 42 | Peru | 31,152,000 | 24.34 | 2015 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 31,023,000 | 72.93 | 2015 |
| 44 | Malaysia | 30,987,000 | 94.28 | 2015 |
| 45 | Venezuela | 30,620,000 | 34.71 | 2015 |
| 46 | Nepal | 28,063,000 | 195.76 | 2015 |
| 47 | Ghana | 27,673,000 | 121.62 | 2015 |
| 48 | Yemen | 26,737,000 | 50.64 | 2015 WFB |
| 49 | Mozambique | 25,642,000 | 32.61 | 2015 |
| 50 | Angola | 25,115,000 | 20.15 | 2015 |
| 51 | Korea (North) | 24,983,000 | 207.49 | 2015 WFB |
| 52 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 23,800,000 | 74.84 | 2015 |
| 53 | Australia | 23,781,000 | 3.10 | 2015 |
| 54 | Taiwan | 23,434,000 | 726.41 | 2015 |
| 55 | Madagascar | 23,043,000 | 39.62 | 2015 |
| 56 | Cameroon | 22,180,000 | 46.92 | 2015 |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 21,300,000 | 329.57 | 2015 |
| 58 | Romania | 19,875,000 | 86.45 | 2015 |
| 59 | Niger | 18,500,000 | 14.60 | 2015 |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 18,457,000 | 67.41 | 2015 |
| 61 | Chile | 18,006,000 | 24.21 | 2015 |
| 62 | Mali | 18,000,000 | 14.75 | 2015 |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 17,417,000 | 6.45 | 2015 |
| 64 | Syria | 17,065,000 | 92.93 | 2015 WFB |
| 65 | Netherlands | 16,902,000 | 498.69 | 2015 |
| 66 | Malawi | 16,310,000 | 173.36 | 2015 |
| 67 | Ecuador | 16,279,000 | 58.80 | 2015 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 16,176,000 | 150.95 | 2015 |
| 69 | Zambia | 15,474,000 | 20.82 | 2015 |
| 70 | Cambodia | 15,405,000 | 87.27 | 2015 |
| 71 | Senegal | 14,100,000 | 73.24 | 2015 |
| 72 | Zimbabwe | 13,956,000 | 36.08 | 2015 |
| 73 | Somalia | 12,500,000 | 19.93 | 2015 |
| 74 | South Sudan | 12,043,000 | 18.69 | 2015 WFB |
| 75 | Chad | 11,631,000 | 9.24 | 2015 WFB |
| 76 | Rwanda | 11,274,000 | 457.03 | 2015 |
| 77 | Cuba | 11,238,000 | 102.33 | 2015 |
| 78 | Belgium | 11,209,000 | 370.20 | 2015 |
| 79 | Guinea | 11,160,000 | 45.42 | 2015 |
| 80 | Tunisia | 11,095,000 | 71.41 | 2015 |
| 81 | Greece | 10,858,000 | 83.11 | 2015 |
| 82 | Bolivia | 10,825,000 | 9.99 | 2015 |
| 83 | Benin | 10,750,000 | 97.18 | 2015 |
| 84 | Czech Republic | 10,538,000 | 136.42 | 2015 |
| 85 | Portugal | 10,375,000 | 113.43 | 2015 |
| 86 | Haiti | 10,110,000 | 366.84 | 2015 WFB |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 9,980,000 | 206.54 | 2015 |
| 88 | Hungary | 9,856,000 | 109.99 | 2015 |
| 89 | Burundi | 9,824,000 | 382.55 | 2015 |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 9,781,000 | 118.37 | 2015 WFB |
| 91 | Sweden | 9,747,000 | 23.75 | 2015 |
| 92 | Belarus | 9,481,000 | 46.73 | 2015 |
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 8,900,000 | 106.46 | 2015 |
| 94 | Austria | 8,585,000 | 104.13 | 2015 |
| 95 | Honduras | 8,577,000 | 76.66 | 2015 |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 8,352,000 | 59.02 | 2015 |
| 97 | Israel | 8,297,000 | 408.12 | 2015 |
| 98 | Switzerland | 8,238,000 | 205.97 | 2015 |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 8,180,000 | 18.06 | 2015 |
| 100 | Jordan | 8,118,000 | 91.42 | 2015 WFB |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 7,915,000 | 110.51 | 2015 |
| 102 | Hong Kong | 7,299,000 | 6,802.42 | 2015 |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 7,202,000 | 66.38 | 2015 |
| 104 | Serbia | 7,100,000 | 91.64 | 2015 |
| 105 | Togo | 6,974,000 | 128.23 | 2015 |
| 106 | Paraguay | 6,756,000 | 17.00 | 2015 |
| 107 | Eritrea | 6,528,000 | 64.63 | 2015 WFB |
| 108 | Laos | 6,492,000 | 28.13 | 2015 |
| 109 | El Salvador | 6,460,000 | 311.76 | 2015 |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 6,435,000 | 53.63 | 2015 |
| 111 | Libya | 6,412,000 | 3.64 | 2015 WFB |
| 112 | Lebanon | 6,185,000 | 604.59 | 2015 WFB |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,895,000 | 30.73 | 2015 |
| 114 | Denmark | 5,660,000 | 133.38 | 2015 |
| 115 | Singapore | 5,535,000 | 8,056.77 | 2015 |
| 116 | Finland | 5,472,000 | 18.01 | 2015 |
| 117 | Slovakia | 5,421,000 | 112.69 | 2015 |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 5,392,000 | 8.66 | 2015 WFB |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 5,231,000 | 11.13 | 2015 WFB |
| 120 | Norway | 5,166,000 | 16.98 | 2015 |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 4,832,000 | 94.63 | 2015 |
| 122 | Congo (Republic) | 4,755,000 | 13.92 | 2015 WFB |
| 123 | Palestinian Territories | 4,682,000 | 780.33 | 2015 |
| 124 | Ireland | 4,635,000 | 67.29 | 2015 |
| 125 | New Zealand | 4,597,000 | 17.17 | 2015 |
| 126 | Croatia | 4,225,000 | 75.48 | 2015 |
| 127 | Liberia | 4,196,000 | 43.56 | 2015 WFB |
| 128 | Kuwait | 4,184,000 | 234.82 | 2015 |
| 129 | Oman | 4,158,000 | 13.43 | 2015 |
| 130 | Georgia | 4,025,000 | 57.75 | 2015 |
| 131 | Panama | 3,975,000 | 53.47 | 2015 |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,790,000 | 74.04 | 2015 |
| 133 | Mauritania | 3,750,000 | 3.64 | 2015 |
| 134 | Puerto Rico | 3,474,000 | 391.66 | 2015 |
| 135 | Uruguay | 3,467,000 | 19.81 | 2015 |
| 136 | Moldova | 3,418,000 | 103.92 | 2015 |
| 137 | Mongolia | 3,090,000 | 1.99 | 2015 |
| 138 | Armenia | 3,011,000 | 106.76 | 2015 |
| 139 | Lithuania | 2,921,000 | 46.60 | 2015 |
| 140 | Albania | 2,893,000 | 105.59 | 2015 |
| 141 | Jamaica | 2,723,000 | 251.41 | 2015 |
| 142 | Qatar | 2,405,000 | 207.58 | 2015 |
| 143 | Namibia | 2,281,000 | 2.77 | 2015 |
| 144 | Botswana | 2,187,000 | 3.86 | 2015 |
| 145 | Macedonia | 2,069,000 | 81.35 | 2015 |
| 146 | Slovenia | 2,063,000 | 102.38 | 2015 |
| 147 | Gambia | 2,032,000 | 200.79 | 2015 |
| 148 | Latvia | 1,986,000 | 31.90 | 2015 |
| 149 | Gabon | 1,946,000 | 7.55 | 2015 |
| 150 | Lesotho | 1,920,000 | 63.25 | 2015 |
| 151 | Kosovo | 1,805,000 | 165.79 | 2015 |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,531,000 | 54.45 | 2015 |
| 153 | Bahrain | 1,374,000 | 1,807.89 | 2015 |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,350,000 | 263.26 | 2015 |
| 155 | Estonia | 1,313,000 | 30.98 | 2015 |
| 156 | Mauritius | 1,263,000 | 622.17 | 2015 |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,222,000 | 43.56 | 2015 |
| 158 | Swaziland | 1,200,000 | 69.75 | 2015 |
| 159 | Cyprus | 1,172,000 | 126.83 | 2015 |
| 160 | East Timor | 1,167,000 | 78.46 | 2015 |
| 161 | Djibouti | 965,600 | 41.66 | 2015 |
| 162 | Fiji | 885,000 | 48.43 | 2015 |
| 163 | Réunion | 850,400 | 339.62 | 2015 |
| 164 | Comoros | 786,400 | 351.86 | 2015 |
| 165 | Bhutan | 757,000 | 19.72 | 2015 |
| 166 | Guyana | 746,000 | 3.79 | 2015 |
| 167 | Macau | 636,200 | 22,560.28 | 2015 |
| 168 | Montenegro | 622,000 | 46.24 | 2015 |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 591,000 | 21.12 | 2015 |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 563,000 | 217.71 | 2015 |
| 171 | Suriname | 561,000 | 3.60 | 2015 |
| 172 | Cape Verde | 524,800 | 130.13 | 2015 |
| 173 | Western Sahara | 520,000 | 1.95 | 2015 |
| 174 | Malta | 429,500 | 1,359.18 | 2015 |
| 175 | Brunei | 417,700 | 79.34 | 2015 |
| 176 | Maldives | 414,000 | 1,389.26 | 2015 |
| 177 | Guadeloupe | 403,900 | 248.10 | 2015 |
| 178 | Bahamas | 378,000 | 37.76 | 2015 |
| 179 | Martinique | 377,700 | 334.84 | 2015 |
| 180 | Belize | 368,300 | 16.15 | 2015 |
| 181 | Iceland | 329,100 | 3.28 | 2015 |
| 182 | Barbados | 282,500 | 656.98 | 2015 |
| 183 | Vanuatu | 278,000 | 22.81 | 2015 |
| 184 | New Caledonia | 274,000 | 14.99 | 2015 |
| 185 | French Polynesia | 271,800 | 71.02 | 2015 |
| 186 | French Guiana | 255,800 | 3.06 | 2015 |
| 187 | Mayotte | 230,000 | 614.97 | 2015 |
| 188 | Samoa | 193,500 | 68.59 | 2015 |
| 189 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 192,200 | 199.38 | 2015 |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 173,000 | 285.48 | 2015 |
| 191 | Guam | 161,800 | 297.43 | 2015 WFB |
| 192 | Curacao | 156,700 | 352.93 | 2015 |
| 193 | Kiribati | 114,800 | 141.55 | 2015 |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110,300 | 283.55 | 2015 |
| 195 | Aruba | 106,300 | 590.56 | 2015 |
| 196 | Micronesia | 105,200 | 149.86 | 2015 WFB |
| 197 | Tonga | 104,300 | 145.47 | 2015 |
| 198 | Virgin Islands of the U.S. | 103,600 | 299.42 | 2015 WFB |
| 199 | Grenada | 103,500 | 300.87 | 2015 |
| 200 | Jersey | 100,800 | 868.97 | 2015 |
| 201 | Seychelles | 93,400 | 205.27 | 2015 |
| 202 | Antigua and Barbuda | 89,300 | 201.76 | 2015 |
| 203 | Isle of Man | 88,200 | 154.20 | 2015 |
| 204 | Dominica | 71,300 | 94.94 | 2015 |
| 205 | Andorra | 70,600 | 150.85 | 2015 |
| 206 | Bermuda | 65,300 | 1,229.76 | 2015 |
| 206 | Guernsey | 65,300 | 836.11 | 2015 |
| 208 | Cayman Islands | 58,200 | 220.45 | 2015 |
| 209 | Greenland | 56,000 | 0.03 | 2015 |
| 210 | American Samoa | 54,300 | 272.86 | 2015 WFB |
| 211 | Marshall Islands | 54,200 | 299.45 | 2015 |
| 212 | Northern Mariana Islands | 52,300 | 112.72 | 2015 WFB |
| 213 | Faroe Islands | 48,700 | 34.96 | 2015 |
| 214 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46,500 | 178.16 | 2015 |
| 215 | Sint Maarten | 38,600 | 1,135.29 | 2015 |
| 216 | Monaco | 37,800 | 18,712.87 | 2015 |
| 217 | Liechtenstein | 37,400 | 233.75 | 2015 |
| 218 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 36,500 | 38.50 | 2015 |
| 219 | Saint Martin | 35,300 | 648.90 | 2015 |
| 220 | Gibraltar | 33,100 | 5,092.31 | 2015 |
| 221 | San Marino | 32,800 | 535.95 | 2015 |
| 222 | British Virgin Islands | 31,200 | 206.62 | 2015 |
| 223 | Caribbean Netherlands | 24,600 | 76.40 | 2015 |
| 224 | Palau | 17,200 | 37.47 | 2015 |
| 225 | Cook Islands | 14,600 | 61.86 | 2015 |
| 226 | Anguilla | 14,500 | 159.34 | 2015 |
| 227 | Wallis and Futuna | 11,800 | 83.10 | 2015 |
| 228 | Tuvalu | 11,100 | 433.59 | 2015 |
| 229 | Nauru | 11,000 | 518.87 | 2015 |
| 230 | Saint Barthelemy | 9,600 | 457.14 | 2015 |
| 231 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6,040 | 24.96 | 2015 |
| 232 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 5,800 | 18.83 | 2015 |
| 233 | Montserrat | 5,240 | 51.37 | 2015 WFB |
| 234 | Falkland Islands | 2,930 | 0.24 | 2015 |
| 235 | Svalbard | 2,580 | 0.04 | 2015 |
| 236 | Christmas Island | 2,240 | 16.59 | 2015 |
| 237 | Norfolk Island | 1,740 | 47.67 | 2015 |
| 238 | Niue | 1,610 | 6.19 | 2015 |
| 239 | Tokelau | 1,360 | 134.65 | 2015 |
| 240 | Vatican City | 842 | 1,913.64 | 2015 WFB |
| 241 | Cocos Islands | 584 | 42.63 | 2015 |
| 242 | Pitcairn | 57 | 1.21 | 2015 |
| World | 7,256,500,000 | 48.72 | 2015 WFB |
No information is available for non-listed countries.
Only indigenous inhabitants are covered by the above population figures, i.e., population of military facilities or research stations are not included. The military bases Akrotiri and Dhekelia, British Indian Ocean Territory, and Guantanamo Bay are not listed. Despite the French overseas departments and the municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands are integral parts of France and the Netherlands, respectively, they are listed as separate entries because of the large distances to the mainland.
Source: Most population figures are based on official data of national statistical offices provided by »City Population«. Entries marked with »WFB« are taken from the CIA World Factbook (2015-12-31).