Population of the world and countries

Continents (11-08-2026)

Top 20 most populous countries (11-08-2026)

1		India	1,491,637,024	17.72%
2		China	1,486,271,816	17.65%
3		United States of America (USA)	346,814,615	4.12%
4		Indonesia	295,905,771	3.51%
5		Pakistan	251,003,193	2.98%
6		Nigeria	242,257,295	2.88%
7		Brazil	224,877,217	2.67%
8		Bangladesh	177,315,292	2.11%
9		Russian Federation	146,299,288	1.74%
10		Mexico	140,309,513	1.67%
11		Ethiopia	133,919,391	1.59%
12		Japan	125,682,917	1.49%
13		Philippines	120,745,278	1.43%
14		Egypt	116,913,801	1.39%
15		Democratic Republic of the Congo	108,351,093	1.29%
16		Vietnam	104,305,277	1.24%
17		Turkey	93,677,274	1.11%
18		Iran	90,692,650	1.08%
19		Germany	84,000,093	1.00%
20		Tanzania	72,302,041	0.86%

This list includes 20 most populous countries in the World. Approximately 5.85 billion people live in these twenty countries, or around 70% of the world's population.

See also: Full List of countries and dependent territories of the World by population