Population of the world and countries

Continents (18-04-2026)

Top 20 most populous countries (18-04-2026)

1		India	1,485,765,085	17.72%
2		China	1,483,863,063	17.69%
3		United States of America (USA)	345,995,560	4.13%
4		Indonesia	294,723,472	3.51%
5		Pakistan	249,361,073	2.97%
6		Nigeria	240,254,125	2.86%
7		Brazil	224,236,015	2.67%
8		Bangladesh	176,649,751	2.11%
9		Russian Federation	146,280,394	1.74%
10		Mexico	139,709,749	1.67%
11		Ethiopia	132,868,063	1.58%
12		Japan	125,729,677	1.50%
13		Philippines	120,149,545	1.43%
14		Egypt	116,120,568	1.38%
15		Democratic Republic of the Congo	107,291,356	1.28%
16		Vietnam	103,939,698	1.24%
17		Turkey	93,185,284	1.11%
18		Iran	90,333,662	1.08%
19		Germany	83,983,426	1.00%
20		Tanzania	71,596,639	0.85%

This list includes 20 most populous countries in the World. Approximately 5.83 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