Countries and areas by population | China Population Atlas

Source: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant.

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1 India 1,476,625,576 people 496.6 people/km² 2 China 1,412,914,089 people 147.2 people/km² 3 United States of America 349,035,494 people 38.2 people/km² 4 Indonesia 287,886,782 people 150.7 people/km² 5 Pakistan 259,299,792 people 336.4 people/km² 6 Nigeria 242,431,832 people 266.2 people/km² 7 Brazil 213,562,666 people 25.6 people/km² 8 Bangladesh 177,818,044 people 1,366.0 people/km² 9 Russian Federation 143,394,458 people 8.8 people/km² 10 Ethiopia 138,902,185 people 138.9 people/km² 11 Mexico 132,997,658 people 67.9 people/km² 12 Japan 122,427,731 people 324.9 people/km²

All countries and areas

Population, density, median age and growth for 237 countries and areas in 2026, based on UN WPP 2024.

237

Rank	Country or area	Total population	Population density	Median age	Population growth rate
36	Afghanistan	45,047,068	69.4 people/km²	17.4	2.71%
144	Albania	2,751,025	100.4 people/km²	37.8	-0.74%
32	Algeria	48,028,334	20.2 people/km²	28.8	1.20%
213	American Samoa	45,318	226.6 people/km²	29.1	-1.54%
203	Andorra	83,753	178.2 people/km²	44.2	0.96%
39	Angola	40,215,180	32.3 people/km²	16.7	2.95%
225	Anguilla	14,817	168.4 people/km²	39.1	0.47%
201	Antigua and Barbuda	94,626	215.1 people/km²	36.7	0.43%
35	Argentina	46,003,734	16.5 people/km²	33.3	0.33%
140	Armenia	2,930,915	103.0 people/km²	37.2	-0.72%
197	Aruba	108,164	600.9 people/km²	41.7	-0.02%
55	Australia	27,227,096	3.5 people/km²	38.5	0.91%
99	Austria	9,107,266	110.4 people/km²	43.9	-0.07%
93	Azerbaijan	10,454,855	126.5 people/km²	34.1	0.53%
178	Bahamas	404,628	75.5 people/km²	35.7	0.38%
153	Bahrain	1,675,572	2,139.9 people/km²	33.4	1.82%
8	Bangladesh	177,818,044	1,366.0 people/km²	26.3	1.19%
187	Barbados	282,724	657.5 people/km²	39.7	0.03%
102	Belarus	8,937,018	44.0 people/km²	41.8	-0.69%
83	Belgium	11,774,642	388.9 people/km²	42.1	0.12%
177	Belize	428,644	18.8 people/km²	27.3	1.33%
76	Benin	15,170,420	134.5 people/km²	18.2	2.36%
208	Bermuda	64,459	1,193.7 people/km²	46.4	-0.15%
167	Bhutan	802,214	20.9 people/km²	31.0	0.70%
79	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	12,749,291	11.8 people/km²	25.5	1.31%
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	31,913	97.3 people/km²	39.7	1.65%
138	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,114,242	60.8 people/km²	46.1	-0.84%
146	Botswana	2,603,388	4.6 people/km²	23.7	1.60%
7	Brazil	213,562,666	25.6 people/km²	35.3	0.34%
218	British Virgin Islands	39,936	259.3 people/km²	39.1	0.44%
176	Brunei Darussalam	469,775	81.5 people/km²	33.2	0.72%
110	Bulgaria	6,667,660	61.5 people/km²	45.0	-0.73%
59	Burkina Faso	24,601,700	89.9 people/km²	18.0	2.15%
78	Burundi	14,729,157	567.6 people/km²	16.6	2.31%
175	Cabo Verde	529,630	131.4 people/km²	29.5	0.42%
73	Cambodia	18,051,219	99.7 people/km²	26.4	1.11%
51	Cameroon	30,640,817	65.7 people/km²	18.2	2.49%
38	Canada	40,467,728	4.5 people/km²	40.8	0.79%
205	Cayman Islands	77,196	320.3 people/km²	39.1	1.73%
118	Central African Republic	5,698,984	9.1 people/km²	14.6	3.28%
64	Chad	21,560,380	17.1 people/km²	15.7	2.61%
67	Chile	19,945,850	26.5 people/km²	37.4	0.41%
2	China View China data	1,412,914,089	147.2 people/km²	40.6	-0.22%
107	China, Hong Kong SAR	7,378,602	6,713.9 people/km²	47.9	-0.46%
168	China, Macao SAR	723,188	22,599.6 people/km²	40.3	0.23%
61	China, Taiwan Province of China	23,011,292	649.9 people/km²	45.4	-0.44%
28	Colombia	53,936,226	48.0 people/km²	33.0	0.92%
163	Comoros	899,010	483.1 people/km²	20.7	1.79%
112	Congo	6,637,786	19.4 people/km²	18.7	2.33%
226	Cook Islands	12,826	53.4 people/km²	38.1	-3.26%
127	Costa Rica	5,174,789	101.3 people/km²	35.7	0.41%
50	Côte d'Ivoire	33,494,346	105.3 people/km²	18.5	2.34%
130	Croatia	3,822,345	68.4 people/km²	45.5	-0.66%
90	Cuba	10,892,659	102.0 people/km²	42.5	-0.42%
190	Curaçao	185,440	437.4 people/km²	39.0	-0.03%
157	Cyprus	1,382,334	149.6 people/km²	39.1	0.80%
92	Czechia	10,527,780	136.4 people/km²	44.3	-0.20%
56	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	26,633,691	221.2 people/km²	36.8	0.22%
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	116,452,162	51.4 people/km²	15.9	3.13%
114	Denmark	6,023,520	142.1 people/km²	41.3	0.31%
161	Djibouti	1,199,459	51.7 people/km²	25.2	1.31%
206	Dominica	65,511	87.3 people/km²	36.6	-0.53%
84	Dominican Republic	11,609,500	240.3 people/km²	28.7	0.75%
72	Ecuador	18,444,506	74.3 people/km²	29.7	0.84%
13	Egypt	120,101,175	120.7 people/km²	24.7	1.44%
113	El Salvador	6,391,254	308.5 people/km²	28.4	0.40%
150	Equatorial Guinea	1,984,468	70.7 people/km²	20.9	2.32%
132	Eritrea	3,682,669	30.4 people/km²	19.5	2.07%
158	Estonia	1,331,062	30.6 people/km²	43.2	-0.53%
159	Eswatini	1,269,859	73.1 people/km²	22.7	1.08%
10	Ethiopia	138,902,185	138.9 people/km²	19.3	2.48%
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,465	0.3 people/km²	43.4	-0.12%
209	Faroe Islands	56,526	40.8 people/km²	37.1	0.87%
162	Fiji	937,282	51.3 people/km²	28.3	0.43%
122	Finland	5,621,739	18.6 people/km²	43.4	-0.08%
23	France	66,746,401	121.1 people/km²	42.5	0.14%
184	French Guiana	318,872	3.9 people/km²	24.9	1.65%
186	French Polynesia	283,076	76.8 people/km²	36.7	0.21%
145	Gabon	2,647,400	10.3 people/km²	21.6	2.05%
141	Gambia	2,884,079	285.0 people/km²	18.8	2.15%
131	Georgia	3,804,642	54.8 people/km²	37.6	-0.06%
19	Germany	83,644,258	240.0 people/km²	45.7	-0.23%
46	Ghana	35,697,557	156.9 people/km²	21.6	1.77%
216	Gibraltar	40,867	4,086.7 people/km²	38.8	1.73%
96	Greece	9,897,116	75.7 people/km²	47.1	-0.43%
210	Greenland	55,629	0.1 people/km²	35.5	-0.23%
195	Grenada	117,362	345.2 people/km²	34.9	0.03%
180	Guadeloupe	372,453	228.8 people/km²	47.4	-0.36%
192	Guam	170,185	314.6 people/km²	31.6	0.69%
69	Guatemala	18,967,978	177.0 people/km²	23.8	1.47%
207	Guernsey	64,610	1,009.5 people/km²	44.5	0.15%
75	Guinea	15,441,992	62.8 people/km²	18.5	2.21%
148	Guinea-Bissau	2,297,808	81.7 people/km²	19.6	2.10%
166	Guyana	840,890	4.3 people/km²	26.5	0.59%
82	Haiti	12,037,506	436.6 people/km²	24.3	1.08%
237	Holy See	506	1,151.1 people/km²	56.2	1.38%
87	Honduras	11,184,760	102.5 people/km²	24.6	1.59%
98	Hungary	9,585,818	105.9 people/km²	44.2	-0.34%
179	Iceland	402,329	4.0 people/km²	36.6	0.92%
1	India	1,476,625,576	496.6 people/km²	29.2	0.86%
4	Indonesia	287,886,782	150.7 people/km²	30.7	0.74%
17	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	93,168,497	57.2 people/km²	34.5	0.76%
33	Iraq	48,007,437	110.6 people/km²	21.1	2.05%
125	Ireland	5,356,950	78.4 people/km²	39.2	0.88%
202	Isle of Man	84,054	146.9 people/km²	46.3	-0.08%
97	Israel	9,647,689	445.8 people/km²	29.3	1.36%
25	Italy	58,926,166	199.1 people/km²	48.6	-0.39%
142	Jamaica	2,833,404	261.6 people/km²	33.3	-0.16%
12	Japan	122,427,731	324.9 people/km²	50.2	-0.56%
198	Jersey	104,106	897.5 people/km²	43.9	0.10%
85	Jordan	11,589,532	130.5 people/km²	24.9	2.12%
65	Kazakhstan	21,083,626	7.8 people/km²	29.7	1.11%
26	Kenya	58,636,412	101.0 people/km²	20.3	1.89%
193	Kiribati	138,445	190.7 people/km²	23.0	1.41%
154	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1,666,992	152.9 people/km²	33.2	-0.31%
128	Kuwait	5,102,773	286.4 people/km²	34.8	1.39%
106	Kyrgyzstan	7,400,464	38.6 people/km²	25.5	1.40%
103	Lao People's Democratic Republic	7,974,018	34.6 people/km²	25.3	1.25%
151	Latvia	1,835,935	29.5 people/km²	43.8	-0.78%
116	Lebanon	5,897,467	576.5 people/km²	29.0	0.84%
147	Lesotho	2,389,336	78.7 people/km²	22.1	1.10%
117	Liberia	5,853,949	60.8 people/km²	19.0	2.18%
105	Libya	7,539,852	4.5 people/km²	28.0	1.12%
217	Liechtenstein	40,368	252.3 people/km²	44.7	0.58%
143	Lithuania	2,797,338	44.7 people/km²	42.6	-0.83%
169	Luxembourg	687,448	265.4 people/km²	39.7	0.99%
49	Madagascar	33,522,052	57.6 people/km²	19.4	2.34%
62	Malawi	22,785,535	241.0 people/km²	18.4	2.53%
45	Malaysia	36,385,115	110.7 people/km²	31.4	1.10%
174	Maldives	531,517	1,771.7 people/km²	33.4	0.35%
58	Mali	25,932,275	21.3 people/km²	15.9	2.85%
173	Malta	549,011	1,742.9 people/km²	41.5	0.37%
220	Marshall Islands	35,075	194.9 people/km²	20.5	-3.28%
183	Martinique	337,711	318.6 people/km²	50.2	-0.80%
123	Mauritania	5,461,319	5.3 people/km²	17.5	2.69%
160	Mauritius	1,265,059	623.2 people/km²	38.3	-0.27%
181	Mayotte	347,536	926.8 people/km²	17.3	3.04%
11	Mexico	132,997,658	67.9 people/km²	30.0	0.78%
196	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	114,182	163.1 people/km²	23.5	0.43%
219	Monaco	38,087	25,561.7 people/km²	53.1	-0.58%
133	Mongolia	3,556,798	2.3 people/km²	27.0	1.09%
171	Montenegro	626,233	45.3 people/km²	40.4	-0.54%
233	Montserrat	4,328	42.0 people/km²	41.8	-0.83%
41	Morocco	38,762,441	86.9 people/km²	30.1	0.84%
44	Mozambique	36,639,850	46.6 people/km²	16.6	2.79%
27	Myanmar	55,184,819	84.5 people/km²	30.4	0.59%
137	Namibia	3,153,246	3.8 people/km²	21.5	1.89%
227	Nauru	12,101	605.1 people/km²	20.2	0.64%
52	Nepal	29,629,410	201.3 people/km²	25.7	0.14%
71	Netherlands	18,448,775	547.9 people/km²	41.5	0.51%
185	New Caledonia	297,892	16.3 people/km²	34.8	0.83%
126	New Zealand	5,287,479	20.0 people/km²	38.0	0.65%
108	Nicaragua	7,097,329	59.0 people/km²	26.3	1.26%
53	Niger	28,814,878	22.7 people/km²	15.7	3.14%
6	Nigeria	242,431,832	266.2 people/km²	18.3	2.03%
236	Niue	1,822	7.0 people/km²	35.1	0.33%
152	North Macedonia	1,804,062	72.4 people/km²	41.4	-0.56%
215	Northern Mariana Islands	42,914	93.9 people/km²	38.8	-1.31%
121	Norway	5,652,989	18.6 people/km²	40.1	0.37%
120	Oman	5,671,458	18.3 people/km²	29.8	2.82%
5	Pakistan	259,299,792	336.4 people/km²	20.8	1.59%
224	Palau	17,614	38.3 people/km²	38.9	-0.30%
129	Panama	4,625,718	62.4 people/km²	30.6	1.17%
89	Papua New Guinea	10,947,848	24.2 people/km²	23.0	1.68%
109	Paraguay	7,095,279	17.5 people/km²	27.3	1.15%
48	Peru	34,922,148	27.3 people/km²	30.6	0.97%
14	Philippines	117,724,472	392.4 people/km²	26.6	0.79%
42	Poland	37,843,188	123.6 people/km²	43.0	-0.38%
94	Portugal	10,395,362	113.0 people/km²	47.2	-0.16%
135	Puerto Rico	3,222,688	370.8 people/km²	46.2	-0.47%
136	Qatar	3,173,559	273.9 people/km²	33.4	1.65%
31	Republic of Korea	51,600,388	521.5 people/km²	46.2	-0.14%
139	Republic of Moldova	2,961,253	90.1 people/km²	39.1	-0.98%
164	Réunion	886,298	354.5 people/km²	38.4	0.45%
70	Romania	18,800,605	81.7 people/km²	43.5	-0.58%
9	Russian Federation	143,394,458	8.8 people/km²	40.7	-0.23%
77	Rwanda	14,889,693	615.0 people/km²	20.2	2.12%
228	Saint Barthélemy	11,550	525.0 people/km²	39.1	1.05%
232	Saint Helena	5,148	13.2 people/km²	51.0	-1.15%
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,992	180.7 people/km²	36.5	0.13%
191	Saint Lucia	180,488	293.0 people/km²	35.1	0.17%
223	Saint Martin (French part)	23,898	450.9 people/km²	43.9	-4.16%
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,513	24.0 people/km²	47.6	-1.14%
200	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,244	254.5 people/km²	34.7	-0.68%
189	Samoa	220,528	77.9 people/km²	19.8	0.56%
221	San Marino	33,605	550.9 people/km²	49.1	0.09%
188	Sao Tome and Principe	244,994	255.2 people/km²	19.7	1.94%
47	Saudi Arabia	35,165,787	16.4 people/km²	29.7	1.69%
68	Senegal	19,366,548	100.6 people/km²	19.8	2.26%
111	Serbia	6,641,964	86.6 people/km²	44.7	-0.66%
194	Seychelles	134,959	295.3 people/km²	34.6	1.53%
101	Sierra Leone	8,996,744	125.4 people/km²	19.9	1.96%
115	Singapore	5,905,748	8,646.8 people/km²	36.8	0.56%
214	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	44,447	1,307.3 people/km²	42.0	1.11%
124	Slovakia	5,451,342	111.2 people/km²	42.8	-0.16%
149	Slovenia	2,114,574	105.0 people/km²	45.0	-0.13%
165	Solomon Islands	858,288	29.8 people/km²	20.9	2.30%
66	Somalia	20,305,907	32.4 people/km²	15.6	3.24%
24	South Africa	65,453,084	53.6 people/km²	28.9	1.05%
80	South Sudan	12,436,037	22.0 people/km²	19.0	2.02%
34	Spain	47,850,793	95.3 people/km²	46.3	-0.10%
60	Sri Lanka	23,348,315	372.4 people/km²	33.6	0.50%
119	State of Palestine	5,692,790	945.6 people/km²	20.3	1.90%
29	Sudan	53,282,719	30.2 people/km²	18.8	3.03%
170	Suriname	645,256	4.1 people/km²	28.9	0.83%
91	Sweden	10,701,046	26.3 people/km²	40.4	0.39%
100	Switzerland	9,007,798	225.2 people/km²	43.2	0.42%
57	Syrian Arab Republic	26,472,497	144.1 people/km²	23.8	3.04%
88	Tajikistan	10,978,598	76.7 people/km²	22.4	1.74%
21	Thailand	71,559,614	140.1 people/km²	41.0	-0.09%
156	Timor-Leste	1,436,923	96.6 people/km²	22.1	1.31%
95	Togo	9,930,918	182.6 people/km²	19.2	2.13%
235	Tokelau	2,691	224.3 people/km²	27.6	2.60%
199	Tonga	103,291	158.9 people/km²	21.0	-0.43%
155	Trinidad and Tobago	1,513,268	295.0 people/km²	38.2	0.10%
81	Tunisia	12,415,138	79.9 people/km²	33.4	0.52%
18	Türkiye	87,926,082	114.2 people/km²	33.9	0.30%
104	Turkmenistan	7,736,632	16.5 people/km²	27.3	1.48%
211	Turks and Caicos Islands	47,148	49.6 people/km²	39.6	0.59%
230	Tuvalu	9,362	312.1 people/km²	24.1	-1.24%
30	Uganda	52,761,470	264.1 people/km²	17.1	2.62%
40	Ukraine	39,535,848	68.2 people/km²	41.8	-0.74%
86	United Arab Emirates	11,574,682	163.0 people/km²	31.6	1.69%
22	United Kingdom	69,931,528	288.1 people/km²	40.2	0.52%
20	United Republic of Tanzania	72,563,780	81.9 people/km²	17.6	2.80%
3	United States of America	349,035,494	38.2 people/km²	38.7	0.49%
204	United States Virgin Islands	83,400	238.3 people/km²	44.9	-0.89%
134	Uruguay	3,382,537	19.5 people/km²	36.7	-0.07%
43	Uzbekistan	37,724,223	88.7 people/km²	27.0	1.75%
182	Vanuatu	342,564	28.1 people/km²	20.3	2.16%
54	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	28,633,711	31.2 people/km²	29.5	0.42%
16	Viet Nam	102,177,431	326.0 people/km²	33.9	0.55%
229	Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,113	79.4 people/km²	38.6	-0.72%
172	Western Sahara	610,813	2.3 people/km²	32.8	1.58%
37	Yemen	42,961,653	81.4 people/km²	18.5	2.76%
63	Zambia	22,521,915	30.3 people/km²	18.2	2.72%
74	Zimbabwe	17,273,580	44.7 people/km²	18.3	1.88%

Estimates cover 1950–2023; 2024 and later are UN medium-variant projections. Rankings use the latest available value for the selected year. The world total is the sum of all countries and areas in the dataset.

China's detailed profile follows this site's original China dataset. World rankings use UN WPP 2024 figures for cross-country comparability.