Ranked: UN Member Countries by Population

Kayla Zhu
2025-05-26 17:38:00
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UN Member Nations by Population

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Despite a few highly populous nations comprising a large share of the world’s population, the majority of countries in the world actually have relatively small populations.

This visualization was a collaboration with NS.com, and it visualizes the 193 UN member countries categorized by population groups: less than 1 million, 1 million to 10 million, 10 million to 100 million, and over 100 million.

The population figures come from the United Nations, and are for 2023.

Most Countries Are Small Countries

Below, we show all UN member states by population and categorized by population groups.

UN member country	Population	Category
India	1,438,069,596	100M+
China	1,422,584,933	100M+
United States of America	343,477,335	100M+
Indonesia	281,190,067	100M+
Pakistan	247,504,496	100M+
Nigeria	227,882,945	100M+
Brazil	211,140,729	100M+
Bangladesh	171,466,990	100M+
Russian Federation	145,440,501	100M+
Mexico	129,739,759	100M+
Ethiopia	128,691,692	100M+
Japan	124,370,947	100M+
Philippines	114,891,199	100M+
Egypt	114,535,772	100M+
Dem. Rep. of the Congo	105,789,732	100M+
Viet Nam	100,352,192	100M+
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	90,608,707	10-100M
Türkiye	87,270,502	10-100M
Germany	84,548,231	10-100M
Thailand	71,702,435	10-100M
United Kingdom	68,682,963	10-100M
United Republic of Tanzania	66,617,606	10-100M
France	66,438,822	10-100M
South Africa	63,212,384	10-100M
Italy	59,499,453	10-100M
Kenya	55,339,003	10-100M
Myanmar	54,133,798	10-100M
Colombia	52,321,153	10-100M
Republic of Korea	51,748,739	10-100M
Sudan	50,042,791	10-100M
Uganda	48,656,602	10-100M
Spain	47,911,580	10-100M
Algeria	46,164,219	10-100M
Argentina	45,538,401	10-100M
Iraq	45,074,049	10-100M
Afghanistan	41,454,761	10-100M
Yemen	39,390,799	10-100M
Canada	39,299,105	10-100M
Poland	38,762,844	10-100M
Ukraine	37,732,836	10-100M
Morocco	37,712,505	10-100M
Angola	36,749,906	10-100M
Uzbekistan	35,652,307	10-100M
Malaysia	35,126,298	10-100M
Peru	33,845,617	10-100M
Ghana	33,787,914	10-100M
Mozambique	33,635,160	10-100M
Saudi Arabia	33,264,292	10-100M
Madagascar	31,195,933	10-100M
Côte d’Ivoire	31,165,654	10-100M
Nepal	29,694,615	10-100M
Cameroon	28,372,687	10-100M
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	28,300,854	10-100M
Australia	26,451,124	10-100M
Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea	26,418,204	10-100M
Niger	26,159,867	10-100M
Mali	23,769,128	10-100M
Syrian Arab Republic	23,594,623	10-100M
Burkina Faso	23,025,776	10-100M
Sri Lanka	22,971,617	10-100M
Malawi	21,104,483	10-100M
Zambia	20,723,965	10-100M
Kazakhstan	20,330,104	10-100M
Chile	19,658,835	10-100M
Chad	19,319,064	10-100M
Romania	19,118,479	10-100M
Somalia	18,358,615	10-100M
Guatemala	18,124,838	10-100M
Netherlands	18,092,525	10-100M
Senegal	18,077,574	10-100M
Ecuador	17,980,083	10-100M
Cambodia	17,423,881	10-100M
Zimbabwe	16,340,822	10-100M
Guinea	14,405,468	10-100M
Benin	14,111,035	10-100M
Rwanda	13,954,472	10-100M
Burundi	13,689,450	10-100M
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	12,244,160	10-100M
Tunisia	12,200,431	10-100M
Belgium	11,712,893	10-100M
Haiti	11,637,399	10-100M
South Sudan	11,483,374	10-100M
Jordan	11,439,214	10-100M
Dominican Republic	11,331,266	10-100M
Cuba	11,019,931	10-100M
Czechia	10,809,716	10-100M
Honduras	10,644,851	10-100M
United Arab Emirates	10,642,081	10-100M
Sweden	10,551,494	10-100M
Portugal	10,430,738	10-100M
Tajikistan	10,389,799	10-100M
Papua New Guinea	10,389,635	10-100M
Azerbaijan	10,318,207	10-100M
Greece	10,242,909	10-100M
Hungary	9,686,464	1-10M
Togo	9,304,338	1-10M
Israel	9,256,314	1-10M
Austria	9,130,429	1-10M
Belarus	9,115,680	1-10M
Switzerland	8,870,561	1-10M
Sierra Leone	8,460,512	1-10M
Lao People’s Dem. Republic	7,664,993	1-10M
Turkmenistan	7,364,438	1-10M
Libya	7,305,659	1-10M
Kyrgyzstan	7,073,516	1-10M
Paraguay	6,844,146	1-10M
Nicaragua	6,823,613	1-10M
Bulgaria	6,795,803	1-10M
Serbia	6,773,201	1-10M
El Salvador	6,309,624	1-10M
Congo	6,182,885	1-10M
Denmark	5,948,137	1-10M
Singapore	5,789,090	1-10M
Lebanon	5,773,493	1-10M
Finland	5,601,186	1-10M
Norway	5,519,167	1-10M
Slovakia	5,518,055	1-10M
Liberia	5,493,031	1-10M
Ireland	5,196,630	1-10M
New Zealand	5,172,836	1-10M
Central African Republic	5,152,421	1-10M
Costa Rica	5,105,526	1-10M
Oman	5,049,269	1-10M
Mauritania	5,022,442	1-10M
Kuwait	4,838,782	1-10M
Panama	4,458,759	1-10M
Croatia	3,896,024	1-10M
Georgia	3,807,492	1-10M
Eritrea	3,470,390	1-10M
Mongolia	3,431,933	1-10M
Uruguay	3,388,081	1-10M
Puerto Rico	3,242,023	1-10M
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,185,073	1-10M
Republic of Moldova	3,067,070	1-10M
Qatar	2,979,082	1-10M
Namibia	2,963,095	1-10M
Armenia	2,943,393	1-10M
Lithuania	2,854,099	1-10M
Jamaica	2,839,786	1-10M
Albania	2,811,655	1-10M
Gambia	2,697,846	1-10M
Gabon	2,484,789	1-10M
Botswana	2,480,245	1-10M
Lesotho	2,311,472	1-10M
Guinea-Bissau	2,153,339	1-10M
Slovenia	2,118,396	1-10M
Latvia	1,882,396	1-10M
Equatorial Guinea	1,847,549	1-10M
North Macedonia	1,831,802	1-10M
Bahrain	1,569,666	1-10M
Trinidad and Tobago	1,502,933	1-10M
Timor-Leste	1,384,286	1-10M
Estonia	1,367,196	1-10M
Cyprus	1,344,976	1-10M
Mauritius	1,273,588	1-10M
Eswatini	1,230,506	1-10M
Djibouti	1,152,944	1-10M
Fiji	924,146	<1M
Comoros	850,387	<1M
Guyana	826,353	<1M
Solomon Islands	800,006	<1M
Bhutan	786,385	<1M
Luxembourg	665,098	<1M
Montenegro	633,552	<1M
Suriname	628,886	<1M
Malta	532,956	<1M
Maldives	525,994	<1M
Cabo Verde	522,331	<1M
Brunei Darussalam	458,949	<1M
Belize	411,106	<1M
Bahamas	399,441	<1M
Iceland	387,558	<1M
Barbados	282,336	<1M
Sao Tome and Principe	230,872	<1M
Samoa	216,663	<1M
Saint Lucia	179,285	<1M
Kiribati	132,531	<1M
Seychelles	127,951	<1M
Grenada	117,081	<1M
Micronesia (Fed. States)	112,631	<1M
Tonga	104,598	<1M
Saint Vincent & Grenadines	101,323	<1M
Antigua and Barbuda	93,316	<1M
Andorra	80,856	<1M
Dominica	66,511	<1M
Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,758	<1M
Liechtenstein	39,598	<1M
Monaco	38,957	<1M
Marshall Islands	38,827	<1M
San Marino	33,733	<1M
Palau	17,728	<1M
Nauru	11,875	<1M
Tuvalu	9,816	<1M

As of 2023, the majority of the world’s countries are small, with 51% of UN-recognized states having populations under 10 million.

Many of these are small island nations such as Barbados or Fiji or smaller European countries like Luxembourg or Liechtenstein.

Together, these countries account for around 4% of the global UN member state population, showing a stark divide between geographic sovereignty and demographic weight.

While countries with a population of 10 million or more make up 49% of all UN states, they make up a vast majority (96%) of the total population.

The 16 countries with population of 100 million or more alone make up 66% of the total UN member state population.

India remains the most populous country in the world as of 2025, and is projected to remain the largest country through to 2100.

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To learn more global population figures, check out this graphic that visualizes the current population share of each generation with the projected share in 2035.

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