Annual World Population by Country 2015

-5 year -1 year 2015 +1 year +5 year

In 2015, 🇨🇳China was the most populous country in the world, with a total of 1,393,715,448 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 1,322,866,505 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 564 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 2015 was Asia with a total population of 4,459,437,458 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 1,201,107,938, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a population of 623,076,488 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the largest populous of 1,857,336,021 people on record. Followed by Eastern Asia with a population of 1,631,710,759, and Eastern Africa with 393,349,057 people in the sub-region.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries had the largest population with a total of 5,569,542,446 people. While the lowest population for 2015 was found in No income group available with a population of 31,106,935 people in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2015

Countries with the Largest Population in 2015

Country	Population	Overall Population Change +/-
🇨🇳China	1,393,715,448	7,841,787
🇮🇳India	1,322,866,505	15,527,429
🇺🇸United States of America	324,607,776	2,518,261
🇮🇩Indonesia	259,091,970	2,808,933
🇵🇰Pakistan	210,969,298	2,620,662
🇧🇷Brazil	205,188,205	1,706,790
🇳🇬Nigeria	183,995,784	4,586,247
🇧🇩Bangladesh	157,830,000	1,827,351
🇷🇺Russian Federation	144,668,389	453,053
🇯🇵Japan	127,250,933	-234,026
🇲🇽Mexico	120,149,897	1,355,188
🇵🇭Philippines	103,031,365	1,811,702
🇪🇹Ethiopia	102,471,896	2,749,423
🇪🇬Egypt	97,723,799	2,096,795
🇻🇳Viet Nam	92,191,398	948,773
🇩🇪Germany	82,073,226	211,270
🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	81,790,841	1,816,699
🇹🇷Türkiye	79,646,178	1,359,759
🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	78,656,904	2,662,765
🇹🇭Thailand	70,294,397	305,448
🇬🇧United Kingdom	65,224,364	432,552
🇫🇷France	63,809,769	189,106
🇮🇹Italy	60,232,906	-129,664
🇿🇦South Africa	55,876,504	1,313,854
🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	52,542,824	1,868,819
🇲🇲Myanmar	51,483,949	407,282
🇰🇷Republic of Korea	50,994,401	413,118
🇨🇴Colombia	47,119,728	449,960
🇰🇪Kenya	46,851,488	1,010,993
🇪🇸Spain	46,431,342	-3,510
🇺🇦Ukraine	44,982,564	-135,056
🇦🇷Argentina	43,257,065	429,557
🇩🇿Algeria	39,543,154	793,349
🇵🇱Poland	38,553,146	-41,736
🇸🇩Sudan	38,171,178	1,171,008
🇮🇶Iraq	37,757,812	986,119
🇺🇬Uganda	37,477,356	1,167,130
🇨🇦Canada	35,732,126	339,628
🇲🇦Morocco	34,680,458	425,780
🇦🇫Afghanistan	33,753,499	785,358
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	32,749,848	615,924
🇲🇾Malaysia	31,068,833	453,067
🇺🇿Uzbekistan	30,949,417	510,173
🇵🇪Peru	30,711,863	382,338
🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	30,529,716	326,228
🇬🇭Ghana	28,870,939	678,180
🇾🇪Yemen	28,516,545	754,910
🇦🇴Angola	28,127,721	1,006,802
🇳🇵Nepal	27,610,325	185,711
🇲🇿Mozambique	26,843,246	816,353
🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	25,258,015	134,430
🇲🇬Madagascar	24,850,912	639,659
🇦🇺Australia	23,820,236	357,597
🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	23,596,741	609,840
🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	23,512,136	89,101
🇨🇲Cameroon	23,012,646	700,381
🇱🇰Sri Lanka	21,336,697	91,839
🇳🇪Niger	20,128,124	777,076
🇷🇴Romania	19,906,079	-106,542
🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	19,205,178	-573,907
🇧🇫Burkina Faso	18,718,019	550,641
🇲🇱Mali	18,112,907	570,251
🇨🇱Chile	17,870,124	182,198
🇰🇿Kazakhstan	17,835,909	240,615
🇳🇱Netherlands	17,041,107	82,691
🇲🇼Malawi	16,938,942	463,893
🇿🇲Zambia	16,248,230	513,870
🇪🇨Ecuador	16,195,902	240,810
🇬🇹Guatemala	16,001,107	284,604
🇰🇭Cambodia	15,417,523	203,064
🇸🇳Senegal	14,356,180	389,337
🇿🇼Zimbabwe	14,154,937	297,298
🇹🇩Chad	14,140,274	414,002
🇸🇴Somalia	13,763,906	451,585
🇷🇼Rwanda	11,642,959	278,104
🇬🇳Guinea	11,625,998	301,265
🇹🇳Tunisia	11,557,778	128,755
🇨🇺Cuba	11,339,894	7,300
🇧🇪Belgium	11,248,304	67,435
🇸🇸South Sudan	11,194,299	124,455
🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	11,090,086	172,811
🇧🇯Benin	10,932,784	322,253
🇬🇷Greece	10,806,641	-59,550
🇧🇮Burundi	10,727,148	118,973
🇭🇹Haiti	10,563,757	150,654
🇨🇿Czechia	10,523,798	4,257
🇩🇴Dominican Republic	10,405,832	123,012
🇵🇹Portugal	10,365,436	-33,533
🇦🇿Azerbaijan	9,863,480	117,894
🇸🇪Sweden	9,849,348	102,145
🇭🇺Hungary	9,844,246	-25,350
🇧🇾Belarus	9,700,609	8,216
🇯🇴Jordan	9,494,246	687,485
🇭🇳Honduras	9,294,506	166,475
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	8,916,899	79,222
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	8,682,174	217,748
🇦🇹Austria	8,642,421	115,624
🇹🇯Tajikistan	8,524,062	201,201
🇨🇭Switzerland	8,281,732	89,624
🇮🇱Israel	8,007,778	148,894
🇷🇸Serbia	7,519,496	-26,184
🇹🇬Togo	7,473,228	186,587
🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	7,399,838	43,505
🇸🇱Sierra Leone	7,314,773	174,072
🇧🇬Bulgaria	7,309,254	-64,259
🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	6,787,419	102,060
🇱🇧Lebanon	6,398,940	-135,633
🇳🇮Nicaragua	6,298,598	90,262
🇸🇻El Salvador	6,231,066	19,636
🇱🇾Libya	6,192,235	90,144
🇵🇾Paraguay	6,177,950	88,230
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	5,914,980	102,259
🇹🇲Turkmenistan	5,766,432	103,167
🇩🇰Denmark	5,677,796	27,486
🇸🇬Singapore	5,650,018	69,312
🇫🇮Finland	5,479,461	15,524
🇸🇰Slovakia	5,424,444	4,649
🇳🇴Norway	5,190,356	48,151
🇨🇬Congo	5,064,386	121,058
🇨🇷Costa Rica	4,895,242	50,498
🇨🇫Central African Republic	4,819,333	76,954
🇮🇪Ireland	4,665,760	48,316
🇱🇷Liberia	4,612,329	97,998
🇳🇿New Zealand	4,590,590	77,098
🇵🇸State of Palestine	4,484,614	109,437
🇭🇷Croatia	4,254,815	-32,280
🇴🇲Oman	4,191,776	213,137
🇵🇦Panama	3,957,098	68,869
🇲🇷Mauritania	3,946,220	104,383
🇰🇼Kuwait	3,908,743	316,302
🇬🇪Georgia	3,771,132	-1,000
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,524,324	-45,194
🇵🇷Puerto Rico	3,497,335	-63,374
🇺🇾Uruguay	3,402,818	11,703
🇪🇷Eritrea	3,340,006	26,938
🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	3,277,388	-56,876
🇲🇳Mongolia	2,964,749	63,775
🇱🇹Lithuania	2,963,765	-30,657
🇦🇱Albania	2,882,480	-1,351
🇦🇲Armenia	2,878,595	-12,727
🇯🇲Jamaica	2,794,444	9,585
🇶🇦Qatar	2,414,573	199,749
🇧🇼Botswana	2,305,172	45,869
🇳🇦Namibia	2,282,704	40,164
🇬🇲Gambia	2,253,134	64,055
🇱🇸Lesotho	2,118,520	24,449
🇲🇰North Macedonia	2,107,962	2,254
🇸🇮Slovenia	2,080,862	9,382
🇬🇦Gabon	2,028,517	59,820
🇱🇻Latvia	1,991,955	-18,667
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	1,788,919	45,660
🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1,759,122	674
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1,460,177	9,353
🇧🇭Bahrain	1,362,142	47,694
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	1,346,973	51,974
🇪🇪Estonia	1,314,657	2,803
🇲🇺Mauritius	1,293,153	706
🇹🇱Timor-Leste	1,205,813	18,822
🇨🇾Cyprus	1,187,280	10,408
🇸🇿Eswatini	1,133,936	8,364
🇩🇯Djibouti	1,006,259	17,102
🇷🇪Réunion	922,494	4,669
🇫🇯Fiji	917,200	1,318
🇬🇾Guyana	755,031	4,006
🇧🇹Bhutan	743,274	6,570
🇰🇲Comoros	730,216	15,803
🇲🇪Montenegro	633,966	-617
🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	615,239	11,232
🇸🇧Solomon Islands	612,660	15,370
🇸🇷Suriname	575,475	5,890
🇱🇺Luxembourg	569,408	13,377
🇨🇻Cabo Verde	552,166	5,980
🇪🇭Western Sahara	491,824	13,741
🇲🇹Malta	456,579	10,671
🇲🇻Maldives	435,582	18,858
🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	421,437	4,687
🇬🇵Guadeloupe	399,088	-1,543
🇧🇸Bahamas	392,698	3,387
🇲🇶Martinique	383,515	-3,170
🇧🇿Belize	359,871	7,470
🇮🇸Iceland	331,060	3,417
🇵🇫French Polynesia	291,787	1,826
🇳🇨New Caledonia	283,032	794
🇧🇧Barbados	278,083	572
🇻🇺Vanuatu	276,438	6,557
🇬🇫French Guiana	257,026	5,706
🇾🇹Mayotte	249,545	10,344
🇼🇸Samoa	203,571	1,817
🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	201,124	3,561
🇱🇨Saint Lucia	175,623	816
🇨🇼Curaçao	169,572	1,386
🇬🇺Guam	167,978	374
🇬🇩Grenada	118,980	999
🇰🇮Kiribati	116,707	1,783
🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	109,462	437
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	106,482	-456
🇹🇴Tonga	106,122	-528
🇦🇼Aruba	104,257	641
🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	102,804	-511
🇯🇪Jersey	100,561	1,618
🇸🇨Seychelles	99,240	1,238
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	89,940	691
🇮🇲Isle of Man	83,593	-342
🇦🇩Andorra	71,746	47
🇩🇲Dominica	70,006	-219
🇧🇲Bermuda	63,144	-224
🇬🇬Guernsey	61,629	38
🇰🇾Cayman Islands	60,911	1,356
🇬🇱Greenland	55,894	35
🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	51,514	-368
🇦🇸American Samoa	51,368	-874
🇲🇭Marshall Islands	49,410	-1,045
🇫🇴Faroe Islands	48,816	637
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,790	-12
🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	40,205	1,165
🇱🇮Liechtenstein	37,355	228
🇲🇨Monaco	36,760	630
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	36,538	1,873
🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	35,020	-162
🇸🇲San Marino	33,570	268
🇬🇮Gibraltar	32,520	69
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	29,366	405
🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	23,164	612
🇵🇼Palau	17,794	16
🇨🇰Cook Islands	17,695	-137
🇦🇮Anguilla	14,525	339
🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	12,182	-127
🇳🇷Nauru	11,185	247
🇹🇻Tuvalu	10,877	-24
🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	9,643	202
🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,978	-10
🇸🇭Saint Helena	5,497	40
🇲🇸Montserrat	5,059	-47
🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,408	79
🇳🇺Niue	1,846	23
🇹🇰Tokelau	1,454	-39
🇻🇦Holy See	564	-6

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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