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World Population by Country in 2020

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In 2020, the world reached a total population of 7,840,952,880 and 🇨🇳China was the most populous country that year, with a total of 1,424,929,781 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 1,396,387,127 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 520 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 2020 was Asia with a total population of 4,664,324,075 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 1,360,677,231, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a population of 651,836,122 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the largest populous of 1,969,617,892 people on record. Followed by Eastern Africa with a population of 449,292,465, and Western Africa with 408,124,919 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 5,868,524,694 people. While the lowest population for 2020 was found in No income group available with a population of 29,134,878 people in that segment.

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Countries with the Largest Population in 2020

Country Population Overall Population Change +/-
🇨🇳China 1,424,929,781 1,863,524
🇮🇳India 1,396,387,127 12,841,480
🇺🇸United States of America 335,942,003 1,107,531
🇮🇩Indonesia 271,857,970 2,064,245
🇵🇰Pakistan 227,196,741 4,167,761
🇧🇷Brazil 213,196,304 1,262,737
🇳🇬Nigeria 208,327,404 5,093,619
🇧🇩Bangladesh 167,420,950 1,987,915
🇷🇺Russian Federation 145,617,328 -288,669
🇲🇽Mexico 125,998,302 775,681
🇯🇵Japan 125,244,761 -596,019
🇪🇹Ethiopia 117,190,911 3,105,102
🇵🇭Philippines 112,190,977 1,806,709
🇪🇬Egypt 107,465,134 1,852,830
🇻🇳Viet Nam 96,648,685 890,179
🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 92,853,164 3,042,429
🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 87,290,193 600,061
🇹🇷Türkiye 84,135,428 647,493
🇩🇪Germany 83,328,988 122,665
🇹🇭Thailand 71,475,664 172,581
🇬🇧United Kingdom 67,059,474 216,600
🇫🇷France 64,480,053 44,586
🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 61,704,518 1,865,104
🇮🇹Italy 59,500,579 -278,639
🇿🇦South Africa 58,801,926 671,567
🇲🇲Myanmar 53,423,198 390,454
🇰🇪Kenya 51,985,780 1,051,138
🇰🇷Republic of Korea 51,844,690 -26,875
🇨🇴Colombia 50,930,662 627,269
🇪🇸Spain 47,363,807 67,706
🇦🇷Argentina 45,036,032 255,182
🇸🇩Sudan 44,440,486 1,224,836
🇺🇬Uganda 44,404,611 1,437,496
🇺🇦Ukraine 43,909,666 -362,053
🇩🇿Algeria 43,451,666 721,358
🇮🇶Iraq 42,556,984 1,028,065
🇦🇫Afghanistan 38,972,230 1,292,407
🇵🇱Poland 38,428,366 -99,199
🇨🇦Canada 37,888,705 260,946
🇲🇦Morocco 36,688,772 399,857
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 35,997,106 -465,731
🇺🇿Uzbekistan 33,526,656 566,387
🇦🇴Angola 33,428,485 1,058,978
🇵🇪Peru 33,304,756 428,950
🇲🇾Malaysia 33,199,993 392,710
🇾🇪Yemen 32,284,046 713,833
🇬🇭Ghana 32,180,402 662,311
🇲🇿Mozambique 31,178,239 914,974
🇳🇵Nepal 29,348,627 698,801
🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 28,490,453 -276,757
🇲🇬Madagascar 28,225,177 692,091
🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 26,811,790 668,433
🇨🇲Cameroon 26,491,087 707,915
🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 25,867,467 108,468
🇦🇺Australia 25,670,051 251,743
🇳🇪Niger 24,333,639 903,897
🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 23,821,464 41,137
🇱🇰Sri Lanka 21,715,079 63,835
🇧🇫Burkina Faso 21,522,626 581,466
🇲🇱Mali 21,224,040 674,518
🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 20,772,595 573,105
🇷🇴Romania 19,442,038 -95,383
🇲🇼Malawi 19,377,061 512,359
🇨🇱Chile 19,300,315 187,253
🇰🇿Kazakhstan 18,979,243 236,372
🇿🇲Zambia 18,927,715 545,594
🇪🇨Ecuador 17,588,595 202,865
🇳🇱Netherlands 17,434,557 64,561
🇬🇹Guatemala 17,362,718 263,093
🇹🇩Chad 16,644,701 531,033
🇸🇴Somalia 16,537,016 528,309
🇸🇳Senegal 16,436,119 441,306
🇰🇭Cambodia 16,396,860 201,161
🇿🇼Zimbabwe 15,669,666 328,880
🇬🇳Guinea 13,205,152 327,133
🇷🇼Rwanda 13,146,362 318,061
🇧🇯Benin 12,643,123 352,608
🇧🇮Burundi 12,220,226 332,659
🇹🇳Tunisia 12,161,723 110,944
🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11,936,162 147,632
🇧🇪Belgium 11,561,716 40,887
🇭🇹Haiti 11,306,802 144,587
🇨🇺Cuba 11,300,698 -17,076
🇩🇴Dominican Republic 10,999,664 120,633
🇯🇴Jordan 10,928,721 223,288
🇸🇸South Sudan 10,606,227 121,572
🇨🇿Czechia 10,530,954 -13,915
🇬🇷Greece 10,512,232 -62,228
🇸🇪Sweden 10,368,970 95,111
🇵🇹Portugal 10,298,192 -415
🇦🇿Azerbaijan 10,284,951 22,846
🇭🇳Honduras 10,121,763 159,946
🇭🇺Hungary 9,750,572 -39,095
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 9,749,640 201,644
🇧🇾Belarus 9,633,740 -54,607
🇹🇯Tajikistan 9,543,207 200,780
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 9,287,289 79,478
🇦🇹Austria 8,907,777 13,342
🇮🇱Israel 8,757,490 143,791
🇨🇭Switzerland 8,638,613 64,364
🇹🇬Togo 8,442,580 200,688
🇸🇱Sierra Leone 8,233,969 187,523
🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 7,500,958 -1,899
🇷🇸Serbia 7,358,004 -52,117
🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,319,399 107,492
🇧🇬Bulgaria 6,979,174 -82,121
🇳🇮Nicaragua 6,755,895 92,381
🇱🇾Libya 6,653,942 83,828
🇵🇾Paraguay 6,618,695 91,312
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 6,424,874 105,088
🇸🇻El Salvador 6,292,731 23,618
🇹🇲Turkmenistan 6,250,438 92,144
🇸🇬Singapore 5,909,870 32,701
🇩🇰Denmark 5,825,641 29,726
🇨🇬Congo 5,702,174 133,772
🇱🇧Lebanon 5,662,924 -63,197
🇫🇮Finland 5,529,468 8,506
🇸🇰Slovakia 5,456,681 -1,743
🇳🇴Norway 5,379,839 23,768
🇨🇫Central African Republic 5,343,020 141,988
🇨🇷Costa Rica 5,123,105 35,492
🇱🇷Liberia 5,087,584 106,787
🇳🇿New Zealand 5,061,134 69,275
🇵🇸State of Palestine 5,019,402 114,833
🇮🇪Ireland 4,946,119 42,090
🇴🇲Oman 4,543,398 -91,475
🇲🇷Mauritania 4,498,604 115,341
🇰🇼Kuwait 4,360,444 -215,833
🇵🇦Panama 4,294,396 57,711
🇭🇷Croatia 4,096,870 -35,539
🇬🇪Georgia 3,765,912 -6,542
🇪🇷Eritrea 3,555,868 64,430
🇺🇾Uruguay 3,429,086 1,631
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,318,407 -45,133
🇲🇳Mongolia 3,294,335 55,744
🇵🇷Puerto Rico 3,271,564 -17,307
🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 3,084,847 -20,354
🇦🇱Albania 2,866,848 -10,563
🇯🇲Jamaica 2,820,436 11,925
🇱🇹Lithuania 2,820,267 -31,267
🇦🇲Armenia 2,805,608 -13,775
🇶🇦Qatar 2,760,385 -136,490
🇬🇲Gambia 2,573,995 65,892
🇧🇼Botswana 2,546,402 45,722
🇳🇦Namibia 2,489,098 44,042
🇬🇦Gabon 2,292,573 49,156
🇱🇸Lesotho 2,254,100 28,992
🇸🇮Slovenia 2,117,641 2,778
🇲🇰North Macedonia 2,111,072 -5,905
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2,015,828 45,050
🇱🇻Latvia 1,897,052 -20,384
🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 1,670,698 -8,879
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 1,596,049 35,351
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1,518,147 8,494
🇧🇭Bahrain 1,477,469 -33,128
🇪🇪Estonia 1,329,444 716
🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1,299,995 20,482
🇲🇺Mauritius 1,297,828 1,735
🇨🇾Cyprus 1,237,537 7,518
🇸🇿Eswatini 1,180,655 12,866
🇩🇯Djibouti 1,090,156 15,624
🇷🇪Réunion 957,822 8,609
🇫🇯Fiji 920,422 4,662
🇰🇲Comoros 806,166 15,680
🇬🇾Guyana 797,202 10,720
🇧🇹Bhutan 772,506 5,004
🇸🇧Solomon Islands 691,190 16,587
🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 676,283 12,528
🇱🇺Luxembourg 630,400 8,641
🇲🇪Montenegro 629,048 -1,685
🇸🇷Suriname 607,065 6,520
🇨🇻Cabo Verde 582,640 5,414
🇪🇭Western Sahara 556,048 9,606
🇲🇹Malta 515,357 11,526
🇲🇻Maldives 514,438 7,096
🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 441,725 3,664
🇧🇸Bahamas 406,472 1,385
🇬🇵Guadeloupe 395,642 1,086
🇧🇿Belize 394,920 4,989
🇲🇶Martinique 370,391 -1,120
🇮🇸Iceland 366,669 4,658
🇻🇺Vanuatu 311,685 7,426
🇾🇹Mayotte 305,586 10,473
🇵🇫French Polynesia 301,920 2,355
🇬🇫French Guiana 290,969 6,319
🇳🇨New Caledonia 286,403 1,568
🇧🇧Barbados 280,693 532
🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 218,641 4,838
🇼🇸Samoa 214,929 3,741
🇨🇼Curaçao 189,288 1,369
🇱🇨Saint Lucia 179,237 629
🇬🇺Guam 169,231 1,310
🇰🇮Kiribati 126,464 2,415
🇬🇩Grenada 123,663 1,008
🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 112,106 1,035
🇯🇪Jersey 108,318 1,291
🇦🇼Aruba 106,585 -167
🇸🇨Seychelles 105,530 1,048
🇹🇴Tonga 105,254 762
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 104,632 -159
🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 100,442 -201
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 92,664 574
🇮🇲Isle of Man 84,046 95
🇦🇩Andorra 77,700 1,360
🇩🇲Dominica 71,994 461
🇰🇾Cayman Islands 67,310 1,137
🇧🇲Bermuda 64,030 207
🇬🇬Guernsey 62,794 316
🇬🇱Greenland 56,026 185
🇫🇴Faroe Islands 52,415 734
🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 49,586 -87
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 47,642 -77
🇦🇸American Samoa 46,189 -1,130
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 44,276 845
🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 43,621 589
🇲🇭Marshall Islands 43,414 -1,335
🇱🇮Liechtenstein 38,756 254
🇲🇨Monaco 36,922 -222
🇸🇲San Marino 34,007 -370
🇬🇮Gibraltar 32,708 11
🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 32,552 -594
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 30,910 300
🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 26,153 580
🇵🇼Palau 17,972 50
🇨🇰Cook Islands 17,029 -25
🇦🇮Anguilla 15,585 180
🇳🇷Nauru 12,315 198
🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 11,655 -25
🇹🇻Tuvalu 11,069 142
🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 10,681 175
🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,906 -25
🇸🇭Saint Helena 5,420 -31
🇲🇸Montserrat 4,500 -110
🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 3,747 21
🇳🇺Niue 1,942 1
🇹🇰Tokelau 1,826 21
🇻🇦Holy See 520 -10

What was the world population in 2020?

In 2020, the world population was 7,840,952,880 according to data collected by individual countries and compiled by The United Nations.

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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