World Population by Country in 2026

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In 2026, the world is projected to reach a total population of 8,264,364,510 and 🇮🇳India will be the most populous country that year, with a total of 1,467,231,210 people. Followed by 🇨🇳China, with the second largest population globally of 1,423,255,202 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year is projected to be 🇻🇦Holy See with only 537 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 2026 is projected to be Asia with a total population of 4,846,533,257 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 1,565,426,616, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a population of 679,658,984 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia is projected to have the largest populous of 2,091,964,668 people on record. Followed by Eastern Africa with a population of 522,500,714, and Western Africa with 473,426,252 people in the sub-region.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries is projected to have the largest population with a total of 6,151,454,704 people. While the lowest population for 2026 is projected to be found in No income group available with a population of 31,129,183 people in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2026

Countries with the Largest Population in 2026

Country	Population	Overall Population Change +/-
🇮🇳India	1,467,231,210	12,457,336
🇨🇳China	1,423,255,202	-1,288,992
🇺🇸United States of America	345,364,937	1,748,155
🇮🇩Indonesia	284,151,182	2,113,624
🇵🇰Pakistan	254,714,472	4,782,263
🇳🇬Nigeria	240,054,483	5,512,876
🇧🇷Brazil	219,927,144	1,105,904
🇧🇩Bangladesh	178,106,136	1,664,103
🇷🇺Russian Federation	143,065,414	-406,911
🇪🇹Ethiopia	136,180,141	3,251,214
🇲🇽Mexico	131,194,049	882,372
🇵🇭Philippines	122,610,193	1,741,769
🇯🇵Japan	121,282,488	-678,830
🇪🇬Egypt	118,058,996	1,781,547
🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	112,607,660	3,575,439
🇻🇳Viet Nam	100,679,892	561,646
🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	90,976,221	546,858
🇹🇷Türkiye	87,132,333	437,329
🇩🇪Germany	83,134,876	-69,365
🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	73,462,459	2,049,344
🇹🇭Thailand	72,005,720	44,920
🇬🇧United Kingdom	68,393,799	210,859
🇫🇷France	65,121,252	115,381
🇿🇦South Africa	62,305,039	622,601
🇰🇪Kenya	58,457,378	1,139,000
🇮🇹Italy	58,334,490	-187,371
🇲🇲Myanmar	55,695,986	353,363
🇨🇴Colombia	52,902,741	303,460
🇺🇬Uganda	52,667,779	1,394,493
🇸🇩Sudan	51,878,826	1,269,825
🇰🇷Republic of Korea	51,630,817	-63,479
🇮🇶Iraq	48,583,520	1,037,388
🇩🇿Algeria	47,538,087	602,852
🇪🇸Spain	47,360,679	-61,658
🇦🇷Argentina	46,613,494	274,237
🇦🇫Afghanistan	45,667,550	1,158,413
🇦🇴Angola	40,099,526	1,166,416
🇨🇦Canada	39,753,766	320,377
🇵🇱Poland	39,242,577	-243,918
🇺🇦Ukraine	39,093,309	61,610
🇲🇦Morocco	38,920,170	343,787
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	38,494,876	499,672
🇲🇿Mozambique	36,825,701	998,598
🇾🇪Yemen	36,781,795	783,706
🇺🇿Uzbekistan	36,622,074	452,038
🇬🇭Ghana	36,102,736	662,951
🇲🇾Malaysia	35,376,942	345,334
🇵🇪Peru	35,351,784	338,104
🇲🇬Madagascar	32,544,738	750,453
🇳🇵Nepal	31,907,071	326,011
🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	31,095,448	756,431
🇨🇲Cameroon	30,914,482	768,125
🇳🇪Niger	30,427,550	1,127,925
🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	30,419,164	471,663
🇦🇺Australia	27,214,034	254,477
🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	26,436,176	969,567
🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	26,387,425	63,629
🇲🇱Mali	25,518,081	766,924
🇧🇫Burkina Faso	25,040,390	607,161
🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	23,994,080	17,781
🇲🇼Malawi	22,601,151	571,956
🇿🇲Zambia	22,285,947	583,238
🇱🇰Sri Lanka	22,046,386	43,347
🇰🇿Kazakhstan	20,277,784	219,268
🇹🇩Chad	20,013,209	591,635
🇸🇴Somalia	19,867,185	590,991
🇨🇱Chile	19,726,828	39,438
🇷🇴Romania	19,291,945	-97,146
🇸🇳Senegal	19,161,050	476,977
🇬🇹Guatemala	18,913,838	277,394
🇪🇨Ecuador	18,749,869	186,895
🇳🇱Netherlands	17,771,604	48,132
🇿🇼Zimbabwe	17,731,592	357,963
🇰🇭Cambodia	17,460,074	164,266
🇬🇳Guinea	15,220,392	348,384
🇷🇼Rwanda	15,061,866	325,675
🇧🇯Benin	14,832,937	380,784
🇧🇮Burundi	14,307,816	362,031
🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	12,924,658	178,291
🇹🇳Tunisia	12,761,929	93,588
🇭🇹Haiti	12,150,614	140,163
🇧🇪Belgium	11,772,171	27,160
🇸🇸South Sudan	11,676,686	206,391
🇩🇴Dominican Republic	11,627,302	93,879
🇯🇴Jordan	11,515,044	84,199
🇨🇺Cuba	11,128,799	-24,778
🇭🇳Honduras	11,087,422	162,939
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	10,886,097	184,698
🇸🇪Sweden	10,792,212	57,341
🇹🇯Tajikistan	10,699,866	181,942
🇦🇿Azerbaijan	10,553,323	42,590
🇨🇿Czechia	10,514,272	3,373
🇬🇷Greece	10,223,280	-40,197
🇵🇹Portugal	10,172,106	-26,262
🇭🇺Hungary	9,789,542	-57,245
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	9,737,048	70,739
🇹🇬Togo	9,682,133	213,224
🇮🇱Israel	9,585,962	137,099
🇧🇾Belarus	9,371,048	-40,846
🇸🇱Sierra Leone	9,353,150	188,088
🇦🇹Austria	9,009,822	14,902
🇨🇭Switzerland	8,956,124	50,711
🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	7,938,533	99,418
🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	7,500,962	213
🇳🇮Nicaragua	7,330,715	92,634
🇵🇾Paraguay	7,113,876	81,853
🇱🇾Libya	7,111,388	72,460
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	7,043,698	100,067
🇷🇸Serbia	7,014,414	-42,627
🇹🇲Turkmenistan	6,752,978	74,660
🇨🇬Congo	6,525,028	142,411
🇧🇬Bulgaria	6,511,163	-54,273
🇸🇻El Salvador	6,454,736	27,921
🇨🇫Central African Republic	6,286,950	193,335
🇸🇬Singapore	6,125,154	35,043
🇩🇰Denmark	5,996,996	28,347
🇱🇷Liberia	5,779,303	122,998
🇵🇸State of Palestine	5,746,618	126,108
🇸🇰Slovakia	5,595,798	-23,067
🇳🇴Norway	5,594,125	39,482
🇫🇮Finland	5,557,511	3,183
🇳🇿New Zealand	5,350,410	39,183
🇨🇷Costa Rica	5,312,699	31,954
🇲🇷Mauritania	5,264,526	137,426
🇮🇪Ireland	5,151,398	30,161
🇱🇧Lebanon	4,988,145	-102,584
🇴🇲Oman	4,846,014	64,512
🇵🇦Panama	4,644,204	56,975
🇰🇼Kuwait	4,423,726	36,199
🇪🇷Eritrea	3,963,932	75,386
🇭🇷Croatia	3,941,962	-22,513
🇬🇪Georgia	3,700,586	-9,389
🇲🇳Mongolia	3,580,318	41,487
🇺🇾Uruguay	3,423,599	152
🇵🇷Puerto Rico	3,279,210	2,471
🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	3,211,875	-25,080
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,168,378	-13,333
🇬🇲Gambia	2,981,096	70,091
🇯🇲Jamaica	2,820,904	-2,682
🇦🇱Albania	2,816,694	-5,215
🇧🇼Botswana	2,806,300	42,632
🇶🇦Qatar	2,776,990	19,608
🇦🇲Armenia	2,775,109	-2,338
🇳🇦Namibia	2,734,498	44,077
🇱🇹Lithuania	2,645,221	-22,670
🇬🇦Gabon	2,581,236	48,454
🇱🇸Lesotho	2,406,247	24,706
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	2,291,896	47,633
🇸🇮Slovenia	2,116,129	-1,828
🇲🇰North Macedonia	2,081,572	-1,134
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	1,836,245	40,697
🇱🇻Latvia	1,771,916	-18,590
🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1,675,265	3,908
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1,543,223	2,044
🇧🇭Bahrain	1,524,461	12,711
🇹🇱Timor-Leste	1,418,535	19,374
🇪🇪Estonia	1,310,378	-4,694
🇲🇺Mauritius	1,304,199	851
🇨🇾Cyprus	1,284,246	7,571
🇸🇿Eswatini	1,247,889	13,135
🇩🇯Djibouti	1,184,178	15,925
🇷🇪Réunion	1,003,980	7,145
🇫🇯Fiji	957,162	7,269
🇰🇲Comoros	898,473	15,368
🇬🇾Guyana	830,213	5,020
🇧🇹Bhutan	802,260	4,902
🇸🇧Solomon Islands	789,449	16,441
🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	730,610	8,606
🇱🇺Luxembourg	674,296	6,052
🇸🇷Suriname	639,522	5,231
🇲🇪Montenegro	625,039	-636
🇪🇭Western Sahara	620,284	10,841
🇨🇻Cabo Verde	615,948	5,769
🇲🇹Malta	539,715	1,340
🇲🇻Maldives	513,361	-1,417
🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	462,104	2,995
🇧🇿Belize	428,165	5,688
🇧🇸Bahamas	420,306	2,490
🇬🇵Guadeloupe	397,425	558
🇮🇸Iceland	382,260	2,215
🇾🇹Mayotte	366,112	10,137
🇲🇶Martinique	365,196	-632
🇻🇺Vanuatu	358,162	8,002
🇬🇫French Guiana	335,204	7,757
🇵🇫French Polynesia	316,166	2,320
🇳🇨New Caledonia	301,712	2,811
🇧🇧Barbados	282,797	186
🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	245,664	4,724
🇼🇸Samoa	235,495	3,279
🇨🇼Curaçao	194,695	846
🇱🇨Saint Lucia	181,787	477
🇬🇺Guam	176,397	1,124
🇰🇮Kiribati	140,179	2,187
🇬🇩Grenada	128,189	624
🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	118,472	1,074
🇯🇪Jersey	114,938	1,041
🇹🇴Tonga	110,504	897
🇸🇨Seychelles	109,397	532
🇦🇼Aruba	105,881	-174
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,952	118
🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	96,572	-761
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	95,804	481
🇮🇲Isle of Man	85,250	157
🇦🇩Andorra	80,796	211
🇩🇲Dominica	73,984	289
🇰🇾Cayman Islands	70,981	522
🇬🇬Guernsey	64,263	247
🇧🇲Bermuda	63,603	-177
🇬🇱Greenland	57,016	85
🇫🇴Faroe Islands	53,801	179
🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	50,470	198
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	48,016	71
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	47,160	364
🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	44,513	121
🇲🇭Marshall Islands	43,209	386
🇦🇸American Samoa	42,772	-381
🇱🇮Liechtenstein	40,272	211
🇲🇨Monaco	35,968	-77
🇸🇲San Marino	33,560	-21
🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	32,797	212
🇬🇮Gibraltar	32,762	17
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	32,197	209
🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	27,518	104
🇵🇼Palau	18,031	-22
🇨🇰Cook Islands	17,137	39
🇦🇮Anguilla	15,993	35
🇳🇷Nauru	13,062	81
🇹🇻Tuvalu	11,641	64
🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,348	-41
🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	11,067	20
🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,756	-31
🇸🇭Saint Helena	5,133	-67
🇲🇸Montserrat	4,353	-8
🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,826	9
🇹🇰Tokelau	1,952	21
🇳🇺Niue	1,937	4
🇻🇦Holy See	537	2

What is the world population projected to be in 2026?

By the year 2026, the world population will reach a total of 8,264,364,510 people walking the earch. This is according to the latest data from The United Nations, and specifically the unerlying data from UN Revision of World Population Prospects (medium fertility variant).

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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