Percent of world population - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Percent of world population, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 196 countries was 0.51 percent. The highest value was in India: 17.91 percent and the lowest value was in Andorra: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
Select indicator
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Percent of world population, 2023 Global rank Available data
India 17.91 1 1960 - 2023
China 17.69 2 1960 - 2023
USA 4.2 3 1960 - 2023
Indonesia 3.48 4 1960 - 2023
Pakistan 3.02 5 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 2.81 6 1960 - 2023
Brazil 2.71 7 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh 2.17 8 1960 - 2023
Russia 1.8 9 1960 - 2023
Mexico 1.61 10 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 1.59 11 1960 - 2023
Japan 1.56 12 1960 - 2023
Philippines 1.47 13 1960 - 2023
Egypt 1.41 14 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 1.28 15 1960 - 2023
Vietnam 1.24 16 1960 - 2023
Iran 1.12 17 1960 - 2023
Turkey 1.07 18 1960 - 2023
Germany 1.06 19 1960 - 2023
Thailand 0.9 20 1960 - 2023
UK 0.86 21 1960 - 2023
France 0.85 22 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 0.85 23 1960 - 2023
South Africa 0.76 24 1960 - 2023
Italy 0.74 25 1960 - 2023
Kenya 0.69 26 1960 - 2023
Burma 0.68 27 1960 - 2023
Colombia 0.65 28 1960 - 2023
South Korea 0.65 29 1960 - 2023
Spain 0.61 30 1960 - 2023
Uganda 0.61 31 1960 - 2023
Sudan 0.6 32 1960 - 2023
Argentina 0.59 33 1960 - 2023
Algeria 0.57 34 1960 - 2023
Iraq 0.57 35 1960 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.53 36 1960 - 2023
Canada 0.5 37 1960 - 2023
Morocco 0.47 38 1960 - 2023
Angola 0.46 39 1960 - 2023
Poland 0.46 40 1960 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0.46 41 1960 - 2023
Ukraine 0.46 42 1960 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0.46 43 1960 - 2023
Ghana 0.43 44 1960 - 2023
Malaysia 0.43 45 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 0.43 46 1960 - 2023
Peru 0.43 47 1960 - 2023
Yemen 0.43 48 1960 - 2023
Nepal 0.39 49 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 0.38 50 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 0.36 51 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.36 52 1960 - 2023
Venezuela 0.36 53 1960 - 2023
Niger 0.34 54 1960 - 2023
Australia 0.33 55 1960 - 2023
North Korea 0.33 56 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.29 57 1960 - 2023
Mali 0.29 58 1960 - 2023
Syria 0.29 59 1960 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0.28 60 1960 - 2023
Malawi 0.26 61 1960 - 2023
Zambia 0.26 62 1960 - 2023
Chile 0.25 63 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0.25 64 1960 - 2023
Romania 0.24 65 1960 - 2023
Chad 0.23 66 1960 - 2023
Ecuador 0.23 67 1960 - 2023
Somalia 0.23 68 1960 - 2023
Guatemala 0.22 69 1960 - 2023
Netherlands 0.22 70 1960 - 2023
Senegal 0.22 71 1960 - 2023
Cambodia 0.21 72 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.21 73 1960 - 2023
Guinea 0.18 74 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0.18 75 1960 - 2023
Benin 0.17 76 1960 - 2023
Burundi 0.17 77 1960 - 2023
Bolivia 0.16 78 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 0.16 79 1960 - 2023
Belgium 0.15 80 1960 - 2023
Haiti 0.15 81 1960 - 2023
Czechia 0.14 82 1960 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0.14 83 1960 - 2023
Jordan 0.14 84 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.13 85 1960 - 2023
Greece 0.13 86 1960 - 2023
Honduras 0.13 87 1960 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0.13 88 1960 - 2023
Portugal 0.13 89 1960 - 2023
Sweden 0.13 90 1960 - 2023
Tajikistan 0.13 91 1960 - 2023
Belarus 0.12 92 1960 - 2023
Hungary 0.12 93 1960 - 2023
Israel 0.12 94 1960 - 2023
UA Emirates 0.12 95 1960 - 2023
Austria 0.11 96 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.11 97 1960 - 2023
Switzerland 0.11 98 1960 - 2023
Togo 0.11 99 1960 - 2023
Laos 0.1 100 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong 0.09 101 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0.09 102 1960 - 2023
Libya 0.09 103 1960 - 2023
Nicaragua 0.09 104 1960 - 2023
Paraguay 0.09 105 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria 0.08 106 1960 - 2023
El Salvador 0.08 107 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.08 108 1960 - 2023
Serbia 0.08 109 1960 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0.08 110 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.07 111 1960 - 2023
Costa Rica 0.07 112 1960 - 2023
Denmark 0.07 113 1960 - 2023
Finland 0.07 114 1960 - 2023
Ireland 0.07 115 1960 - 2023
Lebanon 0.07 116 1960 - 2023
Liberia 0.07 117 1960 - 2023
New Zealand 0.07 118 1960 - 2023
Norway 0.07 119 1960 - 2023
Singapore 0.07 120 1960 - 2023
Slovakia 0.07 121 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 0.06 122 1960 - 2023
Oman 0.06 123 1960 - 2023
Palestine 0.06 124 1990 - 2023
Panama 0.06 125 1960 - 2023
Croatia 0.05 126 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 0.05 127 1960 - 2023
Georgia 0.05 128 1960 - 2023
Kuwait 0.05 129 1960 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0.04 130 1960 - 2023
Jamaica 0.04 131 1960 - 2023
Lithuania 0.04 132 1960 - 2023
Mongolia 0.04 133 1960 - 2023
Puerto Rico 0.04 134 1960 - 2023
Uruguay 0.04 135 1960 - 2023
Albania 0.03 136 1960 - 2023
Armenia 0.03 137 1960 - 2023
Botswana 0.03 138 1960 - 2023
Gabon 0.03 139 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0.03 140 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.03 141 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 0.03 142 1960 - 2023
Moldova 0.03 143 1960 - 2023
Namibia 0.03 144 1960 - 2023
Qatar 0.03 145 1960 - 2023
Slovenia 0.03 146 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 0.02 147 1960 - 2023
Cyprus 0.02 148 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.02 149 1960 - 2023
Estonia 0.02 150 1960 - 2023
Latvia 0.02 151 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 0.02 152 1960 - 2023
North Macedonia 0.02 153 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 0.02 154 1960 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0.02 155 1960 - 2023
Bahamas 0.01 156 1960 - 2023
Belize 0.01 157 1960 - 2023
Bhutan 0.01 158 1960 - 2023
Brunei 0.01 159 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.01 160 1960 - 2023
Comoros 0.01 161 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 0.01 162 1960 - 2023
Fiji 0.01 163 1960 - 2023
Guyana 0.01 164 1960 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.01 165 1960 - 2023
Macao 0.01 166 1960 - 2023
Maldives 0.01 167 1960 - 2023
Malta 0.01 168 1960 - 2023
Montenegro 0.01 169 1960 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0.01 170 1960 - 2023
Suriname 0.01 171 1960 - 2023
Andorra 0 172 1960 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0 173 1960 - 2023
Aruba 0 174 1960 - 2023
Barbados 0 175 1960 - 2023
Bermuda 0 176 1960 - 2023
Dominica 0 177 1960 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0 178 1960 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 179 1960 - 2023
Grenada 0 180 1960 - 2023
Iceland 0 181 1960 - 2023
Kiribati 0 182 1960 - 2023
Liechtenstein 0 183 1960 - 2023
Micronesia 0 184 1960 - 2023
Monaco 0 185 1960 - 2023
N. Caledonia 0 186 1960 - 2023
Palau 0 187 1960 - 2023
Saint Lucia 0 188 1960 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 0 189 1960 - 2023
Samoa 0 190 1960 - 2023
San Marino 0 191 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 192 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 0 193 1960 - 2023
Tonga 0 194 1960 - 2023
Tuvalu 0 195 1960 - 2023
Vanuatu 0 196 1960 - 2023



Definition: The population share of a particular country is measured as its population as percent of the total world population in a given year. Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Selected articles from our guide:

The unholy trinity of international finance

Most commonly used measures of corruption

All articles

1. India
2. China
3. USA
4. Indonesia
5. Pakistan
6. Nigeria
7. Brazil
8. Bangladesh
9. Russia
10. Mexico
11. Ethiopia
12. Japan
13. Philippines
14. Egypt
15. DR Congo
16. Vietnam
17. Iran
18. Turkey
19. Germany
20. Thailand
21. UK
22. France
23. Tanzania
24. South Africa
25. Italy
26. Kenya
27. Burma
28. Colombia
29. South Korea
30. Spain
31. Uganda
32. Sudan
33. Argentina
34. Algeria
35. Iraq
36. Afghanistan
37. Canada
38. Morocco
39. Angola
40. Poland
41. Saudi Arabia
42. Ukraine
43. Uzbekistan
44. Ghana
45. Malaysia
46. Mozambique
47. Peru
48. Yemen
49. Nepal
50. Madagascar
51. Cameroon
52. Ivory Coast
53. Venezuela
54. Niger
55. Australia
56. North Korea
57. Burkina Faso
58. Mali
59. Syria
60. Sri Lanka
61. Malawi
62. Zambia
63. Chile
64. Kazakhstan
65. Romania
66. Chad
67. Ecuador
68. Somalia
69. Guatemala
70. Netherlands
71. Senegal
72. Cambodia
73. Zimbabwe
74. Guinea
75. Rwanda
76. Benin
77. Burundi
78. Bolivia
79. Tunisia
80. Belgium
81. Haiti
82. Czechia
83. Domin. Rep.
84. Jordan
85. Azerbaijan
86. Greece
87. Honduras
88. Papua N.G.
89. Portugal
90. Sweden
91. Tajikistan
92. Belarus
93. Hungary
94. Israel
95. UA Emirates
96. Austria
97. Sierra Leone
98. Switzerland
99. Togo
100. Laos
101. Hong Kong
102. Kyrgyzstan
103. Libya
104. Nicaragua
105. Paraguay
106. Bulgaria
107. El Salvador
108. R. of Congo
109. Serbia
110. Turkmenistan
111. C.A. Republic
112. Costa Rica
113. Denmark
114. Finland
115. Ireland
116. Lebanon
117. Liberia
118. New Zealand
119. Norway
120. Singapore
121. Slovakia
122. Mauritania
123. Oman
124. Palestine
125. Panama
126. Croatia
127. Eritrea
128. Georgia
129. Kuwait
130. Bosnia & Herz.
131. Jamaica
132. Lithuania
133. Mongolia
134. Puerto Rico
135. Uruguay
136. Albania
137. Armenia
138. Botswana
139. Gabon
140. Gambia
141. G.-Bissau
142. Lesotho
143. Moldova
144. Namibia
145. Qatar
146. Slovenia
147. Bahrain
148. Cyprus
149. Eq. Guinea
150. Estonia
151. Latvia
152. Mauritius
153. North Macedonia
154. Swaziland
155. Tr.&Tobago
156. Bahamas
157. Belize
158. Bhutan
159. Brunei
160. Cape Verde
161. Comoros
162. Djibouti
163. Fiji
164. Guyana
165. Luxembourg
166. Macao
167. Maldives
168. Malta
169. Montenegro
170. Solomon Isl.
171. Suriname
172. Andorra
173. Ant.& Barb.
174. Aruba
175. Barbados
176. Bermuda
177. Dominica
178. Faroe Isl.
179. Gibraltar
180. Grenada
181. Iceland
182. Kiribati
183. Liechtenstein
184. Micronesia
185. Monaco
186. N. Caledonia
187. Palau
188. Saint Lucia
189. St. Vincent & ...
190. Samoa
191. San Marino
192. S.T.&Principe
193. Seychelles
194. Tonga
195. Tuvalu
196. Vanuatu
17.91
17.69
4.20
3.48
3.02
2.81
2.71
2.17
1.80
1.61
1.59
1.56
1.47
1.41
1.28
1.24
1.12
1.07
1.06
0.90
0.86
0.85
0.85
0.76
0.74
0.69
0.68
0.65
0.65
0.61
0.61
0.60
0.59
0.57
0.57
0.53
0.50
0.47
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.43
0.43
0.43
0.43
0.43
0.39
0.38
0.36
0.36
0.36
0.34
0.33
0.33
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.28
0.26
0.26
0.25
0.25
0.24
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.21
0.21
0.18
0.18
0.17
0.17
0.16
0.16
0.15
0.15
0.14
0.14
0.14
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.10
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
4.5
9
13.4
17.91


This site uses cookies.
Learn more here


OK