Percent of world population - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Percent of world population, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 196 countries was 0.51 percent. The highest value was in China: 18.02 percent and the lowest value was in Andorra: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Percent of world population, 2021 Global rank Available data
China 18.02 1 1960 - 2021
India 17.96 2 1960 - 2021
USA 4.24 3 1960 - 2021
Indonesia 3.49 4 1960 - 2021
Pakistan 2.95 5 1960 - 2021
Brazil 2.73 6 1960 - 2021
Nigeria 2.72 7 1960 - 2021
Bangladesh 2.16 8 1960 - 2021
Russia 1.85 9 1960 - 2021
Mexico 1.62 10 1960 - 2021
Japan 1.6 11 1960 - 2021
Ethiopia 1.53 12 1960 - 2021
Philippines 1.45 13 1960 - 2021
Egypt 1.39 14 1960 - 2021
Vietnam 1.24 15 1960 - 2021
DR Congo 1.22 16 1960 - 2021
Iran 1.12 17 1960 - 2021
Turkey 1.07 18 1960 - 2021
Germany 1.06 19 1960 - 2021
Thailand 0.91 20 1960 - 2021
France 0.86 21 1960 - 2021
UK 0.86 22 1960 - 2021
Tanzania 0.81 23 1960 - 2021
South Africa 0.76 24 1960 - 2021
Italy 0.75 25 1960 - 2021
Burma 0.69 26 1960 - 2021
Kenya 0.68 27 1960 - 2021
Colombia 0.66 28 1960 - 2021
South Korea 0.66 29 1960 - 2021
Spain 0.6 30 1960 - 2021
Argentina 0.58 31 1960 - 2021
Sudan 0.58 32 1960 - 2021
Uganda 0.58 33 1960 - 2021
Algeria 0.56 34 1960 - 2021
Iraq 0.56 35 1960 - 2021
Ukraine 0.56 36 1960 - 2021
Afghanistan 0.51 37 1960 - 2021
Canada 0.49 38 1960 - 2021
Poland 0.48 39 1960 - 2021
Morocco 0.47 40 1960 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 0.46 41 1960 - 2021
Uzbekistan 0.45 42 1960 - 2021
Angola 0.44 43 1960 - 2021
Malaysia 0.43 44 1960 - 2021
Peru 0.43 45 1960 - 2021
Ghana 0.42 46 1960 - 2021
Yemen 0.42 47 1960 - 2021
Mozambique 0.41 48 1960 - 2021
Nepal 0.38 49 1960 - 2021
Madagascar 0.37 50 1960 - 2021
Venezuela 0.36 51 1960 - 2021
Cameroon 0.35 52 1960 - 2021
Ivory Coast 0.35 53 1960 - 2021
Australia 0.33 54 1960 - 2021
North Korea 0.33 55 1960 - 2021
Niger 0.32 56 1960 - 2021
Burkina Faso 0.28 57 1960 - 2021
Mali 0.28 58 1960 - 2021
Sri Lanka 0.28 59 1960 - 2021
Syria 0.27 60 1960 - 2021
Chile 0.25 61 1960 - 2021
Malawi 0.25 62 1960 - 2021
Zambia 0.25 63 1960 - 2021
Kazakhstan 0.24 64 1960 - 2021
Romania 0.24 65 1960 - 2021
Ecuador 0.23 66 1960 - 2021
Chad 0.22 67 1960 - 2021
Guatemala 0.22 68 1960 - 2021
Netherlands 0.22 69 1960 - 2021
Senegal 0.22 70 1960 - 2021
Somalia 0.22 71 1960 - 2021
Cambodia 0.21 72 1960 - 2021
Zimbabwe 0.2 73 1960 - 2021
Benin 0.17 74 1960 - 2021
Guinea 0.17 75 1960 - 2021
Rwanda 0.17 76 1960 - 2021
Burundi 0.16 77 1960 - 2021
Tunisia 0.16 78 1960 - 2021
Belgium 0.15 79 1960 - 2021
Bolivia 0.15 80 1960 - 2021
Haiti 0.15 81 1960 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 0.14 82 1960 - 2021
Jordan 0.14 83 1960 - 2021
Azerbaijan 0.13 84 1960 - 2021
Czechia 0.13 85 1960 - 2021
Greece 0.13 86 1960 - 2021
Honduras 0.13 87 1960 - 2021
Papua N.G. 0.13 88 1960 - 2021
Portugal 0.13 89 1960 - 2021
Sweden 0.13 90 1960 - 2021
Belarus 0.12 91 1960 - 2021
Hungary 0.12 92 1960 - 2021
Israel 0.12 93 1960 - 2021
Tajikistan 0.12 94 1960 - 2021
UA Emirates 0.12 95 1960 - 2021
Austria 0.11 96 1960 - 2021
Sierra Leone 0.11 97 1960 - 2021
Switzerland 0.11 98 1960 - 2021
Togo 0.11 99 1960 - 2021
Bulgaria 0.09 100 1960 - 2021
Hong Kong 0.09 101 1960 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 0.09 102 1960 - 2021
Laos 0.09 103 1960 - 2021
Libya 0.09 104 1960 - 2021
Nicaragua 0.09 105 1960 - 2021
Paraguay 0.09 106 1960 - 2021
Serbia 0.09 107 1960 - 2021
El Salvador 0.08 108 1960 - 2021
Turkmenistan 0.08 109 1960 - 2021
C.A. Republic 0.07 110 1960 - 2021
Costa Rica 0.07 111 1960 - 2021
Denmark 0.07 112 1960 - 2021
Finland 0.07 113 1960 - 2021
Lebanon 0.07 114 1960 - 2021
Liberia 0.07 115 1960 - 2021
New Zealand 0.07 116 1960 - 2021
Norway 0.07 117 1960 - 2021
R. of Congo 0.07 118 1960 - 2021
Singapore 0.07 119 1960 - 2021
Slovakia 0.07 120 1960 - 2021
Ireland 0.06 121 1960 - 2021
Mauritania 0.06 122 1960 - 2021
Oman 0.06 123 1960 - 2021
Palestine 0.06 124 1990 - 2021
Panama 0.06 125 1960 - 2021
Croatia 0.05 126 1960 - 2021
Eritrea 0.05 127 1960 - 2021
Georgia 0.05 128 1960 - 2021
Kuwait 0.05 129 1960 - 2021
Albania 0.04 130 1960 - 2021
Armenia 0.04 131 1960 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 0.04 132 1960 - 2021
Jamaica 0.04 133 1960 - 2021
Lithuania 0.04 134 1960 - 2021
Mongolia 0.04 135 1960 - 2021
Puerto Rico 0.04 136 1960 - 2021
Uruguay 0.04 137 1960 - 2021
Botswana 0.03 138 1960 - 2021
Gabon 0.03 139 1960 - 2021
Gambia 0.03 140 1960 - 2021
G.-Bissau 0.03 141 1960 - 2021
Lesotho 0.03 142 1960 - 2021
Moldova 0.03 143 1960 - 2021
Namibia 0.03 144 1960 - 2021
Qatar 0.03 145 1960 - 2021
Slovenia 0.03 146 1960 - 2021
Bahrain 0.02 147 1960 - 2021
Cyprus 0.02 148 1960 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 0.02 149 1960 - 2021
Estonia 0.02 150 1960 - 2021
Latvia 0.02 151 1960 - 2021
Mauritius 0.02 152 1960 - 2021
North Macedonia 0.02 153 1960 - 2021
Swaziland 0.02 154 1960 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 0.02 155 1960 - 2021
Bahamas 0.01 156 1960 - 2021
Belize 0.01 157 1960 - 2021
Bhutan 0.01 158 1960 - 2021
Brunei 0.01 159 1960 - 2021
Cape Verde 0.01 160 1960 - 2021
Comoros 0.01 161 1960 - 2021
Djibouti 0.01 162 1960 - 2021
Fiji 0.01 163 1960 - 2021
Guyana 0.01 164 1960 - 2021
Luxembourg 0.01 165 1960 - 2021
Macao 0.01 166 1960 - 2021
Maldives 0.01 167 1960 - 2021
Malta 0.01 168 1960 - 2021
Montenegro 0.01 169 1960 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 0.01 170 1960 - 2021
Suriname 0.01 171 1960 - 2021
Andorra 0 172 1960 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 0 173 1960 - 2021
Aruba 0 174 1960 - 2021
Barbados 0 175 1960 - 2021
Bermuda 0 176 1960 - 2021
Dominica 0 177 1960 - 2021
Faroe Isl. 0 178 1960 - 2021
Gibraltar 0 179 1960 - 2021
Grenada 0 180 1960 - 2021
Iceland 0 181 1960 - 2021
Kiribati 0 182 1960 - 2021
Liechtenstein 0 183 1960 - 2021
Micronesia 0 184 1960 - 2021
Monaco 0 185 1960 - 2021
N. Caledonia 0 186 1960 - 2021
Palau 0 187 1960 - 2021
Saint Lucia 0 188 1960 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 0 189 1960 - 2021
Samoa 0 190 1960 - 2021
San Marino 0 191 1960 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 0 192 1960 - 2021
Seychelles 0 193 1960 - 2021
Tonga 0 194 1960 - 2021
Tuvalu 0 195 1960 - 2021
Vanuatu 0 196 1960 - 2021



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.

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1. China
2. India
3. USA
4. Indonesia
5. Pakistan
6. Brazil
7. Nigeria
8. Bangladesh
9. Russia
10. Mexico
11. Japan
12. Ethiopia
13. Philippines
14. Egypt
15. Vietnam
16. DR Congo
17. Iran
18. Turkey
19. Germany
20. Thailand
21. France
22. UK
23. Tanzania
24. South Africa
25. Italy
26. Burma
27. Kenya
28. Colombia
29. South Korea
30. Spain
31. Argentina
32. Sudan
33. Uganda
34. Algeria
35. Iraq
36. Ukraine
37. Afghanistan
38. Canada
39. Poland
40. Morocco
41. Saudi Arabia
42. Uzbekistan
43. Angola
44. Malaysia
45. Peru
46. Ghana
47. Yemen
48. Mozambique
49. Nepal
50. Madagascar
51. Venezuela
52. Cameroon
53. Ivory Coast
54. Australia
55. North Korea
56. Niger
57. Burkina Faso
58. Mali
59. Sri Lanka
60. Syria
61. Chile
62. Malawi
63. Zambia
64. Kazakhstan
65. Romania
66. Ecuador
67. Chad
68. Guatemala
69. Netherlands
70. Senegal
71. Somalia
72. Cambodia
73. Zimbabwe
74. Benin
75. Guinea
76. Rwanda
77. Burundi
78. Tunisia
79. Belgium
80. Bolivia
81. Haiti
82. Domin. Rep.
83. Jordan
84. Azerbaijan
85. Czechia
86. Greece
87. Honduras
88. Papua N.G.
89. Portugal
90. Sweden
91. Belarus
92. Hungary
93. Israel
94. Tajikistan
95. UA Emirates
96. Austria
97. Sierra Leone
98. Switzerland
99. Togo
100. Bulgaria
101. Hong Kong
102. Kyrgyzstan
103. Laos
104. Libya
105. Nicaragua
106. Paraguay
107. Serbia
108. El Salvador
109. Turkmenistan
110. C.A. Republic
111. Costa Rica
112. Denmark
113. Finland
114. Lebanon
115. Liberia
116. New Zealand
117. Norway
118. R. of Congo
119. Singapore
120. Slovakia
121. Ireland
122. Mauritania
123. Oman
124. Palestine
125. Panama
126. Croatia
127. Eritrea
128. Georgia
129. Kuwait
130. Albania
131. Armenia
132. Bosnia & Herz.
133. Jamaica
134. Lithuania
135. Mongolia
136. Puerto Rico
137. Uruguay
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
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17.96
4.24
3.49
2.95
2.73
2.72
2.16
1.85
1.62
1.60
1.53
1.45
1.39
1.24
1.22
1.12
1.07
1.06
0.91
0.86
0.86
0.81
0.76
0.75
0.69
0.68
0.66
0.66
0.60
0.58
0.58
0.58
0.56
0.56
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0.51
0.49
0.48
0.47
0.46
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0.44
0.43
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0.42
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0.41
0.38
0.37
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0.33
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0.32
0.28
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0.27
0.25
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0.24
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