Percent of world population - Country rankings
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Percent of world population, 2025:
The average for 2025 based on 47 countries was 1.23 percent. The highest value was in India: 17.93 percent and the lowest value was in Bhutan: 0.01 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2025. 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, 2025 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 17.93 | 1 | 1960 - 2025 |
| China | 17.23 | 2 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Indonesia | 3.5 | 3 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Pakistan | 3.13 | 4 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Bangladesh | 2.15 | 5 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Japan | 1.51 | 6 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Philippines | 1.43 | 7 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Vietnam | 1.24 | 8 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Iran | 1.13 | 9 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Thailand | 0.88 | 10 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Burma | 0.67 | 11 | 1960 - 2025 |
| South Korea | 0.63 | 12 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Iraq | 0.58 | 13 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Afghanistan | 0.54 | 14 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Yemen | 0.51 | 15 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.45 | 16 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.45 | 17 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Malaysia | 0.44 | 18 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Nepal | 0.36 | 19 | 1960 - 2025 |
| North Korea | 0.33 | 20 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Syria | 0.31 | 21 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.27 | 22 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.26 | 23 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Cambodia | 0.22 | 24 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Jordan | 0.14 | 25 | 1960 - 2025 |
| UA Emirates | 0.14 | 26 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.13 | 27 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Tajikistan | 0.13 | 28 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Israel | 0.12 | 29 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Laos | 0.1 | 30 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Hong Kong | 0.09 | 31 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.09 | 32 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.09 | 33 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Lebanon | 0.07 | 34 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Oman | 0.07 | 35 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Palestine | 0.07 | 36 | 1990 - 2025 |
| Singapore | 0.07 | 37 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Kuwait | 0.06 | 38 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Georgia | 0.05 | 39 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Armenia | 0.04 | 40 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Mongolia | 0.04 | 41 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Qatar | 0.04 | 42 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Bahrain | 0.02 | 43 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Bhutan | 0.01 | 44 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Brunei | 0.01 | 45 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Macao | 0.01 | 46 | 1960 - 2025 |
| Maldives | 0.01 | 47 | 1960 - 2025 |
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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