Countries in the World:

195

There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.

Not in the list

Not included in this total count of 195 countries are:

  • Taiwan - the United Nations considers it represented by the People’s Republic of China
  • The Cook Islands and Niue, both states in free association with New Zealand which are members of several UN specialized agencies and have been recognized “full treaty-making capacity”, but are neither member states nor non-member observer states.
  • Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas, dependencies) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)
  • Other countries recognized by the United Nations as not being self-governing

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List of countries

Below is the full table of countries ranked by the most populous and showing current population, share of world population, and land area:
See also: List with both countries and dependencies together | Alphabetical list of countries (includes dependencies)

# Country Population
(2025) 		World
Share 		Land Area
(Km²)
1 India 1,463,865,525 17.78% 2,973,190
2 China 1,416,096,094 17.20% 9,388,211
3 United States 347,275,807 4.22% 9,147,420
4 Indonesia 285,721,236 3.47% 1,811,570
5 Pakistan 255,219,554 3.10% 770,880
6 Nigeria 237,527,782 2.89% 910,770
7 Brazil 212,812,405 2.59% 8,358,140
8 Bangladesh 175,686,899 2.13% 130,170
9 Russia 143,997,393 1.75% 16,376,870
10 Ethiopia 135,472,051 1.65% 1,000,000
11 Mexico 131,946,900 1.60% 1,943,950
12 Japan 123,103,479 1.50% 364,555
13 Egypt 118,365,995 1.44% 995,450
14 Philippines 116,786,962 1.42% 298,170
15 DR Congo 112,832,473 1.37% 2,267,050
16 Vietnam 101,598,527 1.23% 310,070
17 Iran 92,417,681 1.12% 1,628,550
18 Turkey 87,685,426 1.07% 769,630
19 Germany 84,075,075 1.02% 348,560
20 Thailand 71,619,863 0.87% 510,890
21 Tanzania 70,545,865 0.86% 885,800
22 United Kingdom 69,551,332 0.84% 241,930
23 France 66,650,804 0.81% 547,557
24 South Africa 64,747,319 0.79% 1,213,090
25 Italy 59,146,260 0.72% 294,140
26 Kenya 57,532,493 0.70% 569,140
27 Myanmar 54,850,648 0.67% 653,290
28 Colombia 53,425,635 0.65% 1,109,500
29 South Korea 51,667,029 0.63% 97,230
30 Sudan 51,662,147 0.63% 1,765,048
31 Uganda 51,384,894 0.62% 199,810
32 Spain 47,889,958 0.58% 498,800
33 Algeria 47,435,312 0.58% 2,381,740
34 Iraq 47,020,774 0.57% 434,320
35 Argentina 45,851,378 0.56% 2,736,690
36 Afghanistan 43,844,111 0.53% 652,860
37 Yemen 41,773,878 0.51% 527,970
38 Canada 40,126,723 0.49% 9,093,510
39 Angola 39,040,039 0.47% 1,246,700
40 Ukraine 38,980,376 0.47% 579,320
41 Morocco 38,430,770 0.47% 446,300
42 Poland 38,140,910 0.46% 306,230
43 Uzbekistan 37,053,428 0.45% 425,400
44 Malaysia 35,977,838 0.44% 328,550
45 Mozambique 35,631,653 0.43% 786,380
46 Ghana 35,064,272 0.43% 227,540
47 Peru 34,576,665 0.42% 1,280,000
48 Saudi Arabia 34,566,328 0.42% 2,149,690
49 Madagascar 32,740,678 0.40% 581,795
50 Côte d'Ivoire 32,711,547 0.40% 318,000
51 Cameroon 29,879,337 0.36% 472,710
52 Nepal 29,618,118 0.36% 143,350
53 Venezuela 28,516,896 0.35% 882,050
54 Niger 27,917,831 0.34% 1,266,700
55 Australia 26,974,026 0.33% 7,682,300
56 North Korea 26,571,036 0.32% 120,410
57 Syria 25,620,427 0.31% 183,630
58 Mali 25,198,821 0.31% 1,220,190
59 Burkina Faso 24,074,580 0.29% 273,600
60 Sri Lanka 23,229,470 0.28% 62,710
61 Malawi 22,216,120 0.27% 94,280
62 Zambia 21,913,874 0.27% 743,390
63 Chad 21,003,705 0.26% 1,259,200
64 Kazakhstan 20,843,754 0.25% 2,699,700
65 Chile 19,859,921 0.24% 743,532
66 Somalia 19,654,739 0.24% 627,340
67 Senegal 18,931,966 0.23% 192,530
68 Romania 18,908,650 0.23% 230,170
69 Guatemala 18,687,881 0.23% 107,160
70 Netherlands 18,346,819 0.22% 33,720
71 Ecuador 18,289,896 0.22% 248,360
72 Cambodia 17,847,982 0.22% 176,520
73 Zimbabwe 16,950,795 0.21% 386,850
74 Guinea 15,099,727 0.18% 245,720
75 Benin 14,814,460 0.18% 112,760
76 Rwanda 14,569,341 0.18% 24,670
77 Burundi 14,390,003 0.17% 25,680
78 Bolivia 12,581,843 0.15% 1,083,300
79 Tunisia 12,348,573 0.15% 155,360
80 South Sudan 12,188,788 0.15% 610,952
81 Haiti 11,906,095 0.14% 27,560
82 Belgium 11,758,603 0.14% 30,280
83 Jordan 11,520,684 0.14% 88,780
84 Dominican Republic 11,520,487 0.14% 48,320
85 United Arab Emirates 11,346,000 0.14% 83,600
86 Honduras 11,005,850 0.13% 111,890
87 Cuba 10,937,203 0.13% 106,440
88 Tajikistan 10,786,734 0.13% 139,960
89 Papua New Guinea 10,762,817 0.13% 452,860
90 Sweden 10,656,633 0.13% 410,340
91 Czech Republic (Czechia) 10,609,239 0.13% 77,240
92 Portugal 10,411,834 0.13% 91,590
93 Azerbaijan 10,397,713 0.13% 82,658
94 Greece 9,938,844 0.12% 128,900
95 Togo 9,721,608 0.12% 54,390
96 Hungary 9,632,287 0.12% 90,530
97 Israel 9,517,181 0.12% 21,640
98 Austria 9,113,574 0.11% 82,409
99 Belarus 8,997,603 0.11% 202,910
100 Switzerland 8,967,407 0.11% 39,516
101 Sierra Leone 8,819,794 0.11% 72,180
102 Laos 7,873,046 0.096% 230,800
103 Turkmenistan 7,618,847 0.093% 469,930
104 Libya 7,458,555 0.091% 1,759,540
105 Kyrgyzstan 7,295,034 0.089% 191,800
106 Paraguay 7,013,078 0.085% 397,300
107 Nicaragua 7,007,502 0.085% 120,340
108 Bulgaria 6,714,560 0.082% 108,560
109 Serbia 6,689,039 0.081% 87,460
110 Congo 6,484,437 0.079% 341,500
111 El Salvador 6,365,503 0.077% 20,720
112 Denmark 6,002,507 0.073% 42,430
113 Singapore 5,870,750 0.071% 700
114 Lebanon 5,849,421 0.071% 10,230
115 Liberia 5,731,206 0.070% 96,320
116 Finland 5,623,329 0.068% 303,890
117 Norway 5,623,071 0.068% 365,268
118 State of Palestine 5,589,623 0.068% 6,020
119 Central African Republic 5,513,282 0.067% 622,980
120 Oman 5,494,691 0.067% 309,500
121 Slovakia 5,474,881 0.067% 48,088
122 Mauritania 5,315,065 0.065% 1,030,700
123 Ireland 5,308,039 0.064% 68,890
124 New Zealand 5,251,899 0.064% 263,310
125 Costa Rica 5,152,950 0.063% 51,060
126 Kuwait 5,026,078 0.061% 17,820
127 Panama 4,571,189 0.056% 74,340
128 Croatia 3,848,160 0.047% 55,960
129 Georgia 3,806,671 0.046% 69,490
130 Eritrea 3,607,003 0.044% 101,000
131 Mongolia 3,517,100 0.043% 1,553,560
132 Uruguay 3,384,688 0.041% 175,020
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,140,095 0.038% 51,000
134 Qatar 3,115,889 0.038% 11,610
135 Namibia 3,092,816 0.038% 823,290
136 Moldova 2,996,106 0.036% 32,850
137 Armenia 2,952,365 0.036% 28,470
138 Jamaica 2,837,077 0.034% 10,830
139 Lithuania 2,830,144 0.034% 62,674
140 Gambia 2,822,093 0.034% 10,120
141 Albania 2,771,508 0.034% 27,400
142 Gabon 2,593,130 0.032% 257,670
143 Botswana 2,562,122 0.031% 566,730
144 Lesotho 2,363,325 0.029% 30,360
145 Guinea-Bissau 2,249,515 0.027% 28,120
146 Slovenia 2,117,072 0.026% 20,140
147 Equatorial Guinea 1,938,431 0.024% 28,050
148 Latvia 1,853,559 0.023% 62,200
149 North Macedonia 1,813,791 0.022% 25,220
150 Bahrain 1,643,332 0.020% 760
151 Trinidad and Tobago 1,511,155 0.018% 5,130
152 Timor-Leste 1,418,517 0.017% 14,870
153 Cyprus 1,370,754 0.017% 9,240
154 Estonia 1,344,232 0.016% 42,390
155 Mauritius 1,268,280 0.015% 2,030
156 Eswatini 1,256,174 0.015% 17,200
157 Djibouti 1,184,076 0.014% 23,180
158 Fiji 933,154 0.011% 18,270
159 Comoros 882,847 0.011% 1,861
160 Solomon Islands 838,645 0.010% 27,990
161 Guyana 835,986 0.010% 196,850
162 Bhutan 796,682 0.0097% 38,117
163 Luxembourg 680,453 0.0083% 2,590
164 Suriname 639,850 0.0078% 156,000
165 Montenegro 632,729 0.0077% 13,450
166 Malta 545,405 0.0066% 320
167 Maldives 529,676 0.0064% 300
168 Cabo Verde 527,326 0.0064% 4,030
169 Brunei 466,330 0.0057% 5,270
170 Belize 422,924 0.0051% 22,810
171 Bahamas 403,033 0.0049% 10,010
172 Iceland 398,266 0.0048% 100,250
173 Vanuatu 335,169 0.0041% 12,190
174 Barbados 282,623 0.0034% 430
175 Sao Tome & Principe 240,254 0.0029% 960
176 Samoa 219,306 0.0027% 2,830
177 Saint Lucia 180,149 0.0022% 610
178 Kiribati 136,488 0.0017% 810
179 Seychelles 132,779 0.0016% 460
180 Grenada 117,303 0.0014% 340
181 Micronesia 113,683 0.0014% 700
182 Tonga 103,742 0.0013% 720
183 St. Vincent & Grenadines 99,924 0.0012% 390
184 Antigua and Barbuda 94,209 0.0011% 440
185 Andorra 82,904 0.0010% 470
186 Dominica 65,871 0.00080% 750
187 Saint Kitts & Nevis 46,922 0.00057% 260
188 Liechtenstein 40,128 0.00049% 160
189 Monaco 38,341 0.00047% 1
190 Marshall Islands 36,282 0.00044% 180
191 San Marino 33,572 0.00041% 60
192 Palau 17,663 0.00021% 460
193 Nauru 12,025 0.00015% 20
194 Tuvalu 9,492 0.00012% 30
195 Holy See 501 0.0000061% 0