Most Populous Countries in the World (2025)

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# Country Population
(2025)
Yearly
Change
World
Share
1 India 1,463,865,525 0.89% 17.78%
2 China 1,416,096,094 −0.23% 17.20%
3 United States 347,275,807 0.54% 4.22%
4 Indonesia 285,721,236 0.79% 3.47%
5 Pakistan 255,219,554 1.57% 3.10%
6 Nigeria 237,527,782 2.08% 2.89%
7 Brazil 212,812,405 0.38% 2.59%
8 Bangladesh 175,686,899 1.22% 2.13%
9 Russia 143,997,393 −0.57% 1.75%
10 Ethiopia 135,472,051 2.58% 1.65%
11 Mexico 131,946,900 0.83% 1.60%
12 Japan 123,103,479 −0.52% 1.50%
13 Egypt 118,365,995 1.57% 1.44%
14 Philippines 116,786,962 0.81% 1.42%
15 DR Congo 112,832,473 3.25% 1.37%
16 Vietnam 101,598,527 0.6% 1.23%
17 Iran 92,417,681 0.93% 1.12%
18 Turkey 87,685,426 0.24% 1.07%
19 Germany 84,075,075 −0.56% 1.02%
20 Thailand 71,619,863 −0.07% 0.87%

Past: Most Populous Countries in 1950

# Country Population
(2025)
World
Share
2025
Rank
1 China 544,044,358 21.82% (2)
2 India 346,278,821 13.89% (1)
3 United States 154,202,680 6.19% (3)
4 Russia 103,392,360 4.15% (9)
5 Japan 86,443,277 3.47% (12)
6 Germany 69,847,782 2.80% (19)
7 Indonesia 68,799,025 2.76% (4)
8 Brazil 53,408,551 2.14% (7)
9 United Kingdom 50,121,017 2.01% (22)
10 Italy 46,391,673 1.86% (25)
11 France 41,883,119 1.68% (23)
12 Bangladesh 41,206,856 1.65% (8)
13 Ukraine 37,310,887 1.50% (40)
14 Nigeria 37,283,010 1.50% (6)
15 Pakistan 35,849,260 1.44% (5)
16 Spain 28,077,049 1.13% (32)
17 Mexico 27,587,939 1.11% (11)
18 Vietnam 25,100,738 1.01% (16)
19 Poland 24,780,161 0.99% (42)
20 Egypt 21,148,164 0.85% (13)

Future: Most Populous Countries in 2050

# Country Population
(2025)
World
Share
2025
Rank
1 India 1,679,589,259 17.38% (1)
2 China 1,260,289,093 13.04% (2)
3 United States 380,846,910 3.94% (3)
4 Pakistan 371,863,793 3.85% (5)
5 Nigeria 359,185,556 3.72% (6)
6 Indonesia 320,712,949 3.32% (4)
7 Ethiopia 225,021,875 2.33% (10)
8 DR Congo 218,246,072 2.26% (15)
9 Brazil 217,489,299 2.25% (7)
10 Bangladesh 214,709,097 2.22% (8)
11 Egypt 161,630,192 1.67% (13)
12 Mexico 148,946,274 1.54% (11)
13 Russia 136,132,775 1.41% (9)
14 Philippines 134,373,439 1.39% (14)
15 Tanzania 129,621,102 1.34% (21)
16 Vietnam 110,008,908 1.14% (16)
17 Japan 105,123,167 1.09% (12)
18 Iran 101,861,993 1.05% (17)
19 Turkey 91,258,061 0.94% (18)
20 Uganda 85,431,202 0.88% (31)