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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 2026 World Share Land Area (Km²)
1 India 1,476,625,576 17.79% 2,973,190
2 China 1,412,914,089 17.02% 9,388,211
3 United States 349,035,494 4.20% 9,147,420
4 Indonesia 287,886,782 3.47% 1,811,570
5 Pakistan 259,299,791 3.12% 770,880
6 Nigeria 242,431,832 2.92% 910,770
7 Brazil 213,562,666 2.57% 8,358,140
8 Bangladesh 177,818,044 2.14% 130,170
9 Russia 143,394,458 1.73% 16,376,870
10 Ethiopia 138,902,185 1.67% 1,000,000
11 Mexico 132,997,658 1.60% 1,943,950
12 Japan 122,427,731 1.47% 364,555
13 Egypt 120,101,175 1.45% 995,450
14 Philippines 117,724,471 1.42% 298,170
15 DR Congo 116,452,162 1.40% 2,267,050
16 Vietnam 102,177,431 1.23% 310,070
17 Iran 93,168,497 1.12% 1,628,550
18 Turkey 87,926,082 1.06% 769,630
19 Germany 83,644,258 1.01% 348,560
20 Tanzania 72,563,780 0.87% 885,800
21 Thailand 71,559,614 0.86% 510,890
22 United Kingdom 69,931,528 0.84% 241,930
23 France 66,746,401 0.80% 547,557
24 South Africa 65,453,084 0.79% 1,213,090
25 Italy 58,926,166 0.71% 294,140
26 Kenya 58,636,412 0.71% 569,140
27 Myanmar 55,184,819 0.66% 653,290
28 Colombia 53,936,226 0.65% 1,109,500
29 Sudan 53,282,719 0.64% 1,765,048
30 Uganda 52,761,469 0.64% 199,810
31 South Korea 51,600,388 0.62% 97,230
32 Algeria 48,028,334 0.58% 2,381,740
33 Iraq 48,007,437 0.58% 434,320
34 Spain 47,850,793 0.58% 498,800
35 Argentina 46,003,734 0.55% 2,736,690
36 Afghanistan 45,047,069 0.54% 652,860
37 Yemen 42,961,653 0.52% 527,970
38 Canada 40,467,728 0.49% 9,093,510
39 Angola 40,215,179 0.48% 1,246,700
40 Ukraine 39,535,849 0.48% 579,320
41 Morocco 38,762,441 0.47% 446,300
42 Poland 37,843,188 0.46% 306,230
43 Uzbekistan 37,724,223 0.45% 425,400
44 Mozambique 36,639,851 0.44% 786,380
45 Malaysia 36,385,115 0.44% 328,550
46 Ghana 35,697,557 0.43% 227,540
47 Saudi Arabia 35,165,787 0.42% 2,149,690
48 Peru 34,922,148 0.42% 1,280,000
49 Madagascar 33,522,052 0.40% 581,795
50 Côte d'Ivoire 33,494,346 0.40% 318,000
51 Cameroon 30,640,817 0.37% 472,710
52 Nepal 29,629,410 0.36% 143,350
53 Niger 28,814,878 0.35% 1,266,700
54 Venezuela 28,633,711 0.34% 882,050
55 Australia 27,227,096 0.33% 7,682,300
56 North Korea 26,633,691 0.32% 120,410
57 Syria 26,472,497 0.32% 183,630
58 Mali 25,932,275 0.31% 1,220,190
59 Burkina Faso 24,601,700 0.30% 273,600
60 Sri Lanka 23,348,315 0.28% 62,710
61 Malawi 22,785,535 0.27% 94,280
62 Zambia 22,521,915 0.27% 743,390
63 Chad 21,560,380 0.26% 1,259,200
64 Kazakhstan 21,083,626 0.25% 2,699,700
65 Somalia 20,305,907 0.24% 627,340
66 Chile 19,945,850 0.24% 743,532
67 Senegal 19,366,548 0.23% 192,530
68 Guatemala 18,967,978 0.23% 107,160
69 Romania 18,800,605 0.23% 230,170
70 Netherlands 18,448,775 0.22% 33,720
71 Ecuador 18,444,506 0.22% 248,360
72 Cambodia 18,051,219 0.22% 176,520
73 Zimbabwe 17,273,580 0.21% 386,850
74 Guinea 15,441,993 0.19% 245,720
75 Benin 15,170,419 0.18% 112,760
76 Rwanda 14,889,693 0.18% 24,670
77 Burundi 14,729,157 0.18% 25,680
78 Bolivia 12,749,291 0.15% 1,083,300
79 South Sudan 12,436,037 0.15% 610,952
80 Tunisia 12,415,138 0.15% 155,360
81 Haiti 12,037,506 0.15% 27,560
82 Belgium 11,774,642 0.14% 30,280
83 Dominican Republic 11,609,500 0.14% 48,320
84 Jordan 11,589,532 0.14% 88,780
85 United Arab Emirates 11,574,682 0.14% 83,600
86 Honduras 11,184,760 0.13% 111,890
87 Tajikistan 10,978,599 0.13% 139,960
88 Papua New Guinea 10,947,848 0.13% 452,860
89 Cuba 10,892,659 0.13% 106,440
90 Sweden 10,701,047 0.13% 410,340
91 Czech Republic (Czechia) 10,527,781 0.13% 77,240
92 Azerbaijan 10,454,855 0.13% 82,658
93 Portugal 10,395,362 0.13% 91,590
94 Togo 9,930,918 0.12% 54,390
95 Greece 9,897,115 0.12% 128,900
96 Israel 9,647,689 0.12% 21,640
97 Hungary 9,585,818 0.12% 90,530
98 Austria 9,107,266 0.11% 82,409
99 Switzerland 9,007,798 0.11% 39,516
100 Sierra Leone 8,996,745 0.11% 72,180
101 Belarus 8,937,018 0.11% 202,910
102 Laos 7,974,017 0.096% 230,800
103 Turkmenistan 7,736,632 0.093% 469,930
104 Libya 7,539,851 0.091% 1,759,540
105 Kyrgyzstan 7,400,465 0.089% 191,800
106 Nicaragua 7,097,329 0.086% 120,340
107 Paraguay 7,095,279 0.085% 397,300
108 Bulgaria 6,667,659 0.080% 108,560
109 Serbia 6,641,964 0.080% 87,460
110 Congo 6,637,785 0.080% 341,500
111 El Salvador 6,391,253 0.077% 20,720
112 Denmark 6,023,520 0.073% 42,430
113 Singapore 5,905,748 0.071% 700
114 Lebanon 5,897,467 0.071% 10,230
115 Liberia 5,853,949 0.071% 96,320
116 Central African Republic 5,698,984 0.069% 622,980
117 State of Palestine 5,692,790 0.069% 6,020
118 Oman 5,671,458 0.068% 309,500
119 Norway 5,652,989 0.068% 365,268
120 Finland 5,621,739 0.068% 303,890
121 Mauritania 5,461,319 0.066% 1,030,700
122 Slovakia 5,451,342 0.066% 48,088
123 Ireland 5,356,950 0.065% 68,890
124 New Zealand 5,287,479 0.064% 263,310
125 Costa Rica 5,174,789 0.062% 51,060
126 Kuwait 5,102,773 0.061% 17,820
127 Panama 4,625,718 0.056% 74,340
128 Croatia 3,822,345 0.046% 55,960
129 Georgia 3,804,642 0.046% 69,490
130 Eritrea 3,682,669 0.044% 101,000
131 Mongolia 3,556,798 0.043% 1,553,560
132 Uruguay 3,382,537 0.041% 175,020
133 Qatar 3,173,559 0.038% 11,610
134 Namibia 3,153,246 0.038% 823,290
135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,114,242 0.038% 51,000
136 Moldova 2,961,253 0.036% 32,850
137 Armenia 2,930,915 0.035% 28,470
138 Gambia 2,884,079 0.035% 10,120
139 Jamaica 2,833,403 0.034% 10,830
140 Lithuania 2,797,338 0.034% 62,674
141 Albania 2,751,025 0.033% 27,400
142 Gabon 2,647,399 0.032% 257,670
143 Botswana 2,603,388 0.031% 566,730
144 Lesotho 2,389,336 0.029% 30,360
145 Guinea-Bissau 2,297,808 0.028% 28,120
146 Slovenia 2,114,573 0.025% 20,140
147 Equatorial Guinea 1,984,468 0.024% 28,050
148 Latvia 1,835,935 0.022% 62,200
149 North Macedonia 1,804,063 0.022% 25,220
150 Bahrain 1,675,572 0.020% 760
151 Trinidad and Tobago 1,513,268 0.018% 5,130
152 Timor-Leste 1,436,923 0.017% 14,870
153 Cyprus 1,382,334 0.017% 9,240
154 Estonia 1,331,062 0.016% 42,390
155 Eswatini 1,269,859 0.015% 17,200
156 Mauritius 1,265,059 0.015% 2,030
157 Djibouti 1,199,459 0.014% 23,180
158 Fiji 937,282 0.011% 18,270
159 Comoros 899,010 0.011% 1,861
160 Solomon Islands 858,288 0.010% 27,990
161 Guyana 840,890 0.010% 196,850
162 Bhutan 802,214 0.0097% 38,117
163 Luxembourg 687,448 0.0083% 2,590
164 Suriname 645,256 0.0078% 156,000
165 Montenegro 626,233 0.0075% 13,450
166 Malta 549,011 0.0066% 320
167 Maldives 531,517 0.0064% 300
168 Cabo Verde 529,630 0.0064% 4,030
169 Brunei 469,775 0.0057% 5,270
170 Belize 428,644 0.0052% 22,810
171 Bahamas 404,628 0.0049% 10,010
172 Iceland 402,329 0.0048% 100,250
173 Vanuatu 342,564 0.0041% 12,190
174 Barbados 282,724 0.0034% 430
175 Sao Tome & Principe 244,994 0.0030% 960
176 Samoa 220,528 0.0027% 2,830
177 Saint Lucia 180,488 0.0022% 610
178 Kiribati 138,445 0.0017% 810
179 Seychelles 134,959 0.0016% 460
180 Grenada 117,362 0.0014% 340
181 Micronesia 114,183 0.0014% 700
182 Tonga 103,291 0.0012% 720
183 St. Vincent & Grenadines 99,245 0.0012% 390
184 Antigua and Barbuda 94,626 0.0011% 440
185 Andorra 83,753 0.0010% 470
186 Dominica 65,511 0.00079% 750
187 Saint Kitts & Nevis 46,992 0.00057% 260
188 Liechtenstein 40,368 0.00049% 160
189 Monaco 38,087 0.00046% 1
190 Marshall Islands 35,075 0.00042% 180
191 San Marino 33,605 0.00040% 60
192 Palau 17,614 0.00021% 460
193 Nauru 12,101 0.00015% 20
194 Tuvalu 9,362 0.00011% 30
195 Holy See 506 0.0000061% 0