Most Populous Countries in the World (2026)

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# Country Population 2026 Yearly Change World Share
1 India 1,476,625,576 0.87% 17.79%
2 China 1,412,914,089 −0.22% 17.02%
3 United States 349,035,494 0.51% 4.20%
4 Indonesia 287,886,782 0.76% 3.47%
5 Pakistan 259,299,791 1.6% 3.12%
6 Nigeria 242,431,832 2.06% 2.92%
7 Brazil 213,562,666 0.35% 2.57%
8 Bangladesh 177,818,044 1.21% 2.14%
9 Russia 143,394,458 −0.42% 1.73%
10 Ethiopia 138,902,185 2.53% 1.67%
11 Mexico 132,997,658 0.8% 1.60%
12 Japan 122,427,731 −0.55% 1.47%
13 Egypt 120,101,175 1.47% 1.45%
14 Philippines 117,724,471 0.8% 1.42%
15 DR Congo 116,452,162 3.21% 1.40%
16 Vietnam 102,177,431 0.57% 1.23%
17 Iran 93,168,497 0.81% 1.12%
18 Turkey 87,926,082 0.27% 1.06%
19 Germany 83,644,258 −0.51% 1.01%
20 Tanzania 72,563,780 2.86% 0.87%

Past: Most Populous Countries in 1950

# Country Population 2026 World Share 2026 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% (34)
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 2026 World Share 2026 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% (20)
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% (30)