Data for 2017

Total Population, 2017

2017, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2017 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,412,354,727; Vatican City is lowest, at 555. The middle country reads 6,216,842. Against 2016, 222 values changed (180 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2017

HighestChina

1,412,354,727

LowestVatican City

555

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

222countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
222distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 2017, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Total Population, 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	1,412,354,727
2	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	1,359,657,400
3	United StatesUSANorthern America	332,204,660
4	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	267,346,658
5	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	223,273,967
6	BrazilBRASouth America	204,703,445
7	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	200,254,579
8	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	162,186,147
9	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	146,186,799
10	JapanJPNEastern Asia	127,064,690
11	MexicoMEXCentral America	123,400,057
12	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	109,666,481
13	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	108,119,693
14	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	103,696,057
15	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	95,176,977
16	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	87,083,398
17	IranIRNSouthern Asia	85,026,754
18	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	83,104,007
19	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	83,083,662
20	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	71,160,187
21	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	66,354,471
22	FranceFRAWestern Europe	65,284,776
23	ItalyITASouthern Europe	60,390,318
24	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	57,635,162
25	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	55,652,890
26	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	51,894,938
27	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	51,486,270
28	KenyaKENEastern Africa	49,197,766
29	ColombiaCOLSouth America	48,131,078
30	SpainESPSouthern Europe	46,868,596
31	UkraineUKREastern Europe	45,436,041
32	ArgentinaARGSouth America	44,288,894
33	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	42,714,306
34	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	41,689,299
35	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	40,177,388
36	IraqIRQWestern Asia	39,337,353
37	PolandPOLEastern Europe	38,254,959
38	CanadaCANNorthern America	36,808,497
39	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	35,688,935
40	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	35,446,392
41	YemenYEMWestern Asia	33,090,921
42	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	32,355,644
43	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	31,819,178
44	PeruPERSouth America	31,324,637
45	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	30,782,402
46	VenezuelaVENSouth America	30,565,323
47	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	30,234,839
48	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	30,008,354
49	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	28,166,393
50	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	28,011,258
51	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	26,788,375
52	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	26,733,372
53	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	25,817,709
54	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	24,731,038
55	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	24,128,601
56	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	23,632,948
57	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	22,087,522
58	NigerNERWestern Africa	21,435,446
59	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	19,894,407
60	MaliMLIWestern Africa	19,813,011
61	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	19,689,401
62	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	19,224,668
63	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	18,651,931
64	ChileCHLSouth America	18,558,868
65	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	18,039,715
66	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	17,441,320
67	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	17,315,370
68	EcuadorECUSouth America	16,759,519
69	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	16,567,357
70	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	16,073,372
71	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	15,622,759
72	SenegalSENWestern Africa	15,475,002
73	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	14,916,629
74	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	14,812,482
75	GuineaGINWestern Africa	12,385,659
76	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	12,202,060
77	BeninBENWestern Africa	12,039,780
78	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	11,650,498
79	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	11,506,762
80	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	11,376,581
81	BoliviaBOLSouth America	11,344,587
82	CubaCUBCaribbean	11,247,829
83	HaitiHTICaribbean	10,817,754
84	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	10,753,533
85	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	10,666,843
86	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	10,541,342
87	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	10,330,844
88	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	10,259,154
89	JordanJORWestern Asia	10,234,226
90	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	10,057,862
91	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	9,968,510
92	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	9,785,604
93	HondurasHNDCentral America	9,588,137
94	BelarusBLREastern Europe	9,495,790
95	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	9,234,327
96	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	9,178,714
97	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	9,085,946
98	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	8,798,778
99	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	8,453,628
100	IsraelISRWestern Asia	8,361,797
101	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	7,444,891
102	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	7,379,299
103	TogoTGOWestern Africa	7,324,386
104	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	7,075,636
105	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	7,073,507
106	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	7,018,147
107	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	6,738,770
108	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	6,507,061
109	ParaguayPRYSouth America	6,338,660
110	NicaraguaNICCentral America	6,316,231
111	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	6,220,150
112	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	6,213,533
113	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	6,160,128
114	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	5,765,168
115	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	5,604,078
116	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5,508,396
117	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	5,435,700
118	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	5,351,011
119	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	5,276,802
120	Costa RicaCRICentral America	4,913,177
121	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	4,848,925
122	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	4,812,752
123	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	4,810,261
124	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	4,793,511
125	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	4,742,743
126	OmanOMNWestern Asia	4,537,396
127	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	4,210,600
128	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	4,154,685
129	PanamaPANCentral America	4,098,707
130	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4,079,200
131	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	3,792,859
132	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	3,428,682
133	UruguayURYSouth America	3,388,438
134	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	3,371,874
135	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	3,193,497
136	EritreaERIEastern Africa	3,150,347
137	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	3,104,364
138	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2,914,963
139	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	2,898,242
140	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	2,829,313
141	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	2,815,764
142	QatarQATWestern Asia	2,706,709
143	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	2,506,853
144	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2,342,189
145	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	2,266,747
146	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	2,157,110
147	GabonGABMiddle Africa	2,156,900
148	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	2,062,410
149	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	1,942,594
150	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	1,940,879
151	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1,877,072
152	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	1,768,119
153	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	1,562,396
154	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	1,481,995
155	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	1,445,261
156	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	1,317,425
157	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	1,290,655
158	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	1,254,275
159	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	1,251,703
160	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	1,158,195
161	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	1,054,841
162	FijiFJIMelanesia	918,759
163	GuyanaGUYSouth America	768,479
164	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	756,669
165	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	754,335
166	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	685,672
167	MacauMACEastern Asia	646,554
168	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	620,114
169	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	596,495
170	SurinameSURSouth America	593,713
171	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	512,893
172	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	467,902
173	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	458,287
174	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	432,772
175	BahamasBHSCaribbean	390,485
176	BelizeBLZCentral America	373,202
177	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	343,531
178	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	283,546
179	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	280,171
180	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	280,087
181	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	278,507
182	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	206,970
183	SamoaWSMPolynesia	205,415
184	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	176,342
185	CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	168,516
186	GuamGUMMicronesia	163,490
187	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	120,275
188	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	115,438
189	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	112,427
190	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	109,481
191	ArubaABWCaribbean	105,731
192	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	105,663
193	TongaTONPolynesia	105,356
194	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	95,118
195	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	90,468
196	Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe	83,609
197	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	73,763
198	DominicaDMACaribbean	68,496
199	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	64,535
200	BermudaBMUNorthern America	63,578
201	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	56,071
202	American SamoaASMPolynesia	51,586
203	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	50,243
204	Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia	49,959
205	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	47,050
206	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	46,529
207	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	39,913
208	Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean	38,996
209	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	37,850
210	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	37,678
211	Saint MartinMAFCaribbean	36,837
212	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	34,378
213	GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe	34,245
214	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	32,699
215	PalauPLWMicronesia	17,812
216	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	17,047
217	AnguillaAIACaribbean	14,425
218	NauruNRUMicronesia	11,324
219	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	10,869
220	MontserratMSRCaribbean	4,603
221	NiueNIUPolynesia	1,780
222	Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe	555

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,412,354,727
2India1,359,657,400
3United States332,204,660
4Indonesia267,346,658
5Pakistan223,273,967

Lowest

222Vatican City555
221Niue1,780
220Montserrat4,603
219Tuvalu10,869
218Nauru11,324

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,216,842. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
180 · 42rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,343,944,296 → 1,359,657,400+15,713,104
China1,404,052,632 → 1,412,354,727+8,302,095
Nigeria195,443,700 → 200,254,579+4,810,879
Pakistan220,138,869 → 223,273,967+3,135,098
DR Congo83,956,415 → 87,083,398+3,126,983

Fell most

South Sudan10,830,102 → 10,259,154−570,948
Venezuela30,765,720 → 30,565,323−200,397
Ukraine45,616,832 → 45,436,041−180,791
Lebanon6,323,060 → 6,160,128−162,932
Puerto Rico3,476,008 → 3,371,874−104,134

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2017.
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Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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