Countries by Population
Complete ranking of 234 countries • people • Data refreshed May 5, 2026
Leader
India
Field size
234 countries
Lowest rank
Pitcairn
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About Population Rankings
India leads all 234 countries in Population with a value of 1.42 billion people, while Pitcairn ranks last at 50 people. This represents a 28,386,339-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.
What Population Measures
Population from World Bank Open Data, using the latest available country values in TerraBrawl.
Why This Ranking Matters
Tracking Population across countries reveals global population trends, from aging societies in Europe and East Asia to young, rapidly growing populations in Sub-Saharan Africa. These patterns shape labor markets, education systems, pension sustainability, and geopolitical influence for decades to come.
Global Range
Values range from 50 people (Pitcairn) to 1.42 billion people (India) — a 28.39 million-fold difference across 234 countries.
Regional Patterns
Asian countries dominate this ranking, holding 10 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.
The distribution is highly right-skewed — a few countries have exceptionally high values that pull the average well above the median. The median (5.74 million people) is far more representative than the mean (34.71 million people).
Notable Outliers
The top of the ranking is competitive: India and China are separated by only 1%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.
Continental Leaders
Highest Population
The 5 strongest Population reads.
Lowest Population
The 5 lowest Population reads.
Data Note
Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank Open Data, covering 234 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.
