A handful of countries account for well over half of the world's population. Across 217 countries with 2024 data, India tops the table for population total (1,450,935,791 people), while Tuvalu sits at the bottom (9,646).

The top 10

1. India — 1,450,935,791
2. China — 1,408,975,000
3. United States — 340,110,988
4. Indonesia — 283,487,931
5. Pakistan — 251,269,164
6. Nigeria — 232,679,478
7. Brazil — 211,998,573
8. Bangladesh — 173,562,364
9. Russian Federation — 143,533,851
10. Ethiopia — 132,059,767

At the other end of the table

• Tuvalu — 9,646
• Nauru — 11,947
• Palau — 17,695

What the numbers show

The global average sits at about 37,411,963 people, with 41 of 217 countries above it. The median country (6,586,476) trails the leader by a wide margin. The top country reports roughly 150,418× the figure of the lowest — a reminder of how unevenly population total is distributed.

Explore the complete, sortable ranking on the Population Total by country map, or test your instincts in the daily map-guessing game. Data: World Bank Open Data, 2024.