The current count of countries in the world stands at 195. This sum encompasses 193 countries recognized as United Nations member states, along with 2 countries holding non-member observer status: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.
Excluded from the list of 195 countries in the world are:
- Taiwan – The United Nations views it as represented by the People’s Republic of China.
- The Cook Islands and Niue – They are part of various UN specialized agencies and hold “full treaty-making capacity.” However, they do not hold the status of member states or non-member observer states.
- Dependencies (also known as dependent territories, dependent areas, or dependencies) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories).
- Other nations acknowledged by the United Nations as lacking self-governance.
Among the 195 countries in the world:
- Africa is home to 54 countries.
- Asia accommodates 48 nations.
- Europe comprises 44 countries.
- Latin America and the Caribbean encompass 33 nations.
- Oceania includes 14 countries.
- Northern America consists of 2 nations.
Here is the complete list of 195 countries in the world, ranked by their population size, along with their current population figures and the proportion of the global population they represent:
Rank | Country | Population | World Share |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,428,627,663 | 17.76 % |
2 | China | 1,425,671,352 | 17.72 % |
3 | United States | 339,996,563 | 4.23 % |
4 | Indonesia | 277,534,122 | 3.45 % |
5 | Pakistan | 240,485,658 | 2.99 % |
6 | Nigeria | 223,804,632 | 2.78 % |
7 | Brazil | 216,422,446 | 2.69 % |
8 | Bangladesh | 172,954,319 | 2.15 % |
9 | Russia | 144,444,359 | 1.8 % |
10 | Mexico | 128,455,567 | 1.6 % |
11 | Ethiopia | 126,527,060 | 1.57 % |
12 | Japan | 123,294,513 | 1.53 % |
13 | Philippines | 117,337,368 | 1.46 % |
14 | Egypt | 112,716,598 | 1.4 % |
15 | DR Congo | 102,262,808 | 1.27 % |
16 | Vietnam | 98,858,950 | 1.23 % |
17 | Iran | 89,172,767 | 1.11 % |
18 | Turkey | 85,816,199 | 1.07 % |
19 | Germany | 83,294,633 | 1.04 % |
20 | Thailand | 71,801,279 | 0.89 % |
21 | United Kingdom | 67,736,802 | 0.84 % |
22 | Tanzania | 67,438,106 | 0.84 % |
23 | France | 64,756,584 | 0.8 % |
24 | South Africa | 60,414,495 | 0.75 % |
25 | Italy | 58,870,762 | 0.73 % |
26 | Kenya | 55,100,586 | 0.68 % |
27 | Myanmar | 54,577,997 | 0.68 % |
28 | Colombia | 52,085,168 | 0.65 % |
29 | South Korea | 51,784,059 | 0.64 % |
30 | Uganda | 48,582,334 | 0.6 % |
31 | Sudan | 48,109,006 | 0.6 % |
32 | Spain | 47,519,628 | 0.59 % |
33 | Argentina | 45,773,884 | 0.57 % |
34 | Algeria | 45,606,480 | 0.57 % |
35 | Iraq | 45,504,560 | 0.57 % |
36 | Afghanistan | 42,239,854 | 0.53 % |
37 | Poland | 41,026,067 | 0.51 % |
38 | Canada | 38,781,291 | 0.48 % |
39 | Morocco | 37,840,044 | 0.47 % |
40 | Saudi Arabia | 36,947,025 | 0.46 % |
41 | Ukraine | 36,744,634 | 0.46 % |
42 | Angola | 36,684,202 | 0.46 % |
43 | Uzbekistan | 35,163,944 | 0.44 % |
44 | Yemen | 34,449,825 | 0.43 % |
45 | Peru | 34,352,719 | 0.43 % |
46 | Malaysia | 34,308,525 | 0.43 % |
47 | Ghana | 34,121,985 | 0.42 % |
48 | Mozambique | 33,897,354 | 0.42 % |
49 | Nepal | 30,896,590 | 0.38 % |
50 | Madagascar | 30,325,732 | 0.38 % |
51 | Côte d’Ivoire | 28,873,034 | 0.36 % |
52 | Venezuela | 28,838,499 | 0.36% |
53 | Cameroon | 28,647,293 | 0.36% |
54 | Niger | 27,202,843 | 0.34% |
55 | Australia | 26,439,111 | 0.33% |
56 | North Korea | 26,160,821 | 0.33% |
57 | Mali | 23,293,698 | 0.29% |
58 | Burkina Faso | 23,251,485 | 0.29% |
59 | Syria | 23,227,014 | 0.29% |
60 | Sri Lanka | 21,893,579 | 0.27% |
61 | Malawi | 20,931,751 | 0.26% |
62 | Zambia | 20,569,737 | 0.26% |
63 | Romania | 19,892,812 | 0.25% |
64 | Chile | 19,629,590 | 0.24% |
65 | Kazakhstan | 19,606,633 | 0.24% |
66 | Chad | 18,278,568 | 0.23% |
67 | Ecuador | 18,190,484 | 0.23% |
68 | Somalia | 18,143,378 | 0.23% |
69 | Guatemala | 18,092,026 | 0.22% |
70 | Senegal | 17,763,163 | 0.22% |
71 | Netherlands | 17,618,299 | 0.22% |
72 | Cambodia | 16,944,826 | 0.21% |
73 | Zimbabwe | 16,665,409 | 0.21% |
74 | Guinea | 14,190,612 | 0.18% |
75 | Rwanda | 14,094,683 | 0.18% |
76 | Benin | 13,712,828 | 0.17% |
77 | Burundi | 13,238,559 | 0.16% |
78 | Tunisia | 12,458,223 | 0.15% |
79 | Bolivia | 12,388,571 | 0.15% |
80 | Haiti | 11,724,763 | 0.15% |
81 | Belgium | 11,686,140 | 0.15% |
82 | Jordan | 11,337,052 | 0.14% |
83 | Dominican Republic | 11,332,972 | 0.14% |
84 | Cuba | 11,194,449 | 0.14% |
85 | South Sudan | 11,088,796 | 0.14% |
86 | Sweden | 10,612,086 | 0.13% |
87 | Honduras | 10,593,798 | 0.13% |
88 | Czech Republic | 10,495,295 | 0.13% |
89 | Azerbaijan | 10,412,651 | 0.13% |
90 | Greece | 10,341,277 | 0.13% |
91 | Papua New Guinea | 10,329,931 | 0.13% |
92 | Portugal | 10,247,605 | 0.13% |
93 | Hungary | 10,156,239 | 0.13% |
94 | Tajikistan | 10,143,543 | 0.13% |
95 | United Arab Emirates | 9,516,871 | 0.12% |
96 | Belarus | 9,498,238 | 0.12% |
97 | Israel | 9,174,520 | 0.11% |
98 | Togo | 9,053,799 | 0.11% |
99 | Austria | 8,958,960 | 0.11% |
100 | Switzerland | 8,796,669 | 0.11% |
101 | Sierra Leone | 8,791,092 | 0.11% |
102 | Laos | 7,633,779 | 0.09 % |
103 | Serbia | 7,149,077 | 0.09 % |
104 | Nicaragua | 7,046,310 | 0.09 % |
105 | Libya | 6,888,388 | 0.09 % |
106 | Paraguay | 6,861,524 | 0.09 % |
107 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,735,347 | 0.08 % |
108 | Bulgaria | 6,687,717 | 0.08 % |
109 | Turkmenistan | 6,516,100 | 0.08 % |
110 | El Salvador | 6,364,943 | 0.08 % |
111 | Congo | 6,106,869 | 0.08 % |
112 | Singapore | 6,014,723 | 0.07 % |
113 | Denmark | 5,910,913 | 0.07 % |
114 | Slovakia | 5,795,199 | 0.07 % |
115 | Central African Rep. | 5,742,315 | 0.07 % |
116 | Finland | 5,545,475 | 0.07 % |
117 | Norway | 5,474,360 | 0.07 % |
118 | Liberia | 5,418,377 | 0.07 % |
119 | Palestine | 5,371,230 | 0.07 % |
120 | Lebanon | 5,353,930 | 0.07 % |
121 | New Zealand | 5,228,100 | 0.06 % |
122 | Costa Rica | 5,212,173 | 0.06 % |
123 | Ireland | 5,056,935 | 0.06 % |
124 | Mauritania | 4,862,989 | 0.06 % |
125 | Oman | 4,644,384 | 0.06 % |
126 | Panama | 4,468,087 | 0.06 % |
127 | Kuwait | 4,310,108 | 0.05 % |
128 | Croatia | 4,008,617 | 0.05 % |
129 | Eritrea | 3,748,901 | 0.05 % |
130 | Georgia | 3,728,282 | 0.05 % |
131 | Mongolia | 3,447,157 | 0.04 % |
132 | Moldova | 3,435,931 | 0.04 % |
133 | Uruguay | 3,423,108 | 0.04 % |
134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,210,847 | 0.04 % |
135 | Albania | 2,832,439 | 0.04 % |
136 | Jamaica | 2,825,544 | 0.04 % |
137 | Armenia | 2,777,970 | 0.03 % |
138 | Gambia | 2,773,168 | 0.03 % |
139 | Lithuania | 2,718,352 | 0.03 % |
140 | Qatar | 2,716,391 | 0.03 % |
141 | Botswana | 2,675,352 | 0.03 % |
142 | Namibia | 2,604,172 | 0.03 % |
143 | Gabon | 2,436,566 | 0.03 % |
144 | Lesotho | 2,330,318 | 0.03 % |
145 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,150,842 | 0.03 % |
146 | Slovenia | 2,119,675 | 0.03 % |
147 | North Macedonia | 2,085,679 | 0.03 % |
148 | Latvia | 1,830,211 | 0.02 % |
149 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,714,671 | 0.02 % |
150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,534,937 | 0.02 % |
151 | Bahrain | 1,485,509 | 0.02 % |
152 | Timor-Leste | 1,360,596 | 0.02 % |
153 | Estonia | 1,322,765 | 0.02 % |
154 | Mauritius | 1,300,557 | 0.02 % |
155 | Cyprus | 1,260,138 | 0.02 % |
156 | Eswatini | 1,210,822 | 0.02 % |
157 | Djibouti | 1,136,455 | 0.01 % |
158 | Fiji | 936,375 | 0.01 % |
159 | Comoros | 852,075 | 0.01 % |
160 | Guyana | 813,834 | 0.01 % |
161 | Bhutan | 787,424 | 0.01 % |
162 | Solomon Islands | 740,424 | 0.01 % |
163 | Luxembourg | 654,768 | 0.01 % |
164 | Montenegro | 626,485 | 0.01 % |
165 | Suriname | 623,236 | 0.01 % |
166 | Cabo Verde | 598,682 | 0.01 % |
167 | Micronesia | 544,321 | 0.01 % |
168 | Malta | 535,064 | 0.01 % |
169 | Maldives | 521,021 | 0.01 % |
170 | Brunei | 452,524 | 0.01 % |
171 | Bahamas | 412,623 | 0.01 % |
172 | Belize | 410,825 | 0.01 % |
173 | Iceland | 375,318 | 0 % |
174 | Vanuatu | 334,506 | 0 % |
175 | Barbados | 281,995 | 0 % |
176 | Sao Tome & Principe | 231,856 | 0 % |
177 | Samoa | 225,681 | 0 % |
178 | Saint Lucia | 180,251 | 0 % |
179 | Kiribati | 133,515 | 0 % |
180 | Grenada | 126,183 | 0 % |
181 | Tonga | 107,773 | 0 % |
182 | Seychelles | 107,660 | 0 % |
183 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 103,698 | 0 % |
184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 94,298 | 0 % |
185 | Andorra | 80,088 | 0 % |
186 | Dominica | 73,040 | 0 % |
187 | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 47,755 | 0 % |
188 | Marshall Islands | 41,996 | 0 % |
189 | Liechtenstein | 39,584 | 0 % |
190 | Monaco | 36,297 | 0 % |
191 | San Marino | 33,642 | 0 % |
192 | Palau | 18,058 | 0 % |
193 | Nauru | 12,780 | 0 % |
194 | Tuvalu | 11,396 | 0 % |
195 | Holy See | 518 | 0 % |