Data for 2014

Total Population, 2014

Name: Total Population, 2014
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2014, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2014 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,387,951,972; Vatican City is lowest, at 582. The middle country reads 6,068,152. Against 2013, 222 values changed (182 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2014

HighestChina

1,387,951,972

LowestVatican City

582

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
222distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,387,951,972
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,312,277,191
3	United States`USA`Northern America	323,115,377
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	258,877,399
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	214,264,647
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	200,085,127
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	185,896,915
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	157,964,929
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	144,925,638
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	127,486,605
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	119,784,261
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	103,767,130
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	101,115,610
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	97,528,654
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	91,679,578
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	81,502,045
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81,376,080
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	78,403,242
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	78,036,154
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	70,216,367
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	64,865,916
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	64,692,493
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60,664,171
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55,594,838
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50,681,634
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	50,539,056
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	50,351,512
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46,720,188
29	Colombia`COL`South America	46,565,429
30	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	46,051,440
31	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	45,972,380
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	43,024,071
33	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	39,205,031
34	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38,823,318
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,265,113
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	36,550,059
37	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36,395,539
38	Canada`CAN`Northern America	35,634,264
39	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34,204,780
40	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	32,792,523
41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	30,696,137
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30,254,079
43	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30,226,309
44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	30,222,994
45	Peru`PER`South America	30,115,826
46	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	28,998,128
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	28,041,592
48	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27,672,370
49	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	27,160,769
50	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	25,788,475
51	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	25,451,262
52	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	24,764,348
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	24,527,395
54	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	23,595,601
55	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,472,816
56	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22,059,893
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21,547,456
58	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20,273,659
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19,968,174
60	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19,215,909
61	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	18,229,461
62	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	18,020,267
63	Chile`CHL`South America	17,864,195
64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	17,816,285
65	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	17,030,089
66	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16,621,538
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16,035,124
68	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15,895,315
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15,681,725
70	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15,396,772
71	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14,207,359
72	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14,188,678
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14,152,102
74	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	13,339,491
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	11,472,924
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11,364,757
77	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,285,775
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,274,288
79	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11,235,073
80	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,210,119
81	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11,030,004
82	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,893,166
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10,848,888
84	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10,799,785
85	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,517,226
86	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,406,199
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10,373,235
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10,315,528
89	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,862,842
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9,696,433
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9,631,138
92	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,472,708
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	9,063,122
94	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8,791,710
95	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,547,817
96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8,523,441
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8,425,552
98	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8,236,874
99	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8,190,235
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7,897,179
101	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,319,501
102	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,227,203
103	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,223,449
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6,937,644
105	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6,876,385
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,703,172
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,427,252
108	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6,346,990
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,162,955
110	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	6,075,283
111	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6,069,811
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6,066,492
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,898,319
114	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,643,794
115	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,461,684
116	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,457,900
117	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,415,230
118	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5,137,395
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,975,880
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,767,119
121	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,658,239
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,623,182
123	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,564,293
124	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,522,983
125	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,415,882
126	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,219,479
127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,002,439
128	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,892,101
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,848,514
130	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,792,916
131	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,665,766
132	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,565,367
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,564,829
134	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,356,334
135	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,342,709
136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3,095,173
137	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,933,168
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,922,422
139	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,913,039
140	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,903,749
141	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,793,749
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,312,139
143	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,218,372
144	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,172,044
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,164,528
146	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,080,089
147	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,058,401
148	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,997,833
149	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,994,149
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,978,399
151	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,808,980
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,741,122
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,421,131
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,399,828
155	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,314,452
156	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,312,848
157	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,292,005
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,201,801
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,181,903
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,136,299
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,002,717
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	917,585
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	754,229
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	733,139
165	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	711,503
166	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	631,375
167	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	616,908
168	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	610,304
169	Suriname`SUR`South America	575,373
170	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	556,279
171	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	512,326
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	434,485
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	416,750
174	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	413,617
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	382,298
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	348,923
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	327,512
178	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	281,224
179	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	278,348
180	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	276,387
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	260,240
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	200,037
183	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	196,767
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	174,138
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	165,486
186	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	165,027
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	115,326
188	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	114,132
189	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	108,396
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	107,535
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	106,609
192	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	104,654
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	103,373
194	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	101,999
195	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	88,765
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	83,892
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	73,737
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	70,373
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	63,529
200	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	60,160
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,173
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	53,466
203	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	52,178
204	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	49,796
205	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48,490
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	47,089
207	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	37,450
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	37,163
209	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	36,672
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	36,128
211	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	35,050
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	33,725
213	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	32,962
214	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	32,813
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,715
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,532
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	13,729
218	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,984
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,742
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,711
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,769
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	582

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,387,951,972
2India1,312,277,191
3United States323,115,377
4Indonesia258,877,399
5Pakistan214,264,647

Lowest

222Vatican City582
221Niue1,769
220Montserrat4,711
219Nauru10,742
218Tuvalu10,984

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,068,152. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
182 · 40rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,295,829,511 → 1,312,277,191+16,447,680
China1,379,008,040 → 1,387,951,972+8,943,932
Nigeria181,049,443 → 185,896,915+4,847,472
Pakistan211,073,978 → 214,264,647+3,190,669
Indonesia255,852,467 → 258,877,399+3,024,932

Fell most

Syria21,666,917 → 20,273,659−1,393,258
Japan127,723,645 → 127,486,605−237,040
Ukraine46,126,770 → 45,972,380−154,390
Spain46,860,389 → 46,720,188−140,201
Romania20,062,921 → 19,968,174−94,747

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.

How values are stored

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 2014.
The position is ours
UN DESA Population Division publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2014). Total Population, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2014

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