Data for 2015

Total Population, 2015

Name: Total Population, 2015
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2015, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2015 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,396,134,174; Vatican City is lowest, at 572. The middle country reads 6,154,260. Against 2014, 222 values changed (180 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2015

HighestChina

1,396,134,174

LowestVatican City

572

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

222countries
1measure
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,396,134,174
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,328,024,498
3	United States`USA`Northern America	326,126,497
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	261,799,249
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	217,290,883
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	201,675,532
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	190,671,878
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	159,383,179
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	145,307,616
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	127,275,872
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	121,072,306
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	105,312,992
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	103,867,135
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	99,597,342
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	92,823,254
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	82,619,362
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	82,077,550
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81,035,531
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	80,014,226
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	70,540,795
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	65,382,110
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	64,916,336
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60,575,316
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56,723,537
25	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	52,020,962
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	51,089,056
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	50,983,912
28	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	47,088,526
29	Colombia`COL`South America	46,969,940
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46,683,686
31	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	45,784,896
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	43,477,012
33	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40,024,431
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	40,019,529
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,266,314
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	37,560,535
37	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37,531,446
38	Canada`CAN`Northern America	35,962,234
39	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34,607,588
40	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	33,831,764
41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	31,232,798
42	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31,159,379
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	30,749,346
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30,573,972
45	Peru`PER`South America	30,457,600
46	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	29,974,938
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	28,696,068
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	28,157,798
49	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27,823,629
50	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	26,547,572
51	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	25,575,350
52	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	25,426,702
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	25,246,342
54	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	23,948,002
55	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,529,254
56	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22,763,414
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21,729,971
58	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19,939,498
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19,871,019
60	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19,424,618
61	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	18,777,487
62	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	18,593,022
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	18,084,169
64	Chile`CHL`South America	18,047,625
65	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	17,107,433
66	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17,085,587
67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16,399,089
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16,266,225
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15,971,743
70	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15,623,251
71	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14,647,621
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14,593,331
73	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14,399,013
74	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	13,806,963
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	11,767,070
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11,640,022
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,402,264
78	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11,360,681
79	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,275,335
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,275,065
81	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11,107,561
82	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11,047,580
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11,014,705
84	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,820,903
85	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,524,416
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10,523,242
87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10,434,829
88	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,370,267
89	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,839,211
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9,799,481
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9,752,850
92	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9,544,729
93	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,487,293
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	9,237,305
95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8,743,246
96	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8,674,633
97	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,644,039
98	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8,643,840
99	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8,283,934
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8,052,908
101	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,366,409
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,177,517
103	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,177,253
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,071,502
105	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7,037,655
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,801,645
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,531,819
108	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6,472,469
109	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	6,215,770
110	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,183,676
111	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6,159,103
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6,149,417
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6,001,882
114	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,683,701
115	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,525,340
116	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,479,717
117	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,420,278
118	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5,189,771
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5,097,581
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,818,038
121	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,702,487
122	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,659,431
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,629,320
124	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,614,029
125	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,521,565
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,184,895
127	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,183,729
128	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,965,959
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,960,035
130	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,834,454
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,791,573
132	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,521,811
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,518,541
134	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,368,017
135	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,287,164
136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3,105,546
137	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,976,526
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,921,177
139	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,905,764
140	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,898,632
141	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,802,534
142	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,427,331
143	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,374,300
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,224,529
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,203,273
146	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,104,611
147	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,059,947
148	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,040,989
149	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,980,366
150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,977,867
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,786,457
152	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,779,020
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,453,923
154	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,429,188
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,369,650
156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,314,576
157	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,292,275
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,219,502
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,205,131
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,142,813
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,020,313
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	918,578
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	758,781
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	740,618
165	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	726,682
166	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	639,415
167	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	628,145
168	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	622,179
169	Suriname`SUR`South America	581,627
170	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	569,536
171	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	512,394
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	444,981
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	428,154
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	422,212
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	385,346
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	356,333
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	330,952
178	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	283,168
179	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	278,990
180	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	277,866
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	266,101
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	201,782
183	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	200,291
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	174,905
185	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	166,612
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	164,905
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	116,815
188	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	114,676
189	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	108,716
190	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	107,230
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	106,960
192	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	106,095
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	104,184
194	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	100,248
195	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	89,409
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	83,593
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	72,174
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	70,410
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	63,464
200	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	61,642
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,021
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	52,878
203	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	51,514
204	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48,894
205	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	48,800
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	47,087
207	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	37,471
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	37,400
209	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	37,369
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	36,757
211	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	36,605
212	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	34,498
213	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	33,901
214	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	33,193
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,770
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,446
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	14,210
218	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,963
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,954
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,673
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,779
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	572

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,396,134,174
2India1,328,024,498
3United States326,126,497
4Indonesia261,799,249
5Pakistan217,290,883

Lowest

222Vatican City572
221Niue1,779
220Montserrat4,673
219Nauru10,954
218Tuvalu10,963

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,154,260. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 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

India1,312,277,191 → 1,328,024,498+15,747,307
China1,387,951,972 → 1,396,134,174+8,182,202
Nigeria185,896,915 → 190,671,878+4,774,963
Pakistan214,264,647 → 217,290,883+3,026,236
United States323,115,377 → 326,126,497+3,011,120

Fell most

Syria20,273,659 → 19,424,618−849,041
Japan127,486,605 → 127,275,872−210,733
Ukraine45,972,380 → 45,784,896−187,484
South Sudan11,235,073 → 11,107,561−127,512
Romania19,968,174 → 19,871,019−97,155

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 2015.
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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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UN DESA Population Division (2015). Total Population, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2015

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