Data for 2016

Total Population, 2016

Name: Total Population, 2016
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2016, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2016 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,404,052,632; Vatican City is lowest, at 563. The middle country reads 6,216,733. Against 2015, 222 values changed (179 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2016

HighestChina

1,404,052,632

LowestVatican City

563

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

222countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
222distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,404,052,632
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,343,944,296
3	United States`USA`Northern America	329,179,427
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	264,627,418
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	220,138,869
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	203,218,114
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	195,443,700
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	160,811,932
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	145,778,677
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	127,159,951
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	122,251,351
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	106,735,719
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	106,718,162
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	101,644,589
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	94,000,117
16	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	83,956,415
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	83,812,228
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	82,760,102
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	81,652,088
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	70,859,841
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	65,893,358
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	65,086,855
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60,478,107
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57,259,551
25	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	53,824,013
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	51,495,696
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	51,297,839
28	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	48,139,687
29	Colombia`COL`South America	47,437,512
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46,732,771
31	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	45,616,832
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	43,900,313
33	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	41,259,892
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	40,850,721
35	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	38,799,152
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38,469,627
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,263,265
38	Canada`CAN`Northern America	36,353,343
39	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	35,023,457
40	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	34,700,612
41	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32,109,010
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	31,789,685
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	31,284,568
44	Peru`PER`South America	30,866,494
45	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30,765,720
46	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30,717,808
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	29,356,742
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	29,183,070
49	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27,955,462
50	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27,337,105
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26,099,952
52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	25,989,405
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	25,698,326
54	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	24,329,963
55	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,586,143
56	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23,454,161
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	21,910,772
58	Niger`NER`Western Africa	20,685,753
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19,777,051
60	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	19,334,856
61	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19,193,834
62	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19,191,289
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	18,363,600
64	Chile`CHL`South America	18,267,221
65	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17,557,739
66	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	17,204,693
67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16,914,423
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16,505,139
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16,268,760
70	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15,852,803
71	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15,114,655
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15,034,521
73	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14,600,294
74	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14,348,740
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12,073,030
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11,919,183
77	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11,697,842
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,528,674
79	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,332,701
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,265,612
81	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11,239,451
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11,180,020
83	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10,830,102
84	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,775,504
85	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10,671,457
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10,551,430
87	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,531,948
88	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,346,372
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10,006,367
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9,923,280
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9,868,428
92	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,810,532
93	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,499,064
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	9,412,380
95	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9,030,873
96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8,961,718
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8,865,631
98	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,737,915
99	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8,374,901
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8,210,005
101	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,408,010
102	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7,205,328
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,200,884
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,127,434
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,126,083
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,908,802
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,632,126
108	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	6,360,041
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6,323,060
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6,249,126
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6,232,666
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,200,800
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6,108,462
114	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,728,201
115	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,577,930
116	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,495,469
117	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,427,259
118	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5,235,983
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5,222,536
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,866,998
121	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,755,608
122	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,753,503
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,714,770
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,713,663
125	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,632,739
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,390,877
127	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,136,444
128	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4,086,657
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,029,086
130	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4,003,971
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,792,057
132	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,476,008
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,473,003
134	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,379,283
135	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,237,794
136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3,124,698
137	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3,040,812
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,918,793
139	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,897,867
140	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,869,110
141	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,809,915
142	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,599,372
143	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,439,213
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,283,769
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,234,776
146	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,130,422
147	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,100,306
148	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,061,373
149	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,961,259
150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,959,863
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,831,893
152	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,761,764
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,508,186
154	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,437,026
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,429,604
156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,315,849
157	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,291,803
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,237,112
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,228,312
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,149,507
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,037,653
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	919,166
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	763,548
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	747,866
165	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	741,741
166	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	662,379
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	634,312
168	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	624,249
169	Suriname`SUR`South America	587,757
170	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	583,506
171	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	512,554
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	455,269
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	443,308
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	427,564
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	388,055
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	364,705
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	335,574
178	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	283,423
179	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	279,598
180	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	279,178
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	272,087
182	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	203,689
183	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	203,499
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	175,646
185	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	167,782
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	164,233
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	118,478
188	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	115,130
189	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	109,821
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	109,075
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	106,349
192	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	105,524
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	104,977
194	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	97,787
195	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	89,969
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	83,466
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	72,181
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69,606
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	63,449
200	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	63,100
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,061
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	52,245
203	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	50,773
204	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	49,523
205	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	47,709
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	47,075
207	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	38,315
208	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	38,249
209	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	37,615
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	37,276
211	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	37,175
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	34,161
213	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	33,878
214	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	33,658
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,797
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,332
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	14,320
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	11,150
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,930
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,638
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,782
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	563

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,404,052,632
2India1,343,944,296
3United States329,179,427
4Indonesia264,627,418
5Pakistan220,138,869

Lowest

222Vatican City563
221Niue1,782
220Montserrat4,638
219Tuvalu10,930
218Nauru11,150

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,216,733. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
179 · 43rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,328,024,498 → 1,343,944,296+15,919,798
China1,396,134,174 → 1,404,052,632+7,918,458
Nigeria190,671,878 → 195,443,700+4,771,822
United States326,126,497 → 329,179,427+3,052,930
DR Congo81,035,531 → 83,956,415+2,920,884

Fell most

South Sudan11,107,561 → 10,830,102−277,459
Syria19,424,618 → 19,193,834−230,784
Ukraine45,784,896 → 45,616,832−168,064
Lebanon6,472,469 → 6,323,060−149,409
Japan127,275,872 → 127,159,951−115,921

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 2016.
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 (2016). Total Population, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2016

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