Data for 2017

Total Population, 2017

Name: Total Population, 2017
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2017, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2017 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,412,354,727; Vatican City is lowest, at 555. The middle country reads 6,216,842. Against 2016, 222 values changed (180 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2017

HighestChina

1,412,354,727

LowestVatican City

555

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

222countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,412,354,727
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,359,657,400
3	United States`USA`Northern America	332,204,660
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	267,346,658
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	223,273,967
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	204,703,445
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	200,254,579
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	162,186,147
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	146,186,799
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	127,064,690
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	123,400,057
12	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	109,666,481
13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	108,119,693
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	103,696,057
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	95,176,977
16	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	87,083,398
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	85,026,754
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	83,104,007
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	83,083,662
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71,160,187
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66,354,471
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	65,284,776
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60,390,318
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57,635,162
25	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	55,652,890
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	51,894,938
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	51,486,270
28	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	49,197,766
29	Colombia`COL`South America	48,131,078
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46,868,596
31	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	45,436,041
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	44,288,894
33	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	42,714,306
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	41,689,299
35	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	40,177,388
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	39,337,353
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,254,959
38	Canada`CAN`Northern America	36,808,497
39	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	35,688,935
40	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	35,446,392
41	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33,090,921
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	32,355,644
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	31,819,178
44	Peru`PER`South America	31,324,637
45	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30,782,402
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30,565,323
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30,234,839
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30,008,354
49	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28,166,393
50	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28,011,258
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26,788,375
52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26,733,372
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	25,817,709
54	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	24,731,038
55	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24,128,601
56	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,632,948
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22,087,522
58	Niger`NER`Western Africa	21,435,446
59	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	19,894,407
60	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19,813,011
61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19,689,401
62	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19,224,668
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	18,651,931
64	Chile`CHL`South America	18,558,868
65	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18,039,715
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17,441,320
67	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	17,315,370
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16,759,519
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16,567,357
70	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	16,073,372
71	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15,622,759
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15,475,002
73	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14,916,629
74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14,812,482
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12,385,659
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12,202,060
77	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12,039,780
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,650,498
79	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11,506,762
80	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,376,581
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11,344,587
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,247,829
83	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10,817,754
84	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,753,533
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10,666,843
86	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,541,342
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,330,844
88	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10,259,154
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10,234,226
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10,057,862
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9,968,510
92	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,785,604
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	9,588,137
94	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,495,790
95	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9,234,327
96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9,178,714
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9,085,946
98	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,798,778
99	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8,453,628
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8,361,797
101	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,444,891
102	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7,379,299
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,324,386
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,075,636
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,073,507
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,018,147
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,738,770
108	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	6,507,061
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6,338,660
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6,316,231
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6,220,150
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,213,533
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6,160,128
114	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,765,168
115	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,604,078
116	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,508,396
117	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,435,700
118	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5,351,011
119	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5,276,802
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,913,177
121	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,848,925
122	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,812,752
123	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,810,261
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,793,511
125	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,742,743
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,537,396
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4,210,600
128	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4,154,685
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,098,707
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,079,200
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,792,859
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,428,682
133	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,388,438
134	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,371,874
135	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,193,497
136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3,150,347
137	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3,104,364
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,914,963
139	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,898,242
140	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,829,313
141	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,815,764
142	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,706,709
143	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,506,853
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,342,189
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,266,747
146	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,157,110
147	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,156,900
148	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,062,410
149	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,942,594
150	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,940,879
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,877,072
152	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,768,119
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,562,396
154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,481,995
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,445,261
156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,317,425
157	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,290,655
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,254,275
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,251,703
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,158,195
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,054,841
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	918,759
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	768,479
164	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	756,669
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	754,335
166	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	685,672
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	646,554
168	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	620,114
169	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	596,495
170	Suriname`SUR`South America	593,713
171	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	512,893
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	467,902
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	458,287
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	432,772
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	390,485
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	373,202
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	343,531
178	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	283,546
179	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	280,171
180	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	280,087
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	278,507
182	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	206,970
183	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	205,415
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	176,342
185	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	168,516
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	163,490
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	120,275
188	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	115,438
189	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	112,427
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	109,481
191	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	105,731
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	105,663
193	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	105,356
194	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	95,118
195	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	90,468
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	83,609
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	73,763
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	68,496
199	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	64,535
200	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	63,578
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,071
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	51,586
203	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	50,243
204	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	49,959
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	47,050
206	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	46,529
207	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	39,913
208	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	38,996
209	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	37,850
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	37,678
211	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	36,837
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	34,378
213	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	34,245
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	32,699
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,812
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,047
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	14,425
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	11,324
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,869
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,603
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,780
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	555

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,412,354,727
2India1,359,657,400
3United States332,204,660
4Indonesia267,346,658
5Pakistan223,273,967

Lowest

222Vatican City555
221Niue1,780
220Montserrat4,603
219Tuvalu10,869
218Nauru11,324

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,216,842. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 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

India1,343,944,296 → 1,359,657,400+15,713,104
China1,404,052,632 → 1,412,354,727+8,302,095
Nigeria195,443,700 → 200,254,579+4,810,879
Pakistan220,138,869 → 223,273,967+3,135,098
DR Congo83,956,415 → 87,083,398+3,126,983

Fell most

South Sudan10,830,102 → 10,259,154−570,948
Venezuela30,765,720 → 30,565,323−200,397
Ukraine45,616,832 → 45,436,041−180,791
Lebanon6,323,060 → 6,160,128−162,932
Puerto Rico3,476,008 → 3,371,874−104,134

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 2017.
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 (2017). Total Population, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2017

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