Data for 2018

Total Population, 2018

Name: Total Population, 2018
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2018, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2018 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,419,008,956; Vatican City is lowest, at 545. The middle country reads 6,280,770. Against 2017, 222 values changed (178 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2018

HighestChina

1,419,008,956

LowestVatican City

545

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

222countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,419,008,956
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,374,659,064
3	United States`USA`Northern America	335,056,497
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	269,951,846
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	226,928,892
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	206,107,261
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	204,938,755
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	163,523,103
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	146,430,146
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	126,913,432
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	124,573,711
12	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	112,664,152
13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	109,465,287
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	105,682,094
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	96,237,319
16	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	90,047,644
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	86,117,998
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	84,415,969
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	83,368,505
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71,376,079
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66,752,475
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	65,519,543
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60,277,499
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	58,613,001
25	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	57,437,145
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	52,272,247
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	51,640,894
28	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	50,207,107
29	Colombia`COL`South America	49,024,465
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47,092,821
31	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	45,208,907
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	44,654,882
33	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	44,230,596
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42,505,035
35	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	41,565,831
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	40,265,624
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,241,071
38	Canada`CAN`Northern America	37,295,005
39	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	36,743,039
40	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	35,839,760
41	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	34,085,182
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	32,910,967
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	32,373,490
44	Peru`PER`South America	31,897,584
45	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	31,297,155
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30,637,585
47	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30,365,121
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29,807,592
49	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	29,018,644
50	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28,079,689
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	27,494,926
52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	27,464,173
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	25,931,147
54	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	25,119,706
55	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24,806,383
56	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,659,305
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22,253,118
58	Niger`NER`Western Africa	22,188,069
59	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20,442,030
60	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	20,438,288
61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19,597,872
62	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19,577,845
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	18,932,727
64	Chile`CHL`South America	18,893,191
65	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18,528,081
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17,973,569
67	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	17,421,280
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17,049,547
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16,845,685
70	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	16,274,522
71	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16,156,531
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15,914,498
73	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	15,452,487
74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15,034,452
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12,704,774
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12,487,996
77	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12,383,347
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11,859,446
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,765,514
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11,508,368
81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,428,605
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,227,118
83	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10,962,362
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10,782,053
85	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,730,844
86	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,548,937
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10,462,306
88	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,325,353
89	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10,175,405
90	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10,122,977
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10,039,784
92	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,774,394
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	9,765,210
94	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,480,031
95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9,394,513
96	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9,346,870
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9,307,333
98	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,841,650
99	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8,516,344
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8,510,067
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7,554,563
102	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,471,194
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,458,206
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,128,045
105	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,024,745
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,020,019
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,849,055
108	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	6,655,524
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6,427,382
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6,400,080
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6,341,732
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,219,807
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,984,119
114	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,793,824
115	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,634,369
116	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,515,736
117	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5,483,118
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,443,232
119	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5,311,752
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,957,818
121	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,944,726
122	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,900,847
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,878,657
124	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,872,556
125	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,850,592
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,597,877
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4,337,685
128	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4,323,387
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,167,860
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,024,868
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,794,877
132	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,394,534
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,387,000
134	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,290,068
135	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3,192,760
136	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3,167,706
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,153,773
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,909,965
139	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,894,231
140	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,820,097
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,802,478
142	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,761,142
143	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,577,327
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,399,632
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,299,141
146	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,212,318
147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,183,603
148	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,069,481
149	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,927,588
150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,922,168
151	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,919,728
152	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,767,741
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,616,422
154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,497,626
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,470,518
156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,321,965
157	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,288,833
158	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,275,959
159	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,270,737
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,168,929
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,071,882
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	917,180
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	791,556
164	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	771,590
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	759,759
166	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	709,101
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	658,772
168	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	615,795
169	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	608,101
170	Suriname`SUR`South America	599,513
171	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	513,415
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	484,558
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	473,099
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	437,810
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	392,717
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	380,226
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	352,854
178	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	285,259
179	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	283,541
180	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	280,711
181	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	279,815
182	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	210,187
183	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	207,582
184	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	181,583
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	177,017
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	162,679
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	122,084
188	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	115,691
189	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	115,040
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	109,909
191	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	106,432
192	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	105,567
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	104,926
194	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	92,302
195	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	90,926
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	83,805
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	75,162
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	68,174
199	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	65,941
200	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	63,831
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,074
202	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	51,034
203	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	50,908
204	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	49,077
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	47,008
206	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	45,285
207	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	41,559
208	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	39,712
209	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	38,154
210	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	38,129
211	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	36,012
212	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	34,854
213	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	34,657
214	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	34,529
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,814
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	16,596
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	14,721
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	11,477
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,751
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,569
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,786
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	545

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,419,008,956
2India1,374,659,064
3United States335,056,497
4Indonesia269,951,846
5Pakistan226,928,892

Lowest

222Vatican City545
221Niue1,786
220Montserrat4,569
219Tuvalu10,751
218Nauru11,477

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,280,770. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
178 · 44rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,359,657,400 → 1,374,659,064+15,001,664
China1,412,354,727 → 1,419,008,956+6,654,229
Nigeria200,254,579 → 204,938,755+4,684,176
Pakistan223,273,967 → 226,928,892+3,654,925
Ethiopia109,666,481 → 112,664,152+2,997,671

Fell most

Venezuela30,565,323 → 29,807,592−757,731
Saudi Arabia30,782,402 → 30,365,121−417,281
Ukraine45,436,041 → 45,208,907−227,134
Lebanon6,160,128 → 5,984,119−176,009
Japan127,064,690 → 126,913,432−151,258

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 2018.
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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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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 (2018). Total Population, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2018

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