Data for 2019

Total Population, 2019

Name: Total Population, 2019
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2019, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2019 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,423,520,357; Vatican City is lowest, at 536. The middle country reads 6,352,988. Against 2018, 222 values changed (178 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2019

HighestChina

1,423,520,357

LowestVatican City

536

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

222countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,423,520,357
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,389,030,312
3	United States`USA`Northern America	337,790,067
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	272,489,381
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	230,800,899
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	209,485,641
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	207,455,459
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	164,913,055
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	146,533,067
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	126,699,424
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	125,762,982
12	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	115,737,383
13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	110,804,683
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	107,553,158
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	97,173,776
16	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	92,947,442
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	87,051,648
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	85,357,672
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	83,559,186
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71,522,271
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	67,110,958
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	65,729,459
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60,130,136
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	59,587,885
25	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	59,174,891
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	52,640,713
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	51,767,846
28	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	51,202,827
29	Colombia`COL`South America	49,907,985
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47,435,119
31	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45,548,175
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	44,973,465
33	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	44,957,458
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43,294,546
35	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	42,999,637
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41,192,171
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,225,885
38	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	37,856,121
39	Canada`CAN`Northern America	37,782,935
40	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36,210,898
41	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	35,111,408
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	33,440,596
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	32,964,701
44	Peru`PER`South America	32,449,303
45	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	32,375,632
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	31,258,945
47	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30,472,811
48	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	29,884,380
49	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28,938,098
50	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28,414,064
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	28,219,554
52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28,193,009
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	26,037,632
54	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25,506,095
55	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	25,482,714
56	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,674,138
57	Niger`NER`Western Africa	22,947,757
58	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22,410,552
59	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	21,068,405
60	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	20,961,952
61	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20,353,534
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19,501,542
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	19,209,555
64	Chile`CHL`South America	19,197,744
65	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	19,025,752
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18,513,839
67	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	17,537,507
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17,340,021
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17,103,803
70	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16,685,223
71	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	16,481,304
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16,352,922
73	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	16,030,971
74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15,271,368
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	13,034,346
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12,776,103
77	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12,726,755
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	12,255,336
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,875,081
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11,671,386
81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,490,618
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,202,846
83	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11,105,163
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10,894,043
85	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,718,576
86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10,671,891
87	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,554,875
88	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10,423,384
89	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,343,213
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10,279,125
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10,110,475
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	9,943,633
93	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,770,346
94	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9,609,010
95	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9,529,966
96	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,435,419
97	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9,377,847
98	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,880,876
99	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8,657,474
100	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8,577,524
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7,731,991
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,619,925
103	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,485,813
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,237,636
105	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6,975,469
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,966,153
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,951,033
108	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	6,803,944
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6,515,058
110	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6,494,035
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6,483,657
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,222,318
113	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,814,618
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,794,594
115	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,669,563
116	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5,616,661
117	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,521,759
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,450,626
119	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5,347,730
120	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5,043,721
121	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,999,553
122	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,989,403
123	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,957,768
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,944,703
125	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,933,491
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,591,241
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4,467,708
128	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4,442,194
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,234,700
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3,986,334
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,796,722
132	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,397,206
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,345,533
134	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,288,028
135	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3,240,194
136	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3,232,113
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,112,562
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,903,972
139	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,885,010
140	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,823,271
141	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,797,921
142	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,795,058
143	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,650,494
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,456,844
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,332,083
146	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,267,706
147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,209,405
148	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,083,439
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,967,696
150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,914,263
151	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,897,641
152	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,755,042
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,670,177
154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,485,670
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,484,894
156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,326,822
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,300,945
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,286,671
159	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,286,270
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,179,874
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,088,709
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	914,899
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	807,665
164	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	786,578
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	764,824
166	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	728,147
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	670,974
168	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	620,163
169	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	611,667
170	Suriname`SUR`South America	605,768
171	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	514,104
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	504,015
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	487,731
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	442,680
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	394,675
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	385,829
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	360,700
178	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	291,985
179	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	283,606
180	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	281,207
181	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	279,034
182	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	213,392
183	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	209,780
184	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	189,543
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	177,661
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	161,808
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	123,921
188	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	117,650
189	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	115,981
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	110,282
191	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	107,076
192	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	105,669
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	104,167
194	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	91,364
195	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	89,373
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	83,957
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	76,474
198	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	67,880
199	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	67,327
200	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	64,107
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,084
202	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	51,842
203	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	50,209
204	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	48,129
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46,952
206	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	44,007
207	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	43,166
208	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	40,385
209	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	38,440
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	38,109
211	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	36,395
212	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	35,494
213	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	34,653
214	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	34,267
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,798
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	16,129
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	14,823
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	11,587
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,581
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,540
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,793
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	536

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,423,520,357
2India1,389,030,312
3United States337,790,067
4Indonesia272,489,381
5Pakistan230,800,899

Lowest

222Vatican City536
221Niue1,793
220Montserrat4,540
219Tuvalu10,581
218Nauru11,587

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,352,988. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 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

India1,374,659,064 → 1,389,030,312+14,371,248
Nigeria204,938,755 → 209,485,641+4,546,886
China1,419,008,956 → 1,423,520,357+4,511,401
Pakistan226,928,892 → 230,800,899+3,872,007
Ethiopia112,664,152 → 115,737,383+3,073,231

Fell most

Venezuela29,807,592 → 28,938,098−869,494
Ukraine45,208,907 → 44,957,458−251,449
Japan126,913,432 → 126,699,424−214,008
Lebanon5,984,119 → 5,794,594−189,525
Italy60,277,499 → 60,130,136−147,363

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 2019.
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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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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2019). Total Population, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2019

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