Data for 2020

Total Population, 2020

Name: Total Population, 2020
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2020, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2020 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,426,106,093; Vatican City is lowest, at 528. The middle country reads 6,399,970. Against 2019, 222 values changed (172 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2020

HighestChina

1,426,106,093

LowestVatican City

528

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

222countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,426,106,093
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,402,617,695
3	United States`USA`Northern America	339,436,159
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	274,814,866
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	235,001,746
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	213,996,181
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	208,660,842
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	166,298,024
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	146,371,299
10	Mexico`MEX`Central America	126,799,054
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	126,304,543
12	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	118,917,671
13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	112,081,264
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	109,315,124
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	98,079,191
16	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	95,989,998
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	87,723,443
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	86,091,692
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	83,628,708
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71,641,484
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	67,351,861
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	65,905,277
23	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	60,972,798
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	60,562,381
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59,912,769
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53,016,522
27	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	52,217,334
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	51,858,482
29	Colombia`COL`South America	50,629,997
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47,679,489
31	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46,789,231
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	45,191,965
33	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	44,680,014
34	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	44,457,152
35	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	44,042,091
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	42,116,605
37	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	39,068,979
38	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38,171,902
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,171,012
40	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36,584,208
41	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36,134,863
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	33,889,558
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	33,586,372
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	33,451,132
45	Peru`PER`South America	32,838,579
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	31,887,809
47	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30,991,207
48	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	30,783,688
49	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28,966,574
50	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	28,953,556
51	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28,915,449
52	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28,444,077
53	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26,210,558
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	26,136,312
55	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	25,743,791
56	Niger`NER`Western Africa	23,717,613
57	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,663,459
58	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22,561,807
59	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	21,713,836
60	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	21,478,690
61	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21,049,429
62	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	19,533,888
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	19,482,117
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19,392,469
65	Chile`CHL`South America	19,370,624
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19,059,395
67	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	17,636,731
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17,546,065
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17,357,325
70	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	17,224,679
71	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16,789,219
72	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	16,725,474
73	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	16,651,191
74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15,526,888
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	13,371,183
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13,070,169
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	13,065,837
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	12,617,036
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,974,057
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11,816,299
81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,540,107
82	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11,243,848
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,176,354
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11,008,300
85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10,865,228
86	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,699,369
87	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10,698,467
88	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,550,129
89	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,370,519
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10,353,686
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10,181,730
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	10,119,640
93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9,815,746
94	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,749,457
95	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9,749,310
96	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9,448,524
97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,350,944
98	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,921,405
99	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8,800,376
100	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8,640,582
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7,912,558
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,788,054
103	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,490,235
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,346,533
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	7,045,399
106	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	6,949,912
107	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6,933,652
108	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,907,812
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6,664,140
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6,603,739
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6,565,267
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,234,673
113	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,831,530
114	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5,752,791
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,702,398
116	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,620,150
117	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,529,612
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,455,024
119	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5,379,274
120	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5,149,463
121	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5,069,895
122	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,069,692
123	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5,034,320
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5,026,628
125	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,982,606
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4,600,131
127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,522,497
128	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4,400,144
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,293,261
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3,953,958
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,795,678
132	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,398,968
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,299,349
134	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3,291,271
135	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3,290,785
136	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,275,805
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,069,131
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,890,892
139	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,871,954
140	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,830,739
141	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,803,375
142	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,795,765
143	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,728,762
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,515,733
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,365,894
146	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,322,539
147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,235,727
148	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,102,419
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,013,255
150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,901,123
151	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,872,015
152	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,751,417
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,716,468
154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,483,077
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,481,024
156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,329,669
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,326,053
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,302,247
159	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,283,223
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,192,729
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,105,188
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	914,963
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	807,481
164	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	802,163
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	770,006
166	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	744,498
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	683,067
168	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	630,597
169	Suriname`SUR`South America	612,317
170	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	607,935
171	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	518,207
172	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	514,679
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	502,118
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	447,404
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	395,863
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	390,812
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	366,614
178	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	298,858
179	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	284,176
180	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	281,698
181	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	279,209
182	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	217,435
183	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	211,944
184	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	185,018
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	178,250
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	162,158
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	126,099
188	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	120,291
189	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	116,341
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	110,916
191	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	107,400
192	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	105,704
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	103,526
194	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	91,846
195	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	87,707
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	84,064
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	77,380
198	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	68,684
199	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	67,573
200	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	64,382
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,080
202	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	52,587
203	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	49,761
204	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	47,528
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46,870
206	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	44,386
207	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	42,706
208	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	41,008
209	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	38,767
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	38,050
211	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	37,135
212	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	36,173
213	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	34,769
214	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	31,786
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,792
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	15,643
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	14,843
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	11,643
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,399
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,508
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,799
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	528

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,426,106,093
2India1,402,617,695
3United States339,436,159
4Indonesia274,814,866
5Pakistan235,001,746

Lowest

222Vatican City528
221Niue1,799
220Montserrat4,508
219Tuvalu10,399
218Nauru11,643

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,399,970. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
172 · 50rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,389,030,312 → 1,402,617,695+13,587,383
Nigeria209,485,641 → 213,996,181+4,510,540
Pakistan230,800,899 → 235,001,746+4,200,847
Ethiopia115,737,383 → 118,917,671+3,180,288
DR Congo92,947,442 → 95,989,998+3,042,556

Fell most

Venezuela28,938,098 → 28,444,077−494,021
Japan126,699,424 → 126,304,543−394,881
Ukraine44,957,458 → 44,680,014−277,444
Italy60,130,136 → 59,912,769−217,367
Russia146,533,067 → 146,371,299−161,768

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 2020.
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 (2020). Total Population, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2020

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