Data for 2021

Total Population, 2021

Name: Total Population, 2021
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2021, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2021 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,426,437,267; Vatican City is lowest, at 519. The middle country reads 6,450,262. Against 2020, 222 values changed (170 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2021

HighestChina

1,426,437,267

LowestVatican City

519

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

222countries
1measure
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,426,437,267
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,414,203,896
3	United States`USA`Northern America	340,161,441
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	276,758,053
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	239,477,801
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	218,529,286
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	209,550,294
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	167,658,854
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	145,836,175
10	Mexico`MEX`Central America	127,648,148
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	125,679,338
12	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	122,138,588
13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	113,100,950
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	110,957,008
15	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99,148,932
16	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	98,935,098
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	88,455,488
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	86,686,253
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	83,697,083
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71,727,332
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	67,668,792
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	66,083,548
23	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	62,830,412
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61,502,603
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59,729,350
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53,387,102
27	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	53,219,166
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	51,848,397
29	Colombia`COL`South America	51,188,173
30	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48,066,924
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47,735,664
32	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	45,910,930
33	Argentina`ARG`South America	45,312,281
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	44,761,099
35	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	44,298,640
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	43,071,211
37	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	40,000,412
38	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38,454,057
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,040,302
40	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	37,140,230
41	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36,954,442
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34,532,429
43	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	34,282,399
44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34,243,696
45	Peru`PER`South America	33,155,882
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32,518,665
47	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	31,707,800
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	31,328,375
49	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	29,691,083
50	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29,639,736
51	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29,475,010
52	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28,237,826
53	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26,915,758
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	26,232,534
55	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	25,956,417
56	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24,502,140
57	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,558,333
58	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22,700,372
59	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	22,388,630
60	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	21,995,243
61	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21,628,839
62	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	20,047,258
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	19,743,603
64	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19,603,607
65	Chile`CHL`South America	19,456,334
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19,248,161
67	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	17,828,273
68	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	17,730,564
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17,682,454
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17,598,650
71	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	17,271,431
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	17,220,867
73	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	16,974,305
74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15,797,210
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	13,710,513
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13,413,417
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	13,355,260
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	12,965,481
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12,048,622
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11,937,360
81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,570,844
82	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11,374,586
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11,123,476
84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,122,168
85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11,066,356
86	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10,865,780
87	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,579,561
88	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,530,683
89	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10,416,131
90	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,390,956
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	10,289,877
92	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10,234,371
93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10,012,896
94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9,966,908
95	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9,789,048
96	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,707,850
97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,251,365
98	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8,967,057
99	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8,942,924
100	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8,707,023
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8,094,602
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,936,176
103	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,484,601
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,453,194
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	7,135,175
106	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7,092,043
107	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6,877,225
108	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,835,430
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6,820,479
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6,684,182
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6,644,741
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,255,782
113	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5,892,183
114	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,856,776
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,718,122
116	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,546,290
117	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,541,075
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,442,759
119	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5,408,091
120	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5,259,323
121	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,185,336
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5,112,100
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5,107,697
124	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5,059,988
125	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5,028,426
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4,734,874
127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,500,424
128	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4,360,742
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,345,405
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3,924,610
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,788,451
132	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,396,695
133	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3,350,183
134	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3,339,674
135	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,253,210
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,244,907
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,023,778
138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,870,349
139	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,849,635
140	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,837,682
141	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,814,982
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,810,548
143	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,794,488
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,576,010
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,401,441
146	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,376,722
147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,261,542
148	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,113,494
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,058,841
150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,885,587
151	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,851,108
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,758,786
153	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,741,446
154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,501,764
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,487,717
156	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,350,139
157	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,331,749
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,317,309
159	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,279,623
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,206,593
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,121,248
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	916,711
163	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	818,174
164	Guyana`GUY`South America	815,482
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	775,442
166	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	762,591
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	694,402
168	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	640,274
169	Suriname`SUR`South America	617,896
170	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	603,851
171	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	524,376
172	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	516,649
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	516,154
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	451,721
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	396,373
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	395,346
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	372,644
178	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	305,868
179	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	285,214
180	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	282,147
181	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	279,792
182	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	221,961
183	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	213,779
184	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	185,315
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	178,522
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	163,730
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	128,377
188	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	122,987
189	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	116,688
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	111,624
191	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	107,558
192	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	105,490
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	102,841
194	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	92,349
195	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	87,223
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	84,106
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	78,364
198	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	70,108
199	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	67,202
200	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	64,648
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,041
202	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	53,300
203	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	49,225
204	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	46,979
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46,763
206	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	45,243
207	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	41,571
208	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	41,367
209	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	39,044
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	38,527
211	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	37,809
212	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	36,858
213	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	34,572
214	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	29,961
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,783
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	15,182
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	14,475
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	11,709
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	10,194
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,479
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,813
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	519

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,426,437,267
2India1,414,203,896
3United States340,161,441
4Indonesia276,758,053
5Pakistan239,477,801

Lowest

222Vatican City519
221Niue1,813
220Montserrat4,479
219Tuvalu10,194
218Nauru11,709

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,450,262. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
170 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,402,617,695 → 1,414,203,896+11,586,201
Nigeria213,996,181 → 218,529,286+4,533,105
Pakistan235,001,746 → 239,477,801+4,476,055
Ethiopia118,917,671 → 122,138,588+3,220,917
DR Congo95,989,998 → 99,148,932+3,158,934

Fell most

Japan126,304,543 → 125,679,338−625,205
Russia146,371,299 → 145,836,175−535,124
Ukraine44,680,014 → 44,298,640−381,374
Venezuela28,444,077 → 28,237,826−206,251
Italy59,912,769 → 59,729,350−183,419

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 2021.
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 (2021). Total Population, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2021

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