Data for 2022

Total Population, 2022

Name: Total Population, 2022
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2022, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2022 covers 222 countries. India is highest, at 1,425,423,212; Vatican City is lowest, at 506. The middle country reads 6,505,487. Against 2021, 222 values changed (179 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2022

HighestIndia

1,425,423,212

LowestVatican City

506

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

222countries
1measure
2022the 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,425,423,212
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,425,179,569
3	United States`USA`Northern America	341,534,046
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	278,830,529
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	243,700,667
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	223,150,896
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	210,306,415
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	169,384,897
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	145,579,899
10	Mexico`MEX`Central America	128,613,117
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	125,384,287
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	124,997,578
13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	113,964,338
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	112,618,250
15	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	102,396,968
16	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	99,680,655
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	89,524,246
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	87,058,473
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	84,086,227
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71,735,329
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	68,179,315
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	66,277,409
23	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	64,711,821
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	62,378,410
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59,619,115
26	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	54,252,461
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53,756,787
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	51,782,512
29	Colombia`COL`South America	51,737,944
30	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	49,383,346
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47,828,382
32	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	47,312,719
33	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	45,477,389
34	Argentina`ARG`South America	45,407,904
35	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	44,070,551
36	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	41,048,766
37	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	40,578,842
38	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38,821,259
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,385,739
40	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	38,222,876
41	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37,329,064
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35,635,029
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34,938,955
44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	34,695,493
45	Peru`PER`South America	33,475,438
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33,149,152
47	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	32,656,246
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	32,175,352
49	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	30,437,261
50	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	30,395,002
51	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29,715,436
52	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28,213,017
53	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27,632,771
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	26,328,845
55	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	26,200,984
56	Niger`NER`Western Africa	25,311,973
57	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,420,111
58	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23,072,640
59	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22,834,965
60	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22,509,038
61	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22,462,173
62	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	20,568,728
63	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	20,152,938
64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	20,034,609
65	Chile`CHL`South America	19,553,036
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19,166,772
67	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	18,455,316
68	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	17,904,421
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17,847,877
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17,823,897
71	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	17,801,897
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	17,651,103
73	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17,201,724
74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	16,069,056
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14,055,137
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13,759,501
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	13,651,030
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	13,321,097
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12,119,334
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	12,077,154
81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,641,820
82	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11,503,606
83	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11,256,263
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11,230,734
85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,059,820
86	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11,021,177
87	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,673,213
88	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10,487,338
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	10,463,872
90	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,417,073
91	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,412,480
92	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10,295,304
93	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	10,242,086
94	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10,203,169
95	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	10,182,222
96	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,684,306
97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,173,237
98	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	9,103,151
99	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9,064,677
100	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8,792,182
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8,276,807
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8,068,616
103	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,559,007
104	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,465,915
105	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7,230,193
106	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	7,223,805
107	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6,955,788
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6,825,864
109	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,791,213
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6,760,464
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6,730,654
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,280,319
113	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	6,035,104
114	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,902,904
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,744,489
116	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,649,885
117	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,569,299
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,473,197
119	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5,456,801
120	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5,373,294
121	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,305,270
122	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5,131,734
123	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5,110,016
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5,098,039
125	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5,081,765
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4,875,637
127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,730,226
128	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4,589,511
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,400,773
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3,907,027
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,794,784
132	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3,409,447
133	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,390,913
134	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3,386,015
135	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,240,968
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,204,802
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,039,985
138	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,892,455
139	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,889,662
140	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,880,874
141	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,839,144
142	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,827,608
143	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,816,919
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,636,470
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,439,892
146	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,430,747
147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,286,110
148	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,115,228
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,105,529
150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,881,063
151	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,840,233
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,803,545
153	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,717,946
154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,533,459
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,495,921
156	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,369,295
157	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,350,091
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,331,370
159	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,276,130
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,218,917
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,137,096
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	919,422
163	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	834,188
164	Guyana`GUY`South America	821,637
165	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	781,066
166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	780,914
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	704,356
168	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	653,313
169	Suriname`SUR`South America	623,164
170	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	614,648
171	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	528,192
172	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	524,106
173	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	519,741
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	455,370
175	Belize`BLZ`Central America	402,733
176	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	397,538
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	380,356
178	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	313,046
179	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	287,123
180	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	282,318
181	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	280,378
182	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	226,305
183	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	215,261
184	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	185,345
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	178,781
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	165,180
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	130,469
188	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	125,522
189	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	116,913
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	112,114
191	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	107,782
192	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	105,042
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	102,046
194	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	92,840
195	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	86,507
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	84,132
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	79,705
198	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	71,591
199	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	66,826
200	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	64,749
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	55,990
202	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	54,011
203	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	48,342
204	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46,709
205	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	46,078
206	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	45,847
207	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	42,139
208	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	40,077
209	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	39,317
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	38,931
211	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	38,319
212	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	37,609
213	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	34,090
214	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	28,870
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,759
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	14,723
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	14,180
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	11,801
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9,992
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,453
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,821
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	506

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India1,425,423,212
2China1,425,179,569
3United States341,534,046
4Indonesia278,830,529
5Pakistan243,700,667

Lowest

222Vatican City506
221Niue1,821
220Montserrat4,453
219Tuvalu9,992
218Nauru11,801

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,505,487. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
179 · 43rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,414,203,896 → 1,425,423,212+11,219,316
Nigeria218,529,286 → 223,150,896+4,621,610
Pakistan239,477,801 → 243,700,667+4,222,866
DR Congo99,148,932 → 102,396,968+3,248,036
Ethiopia122,138,588 → 125,384,287+3,245,699

Fell most

Ukraine44,298,640 → 41,048,766−3,249,874
China1,426,437,267 → 1,425,179,569−1,257,698
Japan125,679,338 → 124,997,578−681,760
Russia145,836,175 → 145,579,899−256,276
Greece10,579,561 → 10,412,480−167,081

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 2022.
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 (2022). Total Population, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2022

0674 held

Other years

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How it has moved, charted by country

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