Comparable country indicators
Country ranking by population for 2025
Country ranking by “Population” for 2025. The table covers 53 countries with a published value; another 2 in the world catalogue have no value for this year. Russia’s population is from Rosstat (the agency publishes the series in millions of people; the table shows headcount in persons). For other countries — their national statistical offices or Eurostat.
Full country ranking
| Rank | Country | Persons | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1,463,865,525 | 2025 |
| 2 | China | 1,405,079,906 | 2025 |
| 3 | United States | 341,784,857 | 2025 |
| 4 | Brazil | 213,421,037 | 2025 |
| 5 | Russia | 146,120,000 | 2025 |
| 6 | Mexico | 133,367,428 | 2025 |
| 7 | Japan | 123,290,921 | 2025 |
| 8 | Türkiye | 85,664,944 | 2025 |
| 9 | Germany | 83,577,140 | 2025 |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 69,487,000 | 2025 |
| 11 | France | 68,882,600 | 2025 |
| 12 | South Africa | 63,101,000 | 2025 |
| 13 | Italy | 58,943,464 | 2025 |
| 14 | South Korea | 51,684,564 | 2025 |
| 15 | Spain | 49,128,297 | 2025 |
| 16 | Canada | 41,575,585 | October 2025 |
| 17 | Poland | 36,497,495 | 2025 |
| 18 | Australia | 27,801,000 | October 2025 |
| 19 | Romania | 19,043,151 | 2025 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 18,044,027 | 2025 |
| 21 | Belgium | 11,883,495 | 2025 |
| 22 | Czechia | 10,909,500 | 2025 |
| 23 | Portugal | 10,749,635 | 2025 |
| 24 | Sweden | 10,587,710 | 2025 |
| 25 | Greece | 10,372,335 | 2025 |
| 26 | Azerbaijan | 10,224,889 | 2025 |
| 27 | Israel | 10,123,142 | 2025 |
| 28 | Hungary | 9,539,502 | 2025 |
| 29 | Austria | 9,197,213 | 2025 |
| 30 | Switzerland | 9,051,029 | 2025 |
| 31 | Serbia | 6,567,783 | 2025 |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 6,437,360 | 2025 |
| 33 | Denmark | 5,992,734 | 2025 |
| 34 | Finland | 5,635,971 | 2025 |
| 35 | Norway | 5,594,340 | 2025 |
| 36 | Ireland | 5,440,278 | 2025 |
| 37 | Slovakia | 5,419,451 | 2025 |
| 38 | New Zealand | 5,323,500 | 2025 |
| 39 | Croatia | 3,874,350 | 2025 |
| 40 | Georgia | 3,704,506 | 2025 |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,445,144 | 2025 |
| 42 | Lithuania | 2,890,664 | 2025 |
| 43 | Moldova | 2,415,549 | 2025 |
| 44 | Albania | 2,363,314 | 2025 |
| 45 | Slovenia | 2,130,850 | 2025 |
| 46 | Latvia | 1,860,565 | 2025 |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 1,822,612 | 2025 |
| 48 | Estonia | 1,369,995 | 2025 |
| 49 | Cyprus | 982,966 | 2025 |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 681,973 | 2025 |
| 51 | Montenegro | 623,327 | 2025 |
| 52 | Malta | 574,250 | 2025 |
| 53 | Iceland | 389,444 | 2025 |
Countries without data for 2025
These countries have no published value for the selected indicator in 2025.
Other ranking indicators
- Harmonised index of consumer prices
- Unemployment rate
- General government budget balance
- General government gross debt
- Population
- Long-term government bond yield
- Economic activity rate
- GDP per capita relative to the EU average
- Gross domestic product at current prices
- Gross domestic product per capita at current prices
Other years
Data source
International Monetary Fund, U.S. Census Bureau, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Rosstat, Eurostat, Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Australian Bureau of Statistics. Units: persons. For each calendar year the last published value within the year is used.
Data as of October 2025