Total population count (2026)

With 1.5B people in 2026, India leads the world in total population count, followed by China (1.4B people) and United States of America (349M people). The top 5 is rounded off by Indonesia (287.9M people) and Pakistan (259.3M people). Further down, Nigeria (242.4M people) and Brazil (213.6M people) hold the next two spots. Bangladesh (177.8M people), Russian Federation (143.4M people), and Ethiopia (138.9M people) round out the top ten. At the extremes, India is 11× as high as Ethiopia (138.9M people). Five of the top ten are in Asia, with three from Southern. Among these countries, Ethiopia saw the largest year-over-year change at +2.5%.