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Countries ranked by Population, total (2024)

SP.POP.TOTL📂 Climate Change🌍 48 countries
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🌍 Global Average:26.90M(2024)
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Top 30 Countries — Population, total

Full Rankings — 2024

48 countries
RankCountryValueYear
🥇🇳🇬Nigeria232.68M2024Chart →
🥈🇪🇹Ethiopia132.06M2024Chart →
🥉🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.109.28M2024Chart →
#4🇹🇿Tanzania68.56M2024Chart →
#5🇿🇦South Africa64.01M2024Chart →
#6🇰🇪Kenya56.43M2024Chart →
#7🇸🇩Sudan50.45M2024Chart →
#8🇺🇬Uganda50.02M2024Chart →
#9🇦🇴Angola37.89M2024Chart →
#10🇲🇿Mozambique34.63M2024Chart →
#11🇬🇭Ghana34.43M2024Chart →
#12🇲🇬Madagascar31.96M2024Chart →
#13🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire31.93M2024Chart →
#14🇨🇲Cameroon29.12M2024Chart →
#15🇳🇪Niger27.03M2024Chart →
#16🇲🇱Mali24.48M2024Chart →
#17🇧🇫Burkina Faso23.55M2024Chart →
#18🇲🇼Malawi21.66M2024Chart →
#19🇿🇲Zambia21.31M2024Chart →
#20🇹🇩Chad20.30M2024Chart →
#21🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.19.01M2024Chart →
#22🇸🇳Senegal18.50M2024Chart →
#23🇿🇼Zimbabwe16.63M2024Chart →
#24🇬🇳Guinea14.75M2024Chart →
#25🇧🇯Benin14.46M2024Chart →
#26🇷🇼Rwanda14.26M2024Chart →
#27🇧🇮Burundi14.05M2024Chart →
#28🇸🇸South Sudan11.94M2024Chart →
#29🇹🇬Togo9.52M2024Chart →
#30🇸🇱Sierra Leone8.64M2024Chart →
#31🇨🇬Congo, Rep.6.33M2024Chart →
#32🇱🇷Liberia5.61M2024Chart →
#33🇨🇫Central African Republic5.33M2024Chart →
#34🇲🇷Mauritania5.17M2024Chart →
#35🇪🇷Eritrea3.54M2024Chart →
#36🇳🇦Namibia3.03M2024Chart →
#37🇬🇲Gambia, The2.76M2024Chart →
#38🇬🇦Gabon2.54M2024Chart →
#39🇧🇼Botswana2.52M2024Chart →
#40🇱🇸Lesotho2.34M2024Chart →
#41🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau2.20M2024Chart →
#42🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea1.89M2024Chart →
#43🇲🇺Mauritius1.25M2024Chart →
#44🇸🇿Eswatini1.24M2024Chart →
#45🇰🇲Comoros866.6K2024Chart →
#46🇨🇻Cabo Verde524.9K2024Chart →
#47🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe235.5K2024Chart →
#48🇸🇨Seychelles121.4K2024Chart →
Population Ranking 2024: India #1 at 1.45B