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Population size determines the potential manpower pool available for military service and defense industries. While technology has reduced the importance of raw numbers, larger populations still provide strategic depth and greater mobilization capacity during extended conflicts.

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🇨🇳 China
Leading Country
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216
Countries Ranked
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45.4%
Top 5 Share

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# Country Population
1 🇨🇳 China 1,420,192,199
2 🇮🇳 India 1,407,492,911
3 🇺🇸 United States 332,304,762
4 🇨🇳 Ex-USSR 286,730,819
5 🇮🇩 Indonesia 279,418,046
6 🇵🇰 Pakistan 229,551,955
7 🇳🇬 Nigeria 216,346,261
8 🇧🇷 Brazil 215,689,699
9 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 168,017,589
10 🇷🇺 Russia 143,804,972
11 🇲🇽 Mexico 131,693,599
12 🇯🇵 Japan 125,182,872
13 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 120,682,710
14 🇵🇭 Philippines 112,516,833
15 🇪🇬 Egypt 106,256,587
16 🇻🇳 Vietnam 99,152,987
17 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic 95,020,348
18 🇹🇷 Turkey 86,437,666
19 🇮🇷 Iran 86,199,009
20 🇩🇪 Germany 83,611,450
21 🇹🇭 Thailand 70,186,113
22 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 67,980,913
23 🇫🇷 France 67,698,605
24 🇹🇿 Tanzania 63,129,521
25 🇿🇦 South Africa 60,835,831
26 🇮🇹 Italy 58,828,028
27 🇰🇪 Kenya 56,142,057
28 🇲🇲 Myanmar 55,100,185
29 🇨🇴 Colombia 52,167,067
30 🇰🇷 South Korea 52,024,636
31 🇺🇬 Uganda 48,778,061
32 🇪🇸 Spain 47,873,207
33 🇦🇷 Argentina 46,262,829
34 🇸🇩 Sudan 45,881,124
35 🇩🇿 Algeria 45,486,083
36 🇺🇦 Ukraine 43,662,555
37 🇮🇶 Iraq 42,005,343
38 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 40,683,694
39 🇨🇦 Canada 38,967,455
40 🇵🇱 Poland 37,932,142
41 🇲🇦 Morocco 37,795,181
42 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 35,945,430
43 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 35,476,677
44 🇦🇴 Angola 34,907,095
45 🇵🇪 Peru 33,978,282
46 🇲🇾 Malaysia 33,205,917
47 🇲🇿 Mozambique 33,000,322
48 🇬🇭 Ghana 32,375,549
49 🇾🇪 Yemen 31,153,355
50 🇳🇵 Nepal 30,152,340
51 🇲🇬 Madagascar 29,109,702
52 🇨🇲 Cameroon 27,868,973
53 🇻🇪 Venezuela 27,855,980
54 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 27,677,202
55 🇦🇺 Australia 26,404,128
56 🇰🇵 North Korea 26,010,329
57 🇳🇪 Niger 25,952,015
58 🇹🇼 Taiwan 23,570,000
59 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 22,213,111
60 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 22,047,234
61 🇲🇱 Mali 21,414,484
62 🇲🇼 Malawi 20,107,651
63 🇨🇱 Chile 19,532,234
64 🇿🇲 Zambia 19,408,191
65 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 19,232,287
66 🇷🇴 Romania 19,089,022
67 🇪🇨 Ecuador 18,210,495
68 🇸🇾 Syria 17,865,850
69 🇳🇱 Netherlands 17,648,685
70 🇸🇳 Senegal 17,629,165
71 🇬🇹 Guatemala 17,371,423
72 🇹🇩 Chad 17,368,168
73 🇰🇭 Cambodia 17,190,722
74 🇸🇴 Somalia 16,767,797
75 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 15,282,667
76 🇬🇳 Guinea 13,845,748
77 🇷🇼 Rwanda 13,600,622
78 🇧🇯 Benin 12,757,255
79 🇧🇮 Burundi 12,602,035
80 🇹🇳 Tunisia 12,074,280
81 🇧🇴 Bolivia 11,993,071
82 🇭🇹 Haiti 11,682,390
83 🇧🇪 Belgium 11,679,351
84 🇸🇸 South Sudan 11,392,088
85 🇨🇺 Cuba 11,317,155
86 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 11,070,287
87 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 10,768,311
88 🇬🇷 Greece 10,692,381
89 🇸🇪 Sweden 10,544,293
90 🇯🇴 Jordan 10,467,879
91 🇵🇹 Portugal 10,315,151
92 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 10,250,499
93 🇭🇳 Honduras 10,221,678
94 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 10,156,075
95 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 9,975,406
96 🇭🇺 Hungary 9,724,184
97 🇮🇱 Israel 9,552,089
98 🇧🇾 Belarus 9,325,213
99 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 9,286,812
100 🇦🇹 Austria 8,995,940
101 🇨🇭 Switzerland 8,759,998
102 🇹🇬 Togo 8,666,511
103 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 8,303,068
104 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 7,532,111
105 🇱🇦 Laos 7,490,253
106 🇵🇾 Paraguay 7,309,338
107 🇱🇾 Libya 7,064,668
108 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 6,856,044
109 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 6,840,593
110 🇷🇸 Serbia 6,833,371
111 🇱🇧 Lebanon 6,816,817
112 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 6,784,110
113 🇸🇻 El Salvador 6,551,611
114 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 6,212,846
115 🇩🇰 Denmark 5,873,515
116 🇨🇬 Congo 5,790,398
117 🇸🇬 Singapore 5,734,208
118 🇫🇮 Finland 5,545,786
119 🇸🇰 Slovakia 5,471,555
120 🇳🇴 Norway 5,447,553
121 🇴🇲 Oman 5,394,869
122 🇱🇷 Liberia 5,295,223
123 🇳🇿 New Zealand 5,265,844
124 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 5,189,742
125 🇮🇪 Ireland 5,120,453
126 🇵🇸 Palestine 5,036,203
127 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 4,988,112
128 🇲🇷 Mauritania 4,894,921
129 🇵🇦 Panama 4,453,181
130 🇰🇼 Kuwait 4,410,295
131 🇭🇷 Croatia 3,999,283
132 🇪🇷 Eritrea 3,721,111
133 🇬🇪 Georgia 3,703,593
134 🇺🇾 Uruguay 3,498,354
135 🇲🇳 Mongolia 3,387,431
136 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,235,013
137 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 3,135,926
138 🇯🇲 Jamaica 2,987,848
139 🇶🇦 Qatar 2,983,667
140 🇦🇲 Armenia 2,975,262
141 🇦🇱 Albania 2,812,325
142 🇱🇹 Lithuania 2,777,440
143 🇳🇦 Namibia 2,633,252
144 🇬🇲 Gambia 2,552,305
145 🇲🇩 Moldova 2,531,405
146 🇧🇼 Botswana 2,449,278
147 🇬🇦 Gabon 2,332,731
148 🇱🇸 Lesotho 2,176,103
149 🇸🇮 Slovenia 2,123,865
150 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 2,070,426
151 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 2,061,385
152 🇱🇻 Latvia 1,874,917
153 🇧🇭 Bahrain 1,837,856
154 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 1,496,981
155 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 1,409,566
156 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 1,368,679
157 🇪🇪 Estonia 1,340,161
158 🇲🇺 Mauritius 1,266,387
159 🇨🇾 Cyprus 1,225,694
160 🇸🇿 Eswatini 1,183,841
161 🇩🇯 Djibouti 1,017,207
162 🇫🇯 Fiji 909,199
163 🇰🇲 Comoros 906,777
164 🇬🇾 Guyana 794,116
165 🇧🇹 Bhutan 788,928
166 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 720,817
167 🇲🇴 Macao 667,140
168 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 656,357
169 🇲🇪 Montenegro 620,524
170 🇸🇷 Suriname 597,354
171 🇲🇻 Maldives 568,441
172 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 568,280
173 🇲🇹 Malta 564,297
174 🇧🇳 Brunei 446,103
175 🇧🇿 Belize 412,180
176 🇧🇸 Bahamas 400,896
177 🇮🇸 Iceland 381,226
178 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 321,598
179 🇧🇧 Barbados 288,123
180 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 284,113
181 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 273,267
182 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 227,237
183 🇼🇸 Samoa 200,527
184 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 185,397
185 🇬🇺 Guam 171,789
186 🇨🇼 Curaçao 151,280
187 🇰🇮 Kiribati 122,999
188 🇫🇲 Micronesia 117,397
189 🇬🇩 Grenada 113,606
190 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 111,691
191 🇹🇴 Tonga 108,172
192 🇦🇼 Aruba 107,697
193 🇻🇮 US Virgin Islands 105,613
194 🇸🇨 Seychelles 100,193
195 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 99,589
196 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 85,984
197 🇦🇩 Andorra 77,469
198 🇩🇲 Dominica 72,349
199 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 67,275
200 🇧🇲 Bermuda 63,911
201 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 59,961
202 🇬🇱 Greenland 56,568
203 🇦🇸 American Samoa 54,922
204 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 53,957
205 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 49,228
206 🇲🇨 Monaco 39,810
207 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 39,780
208 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 38,358
209 🇸🇲 San Marino 34,108
210 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 33,668
211 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 30,682
212 🇵🇼 Palau 18,278
213 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 12,077
214 🇳🇷 Nauru 11,001
215 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 2,000
216 🇻🇦 Vatican 825
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