Total Population

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