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World Population Ranking Map In the available data, India has the highest recorded value at 1.5B people (rank #1); Japan ranks #12 at 123.4M people. Coverage: 215 countries and territories. Reference years: India 2025; Japan 2025. Population reflects the accumulated effects of births, deaths and migration.
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Japan 123.4M
Japan, world rank 12 for Population, 123.4M
Fiji: 933.2K Tanzania: 70.5M Western Sahara: No data Canada: 41.7M United States: 341.8M Kazakhstan: 20.8M Uzbekistan: 37.1M Papua New Guinea: 10.8M Indonesia: 285.7M Argentina: 45.9M Chile: 19.9M Democratic Republic of the Congo: 112.8M Somalia: 19.7M Kenya: 57.5M Sudan: 51.7M Chad: 21M Haiti: 11.9M Dominican Republic: 11.5M Russia: 143.5M Bahamas: 403K Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 5.6M Greenland: 56.8K Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 1.4M South Africa: 64.7M Lesotho: 2.4M Mexico: 131.9M Uruguay: 3.4M Brazil: 212.8M Bolivia: 12.6M Peru: 34.6M Colombia: 53.4M Panama: 4.6M Costa Rica: 5.2M Nicaragua: 7M Honduras: 11M El Salvador: 6.4M Guatemala: 18.7M Belize: 422.9K Venezuela: 28.5M Guyana: 836K Suriname: 639.9K France: 68.7M Ecuador: 18.3M Puerto Rico: 3.2M Jamaica: 2.8M Cuba: 10.9M Zimbabwe: 17M Botswana: 2.6M Namibia: 3.1M Senegal: 18.9M Mali: 25.2M Mauritania: 5.3M Benin: 14.8M Niger: 27.9M Nigeria: 237.5M Cameroon: 29.9M Togo: 8.6M Ghana: 35.1M Côte d’Ivoire: 32.7M Guinea: 15.1M Guinea-Bissau: 2.2M Liberia: 5.7M Sierra Leone: 8.8M Burkina Faso: 24.1M Central African Republic: 5.5M Republic of the Congo: 6.5M Gabon: 2.6M Equatorial Guinea: 1.9M Zambia: 21.9M Malawi: 22.2M Mozambique: 35.6M Eswatini: 1.3M Angola: 39M Burundi: 14.4M Israel: 10.1M Lebanon: 5.8M Madagascar: 32.7M Palestine: 5.4M Gambia: 2.8M Tunisia: 12.3M Algeria: 47.4M Jordan: 11.5M United Arab Emirates: 11.5M Qatar: 3M Kuwait: 4.9M Iraq: 47M Oman: 5.5M Vanuatu: 335.2K Cambodia: 17.8M Thailand: 71.6M Laos: 7.9M Myanmar: 54.9M Vietnam: 101.6M North Korea: 26.6M South Korea: 51.7M Mongolia: 3.6M India: 1.5B Bangladesh: 175.7M Bhutan: 796.7K Nepal: 29.6M Pakistan: 255.2M Afghanistan: 43.8M Tajikistan: 10.8M Kyrgyzstan: 7.3M Turkmenistan: 7.6M Iran: 92.4M Syria: 25.6M Armenia: 3.1M Sweden: 10.6M Belarus: 9.1M Ukraine: 39M Poland: 36.4M Austria: 9.2M Hungary: 9.5M Moldova: 2.4M Romania: 19M Lithuania: 2.9M Latvia: 1.8M Estonia: 1.4M Germany: 83.5M Bulgaria: 6.4M Greece: 10.4M Türkiye: 85.9M Albania: 2.3M Croatia: 3.9M Switzerland: 9.1M Luxembourg: 687K Belgium: 11.9M Netherlands: 18.1M Portugal: 10.8M Spain: 49.4M Ireland: 5.5M New Caledonia: 295.3K Solomon Islands: 838.6K New Zealand: 5.3M Australia: 27.6M Sri Lanka: 21.8M China: 1.4B Taiwan: No data Italy: 58.9M Denmark: 6M United Kingdom: 69.5M Iceland: 392.4K Azerbaijan: 10.2M Georgia: 3.9M Philippines: 116.8M Malaysia: 36M Brunei: 466.3K Slovenia: 2.1M Finland: 5.6M Slovakia: 5.4M Czechia: 10.9M Eritrea: 3.6M Japan: 123.4M Paraguay: 7M Yemen: 41.8M Saudi Arabia: 37M Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 1.4M Morocco: 38.4M Egypt: 118.4M Libya: 7.5M Ethiopia: 135.5M Djibouti: 1.2M Somaliland: No data Uganda: 51.4M Rwanda: 14.6M Bosnia and Herzegovina: 3.1M North Macedonia: 1.8M Serbia: 6.5M Montenegro: 623.1K Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 1.4M South Sudan: 12.2M Japan India 1 China 2 United States 3 Indonesia 4 Pakistan 5 Brazil Russia Mexico Ethiopia Egypt Nigeria Philippines Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ PopulationRankings 12/215 123.4M
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #12 for population. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 India 1.5B 2 China 1.4B 3 United States 341.8M 4 Indonesia 285.7M 5 Pakistan 255.2M
215 Tuvalu 9.5K 214 Nauru 12K 213 Palau 17.7K 212 St. Martin (French part) 24.9K 211 San Marino 34.1K 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Population ranking map Compare population by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 215 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 India (1.5B), #2 China (1.4B), #3 United States (341.8M)
Japan’s position World #12 (123.4M)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) All displayed observations use the reference period above. Check the source and definition before interpreting small differences.
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Population Full ranking215 countries #15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 112.8M Profile #85 United Arab Emirates 11.5M Profile #110 Republic of the Congo 6.5M Profile #119 Central African Republic 5.5M Profile #135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.1M Profile #180 Sao Tome and Principe 240.3K Profile #190 U.S. Virgin Islands 103.8K Profile #192 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 99.9K Profile #193 Antigua and Barbuda 94.2K Profile #201 St. Kitts and Nevis 46.9K Profile #202 Turks and Caicos Islands 46.9K Profile #204 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 43.9K Profile #205 Northern Mariana Islands 43.5K Profile #208 British Virgin Islands 39.7K Profile #212 St. Martin (French part) 24.9K Profile