Top 10 Countries in the World by Most Population 2023

Countries in the World by Most Population 2023
Countries with the Most People China, India, the United States (US), the island nation of Indonesia, and also Pakistan will be the five most populous countries in 2023.

Countries’ fertility rates are sometimes stylized as reproductive health. African countries continue to dominate the top fifty countries list with the highest birth rates.

There are even more African countries in the top forty, with the exceptions of Afghanistan (22), the Solomon Islands (28), Timor-Leste (38), and the Marshall Islands (40). Niger, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Chad, and Angola have the highest birth rates.

Global Population 2023

According to the global population index, the world population reached 8 billion on November 15, 2022. The World Population Review says that by 2023, Russia, Canada, the USA, China, Brazil, and Australia countries which are larger than India. India could pass China as the country with the most people.

However, there are approximately 50,000 people between them. China has released the census of its citizens, and the population of China is estimated to be around 17 million.

So the world population is continuously increasing. On World Population Day, this world population prospects 2023 report was released.

So this is all about the most populous country on the planet.

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World by Most Population Country 2023 Overview 

Sr. No	Country	Population	Net Change	Density (P/Km²)	Land Area (Km²)	Urban Pop %
1	China	1,439,323,776	5,540,090	153	9,388,211	61 %
2	India	1,380,004,385	13,586,631	464	2,973,190	35 %
3	United States	331,002,651	1,937,734	36	9,147,420	83 %
4	Indonesia	273,523,615	2,898,047	151	1,811,570	56 %
5	Pakistan	220,892,340	4,327,022	287	770,880	35 %
6	Brazil	212,559,417	1,509,890	25	8,358,140	88 %
7	Nigeria	206,139,589	5,175,990	226	910,770	52 %
8	Bangladesh	164,689,383	1,643,222	1,265	130,170	39 %
9	Russia	145,934,462	62,206	9	16,376,870	74 %
10	Mexico	128,932,753	1,357,224	66	1,943,950	84 %
11	Japan	126,476,461	-383,840	347	364,555	92 %
12	Ethiopia	114,963,588	2,884,858	115	1,000,000	21 %
13	Philippines	109,581,078	1,464,463	368	298,170	47 %
14	Egypt	102,334,404	1,946,331	103	995,450	43 %
15	Vietnam	97,338,579	876,473	314	310,070	38 %
16	DR Congo	89,561,403	2,770,836	40	2,267,050	46 %
17	Turkey	84,339,067	909,452	110	769,630	76 %
18	Iran	83,992,949	1,079,043	52	1,628,550	76 %
19	Germany	83,783,942	266,897	240	348,560	76 %
20	Thailand	69,799,978	174,396	137	510,890	51 %
21	United Kingdom	67,886,011	355,839	281	241,930	83 %
22	France	65,273,511	143,783	119	547,557	82 %
23	Italy	60,461,826	-88,249	206	294,140	69 %
24	Tanzania	59,734,218	1,728,755	67	885,800	37 %
25	South Africa	59,308,690	750,420	49	1,213,090	67 %
26	Myanmar	54,409,800	364,380	83	653,290	31 %
27	Kenya	53,771,296	1,197,323	94	569,140	28 %
28	South Korea	51,269,185	43,877	527	97,230	82 %
29	Colombia	50,882,891	543,448	46	1,109,500	80 %
30	Spain	46,754,778	18,002	94	498,800	80 %
31	Uganda	45,741,007	1,471,413	229	199,810	26 %
32	Argentina	45,195,774	415,097	17	2,736,690	93 %
33	Algeria	43,851,044	797,990	18	2,381,740	73 %
34	Sudan	43,849,260	1,036,022	25	1,765,048	35 %
35	Ukraine	43,733,762	-259,876	75	579,320	69 %
36	Iraq	40,222,493	912,710	93	434,320	73 %
37	Afghanistan	38,928,346	886,592	60	652,860	25 %
38	Poland	37,846,611	-41,157	124	306,230	60 %
39	Canada	37,742,154	331,107	4	9,093,510	81 %
40	Morocco	36,910,560	438,791	83	446,300	64 %
41	Saudi Arabia	34,813,871	545,343	16	2,149,690	84 %
42	Uzbekistan	33,469,203	487,487	79	425,400	50 %
43	Peru	32,971,854	461,401	26	1,280,000	79 %
44	Angola	32,866,272	1,040,977	26	1,246,700	67 %
45	Malaysia	32,365,999	416,222	99	328,550	78 %
46	Mozambique	31,255,435	889,399	40	786,380	38 %
47	Ghana	31,072,940	655,084	137	227,540	57 %
48	Yemen	29,825,964	664,042	56	527,970	38 %
49	Nepal	29,136,808	528,098	203	143,350	21 %
50	Venezuela	28,435,940	-79,889	32	882,050	N.A.

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World’s Most Populated Country 2023 Overview 

The Countries with the Fewest People: The island nations of the Caribbean and the Southern Pacific Ocean (Oceania) are among the smallest countries in the world in terms of population.

• Vatican City, an enclave in the Italian city of Rome
• Tuvalu is one of the Island country in the Polynesian part of the Pacific Ocean
• Nauru is a most tiny island country in Micronesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
• Palau is a Micronesian group of islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
• San Marino, a small country that forms an enclave in Italy, is one of the world’s five smallest countries.