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Most populated countries

The most populated country is India (1.5 billion), ahead of China (1.4 billion) and United States (340 million). The table shows the top 30 with flag, capital and continent. It counts the 195 independent countries; area from mledoze/countries, population from the World Bank (2024).

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The top 30

#CountryCapitalContinentPopulationArea
1IndiaNew DelhiAsia1.5 billion3,287,590 km²
2ChinaBeijingAsia1.4 billion9,706,961 km²
3United StatesWashington, D.C.North America340 million9,372,610 km²
4IndonesiaJakartaAsia283.5 million1,904,569 km²
5PakistanIslamabadAsia251.3 million881,912 km²
6NigeriaAbujaAfrica232.7 million923,768 km²
7BrazilBrasíliaSouth America212 million8,515,767 km²
8BangladeshDhakaAsia173.6 million147,570 km²
9RussiaMoscowEurope143.7 million17,098,242 km²
10EthiopiaAddis AbabaAfrica132.1 million1,104,300 km²
11MexicoMexico CityNorth America130.9 million1,964,375 km²
12JapanTokyoAsia124 million377,930 km²
13EgyptCairoAfrica116.5 million1,002,450 km²
14PhilippinesManilaAsia115.8 million342,353 km²
15DR CongoKinshasaAfrica109.3 million2,344,858 km²
16VietnamHanoiAsia101 million331,212 km²
17IranTehranAsia91.6 million1,648,195 km²
18TurkeyAnkaraAsia85.5 million783,562 km²
19GermanyBerlinEurope83.5 million357,114 km²
20ThailandBangkokAsia71.7 million513,120 km²
21United KingdomLondonEurope69.3 million242,900 km²
22TanzaniaDodomaAfrica68.6 million945,087 km²
23FranceParisEurope68.6 million551,695 km²
24South AfricaPretoria, Cape Town and BloemfonteinAfrica64 million1,221,037 km²
25ItalyRomeEurope59 million301,336 km²
26KenyaNairobiAfrica56.4 million580,367 km²
27MyanmarNaypyidawAsia54.5 million676,578 km²
28ColombiaBogotáSouth America52.9 million1,141,748 km²
29South KoreaSeoulAsia51.8 million100,210 km²
30SudanKhartoumAfrica50.4 million1,886,068 km²

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