Population statistics for every country and place
Current population figures for 246 countries and 193,824 towns and cities worldwide, ranked from open official data — with deep coverage of the UK, the US, Spain and Portugal, and a restored 2005 archive for the 20-year view.
7.6B
world · 246 countries
69.3M
United Kingdom · 6,358 places
327M
United States · 51 states
46.7M
Spain · 19 regions
Largest countries by population
| # | Country | Population | Places recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,411,778,724 | 3,398 |
| 2 | India | 1,352,617,328 | 6,998 |
| 3 | United States | 327,167,434 | 21,028 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 267,663,435 | 505 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 212,215,030 | 533 |
| 6 | Brazil | 209,469,333 | 5,639 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 195,874,740 | 485 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 161,356,039 | 153 |
| 9 | Russia | 144,478,050 | 4,988 |
| 10 | Japan | 126,529,100 | 1,972 |
United Kingdom, in depth
The UK gets the fullest treatment: 6,358 places ranked, all 76 official cities, the largest towns, a density map, and year-by-year ONS trends for every local authority since 2001.
| # | Place | County / council | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | Greater London | 8,961,989 |
| 2 | Birmingham | City and Borough of Birmingham | 1,157,603 |
| 3 | Glasgow | Glasgow City | 626,410 |
| 4 | Manchester | Manchester | 568,996 |
| 5 | Sheffield | Sheffield | 556,500 |
| 6 | Leeds | City and Borough of Leeds | 536,280 |
| 7 | Edinburgh | City of Edinburgh | 514,990 |
| 8 | Liverpool | Liverpool | 496,770 |
| 9 | Bristol | City of Bristol | 479,024 |
| 10 | Cardiff | Cardiff | 372,089 |
The 2005 archive
This domain published the World Gazetteer from 2001 to 2013, and its 2005 edition — cited across Wikipedia — is restored here: 237 countries as they were twenty years ago, with a free download.