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Least Populated Countries in the World (2026)

The smallest countries and territories by number of residents, based on the UN World Population Prospects.

Criteria
Countries and territories ordered by total mid-year population, smallest first. Uninhabited territories are excluded.
Reference year
2026
Source
UN World Population Prospects
Least Populated Countries in the World, Population
#CountryPopulation
1Vatican517
2Niue1,841
3Tokelau2,715
4Falkland Islands3,490
5Montserrat4,352
6Saint Helena5,169
7Saint Pierre and Miquelon5,537
8Tuvalu9,386
9Wallis and Futuna11,138
10Saint Barthelemy11,572
11Nauru12,125
12Cook Islands12,851
13Anguilla14,846
14Palau17,642
15Saint Martin23,923
16Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba 31,932
17San Marino33,632
18Marshall Islands35,101
19Monaco38,108
20British Virgin Islands39,960
21Liechtenstein40,388
22Gibraltar40,888
23Northern Mariana Islands42,933
24Sint Maarten44,473
25American Samoa45,342
26Saint Kitts and Nevis47,017
27Turks and Caicos Islands47,170
28Greenland55,650
29Faroe Islands56,554
30Bermuda64,476
31Guernsey64,637
32Dominica65,530
33Cayman Islands77,217
34U.S. Virgin Islands83,412
35Andorra83,774
36Isle of Man84,075
37Antigua and Barbuda94,631
38Saint Vincent and the Grenadines99,254
39Tonga103,306
40Jersey104,118
41Aruba108,172
42Micronesia114,195
43Grenada117,373
44Seychelles134,980
45Kiribati138,456
46Guam170,199
47Saint Lucia180,496
48Curacao185,457
49Samoa220,541
50Sao Tome and Principe245,000
51Barbados282,728
52French Polynesia283,086
53New Caledonia297,893
54French Guiana318,881
55Martinique337,716
56Vanuatu342,575
57Mayotte347,544
58Guadeloupe372,458
59Iceland402,332
60Bahamas404,634
61Belize428,658
62Brunei469,780
63Cabo Verde529,641
64Maldives531,516
65Malta549,013
66Western Sahara610,822
67Montenegro626,242
68Suriname645,265
69Luxembourg687,442
70Macao723,196
71Bhutan802,219
72Guyana840,888
73Solomon Islands858,292
74Reunion886,294
75Comoros899,015
76Fiji937,283
77Djibouti1,199,458
78Mauritius1,265,062
79Eswatini1,269,863
80Estonia1,331,063
81Cyprus1,382,337
82Timor Leste1,436,937
83Trinidad and Tobago1,513,272
84Bahrain1,675,573
85North Macedonia1,804,062
86Latvia1,835,932
87Equatorial Guinea1,984,472
88Slovenia2,114,570
89Guinea-Bissau2,297,814
90Lesotho2,389,341
91Botswana2,603,392
92Gabon2,647,400
93Albania2,751,025
94Lithuania2,797,337
95Jamaica2,833,408
96Gambia2,884,086
97Armenia2,930,918
98Moldova2,961,261
99Bosnia and Herzegovina3,114,247
100Namibia3,153,248
101Qatar3,173,568
102Puerto Rico3,222,687
103Uruguay3,382,539
104Mongolia3,556,796
105Eritrea3,682,667
106Georgia3,804,644
107Croatia3,822,346
108Panama4,625,719
109Kuwait5,102,771
110Costa Rica5,174,781
111New Zealand5,287,477
112Ireland5,356,945
113Slovakia5,451,343
114Mauritania5,461,321
115Finland5,621,731
116Norway5,652,986
117Oman5,671,455
118Palestinian Territory5,692,792
119Central African Republic5,698,990
120Liberia5,853,953
121Lebanon5,897,462
122Singapore5,905,748
123Denmark6,023,518
124El Salvador6,391,255
125Republic of the Congo6,637,786
126Serbia6,641,963
127Bulgaria6,667,663
128Paraguay7,095,273
129Nicaragua7,097,332
130Hong Kong7,378,600
131Kyrgyzstan7,400,471
132Libya7,539,848
133Turkmenistan7,736,632
134Laos7,974,024
135Togo8,780,004
136Belarus8,937,018
137Sierra Leone8,996,749
138Switzerland9,007,794
139Austria9,107,265
140Hungary9,585,819
141Israel9,647,689
142Greece9,897,119
143Portugal10,395,366
144Azerbaijan10,454,854
145Czechia10,527,784
146Sweden10,701,038
147Cuba10,892,659
148Papua New Guinea10,947,852
149Tajikistan10,978,600
150Honduras11,184,761
151United Arab Emirates11,574,684
152Jordan11,589,538
153Dominican Republic11,609,499
154Belgium11,774,647
155Haiti12,037,515
156Tunisia12,415,143
157South Sudan12,436,040
158Bolivia12,749,296
159Burundi14,729,163
160Rwanda14,889,701
161Benin15,170,419
162Guinea15,441,991
163Zimbabwe17,273,584
164Cambodia18,051,219
165Ecuador18,444,504
166The Netherlands18,448,770
167Romania18,800,600
168Guatemala18,967,983
169Senegal19,366,551
170Chile19,945,850
171Somalia20,305,912
172Kazakhstan21,083,624
173Chad21,560,385
174Zambia22,521,912
175Malawi22,785,535
176Taiwan23,011,292
177Sri Lanka23,348,314
178Burkina Faso24,601,699
179Mali25,932,277
180Syria26,472,496
181North Korea26,633,693
182Australia27,227,097
183Venezuela28,633,721
184Niger28,814,878
185Nepal29,629,406
186Cameroon30,640,815
187Ivory Coast33,494,339
188Madagascar33,522,055
189Peru34,922,145
190Saudi Arabia35,165,789
191Ghana35,697,559
192Malaysia36,385,116
193Mozambique36,639,855
194Uzbekistan37,724,225
195Poland37,843,196
196Morocco38,762,441
197Ukraine39,535,851
198Angola40,215,180
199Canada40,467,724
200Yemen42,961,661
201Afghanistan45,047,067
202Argentina46,003,732
203Spain47,850,792
204Iraq48,007,435
205Algeria48,028,337
206South Korea51,600,389
207Uganda52,761,469
208Sudan53,282,716
209Colombia53,936,231
210Myanmar55,184,826
211Kenya58,636,406
212Italy58,926,166
213South Africa65,453,083
214France66,746,398
215United Kingdom69,931,528
216Thailand71,559,619
217Tanzania72,563,778
218Germany83,644,257
219Turkey87,926,083
220Iran93,168,492
221Vietnam102,177,434
222Democratic Republic of the Congo116,452,162
223Philippines117,724,473
224Egypt120,101,178
225Japan122,427,730
226Mexico132,997,658
227Ethiopia138,902,185
228Russia143,394,457
229Bangladesh177,818,039
230Brazil213,562,666
231Nigeria242,431,835
232Pakistan259,299,792
233Indonesia287,886,782
234United States349,035,484
235China1,412,914,090
236India1,476,625,571

Countries without a reported value are left out rather than estimated. Download the full dataset (CSV) or read the methodology.

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