As we explore the global landscape, we delve into a realm less occupied, the world’s least populated countries. Filled with unique charm, these countries, despite their size and population, offer much more than meets the eye. With their rich histories, culture, and pristine environments, they hold a significant place globally.
Heading into our list of the top 10 least populated countries in the world, we traverse the expanse of islands, microstates, and isolated territories. Claiming the spot for the least populated country in the world is the tiny island nation of Nauru, located in Micronesia, northeastern Australia. With only 10.9k inhabitants, it offers an unique tranquility. Second on our list is Palau, another Pacific island nation, with a population of 18.2k. Renowned for its marine diversity and spectacular landscapes, the country attracts tourists despite its remote location and small size. Occupying the third spot is the British Virgin Islands, a British overseas territory, hosting around 30.4k people. Known for its pristine beaches and idyllic landscapes, it embodies the allure of secluded tropical havens. Then we have the enclaved micro states in Europe, such as San Marino (34.0k) and Liechtenstein (38.3k). Despite their small size and population, these micro states are distinguished for their rich history, vibrant culture, and high living standards. Falling next on the list are the Turks and Caicos Islands (39.2k), a paradisiacal Atlantic archipelago, and Monaco (39.5k), a wealthy city-state known for its lavish lifestyle and iconic Monte Carlo Casino. Further along, we find the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory hosting around 57.9k people, followed by the Marshall Islands in the Pacific, home to approximately 59.6k people. Rounding out our top ten is Bermuda, a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean, with a population of about 63.9k, notable for its stunning beaches and iconic shorts. Top 10 Least Populated Countries:
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
39.8M
#160
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
2.8M
#62
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
44.6M
#163
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
77.4 K
#13
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
33.9M
#154
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
98.7 K
#15
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
45.8M
#165
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
3.0M
#64
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
107.2 K
#17
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
25.7M
#142
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
9.0M
#100
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
10.1M
#108
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
396.9 K
#27
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.7M
#49
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
166.3M
#189
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
287.7 K
#24
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
9.3M
#102
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
11.6M
#118
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
404.9 K
#28
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
12.5M
#122
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
63.9 K
#10
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
779.9 K
#37
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
11.8M
#119
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
3.3M
#66
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
2.4M
#57
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
214.0M
#191
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
30.4 K
#3
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
441.5 K
#29
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
6.9M
#92
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
21.5M
#139
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
12.3M
#121
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
16.9M
#128
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
27.2M
#145
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
38.2M
#159
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
66.5 K
#11
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
4.9M
#75
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
16.9M
#127
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
19.2M
#136
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.412B
#196
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
51.3M
#168
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
888.5 K
#39
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
5.1M
#78
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
3.9M
#71
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
11.3M
#115
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
152.4 K
#20
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.2M
#43
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
10.7M
#113
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
92.4M
#181
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
5.9M
#85
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.0M
#41
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
72.2 K
#12
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
11.0M
#114
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
17.9M
#132
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
104.3M
#183
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
6.5M
#87
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.4M
#48
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.3M
#45
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.2M
#42
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
117.9M
#185
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
902.9 K
#40
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
5.5M
#83
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
67.5M
#176
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
2.3M
#56
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
2.5M
#58
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
3.7M
#70
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
83.1M
#178
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
31.7M
#150
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
10.7M
#112
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
113.0 K
#18
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
170.2 K
#21
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
17.1M
#129
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
13.5M
#124
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
2.0M
#52
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
790.3 K
#38
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
11.5M
#117
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
10.1M
#107
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
7.4M
#96
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
9.7M
#104
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
372.3 K
#26
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.393B
#195
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
276.4M
#193
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
85.0M
#179
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
41.2M
#161
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
5.0M
#76
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
85.4 K
#14
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
9.4M
#103
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
59.1M
#172
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
27.1M
#144
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
3.0M
#65
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
125.7M
#186
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
10.3M
#109
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
19.0M
#134
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
55.0M
#171
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.8M
#50
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
4.3M
#72
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
6.7M
#88
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
7.4M
#95
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.9M
#51
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
6.8M
#90
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
2.2M
#55
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
5.2M
#79
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
7.0M
#93
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
38.3 K
#5
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
2.8M
#61
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
639.1 K
#34
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
658.4 K
#35
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
28.4M
#146
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
19.6M
#137
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
32.8M
#152
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
543.6 K
#31
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
20.9M
#138
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
516.9 K
#30
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
59.6 K
#9
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
4.8M
#74
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.3M
#44
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
130.3M
#187
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
116.3 K
#19
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
2.6M
#59
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
39.5 K
#7
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
3.3M
#68
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
620.2 K
#33
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
37.3M
#157
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
32.2M
#151
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
54.8M
#170
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
2.6M
#60
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
10.9 K
#1
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
29.7M
#148
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
17.5M
#131
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
272.6 K
#23
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
5.1M
#77
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
6.7M
#89
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
25.1M
#141
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
211.4M
#190
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
25.9M
#143
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
2.1M
#53
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
57.9 K
#8
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
5.4M
#81
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
5.2M
#80
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
225.2M
#192
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
18.2 K
#2
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
4.4M
#73
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
9.1M
#101
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
7.2M
#94
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
33.4M
#153
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
111.0M
#184
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
37.8M
#158
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
10.3M
#110
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
3.3M
#67
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
2.9M
#63
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
5.7M
#84
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
19.1M
#135
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
143.4M
#188
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
13.3M
#123
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
34.0 K
#4
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
223.4 K
#22
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
35.3M
#156
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
17.2M
#130
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
6.8M
#91
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
99.2 K
#16
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
8.1M
#97
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
5.5M
#82
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
2.1M
#54
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
704.0 K
#36
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
16.4M
#126
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
60.0M
#173
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
51.7M
#169
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
11.4M
#116
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
47.3M
#167
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
22.2M
#140
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
44.9M
#164
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
591.8 K
#32
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
10.4M
#111
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
8.7M
#99
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
9.7M
#105
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
61.5M
#174
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
70.0M
#177
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.3M
#46
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
8.5M
#98
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
1.4M
#47
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
11.9M
#120
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
85.0M
#180
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
6.1M
#86
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
39.2 K
#6
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
47.1M
#166
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
43.8M
#162
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
10.0M
#106
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
67.3M
#175
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
331.9M
#194
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
3.5M
#69
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
34.9M
#155
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
314.5 K
#25
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
28.7M
#147
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
98.2M
#182
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
30.5M
#149
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
18.9M
#133
Metric
Value
Rank
Population
15.1M
#125
Region ↕ | Population ↕ |
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Afghanistan | 39.8M |
Albania | 2.8M |
Algeria | 44.6M |
Andorra | 77.4 K |
Angola | 33.9M |
Antigua and Barbuda | 98.7 K |
Argentina | 45.8M |
Armenia | 3.0M |
Aruba | 107.2 K |
Australia | 25.7M |
Austria | 9.0M |
Azerbaijan | 10.1M |
Bahamas | 396.9 K |
Bahrain | 1.7M |
Bangladesh | 166.3M |
Barbados | 287.7 K |
Belarus | 9.3M |
Belgium | 11.6M |
Belize | 404.9 K |
Benin | 12.5M |
Bermuda | 63.9 K |
Bhutan | 779.9 K |
Bolivia | 11.8M |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.3M |
Botswana | 2.4M |
Brazil | 214.0M |
British Virgin Islands | 30.4 K |
Brunei | 441.5 K |
Bulgaria | 6.9M |
Burkina Faso | 21.5M |
Burundi | 12.3M |
Cambodia | 16.9M |
Cameroon | 27.2M |
Canada | 38.2M |
Cayman Islands | 66.5 K |
Central African Republic | 4.9M |
Chad | 16.9M |
Chile | 19.2M |
China | 1.412B |
Colombia | 51.3M |
Comoros | 888.5 K |
Costa Rica | 5.1M |
Croatia | 3.9M |
Cuba | 11.3M |
Curacao | 152.4 K |
Cyprus | 1.2M |
Czech Republic | 10.7M |
DR Congo | 92.4M |
Denmark | 5.9M |
Djibouti | 1.0M |
Dominica | 72.2 K |
Dominican Republic | 11.0M |
Ecuador | 17.9M |
Egypt | 104.3M |
El Salvador | 6.5M |
Equatorial Guinea | 1.4M |
Estonia | 1.3M |
Eswatini | 1.2M |
Ethiopia | 117.9M |
Fiji | 902.9 K |
Finland | 5.5M |
France | 67.5M |
Gabon | 2.3M |
Gambia | 2.5M |
Georgia | 3.7M |
Germany | 83.1M |
Ghana | 31.7M |
Greece | 10.7M |
Grenada | 113.0 K |
Guam | 170.2 K |
Guatemala | 17.1M |
Guinea | 13.5M |
Guinea Bissau | 2.0M |
Guyana | 790.3 K |
Haiti | 11.5M |
Honduras | 10.1M |
Hong Kong | 7.4M |
Hungary | 9.7M |
Iceland | 372.3 K |
India | 1.393B |
Indonesia | 276.4M |
Iran | 85.0M |
Iraq | 41.2M |
Ireland | 5.0M |
Isle Of Man | 85.4 K |
Israel | 9.4M |
Italy | 59.1M |
Ivory Coast | 27.1M |
Jamaica | 3.0M |
Japan | 125.7M |
Jordan | 10.3M |
Kazakhstan | 19.0M |
Kenya | 55.0M |
Kosovo | 1.8M |
Kuwait | 4.3M |
Kyrgyzstan | 6.7M |
Laos | 7.4M |
Latvia | 1.9M |
Lebanon | 6.8M |
Lesotho | 2.2M |
Liberia | 5.2M |
Libya | 7.0M |
Liechtenstein | 38.3 K |
Lithuania | 2.8M |
Luxembourg | 639.1 K |
Macau | 658.4 K |
Madagascar | 28.4M |
Malawi | 19.6M |
Malaysia | 32.8M |
Maldives | 543.6 K |
Mali | 20.9M |
Malta | 516.9 K |
Marshall Islands | 59.6 K |
Mauritania | 4.8M |
Mauritius | 1.3M |
Mexico | 130.3M |
Micronesia | 116.3 K |
Moldova | 2.6M |
Monaco | 39.5 K |
Mongolia | 3.3M |
Montenegro | 620.2 K |
Morocco | 37.3M |
Mozambique | 32.2M |
Myanmar | 54.8M |
Namibia | 2.6M |
Nauru | 10.9 K |
Nepal | 29.7M |
Netherlands | 17.5M |
New Caledonia | 272.6 K |
New Zealand | 5.1M |
Nicaragua | 6.7M |
Niger | 25.1M |
Nigeria | 211.4M |
North Korea | 25.9M |
North Macedonia | 2.1M |
Northern Mariana Islands | 57.9 K |
Norway | 5.4M |
Oman | 5.2M |
Pakistan | 225.2M |
Palau | 18.2 K |
Panama | 4.4M |
Papua New Guinea | 9.1M |
Paraguay | 7.2M |
Peru | 33.4M |
Philippines | 111.0M |
Poland | 37.8M |
Portugal | 10.3M |
Puerto Rico | 3.3M |
Qatar | 2.9M |
Republic of the Congo | 5.7M |
Romania | 19.1M |
Russia | 143.4M |
Rwanda | 13.3M |
San Marino | 34.0 K |
Sao Tome and Principe | 223.4 K |
Saudi Arabia | 35.3M |
Senegal | 17.2M |
Serbia | 6.8M |
Seychelles | 99.2 K |
Sierra Leone | 8.1M |
Singapore | 5.5M |
Slovenia | 2.1M |
Solomon Islands | 704.0 K |
Somalia | 16.4M |
South Africa | 60.0M |
South Korea | 51.7M |
South Sudan | 11.4M |
Spain | 47.3M |
Sri Lanka | 22.2M |
Sudan | 44.9M |
Suriname | 591.8 K |
Sweden | 10.4M |
Switzerland | 8.7M |
Tajikistan | 9.7M |
Tanzania | 61.5M |
Thailand | 70.0M |
Timor Leste | 1.3M |
Togo | 8.5M |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1.4M |
Tunisia | 11.9M |
Turkey | 85.0M |
Turkmenistan | 6.1M |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 39.2 K |
Uganda | 47.1M |
Ukraine | 43.8M |
United Arab Emirates | 10.0M |
United Kingdom | 67.3M |
United States | 331.9M |
Uruguay | 3.5M |
Uzbekistan | 34.9M |
Vanuatu | 314.5 K |
Venezuela | 28.7M |
Vietnam | 98.2M |
Yemen | 30.5M |
Zambia | 18.9M |
Zimbabwe | 15.1M |