Top 10 most populous countries
Daily Tens #1 · Tuesday, July 14, 2026 · Ranked by estimated total population
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The answers
- 1 India
- 2 China
- 3 United States
- 4 Indonesia
- 5 Pakistan
- 6 Nigeria
- 7 Brazil
- 8 Bangladesh
- 9 Russia
- 10 Ethiopia
Ranking method
- Metric
- Estimated total population
- Data through
- mid-2025 estimates
- Source
- UN World Population Prospects 2024
- Notes
- De facto population of all residents, regardless of citizenship. Ranks 9 and 10 are within a few million of each other and swap between revisions.
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