Giants by population
The thirty countries with the most inhabitants in the World Bank estimates, shown on the whole world map. Number of countries: 30.
Quizzes for this region
The 30 most populous countries on the map
A country is named; put your finger on it. A miss shows how far off you were.
Name the 30 most populous countries
One country is shaded on the map. Which of the four names is it?
Capitals of the 30 most populous countries
Match each country with its capital city, one way round or the other, four choices per question.
Flags of the 30 most populous countries
Name the country of a flag, or pick the right flag of four.
Giants by population on the scales
Put two countries on the scales: more people, or more land?
Name the 30 most populous countries
Type a region’s countries from memory and watch the map fill in.
The selection in numbers
- Countries
- 30
- Largest by area
- Russia · 17,125,190 km²
- Smallest by area
- South Korea · 100,450 km²
- Most people
- India · 1.46 billion
- Fewest people
- Sudan · 51.7 million
- People in total
- 6.30 billion
- Area in total
- 70,650,411 km²
World Bank figures: population of 2025, area of 2023.
Countries in this selection
Sorted by area, largest first. Each name leads to the country’s own page.
Russia17,125,190 km²
United States9,831,510 km²
China9,562,910 km²
Brazil8,510,420 km²
India3,287,263 km²
DR Congo2,345,410 km²
Mexico1,957,194 km²
Indonesia1,916,907 km²
Sudan1,878,000 km²
Iran1,745,150 km²
South Africa1,219,090 km²
Colombia1,140,619 km²
Ethiopia1,129,819 km²
Egypt1,001,450 km²
Tanzania945,500 km²
Nigeria923,770 km²
Pakistan796,100 km²
Türkiye785,350 km²
Myanmar676,578 km²
France606,410 km²
Kenya591,969 km²
Thailand513,115 km²
Japan377,969 km²
Germany357,680 km²
Vietnam331,338 km²
Italy302,070 km²
Philippines300,000 km²
United Kingdom243,610 km²
Bangladesh147,570 km²
South Korea100,450 km²