World Population 2024 Ranking List. Top 10 most populated countries in the world—china or india, who ranks first? This comprehensive list includes both countries and dependent territories, with population data sourced from the latest united nations population division estimates.
Followed by 🇨🇳 china, with the second largest population globally of. In 2024, the world reached a total population of 8,161,972,572 and 🇮🇳 india was the most populous country that year, with a total of 1,450,935,791 people.