Population relative to neighbours

Population as a share of neighbouring country populations: weighted at 100% for neighbouring countries with land borders; 75% for neighbouring countries divided by a strait; 25% for neighbouring countries with touching or overlapping claimed EEZ boundaries (2022)

Population relative to neighbours

Population as a share of neighbouring country populations: weighted at 100% for neighbouring countries with land borders; 75% for neighbouring countries divided by a strait; 25% for neighbouring countries with touching or overlapping claimed EEZ boundaries (2022)

rank

Year

Weighting × 1 Source Year

1 100.0 United States

117.6% 2022
2 66.5 New Zealand

78.3% 2022
3 62.4 — India

73.5% 2022
4 53.0 China

62.4% 2022
5 28.2 — Australia

33.2% 2022
6 26.8 Indonesia

31.6% 2022
7 +1 19.8 Philippines

23.4% 2022
8 −1 19.5 — Japan

23.0% 2022
9 9.8 — Bangladesh

11.6% 2022
10 9.2 — South Korea

10.9% 2022
11 8.7 — Thailand

10.3% 2022
12 8.0 — Cambodia

9.4% 2022
13 6.7 — Pakistan

8.0% 2022
14 6.2 — Russia

7.4% 2022
15 5.2 — Vietnam

6.2% 2022
16 3.7 — Malaysia

4.4% 2022
17 2.8 — Papua New Guinea

3.4% 2022
18 2.0 — Singapore

2.4% 2022
19 1.7 — Sri Lanka

2.1% 2022
20 1.6 — Taiwan

2.0% 2022
21 1.4 — Myanmar

1.8% 2022
22 1.3 — North Korea

1.6% 2022
23 0.8 — Nepal

1.1% 2022
24 0.3 — Timor-Leste

0.5% 2022
25 −1 0.3 — Laos

0.4% 2022
26 −1 0.1 — Mongolia

0.2% 2022
27 0.0 — Brunei

0.1% 2022