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 (2018)

Population relative to neighbours

Rank Score Trend Country / Territory

Weighting × 1 Source Year

1 100.0 — United States

116.7% 2018
2 66.5 New Zealand

77.7% 2018
3 61.8 India

72.2% 2018
4 55.6 China

64.9% 2018
5 28.4 — Australia

33.3% 2018
6 27.2 — Indonesia

31.8% 2018
7 20.2 — Japan

23.6% 2018
8 18.7 — Philippines

21.9% 2018
9 9.8 — Bangladesh

11.5% 2018
10 9.3 — South Korea

11.0% 2018
11 8.8 — Thailand

10.3% 2018
12 8.0 — Cambodia

9.4% 2018
13 6.3 — Russia

7.5% 2018
14 6.2 — Pakistan

7.4% 2018
15 5.2 — Vietnam

6.2% 2018
16 3.5 — Malaysia

4.2% 2018
17 2.5 — Papua New Guinea

3.0% 2018
18 −1 2.1 — Singapore

2.5% 2018
19 −1 1.7 — Sri Lanka

2.1% 2018
20 −1 1.7 — Taiwan

2.1% 2018
21 −1 1.5 — Myanmar

1.8% 2018
22 −1 1.3 — North Korea

1.6% 2018
23 −1 0.8 — Nepal

1.0% 2018
24 −1 0.3 — Laos

0.4% 2018
25 −1 0.1 — Mongolia

0.2% 2018
26 0.0 — Brunei

0.1% 2018