Pakistan vs United States: Population

Pakistan

247.50 million people

in 2023

United States

343.48 million people

in 2023

Pakistan rank

5th

United States rank

3rd

Population over time

United States currently reports 343.48 million people against 247.50 million people in Pakistan, a difference of 95.97 million people.

That makes United States's figure about 1.4 times Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Pakistan ahead.

Pakistan ranks 5th and United States ranks 3rd of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.