Passport rankings · Experimental

Population Reach Ranking

How many of the world’s people a passport lets you visit: the share of the population living in destinations its holders can enter without applying for a visa in advance. The passport’s own country is excluded. In our current data, not yet verified (as of 17 Feb 2026), South Korea leads with 85.0%.

Experimental. World Bank population data for 2024 (World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0), retrieved 27 Sept 2026. Covers 197 of 199 destinations; no 2024 data for Taiwan, Vatican City — these are left out of the calculation rather than counted as zero.

How this ranking works

Population Reach Ranking, data as of 17 Feb 2026
Rank	Passport	Share of population	Visa-free	eTA	On arrival	eVisa	Visa req.	Entry restr.	Verified
1	South Korea	85.0%	114	11	38	21	14	—	0/198
2	United Arab Emirates	84.7%	127	8	34	18	11	—	0/198
3	Japan	83.1%	114	11	37	21	15	—	0/198
4	Singapore	66.1%	129	8	26	22	13	—	0/198
5 (shared by 7)	Croatia	64.7%	119	11	29	26	13	—	0/198
5 (shared by 7)	Denmark	64.7%	121	11	28	25	13	—	0/198
5 (shared by 7)	Finland	64.7%	122	11	27	25	13	—	0/198
5 (shared by 7)	Luxembourg	64.7%	122	11	27	25	13	—	0/198
5 (shared by 7)	Norway	64.7%	118	11	31	25	13	—	0/198
5 (shared by 7)	Slovakia	64.7%	119	11	29	26	13	—	0/198
5 (shared by 7)	Slovenia	64.7%	119	11	29	26	13	—	0/198
12 (shared by 5)	Belgium	64.6%	123	11	26	24	14	—	0/198
12 (shared by 5)	Hungary	64.6%	119	11	29	26	13	—	0/198
12 (shared by 5)	Netherlands	64.6%	122	11	27	25	13	—	0/198
12 (shared by 5)	Sweden	64.6%	122	11	27	25	13	—	0/198
12 (shared by 5)	Switzerland	64.6%	120	11	29	25	13	—	0/198
17 (shared by 2)	Poland	64.5%	120	11	28	26	13	—	0/198
17 (shared by 2)	Spain	64.5%	122	11	28	25	12	—	0/198
19 (shared by 2)	France	64.4%	123	11	26	24	14	—	0/198
19 (shared by 2)	Italy	64.4%	122	11	27	24	14	—	0/198
21	Germany	64.3%	122	11	27	24	14	—	0/198
22 (shared by 2)	Ireland	64.0%	118	10	32	25	13	—	0/198
22 (shared by 2)	Malta	64.0%	123	11	25	26	13	—	0/198
24 (shared by 6)	Austria	63.4%	119	11	29	26	13	—	0/198
24 (shared by 6)	Estonia	63.4%	118	11	29	27	13	—	0/198
24 (shared by 6)	Greece	63.4%	120	11	28	26	13	—	0/198
24 (shared by 6)	Latvia	63.4%	118	11	29	27	13	—	0/198
24 (shared by 6)	New Zealand	63.4%	113	9	36	26	14	—	0/198
24 (shared by 6)	Portugal	63.4%	121	11	27	26	13	—	0/198
30 (shared by 2)	Iceland	63.3%	112	11	32	29	14	—	0/198
30 (shared by 2)	Monaco	63.3%	107	11	35	28	17	—	0/198
32	Chile	63.1%	105	10	33	29	21	—	0/198
33 (shared by 2)	Andorra	62.9%	100	11	35	30	22	—	0/198
33 (shared by 2)	Liechtenstein	62.9%	112	11	33	26	16	—	0/198
35	Malaysia	62.3%	122	7	31	23	15	—	0/198
36	Hong Kong	61.1%	116	9	28	24	21	—	0/198
37	San Marino	60.9%	103	9	32	32	22	—	0/198
38	Maldives	60.8%	54	5	27	39	73	—	0/198
39 (shared by 2)	Australia	60.7%	109	9	39	27	14	—	0/198
39 (shared by 2)	Qatar	60.7%	69	9	27	29	64	—	0/198
41	Bulgaria	60.5%	119	10	29	26	14	—	0/198
42	Romania	60.4%	120	10	28	26	14	—	0/198
43	Cyprus	59.5%	121	9	26	27	15	—	0/198
44	Argentina	59.3%	106	8	34	29	21	—	0/198
45	Seychelles	56.8%	99	6	29	34	30	—	0/198
46	Brunei	55.1%	103	9	27	32	27	—	0/198
47	Brazil	54.7%	110	8	31	27	22	—	0/198
48	Peru	53.7%	91	8	34	36	29	—	0/198
49 (shared by 2)	Russia	52.6%	79	8	27	24	60	—	0/198
49 (shared by 2)	Uruguay	52.6%	96	9	32	35	26	—	0/198
51	Serbia	51.9%	86	4	30	40	38	—	0/198
52	Bahamas	51.3%	101	7	31	34	25	—	0/198
53	Barbados	51.1%	105	7	29	37	20	—	0/198
54	Macao	49.9%	93	8	28	34	35	—	0/198
55	Mauritius	49.8%	94	8	25	36	35	—	0/198
56	Grenada	49.1%	97	5	26	37	33	—	0/198
57	Taiwan	49.0%	74	11	28	44	38	3	0/198
58	Antigua and Barbuda	48.8%	99	5	28	36	30	—	0/198
59	Oman	48.7%	48	5	29	35	81	—	0/198
60	Kuwait	48.1%	57	6	33	30	72	—	0/198
61 (shared by 2)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.5%	77	4	29	44	44	—	0/198
61 (shared by 2)	Montenegro	47.5%	80	5	32	42	39	—	0/198
63	Saudi Arabia	47.4%	53	6	27	36	76	—	0/198
64 (shared by 2)	Czechia	47.2%	118	11	29	26	14	—	0/198
64 (shared by 2)	Georgia	47.2%	79	4	36	36	43	—	0/198
66	Bahrain	47.0%	50	6	30	33	79	—	0/198
67	Dominica	46.1%	94	4	25	40	35	—	0/198
68 (shared by 2)	Belarus	46.0%	43	5	33	36	81	—	0/198
68 (shared by 2)	Lithuania	46.0%	117	11	29	27	14	—	0/198
70	Kazakhstan	45.8%	40	5	33	36	84	—	0/198
71 (shared by 2)	Albania	45.5%	74	5	27	43	49	—	0/198
71 (shared by 2)	United Kingdom	45.5%	115	9	32	24	18	—	0/198
73	Ecuador	45.4%	45	7	33	37	76	—	0/198
74	North Macedonia	45.1%	80	5	32	40	41	—	0/198
75	Thailand	44.9%	41	5	33	40	79	—	0/198
76	Samoa	44.5%	82	5	28	44	39	—	0/198
77	Mongolia	43.2%	34	4	26	48	86	—	0/198
78	Suriname	42.6%	35	5	30	46	82	—	0/198
79	Canada	41.7%	113	8	34	26	17	—	0/198
80	Solomon Islands	41.3%	84	8	27	45	34	—	0/198
81	Armenia	40.6%	33	3	31	41	89	1	0/198
82	Fiji	40.2%	49	5	27	45	72	—	0/198
83	Tonga	39.0%	81	5	26	44	42	—	0/198
84	United States	38.9%	112	9	32	27	18	—	0/198
85	Azerbaijan	38.2%	35	3	33	40	87	—	0/198
86	Israel	36.6%	105	7	28	31	15	12	0/198
87	Panama	36.3%	88	7	31	40	32	—	0/198
88	Ukraine	35.1%	89	6	36	34	33	—	0/198
89	Costa Rica	34.7%	90	7	31	42	28	—	0/198
90	Mexico	34.5%	96	9	31	36	26	—	0/198
91	Uzbekistan	34.2%	28	3	29	45	93	—	0/198
92	Türkiye	33.9%	71	6	34	29	58	—	0/198
93	Vatican City	33.8%	92	10	33	30	33	—	0/198
94	Saint Kitts and Nevis	33.5%	103	5	28	34	28	—	0/198
95	Guatemala	33.0%	78	7	29	49	35	—	0/198
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	32.8%	101	5	29	35	28	—	0/198
97	Colombia	32.5%	84	4	29	44	37	—	0/198
98	Paraguay	32.2%	86	7	34	40	31	—	0/198
99 (shared by 2)	Nepal	31.6%	12	2	22	61	101	—	0/198
99 (shared by 2)	Trinidad and Tobago	31.6%	97	5	25	41	30	—	0/198
101	Bhutan	31.5%	17	3	29	54	95	—	0/198
102	Venezuela	31.4%	70	4	35	41	48	—	0/198
103	El Salvador	30.5%	79	6	31	45	37	—	0/198
104	Micronesia	30.3%	69	5	30	50	44	—	0/198
105	Honduras	29.7%	78	6	30	46	38	—	0/198
106	Palau	29.4%	68	5	32	51	42	—	0/198
107	Marshall Islands	28.7%	75	5	30	46	42	—	0/198
108	Saint Lucia	28.4%	93	5	27	40	33	—	0/198
109	Nicaragua	27.8%	74	6	30	47	41	—	0/198
110	China	27.4%	42	3	32	37	84	—	0/198
111	Jamaica	27.1%	55	5	24	43	71	—	0/198
112	South Africa	26.9%	60	5	29	35	69	—	0/198
113	Indonesia	25.9%	43	6	28	42	79	—	0/198
114	Moldova	24.7%	73	5	31	40	49	—	0/198
115	Tunisia	24.2%	36	1	28	42	91	—	0/198
116	Bolivia	23.9%	33	4	34	48	79	—	0/198
117	Belize	23.6%	59	5	23	42	69	—	0/198
118 (shared by 2)	Dominican Republic	23.2%	30	4	33	46	85	—	0/198
118 (shared by 2)	Morocco	23.2%	42	2	27	42	85	—	0/198
120	Guyana	22.8%	51	5	26	42	74	—	0/198
121 (shared by 2)	Kiribati	21.8%	79	4	29	47	39	—	0/198
121 (shared by 2)	Tuvalu	21.8%	83	4	27	46	38	—	0/198
123	Cape Verde	21.3%	39	1	24	44	90	—	0/198
124	Timor-Leste	21.1%	55	3	27	52	61	—	0/198
125	Botswana	20.8%	46	6	20	38	88	—	0/198
126 (shared by 2)	Namibia	20.3%	43	3	23	42	87	—	0/198
126 (shared by 2)	Papua New Guinea	20.3%	37	6	29	45	81	—	0/198
128	Philippines	20.1%	34	3	25	48	87	1	0/198
129 (shared by 3)	Laos	19.9%	20	4	21	56	97	—	0/198
129 (shared by 3)	Rwanda	19.9%	29	3	30	41	95	—	0/198
129 (shared by 3)	Tanzania	19.9%	42	3	21	39	93	—	0/198
132	India	18.7%	26	4	25	55	88	—	0/198
133	Benin	18.3%	34	1	24	45	94	—	0/198
134	Kenya	18.2%	38	3	25	42	90	—	0/198
135	Jordan	18.1%	20	4	25	52	97	—	0/198
136 (shared by 2)	Cambodia	18.0%	20	4	26	56	92	—	0/198
136 (shared by 2)	Ghana	18.0%	43	2	19	44	90	—	0/198
138 (shared by 2)	Kosovo	17.9%	52	4	24	46	67	5	0/198
138 (shared by 2)	Lesotho	17.9%	42	6	22	40	88	—	0/198
140	Guinea	17.8%	28	2	23	49	96	—	0/198
141	Mozambique	17.7%	32	2	22	46	96	—	0/198
142	Gambia	17.6%	43	2	20	42	91	—	0/198
143	Senegal	17.4%	33	2	21	49	93	—	0/198
144	Togo	17.3%	30	1	24	46	97	—	0/198
145	Kyrgyzstan	17.0%	26	3	32	48	89	—	0/198
146	São Tomé and Príncipe	16.6%	28	2	29	45	94	—	0/198
147	Mali	16.3%	30	2	18	49	99	—	0/198
148 (shared by 2)	Burkina Faso	16.2%	30	2	22	48	96	—	0/198
148 (shared by 2)	Côte d'Ivoire	16.2%	29	1	23	50	95	—	0/198
150 (shared by 3)	Niger	16.1%	30	2	21	46	99	—	0/198
150 (shared by 3)	Vanuatu	16.1%	46	4	30	43	75	—	0/198
150 (shared by 3)	Zimbabwe	16.1%	36	3	20	44	95	—	0/198
153	Nauru	16.0%	42	4	27	45	80	—	0/198
154	Liberia	15.9%	27	1	19	48	103	—	0/198
155	Eswatini	15.8%	41	5	22	43	87	—	0/198
156	Chad	15.6%	24	1	25	47	100	1	0/198
157	Malawi	15.5%	41	4	22	43	88	—	0/198
158 (shared by 2)	Guinea-Bissau	15.4%	27	1	21	49	100	—	0/198
158 (shared by 2)	Madagascar	15.4%	29	2	26	47	94	—	0/198
160 (shared by 2)	Gabon	15.1%	27	2	27	48	94	—	0/198
160 (shared by 2)	Zambia	15.1%	38	3	21	42	94	—	0/198
162	Sierra Leone	14.9%	39	2	18	42	97	—	0/198
163 (shared by 2)	Cameroon	14.7%	21	1	24	50	102	—	0/198
163 (shared by 2)	Republic of the Congo	14.7%	20	2	24	50	101	1	0/198
165 (shared by 3)	Burundi	14.3%	18	2	27	49	102	—	0/198
165 (shared by 3)	Comoros	14.3%	19	2	30	48	99	—	0/198
165 (shared by 3)	Vietnam	14.3%	24	5	23	53	93	—	0/198
168	Equatorial Guinea	14.0%	24	2	28	47	96	1	0/198
169 (shared by 4)	Angola	13.9%	23	1	23	53	98	—	0/198
169 (shared by 4)	Mauritania	13.9%	26	1	25	49	97	—	0/198
169 (shared by 4)	Myanmar	13.9%	13	4	24	56	100	1	0/198
169 (shared by 4)	Uganda	13.9%	34	3	25	42	94	—	0/198
173	Cuba	13.7%	27	3	26	49	93	—	0/198
174	Haiti	13.5%	13	4	28	52	99	2	0/198
175	Tajikistan	13.4%	22	3	30	49	94	—	0/198
176	Central African Republic	13.1%	21	1	26	50	100	—	0/198
177	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.9%	16	2	23	50	107	—	0/198
178 (shared by 2)	Djibouti	12.6%	17	2	26	54	99	—	0/198
178 (shared by 2)	South Sudan	12.6%	17	2	22	50	107	—	0/198
180 (shared by 2)	Algeria	12.0%	21	3	30	51	93	—	0/198
180 (shared by 2)	Egypt	12.0%	19	2	27	53	97	—	0/198
182 (shared by 2)	Ethiopia	11.2%	12	2	28	53	103	—	0/198
182 (shared by 2)	Palestine	11.2%	10	3	22	53	109	1	0/198
184	North Korea	11.1%	8	3	26	54	105	2	0/198
185	Turkmenistan	10.0%	13	3	30	55	97	—	0/198
186 (shared by 2)	Eritrea	9.5%	12	1	23	58	103	1	0/198
186 (shared by 2)	Lebanon	9.5%	16	3	24	51	104	—	0/198
188	Sudan	9.2%	13	2	24	50	107	2	0/198
189	Libya	7.9%	14	3	23	52	105	1	0/198
190	Somalia	7.8%	11	1	20	52	111	3	0/198
191 (shared by 2)	Iran	7.0%	13	3	23	51	105	3	0/198
191 (shared by 2)	Nigeria	7.0%	26	1	14	48	109	—	0/198
193	Sri Lanka	6.6%	18	3	18	55	104	—	0/198
194	Yemen	6.3%	9	3	21	53	110	2	0/198
195	Iraq	5.2%	8	3	18	57	112	—	0/198
196	Syria	4.9%	7	2	17	53	118	1	0/198
197	Pakistan	3.5%	10	2	17	58	110	1	0/198
198	Bangladesh	3.2%	16	3	14	54	109	2	0/198
199	Afghanistan	3.0%	4	2	16	58	117	1	0/198

“=” marks a shared rank: passports with equal scores share a place, and the next place counts every passport ahead (1, 2, 2, 4). Entry restrictions are shown separately and don't lower the score.