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List of countries by population (United Nations)

This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.[2]

Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division[1]

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Data are mid-year estimates from the United Nations and are for 2022 and 2023.[2]

List of countries and inhabited territories by total population. United Nations
Country Population
(1 July 2022) 		Population
(1 July 2023) 		Change UN Continental Region[1] UN Statistical Subregion[1]
 World 8,021,407,192 8,091,734,930 +0.88%
  India 1,425,423,212 1,438,069,596 +0.89% Asia Southern Asia
  China[a] 1,425,179,569 1,422,584,933 −0.18% Asia Eastern Asia
  United States 341,534,046 343,477,335 +0.57% Americas Northern America
  Indonesia 278,830,529 281,190,067 +0.85% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Pakistan 243,700,667 247,504,495 +1.56% Asia Southern Asia
  Nigeria 223,150,896 227,882,945 +2.12% Africa Western Africa
  Brazil 210,306,415 211,140,729 +0.40% Americas South America
  Bangladesh 169,384,897 171,466,990 +1.23% Asia Southern Asia
  Russia 145,579,899 145,440,500 −0.10% Europe Eastern Europe
  Mexico 128,613,117 129,739,759 +0.88% Americas Central America
  Ethiopia 125,384,287 128,691,692 +2.64% Africa Eastern Africa
  Japan 124,997,578 124,370,947 −0.50% Asia Eastern Asia
  Philippines 113,964,338 114,891,199 +0.81% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Egypt 112,618,250 114,535,772 +1.70% Africa Northern Africa
  DR Congo 102,396,968 105,789,731 +3.31% Africa Middle Africa
  Vietnam 99,680,655 100,352,192 +0.67% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Iran 89,524,246 90,608,707 +1.21% Asia Southern Asia
  Turkey 87,058,473 87,270,501 +0.24% Asia Western Asia
  Germany 84,086,227 84,548,231 +0.55% Europe Western Europe
  Thailand 71,735,329 71,702,435 −0.05% Asia South-eastern Asia
  United Kingdom 68,179,315 68,682,962 +0.74% Europe Northern Europe
  Tanzania[b] 64,711,821 66,617,606 +2.95% Africa Eastern Africa
  France[c] 66,277,409 66,438,822 +0.24% Europe Western Europe
  South Africa 62,378,410 63,212,384 +1.34% Africa Southern Africa
  Italy 59,619,115 59,499,453 −0.20% Europe Southern Europe
  Kenya 54,252,461 55,339,003 +2.00% Africa Eastern Africa
  Myanmar 53,756,787 54,133,798 +0.70% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Colombia 51,737,944 52,321,152 +1.13% Americas South America
  South Korea 51,782,512 51,748,739 −0.07% Asia Eastern Asia
  Sudan 49,383,346 50,042,791 +1.34% Africa Northern Africa
  Uganda 47,312,719 48,656,601 +2.84% Africa Eastern Africa
  Spain[d] 47,828,382 47,911,579 +0.17% Europe Southern Europe
  Algeria 45,477,389 46,164,219 +1.51% Africa Northern Africa
  Argentina 45,407,904 45,538,401 +0.29% Americas South America
  Iraq 44,070,551 45,074,049 +2.28% Asia Western Asia
  Afghanistan 40,578,842 41,454,761 +2.16% Asia Southern Asia
  Yemen 38,222,876 39,390,799 +3.06% Asia Western Asia
  Canada 38,821,259 39,299,105 +1.23% Americas Northern America
  Poland 38,385,739 38,762,844 +0.98% Europe Eastern Europe
  Ukraine[e] 41,048,766 37,732,836 −8.08% Europe Eastern Europe
  Morocco 37,329,064 37,712,505 +1.03% Africa Northern Africa
  Angola 35,635,029 36,749,906 +3.13% Africa Middle Africa
  Uzbekistan 34,938,955 35,652,307 +2.04% Asia Central Asia
  Malaysia 34,695,493 35,126,298 +1.24% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Peru 33,475,438 33,845,617 +1.11% Americas South America
  Ghana 33,149,152 33,787,914 +1.93% Africa Western Africa
  Mozambique 32,656,246 33,635,160 +3.00% Africa Eastern Africa
  Saudi Arabia 32,175,352 32,264,292 +0.28% Asia Western Asia
  Madagascar 30,437,261 31,195,932 +2.49% Africa Eastern Africa
  Ivory Coast 30,395,002 31,165,654 +2.54% Africa Western Africa
    Nepal 29,715,436 29,964,614 +0.84% Asia Southern Asia
  Cameroon 27,632,771 28,372,687 +2.68% Africa Middle Africa
  Venezuela 28,213,017 28,300,854 +0.31% Americas South America
  Australia[f] 26,200,984 26,451,124 +0.95% Oceania Australia and New Zealand
  North Korea 26,329,845 26,418,204 +0.34% Asia Eastern Asia
  Niger 25,311,973 26,159,867 +3.35% Africa Western Africa
  Mali 23,072,640 23,769,127 +3.02% Africa Western Africa
  Syria 22,462,173 23,594,623 +5.04% Asia Western Asia
  Taiwan[g] 23,420,111 23,317,145 −0.44% Asia Eastern Asia
  Burkina Faso 22,509,038 23,025,776 +2.30% Africa Western Africa
  Sri Lanka 22,834,965 22,971,617 +0.60% Asia Southern Asia
  Malawi 20,568,728 21,104,482 +2.60% Africa Eastern Africa
  Zambia 20,152,938 20,723,965 +2.83% Africa Eastern Africa
  Kazakhstan 20,034,609 20,330,104 +1.47% Asia Central Asia
  Chile 19,553,036 19,658,835 +0.54% Americas South America
  Chad 18,455,316 19,319,064 +4.68% Africa Middle Africa
  Romania 19,166,772 19,118,479 −0.25% Europe Eastern Europe
  Somalia[h] 17,801,897 18,358,615 +3.13% Africa Eastern Africa
  Guatemala 17,847,877 18,124,838 +1.55% Americas Central America
  Senegal 17,651,103 18,077,573 +2.42% Africa Western Africa
  Netherlands[i] 17,904,421 18,092,524 +1.05% Europe Western Europe
  Ecuador 17,823,897 17,980,083 +0.88% Americas South America
  Cambodia 17,201,724 17,423,880 +1.29% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Zimbabwe 16,069,056 16,340,822 +1.69% Africa Eastern Africa
  Guinea 14,055,137 14,405,465 +2.49% Africa Western Africa
  Benin 13,759,501 14,111,034 +2.55% Africa Western Africa
  Rwanda 13,651,030 13,954,471 +2.22% Africa Eastern Africa
  Burundi 13,321,097 13,689,450 +2.77% Africa Eastern Africa
  Bolivia 12,077,154 12,244,159 +1.38% Americas South America
  Tunisia 12,119,334 12,200,431 +0.67% Africa Northern Africa
  Belgium 11,641,820 11,712,893 +0.61% Europe Western Europe
  Haiti 11,503,606 11,637,398 +1.16% Americas Caribbean
  South Sudan 11,021,177 11,483,374 +4.19% Africa Eastern Africa
  Jordan 11,256,263 11,439,213 +1.63% Asia Western Asia
  Dominican Republic 11,230,734 11,331,265 +0.90% Americas Caribbean
  Cuba 11,059,820 11,019,931 −0.36% Americas Caribbean
  Czechia 10,673,213 10,809,716 +1.28% Europe Eastern Europe
  Honduras 10,463,872 10,644,851 +1.73% Americas Central America
  United Arab Emirates 10,242,086 10,642,081 +3.91% Asia Western Asia
  Sweden 10,487,338 10,551,494 +0.61% Europe Northern Europe
  Portugal[j] 10,417,073 10,430,738 +0.13% Europe Southern Europe
  Tajikistan 10,182,222 10,389,799 +2.04% Asia Central Asia
  Papua New Guinea 10,203,169 10,389,635 +1.83% Oceania Melanesia
  Azerbaijan 10,295,304 10,318,207 +0.22% Asia Western Asia
  Greece 10,412,480 10,242,908 −1.63% Europe Southern Europe
  Hungary 9,964,306 9,686,463 −2.79% Europe Eastern Europe
  Togo 9,089,738 9,304,337 +2.36% Africa Western Africa
  Israel 9,103,151 9,256,314 +1.68% Asia Western Asia
  Austria 9,064,677 9,130,429 +0.73% Europe Western Europe
  Belarus 9,173,237 9,115,680 −0.63% Europe Eastern Europe
   Switzerland 8,792,182 8,870,561 +0.89% Europe Western Europe
  Sierra Leone 8,276,807 8,460,512 +2.22% Africa Western Africa
  Laos 7,559,007 7,664,993 +1.40% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Hong Kong (China)[k] 7,465,915 7,442,734 −0.31% Asia Eastern Asia
  Turkmenistan 7,230,193 7,364,438 +1.86% Asia Central Asia
  Libya 7,223,805 7,305,659 +1.13% Africa Northern Africa
  Kyrgyzstan 6,955,788 7,073,516 +1.69% Asia Central Asia
  Paraguay 6,760,464 6,844,146 +1.24% Americas South America
  Nicaragua 6,730,654 6,823,613 +1.38% Americas Central America
  Bulgaria 6,825,864 6,795,803 −0.44% Europe Eastern Europe
  Serbia[l] 6,791,213 6,773,201 −0.27% Europe Southern Europe
  El Salvador 6,280,319 6,309,624 +0.47% Americas Central America
  Congo 6,035,104 6,182,885 +2.45% Africa Middle Africa
  Denmark 5,902,904 5,948,136 +0.77% Europe Northern Europe
  Singapore 5,649,885 5,789,090 +2.46% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Lebanon 5,744,489 5,733,493 −0.19% Asia Western Asia
  Finland[m] 5,569,299 5,601,185 +0.57% Europe Northern Europe
  Norway[n] 5,457,801 5,519,167 +1.12% Europe Northern Europe
  Slovakia 5,473,197 5,518,055 +0.82% Europe Eastern Europe
  Liberia 5,373,294 5,493,031 +2.23% Africa Western Africa
  Palestine[o] 5,305,270 5,409,202 +1.96% Asia Western Asia
  Ireland 5,110,016 5,196,630 +1.69% Europe Northern Europe
  New Zealand 5,131,734 5,172,836 +0.80% Oceania Australia and New Zealand
  Central African Republic 5,098,039 5,152,421 +1.07% Africa Middle Africa
  Costa Rica 5,081,765 5,105,525 +0.47% Americas Central America
  Oman 4,730,226 5,049,269 +6.74% Asia Western Asia
  Mauritania 4,875,637 5,022,441 +3.01% Africa Western Africa
  Kuwait 4,589,511 4,838,782 +5.43% Asia Western Asia
  Panama 4,400,773 4,458,759 +1.32% Americas Central America
  Croatia 3,907,027 3,896,023 −0.28% Europe Southern Europe
  Georgia[p] 3,794,784 3,807,492 +0.33% Asia Western Asia
  Eritrea 3,409,447 3,470,390 +1.79% Africa Eastern Africa
  Mongolia 3,386,015 3,431,932 +1.36% Asia Eastern Asia
  Uruguay 3,390,913 3,388,081 −0.08% Americas South America
  Puerto Rico (United States) 3,240,968 3,242,023 +0.03% Americas Caribbean
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,204,802 3,185,073 −0.62% Europe Southern Europe
  Moldova[q] 3,039,985 3,067,070 +0.89% Europe Eastern Europe
  Qatar 2,892,455 2,979,082 +2.99% Asia Western Asia
  Namibia 2,889,662 2,963,095 +2.54% Africa Southern Africa
  Armenia 2,880,874 2,943,393 +2.17% Asia Western Asia
  Lithuania 2,816,919 2,854,099 +1.32% Europe Northern Europe
  Jamaica 2,839,144 2,839,786 +0.02% Americas Caribbean
  Albania 2,827,608 2,811,655 −0.56% Europe Southern Europe
  Gambia 2,636,470 2,697,845 +2.33% Africa Western Africa
  Gabon 2,430,747 2,484,789 +2.22% Africa Middle Africa
  Botswana 2,439,892 2,480,244 +1.65% Africa Southern Africa
  Lesotho 2,286,110 2,311,472 +1.11% Africa Southern Africa
  Guinea-Bissau 2,105,529 2,153,339 +2.27% Africa Western Africa
  Slovenia 2,115,228 2,118,396 +0.15% Europe Southern Europe
  Latvia 1,881,063 1,882,396 +0.07% Europe Northern Europe
  Equatorial Guinea 1,803,545 1,847,549 +2.44% Africa Middle Africa
  North Macedonia 1,840,233 1,831,802 −0.46% Europe Southern Europe
  Kosovo[r] 1,717,946 1,700,031 −1.04% Europe Southern Europe
  Bahrain 1,533,459 1,569,666 +2.36% Asia Western Asia
  Trinidad and Tobago 1,495,921 1,502,932 +0.47% Americas Caribbean
  East Timor 1,369,295 1,384,286 +1.09% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Estonia 1,350,091 1,367,196 +1.27% Europe Northern Europe
  Cyprus[s] 1,331,370 1,344,976 +1.02% Asia Western Asia
  Mauritius 1,276,130 1,273,588 −0.20% Africa Eastern Africa
  Eswatini 1,218,917 1,230,506 +0.95% Africa Southern Africa
  Djibouti 1,137,096 1,152,944 +1.39% Africa Eastern Africa
  Fiji 919,422 924,145 +0.51% Oceania Melanesia
  Réunion (France) 871,540 874,883 +0.38% Africa Eastern Africa
  Comoros 834,188 850,387 +1.94% Africa Eastern Africa
  Guyana 821,637 826,353 +0.57% Americas South America
  Solomon Islands 781,066 800,005 +2.42% Oceania Melanesia
  Bhutan 780,914 786,385 +0.70% Asia Southern Asia
  Macao (China)[t] 704,356 713,912 +1.36% Asia Eastern Asia
  Luxembourg 653,313 665,098 +1.80% Europe Western Europe
  Montenegro 614,648 633,552 +3.08% Europe Southern Europe
  Suriname 623,164 628,886 +0.92% Americas South America
  Western Sahara (disputed)[u] 568,739 579,729 +1.93% Africa Northern Africa
  Malta 528,192 532,956 +0.90% Europe Southern Europe
  Maldives 524,106 525,994 +0.36% Asia Southern Asia
  Cape Verde 519,741 522,331 +0.50% Africa Western Africa
  Brunei 455,370 458,949 +0.79% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Belize 402,733 411,106 +2.08% Americas Central America
  Bahamas 397,538 399,440 +0.48% Americas Caribbean
  Iceland 380,356 387,558 +1.89% Europe Northern Europe
  Guadeloupe (France) 384,697 376,517 −2.13% Americas Caribbean
  Martinique (France) 349,459 346,002 −0.99% Americas Caribbean
  Vanuatu 313,046 320,409 +2.35% Oceania Melanesia
  Mayotte (France) 305,269 316,015 +3.52% Africa Eastern Africa
  French Guiana (France) 298,306 303,402 +1.71% Americas South America
  New Caledonia (France) 287,123 289,870 +0.96% Oceania Melanesia
  Barbados 288,318 282,336 −2.07% Americas Caribbean
  French Polynesia (France) 280,378 281,118 +0.26% Oceania Polynesia
  São Tomé and Príncipe 226,305 230,871 +2.02% Africa Middle Africa
  Samoa 215,261 216,663 +0.65% Oceania Polynesia
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 185,345 185,427 +0.04% Americas Caribbean
  Saint Lucia 178,781 179,285 +0.28% Americas Caribbean
  Guam (United States) 165,180 166,506 +0.80% Oceania Micronesia
  Kiribati 130,469 132,530 +1.58% Oceania Micronesia
  Seychelles 125,522 127,951 +1.94% Africa Eastern Africa
  Grenada 116,913 117,081 +0.14% Americas Caribbean
  Micronesia 112,114 112,630 +0.46% Oceania Micronesia
  Tonga 105,042 104,597 −0.42% Oceania Polynesia
  Aruba (Netherlands) 107,782 107,939 +0.15% Americas Caribbean
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 103,490 103,674 +0.18% Europe Northern Europe
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 102,046 101,323 −0.71% Americas Caribbean
  Antigua and Barbuda 92,840 93,316 +0.51% Americas Caribbean
  U.S. Virgin Islands (United States) 86,507 85,701 −0.93% Americas Caribbean
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 84,132 84,165 +0.04% Europe Northern Europe
  Andorra 79,705 80,856 +1.44% Europe Southern Europe
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 71,591 73,038 +2.02% Americas Caribbean
  Dominica 66,826 66,510 −0.47% Americas Caribbean
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 64,749 64,698 −0.08% Americas Northern America
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 63,725 64,017 +0.46% Europe Northern Europe
  Greenland (Denmark) 54,990 55,922 +1.69% Americas Northern America
  Faroe Islands (Denmark) 54,011 54,714 +1.30% Europe Northern Europe
  American Samoa (United States) 48,342 47,521 −1.70% Oceania Polynesia
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 46,709 46,758 +0.10% Americas Caribbean
  Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) 45,847 46,198 +0.77% Americas Caribbean
  Northern Mariana Islands (United States) 46,078 45,143 −2.03% Oceania Micronesia
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 42,139 42,749 +1.45% Americas Caribbean
  Liechtenstein 39,317 39,598 +0.71% Europe Western Europe
  British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 38,319 38,985 +1.74% Americas Caribbean
  Monaco 38,931 38,956 +0.06% Europe Western Europe
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 37,609 38,471 +2.29% Europe Southern Europe
  Marshall Islands 40,077 38,827 −3.12% Oceania Micronesia
  San Marino 34,090 33,733 −1.05% Europe Southern Europe
  Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)[v] 28,627 29,898 +4.44% Americas Caribbean
  Saint Martin (France) 28,870 27,515 −4.69% Americas Caribbean
  Palau 17,759 17,727 −0.18% Oceania Micronesia
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 14,180 14,410 +1.62% Americas Caribbean
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 14,723 14,222 −3.40% Oceania Polynesia
  Nauru 11,801 11,875 +0.63% Oceania Micronesia
  Wallis and Futuna (France) 11,478 11,370 −0.94% Oceania Polynesia
  Saint Barthélemy (France) 10,920 11,085 +1.51% Americas Caribbean
  Tuvalu 9,992 9,816 −1.76% Oceania Polynesia
  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 5,732 5,681 −0.89% Americas Northern America
  Saint Helena (United Kingdom)[w] 5,343 5,289 −1.01% Africa Western Africa
  Montserrat (United Kingdom) 4,453 4,420 −0.74% Americas Caribbean
  Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) 3,490 3,477 −0.37% Americas South America
  Tokelau (New Zealand) 2,290 2,397 +4.67% Oceania Polynesia
  Niue (New Zealand) 1,821 1,817 −0.22% Oceania Polynesia
  Vatican City[x] 505 496 −1.78% Europe Southern Europe

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Explanatory notes

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  1. ^ Refers to Mainland China only. The UN source document states: "For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China (Hong Kong and Macau) and Taiwan."
  2. ^ Including   Zanzibar.
  3. ^ Refers to Metropolitan France only.
  4. ^ Including the   Canary Islands,   Ceuta, and   Melilla.
  5. ^ Including   Crimea, the   Donetsk People's Republic, the   Luhansk People's Republic, and   Sevastopol.
  6. ^ Including   Christmas Island, the   Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and   Norfolk Island.
  7. ^ Listed as China, Taiwan Province of China.
  8. ^ Including   Somaliland.
  9. ^ Refers to the European Netherlands only.
  10. ^ Including the   Azores and   Madeira.
  11. ^ Listed as China, Hong Kong SAR.
  12. ^ Excluding   Kosovo.
  13. ^ Including   Åland.
  14. ^ Including   Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
  15. ^ Including   East Jerusalem.
  16. ^ Including   Abkhazia and   South Ossetia.
  17. ^ Including   Transnistria.
  18. ^ Listed as Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244).
  19. ^ Including   Northern Cyprus.
  20. ^ Listed as China, Macao SAR.
  21. ^ Western Sahara. A disputed territory with undetermined political status.[3] Formerly Spanish Sahara up to 1976, administration is currently split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's administrative control is limited to approximately 30% of the territory, with the remaining 70% of the territory occupied by Morocco.[4] The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara is the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the territory (see Western Sahara conflict).
  22. ^ Listed as   Bonaire,   Sint Eustatius and   Saba.
  23. ^ Including   Saint Helena,   Ascension, and   Tristan da Cunha.
  24. ^ Listed as Holy See.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects. Population Division. United Nations.
  2. ^ a b "World Population Prospects, 2024 Revision". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. "It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present".
  3. ^ BBC News: Western Sahara profile
  4. ^ City Population: Western Sahara (disputed territory)
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