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

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]

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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 or Territory 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 State of Palestine 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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