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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 2022 revision of World Population Prospects . It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present. [2]

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Data are mid-year [3] estimates from the United Nations and are for 2022 and 2023. [4] [2]

List of countries and inhabited territories by total population. United Nations
Location Population
(1 July 2022) 		Population
(1 July 2023) 		Change UN Continental Region [1] UN Statistical Subregion [1]
  World 7,975,105,156 8,045,311,448 +0.88%
  India 1,417,173,173 1,428,627,663 +0.81% Asia Southern Asia
  China [a] 1,425,887,337 1,425,671,352 ?0.02% Asia Eastern Asia
  United States 338,289,857 339,996,564 +0.50% Americas Northern America
  Indonesia 275,501,339 277,534,123 +0.74% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Pakistan 235,824,862 240,485,658 +1.98% Asia Southern Asia
  Nigeria 218,541,212 223,804,632 +2.41% Africa Western Africa
  Brazil 215,313,498 216,422,446 +0.52% Americas South America
  Bangladesh 171,186,373 172,954,319 +1.03% Asia Southern Asia
  Russia 144,713,314 144,444,359 ?0.19% Europe Eastern Europe
  Mexico 127,504,126 128,455,567 +0.75% Americas Central America
  Ethiopia 123,379,925 126,527,060 +2.55% Africa Eastern Africa
  Japan 123,951,692 123,294,513 ?0.53% Asia Eastern Asia
  Philippines 115,559,009 117,337,368 +1.54% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Egypt 110,990,103 112,716,599 +1.56% Africa Northern Africa
  DR Congo 99,010,212 102,262,809 +3.29% Africa Middle Africa
  Vietnam 98,186,856 98,858,950 +0.68% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Iran 88,550,570 89,172,767 +0.70% Asia Southern Asia
  Turkey 85,341,241 85,816,199 +0.56% Asia Western Asia
  Germany 83,369,843 83,294,633 ?0.09% Europe Western Europe
  Thailand 71,697,030 71,801,279 +0.15% Asia South-eastern Asia
  United Kingdom 67,508,936 67,736,802 +0.34% Europe Northern Europe
  Tanzania [b] 65,497,748 67,438,106 +2.96% Africa Eastern Africa
  France [c] 64,626,628 64,756,584 +0.20% Europe Western Europe
  South Africa 59,893,886 60,414,495 +0.87% Africa Southern Africa
  Italy 59,037,474 58,870,763 ?0.28% Europe Southern Europe
  Kenya 54,027,487 55,100,587 +1.99% Africa Eastern Africa
  Myanmar 54,179,306 54,577,997 +0.74% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Colombia 51,874,024 52,085,168 +0.41% Americas South America
  South Korea 51,815,810 51,784,059 ?0.06% Asia Eastern Asia
  Uganda 47,249,585 48,582,334 +2.82% Africa Eastern Africa
  Sudan 46,874,204 48,109,006 +2.63% Africa Northern Africa
  Spain [d] 47,558,630 47,519,628 ?0.08% Europe Southern Europe
  Argentina 45,510,318 45,773,884 +0.58% Americas South America
  Algeria 44,903,225 45,606,481 +1.57% Africa Northern Africa
  Iraq 44,496,122 45,504,560 +2.27% Asia West Asia
  Afghanistan 41,128,771 42,239,854 +2.70% Asia Southern Asia
  Poland 39,857,146 41,026,068 +2.93% Europe Eastern Europe
  Canada 38,454,327 38,781,292 +0.85% Americas Northern America
  Morocco 37,457,971 37,840,044 +1.02% Africa Northern Africa
  Saudi Arabia 36,408,820 36,947,025 +1.48% Asia Western Asia
  Ukraine [e] 39,701,739 36,744,634 ?7.45% Europe Eastern Europe
  Angola 35,588,987 36,684,203 +3.08% Africa Middle Africa
  Uzbekistan 34,627,653 35,163,944 +1.55% Asia Central Asia
  Yemen 33,696,614 34,449,825 +2.24% Asia Western Asia
  Peru 34,049,589 34,352,719 +0.89% Americas South America
  Malaysia 33,938,222 34,308,525 +1.09% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Ghana 33,475,870 34,121,985 +1.93% Africa Western Africa
  Mozambique 32,969,519 33,897,354 +2.81% Africa Eastern Africa
    Nepal 30,547,580 30,896,590 +1.14% Asia Southern Asia
  Madagascar 29,611,714 30,325,732 +2.41% Africa Eastern Africa
  Ivory Coast 28,160,543 28,873,034 +2.53% Africa Western Africa
  Venezuela 28,301,696 28,838,499 +1.90% Americas South America
  Cameroon 27,914,537 28,647,293 +2.62% Africa Middle Africa
  Niger 26,207,977 27,202,843 +3.80% Africa Western Africa
  Australia [f] 26,177,414 26,439,112 +1.00% Oceania Australia and New Zealand
  North Korea 26,069,417 26,160,822 +0.35% Asia Eastern Asia
  Taiwan [g] 23,893,395 23,923,277 +0.13% Asia Eastern Asia
  Mali 22,593,591 23,293,699 +3.10% Africa Western Africa
  Burkina Faso 22,673,762 23,251,485 +2.55% Africa Western Africa
  Syria 22,125,249 23,227,014 +4.98% Asia Western Asia
  Sri Lanka 21,832,143 21,893,579 +0.28% Asia Southern Asia
  Malawi 20,405,317 20,931,751 +2.58% Africa Eastern Africa
  Zambia 20,017,675 20,569,738 +2.76% Africa Eastern Africa
  Romania 19,659,267 19,892,812 +1.19% Europe Eastern Europe
  Chile 19,603,733 19,629,590 +0.13% Americas South America
  Kazakhstan 19,397,998 19,606,634 +1.08% Asia Central Asia
  Chad 17,723,315 18,278,568 +3.13% Africa Middle Africa
  Ecuador 18,001,000 18,190,484 +1.05% Americas South America
  Somalia [h] 17,597,511 18,143,379 +3.10% Africa Eastern Africa
  Guatemala 17,843,908 18,092,026 +1.39% Americas Central America
  Senegal 17,316,449 17,763,163 +2.58% Africa Western Africa
  Netherlands [i] 17,564,014 17,618,299 +0.31% Europe Western Europe
  Cambodia 16,767,842 16,944,826 +1.06% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Zimbabwe 16,320,537 16,665,409 +2.11% Africa Eastern Africa
  Guinea 13,859,341 14,190,612 +2.39% Africa Western Africa
  Rwanda 13,776,698 14,094,683 +2.31% Africa Eastern Africa
  Benin 13,352,864 13,712,828 +2.70% Africa Western Africa
  Burundi 12,889,577 13,238,559 +2.71% Africa Eastern Africa
  Tunisia 12,356,117 12,458,223 +0.83% Africa Northern Africa
  Bolivia 12,224,110 12,388,571 +1.35% Americas South America
  Haiti 11,584,996 11,724,764 +1.21% Americas Caribbean
  Belgium 11,655,930 11,686,140 +0.26% Europe Western Europe
  Jordan 11,285,869 11,337,053 +0.45% Asia Western Asia
  Dominican Republic 11,228,821 11,332,973 +0.93% Americas Caribbean
  Cuba 11,212,191 11,194,449 ?0.16% Americas Caribbean
  South Sudan 10,913,164 11,088,796 +1.61% Africa Eastern Africa
  Sweden 10,549,347 10,612,086 +0.59% Europe Northern Europe
  Honduras 10,432,860 10,593,798 +1.54% Americas Central America
  Czechia 10,493,986 10,495,295 +0.01% Europe Eastern Europe
  Azerbaijan 10,358,074 10,412,652 +0.53% Asia Western Asia
  Greece 10,384,971 10,341,277 ?0.42% Europe Southern Europe
  Papua New Guinea 10,142,619 10,329,931 +1.85% Oceania Melanesia
  Portugal [j] 10,270,865 10,247,605 ?0.23% Europe Southern Europe
  Tajikistan 9,952,787 10,143,543 +1.92% Asia Central Asia
  Hungary 9,967,308 9,604,000 ?3.64% Europe Eastern Europe
  United Arab Emirates 9,441,129 9,516,871 +0.80% Asia Western Asia
  Belarus 9,534,955 9,498,238 ?0.39% Europe Eastern Europe
  Israel 9,038,309 9,174,520 +1.51% Asia Western Asia
  Togo 8,848,699 9,053,799 +2.32% Africa Western Africa
  Austria 8,939,617 8,958,961 +0.22% Europe Western Europe
   Switzerland 8,740,472 8,796,669 +0.64% Europe Western Europe
  Sierra Leone 8,605,718 8,791,092 +2.15% Africa Western Africa
  Laos 7,529,475 7,633,779 +1.39% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Hong Kong ( China ) [k] 7,488,865 7,491,609 +0.04% Asia Eastern Asia
  Serbia [l] 7,221,366 7,149,077 ?1.00% Europe Southern Europe
  Nicaragua 6,948,392 7,046,311 +1.41% Americas Central America
  Libya 6,812,341 6,888,388 +1.12% Africa Northern Africa
  Paraguay 6,780,744 6,861,524 +1.19% Americas South America
  Kyrgyzstan 6,630,623 6,735,348 +1.58% Asia Central Asia
  Bulgaria 6,781,953 6,687,717 ?1.39% Europe Eastern Europe
  Turkmenistan 6,430,771 6,516,100 +1.33% Asia Central Asia
  El Salvador 6,336,392 6,364,943 +0.45% Americas Central America
  Congo 5,970,424 6,106,869 +2.29% Africa Middle Africa
  Singapore 5,975,689 6,014,723 +0.65% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Denmark 5,882,262 5,910,913 +0.49% Europe Northern Europe
  Slovakia 5,643,453 5,795,199 +2.69% Europe Eastern Europe
  Central African Republic 5,579,144 5,742,316 +2.92% Africa Middle Africa
  Finland [m] 5,540,746 5,545,475 +0.09% Europe Northern Europe
  Norway [n] 5,434,319 5,474,360 +0.74% Europe Northern Europe
  Liberia 5,302,681 5,418,377 +2.18% Africa Western Africa
  Palestine [o] 5,250,072 5,371,230 +2.31% Asia Western Asia
  Lebanon 5,489,740 5,353,930 ?2.47% Asia Western Asia
  New Zealand 5,185,289 5,228,100 +0.83% Oceania Australia and New Zealand
  Costa Rica 5,180,829 5,212,173 +0.60% Americas Central America
  Ireland 5,023,109 5,056,935 +0.67% Europe Northern Europe
  Mauritania 4,736,139 4,862,989 +2.68% Africa Western Africa
  Oman 4,576,298 4,644,384 +1.49% Asia Western Asia
  Panama 4,408,581 4,468,087 +1.35% Americas Central America
  Kuwait 4,268,873 4,310,108 +0.97% Asia Western Asia
  Croatia 4,030,358 4,008,617 ?0.54% Europe Southern Europe
  Eritrea 3,684,032 3,748,902 +1.76% Africa Eastern Africa
  Georgia [p] 3,744,386 3,728,282 ?0.43% Asia Western Asia
  Mongolia 3,398,366 3,447,157 +1.44% Asia Eastern Asia
  Moldova [q] 3,272,996 3,435,931 +4.98% Europe Eastern Europe
  Uruguay 3,422,794 3,423,109 +0.01% Americas South America
  Puerto Rico ( United States ) 3,252,407 3,260,314 +0.24% Americas Caribbean
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,233,527 3,210,848 ?0.70% Europe Southern Europe
  Albania 2,842,321 2,832,439 ?0.35% Europe Southern Europe
  Jamaica 2,827,377 2,825,544 ?0.06% Americas Caribbean
  Armenia 2,780,469 2,777,971 ?0.09% Asia Western Asia
  Gambia 2,705,992 2,773,168 +2.48% Africa Western Africa
  Lithuania 2,750,055 2,718,352 ?1.15% Europe Northern Europe
  Qatar 2,695,122 2,716,391 +0.79% Asia Western Asia
  Botswana 2,630,296 2,675,353 +1.71% Africa Southern Africa
  Namibia 2,567,013 2,604,172 +1.45% Africa Southern Africa
  Gabon 2,388,993 2,436,567 +1.99% Africa Middle Africa
  Lesotho 2,305,826 2,330,318 +1.06% Africa Southern Africa
  Guinea-Bissau 2,105,566 2,150,842 +2.15% Africa Western Africa
  Slovenia 2,119,844 2,119,675 ?0.01% Europe Southern Europe
  North Macedonia 2,093,599 2,085,679 ?0.38% Europe Southern Europe
  Latvia 1,850,651 1,830,212 ?1.10% Europe Northern Europe
  Equatorial Guinea 1,674,908 1,714,672 +2.37% Africa Middle Africa
  Kosovo [r] 1,659,714 1,663,595 +0.23% Europe Southern Europe
  Trinidad and Tobago 1,531,045 1,534,937 +0.25% Americas Caribbean
  Bahrain 1,472,233 1,485,510 +0.90% Asia Western Asia
  East Timor 1,341,296 1,360,596 +1.44% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Estonia 1,326,062 1,322,766 ?0.25% Europe Northern Europe
  Mauritius 1,299,469 1,300,557 +0.08% Africa Eastern Africa
  Cyprus [s] 1,251,489 1,260,138 +0.69% Asia Western Asia
  Eswatini 1,201,671 1,210,822 +0.76% Africa Southern Africa
  Djibouti 1,120,849 1,136,455 +1.39% Africa Eastern Africa
  Reunion ( France ) 974,052 981,796 +0.80% Africa Eastern Africa
  Fiji 929,766 936,376 +0.71% Oceania Melanesia
  Comoros 836,774 852,075 +1.83% Africa Eastern Africa
  Guyana 808,726 813,834 +0.63% Americas South America
  Bhutan 782,455 787,425 +0.64% Asia Southern Asia
  Solomon Islands 724,273 740,425 +2.23% Oceania Melanesia
  Macao ( China ) [t] 695,169 704,150 +1.29% Asia Eastern Asia
  Luxembourg 647,599 654,768 +1.11% Europe Western Europe
  Montenegro 627,083 626,485 ?0.10% Europe Southern Europe
  Suriname 618,041 623,237 +0.84% Americas South America
  Cape Verde 593,150 598,682 +0.93% Africa Western Africa
Western Sahara ( disputed ) [u] 575,986 587,259 +1.96% Africa Northern Africa
  Malta 533,286 535,065 +0.33% Europe Southern Europe
  Maldives 521,021 523,787 +0.53% Asia Southern Asia
  Brunei 449,002 452,524 +0.78% Asia South-eastern Asia
  Bahamas 409,984 412,624 +0.64% Americas Caribbean
  Belize 405,273 410,825 +1.37% Americas Central America
  Guadeloupe ( France ) 395,753 395,839 +0.02% Americas Caribbean
  Iceland 372,899 375,319 +0.65% Europe Northern Europe
  Martinique ( France ) 367,507 366,981 ?0.14% Americas Caribbean
  Mayotte ( France ) 326,101 335,995 +3.03% Africa Eastern Africa
  Vanuatu 326,741 334,506 +2.38% Oceania Melanesia
  French Guiana ( France ) 304,557 312,155 +2.49% Americas South America
  French Polynesia ( France ) 306,279 308,872 +0.85% Oceania Polynesia
  New Caledonia ( France ) 289,951 292,991 +1.05% Oceania Melanesia
  Barbados 281,635 281,996 +0.13% Americas Caribbean
  Sao Tome and Principe 227,380 231,856 +1.97% Africa Middle Africa
  Samoa 222,382 225,681 +1.48% Oceania Polynesia
  Curacao ( Netherlands ) 191,164 192,077 +0.48% Americas Caribbean
  Saint Lucia 179,858 180,251 +0.22% Americas Caribbean
  Guam ( United States ) 171,775 172,952 +0.69% Oceania Micronesia
  Kiribati 131,232 133,515 +1.74% Oceania Micronesia
  Grenada 125,438 126,184 +0.59% Americas Caribbean
  Micronesia 114,164 115,224 +0.93% Oceania Micronesia
  Jersey ( United Kingdom ) 110,779 111,803 +0.92% Europe Northern Europe
  Tonga 106,858 107,773 +0.86% Oceania Polynesia
  Seychelles 107,119 107,660 +0.51% Africa Eastern Africa
  Aruba ( Netherlands ) 106,445 106,277 ?0.16% Americas Caribbean
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 103,948 103,699 ?0.24% Americas Caribbean
  U.S. Virgin Islands ( United States ) 99,465 98,750 ?0.72% Americas Caribbean
  Antigua and Barbuda 93,763 94,298 +0.57% Americas Caribbean
  Isle of Man ( United Kingdom ) 84,520 84,710 +0.22% Europe Northern Europe
  Andorra 79,824 80,088 +0.33% Europe Southern Europe
  Dominica 72,738 73,040 +0.42% Americas Caribbean
  Cayman Islands ( United Kingdom ) 68,706 69,310 +0.88% Americas Caribbean
  Bermuda ( United Kingdom ) 64,184 64,069 ?0.18% Americas Northern America
  Guernsey ( United Kingdom ) 63,302 63,544 +0.38% Europe Northern Europe
  Greenland ( Denmark ) 56,466 56,643 +0.31% Americas Northern America
  Faroe Islands ( Denmark ) 53,090 53,270 +0.34% Europe Northern Europe
  Northern Mariana Islands ( United States ) 49,551 49,796 +0.49% Oceania Micronesia
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 47,658 47,755 +0.20% Americas Caribbean
  Turks and Caicos Islands ( United Kingdom ) 45,703 46,062 +0.79% Americas Caribbean
  Sint Maarten ( Netherlands ) 44,175 44,222 +0.11% Americas Caribbean
  American Samoa ( United States ) 44,273 43,915 ?0.81% Oceania Polynesia
  Marshall Islands 41,569 41,996 +1.03% Oceania Micronesia
  Liechtenstein 39,327 39,585 +0.66% Europe Western Europe
  Monaco 36,469 36,298 ?0.47% Europe Western Europe
  San Marino 33,661 33,642 ?0.06% Europe Southern Europe
  Gibraltar ( United Kingdom ) 32,649 32,688 +0.12% Europe Southern Europe
Saint Martin ( France ) 31,791 32,077 +0.90% Americas Caribbean
  British Virgin Islands ( United Kingdom ) 31,305 31,538 +0.74% Americas Caribbean
  Caribbean Netherlands ( Netherlands ) [v] 27,027 27,148 +0.45% Americas Caribbean
  Palau 18,055 18,058 +0.02% Oceania Micronesia
  Cook Islands 17,011 17,044 +0.19% Oceania Polynesia
  Anguilla ( United Kingdom ) 15,857 15,900 +0.27% Americas Caribbean
  Nauru 12,668 12,780 +0.88% Oceania Micronesia
  Wallis and Futuna ( France ) 11,573 11,502 ?0.61% Oceania Polynesia
  Tuvalu 11,312 11,396 +0.74% Oceania Polynesia
  Saint Barthelemy ( France ) 10,967 10,994 +0.25% Americas Caribbean
  Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( France ) 5,862 5,840 ?0.38% Americas Northern America
  Saint Helena ( United Kingdom ) [w] 5,374 5,314 ?1.12% Africa Western Africa
  Montserrat ( United Kingdom ) 4,390 4,387 ?0.07% Americas Caribbean
  Falkland Islands ( United Kingdom ) 3,780 3,791 +0.29% Americas South America
  Niue 1,934 1,935 +0.05% Oceania Polynesia
  Tokelau ( New Zealand ) 1,871 1,893 +1.18% Oceania Polynesia
  Vatican City [x] 510 518 N/A Europe Southern Europe
  Pitcairn Islands ( United Kingdom ) 55 45 -18.1818% Oceania Polynesia

See also [ edit ]

World [ edit ]

Continental [ edit ]

Transcontinental [ edit ]

Subregional [ edit ]

Others [ edit ]

Explanatory notes [ edit ]

  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   Aland .
  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 . [5] 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. 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 [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c "Definition of Regions" . World Population Prospects . Population Division. United Nations .
  2. ^ a b "World Population Prospects, 2022 Revision" . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Population Division. "It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present".
  3. ^ "Methodology Report" (PDF) . Population Division . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs . July 2022. "Years given refer to 1 July."
  4. ^ United Nations Population Division Data Portal . Scroll down to "Search data by indicator and location". Just below that there are 2 main menus. Left menu > Alphabetical tab > Total population by sex > Apply. Center menu > Alphabetical menu > "All" menu > Choose "Countries" > Apply (may need to lower font size to see "apply" button). Date menus > Choose the range from 2022 to 2023. Click "Get Started and Search". Click the export button on the left to open the export sidebar > Excel tab > Excel 2007 and up. Missing data: Blank. Include thousand separator?: Yes. Include Metadata?: No. Click "Download" button at bottom to get .xlsx file. Close the export sidebar to see the wide 2022-23 table online.
  5. ^ BBC News: Western Sahara profile

External links [ edit ]

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