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This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by estimated total population. It is 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]

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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]
 World8,021,407,1928,091,734,930+0.88%––
 India1,425,423,2121,438,069,596+0.89%AsiaSouthern Asia
 China[a]1,425,179,5691,422,584,933−0.18%AsiaEastern Asia
 United States341,534,046343,477,335+0.57%AmericasNorthern America
 Indonesia278,830,529281,190,067+0.85%AsiaSouth-eastern Asia
 Pakistan243,700,667247,504,495+1.56%AsiaSouthern Asia
 Nigeria223,150,896227,882,945+2.12%AfricaWestern Africa
 Brazil210,306,415211,140,729+0.40%AmericasSouth America
 Bangladesh169,384,897171,466,990+1.23%AsiaSouthern Asia
 Russia145,579,899145,440,500−0.10%EuropeEastern Europe
 Mexico128,613,117129,739,759+0.88%AmericasCentral America
 Ethiopia125,384,287128,691,692+2.64%AfricaEastern Africa
 Japan124,997,578124,370,947−0.50%AsiaEastern Asia
 Philippines113,964,338114,891,199+0.81%AsiaSouth-eastern Asia
 Egypt112,618,250114,535,772+1.70%AfricaNorthern Africa
 DR Congo102,396,968105,789,731+3.31%AfricaMiddle Africa
 Vietnam99,680,655100,352,192+0.67%AsiaSouth-eastern Asia
 Iran89,524,24690,608,707+1.21%AsiaSouthern Asia
 Turkey87,058,47387,270,501+0.24%AsiaWestern Asia
 Germany84,086,22784,548,231+0.55%EuropeWestern Europe
 Thailand71,735,32971,702,435−0.05%AsiaSouth-eastern Asia
United Kingdom68,179,31568,682,962+0.74%EuropeNorthern Europe
 Tanzania[b]64,711,82166,617,606+2.95%AfricaEastern Africa
 France[c]66,277,40966,438,822+0.24%EuropeWestern Europe
 South Africa62,378,41063,212,384+1.34%AfricaSouthern Africa
 Italy59,619,11559,499,453−0.20%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Kenya54,252,46155,339,003+2.00%AfricaEastern Africa
 Myanmar53,756,78754,133,798+0.70%AsiaSouth-eastern Asia
 Colombia51,737,94452,321,152+1.13%AmericasSouth America
 South Korea51,782,51251,748,739−0.07%AsiaEastern Asia
 Sudan49,383,34650,042,791+1.34%AfricaNorthern Africa
 Uganda47,312,71948,656,601+2.84%AfricaEastern Africa
 Spain[d]47,828,38247,911,579+0.17%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Algeria45,477,38946,164,219+1.51%AfricaNorthern Africa
 Argentina45,407,90445,538,401+0.29%AmericasSouth America
 Iraq44,070,55145,074,049+2.28%AsiaWestern Asia
 Afghanistan40,578,84241,454,761+2.16%AsiaSouthern Asia
 Yemen38,222,87639,390,799+3.06%AsiaWestern Asia
 Canada38,821,25939,299,105+1.23%AmericasNorthern America
 Poland38,385,73938,762,844+0.98%EuropeEastern Europe
 Ukraine[e]41,048,76637,732,836−8.08%EuropeEastern Europe
 Morocco37,329,06437,712,505+1.03%AfricaNorthern Africa
 Angola35,635,02936,749,906+3.13%AfricaMiddle Africa
 Uzbekistan34,938,95535,652,307+2.04%AsiaCentral Asia
 Malaysia34,695,49335,126,298+1.24%AsiaSouth-eastern Asia
 Peru33,475,43833,845,617+1.11%AmericasSouth America
 Ghana33,149,15233,787,914+1.93%AfricaWestern Africa
 Mozambique32,656,24633,635,160+3.00%AfricaEastern Africa
 Saudi Arabia32,175,35232,264,292+0.28%AsiaWestern Asia
 Madagascar30,437,26131,195,932+2.49%AfricaEastern Africa
 Ivory Coast30,395,00231,165,654+2.54%AfricaWestern Africa
   Nepal29,715,43629,964,614+0.84%AsiaSouthern Asia
 Cameroon27,632,77128,372,687+2.68%AfricaMiddle Africa
 Venezuela28,213,01728,300,854+0.31%AmericasSouth America
 Australia[f]26,200,98426,451,124+0.95%OceaniaAustralia and New Zealand
 North Korea26,329,84526,418,204+0.34%AsiaEastern Asia
 Niger25,311,97326,159,867+3.35%AfricaWestern Africa
 Mali23,072,64023,769,127+3.02%AfricaWestern Africa
Syria22,462,17323,594,623+5.04%AsiaWestern Asia
 Taiwan[g]23,420,11123,317,145−0.44%AsiaEastern Asia
 Burkina Faso22,509,03823,025,776+2.30%AfricaWestern Africa
 Sri Lanka22,834,96522,971,617+0.60%AsiaSouthern Asia
 Malawi20,568,72821,104,482+2.60%AfricaEastern Africa
 Zambia20,152,93820,723,965+2.83%AfricaEastern Africa
 Kazakhstan20,034,60920,330,104+1.47%AsiaCentral Asia
 Chile19,553,03619,658,835+0.54%AmericasSouth America
 Chad18,455,31619,319,064+4.68%AfricaMiddle Africa
 Romania19,166,77219,118,479−0.25%EuropeEastern Europe
 Somalia[h]17,801,89718,358,615+3.13%AfricaEastern Africa
 Guatemala17,847,87718,124,838+1.55%AmericasCentral America
 Senegal17,651,10318,077,573+2.42%AfricaWestern Africa
 Netherlands[i]17,904,42118,092,524+1.05%EuropeWestern Europe
 Ecuador17,823,89717,980,083+0.88%AmericasSouth America
 Cambodia17,201,72417,423,880+1.29%AsiaSouth-eastern Asia
 Zimbabwe16,069,05616,340,822+1.69%AfricaEastern Africa
 Guinea14,055,13714,405,465+2.49%AfricaWestern Africa
 Benin13,759,50114,111,034+2.55%AfricaWestern Africa
 Rwanda13,651,03013,954,471+2.22%AfricaEastern Africa
 Burundi13,321,09713,689,450+2.77%AfricaEastern Africa
 Bolivia12,077,15412,244,159+1.38%AmericasSouth America
 Tunisia12,119,33412,200,431+0.67%AfricaNorthern Africa
 Belgium11,641,82011,712,893+0.61%EuropeWestern Europe
 Haiti11,503,60611,637,398+1.16%AmericasCaribbean
 South Sudan11,021,17711,483,374+4.19%AfricaEastern Africa
 Jordan11,256,26311,439,213+1.63%AsiaWestern Asia
 Dominican Republic11,230,73411,331,265+0.90%AmericasCaribbean
 Cuba11,059,82011,019,931−0.36%AmericasCaribbean
 Czechia10,673,21310,809,716+1.28%EuropeEastern Europe
 Honduras10,463,87210,644,851+1.73%AmericasCentral America
 United Arab Emirates10,242,08610,642,081+3.91%AsiaWestern Asia
 Sweden10,487,33810,551,494+0.61%EuropeNorthern Europe
 Portugal[j]10,417,07310,430,738+0.13%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Tajikistan10,182,22210,389,799+2.04%AsiaCentral Asia
 Papua New Guinea10,203,16910,389,635+1.83%OceaniaMelanesia
 Azerbaijan10,295,30410,318,207+0.22%AsiaWestern Asia
 Greece10,412,48010,242,908−1.63%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Hungary9,964,3069,686,463−2.79%EuropeEastern Europe
 Togo9,089,7389,304,337+2.36%AfricaWestern Africa
 Israel9,103,1519,256,314+1.68%AsiaWestern Asia
 Austria9,064,6779,130,429+0.73%EuropeWestern Europe
 Belarus9,173,2379,115,680−0.63%EuropeEastern Europe
  Switzerland8,792,1828,870,561+0.89%EuropeWestern Europe
 Sierra Leone8,276,8078,460,512+2.22%AfricaWestern Africa
 Laos7,559,0077,664,993+1.40%AsiaSouth-eastern Asia
 Hong Kong (China)[k]7,465,9157,442,734−0.31%AsiaEastern Asia
 Turkmenistan7,230,1937,364,438+1.86%AsiaCentral Asia
 Libya7,223,8057,305,659+1.13%AfricaNorthern Africa
 Kyrgyzstan6,955,7887,073,516+1.69%AsiaCentral Asia
 Paraguay6,760,4646,844,146+1.24%AmericasSouth America
 Nicaragua6,730,6546,823,613+1.38%AmericasCentral America
 Bulgaria6,825,8646,795,803−0.44%EuropeEastern Europe
 Serbia[l]6,791,2136,773,201−0.27%EuropeSouthern Europe
 El Salvador6,280,3196,309,624+0.47%AmericasCentral America
 Congo6,035,1046,182,885+2.45%AfricaMiddle Africa
 Denmark5,902,9045,948,136+0.77%EuropeNorthern Europe
 Singapore5,649,8855,789,090+2.46%AsiaSouth-eastern Asia
 Lebanon5,744,4895,733,493−0.19%AsiaWestern Asia
 Finland[m]5,569,2995,601,185+0.57%EuropeNorthern Europe
 Norway[n]5,457,8015,519,167+1.12%EuropeNorthern Europe
 Slovakia5,473,1975,518,055+0.82%EuropeEastern Europe
 Liberia5,373,2945,493,031+2.23%AfricaWestern Africa
 Palestine[o]5,305,2705,409,202+1.96%AsiaWestern Asia
 Ireland5,110,0165,196,630+1.69%EuropeNorthern Europe
 New Zealand5,131,7345,172,836+0.80%OceaniaAustralia and New Zealand
 Central African Republic5,098,0395,152,421+1.07%AfricaMiddle Africa
 Costa Rica5,081,7655,105,525+0.47%AmericasCentral America
 Oman4,730,2265,049,269+6.74%AsiaWestern Asia
 Mauritania4,875,6375,022,441+3.01%AfricaWestern Africa
 Kuwait4,589,5114,838,782+5.43%AsiaWestern Asia
 Panama4,400,7734,458,759+1.32%AmericasCentral America
 Croatia3,907,0273,896,023−0.28%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Georgia[p]3,794,7843,807,492+0.33%AsiaWestern Asia
 Eritrea3,409,4473,470,390+1.79%AfricaEastern Africa
 Mongolia3,386,0153,431,932+1.36%AsiaEastern Asia
 Uruguay3,390,9133,388,081−0.08%AmericasSouth America
 Puerto Rico (United States)3,240,9683,242,023+0.03%AmericasCaribbean
 Bosnia and Herzegovina3,204,8023,185,073−0.62%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Moldova[q]3,039,9853,067,070+0.89%EuropeEastern Europe
 Qatar2,892,4552,979,082+2.99%AsiaWestern Asia
 Namibia2,889,6622,963,095+2.54%AfricaSouthern Africa
 Armenia2,880,8742,943,393+2.17%AsiaWestern Asia
 Lithuania2,816,9192,854,099+1.32%EuropeNorthern Europe
 Jamaica2,839,1442,839,786+0.02%AmericasCaribbean
 Albania2,827,6082,811,655−0.56%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Gambia2,636,4702,697,845+2.33%AfricaWestern Africa
 Gabon2,430,7472,484,789+2.22%AfricaMiddle Africa
 Botswana2,439,8922,480,244+1.65%AfricaSouthern Africa
 Lesotho2,286,1102,311,472+1.11%AfricaSouthern Africa
 Guinea-Bissau2,105,5292,153,339+2.27%AfricaWestern Africa
 Slovenia2,115,2282,118,396+0.15%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Latvia1,881,0631,882,396+0.07%EuropeNorthern Europe
 Equatorial Guinea1,803,5451,847,549+2.44%AfricaMiddle Africa
 North Macedonia1,840,2331,831,802−0.46%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Kosovo[r]1,717,9461,700,031−1.04%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Bahrain1,533,4591,569,666+2.36%AsiaWestern Asia
 Trinidad and Tobago1,495,9211,502,932+0.47%AmericasCaribbean
 Timor-Leste1,369,2951,384,286+1.09%AsiaSouth-eastern Asia
 Estonia1,350,0911,367,196+1.27%EuropeNorthern Europe
 Cyprus[s]1,331,3701,344,976+1.02%AsiaWestern Asia
 Mauritius1,276,1301,273,588−0.20%AfricaEastern Africa
 Eswatini1,218,9171,230,506+0.95%AfricaSouthern Africa
 Djibouti1,137,0961,152,944+1.39%AfricaEastern Africa
 Fiji919,422924,145+0.51%OceaniaMelanesia
 Réunion (France)871,540874,883+0.38%AfricaEastern Africa
 Comoros834,188850,387+1.94%AfricaEastern Africa
 Guyana821,637826,353+0.57%AmericasSouth America
 Solomon Islands781,066800,005+2.42%OceaniaMelanesia
 Bhutan780,914786,385+0.70%AsiaSouthern Asia
 Macao (China)[t]704,356713,912+1.36%AsiaEastern Asia
 Luxembourg653,313665,098+1.80%EuropeWestern Europe
 Montenegro614,648633,552+3.08%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Suriname623,164628,886+0.92%AmericasSouth America
Western Sahara (disputed)568,739579,729+1.93%AfricaNorthern Africa
 Malta528,192532,956+0.90%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Maldives524,106525,994+0.36%AsiaSouthern Asia
 Cape Verde519,741522,331+0.50%AfricaWestern Africa
 Brunei455,370458,949+0.79%AsiaSouth-eastern Asia
 Belize402,733411,106+2.08%AmericasCentral America
 Bahamas397,538399,440+0.48%AmericasCaribbean
 Iceland380,356387,558+1.89%EuropeNorthern Europe
 Guadeloupe (France)384,697376,517−2.13%AmericasCaribbean
 Martinique (France)349,459346,002−0.99%AmericasCaribbean
 Vanuatu313,046320,409+2.35%OceaniaMelanesia
 Mayotte (France)305,269316,015+3.52%AfricaEastern Africa
 French Guiana (France)298,306303,402+1.71%AmericasSouth America
 New Caledonia (France)287,123289,870+0.96%OceaniaMelanesia
 Barbados288,318282,336−2.07%AmericasCaribbean
 French Polynesia (France)280,378281,118+0.26%OceaniaPolynesia
 São Tomé and Príncipe226,305230,871+2.02%AfricaMiddle Africa
 Samoa215,261216,663+0.65%OceaniaPolynesia
 Curaçao (Netherlands)185,345185,427+0.04%AmericasCaribbean
 Saint Lucia178,781179,285+0.28%AmericasCaribbean
 Guam (United States)165,180166,506+0.80%OceaniaMicronesia
 Kiribati130,469132,530+1.58%OceaniaMicronesia
 Seychelles125,522127,951+1.94%AfricaEastern Africa
 Grenada116,913117,081+0.14%AmericasCaribbean
 Micronesia112,114112,630+0.46%OceaniaMicronesia
 Tonga105,042104,597−0.42%OceaniaPolynesia
 Aruba (Netherlands)107,782107,939+0.15%AmericasCaribbean
 Jersey (United Kingdom)103,490103,674+0.18%EuropeNorthern Europe
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines102,046101,323−0.71%AmericasCaribbean
 Antigua and Barbuda92,84093,316+0.51%AmericasCaribbean
 U.S. Virgin Islands (United States)86,50785,701−0.93%AmericasCaribbean
 Isle of Man (United Kingdom)84,13284,165+0.04%EuropeNorthern Europe
 Andorra79,70580,856+1.44%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)71,59173,038+2.02%AmericasCaribbean
 Dominica66,82666,510−0.47%AmericasCaribbean
 Bermuda (United Kingdom)64,74964,698−0.08%AmericasNorthern America
Guernsey (United Kingdom)63,72564,017+0.46%EuropeNorthern Europe
 Greenland (Denmark)54,99055,922+1.69%AmericasNorthern America
 Faroe Islands (Denmark)54,01154,714+1.30%EuropeNorthern Europe
 American Samoa (United States)48,34247,521−1.70%OceaniaPolynesia
 Saint Kitts and Nevis46,70946,758+0.10%AmericasCaribbean
 Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)45,84746,198+0.77%AmericasCaribbean
 Northern Mariana Islands (United States)46,07845,143−2.03%OceaniaMicronesia
 Sint Maarten (Netherlands)42,13942,749+1.45%AmericasCaribbean
 Liechtenstein39,31739,598+0.71%EuropeWestern Europe
 British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)38,31938,985+1.74%AmericasCaribbean
 Monaco38,93138,956+0.06%EuropeWestern Europe
 Gibraltar (United Kingdom)37,60938,471+2.29%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Marshall Islands40,07738,827−3.12%OceaniaMicronesia
 San Marino34,09033,733−1.05%EuropeSouthern Europe
 Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)[u]28,62729,898+4.44%AmericasCaribbean
Saint Martin (France)28,87027,515−4.69%AmericasCaribbean
 Palau17,75917,727−0.18%OceaniaMicronesia
 Anguilla (United Kingdom)14,18014,410+1.62%AmericasCaribbean
 Cook Islands14,72314,222−3.40%OceaniaPolynesia
 Nauru11,80111,875+0.63%OceaniaMicronesia
 Wallis and Futuna (France)11,47811,370−0.94%OceaniaPolynesia
 Saint Barthélemy (France)10,92011,085+1.51%AmericasCaribbean
 Tuvalu9,9929,816−1.76%OceaniaPolynesia
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)5,7325,681−0.89%AmericasNorthern America
 Saint Helena (United Kingdom)[v]5,3435,289−1.01%AfricaWestern Africa
 Montserrat (United Kingdom)4,4534,420−0.74%AmericasCaribbean
 Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)3,4903,477−0.37%AmericasSouth America
 Tokelau (New Zealand)2,2902,397+4.67%OceaniaPolynesia
 Niue 1,8211,817−0.22%OceaniaPolynesia
 Vatican City[w]505496−1.78%EuropeSouthern Europe
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Explanatory notes

  1. [a]
    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. [b]
    Including  Zanzibar.
  3. [c]
    Refers to Metropolitan France only.
  4. [d]
    Including the  Canary Islands,  Ceuta, and  Melilla.
  5. [e]
    Including  Crimea, the  Donetsk People's Republic, the  Luhansk People's Republic, and  Sevastopol.
  6. [f]
    Including  Christmas Island, the  Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and  Norfolk Island.
  7. [g]
    Listed as China, Taiwan Province of China.
  8. [h]
    Including  Somaliland.
  9. [i]
    Refers to the European Netherlands only.
  10. [j]
    Including the  Azores and  Madeira.
  11. [k]
    Listed as China, Hong Kong SAR.
  12. [l]
    Excluding  Kosovo.
  13. [m]
    Including  Åland.
  14. [n]
    Including  Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
  15. [o]
    Including Palestine East Jerusalem.
  16. [p]
    Including  Abkhazia and  South Ossetia.
  17. [q]
    Including  Transnistria.
  18. [r]
    Listed as Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244).
  19. [s]
    Including  Northern Cyprus.
  20. [t]
    Listed as China, Macao SAR.
  21. [u]
    Listed as  Bonaire,  Sint Eustatius and  Saba.
  22. [v]
    Including  Saint Helena,  Ascension, and  Tristan da Cunha.
  23. [w]
    Listed as Holy See.

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