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List of countries by population (United Nations)

Summary

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]

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

List edit

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 Western 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
  Réunion (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
  São Tomé and Príncipe 227,380 231,856 +1.97% Africa Middle Africa
  Samoa 222,382 225,681 +1.48% Oceania Polynesia
  Curaçao (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 Barthélemy (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) N/A N/A N/A Oceania Polynesia

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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   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.[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 20% of the territory, with the remaining 80% 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

  • World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision
  • Data sources for the World Population Prospects
  • Methodology of the United Nations Population Estimates and Projections

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