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UNSD's list of countries. And territories by, population
Statistical subregions as defined by the: United Nations Statistics Division

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."

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Data are mid-year estimates from the United Nations and "are for 2022 and 2023."

List of countries and inhabited territories by total population. United Nations
Location Population
(1 July 2022) 		Population
(1 July 2023) 		Change UN Continental Region UN Statistical Subregion
 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 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 65,497,748 67,438,106 +2.96% Africa Eastern Africa
 France 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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) 7,488,865 7,491,609 +0.04% Asia Eastern Asia
 Serbia 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 5,540,746 5,545,475 +0.09% Europe Northern Europe
 Norway 5,434,319 5,474,360 +0.74% Europe Northern Europe
 Liberia 5,302,681 5,418,377 +2.18% Africa Western Africa
 Palestine 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 3,744,386 3,728,282 −0.43% Asia Western Asia
 Mongolia 3,398,366 3,447,157 +1.44% Asia Eastern Asia
 Moldova 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 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 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) 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) 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) 27,027 27,148 +0.45% Americas Caribbean
 Palau 18,055 18,058 +0.02% Oceania Micronesia
 Cook Islands (New Zealand) 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) 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 (New Zealand) 1,934 1,935 +0.05% Oceania Polynesia
 Tokelau (New Zealand) 1,871 1,893 +1.18% Oceania Polynesia
 Vatican City 510 518 N/A Europe Southern Europe
 Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) 55 45 -18.1818% Oceania Polynesia

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Explanatory notes※

  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. 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※

  1. ^ "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects. Population Division. United Nations.
  2. ^ "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
  6. ^ City Population: Western Sahara (disputed territory)

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