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]
List[edit]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 continentalregion[1] UN statisticalsubregion[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 Timor-Leste 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) 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)[u] 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)[v] 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[w] 505 496 −1.78% Europe Southern Europe See also[edit] World[edit] List of countries and dependencies by population List of countries by past and projected future population List of countries by population in 1000 List of countries by population in 1500 List of countries by population in 1600 List of countries by population in 1700 List of countries by population in 1800 List of countries by population in 1900 List of countries by population in 1939 List of countries by population in 1989 List of countries by population in 2000 List of countries by population in 2005 List of countries by population in 2010 List of countries by population in 2015 World population Continental[edit] Demographics of Antarctica List of African countries by population List of Asian countries by population List of European countries by population List of European countries by population growth rate List of North American countries by population List of Oceanian countries by population List of South American countries by population Transcontinental[edit] List of Arab League countries by population List of countries in the Americas by population List of Latin American countries by population List of Eurasian countries by population List of Middle Eastern countries by population Subregional[edit] List of Caribbean countries by population Others[edit] List of European Union member states by population List of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population List of population concern organizations Explanatory notes[edit] ^ 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." ^ Including Zanzibar. ^ Refers to Metropolitan France only. ^ Including the Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla. ^ Including Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, and Sevastopol. ^ Including Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island. ^ Listed as China, Taiwan Province of China. ^ Including Somaliland. ^ Refers to the European Netherlands only. ^ Including the Azores and Madeira. ^ Listed as China, Hong Kong SAR. ^ Excluding Kosovo. ^ Including Åland. ^ Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. ^ Including East Jerusalem. ^ Including Abkhazia and South Ossetia. ^ Including Transnistria. ^ Listed as Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244). ^ Including Northern Cyprus. ^ Listed as China, Macao SAR. ^ Listed as Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. ^ Including Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha. ^ Listed as Holy See. References[edit] ^ a b c "Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49)". United Nations Statistics Division. ^ 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". 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