List of countries and dependencies by population (United Nations)

This is a 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. "It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present".__TOC__

List 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 Country or territory Population(1 July 2022) Population(1 July 2023) Change(%)UN continentalregionUN statisticalsubregion 8,021,407,192 8,091,734,930 – – 1,425,423,212 1,438,069,596 Asia Southern Asia 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." 1,425,179,569 1,422,584,933 Asia Eastern Asia 341,534,046 343,477,335 Americas Northern America 278,830,529 281,190,067 Asia South-eastern Asia 243,700,667 247,504,495 Asia Southern Asia 223,150,896 227,882,945 Africa Western Africa 210,306,415 211,140,729 Americas South America 169,384,897 171,466,990 Asia Southern Asia 145,579,899 145,440,500 Europe Eastern Europe 128,613,117 129,739,759 Americas Central America 125,384,287 128,691,692 Africa Eastern Africa 124,997,578 124,370,947 Asia Eastern Asia 113,964,338 114,891,199 Asia South-eastern Asia 112,618,250 114,535,772 Africa Northern Africa 102,396,968 105,789,731 Africa Middle Africa 99,680,655 100,352,192 Asia South-eastern Asia 89,524,246 90,608,707 Asia Southern Asia 87,058,473 87,270,501 Asia Western Asia 84,086,227 84,548,231 Europe Western Europe 71,735,329 71,702,435 Asia South-eastern Asia 68,179,315 68,682,962 Europe Northern Europe Including . 64,711,821 66,617,606 Africa Eastern Africa Refers to Metropolitan France only. 66,277,409 66,438,822 Europe Western Europe 62,378,410 63,212,384 Africa Southern Africa 59,619,115 59,499,453 Europe Southern Europe 54,252,461 55,339,003 Africa Eastern Africa 53,756,787 54,133,798 Asia South-eastern Asia 51,737,944 52,321,152 Americas South America 51,782,512 51,748,739 Asia Eastern Asia 49,383,346 50,042,791 Africa Northern Africa 47,312,719 48,656,601 Africa Eastern Africa Including the , , and . 47,828,382 47,911,579 Europe Southern Europe 45,477,389 46,164,219 Africa Northern Africa 45,407,904 45,538,401 Americas South America 44,070,551 45,074,049 Asia Western Asia 40,578,842 41,454,761 Asia Southern Asia 38,222,876 39,390,799 Asia Western Asia 38,821,259 39,299,105 Americas Northern America 38,385,739 38,762,844 Europe Eastern Europe Including, the, the, and. 41,048,766 37,732,836 Europe Eastern Europe 37,329,064 37,712,505 Africa Northern Africa 35,635,029 36,749,906 Africa Middle Africa 34,938,955 35,652,307 Asia Central Asia 34,695,493 35,126,298 Asia South-eastern Asia 33,475,438 33,845,617 Americas South America 33,149,152 33,787,914 Africa Western Africa 32,656,246 33,635,160 Africa Eastern Africa 32,175,352 32,264,292 Asia Western Asia 30,437,261 31,195,932 Africa Eastern Africa 30,395,002 31,165,654 Africa Western Africa 29,715,436 29,964,614 Asia Southern Asia 27,632,771 28,372,687 Africa Middle Africa 28,213,017 28,300,854 Americas South America Including , the , and . 26,200,984 26,451,124 Oceania Australia and New Zealand 26,329,845 26,418,204 Asia Eastern Asia 25,311,973 26,159,867 Africa Western Africa 23,072,640 23,769,127 Africa Western Africa Syria 22,462,173 23,594,623 Asia Western Asia Listed as China, Taiwan Province of China. 23,420,111 23,317,145 Asia Eastern Asia 22,509,038 23,025,776 Africa Western Africa 22,834,965 22,971,617 Asia Southern Asia 20,568,728 21,104,482 Africa Eastern Africa 20,152,938 20,723,965 Africa Eastern Africa 20,034,609 20,330,104 Asia Central Asia 19,553,036 19,658,835 Americas South America 18,455,316 19,319,064 Africa Middle Africa 19,166,772 19,118,479 Europe Eastern Europe Including . 17,801,897 18,358,615 Africa Eastern Africa 17,847,877 18,124,838 Americas Central America 17,651,103 18,077,573 Africa Western Africa Refers to the European Netherlands only. 17,904,421 18,092,524 Europe Western Europe 17,823,897 17,980,083 Americas South America 17,201,724 17,423,880 Asia South-eastern Asia 16,069,056 16,340,822 Africa Eastern Africa 14,055,137 14,405,465 Africa Western Africa 13,759,501 14,111,034 Africa Western Africa 13,651,030 13,954,471 Africa Eastern Africa 13,321,097 13,689,450 Africa Eastern Africa 12,077,154 12,244,159 Americas South America 12,119,334 12,200,431 Africa Northern Africa 11,641,820 11,712,893 Europe Western Europe 11,503,606 11,637,398 Americas Caribbean 11,021,177 11,483,374 Africa Eastern Africa 11,256,263 11,439,213 Asia Western Asia 11,230,734 11,331,265 Americas Caribbean 11,059,820 11,019,931 Americas Caribbean 10,673,213 10,809,716 Europe Eastern Europe 10,463,872 10,644,851 Americas Central America 10,242,086 10,642,081 Asia Western Asia 10,487,338 10,551,494 Europe Northern Europe Including the and . 10,417,073 10,430,738 Europe Southern Europe 10,182,222 10,389,799 Asia Central Asia 10,203,169 10,389,635 Oceania Melanesia 10,295,304 10,318,207 Asia Western Asia 10,412,480 10,242,908 Europe Southern Europe 9,964,306 9,686,463 Europe Eastern Europe 9,089,738 9,304,337 Africa Western Africa 9,103,151 9,256,314 Asia Western Asia 9,064,677 9,130,429 Europe Western Europe 9,173,237 9,115,680 Europe Eastern Europe 8,792,182 8,870,561 Europe Western Europe 8,276,807 8,460,512 Africa Western Africa 7,559,007 7,664,993 Asia South-eastern Asia (China)Listed as China, Hong Kong SAR. 7,465,915 7,442,734 Asia Eastern Asia 7,230,193 7,364,438 Asia Central Asia 7,223,805 7,305,659 Africa Northern Africa 6,955,788 7,073,516 Asia Central Asia 6,760,464 6,844,146 Americas South America 6,730,654 6,823,613 Americas Central America 6,825,864 6,795,803 Europe Eastern Europe Excluding . 6,791,213 6,773,201 Europe Southern Europe 6,280,319 6,309,624 Americas Central America 6,035,104 6,182,885 Africa Middle Africa 5,902,904 5,948,136 Europe Northern Europe 5,649,885 5,789,090 Asia South-eastern Asia 5,744,489 5,733,493 Asia Western Asia Including . 5,569,299 5,601,185 Europe Northern Europe Including . 5,457,801 5,519,167 Europe Northern Europe 5,473,197 5,518,055 Europe Eastern Europe 5,373,294 5,493,031 Africa Western Africa Including East Jerusalem. 5,305,270 5,409,202 Asia Western Asia 5,110,016 5,196,630 Europe Northern Europe 5,131,734 5,172,836 Oceania Australia and New Zealand 5,098,039 5,152,421 Africa Middle Africa 5,081,765 5,105,525 Americas Central America 4,730,226 5,049,269 Asia Western Asia 4,875,637 5,022,441 Africa Western Africa 4,589,511 4,838,782 Asia Western Asia 4,400,773 4,458,759 Americas Central America 3,907,027 3,896,023 Europe Southern Europe Including and . 3,794,784 3,807,492 Asia Western Asia 3,409,447 3,470,390 Africa Eastern Africa 3,386,015 3,431,932 Asia Eastern Asia 3,390,913 3,388,081 Americas South America (United States) 3,240,968 3,242,023 Americas Caribbean 3,204,802 3,185,073 Europe Southern Europe Including . 3,039,985 3,067,070 Europe Eastern Europe 2,892,455 2,979,082 Asia Western Asia 2,889,662 2,963,095 Africa Southern Africa 2,880,874 2,943,393 Asia Western Asia 2,816,919 2,854,099 Europe Northern Europe 2,839,144 2,839,786 Americas Caribbean 2,827,608 2,811,655 Europe Southern Europe 2,636,470 2,697,845 Africa Western Africa 2,430,747 2,484,789 Africa Middle Africa 2,439,892 2,480,244 Africa Southern Africa 2,286,110 2,311,472 Africa Southern Africa 2,105,529 2,153,339 Africa Western Africa 2,115,228 2,118,396 Europe Southern Europe 1,881,063 1,882,396 Europe Northern Europe 1,803,545 1,847,549 Africa Middle Africa 1,840,233 1,831,802 Europe Southern Europe Listed as Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244). 1,717,946 1,700,031 Europe Southern Europe 1,533,459 1,569,666 Asia Western Asia 1,495,921 1,502,932 Americas Caribbean 1,369,295 1,384,286 Asia South-eastern Asia 1,350,091 1,367,196 Europe Northern Europe Including . 1,331,370 1,344,976 Asia Western Asia 1,276,130 1,273,588 Africa Eastern Africa 1,218,917 1,230,506 Africa Southern Africa 1,137,096 1,152,944 Africa Eastern Africa 919,422 924,145 Oceania Melanesia (France) 871,540 874,883 Africa Eastern Africa 834,188 850,387 Africa Eastern Africa 821,637 826,353 Americas South America 781,066 800,005 Oceania Melanesia 780,914 786,385 Asia Southern Asia (China)Listed as China, Macao SAR. 704,356 713,912 Asia Eastern Asia 653,313 665,098 Europe Western Europe 614,648 633,552 Europe Southern Europe 623,164 628,886 Americas South America Western Sahara (disputed) 568,739 579,729 Africa Northern Africa 528,192 532,956 Europe Southern Europe 524,106 525,994 Asia Southern Asia 519,741 522,331 Africa Western Africa 455,370 458,949 Asia South-eastern Asia 402,733 411,106 Americas Central America 397,538 399,440 Americas Caribbean 380,356 387,558 Europe Northern Europe (France) 384,697 376,517 Americas Caribbean (France) 349,459 346,002 Americas Caribbean 313,046 320,409 Oceania Melanesia (France) 305,269 316,015 Africa Eastern Africa (France) 298,306 303,402 Americas South America (France) 287,123 289,870 Oceania Melanesia 288,318 282,336 Americas Caribbean (France) 280,378 281,118 Oceania Polynesia 226,305 230,871 Africa Middle Africa 215,261 216,663 Oceania Polynesia (Netherlands) 185,345 185,427 Americas Caribbean 178,781 179,285 Americas Caribbean (United States) 165,180 166,506 Oceania Micronesia 130,469 132,530 Oceania Micronesia 125,522 127,951 Africa Eastern Africa 116,913 117,081 Americas Caribbean 112,114 112,630 Oceania Micronesia 105,042 104,597 Oceania Polynesia (Netherlands) 107,782 107,939 Americas Caribbean (United Kingdom) 103,490 103,674 Europe Northern Europe 102,046 101,323 Americas Caribbean 92,840 93,316 Americas Caribbean (United States) 86,507 85,701 Americas Caribbean (United Kingdom) 84,132 84,165 Europe Northern Europe 79,705 80,856 Europe Southern Europe (United Kingdom) 71,591 73,038 Americas Caribbean 66,826 66,510 Americas Caribbean (United Kingdom) 64,749 64,698 Americas Northern America (United Kingdom) 63,725 64,017 Europe Northern Europe (Denmark) 54,990 55,922 Americas Northern America (Denmark) 54,011 54,714 Europe Northern Europe (United States) 48,342 47,521 Oceania Polynesia 46,709 46,758 Americas Caribbean (United Kingdom) 45,847 46,198 Americas Caribbean (United States) 46,078 45,143 Oceania Micronesia (Netherlands) 42,139 42,749 Americas Caribbean 39,317 39,598 Europe Western Europe (United Kingdom) 38,319 38,985 Americas Caribbean 38,931 38,956 Europe Western Europe (United Kingdom) 37,609 38,471 Europe Southern Europe 40,077 38,827 Oceania Micronesia 34,090 33,733 Europe Southern Europe (Netherlands)Listed as , and . 28,627 29,898 Americas Caribbean Saint Martin (France) 28,870 27,515 Americas Caribbean 17,759 17,727 Oceania Micronesia (United Kingdom) 14,180 14,410 Americas Caribbean 14,723 14,222 Oceania Polynesia 11,801 11,875 Oceania Micronesia (France) 11,478 11,370 Oceania Polynesia (France) 10,920 11,085 Americas Caribbean 9,992 9,816 Oceania Polynesia (France) 5,732 5,681 Americas Northern America (United Kingdom)Including , , and . 5,343 5,289 Africa Western Africa (United Kingdom) 4,453 4,420 Americas Caribbean (United Kingdom) 3,490 3,477 Americas South America (New Zealand) 2,290 2,397 Oceania Polynesia 1,821 1,817 Oceania Polynesia Listed as Holy See. 505 496 Europe Southern Europe

See also World 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