List of countries by population (United Nations)

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 2023 revision of World Population Prospects.[2][3] These figures refer to the de facto population in a country or area as shown in the "estimates" section.

Country / Area UN continental
region
[4]
UN statistical
subregion
[4]
Population
(1 July 2022)
Population
(1 July 2023)
Change
 IndiaAsiaSouthern Asia1,417,173,1731,428,627,663+0.81%
 China[lower-alpha 1]AsiaEastern Asia1,425,887,3371,425,671,352−0.02%
 United StatesAmericasNorthern America338,289,857339,996,564+0.50%
 IndonesiaAsiaSouth-eastern Asia275,501,339277,534,123+0.74%
 PakistanAsiaSouthern Asia235,824,863240,485,658+1.98%
 NigeriaAfricaWestern Africa218,541,212223,804,632+2.41%
 BrazilAmericasSouth America215,313,498216,422,446+0.52%
 BangladeshAsiaSouthern Asia171,186,373172,954,319+1.03%
 RussiaEuropeEastern Europe144,713,314144,444,359−0.19%
 MexicoAmericasNorth America127,504,126128,455,567+0.75%
 EthiopiaAfricaEastern Africa123,379,925126,527,060+2.55%
 JapanAsiaEastern Asia123,951,692123,294,513−0.53%
 PhilippinesAsiaSouth-eastern Asia115,559,009117,337,368+1.54%
 EgyptAfricaNorthern Africa110,990,103112,716,599+1.56%
 DR CongoAfricaMiddle Africa99,010,212102,262,809+3.29%
 VietnamAsiaSouth-eastern Asia98,186,85698,858,950+0.68%
 IranAsiaSouthern Asia88,550,57089,172,767+0.70%
 TurkeyAsiaWestern Asia85,341,24185,816,199+0.56%
 GermanyEuropeWestern Europe83,369,84383,294,633−0.09%
 ThailandAsiaSouth-eastern Asia71,697,03071,801,279+0.15%
 United KingdomEuropeNorthern Europe67,508,93667,736,802+0.34%
 Tanzania[lower-alpha 2]AfricaEastern Africa65,497,74867,438,106+2.96%
 France[lower-alpha 3]EuropeWestern Europe64,626,62864,756,584+0.20%
 South AfricaAfricaSouthern Africa59,893,88660,414,495+0.87%
 ItalyEuropeSouthern Europe59,037,47458,870,763−0.28%
 KenyaAfricaEastern Africa54,027,48755,100,587+1.99%
 MyanmarAsiaSouth-eastern Asia54,179,30654,577,997+0.74%
 ColombiaAmericasSouth America51,874,02452,085,168+0.41%
 South KoreaAsiaEastern Asia51,815,81051,784,059−0.06%
 UgandaAfricaEastern Africa47,249,58548,582,334+2.82%
 SudanAfricaNorthern Africa46,874,20448,109,006+2.63%
 Spain[lower-alpha 4]EuropeSouthern Europe47,558,63047,519,628−0.08%
 ArgentinaAmericasSouth America45,510,31845,773,884+0.58%
 AlgeriaAfricaNorthern Africa44,903,22545,606,481+1.57%
 IraqAsiaWestern Asia44,496,12245,504,560+2.27%
 AfghanistanAsiaSouthern Asia41,128,77142,239,854+2.70%
 PolandEuropeEastern Europe39,857,14641,026,068+2.93%
 CanadaAmericasNorthern America38,454,32738,781,292+0.85%
 MoroccoAfricaNorthern Africa37,457,97137,840,044+1.02%
 Saudi ArabiaAsiaWestern Asia36,408,82036,947,025+1.48%
 Ukraine[lower-alpha 5]EuropeEastern Europe39,701,73936,744,634−7.45%
 AngolaAfricaMiddle Africa35,588,98736,684,203+3.08%
 UzbekistanAsiaCentral Asia34,627,65335,163,944+1.55%
 YemenAsiaWestern Asia33,696,61434,449,825+2.24%
 PeruAmericasSouth America34,049,58934,352,719+0.89%
 MalaysiaAsiaSouth-eastern Asia33,938,22234,308,525+1.09%
 GhanaAfricaWestern Africa33,475,87034,121,985+1.93%
 MozambiqueAfricaEastern Africa32,969,51933,897,354+2.81%
   NepalAsiaSouthern Asia30,547,58030,896,590+1.14%
 MadagascarAfricaEastern Africa29,611,71430,325,732+2.41%
 Ivory CoastAfricaWestern Africa28,160,54328,873,034+2.53%
 VenezuelaAmericasSouth America28,301,69628,838,499+1.90%
 CameroonAfricaMiddle Africa27,914,53728,647,293+2.62%
 NigerAfricaWestern Africa26,207,97727,202,843+3.80%
 Australia[lower-alpha 6]OceaniaAustralia and New Zealand26,177,41426,439,112+1.00%
 North KoreaAsiaEastern Asia26,069,41726,160,822+0.35%
 Taiwan[lower-alpha 7]AsiaEastern Asia23,893,39523,923,277+0.13%
 MaliAfricaWestern Africa22,593,59123,293,699+3.10%
 Burkina FasoAfricaWestern Africa22,673,76223,251,485+2.55%
 SyriaAsiaWestern Asia22,125,24923,227,014+4.98%
 Sri LankaAsiaSouthern Asia21,832,14321,893,579+0.28%
 MalawiAfricaEastern Africa20,405,31720,931,751+2.58%
 ZambiaAfricaEastern Africa20,017,67520,569,738+2.76%
 RomaniaEuropeEastern Europe19,659,26719,892,812+1.19%
 ChileAmericasSouth America19,603,73319,629,590+0.13%
 KazakhstanAsiaCentral Asia19,397,99819,606,634+1.08%
 ChadAfricaMiddle Africa17,723,31518,278,568+3.13%
 EcuadorAmericasSouth America18,001,00018,190,484+1.05%
 Somalia[lower-alpha 8]AfricaEastern Africa17,597,51118,143,379+3.10%
 GuatemalaAmericasCentral America17,843,90818,092,026+1.39%
 SenegalAfricaWestern Africa17,316,44917,763,163+2.58%
 Netherlands[lower-alpha 9]EuropeWestern Europe17,564,01417,618,299+0.31%
 CambodiaAsiaSouth-eastern Asia16,767,84216,944,826+1.06%
 ZimbabweAfricaEastern Africa16,320,53716,665,409+2.11%
 GuineaAfricaWestern Africa13,859,34114,190,612+2.39%
 RwandaAfricaEastern Africa13,776,69814,094,683+2.31%
 BeninAfricaWestern Africa13,352,86413,712,828+2.70%
 BurundiAfricaEastern Africa12,889,57713,238,559+2.71%
 TunisiaAfricaNorthern Africa12,356,11712,458,223+0.83%
 BoliviaAmericasSouth America12,224,11012,388,571+1.35%
 HaitiAmericasCaribbean11,584,99611,724,764+1.21%
 BelgiumEuropeWestern Europe11,655,93011,686,140+0.26%
 JordanAsiaWestern Asia11,285,86911,337,053+0.45%
 Dominican RepublicAmericasCaribbean11,228,82111,332,973+0.93%
 CubaAmericasCaribbean11,212,19111,194,449−0.16%
 South SudanAfricaEastern Africa10,913,16411,088,796+1.61%
 SwedenEuropeNorthern Europe10,549,34710,612,086+0.59%
 HondurasAmericasCentral America10,432,86010,593,798+1.54%
 CzechiaEuropeEastern Europe10,493,98610,495,295+0.01%
 Azerbaijan[lower-alpha 10]AsiaWestern Asia10,358,07410,412,652+0.53%
 GreeceEuropeSouthern Europe10,384,97110,341,277−0.42%
 Papua New GuineaOceaniaMelanesia10,142,61910,329,931+1.85%
 Portugal[lower-alpha 11]EuropeSouthern Europe10,270,86510,247,605−0.23%
 HungaryEuropeEastern Europe9,967,3089,604,000−3.64%
 TajikistanAsiaCentral Asia9,952,78710,143,543+1.92%
 United Arab EmiratesAsiaWestern Asia9,441,1299,516,871+0.80%
 BelarusEuropeEastern Europe9,534,9559,498,238−0.39%
 IsraelAsiaWestern Asia9,038,3099,174,520+1.51%
 TogoAfricaWestern Africa8,848,6999,053,799+2.32%
 AustriaEuropeWestern Europe8,939,6178,958,961+0.22%
  SwitzerlandEuropeWestern Europe8,740,4728,796,669+0.64%
 Sierra LeoneAfricaWestern Africa8,605,7188,791,092+2.15%
 LaosAsiaSouth-eastern Asia7,529,4757,633,779+1.39%
 Hong Kong (China)[lower-alpha 12]AsiaEastern Asia7,488,8657,491,609+0.04%
 Serbia[lower-alpha 13]EuropeSouthern Europe7,221,3667,149,077−1.00%
 NicaraguaAmericasCentral America6,948,3927,046,311+1.41%
 LibyaAfricaNorthern Africa6,812,3416,888,388+1.12%
 ParaguayAmericasSouth America6,780,7446,861,524+1.19%
 KyrgyzstanAsiaCentral Asia6,630,6236,735,348+1.58%
 BulgariaEuropeEastern Europe6,781,9536,687,717−1.39%
 TurkmenistanAsiaCentral Asia6,430,7716,516,100+1.33%
 El SalvadorAmericasCentral America6,336,3926,364,943+0.45%
 CongoAfricaMiddle Africa5,970,4246,106,869+2.29%
 SingaporeAsiaSouth-eastern Asia5,975,6896,014,723+0.65%
 DenmarkEuropeNorthern Europe5,882,2625,910,913+0.49%
 SlovakiaEuropeEastern Europe5,643,4535,795,199+2.69%
 Central African RepublicAfricaMiddle Africa5,579,1445,742,316+2.92%
 Finland[lower-alpha 14]EuropeNorthern Europe5,540,7465,545,475+0.09%
 Norway[lower-alpha 15]EuropeNorthern Europe5,434,3195,474,360+0.74%
 LiberiaAfricaWestern Africa5,302,6815,418,377+2.18%
 Palestine[lower-alpha 16]AsiaWestern Asia5,250,0725,371,230+2.31%
 LebanonAsiaWestern Asia5,489,7405,353,930−2.47%
 New ZealandOceaniaAustralia and New Zealand5,185,2895,228,100+0.83%
 Costa RicaAmericasCentral America5,180,8295,212,173+0.60%
 IrelandEuropeNorthern Europe5,023,1095,056,935+0.67%
 MauritaniaAfricaWestern Africa4,736,1394,862,989+2.68%
 OmanAsiaWestern Asia4,576,2984,644,384+1.49%
 PanamaAmericasCentral America4,408,5814,468,087+1.35%
 KuwaitAsiaWestern Asia4,268,8734,310,108+0.97%
 CroatiaEuropeSouthern Europe4,030,3584,008,617−0.54%
 EritreaAfricaEastern Africa3,684,0323,748,902+1.76%
 Georgia[lower-alpha 17]AsiaWestern Asia3,744,3863,728,282−0.43%
 MongoliaAsiaEastern Asia3,398,3663,447,157+1.44%
 Moldova[lower-alpha 18]EuropeEastern Europe3,272,9963,435,931+4.98%
 UruguayAmericasSouth America3,422,7943,423,109+0.01%
 Puerto Rico (United States)AmericasCaribbean3,252,4073,260,314+0.24%
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaEuropeSouthern Europe3,233,5273,210,848−0.70%
 AlbaniaEuropeSouthern Europe2,842,3212,832,439−0.35%
 JamaicaAmericasCaribbean2,827,3772,825,544−0.06%
 ArmeniaAsiaWestern Asia2,780,4692,777,971−0.09%
 GambiaAfricaWestern Africa2,705,9922,773,168+2.48%
 LithuaniaEuropeNorthern Europe2,750,0552,718,352−1.15%
 QatarAsiaWestern Asia2,695,1222,716,391+0.79%
 BotswanaAfricaSouthern Africa2,630,2962,675,353+1.71%
 NamibiaAfricaSouthern Africa2,567,0132,604,172+1.45%
 GabonAfricaMiddle Africa2,388,9932,436,567+1.99%
 LesothoAfricaSouthern Africa2,305,8262,330,318+1.06%
 Guinea-BissauAfricaWestern Africa2,105,5662,150,842+2.15%
 SloveniaEuropeSouthern Europe2,119,8442,119,675−0.01%
 North MacedoniaEuropeSouthern Europe2,093,5992,085,679−0.38%
 LatviaEuropeNorthern Europe1,850,6511,830,212−1.10%
 Equatorial GuineaAfricaMiddle Africa1,674,9081,714,672+2.37%
 Kosovo[lower-alpha 19]EuropeSouthern Europe1,659,7141,663,595+0.23%
 Trinidad and TobagoAmericasCaribbean1,531,0451,534,937+0.25%
 BahrainAsiaWestern Asia1,472,2331,485,510+0.90%
 East TimorAsiaSouth-eastern Asia1,341,2961,360,596+1.44%
 EstoniaEuropeNorthern Europe1,326,0621,322,766−0.25%
 MauritiusAfricaEastern Africa1,299,4691,300,557+0.08%
 Cyprus[lower-alpha 20]AsiaWestern Asia1,251,4891,260,138+0.69%
 EswatiniAfricaSouthern Africa1,201,6711,210,822+0.76%
 DjiboutiAfricaEastern Africa1,120,8491,136,455+1.39%
 Réunion (France)AfricaEastern Africa974,052981,796+0.80%
 FijiOceaniaMelanesia929,766936,376+0.71%
 ComorosAfricaEastern Africa836,774852,075+1.83%
 GuyanaAmericasSouth America808,726813,834+0.63%
 BhutanAsiaSouthern Asia782,455787,425+0.64%
 Solomon IslandsOceaniaMelanesia724,273740,425+2.23%
 Macao (China)[lower-alpha 21]AsiaEastern Asia695,169704,150+1.29%
 LuxembourgEuropeWestern Europe647,599654,768+1.11%
 MontenegroEuropeSouthern Europe627,083626,485−0.10%
 SurinameAmericasSouth America618,041623,237+0.84%
 Cape VerdeAfricaWestern Africa593,150598,682+0.93%
Western Sahara[lower-alpha 22]AfricaNorthern Africa575,986587,259+1.96%
 MaltaEuropeSouthern Europe533,286535,065+0.33%
 MaldivesAsiaSouthern Asia521,021523,787+0.53%
 BruneiAsiaSouth-eastern Asia449,002452,524+0.78%
 BahamasAmericasCaribbean409,984412,624+0.64%
 BelizeAmericasCentral America405,273410,825+1.37%
 Guadeloupe (France)AmericasCaribbean395,753395,839+0.02%
 IcelandEuropeNorthern Europe372,899375,319+0.65%
 Martinique (France)AmericasCaribbean367,507366,981−0.14%
 Mayotte (France)AfricaEastern Africa326,101335,995+3.03%
 VanuatuOceaniaMelanesia326,741334,506+2.38%
 French Guiana (France)AmericasSouth America304,557312,155+2.49%
 French Polynesia (France)OceaniaPolynesia306,279308,872+0.85%
 New Caledonia (France)OceaniaMelanesia289,951292,991+1.05%
 BarbadosAmericasCaribbean281,635281,996+0.13%
 São Tomé and PríncipeAfricaMiddle Africa227,380231,856+1.97%
 SamoaOceaniaPolynesia222,382225,681+1.48%
 Curaçao (Netherlands)AmericasCaribbean191,164192,077+0.48%
 Saint LuciaAmericasCaribbean179,858180,251+0.22%
 Guam (United States)OceaniaMicronesia171,775172,952+0.69%
 KiribatiOceaniaMicronesia131,232133,515+1.74%
 GrenadaAmericasCaribbean125,438126,184+0.59%
 MicronesiaOceaniaMicronesia114,164115,224+0.93%
 Jersey (United Kingdom)EuropeNorthern Europe110,779111,803+0.92%
 TongaOceaniaPolynesia106,858107,773+0.86%
 SeychellesAfricaEastern Africa107,119107,660+0.51%
 Aruba (Netherlands)AmericasCaribbean106,445106,277−0.16%
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAmericasCaribbean103,948103,699−0.24%
 U.S. Virgin Islands (United States)AmericasCaribbean99,46598,750−0.72%
 Antigua and BarbudaAmericasCaribbean93,76394,298+0.57%
 Isle of Man (United Kingdom)EuropeNorthern Europe84,52084,710+0.22%
 AndorraEuropeSouthern Europe79,82480,088+0.33%
 DominicaAmericasCaribbean72,73873,040+0.42%
 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)AmericasCaribbean68,70669,310+0.88%
 Bermuda (United Kingdom)AmericasNorthern America64,18464,069−0.18%
 Guernsey (United Kingdom)EuropeNorthern Europe63,30263,544+0.38%
 Greenland (Denmark)AmericasNorthern America56,46656,643+0.31%
 Faroe Islands (Denmark)EuropeNorthern Europe53,09053,270+0.34%
 Northern Mariana Islands (United States)OceaniaMicronesia49,55149,796+0.49%
 Saint Kitts and NevisAmericasCaribbean47,65847,755+0.20%
 Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)AmericasCaribbean45,70346,062+0.79%
 Sint Maarten (Netherlands)AmericasCaribbean44,17544,222+0.11%
 American Samoa (United States)OceaniaPolynesia44,27343,915−0.81%
 Marshall IslandsOceaniaMicronesia41,56941,996+1.03%
 LiechtensteinEuropeWestern Europe39,32739,585+0.66%
 MonacoEuropeWestern Europe36,46936,298−0.47%
 San MarinoEuropeSouthern Europe33,66133,642−0.06%
 Gibraltar (United Kingdom)EuropeSouthern Europe32,64932,688+0.12%
Saint Martin (France)AmericasCaribbean31,79132,077+0.90%
 British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)AmericasCaribbean31,30531,538+0.74%
 Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)[lower-alpha 23]AmericasCaribbean27,02727,148+0.45%
 PalauOceaniaMicronesia18,05518,058+0.02%
 Cook IslandsOceaniaPolynesia17,01117,044+0.19%
 Anguilla (United Kingdom)AmericasCaribbean15,85715,900+0.27%
 NauruOceaniaMicronesia12,66812,780+0.88%
 Wallis and Futuna (France)OceaniaPolynesia11,57311,502−0.61%
 TuvaluOceaniaPolynesia11,31211,396+0.74%
 Saint Barthélemy (France)AmericasCaribbean10,96710,994+0.25%
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)AmericasNorthern America5,8625,840−0.38%
 Saint Helena (United Kingdom)[lower-alpha 24]AfricaWestern Africa5,3745,314−1.12%
 Montserrat (United Kingdom)AmericasCaribbean4,3904,387−0.07%
 Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)AmericasSouth America3,7803,791+0.29%
 NiueOceaniaPolynesia1,9341,935+0.05%
 Tokelau (New Zealand)OceaniaPolynesia1,8711,893+1.18%
 World7,975,105,1568,045,311,448+0.88%

See also

World

Continental

Transcontinental

Subregional

Others

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  Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
  11. Including the  Azores and  Madeira.
  12. Listed as China, Hong Kong SAR.
  13. Excluding  Kosovo.
  14. Including  Åland.
  15. Including  Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
  16. Including East Jerusalem.
  17. Including  Abkhazia and  South Ossetia.
  18. Including  Transnistria.
  19. Listed as Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244).
  20. Including  Northern Cyprus.
  21. Listed as China, Macao SAR.
  22. Disputed territory with undetermined political status. Administration is 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 (see Western Sahara conflict).
  23. Listed as  Bonaire,  Sint Eustatius and  Saba.
  24. Including  Saint Helena,  Ascension, and  Tristan da Cunha.

References

  1. "UNSD — Methodology". unstats.un.org.
  2. "World Population Prospects, 2023 Revision". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. "Total population, both sexes combined (thousands)". UNdata. United Nations Statistics Division. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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