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.
See also
World
Continental
Transcontinental
Subregional
Explanatory notes
- 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 Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
- 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.
- 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).
- Listed as Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
- Including Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.
References
- "UNSD — Methodology". unstats.un.org.
- "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.
- "Total population, both sexes combined (thousands)". UNdata. United Nations Statistics Division. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- "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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