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. [2]
Data are mid-year [3] estimates from the United Nations and are for 2022 and 2023. [4] [2]
Location | Population (1 July 2022) |
Population (1 July 2023) |
Change | UN Continental Region [1] | UN Statistical Subregion [1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 [a] | 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 [b] | 65,497,748 | 67,438,106 | +2.96% | Africa | Eastern Africa |
France [c] | 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 [d] | 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 | Western 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 [e] | 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 [f] | 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 [g] | 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 [h] | 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 [i] | 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 [j] | 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) [k] | 7,488,865 | 7,491,609 | +0.04% | Asia | Eastern Asia |
Serbia [l] | 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 [m] | 5,540,746 | 5,545,475 | +0.09% | Europe | Northern Europe |
Norway [n] | 5,434,319 | 5,474,360 | +0.74% | Europe | Northern Europe |
Liberia | 5,302,681 | 5,418,377 | +2.18% | Africa | Western Africa |
Palestine [o] | 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 [p] | 3,744,386 | 3,728,282 | −0.43% | Asia | Western Asia |
Mongolia | 3,398,366 | 3,447,157 | +1.44% | Asia | Eastern Asia |
Moldova [q] | 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 [r] | 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 [s] | 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) [t] | 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) [u] | 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) [v] | 27,027 | 27,148 | +0.45% | Americas | Caribbean |
Palau | 18,055 | 18,058 | +0.02% | Oceania | Micronesia |
Cook Islands | 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) [w] | 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 | 1,934 | 1,935 | +0.05% | Oceania | Polynesia |
Tokelau ( New Zealand) | 1,871 | 1,893 | +1.18% | Oceania | Polynesia |
Vatican City [x] | 510 | 518 | N/A | Europe | Southern Europe |
Pitcairn Islands ( United Kingdom) | 55 | 45 | -18.1818% | Oceania | Polynesia |