List of countries by population (United Nations)
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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 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]
See also
[edit]World
[edit]- List of countries and dependencies by population
- List of countries by past and projected future 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 North American countries by population
- List of Oceanian countries by population
- List of South American countries by population
Transcontinental
[edit]- List of Arab countries by population
- List of countries in the Americas by population
- List of Eurasian countries by population
- List of Middle Eastern countries by population
Subregional
[edit]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.
- ^ Western Sahara. A disputed territory with undetermined political status.[3] Formerly Spanish Sahara up to 1976, administration is currently 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 30% of the territory, with the remaining 70% of the territory occupied by Morocco.[4] The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara is the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the territory (see Western Sahara conflict).
- ^ Listed as
Bonaire,
Sint Eustatius and
Saba.
- ^ Including
Saint Helena,
Ascension, and
Tristan da Cunha.
- ^ Listed as Holy See.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects. Population Division. United Nations.
- ^ 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".
- ^ BBC News: Western Sahara profile
- ^ City Population: Western Sahara (disputed territory)