List of countries and dependencies by population (United Nations)

Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division[1]

This is the 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.[2]

List

Data are mid-year estimates from the United Nations and are for 2022 and 2023.[2]

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 the  Azores and  Madeira.
  11. ^ Listed as China, Hong Kong SAR.
  12. ^ Excluding  Kosovo.
  13. ^ Including  Åland.
  14. ^ Including  Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
  15. ^ Including Palestine East Jerusalem.
  16. ^ Including  Abkhazia and  South Ossetia.
  17. ^ Including  Transnistria.
  18. ^ Listed as Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244).
  19. ^ Including  Northern Cyprus.
  20. ^ Listed as China, Macao SAR.
  21. ^ Listed as  Bonaire,  Sint Eustatius and  Saba.
  22. ^ Including  Saint Helena,  Ascension, and  Tristan da Cunha.
  23. ^ Listed as Holy See.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49)". United Nations Statistics Division.
  2. ^ 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".