This article is about a list of countries and dependencies by population based on figures from official sources or, if not available, estimates and projections from the United Nations. For a list based purely on figures from the United Nations, see List of countries by population (United Nations).
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Cartogram of the world's population in 2018; each square represents 500,000 people.
This is a list of countries and dependencies by population. It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. For instance, the United Kingdom is considered a single entity, while the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are considered separately. In addition, this list includes certain states with limited recognition not found in ISO 3166-1. Also given in a percentage is each country's population compared with the world population, which the United Nations estimates at 8.119 billion as of 2024.[1]
Figures used in this chart are based on the most up-to-date estimates or projections by the national census authority, where available, and are usually rounded off.
Because the compiled figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting numerical comparisons may create misleading conclusions. Furthermore, the addition of figures from all countries may not equal the world total.
Note: A numbered rank is assigned to the 193 member states of the United Nations, plus the two observer states to the United Nations General Assembly. Dependent territories and constituent countries that are parts of sovereign states are not assigned a numbered rank. In addition, sovereign states with limited recognition are included, but not assigned a number rank.
List of countries and territories by total population
↑ The European Union is a sui generissupranational union whose sovereign members delegate to it by treaty certain powers that are often exercised by sovereign states. Its combined population has been estimated at 447,319,916 on 1 January 2020, and it would be ranked 3rd if it were included in the list. It has 5.48% of the world's population — see "Eurostat-Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface（TGM）table". European Commission.
↑ According to UN estimates, India surpassed China by the end of April 2023.[4]
↑ The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics has a projection of 181 million for 2025, but this method derives from a base year of 2011. This same projection overcounted the population for 2022 by about 4.4 million.[13]
↑ The political status of Abkhazia is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Georgia in 1992, Abkhazia is formally recognised as an independent state by 5 UN member states (two other states previously recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while the remainder of the international community recognizes it as de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
↑ South Ossetia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia de jure a part of Georgia's territory.
↑ 764 residents regardless of citizenship, 618 citizens regardless of residence, 246 resident citizens.[248]
↑ "Overall count of population". portal.saudicensus.sa. General Statistics Authority – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
↑ "Population* 2024". www.inseed-td. Institut National de la Statistique, des Etudes Economiques et Démographiques. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
↑ "Population Projection"(PDF). National Institute of Statistics. November 2021. Archived(PDF) from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
↑ "Population". www.stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (РЗС). Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
↑ "Statistics". www.tokelau.org.nz. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
1 2 "Population". www.vaticanstate.va (in Italian). Vatican City State. 26 June 2023. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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