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 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.

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

World

 * List of countries and dependencies by population
 * List of countries by past and projected future population
 * List of countries by population in 2000
 * List of countries by population in 2010

Continental

 * Demographics of Antarctica
 * List of African countries by population
 * List of Asian countries by population
 * List of European countries by population
 * List of European countries by population growth rate
 * List of North American countries by population
 * List of Oceanian countries by population
 * List of South American countries by population

Transcontinental

 * List of Arab countries by population
 * List of countries in the Americas by population
 * List of Latin American countries by population
 * List of Eurasian countries by population
 * List of Middle Eastern countries by population

Subregional

 * List of Caribbean countries by population

Others

 * List of European Union member states by population
 * List of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population
 * List of population concern organizations