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 2022 revision of World Population Prospects.[2][3] These figures refer to the de facto population in a country or area as shown in the "estimates" section.
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
Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Disputed territory with undetermined political status. Administration is 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 20% of the territory, with the remaining 80% of the territory occupied by Morocco (see Western Sahara conflict).
- ^ Listed as
Bonaire,
Sint Eustatius and
Saba.
- ^ Including
Saint Helena,
Ascension, and
Tristan da Cunha.
References[edit]
- ^ "UNSD — Methodology". unstats.un.org.
- ^ "World Population Prospects, 2022 Rivision". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Total population, both sexes combined (thousands)". UNdata. United Nations Statistics Division. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.