List of countries and dependencies by population (Redirected from List of countries by population)
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 8.1 billion as of 2023[update].
Method
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.
Where updated national data are not available, figures are based on the estimates or projections for 2022 by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
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.
Areas that form integral parts of sovereign states, such as the countries of the United Kingdom, are counted as part of the sovereign states concerned. Not included are other entities that are not sovereign states, such as the European Union, and independent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as the Chagos Archipelago and various countries' claims to Antarctica.
Sovereign states and dependencies by population
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.
Location | Population | % of world |
Date | Source (official or from the United Nations) |
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– | World | 8,097,353,000 | 100% |
27 Mar 2024 | UN projection | |
1/2 |
China | 1,409,670,000 | 17.4% | 31 Dec 2023 | Official estimate | |
India | 1,392,329,000 | 17.2% | 1 Jul 2023 | Official projection | ||
3 | United States | 335,893,238 | 4.1% | 1 Jan 2024 | Official estimate | |
4 | Indonesia | 279,118,866 | 3.4% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
5 | Pakistan | 241,499,431 | 3.0% | 1 Mar 2023 | 2023 census result | |
6 | Nigeria | 223,800,000 | 2.8% | 1 Jul 2023 | Official projection | |
7 | Brazil | 203,080,756 | 2.5% | 1 Aug 2022 | 2022 census result | |
8 | Bangladesh | 169,828,911 | 2.1% | 14 Jun 2022 | 2022 census result | |
9 | Russia | 146,203,613 | 1.8% | 1 Jan 2024 | Official estimate | |
10 | Mexico | 129,625,968 | 1.6% | 31 Dec 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
11 | Japan | 123,990,000 | 1.5% | 1 Feb 2024 | Official estimate | |
12 | Philippines | 112,892,781 | 1.4% | 1 Jul 2023 | Official projection | |
13 | Ethiopia | 107,334,000 | 1.3% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
14 | Egypt | 104,462,545 | 1.3% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
15 | Vietnam | 100,300,000 | 1.2% | Jul 2023 | Official estimate | |
16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 95,370,000 | 1.2% | 1 Jul 2019 | Official figure | |
17 | Turkey | 85,372,377 | 1.1% | 31 Dec 2023 | Official estimate | |
18 | Germany | 84,607,016 | 1.0% | 30 Sep 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
19 | Iran | 84,055,000 | 1.0% | 20 Mar 2022 | Official estimate | |
20 | France | 68,381,000 | 0.8% | 1 Feb 2024 | Monthly national estimate | |
21 | Thailand | 68,263,022 | 0.8% | 1 Jul 2021 | Official estimate | |
22 | United Kingdom | 67,026,292 | 0.8% | 30 Jun 2021 | Official estimate | |
23 | South Africa | 62,027,503 | 0.8% | 2 Feb 2022 | 2022 census result | |
24 | Tanzania | 61,741,120 | 0.8% | 23 Aug 2022 | 2022 census result | |
25 | Italy | 58,909,449 | 0.7% | 30 Nov 2023 | Monthly national estimate | |
26 | Myanmar | 55,770,232 | 0.7% | 1 Jul 2022 | National annual projection | |
27 | Colombia | 52,695,952 | 0.7% | 1 Jan 2024 | Official projection | |
28 | Kenya | 51,526,000 | 0.6% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official projection | |
29 | South Korea | 51,303,688 | 0.6% | 29 Feb 2024 | Monthly national estimate | |
30 | Spain | 48,592,909 | 0.6% | 1 Jan 2024 | National quarterly estimate | |
31 | Argentina | 46,654,581 | 0.6% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
32 | Uganda | 45,562,000 | 0.6% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
33 | Algeria | 45,400,000 | 0.6% | 1 Jan 2022 | Official estimate | |
34 | Iraq | 43,324,000 | 0.5% | 1 Jul 2023 | Official estimate | |
35 | Sudan | 41,984,500 | 0.5% | 1 Jul 2018 | Official projection | |
36 | Canada | 40,528,396 | 0.5% | 1 Oct 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
37 | Poland | 37,635,000 | 0.5% | 31 Dec 2023 | Monthly national estimate | |
38 | Morocco | 37,022,000 | 0.5% | 1 Jul 2023 | Official projection | |
39 | Ukraine | 36,700,000 | 0.5% | 1 Jul 2023 | UN estimate | |
40 | Uzbekistan | 36,599,764 | 0.5% | 1 Oct 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
41 | Afghanistan | 34,262,840 | 0.4% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
42 | Angola | 34,094,077 | 0.4% | 1 Jun 2023 | National annual projection | |
43 | Peru | 33,396,698 | 0.4% | 1 Jul 2022 | National annual projection | |
44 | Malaysia | 33,379,500 | 0.4% | 30 Jun 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
45 | Mozambique | 32,419,747 | 0.4% | 1 Jul 2022 | National annual projection | |
46 | Saudi Arabia | 32,175,224 | 0.4% | 10 May 2022 | 2022 census result | |
47 | Yemen | 31,888,698 | 0.4% | 1 Jul 2022 | Official estimate | |
48 | Ghana | 30,832,019 | 0.4% | 27 Jun 2021 | 2021 census result | |
49 | Ivory Coast | 29,389,150 | 0.4% | 14 Dec 2021 | 2021 census result | |
50 | Nepal | 29,164,578 | 0.4% | 25 Nov 2021 | 2021 census result | |
51 | Venezuela | 28,302,000 | 0.3% | 30 Jun 2019 | Official projection | |
52 | Cameroon | 28,088,845 | 0.3% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
53 | Madagascar | 26,923,353 | 0.3% | 1 Jul 2021 | National annual projection | |
54 | Australia | 26,821,557 | 0.3% | 30 Sep 2023 | Official projection | |
55 | North Korea | 25,660,000 | 0.3% | 1 Jul 2021 | National annual projection | |
56 | Niger | 25,369,415 | 0.3% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
– | Taiwan | 23,420,442 | 0.3% | 31 Dec 2023 | Official estimate | |
57 | Syria | 22,923,000 | 0.3% | 1 Jul 2021 | Official estimate | |
58 | Burkina Faso | 22,752,315 | 0.3% | 1 Jul 2023 | National projection | |
59 | Mali | 22,395,489 | 0.3% | 15 Jun 2022 | 2022 census result | |
60 | Sri Lanka | 22,037,000 | 0.3% | 1 Jul 2023 | Official estimate | |
61 | Malawi | 21,507,723 | 0.3% | 1 Jul 2022 | National annual projection | |
62 | Kazakhstan | 20,033,546 | 0.2% | 1 Jan 2024 | Official estimate | |
63 | Chile | 19,960,889 | 0.2% | 30 Jun 2023 | National annual projection | |
64 | Zambia | 19,610,769 | 0.2% | 14 Sep 2022 | 2022 census result | |
65 | Romania | 19,051,562 | 0.2% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
66 | Senegal | 18,275,743 | 0.2% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
67 | Somalia | 18,143,379 | 0.2% | 1 Jul 2023 | UN projection | |
68 | Netherlands | 17,947,684 | 0.2% | 31 Dec 2023 | Official estimate | |
69 | Guatemala | 17,602,431 | 0.2% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
70 | Chad | 17,414,717 | 0.2% | 1 Jul 2022 | National annual projection | |
71 | Cambodia | 17,091,464 | 0.2% | 1 Jul 2023 | Official projection | |
72 | Ecuador | 16,938,986 | 0.2% | 1 Oct 2022 | 2022 census result | |
73 | Zimbabwe | 15,178,979 | 0.2% | 20 Apr 2022 | 2022 census result | |
74 | South Sudan | 14,746,494 | 0.2% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
75 | Guinea | 13,261,638 | 0.2% | 1 Jul 2022 | National annual projection | |
76 | Rwanda | 13,246,394 | 0.2% | 15 Aug 2022 | 2022 census result | |
77 | Burundi | 12,837,740 | 0.2% | 1 Jul 2022 | National annual projection | |
78 | Benin | 12,606,998 | 0.2% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
79 | Bolivia | 12,006,031 | 0.1% | 1 Jul 2022 | National annual projection | |
80 | Tunisia | 11,850,232 | 0.1% | 1 Jan 2023 | National estimate | |
81 | Belgium | 11,810,018 | 0.1% | 1 Dec 2023 | Official estimate | |
82 | Papua New Guinea | 11,781,559 | 0.1% | 1 Jul 2021 | National estimate | |
83 | Haiti | 11,743,017 | 0.1% | 1 Jul 2020 | National annual projection | |
84 | Jordan | 11,302,000 | 0.1% | 31 Dec 2022 | National estimate | |
85 | Cuba | 11,089,511 | 0.1% | 31 Dec 2022 | Official estimate | |
86 | Czech Republic | 10,882,235 | 0.1% | 30 Sep 2023 | Official estimate | |
87 | Dominican Republic | 10,760,028 | 0.1% | 10 Nov 2022 | 2022 census result | |
88 | Sweden | 10,551,707 | 0.1% | 31 Dec 2023 | Monthly national estimate | |
89 | Portugal | 10,467,366 | 0.1% | 31 Dec 2022 | 2022 estimate | |
90 | Greece | 10,413,982 | 0.1% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
91 | Azerbaijan | 10,151,517 | 0.1% | 1 Jul 2023 | Monthly national estimate | |
92 | Tajikistan | 10,077,600 | 0.1% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
93 | Israel | 9,855,000 | 0.1% | 31 Jan 2023 | National monthly estimate | |
94 | Honduras | 9,745,149 | 0.1% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
95 | Hungary | 9,597,085 | 0.1% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
96 | United Arab Emirates | 9,282,410 | 0.1% | 31 Dec 2020 | Official estimate | |
97 | Belarus | 9,200,617 | 0.1% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
98 | Austria | 9,159,993 | 0.1% | 1 Jan 2024 | National quarterly estimate | |
99 | Switzerland | 8,931,306 | 0.1% | 30 Sep 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
100 | Sierra Leone | 8,494,260 | 0.1% | 1 Jul 2022 | National annual projection | |
101 | Togo | 8,095,498 | 0.10% | 8 Nov 2022 | 2022 census result | |
– | Hong Kong (China) | 7,498,100 | 0.09% | 30 Jun 2023 | National estimate | |
102 | Laos | 7,443,000 | 0.09% | 1 Jul 2022 | National annual projection | |
103 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,100,000 | 0.09% | 1 Mar 2023 | Monthly national estimate | |
104 | Turkmenistan | 7,057,841 | 0.09% | 17 Dec 2022 | 2022 census result | |
105 | Libya | 6,931,061 | 0.09% | 1 Jan 2020 | Official estimate | |
106 | El Salvador | 6,884,888 | 0.09% | 1 Jul 2022 | National annual projection | |
107 | Nicaragua | 6,733,763 | 0.08% | 30 Jun 2022 | Official estimate | |
108 | Serbia | 6,641,197 | 0.08% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
109 | Bulgaria | 6,447,710 | 0.08% | 31 Dec 2022 | Official annual estimate | |
110 | Republic of the Congo | 6,142,180 | 0.08% | 17 May 2023 | 2023 census result | |
111 | Paraguay | 6,109,644 | 0.08% | 10 Nov 2022 | Preliminary census result | |
112 | Denmark | 5,961,249 | 0.07% | 1 Jan 2024 | National quarterly estimate | |
113 | Singapore | 5,917,600 | 0.07% | 30 Jun 2023 | Official estimate | |
114 | Central African Republic | 5,633,412 | 0.07% | 1 Jul 2020 | National annual projection | |
115 | Finland | 5,574,011 | 0.07% | 31 Dec 2023 | Monthly national estimate | |
116 | Norway | 5,550,203 | 0.07% | 31 Dec 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
117 | Lebanon | 5,490,000 | 0.07% | 1 Jul 2021 | Official estimate | |
118 | Palestine | 5,483,450 | 0.07% | 1 Jan 2023 | National annual projection | |
119 | Slovakia | 5,426,468 | 0.07% | 30 Sep 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
120 | Ireland | 5,281,600 | 0.07% | 1 Apr 2023 | National estimate | |
121 | New Zealand | 5,305,600 | 0.07% | 31 Dec 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
122 | Costa Rica | 5,262,225 | 0.06% | 30 Jun 2023 | National annual projection | |
123 | Liberia | 5,248,621 | 0.06% | 10 Nov 2022 | 2022 census result | |
124 | Oman | 5,113,071 | 0.06% | 31 Aug 2023 | Monthly national estimate | |
125 | Kuwait | 4,670,713 | 0.06% | 31 Dec 2020 | Official estimate | |
126 | Mauritania | 4,475,683 | 0.06% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
127 | Panama | 4,064,780 | 0.05% | 8 Jan 2023 | 2023 census result | |
128 | Croatia | 3,855,641 | 0.05% | 1 Jul 2022 | Official estimate | |
129 | Eritrea | 3,748,902 | 0.05% | 1 Jul 2023 | UN projection | |
130 | Georgia | 3,736,400 | 0.05% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
131 | Mongolia | 3,457,548 | 0.04% | 31 Dec 2022 | National annual projection | |
132 | Uruguay | 3,444,263 | 0.04% | 27 Nov 2023 | 2023 National census | |
133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,277,082 | 0.04% | 1 Jul 2022 | Official estimate | |
– | Puerto Rico (US) | 3,205,691 | 0.04% | 1 Jul 2023 | Annual projection | |
134 | Armenia | 2,981,200 | 0.04% | 1 Jan 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
135 | Lithuania | 2,886,515 | 0.04% | 1 Jan 2024 | Monthly national estimate | |
136 | Jamaica | 2,825,544 | 0.03% | 1 Jul 2019 | National projection | |
137 | Albania | 2,761,785 | 0.03% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
138 | Qatar | 2,656,032 | 0.03% | 30 Jun 2023 | Monthly national estimate | |
139 | Namibia | 2,641,857 | 0.03% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
140 | Moldova | 2,512,758 | 0.03% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
141 | Gambia | 2,417,471 | 0.03% | 1 Jul 2022 | National projection | |
142 | Botswana | 2,410,338 | 0.03% | 1 Jul 2021 | National annual projection | |
143 | Lesotho | 2,306,000 | 0.03% | 1 Jul 2023 | Official projection | |
144 | Gabon | 2,233,272 | 0.03% | 1 Jul 2021 | National annual projection | |
145 | Slovenia | 2,123,103 | 0.03% | 1 Oct 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
146 | Latvia | 1,872,500 | 0.02% | 1 Jan 2024 | Monthly national estimate | |
147 | North Macedonia | 1,832,696 | 0.02% | 1 Nov 2021 | 2021 census result | |
148 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,781,308 | 0.02% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
– | Kosovo | 1,762,220 | 0.02% | 31 Dec 2022 | Official estimate | |
149 | Bahrain | 1,577,059 | 0.02% | 1 Jul 2023 | Official estimate | |
150 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,558,160 | 0.02% | 1 Jul 2022 | Official estimate | |
151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,367,510 | 0.02% | 30 Jun 2023 | Official estimate | |
152 | Estonia | 1,366,491 | 0.02% | 1 Jan 2024 | Official estimate | |
153 | East Timor | 1,354,662 | 0.02% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
154 | Mauritius | 1,261,041 | 0.02% | 30 Jun 2023 | National estimate | |
155 | Eswatini | 1,223,362 | 0.02% | 1 Jul 2023 | Official projection | |
156 | Djibouti | 1,001,454 | 0.01% | 1 Jul 2022 | National projection | |
157 | Cyprus | 918,100 | 0.01% | 1 Oct 2021 | 2021 census result | |
158 | Fiji | 893,468 | 0.01% | 1 Jul 2021 | National annual projection | |
159 | Bhutan | 770,276 | 0.010% | 2023 | National annual projection | |
160 | Comoros | 758,316 | 0.009% | 15 Dec 2017 | 2017 census result | |
161 | Guyana | 743,699 | 0.009% | 1 Jul 2019 | Official estimate | |
162 | Solomon Islands | 734,887 | 0.009% | 1 Jul 2023 | National annual projection | |
– | Macau (China) | 681,300 | 0.008% | 30 Sep 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
163 | Luxembourg | 660,809 | 0.008% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
164 | Montenegro | 616,695 | 0.008% | 1 Jan 2023 | National annual estimate | |
165 | Suriname | 616,500 | 0.008% | 1 Jul 2021 | Official estimate | |
– | [disputed ] Western Sahara | 587,259 | 0.007% | 1 Jul 2023 | UN projection | |
166 | Malta | 519,562 | 0.006% | 21 Nov 2021 | 2021 census result | |
167 | Maldives | 515,132 | 0.006% | 13 Sep 2022 | 2022 census result | |
168 | Cape Verde | 491,233 | 0.006% | 16 Jun 2021 | 2021 census result | |
169 | Brunei | 445,400 | 0.006% | 1 Jul 2022 | Official estimate | |
170 | Belize | 441,471 | 0.005% | 1 Jul 2022 | Official estimate | |
171 | Bahamas | 397,360 | 0.005% | 1 Jul 2022 | ||
172 | Iceland | 396,960 | 0.005% | 1 Oct 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
– | Northern Cyprus | 382,836 | 0.005% | 31 Dec 2020 | Official estimate | |
– | Transnistria | 360,938 | 0.004% | 31 Dec 2022 | Official estimate | |
173 | Vanuatu | 301,295 | 0.004% | 1 Jul 2021 | National annual projection | |
– | French Polynesia (France) | 279,890 | 0.003% | 1 Jul 2021 | National annual projection | |
– | New Caledonia (France) | 268,510 | 0.003% | 1 Jan 2023 | National annual projection | |
174 | Barbados | 267,800 | 0.003% | 31 Dec 2022 | ||
– | Abkhazia | 244,236 | 0.003% | 1 Jan 2022 | Official estimate | |
175 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 214,610 | 0.003% | 1 Jul 2021 | National annual projection | |
176 | Samoa | 205,557 | 0.003% | 6 Nov 2021 | Census 2021 | |
177 | Saint Lucia | 178,696 | 0.002% | 1 Jul 2018 | Official estimate | |
– | Guam (US) | 153,836 | 0.002% | 1 Apr 2020 | 2020 census result | |
– | Curacao (Netherlands) | 148,925 | 0.002% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
178 | Kiribati | 120,740 | 0.001% | 1 Jul 2021 | National annual projection | |
179 | Grenada | 112,579 | 0.001% | 1 Jul 2019 | Official estimate | |
180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110,872 | 0.001% | 1 Jul 2022 | Official estimate | |
– | Aruba (Netherlands) | 106,739 | 0.001% | 30 Sep 2022 | National quarterly estimate | |
181 | Micronesia | 105,754 | 0.001% | 1 Jul 2021 | National annual projection | |
– | Jersey (UK) | 103,267 | 0.001% | 21 Mar 2021 | 2021 census result | |
182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100,772 | 0.001% | 1 Jan 2022 | National annual estimate | |
183 | Seychelles | 100,447 | 0.001% | 22 Apr 2022 | 2022 Census | |
184 | Tonga | 100,179 | 0.001% | 1 Jan 2022 | National annual estimate | |
– | U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 87,146 | 0.001% | 1 Apr 2020 | 2020 census result | |
185 | Andorra | 85,101 | 0.001% | 31 Dec 2023 | Official estimate | |
– | Isle of Man (UK) | 84,069 | 0.001% | 30 May 2021 | 2021 census result | |
– | Cayman Islands (UK) | 71,105 | 0.0009% | 30 Sep 2020 | 2021 Census | |
186 | Dominica | 67,408 | 0.0008% | 31 Dec 2017 | Official estimate | |
– | Guernsey (UK) | 64,091 | 0.0008% | 31 Mar 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
– | Bermuda (UK) | 64,055 | 0.0008% | 1 Jul 2021 | National annual projection | |
– | Greenland (Denmark) | 56,865 | 0.0007% | 1 Jul 2023 | National quarterly estimate | |
– | South Ossetia | 56,520 | 0.0007% | 31 Dec 2021 | Official estimate | |
– | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 54,547 | 0.0007% | 1 Dec 2023 | Monthly national estimate | |
– | American Samoa (US) | 49,710 | 0.0006% | 1 Apr 2020 | 2020 census result | |
– | Northern Mariana Islands (US) | 47,329 | 0.0006% | 1 Apr 2020 | 2020 census result | |
187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47,195 | 0.0006% | 15 May 2011 | 2011 census result | |
– | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 46,131 | 0.0006% | 1 Jul 2021 | Official estimate | |
– | Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | 42,938 | 0.0005% | 1 Jan 2023 | Official estimate | |
188 | Marshall Islands | 42,418 | 0.0005% | 30 Sep 2021 | 2021 Census | |
189 | Liechtenstein | 39,724 | 0.0005% | 30 Jun 2023 | National estimate | |
190 | Monaco | 39,050 | 0.0005% | 31 Dec 2022 | Official estimate | |
– | Gibraltar (UK) | 34,003 | 0.0004% | 1 Jul 2016 | Official figure | |
191 | San Marino | 33,889 | 0.0004% | 31 Oct 2023 | Monthly national estimate | |
– | Saint Martin (France) | 32,358 | 0.0004% | 1 Jan 2020 | Official estimate | |
– | British Virgin Islands (UK) | 31,538 | 0.0004% | 1 Jul 2023 | UN projection | |
– | Åland (Finland) | 30,547 | 0.0004% | 31 Dec 2023 | Monthly national estimate | |
192 | Palau | 16,733 | 0.0002% | 1 Jul 2021 | 2021 Census | |
– | Anguilla (UK) | 15,701 | 0.0002% | 31 Dec 2021 | Official estimate | |
– | Cook Islands | 15,040 | 0.0002% | 1 Jul 2021 | 2021 Census | |
193 | Nauru | 11,680 | 0.0001% | 30 Oct 2021 | 2021 Census | |
– | Wallis and Futuna (France) | 11,369 | 0.0001% | 1 Jan 2021 | National annual projection | |
194 | Tuvalu | 10,679 | 0.0001% | 1 Jul 2021 | National annual projection | |
– | Saint Barthélemy (France) | 10,585 | 0.0001% | 1 Jan 2020 | Official estimate | |
– | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 6,092 | 0% | 1 Jan 2020 | Official estimate | |
– | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) | 5,651 | 0% | 1 Jul 2021 | 2021 Census | |
– | Montserrat (UK) | 4,433 | 0% | 1 Jul 2022 | Official figure | |
– | Falkland Islands (UK) | 3,662 | 0% | 10 Oct 2021 | 2021 census result | |
– | Norfolk Island (Australia) | 2,188 | 0% | 1 Jan 2021 | 2021 Census | |
– | Christmas Island (Australia) | 1,692 | 0% | 1 Jan 2021 | 2021 Census | |
– | Niue | 1,689 | 0% | 11 Nov 2022 | 2022 Census | |
– | Tokelau (NZ) | 1,647 | 0% | 1 Jan 2019 | 2019 Census | |
195 | Vatican City | 764 | 0% | 26 Jun 2023 | Official figure | |
– | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | 593 | 0% | 30 Jun 2020 | 2021 Census | |
– | Pitcairn Islands (UK) | 47 | 0% | 1 Jul 2021 | Official estimate |
See also
- List of countries by population (United Nations)
- Demographics of the world
- List of countries and dependencies by area
- List of countries and dependencies by population density
- List of countries by population growth rate
Explanatory notes
- ^ The European Union is a sui generis supranational 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 5.52% 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 Apr 2023.
- ^ Refers to Mainland China; excludes China's special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, which returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 and 1999, respectively.
- ^ Includes the population of the India-administered union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
- ^ Includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia, but excludes the territories of the United States.
- ^ Includes the population of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
- ^ Includes the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, administrative areas on the Crimean Peninsula occupied by Russia. The population does not include the four annexed Ukrainian oblasts. The Ukrainian government and most of the world's other states consider the Crimean Peninsula, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia parts of Ukraine's territory.
- ^ Includes the integral 18 regions of France (including 5 overseas departments and regions). Excludes France's 5 overseas collectivities: French Polynesia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Wallis and Futuna, and the sui generis collectivity of New Caledonia, which are shown separately. The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (an Antarctic territorial claim hosting only government officials and research station staff) and Clipperton Island (an uninhabited state private property of France) are not listed at all due to their extraordinary nature.
- ^ Excludes the three British Crown Dependencies and the 14 British Overseas Territories, listed separately. Four British Overseas Territories are not listed due to their extraordinary nature. The four not listed are British Antarctic Territory (an Antarctic territorial claim hosting only government officials and research station staff), the British Indian Ocean Territory (a military base), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (hosts only government officials and research station staff), and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (a military base where permanent residency is limited to citizens of the Republic of Cyprus).
- ^ Includes Zanzibar.
- ^ Excludes the disputed territory of Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic).
- ^ Excludes the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine's de jure territory which is occupied by Russia (however, includes the Donbas region, partly occupied by Russia).
- ^ Excludes the external territories of Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island.
- ^ Taiwan includes Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor islands.
- ^ Includes Somaliland.
- ^ Excludes the three constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean Sea (Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten), but includes the three special municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba).
- ^ Includes East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. Also includes Israeli settlers within Area C of the West Bank.
- ^ Excludes Kosovo.
- ^ Excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
- ^ Excludes Åland.
- ^ Includes Svalbard.
- ^ Excludes East Jerusalem or Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
- ^ Excludes the two self-governing associated states of the Cook Islands and Niue, and the dependent territory of Tokelau.
- ^ Excludes Abkhazia (242,862, census 2011) and South Ossetia (53,559, census 2015).
- ^ Excludes Transnistria.
- ^ Excludes Northern Cyprus.
- ^ A disputed territory with undetermined political status. 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 20% of the territory, with the remaining 80% of the territory occupied by Morocco. The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara is the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the territory (see Western Sahara conflict).
- ^ De facto independent, de jure part of Cyprus.
- ^ De facto independent, de jure part of Moldova.
- ^ 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 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.