List of countries by population (United Nations)

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This is a list of countries by population. The United Nations is the source.[1]

List[change | change source]

List of countries by population
Location . Population
(1 July 2023)[2][3][1] 		. "Continental region"[4] .
 India c. 1.4 billion or 1,428,627,663 Asia
 China[a] c. 1.4 billion or 1,425,671,352 Asia
 United States c. 339 million or 339,996,564 Americas
 Indonesia c. 277 million or 277,534,123 Asia
 Pakistan c. 240 million or 240,485,658 Asia
 Nigeria c. 223 million or 223,804,632 Africa
 Brazil c. 216 million or 216,422,446 Americas
 Bangladesh c. 172 million or 172,954,319 Asia
 Russia c. 144 million or 144,444,359 Europe
 Mexico c. 128 million or 128,455,567 Americas
 Ethiopia c. 126 million or 126,527,060 Africa
 Japan c. 123 million or 123,294,513 Asia
 Philippines c. 117 million or 117,337,368 Asia
 Egypt c. 112 million or 112,716,599 Africa
 DR Congo c. 102 million or 102,262,809 Africa
 Vietnam c. 98 million or 98,858,950 Asia
 Iran c. 89 million or 89,172,767 Asia
 Turkey c. 85 million or 85,816,199 Asia
 Germany c. 83 million or 83,294,633 Europe
 Thailand c. 71 million or 71,801,279 Asia
 United Kingdom c. 67 million or 67,736,802 Europe
 Tanzania[b] c. 67 million or 67,438,106 Africa
 France[c] c. 64 million or 64,756,584 Europe
 South Africa c. 60 million or 60,414,495 Africa
 Italy c. 58 million or 58,870,763 Europe
 Kenya c. 55 million or 55,100,587 Africa
 Myanmar c. 54 million or 54,577,997 Asia
 Colombia c. 52 million or 52,085,168 Americas
 South Korea c. 51 million or 51,784,059 Asia
 Uganda c. 48 million or 48,582,334 Africa
 Sudan c. 48 million or 48,109,006 Africa
 Spain[d] c. 47 million or 47,519,628 Europe
 Argentina c. 45 million or 45,773,884 Americas
 Algeria c. 45 million or 45,606,481 Africa
 Iraq c. 45 million or 45,504,560 Asia

Notes[change | change source]

  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.

Sources[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Population Prospects, 2022 Revision". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. "It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present".
  2. ↑ "Methodology Report" (PDF). Population Division. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. July 2022. "Years given refer to 1 July."
  3. ↑ United Nations Population Division Data Portal. Scroll down to "Search data by indicator and location". Just below that there are 2 main menus. Left menu > Alphabetical tab > Total population by sex > Apply. Center menu > Alphabetical menu > "All" menu > Choose "Countries" > Apply (may need to lower font size to see "apply" button). Date menus > Choose the range from 2022 to 2023. Click "Get Started and Search". Click the export button on the left to open the export sidebar > Excel tab > Excel 2007 and up. Missing data: Blank. Include thousand separator?: Yes. Include Metadata?: No. Click "Download" button at bottom to get .xlsx file. Close the export sidebar to see the wide 2022-23 table online.
  4. ↑ Cite error: The named reference UNregions was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).

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