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 2019 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
- List of African countries by population
- List of Arab countries by population
- List of Asian countries by population
- List of Caribbean countries by population
- 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
- List of countries in the Americas by population
- List of Eurasian countries by population
- List of European countries by population
- List of European countries by population growth rate
- List of European Union member states by population
- List of Latin American countries by population
- List of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population
- List of Middle Eastern countries by population
- List of North American countries by population
- List of Oceanian countries by population
- List of population concern organizations
- List of South American countries by population
Explanatory notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Refers to metropolitan France only.
- ^ Including
Zanzibar.
- ^ Including the
Canary Islands,
Ceuta and
Melilla.
- ^ Including
Crimea.
- ^ Including
Sabah and
Sarawak.
- ^ Including
Christmas Island, the
Cocos (Keeling) Islands and
Norfolk Island.
- ^ Listed as China, Taiwan Province of China.
- ^ Refers to the European Netherlands only.
- ^ Including the
Azores and
Madeira.
- ^ Including
Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
- ^ Including
Kosovo.
- ^ Listed as China, Hong Kong SAR.
- ^ Including the
Åland.
- ^ Including
Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
- ^ Including
East Jerusalem.
- ^ Including
Transnistria.
- ^ Including
Abkhazia and
South Ossetia.
- ^ Including
Agaléga,
Rodrigues and
St. Brandon.
- ^ Including
Northern Cyprus.
- ^ Listed as China, Macao SAR.
- ^ Including
Saint Barthélemy and
Saint Martin.
- ^ Including
Guernsey and
Jersey.
- ^ Listed as
Bonaire,
Sint Eustatius and
Saba.
- ^ Listed as
Saint Helena,
Ascension and
Tristan da Cunha.
- ^ Listed as the
Holy See.
References
- ^ "UNSD — Methodology". unstats.un.org.
- ^ "Total Population - Both Sexes". World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Total population, both sexes combined (thousands)". UNdata. United Nations Statistics Division. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ 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.