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and other inhabited territories of the world by estimated total population. It is based on estimates published by the
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in the 2024 revision of ''World Population Prospects''. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present. "It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present". __TOC__


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


See also


World

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List of countries and dependencies 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 ...
* List of countries by past and projected future population ** List of countries by population in 1000 ** List of countries by population in 1500 **
List of countries by population in 1600 A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
** List of countries by population in 1700 ** List of countries by population in 1800 ** List of countries by population in 1900 **
List of countries by population in 1939 This is a list of countries by population in 1939 (including any dependent, occupied or colonized territories for empires), providing an approximate overview of the world population before World War II. Estimate numbers are from the beginning ...
** List of countries by population in 1989 ** List of countries by population in 2000 **
List of countries by population in 2005 This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population, with population figures estimated for 1 July 2005 (rounded to the nearest 1,000). The figures are estimates for the year 2005 from the U.N. World Population Prospects (20 ...
** List of countries by population in 2010 ** List of countries by population in 2015 *
World population In demographics of the world, world demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently alive. It was estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded eight billion in mid-November 2022. It took around 300,000 years of h ...


Continental

* Demographics of Antarctica * List of African countries by population * List of Asian countries by population *
List of European countries by population This list of European countries by population comprises the 51 countries and 5 territories and dependencies in Europe#Definition, Europe, broadly defined, including Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Turkey, and the Caucasus#Political geography, countries of t ...
** 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 This is a list of South American countries and dependencies by population in South America, total projected population from the United Nations and the latest official figure. Map Table See also * Demographics of South America * L ...


Transcontinental

* List of Arab League countries by population *
List of countries in the Americas by population This is a list of countries and dependent territories in the Americas by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections. Table See also * List of countries in the Americas by life expectancy Notes Ref ...
** List of Latin American countries by population * List of Eurasian countries by population * List of Middle Eastern countries by population


Subregional

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List of Caribbean countries by population This list of Caribbean countries and dependencies by population is sorted by the mid-year normalized demographic projections from the United Nations, the change from the previous year, and the most recent official figure. Map Table ...


Others

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List of European Union member states by population File:Member States of the European Union (polar stereographic projection) EN.svg, upright=2, Map showing the member states of the European Union (clickable) poly 230 284 229 287 233 291 237 284 241 287 242 293 248 302 250 305 252 306 263 312 263 3 ...
* List of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population * List of population concern organizations


Explanatory notes


References


External links


''World Population Prospects'', the 2019 Revision

Data sources for the ''World Population Prospects''

Methodology of the United Nations Population Estimates and Projections
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