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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 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
Not surprisingly, the largest countries in the world in terms of population are China and India, with both countries now having populations of well over a billion. The United States comes in third with just under 325 million residents.
The 10 most populated countries in the world. More than half of the world's population lives in one of the 10 most populous countries in the world. China is the most populous country on Earth. India is projected to overtake China as the most populous country on Earth by 2027.
Cartogram of the world's population in 2018; each square represents 500,000 people. 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 ...
China is currently the most populous country in the world, with a population estimated at more than 1.42 billion as of September 2022. Only one other country in the world boasts a population of more than 1 billion people: India, whose population is estimated to be 1.41 billion people—and rising.
In 2022, India overtook China as the country with the largest population in the world, and now has more than 1.44 billion people.
These are the 25 largest countries by population as of 2023, according to the World Bank, along with data from U.S. News’ 2023 Best Countries rankings. Learn more about how countries are ...
List of all countries and regions in the world by total population (2023-2024). Current population figures for countries, sorted by total population, from the most populous countries to the least populous nations and territories.
Populations shown for the Most Populous Countries and on the world map are projected to July 1, 2024. To learn more about world population projections, go to Notes on the World Population Clock. To learn more about international trade data, go to Guide to Foreign Trade Statistics.
This table provides figures about the 50 most populous nations in the world, when the current estimated world population is 8.05 billion, as of 2023. Sources: Worldpopulationreview.com and United Nations World Population Prospects 2022.