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Population, total

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

World Bank code: SP.POP.TOTL • Data available for 217 countries • Latest year: 2024

In , India led Population, total at 1.45B.

The world median across 217 reporting countries was 6.59M.

What this measures: Total population counts the number of people in a country based on census data and estimates. Population is a fundamental variable that affects almost every per capita calculation. Countries with fast-growing populations may see GDP rise while GDP per capita stays flat.

How "Health & Population" indicators are measured

Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.

Distribution — 2024

Reporting
217 countries
Median
6.59M
Mean
37.41M
25th percentile
831,087.00
75th percentile
27.03M
Range
9,646.00 – 1.45B

World at a Glance — 2024

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 46,765.00ASAustralia: 27.20MAUBrunei Darussalam: 462,721.00BNCambodia: 17.64MKHChina: 1.41BCNFiji: 928,784.00FJFrench Polynesia: 281,807.00PFGuam: 167,777.00GUHong Kong SAR, China: 7.52MHKIndonesia: 283.49MIDJapan: 123.98MJPKiribati: 134,518.00KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 26.50MKPKorea, Rep.: 51.75MKRLao PDR: 7.77MLAMacao SAR, China: 687,000.00MOMalaysia: 35.56MMYMarshall Islands: 37,548.00MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 113,160.00FMMongolia: 3.52MMNMyanmar: 54.50MMMNauru: 11,947.00NRNew Caledonia: 292,639.00NCNew Zealand: 5.29MNZNorthern Mariana Islands: 44,278.00MPPalau: 17,695.00PWPapua New Guinea: 10.58MPGPhilippines: 115.84MPHSamoa: 218,019.00WSSingapore: 6.04MSGSolomon Islands: 819,198.00SBThailand: 71.67MTHTimor-Leste: 1.40MTLTonga: 104,175.00TOTuvalu: 9,646.00TVVanuatu: 327,777.00VUViet Nam: 100.99MVNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 2.38MALAndorra: 81,938.00ADArmenia: 3.03MAMAustria: 9.18MATAzerbaijan: 10.20MAZBelarus: 9.13MBYBelgium: 11.86MBEBosnia and Herzegovina: 3.16MBABulgaria: 6.44MBGChannel Islands: 168,126.00JGCroatia: 3.87MHRCyprus: 1.36MCYCzechia: 10.91MCZDenmark: 5.98MDKEstonia: 1.37MEEFaroe Islands: 54,681.00FOFinland: 5.62MFIFrance: 68.55MFRGeorgia: 3.70MGEGermany: 83.52MDEGibraltar: 39,329.00GIGreece: 10.41MGRGreenland: 56,836.00GLHungary: 9.56MHUIceland: 386,506.00ISIreland: 5.40MIEIsle of Man: 84,160.00IMItaly: 58.95MITKazakhstan: 20.59MKZKosovo: 1.59MXKKyrgyz Republic: 7.22MKGLatvia: 1.87MLVLiechtenstein: 40,450.00LILithuania: 2.89MLTLuxembourg: 677,012.00LUMoldova: 2.40MMDMonaco: 38,631.00MCMontenegro: 623,525.00MENetherlands: 17.99MNLNorth Macedonia: 1.82MMKNorway: 5.57MNOPoland: 36.56MPLPortugal: 10.69MPTRomania: 19.05MRORussian Federation: 143.53MRUSan Marino: 33,977.00SMSerbia: 6.59MRSSlovak Republic: 5.42MSKSlovenia: 2.13MSISpain: 48.85MESSweden: 10.57MSESwitzerland: 9.01MCHTajikistan: 10.59MTJTurkiye: 85.52MTRTurkmenistan: 7.49MTMUkraine: 37.86MUAUnited Kingdom: 69.23MGBUzbekistan: 36.36MUZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 93,772.00AGArgentina: 45.70MARAruba: 107,995.00AWBahamas, The: 401,283.00BSBarbados: 282,467.00BBBelize: 417,072.00BZBolivia: 12.41MBOBrazil: 212.00MBRBritish Virgin Islands: 39,471.00VGCayman Islands: 74,457.00KYChile: 19.76MCLColombia: 52.89MCOCosta Rica: 5.13MCRCuba: 10.98MCUCuracao: 155,967.00CWDominica: 66,205.00DMDominican Republic: 11.43MDOEcuador: 18.14MECEl Salvador: 6.34MSVGrenada: 117,207.00GDGuatemala: 18.41MGTGuyana: 831,087.00GYHaiti: 11.77MHTHonduras: 10.83MHNJamaica: 2.84MJMMexico: 130.86MMXNicaragua: 6.92MNIPanama: 4.52MPAParaguay: 6.93MPYPeru: 34.22MPEPuerto Rico (US): 3.20MPRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 43,350.00SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 46,843.00KNSt. Lucia: 179,744.00LCSt. Martin (French part): 26,129.00MFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 100,616.00VCSuriname: 634,431.00SRTrinidad and Tobago: 1.37MTTTurks and Caicos Islands: 46,535.00TCUruguay: 3.39MUYVenezuela, RB: 28.41MVEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 104,377.00VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 42.65MAFAlgeria: 46.81MDZBahrain: 1.59MBHDjibouti: 1.17MDJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 116.54MEGIran, Islamic Rep.: 91.57MIRIraq: 46.04MIQIsrael: 9.97MILJordan: 11.55MJOKuwait: 4.90MKWLebanon: 5.81MLBLibya: 7.38MLYMalta: 568,847.00MTMorocco: 38.08MMAOman: 5.28MOMPakistan: 251.27MPKQatar: 2.86MQASaudi Arabia: 35.30MSASyrian Arab Republic: 24.67MSYTunisia: 12.28MTNUnited Arab Emirates: 10.99MAEWest Bank and Gaza: 5.29MPSYemen, Rep.: 40.58MYENorth AmericaBermuda: 64,636.00BMCanada: 41.29MCAUnited States: 340.11MUSSouth AsiaBangladesh: 173.56MBDBhutan: 791,524.00BTIndia: 1.45BINMaldives: 527,799.00MVNepal: 29.65MNPSri Lanka: 21.92MLKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 37.89MAOBenin: 14.46MBJBotswana: 2.52MBWBurkina Faso: 23.55MBFBurundi: 14.05MBICabo Verde: 524,877.00CVCameroon: 29.12MCMCentral African Republic: 5.33MCFChad: 20.30MTDComoros: 866,628.00KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 109.28MCDCongo, Rep.: 6.33MCGCote d'Ivoire: 31.93MCIEquatorial Guinea: 1.89MGQEritrea: 3.54MEREswatini: 1.24MSZEthiopia: 132.06METGabon: 2.54MGAGambia, The: 2.76MGMGhana: 34.43MGHGuinea: 14.75MGNGuinea-Bissau: 2.20MGWKenya: 56.43MKELesotho: 2.34MLSLiberia: 5.61MLRMadagascar: 31.96MMGMalawi: 21.66MMWMali: 24.48MMLMauritania: 5.17MMRMauritius: 1.25MMUMozambique: 34.63MMZNamibia: 3.03MNANiger: 27.03MNENigeria: 232.68MNGRwanda: 14.26MRWSao Tome and Principe: 235,536.00STSenegal: 18.50MSNSeychelles: 121,354.00SCSierra Leone: 8.64MSLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 19.01MSOSouth Africa: 64.01MZASouth Sudan: 11.94MSSSudan: 50.45MSDTanzania: 68.56MTZTogo: 9.52MTGUganda: 50.02MUGZambia: 21.31MZMZimbabwe: 16.63MZW

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Highest Values — 2024

# Country Population, total
1 India South Asia 1.451B
2 China East Asia & Pacific 1.409B
3 United States North America 340.111M
4 Indonesia East Asia & Pacific 283.488M
5 Pakistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 251.269M
6 Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 232.679M
7 Brazil Latin America & Caribbean 211.999M
8 Bangladesh South Asia 173.562M
9 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 143.534M
10 Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa 132.060M

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 86 16.21M
Upper middle income 54 52.18M
Lower middle income 50 62.42M
Low income 25 24.98M
Not classified 2 80.23M

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 37 63.92M
Europe & Central Asia 58 16.00M
Latin America & Caribbean 42 15.77M
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 35.35M
North America 3 127.15M
South Asia 6 279.56M
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 26.90M

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country Population, total
1 Tuvalu 9,646.00
2 Nauru 11,947.00
3 Palau 17,695.00
4 St. Martin (French part) 26,129.00
5 San Marino 33,977.00
6 Marshall Islands 37,548.00
7 Monaco 38,631.00
8 Gibraltar 39,329.00
9 British Virgin Islands 39,471.00
10 Liechtenstein 40,450.00
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.TOTL), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.