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List of countries and dependencies by population (United Nations)
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This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by estimated total population. It is 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.[2]

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Data are mid-year estimates from the United Nations and are for 2022 and 2023.[2]
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See also
World
- List of countries and dependencies by population
- 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
- 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
- List of countries by population in 1989
- List of countries by population in 2000
- List of countries by population in 2005
- List of countries by population in 2010
- List of countries by population in 2015
- World population
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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."
- Including
Zanzibar.
- Refers to Metropolitan France only.
- Including the
Canary Islands,
Ceuta, and
Melilla.
- Including
Crimea, the
Donetsk People's Republic, the
Luhansk People's Republic, and
Sevastopol.
- Including
Christmas Island, the
Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and
Norfolk Island.
- Listed as China, Taiwan Province of China.
- Including
Somaliland.
- Refers to the European Netherlands only.
- Listed as China, Hong Kong SAR.
- Excluding
Kosovo.
- Including
Åland.
- Including
Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
- Including
East Jerusalem.
- Including
Abkhazia and
South Ossetia.
- Including
Transnistria.
- Listed as Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244).
- Including
Northern Cyprus.
- Listed as China, Macao SAR.
- Listed as
Bonaire,
Sint Eustatius and
Saba.
- Including
Saint Helena,
Ascension, and
Tristan da Cunha.
- Listed as Holy See.
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