International Data
Population mid-2023 (millions)
Current estimates are based on a recent census, official national data, or analyses conducted by national statistical offices, regional organizations, PRB, UN Population Division, or International Programs of the U.S. Census Bureau. The effects of refugee movements, large numbers of foreign workers, and population shifts due to current events are taken into account to the extent possible. Projected populations based on reasonable assumptions on the future course of fertility, mortality, and migration.
Population mid-2023 (millions)
Geography | Population mid-2023 (millions) |
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WORLD | 8009.0 |
AFRICA | 1453.0 |
NORTHERN AFRICA | 256.0 |
Algeria | 46.8 |
Egypt | 105.2 |
Libya | 6.9 |
Morocco | 37.0 |
Sudan | 48.1 |
Tunisia | 11.9 |
Western Sahara | 0.6 |
WESTERN AFRICA | 442.0 |
Benin | 13.7 |
Burkina Faso | 22.9 |
Cape Verde | 0.6 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 30.9 |
Gambia | 2.8 |
Ghana | 34.1 |
Guinea | 14.2 |
GuineaBissau | 2.2 |
Liberia | 5.4 |
Mali | 23.3 |
Mauritania | 4.9 |
Niger | 27.2 |
Nigeria | 223.8 |
Senegal | 18.3 |
Sierra Leone | 8.9 |
Togo | 9.1 |
EASTERN AFRICA | 483.0 |
Burundi | 13.2 |
Comoros | 0.9 |
Djibouti | 1.1 |
Eritrea | 3.7 |
Ethiopia | 126.5 |
Kenya | 55.1 |
Madagascar | 30.4 |
Malawi | 19.8 |
Mauritius | 1.3 |
Mayotte | 0.3 |
Mozambique | 33.9 |
Reunion | 0.9 |
Rwanda | 14.1 |
Seychelles | 0.1 |
Somalia | 18.1 |
South Sudan | 11.1 |
Tanzania | 67.4 |
Uganda | 48.6 |
Zambia | 20.2 |
Zimbabwe | 16.7 |
MIDDLE AFRICA | 202.0 |
Angola | 36.7 |
Cameroon | 28.1 |
Central African Republic | 6.2 |
Chad | 18.3 |
Congo | 6.1 |
Congo DR | 102.3 |
Equatorial Guinea | 1.7 |
Gabon | 2.4 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2 |
SOUTHERN AFRICA | 70.0 |
Botswana | 2.7 |
eSwatini | 1.2 |
Lesotho | 2.3 |
Namibia | 2.6 |
South Africa | 60.7 |
NORTHERN AMERICA | 375.0 |
Canada | 40.1 |
United States | 335.0 |
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | 652.0 |
CENTRAL AMERICA | 182.0 |
Belize | 0.5 |
Costa Rica | 5.3 |
El Salvador | 6.4 |
Guatemala | 18.1 |
Honduras | 9.7 |
Mexico | 131.0 |
Nicaragua | 6.8 |
Panama | 4.5 |
CARIBBEAN | 44.0 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1 |
Bahamas | 0.4 |
Barbados | 0.3 |
Cuba | 11.0 |
Curacao | 0.1 |
Dominica | 0.1 |
Dominican Republic | 11.3 |
Grenada | 0.1 |
Guadeloupe | 0.4 |
Haiti | 11.6 |
Jamaica | 2.8 |
Martinique | 0.3 |
Puerto Rico | 3.3 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.1 |
St. Lucia | 0.2 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1.4 |
SOUTH AMERICA | 426.0 |
Argentina | 46.3 |
Bolivia | 12.2 |
Brazil | 204.0 |
Chile | 20.0 |
Colombia | 52.2 |
Ecuador | 17.1 |
French Guiana | 0.3 |
Guyana | 0.8 |
Paraguay | 6.2 |
Peru | 33.8 |
Suriname | 0.6 |
Uruguay | 3.6 |
Venezuela | 28.8 |
ASIA | 4739.0 |
WESTERN ASIA | 299.0 |
Armenia | 3.0 |
Azerbaijan | 10.2 |
Bahrain | 1.6 |
Cyprus | 1.3 |
Georgia | 3.8 |
Iraq | 45.5 |
Israel | 9.8 |
Jordan | 11.4 |
Kuwait | 4.4 |
Lebanon | 5.4 |
Oman | 5.0 |
Palestinian Territory | 5.5 |
Qatar | 2.7 |
Saudi Arabia | 36.9 |
Syria | 23.2 |
Turkey | 85.6 |
United Arab Emirates | 9.5 |
Yemen | 34.4 |
CENTRAL ASIA | 80.0 |
Kazakhstan | 19.9 |
Kyrgyzstan | 6.8 |
Tajikistan | 10.2 |
Turkmenistan | 7.1 |
Uzbekistan | 36.4 |
SOUTH ASIA | 2029.0 |
Afghanistan | 42.4 |
Bangladesh | 173.5 |
Bhutan | 0.8 |
India | 1428.6 |
Iran | 89.2 |
Maldives | 0.6 |
Nepal | 30.9 |
Pakistan | 240.5 |
Sri Lanka | 22.7 |
SOUTHEAST ASIA | 682.0 |
Brunei | 0.4 |
Cambodia | 17.0 |
Indonesia | 278.7 |
Laos | 7.5 |
Malaysia | 33.4 |
Myanmar | 55.4 |
Philippines | 117.3 |
Singapore | 5.8 |
Thailand | 66.0 |
Timor Leste | 1.4 |
Vietnam | 98.9 |
EAST ASIA | 1648.0 |
China | 1411.3 |
China, Hong Kong SAR | 7.3 |
China, Macao SAR | 0.7 |
Japan | 124.5 |
Korea, North | 26.2 |
Korea, South | 51.4 |
Mongolia | 3.5 |
Taiwan | 23.4 |
EUROPE | 744.0 |
NORTHERN EUROPE | 108.0 |
Denmark | 5.9 |
Estonia | 1.4 |
Finland | 5.6 |
Iceland | 0.4 |
Ireland | 5.2 |
Latvia | 1.9 |
Lithuania | 2.9 |
Norway | 5.5 |
Sweden | 10.5 |
United Kingdom | 68.1 |
WESTERN EUROPE | 199.0 |
Austria | 9.2 |
Belgium | 11.8 |
France | 65.9 |
Germany | 84.9 |
Liechtenstein | 0.0 |
Luxembourg | 0.7 |
Monaco | 0.0 |
Netherlands | 17.9 |
Switzerland | 8.8 |
EASTERN EUROPE | 285.0 |
Belarus | 9.2 |
Bulgaria | 6.4 |
Czechia | 10.9 |
Hungary | 9.6 |
Moldova | 3.4 |
Poland | 37.7 |
Romania | 19.1 |
Russia | 146.9 |
Slovakia | 5.4 |
Ukraine | 36.7 |
SOUTHERN EUROPE | 152.0 |
Albania | 2.7 |
Andorra | 0.1 |
Bosnia Herzegovina | 3.4 |
Croatia | 3.8 |
Greece | 10.6 |
Italy | 58.8 |
Kosovo | 1.7 |
Malta | 0.6 |
Montenegro | 0.6 |
North Macedonia | 1.8 |
Portugal | 10.5 |
San Marino | 0.0 |
Serbia | 6.6 |
Slovenia | 2.1 |
Spain | 48.3 |
OCEANIA | 45.0 |
Australia | 26.6 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 0.1 |
Fiji | 0.9 |
French Polynesia | 0.3 |
Guam | 0.2 |
Kiribati | 0.1 |
Marshall Islands | 0.1 |
Nauru | 0.0 |
New Caledonia | 0.3 |
New Zealand | 5.2 |
Palau | 0.0 |
Papua New Guinea | 9.5 |
Samoa | 0.2 |
Solomon Islands | 0.8 |
Tonga | 0.1 |
Tuvalu | 0.0 |
Vanuatu | 0.3 |
Geography | Population mid-2023 (millions) |
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WORLD | 8009.0 |
AFRICA | 1453.0 |
NORTHERN AFRICA | 256.0 |
Algeria | 46.8 |
Egypt | 105.2 |
Libya | 6.9 |
Morocco | 37.0 |
Sudan | 48.1 |
Tunisia | 11.9 |
Western Sahara | 0.6 |
WESTERN AFRICA | 442.0 |
Benin | 13.7 |
Burkina Faso | 22.9 |
Cape Verde | 0.6 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 30.9 |
Gambia | 2.8 |
Ghana | 34.1 |
Guinea | 14.2 |
GuineaBissau | 2.2 |
Liberia | 5.4 |
Mali | 23.3 |
Mauritania | 4.9 |
Niger | 27.2 |
Nigeria | 223.8 |
Senegal | 18.3 |
Sierra Leone | 8.9 |
Togo | 9.1 |
EASTERN AFRICA | 483.0 |
Burundi | 13.2 |
Comoros | 0.9 |
Djibouti | 1.1 |
Eritrea | 3.7 |
Ethiopia | 126.5 |
Kenya | 55.1 |
Madagascar | 30.4 |
Malawi | 19.8 |
Mauritius | 1.3 |
Mayotte | 0.3 |
Mozambique | 33.9 |
Reunion | 0.9 |
Rwanda | 14.1 |
Seychelles | 0.1 |
Somalia | 18.1 |
South Sudan | 11.1 |
Tanzania | 67.4 |
Uganda | 48.6 |
Zambia | 20.2 |
Zimbabwe | 16.7 |
MIDDLE AFRICA | 202.0 |
Angola | 36.7 |
Cameroon | 28.1 |
Central African Republic | 6.2 |
Chad | 18.3 |
Congo | 6.1 |
Congo DR | 102.3 |
Equatorial Guinea | 1.7 |
Gabon | 2.4 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2 |
SOUTHERN AFRICA | 70.0 |
Botswana | 2.7 |
eSwatini | 1.2 |
Lesotho | 2.3 |
Namibia | 2.6 |
South Africa | 60.7 |
NORTHERN AMERICA | 375.0 |
Canada | 40.1 |
United States | 335.0 |
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | 652.0 |
CENTRAL AMERICA | 182.0 |
Belize | 0.5 |
Costa Rica | 5.3 |
El Salvador | 6.4 |
Guatemala | 18.1 |
Honduras | 9.7 |
Mexico | 131.0 |
Nicaragua | 6.8 |
Panama | 4.5 |
CARIBBEAN | 44.0 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1 |
Bahamas | 0.4 |
Barbados | 0.3 |
Cuba | 11.0 |
Curacao | 0.1 |
Dominica | 0.1 |
Dominican Republic | 11.3 |
Grenada | 0.1 |
Guadeloupe | 0.4 |
Haiti | 11.6 |
Jamaica | 2.8 |
Martinique | 0.3 |
Puerto Rico | 3.3 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.1 |
St. Lucia | 0.2 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1.4 |
SOUTH AMERICA | 426.0 |
Argentina | 46.3 |
Bolivia | 12.2 |
Brazil | 204.0 |
Chile | 20.0 |
Colombia | 52.2 |
Ecuador | 17.1 |
French Guiana | 0.3 |
Guyana | 0.8 |
Paraguay | 6.2 |
Peru | 33.8 |
Suriname | 0.6 |
Uruguay | 3.6 |
Venezuela | 28.8 |
ASIA | 4739.0 |
WESTERN ASIA | 299.0 |
Armenia | 3.0 |
Azerbaijan | 10.2 |
Bahrain | 1.6 |
Cyprus | 1.3 |
Georgia | 3.8 |
Iraq | 45.5 |
Israel | 9.8 |
Jordan | 11.4 |
Kuwait | 4.4 |
Lebanon | 5.4 |
Oman | 5.0 |
Palestinian Territory | 5.5 |
Qatar | 2.7 |
Saudi Arabia | 36.9 |
Syria | 23.2 |
Turkey | 85.6 |
United Arab Emirates | 9.5 |
Yemen | 34.4 |
CENTRAL ASIA | 80.0 |
Kazakhstan | 19.9 |
Kyrgyzstan | 6.8 |
Tajikistan | 10.2 |
Turkmenistan | 7.1 |
Uzbekistan | 36.4 |
SOUTH ASIA | 2029.0 |
Afghanistan | 42.4 |
Bangladesh | 173.5 |
Bhutan | 0.8 |
India | 1428.6 |
Iran | 89.2 |
Maldives | 0.6 |
Nepal | 30.9 |
Pakistan | 240.5 |
Sri Lanka | 22.7 |
SOUTHEAST ASIA | 682.0 |
Brunei | 0.4 |
Cambodia | 17.0 |
Indonesia | 278.7 |
Laos | 7.5 |
Malaysia | 33.4 |
Myanmar | 55.4 |
Philippines | 117.3 |
Singapore | 5.8 |
Thailand | 66.0 |
Timor Leste | 1.4 |
Vietnam | 98.9 |
EAST ASIA | 1648.0 |
China | 1411.3 |
China, Hong Kong SAR | 7.3 |
China, Macao SAR | 0.7 |
Japan | 124.5 |
Korea, North | 26.2 |
Korea, South | 51.4 |
Mongolia | 3.5 |
Taiwan | 23.4 |
EUROPE | 744.0 |
NORTHERN EUROPE | 108.0 |
Denmark | 5.9 |
Estonia | 1.4 |
Finland | 5.6 |
Iceland | 0.4 |
Ireland | 5.2 |
Latvia | 1.9 |
Lithuania | 2.9 |
Norway | 5.5 |
Sweden | 10.5 |
United Kingdom | 68.1 |
WESTERN EUROPE | 199.0 |
Austria | 9.2 |
Belgium | 11.8 |
France | 65.9 |
Germany | 84.9 |
Liechtenstein | 0.0 |
Luxembourg | 0.7 |
Monaco | 0.0 |
Netherlands | 17.9 |
Switzerland | 8.8 |
EASTERN EUROPE | 285.0 |
Belarus | 9.2 |
Bulgaria | 6.4 |
Czechia | 10.9 |
Hungary | 9.6 |
Moldova | 3.4 |
Poland | 37.7 |
Romania | 19.1 |
Russia | 146.9 |
Slovakia | 5.4 |
Ukraine | 36.7 |
SOUTHERN EUROPE | 152.0 |
Albania | 2.7 |
Andorra | 0.1 |
Bosnia Herzegovina | 3.4 |
Croatia | 3.8 |
Greece | 10.6 |
Italy | 58.8 |
Kosovo | 1.7 |
Malta | 0.6 |
Montenegro | 0.6 |
North Macedonia | 1.8 |
Portugal | 10.5 |
San Marino | 0.0 |
Serbia | 6.6 |
Slovenia | 2.1 |
Spain | 48.3 |
OCEANIA | 45.0 |
Australia | 26.6 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 0.1 |
Fiji | 0.9 |
French Polynesia | 0.3 |
Guam | 0.2 |
Kiribati | 0.1 |
Marshall Islands | 0.1 |
Nauru | 0.0 |
New Caledonia | 0.3 |
New Zealand | 5.2 |
Palau | 0.0 |
Papua New Guinea | 9.5 |
Samoa | 0.2 |
Solomon Islands | 0.8 |
Tonga | 0.1 |
Tuvalu | 0.0 |
Vanuatu | 0.3 |
Endnotes
Sources
2023 World Population Data Sheet
2023 World Population Data
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