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)

Population mid-2023 (millions)

Geography Population mid-2023 (millions)
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
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Geography Population mid-2023 (millions)
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

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2023 World Population Data Sheet

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