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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 2022 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
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Country / Dependency Population % of World Date Source (official or United Nations) 1 India: 1,436,947,184: 17.76% 2 China: 1,424,071,520: 17.6%: 29 May 2024: National population clock – European Union: 455,500,000: 5.62%: 1 Dec 2021: National annual estimate 3 United States: 339,632,413: 4.19%: 29 May 2024: National population clock: 4 ...
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World Population by Country in 2020. In 2020, the world reached a total population of 7,840,952,880 and 🇨🇳 China was the most populous country that year, with a total of 1,424,929,781 people. Followed by 🇮🇳 India, with the second largest population globally of 1,396,387,127 people in total. The country with the lowest population ...
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