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In 2020, the world reached a total population of 7,887,001,292 and 🇨🇳 China was the most populous country that year, with a total of 1,426,106,093 people. Followed by 🇮🇳 India, with the second largest population globally of 1,402,617,695 people in total.
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 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
CountryPopulation (1 July 2022)Population (1 July 2023)Change8,021,407,1928,091,734,930+0.88%1,425,423,2121,438,069,596+0.89%1,425,179,5691,422,584,933−0.18%341,534,046343,477,335+0.57%Did you know that by 2022, India would have a larger population than China?
This is a list of countries and dependencies by population. It includes sovereign states , inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1 .
Not surprisingly, the largest countries in the world in terms of population are China and India, with both countries now having populations of well over a billion. The United States comes in third with just under 325 million residents.
Country2024 Population2023 PopulationArea (km²)1,450,935,7911,438,069,5963.3M1,419,321,2781,422,584,9339.7M345,426,571343,477,3359.4M283,487,931281,190,0671.9MThis page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2021. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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List of all countries and regions in the world by total population (2023-2024). Current population figures for countries, sorted by total population, from the most populous countries to the least populous nations and territories.
