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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 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
- Third Most Populous Country
This is a list of countries and dependencies by population....
- Third Most Populous Country
This is a list of countries and dependent territories in the Americas by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections.
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 .
The tables below list the world's most densely populated countries, both in absolute terms and in comparison to their total populations, as of November 2022. All areas and populations are from The World Factbook, unless otherwise noted. Population density (people per km 2) map of the world in 2020. Red areas denote regions of highest population ...
In July 2022, UN DESA published its 2022 World Population Prospects, a biennially-updated database where key demographic indicators are estimated and projected worldwide and on the country and regional level.
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.
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 the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1 .
