List of countries by population (United Nations)
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.[2]
List
Data are mid-year[3] estimates from the United Nations and are for 2022 and 2023.[4][2]
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See also
World
- List of countries and dependencies by population
- List of countries by past and projected future population
- List of countries by population in 2000
- List of countries by population in 2010
Continental
- Demographics of Antarctica
- List of African countries by population
- List of Asian countries by population
- List of European countries by population
- List of European countries by population growth rate
- List of North American countries by population
- List of Oceanian countries by population
- List of South American countries by population
Transcontinental
- List of Arab countries by population
- List of countries in the Americas by population
- List of Eurasian countries by population
- List of Middle Eastern countries by population
Subregional
Others
- List of European Union member states by population
- List of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population
- List of population concern organizations
Explanatory notes
- Refers to Mainland China only. The UN source document states: "For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China (Hong Kong and Macau) and Taiwan."
- Including
Zanzibar. - Refers to Metropolitan France only.
- Including the
Canary Islands, 
Ceuta, and 
Melilla. - Including
Crimea, the 
Donetsk People's Republic, the 
Luhansk People's Republic, and 
Sevastopol. - Including
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and 
Norfolk Island. - Listed as China, Taiwan Province of China.
- Including
Somaliland. - Refers to the European Netherlands only.
- Including the
Azores and 
Madeira. - Listed as China, Hong Kong SAR.
- Excluding
Kosovo. - Including
Åland. - Including
Svalbard and Jan Mayen. - Including
East Jerusalem. - Including
Abkhazia and 
South Ossetia. - Including
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Transnistria. - Listed as Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244).
- Including
Northern Cyprus. - Listed as China, Macao SAR.
- Western Sahara. A disputed territory with undetermined political status.[5] Formerly Spanish Sahara up to 1976, administration is currently split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's administrative control is limited to approximately 20% of the territory, with the remaining 80% of the territory occupied by Morocco. The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara is the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the territory (see Western Sahara conflict).
- Listed as
Bonaire, 
Sint Eustatius and 
Saba. - Including
Saint Helena, 
Ascension, and 
Tristan da Cunha. - Listed as Holy See.
References
- "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects. Population Division. United Nations.
- "World Population Prospects, 2022 Revision". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. "It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present".
- "Methodology Report" (PDF). Population Division. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. July 2022. "Years given refer to 1 July."
- United Nations Population Division Data Portal. Scroll down to "Search data by indicator and location". Just below that there are 2 main menus. Left menu > Alphabetical tab > Total population by sex > Apply. Center menu > Alphabetical menu > "All" menu > Choose "Countries" > Apply (may need to lower font size to see "apply" button). Date menus > Choose the range from 2022 to 2023. Click "Get Started and Search". Click the export button on the left to open the export sidebar > Excel tab > Excel 2007 and up. Missing data: Blank. Include thousand separator?: Yes. Include Metadata?: No. Click "Download" button at bottom to get .xlsx file. Close the export sidebar to see the wide 2022-23 table online.
- BBC News: Western Sahara profile
External links
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