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List of countries by population (United Nations)

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This is a list of countries by population. The United Nations is the source.[1]

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List of countries by population
Location . Population
(1 July 2023)[2][3] 		. "Continental region"[4] .
  India c. 1.4 billion or 1,438,069,596 Asia
  China[a] c. 1.4 billion or 1,422,584,933 Asia
  United States c. 343 million or 343,477,335 Americas
  Indonesia c. 281 million or 281,190,067 Asia
  Pakistan c. 247 million or 247,504,495 Asia
  Nigeria c. 227 million or 227,882,945 Africa
  Brazil c. 216 million or 216,422,446[source?] Americas
  Bangladesh c. 172 million or 172,954,319[source?] Asia
  Russia c. 145 million or 145,440,500 Europe
  Mexico c. 129 million or 129,739,759 Americas
  Ethiopia c. 128 million or 128,691,692 Africa
  Japan c. 124 million or 124,370,947 Asia
  Philippines c. 117 million or 117,337,368[source?] Asia
  Egypt c. 114 million or 114,535,772 Africa
  DR Congo c. 105 million or 105,789,731 Africa
  Vietnam c. 100 million or 100,352,192 Asia
  Iran c. 90 million or 90,608,707 Asia
  Turkey c. 87 million or 87,270,501 Asia
  Germany c. 84 million or 84,548,231 Europe
  Thailand c. 71 million or 71,702,435 Asia
  United Kingdom c. 68 million or 68,682,962 Europe
  Tanzania[b] c. 67 million or 67,438,106[source?] Africa
  France[c] c. 66 million or 66,438,822 Europe
  South Africa c. 63 million or 63,212,384 Africa
  Italy c. 59 million or 59,499,453 Europe
  Kenya c. 55 million or 55,339,003 Africa
  Myanmar c. 54 million or 54,133,798 Asia
  Colombia c. 52 million or 52,321,152 Americas
  South Korea c. 51 million or 51,748,739 Asia
  Sudan c. 50 million or 50,042,791 Africa
  Uganda c. 48 million or 48,656,601 Africa
  Spain[d] c. 47 million or 47,911,579 Europe
  Algeria c. 46 million or 46,164,219 Africa
  Argentina c. 45 million or 45,538,401 Americas
  Iraq c. 45 million or 45,504,560[source?] Asia
  Afghanistan c. 41 million or 41,454,761 Asia
  Yemen c. 39 million or 39,390,799 Asia

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  1. ↑ 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."
  2. ↑ Including   Zanzibar.
  3. ↑ Refers to Metropolitan France only.
  4. ↑ Including the   Canary Islands,   Ceuta, and   Melilla.

Sources

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  1. ↑ "World Population Prospects, 2022 Revision". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. "It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present".
  2. ↑ "World Population Prospects, 2024 Revision". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. "It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present".
  3. ↑ "Methodology Report" (PDF). Population Division. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. July 2022. "Years given refer to 1 July."
  4. ↑ Cite error: The named reference UNregions was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
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