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Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division [1]. This is the 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.
The 20 countries in the world in which the population has declined between 2010 and 2015 Historical population growth rate (1950–1955) estimated by the UN [ 8 ] See also
The national 1 July, mid-year population estimates (usually based on past national censuses) supplied in these tables are given in thousands. The retrospective figures use the present-day names and world political division: for example, the table gives data for each of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, as if they had already been independent in 1950.
Cartogram of the world's population in 2018; each square represents 500,000 people. 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 UN's 2024 report projects world population to be 8.1 billion in 2024, about 9.6 billion in 2050, and about 10.2 billion in 2100. The following table shows the largest 15 countries by population as of 2024, 2050 and 2100 to show how the rankings will change between now and the end of this century. [40]
The majority of world population growth today is occurring in less developed countries. According to United Nations population statistics, the world population grew by 30%, or 1.6 billion humans, between 1990 and 2010. [39] In number of people the increase was highest in India (350 million) and China (196 million).
China and India are the largest countries by population in the world, each having some 1.4 billion people (as of 2023). [13] China reached a population plateau (zero growth) in 2022. [14] China's population growth has slowed since the beginning of this century. This has been mostly the result of China's economic growth and increasing living ...
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