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List of countries and dependencies in the world ranked by population, from the most populated. Growth rate, median age, fertility rate, area, density, population density, urbanization, urban population, share of world population.
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.
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.
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.
India is the most populous country in the world, with close to 1.451 billion people as of 1 July 2024. India is closely followed by China, having a population of over 1.419 billion. Only these two nations have crossed the one billion mark, rest of countries are below 500 mn mark.
More than half of the world's population lives in one of the 10 most populous countries in the world. China is the most populous country on Earth. India is projected to overtake China as the most populous country on Earth by 2027.
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.