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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.
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.
China is currently the most populous country in the world, with a population estimated at more than 1.42 billion as of September 2022. Only one other country in the world boasts a population of more than 1 billion people: India, whose population is estimated to be 1.41 billion people—and rising.
Cartogram of the world's population in 2018; each square represents 500,000 people. This is a list of countries and dependencies by population.
These are the 25 largest countries by population as of 2023, according to the World Bank, along with data from U.S. News’ 2023 Best Countries rankings. Learn more about how countries are assessed...