List of countries by population (United Nations)
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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 2019 revision of World Population Prospects.[2][3] These figures refer to the de facto population in a country or area as shown in the "estimates" section.
Country/Area | UN continental region[4] |
UN statistical subregion[4] |
Population (1 July 2018) |
Population (1 July 2019) |
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Asia | Eastern Asia | 1,427,647,786 | 1,433,783,686 | +0.43% |
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Asia | Southern Asia | 1,352,642,280 | 1,366,417,754 | +1.02% |
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Americas | Northern America | 327,096,265 | 329,064,917 | +0.60% |
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Asia | South-eastern Asia | 267,670,543 | 270,625,568 | +1.10% |
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Asia | Southern Asia | 212,228,286 | 216,565,318 | +2.04% |
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Americas | South America | 209,469,323 | 211,049,527 | +0.75% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 195,874,683 | 200,963,599 | +2.60% |
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Asia | Southern Asia | 161,376,708 | 163,046,161 | +1.03% |
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Europe | Eastern Europe | 145,734,038 | 145,872,256 | +0.09% |
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Americas | Central America | 126,190,788 | 127,575,529 | +1.10% |
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Asia | Eastern Asia | 127,202,192 | 126,860,301 | −0.27% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 109,224,414 | 112,078,730 | +2.61% |
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Asia | South-eastern Asia | 106,651,394 | 108,116,615 | +1.37% |
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Africa | Northern Africa | 98,423,598 | 100,388,073 | +2.00% |
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Asia | South-eastern Asia | 95,545,962 | 96,462,106 | +0.96% |
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Africa | Middle Africa | 84,068,091 | 86,790,567 | +3.24% |
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Europe | Western Europe | 83,124,418 | 83,517,045 | +0.47% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 82,340,088 | 83,429,615 | +1.32% |
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Asia | Southern Asia | 81,800,188 | 82,913,906 | +1.36% |
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Asia | South-eastern Asia | 68,863,514 | 69,037,513 | +0.25% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 67,141,684 | 67,530,172 | +0.58% |
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Europe | Western Europe | 64,990,511 | 65,129,728 | +0.21% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 60,627,291 | 60,550,075 | −0.13% |
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Africa | Southern Africa | 57,792,518 | 58,558,270 | +1.33% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 56,313,438 | 58,005,463 | +3.00% |
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Asia | South-eastern Asia | 53,708,320 | 54,045,420 | +0.63% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 51,392,565 | 52,573,973 | +2.30% |
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Asia | Eastern Asia | 51,171,706 | 51,225,308 | +0.10% |
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Americas | South America | 49,661,048 | 50,339,443 | +1.37% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 46,692,858 | 46,736,776 | +0.09% |
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Americas | South America | 44,361,150 | 44,780,677 | +0.95% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 42,729,036 | 44,269,594 | +3.61% |
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Europe | Eastern Europe | 44,246,156 | 43,993,638 | −0.57% |
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Africa | Northern Africa | 42,228,408 | 43,053,054 | +1.95% |
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Africa | Northern Africa | 41,801,533 | 42,813,238 | +2.42% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 38,433,600 | 39,309,783 | +2.28% |
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Asia | Southern Asia | 37,171,921 | 38,041,754 | +2.34% |
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Europe | Eastern Europe | 37,921,592 | 37,887,768 | −0.09% |
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Americas | Northern America | 37,074,562 | 37,411,047 | +0.91% |
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Africa | Northern Africa | 36,029,093 | 36,471,769 | +1.23% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 33,702,756 | 34,268,528 | +1.68% |
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Asia | Central Asia | 32,476,244 | 32,981,716 | +1.56% |
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Americas | South America | 31,989,260 | 32,510,453 | +1.63% |
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Asia | South-eastern Asia | 31,528,033 | 31,949,777 | +1.34% |
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Africa | Middle Africa | 30,809,787 | 31,825,295 | +3.30% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 29,496,004 | 30,366,036 | +2.95% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 28,498,683 | 29,161,922 | +2.33% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 28,206,728 | 28,833,629 | +2.22% |
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Asia | Southern Asia | 28,095,714 | 28,608,710 | +1.83% |
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Americas | South America | 28,887,118 | 28,515,829 | −1.29% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 26,262,313 | 26,969,307 | +2.69% |
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Asia | Eastern Asia | 25,549,604 | 25,666,161 | +0.46% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 25,069,230 | 25,716,544 | +2.58% |
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Africa | Middle Africa | 25,216,267 | 25,876,380 | +2.62% |
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Oceania | Australia and New Zealand | 24,898,152 | 25,203,198 | +1.23% |
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Asia | Eastern Asia | 23,726,460 | 23,773,876 | +0.20% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 22,442,822 | 23,310,715 | +3.87% |
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Asia | Southern Asia | 21,228,763 | 21,323,733 | +0.45% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 19,751,466 | 20,321,378 | +2.89% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 19,077,749 | 19,658,031 | +3.04% |
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Europe | Eastern Europe | 19,506,114 | 19,364,557 | −0.73% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 18,143,217 | 18,628,747 | +2.68% |
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Americas | South America | 18,729,160 | 18,952,038 | +1.19% |
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Asia | Central Asia | 18,319,618 | 18,551,427 | +1.27% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 17,351,708 | 17,861,030 | +2.94% |
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Americas | Central America | 17,247,849 | 17,581,472 | +1.93% |
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Americas | South America | 17,084,358 | 17,373,662 | +1.69% |
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Europe | Western Europe | 17,059,560 | 17,097,130 | +0.22% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 16,945,057 | 17,070,135 | +0.74% |
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Asia | South-eastern Asia | 16,249,792 | 16,486,542 | +1.46% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 15,854,323 | 16,296,364 | +2.79% |
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Africa | Middle Africa | 15,477,729 | 15,946,876 | +3.03% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 15,008,226 | 15,442,905 | +2.90% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 14,438,802 | 14,645,468 | +1.43% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 12,414,293 | 12,771,246 | +2.88% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 12,301,970 | 12,626,950 | +2.64% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 11,485,044 | 11,801,151 | +2.75% |
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Africa | Northern Africa | 11,565,201 | 11,694,719 | +1.12% |
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Europe | Western Europe | 11,482,178 | 11,539,328 | +0.50% |
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Americas | South America | 11,353,142 | 11,513,100 | +1.41% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 11,338,134 | 11,333,483 | −0.04% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 11,123,178 | 11,263,770 | +1.26% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 10,975,927 | 11,062,113 | +0.79% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 10,524,117 | 10,864,245 | +3.23% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 10,627,141 | 10,738,958 | +1.05% |
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Europe | Eastern Europe | 10,665,677 | 10,689,209 | +0.22% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 10,522,246 | 10,473,455 | −0.46% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 10,256,193 | 10,226,187 | −0.29% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 9,965,318 | 10,101,694 | +1.37% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 9,949,537 | 10,047,718 | +0.99% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 9,971,638 | 10,036,379 | +0.65% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 9,630,959 | 9,770,529 | +1.45% |
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Americas | Central America | 9,587,522 | 9,746,117 | +1.65% |
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Europe | Eastern Europe | 9,707,499 | 9,684,679 | −0.24% |
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Europe | Eastern Europe | 9,452,617 | 9,452,411 | 0.00% |
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Asia | Central Asia | 9,100,835 | 9,321,018 | +2.42% |
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Europe | Western Europe | 8,891,388 | 8,955,102 | +0.72% |
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Oceania | Melanesia | 8,606,323 | 8,776,109 | +1.97% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 8,802,754 | 8,772,235 | −0.35% |
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Europe | Western Europe | 8,525,611 | 8,591,365 | +0.77% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 8,381,516 | 8,519,377 | +1.64% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 7,889,093 | 8,082,366 | +2.45% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 7,650,150 | 7,813,215 | +2.13% |
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Asia | Eastern Asia | 7,371,730 | 7,436,154 | +0.87% |
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Asia | South-eastern Asia | 7,061,507 | 7,169,455 | +1.53% |
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Americas | South America | 6,956,066 | 7,044,636 | +1.27% |
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Europe | Eastern Europe | 7,051,608 | 7,000,119 | −0.73% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 6,859,408 | 6,855,713 | −0.05% |
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Africa | Northern Africa | 6,678,559 | 6,777,452 | +1.48% |
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Americas | Central America | 6,465,501 | 6,545,502 | +1.24% |
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Americas | Central America | 6,420,746 | 6,453,553 | +0.51% |
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Asia | Central Asia | 6,304,030 | 6,415,850 | +1.77% |
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Asia | Central Asia | 5,850,901 | 5,942,089 | +1.56% |
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Asia | South-eastern Asia | 5,757,499 | 5,804,337 | +0.81% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 5,752,126 | 5,771,876 | +0.34% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 5,522,576 | 5,532,156 | +0.17% |
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Europe | Eastern Europe | 5,453,014 | 5,457,013 | +0.07% |
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Africa | Middle Africa | 5,244,359 | 5,380,508 | +2.60% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 5,337,962 | 5,378,857 | +0.77% |
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Americas | Central America | 4,999,441 | 5,047,561 | +0.96% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 4,862,979 | 4,981,420 | +2.44% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 4,829,473 | 4,974,986 | +3.01% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 4,818,973 | 4,937,374 | +2.46% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 4,818,690 | 4,882,495 | +1.32% |
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Oceania | Australia and New Zealand | 4,743,131 | 4,783,063 | +0.84% |
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Africa | Middle Africa | 4,666,368 | 4,745,185 | +1.69% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 4,403,313 | 4,525,696 | +2.78% |
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Americas | Central America | 4,176,869 | 4,246,439 | +1.67% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 4,137,312 | 4,207,083 | +1.69% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 4,156,405 | 4,130,304 | −0.63% |
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Europe | Eastern Europe | 4,051,944 | 4,043,263 | −0.21% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 4,002,942 | 3,996,765 | −0.15% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 3,452,786 | 3,497,117 | +1.28% |
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Americas | South America | 3,449,285 | 3,461,734 | +0.36% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 3,323,925 | 3,301,000 | −0.69% |
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Asia | Eastern Asia | 3,170,216 | 3,225,167 | +1.73% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 2,951,745 | 2,957,731 | +0.20% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 2,934,847 | 2,948,279 | +0.46% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 3,039,596 | 2,933,408 | −3.49% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 2,882,740 | 2,880,917 | −0.06% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 2,781,682 | 2,832,067 | +1.81% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 2,801,264 | 2,759,627 | −1.49% |
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Africa | Southern Africa | 2,448,301 | 2,494,530 | +1.89% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 2,280,094 | 2,347,706 | +2.97% |
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Africa | Southern Africa | 2,254,068 | 2,303,697 | +2.20% |
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Africa | Middle Africa | 2,119,275 | 2,172,579 | +2.52% |
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Africa | Southern Africa | 2,108,328 | 2,125,268 | +0.80% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 2,082,957 | 2,083,459 | +0.02% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 2,077,837 | 2,078,654 | +0.04% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 1,874,303 | 1,920,922 | +2.49% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 1,928,459 | 1,906,743 | −1.13% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 1,569,446 | 1,641,172 | +4.57% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 1,389,843 | 1,394,973 | +0.37% |
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Africa | Middle Africa | 1,308,975 | 1,355,986 | +3.59% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 1,322,920 | 1,325,648 | +0.21% |
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Asia | South-eastern Asia | 1,267,974 | 1,293,119 | +1.98% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 1,189,265 | 1,198,575 | +0.78% |
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Asia | Western Asia | 1,170,125 | 1,179,551 | +0.81% |
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Africa | Southern Africa | 1,136,281 | 1,148,130 | +1.04% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 958,923 | 973,560 | +1.53% |
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Oceania | Melanesia | 883,483 | 889,953 | +0.73% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 882,526 | 888,927 | +0.73% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 832,322 | 850,886 | +2.23% |
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Americas | South America | 779,006 | 782,766 | +0.48% |
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Asia | Southern Asia | 754,388 | 763,092 | +1.15% |
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Oceania | Melanesia | 652,857 | 669,823 | +2.60% |
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Asia | Eastern Asia | 631,636 | 640,445 | +1.39% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 627,809 | 627,987 | +0.03% |
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Europe | Western Europe | 604,245 | 615,729 | +1.90% |
Western Sahara | Africa | Northern Africa | 567,402 | 582,463 | +2.65% |
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Americas | South America | 575,990 | 581,372 | +0.93% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 543,767 | 549,935 | +1.13% |
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Asia | Southern Asia | 515,696 | 530,953 | +2.96% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 446,928 | 447,905 | +0.22% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 439,248 | 440,372 | +0.26% |
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Asia | South-eastern Asia | 428,963 | 433,285 | +1.01% |
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Americas | Central America | 383,071 | 390,353 | +1.90% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 385,637 | 389,482 | +1.00% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 375,673 | 375,554 | −0.03% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 336,713 | 339,031 | +0.69% |
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Oceania | Melanesia | 292,680 | 299,882 | +2.46% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 286,641 | 287,025 | +0.13% |
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Oceania | Melanesia | 279,993 | 282,750 | +0.98% |
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Americas | South America | 275,713 | 282,731 | +2.55% |
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Oceania | Polynesia | 277,679 | 279,287 | +0.58% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 259,531 | 266,150 | +2.55% |
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Africa | Middle Africa | 211,028 | 215,056 | +1.91% |
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Oceania | Polynesia | 196,129 | 197,097 | +0.49% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 181,889 | 182,790 | +0.50% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 170,499 | 172,259 | +1.03% |
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Oceania | Micronesia | 165,768 | 167,294 | +0.92% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 162,752 | 163,424 | +0.41% |
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Oceania | Micronesia | 115,847 | 117,606 | +1.52% |
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Oceania | Micronesia | 112,640 | 113,815 | +1.04% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 111,454 | 112,003 | +0.49% |
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Oceania | Polynesia | 110,589 | 110,940 | +0.32% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 110,211 | 110,589 | +0.34% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 105,845 | 106,314 | +0.44% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 104,680 | 104,578 | −0.10% |
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Africa | Eastern Africa | 97,096 | 97,739 | +0.66% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 96,286 | 97,118 | +0.86% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 84,077 | 84,584 | +0.60% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 77,006 | 77,142 | +0.18% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 71,625 | 71,808 | +0.26% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 64,174 | 64,948 | +1.21% |
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Americas | Northern America | 62,756 | 62,506 | −0.40% |
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Oceania | Micronesia | 58,413 | 58,791 | +0.65% |
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Americas | Northern America | 56,564 | 56,672 | +0.19% |
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Oceania | Micronesia | 56,882 | 56,188 | −1.22% |
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Oceania | Polynesia | 55,465 | 55,312 | −0.28% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 52,441 | 52,823 | +0.73% |
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Europe | Northern Europe | 48,497 | 48,678 | +0.37% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 41,940 | 42,388 | +1.07% |
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Europe | Western Europe | 38,682 | 38,964 | +0.73% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 37,665 | 38,191 | +1.40% |
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Europe | Western Europe | 37,910 | 38,019 | +0.29% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 33,785 | 33,860 | +0.22% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 33,718 | 33,701 | −0.05% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 29,802 | 30,030 | +0.77% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 25,711 | 25,979 | +1.04% |
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Oceania | Micronesia | 17,907 | 18,008 | +0.56% |
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Oceania | Polynesia | 17,518 | 17,548 | +0.17% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 14,731 | 14,869 | +0.94% |
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Oceania | Polynesia | 11,508 | 11,646 | +1.20% |
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Oceania | Polynesia | 11,661 | 11,432 | −1.96% |
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Oceania | Micronesia | 10,670 | 10,756 | +0.81% |
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Africa | Western Africa | 6,035 | 6,059 | +0.40% |
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Americas | Northern America | 5,849 | 5,822 | −0.46% |
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Americas | Caribbean | 4,993 | 4,989 | −0.08% |
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Americas | South America | 3,234 | 3,377 | +4.42% |
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Oceania | Polynesia | 1,620 | 1,615 | −0.31% |
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Oceania | Polynesia | 1,319 | 1,340 | +1.59% |
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Europe | Southern Europe | 801 | 799 | −0.25% |
World | 7,631,091,040 | 7,713,468,100 | +1.08% |
See also[]
- List of African countries by population
- List of Arab countries by population
- List of Asian countries by population
- List of Caribbean countries 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
- List of countries in the Americas by population
- List of Eurasian countries by population
- List of European countries by population
- List of European countries by population growth rate
- List of European Union member states by population
- List of Latin American countries by population
- List of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population
- List of Middle Eastern countries by population
- List of North American countries by population
- List of Oceanian countries by population
- List of population concern organizations
- List of South American countries by population
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.
- ^ Refers to metropolitan France only.
- ^ Including
Zanzibar.
- ^ Including the
Canary Islands,
Ceuta and
Melilla.
- ^ Including
Crimea.
- ^ Including
Sabah and
Sarawak.
- ^ Including
Christmas Island, the
Cocos (Keeling) Islands and
Norfolk Island.
- ^ Listed as China, Taiwan Province of China.
- ^ Refers to the European Netherlands only.
- ^ Including the
Azores and
Madeira.
- ^ Including
Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
- ^ Including
Kosovo.
- ^ Listed as China, Hong Kong SAR.
- ^ Including the
Åland.
- ^ Including
Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
- ^ Including
East Jerusalem.
- ^ Including
Transnistria.
- ^ Including
Abkhazia and
South Ossetia.
- ^ Including
Agaléga,
Rodrigues and
St. Brandon.
- ^ Including
Northern Cyprus.
- ^ Listed as China, Macao SAR.
- ^ Including
Saint Barthélemy and
Saint Martin.
- ^ Including
Guernsey and
Jersey.
- ^ Listed as
Bonaire,
Sint Eustatius and
Saba.
- ^ Listed as
Saint Helena,
Ascension and
Tristan da Cunha.
- ^ Listed as the
Holy See.
References[]
- ^ "UNSD — Methodology". unstats.un.org.
- ^ "Total Population - Both Sexes". World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Total population, both sexes combined (thousands)". UNdata. United Nations Statistics Division. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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