Population (UN estimates)

Total population counting all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship, as midyear estimates. Figures for recent years can be revised with each World Population Prospects edition.

Unit: People Frequency: Annual Coverage: 217 countries and 11 groups 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank (original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects)

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period BotswanaNamibia
2025 2,562,122 people 3,092,816 people
2024 2,521,139 people 3,030,131 people
2023 2,480,244 people 2,963,095 people
2022 2,439,892 people 2,889,662 people
2021 2,401,441 people 2,810,548 people
2020 2,365,894 people 2,728,762 people
2019 2,332,083 people 2,650,494 people
2018 2,299,141 people 2,577,327 people
2017 2,266,747 people 2,506,853 people
2016 2,234,776 people 2,439,213 people
2015 2,203,273 people 2,374,300 people
2014 2,172,044 people 2,312,139 people
2013 2,140,682 people 2,252,508 people
2012 2,108,617 people 2,194,654 people
2011 2,073,535 people 2,146,325 people
2010 2,033,111 people 2,109,811 people
2009 1,990,673 people 2,077,394 people
2008 1,949,970 people 2,047,056 people
2007 1,911,201 people 2,018,600 people
2006 1,874,516 people 1,991,888 people
2005 1,839,877 people 1,966,582 people
2004 1,807,146 people 1,942,082 people
2003 1,775,736 people 1,917,464 people
2002 1,744,763 people 1,889,970 people
2001 1,712,254 people 1,857,048 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

About this measure

Definition
Total population counting all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship, as midyear estimates. Figures for recent years can be revised with each World Population Prospects edition.
Population covered
All residents, midyear
Unit
People
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects

Latest value for each country Each value is the country's most recent figure. Years differ, so check the period beside each value before comparing.

  1. 1 India 1,463,865,525 people2025
  2. 2 China 1,406,585,000 people2025
  3. 3 United States 341,784,857 people2025
  4. 4 Indonesia 285,721,236 people2025
  5. 5 Pakistan 255,219,554 people2025
  6. 6 Nigeria 237,527,782 people2025
  7. 7 Brazil 212,812,405 people2025
  8. 8 Bangladesh 175,686,899 people2025
  9. 9 Russia 143,513,328 people2025
  10. 10 Ethiopia 135,472,051 people2025
  11. 11 Mexico 131,946,900 people2025
  12. 12 Japan 123,366,734 people2025
  13. 13 Egypt 118,365,995 people2025
  14. 14 Philippines 116,786,962 people2025
  15. 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 112,832,473 people2025
  16. 16 Viet Nam 101,598,527 people2025
  17. 17 Iran 92,417,681 people2025
  18. 18 Türkiye 85,878,556 people2025
  19. 19 Germany 83,491,249 people2025
  20. 20 Thailand 71,619,863 people2025
  21. 21 Tanzania 70,545,865 people2025
  22. 22 United Kingdom 69,487,000 people2025
  23. 23 France 68,720,337 people2025
  24. 24 South Africa 64,747,319 people2025
  25. 25 Italy 58,915,656 people2025
  26. 26 Kenya 57,532,493 people2025
  27. 27 Myanmar 54,850,648 people2025
  28. 28 Colombia 53,425,635 people2025
  29. 29 South Korea 51,684,564 people2025
  30. 30 Sudan 51,662,147 people2025
  31. 31 Uganda 51,384,894 people2025
  32. 32 Spain 49,355,143 people2025
  33. 33 Algeria 47,435,312 people2025
  34. 34 Iraq 47,020,774 people2025
  35. 35 Argentina 45,851,378 people2025
  36. 36 Afghanistan 43,844,111 people2025
  37. 37 Yemen 41,773,878 people2025
  38. 38 Canada 41,651,653 people2025
  39. 39 Angola 39,040,039 people2025
  40. 40 Ukraine 38,980,376 people2025
  41. 41 Morocco 38,430,770 people2025
  42. 42 Uzbekistan 37,053,428 people2025
  43. 43 Saudi Arabia 36,973,555 people2025
  44. 44 Poland 36,435,861 people2025
  45. 45 Malaysia 35,977,838 people2025
  46. 46 Mozambique 35,631,653 people2025
  47. 47 Ghana 35,064,272 people2025
  48. 48 Peru 34,576,665 people2025
  49. 49 Madagascar 32,740,678 people2025
  50. 50 Côte d'Ivoire 32,711,547 people2025
  51. 51 Cameroon 29,879,337 people2025
  52. 52 Nepal 29,618,118 people2025
  53. 53 Venezuela 28,516,896 people2025
  54. 54 Niger 27,917,831 people2025
  55. 55 Australia 27,614,411 people2025
  56. 56 North Korea 26,571,036 people2025
  57. 57 Syria 25,620,427 people2025
  58. 58 Mali 25,198,821 people2025
  59. 59 Burkina Faso 24,074,580 people2025
  60. 60 Malawi 22,216,120 people2025
  61. 61 Zambia 21,913,874 people2025
  62. 62 Sri Lanka 21,756,000 people2025
  63. 63 Chad 21,003,705 people2025
  64. 64 Kazakhstan 20,843,754 people2025
  65. 65 Chile 19,859,921 people2025
  66. 66 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 19,654,739 people2025
  67. 67 Romania 19,020,271 people2025
  68. 68 Senegal 18,931,966 people2025
  69. 69 Guatemala 18,687,881 people2025
  70. 70 Ecuador 18,289,896 people2025
  71. 71 Netherlands 18,087,633 people2025
  72. 72 Cambodia 17,847,982 people2025
  73. 73 Zimbabwe 16,950,795 people2025
  74. 74 Guinea 15,099,727 people2025
  75. 75 Benin 14,814,460 people2025
  76. 76 Rwanda 14,569,341 people2025
  77. 77 Burundi 14,390,003 people2025
  78. 78 Bolivia 12,581,843 people2025
  79. 79 Tunisia 12,348,573 people2025
  80. 80 South Sudan 12,188,788 people2025
  81. 81 Belgium 11,941,781 people2025
  82. 82 Haiti 11,906,095 people2025
  83. 83 Jordan 11,520,684 people2025
  84. 84 Dominican Republic 11,520,487 people2025
  85. 85 United Arab Emirates 11,513,149 people2025
  86. 86 Honduras 11,005,850 people2025
  87. 87 Cuba 10,937,203 people2025
  88. 88 Czechia 10,886,878 people2025
  89. 89 Portugal 10,804,871 people2025
  90. 90 Tajikistan 10,786,734 people2025
  91. 91 Papua New Guinea 10,762,817 people2025
  92. 92 Sweden 10,596,620 people2025
  93. 93 Greece 10,413,962 people2025
  94. 94 Azerbaijan 10,246,996 people2025
  95. 95 Israel 10,122,800 people2025
  96. 96 Hungary 9,514,251 people2025
  97. 97 Austria 9,208,163 people2025
  98. 98 Switzerland 9,092,436 people2025
  99. 99 Belarus 9,085,991 people2025
  100. 100 Sierra Leone 8,819,794 people2025
  101. 101 Togo 8,591,626 people2025
  102. 102 Laos 7,873,046 people2025
  103. 103 Turkmenistan 7,618,847 people2025
  104. 104 Hong Kong SAR, China 7,498,900 people2025
  105. 105 Libya 7,458,555 people2025
  106. 106 Kyrgyzstan 7,343,064 people2025
  107. 107 Paraguay 7,013,078 people2025
  108. 108 Nicaragua 7,007,502 people2025
  109. 109 Serbia 6,549,143 people2025
  110. 110 Republic of the Congo 6,484,437 people2025
  111. 111 Bulgaria 6,433,302 people2025
  112. 112 El Salvador 6,365,503 people2025
  113. 113 Singapore 6,111,175 people2025
  114. 114 Denmark 6,009,169 people2025
  115. 115 Lebanon 5,849,421 people2025
  116. 116 Liberia 5,731,206 people2025
  117. 117 Finland 5,646,436 people2025
  118. 118 Norway 5,610,870 people2025
  119. 119 Central African Republic 5,513,282 people2025
  120. 120 Oman 5,494,691 people2025
  121. 121 Ireland 5,484,367 people2025
  122. 122 Slovakia 5,413,813 people2025
  123. 123 West Bank and Gaza 5,413,596 people2025
  124. 124 New Zealand 5,324,700 people2025
  125. 125 Mauritania 5,315,065 people2025
  126. 126 Costa Rica 5,152,950 people2025
  127. 127 Kuwait 4,865,298 people2025
  128. 128 Panama 4,571,189 people2025
  129. 129 Georgia 3,935,766 people2025
  130. 130 Croatia 3,876,200 people2025
  131. 131 Eritrea 3,607,003 people2025
  132. 132 Mongolia 3,568,978 people2025
  133. 133 Uruguay 3,384,688 people2025
  134. 134 Puerto Rico (US) 3,184,835 people2025
  135. 135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,140,095 people2025
  136. 136 Namibia 3,092,816 people2025
  137. 137 Armenia 3,086,700 people2025
  138. 138 Qatar 2,972,215 people2025
  139. 139 Lithuania 2,888,774 people2025
  140. 140 Jamaica 2,837,077 people2025
  141. 141 Gambia 2,822,093 people2025
  142. 142 Gabon 2,593,130 people2025
  143. 143 Botswana 2,562,122 people2025
  144. 144 Lesotho 2,363,325 people2025
  145. 145 Moldova 2,360,527 people2025
  146. 146 Albania 2,349,580 people2025
  147. 147 Guinea-Bissau 2,249,515 people2025
  148. 148 Slovenia 2,130,986 people2025
  149. 149 Equatorial Guinea 1,938,431 people2025
  150. 150 Latvia 1,847,785 people2025
  151. 151 North Macedonia 1,820,909 people2025
  152. 152 Bahrain 1,600,366 people2025
  153. 153 Kosovo 1,576,876 people2025
  154. 154 Timor-Leste 1,418,517 people2025
  155. 155 Cyprus 1,370,754 people2025
  156. 156 Trinidad and Tobago 1,367,764 people2025
  157. 157 Estonia 1,366,475 people2025
  158. 158 Eswatini 1,256,174 people2025
  159. 159 Mauritius 1,243,741 people2025
  160. 160 Djibouti 1,184,076 people2025
  161. 161 Fiji 933,154 people2025
  162. 162 Comoros 882,847 people2025
  163. 163 Solomon Islands 838,645 people2025
  164. 164 Guyana 835,986 people2025
  165. 165 Bhutan 796,682 people2025
  166. 166 Luxembourg 686,970 people2025
  167. 167 Macao SAR, China 685,900 people2025
  168. 168 Suriname 639,850 people2025
  169. 169 Montenegro 623,129 people2025
  170. 170 Malta 579,704 people2025
  171. 171 Maldives 529,676 people2025
  172. 172 Cabo Verde 527,326 people2025
  173. 173 Brunei 466,330 people2025
  174. 174 Belize 422,924 people2025
  175. 175 Bahamas 403,033 people2025
  176. 176 Iceland 392,404 people2025
  177. 177 Vanuatu 335,169 people2025
  178. 178 New Caledonia 295,333 people2025
  179. 179 Barbados 282,623 people2025
  180. 180 French Polynesia 282,465 people2025
  181. 181 São Tomé and Príncipe 240,254 people2025
  182. 182 Samoa 219,306 people2025
  183. 183 Saint Lucia 180,149 people2025
  184. 184 Guam 168,999 people2025
  185. 185 Channel Islands 168,466 people2025
  186. 186 Curaçao 156,263 people2025
  187. 187 Kiribati 136,488 people2025
  188. 188 Seychelles 122,730 people2025
  189. 189 Grenada 117,303 people2025
  190. 190 Micronesia 113,683 people2025
  191. 191 Aruba 108,785 people2025
  192. 192 US Virgin Islands 103,792 people2025
  193. 193 Tonga 103,742 people2025
  194. 194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99,924 people2025
  195. 195 Antigua and Barbuda 94,209 people2025
  196. 196 Isle of Man 84,118 people2025
  197. 197 Andorra 82,904 people2025
  198. 198 Cayman Islands 75,844 people2025
  199. 199 Dominica 65,871 people2025
  200. 200 Bermuda 64,555 people2025
  201. 201 Greenland 56,831 people2025
  202. 202 Faroe Islands 54,900 people2025
  203. 203 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46,922 people2025
  204. 204 Turks and Caicos Islands 46,855 people2025
  205. 205 American Samoa 46,029 people2025
  206. 206 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 43,923 people2025
  207. 207 Northern Mariana Islands 43,541 people2025
  208. 208 Liechtenstein 41,024 people2025
  209. 209 Gibraltar 40,126 people2025
  210. 210 British Virgin Islands 39,732 people2025
  211. 211 Monaco 38,341 people2025
  212. 212 Marshall Islands 36,282 people2025
  213. 213 San Marino 34,109 people2025
  214. 214 Saint Martin (French part) 24,941 people2025
  215. 215 Palau 17,663 people2025
  216. 216 Naoero 12,025 people2025
  217. 217 Tuvalu 9,492 people2025
  218. East Asia and Pacific 2,390,873,921 people2025
  219. Euro area 358,664,361 people2025
  220. Europe and Central Asia 932,525,035 people2025
  221. European Union 451,127,411 people2025
  222. Latin America and Caribbean 666,592,570 people2025
  223. Middle East and North Africa 828,025,185 people2025
  224. North America 383,501,065 people2025
  225. OECD members 1,402,243,571 people2025
  226. South Asia 1,692,252,900 people2025
  227. Sub-Saharan Africa 1,321,654,217 people2025
  228. World 8,215,424,893 people2025
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