World population · 2026

Population by country, 2026

The world has 8.3 billion people in 2026 on the UN’s projection, spread across 237 countries and areas. Each has its own page, and India its own section.

Asia Africa Europe North America South America Oceania

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Asia

4.86 billion people · 49 countries and areas

Population of Asia, 2026
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1	India	1,476,625,576	+0.86%	+12,760,051	17.79%	497	1.93	29.2
2	China	1,412,914,089	−0.22%	−3,182,005	17.02%	147	1.03	40.6
3	Indonesia	287,886,782	+0.74%	+2,165,546	3.47%	151	2.08	30.7
4	Pakistan	259,299,792	+1.59%	+4,080,238	3.12%	336	3.44	20.8
5	Bangladesh	177,818,044	+1.19%	+2,131,144	2.14%	1,366	2.09	26.3
6	Japan	122,427,731	−0.56%	−675,748	1.47%	325	1.23	50.2
7	Philippines	117,724,472	+0.79%	+937,510	1.42%	392	1.86	26.6
8	Vietnam	102,177,431	+0.55%	+578,904	1.23%	326	1.86	33.9
9	Iran	93,168,497	+0.76%	+750,816	1.12%	57	1.66	34.5
10	Turkey	87,926,082	+0.30%	+240,656	1.06%	114	1.62	33.9
11	Thailand	71,559,614	−0.09%	−60,249	0.86%	140	1.19	41.0
12	Myanmar	55,184,819	+0.59%	+334,171	0.66%	85	2.06	30.4
13	South Korea	51,600,388	−0.14%	−66,641	0.62%	522	0.76	46.2
14	Iraq	48,007,437	+2.05%	+986,663	0.58%	111	3.13	21.1
15	Afghanistan	45,047,068	+2.71%	+1,202,956	0.54%	69	4.56	17.4
16	Yemen	42,961,653	+2.76%	+1,187,775	0.52%	81	4.33	18.5
17	Uzbekistan	37,724,223	+1.75%	+670,795	0.45%	89	3.40	27.0
18	Malaysia	36,385,115	+1.10%	+407,277	0.44%	111	1.52	31.4
19	Saudi Arabia	35,165,787	+1.69%	+599,459	0.42%	16	2.27	29.7
20	Nepal	29,629,410	+0.14%	+11,292	0.36%	201	1.92	25.7
21	North Korea	26,633,691	+0.22%	+62,655	0.32%	221	1.75	36.8
22	Syria	26,472,497	+3.04%	+852,070	0.32%	144	2.62	23.8
23	Sri Lanka	23,348,315	+0.50%	+118,845	0.28%	372	1.93	33.6
24	Taiwan	23,011,292	−0.44%	−101,501	0.28%	650	0.86	45.4
25	Kazakhstan	21,083,626	+1.11%	+239,872	0.25%	8	2.92	29.7
26	Cambodia	18,051,219	+1.10%	+203,237	0.22%	100	2.49	26.4
27	Jordan	11,589,532	+2.12%	+68,848	0.14%	131	2.54	24.9
28	United Arab Emirates	11,574,682	+1.69%	+228,682	0.14%	163	1.21	31.6
29	Tajikistan	10,978,598	+1.74%	+191,864	0.13%	77	2.96	22.4
30	Azerbaijan	10,454,855	+0.53%	+57,142	0.13%	127	1.66	34.1
31	Israel	9,647,689	+1.36%	+130,509	0.12%	446	2.73	29.3
32	Laos	7,974,018	+1.25%	+100,972	0.10%	35	2.33	25.3
33	Turkmenistan	7,736,632	+1.48%	+117,784	0.09%	17	2.60	27.3
34	Kyrgyzstan	7,400,464	+1.40%	+105,430	0.09%	39	2.72	25.5
35	Hong Kong	7,378,602	−0.46%	−17,474	0.09%	6,714	0.75	47.9
36	Singapore	5,905,748	+0.56%	+34,998	0.07%	8,647	0.97	36.8
37	Lebanon	5,897,467	+0.84%	+48,047	0.07%	577	2.19	29.0
38	Palestine	5,692,790	+1.90%	+103,167	0.07%	946	3.13	20.3
39	Oman	5,671,458	+2.82%	+176,767	0.07%	18	2.44	29.8
40	Kuwait	5,102,773	+1.39%	+76,695	0.06%	286	1.49	34.8
41	Georgia	3,804,642	−0.06%	−2,029	0.05%	55	1.78	37.6
42	Mongolia	3,556,798	+1.09%	+39,698	0.04%	2	2.54	27.0
43	Qatar	3,173,559	+1.65%	+57,671	0.04%	274	1.69	33.4
44	Armenia	2,930,915	−0.72%	−21,450	0.04%	103	1.71	37.2
45	Bahrain	1,675,572	+1.81%	+32,240	0.02%	2,140	1.77	33.4
46	Bhutan	802,214	+0.70%	+5,532	0.01%	21	1.43	31.0
47	Macao	723,188	+0.23%	+1,181	0.01%	22,600	0.70	40.3
48	Maldives	531,517	+0.35%	+1,841	0.01%	1,772	1.53	33.4
49	Brunei	469,775	+0.72%	+3,445	0.01%	82	1.70	33.2

Africa

1.58 billion people · 58 countries and areas

Population of Africa, 2026
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1	Nigeria	242,431,832	+2.03%	+4,904,050	2.92%	266	4.20	18.3
2	Ethiopia	138,902,185	+2.48%	+3,430,134	1.67%	139	3.72	19.3
3	Egypt	120,101,175	+1.44%	+1,735,181	1.45%	121	2.68	24.7
4	DR Congo	116,452,162	+3.13%	+3,619,689	1.40%	51	5.80	15.9
5	Tanzania	72,563,780	+2.79%	+2,017,915	0.87%	82	4.41	17.6
6	South Africa	65,453,084	+1.05%	+705,765	0.79%	54	2.17	28.9
7	Kenya	58,636,412	+1.89%	+1,103,920	0.71%	101	3.07	20.3
8	Sudan	53,282,719	+3.03%	+1,620,571	0.64%	30	4.13	18.8
9	Uganda	52,761,470	+2.62%	+1,376,576	0.64%	264	3.97	17.1
10	Algeria	48,028,334	+1.20%	+593,022	0.58%	20	2.62	28.8
11	Angola	40,215,180	+2.95%	+1,175,141	0.48%	32	4.89	16.7
12	Morocco	38,762,441	+0.84%	+331,671	0.47%	87	2.16	30.1
13	Mozambique	36,639,850	+2.79%	+1,008,197	0.44%	47	4.54	16.6
14	Ghana	35,697,557	+1.77%	+633,285	0.43%	157	3.26	21.6
15	Madagascar	33,522,052	+2.34%	+781,374	0.40%	58	3.78	19.4
16	Côte d'Ivoire	33,494,346	+2.34%	+782,799	0.40%	105	4.10	18.5
17	Cameroon	30,640,817	+2.49%	+761,480	0.37%	66	4.12	18.2
18	Niger	28,814,878	+3.13%	+897,047	0.35%	23	5.64	15.7
19	Mali	25,932,275	+2.85%	+733,454	0.31%	21	5.33	15.9
20	Burkina Faso	24,601,700	+2.15%	+527,120	0.30%	90	3.91	18.0
21	Malawi	22,785,535	+2.53%	+569,415	0.27%	241	3.45	18.4
22	Zambia	22,521,915	+2.72%	+608,041	0.27%	30	3.91	18.2
23	Chad	21,560,380	+2.60%	+556,675	0.26%	17	5.84	15.7
24	Somalia	20,305,907	+3.24%	+651,168	0.24%	32	5.80	15.6
25	Senegal	19,366,548	+2.26%	+434,582	0.23%	101	3.66	19.8
26	Zimbabwe	17,273,580	+1.88%	+322,785	0.21%	45	3.57	18.3
27	Guinea	15,441,992	+2.21%	+342,265	0.19%	63	3.96	18.5
28	Benin	15,170,420	+2.36%	+355,960	0.18%	135	4.34	18.2
29	Rwanda	14,889,693	+2.12%	+320,353	0.18%	615	3.54	20.2
30	Burundi	14,729,157	+2.31%	+339,155	0.18%	568	4.57	16.6
31	South Sudan	12,436,037	+2.02%	+247,249	0.15%	22	3.63	19.0
32	Tunisia	12,415,138	+0.52%	+66,565	0.15%	80	1.79	33.4
33	Togo	9,930,918	+2.13%	+209,310	0.12%	183	4.01	19.2
34	Sierra Leone	8,996,744	+1.96%	+176,950	0.11%	125	3.53	19.9
35	Libya	7,539,852	+1.12%	+81,298	0.09%	5	2.21	28.0
36	Congo	6,637,786	+2.33%	+153,349	0.08%	19	3.99	18.7
37	Liberia	5,853,949	+2.18%	+122,743	0.07%	61	3.71	19.0
38	Central African Republic	5,698,984	+3.28%	+185,702	0.07%	9	5.69	14.6
39	Mauritania	5,461,319	+2.69%	+146,254	0.07%	5	4.48	17.5
40	Eritrea	3,682,669	+2.07%	+75,666	0.04%	30	3.55	19.5
41	Namibia	3,153,246	+1.89%	+60,430	0.04%	4	3.13	21.5
42	Gambia	2,884,079	+2.15%	+61,986	0.03%	285	3.70	18.8
43	Gabon	2,647,400	+2.05%	+54,270	0.03%	10	3.49	21.6
44	Botswana	2,603,388	+1.60%	+41,266	0.03%	5	2.63	23.7
45	Lesotho	2,389,336	+1.09%	+26,011	0.03%	79	2.61	22.1
46	Guinea-Bissau	2,297,808	+2.10%	+48,293	0.03%	82	3.62	19.6
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,984,468	+2.32%	+46,037	0.02%	71	3.95	20.9
48	Eswatini	1,269,859	+1.08%	+13,685	0.02%	73	2.64	22.7
49	Mauritius	1,265,059	−0.27%	−3,221	0.02%	623	1.21	38.3
50	Djibouti	1,199,459	+1.31%	+15,383	0.01%	52	2.54	25.2
51	Comoros	899,010	+1.79%	+16,162	0.01%	483	3.71	20.7
52	Reunion	886,298	+0.45%	+3,892	0.01%	355	2.12	38.4
53	Western Sahara	610,813	+1.58%	+9,909	0.01%	2	2.13	32.8
54	Cabo Verde	529,630	+0.42%	+2,304	0.01%	131	1.49	29.5
55	Mayotte	347,536	+3.04%	+10,525	0.00%	927	4.43	17.3
56	Sao Tome and Principe	244,994	+1.94%	+4,740	0.00%	255	3.47	19.7
57	Seychelles	134,959	+1.53%	+2,180	0.00%	295	2.06	34.6
58	Saint Helena	5,148	−1.15%	−49	0.00%	13	1.64	51.0

Europe

745 million people · 51 countries and areas

Population of Europe, 2026
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1	Russia	143,394,458	−0.23%	−602,935	1.73%	9	1.47	40.7
2	Germany	83,644,258	−0.23%	−430,817	1.01%	240	1.46	45.7
3	United Kingdom	69,931,528	+0.52%	+380,196	0.84%	288	1.53	40.2
4	France	66,746,401	+0.14%	+95,597	0.80%	121	1.64	42.5
5	Italy	58,926,166	−0.39%	−220,094	0.71%	199	1.22	48.6
6	Spain	47,850,793	−0.10%	−39,165	0.58%	95	1.24	46.3
7	Ukraine	39,535,848	−0.74%	+555,472	0.48%	68	1.00	41.8
8	Poland	37,843,188	−0.38%	−297,722	0.46%	124	1.31	43.0
9	Romania	18,800,605	−0.58%	−108,045	0.23%	82	1.71	43.5
10	Netherlands	18,448,775	+0.51%	+101,956	0.22%	548	1.44	41.5
11	Belgium	11,774,642	+0.12%	+16,039	0.14%	389	1.40	42.1
12	Sweden	10,701,046	+0.39%	+44,413	0.13%	26	1.44	40.4
13	Czechia	10,527,780	−0.20%	−81,460	0.13%	136	1.47	44.3
14	Portugal	10,395,362	−0.16%	−16,472	0.13%	113	1.52	47.2
15	Greece	9,897,116	−0.43%	−41,728	0.12%	76	1.34	47.1
16	Hungary	9,585,818	−0.34%	−46,469	0.12%	106	1.50	44.2
17	Austria	9,107,266	−0.07%	−6,308	0.11%	110	1.34	43.9
18	Switzerland	9,007,798	+0.42%	+40,390	0.11%	225	1.45	43.2
19	Belarus	8,937,018	−0.69%	−60,585	0.11%	44	1.23	41.8
20	Bulgaria	6,667,660	−0.73%	−46,900	0.08%	62	1.74	45.0
21	Serbia	6,641,964	−0.66%	−47,075	0.08%	87	1.51	44.7
22	Denmark	6,023,520	+0.31%	+21,013	0.07%	142	1.52	41.3
23	Norway	5,652,989	+0.37%	+29,918	0.07%	19	1.42	40.1
24	Finland	5,621,739	−0.08%	−1,591	0.07%	19	1.30	43.4
25	Slovakia	5,451,342	−0.16%	−23,539	0.07%	111	1.57	42.8
26	Ireland	5,356,950	+0.88%	+48,911	0.06%	78	1.60	39.2
27	Croatia	3,822,345	−0.66%	−25,815	0.05%	68	1.47	45.5
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,114,242	−0.84%	−25,854	0.04%	61	1.50	46.1
29	Moldova	2,961,253	−0.98%	−34,853	0.04%	90	1.72	39.1
30	Lithuania	2,797,338	−0.82%	−32,806	0.03%	45	1.22	42.6
31	Albania	2,751,025	−0.74%	−20,483	0.03%	100	1.32	37.8
32	Slovenia	2,114,574	−0.13%	−2,498	0.03%	105	1.58	45.0
33	Latvia	1,835,935	−0.78%	−17,624	0.02%	30	1.35	43.8
34	North Macedonia	1,804,062	−0.56%	−9,729	0.02%	72	1.47	41.4
35	Kosovo	1,666,992	−0.31%	−7,133	0.02%	153	1.52	33.2
36	Cyprus	1,382,334	+0.80%	+11,580	0.02%	150	1.37	39.1
37	Estonia	1,331,062	−0.53%	−13,170	0.02%	31	1.38	43.2
38	Luxembourg	687,448	+0.99%	+6,994	0.01%	265	1.41	39.7
39	Montenegro	626,233	−0.54%	−6,496	0.01%	45	1.79	40.4
40	Malta	549,011	+0.37%	+3,606	0.01%	1,743	1.12	41.5
41	Iceland	402,329	+0.92%	+4,063	0.00%	4	1.49	36.6
42	Jersey	104,106	+0.10%	+118	0.00%	898	1.38	43.9
43	Isle of Man	84,054	−0.08%	−64	0.00%	147	1.53	46.3
44	Andorra	83,753	+0.96%	+849	0.00%	178	1.11	44.2
45	Guernsey	64,610	+0.15%	+134	0.00%	1,010	1.37	44.5
46	Faroe Islands	56,526	+0.87%	+524	0.00%	41	2.19	37.1
47	Gibraltar	40,867	+1.73%	+741	0.00%	4,087	1.88	38.8
48	Liechtenstein	40,368	+0.57%	+240	0.00%	252	1.54	44.7
49	Monaco	38,087	−0.58%	−254	0.00%	25,562	2.08	53.1
50	San Marino	33,605	+0.09%	+33	0.00%	551	1.17	49.1
51	Vatican	506	+1.38%	+5	0.00%	1,151	1.00	56.2

North America

621 million people · 41 countries and areas

Population of North America, 2026
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1	United States	349,035,494	+0.49%	+1,759,686	4.20%	38	1.62	38.7
2	Mexico	132,997,658	+0.78%	+1,050,758	1.60%	68	1.85	30.0
3	Canada	40,467,728	+0.79%	+341,005	0.49%	5	1.33	40.8
4	Guatemala	18,967,978	+1.47%	+280,097	0.23%	177	2.23	23.8
5	Haiti	12,037,506	+1.08%	+131,410	0.15%	437	2.55	24.3
6	Dominican Republic	11,609,500	+0.75%	+89,013	0.14%	240	2.17	28.7
7	Honduras	11,184,760	+1.59%	+178,910	0.13%	103	2.42	24.6
8	Cuba	10,892,659	−0.42%	−44,545	0.13%	102	1.45	42.5
9	Nicaragua	7,097,329	+1.25%	+89,827	0.09%	59	2.16	26.3
10	El Salvador	6,391,254	+0.40%	+25,751	0.08%	309	1.74	28.4
11	Costa Rica	5,174,789	+0.41%	+21,839	0.06%	101	1.31	35.7
12	Panama	4,625,718	+1.17%	+54,529	0.06%	62	2.07	30.6
13	Puerto Rico	3,222,688	−0.47%	−12,601	0.04%	371	0.94	46.2
14	Jamaica	2,833,404	−0.16%	−3,673	0.03%	262	1.33	33.3
15	Trinidad and Tobago	1,513,268	+0.10%	+2,113	0.02%	295	1.52	38.2
16	Belize	428,644	+1.33%	+5,720	0.01%	19	1.99	27.3
17	Bahamas	404,628	+0.38%	+1,595	0.00%	76	1.36	35.7
18	Guadeloupe	372,453	−0.36%	−1,338	0.00%	229	2.04	47.4
19	Martinique	337,711	−0.80%	−2,728	0.00%	319	1.95	50.2
20	Barbados	282,724	+0.03%	+101	0.00%	658	1.70	39.7
21	Curacao	185,440	−0.03%	−47	0.00%	437	1.07	39.0
22	Saint Lucia	180,488	+0.17%	+339	0.00%	293	1.37	35.1
23	Grenada	117,362	+0.03%	+58	0.00%	345	1.45	34.9
24	Aruba	108,164	−0.02%	+17	0.00%	601	1.61	41.7
25	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,244	−0.68%	−680	0.00%	255	1.73	34.7
26	Antigua and Barbuda	94,626	+0.43%	+418	0.00%	215	1.57	36.7
27	U.S. Virgin Islands	83,400	−0.89%	−738	0.00%	238	2.05	44.9
28	Cayman Islands	77,196	+1.73%	+1,352	0.00%	320	1.50	39.1
29	Dominica	65,511	−0.53%	−361	0.00%	87	1.46	36.6
30	Bermuda	64,459	−0.15%	−95	0.00%	1,194	1.42	46.4
31	Greenland	55,629	−0.23%	−116	0.00%	0	1.90	35.5
32	Turks and Caicos Islands	47,148	+0.58%	+293	0.00%	50	1.43	39.6
33	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,992	+0.13%	+70	0.00%	181	1.50	36.5
34	Sint Maarten	44,447	+1.11%	+524	0.00%	1,307	1.42	42.0
35	British Virgin Islands	39,936	+0.44%	+204	0.00%	259	1.07	39.1
36	Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	31,913	+1.65%	+575	0.00%	97	1.44	39.7
37	Saint Martin	23,898	−4.16%	−1,042	0.00%	451	2.59	43.9
38	Anguilla	14,817	+0.47%	+89	0.00%	168	1.34	39.1
39	Saint Barthelemy	11,550	+1.05%	+136	0.00%	525	0.84	39.1
40	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,513	−1.14%	−61	0.00%	24	1.28	47.6
41	Montserrat	4,328	−0.83%	−31	0.00%	42	1.45	41.8

South America

440 million people · 14 countries and areas

Population of South America, 2026
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1	Brazil	213,562,666	+0.34%	+750,261	2.57%	26	1.59	35.2
2	Colombia	53,936,226	+0.92%	+510,591	0.65%	48	1.60	33.0
3	Argentina	46,003,734	+0.33%	+152,356	0.55%	17	1.51	33.3
4	Peru	34,922,148	+0.97%	+345,483	0.42%	27	1.93	30.5
5	Venezuela	28,633,711	+0.42%	+116,815	0.34%	31	2.04	29.5
6	Chile	19,945,850	+0.41%	+85,929	0.24%	27	1.12	37.4
7	Ecuador	18,444,506	+0.84%	+154,610	0.22%	74	1.78	29.7
8	Bolivia	12,749,291	+1.31%	+167,449	0.15%	12	2.47	25.5
9	Paraguay	7,095,279	+1.15%	+82,201	0.09%	18	2.37	27.3
10	Uruguay	3,382,537	−0.07%	−2,151	0.04%	20	1.38	36.7
11	Guyana	840,890	+0.58%	+4,904	0.01%	4	2.35	26.5
12	Suriname	645,256	+0.83%	+5,406	0.01%	4	2.19	28.9
13	French Guiana	318,872	+1.65%	+5,206	0.00%	4	3.25	24.9
14	Falkland Islands	3,465	−0.12%	−4	0.00%	0	1.69	43.4

Oceania

48.6 million people · 24 countries and areas

Population of Oceania, 2026
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1	Australia	27,227,096	+0.91%	+253,070	0.33%	4	1.64	38.5
2	Papua New Guinea	10,947,848	+1.68%	+185,031	0.13%	24	2.99	23.0
3	New Zealand	5,287,479	+0.65%	+35,580	0.06%	20	1.64	38.0
4	Timor Leste	1,436,923	+1.31%	+18,406	0.02%	97	2.50	22.1
5	Fiji	937,282	+0.43%	+4,128	0.01%	51	2.23	28.3
6	Solomon Islands	858,288	+2.30%	+19,642	0.01%	30	3.42	20.9
7	Vanuatu	342,564	+2.16%	+7,395	0.00%	28	3.50	20.3
8	New Caledonia	297,892	+0.83%	+2,559	0.00%	16	1.93	34.8
9	French Polynesia	283,076	+0.21%	+611	0.00%	77	1.47	36.7
10	Samoa	220,528	+0.56%	+1,222	0.00%	78	3.70	19.8
11	Guam	170,185	+0.69%	+1,186	0.00%	315	2.68	31.6
12	Kiribati	138,445	+1.41%	+1,957	0.00%	191	3.06	23.0
13	Micronesia	114,182	+0.43%	+499	0.00%	163	2.67	23.5
14	Tonga	103,291	−0.43%	−451	0.00%	159	3.04	21.0
15	American Samoa	45,318	−1.54%	−710	0.00%	227	2.22	29.1
16	Northern Mariana Islands	42,914	−1.30%	−627	0.00%	94	2.24	38.8
17	Marshall Islands	35,075	−3.28%	−1,207	0.00%	195	2.77	20.5
18	Palau	17,614	−0.30%	−49	0.00%	38	1.84	38.9
19	Cook Islands	12,826	−3.26%	−437	0.00%	53	1.97	38.1
20	Nauru	12,101	+0.64%	+76	0.00%	605	3.20	20.2
21	Wallis and Futuna	11,113	−0.72%	−81	0.00%	79	1.39	38.6
22	Tuvalu	9,362	−1.24%	−130	0.00%	312	3.10	24.1
23	Tokelau	2,691	+2.60%	+83	0.00%	224	2.54	27.6
24	Niue	1,822	+0.33%	+2	0.00%	7	2.44	35.1

Rankings

Questions

What are the 10 most populous countries in 2026?

1. India (1.48 billion); 2. China (1.41 billion); 3. United States (349 million); 4. Indonesia (288 million); 5. Pakistan (259 million); 6. Nigeria (242 million); 7. Brazil (214 million); 8. Bangladesh (178 million); 9. Russia (143 million); 10. Ethiopia (139 million).

Which country has the smallest population?

Vatican, with about 506 people, then Niue (1,822) and Tokelau (2,691).

What share of the world lives in India and China?

34.8%: 2.89 billion of the world’s 8.3 billion.

How we use the data

Every world figure comes from the United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, the reference the UN, the World Bank and most national comparisons use. Figures up to 2023 are the UN’s estimates; later years are its medium-variant projection, the most likely path for fertility, mortality and migration. We label every number accordingly.

Populations are for 1 July of each year. The live counters interpolate between consecutive 1 July figures, second by second, and spread the year’s births and deaths evenly; that shows the scale and direction of change, not a real-time count, which nobody has.

National statistics offices publish their own counts and estimates, which can differ from the UN’s, especially between censuses. Country names follow common English usage; the UN reports some areas (such as Hong Kong or Puerto Rico) separately.

Data: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).