World Population 2017: 7,500 million

Sovereign States and Dependencies sorted by size

Go End

Updated figures: In 2019 the figure was 7.7 billion. Of this figure, an estimate of 700 million were born before 1955 (ie they are 65 years and older). The average birthrate is estimated at about 4 to 5 babies per second or 386,000 per day (141 million for the year), the average death rate is about 162,000 per day (59 million for the year) leading to a net yearly increase of about 82 million.

Click a column heading eg country to sort alphabetically. Click REFRESH to restore original layout.
You can also sort on two columns, eg life expectancy within region, by clicking the Life Expectancy column first.

Life Expectancy stats from International Statistics at NationMaster.com, CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011.

When you click the Life Expectancy column you see countries, sadly, where it is low, in Sub-Saharan Africa, in Afghanistan where destructive activity from mind-altering drugs and so-called "casual" sex (ie fornication) is rampant. In many of these countries the under-age-5 mortality rate is well above the norm, with the cause frequently due to sepsis — a young body's inability to cope with bacterial or viral infection. Rev 2:21-23. However, as that under-age-5 link also indicates, the infant mortality rate in those countries over the past 68 years has greatly improved, praise God for the many workers out there.

And with regards to the UN, there are 193 sovereign member states numbered below, though with the governments of 6 of them not recognized by one or more other member states. In alphabetic order, those are Armenia (not diplomatically recognized by Pakistan at present), * China (a number of countries still recognizing the administration in Taiwan in its place, Cyprus (with Turkey recognizing the administration in North Cyprus in its place), ** Israel (with many countries recognizing the administration in the observer *** State of Palestine in its place), North Korea (with France, Japan and South Korea recognizing the government in South Korea in its place), and South Korea (not diplomatically recognized by North Korea at present).
Click here for more info.

* 14 UN member countries continue to recognize Taiwan at a diplomatic level: 4 small islands in the Pacific Ocean, 4 islands and 4 countries in Central America, Paraguay in South America, Eswatini (Swaziland) in Africa, plus one UN observer country: Vatican City in Rome.
** 29 UN member countries in 2019 refuse to recognize Israel officially (eg at a passport or visa level) and 3 countries (Iran Syria and Lebanon) are engaged in a primary trading boycott of all Israeli business.
*** 138 UN member countries in 2019 recognize the UN observer State of Palestine. Of the 55 UN members who do not recognize the State of Palestine (including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, US, and most of Europe) there is general support for some form of two-state solution to the conflict.

UN
Member
Region ▲▼Country ▲▼Population
(millions) ▲▼
Life Expectancy ▲▼Population cf ▲▼Life Expectancy cf
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTChina1390.000751390.00075.00
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTIndia1350.000672740.00071.06
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAU.S.A.330.000783070.00071.80
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTIndonesia
Java 140million Sumatra 50million Sulawesi 20million Kalimantan 15million 900 other islands 40million
265.000713335.00071.74
SOUTH AMERICABrazil212.000733547.00071.82
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTPakistan200.000663747.00071.51
AFRICANigeria195.000483942.00070.34
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTBangladesh165.000704107.00070.33
EUROPE AND RUSSIARussia143.000664250.00070.18
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAMexico130.000764380.00070.36
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTJapan125.000824505.00070.68
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTPhilippines105.000724610.00070.71
AFRICAEthiopia (previously known as Abyssinia)105.000564715.00070.38
AFRICAEgypt97.000734812.00070.43
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTVietnam95.000724907.00070.46
AFRICADemocratic Republic Congo (Previously Zaire)85.000554992.00070.20
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTIran (previously known as Persia)82.000705074.00070.20
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTTurkey81.000735155.00070.24
EUROPE AND RUSSIAGermany80.000805235.00070.39
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTThailand68.000745303.00070.44
EUROPE AND RUSSIAUnited Kingdom66.000805369.00070.56
EUROPE AND RUSSIAFrance65.000815434.00070.68
EUROPE AND RUSSIAItaly60.000825494.00070.80
AFRICATanzania58.000535552.00070.62
AFRICASouth Africa56.000495608.00070.40
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTMyanmar (previously known as Burma)55.000655663.00070.35
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTSouth Korea51.000795714.00070.43
SOUTH AMERICAColombia49.000755763.00070.47
AFRICAKenya49.000595812.00070.37
EUROPE AND RUSSIASpain46.000815858.00070.45
EUROPE AND RUSSIAUkraine44.000695902.00070.44
SOUTH AMERICAArgentina44.000775946.00070.49
AFRICAUganda43.000535989.00070.36
AFRICASudan43.000616032.00070.30
AFRICAAlgeria42.000756074.00070.33
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTIraq40.000716114.00070.33
EUROPE AND RUSSIAPoland39.000766153.00070.37
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICACanada37.000816190.00070.43
AFRICAMorocco36.000766226.00070.47
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTAfghanistan35.000456261.00070.32
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTSaudi Arabia33.000746294.00070.34
SOUTH AMERICAPeru32.000726326.00070.35
SOUTH AMERICAVenezuela32.000746358.00070.37
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTMalaysia32.000746390.00070.39
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTUzbekistan31.000736421.00070.40
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTNepal30.000666451.00070.38
AFRICAMozambique30.000526481.00070.30
AFRICAGhana30.000616511.00070.25
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTYemen29.000646540.00070.22
AFRICAAngola
Life expectancy skewed by a high infant mortality rate
27.000396567.00070.10
AFRICAMadagascar26.000646593.00070.07
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTNorth Korea25.000696618.00070.07
OCEANIAAustralia25.000826643.00070.11
AFRICACameroon25.000546668.00070.05
AFRICACote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)24.000576692.00070.01
-ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTTaiwan (Claimed by China, but has a rival administration that claims all of China as its territory)23.000786715.00070.03
AFRICANiger22.000536737.00069.98
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTSri Lanka21.000766758.00070.00
AFRICABurkina Faso20.000546778.00069.95
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTSyria19.000756797.00069.96
EUROPE AND RUSSIARomania19.000746816.00069.97
AFRICAMalawi19.000526835.00069.92
SOUTH AMERICAChile19.000786854.00069.95
AFRICAMali19.000536873.00069.90
AFRICAZambia18.000526891.00069.85
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTKazakhstan18.000696909.00069.85
EUROPE AND RUSSIANetherlands17.000806926.00069.88
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAGuatemala17.000716943.00069.88
AFRICAZimbabwe17.000506960.00069.83
SOUTH AMERICAEcuador17.000766977.00069.85
AFRICASenegal16.000606993.00069.82
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTCambodia16.000637009.00069.81
AFRICAChad15.000487024.00069.76
AFRICAGuinea14.000587038.00069.74
AFRICASouth Sudan13.000547051.00069.71
AFRICARwanda12.000587063.00069.69
AFRICATunisia12.000757075.00069.70
AFRICASomalia12.000507087.00069.66
EUROPE AND RUSSIABelgium12.000807099.00069.68
AFRICABurundi12.000597111.00069.66
AFRICABenin12.000607123.00069.65
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICACuba11.000787134.00069.66
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICADominican Republic11.000777145.00069.67
EUROPE AND RUSSIAGreece11.000807156.00069.69
EUROPE AND RUSSIACzech Republic11.000777167.00069.70
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAHaiti11.000627178.00069.69
SOUTH AMERICABolivia11.000687189.00069.68
EUROPE AND RUSSIAPortugal10.000797199.00069.70
EUROPE AND RUSSIAHungary10.000757209.00069.70
EUROPE AND RUSSIASweden10.000817219.00069.72
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTAzerbaijan10.000677229.00069.72
EUROPE AND RUSSIABelarus9.000717238.00069.72
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTTajikistan9.000667247.00069.71
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTUnited Arab Emirates9.000777256.00069.72
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAHonduras8.000717264.00069.72
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTIsrael8.000817272.00069.74
EUROPE AND RUSSIAAustria8.000807280.00069.75
EUROPE AND RUSSIASwitzerland8.000817288.00069.76
OCEANIAPapua New Guinea8.000667296.00069.76
AFRICATogo8.000637304.00069.75
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTJordan8.000807312.00069.76
EUROPE AND RUSSIASerbia7.000757319.00069.76
SOUTH AMERICAParaguay7.000767326.00069.77
-ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTHong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)7.000827333.00069.78
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTLaos7.000627340.00069.77
EUROPE AND RUSSIABulgaria7.000747347.00069.78
AFRICASierra Leone7.000567354.00069.77
AFRICALibya6.000787360.00069.77
AFRICAEritrea6.000637366.00069.77
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAEl Salvador6.000737372.00069.77
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICANicaragua6.000727378.00069.77
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTKyrgyzstan6.000707384.00069.77
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTTurkmenistan6.000697390.00069.77
EUROPE AND RUSSIADenmark6.000797396.00069.78
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTLebanon6.000757402.00069.78
EUROPE AND RUSSIASlovakia5.000767407.00069.79
EUROPE AND RUSSIAFinland5.000797412.00069.79
EUROPE AND RUSSIANorway5.000807417.00069.80
AFRICACentral African Republic5.000507422.00069.79
AFRICARepublic of the Congo5.000557427.00069.78
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICACosta Rica5.000787432.00069.78
EUROPE AND RUSSIAIreland5.000807437.00069.79
OCEANIANew Zealand5.000817442.00069.80
AFRICALiberia5.000577447.00069.79
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTSingapore5.000827452.00069.80
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTOman5.000747457.00069.80
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTGeorgia4.000777461.00069.80
EUROPE AND RUSSIABosnia and Herzegovina4.000797465.00069.81
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAPuerto Rico (US Territory)4.000797469.00069.81
EUROPE AND RUSSIACroatia4.000767473.00069.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIAMoldova4.000717477.00069.82
AFRICAMauritania4.000617481.00069.81
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAPanama4.000787485.00069.82
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTKuwait4.000777489.00069.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIAAlbania3.000777492.00069.82
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAJamaica3.000737495.00069.82
SOUTH AMERICAUruguay3.000767498.00069.83
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTMongolia3.000687501.00069.83
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTArmenia3.000737504.00069.83
EUROPE AND RUSSIALithuania3.000757507.00069.83
-ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTWest Bank (technically in State of Palestine)3.000747510.00069.83
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTQatar3.000767513.00069.83
AFRICALesotho2.000527515.00069.83
AFRICANamibia2.000527517.00069.82
AFRICABotswana2.000587519.00069.82
AFRICAGambia2.000647521.00069.82
AFRICAGuinea-Bissau2.000497523.00069.81
-ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTGaza Strip (technically in State of Palestine)2.000737525.00069.81
EUROPE AND RUSSIALatvia2.000737527.00069.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIAMacedonia2.000757529.00069.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIASlovenia2.000777531.00069.82
-EUROPE AND RUSSIAKosovo (technically an autonomous region inside Serbia)2.000707533.00069.82
AFRICAGabon1.000527534.00069.82
AFRICAMauritius1.000747535.00069.82
AFRICASwaziland (Renamed Eswatini in 2018)1.000497536.00069.81
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICATrinidad and Tobago1.000717537.00069.81
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTTimor-Leste Nation occupies mountainous eastern half of island. Official languages are Portuguese and Tetum, with numerous tribal languages outside Dili, the capital.
Click here for a recent news article
1.000687538.00069.81
EUROPE AND RUSSIAEstonia1.000737539.00069.81
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTBahrain1.000787540.00069.82
OCEANIAFiji0.940717540.94069.82
-AFRICAReunion Island (Region under France)0.880747541.82069.82
SOUTH AMERICAGuyana0.800677542.62069.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIACyprus0.800787543.42069.82
AFRICAComoros0.700647544.12069.82
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTBhutan0.700677544.82069.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIAMontenegro0.680747545.50069.82
-ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTMacau (Special Administrative Region of China)0.650847546.15069.82
AFRICAEquatorial Guinea0.600627546.75069.82
OCEANIASolomon Islands0.580747547.33069.82
AFRICADjibouti0.500617547.83069.82
SOUTH AMERICASuriname0.500747548.33069.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIALuxembourg0.500807548.83069.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAGuadeloupe (Region under France)0.470787549.30069.82
AFRICACape Verde0.400717549.70069.82
-AFRICAWestern Sahara (technically administered by Morocco, previously Spanish Sahara until 1975)0.400547550.10069.82
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTMaldives0.400747550.50069.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIAMalta0.400807550.90069.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAMartinique (Region under France)0.400797551.30069.82
ASIA AND MIDDLE EASTBrunei0.400767551.70069.82
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICABahamas0.300717552.00069.82
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICABelize0.300687552.30069.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIAIceland0.300817552.60069.82
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICABarbados0.280747552.88069.82
-OCEANIAFrench Polynesia (includes Tahiti) (French Territory)0.280777553.16069.82
-SOUTH AMERICAFrench Guiana (Region under France)0.280777553.44069.82
-OCEANIANew Caledonia (French Territory)0.225777553.66569.82
OCEANIASamoa0.220727553.88569.82
OCEANIAVanuatu0.215657554.10069.82
-AFRICAMayotte (Region under France)0.200777554.30069.82
AFRICASao Tome and Principe0.200637554.50069.82
-OCEANIAGuam (US Territory)0.175787554.67569.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICACuracao (pronounced Kew-ra-sow) (Dutch autonomous region)0.160767554.83569.82
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICASaint Lucia0.160777554.99569.82
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICASaint Vincent and the Grenadines0.120747555.11569.82
OCEANIATonga0.120757555.23569.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAVirgin Islands U.S. (US Territory)0.110797555.34569.82
OCEANIAKiribati0.110647555.45569.82
OCEANIAMicronesia Federated States0.110727555.56569.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAAruba (Dutch autonomous region)0.100767555.66569.82
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAGrenada0.090737555.75569.82
-EUROPE AND RUSSIAJersey (part of British Channel Islands UK Crown Dependency)0.090817555.84569.82
-OCEANIANorthern Mariana Islands (US Territory)0.090777555.93569.82
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAAntigua and Barbuda0.085757556.02069.82
AFRICASeychelles0.080747556.10069.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIAAndorra (landlocked in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain)0.080827556.18069.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICASaint Martin (French Territory)0.080797556.26069.82
-EUROPE AND RUSSIAIsle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)0.075817556.33569.82
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICADominica0.070767556.40569.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICABermuda (UK Territory)0.070817556.47569.82
-EUROPE AND RUSSIAGuernsey (part of British Channel Islands, UK Crown Dependency)0.065827556.54069.82
-OCEANIAAmerican Samoa (US Territory)0.065747556.60569.82
OCEANIAMarshall Islands0.065727556.67069.82
-EUROPE AND RUSSIAGreenland (technically part of Denmark since 1814, self-rule since 2009. Island mass is mostly inside the Arctic Circle)0.060717556.73069.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICACayman Islands (UK Territory)0.050817556.78069.82
-EUROPE AND RUSSIAFaroe Islands (Denmark self-governing territory)0.050807556.83069.82
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICASaint Kitts and Nevis0.040757556.87069.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIALiechtenstein0.035807556.90569.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIAMonaco0.035907556.94069.82
EUROPE AND RUSSIASan Marino0.030837556.97069.82
-EUROPE AND RUSSIAGibraltar (UK Territory)0.030797557.00069.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAVirgin Islands British (UK Territory)0.025787557.02569.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICACaribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba Islands - Special Dutch municipalities)0.025767557.05069.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICATurks and Caicos Islands (UK Territory)0.020797557.07069.82
OCEANIAPalau0.020727557.09069.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAAnguilla (UK Territory)0.015817557.10569.82
-OCEANIAWallis and Futuna (French Territory)0.015797557.12069.82
OCEANIANauru0.015657557.13569.82
-OCEANIACook Islands (a sovereign state, with New Zealand bearing U.N. responsibility)0.010757557.14569.82
OCEANIATuvalu0.010657557.15569.82
-AFRICASaint Helena (UK Territory)0.008787557.16369.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICASaint Pierre and Miquelon (French Territory)0.007807557.17069.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICASaint Barthelemy (French Territory)0.007817557.17769.82
-NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAMontserrat (UK Territory)0.005737557.18269.82
-SOUTH AMERICAFalkland Islands (UK Territory)0.003807557.18569.82
-OCEANIANiue (a sovereign state, with New Zealand bearing U.N. responsibility)0.002757557.18769.82
-EUROPE AND RUSSIAHoly See (Vatican City in Rome, a sovereign observer state)0.001827557.18869.82
-OCEANIATokelau (New Zealand territory)0.001817557.18969.82

** End of List

Go Top