World Population 2025: 8 billion

Sovereign States and Dependencies Sorted by Population Size based on statistics at www.worldometers.info.

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Age Ranges
According to the CIA under its "W-World" heading, median age: 31.0 years

• According to Statista, 25% or 2 billion are less than 15 years old (born after 2011)
• According to the UN, 1.2 billion are 15 to 24 years old (born between 2001 to 2010)
• which places 800 million in the 25 to 30 years bracket (born between 1995 to 2000)
• 3.2 billion are in the 31 to 64 years bracket (born between 1961 to 1994)
• as according to Statista, 10% or 800 million are 65 years and older (born before 1961)

Birth Rates and Death Rates
The average birthrate is estimated at about 4 to 5 babies per second or 370,000 per day (135 million for the year), the average death rate is about 175,000 per day (63 million for the year), leading to a net yearly increase of about 72 million.

In Australia the numbers are a small fraction of this. In the year to December 2024 the birthrate was 33 babies per hour or 790 per day (290,000 for the year), the death rate was 21 per hour or 505 per day (185,000 for the year), leading to a net natural yearly increase of about 105,000. However the ongoing surge in students and temporary workers brought our nett immigration to 340,000 running at over three times the natural increase.

Sorting by Country Name
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Sorting by Life Expectancy
You can also sort on two columns, eg life expectancy within region, by clicking the Life Expectancy column first.
Life Expectancy stats from UN in 2022.

The Life Expectancy column reveals countries, sadly, where it is low, e.g. in Sub-Saharan Africa, where destructive activity from mind-altering drugs and idolatry and so-called "casual" sex i.e. fornication (sleaziness and slackness) has been 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 70 years has greatly improved, praise God for the many workers out there.

UN and IMF Membership
With regards to the IMF (International Monetary Fund), there are 190 members, of which one member (Kosovo) is not a member of the UN, and four non-members of the IMF (Cuba, North Korea, Liechtenstein, and Monaco) are sovereign countries at the UN. With regards to the UN, there are thus 193 sovereign member states numbered below, though the governments of six of them are not recognized by one or more other member states. In alphabetic order, the six countries 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 from Wikipedia.

* Beijing was initially recognized as China's capital by the USSR in 1949, India in 1950, France in 1964, Italy in 1970, UK and the UN in 1971, and many countries (including Australia and Japan) in 1972, US in 1979, South Korea (finally) in 1992. In 2024, 11 UN member countries recognize Taiwan at a diplomatic level: 3 small islands in the Pacific Ocean, 4 islands and 2 countries in Central America, Paraguay in South America, Eswatini (Swaziland) in Africa, plus one UN observer country: Vatican City in Rome.
** 28 UN member countries in 2024 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.
*** 146 UN member countries in 2024 recognize the UN observer State of Palestine. Of the 47 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.

Trans Score is based on Transparency International index rating in 2022. Not all countries received a rating. The index surveys about a dozen organizations including the World Bank and Freedom House in the US, the World Economic Forum and IIMD in Switzerland, the Economist in the UK, plus others, with countries needing to be on at least three lists to receive an overall rating. Only public sector corruption is surveyed (Bribery of officials, Looting of public assets etc), with "Perception" the key word in all surveys.

Legend:

The BDM Year i.e. Year of first Birth Death Marriage registries were initially performed by Church Parishes beginning formally in England with a compulsory edict by King Henry VIII. Followed by France, then Catholic countries in Europe following Council of Trent edict in 1563. Note, while family surnames were common in western Europe civil laws needed to be passed in Germany and Russia in 1700-1800s requiring the adoption (and recording) of permanent surnames.

UN Member	Region ▲▼	Country ▲▼	Trans Score ▲▼	BDM Year ▲▼	Population (millions) ▲▼	Life Expectancy ▲▼	Population cf ▲▼	Life Expectancy cf
	Asia	India India and China based on UN Report Apr 2023	40	1969	1463.000	67.2	1463.000	67.20
	Asia	China Death registrations compulsory after 1987	45	1958	1416.000	78.2	2879.000	72.61
	North America	US Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry started in Virginia, made compulsory (all states) 1933	69	1632	347.000	77.2	3226.000	73.10
	Asia	Indonesia Java 158million Sumatra 60million Sulawesi 20million Kalimantan 17million 900 other islands 30million	34	2006	285.000	67.6	3511.000	72.66
	Asia	Pakistan	27	1969	255.000	66.1	3766.000	72.21
	Africa	Nigeria	24	1992	237.000	52.7	4003.000	71.06
	South America	Brazil	38	1850	212.000	72.8	4215.000	71.15
	Asia	Bangladesh	25	2004	175.000	72.4	4390.000	71.20
	East Europe	Russia	28	1918	144.000	69.4	4534.000	71.14
	Africa	Ethiopia (previously known as Abyssinia)	38	2016	135.000	65.0	4669.000	70.96
	Central America	Mexico	31	1859	132.000	70.2	4801.000	70.94
	Asia	Japan	73	1871	123.000	84.8	4924.000	71.29
	Africa	Egypt	30	1912	118.000	70.2	5042.000	71.26
	Asia	Philippines	33	1931	116.000	69.3	5158.000	71.22
	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo (previously Zaire)	20	1984	112.000	59.2	5270.000	70.96
	Asia	Vietnam	42	2016	101.000	73.6	5371.000	71.01
	Asia	Iran (previously known as Persia)	25	1925	92.000	73.9	5463.000	71.06
	Asia	Turkey	36	1909	88.000	76.0	5551.000	71.14
	Europe	Germany	79	1876	84.000	80.6	5635.000	71.28
	Asia	Thailand	36	1917	71.600	78.7	5706.600	71.37
	Africa	Tanzania	38	2002	70.400	66.2	5777.000	71.31
	Europe	UK Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry 1837	73	1538	69.500	80.7	5846.500	71.42
	Europe	France Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry 1792	72	1539	66.600	82.5	5913.100	71.55
	Africa	South Africa	43	1992	64.700	62.3	5977.800	71.45
	Europe	Italy Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry 1866	56	1563	59.200	82.9	6037.000	71.56
	Africa	Kenya	32		57.400	61.4	6094.400	71.46
	Asia	Myanmar (previously known as Burma)	23	2001	54.800	65.7	6149.200	71.41
	South America	Colombia	39		53.400	72.8	6202.600	71.42
	Asia	South Korea	63	1970	51.700	83.7	6254.300	71.52
	Africa	Sudan	22		51.600	65.3	6305.900	71.47
	Africa	Uganda	26		51.300	62.7	6357.200	71.40
	Europe	Spain Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry 1871	60		48.000	83.0	6405.200	71.49
	Africa	Algeria	33		47.400	76.4	6452.600	71.53
	Asia	Iraq	23		47.000	70.4	6499.600	71.52
	South America	Argentina	38		45.800	75.4	6545.400	71.54
	Asia	Afghanistan	24		43.800	62.0	6589.200	71.48
	Asia	Yemen	16		41.700	63.8	6630.900	71.43
	North America	Canada	74	1847	40.100	82.7	6671.000	71.50
	East Europe	Ukraine	33		39.000	71.6	6710.000	71.50
	Africa	Angola	33		39.000	61.6	6749.000	71.44
	Africa	Morocco	38		38.400	74.0	6787.400	71.46
	East Europe	Poland Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry made compulsory in 1946 after WW2	55	1563	38.100	76.5	6825.500	71.49
	Asia	Uzbekistan	31		37.000	70.9	6862.500	71.48
	Asia	Malaysia	47	1957	36.000	74.9	6898.500	71.50
	Africa	Mozambique	26		35.500	59.3	6934.000	71.44
	Africa	Ghana	43		35.000	63.8	6969.000	71.40
	South America	Peru	36		34.500	72.4	7003.500	71.41
	Asia	Saudi Arabia	51		34.500	76.9	7038.000	71.43
	Africa	Madagascar	26		32.700	64.5	7070.700	71.40
	Africa	Cote d-Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	37		32.600	58.6	7103.300	71.34
	Africa	Cameroon	26		29.800	60.3	7133.100	71.30
	Asia	Nepal	34		29.600	68.4	7162.700	71.28
	South America	Venezuela	14		28.500	70.6	7191.200	71.28
	Africa	Niger	32		27.800	61.6	7219.000	71.24
	Oceania	Australia Birth Death Marriage registries Tas.1838 WA.1841 SA.1842 Vic.1853 NSW/Qld.1856 NT.1870 ACT.1911	75	1787	27.000	84.5	7246.000	71.29
	Asia	North Korea	17		26.500	73.3	7272.500	71.30
	Asia	Syria	13		25.500	72.1	7298.000	71.30
	Africa	Mali	28		25.100	58.9	7323.100	71.26
	Africa	Burkina Faso	42		24.000	59.3	7347.100	71.22
	Asia	Sri Lanka	36		23.200	76.4	7370.300	71.24
-	Asia	Taiwan (Claimed by China, but has a rival administration that claims all of China as its territory)	68		23.100	81.0	7393.400	71.27
	Africa	Malawi	34		22.200	62.9	7415.600	71.24
	Africa	Zambia	33		22.000	61.2	7437.600	71.21
	Africa	Chad	19		21.000	52.5	7458.600	71.16
	Asia	Kazakhstan	36		20.800	69.4	7479.400	71.16
	South America	Chile	67		19.800	78.9	7499.200	71.18
	Africa	Somalia	12		19.600	55.3	7518.800	71.13
	East Europe	Romania	46		19.000	74.2	7537.800	71.14
	Africa	Senegal	43		19.000	67.1	7556.800	71.13
	Central America	Guatemala	24		18.700	69.2	7575.500	71.13
	Europe	Netherlands	80	1811	18.300	81.7	7593.800	71.15
	South America	Ecuador	36		18.300	73.7	7612.100	71.16
	Asia	Cambodia	24	2024	17.800	69.6	7629.900	71.16
	Africa	Zimbabwe	23		17.000	59.3	7646.900	71.13
	Africa	Guinea	25		15.000	58.9	7661.900	71.11
	Africa	Benin	43		14.800	59.8	7676.700	71.08
	Africa	Rwanda	51		14.500	66.1	7691.200	71.07
	Africa	Burundi	17		14.300	61.7	7705.500	71.06
	South America	Bolivia	31		12.500	63.6	7718.000	71.04
	Africa	Tunisia	40		12.300	73.8	7730.300	71.05
	Africa	South Sudan	13		12.200	55.0	7742.500	71.02
	Central America	Haiti	17		11.900	63.2	7754.400	71.01
	Europe	Belgium Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry 1796	73	1563	11.700	81.9	7766.100	71.03
	Asia	Jordan	47		11.500	74.3	7777.600	71.03
	Central America	Dominican Republic	32		11.500	72.6	7789.100	71.04
	Asia	United Arab Emirates	67		11.300	78.7	7800.400	71.05
	Central America	Cuba	45		11.000	73.7	7811.400	71.05
	Central America	Honduras	23		11.000	70.1	7822.400	71.05
	Oceania	Papua New Guinea	30		10.700	65.4	7833.100	71.04
	Asia	Tajikistan	24		10.700	71.6	7843.800	71.04
	East Europe	Czechia	56		10.600	77.7	7854.400	71.05
	Europe	Sweden	83	1608	10.600	83.0	7865.000	71.07
	Europe	Portugal Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry (compulsory) 1911	62	1563	10.400	81.0	7875.400	71.08
	Asia	Azerbaijan	23		10.400	69.4	7885.800	71.08
	Europe	Greece	52	1836	10.000	80.1	7895.800	71.09
	Africa	Togo	30		9.700	61.6	7905.500	71.08
	East Europe	Hungary	42	1895	9.600	74.5	7915.100	71.08
	Asia	Israel	63		9.500	82.3	7924.600	71.10
	Europe	Austria	71	1771	9.100	81.6	7933.700	71.11
	East Europe	Belarus	39		9.000	72.4	7942.700	71.11
	Europe	Switzerland	82	1876	9.000	84.0	7951.700	71.12
	Africa	Sierra Leone	34		8.800	60.1	7960.500	71.11
	Asia	Laos	31	1990	7.800	68.1	7968.300	71.11
	Asia	Turkmenistan	19		7.600	69.3	7975.900	71.11
-	Asia	China Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region of China)	76		7.400	85.5	7983.300	71.12
	Africa	Libya	17		7.400	71.9	7990.700	71.12
	Asia	Kyrgyzstan	27		7.300	70.0	7998.000	71.12
	Central America	Nicaragua	19		7.000	73.8	8005.000	71.12
	South America	Paraguay	28		7.000	70.3	8012.000	71.12
	Europe	Serbia	36		6.700	74.2	8018.700	71.12
	East Europe	Bulgaria	43		6.700	71.8	8025.400	71.12
	Africa	Congo (Republic)	21		6.400	63.5	8031.800	71.12
	Central America	El Salvador	33		6.300	70.7	8038.100	71.12
	Europe	Denmark	90	1645	6.000	81.4	8044.100	71.13
	Asia	Singapore	83	1938	5.800	82.8	8049.900	71.13
	Asia	Lebanon	24		5.800	75.0	8055.700	71.14
	Africa	Liberia	26		5.700	60.7	8061.400	71.13
	Europe	Finland	87	1628	5.600	82.0	8067.000	71.14
	Europe	Norway	84	1876	5.600	83.2	8072.600	71.15
	East Europe	Slovakia	53		5.500	74.9	8078.100	71.15
	Africa	Central African Republic	24		5.500	53.9	8083.600	71.14
	Asia	Oman	44		5.480	72.5	8089.080	71.14
	Europe	Ireland	77		5.300	82.0	8094.380	71.14
	Africa	Mauritania	30		5.300	64.4	8099.680	71.14
	Oceania	New Zealand	87		5.250	82.5	8104.930	71.15
	Central America	Costa Rica	54		5.150	77.0	8110.080	71.15
	Asia	Kuwait	42		5.000	78.7	8115.080	71.16
	Central America	Panama	36		4.500	76.2	8119.580	71.16
	Europe	Croatia	50		3.850	77.6	8123.430	71.16
	Asia	Georgia	56		3.800	71.7	8127.230	71.16
	Africa	Eritrea	22		3.600	66.5	8130.830	71.16
	Asia	Mongolia	33		3.500	71.0	8134.330	71.16
-	Asia	State of Palestine (West Bank)			3.500	73.5	8137.830	71.16
	South America	Uruguay	74		3.400	75.4	8141.230	71.16
-	Central America	Puerto Rico (US Territory)			3.200	80.2	8144.430	71.17
	Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	34		3.200	75.3	8147.630	71.17
	Asia	Qatar	58		3.100	79.3	8150.730	71.17
	East Europe	Moldova	39		3.000	68.8	8153.730	71.17
	Asia	Armenia	46		3.000	72.0	8156.730	71.17
	Africa	Namibia	49		3.000	59.3	8159.730	71.17
	Europe	Albania	36		2.800	76.5	8162.530	71.17
	Central America	Jamaica	44		2.800	70.5	8165.330	71.17
	Africa	Gambia	34		2.800	62.1	8168.130	71.16
	Europe	Lithuania	62		2.800	73.7	8170.930	71.16
	Africa	Gabon	29		2.600	65.8	8173.530	71.16
	Africa	Botswana	60		2.500	61.1	8176.030	71.16
	Africa	Lesotho	37		2.300	53.1	8178.330	71.15
	Africa	Guinea-Bissau	21		2.250	59.7	8180.580	71.15
	Europe	Slovenia	56		2.100	80.7	8182.680	71.15
-	Asia	State of Palestine (Gaza Strip)			2.000	73.5	8184.680	71.15
	Africa	Equatorial Guinea	17		1.900	60.6	8186.580	71.15
	Europe	Latvia	59		1.850	73.6	8188.430	71.15
	Europe	Macedonia North	40		1.820	73.8	8190.250	71.15
-	Europe	Kosovo (technically an autonomous region inside Serbia who considers it the nation's historic homeland)	41		1.600	76.8	8191.850	71.15
	Asia	Bahrain	44		1.600	78.8	8193.450	71.16
	Central America	Trinidad and Tobago	42		1.500	73.0	8194.950	71.16
	Asia	Timor-Leste as a 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	42		1.400	67.7	8196.350	71.16
	Europe	Cyprus	52		1.370	81.2	8197.720	71.16
	Europe	Estonia	74		1.350	77.1	8199.070	71.16
	Africa	Mauritius	50		1.270	73.6	8200.340	71.16
	Africa	Swaziland (Eswatini)	30		1.250	57.1	8201.590	71.16
	Africa	Djibouti	30		1.180	62.3	8202.770	71.16
	Oceania	Fiji	53		0.930	67.1	8203.700	71.15
-	Africa	Reunion (Region under France)			0.880	81.6	8204.580	71.16
	Africa	Comoros	19		0.880	63.4	8205.460	71.16
	South America	Guyana	40		0.830	65.7	8206.290	71.15
	Oceania	Solomon Islands	42		0.830	70.3	8207.120	71.15
	Asia	Bhutan	68		0.800	71.8	8207.920	71.15
-	Asia	China Macao SAR (Special Administrative Region of China)			0.720	85.4	8208.640	71.16
	Europe	Luxembourg	77		0.680	82.6	8209.320	71.16
	South America	Suriname	40		0.640	70.3	8209.960	71.16
	Europe	Montenegro	45		0.630	76.3	8210.590	71.16
-	Africa	Western Sahara (technically administered by Morocco, previously Spanish Sahara until 1975)			0.600	70.8	8211.190	71.16
	Europe	Malta	51		0.540	83.8	8211.730	71.16
	Asia	Maldives	40		0.530	79.9	8212.260	71.16
	Africa	Cabo Verde	60		0.520	74.1	8212.780	71.16
	Asia	Brunei Darussalam * not rated in 2021, 2022	60 *		0.460	74.6	8213.240	71.16
	Central America	Belize			0.420	70.5	8213.660	71.16
	Central America	Bahamas	64		0.400	71.6	8214.060	71.16
	Europe	Iceland	74		0.400	82.7	8214.460	71.16
-	Central America	Guadeloupe (Region under France)			0.370	80.5	8214.830	71.16
-	Central America	Martinique (Region under France)			0.340	80.7	8215.170	71.16
-	Africa	Mayotte (Region under France)			0.330	74.2	8215.500	71.16
	Oceania	Vanuatu	48		0.330	70.4	8215.830	71.16
-	South America	French Guiana (Region under France)			0.310	74.9	8216.140	71.16
-	Oceania	New Caledonia (French Territory)			0.290	79.0	8216.430	71.16
-	Oceania	French Polynesia (French Territory) includes Tahiti			0.280	79.5	8216.710	71.16
	Central America	Barbados	65		0.280	77.6	8216.990	71.16
	Africa	Sao Tome and Principe	45		0.240	67.6	8217.230	71.16
	Oceania	Samoa			0.220	72.8	8217.450	71.16
-	Central America	Curacao (Dutch autonomous region) pronounced Kew-ra-sow			0.190	75.4	8217.640	71.16
	Central America	Saint Lucia	55		0.180	71.1	8217.820	71.16
-	Oceania	Guam (US Territory)			0.170	76.7	8217.990	71.16
	Oceania	Kiribati			0.130	67.4	8218.120	71.16
	Africa	Seychelles	70		0.130	71.3	8218.250	71.16
	Central America	Grenada	52		0.120	74.9	8218.370	71.16
	Oceania	Micronesia Federated States			0.113	70.7	8218.483	71.16
-	Central America	Aruba (Dutch autonomous region)			0.110	74.6	8218.593	71.16
	Central America	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	60		0.100	69.6	8218.693	71.16
	Oceania	Tonga			0.100	71.0	8218.793	71.16
	Central America	Antigua and Barbuda			0.094	78.5	8218.887	71.16
-	Central America	United States Virgin Islands (US Territory)			0.085	74.7	8218.972	71.16
-	Europe	Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)			0.084	80.5	8219.056	71.16
	Europe	Andorra (landlocked in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain)			0.082	80.4	8219.138	71.16
-	Central America	Cayman Islands (UK Territory)			0.075	75.1	8219.213	71.16
	Central America	Dominica	55		0.066	72.8	8219.279	71.16
-	North America	Bermuda (UK Territory)			0.065	79.3	8219.344	71.16
-	Central America	Sint Maarten (Dutch autonomous region)			0.058	78.3	8219.402	71.16
-	North America	Greenland (technically part of Denmark since 1814, self rule since 2009. Island mass is mostly inside the Arctic Circle)			0.055	72.4	8219.457	71.16
-	Europe	Faeroe Islands (Denmark self-governing territory)			0.055	79.3	8219.512	71.16
	Central America	Saint Kitts and Nevis			0.047	71.7	8219.559	71.16
-	Central America	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK Territory)			0.046	74.6	8219.605	71.16
-	Oceania	American Samoa (US Territory)			0.046	72.5	8219.651	71.16
-	Oceania	Northern Mariana Islands (US Territory)			0.044	77.2	8219.695	71.16
	Europe	Liechtenstein			0.040	83.3	8219.735	71.16
-	Europe	Gibraltar (UK Territory)			0.040	79.3	8219.775	71.16
-	Central America	British Virgin Islands (UK Territory)			0.039	74.5	8219.814	71.16
	Europe	Monaco			0.038	85.9	8219.852	71.16
	Oceania	Marshall Islands			0.036	65.3	8219.888	71.16
	Europe	San Marino			0.033	80.9	8219.921	71.16
-	Central America	Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba Islands - Special Dutch municipalities)			0.031	75.1	8219.952	71.16
-	Central America	Saint Martin (French Territory)			0.031	80.4	8219.983	71.16
	Oceania	Palau			0.017	66.0	8220.000	71.16
-	Central America	Anguilla (UK Territory)			0.014	76.6	8220.014	71.16
-	Oceania	Cook Islands (a sovereign state, with New Zealand bearing U.N. responsibility)			0.013	74.8	8220.027	71.16
	Oceania	Nauru			0.012	63.6	8220.039	71.16
-	Central America	Saint Barthelemy (French Territory)			0.011	80.4	8220.050	71.16
-	Oceania	Wallis and Futuna Islands (French Territory)			0.011	78.4	8220.061	71.16
	Oceania	Tuvalu			0.009	64.5	8220.070	71.16
-	North America	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French Territory)			0.005	77.2	8220.075	71.16
-	Africa	Saint Helena (UK Territory)			0.005	76.8	8220.080	71.16
-	Central America	Montserrat (UK Territory)			0.004	75.6	8220.084	71.16
-	South America	Falkland Islands Malvinas (UK Territory)			0.003	78.6	8220.087	71.16
-	Oceania	Niue (a sovereign state, with New Zealand bearing U.N. responsibility)			0.002	70.8	8220.089	71.16
-	Oceania	Tokelau (New Zealand territory)			0.002	75.2	8220.091	71.16
-	Europe	Holy See (Vatican City in Rome, a sovereign observer state)			0.001	82.0	8220.092	71.16

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