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

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).
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* 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:

Scores Perceived as less corrupt Perceived as more corrupt
99–90 89–80 79–70 69–60 59–50 49–40 39–30 29–20 19–10 9–0

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
AsiaIndia
India and China based on UN Report Apr 2023
40 19691463.00067.21463.00067.20
AsiaChina
Death registrations compulsory after 1987
45 19581416.00078.22879.00072.61
North AmericaUS

Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry started in Virginia, made compulsory (all states) 1933

69 1632347.00077.23226.00073.10
AsiaIndonesia
Java 158million Sumatra 60million Sulawesi 20million Kalimantan 17million 900 other islands 30million
34 2006285.00067.63511.00072.66
AsiaPakistan 27 1969255.00066.13766.00072.21
AfricaNigeria 24 1992237.00052.74003.00071.06
South AmericaBrazil 38 1850212.00072.84215.00071.15
AsiaBangladesh 25 2004175.00072.44390.00071.20
East EuropeRussia 28 1918144.00069.44534.00071.14
AfricaEthiopia (previously known as Abyssinia)38 2016135.00065.04669.00070.96
Central AmericaMexico 31 1859132.00070.24801.00070.94
AsiaJapan 73 1871123.00084.84924.00071.29
AfricaEgypt 30 1912118.00070.25042.00071.26
AsiaPhilippines 33 1931116.00069.35158.00071.22
AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo (previously Zaire)20 1984112.00059.25270.00070.96
AsiaVietnam 42 2016101.00073.65371.00071.01
AsiaIran (previously known as Persia)25 192592.00073.95463.00071.06
AsiaTurkey 36 190988.00076.05551.00071.14
EuropeGermany 79 187684.00080.65635.00071.28
AsiaThailand 36 191771.60078.75706.60071.37
AfricaTanzania 38 200270.40066.25777.00071.31
EuropeUK

Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry 1837

73 153869.50080.75846.50071.42
EuropeFrance

Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry 1792

72 153966.60082.55913.10071.55
AfricaSouth Africa 43 199264.70062.35977.80071.45
EuropeItaly

Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry 1866

56 156359.20082.96037.00071.56
AfricaKenya 32 57.40061.46094.40071.46
AsiaMyanmar (previously known as Burma)23 200154.80065.76149.20071.41
South AmericaColombia 39 53.40072.86202.60071.42
AsiaSouth Korea 63 197051.70083.76254.30071.52
AfricaSudan 22 51.60065.36305.90071.47
AfricaUganda 26 51.30062.76357.20071.40
EuropeSpain

Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry 1871

60 48.00083.06405.20071.49
AfricaAlgeria 33 47.40076.46452.60071.53
AsiaIraq 23 47.00070.46499.60071.52
South AmericaArgentina 38 45.80075.46545.40071.54
AsiaAfghanistan 24 43.80062.06589.20071.48
AsiaYemen 16 41.70063.86630.90071.43
North AmericaCanada 74 184740.10082.76671.00071.50
East EuropeUkraine 33 39.00071.66710.00071.50
AfricaAngola 33 39.00061.66749.00071.44
AfricaMorocco 38 38.40074.06787.40071.46
East EuropePoland

Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry made compulsory in 1946 after WW2

55 156338.10076.56825.50071.49
AsiaUzbekistan 31 37.00070.96862.50071.48
AsiaMalaysia 47 195736.00074.96898.50071.50
AfricaMozambique 26 35.50059.36934.00071.44
AfricaGhana 43 35.00063.86969.00071.40
South AmericaPeru 36 34.50072.47003.50071.41
AsiaSaudi Arabia 51 34.50076.97038.00071.43
AfricaMadagascar 26 32.70064.57070.70071.40
AfricaCote d-Ivoire (Ivory Coast)37 32.60058.67103.30071.34
AfricaCameroon 26 29.80060.37133.10071.30
AsiaNepal 34 29.60068.47162.70071.28
South AmericaVenezuela 14 28.50070.67191.20071.28
AfricaNiger 32 27.80061.67219.00071.24
OceaniaAustralia

Birth Death Marriage registries Tas.1838 WA.1841 SA.1842 Vic.1853 NSW/Qld.1856 NT.1870 ACT.1911

75 178727.00084.57246.00071.29
AsiaNorth Korea 17 26.50073.37272.50071.30
AsiaSyria 13 25.50072.17298.00071.30
AfricaMali 28 25.10058.97323.10071.26
AfricaBurkina Faso 42 24.00059.37347.10071.22
AsiaSri Lanka 36 23.20076.47370.30071.24
-AsiaTaiwan (Claimed by China, but has a rival administration that claims all of China as its territory)68 23.10081.07393.40071.27
AfricaMalawi 34 22.20062.97415.60071.24
AfricaZambia 33 22.00061.27437.60071.21
AfricaChad 19 21.00052.57458.60071.16
AsiaKazakhstan 36 20.80069.47479.40071.16
South AmericaChile 67 19.80078.97499.20071.18
AfricaSomalia 12 19.60055.37518.80071.13
East EuropeRomania 46 19.00074.27537.80071.14
AfricaSenegal 43 19.00067.17556.80071.13
Central AmericaGuatemala 24 18.70069.27575.50071.13
EuropeNetherlands 80 181118.30081.77593.80071.15
South AmericaEcuador 36 18.30073.77612.10071.16
AsiaCambodia 24 202417.80069.67629.90071.16
AfricaZimbabwe 23 17.00059.37646.90071.13
AfricaGuinea 25 15.00058.97661.90071.11
AfricaBenin 43 14.80059.87676.70071.08
AfricaRwanda 51 14.50066.17691.20071.07
AfricaBurundi 17 14.30061.77705.50071.06
South AmericaBolivia 31 12.50063.67718.00071.04
AfricaTunisia 40 12.30073.87730.30071.05
AfricaSouth Sudan 13 12.20055.07742.50071.02
Central AmericaHaiti 17 11.90063.27754.40071.01
EuropeBelgium

Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry 1796

73 156311.70081.97766.10071.03
AsiaJordan 47 11.50074.37777.60071.03
Central AmericaDominican Republic 32 11.50072.67789.10071.04
AsiaUnited Arab Emirates 67 11.30078.77800.40071.05
Central AmericaCuba 45 11.00073.77811.40071.05
Central AmericaHonduras 23 11.00070.17822.40071.05
OceaniaPapua New Guinea 30 10.70065.47833.10071.04
AsiaTajikistan 24 10.70071.67843.80071.04
East EuropeCzechia 56 10.60077.77854.40071.05
EuropeSweden 83 160810.60083.07865.00071.07
EuropePortugal

Birth Death Marriage Civil Registry (compulsory) 1911

62 156310.40081.07875.40071.08
AsiaAzerbaijan 23 10.40069.47885.80071.08
EuropeGreece 52 183610.00080.17895.80071.09
AfricaTogo 30 9.70061.67905.50071.08
East EuropeHungary 42 18959.60074.57915.10071.08
AsiaIsrael 63 9.50082.37924.60071.10
EuropeAustria 71 17719.10081.67933.70071.11
East EuropeBelarus 39 9.00072.47942.70071.11
EuropeSwitzerland 82 18769.00084.07951.70071.12
AfricaSierra Leone 34 8.80060.17960.50071.11
AsiaLaos 31 19907.80068.17968.30071.11
AsiaTurkmenistan 19 7.60069.37975.90071.11
-AsiaChina Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region of China)76 7.40085.57983.30071.12
AfricaLibya 17 7.40071.97990.70071.12
AsiaKyrgyzstan 27 7.30070.07998.00071.12
Central AmericaNicaragua 19 7.00073.88005.00071.12
South AmericaParaguay 28 7.00070.38012.00071.12
EuropeSerbia 36 6.70074.28018.70071.12
East EuropeBulgaria 43 6.70071.88025.40071.12
AfricaCongo (Republic)21 6.40063.58031.80071.12
Central AmericaEl Salvador 33 6.30070.78038.10071.12
EuropeDenmark 90 16456.00081.48044.10071.13
AsiaSingapore 83 19385.80082.88049.90071.13
AsiaLebanon 24 5.80075.08055.70071.14
AfricaLiberia 26 5.70060.78061.40071.13
EuropeFinland 87 16285.60082.08067.00071.14
EuropeNorway 84 18765.60083.28072.60071.15
East EuropeSlovakia 53 5.50074.98078.10071.15
AfricaCentral African Republic 24 5.50053.98083.60071.14
AsiaOman 44 5.48072.58089.08071.14
EuropeIreland 77 5.30082.08094.38071.14
AfricaMauritania 30 5.30064.48099.68071.14
OceaniaNew Zealand 87 5.25082.58104.93071.15
Central AmericaCosta Rica 54 5.15077.08110.08071.15
AsiaKuwait 42 5.00078.78115.08071.16
Central AmericaPanama 36 4.50076.28119.58071.16
EuropeCroatia 50 3.85077.68123.43071.16
AsiaGeorgia 56 3.80071.78127.23071.16
AfricaEritrea 22 3.60066.58130.83071.16
AsiaMongolia 33 3.50071.08134.33071.16
-AsiaState of Palestine (West Bank) 3.50073.58137.83071.16
South AmericaUruguay 74 3.40075.48141.23071.16
-Central AmericaPuerto Rico (US Territory) 3.20080.28144.43071.17
EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina 34 3.20075.38147.63071.17
AsiaQatar 58 3.10079.38150.73071.17
East EuropeMoldova 39 3.00068.88153.73071.17
AsiaArmenia 46 3.00072.08156.73071.17
AfricaNamibia 49 3.00059.38159.73071.17
EuropeAlbania 36 2.80076.58162.53071.17
Central AmericaJamaica 44 2.80070.58165.33071.17
AfricaGambia 34 2.80062.18168.13071.16
EuropeLithuania 62 2.80073.78170.93071.16
AfricaGabon 29 2.60065.88173.53071.16
AfricaBotswana 60 2.50061.18176.03071.16
AfricaLesotho 37 2.30053.18178.33071.15
AfricaGuinea-Bissau 21 2.25059.78180.58071.15
EuropeSlovenia 56 2.10080.78182.68071.15
-AsiaState of Palestine (Gaza Strip) 2.00073.58184.68071.15
AfricaEquatorial Guinea 17 1.90060.68186.58071.15
EuropeLatvia 59 1.85073.68188.43071.15
EuropeMacedonia North40 1.82073.88190.25071.15
-EuropeKosovo (technically an autonomous region inside Serbia who considers it the nation's historic homeland)41 1.60076.88191.85071.15
AsiaBahrain 44 1.60078.88193.45071.16
Central AmericaTrinidad and Tobago 42 1.50073.08194.95071.16
AsiaTimor-Leste as a nation occupies mountainous eastern half of island. Official languages are Portuguese and Tetum, with numerous tribal languages outside Dili, the capital.
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42 1.40067.78196.35071.16
EuropeCyprus 52 1.37081.28197.72071.16
EuropeEstonia 74 1.35077.18199.07071.16
AfricaMauritius 50 1.27073.68200.34071.16
AfricaSwaziland (Eswatini)30 1.25057.18201.59071.16
AfricaDjibouti 30 1.18062.38202.77071.16
OceaniaFiji 53 0.93067.18203.70071.15
-AfricaReunion (Region under France) 0.88081.68204.58071.16
AfricaComoros 19 0.88063.48205.46071.16
South AmericaGuyana 40 0.83065.78206.29071.15
OceaniaSolomon Islands 42 0.83070.38207.12071.15
AsiaBhutan 68 0.80071.88207.92071.15
-AsiaChina Macao SAR (Special Administrative Region of China) 0.72085.48208.64071.16
EuropeLuxembourg 77 0.68082.68209.32071.16
South AmericaSuriname 40 0.64070.38209.96071.16
EuropeMontenegro 45 0.63076.38210.59071.16
-AfricaWestern Sahara (technically administered by Morocco, previously Spanish Sahara until 1975) 0.60070.88211.19071.16
EuropeMalta 51 0.54083.88211.73071.16
AsiaMaldives 40 0.53079.98212.26071.16
AfricaCabo Verde 60 0.52074.18212.78071.16
AsiaBrunei Darussalam
* not rated in 2021, 2022
60 * 0.46074.68213.24071.16
Central AmericaBelize 0.42070.58213.66071.16
Central AmericaBahamas 64 0.40071.68214.06071.16
EuropeIceland 74 0.40082.78214.46071.16
-Central AmericaGuadeloupe (Region under France) 0.37080.58214.83071.16
-Central AmericaMartinique (Region under France) 0.34080.78215.17071.16
-AfricaMayotte (Region under France) 0.33074.28215.50071.16
OceaniaVanuatu 48 0.33070.48215.83071.16
-South AmericaFrench Guiana (Region under France) 0.31074.98216.14071.16
-OceaniaNew Caledonia (French Territory) 0.29079.08216.43071.16
-OceaniaFrench Polynesia (French Territory) includes Tahiti 0.28079.58216.71071.16
Central AmericaBarbados 65 0.28077.68216.99071.16
AfricaSao Tome and Principe 45 0.24067.68217.23071.16
OceaniaSamoa 0.22072.88217.45071.16
-Central AmericaCuracao (Dutch autonomous region) pronounced Kew-ra-sow 0.19075.48217.64071.16
Central AmericaSaint Lucia 55 0.18071.18217.82071.16
-OceaniaGuam (US Territory) 0.17076.78217.99071.16
OceaniaKiribati 0.13067.48218.12071.16
AfricaSeychelles 70 0.13071.38218.25071.16
Central AmericaGrenada 52 0.12074.98218.37071.16
OceaniaMicronesia Federated States 0.11370.78218.48371.16
-Central AmericaAruba (Dutch autonomous region) 0.11074.68218.59371.16
Central AmericaSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 60 0.10069.68218.69371.16
OceaniaTonga 0.10071.08218.79371.16
Central AmericaAntigua and Barbuda 0.09478.58218.88771.16
-Central AmericaUnited States Virgin Islands (US Territory) 0.08574.78218.97271.16
-EuropeIsle of Man (UK Crown Dependency) 0.08480.58219.05671.16
EuropeAndorra (landlocked in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain) 0.08280.48219.13871.16
-Central AmericaCayman Islands (UK Territory) 0.07575.18219.21371.16
Central AmericaDominica 55 0.06672.88219.27971.16
-North AmericaBermuda (UK Territory) 0.06579.38219.34471.16
-Central AmericaSint Maarten (Dutch autonomous region) 0.05878.38219.40271.16
-North AmericaGreenland (technically part of Denmark since 1814, self rule since 2009. Island mass is mostly inside the Arctic Circle) 0.05572.48219.45771.16
-EuropeFaeroe Islands (Denmark self-governing territory) 0.05579.38219.51271.16
Central AmericaSaint Kitts and Nevis 0.04771.78219.55971.16
-Central AmericaTurks and Caicos Islands (UK Territory) 0.04674.68219.60571.16
-OceaniaAmerican Samoa (US Territory) 0.04672.58219.65171.16
-OceaniaNorthern Mariana Islands (US Territory) 0.04477.28219.69571.16
EuropeLiechtenstein 0.04083.38219.73571.16
-EuropeGibraltar (UK Territory) 0.04079.38219.77571.16
-Central AmericaBritish Virgin Islands (UK Territory) 0.03974.58219.81471.16
EuropeMonaco 0.03885.98219.85271.16
OceaniaMarshall Islands 0.03665.38219.88871.16
EuropeSan Marino 0.03380.98219.92171.16
-Central AmericaCaribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba Islands - Special Dutch municipalities) 0.03175.18219.95271.16
-Central AmericaSaint Martin (French Territory) 0.03180.48219.98371.16
OceaniaPalau 0.01766.08220.00071.16
-Central AmericaAnguilla (UK Territory) 0.01476.68220.01471.16
-OceaniaCook Islands (a sovereign state, with New Zealand bearing U.N. responsibility) 0.01374.88220.02771.16
OceaniaNauru 0.01263.68220.03971.16
-Central AmericaSaint Barthelemy (French Territory) 0.01180.48220.05071.16
-OceaniaWallis and Futuna Islands (French Territory) 0.01178.48220.06171.16
OceaniaTuvalu 0.00964.58220.07071.16
-North AmericaSaint Pierre and Miquelon (French Territory) 0.00577.28220.07571.16
-AfricaSaint Helena (UK Territory) 0.00576.88220.08071.16
-Central AmericaMontserrat (UK Territory) 0.00475.68220.08471.16
-South AmericaFalkland Islands Malvinas (UK Territory) 0.00378.68220.08771.16
-OceaniaNiue (a sovereign state, with New Zealand bearing U.N. responsibility) 0.00270.88220.08971.16
-OceaniaTokelau (New Zealand territory) 0.00275.28220.09171.16
-EuropeHoly See (Vatican City in Rome, a sovereign observer state) 0.00182.08220.09271.16

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