List of countries and dependencies by population

This article is about a list of countries and dependencies by population based on figures from official sources or, if not available, estimates and projections from the United Nations. For a list based purely on figures from the United Nations, see List of countries by population (United Nations).
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Cartogram of the world's population in 2018; each square represents 500,000 people.

This is a list of countries and dependencies by population. It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. For instance, the United Kingdom is considered a single entity, while the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are considered separately. In addition, this list includes certain states with limited recognition not found in ISO 3166-1. Also given in a percentage is each country's population compared with the world population, which the United Nations estimates at 8.119 billion as of 2024.[1]

  1. ^ "World Population Dashboard". United Nations Population Fund. UNFPA. 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.