List of countries by population (United Nations)

Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division^[1]

This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2023 revision of World Population Prospects.^[2]^[3] These figures refer to the de facto population in a country or area as shown in the "estimates" section.

List

Country / Area	UN Continental Region^[4]	UN Statistical Subregion^[4]	Population (1 July 2022)	Population (1 July 2023)	Change

World			7,975,105,156	8,045,311,448	+0.88%
India	Asia	Southern Asia	1,417,173,173	1,428,627,663	+0.81%
China^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Asia	Eastern Asia	1,425,887,337	1,425,671,352	−0.02%
United States	Americas	Northern America	338,289,857	339,996,564	+0.50%
Indonesia	Asia	South-eastern Asia	275,501,339	277,534,123	+0.74%
Pakistan	Asia	Southern Asia	235,824,862	240,485,658	+1.98%
Nigeria	Africa	Western Africa	218,541,212	223,804,632	+2.41%
Brazil	Americas	South America	215,313,498	216,422,446	+0.52%
Bangladesh	Asia	Southern Asia	171,186,373	172,954,319	+1.03%
Russia	Europe	Eastern Europe	144,713,314	144,444,359	−0.19%
Mexico	Americas	Central America	127,504,126	128,455,567	+0.75%
Ethiopia	Africa	Eastern Africa	123,379,925	126,527,060	+2.55%
Japan	Asia	Eastern Asia	123,951,692	123,294,513	−0.53%
Philippines	Asia	South-eastern Asia	115,559,009	117,337,368	+1.54%
Egypt	Africa	Northern Africa	110,990,103	112,716,599	+1.56%
DR Congo	Africa	Middle Africa	99,010,212	102,262,809	+3.29%
Vietnam	Asia	South-eastern Asia	98,186,856	98,858,950	+0.68%
Iran	Asia	Southern Asia	88,550,570	89,172,767	+0.70%
Turkey	Asia	Western Asia	85,341,241	85,816,199	+0.56%
Germany	Europe	Western Europe	83,369,843	83,294,633	−0.09%
Thailand	Asia	South-eastern Asia	71,697,030	71,801,279	+0.15%
United Kingdom	Europe	Northern Europe	67,508,936	67,736,802	+0.34%
Tanzania^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Africa	Eastern Africa	65,497,748	67,438,106	+2.96%
France^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Europe	Western Europe	64,626,628	64,756,584	+0.20%
South Africa	Africa	Southern Africa	59,893,886	60,414,495	+0.87%
Italy	Europe	Southern Europe	59,037,474	58,870,763	−0.28%
Kenya	Africa	Eastern Africa	54,027,487	55,100,587	+1.99%
Myanmar	Asia	South-eastern Asia	54,179,306	54,577,997	+0.74%
Colombia	Americas	South America	51,874,024	52,085,168	+0.41%
South Korea	Asia	Eastern Asia	51,815,810	51,784,059	−0.06%
Uganda	Africa	Eastern Africa	47,249,585	48,582,334	+2.82%
Sudan	Africa	Northern Africa	46,874,204	48,109,006	+2.63%
Spain^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Europe	Southern Europe	47,558,630	47,519,628	−0.08%
Argentina	Americas	South America	45,510,318	45,773,884	+0.58%
Algeria	Africa	Northern Africa	44,903,225	45,606,481	+1.57%
Iraq	Asia	Western Asia	44,496,122	45,504,560	+2.27%
Afghanistan	Asia	Southern Asia	41,128,771	42,239,854	+2.70%
Poland	Europe	Eastern Europe	39,857,146	41,026,068	+2.93%
Canada	Americas	Northern America	38,454,327	38,781,292	+0.85%
Morocco	Africa	Northern Africa	37,457,971	37,840,044	+1.02%
Saudi Arabia	Asia	Western Asia	36,408,820	36,947,025	+1.48%
Ukraine^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Europe	Eastern Europe	39,701,739	36,744,634	−7.45%
Angola	Africa	Middle Africa	35,588,987	36,684,203	+3.08%
Uzbekistan	Asia	Central Asia	34,627,653	35,163,944	+1.55%
Yemen	Asia	Western Asia	33,696,614	34,449,825	+2.24%
Peru	Americas	South America	34,049,589	34,352,719	+0.89%
Malaysia	Asia	South-eastern Asia	33,938,222	34,308,525	+1.09%
Ghana	Africa	Western Africa	33,475,870	34,121,985	+1.93%
Mozambique	Africa	Eastern Africa	32,969,519	33,897,354	+2.81%
Nepal	Asia	Southern Asia	30,547,580	30,896,590	+1.14%
Madagascar	Africa	Eastern Africa	29,611,714	30,325,732	+2.41%
Ivory Coast	Africa	Western Africa	28,160,543	28,873,034	+2.53%
Venezuela	Americas	South America	28,301,696	28,838,499	+1.90%
Cameroon	Africa	Middle Africa	27,914,537	28,647,293	+2.62%
Niger	Africa	Western Africa	26,207,977	27,202,843	+3.80%
Australia^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Oceania	Australia and New Zealand	26,177,414	26,439,112	+1.00%
North Korea	Asia	Eastern Asia	26,069,417	26,160,822	+0.35%
Taiwan^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Asia	Eastern Asia	23,893,395	23,923,277	+0.13%
Mali	Africa	Western Africa	22,593,591	23,293,699	+3.10%
Burkina Faso	Africa	Western Africa	22,673,762	23,251,485	+2.55%
Syria	Asia	Western Asia	22,125,249	23,227,014	+4.98%
Sri Lanka	Asia	Southern Asia	21,832,143	21,893,579	+0.28%
Malawi	Africa	Eastern Africa	20,405,317	20,931,751	+2.58%
Zambia	Africa	Eastern Africa	20,017,675	20,569,738	+2.76%
Romania	Europe	Eastern Europe	19,659,267	19,892,812	+1.19%
Chile	Americas	South America	19,603,733	19,629,590	+0.13%
Kazakhstan	Asia	Central Asia	19,397,998	19,606,634	+1.08%
Chad	Africa	Middle Africa	17,723,315	18,278,568	+3.13%
Ecuador	Americas	South America	18,001,000	18,190,484	+1.05%
Somalia^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Africa	Eastern Africa	17,597,511	18,143,379	+3.10%
Guatemala	Americas	Central America	17,843,908	18,092,026	+1.39%
Senegal	Africa	Western Africa	17,316,449	17,763,163	+2.58%
Netherlands^{[lower-alpha 9]}	Europe	Western Europe	17,564,014	17,618,299	+0.31%
Cambodia	Asia	South-eastern Asia	16,767,842	16,944,826	+1.06%
Zimbabwe	Africa	Eastern Africa	16,320,537	16,665,409	+2.11%
Guinea	Africa	Western Africa	13,859,341	14,190,612	+2.39%
Rwanda	Africa	Eastern Africa	13,776,698	14,094,683	+2.31%
Benin	Africa	Western Africa	13,352,864	13,712,828	+2.70%
Burundi	Africa	Eastern Africa	12,889,577	13,238,559	+2.71%
Tunisia	Africa	Northern Africa	12,356,117	12,458,223	+0.83%
Bolivia	Americas	South America	12,224,110	12,388,571	+1.35%
Haiti	Americas	Caribbean	11,584,996	11,724,764	+1.21%
Belgium	Europe	Western Europe	11,655,930	11,686,140	+0.26%
Jordan	Asia	Western Asia	11,285,869	11,337,053	+0.45%
Dominican Republic	Americas	Caribbean	11,228,821	11,332,973	+0.93%
Cuba	Americas	Caribbean	11,212,191	11,194,449	−0.16%
South Sudan	Africa	Eastern Africa	10,913,164	11,088,796	+1.61%
Sweden	Europe	Northern Europe	10,549,347	10,612,086	+0.59%
Honduras	Americas	Central America	10,432,860	10,593,798	+1.54%
Czechia	Europe	Eastern Europe	10,493,986	10,495,295	+0.01%
Azerbaijan	Asia	Western Asia	10,358,074	10,412,652	+0.53%
Greece	Europe	Southern Europe	10,384,971	10,341,277	−0.42%
Papua New Guinea	Oceania	Melanesia	10,142,619	10,329,931	+1.85%
Portugal^{[lower-alpha 10]}	Europe	Southern Europe	10,270,865	10,247,605	−0.23%
Tajikistan	Asia	Central Asia	9,952,787	10,143,543	+1.92%
Hungary	Europe	Eastern Europe	9,967,308	9,604,000	−3.64%
United Arab Emirates	Asia	Western Asia	9,441,129	9,516,871	+0.80%
Belarus	Europe	Eastern Europe	9,534,955	9,498,238	−0.39%
Israel	Asia	Western Asia	9,038,309	9,174,520	+1.51%
Togo	Africa	Western Africa	8,848,699	9,053,799	+2.32%
Austria	Europe	Western Europe	8,939,617	8,958,961	+0.22%
Switzerland	Europe	Western Europe	8,740,472	8,796,669	+0.64%
Sierra Leone	Africa	Western Africa	8,605,718	8,791,092	+2.15%
Laos	Asia	South-eastern Asia	7,529,475	7,633,779	+1.39%
Hong Kong (China)^{[lower-alpha 11]}	Asia	Eastern Asia	7,488,865	7,491,609	+0.04%
Serbia^{[lower-alpha 12]}	Europe	Southern Europe	7,221,366	7,149,077	−1.00%
Nicaragua	Americas	Central America	6,948,392	7,046,311	+1.41%
Libya	Africa	Northern Africa	6,812,341	6,888,388	+1.12%
Paraguay	Americas	South America	6,780,744	6,861,524	+1.19%
Kyrgyzstan	Asia	Central Asia	6,630,623	6,735,348	+1.58%
Bulgaria	Europe	Eastern Europe	6,781,953	6,687,717	−1.39%
Turkmenistan	Asia	Central Asia	6,430,771	6,516,100	+1.33%
El Salvador	Americas	Central America	6,336,392	6,364,943	+0.45%
Congo	Africa	Middle Africa	5,970,424	6,106,869	+2.29%
Singapore	Asia	South-eastern Asia	5,975,689	6,014,723	+0.65%
Denmark	Europe	Northern Europe	5,882,262	5,910,913	+0.49%
Slovakia	Europe	Eastern Europe	5,643,453	5,795,199	+2.69%
Central African Republic	Africa	Middle Africa	5,579,144	5,742,316	+2.92%
Finland^{[lower-alpha 13]}	Europe	Northern Europe	5,540,746	5,545,475	+0.09%
Norway^{[lower-alpha 14]}	Europe	Northern Europe	5,434,319	5,474,360	+0.74%
Liberia	Africa	Western Africa	5,302,681	5,418,377	+2.18%
Palestine^{[lower-alpha 15]}	Asia	Western Asia	5,250,072	5,371,230	+2.31%
Lebanon	Asia	Western Asia	5,489,740	5,353,930	−2.47%
New Zealand	Oceania	Australia and New Zealand	5,185,289	5,228,100	+0.83%
Costa Rica	Americas	Central America	5,180,829	5,212,173	+0.60%
Ireland	Europe	Northern Europe	5,023,109	5,056,935	+0.67%
Mauritania	Africa	Western Africa	4,736,139	4,862,989	+2.68%
Oman	Asia	Western Asia	4,576,298	4,644,384	+1.49%
Panama	Americas	Central America	4,408,581	4,468,087	+1.35%
Kuwait	Asia	Western Asia	4,268,873	4,310,108	+0.97%
Croatia	Europe	Southern Europe	4,030,358	4,008,617	−0.54%
Eritrea	Africa	Eastern Africa	3,684,032	3,748,902	+1.76%
Georgia^{[lower-alpha 16]}	Asia	Western Asia	3,744,386	3,728,282	−0.43%
Mongolia	Asia	Eastern Asia	3,398,366	3,447,157	+1.44%
Moldova^{[lower-alpha 17]}	Europe	Eastern Europe	3,272,996	3,435,931	+4.98%
Uruguay	Americas	South America	3,422,794	3,423,109	+0.01%
Puerto Rico (United States)	Americas	Caribbean	3,252,407	3,260,314	+0.24%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	Southern Europe	3,233,527	3,210,848	−0.70%
Albania	Europe	Southern Europe	2,842,321	2,832,439	−0.35%
Jamaica	Americas	Caribbean	2,827,377	2,825,544	−0.06%
Armenia	Asia	Western Asia	2,780,469	2,777,971	−0.09%
Gambia	Africa	Western Africa	2,705,992	2,773,168	+2.48%
Lithuania	Europe	Northern Europe	2,750,055	2,718,352	−1.15%
Qatar	Asia	Western Asia	2,695,122	2,716,391	+0.79%
Botswana	Africa	Southern Africa	2,630,296	2,675,353	+1.71%
Namibia	Africa	Southern Africa	2,567,013	2,604,172	+1.45%
Gabon	Africa	Middle Africa	2,388,993	2,436,567	+1.99%
Lesotho	Africa	Southern Africa	2,305,826	2,330,318	+1.06%
Guinea-Bissau	Africa	Western Africa	2,105,566	2,150,842	+2.15%
Slovenia	Europe	Southern Europe	2,119,844	2,119,675	−0.01%
North Macedonia	Europe	Southern Europe	2,093,599	2,085,679	−0.38%
Latvia	Europe	Northern Europe	1,850,651	1,830,212	−1.10%
Equatorial Guinea	Africa	Middle Africa	1,674,908	1,714,672	+2.37%
Kosovo^{[lower-alpha 18]}	Europe	Southern Europe	1,659,714	1,663,595	+0.23%
Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	Caribbean	1,531,045	1,534,937	+0.25%
Bahrain	Asia	Western Asia	1,472,233	1,485,510	+0.90%
East Timor	Asia	South-eastern Asia	1,341,296	1,360,596	+1.44%
Estonia	Europe	Northern Europe	1,326,062	1,322,766	−0.25%
Mauritius	Africa	Eastern Africa	1,299,469	1,300,557	+0.08%
Cyprus^{[lower-alpha 19]}	Asia	Western Asia	1,251,489	1,260,138	+0.69%
Eswatini	Africa	Southern Africa	1,201,671	1,210,822	+0.76%
Djibouti	Africa	Eastern Africa	1,120,849	1,136,455	+1.39%
Réunion (France)	Africa	Eastern Africa	974,052	981,796	+0.80%
Fiji	Oceania	Melanesia	929,766	936,376	+0.71%
Comoros	Africa	Eastern Africa	836,774	852,075	+1.83%
Guyana	Americas	South America	808,726	813,834	+0.63%
Bhutan	Asia	Southern Asia	782,455	787,425	+0.64%
Solomon Islands	Oceania	Melanesia	724,273	740,425	+2.23%
Macao (China)^{[lower-alpha 20]}	Asia	Eastern Asia	695,169	704,150	+1.29%
Luxembourg	Europe	Western Europe	647,599	654,768	+1.11%
Montenegro	Europe	Southern Europe	627,083	626,485	−0.10%
Suriname	Americas	South America	618,041	623,237	+0.84%
Cape Verde	Africa	Western Africa	593,150	598,682	+0.93%
Western Sahara (disputed)^{[lower-alpha 21]}	Africa	Northern Africa	575,986	587,259	+1.96%
Malta	Europe	Southern Europe	533,286	535,065	+0.33%
Maldives	Asia	Southern Asia	521,021	523,787	+0.53%
Brunei	Asia	South-eastern Asia	449,002	452,524	+0.78%
Bahamas	Americas	Caribbean	409,984	412,624	+0.64%
Belize	Americas	Central America	405,273	410,825	+1.37%
Guadeloupe (France)	Americas	Caribbean	395,753	395,839	+0.02%
Iceland	Europe	Northern Europe	372,899	375,319	+0.65%
Martinique (France)	Americas	Caribbean	367,507	366,981	−0.14%
Mayotte (France)	Africa	Eastern Africa	326,101	335,995	+3.03%
Vanuatu	Oceania	Melanesia	326,741	334,506	+2.38%
French Guiana (France)	Americas	South America	304,557	312,155	+2.49%
French Polynesia (France)	Oceania	Polynesia	306,279	308,872	+0.85%
New Caledonia (France)	Oceania	Melanesia	289,951	292,991	+1.05%
Barbados	Americas	Caribbean	281,635	281,996	+0.13%
São Tomé and Príncipe	Africa	Middle Africa	227,380	231,856	+1.97%
Samoa	Oceania	Polynesia	222,382	225,681	+1.48%
Curaçao (Netherlands)	Americas	Caribbean	191,164	192,077	+0.48%
Saint Lucia	Americas	Caribbean	179,858	180,251	+0.22%
Guam (United States)	Oceania	Micronesia	171,775	172,952	+0.69%
Kiribati	Oceania	Micronesia	131,232	133,515	+1.74%
Grenada	Americas	Caribbean	125,438	126,184	+0.59%
Micronesia	Oceania	Micronesia	114,164	115,224	+0.93%
Jersey (United Kingdom)	Europe	Northern Europe	110,779	111,803	+0.92%
Tonga	Oceania	Polynesia	106,858	107,773	+0.86%
Seychelles	Africa	Eastern Africa	107,119	107,660	+0.51%
Aruba (Netherlands)	Americas	Caribbean	106,445	106,277	−0.16%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	Caribbean	103,948	103,699	−0.24%
U.S. Virgin Islands (United States)	Americas	Caribbean	99,465	98,750	−0.72%
Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	Caribbean	93,763	94,298	+0.57%
Isle of Man (United Kingdom)	Europe	Northern Europe	84,520	84,710	+0.22%
Andorra	Europe	Southern Europe	79,824	80,088	+0.33%
Dominica	Americas	Caribbean	72,738	73,040	+0.42%
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	Americas	Caribbean	68,706	69,310	+0.88%
Bermuda (United Kingdom)	Americas	Northern America	64,184	64,069	−0.18%
Guernsey (United Kingdom)	Europe	Northern Europe	63,302	63,544	+0.38%
Greenland (Denmark)	Americas	Northern America	56,466	56,643	+0.31%
Faroe Islands (Denmark)	Europe	Northern Europe	53,090	53,270	+0.34%
Northern Mariana Islands (United States)	Oceania	Micronesia	49,551	49,796	+0.49%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Americas	Caribbean	47,658	47,755	+0.20%
Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)	Americas	Caribbean	45,703	46,062	+0.79%
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	Americas	Caribbean	44,175	44,222	+0.11%
American Samoa (United States)	Oceania	Polynesia	44,273	43,915	−0.81%
Marshall Islands	Oceania	Micronesia	41,569	41,996	+1.03%
Liechtenstein	Europe	Western Europe	39,327	39,585	+0.66%
Monaco	Europe	Western Europe	36,469	36,298	−0.47%
San Marino	Europe	Southern Europe	33,661	33,642	−0.06%
Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	Europe	Southern Europe	32,649	32,688	+0.12%
Saint Martin (France)	Americas	Caribbean	31,791	32,077	+0.90%
British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	Americas	Caribbean	31,305	31,538	+0.74%
Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)^{[lower-alpha 22]}	Americas	Caribbean	27,027	27,148	+0.45%
Palau	Oceania	Micronesia	18,055	18,058	+0.02%
Cook Islands	Oceania	Polynesia	17,011	17,044	+0.19%
Anguilla (United Kingdom)	Americas	Caribbean	15,857	15,900	+0.27%
Nauru	Oceania	Micronesia	12,668	12,780	+0.88%
Wallis and Futuna (France)	Oceania	Polynesia	11,573	11,502	−0.61%
Tuvalu	Oceania	Polynesia	11,312	11,396	+0.74%
Saint Barthélemy (France)	Americas	Caribbean	10,967	10,994	+0.25%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	Americas	Northern America	5,862	5,840	−0.38%
Saint Helena (United Kingdom)^{[lower-alpha 23]}	Africa	Western Africa	5,374	5,314	−1.12%
Montserrat (United Kingdom)	Americas	Caribbean	4,390	4,387	−0.07%
Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)	Americas	South America	3,780	3,791	+0.29%
Niue	Oceania	Polynesia	1,934	1,935	+0.05%
Tokelau (New Zealand)	Oceania	Polynesia	1,871	1,893	+1.18%
Vatican City^{[lower-alpha 24]}	Europe	Southern Europe	510	518	N/A
Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)	Oceania	Polynesia	N/A	N/A	N/A

Explanatory notes

↑ Refers to Mainland China only. The UN source document states: "For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China (Hong Kong and Macau) and Taiwan."
↑ Including Zanzibar.
↑ Refers to Metropolitan France only.
↑ Including the Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla.
↑ Including Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, and Sevastopol.
↑ Including Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island.
↑ Listed as China, Taiwan Province of China.
↑ Including Somaliland.
↑ Refers to the European Netherlands only.
↑ Including the Azores and Madeira.
↑ Listed as China, Hong Kong SAR.
↑ Excluding Kosovo.
↑ Including Åland.
↑ Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
↑ Including East Jerusalem.
↑ Including Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
↑ Including Transnistria.
↑ Listed as Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244).
↑ Including Northern Cyprus.
↑ Listed as China, Macao SAR.
↑ A disputed territory with undetermined political status.^[5] Formerly Spanish Sahara up to 1976, administration is currently split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's administrative control is limited to approximately 20% of the territory, with the remaining 80% of the territory occupied by Morocco. The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara is the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the territory (see Western Sahara conflict).
↑ Listed as Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
↑ Including Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.
↑ Listed as Holy See.

References

↑ "UNSD — Methodology". unstats.un.org.
↑ "World Population Prospects, 2023 Revision". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
↑ "Total population, both sexes combined (thousands)". UNdata. United Nations Statistics Division. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
1 2 "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
↑ BBC News: Western Sahara profile

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[5] Refers to Mainland China only. The UN source document states: "For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China (Hong Kong and Macau) and Taiwan."

[6] Including Zanzibar.

[7] Refers to Metropolitan France only.

[8] Including the Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla.

[9] Including Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, and Sevastopol.

[10] Including Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island.

[11] Listed as China, Taiwan Province of China.

[12] Including Somaliland.

[13] Refers to the European Netherlands only.

[14] Including the Azores and Madeira.

[15] Listed as China, Hong Kong SAR.

[16] Excluding Kosovo.

[17] Including Åland.

[18] Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

[19] Including East Jerusalem.

[20] Including Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

[21] Including Transnistria.

[22] Listed as Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244).

[23] Including Northern Cyprus.

[24] Listed as China, Macao SAR.

[26] A disputed territory with undetermined political status.^[5] Formerly Spanish Sahara up to 1976, administration is currently split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's administrative control is limited to approximately 20% of the territory, with the remaining 80% of the territory occupied by Morocco. The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara is the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the territory (see Western Sahara conflict).

[27] Listed as Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

[28] Including Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.

[29] Listed as Holy See.

[1] "UNSD — Methodology". unstats.un.org.

[UN-2] "World Population Prospects, 2023 Revision". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[UNdata-3] "Total population, both sexes combined (thousands)". UNdata. United Nations Statistics Division. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[region-4] 1 2 "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

[25] BBC News: Western Sahara profile

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