Total Population

Total population, mid-year (people)Neither end is better — this is a shape, not a scorePublished by UN DESA Population Division

We hold 74 editions of this indicator, from 1950 to 2023 — 16,428 rows in total, and 222 countries in the newest.

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74 reference years (1950–2023), covering 222 countries, from World Population Prospects 2024 — read from the Population Division's own CSV download, not from the World Bank's copy. ⚠ These are not 74 published reports: WPP is revised every two years and each revision restates the whole history, so `restatedByReport` names the revision this came from. ⚠ ESTIMATES ONLY. WPP publishes 1950–2100, and everything from 2024 on is a projection carrying eighteen variants; a projection is a model output, not a reading, so the series stops at 2023. ⚠ Not the World Bank's SP.POP.TOTL: the Bank blends the UN's estimates with national statistical offices and Eurostat, and the two disagree for 72 of the 214 countries both carry — China by 11.9 million in 2023. ⚠ A statistic, not an index, and one with no better end at all: a large population is not a good or a bad result, and nobody ranks countries on it. Stored as whole people, which is the one rounding AGENTS.md sanctions — the source gives thousands to three decimals, the same number in different units. ⚠ Three registry entities have no WPP row because the UN does not estimate them separately: Channel Islands, Northern Cyprus (counted within Cyprus) and Somaliland (within Somalia).

Every edition

The year a report is NAMED for and the year its numbers DESCRIBE are different facts, and they disagree constantly — so both are listed. Every row opens the full country table for that edition, sortable by any column.

Every edition of Total Population held on this site, newest first, with the report year, the year the data describes, and the size of each table.
Edition	Report year	Data year	Countries	Columns
Total Population 2023Latest	2023	2023	222	3
Total Population 2022	2022	2022	222	3
Total Population 2021	2021	2021	222	3
Total Population 2020	2020	2020	222	3
Total Population 2019	2019	2019	222	3
Total Population 2018	2018	2018	222	3
Total Population 2017	2017	2017	222	3
Total Population 2016	2016	2016	222	3
Total Population 2015	2015	2015	222	3
Total Population 2014	2014	2014	222	3
Total Population 2013	2013	2013	222	3
Total Population 2012	2012	2012	222	3
Total Population 2011	2011	2011	222	3
Total Population 2010	2010	2010	222	3
Total Population 2009	2009	2009	222	3
Total Population 2008	2008	2008	222	3
Total Population 2007	2007	2007	222	3
Total Population 2006	2006	2006	222	3
Total Population 2005	2005	2005	222	3
Total Population 2004	2004	2004	222	3
Total Population 2003	2003	2003	222	3
Total Population 2002	2002	2002	222	3
Total Population 2001	2001	2001	222	3
Total Population 2000	2000	2000	222	3
Total Population 1999	1999	1999	222	3
Total Population 1998	1998	1998	222	3
Total Population 1997	1997	1997	222	3
Total Population 1996	1996	1996	222	3
Total Population 1995	1995	1995	222	3
Total Population 1994	1994	1994	222	3
Total Population 1993	1993	1993	222	3
Total Population 1992	1992	1992	222	3
Total Population 1991	1991	1991	222	3
Total Population 1990	1990	1990	222	3
Total Population 1989	1989	1989	222	3
Total Population 1988	1988	1988	222	3
Total Population 1987	1987	1987	222	3
Total Population 1986	1986	1986	222	3
Total Population 1985	1985	1985	222	3
Total Population 1984	1984	1984	222	3
Total Population 1983	1983	1983	222	3
Total Population 1982	1982	1982	222	3
Total Population 1981	1981	1981	222	3
Total Population 1980	1980	1980	222	3
Total Population 1979	1979	1979	222	3
Total Population 1978	1978	1978	222	3
Total Population 1977	1977	1977	222	3
Total Population 1976	1976	1976	222	3
Total Population 1975	1975	1975	222	3
Total Population 1974	1974	1974	222	3
Total Population 1973	1973	1973	222	3
Total Population 1972	1972	1972	222	3
Total Population 1971	1971	1971	222	3
Total Population 1970	1970	1970	222	3
Total Population 1969	1969	1969	222	3
Total Population 1968	1968	1968	222	3
Total Population 1967	1967	1967	222	3
Total Population 1966	1966	1966	222	3
Total Population 1965	1965	1965	222	3
Total Population 1964	1964	1964	222	3
Total Population 1963	1963	1963	222	3
Total Population 1962	1962	1962	222	3
Total Population 1961	1961	1961	222	3
Total Population 1960	1960	1960	222	3
Total Population 1959	1959	1959	222	3
Total Population 1958	1958	1958	222	3
Total Population 1957	1957	1957	222	3
Total Population 1956	1956	1956	222	3
Total Population 1955	1955	1955	222	3
Total Population 1954	1954	1954	222	3
Total Population 1953	1953	1953	222	3
Total Population 1952	1952	1952	222	3
Total Population 1951	1951	1951	222	3
Total Population 1950	1950	1950	222	3

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Published by UN DESA Population Division

Cite as: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO

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