Data for 2023

Total Population, 2023

Name: Total Population, 2023
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 2023 covers 222 countries. India is highest, at 1,438,069,596; Vatican City is lowest, at 496. The middle country reads 6,541,413. Against 2022, 222 values changed (182 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 2023

HighestIndia

1,438,069,596

LowestVatican City

496

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
222distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 2023, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Total Population, 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,438,069,596
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,422,584,933
3	United States`USA`Northern America	343,477,335
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	281,190,067
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	247,504,495
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	227,882,945
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	211,140,729
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	171,466,990
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	145,440,500
10	Mexico`MEX`Central America	129,739,759
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	128,691,692
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	124,370,947
13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	114,891,199
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	114,535,772
15	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	105,789,731
16	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	100,352,192
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	90,608,707
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	87,270,501
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	84,548,231
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71,702,435
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	68,682,962
22	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	66,617,606
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	66,438,822
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	63,212,384
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59,499,453
26	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	55,339,003
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	54,133,798
28	Colombia`COL`South America	52,321,152
29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	51,748,739
30	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50,042,791
31	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	48,656,601
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47,911,579
33	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	46,164,219
34	Argentina`ARG`South America	45,538,401
35	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	45,074,049
36	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	41,454,761
37	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39,390,799
38	Canada`CAN`Northern America	39,299,105
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,762,844
40	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	37,732,836
41	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37,712,505
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36,749,906
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	35,652,307
44	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	35,126,298
45	Peru`PER`South America	33,845,617
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33,787,914
47	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	33,635,160
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	33,264,292
49	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	31,195,932
50	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	31,165,654
51	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29,694,614
52	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28,372,687
53	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28,300,854
54	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	26,451,124
55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	26,418,204
56	Niger`NER`Western Africa	26,159,867
57	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23,769,127
58	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23,594,623
59	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	23,317,145
60	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23,025,776
61	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22,971,617
62	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	21,104,482
63	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	20,723,965
64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	20,330,104
65	Chile`CHL`South America	19,658,835
66	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19,319,064
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19,118,479
68	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18,358,615
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18,124,838
70	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	18,092,524
71	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	18,077,573
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17,980,083
73	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17,423,880
74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	16,340,822
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14,405,468
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14,111,034
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	13,954,471
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	13,689,450
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	12,244,159
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12,200,431
81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,712,893
82	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11,637,398
83	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11,483,374
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11,439,213
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11,331,265
86	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,019,931
87	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,809,716
88	Honduras`HND`Central America	10,644,851
89	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	10,642,081
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10,551,494
91	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,430,738
92	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	10,389,799
93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10,389,635
94	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10,318,207
95	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,242,908
96	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,686,463
97	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	9,256,314
98	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9,130,429
99	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,115,680
100	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8,870,561
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8,460,512
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8,223,850
103	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,664,993
104	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,442,734
105	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7,364,438
106	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	7,305,659
107	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7,073,516
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6,844,146
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6,823,613
110	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6,795,803
111	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,773,201
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,309,624
113	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	6,182,885
114	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,948,136
115	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,789,090
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,773,493
117	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,601,185
118	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5,519,167
119	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,518,055
120	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5,493,031
121	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,409,202
122	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5,196,630
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5,172,836
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5,152,421
125	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5,105,525
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5,049,269
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5,022,441
128	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4,838,782
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,458,759
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3,896,023
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,807,492
132	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3,470,390
133	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3,431,932
134	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,388,081
135	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,242,023
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,185,073
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,067,070
138	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,979,082
139	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,963,095
140	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,943,393
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,854,099
142	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,839,786
143	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,811,655
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,697,845
145	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,484,789
146	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,480,244
147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,311,472
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,153,339
149	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2,118,396
150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,882,396
151	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,847,549
152	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,831,802
153	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,700,031
154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,569,666
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,502,932
156	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,384,286
157	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,367,196
158	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,344,976
159	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,273,588
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,230,506
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,152,944
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	924,145
163	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	850,387
164	Guyana`GUY`South America	826,353
165	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	800,005
166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	786,385
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	713,912
168	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	665,098
169	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	633,552
170	Suriname`SUR`South America	628,886
171	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	532,956
172	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	525,994
173	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	522,331
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	458,949
175	Belize`BLZ`Central America	411,106
176	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	399,440
177	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	387,558
178	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	320,409
179	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	289,870
180	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	282,336
181	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	281,118
182	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	230,871
183	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	216,663
184	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	185,427
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	179,285
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	166,506
187	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	132,530
188	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	127,951
189	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	117,081
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	112,630
191	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	107,939
192	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	104,597
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	101,323
194	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	93,316
195	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	85,701
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	84,165
197	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	80,856
198	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	73,038
199	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	66,510
200	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	64,698
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	55,922
202	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	54,714
203	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	47,521
204	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46,758
205	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	46,198
206	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	45,143
207	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	42,749
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	39,598
209	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	38,985
210	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	38,956
211	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	38,827
212	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	38,471
213	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	33,733
214	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	27,515
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,727
216	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	14,410
217	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	14,222
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	11,875
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9,816
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4,420
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1,817
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	496

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India1,438,069,596
2China1,422,584,933
3United States343,477,335
4Indonesia281,190,067
5Pakistan247,504,495

Lowest

222Vatican City496
221Niue1,817
220Montserrat4,420
219Tuvalu9,816
218Nauru11,875

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6,541,413. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
182 · 40rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,425,423,212 → 1,438,069,596+12,646,384
Nigeria223,150,896 → 227,882,945+4,732,049
Pakistan243,700,667 → 247,504,495+3,803,828
DR Congo102,396,968 → 105,789,731+3,392,763
Ethiopia125,384,287 → 128,691,692+3,307,405

Fell most

Ukraine41,048,766 → 37,732,836−3,315,930
China1,425,179,569 → 1,422,584,933−2,594,636
Japan124,997,578 → 124,370,947−626,631
Greece10,412,480 → 10,242,908−169,572
Russia145,579,899 → 145,440,500−139,399

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2023.
The position is ours
UN DESA Population Division publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2023). Total Population, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/2023

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