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Population – Economic Indicator

GM ECONOMY · INDICATOR PROFILE

Population

Total population by country.

CATEGORY: Population & Society
UNIT: people
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CODE: SP.POP.TOTL
Country coverage74 / 11465% of active countries
Time coverage1960–20244810 observations
Common ranking year202474 countries · 100%
Data qualityAdequate65 median observations / country
Minimum · 2024386,506.00
Median · 202423.89 million
Maximum · 20241.45 billion

Data quality

Recency and time-series depth

Good74latest within 1 year of the series maximum and at least 10 observations

Adequate0latest within 3 years and at least 5 observations

Limited0older or comparatively short series

Indicator metadata

Definition and machine-readable identifiers
Definition
Total population by country.
Unit
people
Source
World Bank / public data sources
Provider
worldbank
Indicator code
SP.POP.TOTL
API indicator
SP.POP.TOTL
Updated
2026-06-22 05:08:37

Country ranking · 2024

74 comparable countries
RankCountry2024 valueLatest yearLatest valueObservationsCoverage
1India1.45 billion20241.45 billion651960–2024
2China1.41 billion20241.41 billion651960–2024
3United States340.11 million2024340.11 million651960–2024
4Indonesia283.49 million2024283.49 million651960–2024
5Pakistan251.27 million2024251.27 million651960–2024
6Nigeria232.68 million2024232.68 million651960–2024
7Brazil212.00 million2024212.00 million651960–2024
8Bangladesh173.56 million2024173.56 million651960–2024
9Russia143.53 million2024143.53 million651960–2024
10Ethiopia132.06 million2024132.06 million651960–2024
11Mexico130.86 million2024130.86 million651960–2024
12Japan123.98 million2024123.98 million651960–2024
13Egypt116.54 million2024116.54 million651960–2024
14Philippines115.84 million2024115.84 million651960–2024
15Vietnam100.99 million2024100.99 million651960–2024
16Turkey85.52 million202485.52 million651960–2024
17Germany83.52 million202483.52 million651960–2024
18Thailand71.67 million202471.67 million651960–2024
19United Kingdom69.23 million202469.23 million651960–2024
20France68.55 million202468.55 million651960–2024
21South Africa64.01 million202464.01 million651960–2024
22Italy58.95 million202458.95 million651960–2024
23Kenya56.43 million202456.43 million651960–2024
24Colombia52.89 million202452.89 million651960–2024
25South Korea51.75 million202451.75 million651960–2024
26Spain48.85 million202448.85 million651960–2024
27Algeria46.81 million202446.81 million651960–2024
28Argentina45.70 million202445.70 million651960–2024
29Canada41.29 million202441.29 million651960–2024
30Morocco38.08 million202438.08 million651960–2024
31Ukraine37.86 million202437.86 million651960–2024
32Poland36.56 million202436.56 million651960–2024
33Malaysia35.56 million202435.56 million651960–2024
34Saudi Arabia35.30 million202435.30 million651960–2024
35Ghana34.43 million202434.43 million651960–2024
36Peru34.22 million202434.22 million651960–2024
37Australia27.20 million202427.20 million651960–2024
38Kazakhstan20.59 million202420.59 million651960–2024
39Chile19.76 million202419.76 million651960–2024
40Romania19.05 million202419.05 million651960–2024
41Netherlands17.99 million202417.99 million651960–2024
42Tunisia12.28 million202412.28 million651960–2024
43Belgium11.86 million202411.86 million651960–2024
44Jordan11.55 million202411.55 million651960–2024
45United Arab Emirates10.99 million202410.99 million651960–2024
46Czech Republic10.91 million202410.91 million651960–2024
47Portugal10.69 million202410.69 million651960–2024
48Sweden10.57 million202410.57 million651960–2024
49Greece10.41 million202410.41 million651960–2024
50Israel9.97 million20249.97 million651960–2024
51Hungary9.56 million20249.56 million651960–2024
52Austria9.18 million20249.18 million651960–2024
53Switzerland9.01 million20249.01 million651960–2024
54Hong Kong7.52 million20247.52 million651960–2024
55Serbia6.59 million20246.59 million651960–2024
56Bulgaria6.44 million20246.44 million651960–2024
57Singapore6.04 million20246.04 million651960–2024
58Denmark5.98 million20245.98 million651960–2024
59Finland5.62 million20245.62 million651960–2024
60Norway5.57 million20245.57 million651960–2024
61Slovakia5.42 million20245.42 million651960–2024
62Ireland5.40 million20245.40 million651960–2024
63New Zealand5.29 million20245.29 million651960–2024
64Oman5.28 million20245.28 million651960–2024
65Kuwait4.90 million20244.90 million651960–2024
66Croatia3.87 million20243.87 million651960–2024
67Lithuania2.89 million20242.89 million651960–2024
68Qatar2.86 million20242.86 million651960–2024
69Slovenia2.13 million20242.13 million651960–2024
70Latvia1.87 million20241.87 million651960–2024
71Bahrain1.59 million20241.59 million651960–2024
72Estonia1.37 million20241.37 million651960–2024
73Luxembourg677,012.002024677,012.00651960–2024
74Iceland386,506.002024386,506.00651960–2024
Comparable ranking methodology

The ranking uses a single common year rather than mixing each country’s latest observation. GM Economy selects the most recent year with data for at least 75% of countries covered by this indicator; if no year reaches that threshold, the year with the broadest coverage is used. Values are ordered from highest to lowest. This is a descriptive data ranking, not an assessment of whether a higher or lower value is preferable.