World Population 2024: 8 billion

Sovereign States and Dependencies Sorted by Population Size based on statistics at www.worldometers.info.

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Age Ranges
According to the CIA under its "World" heading, the median age 31 years.

• According to Statista, 25% or 2 billion are less than 15 years old (born after 2008)
• According to the UN, 1.2 billion are 15 to 24 years old (born between 1998 to 2007)
• which places 800 million in the 25 to 31 years bracket (born between 1991 to 1997)
• 3.2 billion are in the 31 to 64 years bracket (born between 1958 to 1991)
• as according to Statista, 10% or 800 million are 65 years and older (born before 1958)

Birth Rates and Death Rates
The average birthrate is estimated at about 4 to 5 babies per second or 367,000 per day (134 million for the year), the average death rate is about 183,500 per day (67 million for the year), leading to a net yearly increase of about 67 million.

In Australia the numbers are a small fraction of this. In 2022/23 the birthrate was 34 babies per hour or 820 per day (300,000 for the year), the death rate was 22 per hour or 520 per day (190,000 for the year), leading to a net natural yearly increase of about 110,000. An O/S students surge meant net migrant intake on top of this was 737,000.

Sorting by Country Name
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Sorting by Life Expectancy
You can also sort on two columns, eg life expectancy within region, by clicking the Life Expectancy column first.
Life Expectancy stats from UN in 2022.

The Life Expectancy column reveals countries, sadly, where it is low, e.g. in Sub-Saharan Africa, where destructive activity from mind-altering drugs and idolatry and so-called "casual" sex i.e. fornication (sleaziness and slackness) has been rampant. In many of these countries the under-age-5 mortality rate is well above the norm, with the cause frequently due to sepsis — a young body's inability to cope with bacterial or viral infection. Rev 2:21-23. However, as that under-age-5 link also indicates, the infant mortality rate in those countries over the past 70 years has greatly improved, praise God for the many workers out there.

UN and IMF Membership
With regards to the IMF (International Monetary Fund), there are 190 members, of which one member (Kosovo) is not a member of the UN, and four non-members of the IMF (Cuba, North Korea, Liechtenstein, and Monaco) are sovereign countries at the UN. With regards to the UN, there are thus 193 sovereign member states numbered below, though the governments of six of them are not recognized by one or more other member states. In alphabetic order, the six countries are Armenia (not diplomatically recognized by Pakistan at present), * China (a number of countries still recognizing the administration in Taiwan in its place, Cyprus (with Turkey recognizing the administration in North Cyprus in its place), ** Israel (with many countries recognizing the administration in the observer *** State of Palestine in its place), North Korea (with France, Japan and South Korea recognizing the government in South Korea in its place), and South Korea (not diplomatically recognized by North Korea at present).
Click here for more info from Wikipedia.

* Beijing was initially recognized as China's capital by the USSR in 1949, India in 1950, France in 1964, Italy in 1970, UK and the UN in 1971, and many countries (including Australia and Japan) in 1972, US in 1979, South Korea (finally) in 1992. In 2024, 11 UN member countries recognize Taiwan at a diplomatic level: 3 small islands in the Pacific Ocean, 4 islands and 2 countries in Central America, Paraguay in South America, Eswatini (Swaziland) in Africa, plus one UN observer country: Vatican City in Rome.
** 28 UN member countries in 2024 refuse to recognize Israel officially (eg at a passport or visa level) and 3 countries (Iran Syria and Lebanon) are engaged in a primary trading boycott of all Israeli business.
*** 139 UN member countries in 2024 recognize the UN observer State of Palestine. Of the 54 UN members who do not recognize the State of Palestine (including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, US, and most of Europe) there is general support for some form of two-state solution to the conflict.

Trans Score is based on Transparency International index rating in 2022. Not all countries received a rating. The index surveys about a dozen organizations including the World Bank and Freedom House in the US, the World Economic Forum and IIMD in Switzerland, the Economist in the UK, plus others, with countries needing to be on at least three lists to receive an overall rating. Only public sector corruption is surveyed (Bribery of officials, Looting of public assets etc), with "Perception" the key word in all surveys.

Legend:

UN Member	Region ▲▼	Country ▲▼	Trans Score ▲▼	Population (millions) ▲▼	Life Expectancy ▲▼	Population cf ▲▼	Life Expectancy cf
	Asia	India	40	1436.000	67.2	1436.000	67.20
	Asia	China China and India based on UN Report Apr 2023	45	1425.000	78.2	2861.000	72.68
	North America	US	69	341.000	77.2	3202.000	73.16
	Asia	Indonesia Java 150million Sumatra 60million Sulawesi 20million Kalimantan 17million 900 other islands 33million	34	278.000	67.6	3480.000	72.72
	Asia	Pakistan	27	243.000	66.1	3723.000	72.28
	Africa	Nigeria	24	226.000	52.7	3949.000	71.16
	South America	Brazil	38	217.000	72.8	4166.000	71.25
	Asia	Bangladesh	25	173.000	72.4	4339.000	71.29
	East Europe	Russia	28	144.000	69.4	4483.000	71.23
	Central America	Mexico	31	129.000	70.2	4612.000	71.20
	Africa	Ethiopia (previously known as Abyssinia)	38	128.000	65.0	4740.000	71.04
	Asia	Japan	73	123.000	84.8	4863.000	71.39
	Asia	Philippines	33	118.000	69.3	4981.000	71.34
	Africa	Egypt	30	113.000	70.2	5094.000	71.31
	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo (previously Zaire)	20	104.000	59.2	5198.000	71.07
	Asia	Vietnam	42	99.000	73.6	5297.000	71.12
	Asia	Iran (previously known as Persia)	25	89.000	73.9	5386.000	71.16
	Asia	Turkey	36	86.000	76.0	5472.000	71.24
	Europe	Germany	79	83.000	80.6	5555.000	71.38
	Asia	Thailand	36	71.800	78.7	5626.800	71.47
	Africa	Tanzania	38	68.500	66.2	5695.300	71.41
	Europe	UK	73	67.800	80.7	5763.100	71.52
	Europe	France	72	64.800	82.5	5827.900	71.64
	Africa	South Africa	43	60.700	62.3	5888.600	71.54
	Europe	Italy	56	58.700	82.9	5947.300	71.66
	Africa	Kenya	32	55.700	61.4	6003.000	71.56
	Asia	Myanmar (previously known as Burma)	23	54.800	65.7	6057.800	71.51
	South America	Colombia	39	52.200	72.8	6110.000	71.52
	Asia	South Korea	63	51.700	83.7	6161.700	71.62
	Africa	Uganda	26	49.300	62.7	6211.000	71.55
	Africa	Sudan	22	48.800	65.3	6259.800	71.50
	Europe	Spain	60	47.500	83.0	6307.300	71.59
	Africa	Algeria	33	46.000	76.4	6353.300	71.62
	Asia	Iraq	23	46.000	70.4	6399.300	71.61
	South America	Argentina	38	45.900	75.4	6445.200	71.64
	Asia	Afghanistan	24	43.300	62.0	6488.500	71.58
	East Europe	Poland	55	40.500	76.5	6529.000	71.61
	North America	Canada	74	38.900	82.7	6567.900	71.67
	Africa	Morocco	38	38.000	74.0	6605.900	71.69
	East Europe	Ukraine	33	37.400	71.6	6643.300	71.69
	Asia	Saudi Arabia	51	37.200	76.9	6680.500	71.71
	Africa	Angola	33	37.200	61.6	6717.700	71.66
	Asia	Uzbekistan	31	35.400	70.9	6753.100	71.65
	Asia	Yemen	16	34.800	63.8	6787.900	71.61
	South America	Peru	36	34.500	72.4	6822.400	71.62
	Asia	Malaysia	47	34.500	74.9	6856.900	71.63
	Africa	Ghana	43	34.500	63.8	6891.400	71.60
	Africa	Mozambique	26	34.400	59.3	6925.800	71.53
	Asia	Nepal	34	31.000	68.4	6956.800	71.52
	Africa	Madagascar	26	30.700	64.5	6987.500	71.49
	Africa	Cote d-Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	37	29.200	58.6	7016.700	71.44
	South America	Venezuela	14	29.100	70.6	7045.800	71.43
	Africa	Cameroon	26	29.000	60.3	7074.800	71.39
	Africa	Niger	32	27.700	61.6	7102.500	71.35
	Oceania	Australia	75	27.000	84.5	7129.500	71.40
	Asia	North Korea	17	26.200	73.3	7155.700	71.41
-	Asia	Taiwan (Claimed by China, but has a rival administration that claims all of China as its territory)	68	23.900	81.0	7179.600	71.44
	Asia	Syria	13	23.700	72.1	7203.300	71.44
	Africa	Mali	28	23.600	58.9	7226.900	71.40
	Africa	Burkina Faso	42	23.500	59.3	7250.400	71.36
	Asia	Sri Lanka	36	21.900	76.4	7272.300	71.37
	Africa	Malawi	34	21.200	62.9	7293.500	71.35
	Africa	Zambia	33	20.800	61.2	7314.300	71.32
	East Europe	Romania	46	19.700	74.2	7334.000	71.33
	Asia	Kazakhstan	36	19.700	69.4	7353.700	71.32
	South America	Chile	67	19.600	78.9	7373.300	71.34
	Africa	Chad	19	18.500	52.5	7391.800	71.30
	Africa	Somalia	12	18.400	55.3	7410.200	71.26
	South America	Ecuador	36	18.200	73.7	7428.400	71.26
	Central America	Guatemala	24	18.200	69.2	7446.600	71.26
	Africa	Senegal	43	18.000	67.1	7464.600	71.25
	Europe	Netherlands	80	17.600	81.7	7482.200	71.27
	Asia	Cambodia	24	17.000	69.6	7499.200	71.27
	Africa	Zimbabwe	23	16.800	59.3	7516.000	71.24
	Africa	Guinea	25	14.300	58.9	7530.300	71.22
	Africa	Rwanda	51	14.200	66.1	7544.500	71.21
	Africa	Benin	43	13.900	59.8	7558.400	71.19
	Africa	Burundi	17	13.400	61.7	7571.800	71.17
	Africa	Tunisia	40	12.500	73.8	7584.300	71.18
	South America	Bolivia	31	12.400	63.6	7596.700	71.16
	Central America	Haiti	17	11.800	63.2	7608.500	71.15
	Europe	Belgium	73	11.700	81.9	7620.200	71.17
	Central America	Dominican Republic	32	11.300	72.6	7631.500	71.17
	Asia	Jordan	47	11.300	74.3	7642.800	71.17
	Central America	Cuba	45	11.100	73.7	7653.900	71.18
	Africa	South Sudan	13	11.100	55.0	7665.000	71.15
	Europe	Sweden	83	10.600	83.0	7675.600	71.17
	Central America	Honduras	23	10.600	70.1	7686.200	71.17
	East Europe	Czechia	56	10.500	77.7	7696.700	71.18
	Asia	Azerbaijan	23	10.400	69.4	7707.100	71.18
	Oceania	Papua New Guinea	30	10.400	65.4	7717.500	71.17
	Europe	Greece	52	10.300	80.1	7727.800	71.18
	Europe	Portugal	62	10.200	81.0	7738.000	71.19
	Asia	Tajikistan	24	10.200	71.6	7748.200	71.19
	East Europe	Hungary	42	10.000	74.5	7758.200	71.20
	Asia	United Arab Emirates	67	9.500	78.7	7767.700	71.21
	East Europe	Belarus	39	9.400	72.4	7777.100	71.21
	Asia	Israel	63	9.200	82.3	7786.300	71.22
	Africa	Togo	30	9.100	61.6	7795.400	71.21
	Europe	Austria	71	8.900	81.6	7804.300	71.22
	Europe	Switzerland	82	8.800	84.0	7813.100	71.24
	Africa	Sierra Leone	34	8.800	60.1	7821.900	71.22
	Asia	Laos	31	7.600	68.1	7829.500	71.22
-	Asia	China Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region of China)	76	7.500	85.5	7837.000	71.23
	Europe	Serbia	36	7.100	74.2	7844.100	71.24
	Central America	Nicaragua	19	7.100	73.8	7851.200	71.24
	South America	Paraguay	28	6.900	70.3	7858.100	71.24
	Africa	Libya	17	6.900	71.9	7865.000	71.24
	Asia	Kyrgyzstan	27	6.700	70.0	7871.700	71.24
	East Europe	Bulgaria	43	6.600	71.8	7878.300	71.24
	Asia	Turkmenistan	19	6.500	69.3	7884.800	71.24
	Central America	El Salvador	33	6.300	70.7	7891.100	71.24
	Africa	Congo (Republic)	21	6.100	63.5	7897.200	71.23
	Asia	Singapore	83	6.000	82.8	7903.200	71.24
	Europe	Denmark	90	5.900	81.4	7909.100	71.25
	Africa	Central African Republic	24	5.800	53.9	7914.900	71.23
	East Europe	Slovakia	53	5.700	74.9	7920.600	71.24
	Europe	Finland	87	5.500	82.0	7926.100	71.24
	Europe	Norway	84	5.500	83.2	7931.600	71.25
	Africa	Liberia	26	5.400	60.7	7937.000	71.24
	Asia	Lebanon	24	5.200	75.0	7942.200	71.25
	Central America	Costa Rica	54	5.200	77.0	7947.400	71.25
	Oceania	New Zealand	87	5.200	82.5	7952.600	71.26
	Europe	Ireland	77	5.000	82.0	7957.600	71.27
	Africa	Mauritania	30	4.900	64.4	7962.500	71.26
	Asia	Oman	44	4.600	72.5	7967.100	71.26
	Central America	Panama	36	4.500	76.2	7971.600	71.26
	Asia	Kuwait	42	4.300	78.7	7975.900	71.27
	Europe	Croatia	50	4.000	77.6	7979.900	71.27
	Africa	Eritrea	22	3.700	66.5	7983.600	71.27
	Asia	Georgia	56	3.700	71.7	7987.300	71.27
	South America	Uruguay	74	3.400	75.4	7990.700	71.27
	Asia	Mongolia	33	3.400	71.0	7994.100	71.27
-	Asia	State of Palestine (West Bank)		3.400	73.5	7997.500	71.27
	East Europe	Moldova	39	3.300	68.8	8000.800	71.27
-	Central America	Puerto Rico (US Territory)		3.200	80.2	8004.000	71.27
	Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	34	3.200	75.3	8007.200	71.28
	Europe	Albania	36	2.800	76.5	8010.000	71.28
	Central America	Jamaica	44	2.800	70.5	8012.800	71.28
	Africa	Gambia	34	2.800	62.1	8015.600	71.27
	Asia	Armenia	46	2.700	72.0	8018.300	71.28
	Asia	Qatar	58	2.700	79.3	8021.000	71.28
	Europe	Lithuania	62	2.700	73.7	8023.700	71.28
	Africa	Botswana	60	2.700	61.1	8026.400	71.28
	Africa	Namibia	49	2.600	59.3	8029.000	71.27
	Africa	Gabon	29	2.400	65.8	8031.400	71.27
	Africa	Lesotho	37	2.300	53.1	8033.700	71.26
	Africa	Guinea-Bissau	21	2.100	59.7	8035.800	71.26
	Europe	Slovenia	56	2.100	80.7	8037.900	71.26
	Europe	Macedonia North	40	2.000	73.8	8039.900	71.26
-	Asia	State of Palestine (Gaza Strip)		2.000	73.5	8041.900	71.27
	Europe	Latvia	59	1.800	73.6	8043.700	71.27
-	Europe	Kosovo (technically an autonomous region inside Serbia)	41	1.800	76.8	8045.500	71.27
	Africa	Equatorial Guinea	17	1.700	60.6	8047.200	71.26
	Asia	Bahrain	44	1.500	78.8	8048.700	71.27
	Central America	Trinidad and Tobago	42	1.500	73.0	8050.200	71.27
	Asia	Timor-Leste as a nation occupies mountainous eastern half of island. Official languages are Portuguese and Tetum, with numerous tribal languages outside Dili, the capital. Click here for a recent news article	42	1.300	67.7	8051.500	71.27
	Europe	Estonia	74	1.300	77.1	8052.800	71.27
	Africa	Mauritius	50	1.300	73.6	8054.100	71.27
	Europe	Cyprus	52	1.260	81.2	8055.360	71.27
	Africa	Swaziland (Eswatini)	30	1.210	57.1	8056.570	71.27
	Africa	Djibouti	30	1.140	62.3	8057.710	71.27
-	Africa	Reunion (Region under France)		0.980	81.6	8058.690	71.27
	Oceania	Fiji	53	0.940	67.1	8059.630	71.27
	Africa	Comoros	19	0.860	63.4	8060.490	71.27
	South America	Guyana	40	0.810	65.7	8061.300	71.26
	Asia	Bhutan	68	0.790	71.8	8062.090	71.26
	Oceania	Solomon Islands	42	0.740	70.3	8062.830	71.26
-	Asia	China Macao SAR (Special Administrative Region of China)		0.700	85.4	8063.530	71.27
	Europe	Luxembourg	77	0.650	82.6	8064.180	71.27
	Europe	Montenegro	45	0.620	76.3	8064.800	71.27
	South America	Suriname	40	0.620	70.3	8065.420	71.27
	Africa	Cabo Verde	60	0.600	74.1	8066.020	71.27
-	Africa	Western Sahara (technically administered by Morocco, previously Spanish Sahara until 1975)		0.590	70.8	8066.610	71.27
	Oceania	Micronesia Federated States		0.540	70.7	8067.150	71.27
	Europe	Malta	51	0.530	83.8	8067.680	71.27
	Asia	Maldives	40	0.520	79.9	8068.200	71.27
	Asia	Brunei Darussalam * not rated in 2021, 2022	60 *	0.450	74.6	8068.650	71.27
	Central America	Belize		0.410	70.5	8069.060	71.27
	Central America	Bahamas	64	0.410	71.6	8069.470	71.27
-	Central America	Guadeloupe (Region under France)		0.400	80.5	8069.870	71.27
	Europe	Iceland	74	0.370	82.7	8070.240	71.27
-	Central America	Martinique (Region under France)		0.360	80.7	8070.600	71.27
-	Africa	Mayotte (Region under France)		0.340	74.2	8070.940	71.27
	Oceania	Vanuatu	48	0.330	70.4	8071.270	71.27
-	Oceania	French Polynesia (French Territory) includes Tahiti		0.310	79.5	8071.580	71.27
-	South America	French Guiana (Region under France)		0.310	74.9	8071.890	71.27
-	Oceania	New Caledonia (French Territory)		0.290	79.0	8072.180	71.27
	Central America	Barbados	65	0.280	77.6	8072.460	71.27
	Africa	Sao Tome and Principe	45	0.230	67.6	8072.690	71.27
	Oceania	Samoa		0.220	72.8	8072.910	71.27
-	Central America	Curacao (Dutch autonomous region) pronounced Kew-ra-sow		0.190	75.4	8073.100	71.27
	Central America	Saint Lucia	55	0.180	71.1	8073.280	71.27
-	Oceania	Guam (US Territory)		0.170	76.7	8073.450	71.27
	Oceania	Kiribati		0.130	67.4	8073.580	71.27
	Central America	Grenada	52	0.120	74.9	8073.700	71.27
-	Central America	Aruba (Dutch autonomous region)		0.100	74.6	8073.800	71.27
	Africa	Seychelles	70	0.100	71.3	8073.900	71.27
	Central America	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	60	0.100	69.6	8074.000	71.27
-	Central America	United States Virgin Islands (US Territory)		0.100	74.7	8074.100	71.27
	Oceania	Tonga		0.100	71.0	8074.200	71.27
	Central America	Antigua and Barbuda		0.095	78.5	8074.295	71.27
-	Europe	Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)		0.085	80.5	8074.380	71.27
	Europe	Andorra (landlocked in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain)		0.080	80.4	8074.460	71.27
-	Central America	Cayman Islands (UK Territory)		0.070	75.1	8074.530	71.27
	Central America	Dominica	55	0.070	72.8	8074.600	71.27
-	North America	Bermuda (UK Territory)		0.065	79.3	8074.665	71.27
-	North America	Greenland (technically part of Denmark since 1814, self rule since 2009. Island mass is mostly inside the Arctic Circle)		0.055	72.4	8074.720	71.27
-	Europe	Faeroe Islands (Denmark self-governing territory)		0.050	79.3	8074.770	71.27
	Central America	Saint Kitts and Nevis		0.050	71.7	8074.820	71.27
-	Oceania	Northern Mariana Islands (US Territory)		0.050	77.2	8074.870	71.27
-	Central America	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK Territory)		0.045	74.6	8074.915	71.27
-	Oceania	American Samoa (US Territory)		0.045	72.5	8074.960	71.27
-	Central America	Sint Maarten (Dutch autonomous region)		0.045	78.3	8075.005	71.27
	Oceania	Marshall Islands		0.040	65.3	8075.045	71.27
	Europe	Liechtenstein		0.040	83.3	8075.085	71.27
	Europe	Monaco		0.035	85.9	8075.120	71.27
	Europe	San Marino		0.035	80.9	8075.155	71.27
-	Central America	Saint Martin (French Territory)		0.030	80.4	8075.185	71.27
-	Europe	Gibraltar (UK Territory)		0.030	79.3	8075.215	71.27
-	Central America	British Virgin Islands (UK Territory)		0.030	74.5	8075.245	71.27
-	Central America	Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba Islands - Special Dutch municipalities)		0.025	75.1	8075.270	71.27
-	Oceania	Cook Islands (a sovereign state, with New Zealand bearing U.N. responsibility)		0.020	74.8	8075.290	71.27
	Oceania	Palau		0.020	66.0	8075.310	71.27
-	Central America	Anguilla (UK Territory)		0.015	76.6	8075.325	71.27
-	Central America	Saint Barthelemy (French Territory)		0.010	80.4	8075.335	71.27
	Oceania	Nauru		0.010	63.6	8075.345	71.27
	Oceania	Tuvalu		0.010	64.5	8075.355	71.27
-	Oceania	Wallis and Futuna Islands (French Territory)		0.010	78.4	8075.365	71.27
-	North America	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French Territory)		0.006	77.2	8075.371	71.27
-	Africa	Saint Helena (UK Territory)		0.005	76.8	8075.376	71.27
-	Central America	Montserrat (UK Territory)		0.004	75.6	8075.380	71.27
-	South America	Falkland Islands Malvinas (UK Territory)		0.003	78.6	8075.383	71.27
-	Oceania	Niue (a sovereign state, with New Zealand bearing U.N. responsibility)		0.002	70.8	8075.385	71.27
-	Oceania	Tokelau (New Zealand territory)		0.002	75.2	8075.387	71.27
-	Europe	Holy See (Vatican City in Rome, a sovereign observer state)		0.001	82.0	8075.388	71.27

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