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 2009)
• According to the UN, 1.2 billion are 15 to 24 years old (born between 1999 to 2008)
• which places 800 million in the 25 to 31 years bracket (born between 1992 to 1998)
• 3.2 billion are in the 31 to 64 years bracket (born between 1959 to 1992)
• as according to Statista, 10% or 800 million are 65 years and older (born before 1959)

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 the year to September 2023 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. However the surge in students and temporary workers brought the nett immigration figure to 550,000, or running at about five times the natural rate.

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.
*** 145 UN member countries in 2024 recognize the UN observer State of Palestine. Of the 48 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.

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UN Member	Region ▲▼	Country ▲▼	Trans Score ▲▼	Population (millions) ▲▼	Life Expectancy ▲▼	Population cf ▲▼	Life Expectancy cf
	Asia	India	40	1453.000	67.2	1453.000	67.20
	Asia	China China and India based on UN Report Apr 2023	45	1418.000	78.2	2871.000	72.63
	North America	US	69	346.000	77.2	3217.000	73.12
	Asia	Indonesia Java 150million Sumatra 60million Sulawesi 20million Kalimantan 17million 900 other islands 33million	34	284.000	67.6	3501.000	72.68
	Asia	Pakistan	27	252.000	66.1	3753.000	72.23
	Africa	Nigeria	24	233.000	52.7	3986.000	71.09
	South America	Brazil	38	212.000	72.8	4198.000	71.18
	Asia	Bangladesh	25	174.000	72.4	4372.000	71.23
	East Europe	Russia	28	144.000	69.4	4516.000	71.17
	Africa	Ethiopia (previously known as Abyssinia)	38	133.000	65.0	4649.000	70.99
	Central America	Mexico	31	131.000	70.2	4780.000	70.97
	Asia	Japan	73	123.000	84.8	4903.000	71.32
	Africa	Egypt	30	117.000	70.2	5020.000	71.29
	Asia	Philippines	33	116.000	69.3	5136.000	71.25
	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo (previously Zaire)	20	110.000	59.2	5246.000	70.99
	Asia	Vietnam	42	101.000	73.6	5347.000	71.04
	Asia	Iran (previously known as Persia)	25	92.000	73.9	5439.000	71.09
	Asia	Turkey	36	88.000	76.0	5527.000	71.17
	Europe	Germany	79	84.000	80.6	5611.000	71.31
	Asia	Thailand	36	71.600	78.7	5682.600	71.40
	Europe	UK	73	69.000	80.7	5751.600	71.52
	Africa	Tanzania	38	68.600	66.2	5820.200	71.45
	Europe	France	72	66.500	82.5	5886.700	71.58
	Africa	South Africa	43	64.000	62.3	5950.700	71.48
	Europe	Italy	56	59.300	82.9	6010.000	71.59
	Africa	Kenya	32	56.400	61.4	6066.400	71.50
	Asia	Myanmar (previously known as Burma)	23	54.500	65.7	6120.900	71.44
	South America	Colombia	39	53.000	72.8	6173.900	71.46
	Asia	South Korea	63	51.700	83.7	6225.600	71.56
	Africa	Sudan	22	50.400	65.3	6276.000	71.51
	Africa	Uganda	26	50.000	62.7	6326.000	71.44
	Europe	Spain	60	48.000	83.0	6374.000	71.52
	Africa	Algeria	33	47.000	76.4	6421.000	71.56
	Asia	Iraq	23	46.000	70.4	6467.000	71.55
	South America	Argentina	38	45.700	75.4	6512.700	71.58
	Asia	Afghanistan	24	42.600	62.0	6555.300	71.52
	Asia	Yemen	16	40.600	63.8	6595.900	71.47
	North America	Canada	74	39.700	82.7	6635.600	71.54
	East Europe	Poland	55	38.500	76.5	6674.100	71.57
	Africa	Morocco	38	38.000	74.0	6712.100	71.58
	East Europe	Ukraine	33	38.000	71.6	6750.100	71.58
	Africa	Angola	33	38.000	61.6	6788.100	71.52
	Asia	Uzbekistan	31	36.400	70.9	6824.500	71.52
	Asia	Malaysia	47	35.600	74.9	6860.100	71.54
	Africa	Mozambique	26	34.600	59.3	6894.700	71.48
	Africa	Ghana	43	34.400	63.8	6929.100	71.44
	South America	Peru	36	34.200	72.4	6963.300	71.44
	Asia	Saudi Arabia	51	34.000	76.9	6997.300	71.47
	Africa	Madagascar	26	32.000	64.5	7029.300	71.44
	Africa	Cote d-Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	37	32.000	58.6	7061.300	71.38
	Asia	Nepal	34	29.600	68.4	7090.900	71.37
	Africa	Cameroon	26	29.100	60.3	7120.000	71.32
	South America	Venezuela	14	28.400	70.6	7148.400	71.32
	Africa	Niger	32	27.000	61.6	7175.400	71.28
	Oceania	Australia	75	26.700	84.5	7202.100	71.33
	Asia	North Korea	17	26.500	73.3	7228.600	71.34
	Asia	Syria	13	24.700	72.1	7253.300	71.34
	Africa	Mali	28	24.500	58.9	7277.800	71.30
	Africa	Burkina Faso	42	23.500	59.3	7301.300	71.26
-	Asia	Taiwan (Claimed by China, but has a rival administration that claims all of China as its territory)	68	23.200	81.0	7324.500	71.29
	Asia	Sri Lanka	36	23.100	76.4	7347.600	71.31
	Africa	Malawi	34	21.700	62.9	7369.300	71.28
	Africa	Zambia	33	21.300	61.2	7390.600	71.25
	Asia	Kazakhstan	36	20.600	69.4	7411.200	71.25
	Africa	Chad	19	20.300	52.5	7431.500	71.20
	South America	Chile	67	19.800	78.9	7451.300	71.22
	East Europe	Romania	46	19.000	74.2	7470.300	71.23
	Africa	Somalia	12	19.000	55.3	7489.300	71.19
	Africa	Senegal	43	18.500	67.1	7507.800	71.17
	Central America	Guatemala	24	18.400	69.2	7526.200	71.17
	Europe	Netherlands	80	18.200	81.7	7544.400	71.20
	South America	Ecuador	36	18.100	73.7	7562.500	71.20
	Asia	Cambodia	24	17.600	69.6	7580.100	71.20
	Africa	Zimbabwe	23	16.600	59.3	7596.700	71.17
	Africa	Guinea	25	14.700	58.9	7611.400	71.15
	Africa	Benin	43	14.500	59.8	7625.900	71.13
	Africa	Rwanda	51	14.200	66.1	7640.100	71.12
	Africa	Burundi	17	14.000	61.7	7654.100	71.10
	South America	Bolivia	31	12.400	63.6	7666.500	71.09
	Africa	Tunisia	40	12.300	73.8	7678.800	71.09
	Africa	South Sudan	13	12.000	55.0	7690.800	71.07
	Central America	Haiti	17	11.800	63.2	7702.600	71.06
	Europe	Belgium	73	11.700	81.9	7714.300	71.07
	Asia	Jordan	47	11.500	74.3	7725.800	71.08
	Central America	Dominican Republic	32	11.400	72.6	7737.200	71.08
	Central America	Cuba	45	11.000	73.7	7748.200	71.08
	Central America	Honduras	23	10.800	70.1	7759.000	71.08
	East Europe	Czechia	56	10.700	77.7	7769.700	71.09
	Europe	Sweden	83	10.600	83.0	7780.300	71.11
	Oceania	Papua New Guinea	30	10.600	65.4	7790.900	71.10
	Asia	Tajikistan	24	10.600	71.6	7801.500	71.10
	Europe	Portugal	62	10.400	81.0	7811.900	71.11
	Asia	Azerbaijan	23	10.300	69.4	7822.200	71.11
	Europe	Greece	52	10.000	80.1	7832.200	71.12
	East Europe	Hungary	42	9.700	74.5	7841.900	71.13
	Asia	United Arab Emirates	67	9.500	78.7	7851.400	71.13
	Africa	Togo	30	9.500	61.6	7860.900	71.12
	Asia	Israel	63	9.400	82.3	7870.300	71.14
	Europe	Austria	71	9.100	81.6	7879.400	71.15
	East Europe	Belarus	39	9.000	72.4	7888.400	71.15
	Europe	Switzerland	82	9.000	84.0	7897.400	71.16
	Africa	Sierra Leone	34	8.600	60.1	7906.000	71.15
	Asia	Laos	31	7.700	68.1	7913.700	71.15
	Asia	Turkmenistan	19	7.500	69.3	7921.200	71.15
-	Asia	China Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region of China)	76	7.400	85.5	7928.600	71.16
	Africa	Libya	17	7.400	71.9	7936.000	71.16
	Asia	Kyrgyzstan	27	7.200	70.0	7943.200	71.16
	Central America	Nicaragua	19	6.900	73.8	7950.100	71.16
	South America	Paraguay	28	6.900	70.3	7957.000	71.16
	Europe	Serbia	36	6.700	74.2	7963.700	71.17
	East Europe	Bulgaria	43	6.700	71.8	7970.400	71.17
	Central America	El Salvador	33	6.300	70.7	7976.700	71.17
	Africa	Congo (Republic)	21	6.300	63.5	7983.000	71.16
	Europe	Denmark	90	6.000	81.4	7989.000	71.17
	Asia	Singapore	83	5.800	82.8	7994.800	71.18
	Asia	Lebanon	24	5.800	75.0	8000.600	71.18
	Europe	Finland	87	5.600	82.0	8006.200	71.19
	Europe	Norway	84	5.600	83.2	8011.800	71.19
	Africa	Liberia	26	5.600	60.7	8017.400	71.19
	East Europe	Slovakia	53	5.500	74.9	8022.900	71.19
	Africa	Central African Republic	24	5.380	53.9	8028.280	71.18
	Asia	Oman	44	5.300	72.5	8033.580	71.18
	Oceania	New Zealand	87	5.200	82.5	8038.780	71.19
	Europe	Ireland	77	5.200	82.0	8043.980	71.19
	Central America	Costa Rica	54	5.120	77.0	8049.100	71.20
	Africa	Mauritania	30	5.100	64.4	8054.200	71.19
	Asia	Kuwait	42	4.900	78.7	8059.100	71.20
	Central America	Panama	36	4.500	76.2	8063.600	71.20
	Europe	Croatia	50	3.900	77.6	8067.500	71.20
	Asia	Georgia	56	3.800	71.7	8071.300	71.20
	Africa	Eritrea	22	3.500	66.5	8074.800	71.20
	Asia	Mongolia	33	3.500	71.0	8078.300	71.20
-	Asia	State of Palestine (West Bank)		3.500	73.5	8081.800	71.20
	South America	Uruguay	74	3.400	75.4	8085.200	71.20
-	Central America	Puerto Rico (US Territory)		3.200	80.2	8088.400	71.21
	Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	34	3.200	75.3	8091.600	71.21
	East Europe	Moldova	39	3.000	68.8	8094.600	71.21
	Asia	Armenia	46	3.000	72.0	8097.600	71.21
	Asia	Qatar	58	3.000	79.3	8100.600	71.21
	Africa	Namibia	49	3.000	59.3	8103.600	71.21
	Europe	Albania	36	2.800	76.5	8106.400	71.21
	Central America	Jamaica	44	2.800	70.5	8109.200	71.21
	Africa	Gambia	34	2.800	62.1	8112.000	71.21
	Europe	Lithuania	62	2.800	73.7	8114.800	71.21
	Africa	Botswana	60	2.500	61.1	8117.300	71.20
	Africa	Gabon	29	2.500	65.8	8119.800	71.20
	Africa	Lesotho	37	2.300	53.1	8122.100	71.20
	Africa	Guinea-Bissau	21	2.200	59.7	8124.300	71.19
	Europe	Slovenia	56	2.100	80.7	8126.400	71.20
-	Asia	State of Palestine (Gaza Strip)		2.000	73.5	8128.400	71.20
	Africa	Equatorial Guinea	17	1.900	60.6	8130.300	71.19
	Europe	Latvia	59	1.870	73.6	8132.170	71.19
	Europe	Macedonia North	40	1.820	73.8	8133.990	71.19
-	Europe	Kosovo (technically an autonomous region inside Serbia who considers it the nation's historic homeland)	41	1.800	76.8	8135.790	71.20
	Asia	Bahrain	44	1.600	78.8	8137.390	71.20
	Central America	Trinidad and Tobago	42	1.500	73.0	8138.890	71.20
	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	1.400	67.7	8140.290	71.20
	Europe	Estonia	74	1.360	77.1	8141.650	71.20
	Europe	Cyprus	52	1.360	81.2	8143.010	71.20
	Africa	Mauritius	50	1.270	73.6	8144.280	71.20
	Africa	Swaziland (Eswatini)	30	1.240	57.1	8145.520	71.20
	Africa	Djibouti	30	1.170	62.3	8146.690	71.20
	Oceania	Fiji	53	0.930	67.1	8147.620	71.20
-	Africa	Reunion (Region under France)		0.880	81.6	8148.500	71.20
	Africa	Comoros	19	0.870	63.4	8149.370	71.20
	South America	Guyana	40	0.830	65.7	8150.200	71.20
	Oceania	Solomon Islands	42	0.820	70.3	8151.020	71.20
	Asia	Bhutan	68	0.790	71.8	8151.810	71.20
-	Asia	China Macao SAR (Special Administrative Region of China)		0.720	85.4	8152.530	71.20
	Europe	Luxembourg	77	0.670	82.6	8153.200	71.20
	Europe	Montenegro	45	0.640	76.3	8153.840	71.20
	South America	Suriname	40	0.630	70.3	8154.470	71.20
-	Africa	Western Sahara (technically administered by Morocco, previously Spanish Sahara until 1975)		0.590	70.8	8155.060	71.20
	Europe	Malta	51	0.540	83.8	8155.600	71.20
	Oceania	Micronesia Federated States		0.530	70.7	8156.130	71.20
	Asia	Maldives	40	0.530	79.9	8156.660	71.20
	Africa	Cabo Verde	60	0.520	74.1	8157.180	71.20
	Asia	Brunei Darussalam * not rated in 2021, 2022	60 *	0.460	74.6	8157.640	71.20
	Central America	Belize		0.410	70.5	8158.050	71.20
	Central America	Bahamas	64	0.400	71.6	8158.450	71.20
	Europe	Iceland	74	0.390	82.7	8158.840	71.20
-	Central America	Guadeloupe (Region under France)		0.380	80.5	8159.220	71.20
-	Central America	Martinique (Region under France)		0.340	80.7	8159.560	71.20
-	Africa	Mayotte (Region under France)		0.330	74.2	8159.890	71.20
	Oceania	Vanuatu	48	0.330	70.4	8160.220	71.20
-	South America	French Guiana (Region under France)		0.310	74.9	8160.530	71.20
-	Oceania	New Caledonia (French Territory)		0.290	79.0	8160.820	71.20
-	Oceania	French Polynesia (French Territory) includes Tahiti		0.280	79.5	8161.100	71.20
	Central America	Barbados	65	0.280	77.6	8161.380	71.20
	Africa	Sao Tome and Principe	45	0.230	67.6	8161.610	71.20
	Oceania	Samoa		0.220	72.8	8161.830	71.20
-	Central America	Curacao (Dutch autonomous region) pronounced Kew-ra-sow		0.190	75.4	8162.020	71.20
	Central America	Saint Lucia	55	0.180	71.1	8162.200	71.20
-	Oceania	Guam (US Territory)		0.170	76.7	8162.370	71.20
	Oceania	Kiribati		0.130	67.4	8162.500	71.20
	Africa	Seychelles	70	0.130	71.3	8162.630	71.20
	Central America	Grenada	52	0.120	74.9	8162.750	71.20
-	Central America	Aruba (Dutch autonomous region)		0.110	74.6	8162.860	71.20
	Central America	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	60	0.100	69.6	8162.960	71.20
	Oceania	Tonga		0.100	71.0	8163.060	71.20
	Central America	Antigua and Barbuda		0.094	78.5	8163.154	71.20
-	Central America	United States Virgin Islands (US Territory)		0.085	74.7	8163.239	71.20
-	Europe	Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)		0.084	80.5	8163.323	71.20
	Europe	Andorra (landlocked in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain)		0.082	80.4	8163.405	71.20
-	Central America	Cayman Islands (UK Territory)		0.074	75.1	8163.479	71.20
	Central America	Dominica	55	0.066	72.8	8163.545	71.20
-	North America	Bermuda (UK Territory)		0.065	79.3	8163.610	71.20
-	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	8163.665	71.20
-	Europe	Faeroe Islands (Denmark self-governing territory)		0.055	79.3	8163.720	71.20
	Central America	Saint Kitts and Nevis		0.047	71.7	8163.767	71.20
-	Central America	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK Territory)		0.046	74.6	8163.813	71.20
-	Oceania	American Samoa (US Territory)		0.046	72.5	8163.859	71.20
-	Oceania	Northern Mariana Islands (US Territory)		0.044	77.2	8163.903	71.20
-	Central America	Sint Maarten (Dutch autonomous region)		0.043	78.3	8163.946	71.20
	Europe	Liechtenstein		0.040	83.3	8163.986	71.20
-	Europe	Gibraltar (UK Territory)		0.039	79.3	8164.025	71.20
-	Central America	British Virgin Islands (UK Territory)		0.039	74.5	8164.064	71.20
	Europe	Monaco		0.038	85.9	8164.102	71.20
	Oceania	Marshall Islands		0.037	65.3	8164.139	71.20
	Europe	San Marino		0.033	80.9	8164.172	71.20
-	Central America	Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba Islands - Special Dutch municipalities)		0.030	75.1	8164.202	71.20
-	Central America	Saint Martin (French Territory)		0.026	80.4	8164.228	71.20
	Oceania	Palau		0.017	66.0	8164.245	71.20
-	Central America	Anguilla (UK Territory)		0.014	76.6	8164.259	71.20
-	Oceania	Cook Islands (a sovereign state, with New Zealand bearing U.N. responsibility)		0.013	74.8	8164.272	71.20
	Oceania	Nauru		0.012	63.6	8164.284	71.20
-	Central America	Saint Barthelemy (French Territory)		0.011	80.4	8164.295	71.20
-	Oceania	Wallis and Futuna Islands (French Territory)		0.011	78.4	8164.306	71.20
	Oceania	Tuvalu		0.009	64.5	8164.315	71.20
-	North America	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French Territory)		0.005	77.2	8164.320	71.20
-	Africa	Saint Helena (UK Territory)		0.005	76.8	8164.325	71.20
-	Central America	Montserrat (UK Territory)		0.004	75.6	8164.329	71.20
-	South America	Falkland Islands Malvinas (UK Territory)		0.003	78.6	8164.332	71.20
-	Oceania	Niue (a sovereign state, with New Zealand bearing U.N. responsibility)		0.002	70.8	8164.334	71.20
-	Oceania	Tokelau (New Zealand territory)		0.002	75.2	8164.336	71.20
-	Europe	Holy See (Vatican City in Rome, a sovereign observer state)		0.001	82.0	8164.337	71.20

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