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WORLD STATISTICS

Topic

Population

Size, growth, fertility, mortality and urbanization of the world population.

World — latest available

Global aggregates as published by each source.

Population — world trend

people. UN DESA World Population Prospects.

Highest values

Countries, most recent year available.

  1. 1India1.46 billion2025
  2. 2China1.41 billion2025
  3. 3United States341.78 million2025
  4. 4Indonesia285.72 million2025
  5. 5Pakistan255.22 million2025
  6. 6Nigeria237.53 million2025
  7. 7Brazil212.81 million2025
  8. 8Bangladesh175.69 million2025
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All indicators in this topic

IndicatorUnitOriginal producerCode
Population, totalpeopleUN DESA World Population ProspectsSP.POP.TOTL
Population growth (annual %)percent per yearUN DESA World Population ProspectsSP.POP.GROW
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)births per 1,000 peopleUN DESA World Population ProspectsSP.DYN.CBRT.IN
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)deaths per 1,000 peopleUN DESA World Population ProspectsSP.DYN.CDRT.IN
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)births per womanUN DESA World Population ProspectsSP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Urban population (% of total population)percent of populationUN DESA World Urbanization ProspectsSP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Population ages 65 and above (% of total)percent of populationUN DESA World Population ProspectsSP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS