Highest Populated Country In The World 2024

Highest Populated Country In The World 2024. Notably, with its population estimated to touch 142.86 crores, marginally ahead of china, india overtook china as the world’s most populous country, according to the unfpa’s state of the world population report in 2023. Click on the name of the country or dependency for current estimates (live population clock), historical data, and projected figures.

Perhaps surprisingly, the most populous countries in the world, china and india , are far from the most densely populated. To learn more about world population projections, go to notes on the world population clock.