Population, total
Use escrito dataset worldbank.wdi.SP.POP.TOTL
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Cite as: World Bank, World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Tier
- OfficialVerified
- Covers
- 1960–now
- Places
- Economies, regions and income groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- not stated
- Units
- not stated
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| country_code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, or the World Bank's code for an aggregate |
| country_name | text | |
| aggregate | boolean | true for a region or income group, false for an economy |
| year | integer | |
| value | number | Population, total |
| obs_status | text | the World Bank's status flag; empty for most observations |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| country | |
| year |