Population by country, 1960 to present
Total midyear population of every country each year since 1960. One row is one country in one year.
Columns
Stable keys — use them in the API, SQL and code
| Key | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | Country | country | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code. |
| country_name | Country name | string | Country name as published by the World Bank. |
| year | Year | year | Calendar year of the observation. |
| value | Population | number · people | Total population: all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship, as a midyear estimate. |
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