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Ethiopia has passed Mexico in population Togo has over 9 mil and Comoros has just reached 1 mil 2.28.107.151 (talk) 07:54, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This list reflects figures from official sources, i.e. the national statistics office of each country, or similar. There is another list which reflects figures from the UN: List of countries by population (United Nations). Wizmut (talk) 08:46, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That list does not have Ethiopia above Mexico either 2A00:23C6:FB22:601:69DE:D557:784:6B52 (talk) 10:49, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Or does it have Comoros with over 1 mil tho they get Togo correct 2A00:23C6:FB22:601:69DE:D557:784:6B52 (talk) 10:53, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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add the population of: sark 2022 census 562 herm 2002 census 60 alderny 2021 census 2,141to the list Alderney#[[1]]Herm#Tenants Archieb930 (talk) 22:00, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also think Sark should be added and this was discussed here: Talk:List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population/Archive_12#Sark.

Since then, Sark has been a Regional indicator symbol (🇨🇶) (see also this BBC article). On the other hand, Herm is not a distinct jurisdiction and although Alderney has a parliament it does not have an ISO code. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 19:19, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. That discussion was only attended by two people. This probably satisfies the requirement for the requests for comment to be previously discussed, but I'm not ready to implement this request just yet because that discussion showed that there are likely differences that need ironing out. But it may be fair to say that both Sark and Alderney should be discussed if we are at it. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 15:37, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

World Population Estimate

This article includes two estimates of the world population (in the introduction and at the very top of the table). These two estimates are being regularly updated by an editor from unknown sources (i.e. not the United Nations sources that are cited, as far as I can find).

While I think that these edits are being made in good faith, I think we should revert these numbers to those provided in the cited sources, or follow the lead of "World population" and not include an exact number at all (to discourage editors from attempting to unnecessarily "update" it). Martey (talk) 07:44, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dates in the future?

The dates listed for the Philippines and Guinea estimates are July 1st. However, as of me making this post, it is still June. I'm not sure if they meant to put "Jun" instead of "Jul" or if there's a future estimate date planned, but I don't wanna just go in and change it in case it's supposed to be like that NoOneFliesAroundTheSun (talk) 04:45, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]