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World Population Prospects 2024 - Interim Update
The source-specific country pages use the United Nations Medium series, with estimates through 2023 and projections beginning in 2024.
Publisher and release
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Interim Update released 19 January 2026. Original WPP 2024 release: 11 July 2024.
Coverage
Annual country/area estimates 1950-2023 and Medium projections 2024-2100. The analysis year is explicitly labeled as a projection.
License and attribution
Source material is used under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Tesseron World Observatory processing and analysis are independent and not endorsed by the United Nations.
Interim update treatment
Rev.1 count updates for Togo overlay matching base observations by stable keys. Fertility and mortality rates are not overwritten by count-only patches. Original and update files remain immutable.
Official references: WPP portal · Interim Update release note · Methodology report.