Antalya92,934 people registered for COP31, a record.

Provisional UN lists top Dubai’s COP28, which drew more than 80,000.

UNFCCC lists show more than 14,000 delegates are host country guests, against about 1,000 at COP30.

The US sent no delegation, as at COP30. Israel and Myanmar are also absent.

The UNFCCC publishes final figures, counted from badges collected at the venue, after the summit ends.

How each outlet framed it
Carbon Brief
foregrounds the 14,000+ 'host country guests' versus about 1,000 at COP30, a host-state padding signal that inflates the record

Sources: Carbon Brief