In the Nmap Network Scanning book, chapter 15 , section Port Specification and Scan Order , to quote “By default, Nmap scans the most common 1,000 ports for each protocol.” [1]

However, the documentation did not mention the list of 1000 ports.

So, how to identify and show those 1000 ports ?

--top-ports n: the n highest-ratio ports found in nmap-services. n must be 1 or greater
-v: verbose level, to print the 
-oG: grepable output
- : output to stdout

$ nmap --top-ports 1000 -v -oG - localhost

Note: refer to /usr/share/nmap/nmap-services file for the service name and protocol.

So put all together, and process the output in ascending order:

$ nmap --top-ports 1000 localhost -v -oG - | grep 'Ports scanned' | cut -d" " -f4 | tr ',;' '\n' 

The 1000 ports:

TCP(1000
1
3-4
6-7
9
13
17
19-26
30
32-33
37
42-43
49
53
70
79-85
88-90
99-100
106
109-111
113
119
125
135
139
143-144
146
161
163
179
199
211-212
222
254-256
259
264
280
301
306
311
340
366
389
406-407
416-417
425
427
443-445
458
464-465
481
497
500
512-515
524
541
543-545
548
554-555
563
587
593
616-617
625
631
636
646
648
666-668
683
687
691
700
705
711
714
720
722
726
749
765
777
783
787
800-801
808
843
873
880
888
898
900-903
911-912
981
987
990
992-993
995
999-1002
1007
1009-1011
1021-1100
1102
1104-1108
1110-1114
1117
1119
1121-1124
1126
1130-1132
1137-1138
1141
1145
1147-1149
1151-1152
1154
1163-1166
1169
1174-1175
1183
1185-1187
1192
1198-1199
1201
1213
1216-1218
1233-1234
1236
1244
1247-1248
1259
1271-1272
1277
1287
1296
1300-1301
1309-1311
1322
1328
1334
1352
1417
1433-1434
1443
1455
1461
1494
1500-1501
1503
1521
1524
1533
1556
1580
1583
1594
1600
1641
1658
1666
1687-1688
1700
1717-1721
1723
1755
1761
1782-1783
1801
1805
1812
1839-1840
1862-1864
1875
1900
1914
1935
1947
1971-1972
1974
1984
1998-2010
2013
2020-2022
2030
2033-2035
2038
2040-2043
2045-2049
2065
2068
2099-2100
2103
2105-2107
2111
2119
2121
2126
2135
2144
2160-2161
2170
2179
2190-2191
2196
2200
2222
2251
2260
2288
2301
2323
2366
2381-2383
2393-2394
2399
2401
2492
2500
2522
2525
2557
2601-2602
2604-2605
2607-2608
2638
2701-2702
2710
2717-2718
2725
2800
2809
2811
2869
2875
2909-2910
2920
2967-2968
2998
3000-3001
3003
3005-3007
3011
3013
3017
3030-3031
3052
3071
3077
3128
3168
3211
3221
3260-3261
3268-3269
3283
3300-3301
3306
3322-3325
3333
3351
3367
3369-3372
3389-3390
3404
3476
3493
3517
3527
3546
3551
3580
3659
3689-3690
3703
3737
3766
3784
3800-3801
3809
3814
3826-3828
3851
3869
3871
3878
3880
3889
3905
3914
3918
3920
3945
3971
3986
3995
3998
4000-4006
4045
4111
4125-4126
4129
4224
4242
4279
4321
4343
4443-4446
4449
4550
4567
4662
4848
4899-4900
4998
5000-5004
5009
5030
5033
5050-5051
5054
5060-5061
5080
5087
5100-5102
5120
5190
5200
5214
5221-5222
5225-5226
5269
5280
5298
5357
5405
5414
5431-5432
5440
5500
5510
5544
5550
5555
5560
5566
5631
5633
5666
5678-5679
5718
5730
5800-5802
5810-5811
5815
5822
5825
5850
5859
5862
5877
5900-5904
5906-5907
5910-5911
5915
5922
5925
5950
5952
5959-5963
5987-5989
5998-6007
6009
6025
6059
6100-6101
6106
6112
6123
6129
6156
6346
6389
6502
6510
6543
6547
6565-6567
6580
6646
6666-6669
6689
6692
6699
6779
6788-6789
6792
6839
6881
6901
6969
7000-7002
7004
7007
7019
7025
7070
7100
7103
7106
7200-7201
7402
7435
7443
7496
7512
7625
7627
7676
7741
7777-7778
7800
7911
7920-7921
7937-7938
7999-8002
8007-8011
8021-8022
8031
8042
8045
8080-8090
8093
8099-8100
8180-8181
8192-8194
8200
8222
8254
8290-8292
8300
8333
8383
8400
8402
8443
8500
8600
8649
8651-8652
8654
8701
8800
8873
8888
8899
8994
9000-9003
9009-9011
9040
9050
9071
9080-9081
9090-9091
9099-9103
9110-9111
9200
9207
9220
9290
9415
9418
9485
9500
9502-9503
9535
9575
9593-9595
9618
9666
9876-9878
9898
9900
9917
9929
9943-9944
9968
9998-10004
10009-10010
10012
10024-10025
10082
10180
10215
10243
10566
10616-10617
10621
10626
10628-10629
10778
11110-11111
11967
12000
12174
12265
12345
13456
13722
13782-13783
14000
14238
14441-14442
15000
15002-15004
15660
15742
16000-16001
16012
16016
16018
16080
16113
16992-16993
17877
17988
18040
18101
18988
19101
19283
19315
19350
19780
19801
19842
20000
20005
20031
20221-20222
20828
21571
22939
23502
24444
24800
25734-25735
26214
27000
27352-27353
27355-27356
27715
28201
30000
30718
30951
31038
31337
32768-32785
33354
33899
34571-34573
35500
38292
40193
40911
41511
42510
44176
44442-44443
44501
45100
48080
49152-49161
49163
49165
49167
49175-49176
49400
49999-50003
50006
50300
50389
50500
50636
50800
51103
51493
52673
52822
52848
52869
54045
54328
55055-55056
55555
55600
56737-56738
57294
57797
58080
60020
60443
61532
61900
62078
63331
64623
64680
65000
65129
65389)

References:

1. https://nmap.org/book/man-port-specification.html