By the year 2034, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 8.9 billion people, continuing the steady growth observed in previous decades. Asia will remain the most populous continent, home to over 5 billion people, with China and India each sustaining populations above 1.4 billion, though India is expected to have surpassed China as the world’s most populous country. Africa’s population will see the fastest growth, likely exceeding 1.6 billion, driven by high birth rates in countries such as Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Europe’s population will continue its gradual decline, falling below 720 million, as aging and low fertility rates persist, particularly in Eastern and Southern Europe. The Americas will host around 1.1 billion people, with the United States, Brazil, and Mexico as the largest contributors. Meanwhile, Oceania’s population will approach 50 million, with Australia and Papua New Guinea as the region’s most populous nations. These demographic shifts will have significant implications for global economics, resource distribution, and migration patterns.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,513,365,229 | 509 |
2 | China | 1,421,469,570 | 152.4 |
3 | United States | 363,003,410 | 39.7 |
4 | Nigeria | 303,320,201 | 333 |
5 | Indonesia | 299,985,789 | 165.6 |
6 | Pakistan | 298,536,762 | 387.3 |
7 | Brazil | 231,271,268 | 27.7 |
8 | Bangladesh | 182,057,309 | 1,398.6 |
9 | Congo Kinshasa | 156,272,751 | 68.9 |
10 | Ethiopia | 148,397,922 | 135.3 |
11 | Mexico | 141,089,541 | 72.6 |
12 | Russia | 137,667,681 | 8.4 |
13 | Philippines | 135,605,955 | 454.8 |
14 | Egypt | 126,247,612 | 126.8 |
15 | Japan | 117,159,885 | 321.4 |
16 | Vietnam | 113,778,344 | 366.9 |
17 | Iran | 94,651,908 | 61.8 |
18 | Turkey | 88,374,082 | 114.8 |
19 | Tanzania | 87,349,129 | 98.6 |
20 | Germany | 82,794,875 | 237.5 |
21 | United Kingdom | 71,073,444 | 293.8 |
22 | Kenya | 70,587,218 | 124 |
23 | France | 70,578,112 | 110.2 |
24 | Thailand | 70,162,245 | 137.3 |
25 | Uganda | 66,148,723 | 335.6 |
26 | Sudan | 64,860,968 | 34.8 |
27 | South Africa | 63,183,775 | 52 |
28 | Burma | 61,959,680 | 94.8 |
29 | Italy | 60,869,095 | 206.9 |
30 | South Korea | 52,629,275 | 543 |
31 | Angola | 51,620,541 | 41.4 |
32 | Colombia | 51,430,375 | 49.5 |
33 | Argentina | 50,480,868 | 18.4 |
34 | Iraq | 50,422,556 | 115.3 |
35 | Algeria | 49,916,790 | 21 |
36 | Afghanistan | 49,079,933 | 75.2 |
37 | Spain | 47,762,627 | 95.7 |
38 | Mozambique | 43,091,315 | 54.8 |
39 | Ghana | 42,279,089 | 185.8 |
40 | Saudi Arabia | 42,069,645 | 19.6 |
41 | Canada | 41,213,547 | 4.5 |
42 | Ukraine | 40,805,154 | 70.4 |
43 | Morocco | 40,164,020 | 56.1 |
44 | Cameroon | 40,081,548 | 84.8 |
45 | Malaysia | 37,685,265 | 114.7 |
46 | Yemen | 37,670,365 | 71.3 |
47 | Niger | 37,658,771 | 29.7 |
48 | Côte d'Ivoire | 36,549,579 | 114.9 |
49 | Poland | 36,436,032 | 119.8 |
50 | Madagascar | 35,796,968 | 61.6 |
51 | Peru | 34,890,603 | 27.3 |
52 | Venezuela | 33,976,013 | 38.5 |
53 | Uzbekistan | 33,617,211 | 79 |
54 | Nepal | 33,078,111 | 230.7 |
55 | Australia | 29,533,112 | 3.8 |
56 | Mali | 28,932,386 | 23.7 |
57 | Burkina Faso | 28,538,925 | 104.2 |
58 | Syria | 27,718,973 | 149.1 |
59 | Zambia | 27,130,400 | 36.5 |
60 | North Korea | 26,940,555 | 223.7 |
61 | Malawi | 26,550,338 | 282.2 |
62 | Chad | 25,461,719 | 20.2 |
63 | Sri Lanka | 24,608,779 | 380.8 |
64 | Taiwan | 23,519,574 | 729.1 |
65 | Senegal | 23,479,008 | 121.9 |
66 | Guatemala | 20,850,566 | 194.6 |
67 | Kazakhstan | 20,840,422 | 7.7 |
68 | Benin | 20,162,503 | 182.3 |
69 | Chile | 19,567,266 | 26.3 |
70 | Ecuador | 19,408,215 | 70.1 |
71 | Zimbabwe | 18,973,905 | 49 |
72 | Cambodia | 18,523,871 | 104.9 |
73 | Guinea | 18,321,840 | 74.6 |
74 | Netherlands | 18,057,625 | 532.8 |
75 | Burundi | 17,830,702 | 694.3 |
76 | Romania | 16,946,767 | 73.7 |
77 | South Sudan | 16,898,259 | 26.2 |
78 | Somalia | 16,614,272 | 26.5 |
79 | Rwanda | 15,847,577 | 642.4 |
80 | Bolivia | 13,410,384 | 12.4 |
81 | Jordan | 13,021,315 | 146.6 |
82 | Haiti | 12,880,863 | 467.4 |
83 | Tunisia | 12,519,955 | 80.6 |
84 | Belgium | 12,495,183 | 412.7 |
85 | Papua New Guinea | 12,345,206 | 27.3 |
86 | Dominican Republic | 11,727,674 | 242.7 |
87 | Togo | 11,203,397 | 206 |
88 | Sierra Leone | 11,195,450 | 156.3 |
89 | Sweden | 11,066,651 | 27 |
90 | Azerbaijan | 10,992,094 | 133 |
91 | United Arab Emirates | 10,864,374 | 130 |
92 | Cuba | 10,734,060 | 97.7 |
93 | Honduras | 10,723,313 | 95.8 |
94 | Czechia | 10,613,434 | 137.4 |
95 | Tajikistan | 10,534,565 | 74.4 |
96 | Israel | 10,501,698 | 488.5 |
97 | Greece | 10,101,339 | 77.3 |
98 | Portugal | 10,095,934 | 110.4 |
99 | Hungary | 9,292,123 | 103.7 |
100 | Austria | 9,185,777 | 111.4 |
101 | Switzerland | 9,126,402 | 228.2 |
102 | Belarus | 9,020,353 | 44.5 |
103 | Laos | 8,855,460 | 38.4 |
104 | Libya | 8,278,376 | 4.7 |
105 | Paraguay | 8,246,626 | 20.8 |
106 | Liberia | 7,335,674 | 76.2 |
107 | Congo Brazzaville | 7,307,194 | 21.4 |
108 | Hong Kong | 7,284,802 | 6,789.2 |
109 | Eritrea | 7,242,703 | 71.7 |
110 | Nicaragua | 6,914,959 | 57.6 |
111 | El Salvador | 6,698,480 | 323.3 |
112 | Central African Republic | 6,668,656 | 10.7 |
113 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,597,219 | 34.4 |
114 | Singapore | 6,496,985 | 9,163.6 |
115 | Bulgaria | 6,355,841 | 58.6 |
116 | Serbia | 6,275,159 | 81 |
117 | Denmark | 6,198,138 | 146.1 |
118 | Turkmenistan | 6,181,929 | 13.2 |
119 | Norway | 6,035,213 | 19.8 |
120 | Ireland | 5,829,988 | 84.6 |
121 | Costa Rica | 5,748,466 | 112.6 |
122 | Finland | 5,672,423 | 18.7 |
123 | Lebanon | 5,632,917 | 550.6 |
124 | New Zealand | 5,557,260 | 21 |
125 | Slovakia | 5,292,558 | 110 |
126 | Mauritania | 5,165,431 | 5 |
127 | Panama | 5,070,574 | 68.2 |
128 | Georgia | 4,908,482 | 70.4 |
129 | Oman | 4,536,158 | 14.7 |
130 | Croatia | 3,959,151 | 70.7 |
131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,667,227 | 71.6 |
132 | West Bank | 3,583,616 | 635.4 |
133 | Uruguay | 3,499,769 | 20 |
134 | Mongolia | 3,481,308 | 2.2 |
135 | Kuwait | 3,461,590 | 194.3 |
136 | Namibia | 3,346,613 | 4.1 |
137 | Albania | 3,096,013 | 113 |
138 | Gabon | 3,069,068 | 11.9 |
139 | The Gambia | 3,050,447 | 301.4 |
140 | Jamaica | 2,864,104 | 264.4 |
141 | Moldova | 2,839,621 | 86.3 |
142 | Armenia | 2,829,831 | 100.3 |
143 | Botswana | 2,766,068 | 4.9 |
144 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,747,633 | 97.7 |
145 | Puerto Rico | 2,681,036 | 302.3 |
146 | Qatar | 2,594,499 | 223.9 |
147 | Gaza Strip | 2,481,325 | 6,892.6 |
148 | Lesotho | 2,405,256 | 79.2 |
149 | Lithuania | 2,369,806 | 37.8 |
150 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,348,283 | 83.7 |
151 | North Macedonia | 2,137,963 | 84.1 |
152 | Kosovo | 2,109,612 | 193.8 |
153 | Slovenia | 2,063,570 | 102.4 |
154 | Timor-Leste | 1,797,618 | 120.9 |
155 | Bahrain | 1,688,373 | 2,221.5 |
156 | Latvia | 1,604,100 | 25.8 |
157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,410,553 | 275.1 |
158 | Cyprus | 1,408,075 | 152.4 |
159 | Mauritius | 1,307,159 | 643.9 |
160 | Eswatini | 1,209,457 | 70.3 |
161 | Djibouti | 1,173,408 | 50.6 |
162 | Estonia | 1,102,155 | 26 |
163 | Comoros | 1,015,096 | 454.2 |
164 | Fiji | 983,637 | 53.8 |
165 | Bhutan | 961,627 | 25 |
166 | Solomon Islands | 844,094 | 30.2 |
167 | Guyana | 827,985 | 4.2 |
168 | Luxembourg | 760,864 | 294.2 |
169 | Suriname | 710,465 | 4.6 |
170 | Macau | 677,526 | 24,197.4 |
171 | Cabo Verde | 675,011 | 167.4 |
172 | Montenegro | 567,490 | 42.2 |
173 | Brunei | 557,752 | 105.9 |
174 | Belize | 492,886 | 21.6 |
175 | Malta | 483,689 | 1,530.7 |
176 | Maldives | 413,759 | 1,388.5 |
177 | Iceland | 389,711 | 3.9 |
178 | The Bahamas | 385,929 | 38.6 |
179 | Vanuatu | 365,809 | 30 |
180 | New Caledonia | 336,509 | 18.4 |
181 | French Polynesia | 319,646 | 83.5 |
182 | Barbados | 307,742 | 715.7 |
183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 255,222 | 264.8 |
184 | Samoa | 223,416 | 79.2 |
185 | Saint Lucia | 171,043 | 282.2 |
186 | Guam | 169,185 | 311 |
187 | Curaçao | 155,655 | 350.6 |
188 | Aruba | 137,446 | 763.6 |
189 | Kiribati | 127,345 | 157 |
190 | Grenada | 116,282 | 338 |
191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 113,158 | 255.4 |
192 | Jersey | 107,596 | 927.6 |
193 | Seychelles | 101,954 | 224.1 |
194 | Tonga | 100,664 | 140.4 |
195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99,167 | 254.9 |
196 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 96,951 | 278.6 |
197 | Isle of Man | 95,152 | 166.3 |
198 | Marshall Islands | 91,821 | 507.3 |
199 | Federated States of Micronesia | 91,252 | 130 |
200 | Andorra | 84,136 | 179.8 |
201 | Cayman Islands | 77,849 | 294.9 |
202 | Bermuda | 73,997 | 1,370.3 |
203 | Dominica | 73,311 | 97.6 |
204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 70,810 | 74.7 |
205 | Guernsey | 68,770 | 881.7 |
206 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 57,433 | 220 |
207 | Greenland | 56,732 | 0 |
208 | Faroe Islands | 55,762 | 40 |
209 | Sint Maarten | 50,607 | 1,488.4 |
210 | Northern Mariana Islands | 49,655 | 105.2 |
211 | British Virgin Islands | 47,022 | 311.4 |
212 | Liechtenstein | 42,705 | 266.9 |
213 | American Samoa | 38,355 | 193.7 |
214 | San Marino | 36,673 | 601.2 |
215 | Saint Martin | 33,939 | 628.5 |
216 | Monaco | 33,557 | 16,778.5 |
217 | Gibraltar | 29,837 | 4,262.4 |
218 | Anguilla | 22,738 | 249.9 |
219 | Palau | 22,585 | 49.2 |
220 | Wallis and Futuna | 16,128 | 113.6 |
221 | Tuvalu | 12,491 | 480.4 |
222 | Nauru | 10,300 | 490.5 |
223 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,944 | 20.2 |
224 | Saint Barthelemy | 7,010 | 280.4 |
225 | Cook Islands | 6,427 | 27.2 |
226 | Montserrat | 5,702 | 55.9 |
227 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,532 | 18.7 |
Data from US Census International Database