2025 Population

In 2025, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 8.1 billion people. Asia remains the most populous continent, home to over 4.7 billion individuals—more than half the global total—with China and India each exceeding 1.4 billion, though India is expected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country. Africa continues to experience the fastest population growth, reaching around 1.5 billion people, with Nigeria emerging as its most populous nation. Europe’s population is expected to decline slightly, hovering just above 740 million, while Latin America and the Caribbean will approach 670 million. North America’s population, dominated by the United States (over 340 million) and Mexico, is projected to be around 380 million. Meanwhile, Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, remains the least populous region, with about 45 million inhabitants. These demographic shifts reflect ongoing trends of rapid growth in Africa and South Asia, stabilization in the Americas, and gradual decline in parts of Europe and East Asia.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	India	1,419,316,933	477.4
2	China	1,418,783,333	152.1
3	United States	344,234,377	37.6
4	Indonesia	283,587,097	156.5
5	Pakistan	257,047,044	333.4
6	Nigeria	242,794,751	266.6
7	Brazil	221,359,387	26.5
8	Bangladesh	170,183,916	1,307.4
9	Russia	141,008,099	8.6
10	Mexico	131,741,347	67.8
11	Japan	122,664,433	336.5
12	Ethiopia	122,130,956	111.4
13	Philippines	120,117,029	402.8
14	Congo Kinshasa	119,038,825	52.5
15	Egypt	112,870,457	113.4
16	Vietnam	106,688,169	344.1
17	Iran	89,145,704	58.2
18	Turkey	84,625,585	110
19	Germany	84,012,284	240.9
20	Thailand	70,025,248	137.1
21	Tanzania	69,311,326	78.2
22	France	68,945,586	107.7
23	United Kingdom	68,751,311	284.2
24	Italy	60,924,851	207.1
25	Kenya	59,446,843	104.5
26	South Africa	59,090,298	48.7
27	Burma	58,814,493	90
28	South Korea	52,189,955	538.5
29	Sudan	51,767,437	27.8
30	Uganda	50,863,850	258.1
31	Colombia	49,842,298	48
32	Argentina	47,363,817	17.3
33	Spain	47,336,448	94.9
34	Algeria	45,851,248	19.3
35	Iraq	42,917,742	98.1
36	Ukraine	42,849,568	74
37	Afghanistan	41,014,912	62.9
38	Canada	39,066,049	4.3
39	Angola	38,462,677	30.9
40	Poland	37,764,255	124.1
41	Morocco	37,698,780	52.6
42	Saudi Arabia	37,172,774	17.3
43	Ghana	35,336,133	155.3
44	Malaysia	34,905,275	106.2
45	Mozambique	34,206,144	43.5
46	Peru	32,768,614	25.6
47	Yemen	32,707,684	62
48	Uzbekistan	31,849,722	74.9
49	Cameroon	31,812,493	67.3
50	Venezuela	31,755,435	36
51	Nepal	31,334,402	218.6
52	Côte d'Ivoire	30,622,609	96.3
53	Madagascar	30,093,073	51.7
54	Niger	27,322,555	21.6
55	Australia	27,062,848	3.5
56	North Korea	26,282,295	218.3
57	Syria	24,261,882	130.5
58	Taiwan	23,600,776	731.6
59	Burkina Faso	23,593,920	86.2
60	Sri Lanka	23,590,176	365
61	Mali	22,634,423	18.5
62	Malawi	22,244,356	236.4
63	Zambia	21,390,969	28.8
64	Kazakhstan	19,815,814	7.3
65	Chad	19,674,004	15.6
66	Senegal	19,311,233	100.3
67	Chile	18,775,584	25.2
68	Guatemala	18,525,963	172.9
69	Romania	17,985,252	78.2
70	Ecuador	17,861,804	64.5
71	Netherlands	17,588,011	518.9
72	Cambodia	17,230,333	97.6
73	Zimbabwe	16,030,110	41.4
74	Benin	15,186,090	137.3
75	Guinea	14,374,590	58.5
76	Burundi	13,976,678	544.3
77	Rwanda	13,848,766	561.4
78	Somalia	13,356,562	21.3
79	South Sudan	13,300,066	20.6
80	Bolivia	12,436,103	11.5
81	Tunisia	12,115,018	78
82	Belgium	12,039,272	397.6
83	Haiti	11,737,686	425.9
84	Jordan	11,312,507	127.4
85	Dominican Republic	10,977,927	227.2
86	Cuba	10,948,294	99.7
87	Czechia	10,701,859	138.5
88	Sweden	10,643,745	25.9
89	Azerbaijan	10,545,208	127.6
90	Greece	10,424,536	79.8
91	Papua New Guinea	10,273,996	22.7
92	Portugal	10,194,277	111.4
93	United Arab Emirates	10,093,593	120.7
94	Honduras	9,790,452	87.5
95	Hungary	9,608,199	107.2
96	Tajikistan	9,493,925	67.1
97	Sierra Leone	9,331,203	130.3
98	Belarus	9,321,125	45.9
99	Israel	9,302,514	432.7
100	Togo	9,134,446	168
101	Austria	8,994,273	109.1
102	Switzerland	8,672,954	216.8
103	Laos	8,052,913	34.9
104	Paraguay	7,604,044	19.1
105	Libya	7,464,417	4.2
106	Hong Kong	7,305,556	6,808.5
107	Bulgaria	6,737,997	62.1
108	El Salvador	6,647,448	320.8
109	Serbia	6,612,318	85.3
110	Nicaragua	6,474,148	54
111	Eritrea	6,416,435	63.5
112	Kyrgyzstan	6,219,751	32.4
113	Singapore	6,080,545	8,576.2
114	Denmark	5,999,028	141.4
115	Congo Brazzaville	5,947,721	17.4
116	Liberia	5,810,893	60.3
117	Turkmenistan	5,795,896	12.3
118	Central African Republic	5,750,570	9.2
119	Norway	5,684,847	18.7
120	Finland	5,636,997	18.6
121	Ireland	5,419,212	78.7
122	Slovakia	5,410,115	112.5
123	Lebanon	5,396,599	527.5
124	Costa Rica	5,357,562	104.9
125	New Zealand	5,207,259	19.7
126	Georgia	4,936,025	70.8
127	Panama	4,536,008	61
128	Mauritania	4,411,326	4.3
129	Croatia	4,131,508	73.8
130	Oman	3,969,824	12.8
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,789,077	74
132	Uruguay	3,434,298	19.6
133	Mongolia	3,306,373	2.1
134	Moldova	3,176,315	96.6
135	Kuwait	3,172,511	178.1
136	West Bank	3,151,594	558.8
137	Albania	3,111,630	113.6
138	Puerto Rico	2,984,841	336.5
139	Armenia	2,963,837	105.1
140	Namibia	2,878,336	3.5
141	Jamaica	2,826,742	261
142	Lithuania	2,600,838	41.5
143	The Gambia	2,577,553	254.7
144	Qatar	2,568,426	221.7
145	Gabon	2,513,738	9.8
146	Botswana	2,483,419	4.4
147	Lesotho	2,244,643	73.9
148	Guinea-Bissau	2,187,293	77.8
149	North Macedonia	2,137,556	84
150	Gaza Strip	2,118,587	5,885
151	Slovenia	2,095,577	104
152	Kosovo	1,991,020	182.9
153	Equatorial Guinea	1,853,559	66.1
154	Latvia	1,780,740	28.6
155	Bahrain	1,579,544	2,078.3
156	Timor-Leste	1,537,499	103.4
157	Trinidad and Tobago	1,410,170	275
158	Cyprus	1,332,293	144.2
159	Mauritius	1,311,375	646
160	Estonia	1,184,655	27.9
161	Eswatini	1,145,871	66.6
162	Djibouti	1,013,703	43.7
163	Fiji	955,284	52.3
164	Comoros	911,707	407.9
165	Bhutan	892,877	23.3
166	Guyana	796,742	4
167	Solomon Islands	738,774	26.4
168	Luxembourg	681,340	263.5
169	Suriname	653,605	4.2
170	Macau	648,666	23,166.6
171	Cabo Verde	618,014	153.2
172	Montenegro	597,174	44.4
173	Brunei	498,766	94.7
174	Malta	471,946	1,493.5
175	Belize	432,605	19
176	Maldives	388,010	1,302
177	Iceland	367,086	3.7
178	The Bahamas	364,136	36.4
179	Vanuatu	322,915	26.5
180	New Caledonia	307,612	16.8
181	French Polynesia	305,507	79.8
182	Barbados	304,794	708.8
183	Sao Tome and Principe	226,722	235.2
184	Samoa	210,223	74.5
185	Guam	169,691	311.9
186	Saint Lucia	168,462	278
187	Curaçao	153,693	346.2
188	Aruba	126,402	702.2
189	Kiribati	117,702	145.1
190	Grenada	114,915	334.1
191	Tonga	104,519	145.8
192	Jersey	103,944	896.1
193	U.S. Virgin Islands	103,792	298.3
194	Antigua and Barbuda	103,769	234.2
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100,498	258.3
196	Federated States of Micronesia	98,860	140.8
197	Seychelles	98,724	217
198	Isle of Man	92,666	162
199	Andorra	85,266	182.2
200	Marshall Islands	83,037	458.8
201	Dominica	74,642	99.4
202	Bermuda	73,007	1,352
203	Guernsey	67,923	870.8
204	Cayman Islands	67,816	256.9
205	Turks and Caicos Islands	61,504	64.9
206	Greenland	57,713	0
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	55,434	212.4
208	Faroe Islands	53,264	38.2
209	Northern Mariana Islands	50,946	107.9
210	Sint Maarten	46,738	1,374.6
211	American Samoa	43,268	218.5
212	British Virgin Islands	40,830	270.4
213	Liechtenstein	40,547	253.4
214	San Marino	35,291	578.5
215	Saint Martin	33,093	612.8
216	Monaco	32,047	16,023.5
217	Gibraltar	29,733	4,247.6
218	Palau	21,947	47.8
219	Anguilla	19,753	217.1
220	Wallis and Futuna	15,998	112.7
221	Tuvalu	11,824	454.8
222	Nauru	9,930	472.9
223	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,950	20.2
224	Cook Islands	7,592	32.2
225	Saint Barthelemy	7,079	283.2
226	Montserrat	5,499	53.9
227	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,070	21

Data from US Census International Database