In 2027, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 8.1 billion people, continuing the trend of steady global growth. Asia remains the most populous continent, home to over 4.7 billion individuals, with China and India each exceeding 1.4 billion, though India is expected to have surpassed China as the world’s most populous country. Africa’s population continues its rapid rise, nearing 1.5 billion, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where countries like Nigeria and Ethiopia experience significant growth. Europe’s population is stabilizing or slightly declining, hovering around 740 million, with Eastern European countries facing the most notable decreases. The Americas, including North, Central, and South America, collectively account for about 1.1 billion people, with the United States and Brazil remaining the largest contributors. Oceania, led by Australia and Papua New Guinea, has a smaller share, with a population just over 45 million. These demographic shifts reflect ongoing trends of urbanization, migration, and varying birth rates across regions.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,440,259,166 | 484.4 |
2 | China | 1,422,372,057 | 152.5 |
3 | United States | 348,695,115 | 38.1 |
4 | Indonesia | 287,501,798 | 158.7 |
5 | Pakistan | 266,375,272 | 345.5 |
6 | Nigeria | 255,322,388 | 280.3 |
7 | Brazil | 223,854,475 | 26.8 |
8 | Bangladesh | 173,075,262 | 1,329.6 |
9 | Russia | 140,279,519 | 8.6 |
10 | Mexico | 133,870,835 | 68.9 |
11 | Ethiopia | 127,872,508 | 116.6 |
12 | Congo Kinshasa | 126,602,068 | 55.8 |
13 | Philippines | 123,745,419 | 415 |
14 | Japan | 121,536,683 | 333.4 |
15 | Egypt | 115,974,370 | 116.5 |
16 | Vietnam | 108,458,493 | 349.8 |
17 | Iran | 90,555,843 | 59.1 |
18 | Turkey | 85,584,261 | 111.2 |
19 | Germany | 83,781,138 | 240.3 |
20 | Tanzania | 73,102,621 | 82.5 |
21 | Thailand | 70,178,031 | 137.4 |
22 | France | 69,352,906 | 108.3 |
23 | United Kingdom | 69,299,419 | 286.4 |
24 | Kenya | 61,875,556 | 108.7 |
25 | Italy | 60,873,567 | 207 |
26 | South Africa | 60,089,324 | 49.5 |
27 | Burma | 59,604,337 | 91.2 |
28 | Sudan | 54,534,034 | 29.3 |
29 | Uganda | 54,103,242 | 274.5 |
30 | South Korea | 52,381,320 | 540.5 |
31 | Colombia | 50,337,347 | 48.5 |
32 | Argentina | 48,089,638 | 17.6 |
33 | Spain | 47,443,038 | 95.1 |
34 | Algeria | 46,861,760 | 19.7 |
35 | Iraq | 44,585,626 | 101.9 |
36 | Afghanistan | 42,808,140 | 65.6 |
37 | Ukraine | 42,379,670 | 73.2 |
38 | Angola | 41,105,286 | 33 |
39 | Canada | 39,589,291 | 4.4 |
40 | Saudi Arabia | 38,401,036 | 17.9 |
41 | Morocco | 38,297,991 | 53.4 |
42 | Poland | 37,506,614 | 123.3 |
43 | Ghana | 36,843,036 | 161.9 |
44 | Mozambique | 35,992,441 | 45.8 |
45 | Malaysia | 35,569,943 | 108.2 |
46 | Yemen | 33,831,648 | 64.1 |
47 | Cameroon | 33,551,698 | 71 |
48 | Peru | 33,168,714 | 25.9 |
49 | Uzbekistan | 32,304,157 | 75.9 |
50 | Venezuela | 32,298,649 | 36.6 |
51 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31,917,399 | 100.4 |
52 | Nepal | 31,744,871 | 221.4 |
53 | Madagascar | 31,373,152 | 53.9 |
54 | Niger | 29,384,130 | 23.2 |
55 | Australia | 27,632,917 | 3.6 |
56 | North Korea | 26,466,572 | 219.8 |
57 | Syria | 25,047,541 | 134.7 |
58 | Burkina Faso | 24,698,053 | 90.2 |
59 | Mali | 23,959,260 | 19.6 |
60 | Sri Lanka | 23,838,302 | 368.8 |
61 | Taiwan | 23,608,341 | 731.8 |
62 | Malawi | 23,206,225 | 246.7 |
63 | Zambia | 22,603,813 | 30.4 |
64 | Chad | 20,871,580 | 16.6 |
65 | Senegal | 20,240,231 | 105.1 |
66 | Kazakhstan | 20,068,588 | 7.4 |
67 | Guatemala | 19,059,872 | 177.9 |
68 | Chile | 18,984,331 | 25.5 |
69 | Ecuador | 18,228,633 | 65.8 |
70 | Netherlands | 17,707,267 | 522.4 |
71 | Romania | 17,694,294 | 77 |
72 | Cambodia | 17,547,160 | 99.4 |
73 | Zimbabwe | 16,658,846 | 43.1 |
74 | Benin | 16,200,840 | 146.5 |
75 | Guinea | 15,180,451 | 61.8 |
76 | Burundi | 14,775,707 | 575.4 |
77 | Rwanda | 14,305,331 | 579.9 |
78 | South Sudan | 14,159,656 | 22 |
79 | Somalia | 14,058,747 | 22.4 |
80 | Bolivia | 12,678,878 | 11.7 |
81 | Tunisia | 12,231,169 | 78.7 |
82 | Belgium | 12,155,250 | 401.5 |
83 | Haiti | 12,000,874 | 435.4 |
84 | Jordan | 11,693,578 | 131.7 |
85 | Dominican Republic | 11,158,380 | 230.9 |
86 | Cuba | 10,911,119 | 99.4 |
87 | Sweden | 10,748,687 | 26.2 |
88 | Papua New Guinea | 10,731,692 | 23.7 |
89 | Czechia | 10,689,664 | 138.4 |
90 | Azerbaijan | 10,659,848 | 129 |
91 | Greece | 10,351,313 | 79.2 |
92 | United Arab Emirates | 10,231,027 | 122.4 |
93 | Portugal | 10,172,071 | 111.2 |
94 | Honduras | 10,005,136 | 89.4 |
95 | Sierra Leone | 9,748,673 | 136.1 |
96 | Tajikistan | 9,734,780 | 68.8 |
97 | Togo | 9,574,926 | 176.1 |
98 | Israel | 9,564,296 | 444.9 |
99 | Hungary | 9,543,024 | 106.5 |
100 | Belarus | 9,255,332 | 45.6 |
101 | Austria | 9,043,979 | 109.7 |
102 | Switzerland | 8,779,905 | 219.5 |
103 | Laos | 8,246,000 | 35.7 |
104 | Paraguay | 7,762,263 | 19.5 |
105 | Libya | 7,655,084 | 4.4 |
106 | Hong Kong | 7,315,606 | 6,817.9 |
107 | El Salvador | 6,673,324 | 322.1 |
108 | Bulgaria | 6,649,805 | 61.3 |
109 | Nicaragua | 6,584,899 | 54.9 |
110 | Eritrea | 6,572,329 | 65.1 |
111 | Serbia | 6,535,467 | 84.4 |
112 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,310,259 | 32.9 |
113 | Congo Brazzaville | 6,229,091 | 18.2 |
114 | Singapore | 6,181,797 | 8,719 |
115 | Liberia | 6,127,154 | 63.6 |
116 | Denmark | 6,049,290 | 142.6 |
117 | Central African Republic | 5,951,775 | 9.6 |
118 | Turkmenistan | 5,894,204 | 12.5 |
119 | Norway | 5,769,084 | 19 |
120 | Finland | 5,654,014 | 18.6 |
121 | Ireland | 5,511,779 | 80 |
122 | Lebanon | 5,457,310 | 533.5 |
123 | Costa Rica | 5,453,492 | 106.8 |
124 | Slovakia | 5,390,571 | 112.1 |
125 | New Zealand | 5,292,048 | 20 |
126 | Georgia | 4,932,543 | 70.8 |
127 | Panama | 4,664,329 | 62.7 |
128 | Mauritania | 4,578,476 | 4.4 |
129 | Oman | 4,102,756 | 13.3 |
130 | Croatia | 4,094,087 | 73.1 |
131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,767,946 | 73.6 |
132 | Uruguay | 3,451,594 | 19.7 |
133 | Mongolia | 3,351,541 | 2.2 |
134 | West Bank | 3,251,130 | 576.4 |
135 | Kuwait | 3,239,375 | 181.8 |
136 | Albania | 3,117,196 | 113.8 |
137 | Moldova | 3,101,637 | 94.3 |
138 | Namibia | 2,981,005 | 3.6 |
139 | Armenia | 2,936,262 | 104.1 |
140 | Puerto Rico | 2,918,745 | 329.1 |
141 | Jamaica | 2,833,635 | 261.6 |
142 | The Gambia | 2,685,113 | 265.3 |
143 | Gabon | 2,633,491 | 10.2 |
144 | Qatar | 2,591,313 | 223.7 |
145 | Botswana | 2,548,174 | 4.5 |
146 | Lithuania | 2,546,846 | 40.6 |
147 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,301,602 | 81.8 |
148 | Lesotho | 2,279,479 | 75.1 |
149 | Gaza Strip | 2,199,603 | 6,110 |
150 | North Macedonia | 2,140,467 | 84.2 |
151 | Slovenia | 2,089,872 | 103.7 |
152 | Kosovo | 2,019,372 | 185.5 |
153 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,967,618 | 70.1 |
154 | Latvia | 1,739,920 | 28 |
155 | Bahrain | 1,603,855 | 2,110.3 |
156 | Timor-Leste | 1,597,900 | 107.4 |
157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,411,725 | 275.3 |
158 | Cyprus | 1,353,832 | 146.5 |
159 | Mauritius | 1,312,477 | 646.5 |
160 | Estonia | 1,166,047 | 27.5 |
161 | Eswatini | 1,160,910 | 67.5 |
162 | Djibouti | 1,050,789 | 45.3 |
163 | Fiji | 962,223 | 52.7 |
164 | Comoros | 934,716 | 418.2 |
165 | Bhutan | 909,272 | 23.7 |
166 | Guyana | 802,890 | 4.1 |
167 | Solomon Islands | 762,617 | 27.2 |
168 | Luxembourg | 700,723 | 271 |
169 | Suriname | 666,945 | 4.3 |
170 | Macau | 656,498 | 23,446.4 |
171 | Cabo Verde | 631,666 | 156.6 |
172 | Montenegro | 591,525 | 44 |
173 | Brunei | 512,370 | 97.3 |
174 | Malta | 475,679 | 1,505.3 |
175 | Belize | 446,055 | 19.6 |
176 | Maldives | 390,846 | 1,311.6 |
177 | Iceland | 372,835 | 3.7 |
178 | The Bahamas | 369,505 | 36.9 |
179 | Vanuatu | 332,652 | 27.3 |
180 | New Caledonia | 314,387 | 17.2 |
181 | French Polynesia | 309,205 | 80.8 |
182 | Barbados | 305,917 | 711.4 |
183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 233,042 | 241.7 |
184 | Samoa | 213,049 | 75.5 |
185 | Guam | 169,880 | 312.3 |
186 | Saint Lucia | 169,243 | 279.3 |
187 | Curaçao | 154,391 | 347.7 |
188 | Aruba | 129,009 | 716.7 |
189 | Kiribati | 119,987 | 147.9 |
190 | Grenada | 115,406 | 335.5 |
191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 106,002 | 239.3 |
192 | Jersey | 104,962 | 904.8 |
193 | Tonga | 103,733 | 144.7 |
194 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 102,500 | 294.5 |
195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100,216 | 257.6 |
196 | Seychelles | 99,692 | 219.1 |
197 | Federated States of Micronesia | 97,307 | 138.6 |
198 | Isle of Man | 93,380 | 163.3 |
199 | Marshall Islands | 85,057 | 469.9 |
200 | Andorra | 85,046 | 181.7 |
201 | Dominica | 74,533 | 99.2 |
202 | Bermuda | 73,369 | 1,358.7 |
203 | Cayman Islands | 70,117 | 265.6 |
204 | Guernsey | 68,170 | 874 |
205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 63,612 | 67.1 |
206 | Greenland | 57,595 | 0 |
207 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55,990 | 214.5 |
208 | Faroe Islands | 53,904 | 38.7 |
209 | Northern Mariana Islands | 50,630 | 107.3 |
210 | Sint Maarten | 47,730 | 1,403.8 |
211 | British Virgin Islands | 42,265 | 279.9 |
212 | American Samoa | 42,132 | 212.8 |
213 | Liechtenstein | 41,085 | 256.8 |
214 | San Marino | 35,663 | 584.6 |
215 | Saint Martin | 33,281 | 616.3 |
216 | Monaco | 32,502 | 16,251 |
217 | Gibraltar | 29,815 | 4,259.3 |
218 | Palau | 22,111 | 48.2 |
219 | Anguilla | 20,425 | 224.5 |
220 | Wallis and Futuna | 16,052 | 113 |
221 | Tuvalu | 11,996 | 461.4 |
222 | Nauru | 10,004 | 476.4 |
223 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,959 | 20.2 |
224 | Cook Islands | 7,283 | 30.9 |
225 | Saint Barthelemy | 7,067 | 282.7 |
226 | Montserrat | 5,559 | 54.5 |
227 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,947 | 20.4 |
Data from US Census International Database