By the year 2033, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 8.8 billion people, continuing the steady growth seen in previous decades. Asia will remain the most populous continent, home to over 4.8 billion people, with China and India still leading as the world’s most populous countries—though India is expected to have surpassed China by this time. Africa will experience the fastest population growth, with its population 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 to decline slightly, hovering around 720 million, with countries like Germany and Russia facing aging populations. The Americas will see moderate growth, with Latin America and the Caribbean reaching around 700 million, while North America, led by the United States and Mexico, will approach 400 million. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, will remain the least populous region, with a combined population of about 50 million. These demographic shifts will have significant implications for economic development, urbanization, and global resource distribution.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,503,551,983 | 505.7 |
2 | China | 1,422,774,037 | 152.6 |
3 | United States | 361,098,559 | 39.5 |
4 | Indonesia | 298,319,945 | 164.7 |
5 | Nigeria | 296,114,539 | 325.1 |
6 | Pakistan | 293,998,450 | 381.4 |
7 | Brazil | 230,357,837 | 27.6 |
8 | Bangladesh | 180,905,623 | 1,389.8 |
9 | Congo Kinshasa | 151,731,107 | 66.9 |
10 | Ethiopia | 145,430,300 | 132.6 |
11 | Mexico | 140,105,282 | 72.1 |
12 | Russia | 138,023,248 | 8.4 |
13 | Philippines | 134,001,968 | 449.4 |
14 | Egypt | 124,772,875 | 125.3 |
15 | Japan | 117,817,754 | 323.2 |
16 | Vietnam | 113,096,980 | 364.7 |
17 | Iran | 94,127,136 | 61.5 |
18 | Turkey | 88,033,444 | 114.4 |
19 | Tanzania | 85,222,933 | 96.2 |
20 | Germany | 82,951,900 | 237.9 |
21 | United Kingdom | 70,834,799 | 292.8 |
22 | France | 70,427,989 | 110 |
23 | Thailand | 70,219,952 | 137.4 |
24 | Kenya | 69,332,990 | 121.8 |
25 | Uganda | 64,363,371 | 326.6 |
26 | Sudan | 63,354,593 | 34 |
27 | South Africa | 62,775,301 | 51.7 |
28 | Burma | 61,661,409 | 94.4 |
29 | Italy | 60,854,809 | 206.9 |
30 | South Korea | 52,642,527 | 543.2 |
31 | Colombia | 51,318,159 | 49.4 |
32 | Argentina | 50,153,556 | 18.3 |
33 | Angola | 49,997,505 | 40.1 |
34 | Iraq | 49,589,847 | 113.4 |
35 | Algeria | 49,512,936 | 20.8 |
36 | Afghanistan | 48,186,049 | 73.9 |
37 | Spain | 47,723,589 | 95.6 |
38 | Mozambique | 42,000,509 | 53.4 |
39 | Saudi Arabia | 41,589,963 | 19.3 |
40 | Ghana | 41,484,614 | 182.3 |
41 | Ukraine | 41,016,572 | 70.8 |
42 | Canada | 41,001,188 | 4.5 |
43 | Morocco | 39,918,527 | 55.7 |
44 | Cameroon | 39,108,532 | 82.7 |
45 | Malaysia | 37,405,723 | 113.8 |
46 | Yemen | 37,129,044 | 70.3 |
47 | Poland | 36,600,294 | 120.3 |
48 | Niger | 36,377,934 | 28.7 |
49 | Côte d'Ivoire | 35,881,634 | 112.8 |
50 | Madagascar | 35,171,817 | 60.5 |
51 | Peru | 34,633,058 | 27.1 |
52 | Venezuela | 33,757,684 | 38.3 |
53 | Uzbekistan | 33,452,889 | 78.6 |
54 | Nepal | 32,900,630 | 229.5 |
55 | Australia | 29,271,530 | 3.8 |
56 | Mali | 28,194,837 | 23.1 |
57 | Burkina Faso | 27,992,928 | 102.2 |
58 | Syria | 27,344,166 | 147.1 |
59 | North Korea | 26,889,342 | 223.3 |
60 | Zambia | 26,459,920 | 35.6 |
61 | Malawi | 26,075,343 | 277.2 |
62 | Chad | 24,771,401 | 19.7 |
63 | Sri Lanka | 24,507,778 | 379.2 |
64 | Taiwan | 23,550,304 | 730 |
65 | Senegal | 23,018,061 | 119.6 |
66 | Kazakhstan | 20,736,007 | 7.7 |
67 | Guatemala | 20,601,893 | 192.3 |
68 | Benin | 19,554,860 | 176.8 |
69 | Chile | 19,498,341 | 26.2 |
70 | Ecuador | 19,250,972 | 69.5 |
71 | Zimbabwe | 18,630,011 | 48.2 |
72 | Cambodia | 18,393,918 | 104.2 |
73 | Netherlands | 18,015,387 | 531.5 |
74 | Guinea | 17,841,718 | 72.6 |
75 | Burundi | 17,372,365 | 676.5 |
76 | Romania | 17,041,253 | 74.1 |
77 | South Sudan | 16,495,278 | 25.6 |
78 | Somalia | 16,242,056 | 25.9 |
79 | Rwanda | 15,629,486 | 633.6 |
80 | Bolivia | 13,314,037 | 12.3 |
81 | Jordan | 12,833,018 | 144.5 |
82 | Haiti | 12,760,154 | 463 |
83 | Tunisia | 12,485,705 | 80.4 |
84 | Belgium | 12,449,867 | 411.2 |
85 | Papua New Guinea | 12,114,303 | 26.8 |
86 | Dominican Republic | 11,653,204 | 241.2 |
87 | Sweden | 11,024,387 | 26.9 |
88 | Sierra Leone | 10,990,417 | 153.5 |
89 | Togo | 10,961,877 | 201.6 |
90 | Azerbaijan | 10,950,547 | 132.5 |
91 | United Arab Emirates | 10,764,580 | 128.8 |
92 | Cuba | 10,763,088 | 98 |
93 | Czechia | 10,624,989 | 137.5 |
94 | Honduras | 10,624,886 | 95 |
95 | Tajikistan | 10,423,971 | 73.7 |
96 | Israel | 10,366,102 | 482.2 |
97 | Greece | 10,136,177 | 77.6 |
98 | Portugal | 10,107,722 | 110.5 |
99 | Hungary | 9,329,491 | 104.1 |
100 | Austria | 9,168,431 | 111.2 |
101 | Switzerland | 9,079,774 | 227 |
102 | Belarus | 9,053,361 | 44.6 |
103 | Laos | 8,774,418 | 38 |
104 | Libya | 8,188,392 | 4.7 |
105 | Paraguay | 8,184,972 | 20.6 |
106 | Hong Kong | 7,295,598 | 6,799.3 |
107 | Liberia | 7,153,867 | 74.3 |
108 | Congo Brazzaville | 7,144,503 | 20.9 |
109 | Eritrea | 7,135,531 | 70.6 |
110 | Nicaragua | 6,874,234 | 57.3 |
111 | El Salvador | 6,701,094 | 323.4 |
112 | Central African Republic | 6,565,525 | 10.5 |
113 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,558,180 | 34.2 |
114 | Singapore | 6,455,992 | 9,105.8 |
115 | Bulgaria | 6,396,201 | 59 |
116 | Serbia | 6,312,187 | 81.5 |
117 | Denmark | 6,179,693 | 145.6 |
118 | Turkmenistan | 6,145,746 | 13.1 |
119 | Norway | 5,999,930 | 19.7 |
120 | Ireland | 5,784,713 | 84 |
121 | Costa Rica | 5,710,212 | 111.8 |
122 | Finland | 5,672,726 | 18.7 |
123 | Lebanon | 5,611,373 | 548.5 |
124 | New Zealand | 5,522,481 | 20.9 |
125 | Slovakia | 5,308,873 | 110.4 |
126 | Mauritania | 5,081,543 | 4.9 |
127 | Panama | 5,016,256 | 67.5 |
128 | Georgia | 4,912,491 | 70.5 |
129 | Oman | 4,477,106 | 14.5 |
130 | Croatia | 3,978,936 | 71.1 |
131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,684,444 | 72 |
132 | West Bank | 3,537,763 | 627.3 |
133 | Uruguay | 3,494,503 | 20 |
134 | Mongolia | 3,464,385 | 2.2 |
135 | Kuwait | 3,430,810 | 192.5 |
136 | Namibia | 3,294,200 | 4 |
137 | Albania | 3,102,867 | 113.3 |
138 | Gabon | 3,005,920 | 11.7 |
139 | The Gambia | 2,999,200 | 296.4 |
140 | Moldova | 2,876,824 | 87.5 |
141 | Jamaica | 2,859,260 | 264 |
142 | Armenia | 2,845,872 | 100.9 |
143 | Botswana | 2,735,832 | 4.8 |
144 | Puerto Rico | 2,715,698 | 306.2 |
145 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,679,543 | 95.3 |
146 | Qatar | 2,599,729 | 224.4 |
147 | Gaza Strip | 2,441,547 | 6,782.1 |
148 | Lithuania | 2,393,570 | 38.2 |
149 | Lesotho | 2,387,293 | 78.6 |
150 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,295,966 | 81.8 |
151 | North Macedonia | 2,139,590 | 84.1 |
152 | Kosovo | 2,097,617 | 192.7 |
153 | Slovenia | 2,067,589 | 102.6 |
154 | Timor-Leste | 1,770,355 | 119 |
155 | Bahrain | 1,676,061 | 2,205.3 |
156 | Latvia | 1,622,522 | 26.1 |
157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,411,372 | 275.2 |
158 | Cyprus | 1,402,239 | 151.7 |
159 | Mauritius | 1,308,925 | 644.8 |
160 | Eswatini | 1,202,720 | 69.9 |
161 | Djibouti | 1,156,771 | 49.9 |
162 | Estonia | 1,110,885 | 26.2 |
163 | Comoros | 1,003,623 | 449 |
164 | Fiji | 980,807 | 53.7 |
165 | Bhutan | 954,639 | 24.9 |
166 | Solomon Islands | 832,721 | 29.8 |
167 | Guyana | 824,775 | 4.2 |
168 | Luxembourg | 752,641 | 291 |
169 | Suriname | 704,605 | 4.5 |
170 | Macau | 675,044 | 24,108.7 |
171 | Cabo Verde | 669,290 | 166 |
172 | Montenegro | 571,326 | 42.5 |
173 | Brunei | 551,528 | 104.8 |
174 | Belize | 486,211 | 21.3 |
175 | Malta | 482,983 | 1,528.4 |
176 | Maldives | 410,872 | 1,378.8 |
177 | Iceland | 387,502 | 3.9 |
178 | The Bahamas | 383,827 | 38.3 |
179 | Vanuatu | 361,158 | 29.6 |
180 | New Caledonia | 333,517 | 18.2 |
181 | French Polynesia | 318,382 | 83.2 |
182 | Barbados | 307,699 | 715.6 |
183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 252,023 | 261.4 |
184 | Samoa | 221,919 | 78.7 |
185 | Saint Lucia | 170,882 | 282 |
186 | Guam | 169,414 | 311.4 |
187 | Curaçao | 155,588 | 350.4 |
188 | Aruba | 136,304 | 757.2 |
189 | Kiribati | 126,369 | 155.8 |
190 | Grenada | 116,219 | 337.8 |
191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 112,212 | 253.3 |
192 | Jersey | 107,314 | 925.1 |
193 | Seychelles | 101,737 | 223.6 |
194 | Tonga | 101,139 | 141.1 |
195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99,335 | 255.4 |
196 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 97,814 | 281.1 |
197 | Isle of Man | 94,965 | 166 |
198 | Federated States of Micronesia | 92,171 | 131.3 |
199 | Marshall Islands | 90,895 | 502.2 |
200 | Andorra | 84,294 | 180.1 |
201 | Cayman Islands | 76,780 | 290.8 |
202 | Bermuda | 73,972 | 1,369.9 |
203 | Dominica | 73,565 | 98 |
204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 69,796 | 73.6 |
205 | Guernsey | 68,712 | 880.9 |
206 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 57,279 | 219.5 |
207 | Greenland | 56,895 | 0 |
208 | Faroe Islands | 55,539 | 39.9 |
209 | Sint Maarten | 50,253 | 1,478 |
210 | Northern Mariana Islands | 49,802 | 105.5 |
211 | British Virgin Islands | 46,369 | 307.1 |
212 | Liechtenstein | 42,503 | 265.6 |
213 | American Samoa | 38,869 | 196.3 |
214 | San Marino | 36,562 | 599.4 |
215 | Saint Martin | 33,845 | 626.8 |
216 | Monaco | 33,459 | 16,729.5 |
217 | Gibraltar | 29,861 | 4,265.9 |
218 | Palau | 22,535 | 49.1 |
219 | Anguilla | 22,412 | 246.3 |
220 | Wallis and Futuna | 16,127 | 113.6 |
221 | Tuvalu | 12,429 | 478 |
222 | Nauru | 10,251 | 488.1 |
223 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,952 | 20.2 |
224 | Saint Barthelemy | 7,022 | 280.9 |
225 | Cook Islands | 6,532 | 27.7 |
226 | Montserrat | 5,690 | 55.8 |
227 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,590 | 19 |
Data from US Census International Database