2036 Population

By the year 2036, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 8.8 billion people, reflecting ongoing but gradually slowing growth. Asia will remain the most populous continent, home to over 4.7 billion people, with China and India continuing to lead as the world’s most populous countries, though India is expected to have surpassed China by this time. Africa’s population will see the fastest growth, likely reaching around 1.7 billion, with Nigeria emerging as the third most populous country globally. Europe’s population will continue its slow decline, dropping below 700 million, while Latin America and the Caribbean will stabilize at about 700 million. North America’s population, led by the United States and Mexico, will approach 400 million. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, will grow modestly to around 50 million. Urbanization will accelerate, with over two-thirds of people living in cities, and demographic shifts such as aging populations in Europe and East Asia will contrast sharply with the youthful demographics of Africa and parts of South Asia.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	India	1,531,918,112	515.2
2	China	1,417,821,671	152
3	United States	366,676,312	40.1
4	Nigeria	318,018,835	349.2
5	Pakistan	307,525,162	398.9
6	Indonesia	303,171,911	167.4
7	Brazil	232,929,310	27.9
8	Bangladesh	184,218,438	1,415.2
9	Congo Kinshasa	165,644,513	73.1
10	Ethiopia	154,354,563	140.8
11	Mexico	142,989,328	73.6
12	Philippines	138,723,609	465.3
13	Russia	136,988,117	8.4
14	Egypt	129,235,915	129.8
15	Japan	115,824,220	317.8
16	Vietnam	115,066,093	371.1
17	Iran	95,662,094	62.5
18	Tanzania	91,681,304	103.5
19	Turkey	88,990,942	115.6
20	Germany	82,465,987	236.5
21	Kenya	73,086,402	128.4
22	United Kingdom	71,539,021	295.7
23	France	70,844,613	110.6
24	Thailand	69,992,734	137
25	Uganda	69,778,825	354
26	Sudan	67,881,230	36.5
27	South Africa	63,972,301	52.7
28	Burma	62,516,011	95.7
29	Italy	60,909,283	207.1
30	Angola	54,982,725	44.1
31	South Korea	52,548,827	542.2
32	Iraq	52,079,195	119.1
33	Colombia	51,615,760	49.7
34	Argentina	51,120,906	18.7
35	Afghanistan	50,858,849	78
36	Algeria	50,708,318	21.3
37	Spain	47,831,033	95.9
38	Mozambique	45,344,383	57.7
39	Ghana	43,886,233	192.9
40	Saudi Arabia	42,991,488	20
41	Cameroon	42,066,071	89
42	Canada	41,621,436	4.6
43	Morocco	40,633,958	56.7
44	Ukraine	40,392,529	69.7
45	Niger	40,315,860	31.8
46	Yemen	38,741,501	73.4
47	Malaysia	38,223,671	116.3
48	Côte d'Ivoire	37,885,061	119.1
49	Madagascar	37,037,174	63.7
50	Poland	36,101,099	118.7
51	Peru	35,394,287	27.7
52	Venezuela	34,392,046	39
53	Uzbekistan	33,927,643	79.8
54	Nepal	33,417,169	233.1
55	Mali	30,434,762	24.9
56	Australia	30,047,186	3.9
57	Burkina Faso	29,623,256	108.2
58	Zambia	28,490,861	38.3
59	Syria	28,462,042	153.1
60	Malawi	27,493,495	292.2
61	North Korea	27,027,621	224.5
62	Chad	26,871,125	21.3
63	Sri Lanka	24,800,470	383.7
64	Senegal	24,396,174	126.7
65	Taiwan	23,435,989	726.5
66	Benin	21,422,820	193.7
67	Guatemala	21,339,701	199.1
68	Kazakhstan	21,048,523	7.8
69	Ecuador	19,709,932	71.2
70	Chile	19,691,721	26.5
71	Zimbabwe	19,676,221	50.9
72	Guinea	19,314,371	78.6
73	Cambodia	18,777,364	106.4
74	Burundi	18,764,502	730.7
75	Netherlands	18,133,386	535
76	South Sudan	17,711,952	27.5
77	Somalia	17,361,842	27.7
78	Romania	16,763,554	72.9
79	Rwanda	16,282,023	660
80	Bolivia	13,595,536	12.6
81	Jordan	13,392,663	150.8
82	Haiti	13,115,715	475.9
83	Papua New Guinea	12,806,726	28.3
84	Tunisia	12,585,401	81
85	Belgium	12,583,893	415.6
86	Dominican Republic	11,869,218	245.6
87	Togo	11,694,856	215
88	Sierra Leone	11,602,611	162
89	Sweden	11,151,012	27.2
90	Azerbaijan	11,069,530	134
91	United Arab Emirates	11,067,093	132.4
92	Honduras	10,913,811	97.5
93	Israel	10,772,898	501.1
94	Tajikistan	10,752,179	76
95	Cuba	10,672,874	97.2
96	Czechia	10,592,291	137.1
97	Portugal	10,069,789	110.1
98	Greece	10,032,534	76.8
99	Austria	9,218,176	111.8
100	Switzerland	9,217,382	230.5
101	Hungary	9,216,271	102.9
102	Laos	9,011,379	39
103	Belarus	8,955,176	44.1
104	Libya	8,461,942	4.8
105	Paraguay	8,362,502	21
106	Liberia	7,707,472	80
107	Congo Brazzaville	7,640,517	22.4
108	Eritrea	7,466,029	73.9
109	Hong Kong	7,256,659	6,763
110	Nicaragua	6,989,510	58.3
111	Central African Republic	6,875,305	11
112	El Salvador	6,687,624	322.7
113	Kyrgyzstan	6,673,665	34.8
114	Singapore	6,574,560	9,273
115	Bulgaria	6,276,583	57.9
116	Turkmenistan	6,250,312	13.3
117	Denmark	6,232,458	146.9
118	Serbia	6,201,100	80
119	Norway	6,103,381	20.1
120	Ireland	5,920,323	85.9
121	Costa Rica	5,821,058	114
122	Lebanon	5,671,419	554.4
123	Finland	5,669,876	18.7
124	New Zealand	5,623,912	21.3
125	Mauritania	5,332,768	5.2
126	Slovakia	5,258,429	109.3
127	Panama	5,175,711	69.6
128	Georgia	4,900,367	70.3
129	Oman	4,651,985	15
130	Croatia	3,918,986	70
131	West Bank	3,673,504	651.3
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,630,198	70.9
133	Kuwait	3,522,101	197.7
134	Mongolia	3,514,367	2.3
135	Uruguay	3,510,034	20.1
136	Namibia	3,451,110	4.2
137	Gabon	3,195,652	12.4
138	The Gambia	3,151,631	311.4
139	Albania	3,079,006	112.4
140	Guinea-Bissau	2,888,220	102.7
141	Jamaica	2,874,179	265.4
142	Botswana	2,825,507	5
143	Armenia	2,796,915	99.2
144	Moldova	2,765,812	84.1
145	Puerto Rico	2,611,038	294.4
146	Qatar	2,581,221	222.8
147	Gaza Strip	2,559,824	7,110.6
148	Equatorial Guinea	2,450,520	87.4
149	Lesotho	2,440,634	80.4
150	Lithuania	2,324,026	37.1
151	North Macedonia	2,133,508	83.9
152	Kosovo	2,132,377	195.9
153	Slovenia	2,055,520	102
154	Timor-Leste	1,850,654	124.4
155	Bahrain	1,712,295	2,253
156	Latvia	1,568,220	25.2
157	Cyprus	1,418,024	153.4
158	Trinidad and Tobago	1,408,241	274.6
159	Mauritius	1,302,466	641.6
160	Eswatini	1,222,783	71.1
161	Djibouti	1,205,638	52
162	Estonia	1,085,185	25.6
163	Comoros	1,037,782	464.3
164	Fiji	989,111	54.1
165	Bhutan	975,091	25.4
166	Solomon Islands	866,460	31
167	Guyana	833,529	4.2
168	Luxembourg	777,101	300.5
169	Suriname	721,810	4.6
170	Cabo Verde	685,955	170.1
171	Macau	682,059	24,359.2
172	Brunei	569,915	108.2
173	Montenegro	559,482	41.6
174	Belize	506,142	22.2
175	Malta	484,805	1,534.2
176	Maldives	419,241	1,406.8
177	Iceland	393,978	3.9
178	The Bahamas	389,888	38.9
179	Vanuatu	374,974	30.8
180	New Caledonia	342,321	18.7
181	French Polynesia	321,945	84.1
182	Barbados	307,602	715.4
183	Sao Tome and Principe	261,615	271.4
184	Samoa	226,389	80.3
185	Saint Lucia	171,254	282.6
186	Guam	168,581	309.9
187	Curaçao	155,693	350.7
188	Aruba	139,678	776
189	Kiribati	129,202	159.3
190	Grenada	116,366	338.3
191	Antigua and Barbuda	114,965	259.5
192	Jersey	108,083	931.8
193	Seychelles	102,283	224.8
194	Tonga	99,655	139
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	98,801	254
196	Isle of Man	95,472	166.9
197	U.S. Virgin Islands	95,184	273.5
198	Marshall Islands	93,609	517.2
199	Federated States of Micronesia	89,364	127.3
200	Andorra	83,767	179
201	Cayman Islands	79,952	302.8
202	Bermuda	73,984	1,370.1
203	Turks and Caicos Islands	72,829	76.8
204	Dominica	72,732	96.8
205	Guernsey	68,859	882.8
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis	57,686	221
207	Greenland	56,379	0
208	Faroe Islands	56,173	40.3
209	Sint Maarten	51,262	1,507.7
210	Northern Mariana Islands	49,323	104.5
211	British Virgin Islands	48,302	319.9
212	Liechtenstein	43,081	269.3
213	American Samoa	37,351	188.6
214	San Marino	36,855	604.2
215	Saint Martin	34,126	632
216	Monaco	33,696	16,848
217	Gibraltar	29,768	4,252.6
218	Anguilla	23,380	256.9
219	Palau	22,664	49.4
220	Wallis and Futuna	16,122	113.5
221	Tuvalu	12,609	485
222	Nauru	10,404	495.4
223	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,924	20.1
224	Saint Barthelemy	6,982	279.3
225	Cook Islands	6,233	26.4
226	Montserrat	5,710	56
227	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,419	18.3

Data from US Census International Database