By 2045, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 9.5 billion people, driven by growth in Asia and Africa. Asia will remain the most populous continent, with over 5 billion residents, though its growth rate will slow as countries like China and Japan experience aging and even population decline. India is expected to solidify its position as the world’s most populous country, potentially surpassing 1.6 billion people. Africa’s population will see the fastest growth, likely doubling to around 2.5 billion, with Nigeria becoming the third most populous country globally. Europe’s population will continue to shrink and age, falling below 700 million, while North America’s population will rise modestly to around 400 million, mainly due to immigration. Latin America and the Caribbean will experience slower growth, reaching about 750 million, while Oceania, led by Australia, will approach 60 million. Urbanization will accelerate, with more than two-thirds of the global population living in cities, presenting both opportunities and challenges for sustainable development.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,597,727,086 | 537.4 |
2 | China | 1,388,147,197 | 148.8 |
3 | Nigeria | 387,782,040 | 425.8 |
4 | United States | 381,390,297 | 41.7 |
5 | Pakistan | 346,445,113 | 449.4 |
6 | Indonesia | 314,615,052 | 173.7 |
7 | Brazil | 237,571,175 | 28.4 |
8 | Congo Kinshasa | 212,193,547 | 93.6 |
9 | Bangladesh | 191,663,230 | 1,472.4 |
10 | Ethiopia | 181,277,414 | 165.3 |
11 | Philippines | 151,645,176 | 508.6 |
12 | Mexico | 150,047,398 | 77.2 |
13 | Egypt | 143,315,586 | 144 |
14 | Russia | 133,880,610 | 8.2 |
15 | Vietnam | 119,568,023 | 385.6 |
16 | Tanzania | 112,240,774 | 126.7 |
17 | Japan | 109,615,226 | 300.7 |
18 | Iran | 99,549,531 | 65 |
19 | Turkey | 90,615,273 | 117.7 |
20 | Uganda | 87,001,576 | 441.4 |
21 | Kenya | 83,970,900 | 147.5 |
22 | Sudan | 81,387,831 | 43.7 |
23 | Germany | 80,803,263 | 231.7 |
24 | United Kingdom | 73,420,201 | 303.5 |
25 | Angola | 71,766,569 | 57.6 |
26 | France | 71,426,718 | 111.5 |
27 | Thailand | 68,308,383 | 133.7 |
28 | South Africa | 67,089,133 | 55.2 |
29 | Burma | 64,341,799 | 98.5 |
30 | Italy | 61,102,823 | 207.7 |
31 | Iraq | 59,339,806 | 135.7 |
32 | Afghanistan | 58,812,822 | 90.2 |
33 | Mozambique | 56,530,226 | 71.9 |
34 | Algeria | 54,338,351 | 22.8 |
35 | Niger | 53,741,290 | 42.4 |
36 | Argentina | 53,731,198 | 19.6 |
37 | Colombia | 51,807,055 | 49.9 |
38 | Cameroon | 51,623,028 | 109.2 |
39 | South Korea | 51,396,446 | 530.3 |
40 | Ghana | 51,317,502 | 225.5 |
41 | Spain | 47,776,006 | 95.7 |
42 | Saudi Arabia | 46,514,510 | 21.6 |
43 | Côte d'Ivoire | 43,795,589 | 137.7 |
44 | Yemen | 43,361,928 | 82.1 |
45 | Canada | 43,230,196 | 4.8 |
46 | Madagascar | 42,471,930 | 73 |
47 | Morocco | 42,409,327 | 59.2 |
48 | Malaysia | 40,325,234 | 122.7 |
49 | Ukraine | 38,538,818 | 66.5 |
50 | Mali | 37,534,404 | 30.8 |
51 | Peru | 37,265,524 | 29.1 |
52 | Venezuela | 35,917,969 | 40.7 |
53 | Uzbekistan | 35,081,953 | 82.5 |
54 | Zambia | 34,852,418 | 46.9 |
55 | Nepal | 34,703,481 | 242.1 |
56 | Poland | 34,482,878 | 113.3 |
57 | Burkina Faso | 34,402,362 | 125.6 |
58 | Chad | 33,570,444 | 26.7 |
59 | Australia | 32,236,019 | 4.2 |
60 | Syria | 31,694,029 | 170.5 |
61 | Malawi | 31,661,017 | 336.5 |
62 | Senegal | 28,464,075 | 147.8 |
63 | Benin | 27,894,671 | 252.2 |
64 | North Korea | 27,220,540 | 226.1 |
65 | Sri Lanka | 25,437,022 | 393.6 |
66 | Guinea | 24,329,616 | 99 |
67 | Guatemala | 23,412,438 | 218.5 |
68 | Burundi | 23,149,039 | 901.4 |
69 | Zimbabwe | 22,963,762 | 59.4 |
70 | Taiwan | 22,725,928 | 704.5 |
71 | Kazakhstan | 21,966,766 | 8.1 |
72 | South Sudan | 21,466,512 | 33.3 |
73 | Ecuador | 20,858,769 | 75.3 |
74 | Somalia | 20,759,265 | 33.1 |
75 | Chile | 20,055,057 | 27 |
76 | Cambodia | 19,790,688 | 112.1 |
77 | Netherlands | 18,341,061 | 541.1 |
78 | Rwanda | 18,177,389 | 736.9 |
79 | Romania | 15,991,781 | 69.6 |
80 | Jordan | 14,955,988 | 168.4 |
81 | Papua New Guinea | 14,850,941 | 32.8 |
82 | Bolivia | 14,312,197 | 13.2 |
83 | Haiti | 14,070,475 | 510.5 |
84 | Togo | 14,015,458 | 257.7 |
85 | Sierra Leone | 13,398,620 | 187.1 |
86 | Belgium | 12,938,620 | 427.3 |
87 | Tunisia | 12,837,035 | 82.6 |
88 | Dominican Republic | 12,394,081 | 256.5 |
89 | United Arab Emirates | 11,955,935 | 143 |
90 | Israel | 11,954,993 | 556.1 |
91 | Tajikistan | 11,657,036 | 82.4 |
92 | Honduras | 11,638,031 | 104 |
93 | Sweden | 11,552,812 | 28.2 |
94 | Azerbaijan | 11,314,678 | 136.9 |
95 | Czechia | 10,520,771 | 136.2 |
96 | Cuba | 10,338,941 | 94.1 |
97 | Portugal | 9,883,354 | 108.1 |
98 | Greece | 9,713,202 | 74.3 |
99 | Laos | 9,634,704 | 41.7 |
100 | Switzerland | 9,610,596 | 240.3 |
101 | Liberia | 9,501,362 | 98.6 |
102 | Austria | 9,335,849 | 113.2 |
103 | Libya | 9,311,267 | 5.3 |
104 | Congo Brazzaville | 9,250,619 | 27.1 |
105 | Hungary | 8,865,907 | 98.9 |
106 | Paraguay | 8,777,991 | 22.1 |
107 | Belarus | 8,653,917 | 42.7 |
108 | Eritrea | 8,436,844 | 83.5 |
109 | Central African Republic | 7,808,806 | 12.5 |
110 | Nicaragua | 7,222,622 | 60.2 |
111 | Hong Kong | 7,049,539 | 6,569.9 |
112 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,978,747 | 36.4 |
113 | Singapore | 6,853,565 | 9,666.5 |
114 | El Salvador | 6,578,045 | 317.5 |
115 | Turkmenistan | 6,511,718 | 13.9 |
116 | Norway | 6,380,739 | 21 |
117 | Denmark | 6,356,609 | 149.8 |
118 | Ireland | 6,303,876 | 91.5 |
119 | Costa Rica | 6,085,892 | 119.2 |
120 | Mauritania | 6,072,947 | 5.9 |
121 | Bulgaria | 5,933,661 | 54.7 |
122 | New Zealand | 5,879,696 | 22.2 |
123 | Serbia | 5,870,991 | 75.8 |
124 | Lebanon | 5,760,316 | 563.1 |
125 | Finland | 5,640,640 | 18.6 |
126 | Panama | 5,593,457 | 75.2 |
127 | Oman | 5,152,426 | 16.6 |
128 | Slovakia | 5,085,052 | 105.7 |
129 | Georgia | 4,856,274 | 69.7 |
130 | West Bank | 4,050,436 | 718.2 |
131 | Namibia | 3,910,077 | 4.7 |
132 | Kuwait | 3,774,252 | 211.8 |
133 | Gabon | 3,765,634 | 14.6 |
134 | Croatia | 3,730,291 | 66.6 |
135 | Mongolia | 3,649,504 | 2.3 |
136 | Guinea-Bissau | 3,593,345 | 127.8 |
137 | The Gambia | 3,592,873 | 355 |
138 | Uruguay | 3,551,551 | 20.3 |
139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,429,208 | 67 |
140 | Botswana | 3,075,706 | 5.4 |
141 | Albania | 2,967,267 | 108.3 |
142 | Jamaica | 2,929,345 | 270.5 |
143 | Gaza Strip | 2,893,632 | 8,037.9 |
144 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,863,239 | 102.1 |
145 | Armenia | 2,629,539 | 93.2 |
146 | Lesotho | 2,580,445 | 85 |
147 | Qatar | 2,570,504 | 221.9 |
148 | Moldova | 2,450,198 | 74.5 |
149 | Puerto Rico | 2,303,946 | 259.8 |
150 | Kosovo | 2,214,324 | 203.4 |
151 | Lithuania | 2,140,115 | 34.1 |
152 | North Macedonia | 2,099,476 | 82.5 |
153 | Timor-Leste | 2,071,285 | 139.3 |
154 | Slovenia | 2,014,803 | 100 |
155 | Bahrain | 1,805,489 | 2,375.6 |
156 | Cyprus | 1,436,653 | 155.5 |
157 | Latvia | 1,419,172 | 22.8 |
158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,383,808 | 269.9 |
159 | Djibouti | 1,332,840 | 57.5 |
160 | Eswatini | 1,281,325 | 74.5 |
161 | Mauritius | 1,263,605 | 622.5 |
162 | Comoros | 1,130,810 | 506 |
163 | Bhutan | 1,026,298 | 26.7 |
164 | Estonia | 1,012,359 | 23.9 |
165 | Fiji | 1,010,336 | 55.3 |
166 | Solomon Islands | 960,552 | 34.3 |
167 | Luxembourg | 847,137 | 327.6 |
168 | Guyana | 843,985 | 4.3 |
169 | Suriname | 765,576 | 4.9 |
170 | Cabo Verde | 727,635 | 180.4 |
171 | Macau | 695,593 | 24,842.6 |
172 | Brunei | 620,628 | 117.9 |
173 | Belize | 563,238 | 24.7 |
174 | Montenegro | 519,245 | 38.6 |
175 | Malta | 488,028 | 1,544.4 |
176 | Maldives | 440,417 | 1,477.9 |
177 | Vanuatu | 413,574 | 33.9 |
178 | Iceland | 410,488 | 4.1 |
179 | The Bahamas | 403,808 | 40.3 |
180 | New Caledonia | 365,748 | 20 |
181 | French Polynesia | 328,816 | 85.9 |
182 | Barbados | 303,116 | 704.9 |
183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 290,654 | 301.5 |
184 | Samoa | 239,456 | 84.9 |
185 | Saint Lucia | 170,100 | 280.7 |
186 | Guam | 163,733 | 301 |
187 | Curaçao | 154,512 | 348 |
188 | Aruba | 148,961 | 827.6 |
189 | Kiribati | 136,164 | 167.9 |
190 | Antigua and Barbuda | 121,744 | 274.8 |
191 | Grenada | 116,313 | 338.1 |
192 | Jersey | 109,506 | 944 |
193 | Seychelles | 102,151 | 224.5 |
194 | Marshall Islands | 100,480 | 555.1 |
195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96,710 | 248.6 |
196 | Isle of Man | 96,026 | 167.9 |
197 | Tonga | 94,047 | 131.2 |
198 | Cayman Islands | 88,819 | 336.4 |
199 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 86,971 | 249.9 |
200 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 81,634 | 86.1 |
201 | Andorra | 80,790 | 172.6 |
202 | Federated States of Micronesia | 80,246 | 114.3 |
203 | Bermuda | 72,889 | 1,349.8 |
204 | Dominica | 69,142 | 92.1 |
205 | Guernsey | 68,920 | 883.6 |
206 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 57,937 | 222 |
207 | Faroe Islands | 57,621 | 41.4 |
208 | Greenland | 54,494 | 0 |
209 | British Virgin Islands | 53,583 | 354.9 |
210 | Sint Maarten | 53,463 | 1,572.4 |
211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 46,984 | 99.5 |
212 | Liechtenstein | 44,382 | 277.4 |
213 | San Marino | 36,966 | 606 |
214 | Saint Martin | 34,866 | 645.7 |
215 | Monaco | 33,393 | 16,696.5 |
216 | American Samoa | 33,300 | 168.2 |
217 | Gibraltar | 29,258 | 4,179.7 |
218 | Anguilla | 26,132 | 287.2 |
219 | Palau | 22,662 | 49.4 |
220 | Wallis and Futuna | 16,031 | 112.9 |
221 | Tuvalu | 13,090 | 503.5 |
222 | Nauru | 10,963 | 522 |
223 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,734 | 19.6 |
224 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,818 | 272.7 |
225 | Montserrat | 5,645 | 55.3 |
226 | Cook Islands | 5,593 | 23.7 |
227 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,930 | 16.2 |
Data from US Census International Database