2046 Population

By 2046, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 9.5 billion people, with growth patterns varying significantly across continents and regions. Asia will remain the most populous continent, home to over 5 billion people, though its growth rate will slow as countries like China and Japan face aging populations and declining birth rates, while India continues to grow and solidifies its position as the world’s most populous country. Africa will experience the fastest population growth, with its population expected to double to nearly 2.5 billion, driven by high fertility rates in countries such as Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Europe’s population will likely decline slightly, falling below 700 million due to low birth rates and aging demographics, especially in Eastern and Southern Europe. Latin America and the Caribbean are projected to see modest growth, reaching around 750 million, while North America’s population will rise to about 400 million, primarily due to immigration in the United States and Canada. Oceania, led by Australia and Papua New Guinea, will see its population approach 60 million. Urbanization will intensify, with megacities expanding rapidly in Asia and Africa, reshaping the global demographic landscape.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	India	1,603,309,212	539.3
2	China	1,383,446,138	148.3
3	Nigeria	395,818,506	434.6
4	United States	382,907,447	41.8
5	Pakistan	350,556,452	454.8
6	Indonesia	315,525,143	174.2
7	Brazil	237,829,393	28.5
8	Congo Kinshasa	217,763,353	96.1
9	Bangladesh	192,278,740	1,477.1
10	Ethiopia	184,242,788	168
11	Philippines	152,977,530	513.1
12	Mexico	150,647,355	77.5
13	Egypt	144,859,686	145.5
14	Russia	133,479,933	8.2
15	Vietnam	119,923,716	386.8
16	Tanzania	114,612,086	129.4
17	Japan	108,922,601	298.8
18	Iran	99,889,642	65.2
19	Turkey	90,674,506	117.8
20	Uganda	88,980,747	451.4
21	Kenya	85,117,970	149.6
22	Sudan	82,865,877	44.5
23	Germany	80,603,571	231.2
24	Angola	73,772,785	59.2
25	United Kingdom	73,602,197	304.2
26	France	71,438,247	111.5
27	Thailand	68,031,865	133.2
28	South Africa	67,385,350	55.5
29	Burma	64,471,363	98.7
30	Italy	61,104,680	207.7
31	Iraq	60,109,462	137.4
32	Afghanistan	59,693,961	91.5
33	Mozambique	57,864,169	73.6
34	Niger	55,367,870	43.7
35	Algeria	54,720,717	23
36	Argentina	53,989,682	19.7
37	Cameroon	52,741,732	111.6
38	Ghana	52,146,889	229.2
39	Colombia	51,766,511	49.8
40	South Korea	51,192,434	528.2
41	Spain	47,706,655	95.6
42	Saudi Arabia	46,835,310	21.8
43	Côte d'Ivoire	44,432,490	139.7
44	Yemen	43,843,431	83
45	Canada	43,390,065	4.8
46	Madagascar	43,057,385	74
47	Morocco	42,568,296	59.4
48	Malaysia	40,529,444	123.3
49	Mali	38,344,611	31.4
50	Ukraine	38,322,277	66.1
51	Peru	37,428,964	29.2
52	Venezuela	36,051,538	40.9
53	Zambia	35,573,882	47.9
54	Uzbekistan	35,187,780	82.7
55	Burkina Faso	34,917,507	127.5
56	Nepal	34,824,408	242.9
57	Chad	34,336,288	27.3
58	Poland	34,290,103	112.7
59	Australia	32,468,260	4.2
60	Malawi	32,110,496	341.3
61	Syria	32,036,484	172.3
62	Senegal	28,904,041	150.1
63	Benin	28,697,265	259.4
64	North Korea	27,222,968	226.1
65	Sri Lanka	25,480,094	394.2
66	Guinea	24,943,711	101.5
67	Burundi	23,643,495	920.7
68	Guatemala	23,626,300	220.5
69	Zimbabwe	23,337,986	60.3
70	Taiwan	22,617,053	701.1
71	Kazakhstan	22,058,165	8.2
72	South Sudan	21,891,184	34
73	Somalia	21,137,918	33.7
74	Ecuador	20,964,932	75.7
75	Chile	20,076,982	27
76	Cambodia	19,884,102	112.6
77	Rwanda	18,375,912	744.9
78	Netherlands	18,355,260	541.6
79	Romania	15,907,416	69.2
80	Jordan	15,116,746	170.2
81	Papua New Guinea	15,071,630	33.3
82	Bolivia	14,376,953	13.3
83	Togo	14,280,016	262.6
84	Haiti	14,165,564	514
85	Sierra Leone	13,593,078	189.8
86	Belgium	12,972,407	428.4
87	Tunisia	12,856,028	82.7
88	Dominican Republic	12,441,361	257.5
89	Israel	12,079,431	561.9
90	United Arab Emirates	12,051,116	144.2
91	Tajikistan	11,747,868	83
92	Honduras	11,703,439	104.6
93	Sweden	11,598,234	28.3
94	Azerbaijan	11,329,584	137.1
95	Czechia	10,512,090	136.1
96	Cuba	10,294,643	93.7
97	Portugal	9,854,903	107.7
98	Liberia	9,709,994	100.8
99	Laos	9,695,792	42
100	Greece	9,673,678	74
101	Switzerland	9,653,636	241.4
102	Congo Brazzaville	9,437,328	27.6
103	Libya	9,401,555	5.3
104	Austria	9,346,588	113.4
105	Hungary	8,825,964	98.5
106	Paraguay	8,815,914	22.2
107	Belarus	8,617,244	42.5
108	Eritrea	8,537,124	84.5
109	Central African Republic	7,912,019	12.7
110	Nicaragua	7,238,921	60.3
111	Hong Kong	7,020,137	6,542.5
112	Kyrgyzstan	7,006,249	36.5
113	Singapore	6,877,696	9,700.6
114	El Salvador	6,561,967	316.7
115	Turkmenistan	6,536,748	13.9
116	Norway	6,409,206	21.1
117	Denmark	6,368,739	150.1
118	Ireland	6,341,670	92.1
119	Mauritania	6,153,066	6
120	Costa Rica	6,109,034	119.6
121	New Zealand	5,903,681	22.3
122	Bulgaria	5,895,512	54.3
123	Serbia	5,835,058	75.3
124	Lebanon	5,760,730	563.1
125	Finland	5,636,597	18.6
126	Panama	5,635,805	75.8
127	Oman	5,206,691	16.8
128	Slovakia	5,063,561	105.3
129	Georgia	4,849,345	69.6
130	West Bank	4,089,576	725.1
131	Namibia	3,959,293	4.8
132	Gabon	3,828,768	14.9
133	Kuwait	3,799,736	213.3
134	Croatia	3,708,936	66.3
135	Guinea-Bissau	3,679,003	130.8
136	Mongolia	3,661,653	2.4
137	The Gambia	3,640,209	359.7
138	Uruguay	3,553,995	20.3
139	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,404,593	66.5
140	Botswana	3,101,355	5.5
141	Albania	2,953,025	107.8
142	Jamaica	2,936,958	271.2
143	Gaza Strip	2,927,993	8,133.3
144	Equatorial Guinea	2,903,581	103.5
145	Armenia	2,608,661	92.5
146	Lesotho	2,593,227	85.4
147	Qatar	2,572,906	222.1
148	Moldova	2,416,911	73.5
149	Puerto Rico	2,273,845	256.4
150	Kosovo	2,221,117	204
151	Lithuania	2,121,560	33.8
152	North Macedonia	2,094,778	82.4
153	Timor-Leste	2,094,351	140.8
154	Slovenia	2,009,206	99.7
155	Bahrain	1,814,139	2,387
156	Cyprus	1,436,104	155.4
157	Latvia	1,403,405	22.5
158	Trinidad and Tobago	1,379,573	269
159	Djibouti	1,345,168	58
160	Eswatini	1,287,301	74.8
161	Mauritius	1,257,806	619.6
162	Comoros	1,139,693	509.9
163	Bhutan	1,030,992	26.9
164	Fiji	1,012,229	55.4
165	Estonia	1,004,165	23.7
166	Solomon Islands	970,187	34.7
167	Luxembourg	854,695	330.5
168	Guyana	844,109	4.3
169	Suriname	769,670	4.9
170	Cabo Verde	731,556	181.4
171	Macau	696,362	24,870.1
172	Brunei	625,961	118.9
173	Belize	569,209	25
174	Montenegro	514,443	38.2
175	Malta	488,414	1,545.6
176	Maldives	442,437	1,484.7
177	Vanuatu	417,543	34.3
178	Iceland	412,031	4.1
179	The Bahamas	404,978	40.5
180	New Caledonia	368,084	20.1
181	French Polynesia	329,232	86
182	Barbados	302,258	702.9
183	Sao Tome and Principe	293,856	304.8
184	Samoa	240,913	85.4
185	Saint Lucia	169,756	280.1
186	Guam	162,975	299.6
187	Curaçao	154,281	347.5
188	Aruba	149,933	833
189	Kiribati	136,822	168.7
190	Antigua and Barbuda	122,379	276.3
191	Grenada	116,273	338
192	Jersey	109,632	945.1
193	Seychelles	101,990	224.2
194	Marshall Islands	101,103	558.6
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96,447	247.9
196	Isle of Man	95,997	167.8
197	Tonga	93,313	130.1
198	Cayman Islands	89,749	340
199	U.S. Virgin Islands	86,048	247.3
200	Turks and Caicos Islands	82,560	87.1
201	Andorra	80,300	171.6
202	Federated States of Micronesia	79,190	112.8
203	Bermuda	72,678	1,345.9
204	Guernsey	68,901	883.3
205	Dominica	68,645	91.4
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis	57,882	221.8
207	Faroe Islands	57,769	41.5
208	Greenland	54,278	0
209	British Virgin Islands	54,106	358.3
210	Sint Maarten	53,643	1,577.7
211	Northern Mariana Islands	46,659	98.9
212	Liechtenstein	44,498	278.1
213	San Marino	36,904	605
214	Saint Martin	34,935	646.9
215	Monaco	33,272	16,636
216	American Samoa	32,888	166.1
217	Gibraltar	29,195	4,170.7
218	Anguilla	26,421	290.3
219	Palau	22,632	49.3
220	Wallis and Futuna	16,019	112.8
221	Tuvalu	13,141	505.4
222	Nauru	11,034	525.4
223	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,704	19.6
224	Saint Barthelemy	6,798	271.9
225	Montserrat	5,628	55.2
226	Cook Islands	5,544	23.5
227	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,879	16

Data from US Census International Database