2048 Population

By 2048, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 9.7 billion people, reflecting ongoing growth but at a gradually slowing rate. Asia will remain the most populous continent, housing over 5.2 billion people, with India and China continuing to lead as the world’s most populous countries, though India is expected to have a clear lead by then. Africa will experience the fastest growth, with its population surpassing 2.6 billion, driven by high birth rates in countries like Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Europe’s population is likely to decline slightly, falling below 700 million due to aging demographics and low birth rates, while North America’s population will rise modestly to around 400 million, largely fueled by immigration. Latin America and the Caribbean will see moderate growth, reaching about 750 million people, with Brazil and Mexico as the largest contributors. Oceania, led by Australia and Papua New Guinea, will remain the least populous region, with around 60 million inhabitants. Urbanization will intensify, with over two-thirds of the global population living in cities, and megacities in Asia and Africa dominating the urban landscape.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	India	1,613,499,744	542.7
2	China	1,373,233,980	147.2
3	Nigeria	412,036,710	452.4
4	United States	385,917,628	42.2
5	Pakistan	358,660,179	465.3
6	Indonesia	317,113,016	175
7	Brazil	238,213,345	28.5
8	Congo Kinshasa	229,111,910	101.1
9	Bangladesh	193,391,029	1,485.7
10	Ethiopia	190,145,070	173.4
11	Philippines	155,585,132	521.8
12	Mexico	151,724,915	78.1
13	Egypt	147,868,398	148.5
14	Russia	132,634,578	8.1
15	Vietnam	120,542,171	388.8
16	Tanzania	119,396,190	134.8
17	Japan	107,540,687	295
18	Iran	100,491,873	65.6
19	Uganda	92,967,399	471.7
20	Turkey	90,716,046	117.9
21	Kenya	87,372,872	153.5
22	Sudan	85,815,196	46.1
23	Germany	80,195,740	230
24	Angola	77,855,568	62.4
25	United Kingdom	73,946,683	305.7
26	France	71,439,914	111.6
27	South Africa	67,939,220	55.9
28	Thailand	67,429,898	132
29	Burma	64,684,901	99
30	Iraq	61,620,025	140.9
31	Afghanistan	61,451,902	94.2
32	Italy	61,085,655	207.7
33	Mozambique	60,582,917	77
34	Niger	58,691,072	46.3
35	Algeria	55,449,291	23.3
36	Cameroon	55,009,037	116.4
37	Argentina	54,485,710	19.9
38	Ghana	53,800,072	236.4
39	Colombia	51,651,144	49.7
40	South Korea	50,736,400	523.5
41	Spain	47,515,742	95.2
42	Saudi Arabia	47,431,012	22.1
43	Côte d'Ivoire	45,695,054	143.7
44	Yemen	44,784,556	84.8
45	Madagascar	44,216,675	76
46	Canada	43,701,419	4.8
47	Morocco	42,860,293	59.8
48	Malaysia	40,920,495	124.5
49	Mali	39,973,052	32.8
50	Ukraine	37,879,140	65.4
51	Peru	37,724,818	29.5
52	Zambia	37,023,003	49.8
53	Venezuela	36,297,127	41.2
54	Burkina Faso	35,937,774	131.3
55	Chad	35,875,303	28.5
56	Uzbekistan	35,384,864	83.2
57	Nepal	35,055,940	244.5
58	Poland	33,896,043	111.4
59	Malawi	33,001,902	350.8
60	Australia	32,925,639	4.3
61	Syria	32,707,513	176
62	Benin	30,351,776	274.4
63	Senegal	29,777,049	154.7
64	North Korea	27,218,069	226
65	Guinea	26,207,295	106.7
66	Sri Lanka	25,548,993	395.3
67	Burundi	24,630,522	959.1
68	Zimbabwe	24,087,787	62.3
69	Guatemala	24,042,861	224.4
70	South Sudan	22,742,593	35.3
71	Taiwan	22,383,820	693.9
72	Kazakhstan	22,229,136	8.2
73	Somalia	21,896,963	34.9
74	Ecuador	21,164,882	76.5
75	Chile	20,109,388	27
76	Cambodia	20,054,947	113.6
77	Rwanda	18,762,711	760.6
78	Netherlands	18,381,056	542.3
79	Romania	15,736,568	68.5
80	Papua New Guinea	15,506,991	34.2
81	Jordan	15,430,718	173.8
82	Togo	14,811,578	272.3
83	Bolivia	14,495,064	13.4
84	Haiti	14,348,987	520.6
85	Sierra Leone	13,978,197	195.2
86	Belgium	13,036,297	430.6
87	Tunisia	12,883,664	82.9
88	Dominican Republic	12,529,376	259.3
89	Israel	12,324,014	573.3
90	United Arab Emirates	12,240,980	146.4
91	Tajikistan	11,923,081	84.3
92	Honduras	11,825,047	105.7
93	Sweden	11,686,899	28.5
94	Azerbaijan	11,350,989	137.4
95	Czechia	10,492,865	135.8
96	Cuba	10,201,049	92.9
97	Liberia	10,131,553	105.2
98	Congo Brazzaville	9,813,617	28.7
99	Laos	9,812,364	42.5
100	Portugal	9,794,068	107.1
101	Switzerland	9,738,904	243.5
102	Greece	9,591,085	73.4
103	Libya	9,574,604	5.4
104	Austria	9,366,340	113.6
105	Paraguay	8,887,841	22.4
106	Hungary	8,745,607	97.6
107	Eritrea	8,732,934	86.5
108	Belarus	8,541,208	42.1
109	Central African Republic	8,118,090	13
110	Nicaragua	7,266,476	60.6
111	Kyrgyzstan	7,055,962	36.8
112	Hong Kong	6,957,618	6,484.3
113	Singapore	6,921,424	9,762.2
114	Turkmenistan	6,584,092	14
115	El Salvador	6,528,286	315.1
116	Norway	6,464,749	21.2
117	Ireland	6,412,979	93.1
118	Denmark	6,392,665	150.6
119	Mauritania	6,311,786	6.1
120	Costa Rica	6,151,386	120.5
121	New Zealand	5,948,940	22.5
122	Bulgaria	5,818,681	53.6
123	Serbia	5,763,685	74.4
124	Lebanon	5,756,271	562.7
125	Panama	5,717,948	76.9
126	Finland	5,628,314	18.5
127	Oman	5,314,784	17.2
128	Slovakia	5,019,065	104.3
129	Georgia	4,833,731	69.4
130	West Bank	4,166,295	738.7
131	Namibia	4,056,429	4.9
132	Gabon	3,955,237	15.4
133	Guinea-Bissau	3,854,773	137.1
134	Kuwait	3,849,142	216
135	The Gambia	3,734,030	369
136	Mongolia	3,682,873	2.4
137	Croatia	3,666,203	65.5
138	Uruguay	3,557,865	20.3
139	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,354,497	65.5
140	Botswana	3,151,448	5.6
141	Gaza Strip	2,995,165	8,319.9
142	Equatorial Guinea	2,980,612	106.3
143	Jamaica	2,953,610	272.7
144	Albania	2,924,046	106.7
145	Lesotho	2,617,094	86.2
146	Qatar	2,579,144	222.6
147	Armenia	2,565,624	91
148	Moldova	2,351,360	71.5
149	Kosovo	2,233,189	205.1
150	Puerto Rico	2,216,677	249.9
151	Timor-Leste	2,139,847	143.9
152	Lithuania	2,085,337	33.3
153	North Macedonia	2,084,984	82
154	Slovenia	1,997,072	99.1
155	Bahrain	1,830,976	2,409.2
156	Cyprus	1,433,322	155.1
157	Latvia	1,372,114	22
158	Trinidad and Tobago	1,370,253	267.2
159	Djibouti	1,368,801	59.1
160	Eswatini	1,298,683	75.5
161	Mauritius	1,245,576	613.6
162	Comoros	1,156,546	517.5
163	Bhutan	1,039,702	27.1
164	Fiji	1,015,729	55.6
165	Solomon Islands	988,934	35.3
166	Estonia	987,534	23.3
167	Luxembourg	869,727	336.3
168	Guyana	844,070	4.3
169	Suriname	777,395	5
170	Cabo Verde	738,960	183.2
171	Macau	697,411	24,907.5
172	Brunei	636,479	120.9
173	Belize	580,899	25.5
174	Montenegro	504,636	37.5
175	Malta	489,255	1,548.3
176	Maldives	446,220	1,497.4
177	Vanuatu	425,274	34.9
178	Iceland	414,944	4.1
179	The Bahamas	407,096	40.7
180	New Caledonia	372,584	20.4
181	French Polynesia	329,859	86.2
182	Barbados	300,362	698.5
183	Sao Tome and Principe	300,248	311.5
184	Samoa	243,870	86.4
185	Saint Lucia	168,905	278.7
186	Guam	161,329	296.6
187	Curaçao	153,782	346.4
188	Aruba	151,850	843.6
189	Kiribati	138,086	170.3
190	Antigua and Barbuda	123,583	279
191	Grenada	116,180	337.7
192	Jersey	109,877	947.2
193	Marshall Islands	102,267	565
194	Seychelles	101,587	223.3
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95,915	246.6
196	Isle of Man	95,885	167.6
197	Tonga	91,789	128
198	Cayman Islands	91,582	346.9
199	Turks and Caicos Islands	84,363	89
200	U.S. Virgin Islands	84,203	242
201	Andorra	79,224	169.3
202	Federated States of Micronesia	77,055	109.8
203	Bermuda	72,219	1,337.4
204	Guernsey	68,847	882.7
205	Dominica	67,588	90
206	Faroe Islands	58,065	41.7
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	57,729	221.2
208	British Virgin Islands	55,110	365
209	Sint Maarten	53,970	1,587.4
210	Greenland	53,846	0
211	Northern Mariana Islands	45,993	97.4
212	Liechtenstein	44,717	279.5
213	San Marino	36,738	602.3
214	Saint Martin	35,064	649.3
215	Monaco	32,989	16,494.5
216	American Samoa	32,084	162
217	Gibraltar	29,070	4,152.9
218	Anguilla	26,990	296.6
219	Palau	22,562	49.2
220	Wallis and Futuna	15,995	112.6
221	Tuvalu	13,242	509.3
222	Nauru	11,179	532.3
223	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,639	19.4
224	Saint Barthelemy	6,759	270.4
225	Montserrat	5,589	54.8
226	Cook Islands	5,460	23.1
227	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,780	15.6

Data from US Census International Database