By 2050, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 9.7 billion people, according to United Nations estimates. Asia will remain the most populous continent, with over 5.2 billion inhabitants, though its growth rate will slow as countries like China and Japan experience aging populations and even declines. Africa will see the most dramatic increase, doubling its population 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 is expected to shrink slightly to around 700 million, with Eastern Europe and Russia facing significant declines. The Americas will grow more modestly, with Latin America and the Caribbean reaching about 780 million, while North America (mainly the United States and Canada) will approach 430 million. India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous country, while populous nations like Indonesia, Pakistan, and Nigeria will continue to climb the global rankings, reshaping the demographic landscape of the mid-21st century.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,622,372,511 | 545.7 |
2 | China | 1,361,613,688 | 146 |
3 | Nigeria | 428,438,012 | 470.4 |
4 | United States | 388,922,201 | 42.5 |
5 | Pakistan | 366,569,839 | 475.5 |
6 | Indonesia | 318,393,046 | 175.8 |
7 | Congo Kinshasa | 240,710,111 | 106.2 |
8 | Brazil | 238,435,974 | 28.5 |
9 | Ethiopia | 195,982,344 | 178.7 |
10 | Bangladesh | 194,343,726 | 1,493 |
11 | Philippines | 158,108,572 | 530.3 |
12 | Mexico | 152,646,592 | 78.5 |
13 | Egypt | 150,738,197 | 151.4 |
14 | Russia | 131,733,062 | 8 |
15 | Tanzania | 124,222,573 | 140.2 |
16 | Vietnam | 121,027,926 | 390.3 |
17 | Japan | 106,156,887 | 291.3 |
18 | Iran | 100,972,304 | 65.9 |
19 | Uganda | 96,972,729 | 492 |
20 | Turkey | 90,656,580 | 117.8 |
21 | Kenya | 89,573,347 | 157.4 |
22 | Sudan | 88,749,624 | 47.7 |
23 | Angola | 82,021,832 | 65.8 |
24 | Germany | 79,776,607 | 228.8 |
25 | United Kingdom | 74,268,354 | 307 |
26 | France | 71,416,579 | 111.5 |
27 | South Africa | 68,434,347 | 56.3 |
28 | Thailand | 66,768,316 | 130.7 |
29 | Burma | 64,837,457 | 99.2 |
30 | Mozambique | 63,366,021 | 80.6 |
31 | Afghanistan | 63,197,340 | 96.9 |
32 | Iraq | 63,087,363 | 144.2 |
33 | Niger | 62,099,731 | 49 |
34 | Italy | 61,036,680 | 207.5 |
35 | Cameroon | 57,310,971 | 121.2 |
36 | Algeria | 56,117,140 | 23.6 |
37 | Ghana | 55,437,373 | 243.6 |
38 | Argentina | 54,950,409 | 20.1 |
39 | Colombia | 51,491,975 | 49.6 |
40 | South Korea | 50,217,135 | 518.1 |
41 | Saudi Arabia | 47,966,097 | 22.3 |
42 | Spain | 47,250,516 | 94.7 |
43 | Côte d'Ivoire | 46,939,672 | 147.6 |
44 | Yemen | 45,693,399 | 86.5 |
45 | Madagascar | 45,355,015 | 78 |
46 | Canada | 44,002,894 | 4.8 |
47 | Morocco | 43,116,499 | 60.2 |
48 | Mali | 41,603,635 | 34.1 |
49 | Malaysia | 41,286,972 | 125.6 |
50 | Zambia | 38,476,482 | 51.8 |
51 | Peru | 37,977,511 | 29.7 |
52 | Ukraine | 37,422,979 | 64.6 |
53 | Chad | 37,418,108 | 29.7 |
54 | Burkina Faso | 36,938,704 | 134.9 |
55 | Venezuela | 36,513,281 | 41.4 |
56 | Uzbekistan | 35,560,973 | 83.6 |
57 | Nepal | 35,274,683 | 246.1 |
58 | Malawi | 33,877,000 | 360.1 |
59 | Poland | 33,491,484 | 110.1 |
60 | Australia | 33,374,282 | 4.3 |
61 | Syria | 33,355,509 | 179.4 |
62 | Benin | 32,070,919 | 289.9 |
63 | Senegal | 30,635,314 | 159.1 |
64 | Guinea | 27,517,931 | 112 |
65 | North Korea | 27,200,057 | 225.9 |
66 | Burundi | 25,611,635 | 997.3 |
67 | Sri Lanka | 25,595,389 | 396 |
68 | Zimbabwe | 24,837,643 | 64.2 |
69 | Guatemala | 24,442,800 | 228.1 |
70 | South Sudan | 23,592,886 | 36.6 |
71 | Somalia | 22,655,319 | 36.1 |
72 | Kazakhstan | 22,380,770 | 8.3 |
73 | Taiwan | 22,132,472 | 686.1 |
74 | Ecuador | 21,348,217 | 77.1 |
75 | Cambodia | 20,202,507 | 114.5 |
76 | Chile | 20,126,545 | 27.1 |
77 | Rwanda | 19,133,170 | 775.6 |
78 | Netherlands | 18,405,073 | 543 |
79 | Papua New Guinea | 15,933,221 | 35.2 |
80 | Jordan | 15,735,443 | 177.2 |
81 | Romania | 15,560,475 | 67.7 |
82 | Togo | 15,344,759 | 282.2 |
83 | Bolivia | 14,596,934 | 13.5 |
84 | Haiti | 14,521,985 | 526.9 |
85 | Sierra Leone | 14,356,255 | 200.5 |
86 | Belgium | 13,095,652 | 432.5 |
87 | Tunisia | 12,895,172 | 83 |
88 | Dominican Republic | 12,608,829 | 260.9 |
89 | Israel | 12,563,059 | 584.4 |
90 | United Arab Emirates | 12,429,115 | 148.7 |
91 | Tajikistan | 12,088,991 | 85.4 |
92 | Honduras | 11,934,762 | 106.7 |
93 | Sweden | 11,771,380 | 28.7 |
94 | Azerbaijan | 11,361,504 | 137.5 |
95 | Liberia | 10,557,787 | 109.6 |
96 | Czechia | 10,470,774 | 135.5 |
97 | Congo Brazzaville | 10,192,844 | 29.8 |
98 | Cuba | 10,100,436 | 92 |
99 | Laos | 9,920,518 | 43 |
100 | Switzerland | 9,822,717 | 245.6 |
101 | Libya | 9,734,776 | 5.5 |
102 | Portugal | 9,728,863 | 106.4 |
103 | Greece | 9,504,172 | 72.7 |
104 | Austria | 9,383,858 | 113.8 |
105 | Paraguay | 8,954,539 | 22.5 |
106 | Eritrea | 8,921,842 | 88.3 |
107 | Hungary | 8,664,334 | 96.7 |
108 | Belarus | 8,461,760 | 41.7 |
109 | Central African Republic | 8,322,885 | 13.4 |
110 | Nicaragua | 7,287,372 | 60.7 |
111 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,097,955 | 37 |
112 | Singapore | 6,959,346 | 9,815.7 |
113 | Hong Kong | 6,890,901 | 6,422.1 |
114 | Turkmenistan | 6,627,470 | 14.1 |
115 | Norway | 6,518,282 | 21.4 |
116 | El Salvador | 6,492,154 | 313.3 |
117 | Ireland | 6,478,153 | 94 |
118 | Mauritania | 6,467,891 | 6.3 |
119 | Denmark | 6,416,507 | 151.2 |
120 | Costa Rica | 6,188,395 | 121.2 |
121 | New Zealand | 5,990,813 | 22.6 |
122 | Panama | 5,796,506 | 78 |
123 | Lebanon | 5,744,987 | 561.6 |
124 | Bulgaria | 5,740,967 | 52.9 |
125 | Serbia | 5,692,788 | 73.5 |
126 | Finland | 5,620,077 | 18.5 |
127 | Oman | 5,421,335 | 17.5 |
128 | Slovakia | 4,972,634 | 103.4 |
129 | Georgia | 4,815,328 | 69.1 |
130 | West Bank | 4,240,579 | 751.9 |
131 | Namibia | 4,151,610 | 5 |
132 | Gabon | 4,081,893 | 15.8 |
133 | Guinea-Bissau | 4,036,411 | 143.5 |
134 | Kuwait | 3,896,539 | 218.7 |
135 | The Gambia | 3,826,233 | 378.1 |
136 | Mongolia | 3,699,569 | 2.4 |
137 | Croatia | 3,623,602 | 64.7 |
138 | Uruguay | 3,560,420 | 20.3 |
139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,303,663 | 64.5 |
140 | Botswana | 3,199,855 | 5.6 |
141 | Gaza Strip | 3,060,115 | 8,500.3 |
142 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,052,647 | 108.8 |
143 | Jamaica | 2,972,457 | 274.4 |
144 | Albania | 2,894,358 | 105.6 |
145 | Lesotho | 2,638,694 | 86.9 |
146 | Qatar | 2,586,967 | 223.3 |
147 | Armenia | 2,521,147 | 89.4 |
148 | Moldova | 2,287,079 | 69.5 |
149 | Kosovo | 2,243,316 | 206.1 |
150 | Timor-Leste | 2,184,155 | 146.8 |
151 | Puerto Rico | 2,163,684 | 244 |
152 | North Macedonia | 2,074,629 | 81.6 |
153 | Lithuania | 2,050,440 | 32.7 |
154 | Slovenia | 1,983,776 | 98.4 |
155 | Bahrain | 1,847,256 | 2,430.6 |
156 | Cyprus | 1,428,212 | 154.6 |
157 | Djibouti | 1,391,020 | 60 |
158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,359,882 | 265.2 |
159 | Latvia | 1,341,195 | 21.5 |
160 | Eswatini | 1,309,186 | 76.1 |
161 | Mauritius | 1,232,670 | 607.2 |
162 | Comoros | 1,172,195 | 524.5 |
163 | Bhutan | 1,047,471 | 27.3 |
164 | Fiji | 1,018,845 | 55.8 |
165 | Solomon Islands | 1,006,932 | 36 |
166 | Estonia | 970,580 | 22.9 |
167 | Luxembourg | 884,664 | 342.1 |
168 | Guyana | 843,728 | 4.3 |
169 | Suriname | 784,492 | 5 |
170 | Cabo Verde | 745,776 | 184.9 |
171 | Macau | 697,801 | 24,921.5 |
172 | Brunei | 646,799 | 122.8 |
173 | Belize | 592,243 | 26 |
174 | Montenegro | 494,545 | 36.8 |
175 | Malta | 490,187 | 1,551.2 |
176 | Maldives | 449,604 | 1,508.7 |
177 | Vanuatu | 432,719 | 35.5 |
178 | Iceland | 417,620 | 4.2 |
179 | The Bahamas | 408,923 | 40.9 |
180 | New Caledonia | 376,851 | 20.6 |
181 | French Polynesia | 330,218 | 86.3 |
182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 306,603 | 318.1 |
183 | Barbados | 298,257 | 693.6 |
184 | Samoa | 246,912 | 87.5 |
185 | Saint Lucia | 167,817 | 276.9 |
186 | Guam | 159,508 | 293.2 |
187 | Aruba | 153,739 | 854.1 |
188 | Curaçao | 153,245 | 345.1 |
189 | Kiribati | 139,289 | 171.7 |
190 | Antigua and Barbuda | 124,705 | 281.5 |
191 | Grenada | 116,072 | 337.4 |
192 | Jersey | 110,111 | 949.2 |
193 | Marshall Islands | 103,319 | 570.8 |
194 | Seychelles | 101,082 | 222.2 |
195 | Isle of Man | 95,693 | 167.3 |
196 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 95,383 | 245.2 |
197 | Cayman Islands | 93,381 | 353.7 |
198 | Tonga | 90,196 | 125.8 |
199 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 86,092 | 90.8 |
200 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 82,348 | 236.6 |
201 | Andorra | 78,031 | 166.7 |
202 | Federated States of Micronesia | 74,899 | 106.7 |
203 | Bermuda | 71,717 | 1,328.1 |
204 | Guernsey | 68,777 | 881.8 |
205 | Dominica | 66,443 | 88.5 |
206 | Faroe Islands | 58,360 | 41.9 |
207 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 57,519 | 220.4 |
208 | British Virgin Islands | 56,060 | 371.3 |
209 | Sint Maarten | 54,257 | 1,595.8 |
210 | Greenland | 53,424 | 0 |
211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 45,315 | 96 |
212 | Liechtenstein | 44,924 | 280.8 |
213 | San Marino | 36,514 | 598.6 |
214 | Saint Martin | 35,182 | 651.5 |
215 | Monaco | 32,661 | 16,330.5 |
216 | American Samoa | 31,305 | 158.1 |
217 | Gibraltar | 28,946 | 4,135.1 |
218 | Anguilla | 27,546 | 302.7 |
219 | Palau | 22,478 | 49 |
220 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,971 | 112.5 |
221 | Tuvalu | 13,341 | 513.1 |
222 | Nauru | 11,329 | 539.5 |
223 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,569 | 19.2 |
224 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,721 | 268.8 |
225 | Montserrat | 5,546 | 54.4 |
226 | Cook Islands | 5,392 | 22.8 |
227 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,685 | 15.2 |
Data from US Census International Database