2050 Population

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