2051 Population

By the year 2051, 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 countries like India and China each sustaining populations exceeding 1.3 billion, though India is expected to have surpassed China as the world’s most populous country. Africa will experience the fastest growth, with its population potentially doubling to over 2.5 billion, driven by high birth rates in countries such as Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Europe’s population is likely to decline slightly, reflecting aging demographics, while North America’s population will grow modestly, mainly due to immigration, reaching around 400 million. Latin America and the Caribbean will see slower growth, with Brazil and Mexico continuing as the region’s largest countries. Oceania, led by Australia and Papua New Guinea, will remain the least populous continent, but will still experience moderate growth. Urbanization will intensify, with the majority of the global population living in cities, and megacities in Asia and Africa becoming increasingly prominent.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	India	1,626,308,361	547
2	China	1,355,404,443	145.3
3	Nigeria	436,732,363	479.5
4	United States	390,430,803	42.7
5	Pakistan	370,455,265	480.6
6	Indonesia	318,919,655	176
7	Congo Kinshasa	246,615,792	108.8
8	Brazil	238,489,029	28.5
9	Ethiopia	198,882,524	181.4
10	Bangladesh	194,760,181	1,496.2
11	Philippines	159,338,493	534.4
12	Mexico	153,053,255	78.7
13	Egypt	152,110,216	152.8
14	Russia	131,264,692	8
15	Tanzania	126,651,732	143
16	Vietnam	121,222,884	391
17	Japan	105,466,232	289.4
18	Iran	101,164,231	66.1
19	Uganda	98,988,107	502.2
20	Kenya	90,657,346	159.3
21	Turkey	90,591,206	117.7
22	Sudan	90,218,631	48.5
23	Angola	84,133,738	67.5
24	Germany	79,562,307	228.2
25	United Kingdom	74,420,905	307.6
26	France	71,397,067	111.5
27	South Africa	68,661,866	56.5
28	Thailand	66,417,476	130
29	Burma	64,891,691	99.3
30	Mozambique	64,779,726	82.4
31	Afghanistan	64,067,077	98.2
32	Niger	63,832,668	50.4
33	Iraq	63,804,572	145.9
34	Italy	60,999,343	207.4
35	Cameroon	58,474,980	123.7
36	Algeria	56,424,740	23.7
37	Ghana	56,248,897	247.2
38	Argentina	55,170,509	20.2
39	Colombia	51,396,482	49.5
40	South Korea	49,935,615	515.2
41	Saudi Arabia	48,211,810	22.4
42	Côte d'Ivoire	47,556,333	149.5
43	Spain	47,090,838	94.4
44	Yemen	46,134,703	87.4
45	Madagascar	45,916,922	79
46	Canada	44,150,292	4.9
47	Morocco	43,230,451	60.3
48	Mali	42,415,774	34.8
49	Malaysia	41,460,410	126.2
50	Zambia	39,204,349	52.7
51	Chad	38,193,797	30.3
52	Peru	38,087,415	29.8
53	Burkina Faso	37,432,344	136.7
54	Ukraine	37,190,534	64.2
55	Venezuela	36,610,517	41.5
56	Uzbekistan	35,639,158	83.8
57	Nepal	35,377,528	246.8
58	Malawi	34,307,928	364.7
59	Syria	33,669,371	181.1
60	Australia	33,595,741	4.4
61	Poland	33,284,960	109.4
62	Benin	32,954,051	297.9
63	Senegal	31,058,167	161.3
64	Guinea	28,189,562	114.7
65	North Korea	27,186,629	225.8
66	Burundi	26,103,099	1,016.5
67	Sri Lanka	25,610,787	396.3
68	Zimbabwe	25,212,788	65.2
69	Guatemala	24,635,831	229.9
70	South Sudan	24,020,448	37.3
71	Somalia	23,035,806	36.7
72	Kazakhstan	22,448,794	8.3
73	Taiwan	22,000,376	682
74	Ecuador	21,433,805	77.4
75	Cambodia	20,267,113	114.8
76	Chile	20,129,669	27.1
77	Rwanda	19,311,896	782.9
78	Netherlands	18,416,900	543.4
79	Papua New Guinea	16,142,669	35.6
80	Jordan	15,884,778	178.9
81	Togo	15,611,953	287.1
82	Romania	15,470,695	67.3
83	Bolivia	14,641,635	13.5
84	Haiti	14,604,219	529.9
85	Sierra Leone	14,542,768	203.1
86	Belgium	13,123,843	433.4
87	Tunisia	12,894,256	83
88	Israel	12,680,794	589.9
89	Dominican Republic	12,645,316	261.7
90	United Arab Emirates	12,521,699	149.8
91	Tajikistan	12,168,308	86
92	Honduras	11,985,380	107.1
93	Sweden	11,811,576	28.8
94	Azerbaijan	11,362,836	137.5
95	Liberia	10,772,971	111.8
96	Czechia	10,458,293	135.4
97	Congo Brazzaville	10,383,708	30.4
98	Cuba	10,047,238	91.5
99	Laos	9,971,253	43.2
100	Switzerland	9,863,800	246.6
101	Libya	9,809,543	5.6
102	Portugal	9,694,645	106
103	Greece	9,459,060	72.4
104	Austria	9,391,678	113.9
105	Eritrea	9,014,061	89.2
106	Paraguay	8,985,902	22.6
107	Hungary	8,623,091	96.2
108	Central African Republic	8,424,693	13.5
109	Belarus	8,420,923	41.5
110	Nicaragua	7,295,354	60.8
111	Kyrgyzstan	7,116,155	37.1
112	Singapore	6,976,184	9,839.5
113	Hong Kong	6,855,974	6,389.5
114	Turkmenistan	6,647,370	14.1
115	Mauritania	6,545,034	6.4
116	Norway	6,544,290	21.5
117	Ireland	6,508,608	94.5
118	El Salvador	6,473,001	312.4
119	Denmark	6,428,387	151.5
120	Costa Rica	6,204,946	121.5
121	New Zealand	6,010,643	22.7
122	Panama	5,834,383	78.5
123	Lebanon	5,736,985	560.8
124	Bulgaria	5,701,674	52.6
125	Serbia	5,657,377	73
126	Finland	5,616,013	18.5
127	Oman	5,473,691	17.7
128	Slovakia	4,948,482	102.9
129	Georgia	4,804,948	68.9
130	West Bank	4,276,721	758.3
131	Namibia	4,198,474	5.1
132	Gabon	4,145,379	16.1
133	Guinea-Bissau	4,129,221	146.8
134	Kuwait	3,919,542	220
135	The Gambia	3,871,637	382.6
136	Mongolia	3,706,103	2.4
137	Croatia	3,602,296	64.4
138	Uruguay	3,561,211	20.3
139	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,277,963	64
140	Botswana	3,223,365	5.7
141	Gaza Strip	3,091,773	8,588.3
142	Equatorial Guinea	3,087,563	110.1
143	Jamaica	2,982,359	275.4
144	Albania	2,879,231	105.1
145	Lesotho	2,648,768	87.3
146	Qatar	2,591,400	223.7
147	Armenia	2,498,420	88.6
148	Moldova	2,255,703	68.6
149	Kosovo	2,247,653	206.5
150	Timor-Leste	2,205,914	148.3
151	Puerto Rico	2,138,686	241.1
152	North Macedonia	2,069,146	81.4
153	Lithuania	2,033,449	32.4
154	Slovenia	1,976,725	98.1
155	Bahrain	1,855,123	2,441
156	Cyprus	1,424,898	154.2
157	Djibouti	1,401,643	60.5
158	Trinidad and Tobago	1,354,342	264.1
159	Latvia	1,325,889	21.3
160	Eswatini	1,314,029	76.4
161	Mauritius	1,226,011	603.9
162	Comoros	1,179,568	527.8
163	Bhutan	1,050,992	27.4
164	Fiji	1,020,222	55.8
165	Solomon Islands	1,015,643	36.3
166	Estonia	961,989	22.7
167	Luxembourg	892,096	345
168	Guyana	843,448	4.3
169	Suriname	787,822	5.1
170	Cabo Verde	748,958	185.7
171	Macau	697,732	24,919
172	Brunei	651,880	123.8
173	Belize	597,783	26.2
174	Malta	490,669	1,552.8
175	Montenegro	489,547	36.4
176	Maldives	451,130	1,513.9
177	Vanuatu	436,328	35.8
178	Iceland	418,872	4.2
179	The Bahamas	409,728	40.9
180	New Caledonia	378,895	20.7
181	French Polynesia	330,294	86.3
182	Sao Tome and Principe	309,738	321.3
183	Barbados	297,136	691
184	Samoa	248,446	88.1
185	Saint Lucia	167,181	275.9
186	Guam	158,552	291.5
187	Aruba	154,674	859.3
188	Curaçao	152,967	344.5
189	Kiribati	139,871	172.5
190	Antigua and Barbuda	125,239	282.7
191	Grenada	116,010	337.2
192	Jersey	110,224	950.2
193	Marshall Islands	103,805	573.5
194	Seychelles	100,792	221.5
195	Isle of Man	95,573	167.1
196	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95,112	244.5
197	Cayman Islands	94,271	357.1
198	Tonga	89,486	124.8
199	Turks and Caicos Islands	86,926	91.7
200	U.S. Virgin Islands	81,422	234
201	Andorra	77,395	165.4
202	Federated States of Micronesia	73,831	105.2
203	Bermuda	71,455	1,323.2
204	Guernsey	68,736	881.2
205	Dominica	65,855	87.7
206	Faroe Islands	58,508	42
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	57,394	219.9
208	British Virgin Islands	56,512	374.3
209	Sint Maarten	54,388	1,599.6
210	Greenland	53,215	0
211	Liechtenstein	45,022	281.4
212	Northern Mariana Islands	44,978	95.3
213	San Marino	36,384	596.5
214	Saint Martin	35,239	652.6
215	Monaco	32,486	16,243
216	American Samoa	30,923	156.2
217	Gibraltar	28,883	4,126.1
218	Anguilla	27,819	305.7
219	Palau	22,431	48.9
220	Wallis and Futuna	15,958	112.4
221	Tuvalu	13,389	515
222	Nauru	11,405	543.1
223	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,531	19.1
224	Saint Barthelemy	6,703	268.1
225	Montserrat	5,523	54.1
226	Cook Islands	5,362	22.7
227	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,639	15

Data from US Census International Database