By 2055, 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, home to over 5 billion people, with India and China each sustaining populations above 1.3 billion, though India is expected to remain the world’s most populous country. Africa will experience the fastest growth, with its population surpassing 2.5 billion, driven by rapid increases in countries such as Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Europe’s population will likely decline slightly, falling below 700 million, as aging and low birth rates persist, particularly in Eastern and Southern Europe. In the Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean will see moderate growth, reaching around 750 million, while North America’s population, led by the United States and Mexico, will approach 430 million. Oceania, with Australia as its demographic anchor, will see its population rise to about 60 million. Urbanization will intensify, with megacities proliferating in Asia and Africa, reshaping the global demographic landscape.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,638,721,996 | 551.2 |
2 | China | 1,327,258,089 | 142.3 |
3 | Nigeria | 470,861,435 | 517 |
4 | United States | 396,557,404 | 43.3 |
5 | Pakistan | 385,628,839 | 500.2 |
6 | Indonesia | 320,309,273 | 176.8 |
7 | Congo Kinshasa | 271,193,858 | 119.6 |
8 | Brazil | 238,318,972 | 28.5 |
9 | Ethiopia | 210,492,059 | 192 |
10 | Bangladesh | 196,009,463 | 1,505.8 |
11 | Philippines | 164,061,045 | 550.2 |
12 | Egypt | 157,153,349 | 157.9 |
13 | Mexico | 154,354,922 | 79.4 |
14 | Tanzania | 136,504,805 | 154.1 |
15 | Russia | 129,332,623 | 7.9 |
16 | Vietnam | 121,748,314 | 392.6 |
17 | Uganda | 107,247,846 | 544.1 |
18 | Japan | 102,683,541 | 281.7 |
19 | Iran | 101,610,551 | 66.3 |
20 | Sudan | 96,211,063 | 51.7 |
21 | Kenya | 94,942,551 | 166.8 |
22 | Angola | 92,754,338 | 74.4 |
23 | Turkey | 90,121,878 | 117.1 |
24 | Germany | 78,674,182 | 225.6 |
25 | United Kingdom | 74,978,081 | 309.9 |
26 | France | 71,280,247 | 111.3 |
27 | Niger | 70,912,769 | 56 |
28 | Mozambique | 70,566,916 | 89.7 |
29 | South Africa | 69,481,713 | 57.2 |
30 | Afghanistan | 67,577,016 | 103.6 |
31 | Iraq | 66,577,491 | 152.2 |
32 | Burma | 64,974,849 | 99.4 |
33 | Thailand | 64,901,811 | 127 |
34 | Cameroon | 63,229,083 | 133.8 |
35 | Italy | 60,754,503 | 206.5 |
36 | Ghana | 59,448,189 | 261.3 |
37 | Algeria | 57,467,008 | 24.1 |
38 | Argentina | 55,975,733 | 20.5 |
39 | Colombia | 50,914,010 | 49 |
40 | Côte d'Ivoire | 49,997,716 | 157.2 |
41 | Saudi Arabia | 49,063,317 | 22.8 |
42 | South Korea | 48,686,856 | 502.3 |
43 | Madagascar | 48,134,693 | 82.8 |
44 | Yemen | 47,807,185 | 90.5 |
45 | Spain | 46,298,411 | 92.8 |
46 | Mali | 45,615,633 | 37.4 |
47 | Canada | 44,720,424 | 4.9 |
48 | Morocco | 43,586,701 | 60.8 |
49 | Zambia | 42,124,057 | 56.7 |
50 | Malaysia | 42,087,828 | 128.1 |
51 | Chad | 41,376,095 | 32.9 |
52 | Burkina Faso | 39,382,623 | 143.8 |
53 | Peru | 38,420,861 | 30 |
54 | Venezuela | 36,933,721 | 41.9 |
55 | Benin | 36,635,781 | 331.2 |
56 | Ukraine | 36,240,597 | 62.6 |
57 | Malawi | 35,988,062 | 382.5 |
58 | Uzbekistan | 35,865,922 | 84.3 |
59 | Nepal | 35,716,902 | 249.2 |
60 | Syria | 34,853,886 | 187.5 |
61 | Australia | 34,463,825 | 4.5 |
62 | Senegal | 32,708,766 | 169.9 |
63 | Poland | 32,425,640 | 106.6 |
64 | Guinea | 30,964,593 | 126 |
65 | Burundi | 28,123,742 | 1,095.2 |
66 | North Korea | 27,103,587 | 225.1 |
67 | Zimbabwe | 26,720,636 | 69.1 |
68 | South Sudan | 25,784,590 | 40 |
69 | Sri Lanka | 25,627,216 | 396.5 |
70 | Guatemala | 25,357,316 | 236.6 |
71 | Somalia | 24,593,588 | 39.2 |
72 | Kazakhstan | 22,675,178 | 8.4 |
73 | Ecuador | 21,737,759 | 78.5 |
74 | Taiwan | 21,429,631 | 664.3 |
75 | Cambodia | 20,463,720 | 115.9 |
76 | Chile | 20,108,866 | 27 |
77 | Rwanda | 19,985,031 | 810.2 |
78 | Netherlands | 18,466,766 | 544.9 |
79 | Papua New Guinea | 16,955,559 | 37.4 |
80 | Togo | 16,688,672 | 306.9 |
81 | Jordan | 16,461,809 | 185.4 |
82 | Sierra Leone | 15,277,606 | 213.3 |
83 | Romania | 15,100,368 | 65.7 |
84 | Haiti | 14,900,973 | 540.7 |
85 | Bolivia | 14,780,562 | 13.6 |
86 | Belgium | 13,229,707 | 436.9 |
87 | Israel | 13,140,844 | 611.3 |
88 | United Arab Emirates | 12,869,683 | 153.9 |
89 | Tunisia | 12,845,815 | 82.7 |
90 | Dominican Republic | 12,767,881 | 264.2 |
91 | Tajikistan | 12,460,245 | 88.1 |
92 | Honduras | 12,161,701 | 108.7 |
93 | Sweden | 11,956,466 | 29.1 |
94 | Liberia | 11,654,333 | 121 |
95 | Azerbaijan | 11,345,036 | 137.3 |
96 | Congo Brazzaville | 11,158,833 | 32.7 |
97 | Czechia | 10,395,267 | 134.6 |
98 | Laos | 10,151,597 | 44 |
99 | Libya | 10,073,160 | 5.7 |
100 | Switzerland | 10,020,522 | 250.5 |
101 | Cuba | 9,815,275 | 89.4 |
102 | Portugal | 9,546,579 | 104.4 |
103 | Austria | 9,415,061 | 114.2 |
104 | Eritrea | 9,372,037 | 92.8 |
105 | Greece | 9,268,234 | 70.9 |
106 | Paraguay | 9,096,149 | 22.9 |
107 | Central African Republic | 8,828,065 | 14.2 |
108 | Hungary | 8,453,313 | 94.3 |
109 | Belarus | 8,251,956 | 40.7 |
110 | Nicaragua | 7,310,009 | 60.9 |
111 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,173,077 | 37.4 |
112 | Singapore | 7,028,373 | 9,913.1 |
113 | Mauritania | 6,849,564 | 6.6 |
114 | Turkmenistan | 6,712,130 | 14.3 |
115 | Hong Kong | 6,705,273 | 6,249.1 |
116 | Norway | 6,643,953 | 21.8 |
117 | Ireland | 6,619,197 | 96.1 |
118 | Denmark | 6,475,919 | 152.6 |
119 | El Salvador | 6,387,171 | 308.2 |
120 | Costa Rica | 6,259,193 | 122.6 |
121 | New Zealand | 6,084,413 | 23 |
122 | Panama | 5,975,566 | 80.4 |
123 | Lebanon | 5,690,466 | 556.3 |
124 | Oman | 5,674,214 | 18.3 |
125 | Finland | 5,600,359 | 18.4 |
126 | Bulgaria | 5,540,751 | 51.1 |
127 | Serbia | 5,515,498 | 71.2 |
128 | Slovakia | 4,844,820 | 100.7 |
129 | Georgia | 4,757,579 | 68.3 |
130 | Guinea-Bissau | 4,510,845 | 160.4 |
131 | West Bank | 4,414,079 | 782.6 |
132 | Gabon | 4,401,794 | 17.1 |
133 | Namibia | 4,381,595 | 5.3 |
134 | The Gambia | 4,048,532 | 400.1 |
135 | Kuwait | 4,007,695 | 224.9 |
136 | Mongolia | 3,720,545 | 2.4 |
137 | Uruguay | 3,560,882 | 20.3 |
138 | Croatia | 3,516,963 | 62.8 |
139 | Botswana | 3,312,083 | 5.8 |
140 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,230,035 | 115.1 |
141 | Gaza Strip | 3,213,636 | 8,926.8 |
142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,172,527 | 62 |
143 | Jamaica | 3,019,597 | 278.8 |
144 | Albania | 2,816,714 | 102.8 |
145 | Lesotho | 2,685,850 | 88.5 |
146 | Qatar | 2,612,014 | 225.4 |
147 | Armenia | 2,405,068 | 85.3 |
148 | Timor-Leste | 2,291,433 | 154.1 |
149 | Kosovo | 2,260,538 | 207.6 |
150 | Moldova | 2,138,798 | 65 |
151 | Puerto Rico | 2,048,626 | 231 |
152 | North Macedonia | 2,044,727 | 80.4 |
153 | Lithuania | 1,967,978 | 31.4 |
154 | Slovenia | 1,946,333 | 96.6 |
155 | Bahrain | 1,883,505 | 2,478.3 |
156 | Djibouti | 1,441,523 | 62.2 |
157 | Cyprus | 1,408,383 | 152.4 |
158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,330,112 | 259.4 |
159 | Eswatini | 1,329,943 | 77.3 |
160 | Latvia | 1,265,659 | 20.3 |
161 | Comoros | 1,206,171 | 539.7 |
162 | Mauritius | 1,198,344 | 590.3 |
163 | Bhutan | 1,062,567 | 27.7 |
164 | Solomon Islands | 1,048,559 | 37.5 |
165 | Fiji | 1,023,814 | 56 |
166 | Estonia | 927,138 | 21.9 |
167 | Luxembourg | 921,451 | 356.3 |
168 | Guyana | 841,427 | 4.3 |
169 | Suriname | 799,832 | 5.1 |
170 | Cabo Verde | 759,984 | 188.4 |
171 | Macau | 695,532 | 24,840.4 |
172 | Brunei | 671,618 | 127.6 |
173 | Belize | 619,068 | 27.1 |
174 | Malta | 492,401 | 1,558.2 |
175 | Montenegro | 472,017 | 35.1 |
176 | Maldives | 455,949 | 1,530 |
177 | Vanuatu | 449,951 | 36.9 |
178 | Iceland | 423,391 | 4.2 |
179 | The Bahamas | 412,263 | 41.2 |
180 | New Caledonia | 386,473 | 21.1 |
181 | French Polynesia | 329,897 | 86.2 |
182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 321,686 | 333.7 |
183 | Barbados | 292,316 | 679.8 |
184 | Samoa | 254,305 | 90.1 |
185 | Saint Lucia | 163,985 | 270.6 |
186 | Aruba | 158,367 | 879.8 |
187 | Guam | 154,717 | 284.4 |
188 | Curaçao | 151,814 | 341.9 |
189 | Kiribati | 142,036 | 175.1 |
190 | Antigua and Barbuda | 127,251 | 287.2 |
191 | Grenada | 115,633 | 336.1 |
192 | Jersey | 110,628 | 953.7 |
193 | Marshall Islands | 105,490 | 582.8 |
194 | Seychelles | 99,406 | 218.5 |
195 | Cayman Islands | 97,784 | 370.4 |
196 | Isle of Man | 95,002 | 166.1 |
197 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 93,919 | 241.4 |
198 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 90,041 | 95 |
199 | Tonga | 88,739 | 123.8 |
200 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 77,833 | 223.7 |
201 | Andorra | 74,626 | 159.5 |
202 | Bermuda | 70,408 | 1,303.9 |
203 | Federated States of Micronesia | 69,813 | 99.4 |
204 | Guernsey | 68,527 | 878.6 |
205 | Dominica | 63,679 | 84.8 |
206 | Faroe Islands | 59,104 | 42.4 |
207 | British Virgin Islands | 58,133 | 385 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56,772 | 217.5 |
209 | Sint Maarten | 54,876 | 1,614 |
210 | Greenland | 52,403 | 0 |
211 | Liechtenstein | 45,396 | 283.7 |
212 | Northern Mariana Islands | 43,731 | 92.7 |
213 | San Marino | 35,800 | 586.9 |
214 | Saint Martin | 35,451 | 656.5 |
215 | Monaco | 31,777 | 15,888.5 |
216 | American Samoa | 29,456 | 148.8 |
217 | Anguilla | 28,881 | 317.4 |
218 | Gibraltar | 28,626 | 4,089.4 |
219 | Palau | 22,233 | 48.4 |
220 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,875 | 111.8 |
221 | Tuvalu | 13,567 | 521.8 |
222 | Nauru | 11,686 | 556.5 |
223 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,369 | 18.7 |
224 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,636 | 265.4 |
225 | Montserrat | 5,414 | 53.1 |
226 | Cook Islands | 5,241 | 22.2 |
227 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,457 | 14.3 |
Data from US Census International Database