By 2059, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 9.7 billion people, reflecting ongoing growth but at a slower pace than in previous decades. Asia will remain the most populous continent, with countries like India and China together accounting for nearly a third of the global population, though India is expected to maintain its position as the most populous country. Africa will see the fastest population growth, with its population potentially doubling to around 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 due to aging and low fertility, with countries like Russia, Germany, and Italy experiencing negative growth. The Americas will see moderate increases, with the United States, Brazil, and Mexico remaining the largest countries by population in the region. Meanwhile, Oceania, led by Australia and Papua New Guinea, will continue to have a relatively small but steadily growing population. The global demographic landscape in 2059 will be characterized by a youthful, rapidly expanding Africa and a more aging, stable population in Europe and parts of Asia.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,645,875,552 | 553.6 |
2 | China | 1,294,944,478 | 138.8 |
3 | Nigeria | 506,343,402 | 556 |
4 | United States | 402,874,337 | 44 |
5 | Pakistan | 400,054,276 | 519 |
6 | Indonesia | 320,697,343 | 177 |
7 | Congo Kinshasa | 297,188,972 | 131.1 |
8 | Brazil | 237,551,184 | 28.4 |
9 | Ethiopia | 221,979,606 | 202.4 |
10 | Bangladesh | 196,551,169 | 1,510 |
11 | Philippines | 168,380,036 | 564.7 |
12 | Egypt | 161,580,245 | 162.3 |
13 | Mexico | 155,251,821 | 79.9 |
14 | Tanzania | 146,501,759 | 165.4 |
15 | Russia | 127,380,701 | 7.8 |
16 | Vietnam | 121,865,167 | 393 |
17 | Uganda | 115,715,245 | 587.1 |
18 | Sudan | 102,324,858 | 55 |
19 | Angola | 101,596,968 | 81.5 |
20 | Iran | 101,520,258 | 66.3 |
21 | Japan | 99,818,020 | 273.9 |
22 | Kenya | 99,130,313 | 174.2 |
23 | Turkey | 89,339,612 | 116.1 |
24 | Niger | 78,273,127 | 61.8 |
25 | Germany | 77,772,492 | 223.1 |
26 | Mozambique | 76,539,001 | 97.3 |
27 | United Kingdom | 75,474,981 | 312 |
28 | France | 71,110,022 | 111 |
29 | Afghanistan | 71,073,938 | 109 |
30 | South Africa | 70,147,400 | 57.8 |
31 | Iraq | 69,189,707 | 158.2 |
32 | Cameroon | 68,096,634 | 144.1 |
33 | Burma | 64,858,334 | 99.2 |
34 | Thailand | 63,253,737 | 123.8 |
35 | Ghana | 62,555,259 | 274.9 |
36 | Italy | 60,423,023 | 205.4 |
37 | Algeria | 58,206,163 | 24.4 |
38 | Argentina | 56,648,558 | 20.7 |
39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 52,384,572 | 164.7 |
40 | Colombia | 50,278,834 | 48.4 |
41 | Madagascar | 50,275,833 | 86.5 |
42 | Saudi Arabia | 49,729,306 | 23.1 |
43 | Yemen | 49,323,550 | 93.4 |
44 | Mali | 48,713,124 | 39.9 |
45 | South Korea | 47,305,559 | 488.1 |
46 | Spain | 45,317,952 | 90.8 |
47 | Canada | 45,266,015 | 5 |
48 | Zambia | 45,042,908 | 60.6 |
49 | Chad | 44,656,947 | 35.5 |
50 | Morocco | 43,787,171 | 61.1 |
51 | Malaysia | 42,604,766 | 129.6 |
52 | Burkina Faso | 41,265,605 | 150.7 |
53 | Benin | 40,543,695 | 366.5 |
54 | Peru | 38,585,034 | 30.1 |
55 | Malawi | 37,587,058 | 399.5 |
56 | Venezuela | 37,147,521 | 42.1 |
57 | Uzbekistan | 35,947,918 | 84.5 |
58 | Nepal | 35,938,295 | 250.7 |
59 | Syria | 35,915,205 | 193.2 |
60 | Australia | 35,304,472 | 4.6 |
61 | Ukraine | 35,280,709 | 60.9 |
62 | Senegal | 34,286,138 | 178.1 |
63 | Guinea | 33,868,856 | 137.8 |
64 | Poland | 31,524,462 | 103.6 |
65 | Burundi | 30,218,023 | 1,176.7 |
66 | Zimbabwe | 28,218,558 | 72.9 |
67 | South Sudan | 27,612,344 | 42.9 |
68 | North Korea | 26,977,243 | 224 |
69 | Somalia | 26,186,859 | 41.7 |
70 | Guatemala | 25,993,283 | 242.6 |
71 | Sri Lanka | 25,582,312 | 395.8 |
72 | Kazakhstan | 22,838,011 | 8.5 |
73 | Ecuador | 21,978,014 | 79.4 |
74 | Taiwan | 20,807,804 | 645 |
75 | Rwanda | 20,588,452 | 834.6 |
76 | Cambodia | 20,568,210 | 116.5 |
77 | Chile | 20,040,098 | 26.9 |
78 | Netherlands | 18,523,332 | 546.5 |
79 | Togo | 17,770,969 | 326.8 |
80 | Papua New Guinea | 17,724,659 | 39.1 |
81 | Jordan | 17,006,584 | 191.5 |
82 | Sierra Leone | 15,985,490 | 223.2 |
83 | Haiti | 15,151,765 | 549.8 |
84 | Bolivia | 14,854,859 | 13.7 |
85 | Romania | 14,718,221 | 64 |
86 | Israel | 13,586,168 | 632 |
87 | Belgium | 13,327,958 | 440.2 |
88 | United Arab Emirates | 13,181,016 | 157.7 |
89 | Dominican Republic | 12,853,053 | 266 |
90 | Tunisia | 12,731,809 | 82 |
91 | Tajikistan | 12,712,157 | 89.8 |
92 | Liberia | 12,561,560 | 130.4 |
93 | Honduras | 12,297,678 | 109.9 |
94 | Sweden | 12,076,051 | 29.4 |
95 | Congo Brazzaville | 11,952,496 | 35 |
96 | Azerbaijan | 11,294,579 | 136.7 |
97 | Czechia | 10,312,207 | 133.5 |
98 | Laos | 10,293,294 | 44.6 |
99 | Libya | 10,282,300 | 5.8 |
100 | Switzerland | 10,167,081 | 254.2 |
101 | Eritrea | 9,712,077 | 96.2 |
102 | Cuba | 9,563,494 | 87.1 |
103 | Austria | 9,429,160 | 114.4 |
104 | Portugal | 9,384,678 | 102.6 |
105 | Central African Republic | 9,220,225 | 14.8 |
106 | Paraguay | 9,176,989 | 23.1 |
107 | Greece | 9,067,124 | 69.4 |
108 | Hungary | 8,274,209 | 92.3 |
109 | Belarus | 8,076,868 | 39.8 |
110 | Nicaragua | 7,294,776 | 60.8 |
111 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,205,942 | 37.6 |
112 | Mauritania | 7,144,438 | 6.9 |
113 | Singapore | 7,058,728 | 9,955.9 |
114 | Turkmenistan | 6,751,680 | 14.4 |
115 | Norway | 6,735,568 | 22.1 |
116 | Ireland | 6,714,265 | 97.5 |
117 | Hong Kong | 6,542,516 | 6,097.4 |
118 | Denmark | 6,522,639 | 153.7 |
119 | Costa Rica | 6,294,545 | 123.3 |
120 | El Salvador | 6,282,009 | 303.2 |
121 | New Zealand | 6,150,346 | 23.2 |
122 | Panama | 6,099,410 | 82 |
123 | Oman | 5,854,847 | 18.9 |
124 | Lebanon | 5,621,361 | 549.5 |
125 | Finland | 5,585,129 | 18.4 |
126 | Bulgaria | 5,374,412 | 49.5 |
127 | Serbia | 5,372,007 | 69.3 |
128 | Guinea-Bissau | 4,907,087 | 174.5 |
129 | Slovakia | 4,731,022 | 98.3 |
130 | Georgia | 4,702,667 | 67.5 |
131 | Gabon | 4,660,123 | 18.1 |
132 | Namibia | 4,556,767 | 5.5 |
133 | West Bank | 4,537,858 | 804.6 |
134 | The Gambia | 4,215,714 | 416.6 |
135 | Kuwait | 4,090,304 | 229.6 |
136 | Mongolia | 3,718,366 | 2.4 |
137 | Uruguay | 3,554,292 | 20.3 |
138 | Croatia | 3,432,311 | 61.3 |
139 | Botswana | 3,392,060 | 6 |
140 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,375,448 | 120.3 |
141 | Gaza Strip | 3,327,295 | 9,242.5 |
142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,064,381 | 59.9 |
143 | Jamaica | 3,053,419 | 281.9 |
144 | Albania | 2,749,126 | 100.3 |
145 | Lesotho | 2,718,337 | 89.6 |
146 | Qatar | 2,635,879 | 227.5 |
147 | Timor-Leste | 2,372,582 | 159.5 |
148 | Armenia | 2,309,055 | 81.9 |
149 | Kosovo | 2,266,943 | 208.2 |
150 | Moldova | 2,034,282 | 61.8 |
151 | North Macedonia | 2,015,923 | 79.3 |
152 | Puerto Rico | 1,974,181 | 222.6 |
153 | Slovenia | 1,913,970 | 95 |
154 | Lithuania | 1,907,858 | 30.4 |
155 | Bahrain | 1,907,087 | 2,509.3 |
156 | Djibouti | 1,476,821 | 63.7 |
157 | Cyprus | 1,386,664 | 150.1 |
158 | Eswatini | 1,340,422 | 77.9 |
159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,303,036 | 254.1 |
160 | Comoros | 1,228,691 | 549.7 |
161 | Latvia | 1,207,665 | 19.4 |
162 | Mauritius | 1,169,520 | 576.1 |
163 | Solomon Islands | 1,078,115 | 38.5 |
164 | Bhutan | 1,069,814 | 27.9 |
165 | Fiji | 1,024,524 | 56.1 |
166 | Luxembourg | 950,064 | 367.4 |
167 | Estonia | 892,165 | 21 |
168 | Guyana | 837,750 | 4.3 |
169 | Suriname | 809,893 | 5.2 |
170 | Cabo Verde | 768,168 | 190.5 |
171 | Macau | 690,694 | 24,667.6 |
172 | Brunei | 690,249 | 131.1 |
173 | Belize | 638,978 | 28 |
174 | Malta | 493,377 | 1,561.3 |
175 | Vanuatu | 462,285 | 37.9 |
176 | Montenegro | 458,695 | 34.1 |
177 | Maldives | 458,484 | 1,538.5 |
178 | Iceland | 427,199 | 4.3 |
179 | The Bahamas | 413,799 | 41.3 |
180 | New Caledonia | 393,074 | 21.5 |
181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 332,643 | 345.1 |
182 | French Polynesia | 328,468 | 85.8 |
183 | Barbados | 287,173 | 667.8 |
184 | Samoa | 259,727 | 92.1 |
185 | Aruba | 162,010 | 900.1 |
186 | Saint Lucia | 159,822 | 263.7 |
187 | Guam | 150,963 | 277.5 |
188 | Curaçao | 150,620 | 339.2 |
189 | Kiribati | 143,892 | 177.4 |
190 | Antigua and Barbuda | 129,065 | 291.3 |
191 | Grenada | 115,054 | 334.5 |
192 | Jersey | 110,936 | 956.3 |
193 | Marshall Islands | 106,754 | 589.8 |
194 | Cayman Islands | 101,258 | 383.6 |
195 | Seychelles | 97,691 | 214.7 |
196 | Isle of Man | 94,310 | 164.9 |
197 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 92,807 | 97.9 |
198 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 92,584 | 238 |
199 | Tonga | 89,649 | 125 |
200 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 74,457 | 214 |
201 | Andorra | 71,639 | 153.1 |
202 | Bermuda | 69,417 | 1,285.5 |
203 | Guernsey | 68,263 | 875.2 |
204 | Federated States of Micronesia | 66,206 | 94.3 |
205 | Dominica | 61,867 | 82.4 |
206 | Faroe Islands | 59,664 | 42.8 |
207 | British Virgin Islands | 59,456 | 393.7 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55,978 | 214.5 |
209 | Sint Maarten | 55,347 | 1,627.9 |
210 | Greenland | 51,638 | 0 |
211 | Liechtenstein | 45,749 | 285.9 |
212 | Northern Mariana Islands | 42,662 | 90.4 |
213 | Saint Martin | 35,643 | 660.1 |
214 | San Marino | 35,137 | 576 |
215 | Monaco | 31,090 | 15,545 |
216 | Anguilla | 29,903 | 328.6 |
217 | Gibraltar | 28,319 | 4,045.6 |
218 | American Samoa | 28,081 | 141.8 |
219 | Palau | 22,034 | 48 |
220 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,742 | 110.9 |
221 | Tuvalu | 13,708 | 527.2 |
222 | Nauru | 11,937 | 568.4 |
223 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,192 | 18.3 |
224 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,582 | 263.3 |
225 | Montserrat | 5,282 | 51.8 |
226 | Cook Islands | 5,121 | 21.7 |
227 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,280 | 13.6 |
Data from US Census International Database