By 2062, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 10 billion people, according to United Nations medium-variant estimates. Asia will remain the most populous continent, with over 5.5 billion inhabitants, though its growth rate will have slowed, particularly in China, whose population may decline to around 1.2 billion, while India could peak near 1.7 billion. Africa will experience the fastest growth, potentially doubling its population to over 2.5 billion, driven by high fertility rates in countries like Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Europe’s population is expected to shrink, possibly falling below 700 million, with significant aging in countries such as Germany, Italy, and Russia. The Americas will see moderate growth, with Latin America and the Caribbean approaching 800 million, while North America (mainly the United States and Canada) could reach 430 million. Oceania, led by Australia and Papua New Guinea, will remain the least populous continent, with around 60 million people. Urbanization will intensify, with megacities in Asia and Africa dominating the global urban landscape.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,647,871,198 | 554.2 |
2 | China | 1,268,663,340 | 136 |
3 | Nigeria | 533,632,139 | 585.9 |
4 | Pakistan | 410,273,722 | 532.2 |
5 | Indonesia | 320,433,630 | 176.9 |
6 | Congo Kinshasa | 317,503,456 | 140.1 |
7 | Brazil | 236,565,282 | 28.3 |
8 | Ethiopia | 230,421,414 | 210.1 |
9 | Bangladesh | 196,462,007 | 1,509.3 |
10 | Philippines | 171,306,540 | 574.5 |
11 | Egypt | 164,628,343 | 165.4 |
12 | Mexico | 155,696,238 | 80.1 |
13 | Tanzania | 154,036,089 | 173.9 |
14 | Russia | 125,944,478 | 7.7 |
15 | Uganda | 122,114,649 | 619.6 |
16 | Vietnam | 121,702,621 | 392.5 |
17 | Angola | 108,341,746 | 86.9 |
18 | Sudan | 106,918,417 | 57.4 |
19 | Kenya | 102,183,182 | 179.5 |
20 | Iran | 101,125,991 | 66 |
21 | Japan | 97,590,494 | 267.7 |
22 | Turkey | 88,563,546 | 115.1 |
23 | Niger | 84,000,264 | 66.3 |
24 | Mozambique | 81,111,158 | 103.1 |
25 | Germany | 77,121,039 | 221.2 |
26 | United Kingdom | 75,824,632 | 313.4 |
27 | Afghanistan | 73,646,926 | 112.9 |
28 | Cameroon | 71,785,433 | 151.9 |
29 | Iraq | 71,040,273 | 162.4 |
30 | France | 70,955,637 | 110.8 |
31 | South Africa | 70,545,173 | 58.1 |
32 | Ghana | 64,822,994 | 284.9 |
33 | Burma | 64,651,561 | 98.9 |
34 | Thailand | 61,966,909 | 121.3 |
35 | Italy | 60,176,322 | 204.6 |
36 | Algeria | 58,587,244 | 24.6 |
37 | Argentina | 57,059,681 | 20.8 |
38 | Côte d'Ivoire | 54,125,687 | 170.2 |
39 | Madagascar | 51,812,338 | 89.1 |
40 | Mali | 50,954,301 | 41.8 |
41 | Yemen | 50,354,500 | 95.4 |
42 | Saudi Arabia | 50,123,220 | 23.3 |
43 | Colombia | 49,704,465 | 47.9 |
44 | Zambia | 47,220,914 | 63.5 |
45 | Chad | 47,156,085 | 37.4 |
46 | South Korea | 46,217,832 | 476.9 |
47 | Canada | 45,662,608 | 5 |
48 | Spain | 44,518,781 | 89.2 |
49 | Morocco | 43,841,455 | 61.2 |
50 | Benin | 43,612,983 | 394.3 |
51 | Malaysia | 42,917,581 | 130.6 |
52 | Burkina Faso | 42,615,175 | 155.6 |
53 | Malawi | 38,725,171 | 411.6 |
54 | Peru | 38,603,258 | 30.2 |
55 | Venezuela | 37,235,025 | 42.2 |
56 | Syria | 36,630,371 | 197.1 |
57 | Guinea | 36,119,808 | 147 |
58 | Nepal | 36,021,179 | 251.3 |
59 | Uzbekistan | 35,916,305 | 84.4 |
60 | Australia | 35,916,054 | 4.7 |
61 | Senegal | 35,419,955 | 184 |
62 | Ukraine | 34,563,459 | 59.7 |
63 | Burundi | 31,820,831 | 1,239.1 |
64 | Poland | 30,828,106 | 101.3 |
65 | Zimbabwe | 29,318,536 | 75.8 |
66 | South Sudan | 29,008,735 | 45 |
67 | Somalia | 27,385,986 | 43.7 |
68 | North Korea | 26,858,057 | 223.1 |
69 | Guatemala | 26,412,404 | 246.5 |
70 | Sri Lanka | 25,514,907 | 394.8 |
71 | Kazakhstan | 22,930,162 | 8.5 |
72 | Ecuador | 22,114,255 | 79.9 |
73 | Rwanda | 20,996,037 | 851.1 |
74 | Cambodia | 20,591,839 | 116.7 |
75 | Taiwan | 20,316,822 | 629.8 |
76 | Chile | 19,961,926 | 26.8 |
77 | Togo | 18,580,877 | 341.7 |
78 | Netherlands | 18,571,622 | 547.9 |
79 | Papua New Guinea | 18,271,228 | 40.3 |
80 | Jordan | 17,389,454 | 195.8 |
81 | Sierra Leone | 16,493,450 | 230.3 |
82 | Haiti | 15,312,375 | 555.6 |
83 | Bolivia | 14,870,085 | 13.7 |
84 | Romania | 14,431,931 | 62.8 |
85 | Israel | 13,910,075 | 647.1 |
86 | Belgium | 13,399,484 | 442.5 |
87 | United Arab Emirates | 13,393,425 | 160.2 |
88 | Liberia | 13,252,512 | 137.6 |
89 | Dominican Republic | 12,891,999 | 266.8 |
90 | Tajikistan | 12,875,635 | 91 |
91 | Tunisia | 12,613,152 | 81.2 |
92 | Congo Brazzaville | 12,558,968 | 36.8 |
93 | Honduras | 12,372,628 | 110.6 |
94 | Sweden | 12,151,555 | 29.6 |
95 | Azerbaijan | 11,239,548 | 136 |
96 | Libya | 10,410,333 | 5.9 |
97 | Laos | 10,373,939 | 44.9 |
98 | Switzerland | 10,273,648 | 256.9 |
99 | Czechia | 10,240,041 | 132.6 |
100 | Eritrea | 9,954,655 | 98.6 |
101 | Central African Republic | 9,503,376 | 15.3 |
102 | Austria | 9,437,479 | 114.5 |
103 | Cuba | 9,372,254 | 85.3 |
104 | Portugal | 9,256,921 | 101.2 |
105 | Paraguay | 9,214,756 | 23.2 |
106 | Greece | 8,915,867 | 68.2 |
107 | Hungary | 8,134,840 | 90.8 |
108 | Belarus | 7,944,074 | 39.2 |
109 | Mauritania | 7,356,970 | 7.1 |
110 | Nicaragua | 7,261,695 | 60.5 |
111 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,216,299 | 37.6 |
112 | Singapore | 7,069,365 | 9,970.9 |
113 | Norway | 6,798,958 | 22.3 |
114 | Ireland | 6,777,856 | 98.4 |
115 | Turkmenistan | 6,764,762 | 14.4 |
116 | Denmark | 6,556,620 | 154.5 |
117 | Hong Kong | 6,417,079 | 5,980.5 |
118 | Costa Rica | 6,309,171 | 123.6 |
119 | New Zealand | 6,195,238 | 23.4 |
120 | El Salvador | 6,188,475 | 298.7 |
121 | Panama | 6,180,689 | 83.1 |
122 | Oman | 5,974,287 | 19.3 |
123 | Finland | 5,573,431 | 18.3 |
124 | Lebanon | 5,554,926 | 543 |
125 | Serbia | 5,263,030 | 67.9 |
126 | Bulgaria | 5,247,567 | 48.4 |
127 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,212,072 | 185.4 |
128 | Gabon | 4,852,876 | 18.8 |
129 | Namibia | 4,682,051 | 5.7 |
130 | Georgia | 4,658,221 | 66.8 |
131 | Slovakia | 4,640,432 | 96.5 |
132 | West Bank | 4,620,630 | 819.3 |
133 | The Gambia | 4,333,524 | 428.2 |
134 | Kuwait | 4,148,749 | 232.8 |
135 | Mongolia | 3,708,138 | 2.4 |
136 | Uruguay | 3,544,640 | 20.3 |
137 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,485,368 | 124.3 |
138 | Botswana | 3,446,140 | 6.1 |
139 | Gaza Strip | 3,406,398 | 9,462.2 |
140 | Croatia | 3,369,189 | 60.2 |
141 | Jamaica | 3,076,617 | 284.1 |
142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,982,432 | 58.3 |
143 | Lesotho | 2,739,619 | 90.3 |
144 | Albania | 2,693,821 | 98.3 |
145 | Qatar | 2,654,999 | 229.2 |
146 | Timor-Leste | 2,429,168 | 163.3 |
147 | Kosovo | 2,267,677 | 208.3 |
148 | Armenia | 2,235,537 | 79.3 |
149 | North Macedonia | 1,991,340 | 78.3 |
150 | Moldova | 1,963,207 | 59.7 |
151 | Puerto Rico | 1,926,517 | 217.2 |
152 | Bahrain | 1,921,776 | 2,528.7 |
153 | Slovenia | 1,889,540 | 93.8 |
154 | Lithuania | 1,866,086 | 29.8 |
155 | Djibouti | 1,499,932 | 64.7 |
156 | Cyprus | 1,367,191 | 147.9 |
157 | Eswatini | 1,344,940 | 78.2 |
158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,281,028 | 249.8 |
159 | Comoros | 1,243,226 | 556.3 |
160 | Latvia | 1,166,330 | 18.7 |
161 | Mauritius | 1,147,087 | 565.1 |
162 | Solomon Islands | 1,097,892 | 39.2 |
163 | Bhutan | 1,072,221 | 27.9 |
164 | Fiji | 1,023,290 | 56 |
165 | Luxembourg | 970,892 | 375.4 |
166 | Estonia | 866,452 | 20.4 |
167 | Guyana | 833,559 | 4.2 |
168 | Suriname | 816,284 | 5.2 |
169 | Cabo Verde | 772,337 | 191.5 |
170 | Brunei | 703,360 | 133.6 |
171 | Macau | 685,847 | 24,494.5 |
172 | Belize | 652,992 | 28.6 |
173 | Malta | 493,399 | 1,561.4 |
174 | Vanuatu | 470,684 | 38.6 |
175 | Maldives | 458,819 | 1,539.7 |
176 | Montenegro | 451,123 | 33.5 |
177 | Iceland | 429,662 | 4.3 |
178 | The Bahamas | 414,401 | 41.4 |
179 | New Caledonia | 397,388 | 21.7 |
180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 340,207 | 352.9 |
181 | French Polynesia | 326,805 | 85.4 |
182 | Barbados | 283,244 | 658.7 |
183 | Samoa | 263,464 | 93.4 |
184 | Aruba | 164,712 | 915.1 |
185 | Saint Lucia | 156,105 | 257.6 |
186 | Curaçao | 149,684 | 337.1 |
187 | Guam | 148,281 | 272.6 |
188 | Kiribati | 145,040 | 178.8 |
189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 130,297 | 294.1 |
190 | Grenada | 114,489 | 332.8 |
191 | Jersey | 111,112 | 957.9 |
192 | Marshall Islands | 107,408 | 593.4 |
193 | Cayman Islands | 103,852 | 393.4 |
194 | Seychelles | 96,219 | 211.5 |
195 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 94,673 | 99.9 |
196 | Isle of Man | 93,748 | 163.9 |
197 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 91,509 | 235.2 |
198 | Tonga | 90,232 | 125.8 |
199 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 72,145 | 207.3 |
200 | Andorra | 69,362 | 148.2 |
201 | Bermuda | 68,741 | 1,273 |
202 | Guernsey | 68,040 | 872.3 |
203 | Federated States of Micronesia | 63,760 | 90.8 |
204 | Dominica | 60,752 | 80.9 |
205 | British Virgin Islands | 60,255 | 399 |
206 | Faroe Islands | 60,037 | 43.1 |
207 | Sint Maarten | 55,727 | 1,639 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55,288 | 211.8 |
209 | Greenland | 51,095 | 0 |
210 | Liechtenstein | 46,010 | 287.6 |
211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 41,977 | 88.9 |
212 | Saint Martin | 35,777 | 662.5 |
213 | San Marino | 34,608 | 567.3 |
214 | Anguilla | 30,650 | 336.8 |
215 | Monaco | 30,618 | 15,309 |
216 | Gibraltar | 28,026 | 4,003.7 |
217 | American Samoa | 27,113 | 136.9 |
218 | Palau | 21,895 | 47.7 |
219 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,602 | 109.9 |
220 | Tuvalu | 13,781 | 530 |
221 | Nauru | 12,107 | 576.5 |
222 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,053 | 17.9 |
223 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,551 | 262 |
224 | Montserrat | 5,167 | 50.7 |
225 | Cook Islands | 5,036 | 21.3 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,153 | 13 |
Data from US Census International Database