By the year 2063, the world’s population is projected to reach around 10 billion people, reflecting ongoing growth but at a slower pace than in earlier decades. Africa will experience the most significant increase, potentially doubling its population to over 2.5 billion, with Nigeria becoming the third most populous country globally. Asia will remain the most populous continent, with countries like India and China each exceeding 1.3 billion, though India is likely to remain the largest. Southeast Asia’s population will stabilize, while East Asia, particularly China and Japan, may see declines due to aging populations. Europe’s population is expected to shrink, with many countries experiencing negative growth and advanced aging. The Americas will see modest growth, with the United States approaching 400 million and Latin America’s population plateauing. Oceania, led by Australia, will continue gradual growth, reaching nearly 60 million. Urbanization will intensify, with most people living in cities, and megacities emerging across Africa and Asia.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,647,894,049 | 554.3 |
2 | China | 1,259,638,350 | 135.1 |
3 | Nigeria | 542,819,529 | 596 |
4 | Pakistan | 413,552,910 | 536.5 |
5 | Congo Kinshasa | 324,412,326 | 143.1 |
6 | Indonesia | 320,245,127 | 176.8 |
7 | Brazil | 236,158,542 | 28.3 |
8 | Ethiopia | 233,190,613 | 212.7 |
9 | Bangladesh | 196,335,032 | 1,508.3 |
10 | Philippines | 172,215,261 | 577.6 |
11 | Egypt | 165,609,263 | 166.4 |
12 | Tanzania | 156,546,149 | 176.7 |
13 | Mexico | 155,802,817 | 80.1 |
14 | Russia | 125,473,456 | 7.7 |
15 | Uganda | 124,245,574 | 630.4 |
16 | Vietnam | 121,604,883 | 392.2 |
17 | Angola | 110,605,417 | 88.7 |
18 | Sudan | 108,439,716 | 58.3 |
19 | Kenya | 103,179,484 | 181.3 |
20 | Iran | 100,939,196 | 65.9 |
21 | Japan | 96,835,223 | 265.7 |
22 | Turkey | 88,270,850 | 114.7 |
23 | Niger | 85,943,434 | 67.8 |
24 | Mozambique | 82,648,056 | 105.1 |
25 | Germany | 76,912,954 | 220.6 |
26 | United Kingdom | 75,938,594 | 313.9 |
27 | Afghanistan | 74,490,657 | 114.2 |
28 | Cameroon | 73,017,342 | 154.5 |
29 | Iraq | 71,635,848 | 163.8 |
30 | France | 70,899,872 | 110.7 |
31 | South Africa | 70,659,331 | 58.2 |
32 | Ghana | 65,569,604 | 288.2 |
33 | Burma | 64,561,339 | 98.8 |
34 | Thailand | 61,532,874 | 120.4 |
35 | Italy | 60,101,755 | 204.3 |
36 | Algeria | 58,686,891 | 24.6 |
37 | Argentina | 57,178,212 | 20.9 |
38 | Côte d'Ivoire | 54,694,723 | 172 |
39 | Madagascar | 52,309,150 | 89.9 |
40 | Mali | 51,684,208 | 42.4 |
41 | Yemen | 50,677,464 | 96 |
42 | Saudi Arabia | 50,235,760 | 23.4 |
43 | Colombia | 49,494,028 | 47.6 |
44 | Chad | 47,992,216 | 38.1 |
45 | Zambia | 47,944,134 | 64.5 |
46 | South Korea | 45,847,949 | 473 |
47 | Canada | 45,792,380 | 5 |
48 | Benin | 44,661,001 | 403.7 |
49 | Spain | 44,248,470 | 88.7 |
50 | Morocco | 43,842,251 | 61.2 |
51 | Burkina Faso | 43,051,126 | 157.2 |
52 | Malaysia | 43,007,310 | 130.9 |
53 | Malawi | 39,091,802 | 415.5 |
54 | Peru | 38,591,030 | 30.1 |
55 | Venezuela | 37,250,156 | 42.2 |
56 | Guinea | 36,882,059 | 150.1 |
57 | Syria | 36,853,500 | 198.3 |
58 | Australia | 36,116,044 | 4.7 |
59 | Nepal | 36,031,866 | 251.4 |
60 | Uzbekistan | 35,888,818 | 84.4 |
61 | Senegal | 35,789,210 | 185.9 |
62 | Ukraine | 34,324,820 | 59.2 |
63 | Burundi | 32,358,186 | 1,260.1 |
64 | Poland | 30,592,633 | 100.5 |
65 | Zimbabwe | 29,678,629 | 76.7 |
66 | South Sudan | 29,477,088 | 45.7 |
67 | Somalia | 27,783,859 | 44.3 |
68 | North Korea | 26,814,431 | 222.7 |
69 | Guatemala | 26,540,896 | 247.7 |
70 | Sri Lanka | 25,486,493 | 394.3 |
71 | Kazakhstan | 22,956,396 | 8.5 |
72 | Ecuador | 22,150,979 | 80 |
73 | Rwanda | 21,123,543 | 856.3 |
74 | Cambodia | 20,590,159 | 116.6 |
75 | Taiwan | 20,149,158 | 624.6 |
76 | Chile | 19,931,297 | 26.8 |
77 | Togo | 18,849,689 | 346.6 |
78 | Netherlands | 18,588,924 | 548.5 |
79 | Papua New Guinea | 18,447,556 | 40.7 |
80 | Jordan | 17,511,386 | 197.2 |
81 | Sierra Leone | 16,657,822 | 232.6 |
82 | Haiti | 15,360,425 | 557.3 |
83 | Bolivia | 14,868,094 | 13.7 |
84 | Romania | 14,338,173 | 62.4 |
85 | Israel | 14,015,802 | 652 |
86 | Liberia | 13,483,863 | 140 |
87 | United Arab Emirates | 13,460,639 | 161 |
88 | Belgium | 13,423,178 | 443.3 |
89 | Tajikistan | 12,925,287 | 91.3 |
90 | Dominican Republic | 12,900,143 | 267 |
91 | Congo Brazzaville | 12,762,882 | 37.4 |
92 | Tunisia | 12,568,813 | 80.9 |
93 | Honduras | 12,392,192 | 110.8 |
94 | Sweden | 12,174,647 | 29.7 |
95 | Azerbaijan | 11,218,293 | 135.8 |
96 | Libya | 10,448,789 | 5.9 |
97 | Laos | 10,396,164 | 45 |
98 | Switzerland | 10,308,993 | 257.7 |
99 | Czechia | 10,214,937 | 132.2 |
100 | Eritrea | 10,032,967 | 99.3 |
101 | Central African Republic | 9,595,236 | 15.4 |
102 | Austria | 9,440,351 | 114.5 |
103 | Cuba | 9,309,310 | 84.8 |
104 | Paraguay | 9,222,684 | 23.2 |
105 | Portugal | 9,213,430 | 100.7 |
106 | Greece | 8,866,277 | 67.9 |
107 | Hungary | 8,087,720 | 90.3 |
108 | Belarus | 7,899,847 | 38.9 |
109 | Mauritania | 7,425,903 | 7.2 |
110 | Nicaragua | 7,246,300 | 60.4 |
111 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,217,167 | 37.6 |
112 | Singapore | 7,070,823 | 9,973 |
113 | Norway | 6,819,166 | 22.4 |
114 | Ireland | 6,797,905 | 98.7 |
115 | Turkmenistan | 6,766,079 | 14.4 |
116 | Denmark | 6,567,702 | 154.8 |
117 | Hong Kong | 6,375,287 | 5,941.6 |
118 | Costa Rica | 6,311,863 | 123.6 |
119 | New Zealand | 6,209,386 | 23.5 |
120 | Panama | 6,205,615 | 83.5 |
121 | El Salvador | 6,154,532 | 297 |
122 | Oman | 6,010,865 | 19.4 |
123 | Finland | 5,569,350 | 18.3 |
124 | Lebanon | 5,530,147 | 540.6 |
125 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,314,961 | 189 |
126 | Serbia | 5,226,506 | 67.5 |
127 | Bulgaria | 5,205,300 | 48 |
128 | Gabon | 4,916,575 | 19.1 |
129 | Namibia | 4,722,520 | 5.7 |
130 | West Bank | 4,646,205 | 823.8 |
131 | Georgia | 4,643,005 | 66.6 |
132 | Slovakia | 4,609,520 | 95.8 |
133 | The Gambia | 4,371,228 | 431.9 |
134 | Kuwait | 4,167,508 | 233.9 |
135 | Mongolia | 3,703,464 | 2.4 |
136 | Uruguay | 3,540,459 | 20.2 |
137 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,522,037 | 125.6 |
138 | Botswana | 3,463,020 | 6.1 |
139 | Gaza Strip | 3,431,443 | 9,531.8 |
140 | Croatia | 3,348,169 | 59.8 |
141 | Jamaica | 3,083,920 | 284.7 |
142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,954,999 | 57.7 |
143 | Lesotho | 2,746,048 | 90.5 |
144 | Albania | 2,674,372 | 97.6 |
145 | Qatar | 2,661,501 | 229.7 |
146 | Timor-Leste | 2,447,053 | 164.5 |
147 | Kosovo | 2,267,141 | 208.2 |
148 | Armenia | 2,210,710 | 78.4 |
149 | North Macedonia | 1,982,601 | 78 |
150 | Moldova | 1,940,833 | 59 |
151 | Bahrain | 1,926,120 | 2,534.4 |
152 | Puerto Rico | 1,910,952 | 215.5 |
153 | Slovenia | 1,881,483 | 93.4 |
154 | Lithuania | 1,852,779 | 29.6 |
155 | Djibouti | 1,506,958 | 65 |
156 | Cyprus | 1,360,148 | 147.2 |
157 | Eswatini | 1,345,851 | 78.2 |
158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,273,353 | 248.3 |
159 | Comoros | 1,247,637 | 558.2 |
160 | Latvia | 1,153,030 | 18.5 |
161 | Mauritius | 1,139,414 | 561.3 |
162 | Solomon Islands | 1,104,007 | 39.4 |
163 | Bhutan | 1,072,428 | 27.9 |
164 | Fiji | 1,022,551 | 56 |
165 | Luxembourg | 977,700 | 378.1 |
166 | Estonia | 858,045 | 20.2 |
167 | Guyana | 831,842 | 4.2 |
168 | Suriname | 818,203 | 5.2 |
169 | Cabo Verde | 773,331 | 191.8 |
170 | Brunei | 707,553 | 134.4 |
171 | Macau | 684,074 | 24,431.2 |
172 | Belize | 657,480 | 28.8 |
173 | Malta | 493,260 | 1,560.9 |
174 | Vanuatu | 473,317 | 38.8 |
175 | Maldives | 458,640 | 1,539.1 |
176 | Montenegro | 448,652 | 33.4 |
177 | Iceland | 430,419 | 4.3 |
178 | The Bahamas | 414,513 | 41.4 |
179 | New Caledonia | 398,710 | 21.8 |
180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 342,605 | 355.4 |
181 | French Polynesia | 326,151 | 85.2 |
182 | Barbados | 281,931 | 655.7 |
183 | Samoa | 264,638 | 93.8 |
184 | Aruba | 165,604 | 920 |
185 | Saint Lucia | 154,768 | 255.4 |
186 | Curaçao | 149,358 | 336.4 |
187 | Guam | 147,419 | 271 |
188 | Kiribati | 145,376 | 179.3 |
189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 130,682 | 295 |
190 | Grenada | 114,274 | 332.2 |
191 | Jersey | 111,163 | 958.3 |
192 | Marshall Islands | 107,567 | 594.3 |
193 | Cayman Islands | 104,716 | 396.7 |
194 | Seychelles | 95,702 | 210.3 |
195 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 95,258 | 100.5 |
196 | Isle of Man | 93,559 | 163.6 |
197 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 91,137 | 234.3 |
198 | Tonga | 90,410 | 126.1 |
199 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 71,414 | 205.2 |
200 | Andorra | 68,613 | 146.6 |
201 | Bermuda | 68,531 | 1,269.1 |
202 | Guernsey | 67,966 | 871.4 |
203 | Federated States of Micronesia | 62,994 | 89.7 |
204 | British Virgin Islands | 60,484 | 400.6 |
205 | Dominica | 60,380 | 80.4 |
206 | Faroe Islands | 60,152 | 43.2 |
207 | Sint Maarten | 55,861 | 1,643 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55,042 | 210.9 |
209 | Greenland | 50,918 | 0 |
210 | Liechtenstein | 46,097 | 288.1 |
211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 41,771 | 88.5 |
212 | Saint Martin | 35,819 | 663.3 |
213 | San Marino | 34,429 | 564.4 |
214 | Anguilla | 30,896 | 339.5 |
215 | Monaco | 30,473 | 15,236.5 |
216 | Gibraltar | 27,913 | 3,987.6 |
217 | American Samoa | 26,802 | 135.4 |
218 | Palau | 21,851 | 47.6 |
219 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,549 | 109.5 |
220 | Tuvalu | 13,798 | 530.7 |
221 | Nauru | 12,161 | 579.1 |
222 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,006 | 17.8 |
223 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,543 | 261.7 |
224 | Montserrat | 5,126 | 50.3 |
225 | Cook Islands | 5,008 | 21.2 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,111 | 12.9 |
Data from US Census International Database