By 2068, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 9.7 to 10 billion people, according to United Nations estimates. Asia will remain the most populous continent, though its growth will slow, with India and China each housing over a billion residents, but India likely surpassing China as the world’s most populous country. Africa will experience the fastest growth, with its population potentially doubling to around 2.5 billion, driven by high birth rates in countries like Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Europe’s population is expected to decline or stagnate, with countries like Germany, Italy, and Russia facing significant aging and shrinking populations. North America’s population will grow modestly, mainly due to immigration, with the United States reaching around 400 million people. Latin America and the Caribbean will see slower growth, while Oceania, led by Australia and Papua New Guinea, will continue to grow at a steady but modest rate. Regional disparities in population growth will shape global economic, social, and environmental trends throughout the mid-21st century.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,643,401,135 | 552.7 |
2 | China | 1,213,371,982 | 130.1 |
3 | Nigeria | 589,072,437 | 646.8 |
4 | Pakistan | 428,887,363 | 556.4 |
5 | Congo Kinshasa | 359,787,544 | 158.7 |
6 | Indonesia | 318,628,797 | 175.9 |
7 | Ethiopia | 246,614,564 | 224.9 |
8 | Brazil | 233,532,219 | 27.9 |
9 | Bangladesh | 194,970,177 | 1,497.8 |
10 | Philippines | 176,214,044 | 591 |
11 | Egypt | 170,332,921 | 171.1 |
12 | Tanzania | 169,011,932 | 190.8 |
13 | Mexico | 155,978,752 | 80.2 |
14 | Uganda | 134,793,310 | 683.9 |
15 | Russia | 123,163,695 | 7.5 |
16 | Angola | 121,975,790 | 97.8 |
17 | Vietnam | 120,801,021 | 389.6 |
18 | Sudan | 115,875,977 | 62.2 |
19 | Kenya | 107,958,381 | 189.7 |
20 | Iran | 99,660,666 | 65.1 |
21 | Niger | 95,834,914 | 75.7 |
22 | Japan | 93,003,970 | 255.2 |
23 | Mozambique | 90,381,589 | 114.9 |
24 | Turkey | 86,577,870 | 112.5 |
25 | Cameroon | 79,153,684 | 167.4 |
26 | Afghanistan | 78,575,690 | 120.5 |
27 | United Kingdom | 76,495,779 | 316.2 |
28 | Germany | 75,973,934 | 217.9 |
29 | Iraq | 74,443,933 | 170.2 |
30 | South Africa | 71,101,694 | 58.5 |
31 | France | 70,605,273 | 110.2 |
32 | Ghana | 69,225,372 | 304.2 |
33 | Burma | 63,961,708 | 97.9 |
34 | Italy | 59,831,770 | 203.4 |
35 | Thailand | 59,361,254 | 116.2 |
36 | Algeria | 59,030,135 | 24.8 |
37 | Argentina | 57,632,588 | 21.1 |
38 | Côte d'Ivoire | 57,434,653 | 180.6 |
39 | Mali | 55,193,064 | 45.2 |
40 | Madagascar | 54,662,753 | 94 |
41 | Chad | 52,154,428 | 41.4 |
42 | Yemen | 52,133,456 | 98.7 |
43 | Zambia | 51,520,291 | 69.3 |
44 | Saudi Arabia | 50,664,835 | 23.6 |
45 | Benin | 50,073,093 | 452.7 |
46 | Colombia | 48,296,338 | 46.5 |
47 | Canada | 46,420,473 | 5.1 |
48 | Burkina Faso | 45,114,386 | 164.8 |
49 | South Korea | 43,962,361 | 453.6 |
50 | Morocco | 43,725,165 | 61 |
51 | Malaysia | 43,346,943 | 131.9 |
52 | Spain | 42,928,455 | 86 |
53 | Malawi | 40,820,281 | 433.9 |
54 | Guinea | 40,763,194 | 165.9 |
55 | Peru | 38,403,263 | 30 |
56 | Syria | 37,859,609 | 203.7 |
57 | Senegal | 37,563,317 | 195.1 |
58 | Venezuela | 37,220,849 | 42.2 |
59 | Australia | 37,088,764 | 4.8 |
60 | Nepal | 35,949,362 | 250.8 |
61 | Uzbekistan | 35,633,409 | 83.8 |
62 | Burundi | 35,037,173 | 1,364.4 |
63 | Ukraine | 33,136,098 | 57.2 |
64 | South Sudan | 31,820,426 | 49.4 |
65 | Zimbabwe | 31,414,978 | 81.2 |
66 | Somalia | 29,737,435 | 47.4 |
67 | Poland | 29,390,843 | 96.6 |
68 | Guatemala | 27,097,797 | 252.9 |
69 | North Korea | 26,570,740 | 220.7 |
70 | Sri Lanka | 25,300,423 | 391.5 |
71 | Kazakhstan | 23,059,642 | 8.5 |
72 | Ecuador | 22,267,566 | 80.4 |
73 | Rwanda | 21,699,803 | 879.7 |
74 | Cambodia | 20,509,675 | 116.2 |
75 | Togo | 20,177,355 | 371 |
76 | Chile | 19,748,345 | 26.6 |
77 | Taiwan | 19,287,323 | 597.9 |
78 | Papua New Guinea | 19,283,907 | 42.6 |
79 | Netherlands | 18,683,366 | 551.2 |
80 | Jordan | 18,072,672 | 203.5 |
81 | Sierra Leone | 17,438,691 | 243.5 |
82 | Haiti | 15,557,842 | 564.5 |
83 | Bolivia | 14,807,697 | 13.7 |
84 | Liberia | 14,639,176 | 152 |
85 | Israel | 14,523,736 | 675.6 |
86 | Romania | 13,885,695 | 60.4 |
87 | Congo Brazzaville | 13,789,452 | 40.4 |
88 | United Arab Emirates | 13,772,833 | 164.7 |
89 | Belgium | 13,541,575 | 447.2 |
90 | Tajikistan | 13,137,520 | 92.8 |
91 | Dominican Republic | 12,904,082 | 267.1 |
92 | Honduras | 12,446,261 | 111.2 |
93 | Tunisia | 12,322,460 | 79.3 |
94 | Sweden | 12,277,824 | 29.9 |
95 | Azerbaijan | 11,091,923 | 134.2 |
96 | Libya | 10,618,806 | 6 |
97 | Switzerland | 10,487,318 | 262.2 |
98 | Laos | 10,472,819 | 45.4 |
99 | Eritrea | 10,402,135 | 103 |
100 | Czechia | 10,087,958 | 130.6 |
101 | Central African Republic | 10,031,932 | 16.1 |
102 | Austria | 9,459,892 | 114.7 |
103 | Paraguay | 9,226,781 | 23.2 |
104 | Cuba | 9,008,928 | 82 |
105 | Portugal | 8,992,483 | 98.3 |
106 | Greece | 8,630,990 | 66.1 |
107 | Hungary | 7,850,194 | 87.6 |
108 | Mauritania | 7,754,148 | 7.5 |
109 | Belarus | 7,680,360 | 37.9 |
110 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,201,840 | 37.5 |
111 | Nicaragua | 7,136,091 | 59.5 |
112 | Singapore | 7,064,443 | 9,964 |
113 | Norway | 6,914,380 | 22.7 |
114 | Ireland | 6,891,174 | 100 |
115 | Turkmenistan | 6,751,877 | 14.4 |
116 | Denmark | 6,621,888 | 156.1 |
117 | Panama | 6,314,667 | 84.9 |
118 | Costa Rica | 6,309,618 | 123.6 |
119 | New Zealand | 6,274,389 | 23.7 |
120 | Hong Kong | 6,170,264 | 5,750.5 |
121 | Oman | 6,170,054 | 19.9 |
122 | El Salvador | 5,966,307 | 287.9 |
123 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,835,840 | 207.5 |
124 | Finland | 5,547,081 | 18.3 |
125 | Lebanon | 5,388,296 | 526.7 |
126 | Gabon | 5,227,963 | 20.3 |
127 | Serbia | 5,043,447 | 65.1 |
128 | Bulgaria | 4,995,839 | 46 |
129 | Namibia | 4,914,028 | 6 |
130 | West Bank | 4,758,555 | 843.7 |
131 | Georgia | 4,564,398 | 65.5 |
132 | The Gambia | 4,547,219 | 449.3 |
133 | Slovakia | 4,451,777 | 92.5 |
134 | Kuwait | 4,254,894 | 238.8 |
135 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,704,578 | 132.1 |
136 | Mongolia | 3,672,960 | 2.4 |
137 | Gaza Strip | 3,545,215 | 9,847.8 |
138 | Botswana | 3,538,736 | 6.2 |
139 | Uruguay | 3,512,258 | 20.1 |
140 | Croatia | 3,243,114 | 57.9 |
141 | Jamaica | 3,116,978 | 287.8 |
142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,818,586 | 55.1 |
143 | Lesotho | 2,772,187 | 91.3 |
144 | Qatar | 2,694,243 | 232.5 |
145 | Albania | 2,569,366 | 93.8 |
146 | Timor-Leste | 2,528,175 | 170 |
147 | Kosovo | 2,258,439 | 207.4 |
148 | Armenia | 2,083,265 | 73.9 |
149 | Bahrain | 1,943,753 | 2,557.6 |
150 | North Macedonia | 1,935,573 | 76.1 |
151 | Slovenia | 1,842,677 | 91.4 |
152 | Moldova | 1,838,733 | 55.9 |
153 | Puerto Rico | 1,834,168 | 206.8 |
154 | Lithuania | 1,791,113 | 28.6 |
155 | Djibouti | 1,536,863 | 66.3 |
156 | Eswatini | 1,346,244 | 78.3 |
157 | Cyprus | 1,321,471 | 143 |
158 | Comoros | 1,266,256 | 566.6 |
159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,232,328 | 240.3 |
160 | Solomon Islands | 1,130,891 | 40.4 |
161 | Mauritius | 1,099,348 | 541.6 |
162 | Latvia | 1,090,425 | 17.5 |
163 | Bhutan | 1,069,045 | 27.8 |
164 | Fiji | 1,016,443 | 55.6 |
165 | Luxembourg | 1,010,791 | 390.9 |
166 | Suriname | 826,187 | 5.3 |
167 | Guyana | 820,432 | 4.2 |
168 | Estonia | 817,415 | 19.3 |
169 | Cabo Verde | 775,328 | 192.2 |
170 | Brunei | 727,155 | 138.1 |
171 | Belize | 678,420 | 29.7 |
172 | Macau | 674,588 | 24,092.4 |
173 | Malta | 491,559 | 1,555.6 |
174 | Vanuatu | 485,163 | 39.8 |
175 | Maldives | 455,684 | 1,529.1 |
176 | Montenegro | 436,440 | 32.4 |
177 | Iceland | 433,733 | 4.3 |
178 | The Bahamas | 414,546 | 41.4 |
179 | New Caledonia | 404,509 | 22.1 |
180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 353,676 | 366.9 |
181 | French Polynesia | 322,206 | 84.2 |
182 | Barbados | 275,413 | 640.5 |
183 | Samoa | 269,860 | 95.7 |
184 | Aruba | 169,984 | 944.4 |
185 | Saint Lucia | 147,661 | 243.7 |
186 | Curaçao | 147,555 | 332.3 |
187 | Kiribati | 146,640 | 180.8 |
188 | Guam | 143,390 | 263.6 |
189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 132,425 | 298.9 |
190 | Grenada | 113,005 | 328.5 |
191 | Jersey | 111,375 | 960.1 |
192 | Cayman Islands | 109,031 | 413 |
193 | Marshall Islands | 107,880 | 596 |
194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 97,977 | 103.4 |
195 | Seychelles | 92,956 | 204.3 |
196 | Isle of Man | 92,638 | 162 |
197 | Tonga | 91,175 | 127.2 |
198 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 89,204 | 229.3 |
199 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 68,075 | 195.6 |
200 | Guernsey | 67,624 | 867 |
201 | Bermuda | 67,576 | 1,251.4 |
202 | Andorra | 65,020 | 138.9 |
203 | British Virgin Islands | 61,352 | 406.3 |
204 | Faroe Islands | 60,652 | 43.5 |
205 | Federated States of Micronesia | 59,517 | 84.8 |
206 | Dominica | 58,517 | 77.9 |
207 | Sint Maarten | 56,608 | 1,664.9 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53,703 | 205.8 |
209 | Greenland | 50,058 | 0 |
210 | Liechtenstein | 46,547 | 290.9 |
211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 40,882 | 86.6 |
212 | Saint Martin | 36,011 | 666.9 |
213 | San Marino | 33,539 | 549.8 |
214 | Anguilla | 32,120 | 353 |
215 | Monaco | 29,867 | 14,933.5 |
216 | Gibraltar | 27,227 | 3,889.6 |
217 | American Samoa | 25,356 | 128.1 |
218 | Palau | 21,645 | 47.2 |
219 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,226 | 107.2 |
220 | Tuvalu | 13,832 | 532 |
221 | Nauru | 12,413 | 591.1 |
222 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 6,774 | 17.2 |
223 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,517 | 260.7 |
224 | Montserrat | 4,905 | 48.1 |
225 | Cook Islands | 4,881 | 20.7 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,918 | 12.1 |
Data from US Census International Database