By the year 2069, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 9.7 to 10 billion people, with significant demographic shifts across continents and regions. Africa is expected to experience the most dramatic growth, potentially doubling its population to around 2.5 billion, with Nigeria becoming the third most populous country globally. Asia will remain the most populous continent, but its growth will slow, with India likely surpassing China as the world’s most populous country, each with populations exceeding 1.4 billion. Europe’s population is anticipated to decline due to low birth rates and aging, while Latin America and the Caribbean will see moderate increases, reaching around 800 million. North America’s population will grow more slowly, primarily driven by immigration, with the United States reaching over 400 million. Oceania, including Australia, will also see gradual growth, though it will remain the least populous region. Urbanization will continue worldwide, with over two-thirds of people living in cities, and the global population will be older on average, presenting new social and economic challenges.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,641,631,659 | 552.1 |
2 | China | 1,204,052,843 | 129.1 |
3 | Nigeria | 598,332,835 | 657 |
4 | Pakistan | 431,727,839 | 560 |
5 | Congo Kinshasa | 366,996,283 | 161.9 |
6 | Indonesia | 318,182,983 | 175.6 |
7 | Ethiopia | 249,202,383 | 227.3 |
8 | Brazil | 232,894,790 | 27.9 |
9 | Bangladesh | 194,553,801 | 1,494.6 |
10 | Philippines | 176,900,835 | 593.3 |
11 | Tanzania | 171,476,100 | 193.6 |
12 | Egypt | 171,243,442 | 172 |
13 | Mexico | 155,937,325 | 80.2 |
14 | Uganda | 136,869,165 | 694.4 |
15 | Angola | 124,249,755 | 99.7 |
16 | Russia | 122,706,776 | 7.5 |
17 | Vietnam | 120,581,280 | 388.9 |
18 | Sudan | 117,316,657 | 63 |
19 | Kenya | 108,867,414 | 191.3 |
20 | Iran | 99,347,578 | 64.9 |
21 | Niger | 97,838,637 | 77.2 |
22 | Japan | 92,237,011 | 253.1 |
23 | Mozambique | 91,929,570 | 116.9 |
24 | Turkey | 86,197,479 | 112 |
25 | Cameroon | 80,370,341 | 170 |
26 | Afghanistan | 79,362,981 | 121.7 |
27 | United Kingdom | 76,604,914 | 316.6 |
28 | Germany | 75,807,974 | 217.4 |
29 | Iraq | 74,969,564 | 171.4 |
30 | South Africa | 71,166,406 | 58.6 |
31 | France | 70,543,803 | 110.2 |
32 | Ghana | 69,940,105 | 307.4 |
33 | Burma | 63,813,790 | 97.6 |
34 | Italy | 59,803,704 | 203.3 |
35 | Algeria | 59,073,650 | 24.8 |
36 | Thailand | 58,931,450 | 115.4 |
37 | Côte d'Ivoire | 57,958,684 | 182.3 |
38 | Argentina | 57,696,140 | 21.1 |
39 | Mali | 55,864,847 | 45.8 |
40 | Madagascar | 55,105,448 | 94.8 |
41 | Chad | 52,977,213 | 42.1 |
42 | Yemen | 52,392,177 | 99.2 |
43 | Zambia | 52,226,249 | 70.3 |
44 | Benin | 51,186,931 | 462.7 |
45 | Saudi Arabia | 50,724,404 | 23.6 |
46 | Colombia | 48,027,112 | 46.2 |
47 | Canada | 46,541,819 | 5.1 |
48 | Burkina Faso | 45,502,204 | 166.2 |
49 | Morocco | 43,678,727 | 61 |
50 | South Korea | 43,579,583 | 449.6 |
51 | Malaysia | 43,393,103 | 132 |
52 | Spain | 42,678,703 | 85.5 |
53 | Guinea | 41,549,816 | 169.1 |
54 | Malawi | 41,143,443 | 437.3 |
55 | Peru | 38,341,668 | 30 |
56 | Syria | 38,038,875 | 204.6 |
57 | Senegal | 37,902,948 | 196.9 |
58 | Australia | 37,277,549 | 4.9 |
59 | Venezuela | 37,194,025 | 42.2 |
60 | Nepal | 35,904,455 | 250.5 |
61 | Burundi | 35,566,510 | 1,385 |
62 | Uzbekistan | 35,559,882 | 83.6 |
63 | Ukraine | 32,899,465 | 56.8 |
64 | South Sudan | 32,287,078 | 50.1 |
65 | Zimbabwe | 31,747,683 | 82.1 |
66 | Somalia | 30,118,321 | 48 |
67 | Poland | 29,146,377 | 95.8 |
68 | Guatemala | 27,191,708 | 253.8 |
69 | North Korea | 26,517,375 | 220.2 |
70 | Sri Lanka | 25,254,374 | 390.8 |
71 | Kazakhstan | 23,075,020 | 8.5 |
72 | Ecuador | 22,277,305 | 80.5 |
73 | Rwanda | 21,802,630 | 883.8 |
74 | Cambodia | 20,479,231 | 116 |
75 | Togo | 20,438,334 | 375.8 |
76 | Chile | 19,706,035 | 26.5 |
77 | Papua New Guinea | 19,441,850 | 42.9 |
78 | Taiwan | 19,110,893 | 592.4 |
79 | Netherlands | 18,703,475 | 551.8 |
80 | Jordan | 18,174,502 | 204.7 |
81 | Sierra Leone | 17,586,144 | 245.5 |
82 | Haiti | 15,588,608 | 565.6 |
83 | Liberia | 14,868,603 | 154.4 |
84 | Bolivia | 14,785,685 | 13.6 |
85 | Israel | 14,620,525 | 680.1 |
86 | Congo Brazzaville | 13,994,994 | 41 |
87 | United Arab Emirates | 13,830,914 | 165.4 |
88 | Romania | 13,798,588 | 60 |
89 | Belgium | 13,565,130 | 448 |
90 | Tajikistan | 13,172,718 | 93.1 |
91 | Dominican Republic | 12,897,439 | 266.9 |
92 | Honduras | 12,447,850 | 111.3 |
93 | Sweden | 12,296,231 | 30 |
94 | Tunisia | 12,269,486 | 79 |
95 | Azerbaijan | 11,062,521 | 133.9 |
96 | Libya | 10,649,326 | 6.1 |
97 | Switzerland | 10,523,586 | 263.1 |
98 | Laos | 10,481,184 | 45.4 |
99 | Eritrea | 10,470,971 | 103.7 |
100 | Central African Republic | 10,114,273 | 16.2 |
101 | Czechia | 10,063,484 | 130.3 |
102 | Austria | 9,465,248 | 114.8 |
103 | Paraguay | 9,220,640 | 23.2 |
104 | Cuba | 8,952,271 | 81.5 |
105 | Portugal | 8,948,074 | 97.8 |
106 | Greece | 8,587,246 | 65.7 |
107 | Mauritania | 7,816,245 | 7.6 |
108 | Hungary | 7,803,094 | 87.1 |
109 | Belarus | 7,636,767 | 37.6 |
110 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,194,655 | 37.5 |
111 | Nicaragua | 7,107,460 | 59.2 |
112 | Singapore | 7,060,655 | 9,958.6 |
113 | Norway | 6,932,422 | 22.8 |
114 | Ireland | 6,908,648 | 100.3 |
115 | Turkmenistan | 6,745,189 | 14.4 |
116 | Denmark | 6,632,531 | 156.3 |
117 | Panama | 6,333,508 | 85.2 |
118 | Costa Rica | 6,306,136 | 123.5 |
119 | New Zealand | 6,286,151 | 23.8 |
120 | Oman | 6,197,413 | 20 |
121 | Hong Kong | 6,130,576 | 5,713.5 |
122 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,940,813 | 211.3 |
123 | El Salvador | 5,925,478 | 286 |
124 | Finland | 5,542,105 | 18.2 |
125 | Lebanon | 5,356,881 | 523.6 |
126 | Gabon | 5,288,418 | 20.5 |
127 | Serbia | 5,006,985 | 64.6 |
128 | Bulgaria | 4,954,778 | 45.7 |
129 | Namibia | 4,950,001 | 6 |
130 | West Bank | 4,777,849 | 847.1 |
131 | The Gambia | 4,579,794 | 452.5 |
132 | Georgia | 4,548,121 | 65.3 |
133 | Slovakia | 4,420,001 | 91.9 |
134 | Kuwait | 4,270,924 | 239.7 |
135 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,740,784 | 133.4 |
136 | Mongolia | 3,665,671 | 2.4 |
137 | Gaza Strip | 3,565,419 | 9,903.9 |
138 | Botswana | 3,552,140 | 6.3 |
139 | Uruguay | 3,505,168 | 20 |
140 | Croatia | 3,222,141 | 57.6 |
141 | Jamaica | 3,122,843 | 288.3 |
142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,791,570 | 54.5 |
143 | Lesotho | 2,776,060 | 91.5 |
144 | Qatar | 2,700,742 | 233.1 |
145 | Albania | 2,546,862 | 93 |
146 | Timor-Leste | 2,542,631 | 170.9 |
147 | Kosovo | 2,255,458 | 207.2 |
148 | Armenia | 2,057,021 | 72.9 |
149 | Bahrain | 1,946,461 | 2,561.1 |
150 | North Macedonia | 1,925,647 | 75.7 |
151 | Slovenia | 1,835,266 | 91.1 |
152 | Moldova | 1,820,271 | 55.3 |
153 | Puerto Rico | 1,818,981 | 205.1 |
154 | Lithuania | 1,779,619 | 28.4 |
155 | Djibouti | 1,541,805 | 66.5 |
156 | Eswatini | 1,345,530 | 78.2 |
157 | Cyprus | 1,313,127 | 142.1 |
158 | Comoros | 1,269,243 | 567.9 |
159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,223,601 | 238.6 |
160 | Solomon Islands | 1,135,517 | 40.6 |
161 | Mauritius | 1,091,024 | 537.5 |
162 | Latvia | 1,078,637 | 17.3 |
163 | Bhutan | 1,067,509 | 27.8 |
164 | Luxembourg | 1,017,232 | 393.4 |
165 | Fiji | 1,014,741 | 55.5 |
166 | Suriname | 827,467 | 5.3 |
167 | Guyana | 817,543 | 4.2 |
168 | Estonia | 809,557 | 19.1 |
169 | Cabo Verde | 775,131 | 192.2 |
170 | Brunei | 730,808 | 138.8 |
171 | Belize | 682,280 | 29.9 |
172 | Macau | 672,620 | 24,022.1 |
173 | Malta | 491,039 | 1,553.9 |
174 | Vanuatu | 487,256 | 40 |
175 | Maldives | 454,706 | 1,525.9 |
176 | Iceland | 434,301 | 4.3 |
177 | Montenegro | 434,035 | 32.3 |
178 | The Bahamas | 414,462 | 41.4 |
179 | New Caledonia | 405,520 | 22.2 |
180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 355,705 | 369 |
181 | French Polynesia | 321,293 | 84 |
182 | Barbados | 274,121 | 637.5 |
183 | Samoa | 270,763 | 96 |
184 | Aruba | 170,839 | 949.1 |
185 | Curaçao | 147,145 | 331.4 |
186 | Kiribati | 146,797 | 181 |
187 | Saint Lucia | 146,146 | 241.2 |
188 | Guam | 142,637 | 262.2 |
189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 132,737 | 299.6 |
190 | Grenada | 112,711 | 327.6 |
191 | Jersey | 111,409 | 960.4 |
192 | Cayman Islands | 109,891 | 416.3 |
193 | Marshall Islands | 107,844 | 595.8 |
194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 98,487 | 103.9 |
195 | Isle of Man | 92,463 | 161.6 |
196 | Seychelles | 92,386 | 203 |
197 | Tonga | 91,299 | 127.3 |
198 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 88,803 | 228.3 |
199 | Guernsey | 67,564 | 866.2 |
200 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 67,472 | 193.9 |
201 | Bermuda | 67,400 | 1,248.1 |
202 | Andorra | 64,345 | 137.5 |
203 | British Virgin Islands | 61,472 | 407.1 |
204 | Faroe Islands | 60,739 | 43.6 |
205 | Federated States of Micronesia | 58,890 | 83.9 |
206 | Dominica | 58,148 | 77.4 |
207 | Sint Maarten | 56,770 | 1,669.7 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53,417 | 204.7 |
209 | Greenland | 49,887 | 0 |
210 | Liechtenstein | 46,639 | 291.5 |
211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 40,727 | 86.3 |
212 | Saint Martin | 36,045 | 667.5 |
213 | San Marino | 33,364 | 547 |
214 | Anguilla | 32,362 | 355.6 |
215 | Monaco | 29,772 | 14,886 |
216 | Gibraltar | 27,065 | 3,866.4 |
217 | American Samoa | 25,089 | 126.7 |
218 | Palau | 21,604 | 47.1 |
219 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,152 | 106.7 |
220 | Tuvalu | 13,827 | 531.8 |
221 | Nauru | 12,459 | 593.3 |
222 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 6,729 | 17.1 |
223 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,516 | 260.6 |
224.5 | Montserrat | 4,858 | 47.6 |
224.5 | Cook Islands | 4,858 | 20.6 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,882 | 11.9 |
Data from US Census International Database