By the year 2070, the world’s population is projected to reach around 9.5 to 10 billion people, with the most significant growth occurring in Africa and parts of Asia. Africa is expected to nearly double its population, surpassing 2.5 billion, driven by high fertility rates in countries like Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Asia will remain the most populous continent, but its growth will slow, with India and China each maintaining populations near or above 1.3 billion, though India will likely remain the most populous country. In contrast, Europe’s population will continue to decline, potentially dropping below 650 million, due to aging demographics and low birth rates, while Latin America and the Caribbean will see moderate growth, stabilizing around 750 million. North America’s population will grow slowly, reaching about 400 million, largely due to immigration. Oceania, led by Australia, will experience steady but modest growth, nearing 60 million. Urbanization will intensify, with megacities emerging across Africa and Asia, and regional disparities in population growth will shape global economic and political dynamics.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,639,583,160 | 551.5 |
2 | China | 1,194,715,260 | 128.1 |
3 | Nigeria | 607,579,446 | 667.1 |
4 | Pakistan | 434,488,371 | 563.6 |
5 | Congo Kinshasa | 374,238,140 | 165.1 |
6 | Indonesia | 317,698,870 | 175.4 |
7 | Ethiopia | 251,754,220 | 229.6 |
8 | Brazil | 232,222,961 | 27.8 |
9 | Bangladesh | 194,091,574 | 1,491.1 |
10 | Philippines | 177,550,114 | 595.5 |
11 | Tanzania | 173,926,608 | 196.3 |
12 | Egypt | 172,141,429 | 172.9 |
13 | Mexico | 155,868,866 | 80.2 |
14 | Uganda | 138,929,905 | 704.9 |
15 | Angola | 126,520,022 | 101.5 |
16 | Russia | 122,251,627 | 7.5 |
17 | Vietnam | 120,342,078 | 388.1 |
18 | Sudan | 118,738,298 | 63.8 |
19 | Kenya | 109,759,087 | 192.9 |
20 | Niger | 99,845,408 | 78.8 |
21 | Iran | 99,019,137 | 64.7 |
22 | Mozambique | 93,474,838 | 118.9 |
23 | Japan | 91,473,753 | 251 |
24 | Turkey | 85,804,712 | 111.5 |
25 | Cameroon | 81,581,492 | 172.6 |
26 | Afghanistan | 80,139,275 | 122.9 |
27 | United Kingdom | 76,712,671 | 317.1 |
28 | Germany | 75,649,563 | 217 |
29 | Iraq | 75,482,295 | 172.6 |
30 | South Africa | 71,223,825 | 58.6 |
31 | Ghana | 70,648,436 | 310.5 |
32 | France | 70,481,400 | 110.1 |
33 | Burma | 63,657,024 | 97.4 |
34 | Italy | 59,785,383 | 203.3 |
35 | Algeria | 59,110,461 | 24.8 |
36 | Thailand | 58,504,654 | 114.5 |
37 | Côte d'Ivoire | 58,473,809 | 183.9 |
38 | Argentina | 57,750,971 | 21.1 |
39 | Mali | 56,525,992 | 46.3 |
40 | Madagascar | 55,538,234 | 95.5 |
41 | Chad | 53,794,823 | 42.7 |
42 | Zambia | 52,927,941 | 71.2 |
43 | Yemen | 52,639,865 | 99.7 |
44 | Benin | 52,310,025 | 472.9 |
45 | Saudi Arabia | 50,775,400 | 23.6 |
46 | Colombia | 47,747,851 | 46 |
47 | Canada | 46,661,506 | 5.1 |
48 | Burkina Faso | 45,881,292 | 167.6 |
49 | Morocco | 43,625,091 | 60.9 |
50 | Malaysia | 43,432,280 | 132.2 |
51 | South Korea | 43,195,563 | 445.7 |
52 | Spain | 42,436,011 | 85 |
53 | Guinea | 42,338,555 | 172.3 |
54 | Malawi | 41,458,601 | 440.7 |
55 | Peru | 38,272,484 | 29.9 |
56 | Senegal | 38,237,072 | 198.6 |
57 | Syria | 38,210,952 | 205.6 |
58 | Australia | 37,464,395 | 4.9 |
59 | Venezuela | 37,160,315 | 42.1 |
60 | Burundi | 36,092,073 | 1,405.5 |
61 | Nepal | 35,849,817 | 250.1 |
62 | Uzbekistan | 35,479,436 | 83.4 |
63 | South Sudan | 32,752,161 | 50.8 |
64 | Ukraine | 32,663,070 | 56.4 |
65 | Zimbabwe | 32,074,971 | 82.9 |
66 | Somalia | 30,495,011 | 48.6 |
67 | Poland | 28,900,839 | 95 |
68 | Guatemala | 27,279,690 | 254.6 |
69 | North Korea | 26,462,190 | 219.8 |
70 | Sri Lanka | 25,205,349 | 390 |
71 | Kazakhstan | 23,088,775 | 8.6 |
72 | Ecuador | 22,282,544 | 80.5 |
73 | Rwanda | 21,901,286 | 887.8 |
74 | Togo | 20,697,334 | 380.6 |
75 | Cambodia | 20,443,664 | 115.8 |
76 | Chile | 19,661,897 | 26.4 |
77 | Papua New Guinea | 19,596,551 | 43.3 |
78 | Taiwan | 18,933,457 | 586.9 |
79 | Netherlands | 18,723,766 | 552.4 |
80 | Jordan | 18,272,719 | 205.8 |
81 | Sierra Leone | 17,730,554 | 247.6 |
82 | Haiti | 15,616,454 | 566.6 |
83 | Liberia | 15,097,020 | 156.7 |
84 | Bolivia | 14,760,406 | 13.6 |
85 | Israel | 14,715,528 | 684.5 |
86 | Congo Brazzaville | 14,200,163 | 41.6 |
87 | United Arab Emirates | 13,887,688 | 166.1 |
88 | Romania | 13,712,467 | 59.6 |
89 | Belgium | 13,588,583 | 448.8 |
90 | Tajikistan | 13,205,635 | 93.3 |
91 | Dominican Republic | 12,888,330 | 266.7 |
92 | Honduras | 12,446,247 | 111.2 |
93 | Sweden | 12,313,831 | 30 |
94 | Tunisia | 12,215,592 | 78.6 |
95 | Azerbaijan | 11,031,743 | 133.5 |
96 | Libya | 10,678,866 | 6.1 |
97 | Switzerland | 10,560,106 | 264 |
98 | Eritrea | 10,537,932 | 104.3 |
99 | Laos | 10,487,275 | 45.4 |
100 | Central African Republic | 10,194,786 | 16.4 |
101 | Czechia | 10,039,503 | 130 |
102 | Austria | 9,471,191 | 114.9 |
103 | Paraguay | 9,212,276 | 23.2 |
104 | Portugal | 8,903,832 | 97.3 |
105 | Cuba | 8,896,760 | 81 |
106 | Greece | 8,544,817 | 65.4 |
107 | Mauritania | 7,877,072 | 7.6 |
108 | Hungary | 7,756,343 | 86.6 |
109 | Belarus | 7,593,291 | 37.4 |
110 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,186,010 | 37.5 |
111 | Nicaragua | 7,076,721 | 59 |
112 | Singapore | 7,056,146 | 9,952.3 |
113 | Norway | 6,950,156 | 22.8 |
114 | Ireland | 6,925,763 | 100.5 |
115 | Turkmenistan | 6,737,353 | 14.3 |
116 | Denmark | 6,643,121 | 156.6 |
117 | Panama | 6,351,370 | 85.4 |
118 | Costa Rica | 6,301,682 | 123.4 |
119 | New Zealand | 6,297,435 | 23.8 |
120 | Oman | 6,223,407 | 20.1 |
121 | Hong Kong | 6,091,454 | 5,677 |
122 | Guinea-Bissau | 6,045,875 | 215 |
123 | El Salvador | 5,883,761 | 284 |
124 | Finland | 5,536,918 | 18.2 |
125 | Gabon | 5,348,156 | 20.8 |
126 | Lebanon | 5,324,497 | 520.5 |
127 | Namibia | 4,985,145 | 6.1 |
128 | Serbia | 4,970,668 | 64.2 |
129 | Bulgaria | 4,914,052 | 45.3 |
130 | West Bank | 4,796,071 | 850.4 |
131 | The Gambia | 4,611,459 | 455.7 |
132 | Georgia | 4,531,579 | 65 |
133 | Slovakia | 4,388,267 | 91.2 |
134 | Kuwait | 4,286,420 | 240.6 |
135 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,776,844 | 134.6 |
136 | Mongolia | 3,658,000 | 2.4 |
137 | Gaza Strip | 3,584,696 | 9,957.5 |
138 | Botswana | 3,564,966 | 6.3 |
139 | Uruguay | 3,497,619 | 20 |
140 | Croatia | 3,201,220 | 57.2 |
141 | Jamaica | 3,128,444 | 288.8 |
142 | Lesotho | 2,779,437 | 91.6 |
143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,764,748 | 54 |
144 | Qatar | 2,707,196 | 233.7 |
145 | Timor-Leste | 2,556,472 | 171.9 |
146 | Albania | 2,523,893 | 92.1 |
147 | Kosovo | 2,252,050 | 206.9 |
148 | Armenia | 2,030,497 | 72 |
149 | Bahrain | 1,948,892 | 2,564.3 |
150 | North Macedonia | 1,915,606 | 75.3 |
151 | Slovenia | 1,827,994 | 90.7 |
152 | Puerto Rico | 1,803,798 | 203.4 |
153 | Moldova | 1,802,486 | 54.8 |
154 | Lithuania | 1,768,357 | 28.2 |
155 | Djibouti | 1,546,405 | 66.7 |
156 | Eswatini | 1,344,561 | 78.2 |
157 | Cyprus | 1,304,612 | 141.2 |
158 | Comoros | 1,271,959 | 569.1 |
159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,214,716 | 236.9 |
160 | Solomon Islands | 1,139,890 | 40.7 |
161 | Mauritius | 1,082,622 | 533.3 |
162 | Latvia | 1,067,075 | 17.1 |
163 | Bhutan | 1,065,702 | 27.8 |
164 | Luxembourg | 1,023,621 | 395.8 |
165 | Fiji | 1,012,882 | 55.4 |
166 | Suriname | 828,642 | 5.3 |
167 | Guyana | 814,441 | 4.1 |
168 | Estonia | 801,780 | 18.9 |
169 | Cabo Verde | 774,740 | 192.1 |
170 | Brunei | 734,377 | 139.5 |
171 | Belize | 686,021 | 30.1 |
172 | Macau | 670,646 | 23,951.6 |
173 | Malta | 490,470 | 1,552.1 |
174 | Vanuatu | 489,251 | 40.1 |
175 | Maldives | 453,607 | 1,522.2 |
176 | Iceland | 434,833 | 4.3 |
177 | Montenegro | 431,643 | 32.1 |
178 | The Bahamas | 414,348 | 41.4 |
179 | New Caledonia | 406,486 | 22.2 |
180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 357,670 | 371 |
181 | French Polynesia | 320,339 | 83.7 |
182 | Barbados | 272,836 | 634.5 |
183 | Samoa | 271,614 | 96.3 |
184 | Aruba | 171,686 | 953.8 |
185 | Kiribati | 146,921 | 181.2 |
186 | Curaçao | 146,715 | 330.4 |
187 | Saint Lucia | 144,586 | 238.6 |
188 | Guam | 141,899 | 260.8 |
189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 133,037 | 300.3 |
190 | Grenada | 112,405 | 326.8 |
191 | Jersey | 111,439 | 960.7 |
192 | Cayman Islands | 110,749 | 419.5 |
193 | Marshall Islands | 107,774 | 595.4 |
194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 98,989 | 104.4 |
195 | Isle of Man | 92,291 | 161.3 |
196 | Seychelles | 91,810 | 201.8 |
197 | Tonga | 91,412 | 127.5 |
198 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 88,398 | 227.2 |
199 | Guernsey | 67,506 | 865.5 |
200 | Bermuda | 67,226 | 1,244.9 |
201 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 66,889 | 192.2 |
202 | Andorra | 63,688 | 136.1 |
203 | British Virgin Islands | 61,573 | 407.8 |
204 | Faroe Islands | 60,822 | 43.7 |
205 | Federated States of Micronesia | 58,284 | 83 |
206 | Dominica | 57,782 | 76.9 |
207 | Sint Maarten | 56,935 | 1,674.6 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53,125 | 203.5 |
209 | Greenland | 49,717 | 0 |
210 | Liechtenstein | 46,732 | 292.1 |
211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 40,578 | 86 |
212 | Saint Martin | 36,077 | 668.1 |
213 | San Marino | 33,192 | 544.1 |
214 | Anguilla | 32,605 | 358.3 |
215 | Monaco | 29,686 | 14,843 |
216 | Gibraltar | 26,897 | 3,842.4 |
217 | American Samoa | 24,829 | 125.4 |
218 | Palau | 21,563 | 47 |
219 | Wallis and Futuna | 15,075 | 106.2 |
220 | Tuvalu | 13,818 | 531.5 |
221 | Nauru | 12,505 | 595.5 |
222 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 6,685 | 17 |
223 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,515 | 260.6 |
224 | Cook Islands | 4,836 | 20.5 |
225 | Montserrat | 4,810 | 47.2 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,848 | 11.8 |
Data from US Census International Database