By the year 2072, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 9.7 billion people, reflecting slowed growth compared to previous decades. Asia will remain the most populous continent, but its share will begin to decline as populations stabilize or decrease in countries like China and Japan, while India continues to lead as the world’s most populous country. Africa will experience the most significant growth, with its population potentially doubling to nearly 2.5 billion, driven by high birth rates in countries such as Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Europe’s population will likely shrink due to aging demographics and low fertility, especially in Eastern and Southern Europe. North America’s population will grow modestly, primarily through immigration, while Latin America and the Caribbean will see slower increases as fertility rates fall. Oceania’s population, led by Australia and Papua New Guinea, will continue to rise gradually. Urbanization will intensify globally, with megacities in Asia and Africa housing tens of millions, reshaping economic and social landscapes across continents.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,634,664,141 | 549.8 |
2 | China | 1,176,110,773 | 126.1 |
3 | Nigeria | 626,006,868 | 687.3 |
4 | Pakistan | 439,763,667 | 570.5 |
5 | Congo Kinshasa | 388,802,780 | 171.5 |
6 | Indonesia | 316,615,730 | 174.8 |
7 | Ethiopia | 256,743,502 | 234.1 |
8 | Brazil | 230,783,597 | 27.6 |
9 | Bangladesh | 193,032,599 | 1,482.9 |
10 | Tanzania | 178,779,291 | 201.8 |
11 | Philippines | 178,745,165 | 599.5 |
12 | Egypt | 173,893,553 | 174.7 |
13 | Mexico | 155,649,189 | 80.1 |
14 | Uganda | 142,999,931 | 725.5 |
15 | Angola | 131,043,376 | 105.1 |
16 | Sudan | 121,520,183 | 65.3 |
17 | Russia | 121,347,990 | 7.4 |
18 | Vietnam | 119,809,501 | 386.4 |
19 | Kenya | 111,488,099 | 195.9 |
20 | Niger | 103,864,747 | 82 |
21 | Iran | 98,320,846 | 64.2 |
22 | Mozambique | 96,551,848 | 122.8 |
23 | Japan | 89,965,853 | 246.8 |
24 | Turkey | 84,983,982 | 110.4 |
25 | Cameroon | 83,984,090 | 177.7 |
26 | Afghanistan | 81,658,757 | 125.2 |
27 | United Kingdom | 76,921,505 | 317.9 |
28 | Iraq | 76,467,929 | 174.8 |
29 | Germany | 75,351,869 | 216.1 |
30 | Ghana | 72,045,999 | 316.6 |
31 | South Africa | 71,318,301 | 58.7 |
32 | France | 70,351,462 | 109.9 |
33 | Burma | 63,317,578 | 96.9 |
34 | Italy | 59,777,977 | 203.2 |
35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 59,476,258 | 187 |
36 | Algeria | 59,164,974 | 24.8 |
37 | Argentina | 57,834,154 | 21.1 |
38 | Mali | 57,815,111 | 47.4 |
39 | Thailand | 57,660,662 | 112.9 |
40 | Madagascar | 56,373,344 | 96.9 |
41 | Chad | 55,411,738 | 44 |
42 | Benin | 54,581,490 | 493.4 |
43 | Zambia | 54,319,471 | 73.1 |
44 | Yemen | 53,101,849 | 100.6 |
45 | Saudi Arabia | 50,851,645 | 23.7 |
46 | Colombia | 47,158,963 | 45.4 |
47 | Canada | 46,895,111 | 5.2 |
48 | Burkina Faso | 46,612,543 | 170.2 |
49 | Guinea | 43,919,924 | 178.7 |
50 | Morocco | 43,496,961 | 60.7 |
51 | Malaysia | 43,490,004 | 132.3 |
52 | South Korea | 42,425,516 | 437.7 |
53 | Malawi | 42,064,074 | 447.1 |
54 | Spain | 41,973,642 | 84.1 |
55 | Senegal | 38,890,007 | 202 |
56 | Syria | 38,533,180 | 207.3 |
57 | Peru | 38,111,632 | 29.8 |
58 | Australia | 37,831,599 | 4.9 |
59 | Burundi | 37,129,526 | 1,445.9 |
60 | Venezuela | 37,072,334 | 42 |
61 | Nepal | 35,710,874 | 249.1 |
62 | Uzbekistan | 35,297,213 | 83 |
63 | South Sudan | 33,676,809 | 52.3 |
64 | Zimbabwe | 32,712,475 | 84.6 |
65 | Ukraine | 32,190,789 | 55.6 |
66 | Somalia | 31,234,972 | 49.8 |
67 | Poland | 28,407,148 | 93.4 |
68 | Guatemala | 27,437,530 | 256 |
69 | North Korea | 26,346,856 | 218.8 |
70 | Sri Lanka | 25,098,420 | 388.3 |
71 | Kazakhstan | 23,111,351 | 8.6 |
72 | Ecuador | 22,279,629 | 80.5 |
73 | Rwanda | 22,085,762 | 895.3 |
74 | Togo | 21,208,568 | 390 |
75 | Cambodia | 20,357,371 | 115.3 |
76 | Papua New Guinea | 19,896,015 | 43.9 |
77 | Chile | 19,567,917 | 26.3 |
78 | Netherlands | 18,764,286 | 553.6 |
79 | Taiwan | 18,575,954 | 575.8 |
80 | Jordan | 18,458,132 | 207.9 |
81 | Sierra Leone | 18,010,021 | 251.5 |
82 | Haiti | 15,663,460 | 568.3 |
83 | Liberia | 15,550,163 | 161.4 |
84 | Israel | 14,899,909 | 693.1 |
85 | Bolivia | 14,700,031 | 13.6 |
86 | Congo Brazzaville | 14,608,600 | 42.8 |
87 | United Arab Emirates | 13,997,441 | 167.4 |
88 | Belgium | 13,634,773 | 450.3 |
89 | Romania | 13,543,647 | 58.9 |
90 | Tajikistan | 13,264,312 | 93.7 |
91 | Dominican Republic | 12,862,693 | 266.2 |
92 | Honduras | 12,433,310 | 111.1 |
93 | Sweden | 12,346,481 | 30.1 |
94 | Tunisia | 12,105,149 | 77.9 |
95 | Azerbaijan | 10,965,745 | 132.7 |
96 | Libya | 10,735,009 | 6.1 |
97 | Eritrea | 10,665,924 | 105.6 |
98 | Switzerland | 10,633,789 | 265.9 |
99 | Laos | 10,492,959 | 45.5 |
100 | Central African Republic | 10,350,149 | 16.6 |
101 | Czechia | 9,993,429 | 129.4 |
102 | Austria | 9,484,674 | 115 |
103 | Paraguay | 9,189,064 | 23.1 |
104 | Portugal | 8,815,999 | 96.4 |
105 | Cuba | 8,788,394 | 80 |
106 | Greece | 8,464,019 | 64.8 |
107 | Mauritania | 7,994,831 | 7.8 |
108 | Hungary | 7,664,076 | 85.5 |
109 | Belarus | 7,506,744 | 37 |
110 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,164,165 | 37.4 |
111 | Singapore | 7,045,186 | 9,936.8 |
112 | Nicaragua | 7,009,026 | 58.4 |
113 | Norway | 6,984,679 | 23 |
114 | Ireland | 6,958,908 | 101 |
115 | Turkmenistan | 6,718,354 | 14.3 |
116 | Denmark | 6,663,936 | 157 |
117 | Panama | 6,384,221 | 85.9 |
118 | New Zealand | 6,318,426 | 23.9 |
119 | Costa Rica | 6,289,874 | 123.2 |
120 | Oman | 6,271,474 | 20.3 |
121 | Guinea-Bissau | 6,255,943 | 222.5 |
122 | Hong Kong | 6,015,175 | 5,605.9 |
123 | El Salvador | 5,798,007 | 279.8 |
124 | Finland | 5,525,769 | 18.2 |
125 | Gabon | 5,465,328 | 21.2 |
126 | Lebanon | 5,257,381 | 513.9 |
127 | Namibia | 5,052,862 | 6.1 |
128 | Serbia | 4,898,606 | 63.2 |
129 | Bulgaria | 4,833,961 | 44.6 |
130 | West Bank | 4,829,236 | 856.2 |
131 | The Gambia | 4,671,997 | 461.7 |
132 | Georgia | 4,497,437 | 64.5 |
133 | Slovakia | 4,325,183 | 89.9 |
134 | Kuwait | 4,315,725 | 242.2 |
135 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,848,461 | 137.2 |
136 | Mongolia | 3,641,455 | 2.3 |
137 | Gaza Strip | 3,620,335 | 10,056.5 |
138 | Botswana | 3,588,885 | 6.3 |
139 | Uruguay | 3,481,116 | 19.9 |
140 | Croatia | 3,159,599 | 56.4 |
141 | Jamaica | 3,138,807 | 289.8 |
142 | Lesotho | 2,784,665 | 91.7 |
143 | Qatar | 2,719,936 | 234.8 |
144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,711,616 | 53 |
145 | Timor-Leste | 2,582,291 | 173.6 |
146 | Albania | 2,476,621 | 90.4 |
147 | Kosovo | 2,243,918 | 206.1 |
148 | Armenia | 1,976,575 | 70.1 |
149 | Bahrain | 1,952,922 | 2,569.6 |
150 | North Macedonia | 1,895,234 | 74.5 |
151 | Slovenia | 1,813,839 | 90 |
152 | Puerto Rico | 1,773,348 | 199.9 |
153 | Moldova | 1,769,017 | 53.8 |
154 | Lithuania | 1,746,401 | 27.9 |
155 | Djibouti | 1,554,607 | 67.1 |
156 | Eswatini | 1,341,875 | 78 |
157 | Cyprus | 1,287,092 | 139.3 |
158 | Comoros | 1,276,550 | 571.2 |
159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,196,507 | 233.3 |
160 | Solomon Islands | 1,147,872 | 41 |
161 | Mauritius | 1,065,606 | 524.9 |
162 | Bhutan | 1,061,298 | 27.6 |
163 | Latvia | 1,044,615 | 16.8 |
164 | Luxembourg | 1,036,239 | 400.7 |
165 | Fiji | 1,008,695 | 55.2 |
166 | Suriname | 830,680 | 5.3 |
167 | Guyana | 807,645 | 4.1 |
168 | Estonia | 786,485 | 18.6 |
169 | Cabo Verde | 773,367 | 191.8 |
170 | Brunei | 741,276 | 140.8 |
171 | Belize | 693,138 | 30.4 |
172 | Macau | 666,702 | 23,810.8 |
173 | Vanuatu | 492,939 | 40.4 |
174 | Malta | 489,196 | 1,548.1 |
175 | Maldives | 451,062 | 1,513.6 |
176 | Iceland | 435,791 | 4.3 |
177 | Montenegro | 426,905 | 31.7 |
178 | The Bahamas | 414,036 | 41.4 |
179 | New Caledonia | 408,288 | 22.3 |
180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 361,410 | 374.9 |
181 | French Polynesia | 318,315 | 83.2 |
182 | Samoa | 273,156 | 96.8 |
183 | Barbados | 270,272 | 628.5 |
184 | Aruba | 173,349 | 963 |
185 | Kiribati | 147,079 | 181.4 |
186 | Curaçao | 145,783 | 328.3 |
187 | Saint Lucia | 141,355 | 233.3 |
188 | Guam | 140,463 | 258.2 |
189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 133,596 | 301.6 |
190 | Cayman Islands | 112,457 | 426 |
191 | Grenada | 111,753 | 324.9 |
192 | Jersey | 111,481 | 961 |
193 | Marshall Islands | 107,535 | 594.1 |
194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 99,970 | 105.5 |
195 | Isle of Man | 91,953 | 160.8 |
196 | Tonga | 91,599 | 127.8 |
197 | Seychelles | 90,647 | 199.2 |
198 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 87,582 | 225.1 |
199 | Guernsey | 67,402 | 864.1 |
200 | Bermuda | 66,881 | 1,238.5 |
201 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 65,778 | 189 |
202 | Andorra | 62,434 | 133.4 |
203 | British Virgin Islands | 61,720 | 408.7 |
204 | Faroe Islands | 60,973 | 43.8 |
205 | Sint Maarten | 57,266 | 1,684.3 |
206 | Federated States of Micronesia | 57,137 | 81.4 |
207 | Dominica | 57,055 | 76 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 52,523 | 201.2 |
209 | Greenland | 49,375 | 0 |
210 | Liechtenstein | 46,921 | 293.3 |
211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 40,295 | 85.4 |
212 | Saint Martin | 36,136 | 669.2 |
213 | Anguilla | 33,088 | 363.6 |
214 | San Marino | 32,855 | 538.6 |
215 | Monaco | 29,541 | 14,770.5 |
216 | Gibraltar | 26,542 | 3,791.7 |
217 | American Samoa | 24,326 | 122.9 |
218 | Palau | 21,479 | 46.8 |
219 | Wallis and Futuna | 14,912 | 105 |
220 | Tuvalu | 13,788 | 530.3 |
221 | Nauru | 12,592 | 599.6 |
222 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 6,599 | 16.7 |
223 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,517 | 260.7 |
224 | Cook Islands | 4,792 | 20.3 |
225 | Montserrat | 4,712 | 46.2 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,782 | 11.5 |
Data from US Census International Database