By the year 2082, the world’s population is projected to have stabilized at around 10.4 billion people, following decades of slower growth. Africa is expected to be the most populous continent, with over 4 billion inhabitants, driven by high fertility rates in countries like Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Asia will remain densely populated, with around 4.5 billion people, though growth will be uneven—India and Southeast Asian nations will continue to expand, while China, Japan, and South Korea may see population declines due to aging demographics. Europe’s population is likely to shrink below 650 million, reflecting persistent low birth rates and an aging society, while Latin America and the Caribbean may stabilize near 750 million. North America’s population, led by the United States and Canada, could approach 450 million, bolstered by immigration. Oceania, largely dominated by Australia and Papua New Guinea, will likely see modest growth, reaching around 60 million. Urbanization will continue, with megacities in Africa and Asia dominating the world’s largest metropolitan areas.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,594,878,819 | 536.4 |
2 | China | 1,083,608,421 | 116.2 |
3 | Nigeria | 715,510,056 | 785.6 |
4 | Congo Kinshasa | 462,132,795 | 203.8 |
5 | Pakistan | 460,935,916 | 597.9 |
6 | Indonesia | 308,959,427 | 170.5 |
7 | Ethiopia | 279,086,612 | 254.5 |
8 | Brazil | 222,171,963 | 26.6 |
9 | Tanzania | 201,620,299 | 227.6 |
10 | Bangladesh | 185,348,184 | 1,423.9 |
11 | Philippines | 182,934,792 | 613.5 |
12 | Egypt | 181,283,684 | 182.1 |
13 | Uganda | 161,972,627 | 821.8 |
14 | Angola | 152,958,735 | 122.7 |
15 | Mexico | 152,884,595 | 78.6 |
16 | Sudan | 134,057,004 | 72 |
17 | Niger | 123,672,886 | 97.6 |
18 | Kenya | 118,957,417 | 209 |
19 | Russia | 117,083,749 | 7.1 |
20 | Vietnam | 116,240,523 | 374.9 |
21 | Mozambique | 111,295,413 | 141.5 |
22 | Cameroon | 95,391,122 | 201.8 |
23 | Iran | 94,435,435 | 61.7 |
24 | Afghanistan | 88,601,110 | 135.8 |
25 | Japan | 83,056,582 | 227.9 |
26 | Iraq | 80,511,165 | 184.1 |
27 | Turkey | 80,386,793 | 104.4 |
28 | Ghana | 78,576,266 | 345.3 |
29 | United Kingdom | 77,739,789 | 321.3 |
30 | Germany | 74,110,899 | 212.6 |
31 | South Africa | 71,470,497 | 58.8 |
32 | France | 69,575,918 | 108.6 |
33 | Benin | 66,233,669 | 598.7 |
34 | Côte d'Ivoire | 63,878,377 | 200.9 |
35 | Mali | 63,513,612 | 52.1 |
36 | Chad | 62,984,338 | 50 |
37 | Burma | 61,142,500 | 93.6 |
38 | Zambia | 60,972,704 | 82 |
39 | Italy | 60,230,603 | 204.8 |
40 | Madagascar | 59,897,858 | 103 |
41 | Algeria | 59,046,454 | 24.8 |
42 | Argentina | 57,791,220 | 21.1 |
43 | Yemen | 54,715,582 | 103.6 |
44 | Thailand | 53,680,038 | 105.1 |
45 | Guinea | 51,714,818 | 210.5 |
46 | Saudi Arabia | 50,746,628 | 23.6 |
47 | Burkina Faso | 49,693,031 | 181.5 |
48 | Canada | 47,946,775 | 5.3 |
49 | Malawi | 44,534,354 | 473.4 |
50 | Colombia | 43,632,623 | 42 |
51 | Malaysia | 43,416,372 | 132.1 |
52 | Morocco | 42,464,185 | 59.3 |
53 | Burundi | 41,947,097 | 1,633.5 |
54 | Senegal | 41,814,387 | 217.2 |
55 | Spain | 40,141,815 | 80.4 |
56 | Syria | 39,685,785 | 213.5 |
57 | Australia | 39,527,015 | 5.1 |
58 | South Korea | 38,635,107 | 398.6 |
59 | South Sudan | 38,159,559 | 59.2 |
60 | Peru | 36,896,415 | 28.8 |
61 | Venezuela | 36,253,260 | 41.1 |
62 | Zimbabwe | 35,514,313 | 91.8 |
63 | Somalia | 34,627,506 | 55.2 |
64 | Nepal | 34,437,759 | 240.2 |
65 | Uzbekistan | 34,029,223 | 80 |
66 | Ukraine | 29,934,770 | 51.7 |
67 | Guatemala | 27,852,869 | 259.9 |
68 | Poland | 25,993,966 | 85.4 |
69 | North Korea | 25,660,258 | 213.1 |
70 | Sri Lanka | 24,402,887 | 377.6 |
71 | Togo | 23,579,115 | 433.6 |
72 | Kazakhstan | 23,123,127 | 8.6 |
73 | Rwanda | 22,729,235 | 921.4 |
74 | Ecuador | 22,013,835 | 79.5 |
75 | Papua New Guinea | 21,174,445 | 46.8 |
76 | Cambodia | 19,647,000 | 111.3 |
77 | Sierra Leone | 19,208,891 | 268.2 |
78 | Jordan | 19,167,772 | 215.8 |
79 | Chile | 18,982,395 | 25.5 |
80 | Netherlands | 18,949,299 | 559.1 |
81 | Liberia | 17,694,933 | 183.7 |
82 | Taiwan | 16,802,459 | 520.8 |
83 | Congo Brazzaville | 16,560,024 | 48.5 |
84 | Haiti | 15,731,507 | 570.8 |
85 | Israel | 15,699,511 | 730.3 |
86 | United Arab Emirates | 14,485,262 | 173.3 |
87 | Bolivia | 14,200,552 | 13.1 |
88 | Belgium | 13,842,277 | 457.2 |
89 | Tajikistan | 13,425,082 | 94.9 |
90 | Romania | 12,762,782 | 55.5 |
91 | Dominican Republic | 12,591,486 | 260.6 |
92 | Sweden | 12,434,197 | 30.3 |
93 | Honduras | 12,173,950 | 108.8 |
94 | Tunisia | 11,501,714 | 74 |
95 | Eritrea | 11,171,642 | 110.6 |
96 | Switzerland | 11,014,242 | 275.4 |
97 | Central African Republic | 11,000,795 | 17.7 |
98 | Libya | 10,940,950 | 6.2 |
99 | Azerbaijan | 10,560,430 | 127.8 |
100 | Laos | 10,399,136 | 45.1 |
101 | Czechia | 9,810,064 | 127 |
102 | Austria | 9,573,709 | 116.1 |
103 | Paraguay | 8,961,767 | 22.6 |
104 | Mauritania | 8,499,862 | 8.2 |
105 | Portugal | 8,417,347 | 92 |
106 | Cuba | 8,266,076 | 75.3 |
107 | Greece | 8,138,357 | 62.3 |
108 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,280,329 | 258.9 |
109 | Hungary | 7,243,852 | 80.8 |
110 | Norway | 7,135,496 | 23.5 |
111 | Ireland | 7,109,298 | 103.2 |
112 | Belarus | 7,094,520 | 35 |
113 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,964,916 | 36.3 |
114 | Singapore | 6,958,318 | 9,814.3 |
115 | Denmark | 6,755,443 | 159.2 |
116 | Turkmenistan | 6,569,445 | 14 |
117 | Nicaragua | 6,564,046 | 54.7 |
118 | Panama | 6,494,650 | 87.4 |
119 | Oman | 6,446,926 | 20.8 |
120 | New Zealand | 6,384,389 | 24.1 |
121 | Costa Rica | 6,181,260 | 121.1 |
122 | Gabon | 5,999,969 | 23.3 |
123 | Hong Kong | 5,681,841 | 5,295.3 |
124 | Finland | 5,452,102 | 17.9 |
125 | El Salvador | 5,342,212 | 257.8 |
126 | Namibia | 5,336,435 | 6.5 |
127 | West Bank | 4,925,831 | 873.4 |
128 | The Gambia | 4,914,005 | 485.6 |
129 | Lebanon | 4,899,167 | 478.9 |
130 | Serbia | 4,556,869 | 58.8 |
131 | Bulgaria | 4,472,699 | 41.2 |
132 | Kuwait | 4,424,733 | 248.3 |
133 | Georgia | 4,307,051 | 61.8 |
134 | Equatorial Guinea | 4,193,309 | 149.5 |
135 | Slovakia | 4,031,192 | 83.8 |
136 | Gaza Strip | 3,734,678 | 10,374.1 |
137 | Botswana | 3,674,623 | 6.5 |
138 | Mongolia | 3,534,641 | 2.3 |
139 | Uruguay | 3,375,558 | 19.3 |
140 | Jamaica | 3,171,816 | 292.8 |
141 | Croatia | 2,961,506 | 52.9 |
142 | Lesotho | 2,779,483 | 91.6 |
143 | Qatar | 2,778,254 | 239.8 |
144 | Timor-Leste | 2,673,298 | 179.7 |
145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,463,322 | 48.1 |
146 | Albania | 2,223,355 | 81.2 |
147 | Kosovo | 2,181,522 | 200.4 |
148 | Bahrain | 1,956,203 | 2,574 |
149 | North Macedonia | 1,793,437 | 70.5 |
150 | Slovenia | 1,751,555 | 86.9 |
151 | Armenia | 1,701,668 | 60.3 |
152 | Lithuania | 1,645,029 | 26.2 |
153 | Moldova | 1,635,764 | 49.7 |
154 | Puerto Rico | 1,618,544 | 182.5 |
155 | Djibouti | 1,578,015 | 68.1 |
156 | Eswatini | 1,314,617 | 76.4 |
157 | Comoros | 1,280,869 | 573.1 |
158 | Cyprus | 1,192,940 | 129.1 |
159 | Solomon Islands | 1,172,330 | 41.9 |
160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,101,732 | 214.8 |
161 | Luxembourg | 1,097,062 | 424.2 |
162 | Bhutan | 1,026,847 | 26.7 |
163 | Fiji | 979,127 | 53.6 |
164 | Mauritius | 978,731 | 482.1 |
165 | Latvia | 945,856 | 15.2 |
166 | Suriname | 835,216 | 5.4 |
167 | Brunei | 771,890 | 146.6 |
168 | Guyana | 761,588 | 3.9 |
169 | Cabo Verde | 756,308 | 187.5 |
170 | Belize | 720,541 | 31.6 |
171 | Estonia | 716,094 | 16.9 |
172 | Macau | 646,762 | 23,098.6 |
173 | Vanuatu | 504,855 | 41.4 |
174 | Malta | 481,778 | 1,524.6 |
175 | Iceland | 438,225 | 4.4 |
176 | Maldives | 432,819 | 1,452.4 |
177 | New Caledonia | 414,899 | 22.7 |
178 | The Bahamas | 410,645 | 41 |
179 | Montenegro | 404,106 | 30 |
180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 375,794 | 389.8 |
181 | French Polynesia | 306,076 | 80 |
182 | Samoa | 277,622 | 98.4 |
183 | Barbados | 257,547 | 598.9 |
184 | Aruba | 181,019 | 1,005.7 |
185 | Kiribati | 146,248 | 180.3 |
186 | Curaçao | 139,525 | 314.2 |
187 | Antigua and Barbuda | 135,611 | 306.1 |
188 | Guam | 133,699 | 245.8 |
189 | Saint Lucia | 124,385 | 205.3 |
190 | Cayman Islands | 120,756 | 457.4 |
191 | Jersey | 110,994 | 956.8 |
192 | Grenada | 107,902 | 313.7 |
193 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 104,732 | 110.5 |
194 | Marshall Islands | 104,502 | 577.4 |
195 | Tonga | 91,569 | 127.7 |
196 | Isle of Man | 90,235 | 157.8 |
197 | Seychelles | 84,942 | 186.7 |
198 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83,451 | 214.5 |
199 | Guernsey | 67,028 | 859.3 |
200 | Bermuda | 64,947 | 1,202.7 |
201 | Faroe Islands | 61,380 | 44.1 |
202 | British Virgin Islands | 61,356 | 406.3 |
203 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 60,786 | 174.7 |
204 | Sint Maarten | 58,700 | 1,726.5 |
205 | Andorra | 57,431 | 122.7 |
206 | Dominica | 53,465 | 71.2 |
207 | Federated States of Micronesia | 52,616 | 75 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 49,307 | 188.9 |
209 | Liechtenstein | 47,868 | 299.2 |
210 | Greenland | 47,494 | 0 |
211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 38,984 | 82.6 |
212 | Saint Martin | 36,381 | 673.7 |
213 | Anguilla | 35,446 | 389.5 |
214 | San Marino | 31,246 | 512.2 |
215 | Monaco | 29,227 | 14,613.5 |
216 | Gibraltar | 24,559 | 3,508.4 |
217 | American Samoa | 22,060 | 111.4 |
218 | Palau | 20,897 | 45.5 |
219 | Wallis and Futuna | 14,009 | 98.7 |
220 | Tuvalu | 13,449 | 517.3 |
221 | Nauru | 12,947 | 616.5 |
222 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,567 | 262.7 |
223 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 6,223 | 15.8 |
224 | Cook Islands | 4,581 | 19.4 |
225 | Montserrat | 4,234 | 41.5 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,523 | 10.4 |
Data from US Census International Database