By the year 2083, the world’s population is projected to have reached approximately 10.5 billion people, according to many demographic forecasts. Africa will experience the most significant growth, with its population potentially surpassing 4 billion, making it the most populous continent, driven by high fertility rates in countries like Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Asia’s population is expected to stabilize around 5 billion, with India remaining the most populous country, while China’s population continues to decline due to aging and lower birth rates. Europe’s population will likely shrink to below 650 million, reflecting continued low birth rates and an aging demographic. The Americas are projected to see modest growth, with Latin America and the Caribbean reaching nearly 800 million, while North America (primarily the United States, Canada, and Mexico) approaches 500 million. Oceania, led by Australia and Papua New Guinea, will remain the least populous region, with its population nearing 70 million. These shifts will reshape global economic, social, and political landscapes, with Africa and South Asia emerging as demographic powerhouses.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,589,688,449 | 534.7 |
2 | China | 1,074,388,009 | 115.2 |
3 | Nigeria | 724,110,959 | 795.1 |
4 | Congo Kinshasa | 469,410,233 | 207.1 |
5 | Pakistan | 462,555,534 | 600 |
6 | Indonesia | 307,988,244 | 170 |
7 | Ethiopia | 281,055,186 | 256.3 |
8 | Brazil | 221,226,782 | 26.5 |
9 | Tanzania | 203,731,940 | 230 |
10 | Bangladesh | 184,389,923 | 1,416.5 |
11 | Philippines | 183,200,544 | 614.4 |
12 | Egypt | 181,862,878 | 182.7 |
13 | Uganda | 163,710,745 | 830.6 |
14 | Angola | 155,057,498 | 124.4 |
15 | Mexico | 152,464,546 | 78.4 |
16 | Sudan | 135,175,284 | 72.6 |
17 | Niger | 125,606,602 | 99.2 |
18 | Kenya | 119,591,328 | 210.1 |
19 | Russia | 116,699,316 | 7.1 |
20 | Vietnam | 115,823,954 | 373.5 |
21 | Mozambique | 112,676,989 | 143.3 |
22 | Cameroon | 96,455,667 | 204 |
23 | Iran | 94,043,904 | 61.4 |
24 | Afghanistan | 89,237,457 | 136.8 |
25 | Japan | 82,426,916 | 226.1 |
26 | Iraq | 80,827,975 | 184.8 |
27 | Turkey | 79,897,719 | 103.8 |
28 | Ghana | 79,182,239 | 348 |
29 | United Kingdom | 77,795,053 | 321.6 |
30 | Germany | 73,999,549 | 212.2 |
31 | South Africa | 71,462,996 | 58.8 |
32 | France | 69,480,369 | 108.5 |
33 | Benin | 67,403,500 | 609.3 |
34 | Côte d'Ivoire | 64,259,328 | 202.1 |
35 | Mali | 64,006,980 | 52.5 |
36 | Chad | 63,682,823 | 50.6 |
37 | Zambia | 61,605,242 | 82.9 |
38 | Burma | 60,885,615 | 93.2 |
39 | Italy | 60,306,329 | 205 |
40 | Madagascar | 60,187,632 | 103.5 |
41 | Algeria | 58,996,660 | 24.8 |
42 | Argentina | 57,749,638 | 21.1 |
43 | Yemen | 54,811,938 | 103.8 |
44 | Thailand | 53,303,662 | 104.3 |
45 | Guinea | 52,464,741 | 213.5 |
46 | Saudi Arabia | 50,695,802 | 23.6 |
47 | Burkina Faso | 49,944,532 | 182.4 |
48 | Canada | 48,041,964 | 5.3 |
49 | Malawi | 44,725,865 | 475.4 |
50 | Malaysia | 43,381,952 | 132 |
51 | Colombia | 43,232,756 | 41.6 |
52 | Burundi | 42,388,923 | 1,650.7 |
53 | Morocco | 42,327,395 | 59.1 |
54 | Senegal | 42,071,033 | 218.5 |
55 | Spain | 39,992,553 | 80.1 |
56 | Syria | 39,756,847 | 213.9 |
57 | Australia | 39,682,119 | 5.2 |
58 | South Sudan | 38,591,907 | 59.9 |
59 | South Korea | 38,264,278 | 394.8 |
60 | Peru | 36,740,911 | 28.7 |
61 | Venezuela | 36,140,790 | 41 |
62 | Zimbabwe | 35,754,967 | 92.4 |
63 | Somalia | 34,934,513 | 55.7 |
64 | Nepal | 34,262,855 | 239 |
65 | Uzbekistan | 33,877,532 | 79.6 |
66 | Ukraine | 29,729,211 | 51.3 |
67 | Guatemala | 27,860,012 | 260 |
68 | Poland | 25,768,820 | 84.7 |
69 | North Korea | 25,580,673 | 212.4 |
70 | Sri Lanka | 24,321,008 | 376.3 |
71 | Togo | 23,794,699 | 437.5 |
72 | Kazakhstan | 23,114,981 | 8.6 |
73 | Rwanda | 22,766,129 | 922.9 |
74 | Ecuador | 21,966,637 | 79.3 |
75 | Papua New Guinea | 21,280,575 | 47 |
76 | Cambodia | 19,554,272 | 110.8 |
77 | Sierra Leone | 19,309,784 | 269.6 |
78 | Jordan | 19,219,756 | 216.4 |
79 | Netherlands | 18,964,233 | 559.5 |
80 | Chile | 18,914,291 | 25.4 |
81 | Liberia | 17,893,959 | 185.8 |
82 | Congo Brazzaville | 16,742,230 | 49 |
83 | Taiwan | 16,631,983 | 515.6 |
84 | Israel | 15,767,927 | 733.5 |
85 | Haiti | 15,724,093 | 570.5 |
86 | United Arab Emirates | 14,529,333 | 173.8 |
87 | Bolivia | 14,132,839 | 13 |
88 | Belgium | 13,860,497 | 457.8 |
89 | Tajikistan | 13,430,106 | 94.9 |
90 | Romania | 12,689,414 | 55.2 |
91 | Dominican Republic | 12,552,072 | 259.8 |
92 | Sweden | 12,434,597 | 30.3 |
93 | Honduras | 12,131,044 | 108.4 |
94 | Tunisia | 11,436,703 | 73.6 |
95 | Eritrea | 11,208,829 | 111 |
96 | Central African Republic | 11,053,248 | 17.7 |
97 | Switzerland | 11,053,155 | 276.3 |
98 | Libya | 10,952,560 | 6.2 |
99 | Azerbaijan | 10,515,315 | 127.3 |
100 | Laos | 10,379,332 | 45 |
101 | Czechia | 9,796,732 | 126.8 |
102 | Austria | 9,583,378 | 116.2 |
103 | Paraguay | 8,930,541 | 22.5 |
104 | Mauritania | 8,542,256 | 8.3 |
105 | Portugal | 8,382,618 | 91.6 |
106 | Cuba | 8,212,832 | 74.8 |
107 | Greece | 8,112,061 | 62.1 |
108 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,377,869 | 262.4 |
109 | Hungary | 7,205,967 | 80.4 |
110 | Norway | 7,148,240 | 23.5 |
111 | Ireland | 7,123,356 | 103.4 |
112 | Belarus | 7,056,849 | 34.8 |
113 | Singapore | 6,947,574 | 9,799.1 |
114 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,937,492 | 36.2 |
115 | Denmark | 6,762,890 | 159.4 |
116 | Turkmenistan | 6,550,812 | 13.9 |
117 | Nicaragua | 6,511,919 | 54.3 |
118 | Panama | 6,501,174 | 87.5 |
119 | Oman | 6,459,403 | 20.9 |
120 | New Zealand | 6,387,103 | 24.1 |
121 | Costa Rica | 6,166,887 | 120.8 |
122 | Gabon | 6,048,514 | 23.5 |
123 | Hong Kong | 5,653,484 | 5,268.9 |
124 | Finland | 5,443,395 | 17.9 |
125 | Namibia | 5,359,509 | 6.5 |
126 | El Salvador | 5,295,945 | 255.6 |
127 | The Gambia | 4,932,243 | 487.4 |
128 | West Bank | 4,928,814 | 873.9 |
129 | Lebanon | 4,863,227 | 475.4 |
130 | Serbia | 4,524,790 | 58.4 |
131 | Bulgaria | 4,440,986 | 40.9 |
132 | Kuwait | 4,432,135 | 248.7 |
133 | Georgia | 4,286,628 | 61.5 |
134 | Equatorial Guinea | 4,226,369 | 150.7 |
135 | Slovakia | 4,004,631 | 83.2 |
136 | Gaza Strip | 3,739,971 | 10,388.8 |
137 | Botswana | 3,680,233 | 6.5 |
138 | Mongolia | 3,521,894 | 2.3 |
139 | Uruguay | 3,363,203 | 19.2 |
140 | Jamaica | 3,173,238 | 293 |
141 | Croatia | 2,942,875 | 52.6 |
142 | Qatar | 2,783,466 | 240.2 |
143 | Lesotho | 2,776,189 | 91.5 |
144 | Timor-Leste | 2,678,890 | 180.1 |
145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,440,485 | 47.7 |
146 | Albania | 2,197,539 | 80.2 |
147 | Kosovo | 2,173,721 | 199.7 |
148 | Bahrain | 1,955,070 | 2,572.5 |
149 | North Macedonia | 1,783,611 | 70.1 |
150 | Slovenia | 1,746,285 | 86.7 |
151 | Armenia | 1,674,953 | 59.4 |
152 | Lithuania | 1,635,996 | 26.1 |
153 | Moldova | 1,624,575 | 49.4 |
154 | Puerto Rico | 1,602,673 | 180.7 |
155 | Djibouti | 1,578,993 | 68.1 |
156 | Eswatini | 1,310,767 | 76.2 |
157 | Comoros | 1,279,520 | 572.5 |
158 | Cyprus | 1,183,250 | 128 |
159 | Solomon Islands | 1,173,340 | 41.9 |
160 | Luxembourg | 1,103,000 | 426.5 |
161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,092,387 | 213 |
162 | Bhutan | 1,022,608 | 26.6 |
163 | Fiji | 975,486 | 53.4 |
164 | Mauritius | 970,131 | 477.9 |
165 | Latvia | 937,396 | 15.1 |
166 | Suriname | 835,221 | 5.4 |
167 | Brunei | 774,671 | 147.1 |
168 | Guyana | 755,920 | 3.8 |
169 | Cabo Verde | 753,833 | 186.9 |
170 | Belize | 722,491 | 31.7 |
171 | Estonia | 709,771 | 16.7 |
172 | Macau | 644,770 | 23,027.5 |
173 | Vanuatu | 505,421 | 41.5 |
174 | Malta | 481,065 | 1,522.4 |
175 | Iceland | 438,267 | 4.4 |
176 | Maldives | 430,659 | 1,445.2 |
177 | New Caledonia | 415,350 | 22.7 |
178 | The Bahamas | 410,117 | 41 |
179 | Montenegro | 401,946 | 29.9 |
180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 376,788 | 390.9 |
181 | French Polynesia | 304,692 | 79.6 |
182 | Samoa | 277,779 | 98.5 |
183 | Barbados | 256,273 | 596 |
184 | Aruba | 181,731 | 1,009.6 |
185 | Kiribati | 146,043 | 180.1 |
186 | Curaçao | 138,759 | 312.5 |
187 | Antigua and Barbuda | 135,740 | 306.4 |
188 | Guam | 133,038 | 244.6 |
189 | Saint Lucia | 122,596 | 202.3 |
190 | Cayman Islands | 121,555 | 460.4 |
191 | Jersey | 110,856 | 955.7 |
192 | Grenada | 107,485 | 312.5 |
193 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 105,211 | 111 |
194 | Marshall Islands | 104,048 | 574.9 |
195 | Tonga | 91,474 | 127.6 |
196 | Isle of Man | 90,042 | 157.4 |
197 | Seychelles | 84,406 | 185.5 |
198 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83,046 | 213.5 |
199 | Guernsey | 66,996 | 858.9 |
200 | Bermuda | 64,722 | 1,198.6 |
201 | Faroe Islands | 61,378 | 44.1 |
202 | British Virgin Islands | 61,244 | 405.6 |
203 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 60,292 | 173.3 |
204 | Sint Maarten | 58,802 | 1,729.5 |
205 | Andorra | 57,038 | 121.9 |
206 | Dominica | 53,112 | 70.7 |
207 | Federated States of Micronesia | 52,270 | 74.5 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 48,974 | 187.6 |
209 | Liechtenstein | 47,956 | 299.7 |
210 | Greenland | 47,289 | 0 |
211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 38,851 | 82.3 |
212 | Saint Martin | 36,404 | 674.1 |
213 | Anguilla | 35,674 | 392 |
214 | San Marino | 31,086 | 509.6 |
215 | Monaco | 29,219 | 14,609.5 |
216 | Gibraltar | 24,355 | 3,479.3 |
217 | American Samoa | 21,851 | 110.4 |
218 | Palau | 20,823 | 45.4 |
219 | Wallis and Futuna | 13,916 | 98 |
220 | Tuvalu | 13,400 | 515.4 |
221 | Nauru | 12,974 | 617.8 |
222 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,574 | 263 |
223 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 6,188 | 15.7 |
224 | Cook Islands | 4,560 | 19.3 |
225 | Montserrat | 4,189 | 41.1 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,503 | 10.3 |
Data from US Census International Database