By 2085, the world’s population is projected to reach approximately 10.4 billion, according to United Nations estimates. Africa will experience the most significant growth, with its population potentially surpassing 4 billion, making it the most populous continent and home to several of the world’s largest megacities. Asia’s population will likely stabilize around 5 billion, with India and China remaining the most populous countries, though India is expected to maintain a clear lead. Europe’s population is projected to decline, possibly dropping below 650 million due to low birth rates and aging demographics, while Latin America and the Caribbean may see modest growth, reaching nearly 800 million. North America’s population could approach 450 million, driven largely by immigration, whereas Oceania, including Australia and Pacific island nations, may reach around 60 million. Urbanization will intensify, with over two-thirds of the global population living in cities, and regional disparities in age structure, economic development, and migration patterns will shape the demographic landscape.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 1,578,797,358 | 531 |
2 | China | 1,056,090,432 | 113.2 |
3 | Nigeria | 741,061,499 | 813.7 |
4 | Congo Kinshasa | 483,876,326 | 213.4 |
5 | Pakistan | 465,513,985 | 603.9 |
6 | Indonesia | 305,936,215 | 168.9 |
7 | Ethiopia | 284,832,464 | 259.7 |
8 | Brazil | 219,311,595 | 26.2 |
9 | Tanzania | 207,838,092 | 234.6 |
10 | Philippines | 183,648,002 | 615.9 |
11 | Egypt | 182,929,145 | 183.8 |
12 | Bangladesh | 182,385,760 | 1,401.1 |
13 | Uganda | 167,081,014 | 847.7 |
14 | Angola | 159,191,189 | 127.7 |
15 | Mexico | 151,556,064 | 78 |
16 | Sudan | 137,331,655 | 73.8 |
17 | Niger | 129,438,971 | 102.2 |
18 | Kenya | 120,794,591 | 212.2 |
19 | Russia | 115,963,492 | 7.1 |
20 | Mozambique | 115,371,207 | 146.7 |
21 | Vietnam | 114,969,134 | 370.8 |
22 | Cameroon | 98,531,236 | 208.4 |
23 | Iran | 93,273,501 | 60.9 |
24 | Afghanistan | 90,478,673 | 138.7 |
25 | Iraq | 81,411,341 | 186.1 |
26 | Japan | 81,194,906 | 222.8 |
27 | Ghana | 80,366,206 | 353.2 |
28 | Turkey | 78,911,302 | 102.5 |
29 | United Kingdom | 77,894,258 | 322 |
30 | Germany | 73,784,989 | 211.6 |
31 | South Africa | 71,437,440 | 58.8 |
32 | Benin | 69,732,261 | 630.4 |
33 | France | 69,280,139 | 108.2 |
34 | Chad | 65,041,370 | 51.7 |
35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 64,987,394 | 204.4 |
36 | Mali | 64,947,694 | 53.2 |
37 | Zambia | 62,849,293 | 84.5 |
38 | Madagascar | 60,731,469 | 104.4 |
39 | Italy | 60,465,674 | 205.6 |
40 | Burma | 60,353,431 | 92.4 |
41 | Algeria | 58,876,383 | 24.7 |
42 | Argentina | 57,648,529 | 21.1 |
43 | Yemen | 54,969,355 | 104.1 |
44 | Guinea | 53,937,070 | 219.5 |
45 | Thailand | 52,562,240 | 102.9 |
46 | Saudi Arabia | 50,575,178 | 23.5 |
47 | Burkina Faso | 50,414,722 | 184.1 |
48 | Canada | 48,228,727 | 5.3 |
49 | Malawi | 45,076,697 | 479.1 |
50 | Malaysia | 43,302,138 | 131.8 |
51 | Burundi | 43,248,329 | 1,684.1 |
52 | Senegal | 42,562,674 | 221.1 |
53 | Colombia | 42,413,125 | 40.8 |
54 | Morocco | 42,036,303 | 58.7 |
55 | Australia | 39,984,747 | 5.2 |
56 | Syria | 39,874,004 | 214.5 |
57 | Spain | 39,702,845 | 79.6 |
58 | South Sudan | 39,446,128 | 61.2 |
59 | South Korea | 37,533,529 | 387.3 |
60 | Peru | 36,413,353 | 28.4 |
61 | Zimbabwe | 36,212,292 | 93.6 |
62 | Venezuela | 35,901,796 | 40.7 |
63 | Somalia | 35,528,243 | 56.6 |
64 | Nepal | 33,892,632 | 236.4 |
65 | Uzbekistan | 33,567,959 | 78.9 |
66 | Ukraine | 29,333,048 | 50.6 |
67 | Guatemala | 27,856,214 | 260 |
68 | North Korea | 25,416,194 | 211.1 |
69 | Poland | 25,332,586 | 83.3 |
70 | Togo | 24,211,758 | 445.2 |
71 | Sri Lanka | 24,152,092 | 373.7 |
72 | Kazakhstan | 23,093,407 | 8.6 |
73 | Rwanda | 22,824,274 | 925.3 |
74 | Ecuador | 21,862,578 | 79 |
75 | Papua New Guinea | 21,480,359 | 47.4 |
76 | Sierra Leone | 19,500,818 | 272.3 |
77 | Cambodia | 19,360,632 | 109.7 |
78 | Jordan | 19,313,967 | 217.5 |
79 | Netherlands | 18,992,190 | 560.4 |
80 | Chile | 18,774,300 | 25.2 |
81 | Liberia | 18,281,145 | 189.8 |
82 | Congo Brazzaville | 17,097,225 | 50.1 |
83 | Taiwan | 16,296,975 | 505.2 |
84 | Israel | 15,898,206 | 739.6 |
85 | Haiti | 15,702,265 | 569.7 |
86 | United Arab Emirates | 14,615,096 | 174.8 |
87 | Bolivia | 13,988,285 | 12.9 |
88 | Belgium | 13,896,008 | 458.9 |
89 | Tajikistan | 13,434,647 | 94.9 |
90 | Romania | 12,544,376 | 54.6 |
91 | Dominican Republic | 12,467,224 | 258 |
92 | Sweden | 12,430,822 | 30.3 |
93 | Honduras | 12,036,918 | 107.6 |
94 | Tunisia | 11,304,466 | 72.8 |
95 | Eritrea | 11,275,549 | 111.6 |
96 | Central African Republic | 11,150,702 | 17.9 |
97 | Switzerland | 11,131,528 | 278.3 |
98 | Libya | 10,969,859 | 6.2 |
99 | Azerbaijan | 10,424,317 | 126.2 |
100 | Laos | 10,334,701 | 44.8 |
101 | Czechia | 9,772,452 | 126.5 |
102 | Austria | 9,603,170 | 116.5 |
103 | Paraguay | 8,864,661 | 22.3 |
104 | Mauritania | 8,622,386 | 8.4 |
105 | Portugal | 8,315,652 | 90.9 |
106 | Cuba | 8,105,450 | 73.8 |
107 | Greece | 8,062,011 | 61.7 |
108 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,568,798 | 269.2 |
109 | Norway | 7,172,598 | 23.6 |
110 | Ireland | 7,151,210 | 103.8 |
111 | Hungary | 7,132,330 | 79.6 |
112 | Belarus | 6,984,249 | 34.4 |
113 | Singapore | 6,925,527 | 9,768 |
114 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,879,300 | 35.9 |
115 | Denmark | 6,776,616 | 159.7 |
116 | Turkmenistan | 6,512,170 | 13.9 |
117 | Panama | 6,512,007 | 87.6 |
118 | Oman | 6,481,869 | 20.9 |
119 | Nicaragua | 6,404,887 | 53.4 |
120 | New Zealand | 6,390,765 | 24.2 |
121 | Gabon | 6,142,861 | 23.8 |
122 | Costa Rica | 6,136,997 | 120.2 |
123 | Hong Kong | 5,599,766 | 5,218.8 |
124 | Finland | 5,425,535 | 17.9 |
125 | Namibia | 5,402,712 | 6.6 |
126 | El Salvador | 5,204,231 | 251.2 |
127 | The Gambia | 4,965,270 | 490.6 |
128 | West Bank | 4,931,038 | 874.3 |
129 | Lebanon | 4,791,984 | 468.4 |
130 | Serbia | 4,461,757 | 57.6 |
131 | Kuwait | 4,445,079 | 249.5 |
132 | Bulgaria | 4,379,895 | 40.4 |
133 | Equatorial Guinea | 4,291,634 | 153 |
134 | Georgia | 4,245,628 | 60.9 |
135 | Slovakia | 3,953,180 | 82.2 |
136 | Gaza Strip | 3,747,183 | 10,408.8 |
137 | Botswana | 3,689,940 | 6.5 |
138 | Mongolia | 3,495,754 | 2.3 |
139 | Uruguay | 3,337,751 | 19.1 |
140 | Jamaica | 3,175,011 | 293.1 |
141 | Croatia | 2,906,400 | 51.9 |
142 | Qatar | 2,793,487 | 241.1 |
143 | Lesotho | 2,768,160 | 91.2 |
144 | Timor-Leste | 2,688,148 | 180.7 |
145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,396,206 | 46.8 |
146 | Kosovo | 2,157,624 | 198.2 |
147 | Albania | 2,146,432 | 78.3 |
148 | Bahrain | 1,952,099 | 2,568.6 |
149 | North Macedonia | 1,764,371 | 69.4 |
150 | Slovenia | 1,736,355 | 86.2 |
151 | Armenia | 1,622,750 | 57.5 |
152 | Lithuania | 1,618,763 | 25.8 |
153 | Moldova | 1,603,288 | 48.7 |
154 | Djibouti | 1,580,341 | 68.2 |
155 | Puerto Rico | 1,570,750 | 177.1 |
156 | Eswatini | 1,302,529 | 75.7 |
157 | Comoros | 1,275,865 | 570.9 |
158 | Solomon Islands | 1,174,569 | 42 |
159 | Cyprus | 1,163,967 | 126 |
160 | Luxembourg | 1,114,831 | 431.1 |
161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,073,971 | 209.4 |
162 | Bhutan | 1,013,893 | 26.4 |
163 | Fiji | 967,893 | 53 |
164 | Mauritius | 953,108 | 469.5 |
165 | Latvia | 921,280 | 14.8 |
166 | Suriname | 835,038 | 5.4 |
167 | Brunei | 780,110 | 148.2 |
168 | Cabo Verde | 748,568 | 185.6 |
169 | Guyana | 744,009 | 3.8 |
170 | Belize | 725,924 | 31.8 |
171 | Estonia | 697,601 | 16.5 |
172 | Macau | 640,912 | 22,889.7 |
173 | Vanuatu | 506,211 | 41.5 |
174 | Malta | 479,699 | 1,518 |
175 | Iceland | 438,256 | 4.4 |
176 | Maldives | 426,274 | 1,430.4 |
177 | New Caledonia | 416,153 | 22.8 |
178 | The Bahamas | 408,953 | 40.9 |
179 | Montenegro | 397,737 | 29.6 |
180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 378,507 | 392.6 |
181 | French Polynesia | 301,867 | 78.9 |
182 | Samoa | 277,946 | 98.5 |
183 | Barbados | 253,739 | 590.1 |
184 | Aruba | 183,137 | 1,017.4 |
185 | Kiribati | 145,583 | 179.5 |
186 | Curaçao | 137,169 | 308.9 |
187 | Antigua and Barbuda | 135,967 | 306.9 |
188 | Guam | 131,726 | 242.1 |
189 | Cayman Islands | 123,133 | 466.4 |
190 | Saint Lucia | 119,011 | 196.4 |
191 | Jersey | 110,536 | 952.9 |
192 | Grenada | 106,648 | 310 |
193 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 106,178 | 112 |
194 | Marshall Islands | 103,064 | 569.4 |
195 | Tonga | 91,245 | 127.3 |
196 | Isle of Man | 89,644 | 156.7 |
197 | Seychelles | 83,365 | 183.2 |
198 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 82,244 | 211.4 |
199 | Guernsey | 66,935 | 858.1 |
200 | Bermuda | 64,255 | 1,189.9 |
201 | Faroe Islands | 61,349 | 44 |
202 | British Virgin Islands | 61,000 | 404 |
203 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 59,306 | 170.4 |
204 | Sint Maarten | 58,980 | 1,734.7 |
205 | Andorra | 56,296 | 120.3 |
206 | Dominica | 52,416 | 69.8 |
207 | Federated States of Micronesia | 51,637 | 73.6 |
208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 48,307 | 185.1 |
209 | Liechtenstein | 48,126 | 300.8 |
210 | Greenland | 46,876 | 0 |
211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 38,578 | 81.7 |
212 | Saint Martin | 36,451 | 675 |
213 | Anguilla | 36,125 | 397 |
214 | San Marino | 30,765 | 504.3 |
215 | Monaco | 29,207 | 14,603.5 |
216 | Gibraltar | 23,947 | 3,421 |
217 | American Samoa | 21,441 | 108.3 |
218 | Palau | 20,671 | 45 |
219 | Wallis and Futuna | 13,734 | 96.7 |
220 | Tuvalu | 13,294 | 511.3 |
221 | Nauru | 13,027 | 620.3 |
222 | Saint Barthelemy | 6,590 | 263.6 |
223 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 6,120 | 15.5 |
224 | Cook Islands | 4,518 | 19.1 |
225 | Montserrat | 4,099 | 40.2 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,464 | 10.2 |
Data from US Census International Database