Current World Population Clock: 197 country counters [2026]

The current world population is 8,280,172,104 people, as of 2026 based on the UN estimation and the latest data.

World population facts

The annual growth rate reached its peak in 1963 at 2.14% and declined to the current 0.96% since.
Half of the world's people lives in 7 countries: India, China, the United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Brazil.
According to the UN World Population Prospects, by the year 2084, the world will reach 10.3B people and then will begin to decline.
Since 2000, the population of Earth has increased from 6.16B to 8.28B people (34.4% growth in 26 years).
The current top 3 most populous countries are going to change from India, China, and the United States to India, China, and Pakistan by the year 2051.
Without immigration, Europe would have an annual growth of 0.04% (a gain of 278K people a year).
World population increases by 1 person every 0.41 seconds.

Population clocks

World	8280917972
Asia	4830000000
Africa	1554000000
Europe	742000000
Latin America	663000000
North America	384000000
Oceania	46300000

List of countries ranked by population

The following table lists 197 countries ranked by population, as of 2026 based on the latest extrapolated data. And yes, India has overtaken China as the world’s most populous country at the end of April 2023. GeoRank.org's extrapolation aligns with the UN estimation.

Rank	Country	Population	% of world	Annual growth 2006-2016	Annual growth 2016-2026	10-y change
1	India	1476762615	17.8%	1.46%	0.99%	+132,818,319
2	China	1402614510	16.9%	0.59%	0.11%	+14,824,510
3	United States	343682585	4.15%	0.83%	0.64%	+20,610,830
4	Indonesia	287909726	3.48%	1.31%	0.88%	+23,282,308
5	Pakistan	259345872	3.13%	2.25%	1.78%	+39,207,003
6	Nigeria	242485845	2.93%	3.11%	2.41%	+47,042,145
7	Brazil	213570306	2.58%	0.89%	0.51%	+10,352,192
8	Bangladesh	177841118	2.15%	0.98%	1.06%	+17,029,186
9	Russia	142120553	1.72%	0.14%	-0.2%	-2,894,907
10	Ethiopia	138940022	1.68%	3.22%	3.02%	+32,221,860
11	Mexico	133008812	1.61%	1.4%	0.88%	+10,757,461
12	Japan	122647678	1.48%	-0.06%	-0.35%	-4,428,322
13	Egypt	120120267	1.45%	2.29%	1.82%	+18,475,678
14	Philippines	117734664	1.42%	1.92%	1.03%	+10,998,945
15	DR Congo	116492354	1.41%	3.85%	3.88%	+32,535,939
16	Vietnam	102183444	1.23%	1.44%	0.87%	+8,183,327
17	Iran	93175818	1.13%	1.42%	1.12%	+9,363,590
18	Turkey	85963745	1.04%	1.32%	0.84%	+6,685,783
19	Germany	82619736	1%	-0.003%	0.03%	+271,067
20	Tanzania	72586079	0.88%	3.36%	3.49%	+18,762,066
21	Thailand	71559621	0.86%	0.64%	0.1%	+699,780
22	United Kingdom	70024311	0.85%	0.78%	0.67%	+4,417,311
23	France	68756508	0.83%	0.49%	0.3%	+2,032,404
24	South Africa	65460626	0.79%	1.45%	1.43%	+8,201,075
25	Kenya	58648527	0.71%	3.04%	2.18%	+10,508,840
26	Italy	58538738	0.71%	0.29%	-0.26%	-1,576,485
27	Myanmar	55188302	0.67%	0.78%	0.72%	+3,692,606
28	Colombia	53941545	0.65%	1.11%	1.37%	+6,504,033
29	Sudan	53298472	0.64%	2.9%	2.92%	+12,038,580
30	Uganda	52776583	0.64%	3.47%	3.6%	+13,977,431
31	South Korea	51633793	0.62%	0.57%	0.08%	+415,990
32	Spain	48787930	0.59%	0.46%	0.5%	+2,329,791
33	Algeria	48034519	0.58%	2.15%	1.76%	+7,183,798
34	Iraq	48018145	0.58%	3.44%	2.48%	+9,548,518
35	Argentina	46005372	0.56%	1.08%	0.48%	+2,105,059
36	Afghanistan	45060300	0.54%	3.65%	2.99%	+10,359,688
37	Yemen	42974589	0.52%	3.64%	3.38%	+10,865,579
38	Canada	42045683	0.51%	1.09%	1.64%	+5,934,880
39	Angola	40228288	0.49%	4.58%	3.78%	+11,045,218
40	Ukraine	39535850	0.48%	-0.35%	-1.33%	-6,080,982
41	Morocco	38765910	0.47%	1.38%	1.07%	+3,742,453
42	Uzbekistan	37731348	0.46%	1.72%	2.06%	+6,446,780
43	Mozambique	36651096	0.44%	3.15%	3.41%	+9,313,991
44	Saudi Arabia	36557435	0.44%	4.42%	1.81%	+5,603,237
45	Malaysia	36389490	0.44%	2.03%	1.45%	+4,599,805
46	Poland	35898979	0.43%	-0.04%	-0.55%	-2,071,108
47	Ghana	35704448	0.43%	2.74%	2.16%	+6,347,706
48	Peru	34925789	0.42%	0.9%	1.32%	+4,059,295
49	Madagascar	33530646	0.4%	3.23%	2.85%	+7,430,694
50	Ivory Coast	33502938	0.4%	2.65%	2.89%	+7,513,533
51	Cameroon	30649220	0.37%	3.36%	3.07%	+7,195,059
52	Nepal	29630474	0.36%	0.52%	0.6%	+1,675,012
53	Niger	28824804	0.35%	4.5%	3.93%	+8,139,051
54	Venezuela	28635082	0.35%	1.3%	-0.69%	-2,130,638
55	Australia	27722756	0.33%	1.83%	1.46%	+3,531,849
56	North Korea	26634259	0.32%	0.48%	0.36%	+935,933
57	Syria	26481122	0.32%	-0.23%	3.8%	+7,287,288
58	Mali	25940437	0.31%	3.72%	3.52%	+6,749,148
59	Burkina Faso	24607478	0.3%	3.45%	2.73%	+5,272,622
60	Taiwan	23205944	0.28%	0.3%	-0.13%	-310,001
61	Malawi	22791875	0.28%	3.3%	2.98%	+5,234,136
62	Zambia	22528646	0.27%	3.94%	3.32%	+5,614,223
63	Sri Lanka	22149346	0.27%	0.42%	0.44%	+940,346
64	Chad	21567098	0.26%	4.12%	4.27%	+6,452,443
65	Kazakhstan	21086160	0.25%	1.4%	1.48%	+2,722,560
66	Somalia	20313043	0.25%	3.07%	4.16%	+5,964,303
67	Chile	19946723	0.24%	1.06%	0.92%	+1,679,502
68	Senegal	19371362	0.23%	3.07%	2.88%	+4,336,841
69	Guatemala	18971012	0.23%	2.17%	1.66%	+2,702,252
70	Romania	18836893	0.23%	-0.7%	-0.44%	-865,374
71	Ecuador	18446207	0.22%	1.72%	1.18%	+1,941,068
72	Netherlands	18211637	0.22%	0.42%	0.69%	+1,181,323
73	Cambodia	18053388	0.22%	1.62%	1.39%	+2,200,585
74	Zimbabwe	17277165	0.21%	1.55%	1.83%	+2,676,871
75	Guinea	15445735	0.19%	2.79%	2.79%	+3,372,705
76	Benin	15174345	0.18%	3.46%	2.97%	+3,476,503
77	Rwanda	14893241	0.18%	2.82%	2.5%	+2,974,058
78	Burundi	14732962	0.18%	4.29%	3.11%	+3,493,511
79	Bolivia	12751108	0.15%	1.74%	1.41%	+1,571,088
80	South Sudan	12438782	0.15%	3.58%	1.49%	+1,608,680
81	Tunisia	12415813	0.15%	1.14%	0.77%	+887,139
82	Haiti	12038932	0.15%	1.58%	1.28%	+1,367,475
83	Belgium	11895018	0.14%	0.74%	0.5%	+563,596
84	Dominican Republic	11610440	0.14%	1.3%	1%	+1,059,010
85	Jordan	11592040	0.14%	5.57%	1.58%	+1,585,673
86	UAE	11533895	0.14%	7.84%	2.91%	+2,598,800
87	Honduras	11186699	0.14%	2.29%	1.89%	+1,774,319
88	Tajikistan	10980672	0.13%	2.56%	2.39%	+2,115,041
89	Papua New Guinea	10949849	0.13%	3.28%	2.22%	+1,988,131
90	Cuba	10892659	0.13%	-0.01%	-0.33%	-372,953
91	Czech Republic	10693675	0.13%	0.32%	0.12%	+127,343
92	Portugal	10663982	0.13%	-0.19%	0.33%	+338,530
93	Sweden	10663864	0.13%	0.93%	0.75%	+740,779
94	Azerbaijan	10320163	0.12%	1.5%	0.58%	+562,351
95	Israel	10252907	0.12%	2.12%	2%	+1,706,907
96	Greece	10249082	0.12%	-0.22%	-0.49%	-526,889
97	Togo	9933235	0.12%	3.07%	2.64%	+2,074,946
98	Hungary	9472812	0.11%	-0.31%	-0.29%	-286,943
99	Austria	9164347	0.11%	0.57%	0.49%	+427,679
100	Switzerland	9092598	0.11%	1.19%	0.86%	+719,260
101	Belarus	9011944	0.11%	-0.14%	-0.48%	-457,435
102	Sierra Leone	8998687	0.11%	2.81%	2.49%	+1,793,359
103	Laos	7975100	0.1%	1.59%	1.54%	+1,066,298
104	Turkmenistan	7737847	0.09%	2.36%	2.17%	+1,377,806
105	Libya	7540799	0.09%	1.09%	1.37%	+908,673
106	Kyrgyzstan	7438528	0.09%	1.83%	2.05%	+1,263,190
107	Nicaragua	7098301	0.09%	1.5%	1.39%	+865,635
108	Paraguay	7096151	0.09%	1.35%	1.36%	+847,025
109	Congo	6639487	0.08%	3.61%	2.71%	+1,416,951
110	Serbia	6494317	0.08%	-0.48%	-0.8%	-564,005
111	El Salvador	6391525	0.08%	0.33%	0.31%	+190,725
112	Bulgaria	6355610	0.08%	-0.93%	-0.78%	-538,529
113	Singapore	6113174	0.07%	2.74%	0.9%	+505,891
114	Denmark	6023286	0.07%	0.53%	0.52%	+295,276
115	Lebanon	5898001	0.07%	3.31%	-0.67%	-425,059
116	Liberia	5855409	0.07%	3.62%	2.31%	+1,099,801
117	CAR	5701055	0.07%	0.77%	2.09%	+987,392
118	Oman	5673016	0.07%	7.46%	2.92%	+1,282,139
119	Norway	5648774	0.07%	1.23%	0.79%	+414,255
120	Finland	5624333	0.07%	0.43%	0.23%	+129,030
121	Ireland	5500964	0.07%	1.14%	1.55%	+738,242
122	Palestine	5480218	0.07%	2.82%	2.55%	+1,113,130
123	Mauritania	5462924	0.07%	3.56%	3.37%	+1,376,267
124	Slovakia	5367504	0.06%	0.11%	-0.12%	-63,294
125	New Zealand	5362441	0.06%	1.27%	1.38%	+648,341
126	Costa Rica	5175007	0.06%	1.26%	0.63%	+308,009
127	Kuwait	5064966	0.06%	6.93%	2.65%	+1,060,870
128	Panama	4626304	0.06%	1.94%	1.48%	+597,218
129	Croatia	3813345	0.05%	-0.47%	-0.71%	-293,522
130	Georgia	3696618	0.04%	-0.39%	-0.08%	-30,887
131	Eritrea	3683508	0.04%	1.56%	1.79%	+558,810
132	Mongolia	3607619	0.04%	2.03%	1.68%	+518,763
133	Uruguay	3382543	0.04%	0.27%	0.01%	+3,260
134	Namibia	3153904	0.04%	2.25%	2.93%	+714,691
135	Bosnia	3114242	0.04%	-1.45%	-1.03%	-358,761
136	Armenia	2989711	0.04%	-0.43%	-0.009%	-2,589
137	Qatar	2975619	0.04%	15.5%	2.01%	+498,506
138	Gambia	2884750	0.03%	3.31%	2.63%	+600,981
139	Jamaica	2833401	0.03%	0.4%	0.08%	+23,486
140	Lithuania	2825872	0.03%	-1.2%	-0.18%	-51,453
141	Gabon	2647992	0.03%	3.92%	2.61%	+547,686
142	Botswana	2603835	0.03%	1.92%	1.65%	+369,059
143	Lesotho	2389618	0.03%	0.95%	1.22%	+259,196
144	Moldova	2343963	0.03%	-0.27%	-1.64%	-459,223
145	Albania	2342445	0.03%	-1.01%	-1.29%	-347,024
146	Guinea-Bissau	2298335	0.03%	2.94%	2.55%	+466,442
147	Slovenia	2123263	0.03%	0.29%	0.28%	+58,221
148	Equatorial Guinea	1984968	0.02%	5.23%	3.16%	+476,782
149	Latvia	1830293	0.02%	-1.17%	-0.66%	-129,244
150	North Macedonia	1805395	0.02%	-0.44%	-0.53%	-100,918
151	Bahrain	1656695	0.02%	4.82%	1.64%	+232,969
152	East Timor	1437146	0.02%	2.58%	1.7%	+208,834
153	Cyprus	1382451	0.02%	1.73%	1.17%	+145,339
154	Trinidad	1373327	0.02%	0.43%	0.14%	+19,432
155	Estonia	1342600	0.02%	-0.23%	0.2%	+26,810
156	Eswatini	1270000	0.02%	0.6%	1.05%	+120,493
157	Mauritius	1239793	0.01%	0.24%	-0.19%	-23,954
158	Djibouti	1199623	0.01%	2.13%	1.56%	+161,970
159	Fiji	937312	0.01%	0.32%	0.2%	+18,146
160	Comoros	899184	0.01%	2.27%	2.12%	+157,443
161	Solomon Islands	858499	0.01%	3.47%	2.96%	+196,120
162	Guyana	840939	0.01%	0.06%	1.01%	+77,391
163	Bhutan	802266	0.01%	1.15%	0.73%	+54,400
164	Luxembourg	691571	0.008%	2.31%	1.88%	+109,557
165	Suriname	645315	0.008%	1.2%	0.98%	+57,558
166	Montenegro	611567	0.007%	0.17%	-0.22%	-13,786
167	Malta	578778	0.007%	1.21%	2.73%	+124,273
168	Maldives	531534	0.006%	4.12%	1.99%	+88,226
169	Cape Verde	529665	0.006%	0.44%	0.33%	+17,111
170	Brunei	469802	0.006%	1.72%	0.99%	+42,238
171	Belize	428711	0.005%	2.67%	1.76%	+64,006
172	Bahamas	404651	0.005%	1.14%	0.43%	+16,596
173	Iceland	395314	0.005%	1.04%	1.78%	+59,875
174	Vanuatu	342645	0.004%	2.6%	2.59%	+70,558
175	Barbados	282718	0.003%	0.36%	0.11%	+3,120
176	Sao Tome	245039	0.003%	2.3%	2.03%	+41,350
177	Samoa	220543	0.003%	0.84%	0.84%	+17,044
178	Saint Lucia	180492	0.002%	0.54%	0.28%	+4,846
179	Curacao	155945	0.002%	1.3%	-0.23%	-3,719
180	Kiribati	138472	0.002%	1.85%	1.69%	+19,994
181	Seychelles	125600	0.002%	1.19%	3.27%	+30,923
182	Grenada	117361	0.001%	0.45%	0.19%	+2,231
183	Tonga	103290	0.001%	-0.07%	-0.21%	-2,234
184	Saint Vincent	99240	0.001%	-0.51%	-0.67%	-7,109
185	Antigua	94625	0.001%	1.16%	0.52%	+4,656
186	Andorra	83764	0.001%	-0.93%	1.6%	+11,583
187	Cayman Islands	77211	0.0009%	3.08%	2.24%	+14,111
188	Dominica	65508	0.0008%	0.12%	-0.59%	-4,098
189	Saint Kitts	46992	0.0006%	0.11%	-0.02%	-83
190	Liechtenstein	40951	0.0005%	0.76%	0.86%	+3,235
191	Monaco	38082	0.0005%	1.63%	0.22%	+806
192	Marshall Islands	35078	0.0004%	-0.82%	-2.65%	-12,631
193	San Marino	34003	0.0004%	0.97%	0.27%	+902
194	Palau	17618	0.0002%	-0.92%	-0.1%	-179
195	Nauru	12104	0.0001%	1.11%	0.86%	+954
196	Tuvalu	9363	0.0001%	0.87%	-1.43%	-1,567
197	Vatican	952	0.00001%	0.73%	-0.48%	-48

World population history & projection chart

The world has grown significantly since 1960. The chart below illustrates the world's population history and future projections with a breakdown by region.

1960: The global population was approximately 3 billion.
1974: It reached 4 billion, just 14 years later.
1987: It took another 13 years to add the next billion, bringing the total to 5 billion.
1999: The global population reached 6 billion, adding another 1B in 12 years.
2011: 7 billion — 12 years again.
2022: On November 15, the world's population reached 8 billion people.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that the world will reach 9B in 2038, 10B in 2062, and 10.2B in 2100.

World

Asia

Africa

Europe

Latin America

North America

Oceania

Year	Population
Year	World	Asia	Africa	Europe	Latin America	North America	Oceania
1960	3,021,512,598	1,684,065,666	283,499,189	605,680,237	216,158,759	198,595,217	15,497,743
1961	3,062,768,116	1,713,437,557	290,363,830	611,423,128	222,226,709	201,977,700	15,827,242
1962	3,117,372,187	1,744,955,453	297,501,670	617,287,126	228,475,122	205,167,492	16,221,376
1963	3,184,063,049	1,788,336,136	304,901,660	623,169,354	234,876,326	208,222,100	16,552,654
1964	3,251,253,200	1,831,852,390	312,576,913	629,040,233	241,405,493	211,230,643	16,896,773
1965	3,318,997,522	1,876,016,630	320,514,917	634,693,471	248,032,066	213,998,365	17,235,274
1966	3,389,087,189	1,923,236,665	328,738,450	639,454,307	254,734,529	216,626,265	17,622,178
1967	3,459,015,356	1,970,381,359	337,320,871	644,127,484	261,501,072	219,142,711	17,894,020
1968	3,530,703,561	2,019,058,542	346,253,794	648,601,287	268,324,596	221,469,914	18,203,435
1969	3,604,815,552	2,069,911,817	355,468,664	653,038,358	275,208,609	223,726,251	18,560,604
1970	3,680,589,045	2,122,291,500	364,967,839	656,807,239	282,127,433	226,398,704	18,923,413
1971	3,758,613,546	2,175,817,428	374,725,119	660,578,251	289,112,581	229,646,075	19,478,298
1972	3,834,446,322	2,227,219,926	384,702,046	664,887,358	296,205,949	232,138,476	19,852,757
1973	3,911,068,458	2,279,207,139	395,203,420	668,962,212	303,399,233	234,425,146	20,196,531
1974	3,987,294,240	2,330,304,696	406,244,732	672,766,745	310,678,675	236,687,193	20,685,926
1975	4,062,070,771	2,379,607,443	417,809,926	676,366,560	318,023,566	239,142,628	21,000,946
1976	4,135,758,539	2,427,517,282	429,868,125	679,885,408	325,440,509	241,511,993	21,256,108
1977	4,208,958,804	2,474,773,576	442,011,115	683,242,276	332,986,371	243,993,174	21,514,487
1978	4,283,431,043	2,522,385,276	454,864,639	686,531,682	340,679,173	246,576,557	21,772,135
1979	4,360,056,401	2,570,996,142	468,501,483	689,821,779	348,458,564	249,286,769	22,007,783
1980	4,437,602,892	2,620,284,950	482,333,165	693,396,003	356,308,099	251,088,691	22,282,707
1981	4,516,926,190	2,670,862,630	496,881,718	696,616,882	364,175,089	254,317,676	22,620,929
1982	4,599,539,241	2,724,539,712	512,197,692	699,255,965	372,085,301	256,814,771	23,010,283
1983	4,682,924,536	2,779,238,696	527,447,327	701,722,789	380,134,749	259,193,276	23,362,198
1984	4,766,040,300	2,833,462,426	542,829,759	704,342,382	388,271,816	261,468,225	23,678,307
1985	4,850,740,788	2,888,489,253	558,830,245	707,042,785	396,414,663	263,803,611	24,012,534
1986	4,937,711,562	2,945,307,942	575,107,554	709,817,587	404,539,082	266,272,395	24,348,424
1987	5,027,030,278	3,004,019,209	591,718,269	712,640,248	412,662,503	268,776,365	24,727,379
1988	5,117,167,006	3,063,260,670	608,478,111	715,529,666	420,817,848	271,333,072	25,109,232
1989	5,207,654,866	3,122,366,485	625,423,871	718,434,719	428,980,461	274,139,589	25,516,005
1990	5,299,246,757	3,182,459,760	642,811,977	720,613,556	437,170,751	277,867,661	25,921,499
1991	5,388,496,229	3,240,147,491	660,114,928	722,350,639	445,308,848	281,575,491	26,454,182
1992	5,477,123,966	3,297,310,821	677,544,652	723,903,112	453,395,146	285,311,841	26,853,235
1993	5,564,778,621	3,353,387,833	695,583,295	725,113,348	461,438,026	288,987,209	27,226,869
1994	5,650,853,178	3,408,725,035	713,442,798	725,855,130	469,401,386	292,484,048	27,626,896
1995	5,736,505,517	3,463,638,663	731,605,667	726,378,089	477,344,168	295,907,668	28,065,846
1996	5,822,614,627	3,518,502,738	750,353,342	726,728,642	485,224,209	299,326,384	28,536,985
1997	5,908,466,558	3,573,331,924	769,235,923	726,911,118	493,046,951	302,866,967	28,986,532
1998	5,994,040,064	3,627,490,656	788,804,389	727,036,721	500,877,744	306,320,178	29,412,739
1999	6,078,404,337	3,680,192,628	808,877,937	727,099,709	508,634,695	309,746,201	29,849,104
2000	6,161,884,811	3,732,096,016	829,352,993	726,800,813	516,162,543	312,898,847	30,303,090
2001	6,245,112,906	3,783,492,489	850,431,107	726,532,415	523,451,920	316,040,933	30,789,245
2002	6,327,557,399	3,833,404,283	872,125,766	726,695,778	530,562,716	319,035,817	31,299,113
2003	6,409,750,441	3,882,236,900	894,421,461	727,515,986	537,508,054	321,802,033	31,828,602
2004	6,492,769,815	3,930,813,754	917,440,871	728,559,833	544,314,483	324,795,896	32,330,052
2005	6,575,841,506	3,978,895,561	941,186,947	729,548,236	550,979,692	327,811,237	32,853,360
2006	6,659,977,025	4,027,137,758	965,546,840	730,627,733	557,622,309	331,003,097	33,414,830
2007	6,744,489,399	4,074,555,345	990,637,602	732,138,302	564,233,999	334,172,128	34,071,082
2008	6,830,513,541	4,122,395,410	1,016,616,188	733,786,206	570,815,735	337,393,294	34,771,774
2009	6,916,589,116	4,170,075,034	1,043,299,045	735,225,856	577,311,912	340,453,617	35,503,171
2010	7,001,266,876	4,216,211,428	1,070,712,051	736,304,183	583,689,781	343,385,089	36,145,788
2011	7,087,120,034	4,264,549,277	1,098,614,945	736,128,526	590,051,592	345,974,609	36,744,664
2012	7,176,929,184	4,314,334,020	1,127,288,440	737,478,716	596,412,202	348,642,476	37,415,570
2013	7,265,892,332	4,362,474,575	1,157,199,014	738,613,773	602,699,535	351,191,620	38,097,056
2014	7,354,068,030	4,409,162,995	1,187,603,759	739,902,313	608,907,561	353,870,191	38,771,773
2015	7,441,677,465	4,454,777,293	1,218,429,969	741,468,322	614,971,734	356,492,292	39,457,114
2016	7,528,879,985	4,499,688,591	1,249,541,364	743,065,539	620,893,494	359,230,267	40,187,735
2017	7,614,523,410	4,543,423,558	1,281,217,504	744,109,439	626,639,688	361,713,732	40,938,891
2018	7,697,233,736	4,583,929,713	1,313,710,340	745,230,767	632,119,542	363,956,104	41,645,186
2019	7,778,008,621	4,623,316,581	1,346,289,043	745,870,316	637,289,596	365,992,455	42,328,503
2020	7,854,748,424	4,660,850,555	1,379,081,518	745,339,078	641,847,404	369,598,277	42,979,294
2021	7,920,514,854	4,690,491,056	1,411,989,519	743,863,027	645,605,207	370,174,976	43,255,410
2022	7,989,545,217	4,722,028,127	1,445,113,511	741,434,389	649,520,085	372,247,422	43,807,448
2023	8,064,057,930	4,754,180,764	1,478,961,489	740,246,892	654,045,002	375,037,206	44,787,324
2024	8,141,808,945	4,785,906,778	1,513,305,557	742,119,299	658,615,236	381,437,135	45,632,573
2025	8,211,277,395	4,814,366,861	1,548,007,451	741,502,395	663,043,050	383,655,903	46,156,842
2026	8,280,172,104	4,842,412,161	1,583,100,748	740,643,953	667,301,327	385,741,560	46,669,393
2027	8,348,419,033	4,870,093,381	1,618,353,549	739,574,379	671,423,066	387,734,018	47,172,316
2028	8,415,776,756	4,897,030,046	1,653,745,243	738,399,376	675,410,405	389,698,041	47,668,681
2029	8,482,278,496	4,923,178,909	1,689,371,512	737,120,251	679,260,775	391,620,066	48,154,246
2030	8,547,955,444	4,948,549,347	1,725,234,805	735,748,240	682,984,601	393,484,355	48,630,876
2031	8,612,789,291	4,973,112,445	1,761,339,730	734,277,028	686,577,730	395,315,871	49,101,406
2032	8,676,741,393	4,996,817,526	1,797,653,334	732,751,363	690,036,138	397,112,028	49,563,383
2033	8,739,804,484	5,019,671,162	1,834,118,069	731,220,209	693,357,693	398,867,853	50,018,421
2034	8,801,986,317	5,041,634,587	1,870,779,355	729,663,710	696,545,267	400,599,641	50,469,178
2035	8,863,259,842	5,062,698,070	1,907,654,157	728,077,063	699,592,923	402,296,944	50,917,614
2036	8,923,586,877	5,082,922,607	1,944,666,595	726,453,680	702,489,430	403,948,949	51,364,668
2037	8,982,905,967	5,102,263,877	1,981,754,213	724,800,572	705,232,226	405,574,510	51,805,414
2038	9,041,181,951	5,120,688,397	2,018,912,749	723,137,422	707,827,122	407,172,981	52,242,632
2039	9,098,395,702	5,138,213,363	2,056,148,542	721,448,806	710,265,518	408,718,553	52,676,092
2040	9,154,518,543	5,154,816,994	2,093,454,611	719,751,333	712,540,162	410,200,301	53,104,786
2041	9,209,473,814	5,170,436,123	2,130,791,098	718,072,269	714,647,221	411,634,616	53,534,975
2042	9,263,169,633	5,185,011,105	2,168,120,775	716,391,036	716,581,062	413,041,922	53,965,684
2043	9,315,590,751	5,198,570,420	2,205,450,477	714,669,542	718,340,594	414,405,426	54,392,848
2044	9,366,676,614	5,211,122,031	2,242,749,440	712,896,162	719,926,257	415,697,944	54,815,351
2045	9,416,319,642	5,222,612,226	2,279,937,284	711,084,843	721,339,566	416,939,520	55,236,756
2046	9,464,450,386	5,232,984,134	2,317,011,688	709,230,099	722,582,332	418,122,028	55,658,457
2047	9,510,991,496	5,242,135,159	2,354,023,552	707,305,155	723,662,946	419,255,605	56,071,497
2048	9,555,870,412	5,250,019,697	2,390,937,952	705,292,510	724,581,134	420,348,713	56,481,036
2049	9,599,051,462	5,256,694,157	2,427,682,208	703,184,806	725,326,967	421,391,331	56,887,192
2050	9,640,503,361	5,262,107,130	2,464,247,333	700,986,374	725,914,031	422,408,242	57,283,807

World population map

This map illustrates population distribution by country across the globe. Each country is color-coded to represent its percentile position.

Population

Regional population statistics

Asia is the most populous region in the world, with over 4.83 billion people or over 58.3% of the world's population.

Africa is the second most populous region, with over 1.55 billion people. But Africa is the youngest and the fastest growing, with a median age of just 20.6 years old and annual growth of 2.33%.

Europe is third with 742M habitats and by far the oldest and slowest growing, on the edge of decline. The table below summarises the world's population data with a breakdown by region.

Rank	Region	Population	% of world	Annual change	Migration change	Fertility rate	Median age
1	Asia	4830000000	58.3%	0.67%	-2,253,040	1.81	33.3
2	Africa	1554000000	18.8%	2.33%	-646,810	4.12	20.6
3	Europe	742000000	8.96%	0.26%	+1,594,313	1.39	43.6
4	Latin America	663000000	8.01%	0.7%	-389,177	1.8	32.4
5	North America	384000000	4.64%	1.71%	+1,652,966	1.58	39.5
6	Oceania	46300000	0.56%	1.89%	+149,069	1.97	34.6

World population growth rate history graph

The world population growth rate peaked at 2.14% in 1963 and has been declining since to 0.84% in 2026. The chart below plots how the growth has been slowing over the years:

In the early 1960s, the global population growth rate was below 2% per year.
By 1970, it was around 2.1%.
By 1980, it dropped to 1.8%.
By 1990, it had fallen to 1.6%.
By 2000, it was 1.3%.
By 2010, it was 1.2%.
By 2026, the growth rate is estimated to be 0.84% which is 2.24 times slower than in the 1960s.

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Asia

Africa

Europe

Latin America

North America

Oceania

Year	Growth rate
Year	World	Asia	Africa	Europe	Latin America	North America	Oceania
1960	-	-	-	-	-	1.6%	-
1961	1.37%	1.53%	2.47%	0.95%	2.89%	1.71%	2.18%
1962	1.78%	2.09%	2.5%	0.96%	2.9%	1.59%	2.47%
1963	2.14%	2.58%	2.53%	0.96%	2.89%	1.5%	2.07%
1964	2.11%	2.54%	2.56%	0.95%	2.86%	1.45%	2.09%
1965	2.08%	2.51%	2.58%	0.9%	2.83%	1.32%	2.03%
1966	2.11%	2.57%	2.6%	0.75%	2.79%	1.24%	2.25%
1967	2.06%	2.53%	2.64%	0.74%	2.74%	1.17%	1.63%
1968	2.07%	2.55%	2.68%	0.7%	2.69%	1.07%	1.82%
1969	2.1%	2.6%	2.69%	0.68%	2.64%	1.02%	2.04%
1970	2.1%	2.61%	2.7%	0.59%	2.59%	1.2%	2.02%
1971	2.12%	2.57%	2.71%	0.59%	2.54%	1.46%	2.91%
1972	2.02%	2.45%	2.7%	0.66%	2.52%	1.09%	1.99%
1973	2%	2.44%	2.77%	0.62%	2.5%	0.99%	1.81%
1974	1.95%	2.37%	2.83%	0.57%	2.46%	0.97%	2.43%
1975	1.88%	2.27%	2.87%	0.54%	2.43%	1.04%	1.61%
1976	1.81%	2.2%	2.9%	0.52%	2.39%	0.99%	1.35%
1977	1.77%	2.15%	2.83%	0.49%	2.38%	1.03%	1.36%
1978	1.77%	2.12%	2.94%	0.48%	2.37%	1.06%	1.34%
1979	1.79%	2.13%	3.04%	0.48%	2.34%	1.1%	1.23%
1980	1.78%	2.13%	2.93%	0.51%	2.31%	0.73%	1.37%
1981	1.79%	2.12%	3%	0.46%	2.27%	1.29%	1.61%
1982	1.83%	2.17%	3.12%	0.37%	2.22%	0.98%	1.78%
1983	1.81%	2.19%	3.01%	0.34%	2.21%	0.93%	1.61%
1984	1.77%	2.14%	2.93%	0.36%	2.19%	0.88%	1.45%
1985	1.78%	2.12%	2.96%	0.37%	2.14%	0.89%	1.51%
1986	1.79%	2.13%	2.94%	0.38%	2.09%	0.94%	1.5%
1987	1.81%	2.14%	2.93%	0.39%	2.05%	0.94%	1.64%
1988	1.79%	2.12%	2.89%	0.4%	2.01%	0.95%	1.63%
1989	1.77%	2.08%	2.83%	0.41%	1.98%	1.04%	1.71%
1990	1.76%	1.99%	2.83%	0.32%	1.95%	1.36%	1.71%
1991	1.68%	1.94%	2.76%	0.28%	1.9%	1.33%	2.19%
1992	1.64%	1.95%	2.73%	0.26%	1.85%	1.33%	1.72%
1993	1.6%	1.9%	2.75%	0.21%	1.81%	1.29%	1.62%
1994	1.55%	1.82%	2.74%	0.15%	1.76%	1.21%	1.68%
1995	1.52%	1.76%	2.68%	0.12%	1.73%	1.17%	1.78%
1996	1.5%	1.72%	2.67%	0.09%	1.69%	1.15%	1.85%
1997	1.47%	1.69%	2.6%	0.07%	1.64%	1.18%	1.74%
1998	1.45%	1.64%	2.63%	0.06%	1.62%	1.14%	1.63%
1999	1.41%	1.57%	2.65%	0.05%	1.58%	1.12%	1.64%
2000	1.37%	1.52%	2.64%	0.01%	1.51%	1.02%	1.66%
2001	1.35%	1.48%	2.64%	0.03%	1.44%	1.01%	1.73%
2002	1.32%	1.43%	2.64%	0.09%	1.38%	0.95%	1.76%
2003	1.3%	1.38%	2.64%	0.17%	1.33%	0.87%	1.78%
2004	1.3%	1.35%	2.66%	0.2%	1.29%	0.93%	1.67%
2005	1.28%	1.32%	2.67%	0.19%	1.25%	0.93%	1.7%
2006	1.28%	1.31%	2.66%	0.2%	1.23%	0.97%	1.78%
2007	1.27%	1.27%	2.67%	0.26%	1.2%	0.96%	2.02%
2008	1.28%	1.26%	2.68%	0.27%	1.18%	0.97%	2.11%
2009	1.26%	1.23%	2.68%	0.23%	1.16%	0.91%	2.15%
2010	1.22%	1.16%	2.68%	0.18%	1.12%	0.86%	1.86%
2011	1.23%	1.21%	2.65%	0.001%	1.1%	0.76%	1.71%
2012	1.27%	1.23%	2.65%	0.21%	1.09%	0.77%	1.86%
2013	1.24%	1.17%	2.69%	0.18%	1.07%	0.73%	1.85%
2014	1.21%	1.11%	2.67%	0.2%	1.04%	0.77%	1.8%
2015	1.19%	1.07%	2.64%	0.24%	1.01%	0.74%	1.79%
2016	1.17%	1.04%	2.6%	0.24%	0.98%	0.77%	1.87%
2017	1.14%	0.99%	2.58%	0.16%	0.95%	0.7%	1.88%
2018	1.09%	0.91%	2.56%	0.17%	0.91%	0.63%	1.74%
2019	1.05%	0.88%	2.5%	0.11%	0.84%	0.57%	1.65%
2020	0.99%	0.83%	2.46%	-0.05%	0.73%	0.99%	1.54%
2021	0.84%	0.65%	2.4%	-0.18%	0.59%	0.16%	0.65%
2022	0.87%	0.69%	2.36%	-0.25%	0.61%	0.57%	1.28%
2023	0.93%	0.7%	2.35%	-0.12%	0.7%	0.76%	2.24%
2024	0.96%	0.67%	2.33%	0.26%	0.7%	1.71%	1.89%
2025	0.85%	0.59%	2.29%	-0.08%	0.67%	0.58%	1.15%
2026	0.84%	0.58%	2.26%	-0.12%	0.64%	0.54%	1.11%
2027	0.82%	0.56%	2.22%	-0.15%	0.61%	0.52%	1.07%
2028	0.81%	0.54%	2.17%	-0.16%	0.59%	0.51%	1.05%
2029	0.79%	0.51%	2.14%	-0.18%	0.56%	0.49%	1.01%
2030	0.77%	0.49%	2.1%	-0.19%	0.54%	0.48%	0.98%
2031	0.76%	0.47%	2.07%	-0.21%	0.52%	0.47%	0.96%
2032	0.74%	0.44%	2.04%	-0.22%	0.5%	0.45%	0.93%
2033	0.73%	0.42%	2%	-0.22%	0.47%	0.44%	0.91%
2034	0.71%	0.39%	1.97%	-0.22%	0.45%	0.43%	0.89%
2035	0.7%	0.37%	1.94%	-0.23%	0.43%	0.42%	0.87%
2036	0.68%	0.35%	1.9%	-0.23%	0.4%	0.41%	0.86%
2037	0.66%	0.32%	1.87%	-0.24%	0.38%	0.4%	0.84%
2038	0.65%	0.3%	1.83%	-0.24%	0.35%	0.39%	0.83%
2039	0.63%	0.28%	1.8%	-0.25%	0.33%	0.38%	0.81%
2040	0.62%	0.25%	1.77%	-0.25%	0.3%	0.36%	0.79%
2041	0.6%	0.23%	1.73%	-0.25%	0.28%	0.35%	0.79%
2042	0.58%	0.2%	1.7%	-0.25%	0.25%	0.34%	0.79%
2043	0.57%	0.18%	1.67%	-0.26%	0.23%	0.33%	0.77%
2044	0.55%	0.16%	1.63%	-0.27%	0.2%	0.31%	0.76%
2045	0.53%	0.13%	1.6%	-0.27%	0.18%	0.3%	0.75%
2046	0.51%	0.1%	1.57%	-0.28%	0.15%	0.28%	0.74%
2047	0.49%	0.08%	1.53%	-0.29%	0.13%	0.27%	0.72%
2048	0.47%	0.05%	1.5%	-0.31%	0.1%	0.26%	0.71%
2049	0.45%	0.02%	1.47%	-0.32%	0.08%	0.25%	0.7%
2050	0.43%	-0.01%	1.44%	-0.34%	0.06%	0.24%	0.67%

Population growth world map

This world map displays the average annual change in population for the last 5 years for all countries around the globe.

5-year average annual growth rate

Growth rate

Absolute 10-year growth map

The map plots how many people in total each country gained or lost for the last 10 years.

10-year population change

World's biggest cities by population

City	Population
Chongqing	32.1M
Delhi	26.5M
Shanghai	24.9M
Beijing	21.9M
Chengdu	20.9M
Guangzhou	18.7M
Shenzhen	17.5M
Dhaka	16.8M
Istanbul	15.7M
Mumbai	15.4M
Lagos	15.1M
Karachi	14.9M
Kinshasa	14.6M
Tokyo	14.3M
Tianjin	13.9M
Moscow	13.3M
Xi'an	13M
Suzhou	12.7M
Zhengzhou	12.6M
Bangalore	12.3M

World population statistics

Life expectancy	73.8 years
Average age	33.8 years
Median age	31.6 years
Male:Female ratio	50.3:49.7
Fertility rate	2.2 births per woman
Population density	141.6 ppl/mi²

More about world's demographics

Topic pages:

Comparing 197 Countries: World Trends

World population counter: regions & countries with charts & maps