Current World Population Clock: 197 country counters [2026]

The current world population is 8,270,711,601 people, as of 2026 based on the UN estimation and the latest data.

The annual growth rate reached its peak in 1963 at 2.14% and declined to the current 0.92% 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 2085, the world population will reach 10.3B people and then will begin to decline.
Since 2000, the population of Earth has increased from 6.15B to 8.27B people (34.5% 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 0.08% (a gain of 518K people a year).
World population increases by 1 person every 0.43 seconds.

Population clocks

World	8309473806
Asia	4861527384
Africa	1600561986
Europe	744041683
Latin America	669578880
North America	386669507
Oceania	47094366

List of countries ranked by population

The table below lists 197 countries ranked by population as of 2026, based on the latest available data and GeoRank’s extrapolations. Most sources report that India surpassed China as the world’s most populous country in April 2023. However, World Bank data suggests that this occurred in late 2021. Such discrepancies are normal, as countries do not conduct censuses annually and population figures between census years are based on estimates and projections, which can vary between sources.

Rank	Country	Population	% of world	Annual growth 2006-2016	Annual growth 2016-2026	10-y change
1	India	1483314140	17.9%	1.46%	1.04%	+139,369,844
2	China	1403335670	16.9%	0.59%	0.11%	+15,545,670
3	United States	344434632	4.15%	0.83%	0.66%	+21,362,877
4	Indonesia	289027659	3.48%	1.31%	0.92%	+24,400,241
5	Pakistan	261421997	3.15%	2.25%	1.88%	+41,283,128
6	Nigeria	245016045	2.95%	3.11%	2.54%	+49,572,345
7	Brazil	213964342	2.57%	0.89%	0.53%	+10,746,228
8	Bangladesh	178936470	2.15%	0.98%	1.13%	+18,124,538
9	Russia	142643173	1.72%	0.14%	-0.16%	-2,372,287
10	Ethiopia	140722974	1.69%	3.22%	3.19%	+34,004,812
11	Mexico	133551566	1.61%	1.4%	0.92%	+11,300,215
12	Japan	122704252	1.48%	-0.06%	-0.34%	-4,371,748
13	Egypt	121012163	1.46%	2.29%	1.91%	+19,367,574
14	DR Congo	118386491	1.42%	3.85%	4.1%	+34,430,076
15	Philippines	118213646	1.42%	1.92%	1.08%	+11,477,927
16	Vietnam	102486146	1.23%	1.44%	0.9%	+8,486,029
17	Iran	93580141	1.13%	1.42%	1.17%	+9,767,913
18	Turkey	86225430	1.04%	1.32%	0.88%	+6,947,468
19	Germany	82830814	1%	-0.003%	0.06%	+482,145
20	Tanzania	73639263	0.89%	3.36%	3.68%	+19,815,250
21	Thailand	71565981	0.86%	0.64%	0.1%	+706,140
22	United Kingdom	70071289	0.84%	0.78%	0.68%	+4,465,289
23	France	68871753	0.83%	0.49%	0.32%	+2,147,649
24	South Africa	65829368	0.79%	1.45%	1.5%	+8,569,817
25	Kenya	59218766	0.71%	3.04%	2.3%	+11,079,079
26	Italy	58708169	0.71%	0.29%	-0.23%	-1,407,054
27	Myanmar	55361818	0.67%	0.78%	0.75%	+3,866,122
28	Colombia	54209462	0.65%	1.11%	1.43%	+6,771,950
29	Sudan	54156832	0.65%	2.9%	3.13%	+12,896,940
30	Uganda	53495325	0.64%	3.47%	3.79%	+14,696,173
31	South Korea	51624449	0.62%	0.57%	0.08%	+406,646
32	Spain	49323658	0.59%	0.46%	0.62%	+2,865,519
33	Iraq	48531417	0.58%	3.44%	2.62%	+10,061,790
34	Algeria	48345858	0.58%	2.15%	1.83%	+7,495,137
35	Argentina	46083022	0.55%	1.08%	0.5%	+2,182,709
36	Afghanistan	45682388	0.55%	3.65%	3.16%	+10,981,776
37	Yemen	43598646	0.52%	3.64%	3.58%	+11,489,636
38	Canada	42199836	0.51%	1.09%	1.69%	+6,089,033
39	Angola	40839390	0.49%	4.58%	3.99%	+11,656,320
40	Ukraine	40408451	0.49%	-0.35%	-1.14%	-5,208,381
41	Morocco	38938817	0.47%	1.38%	1.12%	+3,915,360
42	Uzbekistan	38082870	0.46%	1.72%	2.17%	+6,798,302
43	Saudi Arabia	37955120	0.46%	4.42%	2.26%	+7,000,922
44	Mozambique	37173146	0.45%	3.15%	3.6%	+9,836,041
45	Malaysia	36600906	0.44%	2.03%	1.51%	+4,811,221
46	Ghana	36032857	0.43%	2.74%	2.27%	+6,676,115
47	Poland	36007074	0.43%	-0.04%	-0.52%	-1,963,013
48	Peru	35105331	0.42%	0.9%	1.37%	+4,238,837
49	Madagascar	33936132	0.41%	3.23%	3%	+7,836,180
50	Ivory Coast	33910252	0.41%	2.65%	3.05%	+7,920,847
51	Cameroon	31045453	0.37%	3.36%	3.24%	+7,591,292
52	Nepal	29619950	0.36%	0.52%	0.6%	+1,664,488
53	Niger	29294628	0.35%	4.5%	4.16%	+8,608,875
54	Venezuela	28692435	0.35%	1.3%	-0.67%	-2,073,285
55	Australia	28010980	0.34%	1.83%	1.58%	+3,820,073
56	Syria	26956472	0.32%	-0.23%	4.04%	+7,762,638
57	North Korea	26668308	0.32%	0.48%	0.38%	+969,982
58	Mali	26322576	0.32%	3.72%	3.72%	+7,131,287
59	Burkina Faso	24880655	0.3%	3.45%	2.87%	+5,545,799
60	Taiwan	23229461	0.28%	0.3%	-0.12%	-286,484
61	Malawi	23086106	0.28%	3.3%	3.15%	+5,528,367
62	Zambia	22844606	0.27%	3.94%	3.51%	+5,930,183
63	Sri Lanka	21926160	0.26%	0.42%	0.34%	+717,160
64	Chad	21855137	0.26%	4.12%	4.46%	+6,740,482
65	Kazakhstan	21211812	0.26%	1.4%	1.55%	+2,848,212
66	Somalia	20653532	0.25%	3.07%	4.39%	+6,304,792
67	Chile	19992079	0.24%	1.06%	0.94%	+1,724,858
68	Senegal	19596169	0.24%	3.07%	3.03%	+4,561,648
69	Guatemala	19115361	0.23%	2.17%	1.75%	+2,846,601
70	Romania	18912567	0.23%	-0.7%	-0.4%	-789,700
71	Ecuador	18524711	0.22%	1.72%	1.22%	+2,019,572
72	Netherlands	18243998	0.22%	0.42%	0.71%	+1,213,684
73	Cambodia	18159213	0.22%	1.62%	1.45%	+2,306,410
74	Zimbabwe	17443108	0.21%	1.55%	1.95%	+2,842,814
75	Guinea	15624314	0.19%	2.79%	2.94%	+3,551,284
76	Benin	15358725	0.18%	3.46%	3.13%	+3,660,883
77	Rwanda	15062056	0.18%	2.82%	2.64%	+3,142,873
78	Burundi	14909238	0.18%	4.29%	3.27%	+3,669,787
79	Bolivia	12837312	0.15%	1.74%	1.48%	+1,657,292
80	South Sudan	12565048	0.15%	3.58%	1.6%	+1,734,946
81	Tunisia	12450912	0.15%	1.14%	0.8%	+922,238
82	Haiti	12106577	0.15%	1.58%	1.34%	+1,435,120
83	Belgium	11967185	0.14%	0.74%	0.56%	+635,763
84	UAE	11885001	0.14%	7.84%	3.3%	+2,949,906
85	Dominican Republic	11656588	0.14%	1.3%	1.05%	+1,105,158
86	Jordan	11538682	0.14%	5.57%	1.53%	+1,532,315
87	Honduras	11279259	0.14%	2.29%	1.98%	+1,866,879
88	Tajikistan	11080415	0.13%	2.56%	2.5%	+2,214,784
89	Papua New Guinea	11045681	0.13%	3.28%	2.33%	+2,083,963
90	Cuba	10893750	0.13%	-0.01%	-0.33%	-371,862
91	Portugal	10788071	0.13%	-0.19%	0.45%	+462,619
92	Czech Republic	10742283	0.13%	0.32%	0.17%	+175,951
93	Sweden	10665077	0.13%	0.93%	0.75%	+741,992
94	Greece	10371575	0.12%	-0.22%	-0.38%	-404,396
95	Israel	10334048	0.12%	2.12%	2.09%	+1,788,048
96	Azerbaijan	10333222	0.12%	1.5%	0.59%	+575,410
97	Hungary	9454659	0.11%	-0.31%	-0.31%	-305,096
98	Austria	9201502	0.11%	0.57%	0.53%	+464,834
99	Switzerland	9155878	0.11%	1.19%	0.93%	+782,540
100	Sierra Leone	9090531	0.11%	2.81%	2.62%	+1,885,203
101	Belarus	9025821	0.11%	-0.14%	-0.47%	-443,558
102	Togo	8873660	0.11%	2.93%	2.32%	+1,672,776
103	Laos	8027464	0.1%	1.59%	1.62%	+1,118,662
104	Turkmenistan	7800189	0.09%	2.36%	2.26%	+1,440,148
105	Libya	7580693	0.09%	1.09%	1.43%	+948,567
106	Kyrgyzstan	7505771	0.09%	1.83%	2.15%	+1,330,433
107	Nicaragua	7144725	0.09%	1.5%	1.46%	+912,059
108	Paraguay	7138671	0.09%	1.35%	1.42%	+889,545
109	Congo	6718789	0.08%	3.61%	2.86%	+1,496,253
110	Serbia	6500256	0.08%	-0.48%	-0.79%	-558,066
111	El Salvador	6404781	0.08%	0.33%	0.33%	+203,981
112	Bulgaria	6390149	0.08%	-0.93%	-0.73%	-503,990
113	Singapore	6167445	0.07%	2.74%	1%	+560,162
114	Denmark	6042125	0.07%	0.53%	0.55%	+314,115
115	Lebanon	5921719	0.07%	3.31%	-0.63%	-401,341
116	Liberia	5916561	0.07%	3.62%	2.44%	+1,160,953
117	CAR	5798457	0.07%	0.77%	2.3%	+1,084,794
118	Oman	5775345	0.07%	7.46%	3.15%	+1,384,468
119	Norway	5660666	0.07%	1.23%	0.81%	+426,147
120	Finland	5647947	0.07%	0.43%	0.28%	+152,644
121	Palestine	5563879	0.07%	2.82%	2.74%	+1,196,791
122	Ireland	5562212	0.07%	1.14%	1.68%	+799,490
123	Mauritania	5539189	0.07%	3.56%	3.55%	+1,452,532
124	New Zealand	5380024	0.06%	1.27%	1.41%	+665,924
125	Slovakia	5376239	0.06%	0.11%	-0.1%	-54,559
126	Costa Rica	5186356	0.06%	1.26%	0.66%	+319,358
127	Kuwait	4981316	0.06%	6.93%	2.44%	+977,220
128	Panama	4654479	0.06%	1.94%	1.55%	+625,393
129	Georgia	3934050	0.05%	-0.39%	0.55%	+206,545
130	Croatia	3849788	0.05%	-0.47%	-0.63%	-257,079
131	Eritrea	3722489	0.04%	1.56%	1.91%	+597,791
132	Mongolia	3630744	0.04%	2.03%	1.75%	+541,888
133	Uruguay	3382672	0.04%	0.27%	0.01%	+3,389
134	Namibia	3185686	0.04%	2.25%	3.06%	+746,473
135	Bosnia	3114736	0.04%	-1.45%	-1.03%	-358,267
136	Armenia	3064036	0.04%	-0.43%	0.24%	+71,736
137	Qatar	3058826	0.04%	15.5%	2.35%	+581,713
138	Gambia	2916990	0.04%	3.31%	2.77%	+633,221
139	Lithuania	2845693	0.03%	-1.2%	-0.11%	-31,632
140	Jamaica	2834177	0.03%	0.4%	0.09%	+24,262
141	Gabon	2676097	0.03%	3.92%	2.74%	+575,791
142	Botswana	2624853	0.03%	1.92%	1.75%	+390,077
143	Lesotho	2402837	0.03%	0.95%	1.28%	+272,415
144	Albania	2332078	0.03%	-1.01%	-1.33%	-357,391
145	Moldova	2328600	0.03%	-0.27%	-1.69%	-474,586
146	Guinea-Bissau	2323460	0.03%	2.94%	2.68%	+491,567
147	Slovenia	2128778	0.03%	0.29%	0.31%	+63,736
148	Equatorial Guinea	2008950	0.02%	5.23%	3.32%	+500,764
149	Latvia	1826986	0.02%	-1.17%	-0.68%	-132,551
150	North Macedonia	1811466	0.02%	-0.44%	-0.5%	-94,847
151	Bahrain	1649267	0.02%	4.82%	1.58%	+225,541
152	East Timor	1446322	0.02%	2.58%	1.77%	+218,010
153	Cyprus	1388591	0.02%	1.73%	1.22%	+151,479
154	Trinidad	1370916	0.02%	0.43%	0.13%	+17,021
155	Estonia	1347027	0.02%	-0.23%	0.24%	+31,237
156	Eswatini	1276995	0.02%	0.6%	1.11%	+127,488
157	Mauritius	1240721	0.01%	0.24%	-0.18%	-23,026
158	Djibouti	1207325	0.01%	2.13%	1.64%	+169,672
159	Fiji	939479	0.01%	0.32%	0.22%	+20,313
160	Comoros	907554	0.01%	2.27%	2.24%	+165,813
161	Solomon Islands	868694	0.01%	3.47%	3.11%	+206,315
162	Guyana	843423	0.01%	0.06%	1.05%	+79,875
163	Bhutan	805057	0.01%	1.15%	0.76%	+57,191
164	Luxembourg	697802	0.008%	2.31%	1.99%	+115,788
165	Suriname	648096	0.008%	1.2%	1.03%	+60,339
166	Montenegro	613759	0.007%	0.17%	-0.19%	-11,594
167	Malta	586345	0.007%	1.21%	2.9%	+131,840
168	Maldives	532468	0.006%	4.12%	2.01%	+89,160
169	Cape Verde	530853	0.006%	0.44%	0.36%	+18,299
170	Brunei	471596	0.006%	1.72%	1.03%	+44,032
171	Belize	431659	0.005%	2.67%	1.84%	+66,954
172	Bahamas	405486	0.005%	1.14%	0.45%	+17,431
173	Iceland	398674	0.005%	1.04%	1.89%	+63,235
174	Vanuatu	346488	0.004%	2.6%	2.73%	+74,401
175	Barbados	282789	0.003%	0.36%	0.11%	+3,191
176	Sao Tome	247495	0.003%	2.3%	2.15%	+43,806
177	Samoa	221158	0.003%	0.84%	0.87%	+17,659
178	Saint Lucia	180676	0.002%	0.54%	0.29%	+5,030
179	Curacao	156236	0.002%	1.3%	-0.21%	-3,428
180	Kiribati	139471	0.002%	1.85%	1.77%	+20,993
181	Seychelles	125859	0.002%	1.19%	3.29%	+31,182
182	Grenada	117405	0.001%	0.45%	0.2%	+2,275
183	Tonga	103283	0.001%	-0.07%	-0.21%	-2,241
184	Saint Vincent	99243	0.001%	-0.51%	-0.67%	-7,106
185	Antigua	94846	0.001%	1.16%	0.54%	+4,877
186	Andorra	84217	0.001%	-0.93%	1.67%	+12,036
187	Cayman Islands	77917	0.0009%	3.08%	2.35%	+14,817
188	Dominica	65501	0.0008%	0.12%	-0.59%	-4,105
189	Saint Kitts	47031	0.0006%	0.11%	-0.009%	-44
190	Liechtenstein	41400	0.0005%	0.76%	0.98%	+3,684
191	Monaco	38054	0.0005%	1.63%	0.21%	+778
192	Marshall Islands	35039	0.0004%	-0.82%	-2.66%	-12,670
193	San Marino	34159	0.0004%	0.97%	0.32%	+1,058
194	Palau	17620	0.0002%	-0.92%	-0.1%	-177
195	Nauru	12139	0.0001%	1.11%	0.89%	+989
196	Tuvalu	9349	0.0001%	0.87%	-1.45%	-1,581
197	Vatican	939	0.00001%	0.81%	-0.55%	-61

Top 5 countries by population, 1960–2100

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Year	Population
Year	India	China	Pakistan	Nigeria	DR Congo
2100	1,515,764,791	633,662,382	514,639,086	481,640,156	436,237,219
2099	1,523,450,562	644,307,192	513,762,873	481,456,918	433,289,774
2098	1,531,147,367	655,044,881	512,834,641	481,181,892	430,252,622
2097	1,538,780,583	665,876,462	511,842,588	480,838,161	427,149,320
2096	1,546,380,447	676,803,171	510,743,323	480,422,467	423,961,963
2095	1,553,964,615	687,828,883	509,544,194	479,938,579	420,678,721
2094	1,561,496,245	698,966,872	508,236,117	479,395,022	417,304,547
2093	1,568,975,448	710,235,681	506,871,405	478,769,369	413,867,290
2092	1,576,332,553	721,640,723	505,433,117	478,059,864	410,362,003
2091	1,583,655,135	733,187,178	503,929,591	477,236,907	406,763,717
2090	1,590,899,630	744,903,105	502,369,089	476,329,495	403,089,566
2089	1,598,026,427	756,812,472	500,764,988	475,326,347	399,334,389
2088	1,605,029,461	768,893,004	499,040,109	474,231,442	395,507,774
2087	1,611,883,136	781,128,909	497,294,229	473,035,563	391,613,249
2086	1,618,654,560	793,508,970	495,416,407	471,732,001	387,639,503
2085	1,625,282,641	806,043,039	493,469,269	470,328,175	383,604,733
2084	1,631,712,094	818,709,832	491,457,322	468,806,172	379,495,246
2083	1,637,989,363	831,420,518	489,327,293	467,187,453	375,330,369
2082	1,644,062,886	844,177,036	487,086,584	465,472,417	371,124,615
2081	1,649,962,836	856,996,835	484,774,651	463,643,190	366,878,238
2080	1,655,654,966	869,821,040	482,358,125	461,705,493	362,574,665
2079	1,661,116,882	882,622,985	479,913,540	459,644,523	358,227,097
2078	1,666,332,415	895,372,147	477,377,443	457,477,264	353,821,014
2077	1,671,298,348	908,082,676	474,692,907	455,218,871	349,368,182
2076	1,676,004,895	920,776,984	471,877,807	452,849,991	344,866,731
2075	1,680,459,350	933,459,600	468,953,317	450,367,356	340,338,504
2074	1,684,595,952	946,141,456	465,972,364	447,789,885	335,761,691
2073	1,688,431,647	958,870,128	462,907,667	445,117,028	331,157,281
2072	1,691,990,872	971,639,931	459,752,452	442,340,440	326,505,656
2071	1,695,203,041	984,469,009	456,518,761	439,464,323	321,830,769
2070	1,698,107,519	997,391,342	453,190,545	436,505,329	317,104,580
2069	1,700,664,858	1,010,450,818	449,749,441	433,437,998	312,349,776
2068	1,702,876,723	1,023,633,867	446,219,879	430,286,232	307,566,932
2067	1,704,723,837	1,036,979,285	442,632,987	427,032,499	302,762,490
2066	1,706,198,000	1,050,453,924	438,970,919	423,702,640	297,932,241
2065	1,707,391,009	1,064,051,499	435,260,675	420,285,359	293,081,284
2064	1,708,212,818	1,077,787,979	431,484,424	416,778,394	288,211,987
2063	1,708,696,045	1,091,571,021	427,665,121	413,198,800	283,315,009
2062	1,708,862,369	1,105,429,748	423,724,764	409,551,159	278,399,192
2061	1,708,717,131	1,119,286,514	419,759,602	405,827,482	273,464,914
2060	1,708,195,453	1,133,115,260	415,724,868	402,041,765	268,520,814
2059	1,707,339,651	1,146,818,251	411,662,239	398,197,311	263,570,338
2058	1,706,165,210	1,160,340,554	407,514,159	394,284,767	258,622,778
2057	1,704,656,327	1,173,596,480	403,318,028	390,311,065	253,685,085
2056	1,702,865,262	1,186,578,041	399,031,614	386,267,580	248,748,321
2055	1,700,741,939	1,199,197,172	394,728,055	382,162,992	243,814,854
2054	1,698,325,374	1,211,403,028	390,385,410	378,000,511	238,885,417
2053	1,695,513,304	1,223,160,257	386,003,289	373,769,779	233,971,468
2052	1,692,384,182	1,234,474,716	381,568,312	369,472,476	229,073,420
2051	1,688,910,288	1,245,255,938	377,096,921	365,120,741	224,197,775
2050	1,685,088,884	1,255,501,171	372,554,619	360,706,317	219,354,949
2049	1,680,936,533	1,265,281,319	367,986,189	356,243,287	214,547,398
2048	1,676,430,514	1,274,572,888	363,386,382	351,724,743	209,774,448
2047	1,671,532,064	1,283,393,445	358,734,325	347,142,279	205,040,532
2046	1,666,226,180	1,291,830,414	354,003,639	342,505,549	200,341,405
2045	1,660,522,084	1,299,855,379	349,228,953	337,807,869	195,693,533
2044	1,654,412,346	1,307,510,531	344,443,561	333,050,132	191,087,342
2043	1,647,924,060	1,314,885,869	339,631,894	328,230,652	186,534,055
2042	1,640,993,579	1,322,032,311	334,801,403	323,363,366	182,033,706
2041	1,633,629,291	1,328,936,491	329,944,530	318,443,989	177,583,290
2040	1,625,848,393	1,335,577,799	325,107,264	313,468,061	173,191,594
2039	1,617,677,625	1,341,989,157	320,203,920	308,450,008	168,846,440
2038	1,609,097,629	1,348,134,255	315,273,196	303,399,842	164,551,895
2037	1,600,073,012	1,354,107,817	310,377,446	298,327,800	160,316,591
2036	1,590,593,050	1,359,866,705	305,472,156	293,227,654	156,099,100
2035	1,580,726,905	1,365,387,904	300,604,245	288,115,630	151,924,296
2034	1,570,491,868	1,370,679,807	295,748,602	282,995,818	147,782,785
2033	1,559,906,905	1,375,744,986	290,911,874	277,875,880	143,684,929
2032	1,548,963,391	1,380,528,766	286,130,352	272,747,599	139,642,368
2031	1,537,676,208	1,385,048,521	281,410,647	267,645,657	135,634,548
2030	1,526,059,268	1,389,269,809	276,766,735	262,562,767	131,685,113
2029	1,514,142,607	1,393,241,425	272,246,760	257,484,616	127,793,612
2028	1,501,971,477	1,396,917,178	267,784,548	252,445,821	123,956,913
2027	1,489,498,223	1,400,271,033	263,445,027	247,437,680	120,188,952
2026	1,476,782,637	1,403,335,670	259,285,315	242,458,365	116,482,769
2025	1,463,865,525	1,406,585,000	255,219,554	237,527,782	112,832,473
2024	1,450,935,791	1,408,975,000	251,269,164	232,679,478	109,276,265
2023	1,438,069,596	1,410,710,000	247,504,495	227,882,945	105,789,731
2022	1,425,423,212	1,412,175,000	243,700,667	223,150,896	102,396,968
2021	1,414,203,896	1,412,360,000	239,477,801	218,529,286	99,148,932
2020	1,402,617,695	1,411,100,000	235,001,746	213,996,181	95,989,998
2019	1,389,030,312	1,407,745,000	230,800,899	209,485,641	92,947,442
2018	1,374,659,064	1,402,760,000	226,928,892	204,938,755	90,047,644
2017	1,359,657,400	1,396,215,000	223,273,967	200,254,579	87,083,398
2016	1,343,944,296	1,387,790,000	220,138,869	195,443,700	83,956,415
2015	1,328,024,498	1,379,860,000	217,290,883	190,671,878	81,035,531
2014	1,312,277,191	1,371,860,000	214,264,647	185,896,915	78,403,242
2013	1,295,829,511	1,363,240,000	211,073,978	181,049,443	75,789,395
2012	1,278,674,502	1,354,190,000	207,667,125	176,200,625	73,254,618
2011	1,261,224,954	1,345,035,000	203,746,065	171,379,598	70,849,311
2010	1,243,481,564	1,337,705,000	199,239,047	166,642,886	68,563,038
2009	1,225,524,753	1,331,260,000	194,376,534	162,049,464	66,412,044
2008	1,207,930,964	1,324,655,000	189,499,113	157,595,014	64,390,664
2007	1,190,676,021	1,317,885,000	184,493,231	153,267,261	62,477,752
2006	1,172,878,890	1,311,020,000	179,682,690	149,077,334	60,615,908
2005	1,154,676,322	1,303,720,000	175,453,212	145,017,253	58,775,724
2004	1,135,991,513	1,296,075,000	171,286,000	141,057,045	56,997,741
2003	1,116,803,006	1,288,400,000	167,110,248	137,202,644	55,343,867
2002	1,097,600,380	1,280,400,000	163,222,549	133,471,989	53,750,524
2001	1,077,898,575	1,271,850,000	159,270,907	129,862,595	52,132,646
2000	1,057,922,733	1,262,645,000	154,879,127	126,382,494	50,507,442
1999	1,038,225,823	1,252,735,000	150,565,377	123,047,320	48,912,971
1998	1,018,665,080	1,241,935,000	146,522,356	119,846,254	47,297,600
1997	999,133,762	1,230,075,000	142,531,804	116,754,792	46,029,902
1996	979,678,458	1,217,550,000	138,557,092	113,754,779	45,296,124
1995	960,301,044	1,204,855,000	134,582,253	110,819,428	44,433,704
1994	941,163,767	1,191,835,000	130,748,083	107,935,714	42,626,876
1993	922,118,387	1,178,440,000	127,020,117	105,122,069	40,656,336
1992	902,957,070	1,164,970,000	123,546,848	102,372,770	39,228,910
1991	883,927,600	1,150,780,000	120,060,406	99,720,162	37,925,817
1990	864,972,221	1,135,185,000	116,155,576	97,120,925	36,684,063
1989	846,039,529	1,118,650,000	112,336,629	94,531,014	35,486,866
1988	827,342,990	1,101,630,000	108,724,739	92,020,090	34,382,752
1987	808,931,270	1,084,035,000	105,130,717	89,591,716	33,298,904
1986	790,689,978	1,066,790,000	101,606,764	87,235,953	32,265,196
1985	772,647,793	1,051,040,000	98,229,285	84,897,973	31,264,816
1984	754,875,449	1,036,825,000	95,164,936	82,526,443	30,245,081
1983	737,372,681	1,023,310,000	92,227,711	80,438,260	29,250,963
1982	720,313,473	1,008,630,000	89,089,246	78,378,701	28,338,190
1981	703,696,250	993,885,000	85,802,049	76,068,103	27,500,515
1980	687,354,025	981,235,000	82,291,010	73,764,641	26,711,099
1979	671,155,747	969,005,000	78,997,039	71,498,242	25,886,782
1978	655,728,229	956,165,000	76,307,379	69,326,532	24,992,689
1977	640,801,103	943,455,000	73,901,827	67,234,590	24,229,061
1976	625,861,883	930,685,000	71,620,254	65,258,009	23,624,031
1975	611,309,535	916,395,000	69,461,175	63,410,815	23,021,101
1974	597,041,391	900,350,000	67,415,487	61,679,144	22,418,878
1973	583,465,598	881,940,000	65,461,912	60,082,139	21,827,665
1972	570,482,142	862,030,000	63,583,194	58,601,748	21,251,160
1971	558,096,387	841,105,000	61,847,899	57,214,684	20,695,569
1970	545,864,268	818,315,000	60,166,719	55,893,838	20,137,436
1969	533,880,544	796,025,000	58,460,939	54,631,914	19,570,445
1968	522,716,889	774,510,000	56,810,507	53,432,783	19,012,189
1967	511,606,372	754,550,000	55,214,768	52,293,065	18,462,782
1966	500,740,247	735,400,000	53,678,667	51,188,234	17,931,929
1965	490,140,146	715,185,000	52,209,010	50,086,764	17,427,802
1964	479,229,598	698,355,000	50,799,999	49,012,016	16,955,327
1963	468,138,575	682,335,000	49,447,776	47,973,575	16,507,599
1962	457,283,090	665,770,000	48,156,128	46,965,292	16,075,724
1961	446,564,729	660,330,000	46,921,277	45,989,310	15,662,374
1960	435,990,338	667,070,000	45,709,310	45,053,782	15,264,846

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026–2100, retrieved 2026-07-08); World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08).

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In 2026, 5 most populous countries are:

India (1.48B)
China (1.4B)
United States (344M)
Indonesia (288M)
Pakistan (259M)

By 2100, the top 5 is projected to change:

India (1.52B)
China (634M)
Pakistan (515M)
Nigeria (482M)
DR Congo (436M)

The United States is projected to drop to 6th place at 415M.

Top 10 countries by population: bar chart race

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Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026–2100, retrieved 2026-07-08); World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08).

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The list below ranks 16 most populous countries in 1960 and shows how their populations are projected to change by 2100.

India: 1.48B → 1.52B — gain of 2.64%
China: 1.4B → 634M — loss of 54.8%
United States: 344M → 415M — gain of 20.9%
Indonesia: 288M → 297M — gain of 3.23%
Pakistan: 259M → 515M — gain of 98.5%
Nigeria: 242M → 482M — gain of 98.6%
Brazil: 214M → 164M — loss of 23.1%
Bangladesh: 178M → 210M — gain of 18.3%
Russia: 143M → 126M — loss of 11.9%
Ethiopia: 139M → 371M — gain of 167.1%

World population map

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Data sources: World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-07-08); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); National Statistics, Taiwan (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2000–2019, retrieved 2026-07-08).

GeoRank.org/population | CC BY

This is a series of animated maps illustrating the distribution of the population by country for each year from 1960 to 2026. Each country is color-coded according to its population range.

Map of population growth rate by year

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Data sources: World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-07-08); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); National Statistics, Taiwan (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2000–2019, retrieved 2026-07-08).

GeoRank.org/population | CC BY

This world map displays the percentage change in population by year for every country around the globe.

Map of absolute population change by year

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Data sources: World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-07-08); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); National Statistics, Taiwan (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2000–2019, retrieved 2026-07-08).

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The map plots how many people in total each country gained or lost each year.

Net migration and foreign-born population by country

The table below presents 196 countries ranked by net migration, the number of foreign-born residents, and the share of foreign-born residents in the total population. Globally, 303M people live in a country other than the one in which they were born, representing 3.73% of the world’s population.

Rank	Country	Migration, 2025	Foreign-born	Foreign-born, %
1	Ukraine	+1,702,358	5,064,173	13.4%
2	United States	+1,230,663	52,375,047	15.2%
3	Syria	+421,693	896,042	3.6%
4	United Kingdom	+389,911	11,845,479	17.1%
5	Canada	+326,204	8,805,839	22.2%
6	Sudan	+291,469	2,397,113	4.8%
7	Malaysia	+166,615	3,806,514	10.7%
8	UAE	+158,634	8,157,000	74%
9	South Africa	+146,370	2,631,100	4.1%
10	Japan	+140,579	3,409,529	2.8%
11	Australia	+137,109	8,111,404	30.4%
12	Colombia	+129,139	3,063,518	5.8%
13	Saudi Arabia	+119,738	13,683,841	40.3%
14	Iran	+116,786	3,840,654	4.2%
15	Oman	+113,734	2,283,366	43.2%
16	Netherlands	+104,681	2,956,518	16.2%
17	Spain	+96,630	8,870,527	18.5%
18	France	+91,737	9,186,757	13.8%
19	Italy	+75,448	6,553,671	11%
20	South Korea	+65,731	1,811,507	3.5%
21	Chile	+51,712	1,538,324	7.8%
22	Sweden	+47,079	2,272,158	21.4%
23	Taiwan	+47,029	n/a	n/a
24	Kuwait	+42,775	3,323,191	67.3%
25	Switzerland	+37,253	2,773,840	31.1%
26	Qatar	+36,288	2,337,000	76.7%
27	Ireland	+35,417	1,216,237	23.1%
28	Belgium	+31,989	2,349,032	20%
29	Norway	+29,798	1,012,404	18.2%
30	Thailand	+27,509	3,179,399	4.4%
31	Ethiopia	+24,054	1,168,455	0.9%
32	Denmark	+22,103	847,475	14.2%
33	Finland	+18,246	514,432	9.2%
34	Bahrain	+18,128	840,202	52.3%
35	New Zealand	+17,403	1,467,989	28.2%
36	Singapore	+16,892	2,841,665	48.7%
37	Greece	+16,636	1,423,964	14.2%
38	Portugal	+16,472	1,127,184	10.8%
39	Turkmenistan	+13,268	193,763	2.6%
40	Somalia	+12,077	77,972	0.4%
41	Peru	+11,931	1,837,219	5.4%
42	Israel	+11,466	2,091,569	22.3%
43	Ivory Coast	+11,305	2,880,839	9%
44	Austria	+11,254	2,327,064	25.5%
45	Azerbaijan	+8,731	218,460	2.1%
46	Cyprus	+7,749	202,062	14.9%
47	Zambia	+6,562	249,205	1.2%
48	Rwanda	+6,282	513,316	3.6%
49	Panama	+6,151	477,749	10.6%
50	South Sudan	+6,145	914,001	7.7%
51	Luxembourg	+5,237	344,309	51.2%
52	Malta	+5,161	199,466	37%
53	Equatorial Guinea	+3,812	248,930	13.2%
54	Argentina	+2,859	1,958,039	4.3%
55	Slovenia	+2,711	315,122	14.9%
56	Iceland	+2,709	98,818	25.1%
57	Namibia	+1,866	116,035	3.8%
58	Kyrgyzstan	+1,815	194,816	2.7%
59	Solomon Islands	+1,631	2,469	0.3%
60	Seychelles	+1,590	13,261	10.2%
61	Georgia	+1,283	81,582	2.1%
62	Gabon	+1,116	449,746	17.7%
63	Costa Rica	+1,000	628,404	12.2%
64	Bahamas	+935	67,285	16.8%
65	Cayman Islands	+888	31,935	42.9%
66	Andorra	+843	48,408	59.1%
67	Trinidad	+691	113,478	7.5%
68	Curacao	+470	80,020	43.1%
69	Bhutan	+455	55,705	7%
70	Belize	+360	68,706	16.5%
71	Liechtenstein	+194	27,669	69.4%
72	San Marino	+122	5,838	17.4%
73	Monaco	+100	27,106	70.2%
74	Mongolia	+79	22,589	0.6%
75	Saint Kitts	+18	7,958	17%
76	Antigua	+12	30,473	32.5%
77	Brunei	+0	119,933	25.9%
78	Palau	-16	5,212	29.5%
79	Saint Lucia	-23	8,079	4.5%
80	Vanuatu	-52	3,315	1%
81	Barbados	-87	35,187	12.5%
82	Nauru	-122	2,548	21.3%
83	Libya	-172	897,751	12.2%
84	Grenada	-185	7,340	6.3%
85	Dominica	-242	8,440	12.7%
86	Tuvalu	-255	246	2.6%
87	Papua New Guinea	-284	31,171	0.3%
88	Kiribati	-462	3,302	2.5%
89	Djibouti	-581	125,996	10.8%
90	Sao Tome	-650	1,955	0.8%
91	Saint Vincent	-714	4,820	4.8%
92	Suriname	-967	51,902	8.2%
93	Iraq	-1,064	370,980	0.8%
94	Cape Verde	-1,284	16,515	3.1%
95	Uruguay	-1,338	160,064	4.7%
96	Guinea-Bissau	-1,373	15,064	0.7%
97	Marshall Islands	-1,698	3,309	8.8%
98	Comoros	-2,127	12,449	1.4%
99	Tonga	-2,150	3,581	3.4%
100	Madagascar	-2,227	38,625	0.1%
101	Maldives	-2,283	75,099	14.2%
102	East Timor	-2,550	8,303	0.6%
103	Mauritius	-2,784	29,142	2.3%
104	North Korea	-2,787	50,439	0.2%
105	Samoa	-2,815	3,843	1.8%
106	Bulgaria	-2,961	299,100	4.4%
107	Gambia	-2,984	236,137	8.6%
108	Congo	-2,999	385,589	6.1%
109	Belarus	-3,020	1,054,604	11.6%
110	Bolivia	-3,179	183,234	1.5%
111	Fiji	-3,288	14,362	1.5%
112	Croatia	-3,481	527,831	13.6%
113	Angola	-3,524	676,507	1.8%
114	Honduras	-4,778	39,901	0.4%
115	Mauritania	-5,044	195,937	3.8%
116	Guyana	-5,092	54,175	6.5%
117	Lesotho	-5,192	15,039	0.6%
118	Malawi	-5,628	186,719	0.9%
119	North Macedonia	-5,645	150,902	8.3%
120	Botswana	-5,665	116,402	4.6%
121	Eswatini	-5,775	33,268	2.7%
122	Eritrea	-6,698	12,512	0.4%
123	Uzbekistan	-6,987	1,154,963	3.2%
124	Bosnia	-6,994	34,120	1.1%
125	Latvia	-7,330	220,471	11.8%
126	Niger	-7,704	449,236	1.7%
127	Benin	-7,847	418,202	2.9%
128	Guatemala	-7,959	92,732	0.5%
129	Nicaragua	-8,371	43,757	0.6%
130	Kazakhstan	-8,834	2,089,797	10.1%
131	Montenegro	-9,279	92,237	14.4%
132	Liberia	-9,870	72,423	1.3%
133	Lebanon	-10,230	1,422,583	24.5%
134	Laos	-10,645	51,446	0.7%
135	Jamaica	-11,053	24,007	0.8%
136	Sierra Leone	-11,309	49,997	0.6%
137	Paraguay	-12,423	180,837	2.6%
138	Senegal	-12,636	281,867	1.5%
139	Tanzania	-12,730	462,371	0.7%
140	Serbia	-13,086	712,550	10.6%
141	Estonia	-13,350	203,046	14.9%
142	Tunisia	-14,523	63,201	0.5%
143	CAR	-14,693	94,556	1.8%
144	Togo	-15,010	281,994	3%
145	Nigeria	-15,258	1,403,281	0.6%
146	Cameroon	-15,379	642,948	2.2%
147	Guinea	-16,282	117,416	0.8%
148	Yemen	-16,291	392,997	1%
149	Hungary	-16,331	689,565	7.1%
150	Ghana	-17,079	532,286	1.5%
151	Ecuador	-17,219	747,749	4.1%
152	Tajikistan	-21,606	276,777	2.6%
153	Cuba	-22,244	2,144	0.12%
154	Palestine	-23,156	272,481	5%
155	El Salvador	-23,934	43,342	0.7%
156	Albania	-24,230	46,377	1.7%
157	Lithuania	-24,618	175,194	6.1%
158	Burkina Faso	-27,130	739,820	3.1%
159	DR Congo	-27,309	1,085,090	1%
160	Kenya	-27,330	992,536	1.8%
161	Algeria	-27,531	259,458	0.6%
162	Armenia	-29,013	274,645	9.2%
163	Romania	-29,041	655,579	3.4%
164	Moldova	-29,766	188,207	6.2%
165	Sri Lanka	-30,724	40,698	0.2%
166	Slovakia	-31,377	323,991	5.9%
167	Cambodia	-31,469	83,925	0.5%
168	Haiti	-32,052	19,581	0.2%
169	Burundi	-34,727	387,101	2.8%
170	Dominican Republic	-35,306	738,667	6.5%
171	Indonesia	-39,509	445,726	0.2%
172	Myanmar	-39,661	79,052	0.1%
173	Mali	-48,019	545,323	2.2%
174	Vietnam	-48,171	326,418	0.3%
175	Zimbabwe	-54,555	429,108	2.6%
176	Morocco	-56,254	111,069	0.3%
177	Egypt	-57,305	1,139,820	1%
178	Mozambique	-65,573	353,143	1%
179	Afghanistan	-74,404	98,110	0.2%
180	Venezuela	-100,467	1,263,304	4.4%
181	Mexico	-108,037	1,726,089	1.3%
182	Czech Republic	-112,188	1,025,199	9.5%
183	Uganda	-119,059	2,057,759	4.1%
184	Chad	-123,104	1,269,673	6.3%
185	Philippines	-149,315	87,212	0.1%
186	Brazil	-217,283	1,406,299	0.7%
187	Russia	-251,822	7,605,774	5.3%
188	Turkey	-258,205	7,083,501	8.1%
189	China	-268,126	1,638,718	0.1%
190	Jordan	-303,267	5,280,168	45.7%
191	Poland	-330,820	1,739,901	4.5%
192	Germany	-334,072	16,750,084	19.8%
193	Nepal	-364,699	470,719	1.6%
194	Bangladesh	-402,100	2,906,338	1.7%
195	India	-495,753	4,796,255	0.3%
196	Pakistan	-1,235,336	4,175,958	1.7%

Net migration change by country

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Data sources: World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); National Statistics, Taiwan (1966–2024, retrieved 2026-07-08).

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The map above shows net migration change by country by year to show whether migration is contributing to population growth or decline.

World population history & projection chart

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Year	Population
Year	World	Asia	Africa	Europe	Latin America	North America	Oceania
2100	10,242,978,231	4,641,182,120	3,848,050,828	594,203,338	614,890,843	471,262,757	73,388,345
2099	10,254,750,361	4,662,902,382	3,833,735,648	595,885,623	618,595,567	470,479,325	73,151,816
2098	10,265,789,759	4,684,559,705	3,818,788,084	597,533,176	622,309,341	469,692,503	72,906,950
2097	10,276,054,735	4,706,074,228	3,803,293,690	599,180,018	626,021,079	468,843,025	72,642,695
2096	10,285,551,894	4,727,445,050	3,787,144,773	600,829,018	629,732,718	468,021,140	72,379,195
2095	10,294,296,569	4,748,635,892	3,770,514,291	602,440,163	633,435,790	467,149,827	72,120,606
2094	10,302,226,282	4,769,696,215	3,753,275,961	604,008,874	637,122,854	466,258,154	71,864,224
2093	10,309,376,941	4,790,580,150	3,735,443,057	605,585,183	640,796,436	465,378,981	71,593,134
2092	10,315,736,168	4,811,274,017	3,717,025,317	607,198,630	644,437,268	464,487,987	71,312,949
2091	10,321,322,823	4,831,848,721	3,697,995,045	608,802,189	648,059,250	463,591,491	71,026,127
2090	10,326,147,756	4,852,321,975	3,678,242,093	610,451,980	651,656,679	462,740,221	70,734,808
2089	10,330,204,326	4,872,683,052	3,657,876,159	612,107,290	655,220,301	461,862,931	70,454,593
2088	10,333,475,517	4,892,831,978	3,637,053,417	613,757,759	658,743,048	460,928,567	70,160,748
2087	10,335,946,235	4,912,789,424	3,615,534,905	615,440,225	662,230,414	460,072,647	69,878,620
2086	10,337,566,533	4,932,650,089	3,593,249,383	617,176,483	665,678,027	459,212,698	69,599,853
2085	10,338,310,567	4,952,116,340	3,570,447,938	618,943,698	669,070,149	458,406,514	69,325,928
2084	10,338,123,730	4,971,233,734	3,547,180,399	620,723,974	672,399,141	457,533,867	69,052,615
2083	10,336,998,326	4,990,144,647	3,523,257,949	622,524,996	675,669,113	456,638,912	68,762,709
2082	10,334,853,682	5,008,586,866	3,498,794,125	624,366,313	678,880,876	455,746,802	68,478,700
2081	10,331,713,231	5,026,663,262	3,473,847,935	626,224,709	682,034,569	454,760,981	68,181,775
2080	10,327,458,787	5,044,145,131	3,448,289,654	628,150,266	685,117,738	453,867,160	67,888,838
2079	10,322,073,841	5,061,100,082	3,422,167,826	630,143,401	688,122,992	452,944,108	67,595,432
2078	10,315,523,427	5,077,670,975	3,395,372,289	632,177,157	691,049,043	451,958,581	67,295,382
2077	10,307,747,595	5,093,607,822	3,368,011,200	634,281,111	693,886,369	450,970,413	66,990,680
2076	10,298,807,563	5,108,902,858	3,340,261,093	636,396,033	696,630,258	449,926,508	66,690,813
2075	10,288,701,738	5,123,720,617	3,311,910,784	638,567,581	699,287,408	448,829,708	66,385,640
2074	10,277,426,230	5,137,837,339	3,283,031,616	640,846,196	701,851,305	447,783,996	66,075,778
2073	10,265,004,459	5,151,294,921	3,253,734,116	643,177,765	704,328,041	446,703,660	65,765,956
2072	10,251,478,433	5,164,273,959	3,223,894,676	645,538,987	706,699,899	445,619,719	65,451,193
2071	10,236,840,428	5,176,686,069	3,193,593,778	647,984,058	708,970,837	444,468,476	65,137,210
2070	10,221,162,532	5,188,474,867	3,162,899,419	650,479,698	711,142,870	443,351,444	64,814,234
2069	10,204,464,479	5,199,802,422	3,131,753,944	653,035,510	713,202,979	442,187,898	64,481,726
2068	10,186,727,674	5,210,518,797	3,100,225,598	655,637,367	715,152,305	441,050,934	64,142,673
2067	10,167,973,834	5,220,845,512	3,068,176,805	658,276,221	716,986,946	439,888,226	63,800,124
2066	10,148,221,326	5,230,529,879	3,035,779,155	660,985,302	718,710,200	438,762,259	63,454,531
2065	10,127,496,728	5,239,662,461	3,002,969,064	663,764,070	720,315,728	437,670,698	63,114,707
2064	10,105,763,205	5,248,245,850	2,969,762,574	666,575,842	721,788,244	436,610,773	62,779,922
2063	10,083,020,386	5,256,244,885	2,936,246,052	669,416,402	723,142,101	435,536,216	62,434,730
2062	10,059,220,272	5,263,652,283	2,902,358,887	672,279,057	724,368,908	434,473,698	62,087,439
2061	10,034,314,265	5,270,527,404	2,867,983,018	675,163,572	725,463,649	433,436,525	61,740,097
2060	10,008,219,974	5,276,529,716	2,833,376,316	678,034,407	726,431,915	432,459,128	61,388,492
2059	9,980,877,954	5,281,814,100	2,798,363,792	680,934,347	727,264,776	431,467,606	61,033,333
2058	9,952,212,937	5,286,100,059	2,763,243,314	683,803,980	727,945,518	430,456,714	60,663,352
2057	9,922,152,971	5,289,349,124	2,727,874,782	686,634,501	728,499,057	429,498,207	60,297,300
2056	9,890,622,277	5,291,593,130	2,692,165,808	689,434,590	728,903,955	428,595,622	59,929,172
2055	9,857,588,181	5,292,787,875	2,656,181,611	692,193,805	729,159,760	427,715,441	59,549,689
2054	9,822,975,248	5,292,896,185	2,619,986,744	694,837,010	729,271,150	426,818,918	59,165,241
2053	9,786,640,954	5,291,714,188	2,583,627,100	697,419,664	729,230,387	425,866,751	58,782,864
2052	9,748,601,340	5,289,453,373	2,547,002,453	699,824,398	729,023,059	424,900,809	58,397,248
2051	9,708,817,546	5,285,960,684	2,510,124,736	702,161,434	728,667,153	423,902,465	58,001,074
2050	9,667,304,155	5,281,058,188	2,473,206,443	704,406,174	728,142,665	422,888,937	57,601,748
2049	9,624,045,174	5,274,807,696	2,436,112,379	706,580,246	727,480,932	421,863,757	57,200,164
2048	9,579,069,811	5,267,375,599	2,398,833,478	708,642,597	726,637,773	420,798,702	56,781,662
2047	9,532,398,773	5,258,700,732	2,361,396,324	710,625,785	725,630,322	419,672,329	56,373,281
2046	9,484,096,906	5,248,728,425	2,323,921,558	712,512,148	724,460,980	418,526,124	55,947,671
2045	9,434,271,018	5,237,604,996	2,286,360,137	714,354,205	723,128,145	417,301,677	55,521,858
2044	9,382,952,687	5,225,391,088	2,248,657,842	716,153,148	721,616,746	416,037,011	55,096,852
2043	9,330,248,186	5,212,138,832	2,210,873,300	717,918,850	719,937,870	414,710,487	54,668,847
2042	9,276,242,668	5,197,903,056	2,173,110,362	719,613,611	718,077,619	413,303,529	54,234,491
2041	9,220,975,099	5,182,612,683	2,135,326,815	721,298,227	716,048,929	411,889,173	53,799,272
2040	9,164,455,791	5,166,281,138	2,097,550,910	722,988,523	713,841,132	410,428,098	53,365,990
2039	9,106,884,172	5,149,015,534	2,059,830,022	724,710,032	711,476,026	408,918,636	52,933,922
2038	9,048,176,973	5,130,836,542	2,022,197,929	726,382,244	708,939,742	407,329,613	52,490,903
2037	8,988,479,017	5,111,766,956	1,984,633,548	728,052,801	706,260,340	405,714,059	52,051,313
2036	8,927,697,752	5,091,748,268	1,947,145,529	729,704,642	703,427,439	404,070,751	51,601,123
2035	8,865,947,008	5,070,907,006	1,909,734,108	731,315,535	700,439,336	402,402,212	51,148,811
2034	8,803,292,054	5,049,205,751	1,872,525,674	732,893,553	697,303,226	400,668,026	50,695,824
2033	8,739,752,729	5,026,558,376	1,835,547,041	734,443,919	694,034,154	398,930,362	50,238,877
2032	8,675,334,976	5,003,071,474	1,798,737,911	735,971,103	690,629,274	397,147,966	49,777,248
2031	8,610,014,517	4,978,717,174	1,762,066,044	737,510,252	687,085,385	395,329,399	49,306,263
2030	8,543,832,141	4,953,510,040	1,725,680,013	738,928,398	683,410,164	393,476,120	48,827,406
2029	8,476,840,967	4,927,535,360	1,689,497,394	740,268,292	679,603,985	391,591,816	48,344,120
2028	8,409,002,547	4,900,765,594	1,653,592,267	741,500,027	675,674,697	389,622,782	47,847,180
2027	8,340,316,332	4,873,209,505	1,617,885,654	742,630,949	671,593,733	387,654,290	47,342,201
2026	8,270,711,601	4,844,944,047	1,582,261,660	743,651,103	667,394,609	385,628,209	46,831,973
2025	8,200,677,479	4,816,649,267	1,546,877,498	744,330,603	663,039,707	383,472,792	46,307,612
2024	8,126,213,183	4,786,047,539	1,512,196,879	742,310,117	658,615,236	381,410,865	45,632,547
2023	8,046,175,374	4,754,180,764	1,477,881,002	740,278,472	654,045,002	375,002,810	44,787,324
2022	7,973,176,994	4,722,028,127	1,444,092,389	741,467,325	649,520,085	372,261,620	43,807,448
2021	7,904,431,924	4,690,491,056	1,411,047,316	743,857,959	645,605,207	370,174,976	43,255,410
2020	7,838,810,464	4,660,850,555	1,378,199,852	745,335,082	641,847,404	369,598,277	42,979,294
2019	7,760,240,351	4,623,316,581	1,345,445,900	745,867,316	637,289,596	365,992,455	42,328,503
2018	7,679,517,643	4,583,929,713	1,312,909,768	744,957,330	632,119,542	363,956,104	41,645,186
2017	7,597,308,058	4,543,423,558	1,280,484,750	744,107,439	626,639,688	361,713,732	40,938,891
2016	7,511,948,585	4,499,688,591	1,248,883,959	743,064,539	620,893,494	359,230,267	40,187,735
2015	7,425,004,031	4,454,777,293	1,217,838,276	741,467,322	614,971,734	356,492,292	39,457,114
2014	7,337,682,786	4,409,162,995	1,187,068,953	739,901,313	608,907,561	353,870,191	38,771,773
2013	7,249,787,979	4,362,474,575	1,156,712,420	738,612,773	602,699,535	351,191,620	38,097,056
2012	7,161,124,406	4,314,334,020	1,126,841,422	737,478,716	596,412,202	348,642,476	37,415,570
2011	7,071,647,721	4,264,549,277	1,098,199,053	736,128,526	590,051,592	345,974,609	36,744,664
2010	6,986,041,518	4,216,211,428	1,070,305,249	736,304,183	583,689,781	343,385,089	36,145,788
2009	6,901,447,716	4,170,075,034	1,042,878,126	735,225,856	577,311,912	340,453,617	35,503,171
2008	6,815,345,933	4,122,395,410	1,016,183,514	733,786,206	570,815,735	337,393,294	34,771,774
2007	6,729,368,557	4,074,555,345	990,197,701	732,138,302	564,233,999	334,172,128	34,071,082
2006	6,644,911,563	4,027,137,758	965,105,836	730,627,733	557,622,309	331,003,097	33,414,830
2005	6,560,843,556	3,978,895,561	940,755,470	729,548,236	550,979,692	327,811,237	32,853,360
2004	6,477,839,701	3,930,813,754	917,025,683	728,559,833	544,314,483	324,795,896	32,330,052
2003	6,394,914,981	3,882,236,900	894,023,406	727,515,986	537,508,054	321,802,033	31,828,602
2002	6,312,737,329	3,833,404,283	871,739,622	726,695,778	530,562,716	319,035,817	31,299,113
2001	6,230,364,871	3,783,492,489	850,057,869	726,532,415	523,451,920	316,040,933	30,789,245
2000	6,147,257,987	3,732,096,016	828,996,678	726,800,813	516,162,543	312,898,847	30,303,090
1999	6,064,066,634	3,680,192,628	808,543,422	727,100,584	508,634,695	309,746,201	29,849,104
1998	5,979,634,019	3,627,490,656	788,495,111	727,037,591	500,877,744	306,320,178	29,412,739
1997	5,894,094,045	3,573,331,924	768,949,687	726,911,984	493,046,951	302,866,967	28,986,532
1996	5,808,386,437	3,518,502,738	750,066,618	726,729,503	485,224,209	299,326,384	28,536,985
1995	5,722,640,575	3,463,638,663	731,305,285	726,378,945	477,344,168	295,907,668	28,065,846
1994	5,637,217,387	3,408,725,035	713,124,041	725,855,981	469,401,386	292,484,048	27,626,896
1993	5,551,417,947	3,353,387,833	695,263,816	725,114,194	461,438,026	288,987,209	27,226,869
1992	5,464,018,612	3,297,310,821	677,243,616	723,903,953	453,395,146	285,311,841	26,853,235
1991	5,375,659,492	3,240,147,491	659,822,004	722,351,476	445,308,848	281,575,491	26,454,182
1990	5,286,561,296	3,182,459,760	642,527,237	720,614,388	437,170,751	277,867,661	25,921,499
1989	5,196,469,213	3,124,250,234	625,147,378	718,435,546	428,980,461	274,139,589	25,516,005
1988	5,106,050,474	3,065,049,920	608,209,914	715,530,488	420,817,848	271,333,072	25,109,232
1987	5,015,979,647	3,005,713,960	591,458,375	712,641,065	412,662,503	268,776,365	24,727,379
1986	4,926,742,435	2,946,908,193	574,855,942	709,818,399	404,539,082	266,272,395	24,348,424
1985	4,839,853,099	2,889,995,005	558,583,693	707,043,593	396,414,663	263,803,611	24,012,534
1984	4,755,237,877	2,834,873,679	542,602,665	704,343,185	388,271,816	261,468,225	23,678,307
1983	4,672,226,765	2,780,555,450	527,257,505	701,723,587	380,134,749	259,193,276	23,362,198
1982	4,588,973,382	2,725,761,967	512,044,302	699,256,758	372,085,301	256,814,771	23,010,283
1981	4,506,469,865	2,671,990,386	496,748,115	696,617,670	364,175,089	254,317,676	22,620,929
1980	4,426,598,170	2,621,318,207	482,203,679	693,396,787	356,308,099	251,088,691	22,282,707
1979	4,349,886,552	2,571,934,900	468,375,978	689,822,558	348,458,564	249,286,769	22,007,783
1978	4,273,532,847	2,523,229,534	454,742,992	686,532,456	340,679,173	246,576,557	21,772,135
1977	4,199,153,617	2,475,523,335	441,893,205	683,243,045	332,986,371	243,993,174	21,514,487
1976	4,126,021,141	2,428,172,542	429,753,817	679,886,172	325,440,509	241,511,993	21,256,108
1975	4,052,401,763	2,380,168,204	417,699,100	676,367,319	318,023,566	239,142,628	21,000,946
1974	3,977,727,516	2,330,770,958	406,137,264	672,767,500	310,678,675	236,687,193	20,685,926
1973	3,901,661,955	2,279,578,902	395,099,181	668,962,962	303,399,233	234,425,146	20,196,531
1972	3,825,183,390	2,227,497,190	384,600,915	664,888,103	296,205,949	232,138,476	19,852,757
1971	3,749,443,106	2,176,000,192	374,626,969	660,578,991	289,112,581	229,646,075	19,478,298
1970	3,671,509,833	2,122,379,765	364,872,544	656,807,974	282,127,433	226,398,704	18,923,413
1969	3,595,834,651	2,069,952,833	355,347,266	653,039,088	275,208,609	223,726,251	18,560,604
1968	3,521,802,982	2,019,075,933	346,127,091	648,602,013	268,324,596	221,469,914	18,203,435
1967	3,450,290,691	1,970,386,938	337,237,745	644,128,205	261,501,072	219,142,711	17,894,020
1966	3,380,368,096	1,923,236,675	328,693,426	639,455,023	254,734,529	216,626,265	17,622,178
1965	3,310,473,261	1,876,016,640	320,496,734	634,694,182	248,032,066	213,998,365	17,235,274
1964	3,242,999,131	1,831,852,400	312,572,883	629,040,939	241,405,493	211,230,643	16,896,773
1963	3,176,058,942	1,788,336,146	304,901,660	623,170,056	234,876,326	208,222,100	16,552,654
1962	3,109,608,946	1,744,955,463	297,501,670	617,287,823	228,475,122	205,167,492	16,221,376
1961	3,055,256,868	1,713,437,567	290,363,830	611,423,820	222,226,709	201,977,700	15,827,242
1960	3,014,165,213	1,694,733,381	283,499,189	605,680,924	216,158,759	198,595,217	15,497,743

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026–2100, retrieved 2026-07-08); World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); National Statistics, Taiwan (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08).

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The world has grown significantly since 1960. The chart above 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 2060, and 10.2B in 2100.

Regional population statistics

Asia is the most populous region in the world, with over 4.86 billion people or over 58.5% of the world's population.

Africa is the second most populous region, with over 1.6 billion people. But Africa is the youngest and the fastest growing, with a median age of just 20.8 years old and annual growth of 2.3%.

Europe is third with 744M 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	4861527384	58.5%	0.65%	-2,347,039	1.81	33.6
2	Africa	1600561986	19.3%	2.3%	-380,275	4.06	20.8
3	Europe	744041683	8.95%	0.28%	+1,502,427	1.36	43.9
4	Latin America	669578880	8.06%	0.67%	-406,787	1.79	32.8
5	North America	386669507	4.65%	0.54%	+1,555,169	1.59	39.7
6	Oceania	47094366	0.57%	1.48%	+146,699	1.95	34.8

World population growth rate history graph

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Year	Growth rate
Year	Africa	Oceania	World	Latin America	Asia	North America	Europe
2025	2.3%	1.48%	0.92%	0.67%	0.65%	0.54%	0.28%
2024	2.33%	1.89%	0.97%	0.7%	0.68%	1.71%	0.28%
2023	2.35%	2.24%	0.93%	0.7%	0.7%	0.75%	-0.13%
2022	2.36%	1.28%	0.87%	0.61%	0.7%	0.57%	-0.25%
2021	2.4%	0.65%	0.84%	0.59%	0.65%	0.16%	-0.18%
2020	2.46%	1.54%	0.99%	0.73%	0.84%	0.99%	-0.05%
2019	2.51%	1.65%	1.05%	0.85%	0.88%	0.57%	0.14%
2018	2.56%	1.74%	1.08%	0.91%	0.91%	0.63%	0.13%
2017	2.58%	1.88%	1.14%	0.95%	1%	0.7%	0.16%
2016	2.6%	1.87%	1.17%	0.98%	1.04%	0.77%	0.24%
2015	2.64%	1.79%	1.19%	1.01%	1.07%	0.74%	0.24%
2014	2.67%	1.8%	1.21%	1.04%	1.11%	0.77%	0.2%
2013	2.69%	1.86%	1.24%	1.07%	1.18%	0.73%	0.18%
2012	2.65%	1.87%	1.27%	1.09%	1.23%	0.77%	0.21%
2011	2.66%	1.71%	1.23%	1.11%	1.22%	0.76%	0.002%
2010	2.69%	1.86%	1.22%	1.12%	1.16%	0.86%	0.18%
2009	2.69%	2.15%	1.26%	1.16%	1.24%	0.91%	0.23%
2008	2.69%	2.11%	1.28%	1.19%	1.26%	0.97%	0.27%
2007	2.67%	2.02%	1.27%	1.21%	1.27%	0.96%	0.26%
2006	2.67%	1.78%	1.28%	1.23%	1.31%	0.97%	0.2%
2005	2.67%	1.7%	1.28%	1.25%	1.32%	0.93%	0.19%
2004	2.66%	1.67%	1.3%	1.29%	1.35%	0.93%	0.2%
2003	2.65%	1.78%	1.3%	1.33%	1.39%	0.87%	0.17%
2002	2.65%	1.76%	1.32%	1.38%	1.44%	0.95%	0.09%
2001	2.65%	1.73%	1.35%	1.44%	1.49%	1.01%	0.03%
2000	2.64%	1.66%	1.37%	1.51%	1.52%	1.02%	0.01%
1999	2.65%	1.64%	1.41%	1.58%	1.58%	1.12%	0.05%
1998	2.64%	1.64%	1.45%	1.62%	1.64%	1.14%	0.06%
1997	2.6%	1.74%	1.47%	1.65%	1.69%	1.18%	0.07%
1996	2.67%	1.85%	1.5%	1.69%	1.73%	1.15%	0.09%
1995	2.69%	1.78%	1.52%	1.73%	1.76%	1.17%	0.12%
1994	2.75%	1.68%	1.55%	1.76%	1.83%	1.21%	0.15%
1993	2.75%	1.62%	1.6%	1.81%	1.91%	1.29%	0.21%
1992	2.73%	1.73%	1.64%	1.85%	1.96%	1.33%	0.26%
1991	2.76%	2.18%	1.68%	1.9%	1.95%	1.33%	0.28%
1990	2.83%	1.71%	1.76%	1.95%	2%	1.36%	0.32%
1989	2.83%	1.71%	1.77%	1.98%	2.09%	1.04%	0.41%
1988	2.89%	1.64%	1.79%	2.02%	2.12%	0.96%	0.4%
1987	2.93%	1.64%	1.81%	2.05%	2.15%	0.94%	0.39%
1986	2.94%	1.5%	1.79%	2.09%	2.13%	0.94%	0.38%
1985	2.96%	1.51%	1.78%	2.14%	2.13%	0.89%	0.37%
1984	2.92%	1.46%	1.77%	2.19%	2.15%	0.88%	0.36%
1983	3%	1.61%	1.81%	2.21%	2.19%	0.93%	0.34%
1982	3.11%	1.79%	1.83%	2.22%	2.17%	0.98%	0.37%
1981	3%	1.61%	1.79%	2.27%	2.13%	1.29%	0.46%
1980	2.93%	1.37%	1.78%	2.31%	2.14%	0.73%	0.51%
1979	3.04%	1.24%	1.79%	2.34%	2.14%	1.1%	0.48%
1978	2.94%	1.34%	1.77%	2.37%	2.13%	1.06%	0.48%
1977	2.83%	1.36%	1.77%	2.38%	2.16%	1.03%	0.49%
1976	2.9%	1.35%	1.81%	2.39%	2.21%	1%	0.52%
1975	2.87%	1.61%	1.88%	2.43%	2.28%	1.04%	0.54%
1974	2.83%	2.43%	1.95%	2.46%	2.38%	0.97%	0.57%
1973	2.77%	1.81%	2%	2.5%	2.45%	0.99%	0.62%
1972	2.7%	1.99%	2.02%	2.52%	2.45%	1.09%	0.66%
1971	2.71%	2.91%	2.12%	2.55%	2.57%	1.46%	0.59%
1970	2.71%	2.03%	2.1%	2.59%	2.62%	1.2%	0.59%
1969	2.69%	2.04%	2.1%	2.64%	2.61%	1.02%	0.68%
1968	2.66%	1.82%	2.07%	2.69%	2.56%	1.07%	0.7%
1967	2.63%	1.63%	2.06%	2.74%	2.53%	1.17%	0.74%
1966	2.6%	2.25%	2.11%	2.79%	2.58%	1.24%	0.75%
1965	2.58%	2.03%	2.08%	2.83%	2.51%	1.32%	0.9%
1964	2.56%	2.09%	2.11%	2.86%	2.54%	1.45%	0.95%
1963	2.53%	2.07%	2.14%	2.89%	2.58%	1.5%	0.96%
1962	2.5%	2.47%	1.78%	2.9%	2.1%	1.59%	0.96%
1961	2.47%	2.18%	1.37%	2.89%	1.56%	1.71%	0.95%
1960	-	-	-	-	-	1.64%	-

Data sources: World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (1961–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08); National Statistics, Taiwan (1961–2025, retrieved 2026-07-08).

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The world population growth rate peaked at 2.14% in 1963 and has been declining since to 0.84% in 2026. The chart above 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 2.1%.
By 1980, it dropped to 1.8%.
By 1990, it dropped further 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 1.62 times slower than in the 1960s.

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
Ho Chi Minh	14M
Tianjin	13.9M
Moscow	13.3M
Xi'an	13M
Suzhou	12.7M
Zhengzhou	12.6M

World population statistics

Life expectancy	73.8 years
Average age	34 years
Median age	31.8 years
Male:Female ratio	50.3:49.7
Fertility rate	2.19 births per woman
Population density	144.1 ppl/mi²