Current World Population Clock: 197 country counters [2026]

The current world population is 8,267,707,699 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 0.96% 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 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 0.05% (a gain of 370K people a year).
World population increases by 1 person every 0.4 seconds.

Population clocks

World	8288123488
Asia	4852039744
Africa	1593217637
Europe	741138443
Latin America	668661616
North America	386240169
Oceania	46825879

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	1480351380	17.9%	1.46%	1.01%	+136,407,084
2	China	1402578808	16.9%	0.59%	0.11%	+14,788,808
3	United States	344023146	4.15%	0.83%	0.65%	+20,951,391
4	Indonesia	288551776	3.48%	1.31%	0.9%	+23,924,358
5	Pakistan	260356147	3.14%	2.25%	1.83%	+40,217,278
6	Nigeria	243824469	2.94%	3.11%	2.48%	+48,380,769
7	Brazil	213824938	2.58%	0.89%	0.52%	+10,606,824
8	Bangladesh	178415186	2.15%	0.98%	1.09%	+17,603,254
9	Russia	141906741	1.71%	0.14%	-0.21%	-3,108,719
10	Ethiopia	139917664	1.69%	3.22%	3.11%	+33,199,502
11	Mexico	133323134	1.61%	1.4%	0.91%	+11,071,783
12	Japan	122677250	1.48%	-0.06%	-0.35%	-4,398,750
13	Egypt	120697176	1.46%	2.29%	1.87%	+19,052,587
14	Philippines	117991570	1.42%	1.92%	1.05%	+11,255,851
15	DR Congo	117507801	1.42%	3.85%	4%	+33,551,386
16	Vietnam	102365351	1.24%	1.44%	0.89%	+8,365,234
17	Iran	93468444	1.13%	1.42%	1.15%	+9,656,216
18	Turkey	86002379	1.04%	1.32%	0.85%	+6,724,417
19	Germany	82575542	1%	-0.003%	0.03%	+226,873
20	Tanzania	73145892	0.88%	3.36%	3.59%	+19,321,879
21	Thailand	71571743	0.86%	0.64%	0.1%	+711,902
22	United Kingdom	70154914	0.85%	0.78%	0.69%	+4,547,914
23	France	68788006	0.83%	0.49%	0.31%	+2,063,902
24	South Africa	65683993	0.79%	1.45%	1.47%	+8,424,442
25	Kenya	58955623	0.71%	3.04%	2.25%	+10,815,936
26	Italy	58562681	0.71%	0.29%	-0.26%	-1,552,542
27	Myanmar	55292116	0.67%	0.78%	0.74%	+3,796,420
28	Colombia	54105437	0.65%	1.11%	1.41%	+6,667,925
29	Sudan	53335233	0.64%	2.9%	2.93%	+12,075,341
30	Uganda	53170946	0.64%	3.47%	3.7%	+14,371,794
31	South Korea	51649918	0.62%	0.57%	0.08%	+432,115
32	Spain	48806901	0.59%	0.46%	0.51%	+2,348,762
33	Iraq	48289334	0.58%	3.44%	2.55%	+9,819,707
34	Algeria	48222325	0.58%	2.15%	1.8%	+7,371,604
35	Argentina	46048053	0.56%	1.08%	0.49%	+2,147,740
36	Afghanistan	45409324	0.55%	3.65%	3.09%	+10,708,712
37	Yemen	43325643	0.52%	3.64%	3.49%	+11,216,633
38	Canada	42181965	0.51%	1.09%	1.68%	+6,071,162
39	Angola	40555924	0.49%	4.58%	3.9%	+11,372,854
40	Ukraine	40125599	0.48%	-0.35%	-1.2%	-5,491,233
41	Morocco	38871720	0.47%	1.38%	1.1%	+3,848,263
42	Uzbekistan	37939105	0.46%	1.72%	2.13%	+6,654,537
43	Mozambique	36941128	0.45%	3.15%	3.51%	+9,604,023
44	Saudi Arabia	36734925	0.44%	4.42%	1.87%	+5,780,727
45	Malaysia	36512221	0.44%	2.03%	1.49%	+4,722,536
46	Ghana	35885254	0.43%	2.74%	2.22%	+6,528,512
47	Poland	35806942	0.43%	-0.04%	-0.57%	-2,163,145
48	Peru	35031596	0.42%	0.9%	1.35%	+4,165,102
49	Madagascar	33750171	0.41%	3.23%	2.93%	+7,650,219
50	Ivory Coast	33722528	0.41%	2.65%	2.98%	+7,733,123
51	Cameroon	30864115	0.37%	3.36%	3.16%	+7,409,954
52	Nepal	29596762	0.36%	0.52%	0.59%	+1,641,300
53	Niger	29080898	0.35%	4.5%	4.06%	+8,395,145
54	Venezuela	28661242	0.35%	1.3%	-0.68%	-2,104,478
55	Australia	27799169	0.34%	1.83%	1.49%	+3,608,262
56	Syria	26829400	0.32%	-0.23%	3.98%	+7,635,566
57	North Korea	26659144	0.32%	0.48%	0.37%	+960,818
58	Mali	26143152	0.32%	3.72%	3.62%	+6,951,863
59	Burkina Faso	24756783	0.3%	3.45%	2.8%	+5,421,927
60	Taiwan	23229461	0.28%	0.3%	-0.12%	-286,484
61	Malawi	22949294	0.28%	3.3%	3.07%	+5,391,555
62	Zambia	22697916	0.27%	3.94%	3.42%	+5,783,493
63	Sri Lanka	22185425	0.27%	0.42%	0.46%	+976,425
64	Chad	21893857	0.26%	4.12%	4.49%	+6,779,202
65	Kazakhstan	21161809	0.26%	1.4%	1.52%	+2,798,209
66	Somalia	20503678	0.25%	3.07%	4.29%	+6,154,938
67	Chile	19977856	0.24%	1.06%	0.94%	+1,710,635
68	Senegal	19491599	0.24%	3.07%	2.96%	+4,457,078
69	Guatemala	19049936	0.23%	2.17%	1.71%	+2,781,176
70	Romania	18839108	0.23%	-0.7%	-0.44%	-863,159
71	Ecuador	18487749	0.22%	1.72%	1.2%	+1,982,610
72	Netherlands	18252623	0.22%	0.42%	0.72%	+1,222,309
73	Cambodia	18113986	0.22%	1.62%	1.43%	+2,261,183
74	Zimbabwe	17361868	0.21%	1.55%	1.89%	+2,761,574
75	Guinea	15546235	0.19%	2.79%	2.88%	+3,473,205
76	Benin	15272847	0.18%	3.46%	3.06%	+3,575,005
77	Rwanda	14975051	0.18%	2.82%	2.56%	+3,055,868
78	Burundi	14833763	0.18%	4.29%	3.2%	+3,594,312
79	Bolivia	12798112	0.15%	1.74%	1.45%	+1,618,092
80	South Sudan	12507858	0.15%	3.58%	1.55%	+1,677,756
81	Tunisia	12437803	0.15%	1.14%	0.79%	+909,129
82	Haiti	12076663	0.15%	1.58%	1.32%	+1,405,206
83	Belgium	11902714	0.14%	0.74%	0.5%	+571,292
84	UAE	11686438	0.14%	7.84%	3.08%	+2,751,343
85	Dominican Republic	11637906	0.14%	1.3%	1.03%	+1,086,476
86	Jordan	11555022	0.14%	5.57%	1.55%	+1,548,655
87	Honduras	11237619	0.14%	2.29%	1.94%	+1,825,239
88	Tajikistan	11038274	0.13%	2.56%	2.45%	+2,172,643
89	Papua New Guinea	11002753	0.13%	3.28%	2.28%	+2,041,035
90	Cuba	10894785	0.13%	-0.01%	-0.33%	-370,827
91	Sweden	10680056	0.13%	0.93%	0.76%	+756,971
92	Portugal	10667081	0.13%	-0.19%	0.33%	+341,629
93	Czech Republic	10649126	0.13%	0.32%	0.08%	+82,794
94	Azerbaijan	10338778	0.12%	1.5%	0.6%	+580,966
95	Israel	10290887	0.12%	2.12%	2.04%	+1,744,887
96	Greece	10181414	0.12%	-0.22%	-0.55%	-594,557
97	Togo	9990340	0.12%	3.07%	2.71%	+2,132,051
98	Hungary	9475525	0.11%	-0.31%	-0.29%	-284,230
99	Austria	9163419	0.11%	0.57%	0.49%	+426,751
100	Switzerland	9107866	0.11%	1.19%	0.88%	+734,528
101	Sierra Leone	9049533	0.11%	2.81%	2.56%	+1,844,205
102	Belarus	9013835	0.11%	-0.14%	-0.48%	-455,544
103	Laos	8004838	0.1%	1.59%	1.59%	+1,096,036
104	Turkmenistan	7776557	0.09%	2.36%	2.23%	+1,416,516
105	Libya	7559873	0.09%	1.09%	1.4%	+927,747
106	Kyrgyzstan	7471102	0.09%	1.83%	2.1%	+1,295,764
107	Nicaragua	7124343	0.09%	1.5%	1.43%	+891,677
108	Paraguay	7120169	0.09%	1.35%	1.39%	+871,043
109	Congo	6681829	0.08%	3.61%	2.79%	+1,459,293
110	Serbia	6494521	0.08%	-0.48%	-0.8%	-563,801
111	El Salvador	6399793	0.08%	0.33%	0.32%	+198,993
112	Bulgaria	6359449	0.08%	-0.93%	-0.78%	-534,690
113	Singapore	6125852	0.07%	2.74%	0.92%	+518,569
114	Denmark	6032403	0.07%	0.53%	0.53%	+304,393
115	Lebanon	5906622	0.07%	3.31%	-0.66%	-416,438
116	Liberia	5887000	0.07%	3.62%	2.38%	+1,131,392
117	Oman	5761708	0.07%	7.46%	3.12%	+1,370,831
118	CAR	5753659	0.07%	0.77%	2.21%	+1,039,996
119	Norway	5671119	0.07%	1.23%	0.83%	+436,600
120	Finland	5631965	0.07%	0.43%	0.25%	+136,662
121	Ireland	5518360	0.07%	1.14%	1.59%	+755,638
122	Mauritania	5505206	0.07%	3.56%	3.47%	+1,418,549
123	Palestine	5500288	0.07%	2.82%	2.59%	+1,133,200
124	New Zealand	5374272	0.06%	1.27%	1.4%	+660,172
125	Slovakia	5359438	0.06%	0.11%	-0.13%	-71,360
126	Costa Rica	5181862	0.06%	1.26%	0.65%	+314,864
127	Kuwait	5100145	0.06%	6.93%	2.74%	+1,096,049
128	Panama	4642198	0.06%	1.94%	1.52%	+613,112
129	Croatia	3812193	0.05%	-0.47%	-0.72%	-294,674
130	Eritrea	3700586	0.04%	1.56%	1.84%	+575,888
131	Georgia	3697615	0.04%	-0.39%	-0.08%	-29,890
132	Mongolia	3620317	0.04%	2.03%	1.72%	+531,461
133	Uruguay	3382789	0.04%	0.27%	0.01%	+3,506
134	Namibia	3173089	0.04%	2.25%	3.01%	+733,876
135	Bosnia	3116111	0.04%	-1.45%	-1.03%	-356,892
136	Qatar	2999260	0.04%	15.5%	2.11%	+522,147
137	Armenia	2989841	0.04%	-0.43%	-0.008%	-2,459
138	Gambia	2902554	0.04%	3.31%	2.71%	+618,785
139	Jamaica	2834980	0.03%	0.4%	0.09%	+25,065
140	Lithuania	2829914	0.03%	-1.2%	-0.16%	-47,411
141	Gabon	2663339	0.03%	3.92%	2.68%	+563,033
142	Botswana	2615162	0.03%	1.92%	1.7%	+380,386
143	Lesotho	2396633	0.03%	0.95%	1.25%	+266,211
144	Albania	2342753	0.03%	-1.01%	-1.29%	-346,716
145	Moldova	2341166	0.03%	-0.27%	-1.65%	-462,020
146	Guinea-Bissau	2311915	0.03%	2.94%	2.62%	+480,022
147	Slovenia	2124138	0.03%	0.29%	0.29%	+59,096
148	Equatorial Guinea	1998075	0.02%	5.23%	3.25%	+489,889
149	Latvia	1829763	0.02%	-1.17%	-0.66%	-129,774
150	North Macedonia	1805954	0.02%	-0.44%	-0.53%	-100,359
151	Bahrain	1669503	0.02%	4.82%	1.73%	+245,777
152	East Timor	1441764	0.02%	2.58%	1.74%	+213,452
153	Cyprus	1386362	0.02%	1.73%	1.21%	+149,250
154	Trinidad	1374840	0.02%	0.43%	0.15%	+20,945
155	Estonia	1339590	0.02%	-0.23%	0.18%	+23,800
156	Eswatini	1273390	0.02%	0.6%	1.08%	+123,883
157	Mauritius	1240121	0.01%	0.24%	-0.19%	-23,626
158	Djibouti	1203929	0.01%	2.13%	1.6%	+166,276
159	Fiji	938628	0.01%	0.32%	0.21%	+19,462
160	Comoros	903776	0.01%	2.27%	2.18%	+162,035
161	Solomon Islands	863951	0.01%	3.47%	3.04%	+201,572
162	Guyana	842249	0.01%	0.06%	1.03%	+78,701
163	Bhutan	803385	0.01%	1.15%	0.74%	+55,519
164	Luxembourg	693885	0.008%	2.31%	1.92%	+111,871
165	Suriname	646767	0.008%	1.2%	1%	+59,010
166	Montenegro	612312	0.007%	0.17%	-0.21%	-13,041
167	Malta	581729	0.007%	1.21%	2.8%	+127,224
168	Maldives	532057	0.006%	4.12%	2%	+88,749
169	Cape Verde	530391	0.006%	0.44%	0.35%	+17,837
170	Brunei	470884	0.006%	1.72%	1.01%	+43,320
171	Belize	430409	0.005%	2.67%	1.8%	+65,704
172	Bahamas	405203	0.005%	1.14%	0.44%	+17,148
173	Iceland	397129	0.005%	1.04%	1.84%	+61,690
174	Vanuatu	344750	0.004%	2.6%	2.67%	+72,663
175	Barbados	282798	0.003%	0.36%	0.11%	+3,200
176	Sao Tome	246362	0.003%	2.3%	2.1%	+42,673
177	Samoa	220932	0.003%	0.84%	0.86%	+17,433
178	Saint Lucia	180638	0.002%	0.54%	0.28%	+4,992
179	Curacao	155976	0.002%	1.3%	-0.23%	-3,688
180	Kiribati	139020	0.002%	1.85%	1.73%	+20,542
181	Seychelles	126311	0.002%	1.19%	3.34%	+31,634
182	Grenada	117407	0.001%	0.45%	0.2%	+2,277
183	Tonga	103309	0.001%	-0.07%	-0.21%	-2,215
184	Saint Vincent	99237	0.001%	-0.51%	-0.67%	-7,112
185	Antigua	94757	0.001%	1.16%	0.53%	+4,788
186	Andorra	84102	0.001%	-0.93%	1.65%	+11,921
187	Cayman Islands	77619	0.0009%	3.08%	2.3%	+14,519
188	Dominica	65539	0.0008%	0.12%	-0.58%	-4,067
189	Saint Kitts	47017	0.0006%	0.11%	-0.01%	-58
190	Liechtenstein	41038	0.0005%	0.76%	0.88%	+3,322
191	Monaco	38053	0.0005%	1.63%	0.21%	+777
192	Marshall Islands	35058	0.0004%	-0.82%	-2.65%	-12,651
193	San Marino	33967	0.0004%	0.97%	0.26%	+866
194	Palau	17629	0.0002%	-0.92%	-0.09%	-168
195	Nauru	12125	0.0001%	1.11%	0.87%	+975
196	Tuvalu	9341	0.0001%	0.87%	-1.45%	-1,589
197	Vatican	936	0.00001%	0.81%	-0.58%	-64

Top 5 countries by population, 1960–2100

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Year	Population
Year	India	China	Pakistan	Nigeria	DR Congo
2100	1,515,897,176	633,320,628	514,531,704	481,678,166	436,320,913
2099	1,523,583,618	643,959,697	513,655,674	481,494,914	433,372,904
2098	1,531,281,096	654,691,595	512,727,636	481,219,866	430,335,169
2097	1,538,914,978	665,517,335	511,735,790	480,876,108	427,231,271
2096	1,546,515,506	676,438,150	510,636,755	480,460,381	424,043,303
2095	1,554,100,337	687,457,915	509,437,875	479,976,454	420,759,430
2094	1,561,632,624	698,589,897	508,130,071	479,432,855	417,384,609
2093	1,569,112,481	709,852,629	506,765,644	478,807,152	413,946,692
2092	1,576,470,228	721,251,520	505,327,656	478,097,591	410,440,733
2091	1,583,793,450	732,791,748	503,824,444	477,274,569	406,841,757
2090	1,591,038,578	744,501,355	502,264,268	476,367,086	403,166,901
2089	1,598,165,996	756,404,299	500,660,501	475,363,859	399,411,004
2088	1,605,169,643	768,478,316	498,935,983	474,268,867	395,583,655
2087	1,612,023,916	780,707,622	497,190,466	473,072,894	391,688,383
2086	1,618,795,931	793,081,006	495,313,036	471,769,229	387,713,874
2085	1,625,424,591	805,608,315	493,366,305	470,365,292	383,678,330
2084	1,631,854,605	818,268,277	491,354,778	468,843,169	379,568,054
2083	1,638,132,423	830,972,107	489,225,193	467,224,322	375,402,379
2082	1,644,206,476	843,721,746	486,984,952	465,509,151	371,195,818
2081	1,650,106,942	856,534,631	484,673,501	463,679,779	366,948,626
2080	1,655,799,569	869,351,919	482,257,479	461,741,930	362,644,227
2079	1,661,261,962	882,146,959	479,813,404	459,680,797	358,295,825
2078	1,666,477,951	894,889,246	477,277,836	457,513,367	353,888,897
2077	1,671,444,317	907,592,919	474,593,860	455,254,796	349,435,210
2076	1,676,151,275	920,280,380	471,779,348	452,885,729	344,932,895
2075	1,680,606,119	932,956,157	468,855,468	450,402,898	340,403,800
2074	1,684,743,082	945,631,173	465,875,137	447,825,224	335,826,108
2073	1,688,579,113	958,352,980	462,811,079	445,152,156	331,220,816
2072	1,692,138,648	971,115,895	459,656,523	442,375,349	326,568,298
2071	1,695,351,098	983,938,054	456,423,506	439,499,004	321,892,514
2070	1,698,255,829	996,853,418	453,095,985	436,539,777	317,165,418
2069	1,700,813,392	1,009,905,851	449,655,599	433,472,204	312,409,702
2068	1,703,025,450	1,023,081,790	446,126,774	430,320,190	307,625,941
2067	1,704,872,725	1,036,420,010	442,540,629	427,066,199	302,820,577
2066	1,706,347,017	1,049,887,382	438,879,326	423,736,078	297,989,401
2065	1,707,540,131	1,063,477,623	435,169,856	420,318,527	293,137,514
2064	1,708,362,011	1,077,206,695	431,394,393	416,811,285	288,267,282
2063	1,708,845,280	1,090,982,303	427,575,887	413,231,409	283,369,365
2062	1,709,011,618	1,104,833,556	423,636,352	409,583,480	278,452,605
2061	1,708,866,368	1,118,682,849	419,672,017	405,859,509	273,517,380
2060	1,708,344,645	1,132,504,136	415,638,125	402,073,494	268,572,331
2059	1,707,488,768	1,146,199,736	411,576,344	398,228,736	263,620,905
2058	1,706,314,224	1,159,714,746	407,429,129	394,315,883	258,672,397
2057	1,704,805,210	1,172,963,523	403,233,874	390,341,867	253,733,756
2056	1,703,013,988	1,185,938,083	398,948,355	386,298,064	248,796,045
2055	1,700,890,479	1,198,550,408	394,645,693	382,193,151	243,861,631
2054	1,698,473,703	1,210,749,681	390,303,954	378,030,342	238,931,249
2053	1,695,661,388	1,222,500,569	385,922,748	373,799,276	234,016,357
2052	1,692,531,993	1,233,808,926	381,488,696	369,501,634	229,117,369
2051	1,689,057,795	1,244,584,333	377,018,239	365,149,555	224,240,788
2050	1,685,236,057	1,254,824,040	372,476,884	360,734,783	219,397,034
2049	1,681,083,344	1,264,598,914	367,909,407	356,271,401	214,588,560
2048	1,676,576,931	1,273,885,471	363,310,560	351,752,501	209,814,694
2047	1,671,678,054	1,282,701,271	358,659,474	347,169,674	205,079,870
2046	1,666,371,707	1,291,133,690	353,929,775	342,532,578	200,379,842
2045	1,660,667,112	1,299,154,327	349,156,085	337,834,528	195,731,078
2044	1,654,556,840	1,306,805,350	344,371,692	333,076,416	191,124,003
2043	1,648,067,988	1,314,176,710	339,561,029	328,256,555	186,569,843
2042	1,641,136,901	1,321,319,298	334,731,546	323,388,886	182,068,630
2041	1,633,771,970	1,328,219,755	329,875,686	318,469,120	177,617,360
2040	1,625,990,392	1,334,857,481	325,039,429	313,492,800	173,224,822
2039	1,617,818,911	1,341,265,381	320,137,108	308,474,350	168,878,834
2038	1,609,238,166	1,347,407,165	315,207,413	303,423,786	164,583,465
2037	1,600,212,760	1,353,377,505	310,312,684	298,351,344	160,347,349
2036	1,590,731,970	1,359,133,287	305,408,418	293,250,795	156,129,049
2035	1,580,864,963	1,364,651,508	300,541,523	288,138,368	151,953,443
2034	1,570,629,033	1,369,940,557	295,686,893	283,018,151	147,811,138
2033	1,560,043,145	1,375,003,005	290,851,174	277,897,810	143,712,496
2032	1,549,098,676	1,379,784,204	286,070,650	272,769,123	139,669,159
2031	1,537,810,507	1,384,301,522	281,351,929	267,666,779	135,660,570
2030	1,526,192,552	1,388,520,533	276,708,987	262,583,487	131,710,378
2029	1,514,274,850	1,392,490,007	272,189,955	257,504,936	127,818,130
2028	1,502,102,657	1,396,163,778	267,728,673	252,465,743	123,980,695
2027	1,489,628,314	1,399,515,824	263,390,059	247,457,208	120,212,011
2026	1,476,911,618	1,402,578,808	259,231,214	242,477,499	116,505,117
2025	1,463,993,377	1,405,826,385	255,166,301	237,546,527	112,854,120
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 (2025–2100, retrieved 2026-03-10); World Bank | Health (1960–2024, retrieved 2026-04-06); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-08).

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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 (633M)
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 (2025–2100, retrieved 2026-03-10); World Bank | Health (1960–2024, retrieved 2026-04-06); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-08).

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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 → 633M — 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: 142M → 125M — loss of 11.9%
Ethiopia: 139M → 371M — gain of 167.1%

World population map

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Data sources: World Bank | Health (1960–2024, retrieved 2026-04-06); United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-08); National Statistics, Taiwan (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-09); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2000–2019, retrieved 2026-02-20).

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 (1960–2024, retrieved 2026-04-06); United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-08); National Statistics, Taiwan (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-09); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2000–2019, retrieved 2026-02-20).

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 (1960–2024, retrieved 2026-04-06); United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-08); National Statistics, Taiwan (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-09); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2000–2019, retrieved 2026-02-20).

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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 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (1966–2024, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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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	10,242,341,746	4,639,006,652	3,851,526,000	592,306,432	614,996,788	471,347,040	73,158,834
2099	10,254,097,190	4,660,736,013	3,837,191,177	593,981,002	618,702,168	470,563,331	72,923,499
2098	10,265,119,972	4,682,402,364	3,822,224,049	595,620,881	622,416,595	469,776,224	72,679,859
2097	10,275,367,543	4,703,925,888	3,806,709,249	597,260,060	626,128,992	468,926,452	72,416,902
2096	10,284,846,831	4,725,305,778	3,790,539,391	598,901,396	629,841,285	468,104,307	72,154,674
2095	10,293,573,798	4,746,505,424	3,773,888,307	600,505,004	633,545,020	467,232,737	71,897,306
2094	10,301,483,971	4,767,574,651	3,756,627,372	602,066,285	637,232,739	466,340,815	71,642,109
2093	10,308,616,534	4,788,467,265	3,738,773,489	603,635,134	640,906,982	465,461,392	71,372,272
2092	10,314,956,855	4,809,169,763	3,720,334,169	605,240,934	644,548,471	464,570,161	71,093,357
2091	10,320,522,944	4,829,752,672	3,701,281,049	606,836,888	648,171,102	463,673,415	70,807,818
2090	10,325,327,014	4,850,234,166	3,681,505,139	608,478,823	651,769,179	462,821,926	70,517,781
2089	10,329,361,793	4,870,603,077	3,661,115,871	610,126,181	655,333,449	461,944,411	70,238,804
2088	10,332,610,604	4,890,759,821	3,640,269,294	611,768,636	658,856,836	461,009,777	69,946,240
2087	10,335,059,460	4,910,724,915	3,618,727,746	613,442,999	662,344,841	460,153,635	69,665,324
2086	10,336,655,099	4,930,593,303	3,596,416,637	615,170,895	665,793,083	459,293,453	69,387,728
2085	10,337,373,555	4,950,066,800	3,573,589,478	616,929,476	669,185,825	458,487,041	69,114,935
2084	10,337,160,873	4,969,191,380	3,550,296,208	618,700,943	672,515,437	457,614,160	68,842,745
2083	10,336,008,622	4,988,109,588	3,526,347,054	620,492,983	675,786,016	456,718,955	68,554,026
2082	10,333,836,062	5,006,558,789	3,501,856,066	622,325,054	678,998,371	455,826,619	68,271,163
2081	10,330,665,961	5,024,642,106	3,476,881,326	624,173,914	682,152,650	454,840,543	67,975,422
2080	10,326,380,969	5,042,130,753	3,451,294,131	626,089,599	685,236,392	453,946,481	67,683,613
2079	10,320,964,599	5,059,092,455	3,425,142,981	628,072,423	688,242,210	453,023,191	67,391,339
2078	10,314,384,023	5,075,670,226	3,398,319,629	630,095,525	691,168,807	452,037,408	67,092,428
2077	10,306,577,104	5,091,613,890	3,370,930,282	632,188,390	694,006,668	451,049,004	66,788,870
2076	10,297,604,338	5,106,915,632	3,343,150,754	634,291,924	696,751,074	450,004,838	66,490,116
2075	10,287,464,375	5,121,740,046	3,314,770,015	636,451,744	699,408,724	448,907,781	66,186,065
2074	10,276,154,584	5,135,863,467	3,285,860,749	638,718,094	701,973,118	447,861,822	65,877,334
2073	10,263,697,732	5,149,327,635	3,256,532,847	641,037,063	704,450,322	446,781,244	65,568,621
2072	10,250,136,483	5,162,313,214	3,226,663,294	643,385,350	706,822,627	445,697,046	65,254,952
2071	10,235,462,590	5,174,731,906	3,196,332,081	645,817,004	709,094,004	444,545,540	64,942,055
2070	10,219,748,324	5,186,527,117	3,165,607,308	648,298,992	711,266,451	443,428,251	64,620,205
2069	10,203,012,985	5,197,861,167	3,134,430,696	650,840,883	713,326,955	442,264,441	64,288,843
2068	10,185,237,525	5,208,583,711	3,102,870,354	653,428,648	715,276,649	441,127,214	63,950,949
2067	10,166,446,063	5,218,916,816	3,070,790,549	656,053,275	717,111,652	439,964,222	63,609,549
2066	10,146,654,367	5,228,607,200	3,038,361,038	658,747,816	718,835,236	438,837,982	63,265,095
2065	10,125,890,396	5,237,745,624	3,005,519,318	661,511,866	720,441,075	437,746,150	62,926,363
2064	10,104,117,137	5,246,334,866	2,972,281,085	664,308,712	721,913,882	436,685,954	62,592,638
2063	10,081,334,047	5,254,339,727	2,938,732,325	667,134,302	723,268,007	435,611,125	62,248,561
2062	10,057,493,903	5,261,752,762	2,904,813,463	669,981,923	724,495,056	434,548,329	61,902,370
2061	10,032,547,926	5,268,633,683	2,870,405,855	672,851,353	725,590,018	433,510,890	61,556,127
2060	10,006,413,510	5,274,641,698	2,835,767,139	675,707,361	726,558,478	432,533,241	61,205,593
2059	9,979,031,587	5,279,931,734	2,800,723,064	678,592,320	727,391,507	431,541,458	60,851,504
2058	9,950,327,013	5,284,223,540	2,765,571,068	681,447,051	728,072,390	430,530,305	60,482,659
2057	9,920,227,298	5,287,478,513	2,730,170,584	684,262,903	728,626,048	429,571,554	60,117,696
2056	9,888,656,759	5,289,728,547	2,694,429,374	687,048,407	729,031,042	428,668,735	59,750,654
2055	9,855,582,333	5,290,929,383	2,658,412,113	689,793,306	729,286,922	427,788,326	59,372,283
2054	9,820,930,626	5,291,044,019	2,622,185,183	692,422,557	729,398,348	426,891,578	58,988,941
2053	9,784,557,842	5,289,868,627	2,585,793,321	694,991,453	729,357,600	425,939,188	58,607,653
2052	9,746,480,121	5,287,614,470	2,549,136,137	697,383,129	729,150,261	424,973,003	58,223,121
2051	9,706,658,327	5,284,128,867	2,512,225,212	699,707,450	728,794,319	423,974,425	57,828,054
2050	9,665,108,036	5,279,233,480	2,475,274,476	701,939,815	728,269,761	422,960,660	57,429,844
2049	9,621,811,740	5,272,990,280	2,438,147,173	704,101,722	727,607,929	421,935,260	57,029,376
2048	9,576,799,756	5,265,565,684	2,400,834,988	706,152,419	726,764,653	420,869,960	56,612,052
2047	9,530,092,814	5,256,898,555	2,363,364,897	708,124,195	725,757,042	419,743,343	56,204,782
2046	9,481,755,262	5,246,933,996	2,325,856,912	709,999,586	724,587,524	418,596,889	55,780,355
2045	9,431,893,613	5,235,818,288	2,288,262,213	711,830,783	723,254,473	417,372,165	55,355,691
2044	9,380,539,975	5,223,612,437	2,250,526,638	713,619,031	721,742,830	416,107,226	54,931,813
2043	9,327,800,044	5,210,368,208	2,212,708,636	715,374,146	720,063,682	414,780,426	54,504,946
2042	9,273,759,901	5,196,140,544	2,174,912,777	717,058,537	718,203,122	413,373,182	54,071,739
2041	9,218,457,686	5,180,858,156	2,137,096,440	718,732,811	716,174,093	411,958,533	53,637,653
2040	9,161,904,062	5,164,534,359	2,099,288,418	720,412,699	713,965,938	410,497,163	53,205,485
2039	9,104,297,368	5,147,276,699	2,061,534,703	722,123,635	711,600,430	408,987,391	52,774,510
2038	9,045,555,718	5,129,105,647	2,023,870,317	723,785,382	709,063,718	407,398,037	52,332,617
2037	8,985,823,523	5,110,043,860	1,986,274,116	725,445,409	706,383,865	405,782,143	51,894,130
2036	8,925,008,388	5,090,033,042	1,948,754,599	727,086,698	703,550,478	404,138,488	51,445,083
2035	8,863,223,884	5,069,199,596	1,911,311,808	728,687,085	700,561,866	402,469,608	50,993,921
2034	8,800,535,635	5,047,506,116	1,874,072,487	730,254,711	697,425,205	400,735,042	50,542,074
2033	8,736,962,929	5,024,866,392	1,837,063,059	731,794,630	694,155,563	398,997,006	50,086,279
2032	8,672,511,633	5,001,387,076	1,800,223,084	733,311,375	690,750,081	397,214,208	49,625,809
2031	8,607,157,404	4,977,040,125	1,763,520,548	734,839,926	687,205,566	395,395,215	49,156,024
2030	8,540,942,225	4,951,840,344	1,727,104,484	736,247,827	683,529,683	393,541,502	48,678,385
2029	8,473,920,231	4,925,874,044	1,690,892,519	737,577,777	679,722,813	391,656,755	48,196,323
2028	8,406,052,340	4,899,113,429	1,654,958,334	738,799,858	675,792,805	389,687,250	47,700,664
2027	8,337,337,355	4,871,566,637	1,619,222,953	739,921,421	671,711,089	387,718,274	47,196,981
2026	8,267,707,699	4,843,310,116	1,583,574,034	740,932,621	667,511,180	385,691,689	46,688,059
2025	8,197,656,824	4,815,026,685	1,548,165,668	741,608,273	663,155,443	383,535,703	46,165,052
2024	8,127,016,599	4,785,906,778	1,513,305,557	742,119,320	658,615,236	381,437,135	45,632,573
2023	8,047,258,694	4,754,180,764	1,478,961,489	740,246,909	654,045,002	375,037,206	44,787,324
2022	7,974,150,995	4,722,028,127	1,445,113,511	741,434,402	649,520,085	372,247,422	43,807,448
2021	7,905,379,204	4,690,491,056	1,411,989,519	743,863,036	645,605,207	370,174,976	43,255,410
2020	7,839,696,130	4,660,850,555	1,379,081,518	745,339,082	641,847,404	369,598,277	42,979,294
2019	7,761,086,494	4,623,316,581	1,346,289,043	745,870,316	637,289,596	365,992,455	42,328,503
2018	7,680,591,652	4,583,929,713	1,313,710,340	745,230,767	632,119,542	363,956,104	41,645,186
2017	7,598,042,812	4,543,423,558	1,281,217,504	744,109,439	626,639,688	361,713,732	40,938,891
2016	7,512,606,990	4,499,688,591	1,249,541,364	743,065,539	620,893,494	359,230,267	40,187,735
2015	7,425,596,724	4,454,777,293	1,218,429,969	741,468,322	614,971,734	356,492,292	39,457,114
2014	7,338,218,592	4,409,162,995	1,187,603,759	739,902,313	608,907,561	353,870,191	38,771,773
2013	7,250,275,573	4,362,474,575	1,157,199,014	738,613,773	602,699,535	351,191,620	38,097,056
2012	7,161,571,424	4,314,334,020	1,127,288,440	737,478,716	596,412,202	348,642,476	37,415,570
2011	7,072,063,613	4,264,549,277	1,098,614,945	736,128,526	590,051,592	345,974,609	36,744,664
2010	6,986,448,320	4,216,211,428	1,070,712,051	736,304,183	583,689,781	343,385,089	36,145,788
2009	6,901,868,635	4,170,075,034	1,043,299,045	735,225,856	577,311,912	340,453,617	35,503,171
2008	6,815,778,607	4,122,395,410	1,016,616,188	733,786,206	570,815,735	337,393,294	34,771,774
2007	6,729,808,458	4,074,555,345	990,637,602	732,138,302	564,233,999	334,172,128	34,071,082
2006	6,645,352,567	4,027,137,758	965,546,840	730,627,733	557,622,309	331,003,097	33,414,830
2005	6,561,275,033	3,978,895,561	941,186,947	729,548,236	550,979,692	327,811,237	32,853,360
2004	6,478,254,889	3,930,813,754	917,440,871	728,559,833	544,314,483	324,795,896	32,330,052
2003	6,395,313,036	3,882,236,900	894,421,461	727,515,986	537,508,054	321,802,033	31,828,602
2002	6,313,123,473	3,833,404,283	872,125,766	726,695,778	530,562,716	319,035,817	31,299,113
2001	6,230,738,109	3,783,492,489	850,431,107	726,532,415	523,451,920	316,040,933	30,789,245
2000	6,147,614,302	3,732,096,016	829,352,993	726,800,813	516,162,543	312,898,847	30,303,090
1999	6,064,401,149	3,680,192,628	808,877,937	727,100,584	508,634,695	309,746,201	29,849,104
1998	5,979,943,297	3,627,490,656	788,804,389	727,037,591	500,877,744	306,320,178	29,412,739
1997	5,894,380,281	3,573,331,924	769,235,923	726,911,984	493,046,951	302,866,967	28,986,532
1996	5,808,673,161	3,518,502,738	750,353,342	726,729,503	485,224,209	299,326,384	28,536,985
1995	5,722,940,957	3,463,638,663	731,605,667	726,378,945	477,344,168	295,907,668	28,065,846
1994	5,637,536,144	3,408,725,035	713,442,798	725,855,981	469,401,386	292,484,048	27,626,896
1993	5,551,737,426	3,353,387,833	695,583,295	725,114,194	461,438,026	288,987,209	27,226,869
1992	5,464,319,648	3,297,310,821	677,544,652	723,903,953	453,395,146	285,311,841	26,853,235
1991	5,375,952,416	3,240,147,491	660,114,928	722,351,476	445,308,848	281,575,491	26,454,182
1990	5,286,846,036	3,182,459,760	642,811,977	720,614,388	437,170,751	277,867,661	25,921,499
1989	5,196,746,455	3,124,250,983	625,423,871	718,435,546	428,980,461	274,139,589	25,516,005
1988	5,106,320,169	3,065,051,418	608,478,111	715,530,488	420,817,848	271,333,072	25,109,232
1987	5,016,241,788	3,005,716,207	591,718,269	712,641,065	412,662,503	268,776,365	24,727,379
1986	4,926,997,044	2,946,911,190	575,107,554	709,818,399	404,539,082	266,272,395	24,348,424
1985	4,840,103,397	2,889,998,751	558,830,245	707,043,593	396,414,663	263,803,611	24,012,534
1984	4,755,469,465	2,834,878,173	542,829,759	704,343,185	388,271,816	261,468,225	23,678,307
1983	4,672,421,830	2,780,560,693	527,447,327	701,723,587	380,134,749	259,193,276	23,362,198
1982	4,589,132,764	2,725,767,959	512,197,692	699,256,758	372,085,301	256,814,771	23,010,283
1981	4,506,610,209	2,671,997,127	496,881,718	696,617,670	364,175,089	254,317,676	22,620,929
1980	4,426,735,146	2,621,325,697	482,333,165	693,396,787	356,308,099	251,088,691	22,282,707
1979	4,350,020,296	2,571,943,139	468,501,483	689,822,558	348,458,564	249,286,769	22,007,783
1978	4,273,663,483	2,523,238,523	454,864,639	686,532,456	340,679,173	246,576,557	21,772,135
1977	4,199,281,265	2,475,533,073	442,011,115	683,243,045	332,986,371	243,993,174	21,514,487
1976	4,126,145,936	2,428,183,029	429,868,125	679,886,172	325,440,509	241,511,993	21,256,108
1975	4,052,523,825	2,380,179,440	417,809,926	676,367,319	318,023,566	239,142,628	21,000,946
1974	3,977,846,969	2,330,782,943	406,244,732	672,767,500	310,678,675	236,687,193	20,685,926
1973	3,901,778,927	2,279,591,635	395,203,420	668,962,962	303,399,233	234,425,146	20,196,531
1972	3,825,298,003	2,227,510,672	384,702,046	664,888,103	296,205,949	232,138,476	19,852,757
1971	3,749,555,488	2,176,014,424	374,725,119	660,578,991	289,112,581	229,646,075	19,478,298
1970	3,671,620,109	2,122,394,746	364,967,839	656,807,974	282,127,433	226,398,704	18,923,413
1969	3,595,924,529	2,069,921,313	355,468,664	653,039,088	275,208,609	223,726,251	18,560,604
1968	3,521,912,304	2,019,058,552	346,253,794	648,602,013	268,324,596	221,469,914	18,203,435
1967	3,450,368,248	1,970,381,369	337,320,871	644,128,205	261,501,072	219,142,711	17,894,020
1966	3,380,413,120	1,923,236,675	328,738,450	639,455,023	254,734,529	216,626,265	17,622,178
1965	3,310,491,444	1,876,016,640	320,514,917	634,694,182	248,032,066	213,998,365	17,235,274
1964	3,243,003,161	1,831,852,400	312,576,913	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 (2025–2100, retrieved 2026-03-10); World Bank | Health (1960–2024, retrieved 2026-04-06); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-08); National Statistics, Taiwan (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-09); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (1960–2024, retrieved 2026-02-20).

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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 4.85 billion people or over 58.5% of the world's population.

Africa is the second most populous region, with over 1.59 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 741M 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	4852039744	58.5%	0.67%	-2,347,039	1.81	33.3
2	Africa	1593217637	19.2%	2.33%	-380,275	4.12	20.6
3	Europe	741138443	8.94%	0.26%	+1,502,427	1.39	43.6
4	Latin America	668661616	8.07%	0.7%	-406,787	1.8	32.4
5	North America	386240169	4.66%	0.76%	+1,555,169	1.58	39.5
6	Oceania	46825879	0.56%	1.89%	+146,699	1.97	34.6

World population growth rate history graph

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Year	Growth rate
Year	Africa	Oceania	World	North America	Latin America	Asia	Europe
2025	-	-	-	0.76%	-	-	-
2024	2.33%	1.89%	0.96%	1.71%	0.7%	0.67%	0.26%
2023	2.35%	2.24%	0.93%	0.76%	0.7%	0.7%	-0.12%
2022	2.36%	1.28%	0.87%	0.57%	0.61%	0.69%	-0.25%
2021	2.4%	0.65%	0.84%	0.16%	0.59%	0.65%	-0.18%
2020	2.46%	1.54%	0.99%	0.99%	0.73%	0.83%	-0.05%
2019	2.5%	1.65%	1.05%	0.57%	0.84%	0.88%	0.11%
2018	2.56%	1.74%	1.09%	0.63%	0.91%	0.91%	0.17%
2017	2.58%	1.88%	1.14%	0.7%	0.95%	0.99%	0.16%
2016	2.6%	1.87%	1.17%	0.77%	0.98%	1.04%	0.24%
2015	2.64%	1.79%	1.19%	0.74%	1.01%	1.07%	0.24%
2014	2.67%	1.8%	1.21%	0.76%	1.04%	1.11%	0.2%
2013	2.69%	1.85%	1.24%	0.73%	1.07%	1.17%	0.18%
2012	2.65%	1.86%	1.27%	0.77%	1.09%	1.23%	0.21%
2011	2.65%	1.71%	1.23%	0.76%	1.1%	1.21%	0.001%
2010	2.68%	1.86%	1.22%	0.86%	1.12%	1.16%	0.18%
2009	2.68%	2.15%	1.26%	0.91%	1.16%	1.23%	0.23%
2008	2.68%	2.11%	1.28%	0.97%	1.18%	1.26%	0.27%
2007	2.67%	2.02%	1.27%	0.96%	1.2%	1.27%	0.26%
2006	2.66%	1.78%	1.28%	0.97%	1.23%	1.31%	0.2%
2005	2.67%	1.7%	1.28%	0.93%	1.25%	1.32%	0.19%
2004	2.66%	1.67%	1.3%	0.93%	1.29%	1.35%	0.2%
2003	2.64%	1.78%	1.3%	0.87%	1.33%	1.38%	0.17%
2002	2.64%	1.76%	1.32%	0.95%	1.38%	1.43%	0.09%
2001	2.64%	1.73%	1.35%	1.01%	1.44%	1.48%	0.03%
2000	2.64%	1.66%	1.37%	1.02%	1.51%	1.52%	0.01%
1999	2.65%	1.64%	1.41%	1.12%	1.58%	1.57%	0.05%
1998	2.63%	1.63%	1.45%	1.14%	1.62%	1.64%	0.06%
1997	2.6%	1.74%	1.47%	1.18%	1.64%	1.69%	0.07%
1996	2.67%	1.85%	1.5%	1.15%	1.69%	1.72%	0.09%
1995	2.68%	1.78%	1.52%	1.17%	1.73%	1.76%	0.12%
1994	2.74%	1.68%	1.55%	1.21%	1.76%	1.82%	0.15%
1993	2.75%	1.62%	1.6%	1.29%	1.81%	1.9%	0.21%
1992	2.73%	1.72%	1.64%	1.33%	1.85%	1.95%	0.26%
1991	2.76%	2.19%	1.68%	1.33%	1.9%	1.94%	0.28%
1990	2.83%	1.71%	1.76%	1.36%	1.95%	2%	0.32%
1989	2.83%	1.71%	1.77%	1.04%	1.98%	2.08%	0.41%
1988	2.89%	1.63%	1.79%	0.95%	2.01%	2.12%	0.4%
1987	2.93%	1.64%	1.81%	0.94%	2.05%	2.14%	0.39%
1986	2.94%	1.5%	1.79%	0.94%	2.09%	2.13%	0.38%
1985	2.96%	1.51%	1.78%	0.89%	2.14%	2.12%	0.37%
1984	2.93%	1.45%	1.77%	0.88%	2.19%	2.15%	0.36%
1983	3.01%	1.61%	1.81%	0.93%	2.21%	2.19%	0.34%
1982	3.12%	1.78%	1.83%	0.98%	2.22%	2.17%	0.37%
1981	3%	1.61%	1.79%	1.29%	2.27%	2.12%	0.46%
1980	2.93%	1.37%	1.78%	0.73%	2.31%	2.14%	0.51%
1979	3.04%	1.23%	1.79%	1.1%	2.34%	2.13%	0.48%
1978	2.94%	1.34%	1.77%	1.06%	2.37%	2.13%	0.48%
1977	2.83%	1.36%	1.77%	1.03%	2.38%	2.16%	0.49%
1976	2.9%	1.35%	1.81%	0.99%	2.39%	2.2%	0.52%
1975	2.87%	1.61%	1.88%	1.04%	2.43%	2.28%	0.54%
1974	2.83%	2.43%	1.95%	0.97%	2.46%	2.38%	0.57%
1973	2.77%	1.81%	2%	0.99%	2.5%	2.45%	0.62%
1972	2.7%	1.99%	2.02%	1.09%	2.52%	2.45%	0.66%
1971	2.71%	2.91%	2.12%	1.46%	2.54%	2.57%	0.59%
1970	2.7%	2.02%	2.1%	1.2%	2.59%	2.62%	0.59%
1969	2.69%	2.04%	2.1%	1.02%	2.64%	2.61%	0.68%
1968	2.68%	1.82%	2.07%	1.07%	2.69%	2.56%	0.7%
1967	2.64%	1.63%	2.06%	1.17%	2.74%	2.53%	0.74%
1966	2.6%	2.25%	2.11%	1.24%	2.79%	2.58%	0.75%
1965	2.58%	2.03%	2.08%	1.32%	2.83%	2.51%	0.9%
1964	2.56%	2.09%	2.11%	1.45%	2.86%	2.54%	0.95%
1963	2.53%	2.07%	2.14%	1.5%	2.89%	2.58%	0.96%
1962	2.5%	2.47%	1.78%	1.58%	2.9%	2.09%	0.96%
1961	2.47%	2.18%	1.37%	1.71%	2.89%	1.55%	0.95%
1960	-	-	-	1.64%	-	-	-

Data sources: World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-04-06); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-08); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (1961–2024, retrieved 2026-02-20); National Statistics, Taiwan (1961–2024, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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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	33.8 years
Median age	31.6 years
Male:Female ratio	50.3:49.7
Fertility rate	2.2 births per woman
Population density	144 ppl/mi²