Population, estimates and projections to 2100
Total population on 1 July. Estimates up to 2023 and medium-variant projections from 2024 to 2100 by the UN Population Division, based on assumed future fertility, mortality and migration.
Highest in 2023
1,438,069,596 people
India
Lowest in 2023
9,816 people
Tuvalu
Countries ranked for 2023
216
216 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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People. Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Botswana | Namibia |
|---|---|---|
| 2100 | 3,836,825 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 5,897,944 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2095 | 3,863,243 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 5,871,652 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2090 | 3,883,332 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 5,817,169 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2085 | 3,884,067 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 5,736,758 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2080 | 3,877,213 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 5,635,057 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2075 | 3,855,867 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 5,507,229 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2070 | 3,823,499 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 5,361,952 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2065 | 3,767,441 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 5,189,914 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2060 | 3,682,968 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 4,992,780 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2055 | 3,570,058 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 4,764,872 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2050 | 3,437,430 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 4,512,300 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2045 | 3,285,301 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 4,243,350 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2040 | 3,126,640 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 3,962,405 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2035 | 2,954,414 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 3,678,880 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2030 | 2,765,918 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 3,389,958 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2025 | 2,562,122 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) | 3,092,816 peoplef (Projection (medium variant)) |
| 2023 | 2,480,244 people | 2,963,095 people |
| 2022 | 2,439,892 people | 2,889,662 people |
| 2021 | 2,401,441 people | 2,810,548 people |
| 2020 | 2,365,894 people | 2,728,762 people |
| 2019 | 2,332,083 people | 2,650,494 people |
| 2018 | 2,299,141 people | 2,577,326 people |
| 2017 | 2,266,747 people | 2,506,853 people |
| 2016 | 2,234,776 people | 2,439,213 people |
| 2015 | 2,203,273 people | 2,374,300 people |
| 2014 | 2,172,044 people | 2,312,138 people |
Flags: f Projection (medium variant) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 216 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is India (1,438,069,596 people) and the lowest Tuvalu (9,816 people).
- Half of the countries are above 6,809,708 people and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 181 countries and fell in 35.
About this measure
Before comparing
- Projections are not forecasts of certain outcomes; the medium variant is the UN's central scenario.
Source and dates
All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 India 1,438,069,596 people
- 2 China 1,422,584,933 people
- 3 United States 343,477,335 people
- 4 Indonesia 281,190,067 people
- 5 Pakistan 247,504,495 people
- 6 Nigeria 227,882,945 people
- 7 Brazil 211,140,729 people
- 8 Bangladesh 171,466,990 people
- 9 Russia 145,440,500 people
- 10 Mexico 129,739,759 people
- 11 Ethiopia 128,691,692 people
- 12 Japan 124,370,947 people
- 13 Philippines 114,891,199 people
- 14 Egypt 114,535,772 people
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 105,789,731 people
- 16 Viet Nam 100,352,192 people
- 17 Iran 90,608,707 people
- 18 Türkiye 87,270,502 people
- 19 Germany 84,548,231 people
- 20 Thailand 71,702,435 people
- 21 United Kingdom 68,682,962 people
- 22 Tanzania 66,617,606 people
- 23 France 66,438,822 people
- 24 South Africa 63,212,384 people
- 25 Italy 59,499,453 people
- 26 Kenya 55,339,003 people
- 27 Myanmar 54,133,798 people
- 28 Colombia 52,321,152 people
- 29 South Korea 51,748,739 people
- 30 Sudan 50,042,791 people
- 31 Uganda 48,656,601 people
- 32 Spain 47,911,580 people
- 33 Algeria 46,164,219 people
- 34 Argentina 45,538,401 people
- 35 Iraq 45,074,049 people
- 36 Afghanistan 41,454,761 people
- 37 Yemen 39,390,799 people
- 38 Canada 39,299,104 people
- 39 Poland 38,762,844 people
- 40 Ukraine 37,732,836 people
- 41 Morocco 37,712,505 people
- 42 Angola 36,749,906 people
- 43 Uzbekistan 35,652,307 people
- 44 Malaysia 35,126,298 people
- 45 Peru 33,845,617 people
- 46 Ghana 33,787,914 people
- 47 Mozambique 33,635,160 people
- 48 Saudi Arabia 33,264,292 people
- 49 Madagascar 31,195,932 people
- 50 Côte d'Ivoire 31,165,654 people
- 51 Nepal 29,694,614 people
- 52 Cameroon 28,372,687 people
- 53 Venezuela 28,300,854 people
- 54 Australia 26,451,124 people
- 55 North Korea 26,418,204 people
- 56 Niger 26,159,867 people
- 57 Mali 23,769,127 people
- 58 Syria 23,594,623 people
- 59 Burkina Faso 23,025,776 people
- 60 Sri Lanka 22,971,617 people
- 61 Malawi 21,104,482 people
- 62 Zambia 20,723,965 people
- 63 Kazakhstan 20,330,104 people
- 64 Chile 19,658,835 people
- 65 Chad 19,319,064 people
- 66 Romania 19,118,479 people
- 67 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 18,358,615 people
- 68 Guatemala 18,124,838 people
- 69 Netherlands 18,092,524 people
- 70 Senegal 18,077,573 people
- 71 Ecuador 17,980,083 people
- 72 Cambodia 17,423,880 people
- 73 Zimbabwe 16,340,822 people
- 74 Guinea 14,405,468 people
- 75 Benin 14,111,034 people
- 76 Rwanda 13,954,472 people
- 77 Burundi 13,689,450 people
- 78 Bolivia 12,244,160 people
- 79 Tunisia 12,200,431 people
- 80 Belgium 11,712,893 people
- 81 Haiti 11,637,398 people
- 82 South Sudan 11,483,374 people
- 83 Jordan 11,439,214 people
- 84 Dominican Republic 11,331,266 people
- 85 Cuba 11,019,930 people
- 86 Czechia 10,809,716 people
- 87 Honduras 10,644,851 people
- 88 United Arab Emirates 10,642,081 people
- 89 Sweden 10,551,494 people
- 90 Portugal 10,430,738 people
- 91 Tajikistan 10,389,798 people
- 92 Papua New Guinea 10,389,635 people
- 93 Azerbaijan 10,318,207 people
- 94 Greece 10,242,908 people
- 95 Hungary 9,686,464 people
- 96 Togo 9,304,338 people
- 97 Israel 9,256,314 people
- 98 Austria 9,130,429 people
- 99 Belarus 9,115,680 people
- 100 Switzerland 8,870,561 people
- 101 Sierra Leone 8,460,512 people
- 102 Laos 7,664,992 people
- 103 Hong Kong SAR, China 7,442,734 people
- 104 Turkmenistan 7,364,438 people
- 105 Libya 7,305,659 people
- 106 Kyrgyzstan 7,073,516 people
- 107 Paraguay 6,844,146 people
- 108 Nicaragua 6,823,613 people
- 109 Bulgaria 6,795,803 people
- 110 Serbia 6,773,201 people
- 111 El Salvador 6,309,624 people
- 112 Republic of the Congo 6,182,885 people
- 113 Denmark 5,948,136 people
- 114 Singapore 5,789,090 people
- 115 Lebanon 5,773,492 people
- 116 Finland 5,601,185 people
- 117 Norway 5,519,167 people
- 118 Slovakia 5,518,054 people
- 119 Liberia 5,493,031 people
- 120 West Bank and Gaza 5,409,202 people
- 121 Ireland 5,196,630 people
- 122 New Zealand 5,172,836 people
- 123 Central African Republic 5,152,420 people
- 124 Costa Rica 5,105,526 people
- 125 Oman 5,049,269 people
- 126 Mauritania 5,022,442 people
- 127 Kuwait 4,838,782 people
- 128 Panama 4,458,759 people
- 129 Croatia 3,896,023 people
- 130 Georgia 3,807,492 people
- 131 Eritrea 3,470,390 people
- 132 Mongolia 3,431,932 people
- 133 Uruguay 3,388,080 people
- 134 Puerto Rico (US) 3,242,022 people
- 135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,185,073 people
- 136 Moldova 3,067,070 people
- 137 Qatar 2,979,082 people
- 138 Namibia 2,963,095 people
- 139 Armenia 2,943,393 people
- 140 Lithuania 2,854,099 people
- 141 Jamaica 2,839,786 people
- 142 Albania 2,811,655 people
- 143 Gambia 2,697,846 people
- 144 Gabon 2,484,788 people
- 145 Botswana 2,480,244 people
- 146 Lesotho 2,311,472 people
- 147 Guinea-Bissau 2,153,339 people
- 148 Slovenia 2,118,396 people
- 149 Latvia 1,882,396 people
- 150 Equatorial Guinea 1,847,549 people
- 151 North Macedonia 1,831,802 people
- 152 Kosovo 1,700,031 people
- 153 Bahrain 1,569,666 people
- 154 Trinidad and Tobago 1,502,932 people
- 155 Timor-Leste 1,384,286 people
- 156 Estonia 1,367,196 people
- 157 Cyprus 1,344,976 people
- 158 Mauritius 1,273,588 people
- 159 Eswatini 1,230,506 people
- 160 Djibouti 1,152,944 people
- 161 Fiji 924,146 people
- 162 Comoros 850,387 people
- 163 Guyana 826,353 people
- 164 Solomon Islands 800,006 people
- 165 Bhutan 786,385 people
- 166 Macao SAR, China 713,912 people
- 167 Luxembourg 665,098 people
- 168 Montenegro 633,552 people
- 169 Suriname 628,886 people
- 170 Malta 532,956 people
- 171 Maldives 525,994 people
- 172 Cabo Verde 522,330 people
- 173 Brunei 458,949 people
- 174 Belize 411,106 people
- 175 Bahamas 399,440 people
- 176 Iceland 387,558 people
- 177 Vanuatu 320,408 people
- 178 New Caledonia 289,870 people
- 179 Barbados 282,336 people
- 180 French Polynesia 281,118 people
- 181 São Tomé and Príncipe 230,871 people
- 182 Samoa 216,663 people
- 183 Curaçao 185,427 people
- 184 Saint Lucia 179,285 people
- 185 Guam 166,506 people
- 186 Kiribati 132,530 people
- 187 Seychelles 127,951 people
- 188 Grenada 117,081 people
- 189 Micronesia 112,630 people
- 190 Aruba 107,939 people
- 191 Tonga 104,598 people
- 192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 101,323 people
- 193 Antigua and Barbuda 93,316 people
- 194 US Virgin Islands 85,701 people
- 195 Isle of Man 84,165 people
- 196 Andorra 80,856 people
- 197 Cayman Islands 73,038 people
- 198 Dominica 66,510 people
- 199 Bermuda 64,698 people
- 200 Greenland 55,922 people
- 201 Faroe Islands 54,714 people
- 202 American Samoa 47,521 people
- 203 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46,758 people
- 204 Turks and Caicos Islands 46,198 people
- 205 Northern Mariana Islands 45,143 people
- 206 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 42,749 people
- 207 Liechtenstein 39,598 people
- 208 British Virgin Islands 38,985 people
- 209 Monaco 38,956 people
- 210 Marshall Islands 38,827 people
- 211 Gibraltar 38,471 people
- 212 San Marino 33,733 people
- 213 Saint Martin (French part) 27,515 people
- 214 Palau 17,727 people
- 215 Naoero 11,875 people
- 216 Tuvalu 9,816 people
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