Population by Size

NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN EACH COUNTRY (1980-2050)

The total population for each country is listed below.

The total population of the world is estimated to be over 8 billion in 2023 with a growth rate of approximately 0.8% expected for the year.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London


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1980
(Million)
1990
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2000
(Million)
2010
(Million)
2023
(Million)
2030
(Million)
2050
(Million)
India C 699.0 873.3 1,056.6 1,234.3 1,438.1 1,525.1 1,679.6
China A 1,000.1 1,176.9 1,290.6 1,368.8 1,422.6 1,398.2 1,260.3
United States A 229.5 252.1 281.7 309.0 343.5 355.6 380.8
Indonesia B 147.4 181.4 211.5 241.8 281.2 295.9 320.7
Pakistan D 78.1 107.6 142.3 179.4 247.5 276.9 371.9
Nigeria E 73.4 95.2 122.3 158.5 227.9 262.4 359.2
Brazil A 120.7 149.0 174.8 195.7 211.1 216.1 217.5
Bangladesh E 79.6 103.2 127.7 147.6 171.5 186.1 214.7
Russia A 138.1 147.5 146.4 143.5 145.4 141.9 136.1
Mexico A 67.8 83.9 98.9 114.1 129.7 136.9 148.9
Ethiopia E 35.1 47.9 66.2 87.6 128.7 152.9 225.0
Japan A 117.8 124.5 127.5 128.5 124.4 119.6 105.1
Philippines B 47.4 61.9 78.0 94.0 114.9 121.4 134.4
Egypt B 43.3 56.1 68.8 82.8 114.5 127.1 161.6
Congo, Dem. Rep E 26.4 34.6 47.1 64.6 105.8 131.5 218.2
Vietnam B 54.3 68.0 79.9 88.0 100.4 104.3 110.0
Türkiye A 44.0 53.9 63.2 72.3 87.3 89.0 91.3
Germany B 78.3 79.1 81.4 80.8 84.5 82.8 78.3
Thailand A 47.4 56.6 63.0 67.2 71.7 71.2 66.4
United Kingdom A 56.2 57.1 58.9 63.5 68.7 71.3 75.5
Tanzania E 18.5 25.2 33.5 44.3 66.6 80.9 129.6
France A 53.9 56.7 59.0 62.9 66.4 67.1 68.2
South Africa C 28.6 36.8 45.0 51.2 63.2 68.2 79.2
Italy B 56.3 57.0 56.7 59.3 59.5 57.9 51.9
Kenya D 16.4 23.7 32.0 42.0 55.3 63.1 83.6
Myanmar C 34.2 41.3 46.7 50.6 54.1 56.4 58.6
Colombia B 26.9 33.1 39.6 45.2 52.3 55.7 59.4
Korea, Rep. A 38.0 42.9 47.4 49.5 51.7 51.2 45.1
Sudan E 14.5 20.1 27.3 34.5 50.0 58.6 85.2
Uganda E 12.4 17.4 23.7 32.4 48.7 58.3 85.4
Spain B 37.7 39.2 40.8 46.9 47.9 47.6 44.9
Algeria C 19.2 25.8 31.0 36.0 46.2 50.2 59.6
Argentina A 27.9 32.6 36.9 40.9 45.5 46.6 48.3
Afghanistan E 13.4 12.4 20.8 29.2 41.5 50.0 76.9
Yemen, Rep. E 7.9 11.7 17.4 23.2 39.4 47.7 71.0
Canada A 24.4 27.5 30.6 34.1 39.3 41.7 45.6
Poland A 35.5 38.0 38.6 38.3 38.8 37.2 32.8
Ukraine B 50.0 51.5 48.8 45.8 37.7 38.4 32.0
Morocco C 20.0 24.8 28.8 32.3 37.7 40.0 43.4
Angola E 8.3 11.8 16.4 23.4 36.7 45.2 74.3
Uzbekistan E 15.9 20.4 24.8 28.5 35.7 40.2 52.2
Malaysia B 13.8 18.0 23.2 28.2 35.1 38.0 44.3
Peru B 17.5 22.1 26.5 29.0 33.8 36.2 40.6
Ghana C 11.1 14.8 19.3 24.8 33.8 38.2 50.6
Mozambique D 11.6 13.0 17.7 23.5 33.6 40.8 63.5
Saudi Arabia A 9.7 16.2 20.7 27.4 33.3 37.4 47.7
Madagascar D 8.7 11.6 15.8 21.2 31.2 36.7 53.2
Cote d'Ivoire D 8.0 11.9 16.5 20.5 31.2 36.7 55.7
Nepal D 15.0 18.9 23.9 27.0 29.7 30.5 34.6
Cameroon E 8.6 11.8 15.5 20.3 28.4 33.8 51.1
Australia A 14.6 17.0 19.0 22.2 26.5 28.2 32.5
Niger E 6.0 8.0 11.3 16.5 26.2 32.5 52.5
Mali C 7.1 8.4 10.9 15.0 23.8 29.0 46.2
Taiwan A 17.9 20.5 22.0 23.2 23.3 22.6 19.4
Burkina Faso C 6.8 8.8 11.6 15.6 23.0 26.7 37.3
Sri Lanka C 15.0 17.3 18.8 20.3 23.0 23.8 24.8
Malawi D 6.3 9.4 11.1 14.5 21.1 25.2 37.4
Zambia E 5.9 8.0 10.4 13.6 20.7 25.0 38.1
Kazakhstan A 14.8 16.4 14.9 16.3 20.3 22.0 26.5
Chile B 11.4 13.3 15.3 17.1 19.7 20.2 20.3
Chad E 4.5 6.0 8.4 12.0 19.3 24.2 38.9
Romania C 22.6 23.5 22.1 20.5 19.1 18.4 16.0
Guatemala C 7.3 9.3 11.7 14.6 18.1 20.1 24.7
Netherlands B 14.1 15.0 15.9 16.7 18.1 18.8 19.0
Senegal D 5.6 7.5 9.8 12.7 18.1 21.2 30.4
Ecuador D 8.0 10.2 12.7 15.0 18.0 19.1 21.3
Cambodia D 6.7 9.0 12.2 14.3 17.4 18.8 21.9
Zimbabwe E 7.4 10.4 11.9 12.7 16.3 18.6 25.9
Guinea E 4.9 6.4 8.2 10.2 14.4 16.8 23.4
Benin D 3.7 5.0 6.9 9.2 14.1 16.6 24.4
Rwanda D 5.2 7.3 7.9 10.0 14.0 16.2 22.7
Burundi E 4.2 5.4 6.4 8.7 13.7 16.2 24.1
Bolivia D 5.6 6.9 8.4 10.0 12.2 13.4 16.1
Tunisia C 6.4 8.2 9.7 10.6 12.2 12.6 13.1
Belgium B 9.9 10.0 10.3 10.9 11.7 11.8 11.9
Haiti E 5.6 7.0 8.5 9.9 11.6 12.6 14.7
Jordan C 2.4 3.6 5.1 7.3 11.4 12.4 16.4
Dominican Republic D 5.8 7.1 8.5 9.7 11.3 11.9 13.0
Czechia B 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.8 10.4 9.8
Honduras D 3.7 5.0 6.6 8.3 10.6 11.9 14.8
United Arab Emirates C 1.0 1.8 3.1 8.5 10.6 12.2 15.4
Sweden B 8.3 8.6 8.9 9.4 10.6 10.8 11.3
Portugal B 9.8 9.9 10.3 10.6 10.4 10.3 9.8
Tajikistan B 3.9 5.3 6.2 7.5 10.4 11.7 15.6
Papua New Guinea E 3.6 4.6 5.8 7.3 10.4 11.7 14.9
Azerbaijan B 6.2 7.2 8.1 9.0 10.3 10.7 11.2
Greece B 9.6 10.2 11.1 10.9 10.2 9.7 8.8
Hungary D 10.8 10.4 10.2 9.9 9.7 9.4 8.7
Togo D 2.7 3.8 4.9 6.4 9.3 10.8 15.6
Israel C 3.7 4.4 5.9 7.3 9.3 10.2 13.1
Austria B 7.6 7.7 8.1 8.4 9.1 9.1 8.7
Belarus A 9.6 10.2 9.9 9.4 9.1 8.7 7.5
Switzerland C 6.3 6.7 7.1 7.8 8.9 9.1 9.3
Sierra Leone C 3.4 4.3 4.6 6.4 8.5 9.7 12.9
Laos D 3.3 4.3 5.3 6.2 7.7 8.4 9.8
Hong Kong A 4.9 5.7 6.6 7.0 7.4 7.3 6.1
Turkmenistan B 2.9 3.7 4.5 5.1 7.4 8.1 9.6
Libya E 3.2 4.4 5.4 6.2 7.3 7.9 9.3
Kyrgyzstan A 3.6 4.4 4.9 5.4 7.1 7.8 9.6
Paraguay D 3.2 4.2 5.3 6.2 6.8 7.4 8.6
Nicaragua E 3.3 4.2 5.1 5.8 6.8 7.4 8.8
Bulgaria C 8.9 8.8 8.0 7.4 6.8 6.5 5.4
Serbia C 8.9 9.5 9.5 9.0 6.8 6.5 5.5
El Salvador D 4.6 5.3 5.9 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.7
Congo, Rep. E 1.8 2.4 3.1 4.3 6.2 7.3 11.0
Denmark B 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.9 6.1 6.1
Singapore A 2.4 3.0 4.0 5.1 5.8 6.0 6.1
Lebanon E 2.6 2.8 3.8 5.0 5.8 6.1 7.0
Finland C 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.4
Norway B 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.5 5.7 5.9
Slovak Republic D 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 4.9
Liberia E 1.9 2.1 2.8 3.9 5.5 6.4 8.9
Ireland A 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.6 5.2 5.5 6.0
New Zealand A 3.1 3.4 3.9 4.4 5.2 5.4 5.8
Central African Republic E 2.2 2.8 3.6 4.4 5.2 6.5 10.6
Costa Rica C 2.4 3.1 4.0 4.6 5.1 5.3 5.4
Oman A 1.2 1.8 2.3 3.0 5.0 6.1 7.8
Mauritania E 1.5 2.0 2.6 3.5 5.0 6.1 9.4
Kuwait A 1.4 2.1 2.0 3.0 4.8 5.3 6.4
Panama C 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.6 4.5 4.8 5.6
Croatia C 4.6 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.2
Georgia B 5.0 5.4 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.7
Mongolia A 1.7 2.2 2.4 2.7 3.4 3.7 4.5
Uruguay C 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 4.2 4.5 3.8 3.7 3.2 3.0 2.5
Moldova B 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.1 2.8 2.4
Qatar A 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.9 3.0 3.3 4.2
Namibia E 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.1 3.0 3.4 4.5
Armenia A 3.1 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.5
Lithuania C 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.3
Jamaica D 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.5
Albania C 2.7 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.2
Gambia E 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.8 2.7 3.1 4.3
Gabon D 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.6 2.5 2.9 4.1
Botswana D 0.9 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.5 2.8 3.4
Lesotho E 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.5 3.0
Guinea-Bissau E 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.5 2.2 2.5 3.4
Slovenia A 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0
Latvia D 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.5
North Macedonia B 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.5
Bahrain C 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.6 1.8 2.1
Estonia D 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2
Cyprus B 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5
Mauritius A 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.1
Eswatini D 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.5
Comoros D 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.3
Guyana D 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9
Bhutan C 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9
Luxembourg B 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8
Suriname D 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7
Malta B 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5
Bahamas, The C 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Iceland B 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4

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