Country or area | Population (000) | |||||
Rank | 1950 | 2000 | 2015 | 2025 | 2050 | |
World | 2,519,495 | 6,056,715 | 7,207,361 | 7,936,741 | 9,322,251 | |
1 | India | 357,561 | 1,008,937 | 1,230,484 | 1,351,801 | 1,572,055 |
2 | China | 554,760 | 1,275,133 | 1,410,217 | 1,470,787 | 1,462,058 |
3 | United States of America | 157,813 | 283,230 | 321,225 | 346,822 | 397,063 |
4 | Pakistan | 39,659 | 141,256 | 204,267 | 250,981 | 344,170 |
5 | Indonesia | 79,538 | 212,092 | 250,068 | 272,911 | 311,335 |
6 | Nigeria | 29,790 | 113,862 | 165,313 | 202,957 | 278,788 |
7 | Bangladesh | 41,783 | 137,439 | 183,159 | 210,823 | 265,432 |
8 | Brazil | 53,975 | 170,406 | 201,393 | 218,980 | 247,244 |
9 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 12,184 | 50,948 | 84,045 | 114,876 | 203,527 |
10 | Ethiopia | 18,434 | 62,908 | 89,765 | 113,418 | 186,452 |
11 | Mexico | 27,737 | 98,872 | 119,175 | 130,194 | 146,651 |
12 | Philippines | 19,996 | 75,653 | 95,881 | 107,073 | 128,383 |
13 | Vietnam | 27,367 | 78,137 | 94,413 | 105,488 | 123,782 |
14 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 16,913 | 70,330 | 87,103 | 99,343 | 121,424 |
15 | Egypt | 21,834 | 67,884 | 84,425 | 94,777 | 113,840 |
16 | Japan | 83,625 | 127,096 | 127,522 | 123,798 | 109,220 |
17 | Russian Federation | 102,702 | 145,491 | 133,314 | 125,687 | 104,258 |
18 | Yemen | 4,316 | 18,349 | 33,118 | 48,206 | 102,379 |
19 | Uganda | 5,210 | 23,300 | 38,739 | 53,765 | 101,524 |
20 | Turkey | 20,809 | 66,668 | 79,004 | 86,611 | 98,818 |
21 | Unites republic of Tanzania | 7,886 | 35,119 | 49,343 | 60,395 | 82,740 |
22 | Thailand | 19,626 | 62,806 | 72,490 | 77,480 | 82,491 |
23 | Afghanistan | 8,151 | 21,765 | 35,577 | 45,193 | 72,267 |
24 | Colombia | 12,568 | 42,105 | 52,641 | 59,161 | 70,862 |
25 | Germany | 68,376 | 82,017 | 80,673 | 78,897 | 70,805 |
26 | Myanmar | 17,832 | 47,749 | 55,260 | 60,243 | 68,546 |
27 | Sudan | 9,190 | 31,095 | 42,433 | 49,556 | 63,530 |
28 | France | 41,829 | 59,238 | 61,892 | 62,753 | 61,832 |
29 | Saudi Arabia | 3,201 | 20,346 | 31,748 | 40,473 | 59,683 |
30 | United Kingdom | 50,616 | 59,415 | 60,566 | 61,243 | 58,933 |
31 | Kenya | 6,265 | 30,669 | 40,001 | 44,897 | 55,368 |
32 | Argentina | 17,150 | 37,032 | 43,498 | 47,160 | 54,522 |
33 | Iraq | 5,158 | 22,946 | 33,550 | 40,298 | 53,574 |
34 | Angola | 4,131 | 13,134 | 20,795 | 28,213 | 53,328 |
35 | Nepal | 8,502 | 23,043 | 32,138 | 38,706 | 52,415 |
36 | Niger | 2,500 | 10,832 | 18,482 | 25,725 | 51,872 |
37 | Republic of Korea | 20,357 | 46,740 | 50,631 | 52,065 | 51,560 |
38 | Algeria | 8,753 | 30,291 | 38,022 | 42,738 | 51,180 |
39 | Morocco | 8,953 | 29,878 | 37,680 | 42,002 | 50,361 |
40 | South Africa | 13,683 | 43,309 | 44,616 | 43,772 | 47,301 |
41 | Madagascar | 4,230 | 15,970 | 24,072 | 30,759 | 47,030 |
42 | Burkina Faso | 3,960 | 11,535 | 18,509 | 25,227 | 46,304 |
43 | Italy | 47,104 | 57,530 | 55,239 | 52,364 | 42,962 |
44 | Venezuela | 5,094 | 24,881 | 30,554 | 34,775 | 42,152 |
45 | Peru | 7,632 | 25,662 | 31,876 | 35,518 | 42,122 |
46 | Mali | 3,520 | 11,351 | 17,657 | 23,461 | 41,724 |
47 | Somalia | 2,264 | 8,778 | 15,405 | 21,192 | 40,936 |
48 | Uzbekistan | 6,314 | 24,881 | 30,554 | 34,203 | 40,513 |
49 | Canada | 13,737 | 30,757 | 34,419 | 36,717 | 40,407 |
50 | Ghana | 4,900 | 19,306 | 26,378 | 30,936 | 40,056 |
51 | Mozambique | 6,198 | 18,292 | 23,526 | 28,012 | 38,837 |
52 | Malaysia | 6,110 | 22,218 | 27,911 | 31,326 | 37,850 |
53 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3,495 | 16,189 | 23,206 | 27,410 | 36,345 |
54 | Poland | 24,824 | 38,605 | 38,035 | 37,254 | 33,370 |
55 | Cameroon | 4,466 | 14,876 | 20,226 | 23,986 | 32,284 |
56 | C�te d'Ivoire | 2,775 | 16,013 | 21,529 | 25,024 | 32,185 |
57 | Spain | 28,009 | 39,910 | 39,018 | 37,395 | 31,282 |
58 | Malawi | 2,881 | 11,308 | 15,656 | 19,544 | 31,114 |
59 | Ukraine | 37,298 | 49,568 | 43,335 | 39,569 | 29,959 |
60 | Cambodia | 4,346 | 13,104 | 18,585 | 22,310 | 29,883 |
61 | Zambia | 2,440 | 10,421 | 14,796 | 19,026 | 29,262 |
62 | Dem. People's Rep. of Korea | 10,815 | 22,268 | 24,396 | 25,872 | 28,038 |
63 | Chad | 2,658 | 7,885 | 12,376 | 16,383 | 27,732 |
64 | Guatemala | 2,969 | 11,385 | 16,329 | 19,624 | 26,551 |
65 | Australia 1 | 8,219 | 19,138 | 21,910 | 23,523 | 26,502 |
66 | Zimbabwe | 2,744 | 12,627 | 16,368 | 18,672 | 23,546 |
67 | Sri Lanka | 7,483 | 18,924 | 21,451 | 22,529 | 23,066 |
68 | Chile | 6,082 | 15,211 | 17,912 | 19,548 | 22,732 |
69 | Senegal | 2,500 | 9,421 | 13,516 | 16,511 | 22,711 |
70 | Guinea | 2,550 | 8,154 | 11,300 | 14,120 | 20,711 |
71 | Burundi | 2,456 | 6,356 | 9,835 | 12,390 | 20,218 |
72 | Rwanda | 2,120 | 7,609 | 10,504 | 12,883 | 18,523 |
73 | Romania | 16,311 | 22,438 | 21,437 | 20,585 | 18,150 |
74 | Benin | 2,046 | 6,272 | 9,448 | 11,992 | 18,070 |
75 | Bolivia | 2,714 | 8,329 | 11,218 | 13,131 | 16,966 |
76 | Netherlands | 10,114 | 15,864 | 16,420 | 16,571 | 15,845 |
77 | Kazakhstan | 6,703 | 16,172 | 15,957 | 16,090 | 15,302 |
78 | Liberia | 824 | 2,913 | 5,550 | 7,638 | 14,370 |
79 | Sierra Leone | 1,944 | 4,405 | 7,115 | 9,052 | 14,351 |
80 | Tunisia | 3,530 | 9,459 | 11,257 | 12,343 | 14,076 |
81 | Haiti | 3,261 | 8,142 | 10,215 | 11,549 | 13,982 |
82 | Honduras | 1,380 | 6,417 | 8,703 | 10,106 | 12,845 |
83 | Paraguay | 1,488 | 5,496 | 7,773 | 9,355 | 12,565 |
84 | Togo | 1,329 | 4,527 | 6,576 | 8,219 | 11,832 |
85 | Occupied Palestinian Terr. | 1,005 | 3,191 | 5,317 | 7,145 | 11,821 |
86 | Jordan | 472 | 4,913 | 7,191 | 8,666 | 11,709 |
87 | Nicaragua | 1,134 | 5,071 | 7,216 | 8,606 | 11,477 |
88 | Lao Peoples's Dem. Republic | 1,755 | 5,279 | 7,334 | 8,721 | 11,438 |
89 | Papua New Guinea | 1,613 | 4,809 | 6,642 | 8,023 | 10,980 |
90 | El Salvador | 1,951 | 6,278 | 7,979 | 8,975 | 10,855 |
91 | Cuba | 5,850 | 11,199 | 11,644 | 11,733 | 10,764 |
92 | Congo | 808 | 3,018 | 4,730 | 6,284 | 10,744 |
93 | Israel | 1,258 | 6,040 | 7,714 | 8,486 | 10,065 |
94 | Eritrea | 1,140 | 3,659 | 5,720 | 7,063 | 10,028 |
95 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 1,029 | 5,290 | 7,058 | 7,972 | 9,969 |
96 | Tajikistan | 1,532 | 6,087 | 7,097 | 8,066 | 9,763 |
97 | China,Hong kong SAR 2 | 1,974 | 6,860 | 8,025 | 8,678 | 9,648 |
98 | Belgium | 8,639 | 10,249 | 10,272 | 10,205 | 9,583 |
99 | Yugoslavia | 7,131 | 10,552 | 10,309 | 10,044 | 9,030 |
100 | Portugal | 8,405 | 10,016 | 10,030 | 9,831 | 9,006 |
101 | Greece | 7,566 | 10,610 | 10,472 | 10,149 | 8,983 |
102 | Azerbaijan | 2,896 | 8,041 | 8,725 | 9,076 | 8,897 |
103 | Oman | 456 | 2,538 | 4,110 | 5,411 | 8,751 |
104 | Czech Republic | 8,925 | 10,272 | 10,028 | 9,727 | 8,429 |
105 | Turkmenistan | 1,211 | 4,737 | 6,059 | 6,844 | 8,401 |
106 | Belarus | 7,745 | 10,187 | 9,664 | 9,335 | 8,305 |
107 | Central African Republic | 1,314 | 3,717 | 4,877 | 5,886 | 8,195 |
108 | Sweden | 7,014 | 8,842 | 8,625 | 8,518 | 7,777 |
109 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,740 | 4,921 | 5,836 | 6,460 | 7,538 |
110 | Hungary | 9,338 | 9,968 | 9,254 | 8,783 | 7,486 |
111 | Costa Rica | 862 | 4,024 | 5,233 | 5,929 | 7,195 |
112 | Austria | 6,935 | 8,080 | 7,848 | 7,605 | 6,452 |
113 | Switzerland | 4,694 | 7,170 | 6,972 | 6,729 | 5,607 |
114 | Bhutan | 734 | 2,085 | 3,070 | 3,843 | 5,569 |
115 | Ireland | 2,969 | 3,803 | 4,410 | 4,745 | 5,366 |
116 | Denmark | 4,271 | 5,320 | 5,372 | 5,359 | 5,080 |
117 | Lebanon | 1,443 | 3,496 | 4,219 | 4,581 | 5,018 |
118 | Norway | 3,265 | 4,469 | 4,670 | 4,800 | 4,880 |
119 | Puerto Rico | 2,218 | 3,915 | 4,390 | 4,615 | 4,835 |
120 | Finland | 4,009 | 5,172 | 5,180 | 5,138 | 4,693 |
121 | Slovakia | 3,463 | 5,399 | 5,420 | 5,317 | 4,674 |
122 | Singapore | 1,022 | 4,018 | 4,756 | 4,998 | 4,620 |
123 | Bulgaria | 7,251 | 7,949 | 6,816 | 6,125 | 4,531 |
124 | New Zealand | 1,908 | 3,778 | 4,141 | 4,302 | 4,439 |
125 | Panama | 860 | 2,856 | 3,451 | 3,779 | 4,262 |
126 | Uruguay | 2,239 | 3,337 | 3,670 | 3,871 | 4,249 |
127 | Croatia | 3,850 | 4,654 | 4,622 | 4,519 | 4,179 |
128 | Mongolia | 761 | 2,533 | 3,085 | 3,478 | 4,146 |
129 | Kuwait | 152 | 1,914 | 2,766 | 3,219 | 4,001 |
130 | Albania | 1,215 | 3,134 | 3,439 | 3,676 | 3,905 |
131 | Jamaica | 1,403 | 2,576 | 2,957 | 3,264 | 3,815 |
132 | United Arab Emirates | 70 | 2,606 | 3,230 | 3,468 | 3,709 |
133 | Namibia | 511 | 1,757 | 2,313 | 2,776 | 3,662 |
134 | Republic of Moldova | 2,341 | 4,295 | 4,152 | 4,052 | 3,577 |
135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,661 | 3,977 | 4,279 | 4,165 | 3,458 |
136 | Guinea-Bissau | 505 | 1,199 | 1,727 | 2,170 | 3,276 |
137 | Georgia | 3,527 | 5,262 | 4,775 | 4,377 | 3,219 |
138 | Gabon | 469 | 1,230 | 1,757 | 2,178 | 3,164 |
139 | Armenia | 1,354 | 3,787 | 3,808 | 3,736 | 3,150 |
140 | Lithuania | 2,567 | 3,696 | 3,538 | 3,418 | 2,989 |
141 | Gambia | 294 | 1,303 | 1,781 | 2,077 | 2,605 |
142 | Lesotho | 734 | 2,035 | 2,141 | 2,225 | 2,478 |
143 | Botswana | 389 | 1,541 | 1,694 | 1,826 | 2,109 |
144 | Comoros | 173 | 706 | 1,067 | 1,327 | 1,900 |
145 | TFYR Macedonia 8 | 1,230 | 2,034 | 2,075 | 2,067 | 1,894 |
146 | Latvia | 1,949 | 2,421 | 2,225 | 2,090 | 1,744 |
147 | Slovenia | 1,473 | 1,988 | 1,926 | 1,847 | 1,527 |
148 | Solomon Islands | 90 | 447 | 719 | 943 | 1,458 |
149 | Mauritius | 493 | 1,161 | 1,301 | 1,374 | 1,426 |
150 | Swaziland | 264 | 925 | 1,022 | 1,138 | 1,391 |
151 | Equatorial Guinea | 226 | 457 | 692 | 889 | 1,378 |
152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 636 | 1,294 | 1,392 | 1,437 | 1,378 |
153 | Djibouti | 62 | 632 | 703 | 801 | 1,068 |
154 | Bahrain | 116 | 640 | 793 | 887 | 1,008 |
155 | Reunion | 248 | 721 | 845 | 911 | 1,002 |
156 | Fiji | 289 | 814 | 925 | 954 | 916 |
157 | Cyprus | 494 | 784 | 864 | 899 | 910 |
158 | Maldives | 82 | 291 | 453 | 580 | 868 |
159 | Qatar | 25 | 565 | 693 | 754 | 831 |
160 | Cape Verde | 146 | 427 | 567 | 647 | 807 |
161 | Estonia | 1,101 | 1,393 | 1,190 | 1,062 | 752 |
162 | Luxembourg | 296 | 437 | 518 | 576 | 715 |
163 | Western Sahara | 14 | 252 | 368 | 438 | 599 |
164 | Brunei Darussalam | 48 | 328 | 417 | 473 | 565 |
165 | China, Macao SAR 3 | 190 | 444 | 499 | 529 | 527 |
166 | Guyana | 423 | 761 | 749 | 703 | 504 |
167 | French Guiana | 25 | 165 | 255 | 326 | 503 |
168 | Guadeloupe | 210 | 428 | 471 | 487 | 479 |
169 | Vanuatu | 48 | 197 | 282 | 342 | 462 |
170 | Bahamas | 79 | 304 | 359 | 393 | 449 |
171 | Suriname | 215 | 417 | 437 | 442 | 418 |
172 | Martinique | 222 | 383 | 410 | 421 | 413 |
173 | Malta | 312 | 390 | 411 | 418 | 400 |
174 | New Caledonia | 65 | 215 | 178 | 316 | 397 |
175 | Belize | 69 | 226 | 287 | 324 | 392 |
176 | French Polynesia | 61 | 233 | 288 | 318 | 372 |
177 | Iceland | 143 | 279 | 305 | 319 | 333 |
178 | Guam | 60 | 155 | 209 | 242 | 307 |
179 | Sao Tome and Principe | 60 | 138 | 178 | 208 | 294 |
180 | Micronesia (Fed. state of) | 32 | 123 | 172 | 204 | 269 |
181 | Barbados | 211 | 267 | 281 | 285 | 263 |
182 | Netherlands Antilles | 112 | 215 | 242 | 255 | 259 |
183 | Aruba | 57 | 101 | 157 | 194 | 242 |
184 | Samoa | 82 | 159 | 179 | 200 | 223 |
185 | Northern Mariana Islands | 7 | 73 | 124 | 157 | 216 |
186 | Andorra | 4 | 86 | 146 | 181 | 193 |
187 | Saint Lucia | 79 | 148 | 169 | 179 | 189 |
188 | American Samoa | 19 | 68 | 104 | 129 | 172 |
189 | United States Virgin Islands | 27 | 121 | 140 | 151 | 167 |
190 | Seychelles | 34 | 80 | 97 | 110 | 145 |
191 | Kiribati | 32 | 83 | 100 | 112 | 138 |
192 | Saint Vincent and Grenadines | 67 | 113 | 123 | 129 | 138 |
193 | Tonga | 41 | 99 | 105 | 110 | 125 |
194 | Channel Islands | 102 | 144 | 143 | 139 | 120 |
195 | Grenada | 76 | 94 | 97 | 100 | 105 |
196 | Cayman Islands | 6 | 38 | 59 | 72 | 89 |
197 | Marshall Islands | 13 | 51 | 62 | 69 | 85 |
198 | Isle of Man | 56 | 75 | 83 | 84 | 81 |
199 | Bermuda | 37 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 79 |
200 | Antigua and Barbuda | 46 | 65 | 68 | 70 | 73 |
201 | Dominica | 51 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 72 |
202 | Greenland | 23 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 62 |
203 | Faroe Islands | 32 | 46 | 52 | 55 | 55 |
204 | British Virgin Islands | 6 | 24 | 32 | 35 | 39 |
205 | Liechtenstein | 14 | 33 | 37 | 39 | 39 |
206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5 | 17 | 26 | 31 | 39 |
207 | Palau | 6 | 19 | 26 | 30 | 39 |
208 | Monaco | 20 | 33 | 37 | 39 | 38 |
209 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 44 | 38 | 35 | 34 | 34 |
210 | San Marino | 15 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 30 |
211 | Cook Islands | 15 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 27 |
212 | Nauru | 3 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 26 |
213 | Anguilla | 5 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 23 |
214 | Gibraltar | 21 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 21 |
215 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 7 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 |
216 | Tuvalu | 5 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
217 | Montserrat | 14 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
218 | Saint Helena 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
219 | Saint Pierre and Miqueleon | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
220 | Falkland Islands | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
221 | Niue | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
222 | Holy See 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
223 | Tokelau | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
224 | Pitcairn 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
225 | Dominican Republic | N/A | 8,737 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
226 | East Timor | N/A | 737 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
227 | Ecuador | N/A | 12,646 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: United nations Population Division. | ||||||
1 Including Christmas Islands, Cocos (keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island. | ||||||
2 As July 1st 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Ch | ||||||
3 As December 20th 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Ch | ||||||
4 Refers to the Vatican City State. | ||||||
5 Including Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon. | ||||||
6 The population of Pitcairn is 68 in 2000 and remains constant till 2050. | ||||||
7 Including Ascencion and Tristan da Cunha. | ||||||
8 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. |
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