Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes by country

The FAOSTAT Population module contains time series data on population, by sex and urban/rural. The series consist of both estimates and projections for different periods as available from the original sources, namely: 1. Population data refers to the World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision from the UN...

Countries reporting
243
Highest
1.51 million 1000 No
India
Lowest
2.01 1000 No
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
7,193 1000 No
Years covered
151
1950–2100
Data points
38,973

What the numbers show

Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes is currently reported for 243 countries. The highest value is 1.51 million 1000 No in India; the lowest is 2.01 1000 No in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 7,193 1000 No, and the mean is 44,629 1000 No.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 154 fell. The largest increase was in Pacific Islands Trust Territory (up 47.8%), and the largest decrease in China, Hong Kong SAR (down 22.2%).

Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 1.51 million 1000 No 2100 down 4.7% rising
2 China 645,797 1000 No 2100 down 14.9% rising
3 China, mainland 633,368 1000 No 2100 down 15.0% rising
4 Pakistan 511,001 1000 No 2100 up 2.4% volatile
5 Nigeria 476,748 1000 No 2100 up 1.0% volatile
6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 430,709 1000 No 2100 up 8.1% volatile
7 Ethiopia 367,290 1000 No 2100 up 5.6% rising
8 Indonesia 295,511 1000 No 2100 down 3.5% rising
9 USSR 292,664 1000 No 1991 up 9.3% rising
10 United Republic of Tanzania 262,835 1000 No 2100 up 10.1% volatile
11 Bangladesh 208,597 1000 No 2100 down 4.3% rising
12 Egypt 201,895 1000 No 2100 up 1.2% volatile
13 Brazil 163,364 1000 No 2100 down 7.1% rising
14 Angola 150,046 1000 No 2100 up 9.1% volatile
15 Sudan 136,891 1000 No 2100 up 5.1% rising
16 Mexico 130,249 1000 No 2100 down 5.3% rising
17 Afghanistan 130,217 1000 No 2100 up 5.6% volatile
18 Russian Federation 126,387 1000 No 2100 down 0.6% falling
19 Uganda 120,835 1000 No 2100 up 1.3% volatile
20 Philippines 114,222 1000 No 2100 down 6.2% rising
21 Yemen 110,036 1000 No 2100 up 3.8% volatile
22 Mozambique 104,347 1000 No 2100 up 4.7% volatile
23 Kenya 104,196 1000 No 2100 up 0.4% volatile
24 Côte d'Ivoire 104,043 1000 No 2100 up 8.9% volatile
25 Iraq 100,649 1000 No 2100 up 2.7% volatile
26 Viet Nam 91,705 1000 No 2100 down 4.9% rising
27 Niger 90,819 1000 No 2100 up 5.0% volatile
28 Cameroon 88,876 1000 No 2100 up 6.8% volatile
29 Madagascar 85,341 1000 No 2100 up 5.4% volatile
30 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 80,045 1000 No 2100 down 6.1% rising
31 Mali 79,354 1000 No 2100 up 5.0% volatile
32 Japan 76,846 1000 No 2100 down 4.7% falling
33 Uzbekistan 74,350 1000 No 2100 up 4.3% rising
34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 74,305 1000 No 2100 down 1.4% rising
35 Saudi Arabia 71,007 1000 No 2100 up 6.8% volatile
36 Germany 70,900 1000 No 2100 down 0.4% falling
37 Chad 69,547 1000 No 2100 up 5.9% volatile
38 France 68,485 1000 No 2100 up 0.1% rising
39 Ghana 67,548 1000 No 2100 up 2.2% volatile
40 Somalia 67,364 1000 No 2100 up 6.1% volatile
41 Türkiye 65,338 1000 No 2100 down 9.3% rising
42 Algeria 64,488 1000 No 2100 down 1.0% rising
43 Zambia 64,474 1000 No 2100 up 6.3% volatile
44 Malawi 59,141 1000 No 2100 up 4.7% volatile
45 Ethiopia PDR 53,652 1000 No 1992 up 39.7% rising
46 Canada 53,612 1000 No 2100 up 3.2% rising
47 Burkina Faso 49,854 1000 No 2100 up 1.0% volatile
48 Myanmar 49,659 1000 No 2100 down 4.8% rising
49 Australia and New Zealand 48,956 1000 No 2100 up 4.8% rising
50 Colombia 47,081 1000 No 2100 down 7.1% rising
51 Senegal 47,014 1000 No 2100 up 4.4% volatile
52 Sudan (former) 46,429 1000 No 2011 up 33.3% rising
53 Thailand 45,555 1000 No 2100 down 7.4% rising
54 Malaysia 44,026 1000 No 2100 down 2.5% rising
55 Syrian Arab Republic 43,687 1000 No 2100 down 1.0% volatile
56 Australia 43,144 1000 No 2100 up 5.5% rising
57 Benin 39,588 1000 No 2100 up 5.1% volatile
58 Argentina 38,256 1000 No 2100 down 7.3% rising
59 Peru 38,163 1000 No 2100 down 4.0% rising
60 Morocco 37,884 1000 No 2100 down 5.4% rising
61 Burundi 37,874 1000 No 2100 up 4.0% volatile
62 Caribbean 37,345 1000 No 2100 down 5.7% rising
63 Zimbabwe 37,167 1000 No 2100 up 2.8% volatile
64 Italy 35,377 1000 No 2100 down 6.3% falling
65 Kazakhstan 33,672 1000 No 2100 up 2.8% rising
66 Spain 33,128 1000 No 2100 down 4.7% rising
67 Rwanda 32,779 1000 No 2100 up 3.1% volatile
68 Guinea 32,007 1000 No 2100 up 1.5% volatile
69 Nepal 31,831 1000 No 2100 down 5.4% rising
70 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 28,281 1000 No 2100 down 4.5% rising
71 United Arab Emirates 26,134 1000 No 2100 up 9.6% volatile
72 Guatemala 25,912 1000 No 2100 down 2.9% volatile
73 South Sudan 23,841 1000 No 2100 up 0.4% rising
74 Togo 23,640 1000 No 2100 up 6.6% volatile
75 Cambodia 22,739 1000 No 2100 down 2.0% rising
76 Melanesia 22,582 1000 No 2100 up 1.3% volatile
77 Republic of Korea 21,849 1000 No 2100 down 14.1% falling
78 Yugoslav SFR 21,829 1000 No 1991 up 3.3% rising
79 Jordan 21,323 1000 No 2100 up 2.2% volatile
80 Sri Lanka 21,249 1000 No 2100 down 5.2% rising
81 Tajikistan 20,202 1000 No 2100 up 1.3% rising
82 Congo 20,026 1000 No 2100 up 8.1% volatile
83 Israel 19,747 1000 No 2100 up 5.8% volatile
84 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 19,512 1000 No 2100 down 6.3% rising
85 Poland 19,330 1000 No 2100 down 9.9% falling
86 Ecuador 19,092 1000 No 2100 down 5.3% rising
87 Papua New Guinea 18,640 1000 No 2100 up 1.3% volatile
88 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 17,761 1000 No 2100 down 0.8% rising
89 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 17,508 1000 No 2100 down 2.1% rising
90 Mauritania 17,118 1000 No 2100 up 7.4% volatile
91 Honduras 17,030 1000 No 2100 down 0.6% volatile
92 Sierra Leone 15,934 1000 No 2100 down 0.4% volatile
93 Czechoslovakia 15,619 1000 No 1992 up 1.7% rising
94 Ukraine 15,197 1000 No 2100 down 15.1% falling
95 Haiti 15,151 1000 No 2100 down 2.3% rising
96 Chile 13,431 1000 No 2100 down 10.8% rising
97 Liberia 12,665 1000 No 2100 up 2.1% volatile
98 Oman 12,095 1000 No 2100 up 7.3% volatile
99 Kyrgyzstan 11,730 1000 No 2100 up 0.9% rising
100 Dominican Republic 11,675 1000 No 2100 down 4.8% rising
101 Palestine 11,482 1000 No 2100 up 1.7% volatile
102 Sweden 11,367 1000 No 2100 down 0.2% rising
103 Belgium 11,061 1000 No 2100 down 1.4% flat
104 Romania 10,768 1000 No 2100 down 7.2% falling
105 Belgium-Luxembourg 10,657 1000 No 1999 up 3.3% rising
106 Tunisia 10,652 1000 No 2100 down 6.2% rising
107 Azerbaijan 10,021 1000 No 2100 down 3.0% rising
108 China, Taiwan Province of 10,017 1000 No 2100 down 11.7% falling
109 Turkmenistan 9,947 1000 No 2100 down 2.3% rising
110 Libya 9,784 1000 No 2100 down 1.6% rising
111 Kuwait 9,602 1000 No 2100 up 8.4% volatile
112 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9,256 1000 No 2100 down 4.4% rising
113 Switzerland 9,126 1000 No 2100 up 0.5% rising
114 Paraguay 9,048 1000 No 2100 down 1.8% rising
115 Portugal 8,754 1000 No 2100 down 0.6% flat
116 Eritrea 8,444 1000 No 2100 up 3.2% rising
117 Czechia 8,228 1000 No 2100 down 2.3% falling
118 Serbia and Montenegro 8,173 1000 No 2005 down 3.3% flat
119 Hungary 7,461 1000 No 2100 down 2.0% falling
120 Austria 7,399 1000 No 2100 down 2.2% rising
121 Qatar 7,272 1000 No 2100 up 11.0% volatile
122 Lebanon 7,193 1000 No 2100 down 2.8% rising
123 Nicaragua 6,916 1000 No 2024 up 14.0% rising
124 Gabon 6,903 1000 No 2100 up 7.2% volatile
125 Greece 6,276 1000 No 2100 down 5.9% falling
126 Panama 5,905 1000 No 2100 down 1.5% rising
127 Namibia 5,898 1000 No 2100 up 1.4% volatile
128 Denmark 5,863 1000 No 2100 down 1.3% rising
129 New Zealand 5,812 1000 No 2100 down 0.4% rising
130 Gambia 5,703 1000 No 2100 up 0.9% volatile
131 Cuba 5,577 1000 No 2100 down 10.2% falling
132 Mongolia 5,519 1000 No 2100 up 1.9% rising
133 Norway 5,414 1000 No 2100 down 2.2% rising
134 Ireland 5,286 1000 No 2100 down 3.8% rising
135 El Salvador 5,073 1000 No 2100 down 8.3% rising
136 Equatorial Guinea 5,003 1000 No 2100 up 5.3% volatile
137 Guinea-Bissau 4,665 1000 No 2100 up 2.0% volatile
138 Finland 4,601 1000 No 2100 down 3.3% rising
139 Belarus 4,351 1000 No 2100 down 10.4% falling
140 Singapore 4,163 1000 No 2100 down 10.5% rising
141 Botswana 3,837 1000 No 2100 down 1.2% volatile
142 Costa Rica 3,776 1000 No 2100 down 9.5% rising
143 Serbia 3,702 1000 No 2100 down 7.4% falling
144 Bulgaria 3,531 1000 No 2100 down 6.7% falling
145 Slovakia 3,427 1000 No 2100 down 6.3% falling
146 Lesotho 3,259 1000 No 2100 down 1.4% rising
147 Bahrain 3,090 1000 No 2100 up 6.8% volatile
148 Georgia 2,969 1000 No 2100 down 5.0% falling
149 Uruguay 2,246 1000 No 2100 down 9.6% flat
150 Croatia 2,141 1000 No 2100 down 7.9% falling
151 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,080 1000 No 2100 down 22.2% falling
152 Timor-Leste 1,973 1000 No 2100 down 3.1% rising
153 Comoros 1,911 1000 No 2100 up 3.8% volatile
154 Solomon Islands 1,849 1000 No 2100 up 2.9% volatile
155 Djibouti 1,842 1000 No 2100 up 1.4% volatile
156 Armenia 1,692 1000 No 2100 down 6.8% falling
157 Slovenia 1,632 1000 No 2100 down 2.5% falling
158 Republic of Moldova 1,488 1000 No 2100 down 8.5% falling
159 Mayotte 1,376 1000 No 2100 up 11.0% volatile
160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,366 1000 No 2100 down 10.1% falling
161 Eswatini 1,341 1000 No 2100 down 5.7% rising
162 Cyprus 1,275 1000 No 2100 down 3.4% rising
163 Lithuania 1,209 1000 No 2100 down 12.3% falling
164 Albania 1,185 1000 No 2100 down 13.2% falling
165 Jamaica 1,067 1000 No 2100 down 16.8% falling
166 Puerto Rico 995.62 1000 No 2100 down 20.0% falling
167 Latvia 925.37 1000 No 2100 down 9.3% falling
168 Trinidad and Tobago 898.36 1000 No 2100 down 8.7% rising
169 Guyana 888.95 1000 No 2100 down 3.5% rising
170 Fiji 879.38 1000 No 2100 down 4.5% rising
171 Vanuatu 875.48 1000 No 2100 up 6.2% volatile
172 North Macedonia 863 1000 No 2100 down 11.4% falling
173 Western Sahara 831.29 1000 No 2100 down 0.6% volatile
174 Estonia 825.5 1000 No 2100 down 6.3% falling
175 French Guiana 775.24 1000 No 2100 up 6.9% volatile
176 Polynesia 754.4 1000 No 2100 down 1.0% rising
177 Luxembourg 747.99 1000 No 2100 down 2.1% rising
178 Suriname 709 1000 No 2100 down 3.2% rising
179 Bhutan 690.43 1000 No 2100 down 6.9% rising
180 Micronesia 653.5 1000 No 2100 down 0.7% rising
181 Mauritius 581.72 1000 No 2100 down 13.8% falling
182 Sao Tome and Principe 534.01 1000 No 2100 up 3.5% volatile
183 Maldives 474.92 1000 No 2100 down 4.2% rising
184 Brunei Darussalam 464.81 1000 No 2100 down 3.1% rising
185 Belize 447.37 1000 No 2100 down 6.5% rising
186 Cabo Verde 416.94 1000 No 2100 down 9.3% rising
187 Bahamas 384.95 1000 No 2100 down 2.6% rising
188 Samoa 383.56 1000 No 2100 up 4.1% rising
189 Iceland 362.58 1000 No 2100 down 5.1% rising
190 Malta 359.93 1000 No 2100 down 8.6% rising
191 New Caledonia 337.22 1000 No 2100 down 1.7% rising
192 China, Macao SAR 331.17 1000 No 2100 down 14.1% rising
193 Montenegro 326.01 1000 No 2100 down 10.3% falling
194 Netherlands Antilles (former) 257.05 1000 No 2010 up 12.9% rising
195 Guadeloupe 244.46 1000 No 2100 down 4.9% falling
196 Kiribati 222.65 1000 No 2100 up 0.7% rising
197 Martinique 209.81 1000 No 2100 down 3.8% falling
198 Guam 205.5 1000 No 2100 down 0.7% rising
199 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 204.12 1000 No 1990 up 47.8% rising
200 Barbados 194.7 1000 No 2100 down 6.8% falling
201 French Polynesia 186.86 1000 No 2100 down 10.2% rising
202 Micronesia (Federated States of) 128.14 1000 No 2100 down 2.1% rising
203 Curaçao 120.45 1000 No 2100 down 8.7% falling
204 Cayman Islands 118.03 1000 No 2100 up 0.5% volatile
205 Tonga 117.87 1000 No 2100 up 0.6% rising
206 Seychelles 115.96 1000 No 2100 down 3.7% rising
207 Saint Lucia 108.21 1000 No 2100 down 9.6% rising
208 Aruba 75.17 1000 No 2100 down 6.3% rising
209 Grenada 73.89 1000 No 2100 down 10.1% flat
210 Antigua and Barbuda 67.97 1000 No 2100 down 7.8% rising
211 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 64.22 1000 No 2100 down 7.2% falling
212 Faroe Islands 63.25 1000 No 2100 down 1.9% rising
213 United States Virgin Islands 61.96 1000 No 2100 down 2.6% flat
214 Isle of Man 58.06 1000 No 2100 down 6.0% rising
215 Gibraltar 49.26 1000 No 2100 down 1.8% rising
216 Dominica 49.11 1000 No 2100 down 6.6% falling
217 Monaco 47.49 1000 No 2100 up 6.3% rising
218 Andorra 47.22 1000 No 2100 down 11.6% rising
219 Liechtenstein 43.6 1000 No 2100 up 0.2% rising
220 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 42.28 1000 No 2100 down 6.4% rising
221 Northern Mariana Islands 41.61 1000 No 2100 down 1.8% falling
222 Turks and Caicos Islands 38.67 1000 No 2100 down 6.1% volatile
223 Greenland 37.23 1000 No 2100 down 5.7% flat
224 Bermuda 35.67 1000 No 2100 down 8.4% falling
225 San Marino 31.16 1000 No 2100 down 0.2% rising
226 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30.24 1000 No 2100 down 7.7% falling
227 British Virgin Islands 27.89 1000 No 2100 down 7.0% rising
228 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 27.86 1000 No 2100 down 5.9% flat
229 Marshall Islands 23.8 1000 No 2100 down 3.2% falling
230 Nauru 20.66 1000 No 2100 up 2.1% rising
231 Saint Martin (French part) 20 1000 No 2100 up 2.1% falling
232 Tuvalu 12.27 1000 No 2100 up 1.8% rising
233 Palau 11.13 1000 No 2100 down 5.7% falling
234 Anguilla 9.31 1000 No 2100 down 10.6% rising
235 Saint Barthélemy 9.24 1000 No 2100 down 10.3% falling
236 Cook Islands 7.9 1000 No 2100 down 2.9% falling
237 Wallis and Futuna Islands 6.88 1000 No 2100 down 9.9% falling
238 Tokelau 4.37 1000 No 2100 down 1.1% rising
239 Montserrat 2.78 1000 No 2100 down 4.8% volatile
240 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 2.63 1000 No 2100 down 6.3% falling
241 Niue 2.39 1000 No 2100 up 2.0% falling
242 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 2.25 1000 No 2100 down 3.6% rising
243 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2.01 1000 No 2100 down 14.2% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes
Unit
1000 No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
277 places, 38,973 data points, 1950–2100
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Population module contains time series data on population, by sex and urban/rural. The series consist of both estimates and projections for different periods as available from the original sources, namely: 1. Population data refers to the World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision from the UN Population Division. 2. Urban/rural population data refers to the World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision from the UN Population Division.