Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 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...
What the numbers show
Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female is currently reported for 243 countries. The highest value is 743,542 1000 No in India; the lowest is 1.05 1000 No in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,488 1000 No, and the mean is 22,374 1000 No.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 154 fell. The largest increase was in Pacific Islands Trust Territory (up 46.9%), and the largest decrease in China, Hong Kong SAR (down 23.8%).
Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 743,542 1000 No | 2100 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 2 | China | 319,567 1000 No | 2100 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 313,250 1000 No | 2100 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 259,090 1000 No | 2100 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Nigeria | 237,227 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 219,817 1000 No | 2100 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 183,282 1000 No | 2100 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 8 | USSR | 154,485 1000 No | 1991 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 9 | Indonesia | 147,430 1000 No | 2100 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 132,558 1000 No | 2100 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 104,333 1000 No | 2100 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 100,315 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Brazil | 82,304 1000 No | 2100 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 14 | Angola | 76,286 1000 No | 2100 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Sudan | 69,735 1000 No | 2100 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 65,616 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 17 | Afghanistan | 65,039 1000 No | 2100 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 64,780 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 19 | Uganda | 60,822 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Philippines | 57,691 1000 No | 2100 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 21 | Yemen | 54,803 1000 No | 2100 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Mozambique | 53,829 1000 No | 2100 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Kenya | 53,727 1000 No | 2100 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 52,707 1000 No | 2100 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Iraq | 50,009 1000 No | 2100 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 46,233 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 27 | Niger | 45,615 1000 No | 2100 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Cameroon | 45,113 1000 No | 2100 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Madagascar | 43,120 1000 No | 2100 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Mali | 40,192 1000 No | 2100 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Japan | 39,867 1000 No | 2100 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 32 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 39,628 1000 No | 2100 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 36,856 1000 No | 2100 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 34 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 36,855 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 35,391 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 36 | France | 35,191 1000 No | 2100 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 37 | Chad | 35,138 1000 No | 2100 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Ghana | 34,429 1000 No | 2100 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Somalia | 34,351 1000 No | 2100 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Zambia | 32,895 1000 No | 2100 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Türkiye | 32,750 1000 No | 2100 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 42 | Algeria | 31,777 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 31,198 1000 No | 2100 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Malawi | 30,321 1000 No | 2100 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Ethiopia PDR | 27,111 1000 No | 1992 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 46 | Canada | 26,798 1000 No | 2100 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 25,421 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Myanmar | 25,258 1000 No | 2100 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 49 | Australia and New Zealand | 24,460 1000 No | 2100 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 50 | Senegal | 23,953 1000 No | 2100 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Colombia | 23,624 1000 No | 2100 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 52 | Sudan (former) | 23,371 1000 No | 2011 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 53 | Thailand | 23,079 1000 No | 2100 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 54 | Malaysia | 21,832 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 55 | Syrian Arab Republic | 21,807 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Australia | 21,642 1000 No | 2100 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 57 | Benin | 19,967 1000 No | 2100 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Burundi | 19,365 1000 No | 2100 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Argentina | 19,145 1000 No | 2100 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 19,130 1000 No | 2100 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Caribbean | 19,040 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 62 | Peru | 19,027 1000 No | 2100 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 63 | Morocco | 18,652 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 64 | Italy | 17,512 1000 No | 2100 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 65 | Spain | 17,076 1000 No | 2100 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 16,815 1000 No | 2100 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 67 | Rwanda | 16,639 1000 No | 2100 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Guinea | 16,208 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Nepal | 16,146 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 70 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 14,364 1000 No | 2100 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 71 | Guatemala | 13,041 1000 No | 2100 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 72 | South Sudan | 12,299 1000 No | 2100 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 73 | Togo | 11,881 1000 No | 2100 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 74 | United Arab Emirates | 11,620 1000 No | 2100 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Republic of Korea | 11,554 1000 No | 2100 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 76 | Cambodia | 11,469 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 77 | Melanesia | 11,313 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Yugoslav SFR | 11,294 1000 No | 1991 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 10,672 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 80 | Jordan | 10,584 1000 No | 2100 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Congo | 10,131 1000 No | 2100 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 10,007 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 83 | Poland | 9,786 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 84 | Israel | 9,762 1000 No | 2100 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 9,688 1000 No | 2100 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 86 | Ecuador | 9,543 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 87 | Papua New Guinea | 9,357 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 9,025 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 89 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8,702 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 90 | Mauritania | 8,606 1000 No | 2100 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Honduras | 8,495 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 8,103 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Czechoslovakia | 8,024 1000 No | 1992 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 94 | Ukraine | 7,873 1000 No | 2100 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 95 | Haiti | 7,869 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 96 | Chile | 6,735 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 97 | Liberia | 6,410 1000 No | 2100 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,899 1000 No | 2100 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 5,888 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 100 | Palestine | 5,677 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Sweden | 5,587 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 102 | Belgium | 5,498 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 103 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 5,445 1000 No | 1999 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 104 | Romania | 5,408 1000 No | 2100 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 105 | Tunisia | 5,323 1000 No | 2100 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 106 | Oman | 5,193 1000 No | 2100 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 107 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5,052 1000 No | 2100 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 5,034 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 4,946 1000 No | 2100 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 110 | Libya | 4,815 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 111 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4,649 1000 No | 2100 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 112 | Switzerland | 4,568 1000 No | 2100 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 113 | Paraguay | 4,534 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 114 | Portugal | 4,504 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 115 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4,295 1000 No | 2005 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 116 | Eritrea | 4,254 1000 No | 2100 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 117 | Kuwait | 4,171 1000 No | 2100 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Czechia | 4,042 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 119 | Austria | 3,691 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 120 | Hungary | 3,653 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 121 | Lebanon | 3,567 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 122 | Gabon | 3,488 1000 No | 2100 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 3,468 1000 No | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 124 | Namibia | 3,070 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Greece | 3,061 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 126 | Qatar | 3,025 1000 No | 2100 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Panama | 2,950 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 128 | Denmark | 2,899 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 129 | Gambia | 2,898 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 130 | New Zealand | 2,819 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 131 | Cuba | 2,757 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 132 | Mongolia | 2,756 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 133 | Norway | 2,690 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 134 | Ireland | 2,638 1000 No | 2100 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 135 | El Salvador | 2,591 1000 No | 2100 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,448 1000 No | 2100 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,376 1000 No | 2100 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Finland | 2,261 1000 No | 2100 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 139 | Belarus | 2,235 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 140 | Singapore | 2,077 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 141 | Botswana | 1,969 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Costa Rica | 1,908 1000 No | 2100 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 143 | Serbia | 1,850 1000 No | 2100 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 144 | Bulgaria | 1,761 1000 No | 2100 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 145 | Slovakia | 1,716 1000 No | 2100 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 146 | Lesotho | 1,674 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 147 | Georgia | 1,505 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 148 | Bahrain | 1,342 1000 No | 2100 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Uruguay | 1,144 1000 No | 2100 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 150 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,090 1000 No | 2100 | down 23.8% | flat |
| 151 | Croatia | 1,070 1000 No | 2100 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 152 | Timor-Leste | 981.29 1000 No | 2100 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 153 | Comoros | 960.29 1000 No | 2100 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Djibouti | 940.38 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 912.18 1000 No | 2100 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Armenia | 854.22 1000 No | 2100 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 157 | Slovenia | 773.01 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 158 | Republic of Moldova | 756.86 1000 No | 2100 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 159 | Mayotte | 686.73 1000 No | 2100 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Eswatini | 685.51 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 161 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 676.82 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 162 | Cyprus | 631.64 1000 No | 2100 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 163 | Lithuania | 615.89 1000 No | 2100 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 164 | Albania | 580.03 1000 No | 2100 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 165 | Jamaica | 544.43 1000 No | 2100 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 521.69 1000 No | 2100 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 167 | Latvia | 470.3 1000 No | 2100 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 168 | Guyana | 455.78 1000 No | 2100 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 169 | Trinidad and Tobago | 455.57 1000 No | 2100 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 170 | Fiji | 444.8 1000 No | 2100 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 431.36 1000 No | 2100 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 172 | North Macedonia | 422.57 1000 No | 2100 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 173 | Estonia | 417.66 1000 No | 2100 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 174 | Western Sahara | 398.6 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 175 | French Guiana | 387.28 1000 No | 2100 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Polynesia | 374.35 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 177 | Luxembourg | 369.69 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 178 | Suriname | 358.14 1000 No | 2100 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 179 | Bhutan | 334.32 1000 No | 2100 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 180 | Micronesia | 327.52 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 181 | Mauritius | 298.03 1000 No | 2100 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 271.01 1000 No | 2100 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Maldives | 257.6 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 184 | Brunei Darussalam | 226.34 1000 No | 2100 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 185 | Belize | 219.33 1000 No | 2100 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 186 | Cabo Verde | 210.44 1000 No | 2100 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 187 | Bahamas | 200.05 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 188 | Samoa | 187.95 1000 No | 2100 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 189 | China, Macao SAR | 174.46 1000 No | 2100 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 190 | Iceland | 169.5 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 191 | Malta | 168.51 1000 No | 2100 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 192 | New Caledonia | 167.3 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 193 | Montenegro | 159.71 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 194 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 136.59 1000 No | 2010 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 195 | Guadeloupe | 125.82 1000 No | 2100 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 196 | Kiribati | 112.49 1000 No | 2100 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 197 | Martinique | 107.34 1000 No | 2100 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 198 | Guam | 102.14 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 199 | Pacific Islands Trust Territory | 99.35 1000 No | 1990 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 200 | Barbados | 97.75 1000 No | 2100 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 201 | French Polynesia | 95.09 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 202 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 65.13 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 203 | Seychelles | 58.73 1000 No | 2100 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 204 | Cayman Islands | 58.38 1000 No | 2100 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 205 | Tonga | 58.13 1000 No | 2100 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 206 | Saint Lucia | 55.65 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 207 | Curaçao | 54.73 1000 No | 2100 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 208 | Aruba | 37.79 1000 No | 2100 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 209 | Grenada | 37.43 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 210 | Antigua and Barbuda | 34.32 1000 No | 2100 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 211 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32.81 1000 No | 2100 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 212 | United States Virgin Islands | 31.75 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 213 | Faroe Islands | 31.19 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 214 | Isle of Man | 28.97 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 215 | Dominica | 25.36 1000 No | 2100 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 216 | Gibraltar | 24.74 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 217 | Andorra | 23.7 1000 No | 2100 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 218 | Monaco | 23.61 1000 No | 2100 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 219 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 21.23 1000 No | 2100 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 220 | Liechtenstein | 21.15 1000 No | 2100 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 221 | Northern Mariana Islands | 19.66 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 222 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 19.42 1000 No | 2100 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 223 | Greenland | 18.77 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 224 | Bermuda | 18.42 1000 No | 2100 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 225 | San Marino | 15.73 1000 No | 2100 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 226 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15.62 1000 No | 2100 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 227 | British Virgin Islands | 14.25 1000 No | 2100 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 228 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 13.95 1000 No | 2100 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 229 | Marshall Islands | 12.06 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 230 | Nauru | 10.39 1000 No | 2100 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 231 | Saint Martin (French part) | 10.07 1000 No | 2100 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 232 | Tuvalu | 6.14 1000 No | 2100 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 233 | Palau | 5.64 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 234 | Saint Barthélemy | 4.79 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 235 | Anguilla | 4.77 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 236 | Cook Islands | 3.93 1000 No | 2100 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 237 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 3.39 1000 No | 2100 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 238 | Tokelau | 2.23 1000 No | 2100 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 239 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 1.44 1000 No | 2100 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 240 | Montserrat | 1.4 1000 No | 2100 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 241 | Niue | 1.22 1000 No | 2100 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 242 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 1.14 1000 No | 2100 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 243 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.05 1000 No | 2100 | down 13.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 5.10 million 1000 No
- Asia 2.29 million 1000 No
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.12 million 1000 No
- Africa 1.93 million 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.54 million 1000 No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.50 million 1000 No
- Southern Asia 1.24 million 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 719,059 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 699,973 1000 No
- Americas 541,310 1000 No
- Western Africa 537,547 1000 No
- Middle Africa 402,230 1000 No
About this data
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.