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World population is expected to reach 8 billion people in 2023 according to our estimates.

More than 70% of the world population live in 20 most populous countries of the world. There are just 2 countries in the world with a population more than 1 billion people: China and India. About 36 % of the World population live just in these two countries. Despite the fact that China is curently the most populous country in the world, India’s population growths much faster. And in 2023 India is expected to become the most populous country in the world.

More than half of the world’s population identify with a religious group. The biggest groups are: Christianity (32%) and Islam (24%).

Top 20 most populous countries (14-08-2022)

1		China	1,456,049,258	18.18%
2		India	1,418,972,027	17.72%
3		United States of America (USA)	336,583,305	4.20%
4		Indonesia	281,280,006	3.51%
5		Pakistan	230,993,829	2.88%
6		Nigeria	218,096,325	2.72%
7		Brazil	216,890,927	2.71%
8		Bangladesh	169,070,273	2.11%
9		Russian Federation	146,060,101	1.82%
10		Mexico	132,902,363	1.66%
11		Japan	126,276,652	1.58%
12		Ethiopia	121,207,586	1.51%
13		Philippines	113,416,669	1.42%
14		Egypt	107,262,055	1.34%
15		Vietnam	99,769,614	1.25%
16		Democratic Republic of the Congo	95,682,593	1.19%
17		Turkey	87,636,309	1.09%
18		Iran	86,250,761	1.08%
19		Germany	83,789,185	1.05%
20		Thailand	70,403,121	0.88%

This list includes 20 most populous countries in the World. Approximately 5.60 billion people live in these twenty countries, or around 70% of the world’s population.

World population 2022

Population change rates in 2022

According to our estimations, daily change rates of world population in 2022 will be the following:

Demographics of the World 2021

As of 1 January 2022, the population of the world was estimated to be 7,948,118,521. This is an increase of 1.23 % (96,954,665 people) compared to population of 7,851,163,856 the year before. In 2021 the natural increase was positive, as the number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 96,617,035.

Below are the key figures for the world population in 2021:

World population density

Since the Earth’s total area is about 510 million square kilometers, the world population density can be calculated in several ways:

Religion of the World

Religion	Number of followers	Percentage of total population
Christianity	2,516,609,196	31.7 %
Islam	1,976,694,115	24.9 %
Religiously Unaffiliated	1,214,708,370	15.3 %
Hinduism	1,183,523,834	14.9 %
Buddhism	525,985,785	6.6 %
Folk or traditional religions	448,142,399	5.6 %
Other	67,365,837	0.8 %
Judaism	15,088,985	0.2 %

Source: Pew Research Center. The Global Religious Landscape .

Number of followers estimated by Countrymeters ( January 1 2022).

Global age structure

As of the beginning of 2022 according to our estimates the world had the following population age distribution:

26.2

63.9

7.4

— percentage of population under 15

— percentage of population between 15 and 64 years old

— percentage of population 65+

In absolute figures (estimate):

We prepared a simplified model of the population distribution pyramid which is broken down into 3 main age groups. The groups are the same as we used above: population under 15, between 15 and 64 and population which is over 65 year old.

65+

15-64

0-14

male

female

As we can see the World population pyramid has an expanding type. This type of pyramid is common for developing countries with declining fertility rate but still high birth and death rates.

World life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth is one of the most important demographic indicator. It shows the number of years a newborn infant would live assuming that birth and death rates will remain at the same level during the whole lifetime.

Figure: Life expectancy at birth by major areas

Global literacy

According to our estimates 4,894,412,455 persons or 86.3% of adult population (aged 15 years and above) in the world are able to read and write. Accordingly about 777,070,761 adults are illiterate.

Literacy rate for adult male population is 89.96% (2,546,850,112 persons). 284,336,024 are illiterate.
Literacy rate for adult female population is 82.65% (2,347,562,343 persons). 492,734,737 are illiterate.

Youth literacy rates are 92.81% and 90.13% for males and females accordingly. The overall youth literacy rate is 91.51%. Youth literacy rate definition covers the population between the ages of 15 to 24 years.

Source: The estimation data for section «World population literacy» is based on the latest data published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (retrieved March 13, 2016) .

The data is given as of 1st of January of an year.

World population history

Year	Population	Growth Rate
1951	2,560,406,604	N/A %
1952	2,607,553,997	1.84 %
1953	2,654,405,334	1.80 %
1954	2,701,399,657	1.77 %
1955	2,749,108,690	1.77 %
1956	2,797,843,787	1.77 %
1957	2,848,060,613	1.79 %
1958	2,899,688,319	1.81 %
1959	2,952,829,301	1.83 %
1960	3,008,337,351	1.88 %
1961	3,064,572,222	1.87 %
1962	3,122,342,316	1.89 %
1963	3,181,956,882	1.91 %
1964	3,243,686,348	1.94 %
1965	3,308,102,778	1.99 %
1966	3,375,113,774	2.03 %
1967	3,444,745,982	2.06 %
1968	3,516,519,814	2.08 %
1969	3,590,108,316	2.09 %
1970	3,664,557,571	2.07 %
1971	3,739,627,183	2.05 %
1972	3,815,162,572	2.02 %
1973	3,891,308,177	2.00 %
1974	3,967,410,338	1.96 %
1975	4,043,288,795	1.91 %
1976	4,118,650,244	1.86 %
1977	4,193,794,699	1.82 %
1978	4,268,758,390	1.79 %
1979	4,344,292,968	1.77 %
1980	4,420,957,100	1.76 %
1981	4,499,346,118	1.77 %
1982	4,579,073,550	1.77 %
1983	4,660,399,347	1.78 %
1984	4,743,637,344	1.79 %
1985	4,829,473,423	1.81 %
1986	4,917,794,826	1.83 %
1987	5,008,635,951	1.85 %
1988	5,100,973,495	1.84 %
1989	5,193,588,212	1.82 %
1990	5,284,512,394	1.75 %
1991	5,372,958,607	1.67 %
1992	5,458,709,589	1.60 %
1993	5,542,505,600	1.54 %
1994	5,624,649,220	1.48 %
1995	5,705,987,737	1.45 %
1996	5,786,776,201	1.42 %
1997	5,867,328,462	1.39 %
1998	5,947,157,474	1.36 %
1999	6,026,548,295	1.33 %
2000	6,105,725,477	1.31 %
2001	6,185,028,231	1.30 %
2002	6,264,168,230	1.28 %
2003	6,343,448,736	1.27 %
2004	6,423,033,915	1.25 %
2005	6,503,507,778	1.25 %
2006	6,584,702,481	1.25 %
2007	6,666,737,393	1.25 %
2008	6,749,422,837	1.24 %
2009	6,832,961,603	1.24 %
2010	6,916,843,009	1.23 %
2011	7,001,071,861	1.22 %
2012	7,085,473,969	1.21 %
2013	7,170,293,122	1.20 %
2014	7,255,029,148	1.18 %
2015	7,339,619,737	1.17 %
2016	7,423,834,158	1.15 %
2017	7,507,990,494	1.13 %
2018	7,591,515,998	1.11 %
2019	7,674,314,922	1.09 %
2020	7,756,041,003	1.06 %
2021	7,851,163,856	1.23 %
2022	7,948,118,521	1.23 %

The data is given as of 1st of January of an year.

Population projection (2020-2100)

Year	Population	Growth Rate
2020	7,797,322,395	-1.90 %
2025	8,187,482,626	5.00 %
2030	8,553,090,972	4.47 %
2035	8,894,594,868	3.99 %
2040	9,212,224,932	3.57 %
2045	9,506,070,389	3.19 %
2050	9,773,651,653	2.81 %
2055	10,012,946,343	2.45 %
2060	10,224,315,824	2.11 %
2065	10,411,449,013	1.83 %
2070	10,577,408,925	1.59 %
2075	10,723,432,838	1.38 %
2080	10,850,084,849	1.18 %
2085	10,958,838,946	1.00 %
2090	11,051,228,331	0.84 %
2095	11,127,099,242	0.69 %
2100	11,185,333,718	0.52 %

The data is given as of 1st of July of an year (medium fertility variant).

Source : United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Population Division

Current World Population

World Population: Past, Present, and Future

The chart above illustrates how world population has changed throughout history. View the full tabulated data.

At the dawn of agriculture, about 8000 B.C., the population of the world was approximately 5 million. Over the 8,000-year period up to 1 A.D. it grew to 200 million (some estimate 300 million or even 600, suggesting how imprecise population estimates of early historical periods can be), with a growth rate of under 0.05% per year.

A tremendous change occurred with the industrial revolution: whereas it had taken all of human history until around 1800 for world population to reach one billion, the second billion was achieved in only 130 years (1930), the third billion in 30 years (1960), the fourth billion in 15 years (1974), and the fifth billion in only 13 years (1987).

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Growth Rate

Population in the world is, as of 2020, growing at a rate of around 1.05% per year (down from 1.08% in 2019, 1.10% in 2018, and 1.12% in 2017). The current average population increase is estimated at 81 million people per year.

Annual growth rate reached its peak in the late 1960s, when it was at around 2%. The rate of increase has nearly halved since then, and will continue to decline in the coming years.

World population will therefore continue to grow in the 21st century, but at a much slower rate compared to the recent past. World population has doubled (100% increase) in 40 years from 1959 (3 billion) to 1999 (6 billion). It is now estimated that it will take another nearly 40 years to increase by another 50% to become 9 billion by 2037.

The latest world population projections indicate that world population will reach 10 billion persons in the year 2057.

World Population (2020 and historical)

Year (July 1)	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population
2020	7,794,798,739	1.05 %	81,330,639	30.9	2.47	52	56.2 %	4,378,993,944
2019	7,713,468,100	1.08 %	82,377,060	29.8	2.51	52	55.7 %	4,299,438,618
2018	7,631,091,040	1.10 %	83,232,115	29.8	2.51	51	55.3 %	4,219,817,318
2017	7,547,858,925	1.12 %	83,836,876	29.8	2.51	51	54.9 %	4,140,188,594
2016	7,464,022,049	1.14 %	84,224,910	29.8	2.51	50	54.4 %	4,060,652,683
2015	7,379,797,139	1.19 %	84,594,707	30	2.52	50	54.0 %	3,981,497,663
2010	6,956,823,603	1.24 %	82,983,315	28	2.58	47	51.7 %	3,594,868,146
2005	6,541,907,027	1.26 %	79,682,641	27	2.65	44	49.2 %	3,215,905,863
2000	6,143,493,823	1.35 %	79,856,169	26	2.78	41	46.7 %	2,868,307,513
1995	5,744,212,979	1.52 %	83,396,384	25	3.01	39	44.8 %	2,575,505,235
1990	5,327,231,061	1.81 %	91,261,864	24	3.44	36	43.0 %	2,290,228,096
1985	4,870,921,740	1.79 %	82,583,645	23	3.59	33	41.2 %	2,007,939,063
1980	4,458,003,514	1.79 %	75,704,582	23	3.86	30	39.3 %	1,754,201,029
1975	4,079,480,606	1.97 %	75,808,712	22	4.47	27	37.7 %	1,538,624,994
1970	3,700,437,046	2.07 %	72,170,690	22	4.93	25	36.6 %	1,354,215,496
1965	3,339,583,597	1.93 %	60,926,770	22	5.02	22	N.A.	N.A.
1960	3,034,949,748	1.82 %	52,385,962	23	4.90	20	33.7 %	1,023,845,517
1955	2,773,019,936	1.80 %	47,317,757	23	4.97	19	N.A.	N.A.

World Population Forecast (2020-2050)

Year (July 1)	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population
2020	7,794,798,739	1.10 %	83,000,320	31	2.47	52	56.2 %	4,378,993,944
2025	8,184,437,460	0.98 %	77,927,744	32	2.54	55	58.3 %	4,774,646,303
2030	8,548,487,400	0.87 %	72,809,988	33	2.62	57	60.4 %	5,167,257,546
2035	8,887,524,213	0.78 %	67,807,363	34	2.70	60	62.5 %	5,555,833,477
2040	9,198,847,240	0.69 %	62,264,605	35	2.77	62	64.6 %	5,938,249,026
2045	9,481,803,274	0.61 %	56,591,207	35	2.85	64	66.6 %	6,312,544,819
2050	9,735,033,990	0.53 %	50,646,143	36	2.95	65	68.6 %	6,679,756,162

World Population Milestones

10 Billion (2057)

The United Nations projects world population to reach 10 billion in the year 2057.

9 Billion (2037)

World population is expected to reach 9 billion in the year 2037.

8 Billion (2023)

World population is expected to reach 8 billion people in 2023 according to the United Nations (in 2026 according to the U.S. Census Bureau).

7.97 Billion (2022)

The current world population is 7.97 billion as of August 2022 [1] according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometer. The term «World Population» refers to the human population (the total number of humans currently living) of the world.

7 Billion (2011)

6 Billion (1999)

Previous Milestones

Summary Table

World Population by Region

#	Region	Population (2020)	Yearly Change	Net Change	Density (P/Km²)	Land Area (Km²)	Migrants (net)	Fert. Rate	Med. Age	Urban Pop %	World Share
1	Europe	747,636,026	0.06 %	453,275	34	22,134,900	1,361,011	1.6	43	0 %	9.6 %
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	653,962,331	0.9 %	5,841,374	32	20,139,378	-521,499	2	31	0 %	8.4 %
3	Asia	4,641,054,775	0.86 %	39,683,577	150	31,033,131	-1,729,112	2.2	32	0 %	59.5 %
4	Oceania	42,677,813	1.31 %	549,778	5	8,486,460	156,226	2.4	33	0 %	0.5 %
5	Northern America	368,869,647	0.62 %	2,268,683	20	18,651,660	1,196,400	1.8	39	0 %	4.7 %
6	Africa	1,340,598,147	2.49 %	32,533,952	45	29,648,481	-463,024	4.4	20	0 %	17.2 %

World Population Density (people/km 2 )

Courtesy of Junuxx at en.wikipedia [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

World Population by Religion

According to a recent study (based on the 2010 world population of 6.9 billion) by The Pew Forum, there are:

World Population by Country

#	Country (or dependency)	Population (2020)	Yearly Change	Net Change	Density (P/Km²)	Land Area (Km²)	Migrants (net)	Fert. Rate	Med. Age	Urban Pop %	World Share
1	Honduras	9,904,607	1.63 %	158,490	89	111,890	-6,800	2.4872	24	57.3 %	0.1 %
2	United Arab Emirates	9,890,402	1.23 %	119,873	118	83,600	40,000	1.42	33	86.4 %	0.1 %
3	Djibouti	988,000	1.48 %	14,440	43	23,180	900	2.7577	27	79 %	0 %
4	Saint Barthelemy	9,877	0.3 %	30	470	21	N.A.	N.A.	0 %	0 %
5	Seychelles	98,347	0.62 %	608	214	460	-200	2.46	34	56.2 %	0 %
6	Antigua and Barbuda	97,929	0.84 %	811	223	440	0	2	34	26.2 %	0 %
7	Vietnam	97,338,579	0.91 %	876,473	314	310,070	-80,000	2.0556	32	37.7 %	1.2 %
8	Hungary	9,660,351	-0.25 %	-24,328	107	90,530	6,000	1.4911	43	71.7 %	0.1 %
9	Tajikistan	9,537,645	2.32 %	216,627	68	139,960	-20,000	3.6075	22	27.3 %	0.1 %
10	Belarus	9,449,323	-0.03 %	-3,088	47	202,910	8,730	1.7099	40	79.2 %	0.1 %
11	Austria	9,006,398	0.57 %	51,296	109	82,409	65,000	1.5292	43	57.3 %	0.1 %
12	Fiji	896,445	0.73 %	6,492	49	18,270	-6,202	2.7874	28	59.1 %	0 %
13	DR Congo	89,561,403	3.19 %	2,770,836	40	2,267,050	23,861	5.9635	17	45.6 %	1.1 %
14	Réunion	895,312	0.72 %	6,385	358	2,500	-1,256	2.2735	36	99.8 %	0 %
15	Papua New Guinea	8,947,024	1.95 %	170,915	20	452,860	-800	3.5883	22	13.1 %	0.1 %
16	Serbia	8,737,371	-0.4 %	-34,864	100	87,460	4,000	1.4612	42	56.2 %	0.1 %
17	Comoros	869,601	2.2 %	18,715	467	1,861	-2,000	4.2365	20	29.4 %	0 %
18	Israel	8,655,535	1.6 %	136,158	400	21,640	10,000	3.044	30	93.2 %	0.1 %
19	Switzerland	8,654,622	0.74 %	63,257	219	39,516	52,000	1.535	43	74.1 %	0.1 %
20	Isle of Man	85,033	0.53 %	449	149	570	N.A.	N.A.	53.4 %	0 %
21	Turkey	84,339,067	1.09 %	909,452	110	769,630	283,922	2.08	32	75.7 %	1.1 %
22	Iran	83,992,949	1.3 %	1,079,043	52	1,628,550	-55,000	2.15	32	75.5 %	1.1 %
23	Germany	83,783,942	0.32 %	266,897	240	348,560	543,822	1.586	46	76.3 %	1.1 %
24	Togo	8,278,724	2.43 %	196,358	152	54,390	-2,000	4.3515	19	43.3 %	0.1 %
25	Holy See	801	0.25 %	2	2,003	0	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0 %
26	Sierra Leone	7,976,983	2.1 %	163,768	111	72,180	-4,200	4.319	19	43.3 %	0.1 %
27	Guyana	786,552	0.48 %	3,786	4	196,850	-6,000	2.4728	27	26.9 %	0 %
28	Andorra	77,265	0.16 %	123	164	470	N.A.	N.A.	87.8 %	0 %
29	Bhutan	771,608	1.12 %	8,516	20	38,117	320	2	28	45.8 %	0 %
30	Hong Kong	7,496,981	0.82 %	60,827	7,140	1,050	29,308	1.3262	45	N.A.	0.1 %
31	Laos	7,275,560	1.48 %	106,105	32	230,800	-14,704	2.7	24	35.7 %	0.1 %
32	Dominica	71,986	0.25 %	178	96	750	N.A.	N.A.	74.1 %	0 %
33	Paraguay	7,132,538	1.25 %	87,902	18	397,300	-16,556	2.4455	26	61.6 %	0.1 %
34	Thailand	69,799,978	0.25 %	174,396	137	510,890	19,444	1.5346	40	51.1 %	0.9 %
35	Bulgaria	6,948,445	-0.74 %	-51,674	64	108,560	-4,800	1.5584	45	75.6 %	0.1 %
36	Libya	6,871,292	1.38 %	93,840	4	1,759,540	-1,999	2.25	29	78.2 %	0.1 %
37	Solomon Islands	686,884	2.55 %	17,061	25	27,990	-1,600	4.435	20	23.2 %	0 %
38	Lebanon	6,825,445	-0.44 %	-30,268	667	10,230	-30,012	2.09	30	78.4 %	0.1 %
39	United Kingdom	67,886,011	0.53 %	355,839	281	241,930	260,650	1.75	40	83.2 %	0.9 %
40	Nicaragua	6,624,554	1.21 %	79,052	55	120,340	-21,272	2.42	26	57.2 %	0.1 %
41	Cayman Islands	65,722	1.19 %	774	274	240	N.A.	N.A.	97.2 %	0 %
42	France	65,273,511	0.22 %	143,783	119	547,557	36,527	1.8523	42	81.5 %	0.8 %
43	Kyrgyzstan	6,524,195	1.69 %	108,345	34	191,800	-4,000	3	26	35.6 %	0.1 %
44	Macao	649,335	1.39 %	8,890	21,645	30	5,000	1.2	39	N.A.	0 %
45	El Salvador	6,486,205	0.51 %	32,652	313	20,720	-40,539	2.0529	28	73.4 %	0.1 %
46	Montenegro	628,066	0.01 %	79	47	13,450	-480	1.7506	39	67.6 %	0 %
47	Luxembourg	625,978	1.66 %	10,249	242	2,590	9,741	1.45	40	88.2 %	0 %
48	Bermuda	62,278	-0.36 %	-228	1,246	50	N.A.	N.A.	97.4 %	0 %
49	Saint Helena	6,077	0.3 %	18	16	390	N.A.	N.A.	27.2 %	0 %
50	Italy	60,461,826	-0.15 %	-88,249	206	294,140	148,943	1.33	47	69.5 %	0.8 %
51	Turkmenistan	6,031,200	1.5 %	89,111	13	469,930	-5,000	2.785	27	52.5 %	0.1 %
52	Tanzania	59,734,218	2.98 %	1,728,755	67	885,800	-40,076	4.9237	18	37 %	0.8 %
53	Western Sahara	597,339	2.55 %	14,876	2	266,000	5,582	2.4149	28	86.8 %	0 %
54	South Africa	59,308,690	1.28 %	750,420	49	1,213,090	145,405	2.4139	28	66.7 %	0.8 %
55	Marshall Islands	59,190	0.68 %	399	329	180	N.A.	N.A.	70 %	0 %
56	Suriname	586,632	0.9 %	5,260	4	156,000	-1,000	2.4298	29	65.1 %	0 %
57	Singapore	5,850,342	0.79 %	46,005	8,358	700	27,028	1.209	42	N.A.	0.1 %
58	Saint Pierre & Miquelon	5,794	-0.48 %	-28	25	230	N.A.	N.A.	99.8 %	0 %
59	Denmark	5,792,202	0.35 %	20,326	137	42,430	15,200	1.7621	42	88.2 %	0.1 %
60	Northern Mariana Islands	57,559	0.6 %	343	125	460	N.A.	N.A.	88.3 %	0 %
61	Greenland	56,770	0.17 %	98	0	410,450	N.A.	N.A.	87.3 %	0 %
62	Cabo Verde	555,987	1.1 %	6,052	138	4,030	-1,342	2.2885	28	68 %	0 %
63	Finland	5,540,720	0.15 %	8,564	18	303,890	14,000	1.53	43	86.1 %	0.1 %
64	American Samoa	55,191	-0.22 %	-121	276	200	N.A.	N.A.	88.1 %	0 %
65	Congo	5,518,087	2.56 %	137,579	16	341,500	-4,000	4.45	19	69.9 %	0.1 %
66	Micronesia	548,914	1 %	5,428	784	700	-2,957	2.858000189	27	68.2 %	0 %
67	Slovakia	5,459,642	0.05 %	2,629	114	48,088	1,485	1.502	41	53.7 %	0.1 %
68	Myanmar	54,409,800	0.67 %	364,380	83	653,290	-163,313	2.17	29	31.4 %	0.7 %
69	Norway	5,421,241	0.79 %	42,384	15	365,268	28,000	1.68	40	83.4 %	0.1 %
70	Maldives	540,544	1.81 %	9,591	1,802	300	11,370	1.88	30	34.5 %	0 %
71	Kenya	53,771,296	2.28 %	1,197,323	94	569,140	-10,000	3.52	20	27.8 %	0.7 %
72	Saint Kitts & Nevis	53,199	0.71 %	376	205	260	N.A.	N.A.	32.9 %	0 %
73	South Korea	51,269,185	0.09 %	43,877	527	97,230	11,731	1.11	44	81.8 %	0.7 %
74	Oman	5,106,626	2.65 %	131,640	16	309,500	87,400	2.93	31	87 %	0.1 %
75	State of Palestine	5,101,414	2.41 %	119,994	847	6,020	-10,563	3.6677	21	80 %	0.1 %
76	Costa Rica	5,094,118	0.92 %	46,557	100	51,060	4,200	1.7639	33	80 %	0.1 %
77	Colombia	50,882,891	1.08 %	543,448	46	1,109,500	204,796	1.82	31	80.4 %	0.7 %
78	Liberia	5,057,681	2.44 %	120,307	53	96,320	-5,000	4.35	19	52.6 %	0.1 %
79	Montserrat	4,992	0.06 %	3	50	100	N.A.	N.A.	9.6 %	0 %
80	Ireland	4,937,786	1.13 %	55,291	72	68,890	23,604	1.8409	38	63 %	0.1 %
81	Faeroe Islands	48,863	0.38 %	185	35	1,396	N.A.	N.A.	43.3 %	0 %
82	Central African Republic	4,829,767	1.78 %	84,582	8	622,980	-40,000	4.7541	18	43 %	0.1 %
83	New Zealand	4,822,233	0.82 %	39,170	18	263,310	14,881	1.9	38	86.9 %	0.1 %
84	Spain	46,754,778	0.04 %	18,002	94	498,800	40,000	1.33	45	80.3 %	0.6 %
85	Mauritania	4,649,658	2.74 %	123,962	5	1,030,700	5,000	4.585	20	56.9 %	0.1 %
86	Uganda	45,741,007	3.32 %	1,471,413	229	199,810	168,694	5.01	17	25.7 %	0.6 %
87	Argentina	45,195,774	0.93 %	415,097	17	2,736,690	4,800	2.268	32	92.8 %	0.6 %
88	Malta	441,543	0.27 %	1,171	1,380	320	900	1.45	43	93.2 %	0 %
89	Algeria	43,851,044	1.85 %	797,990	18	2,381,740	-10,000	3.05	29	72.9 %	0.6 %
90	Sudan	43,849,260	2.42 %	1,036,022	25	1,765,048	-50,000	4.4345	20	35 %	0.6 %
91	Brunei	437,479	0.97 %	4,194	83	5,270	0	1.8482	32	79.5 %	0 %
92	Ukraine	43,733,762	-0.59 %	-259,876	75	579,320	10,000	1.4435	41	69.4 %	0.6 %
93	Panama	4,314,767	1.61 %	68,328	58	74,340	11,200	2.4688	30	68 %	0.1 %
94	Sint Maarten	42,876	1.15 %	488	1,261	34	N.A.	N.A.	96.5 %	0 %
95	Kuwait	4,270,571	1.51 %	63,488	240	17,820	39,520	2.1	37	N.A.	0.1 %
96	Croatia	4,105,267	-0.61 %	-25,037	73	55,960	-8,001	1.4461	44	57.7 %	0.1 %
97	Moldova	4,033,963	-0.23 %	-9,300	123	32,850	-1,387	1.2552	38	42.7 %	0.1 %
98	Iraq	40,222,493	2.32 %	912,710	93	434,320	7,834	3.682	21	73.1 %	0.5 %
99	Guadeloupe	400,124	0.02 %	68	237	1,690	-1,440	2.17	44	N.A.	0 %
100	Georgia	3,989,167	-0.19 %	-7,598	57	69,490	-10,000	2.0615	38	58.1 %	0.1 %
101	Belize	397,628	1.86 %	7,275	17	22,810	1,200	2.32	25	46.1 %	0 %
102	Bahamas	393,244	0.97 %	3,762	39	10,010	1,000	1.76	32	86.1 %	0 %
103	Monaco	39,242	0.71 %	278	26,337	1	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0 %
104	Afghanistan	38,928,346	2.33 %	886,592	60	652,860	-62,920	4.5552	18	25.4 %	0.5 %
105	Turks and Caicos	38,717	1.38 %	526	41	950	N.A.	N.A.	89.3 %	0 %
106	Saint Martin	38,666	1.75 %	664	730	53	N.A.	N.A.	0 %	0 %
107	Liechtenstein	38,128	0.29 %	109	238	160	N.A.	N.A.	14.6 %	0 %
108	Poland	37,846,611	-0.11 %	-41,157	124	306,230	-29,395	1.4202	42	60.2 %	0.5 %
109	Canada	37,742,154	0.89 %	331,107	4	9,093,510	242,032	1.525	41	81.3 %	0.5 %
110	Martinique	375,265	-0.08 %	-289	354	1,060	-960	1.88	47	91.6 %	0 %
111	Morocco	36,910,560	1.2 %	438,791	83	446,300	-51,419	2.42	30	63.8 %	0.5 %
112	Eritrea	3,546,421	1.41 %	49,304	35	101,000	-39,858	4.1	19	63.3 %	0 %
113	Saudi Arabia	34,813,871	1.59 %	545,343	16	2,149,690	134,979	2.34	32	84 %	0.4 %
114	Falkland Islands	3,480	3.05 %	103	0	12,170	N.A.	N.A.	66 %	0 %
115	Uruguay	3,473,730	0.35 %	11,996	20	175,020	-3,000	1.98	36	96.1 %	0 %
116	Iceland	341,243	0.65 %	2,212	3	100,250	380	1.77	37	94.4 %	0 %
117	San Marino	33,931	0.21 %	71	566	60	N.A.	N.A.	97.1 %	0 %
118	Gibraltar	33,691	-0.03 %	-10	3,369	10	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0 %
119	Uzbekistan	33,469,203	1.48 %	487,487	79	425,400	-8,863	2.43	28	50.1 %	0.4 %
120	United States	331,002,651	0.59 %	1,937,734	36	9,147,420	954,806	1.7764	38	82.8 %	4.2 %
121	Peru	32,971,854	1.42 %	461,401	26	1,280,000	99,069	2.27	31	79.1 %	0.4 %
122	Angola	32,866,272	3.27 %	1,040,977	26	1,246,700	6,413	5.55	17	66.7 %	0.4 %
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,280,819	-0.61 %	-20,181	64	51,000	-21,585	1.27	43	52.3 %	0 %
124	Mongolia	3,278,290	1.65 %	53,123	2	1,553,560	-852	2.9023	28	67.2 %	0 %
125	Malaysia	32,365,999	1.3 %	416,222	99	328,550	50,000	2.0105	30	78.4 %	0.4 %
126	Mozambique	31,255,435	2.93 %	889,399	40	786,380	-5,000	4.8858	18	38.3 %	0.4 %
127	Ghana	31,072,940	2.15 %	655,084	137	227,540	-10,000	3.8928	22	56.7 %	0.4 %
128	Vanuatu	307,145	2.42 %	7,263	25	12,190	120	3.8	21	24.4 %	0 %
129	British Virgin Islands	30,231	0.67 %	201	202	150	N.A.	N.A.	52.4 %	0 %
130	French Guiana	298,682	2.7 %	7,850	4	82,200	1,200	3.36	25	87.3 %	0 %
131	Yemen	29,825,964	2.28 %	664,042	56	527,970	-30,000	3.8372	20	38.4 %	0.4 %
132	Armenia	2,963,243	0.19 %	5,512	104	28,470	-4,998	1.7559	35	62.8 %	0 %
133	Jamaica	2,961,167	0.44 %	12,888	273	10,830	-11,332	1.991	31	55.4 %	0 %
134	Nepal	29,136,808	1.85 %	528,098	203	143,350	41,710	1.934	25	21.4 %	0.4 %
135	Qatar	2,881,053	1.73 %	48,986	248	11,610	40,000	1.8805	32	96.2 %	0 %
136	Albania	2,877,797	-0.11 %	-3,120	105	27,400	-14,000	1.62	36	63.5 %	0 %
137	Barbados	287,375	0.12 %	350	668	430	-79	1.62	40	31.2 %	0 %
138	Puerto Rico	2,860,853	-2.47 %	-72,555	323	8,870	-97,986	1.22	44	N.A.	0 %
139	New Caledonia	285,498	0.97 %	2,748	16	18,280	502	1.97	34	71.9 %	0 %
140	Venezuela	28,435,940	-0.28 %	-79,889	32	882,050	-653,249	2.283	30	N.A.	0.4 %
141	French Polynesia	280,908	0.58 %	1,621	77	3,660	-1,000	1.95	34	64.1 %	0 %
142	Madagascar	27,691,018	2.68 %	721,711	48	581,795	-1,500	4.1085	20	38.5 %	0.4 %
143	Indonesia	273,523,615	1.07 %	2,898,047	151	1,811,570	-98,955	2.3195	30	56.4 %	3.5 %
144	Mayotte	272,815	2.5 %	6,665	728	375	0	3.7289	20	45.8 %	0 %
145	Lithuania	2,722,289	-1.35 %	-37,338	43	62,674	-32,780	1.6698	45	71.3 %	0 %
146	Cameroon	26,545,863	2.59 %	669,483	56	472,710	-4,800	4.603	19	56.3 %	0.3 %
147	Côte d’Ivoire	26,378,274	2.57 %	661,730	83	318,000	-8,000	4.68	19	51.3 %	0.3 %
148	Caribbean Netherlands	26,223	0.94 %	244	80	328	N.A.	N.A.	75 %	0 %
149	North Korea	25,778,816	0.44 %	112,655	214	120,410	-5,403	1.91	35	62.5 %	0.3 %
150	Australia	25,499,884	1.18 %	296,686	3	7,682,300	158,246	1.8316	38	85.9 %	0.3 %
151	Namibia	2,540,905	1.86 %	46,375	3	823,290	-4,806	3.4153	22	55.2 %	0 %
152	Niger	24,206,644	3.84 %	895,929	19	1,266,700	4,000	6.95	15	16.5 %	0.3 %
153	Gambia	2,416,668	2.94 %	68,962	239	10,120	-3,087	5.25	18	59.4 %	0 %
154	Taiwan	23,816,775	0.18 %	42,899	673	35,410	30,001	1.15	42	78.9 %	0.3 %
155	Botswana	2,351,627	2.08 %	47,930	4	566,730	3,000	2.8944	24	72.8 %	0 %
156	Gabon	2,225,734	2.45 %	53,155	9	257,670	3,260	4	23	87.1 %	0 %
157	Pakistan	220,892,340	2 %	4,327,022	287	770,880	-233,379	3.55	23	35.1 %	2.8 %
158	Sao Tome & Principe	219,159	1.91 %	4,103	228	960	-1,680	4.35	19	74 %	0 %
159	Lesotho	2,142,249	0.8 %	16,981	71	30,360	-10,047	3.1641	24	31.5 %	0 %
160	Sri Lanka	21,413,249	0.42 %	89,516	341	62,710	-97,986	2.2102	34	18.4 %	0.3 %
161	Brazil	212,559,417	0.72 %	1,509,890	25	8,358,140	21,200	1.74	33	87.6 %	2.7 %
162	Burkina Faso	20,903,273	2.86 %	581,895	76	273,600	-25,000	5.2315	18	30.6 %	0.3 %
163	North Macedonia	2,083,374	-0 %	-85	83	25,220	-1,000	1.5	39	58.6 %	0 %
164	Slovenia	2,078,938	0.01 %	284	103	20,140	2,000	1.6	45	55.2 %	0 %
165	Nigeria	206,139,589	2.58 %	5,175,990	226	910,770	-60,000	5.4168	18	52 %	2.6 %
166	Mali	20,250,833	3.02 %	592,802	17	1,220,190	-40,000	5.9215	16	44 %	0.3 %
167	Samoa	198,414	0.67 %	1,317	70	2,830	-2,803	3.9029	22	18 %	0 %
168	Guinea-Bissau	1,968,001	2.45 %	47,079	70	28,120	-1,399	4.51	19	44.9 %	0 %
169	Romania	19,237,691	-0.66 %	-126,866	84	230,170	-73,999	1.6198	43	54.6 %	0.2 %
170	Malawi	19,129,952	2.69 %	501,205	203	94,280	-16,053	4.25	18	18.5 %	0.2 %
171	Chile	19,116,201	0.87 %	164,163	26	743,532	111,708	1.65	35	84.8 %	0.2 %
172	Latvia	1,886,198	-1.08 %	-20,545	30	62,200	-14,837	1.7167	44	68.6 %	0 %
173	Kazakhstan	18,776,707	1.21 %	225,280	7	2,699,700	-18,000	2.7638	31	57.7 %	0.2 %
174	Zambia	18,383,955	2.93 %	522,925	25	743,390	-8,000	4.6555	18	45.3 %	0.2 %
175	Saint Lucia	183,627	0.46 %	837	301	610	0	1.4442	34	18.6 %	0 %
176	Palau	18,094	0.48 %	86	39	460	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0 %
177	Guatemala	17,915,568	1.9 %	334,096	167	107,160	-9,215	2.8989	23	51.8 %	0.2 %
178	Ecuador	17,643,054	1.55 %	269,392	71	248,360	36,400	2.44	28	63 %	0.2 %
179	Cook Islands	17,564	0.09 %	16	73	240	N.A.	N.A.	75.3 %	0 %
180	Syria	17,500,658	2.52 %	430,523	95	183,630	-427,391	2.8398	26	60 %	0.2 %
181	Channel Islands	173,863	0.93 %	1,604	915	190	1,351	1.502	43	29.8 %	0 %
182	Netherlands	17,134,872	0.22 %	37,742	508	33,720	16,000	1.66	43	92.5 %	0.2 %
183	Bahrain	1,701,575	3.68 %	60,403	2,239	760	47,800	1.9982	32	89.3 %	0 %
184	Guam	168,775	0.89 %	1,481	313	540	-506	2.3193	31	94.9 %	0 %
185	Senegal	16,743,927	2.75 %	447,563	87	192,530	-20,000	4.65	19	49.4 %	0.2 %
186	Cambodia	16,718,965	1.41 %	232,423	95	176,520	-30,000	2.5238	26	24.2 %	0.2 %
187	Bangladesh	164,689,383	1.01 %	1,643,222	1,265	130,170	-369,501	2.052	28	39.4 %	2.1 %
188	Chad	16,425,864	3 %	478,988	13	1,259,200	2,000	5.7973	17	23.3 %	0.2 %
189	Curaçao	164,093	0.41 %	669	370	444	515	1.76	42	88.7 %	0 %
190	Niue	1,626	0.68 %	11	6	260	N.A.	N.A.	46.4 %	0 %
191	Somalia	15,893,222	2.92 %	450,317	25	627,340	-40,000	6.12	17	46.8 %	0.2 %
192	Anguilla	15,003	0.9 %	134	167	90	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0 %
193	Zimbabwe	14,862,924	1.48 %	217,456	38	386,850	-116,858	3.6255	19	38.4 %	0.2 %
194	Russia	145,934,462	0.04 %	62,206	9	16,376,870	182,456	1.8205	40	73.7 %	1.9 %
195	China	1,439,323,776	0.39 %	5,540,090	153	9,388,211	-348,399	1.69	38	60.8 %	18.5 %
196	Equatorial Guinea	1,402,985	3.47 %	46,999	50	28,050	16,000	4.5543	22	73.3 %	0 %
197	Trinidad and Tobago	1,399,488	0.32 %	4,515	273	5,130	-800	1.7299	36	52.4 %	0 %
198	Tokelau	1,357	1.27 %	17	136	10	N.A.	N.A.	0 %	0 %
199	Estonia	1,326,535	0.07 %	887	31	42,390	3,911	1.5878	42	67.9 %	0 %
200	Timor-Leste	1,318,445	1.96 %	25,326	89	14,870	-5,385	4.1	21	32.8 %	0 %
201	Guinea	13,132,795	2.83 %	361,549	53	245,720	-4,000	4.7384	18	38.6 %	0.2 %
202	Rwanda	12,952,218	2.58 %	325,268	525	24,670	-9,000	4.1	20	17.6 %	0.2 %
203	Mexico	128,932,753	1.06 %	1,357,224	66	1,943,950	-60,000	2.14	29	83.8 %	1.7 %
204	Mauritius	1,271,768	0.17 %	2,100	626	2,030	0	1.3885	37	40.8 %	0 %
205	Japan	126,476,461	-0.3 %	-383,840	347	364,555	71,560	1.3697	48	91.8 %	1.6 %
206	Benin	12,123,200	2.73 %	322,049	108	112,760	-2,000	4.8675	19	48.4 %	0.2 %
207	Cyprus	1,207,359	0.73 %	8,784	131	9,240	5,000	1.3375	37	66.8 %	0 %
208	Kiribati	119,449	1.57 %	1,843	147	810	-800	3.5836	23	57 %	0 %
209	Burundi	11,890,784	3.12 %	360,204	463	25,680	2,001	5.45	17	13.8 %	0.2 %
210	Tunisia	11,818,619	1.06 %	123,900	76	155,360	-4,000	2.2	33	70.1 %	0.2 %
211	Tuvalu	11,792	1.25 %	146	393	30	N.A.	N.A.	62.4 %	0 %
212	Bolivia	11,673,021	1.39 %	159,921	11	1,083,300	-9,504	2.75	26	69.3 %	0.1 %
213	Eswatini	1,160,164	1.05 %	12,034	67	17,200	-8,353	3.0257	21	30 %	0 %
214	Belgium	11,589,623	0.44 %	50,295	383	30,280	48,000	1.7148	42	98.3 %	0.1 %
215	Ethiopia	114,963,588	2.57 %	2,884,858	115	1,000,000	30,000	4.3	19	21.3 %	1.5 %
216	Haiti	11,402,528	1.24 %	139,451	414	27,560	-35,000	2.96	24	56.9 %	0.1 %
217	Cuba	11,326,616	-0.06 %	-6,867	106	106,440	-14,400	1.6166	42	78.3 %	0.1 %
218	Grenada	112,523	0.46 %	520	331	340	-200	2.0732	32	35.5 %	0 %
219	Wallis & Futuna	11,239	-1.69 %	-193	80	140	N.A.	N.A.	0 %	0 %
220	South Sudan	11,193,725	1.19 %	131,612	18	610,952	-174,200	4.7359	19	24.6 %	0.1 %
221	St. Vincent & Grenadines	110,940	0.32 %	351	284	390	-200	1.9019	33	52.9 %	0 %
222	Philippines	109,581,078	1.35 %	1,464,463	368	298,170	-67,152	2.58	26	47.5 %	1.4 %
223	Dominican Republic	10,847,910	1.01 %	108,952	225	48,320	-30,000	2.36	28	84.5 %	0.1 %
224	Nauru	10,824	0.63 %	68	541	20	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0 %
225	Czech Republic (Czechia)	10,708,981	0.18 %	19,772	139	77,240	22,011	1.6413	43	73.5 %	0.1 %
226	Aruba	106,766	0.43 %	452	593	180	201	1.9	41	43.6 %	0 %
227	Tonga	105,695	1.15 %	1,201	147	720	-800	3.5763	22	24.3 %	0 %
228	U.S. Virgin Islands	104,425	-0.15 %	-153	298	350	-451	2.0458	43	96.3 %	0 %
229	Greece	10,423,054	-0.48 %	-50,401	81	128,900	-16,000	1.3024	46	84.9 %	0.1 %
230	Egypt	102,334,404	1.94 %	1,946,331	103	995,450	-38,033	3.33	25	43 %	1.3 %
231	Jordan	10,203,134	1 %	101,440	115	88,780	10,220	2.7723	24	91.5 %	0.1 %
232	Portugal	10,196,709	-0.29 %	-29,478	111	91,590	-6,000	1.288	46	66.5 %	0.1 %
233	Azerbaijan	10,139,177	0.91 %	91,459	123	82,658	1,200	2.0835	32	56.2 %	0.1 %
234	Sweden	10,099,265	0.63 %	62,886	25	410,340	40,000	1.85	41	88.2 %	0.1 %
235	India	0	-100 %	-1,366,417,754	0	2,973,190	-532,687	2.2402	28	N.A.	0 %

How many people have ever lived on earth?

Assuming that we start counting from about 50,000 B.C., the time when modern Homo sapiens appeared on the earth (and not from 700,000 B.C. when the ancestors of Homo sapiens appeared, or several million years ago when hominids were present), taking into account that all population data are a rough estimate, and assuming a constant growth rate applied to each period up to modern times, it has been estimated that a total of approximately 106 billion people have been born since the dawn of the human species, making the population currently alive roughly 6% of all people who have ever lived on planet Earth.

Others have estimated the number of human beings who have ever lived to be anywhere from 45 billion to 125 billion, with most estimates falling into the range of 90 to 110 billion humans.

World Population clock: sources and methodology

The world population counter displayed on Worldometer takes into consideration data from two major sources: the United Nations and the U.S. Census Bureau.

The World Population Prospect: the 2019 Revision provides the most recent data available (released in June of 2019). Estimates and projected world population and country specific populations are given from 1950 through 2100 and are released every two years. Worldometer, as it is common practice, utilizes the medium fertility estimates.

Data underlying the population estimates are national and sub national census data and data on births, deaths, and migrants available from national sources and publications, as well as from questionnaires. For all countries, census and registration data are evaluated and, if necessary, adjusted for incompleteness by the Population Division as part of its preparations of the official United Nations population estimates and projections.

For most countries adjustment of the data is necessary to correct for errors, omissions, and inconsistencies in the data. Finally, since most recent data for a single country is often at least two years old, the current world population figure is necessarily a projection of past data based on assumed trends. As new data become available, assumptions and data are reevaluated and past conclusions and current figures may be modified.

For information about how these estimates and projections are made by the U.S. Census Bureau, see the Population Estimates and Projections Methodology.

Why Worldometer clocks are the most accurate

The above world population clock is based on the latest estimates released in June of 2019 by the United Nations and will show the same number wherever you are in the world and whatever time you set on your PC. Worldometer is the only website to show live counters that are based on U.N. data and that do not follow the user’s PC clock.

Obviously, the UN data is based on estimates and can’t be 100% accurate, so in all honesty nobody can possibly say with any degree of certainty on which day world population reached 7 billion (or any other exact number), let alone at what time. But once an estimate is made (based on the best data and analysis available), the world population clock should be showing the same number at any given time anywhere around the world.

Current World Population

World Population: Past, Present, and Future

The chart above illustrates how world population has changed throughout history. View the full tabulated data.

At the dawn of agriculture, about 8000 B.C., the population of the world was approximately 5 million. Over the 8,000-year period up to 1 A.D. it grew to 200 million (some estimate 300 million or even 600, suggesting how imprecise population estimates of early historical periods can be), with a growth rate of under 0.05% per year.

A tremendous change occurred with the industrial revolution: whereas it had taken all of human history until around 1800 for world population to reach one billion, the second billion was achieved in only 130 years (1930), the third billion in 30 years (1960), the fourth billion in 15 years (1974), and the fifth billion in only 13 years (1987).

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Growth Rate

Population in the world is, as of 2020, growing at a rate of around 1.05% per year (down from 1.08% in 2019, 1.10% in 2018, and 1.12% in 2017). The current average population increase is estimated at 81 million people per year.

Annual growth rate reached its peak in the late 1960s, when it was at around 2%. The rate of increase has nearly halved since then, and will continue to decline in the coming years.

World population will therefore continue to grow in the 21st century, but at a much slower rate compared to the recent past. World population has doubled (100% increase) in 40 years from 1959 (3 billion) to 1999 (6 billion). It is now estimated that it will take another nearly 40 years to increase by another 50% to become 9 billion by 2037.

The latest world population projections indicate that world population will reach 10 billion persons in the year 2057.

World Population (2020 and historical)

Year (July 1)	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population
2020	7,794,798,739	1.05 %	81,330,639	30.9	2.47	52	56.2 %	4,378,993,944
2019	7,713,468,100	1.08 %	82,377,060	29.8	2.51	52	55.7 %	4,299,438,618
2018	7,631,091,040	1.10 %	83,232,115	29.8	2.51	51	55.3 %	4,219,817,318
2017	7,547,858,925	1.12 %	83,836,876	29.8	2.51	51	54.9 %	4,140,188,594
2016	7,464,022,049	1.14 %	84,224,910	29.8	2.51	50	54.4 %	4,060,652,683
2015	7,379,797,139	1.19 %	84,594,707	30	2.52	50	54.0 %	3,981,497,663
2010	6,956,823,603	1.24 %	82,983,315	28	2.58	47	51.7 %	3,594,868,146
2005	6,541,907,027	1.26 %	79,682,641	27	2.65	44	49.2 %	3,215,905,863
2000	6,143,493,823	1.35 %	79,856,169	26	2.78	41	46.7 %	2,868,307,513
1995	5,744,212,979	1.52 %	83,396,384	25	3.01	39	44.8 %	2,575,505,235
1990	5,327,231,061	1.81 %	91,261,864	24	3.44	36	43.0 %	2,290,228,096
1985	4,870,921,740	1.79 %	82,583,645	23	3.59	33	41.2 %	2,007,939,063
1980	4,458,003,514	1.79 %	75,704,582	23	3.86	30	39.3 %	1,754,201,029
1975	4,079,480,606	1.97 %	75,808,712	22	4.47	27	37.7 %	1,538,624,994
1970	3,700,437,046	2.07 %	72,170,690	22	4.93	25	36.6 %	1,354,215,496
1965	3,339,583,597	1.93 %	60,926,770	22	5.02	22	N.A.	N.A.
1960	3,034,949,748	1.82 %	52,385,962	23	4.90	20	33.7 %	1,023,845,517
1955	2,773,019,936	1.80 %	47,317,757	23	4.97	19	N.A.	N.A.

World Population Forecast (2020-2050)

Year (July 1)	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population
2020	7,794,798,739	1.10 %	83,000,320	31	2.47	52	56.2 %	4,378,993,944
2025	8,184,437,460	0.98 %	77,927,744	32	2.54	55	58.3 %	4,774,646,303
2030	8,548,487,400	0.87 %	72,809,988	33	2.62	57	60.4 %	5,167,257,546
2035	8,887,524,213	0.78 %	67,807,363	34	2.70	60	62.5 %	5,555,833,477
2040	9,198,847,240	0.69 %	62,264,605	35	2.77	62	64.6 %	5,938,249,026
2045	9,481,803,274	0.61 %	56,591,207	35	2.85	64	66.6 %	6,312,544,819
2050	9,735,033,990	0.53 %	50,646,143	36	2.95	65	68.6 %	6,679,756,162

World Population Milestones

10 Billion (2057)

The United Nations projects world population to reach 10 billion in the year 2057.

9 Billion (2037)

World population is expected to reach 9 billion in the year 2037.

8 Billion (2023)

World population is expected to reach 8 billion people in 2023 according to the United Nations (in 2026 according to the U.S. Census Bureau).

7.97 Billion (2022)

The current world population is 7.97 billion as of August 2022 [1] according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometer. The term «World Population» refers to the human population (the total number of humans currently living) of the world.

7 Billion (2011)

6 Billion (1999)

Previous Milestones

Summary Table

World Population by Region

#	Region	Population (2020)	Yearly Change	Net Change	Density (P/Km²)	Land Area (Km²)	Migrants (net)	Fert. Rate	Med. Age	Urban Pop %	World Share
1	Europe	747,636,026	0.06 %	453,275	34	22,134,900	1,361,011	1.6	43	0 %	9.6 %
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	653,962,331	0.9 %	5,841,374	32	20,139,378	-521,499	2	31	0 %	8.4 %
3	Asia	4,641,054,775	0.86 %	39,683,577	150	31,033,131	-1,729,112	2.2	32	0 %	59.5 %
4	Oceania	42,677,813	1.31 %	549,778	5	8,486,460	156,226	2.4	33	0 %	0.5 %
5	Northern America	368,869,647	0.62 %	2,268,683	20	18,651,660	1,196,400	1.8	39	0 %	4.7 %
6	Africa	1,340,598,147	2.49 %	32,533,952	45	29,648,481	-463,024	4.4	20	0 %	17.2 %

World Population Density (people/km 2 )

Courtesy of Junuxx at en.wikipedia [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

World Population by Religion

According to a recent study (based on the 2010 world population of 6.9 billion) by The Pew Forum, there are:

World Population by Country

#	Country (or dependency)	Population (2020)	Yearly Change	Net Change	Density (P/Km²)	Land Area (Km²)	Migrants (net)	Fert. Rate	Med. Age	Urban Pop %	World Share
1	Honduras	9,904,607	1.63 %	158,490	89	111,890	-6,800	2.4872	24	57.3 %	0.1 %
2	United Arab Emirates	9,890,402	1.23 %	119,873	118	83,600	40,000	1.42	33	86.4 %	0.1 %
3	Djibouti	988,000	1.48 %	14,440	43	23,180	900	2.7577	27	79 %	0 %
4	Saint Barthelemy	9,877	0.3 %	30	470	21	N.A.	N.A.	0 %	0 %
5	Seychelles	98,347	0.62 %	608	214	460	-200	2.46	34	56.2 %	0 %
6	Antigua and Barbuda	97,929	0.84 %	811	223	440	0	2	34	26.2 %	0 %
7	Vietnam	97,338,579	0.91 %	876,473	314	310,070	-80,000	2.0556	32	37.7 %	1.2 %
8	Hungary	9,660,351	-0.25 %	-24,328	107	90,530	6,000	1.4911	43	71.7 %	0.1 %
9	Tajikistan	9,537,645	2.32 %	216,627	68	139,960	-20,000	3.6075	22	27.3 %	0.1 %
10	Belarus	9,449,323	-0.03 %	-3,088	47	202,910	8,730	1.7099	40	79.2 %	0.1 %
11	Austria	9,006,398	0.57 %	51,296	109	82,409	65,000	1.5292	43	57.3 %	0.1 %
12	Fiji	896,445	0.73 %	6,492	49	18,270	-6,202	2.7874	28	59.1 %	0 %
13	DR Congo	89,561,403	3.19 %	2,770,836	40	2,267,050	23,861	5.9635	17	45.6 %	1.1 %
14	Réunion	895,312	0.72 %	6,385	358	2,500	-1,256	2.2735	36	99.8 %	0 %
15	Papua New Guinea	8,947,024	1.95 %	170,915	20	452,860	-800	3.5883	22	13.1 %	0.1 %
16	Serbia	8,737,371	-0.4 %	-34,864	100	87,460	4,000	1.4612	42	56.2 %	0.1 %
17	Comoros	869,601	2.2 %	18,715	467	1,861	-2,000	4.2365	20	29.4 %	0 %
18	Israel	8,655,535	1.6 %	136,158	400	21,640	10,000	3.044	30	93.2 %	0.1 %
19	Switzerland	8,654,622	0.74 %	63,257	219	39,516	52,000	1.535	43	74.1 %	0.1 %
20	Isle of Man	85,033	0.53 %	449	149	570	N.A.	N.A.	53.4 %	0 %
21	Turkey	84,339,067	1.09 %	909,452	110	769,630	283,922	2.08	32	75.7 %	1.1 %
22	Iran	83,992,949	1.3 %	1,079,043	52	1,628,550	-55,000	2.15	32	75.5 %	1.1 %
23	Germany	83,783,942	0.32 %	266,897	240	348,560	543,822	1.586	46	76.3 %	1.1 %
24	Togo	8,278,724	2.43 %	196,358	152	54,390	-2,000	4.3515	19	43.3 %	0.1 %
25	Holy See	801	0.25 %	2	2,003	0	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0 %
26	Sierra Leone	7,976,983	2.1 %	163,768	111	72,180	-4,200	4.319	19	43.3 %	0.1 %
27	Guyana	786,552	0.48 %	3,786	4	196,850	-6,000	2.4728	27	26.9 %	0 %
28	Andorra	77,265	0.16 %	123	164	470	N.A.	N.A.	87.8 %	0 %
29	Bhutan	771,608	1.12 %	8,516	20	38,117	320	2	28	45.8 %	0 %
30	Hong Kong	7,496,981	0.82 %	60,827	7,140	1,050	29,308	1.3262	45	N.A.	0.1 %
31	Laos	7,275,560	1.48 %	106,105	32	230,800	-14,704	2.7	24	35.7 %	0.1 %
32	Dominica	71,986	0.25 %	178	96	750	N.A.	N.A.	74.1 %	0 %
33	Paraguay	7,132,538	1.25 %	87,902	18	397,300	-16,556	2.4455	26	61.6 %	0.1 %
34	Thailand	69,799,978	0.25 %	174,396	137	510,890	19,444	1.5346	40	51.1 %	0.9 %
35	Bulgaria	6,948,445	-0.74 %	-51,674	64	108,560	-4,800	1.5584	45	75.6 %	0.1 %
36	Libya	6,871,292	1.38 %	93,840	4	1,759,540	-1,999	2.25	29	78.2 %	0.1 %
37	Solomon Islands	686,884	2.55 %	17,061	25	27,990	-1,600	4.435	20	23.2 %	0 %
38	Lebanon	6,825,445	-0.44 %	-30,268	667	10,230	-30,012	2.09	30	78.4 %	0.1 %
39	United Kingdom	67,886,011	0.53 %	355,839	281	241,930	260,650	1.75	40	83.2 %	0.9 %
40	Nicaragua	6,624,554	1.21 %	79,052	55	120,340	-21,272	2.42	26	57.2 %	0.1 %
41	Cayman Islands	65,722	1.19 %	774	274	240	N.A.	N.A.	97.2 %	0 %
42	France	65,273,511	0.22 %	143,783	119	547,557	36,527	1.8523	42	81.5 %	0.8 %
43	Kyrgyzstan	6,524,195	1.69 %	108,345	34	191,800	-4,000	3	26	35.6 %	0.1 %
44	Macao	649,335	1.39 %	8,890	21,645	30	5,000	1.2	39	N.A.	0 %
45	El Salvador	6,486,205	0.51 %	32,652	313	20,720	-40,539	2.0529	28	73.4 %	0.1 %
46	Montenegro	628,066	0.01 %	79	47	13,450	-480	1.7506	39	67.6 %	0 %
47	Luxembourg	625,978	1.66 %	10,249	242	2,590	9,741	1.45	40	88.2 %	0 %
48	Bermuda	62,278	-0.36 %	-228	1,246	50	N.A.	N.A.	97.4 %	0 %
49	Saint Helena	6,077	0.3 %	18	16	390	N.A.	N.A.	27.2 %	0 %
50	Italy	60,461,826	-0.15 %	-88,249	206	294,140	148,943	1.33	47	69.5 %	0.8 %
51	Turkmenistan	6,031,200	1.5 %	89,111	13	469,930	-5,000	2.785	27	52.5 %	0.1 %
52	Tanzania	59,734,218	2.98 %	1,728,755	67	885,800	-40,076	4.9237	18	37 %	0.8 %
53	Western Sahara	597,339	2.55 %	14,876	2	266,000	5,582	2.4149	28	86.8 %	0 %
54	South Africa	59,308,690	1.28 %	750,420	49	1,213,090	145,405	2.4139	28	66.7 %	0.8 %
55	Marshall Islands	59,190	0.68 %	399	329	180	N.A.	N.A.	70 %	0 %
56	Suriname	586,632	0.9 %	5,260	4	156,000	-1,000	2.4298	29	65.1 %	0 %
57	Singapore	5,850,342	0.79 %	46,005	8,358	700	27,028	1.209	42	N.A.	0.1 %
58	Saint Pierre & Miquelon	5,794	-0.48 %	-28	25	230	N.A.	N.A.	99.8 %	0 %
59	Denmark	5,792,202	0.35 %	20,326	137	42,430	15,200	1.7621	42	88.2 %	0.1 %
60	Northern Mariana Islands	57,559	0.6 %	343	125	460	N.A.	N.A.	88.3 %	0 %
61	Greenland	56,770	0.17 %	98	0	410,450	N.A.	N.A.	87.3 %	0 %
62	Cabo Verde	555,987	1.1 %	6,052	138	4,030	-1,342	2.2885	28	68 %	0 %
63	Finland	5,540,720	0.15 %	8,564	18	303,890	14,000	1.53	43	86.1 %	0.1 %
64	American Samoa	55,191	-0.22 %	-121	276	200	N.A.	N.A.	88.1 %	0 %
65	Congo	5,518,087	2.56 %	137,579	16	341,500	-4,000	4.45	19	69.9 %	0.1 %
66	Micronesia	548,914	1 %	5,428	784	700	-2,957	2.858000189	27	68.2 %	0 %
67	Slovakia	5,459,642	0.05 %	2,629	114	48,088	1,485	1.502	41	53.7 %	0.1 %
68	Myanmar	54,409,800	0.67 %	364,380	83	653,290	-163,313	2.17	29	31.4 %	0.7 %
69	Norway	5,421,241	0.79 %	42,384	15	365,268	28,000	1.68	40	83.4 %	0.1 %
70	Maldives	540,544	1.81 %	9,591	1,802	300	11,370	1.88	30	34.5 %	0 %
71	Kenya	53,771,296	2.28 %	1,197,323	94	569,140	-10,000	3.52	20	27.8 %	0.7 %
72	Saint Kitts & Nevis	53,199	0.71 %	376	205	260	N.A.	N.A.	32.9 %	0 %
73	South Korea	51,269,185	0.09 %	43,877	527	97,230	11,731	1.11	44	81.8 %	0.7 %
74	Oman	5,106,626	2.65 %	131,640	16	309,500	87,400	2.93	31	87 %	0.1 %
75	State of Palestine	5,101,414	2.41 %	119,994	847	6,020	-10,563	3.6677	21	80 %	0.1 %
76	Costa Rica	5,094,118	0.92 %	46,557	100	51,060	4,200	1.7639	33	80 %	0.1 %
77	Colombia	50,882,891	1.08 %	543,448	46	1,109,500	204,796	1.82	31	80.4 %	0.7 %
78	Liberia	5,057,681	2.44 %	120,307	53	96,320	-5,000	4.35	19	52.6 %	0.1 %
79	Montserrat	4,992	0.06 %	3	50	100	N.A.	N.A.	9.6 %	0 %
80	Ireland	4,937,786	1.13 %	55,291	72	68,890	23,604	1.8409	38	63 %	0.1 %
81	Faeroe Islands	48,863	0.38 %	185	35	1,396	N.A.	N.A.	43.3 %	0 %
82	Central African Republic	4,829,767	1.78 %	84,582	8	622,980	-40,000	4.7541	18	43 %	0.1 %
83	New Zealand	4,822,233	0.82 %	39,170	18	263,310	14,881	1.9	38	86.9 %	0.1 %
84	Spain	46,754,778	0.04 %	18,002	94	498,800	40,000	1.33	45	80.3 %	0.6 %
85	Mauritania	4,649,658	2.74 %	123,962	5	1,030,700	5,000	4.585	20	56.9 %	0.1 %
86	Uganda	45,741,007	3.32 %	1,471,413	229	199,810	168,694	5.01	17	25.7 %	0.6 %
87	Argentina	45,195,774	0.93 %	415,097	17	2,736,690	4,800	2.268	32	92.8 %	0.6 %
88	Malta	441,543	0.27 %	1,171	1,380	320	900	1.45	43	93.2 %	0 %
89	Algeria	43,851,044	1.85 %	797,990	18	2,381,740	-10,000	3.05	29	72.9 %	0.6 %
90	Sudan	43,849,260	2.42 %	1,036,022	25	1,765,048	-50,000	4.4345	20	35 %	0.6 %
91	Brunei	437,479	0.97 %	4,194	83	5,270	0	1.8482	32	79.5 %	0 %
92	Ukraine	43,733,762	-0.59 %	-259,876	75	579,320	10,000	1.4435	41	69.4 %	0.6 %
93	Panama	4,314,767	1.61 %	68,328	58	74,340	11,200	2.4688	30	68 %	0.1 %
94	Sint Maarten	42,876	1.15 %	488	1,261	34	N.A.	N.A.	96.5 %	0 %
95	Kuwait	4,270,571	1.51 %	63,488	240	17,820	39,520	2.1	37	N.A.	0.1 %
96	Croatia	4,105,267	-0.61 %	-25,037	73	55,960	-8,001	1.4461	44	57.7 %	0.1 %
97	Moldova	4,033,963	-0.23 %	-9,300	123	32,850	-1,387	1.2552	38	42.7 %	0.1 %
98	Iraq	40,222,493	2.32 %	912,710	93	434,320	7,834	3.682	21	73.1 %	0.5 %
99	Guadeloupe	400,124	0.02 %	68	237	1,690	-1,440	2.17	44	N.A.	0 %
100	Georgia	3,989,167	-0.19 %	-7,598	57	69,490	-10,000	2.0615	38	58.1 %	0.1 %
101	Belize	397,628	1.86 %	7,275	17	22,810	1,200	2.32	25	46.1 %	0 %
102	Bahamas	393,244	0.97 %	3,762	39	10,010	1,000	1.76	32	86.1 %	0 %
103	Monaco	39,242	0.71 %	278	26,337	1	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0 %
104	Afghanistan	38,928,346	2.33 %	886,592	60	652,860	-62,920	4.5552	18	25.4 %	0.5 %
105	Turks and Caicos	38,717	1.38 %	526	41	950	N.A.	N.A.	89.3 %	0 %
106	Saint Martin	38,666	1.75 %	664	730	53	N.A.	N.A.	0 %	0 %
107	Liechtenstein	38,128	0.29 %	109	238	160	N.A.	N.A.	14.6 %	0 %
108	Poland	37,846,611	-0.11 %	-41,157	124	306,230	-29,395	1.4202	42	60.2 %	0.5 %
109	Canada	37,742,154	0.89 %	331,107	4	9,093,510	242,032	1.525	41	81.3 %	0.5 %
110	Martinique	375,265	-0.08 %	-289	354	1,060	-960	1.88	47	91.6 %	0 %
111	Morocco	36,910,560	1.2 %	438,791	83	446,300	-51,419	2.42	30	63.8 %	0.5 %
112	Eritrea	3,546,421	1.41 %	49,304	35	101,000	-39,858	4.1	19	63.3 %	0 %
113	Saudi Arabia	34,813,871	1.59 %	545,343	16	2,149,690	134,979	2.34	32	84 %	0.4 %
114	Falkland Islands	3,480	3.05 %	103	0	12,170	N.A.	N.A.	66 %	0 %
115	Uruguay	3,473,730	0.35 %	11,996	20	175,020	-3,000	1.98	36	96.1 %	0 %
116	Iceland	341,243	0.65 %	2,212	3	100,250	380	1.77	37	94.4 %	0 %
117	San Marino	33,931	0.21 %	71	566	60	N.A.	N.A.	97.1 %	0 %
118	Gibraltar	33,691	-0.03 %	-10	3,369	10	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0 %
119	Uzbekistan	33,469,203	1.48 %	487,487	79	425,400	-8,863	2.43	28	50.1 %	0.4 %
120	United States	331,002,651	0.59 %	1,937,734	36	9,147,420	954,806	1.7764	38	82.8 %	4.2 %
121	Peru	32,971,854	1.42 %	461,401	26	1,280,000	99,069	2.27	31	79.1 %	0.4 %
122	Angola	32,866,272	3.27 %	1,040,977	26	1,246,700	6,413	5.55	17	66.7 %	0.4 %
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,280,819	-0.61 %	-20,181	64	51,000	-21,585	1.27	43	52.3 %	0 %
124	Mongolia	3,278,290	1.65 %	53,123	2	1,553,560	-852	2.9023	28	67.2 %	0 %
125	Malaysia	32,365,999	1.3 %	416,222	99	328,550	50,000	2.0105	30	78.4 %	0.4 %
126	Mozambique	31,255,435	2.93 %	889,399	40	786,380	-5,000	4.8858	18	38.3 %	0.4 %
127	Ghana	31,072,940	2.15 %	655,084	137	227,540	-10,000	3.8928	22	56.7 %	0.4 %
128	Vanuatu	307,145	2.42 %	7,263	25	12,190	120	3.8	21	24.4 %	0 %
129	British Virgin Islands	30,231	0.67 %	201	202	150	N.A.	N.A.	52.4 %	0 %
130	French Guiana	298,682	2.7 %	7,850	4	82,200	1,200	3.36	25	87.3 %	0 %
131	Yemen	29,825,964	2.28 %	664,042	56	527,970	-30,000	3.8372	20	38.4 %	0.4 %
132	Armenia	2,963,243	0.19 %	5,512	104	28,470	-4,998	1.7559	35	62.8 %	0 %
133	Jamaica	2,961,167	0.44 %	12,888	273	10,830	-11,332	1.991	31	55.4 %	0 %
134	Nepal	29,136,808	1.85 %	528,098	203	143,350	41,710	1.934	25	21.4 %	0.4 %
135	Qatar	2,881,053	1.73 %	48,986	248	11,610	40,000	1.8805	32	96.2 %	0 %
136	Albania	2,877,797	-0.11 %	-3,120	105	27,400	-14,000	1.62	36	63.5 %	0 %
137	Barbados	287,375	0.12 %	350	668	430	-79	1.62	40	31.2 %	0 %
138	Puerto Rico	2,860,853	-2.47 %	-72,555	323	8,870	-97,986	1.22	44	N.A.	0 %
139	New Caledonia	285,498	0.97 %	2,748	16	18,280	502	1.97	34	71.9 %	0 %
140	Venezuela	28,435,940	-0.28 %	-79,889	32	882,050	-653,249	2.283	30	N.A.	0.4 %
141	French Polynesia	280,908	0.58 %	1,621	77	3,660	-1,000	1.95	34	64.1 %	0 %
142	Madagascar	27,691,018	2.68 %	721,711	48	581,795	-1,500	4.1085	20	38.5 %	0.4 %
143	Indonesia	273,523,615	1.07 %	2,898,047	151	1,811,570	-98,955	2.3195	30	56.4 %	3.5 %
144	Mayotte	272,815	2.5 %	6,665	728	375	0	3.7289	20	45.8 %	0 %
145	Lithuania	2,722,289	-1.35 %	-37,338	43	62,674	-32,780	1.6698	45	71.3 %	0 %
146	Cameroon	26,545,863	2.59 %	669,483	56	472,710	-4,800	4.603	19	56.3 %	0.3 %
147	Côte d’Ivoire	26,378,274	2.57 %	661,730	83	318,000	-8,000	4.68	19	51.3 %	0.3 %
148	Caribbean Netherlands	26,223	0.94 %	244	80	328	N.A.	N.A.	75 %	0 %
149	North Korea	25,778,816	0.44 %	112,655	214	120,410	-5,403	1.91	35	62.5 %	0.3 %
150	Australia	25,499,884	1.18 %	296,686	3	7,682,300	158,246	1.8316	38	85.9 %	0.3 %
151	Namibia	2,540,905	1.86 %	46,375	3	823,290	-4,806	3.4153	22	55.2 %	0 %
152	Niger	24,206,644	3.84 %	895,929	19	1,266,700	4,000	6.95	15	16.5 %	0.3 %
153	Gambia	2,416,668	2.94 %	68,962	239	10,120	-3,087	5.25	18	59.4 %	0 %
154	Taiwan	23,816,775	0.18 %	42,899	673	35,410	30,001	1.15	42	78.9 %	0.3 %
155	Botswana	2,351,627	2.08 %	47,930	4	566,730	3,000	2.8944	24	72.8 %	0 %
156	Gabon	2,225,734	2.45 %	53,155	9	257,670	3,260	4	23	87.1 %	0 %
157	Pakistan	220,892,340	2 %	4,327,022	287	770,880	-233,379	3.55	23	35.1 %	2.8 %
158	Sao Tome & Principe	219,159	1.91 %	4,103	228	960	-1,680	4.35	19	74 %	0 %
159	Lesotho	2,142,249	0.8 %	16,981	71	30,360	-10,047	3.1641	24	31.5 %	0 %
160	Sri Lanka	21,413,249	0.42 %	89,516	341	62,710	-97,986	2.2102	34	18.4 %	0.3 %
161	Brazil	212,559,417	0.72 %	1,509,890	25	8,358,140	21,200	1.74	33	87.6 %	2.7 %
162	Burkina Faso	20,903,273	2.86 %	581,895	76	273,600	-25,000	5.2315	18	30.6 %	0.3 %
163	North Macedonia	2,083,374	-0 %	-85	83	25,220	-1,000	1.5	39	58.6 %	0 %
164	Slovenia	2,078,938	0.01 %	284	103	20,140	2,000	1.6	45	55.2 %	0 %
165	Nigeria	206,139,589	2.58 %	5,175,990	226	910,770	-60,000	5.4168	18	52 %	2.6 %
166	Mali	20,250,833	3.02 %	592,802	17	1,220,190	-40,000	5.9215	16	44 %	0.3 %
167	Samoa	198,414	0.67 %	1,317	70	2,830	-2,803	3.9029	22	18 %	0 %
168	Guinea-Bissau	1,968,001	2.45 %	47,079	70	28,120	-1,399	4.51	19	44.9 %	0 %
169	Romania	19,237,691	-0.66 %	-126,866	84	230,170	-73,999	1.6198	43	54.6 %	0.2 %
170	Malawi	19,129,952	2.69 %	501,205	203	94,280	-16,053	4.25	18	18.5 %	0.2 %
171	Chile	19,116,201	0.87 %	164,163	26	743,532	111,708	1.65	35	84.8 %	0.2 %
172	Latvia	1,886,198	-1.08 %	-20,545	30	62,200	-14,837	1.7167	44	68.6 %	0 %
173	Kazakhstan	18,776,707	1.21 %	225,280	7	2,699,700	-18,000	2.7638	31	57.7 %	0.2 %
174	Zambia	18,383,955	2.93 %	522,925	25	743,390	-8,000	4.6555	18	45.3 %	0.2 %
175	Saint Lucia	183,627	0.46 %	837	301	610	0	1.4442	34	18.6 %	0 %
176	Palau	18,094	0.48 %	86	39	460	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0 %
177	Guatemala	17,915,568	1.9 %	334,096	167	107,160	-9,215	2.8989	23	51.8 %	0.2 %
178	Ecuador	17,643,054	1.55 %	269,392	71	248,360	36,400	2.44	28	63 %	0.2 %
179	Cook Islands	17,564	0.09 %	16	73	240	N.A.	N.A.	75.3 %	0 %
180	Syria	17,500,658	2.52 %	430,523	95	183,630	-427,391	2.8398	26	60 %	0.2 %
181	Channel Islands	173,863	0.93 %	1,604	915	190	1,351	1.502	43	29.8 %	0 %
182	Netherlands	17,134,872	0.22 %	37,742	508	33,720	16,000	1.66	43	92.5 %	0.2 %
183	Bahrain	1,701,575	3.68 %	60,403	2,239	760	47,800	1.9982	32	89.3 %	0 %
184	Guam	168,775	0.89 %	1,481	313	540	-506	2.3193	31	94.9 %	0 %
185	Senegal	16,743,927	2.75 %	447,563	87	192,530	-20,000	4.65	19	49.4 %	0.2 %
186	Cambodia	16,718,965	1.41 %	232,423	95	176,520	-30,000	2.5238	26	24.2 %	0.2 %
187	Bangladesh	164,689,383	1.01 %	1,643,222	1,265	130,170	-369,501	2.052	28	39.4 %	2.1 %
188	Chad	16,425,864	3 %	478,988	13	1,259,200	2,000	5.7973	17	23.3 %	0.2 %
189	Curaçao	164,093	0.41 %	669	370	444	515	1.76	42	88.7 %	0 %
190	Niue	1,626	0.68 %	11	6	260	N.A.	N.A.	46.4 %	0 %
191	Somalia	15,893,222	2.92 %	450,317	25	627,340	-40,000	6.12	17	46.8 %	0.2 %
192	Anguilla	15,003	0.9 %	134	167	90	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0 %
193	Zimbabwe	14,862,924	1.48 %	217,456	38	386,850	-116,858	3.6255	19	38.4 %	0.2 %
194	Russia	145,934,462	0.04 %	62,206	9	16,376,870	182,456	1.8205	40	73.7 %	1.9 %
195	China	1,439,323,776	0.39 %	5,540,090	153	9,388,211	-348,399	1.69	38	60.8 %	18.5 %
196	Equatorial Guinea	1,402,985	3.47 %	46,999	50	28,050	16,000	4.5543	22	73.3 %	0 %
197	Trinidad and Tobago	1,399,488	0.32 %	4,515	273	5,130	-800	1.7299	36	52.4 %	0 %
198	Tokelau	1,357	1.27 %	17	136	10	N.A.	N.A.	0 %	0 %
199	Estonia	1,326,535	0.07 %	887	31	42,390	3,911	1.5878	42	67.9 %	0 %
200	Timor-Leste	1,318,445	1.96 %	25,326	89	14,870	-5,385	4.1	21	32.8 %	0 %
201	Guinea	13,132,795	2.83 %	361,549	53	245,720	-4,000	4.7384	18	38.6 %	0.2 %
202	Rwanda	12,952,218	2.58 %	325,268	525	24,670	-9,000	4.1	20	17.6 %	0.2 %
203	Mexico	128,932,753	1.06 %	1,357,224	66	1,943,950	-60,000	2.14	29	83.8 %	1.7 %
204	Mauritius	1,271,768	0.17 %	2,100	626	2,030	0	1.3885	37	40.8 %	0 %
205	Japan	126,476,461	-0.3 %	-383,840	347	364,555	71,560	1.3697	48	91.8 %	1.6 %
206	Benin	12,123,200	2.73 %	322,049	108	112,760	-2,000	4.8675	19	48.4 %	0.2 %
207	Cyprus	1,207,359	0.73 %	8,784	131	9,240	5,000	1.3375	37	66.8 %	0 %
208	Kiribati	119,449	1.57 %	1,843	147	810	-800	3.5836	23	57 %	0 %
209	Burundi	11,890,784	3.12 %	360,204	463	25,680	2,001	5.45	17	13.8 %	0.2 %
210	Tunisia	11,818,619	1.06 %	123,900	76	155,360	-4,000	2.2	33	70.1 %	0.2 %
211	Tuvalu	11,792	1.25 %	146	393	30	N.A.	N.A.	62.4 %	0 %
212	Bolivia	11,673,021	1.39 %	159,921	11	1,083,300	-9,504	2.75	26	69.3 %	0.1 %
213	Eswatini	1,160,164	1.05 %	12,034	67	17,200	-8,353	3.0257	21	30 %	0 %
214	Belgium	11,589,623	0.44 %	50,295	383	30,280	48,000	1.7148	42	98.3 %	0.1 %
215	Ethiopia	114,963,588	2.57 %	2,884,858	115	1,000,000	30,000	4.3	19	21.3 %	1.5 %
216	Haiti	11,402,528	1.24 %	139,451	414	27,560	-35,000	2.96	24	56.9 %	0.1 %
217	Cuba	11,326,616	-0.06 %	-6,867	106	106,440	-14,400	1.6166	42	78.3 %	0.1 %
218	Grenada	112,523	0.46 %	520	331	340	-200	2.0732	32	35.5 %	0 %
219	Wallis & Futuna	11,239	-1.69 %	-193	80	140	N.A.	N.A.	0 %	0 %
220	South Sudan	11,193,725	1.19 %	131,612	18	610,952	-174,200	4.7359	19	24.6 %	0.1 %
221	St. Vincent & Grenadines	110,940	0.32 %	351	284	390	-200	1.9019	33	52.9 %	0 %
222	Philippines	109,581,078	1.35 %	1,464,463	368	298,170	-67,152	2.58	26	47.5 %	1.4 %
223	Dominican Republic	10,847,910	1.01 %	108,952	225	48,320	-30,000	2.36	28	84.5 %	0.1 %
224	Nauru	10,824	0.63 %	68	541	20	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0 %
225	Czech Republic (Czechia)	10,708,981	0.18 %	19,772	139	77,240	22,011	1.6413	43	73.5 %	0.1 %
226	Aruba	106,766	0.43 %	452	593	180	201	1.9	41	43.6 %	0 %
227	Tonga	105,695	1.15 %	1,201	147	720	-800	3.5763	22	24.3 %	0 %
228	U.S. Virgin Islands	104,425	-0.15 %	-153	298	350	-451	2.0458	43	96.3 %	0 %
229	Greece	10,423,054	-0.48 %	-50,401	81	128,900	-16,000	1.3024	46	84.9 %	0.1 %
230	Egypt	102,334,404	1.94 %	1,946,331	103	995,450	-38,033	3.33	25	43 %	1.3 %
231	Jordan	10,203,134	1 %	101,440	115	88,780	10,220	2.7723	24	91.5 %	0.1 %
232	Portugal	10,196,709	-0.29 %	-29,478	111	91,590	-6,000	1.288	46	66.5 %	0.1 %
233	Azerbaijan	10,139,177	0.91 %	91,459	123	82,658	1,200	2.0835	32	56.2 %	0.1 %
234	Sweden	10,099,265	0.63 %	62,886	25	410,340	40,000	1.85	41	88.2 %	0.1 %
235	India	0	-100 %	-1,366,417,754	0	2,973,190	-532,687	2.2402	28	N.A.	0 %

How many people have ever lived on earth?

Assuming that we start counting from about 50,000 B.C., the time when modern Homo sapiens appeared on the earth (and not from 700,000 B.C. when the ancestors of Homo sapiens appeared, or several million years ago when hominids were present), taking into account that all population data are a rough estimate, and assuming a constant growth rate applied to each period up to modern times, it has been estimated that a total of approximately 106 billion people have been born since the dawn of the human species, making the population currently alive roughly 6% of all people who have ever lived on planet Earth.

Others have estimated the number of human beings who have ever lived to be anywhere from 45 billion to 125 billion, with most estimates falling into the range of 90 to 110 billion humans.

World Population clock: sources and methodology

The world population counter displayed on Worldometer takes into consideration data from two major sources: the United Nations and the U.S. Census Bureau.

The World Population Prospect: the 2019 Revision provides the most recent data available (released in June of 2019). Estimates and projected world population and country specific populations are given from 1950 through 2100 and are released every two years. Worldometer, as it is common practice, utilizes the medium fertility estimates.

Data underlying the population estimates are national and sub national census data and data on births, deaths, and migrants available from national sources and publications, as well as from questionnaires. For all countries, census and registration data are evaluated and, if necessary, adjusted for incompleteness by the Population Division as part of its preparations of the official United Nations population estimates and projections.

For most countries adjustment of the data is necessary to correct for errors, omissions, and inconsistencies in the data. Finally, since most recent data for a single country is often at least two years old, the current world population figure is necessarily a projection of past data based on assumed trends. As new data become available, assumptions and data are reevaluated and past conclusions and current figures may be modified.

For information about how these estimates and projections are made by the U.S. Census Bureau, see the Population Estimates and Projections Methodology.

Why Worldometer clocks are the most accurate

The above world population clock is based on the latest estimates released in June of 2019 by the United Nations and will show the same number wherever you are in the world and whatever time you set on your PC. Worldometer is the only website to show live counters that are based on U.N. data and that do not follow the user’s PC clock.

Obviously, the UN data is based on estimates and can’t be 100% accurate, so in all honesty nobody can possibly say with any degree of certainty on which day world population reached 7 billion (or any other exact number), let alone at what time. But once an estimate is made (based on the best data and analysis available), the world population clock should be showing the same number at any given time anywhere around the world.

World Population 2022

How many people are alive on earth today? Figuring out the current human population is a popular question to ask. The current US Census Bureau world population estimate in 2016 shows that there are approximately 7,346,235,000 people on earth as of August 23, 2016, which far exceeds the population of 7.2 billion from 2015.

As well as containing the latest world population estimate, this article contains information about the history of population growth, and details of the world’s largest countries and cities.

7 billion people in the world?

Although the number given above seems very precise, it is important to remember that it is just an estimate. It simply isn’t possible to be sure exactly how many people there are on the earth at any one time, and there are conflicting estimates of the global population in 2016.

The United States Census Bureau estimates there is one birth every 7 seconds and one death every 13 seconds, with a net gain of one person on earth every 11 seconds.

Map of the world if each country was the same relative size as its population:

Some, including the UN, believe that a population of 7 billion was reached in October 2011. Others, including the US Census Bureau and World Bank, believe that the total population of the world reached 7 billion in 2012, around March or April.

History of World Population Growth

Throughout most of history, the world’s population has been much smaller than it is now. Before the invention of agriculture, for example, the human population was estimated to be around 15 million people at most.

Here’s an interesting perspective on today’s world population in 2016: today’s world population (

7 billion) is approximately 6% of the estimated 110 billion who have ever lived.

The introduction of agriculture and the gradual movement of humanity into settled communities saw the global population increase gradually to around 300 million by AD 0. To give you an idea of scale, the Roman Empire, which many regard as one of the strongest empires the world has ever seen, probably contained only around 50 million people at its height; that’s less than the number of people in England today.

It wasn’t until the early 19th century that the world population reached its first big milestone: 1 billion people. Then, as the industrial revolution took hold and living standards improved, the rate of population growth increased considerably. Over the next hundred years, the population of the world doubled, reaching 2 billion in the late 1920s.

The 20th century, however, is where population growth really took off, and over the past 100 years, the planet’s population has more than tripled in size. This massive increase in human population is largely due to improvements in diet, sanitation and medicine, especially compulsory vaccination against many diseases.

Here’s a timeline of the world population growth:

How much larger can the world population get?

What happens next isn’t quite so clear.

Most people agree that population increases will continue, but there are arguments about the rate of increase, and even a few people who believe population decreases are likely. You can see some example trends in this graph.

The United Nations has gradually been revising its predictions downwards, and now believes that the world population in 2050 will be around 9 billion (illustrated by the yellow line on the chart). It believes that, as the world grows steadily richer and the average family size decreases, growth will steadily slow and eventually stop.

However, others believe that poverty, inequality and continued urbanization will encourage steadily increasing growth, particularly in countries in Africa and parts of Asia, where growth is already much higher than the global average.

A few scientists even believe that populations will decrease. Some believe that gradual increases in living standards will result in similar patterns to those in Western Europe, where birth rates are declining rapidly. Others believe that the current world population is unsustainable, and predict that humanity will simply not be able to produce enough food and oil to feed itself and sustain our industrial economy.

Largest Countries in the World 2016

More than half of the world’s current population lives in just ten countries.

The largest country in the world today is, of course, China, which is one of only two countries with a population of more than a billion people. To give you an indication of scale, with 1.36 billion people, China today has four times as many people as the United States of America.

Here’s a list of the ten largest countries in the world today:

Smallest Countries in the World

By contrast, the total population of the world’s smallest countries is only just under 300,000. The smallest country in the world in 2016 is Vatican City, the small enclave within the Italian city of Rome that is ruled by the Pope and home to just over 800 people.

Country	Population
Dominica	73,607
Marshall Islands	72,191
Saint Kitts & Nevis	51,936
Liechtenstein	37,624
San Marino	33,020
Monaco	30,535
Palau	21,265
Tuvalu	10,869
Nauru	9,540
Vatican City	842

Largest Cities in the World

More than a hundred million people live in the world’s ten largest cities. Here’s a list of the largest cities in the world by population, most of which are in Asia:

Rank	City	Population	Country
1	Shanghai	24,256,800	China
2	Karachi	23,500,000	Pakistan
3	Beijing	21,516,000	China
4	Delhi	16,349,831	India
5	Lagos	16,060,303	Nigeria
6	Tianjin	15,200,000	China
7	Istanbul	14,160,467	Turkey
8	Tokyo	13,513,734	Japan
9	Guangzhou	13,080,500	China
10	Mumbai	12,442,373	India

This list sorts cities by the population in the city proper. The list looks very different when cities are listed by metropolitan population, in which case it breaks down as follows: Tokyo (36.9 million), Shanghai (34 million), Jakarta (30 million), Seoul (25.5 million), Guangzhou (25 million), Beijing (24.9 million), Shenzhen (23.3 million), Delhi (21.7 million), Mexico City (21.3 million), and Lagos (21 million).

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2022 World Population by Country

The current US Census Bureau world population estimate in June 2019 shows that the current global population is 7,577,130,400 people on earth, which far exceeds the world population of 7.2 billion from 2015. Our own estimate based on UN data shows the world’s population surpassing 7.7 billion.

China is the most populous country in the world with a population exceeding 1.4 billion. It is one of just two countries with a population of more than 1 billion, with India being the second. As of 2018, India has a population of over 1.355 billion people, and its population growth is expected to continue through at least 2050. By the year 2030, the country of India is expected to become the most populous country in the world. This is because India’s population will grow, while China is projected to see a loss in population.

The next 11 countries that are the most populous in the world each have populations exceeding 100 million. These include the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Mexico, Japan, Ethiopia, and the Philippines. Of these nations, all are expected to continue to grow except Russia and Japan, which will see their populations drop by 2030 before falling again significantly by 2050.

Many other nations have populations of at least one million, while there are also countries that have just thousands. The smallest population in the world can be found in Vatican City, where only 801 people reside.

This population growth will be significantly impacted by nine specific countries which are situated to contribute to the population growth more quickly than other nations. These nations include the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, and the United States of America. Particularly of interest, India is on track to overtake China’s position as the most populous country by the year 2030. Additionally, multiple nations within Africa are expected to double their populations before fertility rates begin to slow entirely.

Population aging has a massive impact on the ability of the population to maintain what is called a support ratio. One key finding from 2017 is that the majority of the world is going to face considerable growth in the 60 plus age bracket. This will put enormous strain on the younger age groups as the elderly population is becoming so vast without the number of births to maintain a healthy support ratio.

Although the number given above seems very precise, it is important to remember that it is just an estimate. It simply isn’t possible to be sure exactly how many people there are on the earth at any one time, and there are conflicting estimates of the global population in 2016.

Some, including the UN, believe that a population of 7 billion was reached in October 2011. Others, including the US Census Bureau and World Bank, believe that the total population of the world reached 7 billion in 2012, around March or April.

World Population Clock

World Population (as of null)
Last UN Estimate (July 1, 2022)	7,975,105,156
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Net Change per Day Net decrease of 1 person every Population estimates based on interpolation of data from World Population Prospects World Population Estimator Estimate as of July 21, 2022 is: World Population Clock Flag Country 2022 (Live) 2020 Population Area Density (km²) Growth Rate World % Rank China 1,425,886,451 1,424,929,781 9,706,961 km² 147/km² -0.00% 17.88% 1 India 1,417,282,657 1,396,387,127 3,287,590 km² 431/km² 0.68% 17.77% 2 United States 338,307,692 335,942,003 9,372,610 km² 36/km² 0.38% 4.24% 3 Indonesia 275,521,316 271,857,970 1,904,569 km² 145/km² 0.64% 3.45% 4 Pakistan 235,876,782 227,196,741 881,912 km² 267/km² 1.91% 2.96% 5 Nigeria 218,600,155 208,327,405 923,768 km² 237/km² 2.41% 2.74% 6 Brazil 215,324,516 213,196,304 8,515,767 km² 25/km² 0.46% 2.70% 7 Bangladesh 171,206,411 167,420,951 147,570 km² 1,160/km² 1.08% 2.15% 8 Russia 144,712,861 145,617,329 17,098,242 km² 8/km² -0.27% 1.81% 9 Mexico 127,514,958 125,998,302 1,964,375 km² 65/km² 0.63% 1.60% 10 Japan 123,944,319 125,244,761 377,930 km² 328/km² -0.53% 1.55% 11 Ethiopia 123,415,039 117,190,911 1,104,300 km² 112/km² 2.57% 1.55% 12 Philippines 115,579,151 112,190,977 342,353 km² 338/km² 1.47% 1.45% 13 Egypt 111,009,462 107,465,134 1,002,450 km² 111/km² 1.58% 1.39% 14 DR Congo 99,046,233 92,853,164 2,344,858 km² 42/km² 3.25% 1.24% 15 Vietnam 98,194,641 96,648,685 331,212 km² 296/km² 0.74% 1.23% 16 Iran 88,557,202 87,290,193 1,648,195 km² 54/km² 0.71% 1.11% 17 Turkey 85,346,863 84,135,428 783,562 km² 109/km² 0.67% 1.07% 18 Germany 83,368,566 83,328,988 357,114 km² 233/km² -0.05% 1.05% 19 Thailand 71,698,307 71,475,664 513,120 km² 140/km² 0.13% 0.90% 20 United Kingdom 67,511,531 67,059,474 242,900 km² 278/km² 0.34% 0.85% 21 Tanzania 65,519,352 61,704,518 945,087 km² 69/km² 3.00% 0.82% 22 France 64,628,090 64,480,053 551,695 km² 117/km² 0.15% 0.81% 23 South Africa 59,899,466 58,801,927 1,221,037 km² 49/km² 0.84% 0.75% 24 Italy 59,035,620 59,500,579 301,336 km² 196/km² -0.34% 0.74% 25 Myanmar 54,183,858 53,423,198 676,578 km² 80/km² 0.71% 0.68% 26 Kenya 54,039,391 51,985,780 580,367 km² 93/km² 1.93% 0.68% 27 Colombia 51,875,939 50,930,662 1,141,748 km² 45/km² 0.69% 0.65% 28 South Korea 51,815,501 51,844,690 100,210 km² 517/km² -0.03% 0.65% 29 Spain 47,558,239 47,363,807 505,992 km² 94/km² 0.15% 0.60% 30 Uganda 47,264,578 44,404,611 241,550 km² 196/km² 3.04% 0.59% 31 Sudan 46,888,044 44,440,486 1,886,068 km² 25/km² 2.67% 0.59% 32 Argentina 45,513,037 45,036,032 2,780,400 km² 16/km² 0.52% 0.57% 33 Algeria 44,911,360 43,451,666 2,381,741 km² 19/km² 1.64% 0.56% 34 Iraq 44,507,408 42,556,984 438,317 km² 102/km² 2.21% 0.56% 35 Afghanistan 41,141,128 38,972,230 652,230 km² 63/km² 2.57% 0.52% 36 Poland 39,893,722 38,428,366 312,679 km² 127/km² 4.04% 0.50% 37 Ukraine 39,619,811 43,909,666 603,500 km² 66/km² -8.80% 0.50% 38 Canada 38,458,014 37,888,705 9,984,670 km² 4/km² 0.78% 0.48% 39 Morocco 37,462,337 36,688,772 446,550 km² 84/km² 1.03% 0.47% 40 Saudi Arabia 36,414,957 35,997,107 2,149,690 km² 17/km² 1.28% 0.46% 41 Angola 35,601,159 33,428,486 1,246,700 km² 29/km² 3.15% 0.45% 42 Uzbekistan 34,633,831 33,526,656 447,400 km² 77/km² 1.60% 0.43% 43 Peru 34,052,698 33,304,756 1,285,216 km² 26/km² 0.99% 0.43% 44 Malaysia 33,942,443 33,199,993 330,803 km² 103/km² 1.09% 0.43% 45 Yemen 33,705,058 32,284,046 527,968 km² 64/km² 2.17% 0.42% 46 Ghana 33,483,140 32,180,401 238,533 km² 140/km² 1.96% 0.42% 47 Mozambique 32,979,671 31,178,239 801,590 km² 41/km² 2.78% 0.41% 48 Nepal 30,551,555 29,348,627 147,181 km² 208/km² 1.71% 0.38% 49 Madagascar 29,619,643 28,225,177 587,041 km² 50/km² 2.41% 0.37% 50 Venezuela 28,307,421 28,490,453 916,445 km² 31/km² 0.36% 0.35% 51 Ivory Coast 28,168,451 26,811,790 322,463 km² 87/km² 2.48% 0.35% 52 Cameroon 27,922,692 26,491,087 475,442 km² 59/km² 2.63% 0.35% 53 Niger 26,219,016 24,333,639 1,267,000 km² 21/km² 3.78% 0.33% 54 Australia 26,180,379 25,670,051 7,692,024 km² 3/km² 0.99% 0.33% 55 North Korea 26,070,466 25,867,467 120,538 km² 216/km² 0.38% 0.33% 56 Taiwan 23,893,744 23,821,464 36,193 km² 660/km² 0.14% 0.30% 57 Burkina Faso 22,680,188 21,522,626 272,967 km² 83/km² 2.59% 0.28% 58 Mali 22,601,375 21,224,040 1,240,192 km² 18/km² 3.14% 0.28% 59 Syria 22,137,338 20,772,595 185,180 km² 119/km² 3.76% 0.28% 60 Sri Lanka 21,832,884 21,715,079 65,610 km² 333/km² 0.27% 0.27% 61 Malawi 20,411,166 19,377,061 118,484 km² 172/km² 2.59% 0.26% 62 Zambia 20,023,792 18,927,715 752,612 km² 27/km² 2.80% 0.25% 63 Romania 19,668,205 19,442,038 238,391 km² 82/km² 1.71% 0.25% 64 Chile 19,603,980 19,300,315 756,102 km² 26/km² 0.57% 0.25% 65 Kazakhstan 19,400,305 18,979,243 2,724,900 km² 7/km² 1.05% 0.24% 66 Ecuador 18,003,162 17,588,595 276,841 km² 65/km² 1.14% 0.23% 67 Guatemala 17,846,647 17,362,718 108,889 km² 164/km² 1.34% 0.22% 68 Chad 17,729,494 16,644,701 1,284,000 km² 14/km² 3.16% 0.22% 69 Somalia 17,603,566 16,537,016 637,657 km² 28/km² 3.12% 0.22% 70 Netherlands 17,564,611 17,434,557 41,850 km² 420/km² 0.36% 0.22% 71 Senegal 17,321,392 16,436,120 196,722 km² 88/km² 2.61% 0.22% 72 Cambodia 16,769,819 16,396,860 181,035 km² 93/km² 1.08% 0.21% 73 Zimbabwe 16,324,327 15,669,666 390,757 km² 42/km² 2.04% 0.20% 74 Guinea 13,863,048 13,205,153 245,857 km² 56/km² 2.42% 0.17% 75 Rwanda 13,780,261 13,146,362 26,338 km² 523/km² 2.34% 0.17% 76 Benin 13,356,901 12,643,123 112,622 km² 119/km² 2.74% 0.17% 77 Burundi 12,893,489 12,220,227 27,834 km² 463/km² 2.70% 0.16% 78 Tunisia 12,357,209 12,161,723 163,610 km² 76/km² 0.76% 0.15% 79 Bolivia 12,225,799 11,936,162 1,098,581 km² 11/km² 1.20% 0.15% 80 Belgium 11,656,260 11,561,717 30,528 km² 382/km² 0.38% 0.15% 81 Haiti 11,586,541 11,306,801 27,750 km² 417/km² 1.20% 0.15% 82 Jordan 11,286,528 10,928,721 89,342 km² 126/km² 1.23% 0.14% 83 Dominican Republic 11,230,036 10,999,664 48,671 km² 231/km² 1.00% 0.14% 84 Cuba 11,212,006 11,300,698 109,884 km² 102/km² -0.39% 0.14% 85 South Sudan 10,915,059 10,606,227 619,745 km² 18/km² 1.53% 0.14% 86 Sweden 10,550,047 10,368,969 450,295 km² 23/km² 0.79% 0.13% 87 Czech Republic 10,493,904 10,530,953 78,865 km² 133/km² -0.16% 0.13% 88 Honduras 10,434,611 10,121,763 112,492 km² 93/km² 1.50% 0.13% 89 Greece 10,384,415 10,512,232 131,990 km² 79/km² -0.58% 0.13% 90 Azerbaijan 10,358,712 10,284,951 86,600 km² 120/km² 0.44% 0.13% 91 Portugal 10,270,597 10,298,192 92,090 km² 112/km² -0.19% 0.13% 92 Papua New Guinea 10,144,740 9,749,640 462,840 km² 22/km² 1.94% 0.13% 93 Hungary 9,973,590 9,750,573 93,028 km² 107/km² 2.65% 0.12% 94 Tajikistan 9,954,949 9,543,207 143,100 km² 70/km² 2.08% 0.12% 95 Belarus 9,534,624 9,633,740 207,600 km² 46/km² -0.45% 0.12% 96 United Arab Emirates 9,441,973 9,287,289 83,600 km² 113/km² 0.81% 0.12% 97 Israel 9,039,833 8,757,489 20,770 km² 435/km² 1.55% 0.11% 98 Austria 8,939,844 8,907,777 83,871 km² 107/km² 0.20% 0.11% 99 Togo 8,851,006 8,442,580 56,785 km² 156/km² 2.36% 0.11% 100 Switzerland 8,741,110 8,638,613 41,284 km² 212/km² 0.56% 0.11% 101 Sierra Leone 8,607,798 8,233,970 71,740 km² 120/km² 2.20% 0.11% 102 Laos 7,530,670 7,319,399 236,800 km² 32/km² 1.41% 0.09% 103 Hong Kong 7,488,865 7,500,958 1,104 km² 6,783/km² -0.08% 0.09% 104 Serbia 7,220,459 7,358,005 88,361 km² 82/km² -1.03% 0.09% 105 Nicaragua 6,949,504 6,755,895 130,373 km² 53/km² 1.43% 0.09% 106 Libya 6,813,206 6,653,942 1,759,540 km² 4/km² 1.14% 0.09% 107 Bulgaria 6,780,779 6,979,175 110,879 km² 61/km² -1.51% 0.09% 108 Paraguay 6,781,588 6,618,695 406,752 km² 17/km² 1.15% 0.09% 109 Kyrgyzstan 6,631,818 6,424,874 199,951 km² 33/km² 1.58% 0.08% 110 Turkmenistan 6,431,759 6,250,438 488,100 km² 13/km² 1.40% 0.08% 111 El Salvador 6,336,680 6,292,731 21,041 km² 301/km² 0.35% 0.08% 112 Singapore 5,976,142 5,909,869 710 km² 8,416/km² 0.58% 0.07% 113 Republic of the Congo 5,971,948 5,702,174 342,000 km² 17/km² 2.31% 0.07% 114 Denmark 5,882,591 5,825,641 43,094 km² 136/km² 0.48% 0.07% 115 Slovakia 5,648,046 5,456,681 49,037 km² 115/km² 3.59% 0.07% 116 Central African Republic 5,580,915 5,343,020 622,984 km² 9/km² 2.24% 0.07% 117 Finland 5,540,807 5,529,468 338,424 km² 16/km² 0.09% 0.07% 118 Lebanon 5,488,277 5,662,923 10,452 km² 525/km² -1.84% 0.07% 119 Norway 5,434,772 5,379,839 323,802 km² 17/km² 0.58% 0.07% 120 Liberia 5,303,958 5,087,584 111,369 km² 48/km² 2.10% 0.07% 121 Palestine 5,251,431 5,019,401 6,220 km² 844/km² 2.27% 0.07% 122 New Zealand 5,185,762 5,061,133 270,467 km² 19/km² 1.08% 0.07% 123 Costa Rica 5,181,138 5,123,105 51,100 km² 101/km² 0.52% 0.06% 124 Ireland 5,023,500 4,946,119 70,273 km² 71/km² 0.73% 0.06% 125 Mauritania 4,737,539 4,498,604 1,030,700 km² 5/km² 2.63% 0.06% 126 Oman 4,577,039 4,543,399 309,500 km² 15/km² 1.23% 0.06% 127 Panama 4,409,240 4,294,396 75,417 km² 58/km² 1.32% 0.06% 128 Kuwait 4,269,367 4,360,444 17,818 km² 240/km² 0.44% 0.05% 129 Croatia 4,030,131 4,096,869 56,594 km² 71/km² -0.73% 0.05% 130 Georgia 3,744,200 3,765,912 69,700 km² 54/km² -0.36% 0.05% 131 Eritrea 3,684,732 3,555,868 117,600 km² 31/km² 1.76% 0.05% 132 Uruguay 3,422,794 3,429,086 181,034 km² 19/km² -0.10% 0.04% 133 Mongolia 3,398,943 3,294,335 1,564,110 km² 2/km² 1.51% 0.04% 134 Moldova 3,278,042 3,084,847 33,846 km² 97/km² 6.91% 0.04% 135 Puerto Rico 3,252,469 3,271,564 8,870 km² 367/km² -0.11% 0.04% 136 Bosnia And Herzegovina 3,233,258 3,318,407 51,209 km² 63/km² -1.14% 0.04% 137 Albania 2,842,218 2,866,849 28,748 km² 99/km² -0.43% 0.04% 138 Jamaica 2,827,336 2,820,436 10,991 km² 257/km² -0.01% 0.04% 139 Armenia 2,780,407 2,805,608 29,743 km² 93/km² -0.38% 0.03% 140 Lithuania 2,749,643 2,820,267 65,300 km² 42/km² -1.31% 0.03% 141 Gambia 2,706,713 2,573,995 10,689 km² 253/km² 2.50% 0.03% 142 Qatar 2,695,349 2,760,385 11,586 km² 233/km² 0.26% 0.03% 143 Botswana 2,630,811 2,546,402 582,000 km² 5/km² 1.62% 0.03% 144 Namibia 2,567,424 2,489,098 825,615 km² 3/km² 1.46% 0.03% 145 Gabon 2,389,527 2,292,573 267,668 km² 9/km² 2.04% 0.03% 146 Lesotho 2,306,093 2,254,100 30,355 km² 76/km² 1.07% 0.03% 147 Slovenia 2,119,844 2,117,641 20,273 km² 105/km² 0.02% 0.03% 148 Guinea Bissau 2,106,060 2,015,828 36,125 km² 58/km² 2.18% 0.03% 149 North Macedonia 2,093,475 2,111,072 25,713 km² 81/km² -0.46% 0.03% 150 Latvia 1,850,404 1,897,052 64,559 km² 29/km² -1.24% 0.02% 151 Equatorial Guinea 1,675,340 1,596,049 28,051 km² 60/km² 2.47% 0.02% 152 Trinidad And Tobago 1,531,106 1,518,147 5,130 km² 298/km² 0.35% 0.02% 153 Bahrain 1,472,377 1,477,469 765 km² 1,924/km² 0.61% 0.02% 154 Timor Leste 1,341,502 1,299,995 14,874 km² 90/km² 1.54% 0.02% 155 Estonia 1,326,021 1,329,444 45,227 km² 29/km² -0.20% 0.02% 156 Mauritius 1,299,469 1,297,828 2,040 km² 637/km² 0.04% 0.02% 157 Cyprus 1,251,591 1,237,537 9,251 km² 135/km² 0.59% 0.02% 158 Eswatini 1,201,773 1,180,655 17,364 km² 69/km² 0.79% 0.02% 159 Djibouti 1,121,014 1,090,156 23,200 km² 48/km² 1.38% 0.01% 160 Reunion 974,155 957,822 2,511 km² 388/km² 0.82% 0.01% 161 Fiji 929,848 920,422 18,272 km² 51/km² 0.56% 0.01% 162 Comoros 836,939 806,166 1,862 km² 449/km² 1.84% 0.01% 163 Guyana 808,788 797,202 214,969 km² 4/km² 0.52% 0.01% 164 Bhutan 782,496 772,506 38,394 km² 20/km² 0.64% 0.01% 165 Solomon Islands 724,458 691,191 28,896 km² 25/km² 2.32% 0.01% 166 Macau 695,271 676,283 30 km² 23,172/km² 1.25% 0.01% 167 Luxembourg 647,702 630,399 2,586 km² 250/km² 1.29% 0.01% 168 Montenegro 627,082 629,048 13,812 km² 45/km² -0.12% 0.01% 169 Suriname 618,081 607,065 163,820 km² 4/km² 0.82% 0.01% 170 Cape Verde 593,190 582,640 4,033 km² 147/km² 0.89% 0.01% 171 Western Sahara 576,110 556,048 266,000 km² 2/km² 1.84% 0.01% 172 Malta 533,307 515,358 316 km² 1,688/km² 1.24% 0.01% 173 Maldives 523,766 514,438 300 km² 1,746/km² 0.45% 0.01% 174 Brunei 449,043 441,725 5,765 km² 78/km² 0.81% 0.01% 175 Bahamas 410,025 406,471 13,943 km² 29/km² 0.51% 0.01% 176 Belize 405,334 394,921 22,966 km² 18/km² 1.31% 0.01% 177 Guadeloupe 395,752 395,642 1,628 km² 243/km² -0.08% 0.00% 178 Iceland 372,940 366,669 103,000 km² 4/km² 0.69% 0.00% 179 Martinique 367,507 370,391 1,128 km² 326/km² -0.35% 0.00% 180 Vanuatu 326,822 311,685 12,189 km² 27/km² 2.38% 0.00% 181 Mayotte 326,204 305,587 374 km² 872/km² 3.19% 0.00% 182 French Polynesia 306,300 301,920 4,167 km² 74/km² 0.74% 0.00% 183 French Guiana 304,639 290,969 83,534 km² 4/km² 2.39% 0.00% 184 New Caledonia 289,971 286,403 18,575 km² 16/km² 0.75% 0.00% 185 Barbados 281,656 280,693 430 km² 655/km² 0.15% 0.00% 186 Sao Tome And Principe 227,421 218,641 964 km² 236/km² 1.92% 0.00% 187 Samoa 222,403 214,929 2,842 km² 78/km² 1.65% 0.00% 188 Curacao 191,163 189,288 444 km² 431/km² 0.43% 0.00% 189 Saint Lucia 179,857 179,237 616 km² 292/km² 0.11% 0.00% 190 Guam 171,795 169,231 549 km² 313/km² 0.73% 0.00% 191 Kiribati 131,273 126,463 811 km² 162/km² 1.83% 0.00% 192 Grenada 125,438 123,663 344 km² 365/km² 0.66% 0.00% 193 Micronesia 114,185 112,106 702 km² 163/km² 0.91% 0.00% 194 Jersey 110,778 108,319 116 km² 955/km² 1.06% 0.00% 195 Seychelles 107,118 105,530 452 km² 237/km² 0.61% 0.00% 196 Tonga 106,879 105,254 747 km² 143/km² 0.79% 0.00% 197 Aruba 106,424 106,585 180 km² 591/km² -0.09% 0.00% 198 Saint Vincent And the Grenadines 103,948 104,632 389 km² 267/km² -0.37% 0.00% 199 United States Virgin Islands 99,465 100,442 347 km² 287/km² -0.63% 0.00% 200 Antigua And Barbuda 93,784 92,664 442 km² 212/km² 0.58% 0.00% 201 Isle of Man 84,519 84,046 572 km² 148/km² 0.30% 0.00% 202 Andorra 79,824 77,700 468 km² 171/km² 1.00% 0.00% 203 Dominica 72,758 71,995 751 km² 97/km² 0.45% 0.00% 204 Cayman Islands 68,706 67,311 264 km² 260/km² 0.84% 0.00% 205 Bermuda 64,184 64,031 54 km² 1,189/km² -0.00% 0.00% 206 Guernsey 63,301 62,794 78 km² 812/km² 0.37% 0.00% 207 Greenland 56,466 56,026 2,166,086 km² 0/km² 0.40% 0.00% 208 Faroe Islands 53,090 52,415 1,393 km² 38/km² 0.38% 0.00% 209 Northern Mariana Islands 49,551 49,587 464 km² 107/km² 0.14% 0.00% 210 Saint Kitts And Nevis 47,657 47,642 261 km² 183/km² 0.11% 0.00% 211 Turks And Caicos Islands 45,703 44,276 948 km² 48/km² 1.31% 0.00% 212 American Samoa 44,273 46,189 199 km² 222/km² -1.69% 0.00% 213 Sint Maarten 44,175 43,621 34 km² 1,299/km² 0.30% 0.00% 214 Marshall Islands 41,569 43,413 181 km² 230/km² -1.14% 0.00% 215 Liechtenstein 39,327 38,756 160 km² 246/km² 0.74% 0.00% 216 Monaco 36,469 36,922 2 km² 18,235/km² -0.59% 0.00% 217 San Marino 33,660 34,007 61 km² 552/km² -0.25% 0.00% 218 Gibraltar 32,649 32,709 6 km² 5,442/km² -0.06% 0.00% 219 Saint Martin 31,791 32,553 53 km² 600/km² -0.49% 0.00% 220 British Virgin Islands 31,305 30,910 151 km² 207/km² 0.59% 0.00% 221 Palau 18,055 17,972 459 km² 39/km² 0.17% 0.00% 222 Cook Islands 17,011 17,029 236 km² 72/km² 0.05% 0.00% 223 Anguilla 15,857 15,585 91 km² 174/km² 0.66% 0.00% 224 Nauru 12,668 12,315 21 km² 603/km² 1.25% 0.00% 225 Wallis And Futuna 11,572 11,655 142 km² 81/km² -0.47% 0.00% 226 Tuvalu 11,312 11,069 26 km² 435/km² 0.96% 0.00% 227 Saint Barthelemy 10,967 10,681 21 km² 522/km² 0.98% 0.00% 228 Saint Pierre And Miquelon 5,862 5,906 242 km² 24/km² -0.36% 0.00% 229 Montserrat 4,390 4,500 102 km² 43/km² -0.61% 0.00% 230 Falkland Islands 3,780 3,747 12,173 km² 0/km² 0.43% 0.00% 231 Niue 1,934 1,942 260 km² 7/km² -0.15% 0.00% 232 Tokelau 1,871 1,827 12 km² 156/km² 1.19% 0.00% 233 Vatican City 510 520 1 km² 510/km² -0.20% 0.00% 234 World Population in 2050 What will the world look like in 2050? The world’s population 30 years from now may look more different than we expect. According to World Population Prospects, the global population in 2050 will be around 9.77 billion people, which is 2 billion more than what the current population is today. In terms of each country’s population growth, we can expect India to surpass China as the most populated country in the world by 2050. Today, India’s growth rate is 1.08% while China, the most populated country in the world at the moment, has a growth rate of only 0.35%. By 2050, India’s population will hit 1.66 billion people, and China will come in second place with a population of 1.36 billion. The United States currently is the third most populated country in the world, but is expected to drop to fourth most populated by 2050. Instead, fast-growing Nigeria will become the third most populated country by 2050 with its current growth rate of 2.6%. Nigeria’s population will be around 410 million by 2050 while the US in 2050 will have about 390 million people. Vatican City is predicted to continue being the least populated country in the world in 2050. It currently has a negative growth rate and is predicted to have 800 people by 2050. Trends are pointing towards the most populated countries reaching their capacities and slowing down their population growths. Meanwhile, less populated countries with developing industries and technologies will see a boom in population growth, which are similar factors that allowed the recent growth of India and China in the last century. The diffusion of health developments and technology will increase the global population overall. We predict the world to be around 30% more populated by 2050 because of better healthcare allowing longer life expectancy and lower infant mortality rates. The population will be aging because of a declining fertility rate as well, for individuals have more access to birth control and family planning. Many predictions for the year 2050 are still unknown as we still wait to see the impact of computers, artificial intelligence, and environmental changes. If the global population is growing overall, we will face more constrained resources until technology can overcome any production shortages or environmental damage. World Population By Race As of the beginning of 2019, the world population is approximately 7.7 billion people. Many researchers have tried breaking this population down into different racial groups, but each nation measures different ethnic and racial components in different ways. Therefore, specific statistics and racial demographics of the world population as a whole are difficult to find as countries have not found a way to consolidate their findings or compromised in measuring the same single indicator of race. Breaking down the global population by race is difficult primarily because of the meaning of the word “race.” Race is considered as a construct defined by society based on certain biological features that society has deemed to be significant. For example, some racial groupings are determined by physical differences like skin tone, hair color, and other facial features. However, there are so many different variations and exceptions to the evolving term “race” that many sociologists insist that no clear-cut races exist and that race is just genetic variations that shouldn’t carry weight on society. Race is to not be confused with ethnicity, which is shared cultural heritage. The main difference between race and ethnicity is that race is inherited genetic traits while ethnicity is a set of customs, language, and practices that are learned and passed down from generation to generation. Many countries measure their diversity through data on race, ethnicity, or a combination or variation of both. For instance, the United States includes race as self-identified data that reflects a social definition rather than a biological or anthropological one. Citizens report themselves as White, Black or African American, American Indian, Asian, or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Meanwhile, other countries may use different measures of ethnic groups, such as English, German, East Indian, etc. Источники информации: http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/? http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ http://worldpopulationreview.com/continents/world-population http://worldpopulationreview.com/ Читайте также:  Встраиваемая посудомоечная машина веко dis15r12 Вам также может понравиться Как объяснить что текст художественного стиля Как доказать художественный стиль Вам будет интересно Ктр плода что это означает Нормы плодного яйца по неделям Содержание При проведении Встраиваемая посудомоечная машина bosch spv 45dx20 Serie | 4 Встраиваемая посудомоечная машина 45 cm SPV45DX20R Как покрасить машину на радмире Как покрасить машину бесплатно или же как сделать смену цвета! Политика конфиденциальности Правообладателям Контакты