Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population by country

Name: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population
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Countries reporting

192

Highest

1.67 million Persons

India

Lowest

13.21 Persons

Tuvalu

Median

10,204 Persons

Years covered

1990–2050

Data points

10,557

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 1.67 million Persons in India; the lowest is 13.21 Persons in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 10,204 Persons, and the mean is 57,486 Persons.

Over the past decade 140 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 35.3%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 9.4%).

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	1.67 million Persons	2050	up 3.6%	rising
2	OECD	1.43 million Persons	2050	up 0.0%	rising
3	China	1.31 million Persons	2050	down 4.7%	rising
4	Nigeria	377,460 Persons	2050	up 17.7%	rising
5	United States	375,392 Persons	2050	up 2.4%	rising
6	Pakistan	367,808 Persons	2050	up 14.0%	rising
7	Indonesia	317,225 Persons	2050	up 2.9%	rising
8	Brazil	230,886 Persons	2050	up 0.3%	rising
9	Bangladesh	203,905 Persons	2050	up 3.8%	rising
10	Egypt	160,340 Persons	2050	up 11.8%	rising
11	Philippines	157,892 Persons	2050	up 8.9%	rising
12	Mexico	143,772 Persons	2050	up 1.9%	rising
13	Russia	133,133 Persons	2050	down 2.9%	falling
14	Tanzania	129,932 Persons	2050	up 23.8%	rising
15	Ethiopia	214,812 Persons	2050	up 18.0%	rising
15	Japan	103,784 Persons	2050	down 6.6%	falling
16	Iran	99,007 Persons	2050	up 2.6%	rising
17	Uganda	87,622 Persons	2050	up 20.0%	rising
18	Kenya	85,212 Persons	2050	up 14.0%	rising
18	Madagascar	51,593 Persons	2050	up 18.5%	rising
19	Sudan	84,494 Persons	2050	up 20.1%	rising
20	Germany	78,932 Persons	2050	down 2.8%	flat
20	Mauritania	8,915 Persons	2050	up 21.3%	rising
21	Iraq	74,515 Persons	2050	up 16.8%	rising
22	Afghanistan	74,075 Persons	2050	up 19.1%	rising
22	Croatia	3,333 Persons	2050	down 7.4%	falling
23	South Africa	73,530 Persons	2050	up 5.5%	rising
23	Moldova	2,998 Persons	2050	down 2.7%	falling
24	Angola	72,328 Persons	2050	up 24.5%	rising
24	Lesotho	2,898 Persons	2050	up 6.6%	rising
25	United Kingdom	71,685 Persons	2050	up 1.4%	rising
25	Equatorial Guinea	2,791 Persons	2050	up 15.9%	rising
26	Thailand	67,880 Persons	2050	down 4.3%	rising
26	Eswatini	1,655 Persons	2050	up 11.1%	rising
27	Niger	67,043 Persons	2050	up 35.3%	volatile
27	Fiji	1,094 Persons	2050	up 4.3%	rising
28	France	65,827 Persons	2050	down 0.5%	rising
28	Cabo Verde	727.46 Persons	2050	up 5.4%	rising
29	Mozambique	63,044 Persons	2050	up 21.7%	rising
30	Algeria	60,001 Persons	2050	up 9.3%	rising
31	Myanmar	59,929 Persons	2050	up 1.3%	rising
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	217,494 Persons	2050	up 27.9%	rising
32	Colombia	56,988 Persons	2050	up 1.2%	rising
33	Yemen	55,296 Persons	2050	up 15.7%	rising
34	Italy	52,250 Persons	2050	down 5.4%	flat
35	Viet Nam	107,013 Persons	2050	up 1.1%	rising
35	Ghana	52,232 Persons	2050	up 14.6%	rising
36	Argentina	51,621 Persons	2050	up 3.2%	rising
37	Türkiye	95,829 Persons	2050	up 3.0%	rising
37	Côte d’Ivoire	51,358 Persons	2050	up 20.6%	rising
38	Cameroon	51,280 Persons	2050	up 20.9%	rising
39	Saudi Arabia	48,374 Persons	2050	up 7.8%	rising
39	Syrian Arab Republic	38,306 Persons	2050	up 9.1%	rising
40	Mali	47,440 Persons	2050	up 25.9%	rising
40	Poland	34,932 Persons	2050	down 5.7%	flat
41	Canada	45,891 Persons	2050	up 4.7%	rising
41	Netherlands	17,897 Persons	2050	down 1.1%	rising
42	Uzbekistan	45,593 Persons	2050	up 8.4%	rising
43	Morocco	45,045 Persons	2050	up 4.8%	rising
43	Lithuania	2,188 Persons	2050	down 7.3%	falling
44	Spain	44,220 Persons	2050	down 4.0%	rising
44	Slovenia	2,003 Persons	2050	down 3.0%	rising
45	Peru	42,023 Persons	2050	up 5.8%	rising
45	Timor-Leste	1,807 Persons	2050	up 8.3%	rising
46	Malaysia	41,032 Persons	2050	up 4.5%	rising
46	Latvia	1,434 Persons	2050	down 7.7%	falling
47	Burkina Faso	40,542 Persons	2050	up 19.1%	rising
47	Estonia	1,172 Persons	2050	down 4.8%	falling
48	Zambia	37,460 Persons	2050	up 20.9%	rising
48	Micronesia	135.46 Persons	2050	up 3.4%	rising
49	Nepal	37,401 Persons	2050	up 5.2%	rising
50	Malawi	37,159 Persons	2050	up 19.6%	rising
51	Somalia	36,463 Persons	2050	up 25.3%	rising
52	Chad	36,452 Persons	2050	up 24.8%	rising
53	Venezuela	35,937 Persons	2050	up 4.3%	rising
54	Ukraine	32,868 Persons	2050	down 7.8%	falling
55	Senegal	32,563 Persons	2050	up 22.6%	rising
56	Australia	32,193 Persons	2050	up 6.1%	rising
57	Zimbabwe	26,439 Persons	2050	up 15.4%	rising
58	North Korea	25,807 Persons	2050	down 2.4%	rising
59	Kazakhstan	25,610 Persons	2050	up 10.0%	rising
60	Benin	25,264 Persons	2050	up 22.5%	rising
61	Guatemala	24,601 Persons	2050	up 9.1%	rising
62	Burundi	24,209 Persons	2050	up 21.5%	rising
63	Guinea	23,712 Persons	2050	up 17.5%	rising
64	Rwanda	23,030 Persons	2050	up 16.8%	rising
65	Ecuador	22,270 Persons	2050	up 5.6%	rising
66	Sri Lanka	21,815 Persons	2050	down 2.0%	rising
67	Chile	20,675 Persons	2050	up 0.5%	rising
68	Cambodia	20,258 Persons	2050	up 4.4%	rising
69	South Sudan	17,461 Persons	2050	up 15.4%	rising
70	Romania	17,457 Persons	2050	down 4.6%	falling
71	Bolivia	16,610 Persons	2050	up 8.9%	rising
72	Togo	15,479 Persons	2050	up 19.6%	rising
73	Tajikistan	15,201 Persons	2050	up 13.8%	rising
74	Haiti	15,088 Persons	2050	up 7.8%	rising
75	Jordan	15,006 Persons	2050	up 10.8%	rising
76	Papua New Guinea	14,910 Persons	2050	up 11.6%	rising
77	Tunisia	14,316 Persons	2050	up 4.0%	rising
78	Honduras	14,258 Persons	2050	up 8.5%	rising
79	Sierra Leone	13,595 Persons	2050	up 13.9%	rising
80	Dominican Republic	13,180 Persons	2050	up 3.8%	rising
81	Israel	12,992 Persons	2050	up 12.6%	rising
82	Belgium	12,091 Persons	2050	up 0.3%	rising
83	Sweden	11,902 Persons	2050	up 3.9%	rising
84	Central African Republic	11,533 Persons	2050	up 23.8%	rising
85	United Arab Emirates	11,450 Persons	2050	up 7.4%	rising
86	Azerbaijan	10,867 Persons	2050	down 1.1%	rising
87	Czechia	10,577 Persons	2050	up 0.7%	flat
88	Congo	10,379 Persons	2050	up 19.0%	rising
89	Cuba	10,028 Persons	2050	down 5.5%	flat
90	Laos	9,776 Persons	2050	up 6.9%	rising
91	Switzerland	9,754 Persons	2050	up 2.7%	rising
92	Kyrgyzstan	9,427 Persons	2050	up 11.6%	rising
93	Portugal	9,261 Persons	2050	down 4.8%	flat
94	Greece	9,145 Persons	2050	down 5.1%	falling
95	Nicaragua	9,095 Persons	2050	up 7.3%	rising
96	Austria	8,924 Persons	2050	down 1.4%	rising
97	Liberia	8,891 Persons	2050	up 17.1%	rising
98	Hungary	8,817 Persons	2050	down 4.6%	falling
99	Paraguay	8,591 Persons	2050	up 6.3%	rising
100	Libya	8,540 Persons	2050	up 6.0%	rising
101	Belarus	8,410 Persons	2050	down 4.4%	falling
102	Turkmenistan	8,264 Persons	2050	up 7.4%	rising
103	El Salvador	6,637 Persons	2050	down 0.7%	rising
104	Denmark	6,445 Persons	2050	up 2.2%	rising
105	Norway	6,368 Persons	2050	up 4.5%	rising
106	Singapore	6,337 Persons	2050	down 1.1%	rising
107	Oman	6,329 Persons	2050	up 11.2%	rising
108	Eritrea	5,964 Persons	2050	up 15.9%	rising
109	New Zealand	5,949 Persons	2050	up 3.1%	rising
110	Serbia	5,778 Persons	2050	down 8.5%	falling
111	Panama	5,736 Persons	2050	up 7.2%	rising
112	Ireland	5,725 Persons	2050	up 3.5%	rising
113	Costa Rica	5,703 Persons	2050	up 1.1%	rising
114	Finland	5,461 Persons	2050	down 1.4%	rising
115	Bulgaria	5,187 Persons	2050	down 9.4%	falling
116	Kuwait	5,155 Persons	2050	up 4.6%	rising
117	Lebanon	4,938 Persons	2050	up 4.1%	rising
118	Gambia	4,674 Persons	2050	up 17.3%	rising
119	Mongolia	4,519 Persons	2050	up 9.5%	rising
120	Namibia	3,780 Persons	2050	up 12.9%	rising
121	Gabon	3,757 Persons	2050	up 14.9%	rising
122	Botswana	3,679 Persons	2050	up 9.7%	rising
123	Guinea-Bissau	3,445 Persons	2050	up 15.8%	rising
124	Georgia	3,385 Persons	2050	down 4.0%	falling
125	Qatar	3,358 Persons	2050	up 8.8%	volatile
126	Uruguay	3,337 Persons	2050	down 2.0%	rising
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,739 Persons	2050	down 6.9%	falling
128	Armenia	2,573 Persons	2050	down 4.1%	falling
129	Jamaica	2,494 Persons	2050	down 7.6%	rising
130	Albania	2,456 Persons	2050	down 7.7%	falling
131	North Macedonia	1,909 Persons	2050	down 5.0%	flat
132	Bahrain	1,809 Persons	2050	up 6.5%	rising
133	Djibouti	1,503 Persons	2050	up 8.0%	rising
134	Trinidad and Tobago	1,485 Persons	2050	down 3.1%	rising
135	Cyprus	1,392 Persons	2050	up 2.3%	rising
136	Comoros	1,246 Persons	2050	up 12.5%	rising
137	Mauritius	1,226 Persons	2050	down 4.5%	rising
138	Solomon Islands	1,225 Persons	2050	up 18.3%	rising
139	Guyana	878.75 Persons	2050	up 0.6%	rising
140	Bhutan	874.29 Persons	2050	up 1.6%	rising
141	Luxembourg	781.91 Persons	2050	up 5.0%	rising
142	Suriname	725.52 Persons	2050	up 3.7%	rising
143	Montenegro	586.38 Persons	2050	down 3.4%	flat
144	Vanuatu	578.57 Persons	2050	up 20.1%	rising
145	Maldives	569.91 Persons	2050	up 5.2%	rising
146	Belize	538.84 Persons	2050	up 7.7%	rising
147	Malta	522.74 Persons	2050	down 2.8%	rising
148	Brunei Darussalam	498.37 Persons	2050	up 1.1%	rising
149	Bahamas	450.62 Persons	2050	up 0.9%	rising
150	Iceland	408.78 Persons	2050	up 1.2%	rising
151	Sao Tome and Principe	366.66 Persons	2050	up 15.8%	rising
152	Samoa	320.02 Persons	2050	up 12.8%	rising
153	Barbados	267.79 Persons	2050	down 3.9%	rising
154	Kiribati	188.57 Persons	2050	up 11.9%	rising
155	Saint Lucia	177.86 Persons	2050	down 2.9%	rising
156	Grenada	136.25 Persons	2050	up 1.5%	rising
157	Tonga	131.22 Persons	2050	up 6.3%	rising
158	Seychelles	116.64 Persons	2050	up 1.6%	rising
159	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	101.69 Persons	2050	down 2.3%	falling
160	Antigua and Barbuda	99.03 Persons	2050	down 0.7%	rising
161	Andorra	80.5 Persons	2050	down 2.1%	rising
162	Dominica	74.17 Persons	2050	down 2.0%	rising
163	Marshall Islands	51.21 Persons	2050	up 5.7%	falling
164	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46.88 Persons	2050	down 2.5%	rising
165	Liechtenstein	42.29 Persons	2050	up 0.4%	rising
166	Monaco	37.66 Persons	2050	up 3.4%	rising
167	San Marino	32.04 Persons	2050	down 3.2%	rising
168	Palau	16.69 Persons	2050	down 3.9%	flat
169	Nauru	14.7 Persons	2050	up 4.2%	rising
170	Tuvalu	13.21 Persons	2050	up 5.4%	rising

Regions and income groups

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

World 9.66 million Persons
Non-resource-rich countries 8.83 million Persons
World outside Africa 7.18 million Persons
World outside Africa, non-resource-rich countries 6.57 million Persons
Asia (excluding high income countries) 4.87 million Persons
Africa 2.48 million Persons
Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 4.23 million Persons
Least developed countries 1.93 million Persons
World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 2.96 million Persons
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 1.12 million Persons
Upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 2.84 million Persons
Resource-rich countries 832,265 Persons
World outside Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 2.75 million Persons
ASEAN 787,841 Persons
Fragile states 2.44 million Persons
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 764,424 Persons
Africa, non-resource-rich countries 2.26 million Persons
Latin America and the Caribbean 744,512 Persons
Africa, fragile states 1.52 million Persons
Southern African Development Community (SADC) 723,581 Persons
Africa, least developed countries 1.45 million Persons
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 527,567 Persons
Low income countries (World Bank) 1.31 million Persons
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 453,619 Persons
Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 1.27 million Persons
Central Africa (African Union) 358,261 Persons
High income countries 1.24 million Persons
Southern Africa (African Union) 321,973 Persons
High income countries (excluding Latin American and Caribbean countries) 1.21 million Persons
Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD) 1.17 million Persons
Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 136,817 Persons
Africa, low income countries (World Bank) 1.11 million Persons
Small Island Developing States 80,295 Persons
Land Locked Developing Countries 953,724 Persons
World outside Africa, fragile states 911,790 Persons
Korea 45,771 Persons
West Africa (African Union) 764,424 Persons
East Africa (African Union) 740,674 Persons
Slovak Republic 5,187 Persons
Africa, land locked developing countries 679,435 Persons

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Indicator: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates — Population
Unit: Persons
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 246 places, 10,557 data points, 1990–2050
Last refreshed: 18 August 2026

The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 5 shows figures on population, broken down by rural and urban population, as well as old-age and child-dependency ratios.