Population projections by country
This dataset presents annual population projections data up to 2070 by sex and five year age groups as well as the share of children, youth, the elderly, old-age and total dependency ratios. The data is available for all member countries as well as for the EU27 and G20 countries, Argentina, Brazil, China, India,...
What the numbers show
Population projections is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 1.69 billion Persons in India; the lowest is 605,391 Persons in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.02 million Persons, and the mean is 126.94 million Persons.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,790.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 17.3%), and the largest decrease in China (down 12.0%).
Population projections: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1.69 billion Persons | 2070 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 2 | OECD | 1.46 billion Persons | 2061 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | China | 998.78 million Persons | 2070 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 3 | Türkiye | 107.66 million Persons | 2070 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 367.91 million Persons | 2070 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 4 | Poland | 31.85 million Persons | 2070 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 4 | Croatia | 3.01 million Persons | 2070 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 5 | Indonesia | 330.36 million Persons | 2070 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 20.71 million Persons | 2069 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 227.52 million Persons | 2061 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 6 | Lithuania | 2.01 million Persons | 2070 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 7 | Mexico | 141.44 million Persons | 2070 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 7 | Slovenia | 2.00 million Persons | 2070 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 8 | Russia | 131.06 million Persons | 2070 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 8 | Estonia | 1.31 million Persons | 2070 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 9 | Japan | 87.00 million Persons | 2070 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 9 | Latvia | 1.26 million Persons | 2070 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 10 | South Africa | 85.03 million Persons | 2070 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 84.24 million Persons | 2070 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 80.10 million Persons | 2070 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 13 | France | 69.66 million Persons | 2070 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 59.63 million Persons | 2070 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 57.44 million Persons | 2070 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 55.40 million Persons | 2070 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 17 | Spain | 52.14 million Persons | 2070 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 48.21 million Persons | 2070 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 19 | Argentina | 46.10 million Persons | 2070 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 20 | Australia | 39.00 million Persons | 2070 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 21 | Chile | 21.27 million Persons | 2061 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 22 | Israel | 19.80 million Persons | 2065 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 23 | Romania | 15.02 million Persons | 2070 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 24 | Belgium | 12.96 million Persons | 2070 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 25 | Sweden | 11.81 million Persons | 2070 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 26 | Switzerland | 10.83 million Persons | 2070 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 27 | Czechia | 10.56 million Persons | 2070 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 28 | Austria | 10.02 million Persons | 2070 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 29 | Hungary | 9.02 million Persons | 2070 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 30 | Portugal | 8.96 million Persons | 2070 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 31 | Greece | 7.78 million Persons | 2070 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 32 | New Zealand | 7.50 million Persons | 2070 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 33 | Finland | 6.49 million Persons | 2070 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 34 | Norway | 6.25 million Persons | 2070 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 35 | Denmark | 6.22 million Persons | 2070 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 36 | Ireland | 6.07 million Persons | 2070 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 5.34 million Persons | 2070 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 5.30 million Persons | 2070 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 39 | Singapore | 4.63 million Persons | 2070 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 40 | Cyprus | 996,650 Persons | 2070 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 975,601 Persons | 2070 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 42 | Malta | 810,979 Persons | 2070 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 43 | Iceland | 605,391 Persons | 2070 | up 2.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 10.19 billion Persons
- G20 5.07 billion Persons
- European Union (27 countries) 439.62 million Persons
- Korea 37.18 million Persons
- Slovak Republic 4.82 million Persons
About this data
This dataset presents annual population projections data up to 2070 by sex and five year age groups as well as the share of children, youth, the elderly, old-age and total dependency ratios. The data is available for all member countries as well as for the EU27 and G20 countries, Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa and the World total. The data refer to mid-year estimates of the population. Population projections are, in most countries, according to medium variant. See country details for the variants retained for each demographic component of total fertility, life expectancy at birth and net annual migration) in Population projection metadata.