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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,...

Countries reporting
43
Highest
1.69 billion Persons
India
Lowest
605,391 Persons
Iceland
Median
19.80 million Persons
Years covered
47
2024–2070
Data points
2,581

What the numbers show

Population projections is currently reported for 43 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 19.80 million Persons, and the mean is 146.61 million Persons.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,790.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 23 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
4 United States 367.91 million Persons 2070 up 1.0% rising
5 Indonesia 330.36 million Persons 2070 down 0.5% rising
6 Brazil 227.52 million Persons 2061 down 2.2% flat
7 Mexico 141.44 million Persons 2070 down 3.0% rising
8 Russian Federation 131.06 million Persons 2070 down 3.0% falling
9 Japan 87.00 million Persons 2070 down 9.5% 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.

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About this data

Indicator
Population projections
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
56 places, 2,581 data points, 2024–2070
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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.