How do UN Population projections compare to the previous revision? by country

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. Future projections are based on the UN's medium scenario.

Countries reporting
228
Highest
1.53 billion people
India
Lowest
2,239 people
Niue
Median
6.78 million people
Years covered
79
2022–2100
Data points
18,565

What the numbers show

How do UN Population projections compare to the previous revision? is currently reported for 228 countries. The highest value is 1.53 billion people in India; the lowest is 2,239 people in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.78 million people, and the mean is 45.35 million people.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 148 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 12.2%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 28.2%).

How do UN Population projections compare to the previous revision?: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 1.53 billion people 2100 down 4.3% rising
2 China 766.67 million people 2100 down 11.2% falling
3 Nigeria 546.09 million people 2100 up 2.4% rising
4 Pakistan 487.02 million people 2100 up 1.7% rising
5 Democratic Republic of Congo 432.38 million people 2100 up 7.9% rising
6 United States 394.04 million people 2100 up 0.3% rising
7 Ethiopia 323.74 million people 2100 up 3.8% rising
8 Indonesia 296.62 million people 2100 down 3.0% flat
9 Tanzania 244.82 million people 2100 up 8.1% rising
10 Egypt 205.22 million people 2100 up 1.8% rising
11 Brazil 184.55 million people 2100 down 5.8% falling
12 Philippines 180.15 million people 2100 down 0.4% rising
13 Bangladesh 176.37 million people 2100 down 6.3% flat
14 Niger 167.01 million people 2100 up 12.2% rising
15 Sudan 142.00 million people 2100 up 6.3% rising
16 Angola 132.90 million people 2100 up 7.0% rising
17 Uganda 132.13 million people 2100 up 3.1% rising
18 Mexico 115.63 million people 2100 down 7.3% falling
19 Kenya 112.53 million people 2100 up 1.7% rising
20 Russia 112.07 million people 2100 down 2.4% falling
21 Iraq 111.50 million people 2100 up 4.1% rising
22 Afghanistan 110.86 million people 2100 up 3.0% rising
23 Mozambique 106.20 million people 2100 up 5.5% rising
24 Vietnam 91.04 million people 2100 down 4.5% falling
25 Cote d'Ivoire 89.37 million people 2100 up 6.8% rising
26 Cameroon 87.09 million people 2100 up 6.1% rising
27 Mali 87.08 million people 2100 up 6.3% rising
28 Madagascar 83.32 million people 2100 up 5.5% rising
29 Turkey 82.55 million people 2100 down 5.0% flat
30 Iran 79.91 million people 2100 down 5.4% falling
31 South Africa 74.56 million people 2100 down 1.6% rising
32 Yemen 74.18 million people 2100 up 1.6% rising
33 Japan 73.64 million people 2100 down 5.5% falling
34 Ghana 72.83 million people 2100 up 3.1% rising
35 United Kingdom 70.49 million people 2100 down 0.7% flat
36 Germany 68.94 million people 2100 down 1.7% falling
37 Algeria 67.79 million people 2100 down 0.0% rising
38 Somalia 66.34 million people 2100 up 6.2% rising
39 Chad 65.15 million people 2100 up 5.7% rising
40 Zambia 63.60 million people 2100 up 6.1% rising
41 Senegal 62.05 million people 2100 up 8.8% rising
42 Burkina Faso 61.54 million people 2100 up 3.4% rising
43 France 60.85 million people 2100 down 1.8% falling
44 Malawi 58.52 million people 2100 up 4.5% rising
45 Canada 53.90 million people 2100 up 2.6% rising
46 Myanmar 52.42 million people 2100 down 4.1% falling
47 Uzbekistan 50.79 million people 2100 down 0.3% rising
48 Saudi Arabia 50.47 million people 2100 down 0.5% rising
49 Argentina 47.56 million people 2100 down 3.8% flat
50 Benin 46.62 million people 2100 up 7.8% rising
51 Colombia 45.84 million people 2100 down 6.4% falling
52 Thailand 44.57 million people 2100 down 8.7% falling
53 Morocco 43.93 million people 2100 down 3.1% rising
54 Syria 43.47 million people 2100 down 1.2% rising
55 Peru 42.10 million people 2100 down 2.7% rising
56 Malaysia 39.47 million people 2100 down 2.6% rising
57 Burundi 39.39 million people 2100 up 4.9% rising
58 Australia 38.09 million people 2100 up 2.5% rising
59 Italy 36.87 million people 2100 down 5.6% falling
60 Zimbabwe 35.63 million people 2100 up 1.6% rising
61 Venezuela 35.35 million people 2100 down 3.4% rising
62 Guinea 34.18 million people 2100 up 2.6% rising
63 Kazakhstan 34.09 million people 2100 up 3.3% rising
64 Rwanda 33.81 million people 2100 up 3.6% rising
65 Nepal 33.77 million people 2100 down 5.9% rising
66 Spain 30.88 million people 2100 down 6.0% falling
67 Togo 26.98 million people 2100 up 7.3% rising
68 Guatemala 26.17 million people 2100 down 2.8% rising
69 South Korea 24.10 million people 2100 down 12.0% falling
70 South Sudan 23.72 million people 2100 up 1.4% rising
71 Poland 23.08 million people 2100 down 7.4% falling
72 Ecuador 21.45 million people 2100 down 3.7% rising
73 North Korea 20.47 million people 2100 down 5.0% falling
74 Ukraine 20.43 million people 2100 down 8.1% falling
75 Tajikistan 20.40 million people 2100 up 2.2% rising
76 Cambodia 19.12 million people 2100 down 3.8% rising
77 Bolivia 18.86 million people 2100 down 0.3% rising
78 Central African Republic 18.79 million people 2100 up 3.6% rising
79 Papua New Guinea 18.55 million people 2100 up 1.2% rising
80 Israel 18.41 million people 2100 up 4.4% rising
81 Jordan 17.63 million people 2100 down 0.3% rising
82 Congo 17.18 million people 2100 up 6.0% rising
83 Sierra Leone 16.97 million people 2100 down 0.1% rising
84 Chile 16.80 million people 2100 down 5.3% falling
85 Netherlands 16.58 million people 2100 down 1.7% falling
86 Haiti 16.11 million people 2100 down 1.6% rising
87 Mauritania 15.45 million people 2100 up 6.5% rising
88 Taiwan 15.24 million people 2100 down 6.1% falling
89 Honduras 15.17 million people 2100 down 2.0% rising
90 Sri Lanka 14.69 million people 2100 down 11.3% falling
91 United Arab Emirates 14.09 million people 2100 up 5.0% rising
92 Tunisia 13.53 million people 2100 down 2.8% rising
93 Liberia 13.23 million people 2100 up 3.6% rising
94 Sweden 13.19 million people 2100 up 1.5% rising
95 Romania 13.11 million people 2100 down 5.1% falling
96 Palestine 12.81 million people 2100 up 2.8% rising
97 Kyrgyzstan 11.98 million people 2100 up 1.6% rising
98 Dominican Republic 11.91 million people 2100 down 5.0% flat
99 Belgium 11.52 million people 2100 down 1.0% flat
100 Czechia 11.17 million people 2100 up 2.1% rising
101 Switzerland 10.44 million people 2100 up 2.0% rising
102 Laos 9.69 million people 2100 down 3.3% rising
103 Nicaragua 9.14 million people 2100 down 3.3% rising
104 Turkmenistan 8.81 million people 2100 down 1.3% rising
105 Paraguay 8.61 million people 2100 down 2.9% rising
106 Eritrea 8.58 million people 2100 up 2.8% rising
107 Libya 8.47 million people 2100 down 2.9% rising
108 Azerbaijan 8.27 million people 2100 down 6.5% falling
109 Austria 7.95 million people 2100 down 1.4% falling
110 Oman 7.84 million people 2100 up 2.5% rising
111 Norway 7.22 million people 2100 up 1.9% rising
112 Denmark 7.09 million people 2100 up 1.5% rising
113 Hungary 6.93 million people 2100 down 3.8% falling
114 Portugal 6.89 million people 2100 down 5.0% falling
115 Gambia 6.67 million people 2100 up 2.3% rising
116 Cuba 6.48 million people 2100 down 8.9% falling
117 Belarus 6.47 million people 2100 down 4.3% falling
118 Greece 6.38 million people 2100 down 6.6% falling
119 Panama 6.21 million people 2100 down 0.9% rising
120 New Zealand 6.07 million people 2100 down 0.7% rising
122 Singapore 5.45 million people 2100 down 1.7% falling
123 Gabon 5.27 million people 2100 up 3.2% rising
124 Mongolia 5.26 million people 2100 up 0.5% rising
125 Finland 5.02 million people 2100 down 1.8% falling
126 Namibia 5.02 million people 2100 up 2.1% rising
127 Kuwait 4.90 million people 2100 up 1.0% flat
128 Hong Kong 4.85 million people 2100 down 5.0% falling
129 Guinea-Bissau 4.77 million people 2100 up 2.3% rising
130 Lebanon 4.75 million people 2100 down 3.4% flat
131 Costa Rica 4.53 million people 2100 down 6.5% falling
132 Qatar 4.38 million people 2100 up 6.4% rising
133 El Salvador 4.28 million people 2100 down 13.4% falling
134 Botswana 4.18 million people 2100 down 0.2% rising
135 Equatorial Guinea 3.86 million people 2100 up 2.2% rising
136 Slovakia 3.85 million people 2100 down 4.8% falling
137 Serbia 3.27 million people 2100 down 11.1% falling
138 Lesotho 2.97 million people 2100 down 2.7% rising
139 Bulgaria 2.94 million people 2100 down 10.6% falling
140 Moldova 2.46 million people 2100 down 3.9% falling
141 Uruguay 2.41 million people 2100 down 8.5% falling
142 Georgia 2.37 million people 2100 down 8.7% falling
143 Croatia 2.11 million people 2100 down 8.7% falling
144 Bahrain 2.05 million people 2100 up 2.6% rising
145 Solomon Islands 2.00 million people 2100 up 5.9% rising
146 Eswatini 1.99 million people 2100 up 0.5% rising
147 East Timor 1.80 million people 2100 down 4.8% rising
148 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.74 million people 2100 down 8.9% falling
149 Djibouti 1.68 million people 2100 down 0.1% rising
150 Slovenia 1.67 million people 2100 down 2.3% falling
151 Armenia 1.60 million people 2100 down 11.2% falling
152 Comoros 1.57 million people 2100 up 0.7% rising
153 Lithuania 1.50 million people 2100 down 6.5% falling
155 Cyprus 1.34 million people 2100 down 0.0% flat
156 Puerto Rico 1.27 million people 2100 down 18.1% falling
157 North Macedonia 1.21 million people 2100 down 9.5% falling
158 Western Sahara 1.12 million people 2100 up 3.8% rising
159 Reunion 1.11 million people 2100 down 2.2% rising
160 Albania 1.10 million people 2100 down 20.6% falling
161 Trinidad and Tobago 1.06 million people 2100 down 7.0% falling
162 Fiji 1.05 million people 2100 down 3.5% rising
163 Macao 1.03 million people 2100 up 3.4% rising
164 Vanuatu 1.02 million people 2100 up 7.7% rising
165 Latvia 954,189 people 2100 down 7.3% falling
166 French Guiana 928,835 people 2100 up 7.8% rising
167 Jamaica 897,065 people 2100 down 25.4% falling
169 Mauritius 846,899 people 2100 down 8.0% falling
170 Estonia 835,711 people 2100 down 6.2% falling
171 Suriname 705,351 people 2100 down 2.8% rising
172 Cape Verde 667,370 people 2100 down 4.8% rising
173 Bhutan 654,432 people 2100 down 7.8% falling
174 Guyana 632,634 people 2100 down 10.9% falling
175 Belize 562,799 people 2100 down 2.3% rising
176 Sao Tome and Principe 531,763 people 2100 up 3.2% rising
177 Maldives 469,445 people 2100 down 4.3% falling
178 Samoa 441,190 people 2100 up 2.4% rising
179 Montenegro 429,269 people 2100 down 7.2% falling
180 Brunei 404,524 people 2100 down 5.3% falling
181 Bahamas 402,812 people 2100 down 2.9% falling
183 Iceland 368,491 people 2100 down 2.9% flat
184 New Caledonia 366,574 people 2100 down 0.8% rising
186 French Polynesia 281,836 people 2100 down 6.1% falling
187 Kiribati 238,677 people 2100 up 1.1% rising
189 Barbados 203,031 people 2100 down 6.1% falling
190 Curacao 193,816 people 2100 down 2.1% flat
191 Guam 183,231 people 2100 down 4.3% rising
192 Jersey 161,405 people 2100 up 3.4% rising
193 Tonga 129,907 people 2100 down 4.6% rising
194 Saint Lucia 121,541 people 2100 down 8.2% falling
195 Grenada 115,636 people 2100 down 5.2% falling
196 Micronesia (country) 115,363 people 2100 down 7.6% flat
197 Seychelles 103,661 people 2100 down 3.3% falling
198 Isle of Man 88,348 people 2100 up 0.9% flat
199 Cayman Islands 78,731 people 2100 up 2.0% rising
200 Antigua and Barbuda 76,521 people 2100 down 6.3% falling
201 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72,721 people 2100 down 8.8% falling
202 Faroe Islands 68,529 people 2100 up 1.5% rising
203 Andorra 60,264 people 2100 down 4.0% falling
204 Aruba 60,209 people 2100 down 9.6% falling
205 Guernsey 56,467 people 2100 down 3.9% falling
206 Turks and Caicos Islands 55,698 people 2100 up 1.7% rising
207 Dominica 52,931 people 2100 down 8.6% falling
208 Marshall Islands 50,993 people 2100 down 3.0% rising
209 Monaco 50,879 people 2100 up 5.9% rising
211 Northern Mariana Islands 41,462 people 2100 down 5.7% falling
212 Greenland 40,601 people 2100 down 6.7% falling
213 United States Virgin Islands 37,984 people 2100 down 17.4% falling
214 Bermuda 37,001 people 2100 down 7.4% falling
215 Saint Kitts and Nevis 35,962 people 2100 down 5.7% falling
216 Saint Martin (French part) 34,485 people 2100 down 0.5% flat
217 British Virgin Islands 31,688 people 2100 down 1.7% flat
218 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 28,989 people 2100 up 0.8% flat
219 San Marino 26,107 people 2100 down 2.5% falling
220 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 26,100 people 2100 down 10.1% falling
221 Gibraltar 23,881 people 2100 down 6.1% falling
222 Cook Islands 16,784 people 2100 down 3.1% flat
223 Tuvalu 14,222 people 2100 down 1.7% rising
224 Palau 14,024 people 2100 down 4.2% falling
225 American Samoa 12,704 people 2100 down 28.2% falling
226 Nauru 12,397 people 2100 down 8.5% flat
227 Wallis and Futuna 9,907 people 2100 down 4.1% falling
228 Anguilla 9,556 people 2100 down 8.6% falling
229 Saint Barthelemy 5,174 people 2100 down 12.3% falling
230 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,629 people 2100 down 6.0% falling
231 Saint Helena 2,821 people 2100 down 4.9% falling
232 Tokelau 2,817 people 2100 down 0.5% rising
233 Falkland Islands 2,786 people 2100 down 5.7% falling
234 Montserrat 2,590 people 2100 down 7.9% falling
235 Niue 2,239 people 2100 down 1.6% rising

About this data

Indicator
How do UN Population projections compare to the previous revision?
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
235 places, 18,565 data points, 2022–2100
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The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. Future projections are based on the UN's medium scenario.