UN WPP 2024 · MEDIUM VARIANT · DIRECTION IN 2024

Map

Every country and area tiled by region, one square each, coloured by the direction of its population in 2024. Equal squares — not land area — keep small countries visible.

Fertility Migration contribution Peak year

Declining62 countries and areasAt peak5 within five yearsGrowing170 still gaining

Asia

51 · 9 declining · 0 at peak

AFG ARE ARM AZE BGD BHR BRN BTN CHN CYP GEO HKG IDN IND IRN IRQ ISR JOR JPN KAZ KGZ KHM KOR KWT LAO LBN LKA MAC MDV MMR MNG MYS NPL OMN PAK PHL PRK PSE QAT SAU SGP SYR THA TJK TKM TLS TUR TWN UZB VNM YEM

Europe

50 · 29 declining · 1 at peak

ALB AND AUT BEL BGR BIH BLR CHE CZE DEU DNK ESP EST FIN FRA FRO GBR GGY GIB GRC HRV HUN IMN IRL ISL ITA JEY LIE LTU LUX LVA MCO MDA MKD MLT MNE NLD NOR POL PRT ROU RUS SMR SRB SVK SVN SWE UKR VAT XKX

Africa

58 · 2 declining · 0 at peak

AGO BDI BEN BFA BWA CAF CIV CMR COD COG COM CPV DJI DZA EGY ERI ESH ETH GAB GHA GIN GMB GNB GNQ KEN LBR LBY LSO MAR MDG MLI MOZ MRT MUS MWI MYT NAM NER NGA REU RWA SDN SEN SHN SLE SOM SSD STP SWZ SYC TCD TGO TUN TZA UGA ZAF ZMB ZWE

Oceania

23 · 8 declining · 0 at peak

ASM AUS COK FJI FSM GUM KIR MHL MNP NCL NIU NRU NZL PLW PNG PYF SLB TKL TON TUV VUT WLF WSM

Latin America and the Caribbean

50 · 11 declining · 4 at peak

ABW AIA ARG ATG BES BHS BLM BLZ BOL BRA BRB CHL COL CRI CUB CUW CYM DMA DOM ECU FLK GLP GRD GTM GUF GUY HND HTI JAM KNA LCA MAF MEX MSR MTQ NIC PAN PER PRI PRY SLV SUR SXM TCA TTO URY VCT VEN VGB VIR

Northern America

5 · 3 declining · 0 at peak

BMU CAN GRL SPM USA

Direction is total population change in 2024 — births minus deaths plus net migration. “At peak” means the projected maximum falls within five years of the display year, in either direction.

SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄

Releasewpp2024

RevisionPOP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

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