Growing
Annual population change is above the 0.05% near-stationary threshold.
173countries and areas
72.4%of 2024 projected global population
5.91bnpeople in the cohort
| Algeria | Africa | 1950 | 46,814,308 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | Africa | 1950 | 37,885,849 |
| Argentina | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 45,696,159 |
| Australia | Oceania | 1950 | 26,713,205 |
| Bahamas | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 401,283 |
| Bangladesh | Asia | 1950 | 173,562,364 |
| Belize | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 417,072 |
| Benin | Africa | 1950 | 14,462,724 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 12,413,315 |
| Botswana | Africa | 1950 | 2,521,139 |
| Brazil | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 211,998,573 |
| Brunei Darussalam | Asia | 1950 | 462,721 |
| Burkina Faso | Africa | 1950 | 23,548,781 |
| Cameroon | Africa | 1950 | 29,123,744 |
| Canada | Northern America | 1950 | 39,742,430 |
| Cayman Islands | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 74,457 |
| Chile | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 19,764,771 |
| Colombia | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 52,886,363 |
| Comoros | Africa | 1950 | 866,628 |
| Congo | Africa | 1950 | 6,332,961 |
| Costa Rica | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 5,129,910 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Africa | 1950 | 31,934,230 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa | 1950 | 109,276,265 |
| Dominican Republic | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 11,427,557 |
| Ecuador | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 18,135,478 |
| Egypt | Africa | 1950 | 116,538,258 |
| Ethiopia | Africa | 1950 | 132,059,767 |
| France | Europe | 1950 | 66,548,530 |
| French Guiana | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 308,522 |
| Gabon | Africa | 1950 | 2,538,952 |
| Gambia | Africa | 1950 | 2,759,988 |
| Ghana | Africa | 1950 | 34,427,414 |
| Guatemala | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 18,406,359 |
| Guinea | Africa | 1950 | 14,754,785 |
| Haiti | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 11,772,557 |
| Honduras | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 10,825,703 |
| India | Asia | 1950 | 1,450,935,791 |
| Indonesia | Asia | 1950 | 283,487,931 |
| Israel | Asia | 1950 | 9,387,021 |
| Jersey | Europe | 1950 | 103,846 |
| Jordan | Asia | 1950 | 11,552,876 |
| Kenya | Africa | 1950 | 56,432,944 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | Asia | 1950 | 7,769,819 |
| Liechtenstein | Europe | 1950 | 39,870 |
| Luxembourg | Europe | 1950 | 673,036 |
| Madagascar | Africa | 1950 | 31,964,956 |
| Malaysia | Asia | 1950 | 35,557,673 |
| Maldives | Asia | 1950 | 527,799 |
| Mali | Africa | 1950 | 24,478,595 |
| Mauritania | Africa | 1950 | 5,169,395 |
| Mayotte | Africa | 1950 | 326,505 |
| Mexico | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 130,861,007 |
| Mongolia | Asia | 1950 | 3,475,540 |
| Morocco | Africa | 1950 | 38,081,173 |
| Myanmar | Asia | 1950 | 54,500,091 |
| Namibia | Africa | 1950 | 3,030,131 |
| Netherlands | Europe | 1950 | 18,228,742 |
| Nicaragua | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 6,916,140 |
| Niger | Africa | 1950 | 27,032,412 |
| Nigeria | Africa | 1950 | 232,679,478 |
| Norway | Europe | 1950 | 5,576,660 |
| Pakistan | Asia | 1950 | 251,269,164 |
| Panama | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 4,515,577 |
| Papua New Guinea | Oceania | 1950 | 10,576,502 |
| Paraguay | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 6,929,153 |
| Peru | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1950 | 34,217,848 |
| Philippines | Asia | 1950 | 115,843,670 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Africa | 1950 | 235,536 |
| Senegal | Africa | 1950 | 18,501,984 |
| Seychelles | Africa | 1950 | 130,418 |
| Solomon Islands | Oceania | 1950 | 819,198 |
| Sri Lanka | Asia | 1950 | 23,103,565 |
| Tajikistan | Asia | 1950 | 10,590,927 |
| Tunisia | Africa | 1950 | 12,277,109 |
| Türkiye | Asia | 1950 | 87,473,805 |
| Turkmenistan | Asia | 1950 | 7,494,498 |
| Uganda | Africa | 1950 | 50,015,092 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Africa | 1950 | 68,560,157 |
| United States of America | Northern America | 1950 | 345,426,571 |
| Uzbekistan | Asia | 1950 | 36,361,859 |
| Vanuatu | Oceania | 1950 | 327,777 |
| Viet Nam | Asia | 1950 | 100,987,686 |
| Yemen | Asia | 1950 | 40,583,164 |
| Zambia | Africa | 1950 | 21,314,956 |
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea | Asia | 1954 | 26,498,823 |
| Malta | Europe | 1968 | 539,607 |
| Saint Barthélemy | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1968 | 11,258 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1969 | 46,535 |
| State of Palestine | Asia | 1970 | 5,495,443 |
| Finland | Europe | 1971 | 5,617,310 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Africa | 1972 | 2,201,352 |
| China, Macao SAR | Asia | 1974 | 720,262 |
| Cyprus | Asia | 1976 | 1,358,282 |
| Western Sahara | Africa | 1976 | 590,506 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Africa | 1978 | 1,892,516 |
| Switzerland | Europe | 1978 | 8,921,981 |
| Cambodia | Asia | 1979 | 17,638,801 |
| Kiribati | Oceania | 1979 | 134,518 |
| New Zealand | Oceania | 1980 | 5,213,944 |
| Grenada | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1981 | 117,207 |
| Suriname | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1981 | 634,431 |
| United Kingdom | Europe | 1983 | 69,138,192 |
| Chad | Africa | 1985 | 20,299,123 |
| Belgium | Europe | 1986 | 11,738,763 |
| Samoa | Oceania | 1986 | 218,019 |
| Mozambique | Africa | 1988 | 34,631,766 |
| Denmark | Europe | 1989 | 5,977,412 |
| Ireland | Europe | 1990 | 5,255,017 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America and the Caribbean | 1991 | 93,772 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Asia | 1994 | 91,567,738 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Asia | 1994 | 7,186,009 |
| Togo | Africa | 1994 | 9,515,236 |
| Zimbabwe | Africa | 1994 | 16,634,373 |
| Djibouti | Africa | 1995 | 1,168,722 |
| Eswatini | Africa | 1995 | 1,242,822 |
| Malawi | Africa | 1995 | 21,655,286 |
| Rwanda | Africa | 1995 | 14,256,567 |
| Bhutan | Asia | 1996 | 791,524 |
| Sierra Leone | Africa | 1996 | 8,642,022 |
| Burundi | Africa | 1997 | 14,047,786 |
| Sweden | Europe | 1998 | 10,606,999 |
| Kazakhstan | Asia | 1999 | 20,592,571 |
| Timor-Leste | Asia | 2000 | 1,400,638 |
| Afghanistan | Asia | 2001 | 42,647,492 |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2001 | 43,350 |
| Gibraltar | Europe | 2002 | 39,329 |
| Liberia | Africa | 2004 | 5,612,817 |
| Lesotho | Africa | 2006 | 2,337,423 |
| Iraq | Asia | 2008 | 46,042,015 |
| Nauru | Oceania | 2009 | 11,947 |
| Iceland | Europe | 2010 | 393,396 |
| Micronesia (Fed. States of) | Oceania | 2010 | 113,160 |
| Faroe Islands | Europe | 2011 | 55,400 |
| Libya | Africa | 2012 | 7,381,023 |
| Somalia | Africa | 2012 | 19,009,151 |
| Eritrea | Africa | 2015 | 3,535,603 |
| Andorra | Europe | 2016 | 81,938 |
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2017 | 30,675 |
| British Virgin Islands | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2017 | 39,471 |
| Cabo Verde | Africa | 2017 | 524,877 |
| Guernsey | Europe | 2017 | 64,280 |
| South Africa | Africa | 2017 | 64,007,187 |
| Tokelau | Oceania | 2017 | 2,506 |
| South Sudan | Africa | 2018 | 11,943,408 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Asia | 2018 | 24,672,760 |
| New Caledonia | Oceania | 2019 | 292,639 |
| Saudi Arabia | Asia | 2019 | 33,962,757 |
| Bahrain | Asia | 2020 | 1,607,049 |
| El Salvador | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2020 | 6,338,193 |
| Fiji | Oceania | 2020 | 928,784 |
| French Polynesia | Oceania | 2020 | 281,807 |
| Guam | Oceania | 2020 | 167,777 |
| Guyana | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2020 | 831,087 |
| Lebanon | Asia | 2020 | 5,805,962 |
| Réunion | Africa | 2020 | 878,591 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2020 | 1,507,782 |
| United Arab Emirates | Asia | 2020 | 11,027,129 |
| Aruba | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2021 | 108,066 |
| Kuwait | Asia | 2021 | 4,934,507 |
| Oman | Asia | 2021 | 5,281,538 |
| Qatar | Asia | 2021 | 3,048,423 |
| Anguilla | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2022 | 14,598 |
| Saint Lucia | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2022 | 179,744 |
| Singapore | Asia | 2022 | 5,832,387 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2022 | 28,405,543 |
| Central African Republic | Africa | 2023 | 5,330,690 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2023 | 46,843 |
| Azerbaijan | Asia | 2024 | 10,336,577 |
| Barbados | Latin America and the Caribbean | 2024 | 282,467 |
| Holy See | Europe | 2024 | 496 |
| Niue | Oceania | 2024 | 1,819 |
| Sudan | Africa | 2024 | 50,448,963 |
| Ukraine | Europe | 2024 | 37,860,221 |
Population states are mutually exclusive and exhaustive. “Since” is the start of the current uninterrupted state or the first year the milestone is reached in the WPP series. Membership and population evidence are labeled separately.
SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄
Releasewpp2024
RevisionPOP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1
Retrieved2026-06-25T11:25:03+00:00
LicenceCC BY 3.0 IGO
Formulapopulation-state-v2 · global-population-share-by-state-and-milestone-v1
Transformreproducible canonical pipeline
Measurement universeall 237 WPP country and area records in the canonical Register
Reference time2024 projected population; source observations through 2023
Unitcountry/area count · people · share of summed population
Evidence statusprojected cohort membership · projected population