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Population mid-2050 (millions)

Projections are based on a recent census, official national data, or analyses conducted by national statistical offices, regional organizations, PRB, UN Population Division, or International Programs of the U.S. Census Bureau. The effects of refugee movements, large numbers of foreign workers, and population shifts due to current events are taken into account to the extent possible. Projected populations based on reasonable assumptions on the future course of fertility, mortality, and migration.

Population mid-2050 (millions)

Population mid-2050 (millions)

Geography Population mid-2050 (millions)
WORLD 9688.4
AFRICA 2529.0
NORTHERN AFRICA 347.8
Algeria 57.7
Egypt 142.9
Libya 8.5
Morocco 43.6
Sudan 81.2
Tunisia 12.9
Western Sahara 1.0
WESTERN AFRICA 813.9
Benin 30.5
Burkina Faso 43.4
Cape Verde 0.7
Cote d'Ivoire 51.3
Gambia 4.5
Ghana 55.4
Guinea 26.0
Guinea-Bissau 4.0
Liberia 9.3
Mali 47.1
Mauritania 9.0
Niger 66.0
Nigeria 401.3
Senegal 35.8
Sierra Leone 14.1
Togo 15.3
EASTERN AFRICA 860.6
Burundi 25.6
Comoros 1.5
Djibouti 1.3
Eritrea 6.0
Ethiopia 208.3
Kenya 89.6
Madagascar 58.9
Malawi 33.9
Mauritius 1.1
Mayotte 0.5
Mozambique 65.6
Reunion 1.0
Rwanda 23.0
Seychelles 0.1
Somalia 37.5
South Sudan 20.0
Tanzania 124.2
Uganda 97.8
Zambia 38.5
Zimbabwe 26.3
MIDDLE AFRICA 413.1
Angola 82.0
Cameroon 54.9
Central African Republic 9.2
Chad 37.4
Congo 10.7
Congo, Dem. Rep. 211.9
Equatorial Guinea 2.8
Gabon 3.8
Sao Tome and Principe 0.4
SOUTHERN AFRICA 93.6
Botswana 3.2
eSwatini 1.3
Lesotho 2.6
Namibia 4.0
South Africa 82.5
NORTHERN AMERICA 412.3
Canada 48.8
United States 363.4
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 761.5
CENTRAL AMERICA 212.7
Belize 0.7
Costa Rica 6.1
El Salvador 6.5
Guatemala 22.7
Honduras 14.3
Mexico 148.2
Nicaragua 8.5
Panama 5.8
CARIBBEAN 47.4
Antigua and Barbuda 0.1
Bahamas 0.5
Barbados 0.3
Cuba 10.8
Curacao 0.2
Dominica 0.1
Dominican Republic 12.6
Grenada 0.1
Guadeloupe 0.4
Haiti 14.9
Jamaica 2.5
Martinique 0.3
Puerto Rico 2.4
St. Kitts-Nevis 0.1
Saint Lucia 0.2
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1
Trinidad and Tobago 1.3
SOUTH AMERICA 501.4
Argentina 55.0
Bolivia 16.0
Brazil 232.9
Chile 21.6
Colombia 61.9
Ecuador 23.1
French Guiana 0.5
Guyana 0.8
Paraguay 9.3
Peru 39.4
Suriname 0.6
Uruguay 3.7
Venezuela 36.5
ASIA 5192.3
WESTERN ASIA 391.3
Armenia 2.6
Azerbaijan 10.1
Bahrain 1.8
Cyprus 1.4
Georgia 3.3
Iraq 63.8
Israel 15.8
Jordan 13.8
Kuwait 5.6
Lebanon 6.5
Oman 5.9
Palestinian Territory 8.8
Qatar 3.8
Saudi Arabia 49.5
Syria 36.9
Turkey 103.4
United Arab Emirates 10.2
Yemen 48.1
CENTRAL ASIA 102.3
Kazakhstan 24.0
Kyrgyzstan 9.2
Tajikistan 16.2
Turkmenistan 8.7
Uzbekistan 44.1
SOUTH ASIA 2428.2
Afghanistan 70.6
Bangladesh 215.5
Bhutan 0.9
India 1638.7
Iran 94.6
Maldives 0.6
Nepal 40.1
Pakistan 346.9
Sri Lanka 20.4
SOUTHEAST ASIA 785.8
Brunei 0.5
Cambodia 20.2
Indonesia 318.4
Laos 9.6
Malaysia 40.4
Myanmar 63.1
Philippines 143.4
Singapore 6.2
Thailand 64.1
Timor-Leste 2.0
Vietnam 118.0
EAST ASIA 1484.8
China 1266.5
China, Hong Kong SAR 7.9
China, Macao SAR 0.8
Japan 109.9
Korea, North 26.6
Korea, South 47.7
Mongolia 5.1
Taiwan 20.4
EUROPE 730.9
NORTHERN EUROPE 114.8
Denmark 6.3
Estonia 1.1
Finland 5.4
Iceland 0.4
Ireland 6.1
Latvia 1.4
Lithuania 2.1
Norway 6.0
Sweden 11.7
United Kingdom 73.9
WESTERN EUROPE 205.2
Austria 9.6
Belgium 12.5
France 69.1
Germany 83.2
Liechtenstein 0.0
Luxembourg 0.8
Monaco 0.0
Netherlands 19.5
Switzerland 10.4
EASTERN EUROPE 265.6
Belarus 9.3
Bulgaria 5.8
Czechia 10.8
Hungary 9.2
Moldova 2.9
Poland 35.1
Romania 16.2
Russia 140.4
Slovakia 5.1
Ukraine 30.7
SOUTHERN EUROPE 145.3
Albania 2.3
Andorra 0.1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 2.9
Croatia 3.4
Greece 9.5
Italy 54.7
Kosovo 1.6
Malta 0.7
Montenegro 0.7
North Macedonia 2.0
Portugal 9.5
San Marino 0.0
Serbia 5.9
Slovenia 2.1
Spain 50.0
OCEANIA 0.5
Australia 36.5
Federated States of Micronesia 0.1
Fiji 0.9
French Polynesia 0.3
Guam 0.2
Kiribati 0.2
Marshall Islands 0.1
Nauru 0.0
New Caledonia 0.3
New Zealand 6.3
Palau 0.0
Papua New Guinea 15.1
Samoa 0.2
Solomon Islands 1.3
Tonga 0.1
Tuvalu 0.0
Vanuatu 0.5
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Geography Population mid-2050 (millions)
WORLD 9688.4
AFRICA 2529.0
NORTHERN AFRICA 347.8
Algeria 57.7
Egypt 142.9
Libya 8.5
Morocco 43.6
Sudan 81.2
Tunisia 12.9
Western Sahara 1.0
WESTERN AFRICA 813.9
Benin 30.5
Burkina Faso 43.4
Cape Verde 0.7
Cote d'Ivoire 51.3
Gambia 4.5
Ghana 55.4
Guinea 26.0
Guinea-Bissau 4.0
Liberia 9.3
Mali 47.1
Mauritania 9.0
Niger 66.0
Nigeria 401.3
Senegal 35.8
Sierra Leone 14.1
Togo 15.3
EASTERN AFRICA 860.6
Burundi 25.6
Comoros 1.5
Djibouti 1.3
Eritrea 6.0
Ethiopia 208.3
Kenya 89.6
Madagascar 58.9
Malawi 33.9
Mauritius 1.1
Mayotte 0.5
Mozambique 65.6
Reunion 1.0
Rwanda 23.0
Seychelles 0.1
Somalia 37.5
South Sudan 20.0
Tanzania 124.2
Uganda 97.8
Zambia 38.5
Zimbabwe 26.3
MIDDLE AFRICA 413.1
Angola 82.0
Cameroon 54.9
Central African Republic 9.2
Chad 37.4
Congo 10.7
Congo, Dem. Rep. 211.9
Equatorial Guinea 2.8
Gabon 3.8
Sao Tome and Principe 0.4
SOUTHERN AFRICA 93.6
Botswana 3.2
eSwatini 1.3
Lesotho 2.6
Namibia 4.0
South Africa 82.5
NORTHERN AMERICA 412.3
Canada 48.8
United States 363.4
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 761.5
CENTRAL AMERICA 212.7
Belize 0.7
Costa Rica 6.1
El Salvador 6.5
Guatemala 22.7
Honduras 14.3
Mexico 148.2
Nicaragua 8.5
Panama 5.8
CARIBBEAN 47.4
Antigua and Barbuda 0.1
Bahamas 0.5
Barbados 0.3
Cuba 10.8
Curacao 0.2
Dominica 0.1
Dominican Republic 12.6
Grenada 0.1
Guadeloupe 0.4
Haiti 14.9
Jamaica 2.5
Martinique 0.3
Puerto Rico 2.4
St. Kitts-Nevis 0.1
Saint Lucia 0.2
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1
Trinidad and Tobago 1.3
SOUTH AMERICA 501.4
Argentina 55.0
Bolivia 16.0
Brazil 232.9
Chile 21.6
Colombia 61.9
Ecuador 23.1
French Guiana 0.5
Guyana 0.8
Paraguay 9.3
Peru 39.4
Suriname 0.6
Uruguay 3.7
Venezuela 36.5
ASIA 5192.3
WESTERN ASIA 391.3
Armenia 2.6
Azerbaijan 10.1
Bahrain 1.8
Cyprus 1.4
Georgia 3.3
Iraq 63.8
Israel 15.8
Jordan 13.8
Kuwait 5.6
Lebanon 6.5
Oman 5.9
Palestinian Territory 8.8
Qatar 3.8
Saudi Arabia 49.5
Syria 36.9
Turkey 103.4
United Arab Emirates 10.2
Yemen 48.1
CENTRAL ASIA 102.3
Kazakhstan 24.0
Kyrgyzstan 9.2
Tajikistan 16.2
Turkmenistan 8.7
Uzbekistan 44.1
SOUTH ASIA 2428.2
Afghanistan 70.6
Bangladesh 215.5
Bhutan 0.9
India 1638.7
Iran 94.6
Maldives 0.6
Nepal 40.1
Pakistan 346.9
Sri Lanka 20.4
SOUTHEAST ASIA 785.8
Brunei 0.5
Cambodia 20.2
Indonesia 318.4
Laos 9.6
Malaysia 40.4
Myanmar 63.1
Philippines 143.4
Singapore 6.2
Thailand 64.1
Timor-Leste 2.0
Vietnam 118.0
EAST ASIA 1484.8
China 1266.5
China, Hong Kong SAR 7.9
China, Macao SAR 0.8
Japan 109.9
Korea, North 26.6
Korea, South 47.7
Mongolia 5.1
Taiwan 20.4
EUROPE 730.9
NORTHERN EUROPE 114.8
Denmark 6.3
Estonia 1.1
Finland 5.4
Iceland 0.4
Ireland 6.1
Latvia 1.4
Lithuania 2.1
Norway 6.0
Sweden 11.7
United Kingdom 73.9
WESTERN EUROPE 205.2
Austria 9.6
Belgium 12.5
France 69.1
Germany 83.2
Liechtenstein 0.0
Luxembourg 0.8
Monaco 0.0
Netherlands 19.5
Switzerland 10.4
EASTERN EUROPE 265.6
Belarus 9.3
Bulgaria 5.8
Czechia 10.8
Hungary 9.2
Moldova 2.9
Poland 35.1
Romania 16.2
Russia 140.4
Slovakia 5.1
Ukraine 30.7
SOUTHERN EUROPE 145.3
Albania 2.3
Andorra 0.1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 2.9
Croatia 3.4
Greece 9.5
Italy 54.7
Kosovo 1.6
Malta 0.7
Montenegro 0.7
North Macedonia 2.0
Portugal 9.5
San Marino 0.0
Serbia 5.9
Slovenia 2.1
Spain 50.0
OCEANIA 0.5
Australia 36.5
Federated States of Micronesia 0.1
Fiji 0.9
French Polynesia 0.3
Guam 0.2
Kiribati 0.2
Marshall Islands 0.1
Nauru 0.0
New Caledonia 0.3
New Zealand 6.3
Palau 0.0
Papua New Guinea 15.1
Samoa 0.2
Solomon Islands 1.3
Tonga 0.1
Tuvalu 0.0
Vanuatu 0.5

Endnotes

Sources

2020 World Population Data Sheet

Updated

08/16/2020

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