Population by Country in 2050

2050 medium projection

See where people are projected to live in 2050 and how each total differs from 2026 under one consistent UN scenario.

Countries and areas: 237
Highest-ranked: India1,679,589,259
Rank 10: Bangladesh214,709,097
End of table: Vatican City714

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Population by Country in 2050
Rank	Country or area	Region	2050 population	Change from 2026
1	India	Asia	1,679,589,259	+13.7%
2	China	Asia	1,260,289,093	-10.8%
3	United States	Northern America	380,846,910	+9.1%
4	Pakistan	Asia	371,863,793	+43.4%
5	Nigeria	Africa	359,185,556	+48.2%
6	Indonesia	Asia	320,712,949	+11.4%
7	Ethiopia	Africa	225,021,874	+62.0%
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	218,246,072	+87.4%
9	Brazil	Latin America and the Caribbean	217,489,300	+1.8%
10	Bangladesh	Asia	214,709,097	+20.7%
11	Egypt	Africa	161,630,192	+34.6%
12	Mexico	Latin America and the Caribbean	148,946,274	+12.0%
13	Russia	Europe	136,132,775	-5.1%
14	Philippines	Asia	134,373,439	+14.1%
15	Tanzania	Africa	129,621,102	+78.6%
16	Vietnam	Asia	110,008,908	+7.7%
17	Japan	Asia	105,123,167	-14.1%
18	Iran	Asia	101,861,993	+9.3%
19	Turkey	Asia	91,258,061	+3.8%
20	Uganda	Africa	85,431,202	+61.9%
21	Sudan	Africa	85,206,383	+59.9%
22	Kenya	Africa	83,593,239	+42.6%
23	South Africa	Africa	79,177,328	+21.0%
24	Germany	Europe	78,294,613	-6.4%
25	Afghanistan	Asia	76,885,134	+70.7%
26	United Kingdom	Europe	75,504,681	+8.0%
27	Angola	Africa	74,295,394	+84.7%
28	Iraq	Asia	71,928,750	+49.8%
29	Yemen	Asia	70,976,403	+65.2%
30	France	Europe	68,219,675	+2.2%
31	Thailand	Asia	66,382,735	-7.2%
32	Mozambique	Africa	63,530,952	+73.4%
33	Algeria	Africa	59,565,554	+24.0%
34	Colombia	Latin America and the Caribbean	59,385,356	+10.1%
35	Myanmar	Asia	58,623,232	+6.2%
36	Ivory Coast	Africa	55,746,985	+66.4%
37	Madagascar	Africa	53,185,475	+58.7%
38	Niger	Africa	52,513,876	+82.2%
39	Uzbekistan	Asia	52,210,755	+38.4%
40	Italy	Europe	51,891,098	-11.9%
41	Cameroon	Africa	51,096,317	+66.8%
42	Ghana	Africa	50,553,047	+41.6%
43	Argentina	Latin America and the Caribbean	48,308,944	+5.0%
44	Saudi Arabia	Asia	47,693,910	+35.6%
45	Mali	Africa	46,154,079	+78.0%
46	Canada	Northern America	45,621,882	+12.7%
47	South Korea	Asia	45,143,134	-12.5%
48	Spain	Europe	44,928,558	-6.1%
49	Malaysia	Asia	44,289,772	+21.7%
50	Morocco	Africa	43,440,431	+12.1%
51	Peru	Latin America and the Caribbean	40,583,876	+16.2%
52	Chad	Africa	38,857,686	+80.2%
53	Zambia	Africa	38,083,385	+69.1%
54	Syria	Asia	37,793,372	+42.8%
55	Malawi	Africa	37,361,683	+64.0%
56	Burkina Faso	Africa	37,304,383	+51.6%
57	Somalia	Africa	37,206,512	+83.2%
58	Nepal	Asia	34,642,027	+16.9%
59	Poland	Europe	32,814,096	-13.3%
60	Australia	Oceania	32,506,969	+19.4%
61	Ukraine	Europe	31,990,132	-19.1%
62	Venezuela	Latin America and the Caribbean	31,094,883	+8.6%
63	Senegal	Africa	30,364,954	+56.8%
64	Kazakhstan	Asia	26,544,265	+25.9%
65	Zimbabwe	Africa	25,866,385	+49.7%
66	North Korea	Asia	25,787,127	-3.2%
67	Sri Lanka	Asia	24,813,690	+6.3%
68	Guatemala	Latin America and the Caribbean	24,670,857	+30.1%
69	Benin	Africa	24,433,809	+61.1%
70	Burundi	Africa	24,131,720	+63.8%
71	Guinea	Africa	23,404,584	+51.6%
72	Rwanda	Africa	22,707,910	+52.5%
73	Cambodia	Asia	21,931,455	+21.5%
74	Ecuador	Latin America and the Caribbean	21,337,237	+15.7%
75	Chile	Latin America and the Caribbean	20,320,306	+1.9%
76	Taiwan	Asia	19,434,600	-15.5%
77	Netherlands	Europe	18,958,475	+2.8%
78	South Sudan	Africa	18,341,974	+47.5%
79	Jordan	Asia	16,367,354	+41.2%
80	Bolivia	Latin America and the Caribbean	16,110,162	+26.4%
81	Romania	Europe	16,027,266	-14.8%
82	Togo	Africa	15,584,778	+56.9%
83	Tajikistan	Asia	15,574,642	+41.9%
84	United Arab Emirates	Asia	15,367,392	+32.8%
85	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	14,906,590	+36.2%
86	Honduras	Latin America and the Caribbean	14,846,778	+32.7%
87	Haiti	Latin America and the Caribbean	14,710,862	+22.2%
88	Tunisia	Africa	13,145,141	+5.9%
89	Israel	Asia	13,092,722	+35.7%
90	Dominican Republic	Latin America and the Caribbean	12,996,293	+11.9%
91	Sierra Leone	Africa	12,948,325	+43.9%
92	Belgium	Europe	11,870,906	+0.8%
93	Sweden	Europe	11,309,630	+5.7%
94	Azerbaijan	Asia	11,224,923	+7.4%
95	Republic of the Congo	Africa	11,006,472	+65.8%
96	Central African Republic	Africa	10,616,752	+86.3%
97	Czechia	Europe	9,825,544	-6.7%
98	Portugal	Europe	9,770,270	-6.0%
99	Laos	Asia	9,757,286	+22.4%
100	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	9,642,952	+30.3%
101	Turkmenistan	Asia	9,639,708	+24.6%
102	Mauritania	Africa	9,415,598	+72.4%
103	Cuba	Latin America and the Caribbean	9,382,000	-13.9%
104	Switzerland	Europe	9,342,586	+3.7%
105	Libya	Africa	9,260,606	+22.8%
106	Liberia	Africa	8,910,530	+52.2%
107	Greece	Europe	8,812,070	-11.0%
108	Nicaragua	Latin America and the Caribbean	8,756,430	+23.4%
109	Hungary	Europe	8,725,347	-9.0%
110	Austria	Europe	8,724,332	-4.2%
111	Paraguay	Latin America and the Caribbean	8,640,464	+21.8%
112	State of Palestine	Asia	8,451,891	+48.5%
113	Oman	Asia	7,827,002	+38.0%
114	Belarus	Europe	7,453,546	-16.6%
115	Lebanon	Asia	6,999,260	+18.7%
116	El Salvador	Latin America and the Caribbean	6,663,346	+4.3%
117	Kuwait	Asia	6,367,756	+24.8%
118	Denmark	Europe	6,124,838	+1.7%
119	Hong Kong	Asia	6,090,619	-17.5%
120	Singapore	Asia	6,081,692	+3.0%
121	Ireland	Europe	5,970,042	+11.4%
122	Norway	Europe	5,899,829	+4.4%
123	New Zealand	Oceania	5,755,288	+8.8%
124	Eritrea	Africa	5,696,062	+54.7%
125	Panama	Latin America and the Caribbean	5,630,680	+21.7%
126	Serbia	Europe	5,532,870	-16.7%
127	Bulgaria	Europe	5,402,217	-19.0%
128	Costa Rica	Latin America and the Caribbean	5,354,150	+3.5%
129	Finland	Europe	5,351,645	-4.8%
130	Slovakia	Europe	4,936,488	-9.4%
131	Namibia	Africa	4,512,300	+43.1%
132	Mongolia	Asia	4,501,493	+26.6%
133	Gambia	Africa	4,301,895	+49.2%
134	Qatar	Asia	4,164,460	+31.2%
135	Gabon	Africa	4,084,533	+54.3%
136	Georgia	Asia	3,664,014	-3.7%
137	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3,438,608	+49.6%
138	Botswana	Africa	3,437,430	+32.0%
139	Uruguay	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,254,354	-3.8%
140	Croatia	Europe	3,234,160	-15.4%
141	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	3,143,728	+58.4%
142	Lesotho	Africa	2,993,076	+25.3%
143	Puerto Rico	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,503,994	-22.3%
144	Armenia	Asia	2,495,207	-14.9%
145	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	2,455,167	-21.2%
146	Jamaica	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,454,940	-13.4%
147	Moldova	Europe	2,351,809	-20.6%
148	Lithuania	Europe	2,258,774	-19.3%
149	Albania	Europe	2,240,166	-18.6%
150	Bahrain	Asia	2,139,464	+27.7%
151	Slovenia	Europe	1,981,553	-6.3%
152	Timor-Leste	Asia	1,889,249	+31.5%
153	Kosovo	Europe	1,643,619	-1.4%
154	Djibouti	Africa	1,530,540	+27.6%
155	Latvia	Europe	1,513,810	-17.5%
156	North Macedonia	Europe	1,512,688	-16.2%
157	Cyprus	Asia	1,508,482	+9.1%
158	Eswatini	Africa	1,505,331	+18.5%
159	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America and the Caribbean	1,399,800	-7.5%
160	Solomon Islands	Oceania	1,309,110	+52.5%
161	Comoros	Africa	1,307,558	+45.4%
162	Estonia	Europe	1,174,267	-11.8%
163	Mauritius	Africa	1,107,197	-12.5%
164	Fiji	Oceania	1,000,261	+6.7%
165	Réunion	Africa	941,413	+6.2%
166	Guyana	Latin America and the Caribbean	940,608	+11.9%
167	Bhutan	Asia	882,340	+10.0%
168	Luxembourg	Europe	791,464	+15.1%
169	Western Sahara	Africa	777,316	+27.3%
170	Suriname	Latin America and the Caribbean	733,904	+13.7%
171	Macao	Asia	668,860	-7.5%
172	Mayotte	Africa	645,426	+85.7%
173	Maldives	Asia	589,962	+11.0%
174	Cabo Verde	Africa	566,134	+6.9%
175	Malta	Europe	535,722	-2.4%
176	Vanuatu	Oceania	534,388	+56.0%
177	Montenegro	Europe	533,295	-14.8%
178	Brunei	Asia	519,551	+10.6%
179	Belize	Latin America and the Caribbean	516,627	+20.5%
180	French Guiana	Latin America and the Caribbean	471,916	+48.0%
181	Iceland	Europe	432,993	+7.6%
182	Bahamas	Latin America and the Caribbean	424,265	+4.9%
183	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	365,115	+49.0%
184	New Caledonia	Oceania	340,580	+14.3%
185	Guadeloupe	Latin America and the Caribbean	326,318	-12.4%
186	French Polynesia	Oceania	284,750	+0.6%
187	Martinique	Latin America and the Caribbean	282,070	-16.5%
188	Samoa	Oceania	272,726	+23.7%
189	Barbados	Latin America and the Caribbean	264,216	-6.5%
190	Guam	Oceania	191,458	+12.5%
191	Kiribati	Oceania	182,621	+31.9%
192	Curaçao	Latin America and the Caribbean	173,498	-6.4%
193	Saint Lucia	Latin America and the Caribbean	172,080	-4.7%
194	Seychelles	Africa	141,746	+5.0%
195	Micronesia	Oceania	126,408	+10.7%
196	Grenada	Latin America and the Caribbean	113,244	-3.5%
197	Tonga	Oceania	105,195	+1.8%
198	Jersey	Europe	104,766	+0.6%
199	Cayman Islands	Latin America and the Caribbean	103,958	+34.7%
200	Aruba	Latin America and the Caribbean	100,002	-7.5%
201	Antigua and Barbuda	Latin America and the Caribbean	95,055	+0.5%
202	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Latin America and the Caribbean	88,942	-10.4%
203	Andorra	Europe	82,195	-1.9%
204	Isle of Man	Europe	77,970	-7.2%
205	United States Virgin Islands	Latin America and the Caribbean	71,226	-14.6%
206	Dominica	Latin America and the Caribbean	63,192	-3.5%
207	Faroe Islands	Europe	63,036	+11.5%
208	Guernsey	Europe	62,800	-2.8%
209	Bermuda	Northern America	56,937	-11.7%
210	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	Latin America and the Caribbean	51,016	+14.8%
211	Turks and Caicos Islands	Latin America and the Caribbean	50,988	+8.1%
212	Greenland	Northern America	49,898	-10.3%
213	Gibraltar	Europe	49,798	+21.9%
214	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Latin America and the Caribbean	44,249	-5.8%
215	Liechtenstein	Europe	43,013	+6.6%
216	Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania	42,764	-0.3%
217	British Virgin Islands	Latin America and the Caribbean	40,340	+1.0%
218	American Samoa	Oceania	37,545	-17.2%
219	Monaco	Europe	36,757	-3.5%
220	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	Latin America and the Caribbean	34,742	+8.9%
221	San Marino	Europe	33,696	+0.3%
222	Marshall Islands	Oceania	25,195	-28.2%
223	Saint Martin (French part)	Latin America and the Caribbean	18,795	-21.4%
224	Nauru	Oceania	15,758	+30.2%
225	Palau	Oceania	15,518	-11.9%
226	Anguilla	Latin America and the Caribbean	14,552	-1.8%
227	Saint Barthélemy	Latin America and the Caribbean	12,789	+10.7%
228	Wallis and Futuna Islands	Oceania	10,148	-8.7%
229	Tuvalu	Oceania	9,780	+4.5%
230	Cook Islands	Oceania	9,337	-27.2%
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Northern America	4,258	-22.8%
232	Saint Helena	Africa	3,968	-22.9%
233	Tokelau	Oceania	3,821	+42.0%
234	Montserrat	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,692	-14.7%
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	Latin America and the Caribbean	3,176	-8.3%
236	Niue	Oceania	1,966	+7.9%
237	Vatican City	Europe	714	+41.1%

What this ranking measures—and what it does not

Definition

The table ranks projected resident populations on 1 July 2050 under the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. Percentage change compares that projection with the corresponding 2026 projection.

Why it matters

A 2050 total reflects the combined effects of today’s age structure and future assumptions about fertility, mortality, and international migration. It is useful for comparing scale, not for claiming a certain outcome.

Read with care

These are conditional projections, not census counts. Uncertainty generally grows with the projection horizon, and unexpected migration, conflict, epidemics, or fertility changes can alter country paths.

What stands out in this comparison

India leads with 1,679,589,259, while Bangladesh is at rank 10 with 214,709,097. At the other end of the complete table, Vatican City has 714.

Those positions describe this particular indicator, definition, and reference period. They do not imply that every country near the top has the same population pyramid or demographic path. Open the profiles to compare the underlying cohorts.

First five

India — rank 1, 1,679,589,259; change from 2026 +13.7%.
China — rank 2, 1,260,289,093; change from 2026 -10.8%.
United States — rank 3, 380,846,910; change from 2026 +9.1%.
Pakistan — rank 4, 371,863,793; change from 2026 +43.4%.
Nigeria — rank 5, 359,185,556; change from 2026 +48.2%.

Other end of the table

Vatican City — rank 237, 714; change from 2026 +41.1%.
Niue — rank 236, 1,966; change from 2026 +7.9%.
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) — rank 235, 3,176; change from 2026 -8.3%.
Montserrat — rank 234, 3,692; change from 2026 -14.7%.
Tokelau — rank 233, 3,821; change from 2026 +42.0%.

Questions about this ranking

Which country or area ranks first for 2050 population?

India ranks first in this comparison with 1,679,589,259. The table uses 2050 medium projection from UN World Population Prospects 2024.

Which values are estimates and which are projections?

In World Population Prospects 2024, historical estimates run through 2023 and values from 2024 onward are projections. The peak-year table labels historical and projected results separately.

Why might another source show a different rank?

Sources can use different reference dates, revisions, country definitions, estimation methods, or projection scenarios. Close ranks can also change after revisions.