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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 9752.0
AFRICA 2478.0
NORTHERN AFRICA 356.0
Algeria 60.0
Egypt 144.8
Libya 8.5
Morocco 43.6
Sudan 84.5
Tunisia 13.7
Western Sahara 0.9
WESTERN AFRICA 773.0
Benin 25.3
Burkina Faso 40.5
Cape Verde 0.7
Cote dIvoire 51.4
Gambia 4.7
Ghana 52.2
Guinea 23.7
Guinea-Bissau 3.4
Liberia 8.9
Mali 47.4
Mauritania 9.6
Niger 67.0
Nigeria 377.5
Senegal 30.6
Sierra Leone 14.4
Togo 15.5
EASTERN AFRICA 851.0
Burundi 24.2
Comoros 1.2
Djibouti 1.5
Eritrea 6.0
Ethiopia 214.8
Kenya 85.2
Madagascar 56.2
Malawi 37.2
Mauritius 1.2
Mayotte 0.6
Mozambique 63.0
Reunion 1.0
Rwanda 23.0
Seychelles 0.1
Somalia 36.5
South Sudan 17.5
Tanzania 129.9
Uganda 87.6
Zambia 37.5
Zimbabwe 26.4
MIDDLE AFRICA 406.0
Angola 72.3
Cameroon 51.3
Central African Republic 11.5
Chad 36.5
Congo 10.4
Congo DR 217.5
Equatorial Guinea 2.8
Gabon 3.8
Sao Tome and Principe 0.4
SOUTHERN AFRICA 92.0
Botswana 3.7
eSwatini 1.7
Lesotho 2.9
Namibia 3.8
South Africa 80.3
NORTHERN AMERICA 424.0
Canada 48.8
United States 375.4
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 746.0
CENTRAL AMERICA 210.0
Belize 0.6
Costa Rica 6.1
El Salvador 6.6
Guatemala 24.6
Honduras 13.4
Mexico 143.8
Nicaragua 8.8
Panama 5.9
CARIBBEAN 47.0
Antigua and Barbuda 0.1
Bahamas 0.5
Barbados 0.3
Cuba 9.9
Curacao 0.2
Dominica 0.1
Dominican Republic 13.2
Grenada 0.1
Guadeloupe 0.4
Haiti 15.1
Jamaica 2.5
Martinique 0.3
Puerto Rico 2.7
St. Kitts-Nevis 0.1
Saint Lucia 0.2
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1
Trinidad and Tobago 1.3
SOUTH AMERICA 488.0
Argentina 54.0
Bolivia 16.6
Brazil 232.9
Chile 21.6
Colombia 51.5
Ecuador 22.3
French Guiana 0.5
Guyana 0.9
Paraguay 8.6
Peru 39.4
Suriname 0.8
Uruguay 3.5
Venezuela 35.9
ASIA 5313.0
WESTERN ASIA 411.0
Armenia 2.5
Azerbaijan 11.2
Bahrain 1.8
Cyprus 1.4
Georgia 3.4
Iraq 74.5
Israel 15.7
Jordan 14.1
Kuwait 5.0
Lebanon 4.9
Oman 6.3
Palestinian Territory 9.0
Qatar 3.4
Saudi Arabia 48.7
Syria 38.3
Turkey 103.9
United Arab Emirates 11.4
Yemen 55.3
CENTRAL ASIA 105.0
Kazakhstan 25.4
Kyrgyzstan 9.7
Tajikistan 15.2
Turkmenistan 8.3
Uzbekistan 46.9
SOUTH ASIA 2477.0
Afghanistan 74.1
Bangladesh 203.9
Bhutan 0.9
India 1670.5
Iran 99.0
Maldives 0.6
Nepal 37.8
Pakistan 367.8
Sri Lanka 22.4
SOUTHEAST ASIA 786.0
Brunei 0.5
Cambodia 22.2
Indonesia 317.2
Laos 9.7
Malaysia 39.6
Myanmar 59.9
Philippines 157.9
Singapore 5.8
Thailand 63.2
Timor-Leste 1.8
Vietnam 108.4
EAST ASIA 1533.0
China 1322.5
China, Hong Kong SAR 7.7
China, Macao SAR 0.9
Japan 101.8
Korea, North 25.8
Korea, South 47.4
Mongolia 5.2
Taiwan 21.8
EUROPE 724.0
NORTHERN EUROPE 113.0
Denmark 6.3
Estonia 1.3
Finland 5.5
Iceland 0.5
Ireland 5.8
Latvia 1.4
Lithuania 2.1
Norway 6.0
Sweden 11.8
United Kingdom 71.8
WESTERN EUROPE 204.0
Austria 9.6
Belgium 12.5
France 71.3
Germany 79.8
Liechtenstein 0.0
Luxembourg 0.8
Monaco 0.0
Netherlands 19.5
Switzerland 10.4
EASTERN EUROPE 264.0
Belarus 8.1
Bulgaria 5.8
Czechia 10.8
Hungary 9.2
Moldova 3.2
Poland 34.0
Romania 16.9
Russia 136.8
Slovakia 5.1
Ukraine 33.9
SOUTHERN EUROPE 144.0
Albania 2.4
Andorra 0.1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 2.9
Croatia 3.4
Greece 9.5
Italy 53.7
Kosovo 1.7
Malta 0.5
Montenegro 0.7
North Macedonia 1.7
Portugal 9.5
San Marino 0.0
Serbia 5.7
Slovenia 2.0
Spain 49.9
OCEANIA 66.0
Australia 40.6
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 9752.0
AFRICA 2478.0
NORTHERN AFRICA 356.0
Algeria 60.0
Egypt 144.8
Libya 8.5
Morocco 43.6
Sudan 84.5
Tunisia 13.7
Western Sahara 0.9
WESTERN AFRICA 773.0
Benin 25.3
Burkina Faso 40.5
Cape Verde 0.7
Cote dIvoire 51.4
Gambia 4.7
Ghana 52.2
Guinea 23.7
Guinea-Bissau 3.4
Liberia 8.9
Mali 47.4
Mauritania 9.6
Niger 67.0
Nigeria 377.5
Senegal 30.6
Sierra Leone 14.4
Togo 15.5
EASTERN AFRICA 851.0
Burundi 24.2
Comoros 1.2
Djibouti 1.5
Eritrea 6.0
Ethiopia 214.8
Kenya 85.2
Madagascar 56.2
Malawi 37.2
Mauritius 1.2
Mayotte 0.6
Mozambique 63.0
Reunion 1.0
Rwanda 23.0
Seychelles 0.1
Somalia 36.5
South Sudan 17.5
Tanzania 129.9
Uganda 87.6
Zambia 37.5
Zimbabwe 26.4
MIDDLE AFRICA 406.0
Angola 72.3
Cameroon 51.3
Central African Republic 11.5
Chad 36.5
Congo 10.4
Congo DR 217.5
Equatorial Guinea 2.8
Gabon 3.8
Sao Tome and Principe 0.4
SOUTHERN AFRICA 92.0
Botswana 3.7
eSwatini 1.7
Lesotho 2.9
Namibia 3.8
South Africa 80.3
NORTHERN AMERICA 424.0
Canada 48.8
United States 375.4
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 746.0
CENTRAL AMERICA 210.0
Belize 0.6
Costa Rica 6.1
El Salvador 6.6
Guatemala 24.6
Honduras 13.4
Mexico 143.8
Nicaragua 8.8
Panama 5.9
CARIBBEAN 47.0
Antigua and Barbuda 0.1
Bahamas 0.5
Barbados 0.3
Cuba 9.9
Curacao 0.2
Dominica 0.1
Dominican Republic 13.2
Grenada 0.1
Guadeloupe 0.4
Haiti 15.1
Jamaica 2.5
Martinique 0.3
Puerto Rico 2.7
St. Kitts-Nevis 0.1
Saint Lucia 0.2
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1
Trinidad and Tobago 1.3
SOUTH AMERICA 488.0
Argentina 54.0
Bolivia 16.6
Brazil 232.9
Chile 21.6
Colombia 51.5
Ecuador 22.3
French Guiana 0.5
Guyana 0.9
Paraguay 8.6
Peru 39.4
Suriname 0.8
Uruguay 3.5
Venezuela 35.9
ASIA 5313.0
WESTERN ASIA 411.0
Armenia 2.5
Azerbaijan 11.2
Bahrain 1.8
Cyprus 1.4
Georgia 3.4
Iraq 74.5
Israel 15.7
Jordan 14.1
Kuwait 5.0
Lebanon 4.9
Oman 6.3
Palestinian Territory 9.0
Qatar 3.4
Saudi Arabia 48.7
Syria 38.3
Turkey 103.9
United Arab Emirates 11.4
Yemen 55.3
CENTRAL ASIA 105.0
Kazakhstan 25.4
Kyrgyzstan 9.7
Tajikistan 15.2
Turkmenistan 8.3
Uzbekistan 46.9
SOUTH ASIA 2477.0
Afghanistan 74.1
Bangladesh 203.9
Bhutan 0.9
India 1670.5
Iran 99.0
Maldives 0.6
Nepal 37.8
Pakistan 367.8
Sri Lanka 22.4
SOUTHEAST ASIA 786.0
Brunei 0.5
Cambodia 22.2
Indonesia 317.2
Laos 9.7
Malaysia 39.6
Myanmar 59.9
Philippines 157.9
Singapore 5.8
Thailand 63.2
Timor-Leste 1.8
Vietnam 108.4
EAST ASIA 1533.0
China 1322.5
China, Hong Kong SAR 7.7
China, Macao SAR 0.9
Japan 101.8
Korea, North 25.8
Korea, South 47.4
Mongolia 5.2
Taiwan 21.8
EUROPE 724.0
NORTHERN EUROPE 113.0
Denmark 6.3
Estonia 1.3
Finland 5.5
Iceland 0.5
Ireland 5.8
Latvia 1.4
Lithuania 2.1
Norway 6.0
Sweden 11.8
United Kingdom 71.8
WESTERN EUROPE 204.0
Austria 9.6
Belgium 12.5
France 71.3
Germany 79.8
Liechtenstein 0.0
Luxembourg 0.8
Monaco 0.0
Netherlands 19.5
Switzerland 10.4
EASTERN EUROPE 264.0
Belarus 8.1
Bulgaria 5.8
Czechia 10.8
Hungary 9.2
Moldova 3.2
Poland 34.0
Romania 16.9
Russia 136.8
Slovakia 5.1
Ukraine 33.9
SOUTHERN EUROPE 144.0
Albania 2.4
Andorra 0.1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 2.9
Croatia 3.4
Greece 9.5
Italy 53.7
Kosovo 1.7
Malta 0.5
Montenegro 0.7
North Macedonia 1.7
Portugal 9.5
San Marino 0.0
Serbia 5.7
Slovenia 2.0
Spain 49.9
OCEANIA 66.0
Australia 40.6
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

2022 World Population Data Sheet

Updated

08/16/2020

2022 World Population Data

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