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Countries with the highest population in from 1950 to 2023, with projections until 2100 (in thousand inhabitants)

Characteristic	India	China	Pakistan	Nigeria	Democratic Republic of the Congo	United States	Ethiopia	Indonesia	Tanzania	Bangladesh
1950	342,592	539,190	35,500	36,932	12,174	153,067	17,517	68,081	7,533	40,816
1951	349,965	548,899	36,199	37,634	12,415	155,338	17,824	69,517	7,717	41,598
1952	357,775	558,618	36,965	38,354	12,671	157,625	18,154	71,055	7,909	42,447
1953	365,975	571,645	37,789	39,078	12,937	159,964	18,498	72,698	8,109	43,339
1954	374,234	583,469	38,670	39,802	13,202	162,373	18,851	74,441	8,317	44,244
1955	383,140	596,759	39,604	40,551	13,484	164,900	19,225	76,294	8,533	45,239
1956	392,262	610,335	40,592	41,320	13,777	167,500	19,615	78,253	8,757	46,297
1957	401,716	622,782	41,636	42,112	14,083	170,150	20,023	80,312	8,992	47,412
1958	410,792	637,931	42,735	42,923	14,402	172,849	20,324	82,470	9,239	48,597
1959	420,763	650,508	43,890	43,726	14,714	175,582	20,636	84,716	9,496	49,771
1960	430,798	654,908	45,101	44,597	15,069	178,710	21,120	87,070	9,763	51,112
1961	441,183	654,696	46,318	45,511	15,460	181,839	21,633	89,522	10,040	52,545
1962	451,947	656,851	47,525	46,468	15,864	185,140	22,179	92,060	10,335	54,076
1963	462,619	673,296	48,788	47,462	16,287	188,309	22,751	94,692	10,640	55,686
1964	473,658	695,809	50,108	48,485	16,728	191,341	23,352	97,411	10,959	57,322
1965	484,801	713,788	51,492	49,539	17,183	194,297	23,981	100,256	11,297	59,034
1966	495,479	733,044	52,926	50,634	17,673	197,010	24,640	102,474	11,645	60,771
1967	506,002	751,761	54,431	51,742	18,191	199,521	25,265	105,111	12,010	62,569
1968	517,211	770,292	55,998	52,844	18,735	201,879	25,975	107,941	12,390	64,453
1969	528,223	791,731	57,623	54,022	19,290	204,143	26,701	110,959	12,814	66,364
1970	539,538	812,550	59,299	55,242	19,851	206,457	27,444	114,077	13,259	68,225
1971	552,190	834,068	61,034	56,546	20,424	209,136	28,214	117,238	13,726	69,893
1972	564,003	854,072	62,661	57,884	20,967	211,717	28,986	120,429	14,217	70,660
1973	576,962	873,284	64,505	59,320	21,535	213,968	29,763	123,651	14,742	72,623
1974	589,970	891,870	66,419	60,845	22,121	216,045	30,571	126,926	15,278	74,822
1975	604,113	908,745	68,412	62,514	22,717	218,108	31,344	130,184	15,845	76,857
1976	618,506	923,489	70,510	64,308	23,325	220,151	32,103	133,504	16,432	78,852
1977	633,218	937,256	72,730	66,208	23,923	222,187	32,966	136,843	17,040	80,859
1978	648,384	949,837	75,073	68,261	24,535	224,332	33,368	140,224	17,665	82,876
1979	663,072	962,486	77,541	70,392	25,450	226,460	34,101	143,683	18,288	84,904
1980	679,239	976,090	80,453	72,604	26,323	228,690	34,377	147,187	18,896	86,967
1981	695,469	990,237	84,129	74,925	27,099	231,027	34,481	150,714	19,483	89,066
1982	711,924	1,005,205	87,475	77,211	27,902	233,376	36,128	154,256	20,086	91,540
1983	728,703	1,021,971	90,704	79,546	28,774	235,790	37,275	157,848	20,711	94,089
1984	746,042	1,036,159	93,752	81,331	29,728	238,183	38,207	161,455	21,449	96,581
1985	763,709	1,051,541	96,578	83,722	30,763	240,525	39,265	165,048	22,109	99,049
1986	781,587	1,068,075	99,880	86,074	31,767	242,856	40,419	168,505	22,894	101,459
1987	799,793	1,086,392	103,333	88,398	32,763	245,052	41,656	171,846	23,624	103,812
1988	818,069	1,106,043	106,928	90,785	33,834	247,271	43,264	175,177	24,437	106,106
1989	836,617	1,124,446	110,521	93,255	34,931	249,516	45,037	178,533	25,102	108,326
1990	855,463	1,143,536	114,152	95,807	36,043	251,834	46,722	181,870	25,775	110,542
1991	874,482	1,163,629	118,159	98,435	37,325	254,913	48,498	185,132	26,445	112,725
1992	893,373	1,177,948	121,962	101,005	38,526	258,030	50,937	188,424	27,116	114,849
1993	912,541	1,191,201	125,132	103,740	39,932	261,182	52,771	191,663	27,800	117,056
1994	931,696	1,203,417	128,908	106,504	41,381	264,085	54,647	194,947	28,866	119,209
1995	950,632	1,214,590	132,588	109,367	43,873	266,865	56,576	198,237	30,019	121,477
1996	969,970	1,225,678	136,577	112,271	44,995	269,547	58,499	201,540	30,748	123,724
1997	989,386	1,236,211	140,538	115,238	45,598	272,175	60,437	204,869	31,144	126,001
1998	1,008,881	1,246,068	144,526	118,271	46,462	274,761	62,373	208,203	32,013	128,395
1999	1,028,449	1,255,626	148,519	121,421	48,133	277,477	64,355	211,451	32,828	130,849
2000	1,048,003	1,264,727	152,612	124,674	49,693	280,094	66,395	214,559	33,772	133,367
2001	1,067,843	1,274,435	157,146	128,091	51,322	282,875	68,428	217,597	34,748	135,722
2002	1,087,954	1,283,015	161,396	131,634	52,943	285,685	70,547	220,599	35,649	137,890
2003	1,107,247	1,290,719	165,049	135,310	54,558	288,484	72,724	223,578	36,594	139,978
2004	1,126,360	1,298,316	169,171	139,095	56,130	291,332	74,941	226,518	37,585	141,963
2005	1,145,624	1,305,885	173,401	143,019	57,865	294,240	77,213	229,335	38,634	143,843
2006	1,163,729	1,314,169	177,505	147,016	59,686	297,193	79,522	232,408	39,730	145,589
2007	1,182,029	1,321,939	181,860	151,139	61,546	300,267	81,885	235,495	40,860	147,223
2008	1,199,323	1,329,688	187,127	155,395	63,410	303,421	84,321	238,629	42,011	148,756
2009	1,216,539	1,337,954	191,872	159,795	65,372	306,520	86,766	241,686	43,130	150,193
2010	1,234,511	1,347,092	196,881	164,304	67,453	309,527	89,249	244,754	44,138	151,555
2011	1,252,452	1,356,031	201,597	168,981	69,674	312,598	91,828	247,857	45,379	152,849
2012	1,269,998	1,364,470	205,895	173,778	72,025	315,612	94,472	251,083	46,680	154,333
2013	1,287,351	1,374,572	209,439	178,624	74,484	318,619	97,125	254,314	48,069	155,807
2014	1,304,308	1,383,444	212,709	183,475	77,095	321,603	99,752	257,391	49,579	157,257
2015	1,320,247	1,392,459	215,820	188,318	79,712	324,628	102,479	260,364	51,124	158,673
2016	1,335,802	1,399,809	218,762	193,025	82,359	327,625	105,255	263,235	52,918	160,093
2017	1,352,086	1,408,296	221,516	197,862	85,554	330,734	108,181	266,020	54,730	161,531
2018	1,367,229	1,416,413	225,032	202,647	88,613	333,675	111,152	268,673	56,576	162,842
2019	1,382,090	1,421,605	228,826	207,230	91,482	336,438	114,176	271,231	58,298	164,204
2020	1,395,971	1,425,436	232,776	211,741	94,413	339,142	117,298	273,748	60,051	165,622
2021	1,409,264	1,426,776	237,228	216,252	97,567	339,730	120,537	275,882	61,894	166,974
2022	1,419,143	1,426,098	241,728	220,807	100,731	340,593	123,740	277,635	63,767	168,343
2023	1,431,703	1,424,261	245,673	225,495	104,063	342,475	127,028	280,026	65,657	170,427
2024	1,444,436	1,420,909	249,336	230,271	107,516	344,480	130,355	282,354	67,578	172,507
2025	1,457,435	1,417,734	253,203	235,088	111,036	346,374	133,765	284,622	69,542	174,617
2026	1,470,296	1,414,459	257,236	239,968	114,629	348,178	137,180	286,820	71,550	176,757
2027	1,482,955	1,411,370	261,363	244,896	118,276	349,893	140,625	288,953	73,578	178,880
2028	1,495,374	1,407,989	265,668	249,853	121,984	351,564	144,105	291,020	75,632	180,981
2029	1,507,492	1,404,284	270,095	254,840	125,759	353,244	147,578	293,014	77,709	183,049
2030	1,519,356	1,400,281	274,580	259,866	129,589	354,856	151,094	294,942	79,837	185,080
2031	1,530,922	1,396,026	279,187	264,896	133,475	356,444	154,616	296,811	81,989	187,064
2032	1,542,159	1,391,471	283,869	269,946	137,420	358,002	158,149	298,629	84,187	188,986
2033	1,553,055	1,386,649	288,613	275,021	141,398	359,538	161,699	300,393	86,400	190,823
2034	1,563,593	1,381,544	293,412	280,089	145,430	361,050	165,207	302,109	88,641	192,611
2035	1,573,783	1,376,210	298,229	285,156	149,506	362,554	168,750	303,768	90,936	194,311
2036	1,583,606	1,370,645	303,058	290,216	153,614	364,016	172,316	305,365	93,247	195,950
2037	1,593,045	1,364,841	307,925	295,263	157,765	365,448	175,880	306,905	95,595	197,531
2038	1,602,029	1,358,820	312,782	300,283	161,933	366,857	179,442	308,388	97,957	199,045
2039	1,610,572	1,352,626	317,674	305,282	166,159	368,246	183,029	309,805	100,356	200,509
2040	1,618,707	1,346,164	322,538	310,248	170,435	369,568	186,641	311,157	102,779	201,909
2041	1,626,453	1,339,470	327,337	315,173	174,756	370,851	190,261	312,437	105,220	203,270
2042	1,633,785	1,332,511	332,156	320,042	179,136	372,088	193,876	313,646	107,677	204,608
2043	1,640,685	1,325,308	336,948	324,859	183,565	373,321	197,514	314,777	110,175	205,911
2044	1,647,145	1,317,874	341,722	329,629	188,046	374,480	201,182	315,832	112,692	207,180
2045	1,653,228	1,310,158	346,469	334,338	192,578	375,579	204,847	316,805	115,240	208,422
2046	1,658,907	1,302,070	351,206	338,987	197,152	376,634	208,500	317,694	117,811	209,637
2047	1,664,190	1,293,566	355,900	343,576	201,777	377,629	212,175	318,499	120,409	210,825
2048	1,669,067	1,284,675	360,515	348,112	206,435	378,606	215,872	319,225	123,033	211,979
2049	1,673,553	1,275,310	365,078	352,584	211,132	379,521	219,549	319,884	125,669	213,097
2050	1,677,687	1,265,452	369,611	357,001	215,863	380,413	223,206	320,462	128,294	214,180
2051	1,681,492	1,255,126	374,117	361,370	220,629	381,281	226,838	320,964	130,949	215,238
2052	1,684,950	1,244,259	378,553	365,677	225,427	382,136	230,536	321,387	133,612	216,263
2053	1,688,066	1,232,855	382,953	369,930	230,247	382,952	234,166	321,740	136,282	217,239
2054	1,690,865	1,221,005	387,300	374,118	235,083	383,767	237,759	322,031	138,965	218,178
2055	1,693,271	1,208,702	391,609	378,237	239,934	384,525	241,345	322,258	141,678	219,066
2056	1,695,385	1,195,983	395,878	382,300	244,789	385,264	244,877	322,426	144,421	219,929
2057	1,697,168	1,182,898	400,131	386,302	249,647	386,021	248,484	322,542	147,187	220,733
2058	1,698,671	1,169,537	404,294	390,235	254,506	386,829	251,989	322,598	149,942	221,501
2059	1,699,840	1,155,908	408,409	394,107	259,375	387,678	255,432	322,609	152,701	222,211
2060	1,700,692	1,142,096	412,440	397,912	264,246	388,508	258,964	322,569	155,463	222,854
2061	1,701,211	1,128,158	416,443	401,659	269,112	389,329	262,453	322,489	158,238	223,445
2062	1,701,356	1,114,191	420,376	405,344	273,968	390,202	265,946	322,368	161,030	223,980
2063	1,701,190	1,100,223	424,286	408,954	278,805	391,093	269,344	322,212	163,837	224,450
2064	1,700,709	1,086,331	428,075	412,497	283,624	391,998	272,717	322,025	166,643	224,861
2065	1,699,891	1,072,485	431,821	415,968	288,416	392,890	276,052	321,806	169,451	225,205
2066	1,698,703	1,058,780	435,502	419,350	293,190	393,815	279,340	321,557	172,299	225,499
2067	1,697,236	1,045,198	439,135	422,646	297,943	394,774	282,584	321,276	175,095	225,738
2068	1,695,397	1,031,747	442,694	425,866	302,671	395,761	285,873	320,963	177,891	225,921
2069	1,693,195	1,018,460	446,195	428,986	307,378	396,736	289,067	320,620	180,686	226,044
2070	1,690,648	1,005,297	449,609	432,021	312,057	397,739	292,233	320,248	183,486	226,112
2071	1,687,757	992,272	452,911	434,950	316,708	398,697	295,349	319,851	186,285	226,139
2072	1,684,559	979,341	456,119	437,797	321,308	399,689	298,449	319,426	189,077	226,121
2073	1,681,015	966,470	459,250	440,545	325,886	400,615	301,534	318,970	191,855	226,054
2074	1,677,196	953,641	462,290	443,190	330,417	401,546	304,529	318,480	194,640	225,934
2075	1,673,078	940,858	465,248	445,741	334,921	402,441	307,562	317,963	197,429	225,779
2076	1,668,643	928,075	468,149	448,198	339,377	403,380	310,554	317,409	200,197	225,575
2077	1,663,957	915,280	470,942	450,543	343,807	404,262	313,491	316,833	202,969	225,319
2078	1,659,013	902,469	473,605	452,778	348,189	405,105	316,384	316,217	205,719	225,013
2079	1,653,820	889,619	476,121	454,923	352,525	405,933	319,208	315,572	208,457	224,685
2080	1,648,382	876,715	478,546	456,963	356,803	406,707	321,905	314,893	211,187	224,294
2081	1,642,715	863,789	480,944	458,880	361,038	407,452	324,572	314,192	213,888	223,869
2082	1,636,841	850,868	483,237	460,691	365,217	408,280	327,224	313,461	216,571	223,398
2083	1,630,794	838,010	485,460	462,388	369,356	409,032	329,872	312,697	219,236	222,910
2084	1,624,545	825,199	487,574	463,990	373,454	409,772	332,406	311,903	221,887	222,383
2085	1,618,143	812,432	489,570	465,497	377,498	410,498	334,893	311,083	224,538	221,827
2086	1,611,544	799,798	491,501	466,886	381,469	411,162	337,365	310,237	227,195	221,233
2087	1,604,803	787,320	493,364	468,176	385,379	411,878	339,824	309,363	229,828	220,587
2088	1,597,979	774,987	495,097	469,360	389,212	412,596	342,150	308,461	232,420	219,912
2089	1,591,007	762,811	496,808	470,444	392,978	413,362	344,356	307,540	235,002	219,198
2090	1,583,911	750,807	498,399	471,436	396,673	414,100	346,536	306,596	237,550	218,447
2091	1,576,699	738,998	499,947	472,335	400,289	414,816	348,767	305,626	240,069	217,649
2092	1,569,408	727,360	501,439	473,149	403,830	415,557	350,910	304,634	242,582	216,826
2093	1,562,084	715,865	502,866	473,851	407,279	416,301	352,955	303,618	245,068	215,953
2094	1,554,637	704,507	504,220	474,471	410,662	417,023	355,000	302,583	247,523	215,053
2095	1,547,139	693,281	505,518	475,008	413,982	417,760	357,038	301,534	249,936	214,115
2096	1,539,588	682,168	506,707	475,487	417,213	418,471	358,954	300,474	252,330	213,160
2097	1,532,021	671,154	507,798	475,899	420,350	419,129	360,960	299,394	254,711	212,186
2098	1,524,422	660,237	508,782	476,239	423,404	419,793	362,881	298,298	257,074	211,189
2099	1,516,759	649,414	509,703	476,511	426,393	420,399	364,683	297,193	259,394	210,165
2100	1,509,107	638,685	510,572	476,693	429,293	421,007	366,401	296,074	261,694	209,120

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Estimates as of January 1st in each year.

Figures from 2024 onwards are estimates using the UN's median variant projections.

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From now until 2100, India and China will remain the most populous countries in the world, however China's population decline has already started, and it is on course to fall by around 50 percent in the 2090s; while India's population decline is projected to begin in the 2060s. Of the 10 most populous countries in the world in 2100, five will be located in Asia, four in Africa, as well as the United States.

Rapid growth in Africa

Rapid population growth across Africa will see the continent's population grow from around 1.5 billion people in 2024 to 3.8 billion in 2100. Additionally, unlike China or India, population growth in many of these countries is not expected to go into decline, and instead is expected to continue well into the 2100s. Previous estimates had projected these countries' populations would be much higher by 2100 (the 2019 report estimated Nigeria's population would exceed 650 million), yet the increased threat of the climate crisis and persistent instability is delaying demographic development and extending population growth.

The U.S. as an outlier

Compared to the nine other largest populations in 2100, the United States stands out as it is more demographically advanced, politically stable, and economically stronger. However, while most other so-called "advanced countries" are projected to see their population decline drastically in the coming decades, the U.S. population is projected to continue growing into the 2100s. This will largely be driven by high rates of immigration into the U.S., which will drive growth despite fertility rates being around 1.6 births per woman (below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman), and the slowing rate of life expectancy. Current projections estimate the U.S. will have a net migration rate over 1.2 million people per year for the remainder of the century.