Countries by Population in the Year 2028

This page lists the projected population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2028. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations, medium fertility variant.
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Rank Country Population
World 8,371,602,000
1 India 1,485,697,000
2 China 1,429,249,000
3 United States 351,553,000
4 Indonesia 287,258,000
5 Pakistan 261,927,000
6 Nigeria 248,387,000
7 Brazil 221,525,000
8 Bangladesh 180,566,000
9 Russia 142,463,000
10 Ethiopia 141,074,000
11 Mexico 132,487,000
12 Philippines 125,206,000
13 Egypt 120,726,000
14 Japan 120,258,000
15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 118,057,000
16 Vietnam 101,495,000
17 Iran 91,764,000
18 Turkey 87,787,000
19 Germany 83,017,000
20 Tanzania 76,565,000
21 Thailand 72,058,000
22 United Kingdom 69,242,000
23 France 68,161,000
24 South Africa 63,221,000
25 Kenya 60,182,000
26 Italy 58,049,000
27 Myanmar 56,211,000
28 Uganda 54,784,000
29 Sudan 53,787,000
30 Colombia 53,372,000
31 South Korea 51,524,000
32 Iraq 50,145,000
33 Algeria 48,421,000
34 Afghanistan 47,408,000
35 Spain 47,262,000
36 Argentina 47,021,000
37 Angola 41,867,000
38 Canada 40,229,000
39 Morocco 40,063,000
40 Saudi Arabia 39,246,000
41 Poland 38,975,000
42 Ukraine 38,967,000
43 Mozambique 38,337,000
44 Yemen 37,957,000
45 Uzbekistan 37,281,000
46 Ghana 37,101,000
47 Malaysia 35,887,000
48 Peru 35,860,000
49 Madagascar 33,679,000
50 Nepal 32,387,000
51 Ivory Coast 32,241,000
52 Niger 32,154,000
53 Cameroon 32,074,000
54 Venezuela 31,088,000
55 Syria 27,818,000
56 Australia 27,593,000
57 Mali 26,684,000
58 North Korea 26,474,000
59 Burkina Faso 25,958,000
60 Taiwan 24,017,000
61 Malawi 23,465,000
62 Zambia 23,171,000
63 Sri Lanka 22,107,000
64 Chad 20,912,000
65 Somalia 20,765,000
66 Kazakhstan 20,602,000
67 Senegal 19,883,000
68 Chile 19,791,000
69 Guatemala 19,326,000
70 Romania 19,174,000
71 Ecuador 19,030,000
72 Zimbabwe 18,270,000
73 Netherlands 18,021,000
74 Cambodia 17,701,000
75 Guinea 15,743,000
76 Rwanda 15,551,000
77 Benin 15,409,000
78 Burundi 14,857,000
79 Bolivia 13,191,000
80 Tunisia 12,898,000
81 Haiti 12,360,000
82 South Sudan 11,995,000
83 Belgium 11,812,000
84 Dominican Republic 11,765,000
85 Jordan 11,652,000
86 Honduras 11,330,000
87 Papua New Guinea 11,161,000
88 Cuba 11,090,000
89 Tajikistan 10,971,000
90 Sweden 10,877,000
91 Azerbaijan 10,616,000
92 Czech Republic 10,518,000
93 Greece 10,163,000
94 Portugal 10,132,000
95 Togo 10,004,000
96 United Arab Emirates 9,841,000
97 Israel 9,792,000
98 Hungary 9,722,000
99 Sierra Leone 9,635,000
100 Belarus 9,310,000
101 Switzerland 9,030,000
102 Austria 9,030,000
103 Laos 8,086,000
104 Nicaragua 7,468,000
105 Paraguay 7,235,000
106 Libya 7,219,000
107 Kyrgyzstan 7,192,000
108 Serbia 6,949,000
109 Turkmenistan 6,862,000
110 Republic of the Congo 6,741,000
111 Central African Republic 6,583,000
112 El Salvador 6,495,000
113 Bulgaria 6,429,000
114 Singapore 6,176,000
115 Denmark 6,150,000
116 Liberia 5,965,000
Palestine 5,937,000
117 Norway 5,653,000
118 Slovakia 5,573,000
119 Finland 5,562,000
120 Mauritania 5,473,000
121 New Zealand 5,427,000
122 Costa Rica 5,360,000
123 Ireland 5,196,000
124 Oman 4,941,000
125 Lebanon 4,859,000
126 Panama 4,729,000
127 Kuwait 4,477,000
128 Eritrea 4,080,000
129 Croatia 3,908,000
130 Georgia 3,686,000
131 Mongolia 3,641,000
132 Uruguay 3,424,000
133 Moldova 3,188,000
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,148,000
135 Gambia 3,086,000
136 Botswana 2,870,000
137 Jamaica 2,816,000
138 Albania 2,808,000
139 Qatar 2,806,000
140 Namibia 2,801,000
141 Armenia 2,771,000
142 Gabon 2,654,000
143 Lithuania 2,612,000
144 Lesotho 2,443,000
145 Guinea-Bissau 2,364,000
146 Slovenia 2,113,000
147 North Macedonia 2,079,000
148 Equatorial Guinea 1,897,000
149 Latvia 1,745,000
150 Kosovo 1,681,000
151 Trinidad and Tobago 1,546,000
152 Bahrain 1,543,000
153 East Timor 1,448,000
154 Mauritius 1,305,000
155 Estonia 1,303,000
156 Cyprus 1,295,000
157 Eswatini 1,268,000
158 Djibouti 1,208,000
159 Fiji 968,000
160 Comoros 921,000
161 Guyana 837,000
162 Solomon Islands 814,000
163 Bhutan 810,000
164 Luxembourg 683,000
165 Suriname 647,000
166 Cape Verde 625,000
167 Montenegro 624,000
168 Malta 542,000
169 Maldives 512,000
170 Brunei 466,000
171 Belize 437,000
172 Bahamas 424,000
173 Iceland 385,000
174 Vanuatu 370,000
175 Barbados 283,000
176 São Tomé and Príncipe 253,000
177 Samoa 240,000
178 Saint Lucia 182,000
179 Kiribati 143,000
180 Grenada 129,000
181 Federated States of Micronesia 120,000
182 Tonga 112,000
183 Seychelles 110,000
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 104,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 96,000
186 Andorra 81,000
187 Dominica 74,000
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 48,000
189 Marshall Islands 44,000
190 Liechtenstein 41,000
191 Monaco 36,000
192 San Marino 34,000
193 Palau 18,000
194 Nauru 13,000
195 Tuvalu 12,000
196 Vatican City 1,000
Caveats and explanations
  • All data is based on the 2022 edition of the UN World Population prospects.
  • Historical records are based on the current territory of the country. For example, the population of Germany in 1970 includes both East Germany and West Germany.
  • Years after 2021 are projections based on the UN's "medium fertility" scenario.
  • Country population includes all overseas territories and autonomous regions. For example, population for the United States includes Puerto Rico.
  • Morocco includes Western Sahara.
  • Population for Israel does NOT include Palestine.
Population by Year