Countries by Population in the Year 2040

This page lists the projected population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2040. 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 9,158,747,000
1 India 1,607,764,000
2 China 1,388,167,000
3 United States 369,376,000
4 Pakistan 320,226,000
5 Nigeria 317,870,000
6 Indonesia 307,522,000
7 Brazil 229,961,000
8 Bangladesh 196,055,000
9 Ethiopia 180,415,000
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 167,742,000
11 Philippines 144,310,000
12 Egypt 142,512,000
13 Mexico 140,817,000
14 Russia 137,314,000
15 Japan 111,534,000
16 Vietnam 105,785,000
17 Tanzania 103,746,000
18 Iran 96,362,000
19 Turkey 92,879,000
20 Germany 81,297,000
21 Kenya 74,201,000
22 Uganda 72,277,000
23 United Kingdom 71,182,000
24 Thailand 71,023,000
25 Sudan 69,687,000
26 South Africa 69,488,000
27 France 69,341,000
28 Iraq 63,248,000
29 Afghanistan 61,582,000
30 Myanmar 59,063,000
31 Angola 57,410,000
32 Colombia 56,228,000
33 Italy 55,386,000
34 Algeria 54,657,000
35 Mozambique 51,241,000
36 Argentina 49,913,000
37 South Korea 49,461,000
38 Niger 48,770,000
39 Yemen 47,398,000
40 Spain 46,114,000
41 Ghana 45,253,000
42 Saudi Arabia 44,678,000
43 Canada 43,700,000
44 Morocco 43,627,000
45 Madagascar 43,123,000
46 Ivory Coast 42,155,000
47 Cameroon 41,988,000
48 Uzbekistan 41,875,000
49 Peru 39,585,000
50 Malaysia 39,173,000
51 Mali 37,214,000
52 Poland 37,144,000
53 Ukraine 35,788,000
54 Nepal 35,464,000
55 Syria 34,923,000
56 Venezuela 34,374,000
57 Burkina Faso 33,721,000
58 Malawi 30,751,000
59 Zambia 30,653,000
60 Australia 30,257,000
61 Chad 28,847,000
62 Somalia 28,738,000
63 North Korea 26,464,000
64 Senegal 26,279,000
65 Taiwan 23,651,000
66 Kazakhstan 23,172,000
67 Zimbabwe 22,728,000
68 Guatemala 22,433,000
69 Sri Lanka 22,272,000
70 Ecuador 21,025,000
71 Chile 20,553,000
72 Benin 20,397,000
73 Guinea 20,006,000
74 Burundi 19,712,000
75 Rwanda 19,556,000
76 Cambodia 19,341,000
77 Romania 18,336,000
78 Netherlands 18,272,000
79 Bolivia 15,175,000
80 South Sudan 15,010,000
81 Haiti 13,929,000
82 Tunisia 13,738,000
83 Jordan 13,456,000
84 Papua New Guinea 13,279,000
85 Tajikistan 13,255,000
86 Honduras 13,072,000
87 Togo 12,817,000
88 Dominican Republic 12,673,000
89 Belgium 12,051,000
90 Sierra Leone 11,851,000
91 Israel 11,470,000
92 Sweden 11,436,000
93 Azerbaijan 10,979,000
94 Cuba 10,639,000
95 United Arab Emirates 10,627,000
96 Czech Republic 10,502,000
97 Portugal 9,750,000
98 Greece 9,662,000
99 Switzerland 9,481,000
100 Hungary 9,267,000
101 Central African Republic 9,204,000
102 Laos 9,109,000
103 Austria 9,051,000
104 Belarus 8,815,000
105 Republic of the Congo 8,636,000
106 Nicaragua 8,443,000
107 Kyrgyzstan 8,392,000
108 Paraguay 8,055,000
109 Libya 8,026,000
110 Turkmenistan 7,665,000
111 Liberia 7,528,000
Palestine 7,502,000
112 Mauritania 7,271,000
113 El Salvador 6,682,000
114 Denmark 6,412,000
115 Singapore 6,406,000
116 Serbia 6,342,000
117 Norway 6,076,000
118 New Zealand 5,780,000
119 Bulgaria 5,755,000
120 Oman 5,658,000
121 Costa Rica 5,636,000
122 Finland 5,539,000
123 Ireland 5,519,000
124 Slovakia 5,410,000
125 Panama 5,331,000
126 Eritrea 5,102,000
127 Kuwait 4,912,000
128 Lebanon 4,730,000
129 Mongolia 4,107,000
130 Gambia 3,949,000
131 Croatia 3,614,000
132 Georgia 3,534,000
133 Uruguay 3,408,000
134 Botswana 3,337,000
135 Namibia 3,325,000
136 Gabon 3,244,000
137 Moldova 3,087,000
138 Qatar 3,075,000
139 Guinea-Bissau 2,952,000
140 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,950,000
141 Lesotho 2,710,000
142 Jamaica 2,705,000
143 Armenia 2,688,000
144 Albania 2,669,000
145 Equatorial Guinea 2,387,000
146 Lithuania 2,370,000
147 Slovenia 2,067,000
148 North Macedonia 2,014,000
149 Kosovo 1,713,000
150 Bahrain 1,693,000
151 East Timor 1,660,000
152 Latvia 1,561,000
153 Trinidad and Tobago 1,534,000
154 Eswatini 1,481,000
155 Djibouti 1,384,000
156 Cyprus 1,359,000
157 Mauritius 1,286,000
158 Estonia 1,234,000
159 Comoros 1,100,000
160 Fiji 1,047,000
161 Solomon Islands 1,026,000
162 Guyana 873,000
163 Bhutan 859,000
164 Luxembourg 743,000
165 Suriname 698,000
166 Cape Verde 688,000
167 Montenegro 608,000
168 Maldives 540,000
169 Malta 538,000
170 Belize 498,000
171 Brunei 492,000
172 Vanuatu 477,000
173 Bahamas 446,000
174 Iceland 403,000
175 São Tomé and Príncipe 314,000
176 Samoa 282,000
177 Barbados 279,000
178 Saint Lucia 183,000
179 Kiribati 168,000
180 Grenada 134,000
181 Federated States of Micronesia 131,000
182 Tonga 123,000
183 Seychelles 115,000
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 104,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 100,000
186 Andorra 82,000
187 Dominica 76,000
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 48,000
189 Marshall Islands 48,000
190 Liechtenstein 42,000
191 Monaco 36,000
192 San Marino 33,000
193 Palau 17,000
194 Nauru 14,000
195 Tuvalu 13,000
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