Countries by Population in the Year 2042

This page lists the projected population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 2042. 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 9,275,593,000
1 India 1,623,048,000
2 China 1,378,055,000
3 United States 371,585,000
4 Pakistan 329,638,000
5 Nigeria 329,509,000
6 Indonesia 310,021,000
7 Brazil 230,585,000
8 Bangladesh 197,892,000
9 Ethiopia 186,975,000
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 176,866,000
11 Philippines 147,123,000
12 Egypt 146,147,000
13 Mexico 141,727,000
14 Russia 136,511,000
15 Japan 110,030,000
16 Tanzania 108,607,000
17 Vietnam 106,171,000
18 Iran 96,978,000
19 Turkey 93,582,000
20 Germany 80,907,000
21 Kenya 76,419,000
22 Uganda 75,221,000
23 Sudan 72,452,000
24 United Kingdom 71,446,000
25 Thailand 70,578,000
26 South Africa 70,382,000
27 France 69,410,000
28 Iraq 65,447,000
29 Afghanistan 63,973,000
30 Angola 60,198,000
31 Myanmar 59,330,000
32 Colombia 56,494,000
33 Algeria 55,703,000
34 Italy 54,867,000
35 Mozambique 53,475,000
36 Niger 51,998,000
37 Argentina 50,310,000
38 Yemen 48,960,000
39 South Korea 48,882,000
40 Ghana 46,622,000
41 Spain 45,839,000
42 Saudi Arabia 45,482,000
43 Madagascar 44,730,000
44 Canada 44,178,000
45 Morocco 44,130,000
46 Ivory Coast 43,885,000
47 Cameroon 43,736,000
48 Uzbekistan 42,622,000
49 Peru 40,116,000
50 Malaysia 39,590,000
51 Mali 39,119,000
52 Poland 36,738,000
53 Nepal 35,878,000
54 Syria 35,699,000
55 Ukraine 35,260,000
56 Burkina Faso 35,041,000
57 Venezuela 34,739,000
58 Malawi 31,982,000
59 Zambia 31,938,000
60 Australia 30,648,000
61 Chad 30,276,000
62 Somalia 30,173,000
63 Senegal 27,440,000
64 North Korea 26,369,000
65 Kazakhstan 23,630,000
66 Taiwan 23,474,000
67 Zimbabwe 23,463,000
68 Guatemala 22,895,000
69 Sri Lanka 22,234,000
70 Ecuador 21,300,000
71 Benin 21,295,000
72 Guinea 20,722,000
73 Chile 20,619,000
74 Burundi 20,579,000
75 Rwanda 20,227,000
76 Cambodia 19,558,000
77 Netherlands 18,256,000
78 Romania 18,174,000
79 South Sudan 15,507,000
80 Bolivia 15,473,000
81 Haiti 14,169,000
82 Tunisia 13,863,000
83 Jordan 13,785,000
84 Tajikistan 13,650,000
85 Papua New Guinea 13,610,000
86 Honduras 13,323,000
87 Togo 13,315,000
88 Dominican Republic 12,791,000
89 Sierra Leone 12,201,000
90 Belgium 12,074,000
91 Israel 11,760,000
92 Sweden 11,525,000
93 Azerbaijan 10,994,000
94 United Arab Emirates 10,777,000
95 Cuba 10,540,000
96 Czech Republic 10,511,000
97 Portugal 9,670,000
98 Central African Republic 9,653,000
99 Greece 9,574,000
100 Switzerland 9,540,000
101 Laos 9,253,000
102 Hungary 9,180,000
103 Austria 9,036,000
104 Republic of the Congo 8,969,000
105 Belarus 8,739,000
106 Kyrgyzstan 8,599,000
107 Nicaragua 8,584,000
108 Paraguay 8,169,000
109 Libya 8,145,000
110 Turkmenistan 7,794,000
111 Liberia 7,792,000
Palestine 7,767,000
112 Mauritania 7,581,000
113 El Salvador 6,687,000
114 Denmark 6,444,000
115 Singapore 6,410,000
116 Serbia 6,234,000
117 Norway 6,138,000
118 New Zealand 5,823,000
119 Oman 5,784,000
120 Costa Rica 5,662,000
121 Bulgaria 5,644,000
122 Ireland 5,567,000
123 Finland 5,527,000
124 Panama 5,418,000
125 Slovakia 5,370,000
126 Eritrea 5,272,000
127 Kuwait 4,982,000
128 Lebanon 4,778,000
129 Mongolia 4,190,000
130 Gambia 4,092,000
131 Croatia 3,561,000
132 Georgia 3,507,000
133 Namibia 3,413,000
134 Botswana 3,408,000
135 Uruguay 3,399,000
136 Gabon 3,344,000
137 Qatar 3,129,000
138 Moldova 3,066,000
139 Guinea-Bissau 3,049,000
140 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,912,000
141 Lesotho 2,750,000
142 Jamaica 2,673,000
143 Armenia 2,669,000
144 Albania 2,634,000
145 Equatorial Guinea 2,467,000
146 Lithuania 2,333,000
147 Slovenia 2,057,000
148 North Macedonia 1,997,000
149 Bahrain 1,717,000
150 Kosovo 1,711,000
151 East Timor 1,691,000
152 Latvia 1,535,000
153 Trinidad and Tobago 1,528,000
154 Eswatini 1,516,000
155 Djibouti 1,410,000
156 Cyprus 1,366,000
157 Mauritius 1,277,000
158 Estonia 1,222,000
159 Comoros 1,129,000
160 Solomon Islands 1,064,000
161 Fiji 1,058,000
162 Guyana 876,000
163 Bhutan 864,000
164 Luxembourg 751,000
165 Suriname 705,000
166 Cape Verde 697,000
167 Montenegro 604,000
168 Maldives 546,000
169 Malta 535,000
170 Belize 507,000
171 Vanuatu 496,000
172 Brunei 495,000
173 Bahamas 448,000
174 Iceland 405,000
175 São Tomé and Príncipe 324,000
176 Samoa 289,000
177 Barbados 277,000
178 Saint Lucia 183,000
179 Kiribati 172,000
180 Grenada 135,000
181 Federated States of Micronesia 132,000
182 Tonga 125,000
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 Marshall Islands 49,000
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 48,000
190 Liechtenstein 42,000
191 Monaco 37,000
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