Country or area Population (000)

Rank 1950 2000 2015 2025 2050

World 2,519,495 6,056,715 7,207,361 7,936,741 9,322,251

1 India 357,561 1,008,937 1,230,484 1,351,801 1,572,055

2 China 554,760 1,275,133 1,410,217 1,470,787 1,462,058

3 United States of America 157,813 283,230 321,225 346,822 397,063

4 Pakistan 39,659 141,256 204,267 250,981 344,170

5 Indonesia 79,538 212,092 250,068 272,911 311,335

6 Nigeria 29,790 113,862 165,313 202,957 278,788

7 Bangladesh 41,783 137,439 183,159 210,823 265,432

8 Brazil 53,975 170,406 201,393 218,980 247,244

10 Ethiopia 18,434 62,908 89,765 113,418 186,452

11 Mexico 27,737 98,872 119,175 130,194 146,651

12 Philippines 19,996 75,653 95,881 107,073 128,383

13 Vietnam 27,367 78,137 94,413 105,488 123,782

15 Egypt 21,834 67,884 84,425 94,777 113,840

16 Japan 83,625 127,096 127,522 123,798 109,220

17 Russian Federation 102,702 145,491 133,314 125,687 104,258

18 Yemen 4,316 18,349 33,118 48,206 102,379

19 Uganda 5,210 23,300 38,739 53,765 101,524

20 Turkey 20,809 66,668 79,004 86,611 98,818

21 Unites republic of Tanzania 7,886 35,119 49,343 60,395 82,740

22 Thailand 19,626 62,806 72,490 77,480 82,491

23 Afghanistan 8,151 21,765 35,577 45,193 72,267

24 Colombia 12,568 42,105 52,641 59,161 70,862

25 Germany 68,376 82,017 80,673 78,897 70,805

26 Myanmar 17,832 47,749 55,260 60,243 68,546

27 Sudan 9,190 31,095 42,433 49,556 63,530

28 France 41,829 59,238 61,892 62,753 61,832

29 Saudi Arabia 3,201 20,346 31,748 40,473 59,683

30 United Kingdom 50,616 59,415 60,566 61,243 58,933

31 Kenya 6,265 30,669 40,001 44,897 55,368

32 Argentina 17,150 37,032 43,498 47,160 54,522

33 Iraq 5,158 22,946 33,550 40,298 53,574

34 Angola 4,131 13,134 20,795 28,213 53,328

35 Nepal 8,502 23,043 32,138 38,706 52,415

36 Niger 2,500 10,832 18,482 25,725 51,872

37 Republic of Korea 20,357 46,740 50,631 52,065 51,560

38 Algeria 8,753 30,291 38,022 42,738 51,180

39 Morocco 8,953 29,878 37,680 42,002 50,361

40 South Africa 13,683 43,309 44,616 43,772 47,301

41 Madagascar 4,230 15,970 24,072 30,759 47,030

42 Burkina Faso 3,960 11,535 18,509 25,227 46,304

43 Italy 47,104 57,530 55,239 52,364 42,962

44 Venezuela 5,094 24,881 30,554 34,775 42,152

45 Peru 7,632 25,662 31,876 35,518 42,122

46 Mali 3,520 11,351 17,657 23,461 41,724

47 Somalia 2,264 8,778 15,405 21,192 40,936

48 Uzbekistan 6,314 24,881 30,554 34,203 40,513

49 Canada 13,737 30,757 34,419 36,717 40,407

50 Ghana 4,900 19,306 26,378 30,936 40,056

51 Mozambique 6,198 18,292 23,526 28,012 38,837

52 Malaysia 6,110 22,218 27,911 31,326 37,850

53 Syrian Arab Republic 3,495 16,189 23,206 27,410 36,345

54 Poland 24,824 38,605 38,035 37,254 33,370

55 Cameroon 4,466 14,876 20,226 23,986 32,284

57 Spain 28,009 39,910 39,018 37,395 31,282

58 Malawi 2,881 11,308 15,656 19,544 31,114

59 Ukraine 37,298 49,568 43,335 39,569 29,959

60 Cambodia 4,346 13,104 18,585 22,310 29,883

61 Zambia 2,440 10,421 14,796 19,026 29,262

63 Chad 2,658 7,885 12,376 16,383 27,732

64 Guatemala 2,969 11,385 16,329 19,624 26,551

65 Australia 1 8,219 19,138 21,910 23,523 26,502

66 Zimbabwe 2,744 12,627 16,368 18,672 23,546

67 Sri Lanka 7,483 18,924 21,451 22,529 23,066

68 Chile 6,082 15,211 17,912 19,548 22,732

69 Senegal 2,500 9,421 13,516 16,511 22,711

70 Guinea 2,550 8,154 11,300 14,120 20,711

71 Burundi 2,456 6,356 9,835 12,390 20,218

72 Rwanda 2,120 7,609 10,504 12,883 18,523

73 Romania 16,311 22,438 21,437 20,585 18,150

74 Benin 2,046 6,272 9,448 11,992 18,070

75 Bolivia 2,714 8,329 11,218 13,131 16,966

76 Netherlands 10,114 15,864 16,420 16,571 15,845

77 Kazakhstan 6,703 16,172 15,957 16,090 15,302

78 Liberia 824 2,913 5,550 7,638 14,370

79 Sierra Leone 1,944 4,405 7,115 9,052 14,351

80 Tunisia 3,530 9,459 11,257 12,343 14,076

81 Haiti 3,261 8,142 10,215 11,549 13,982

82 Honduras 1,380 6,417 8,703 10,106 12,845

83 Paraguay 1,488 5,496 7,773 9,355 12,565

84 Togo 1,329 4,527 6,576 8,219 11,832

86 Jordan 472 4,913 7,191 8,666 11,709

87 Nicaragua 1,134 5,071 7,216 8,606 11,477

89 Papua New Guinea 1,613 4,809 6,642 8,023 10,980

90 El Salvador 1,951 6,278 7,979 8,975 10,855

91 Cuba 5,850 11,199 11,644 11,733 10,764

92 Congo 808 3,018 4,730 6,284 10,744

93 Israel 1,258 6,040 7,714 8,486 10,065

94 Eritrea 1,140 3,659 5,720 7,063 10,028

95 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1,029 5,290 7,058 7,972 9,969

96 Tajikistan 1,532 6,087 7,097 8,066 9,763

98 Belgium 8,639 10,249 10,272 10,205 9,583

99 Yugoslavia 7,131 10,552 10,309 10,044 9,030

100 Portugal 8,405 10,016 10,030 9,831 9,006

101 Greece 7,566 10,610 10,472 10,149 8,983

102 Azerbaijan 2,896 8,041 8,725 9,076 8,897

103 Oman 456 2,538 4,110 5,411 8,751

104 Czech Republic 8,925 10,272 10,028 9,727 8,429

105 Turkmenistan 1,211 4,737 6,059 6,844 8,401

106 Belarus 7,745 10,187 9,664 9,335 8,305

107 Central African Republic 1,314 3,717 4,877 5,886 8,195

108 Sweden 7,014 8,842 8,625 8,518 7,777

109 Kyrgyzstan 1,740 4,921 5,836 6,460 7,538

110 Hungary 9,338 9,968 9,254 8,783 7,486

111 Costa Rica 862 4,024 5,233 5,929 7,195

112 Austria 6,935 8,080 7,848 7,605 6,452

113 Switzerland 4,694 7,170 6,972 6,729 5,607

114 Bhutan 734 2,085 3,070 3,843 5,569

115 Ireland 2,969 3,803 4,410 4,745 5,366

116 Denmark 4,271 5,320 5,372 5,359 5,080

117 Lebanon 1,443 3,496 4,219 4,581 5,018

118 Norway 3,265 4,469 4,670 4,800 4,880

119 Puerto Rico 2,218 3,915 4,390 4,615 4,835

120 Finland 4,009 5,172 5,180 5,138 4,693

121 Slovakia 3,463 5,399 5,420 5,317 4,674

122 Singapore 1,022 4,018 4,756 4,998 4,620

123 Bulgaria 7,251 7,949 6,816 6,125 4,531

124 New Zealand 1,908 3,778 4,141 4,302 4,439

125 Panama 860 2,856 3,451 3,779 4,262

126 Uruguay 2,239 3,337 3,670 3,871 4,249

127 Croatia 3,850 4,654 4,622 4,519 4,179

128 Mongolia 761 2,533 3,085 3,478 4,146

129 Kuwait 152 1,914 2,766 3,219 4,001

130 Albania 1,215 3,134 3,439 3,676 3,905

131 Jamaica 1,403 2,576 2,957 3,264 3,815

132 United Arab Emirates 70 2,606 3,230 3,468 3,709

133 Namibia 511 1,757 2,313 2,776 3,662

134 Republic of Moldova 2,341 4,295 4,152 4,052 3,577

135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,661 3,977 4,279 4,165 3,458

136 Guinea-Bissau 505 1,199 1,727 2,170 3,276

137 Georgia 3,527 5,262 4,775 4,377 3,219

138 Gabon 469 1,230 1,757 2,178 3,164

139 Armenia 1,354 3,787 3,808 3,736 3,150

140 Lithuania 2,567 3,696 3,538 3,418 2,989

141 Gambia 294 1,303 1,781 2,077 2,605

142 Lesotho 734 2,035 2,141 2,225 2,478

143 Botswana 389 1,541 1,694 1,826 2,109

144 Comoros 173 706 1,067 1,327 1,900

145 TFYR Macedonia 8 1,230 2,034 2,075 2,067 1,894

146 Latvia 1,949 2,421 2,225 2,090 1,744

147 Slovenia 1,473 1,988 1,926 1,847 1,527

148 Solomon Islands 90 447 719 943 1,458

149 Mauritius 493 1,161 1,301 1,374 1,426

150 Swaziland 264 925 1,022 1,138 1,391

151 Equatorial Guinea 226 457 692 889 1,378

152 Trinidad and Tobago 636 1,294 1,392 1,437 1,378

153 Djibouti 62 632 703 801 1,068

154 Bahrain 116 640 793 887 1,008

155 Reunion 248 721 845 911 1,002

156 Fiji 289 814 925 954 916

157 Cyprus 494 784 864 899 910

158 Maldives 82 291 453 580 868

159 Qatar 25 565 693 754 831

160 Cape Verde 146 427 567 647 807

161 Estonia 1,101 1,393 1,190 1,062 752

162 Luxembourg 296 437 518 576 715

163 Western Sahara 14 252 368 438 599

164 Brunei Darussalam 48 328 417 473 565

165 China, Macao SAR 3 190 444 499 529 527

166 Guyana 423 761 749 703 504

167 French Guiana 25 165 255 326 503

168 Guadeloupe 210 428 471 487 479

169 Vanuatu 48 197 282 342 462

170 Bahamas 79 304 359 393 449

171 Suriname 215 417 437 442 418

172 Martinique 222 383 410 421 413

173 Malta 312 390 411 418 400

174 New Caledonia 65 215 178 316 397

175 Belize 69 226 287 324 392

176 French Polynesia 61 233 288 318 372

177 Iceland 143 279 305 319 333

178 Guam 60 155 209 242 307

179 Sao Tome and Principe 60 138 178 208 294

180 Micronesia (Fed. state of) 32 123 172 204 269

181 Barbados 211 267 281 285 263

182 Netherlands Antilles 112 215 242 255 259

183 Aruba 57 101 157 194 242

184 Samoa 82 159 179 200 223

185 Northern Mariana Islands 7 73 124 157 216

186 Andorra 4 86 146 181 193

187 Saint Lucia 79 148 169 179 189

188 American Samoa 19 68 104 129 172

189 United States Virgin Islands 27 121 140 151 167

190 Seychelles 34 80 97 110 145

191 Kiribati 32 83 100 112 138

192 Saint Vincent and Grenadines 67 113 123 129 138

193 Tonga 41 99 105 110 125

194 Channel Islands 102 144 143 139 120

195 Grenada 76 94 97 100 105

196 Cayman Islands 6 38 59 72 89

197 Marshall Islands 13 51 62 69 85

198 Isle of Man 56 75 83 84 81

199 Bermuda 37 63 69 73 79

200 Antigua and Barbuda 46 65 68 70 73

201 Dominica 51 71 70 70 72

202 Greenland 23 56 58 59 62

203 Faroe Islands 32 46 52 55 55

204 British Virgin Islands 6 24 32 35 39

205 Liechtenstein 14 33 37 39 39

206 Turks and Caicos Islands 5 17 26 31 39

207 Palau 6 19 26 30 39

208 Monaco 20 33 37 39 38

209 Saint Kitts and Nevis 44 38 35 34 34

210 San Marino 15 27 31 32 30

211 Cook Islands 15 20 22 23 27

212 Nauru 3 12 17 20 26

213 Anguilla 5 11 16 19 23

214 Gibraltar 21 27 26 25 21

215 Wallis and Futuna Islands 7 14 16 17 19

216 Tuvalu 5 10 12 14 16

217 Montserrat 14 4 6 7 11

218 Saint Helena 7 5 6 7 8 10

219 Saint Pierre and Miqueleon 5 7 8 8 9

220 Falkland Islands 2 2 3 3 4

221 Niue 5 2 2 2 2

222 Holy See 4 1 1 1 1 1

223 Tokelau 2 1 1 1 1

224 Pitcairn 6 0 0 0 0 0

225 Dominican Republic N/A 8,737 N/A N/A N/A

226 East Timor N/A 737 N/A N/A N/A

227 Ecuador N/A 12,646 N/A N/A N/A

Source: United nations Population Division.

1 Including Christmas Islands, Cocos (keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.

2 As July 1 st 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Ch

3 As December 20 th 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Ch

4 Refers to the Vatican City State.

5 Including Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.

6 The population of Pitcairn is 68 in 2000 and remains constant till 2050 .

7 Including Ascencion and Tristan da Cunha.