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 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations, medium fertility variant.
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Rank Country Population
World 8,403,077,000
1 India 1,495,374,000
2 China 1,416,061,000
3 United States 355,059,000
4 Indonesia 291,020,000
5 Pakistan 265,668,000
6 Nigeria 249,853,000
7 Brazil 214,599,000
8 Bangladesh 180,981,000
9 Ethiopia 144,105,000
10 Russia 142,859,000
11 Mexico 134,520,000
12 Egypt 122,727,000
13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 121,984,000
14 Japan 121,381,000
15 Philippines 119,122,000
16 Vietnam 102,997,000
17 Iran 94,155,000
18 Turkey 88,340,000
19 Germany 83,338,000
20 Tanzania 75,632,000
21 Thailand 71,450,000
22 United Kingdom 71,023,000
23 France 69,494,000
24 South Africa 66,488,000
25 Kenya 60,302,000
26 Italy 58,567,000
27 Myanmar 55,657,000
28 Sudan 55,358,000
29 Uganda 54,837,000
30 Colombia 54,660,000
31 South Korea 51,474,000
32 Iraq 49,475,000
33 Algeria 48,869,000
34 Spain 47,778,000
35 Afghanistan 46,862,000
36 Argentina 46,227,000
37 Yemen 44,737,000
38 Angola 42,021,000
39 Canada 40,936,000
40 Morocco 39,861,000
41 Ukraine 39,100,000
42 Uzbekistan 38,697,000
43 Mozambique 38,187,000
44 Poland 37,619,000
45 Malaysia 36,985,000
46 Ghana 36,644,000
47 Saudi Arabia 36,055,000
48 Peru 35,420,000
49 Madagascar 34,703,000
50 Ivory Coast 34,676,000
51 Cameroon 31,798,000
52 Niger 30,181,000
53 Nepal 29,804,000
54 Venezuela 28,823,000
55 Syria 27,648,000
56 Australia 27,597,000
57 Mali 27,057,000
58 North Korea 26,710,000
59 Burkina Faso 25,396,000
60 Malawi 23,659,000
61 Sri Lanka 23,517,000
62 Zambia 23,449,000
63 Taiwan 22,856,000
64 Chad 22,510,000
65 Kazakhstan 21,432,000
66 Somalia 21,283,000
67 Chile 20,065,000
68 Senegal 20,029,000
69 Guatemala 19,384,000
70 Netherlands 18,766,000
71 Ecuador 18,679,000
72 Romania 18,637,000
73 Cambodia 18,349,000
74 Zimbabwe 17,765,000
75 Guinea 15,956,000
76 Benin 15,709,000
77 Rwanda 15,381,000
78 Burundi 15,255,000
79 Bolivia 12,998,000
80 South Sudan 12,813,000
81 Tunisia 12,505,000
82 Haiti 12,233,000
83 Jordan 11,926,000
84 United Arab Emirates 11,839,000
85 Belgium 11,795,000
86 Dominican Republic 11,739,000
87 Honduras 11,451,000
88 Tajikistan 11,263,000
89 Papua New Guinea 11,223,000
90 Cuba 10,824,000
91 Sweden 10,761,000
92 Azerbaijan 10,536,000
93 Czech Republic 10,494,000
94 Portugal 10,369,000
95 Togo 10,249,000
96 Israel 9,845,000
97 Greece 9,832,000
98 Hungary 9,537,000
99 Sierra Leone 9,264,000
100 Austria 9,099,000
101 Switzerland 9,061,000
102 Belarus 8,845,000
103 Laos 8,122,000
104 Turkmenistan 7,901,000
105 Libya 7,673,000
106 Kyrgyzstan 7,555,000
107 Nicaragua 7,230,000
108 Paraguay 7,215,000
109 Republic of the Congo 6,874,000
110 Bulgaria 6,592,000
111 Serbia 6,575,000
112 El Salvador 6,429,000
113 Denmark 6,162,000
114 Liberia 6,056,000
115 Central African Republic 5,984,000
116 Lebanon 5,972,000
117 Singapore 5,957,000
118 Oman 5,878,000
Palestine 5,853,000
119 Norway 5,684,000
120 Mauritania 5,683,000
121 Finland 5,613,000
122 Slovakia 5,436,000
123 Ireland 5,425,000
124 New Zealand 5,351,000
125 Costa Rica 5,206,000
126 Kuwait 5,198,000
127 Panama 4,706,000
128 Eritrea 3,800,000
129 Georgia 3,800,000
130 Croatia 3,785,000
131 Mongolia 3,614,000
132 Uruguay 3,379,000
133 Namibia 3,243,000
134 Qatar 3,242,000
135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,075,000
136 Gambia 2,977,000
137 Moldova 2,918,000
138 Armenia 2,901,000
139 Jamaica 2,826,000
140 Lithuania 2,763,000
141 Gabon 2,729,000
142 Albania 2,722,000
143 Botswana 2,665,000
144 Lesotho 2,428,000
145 Guinea-Bissau 2,370,000
146 Slovenia 2,110,000
147 Equatorial Guinea 2,054,000
148 Latvia 1,814,000
149 North Macedonia 1,789,000
150 Bahrain 1,716,000
151 Kosovo 1,662,000
152 Trinidad and Tobago 1,515,000
153 East Timor 1,466,000
154 Cyprus 1,399,000
155 Estonia 1,320,000
156 Eswatini 1,290,000
157 Mauritius 1,260,000
158 Djibouti 1,223,000
159 Fiji 943,000
160 Comoros 923,000
161 Solomon Islands 888,000
162 Guyana 849,000
163 Bhutan 810,000
164 Luxembourg 698,000
165 Suriname 653,000
166 Montenegro 621,000
167 Malta 552,000
168 Maldives 534,000
169 Cape Verde 533,000
170 Brunei 475,000
171 Belize 437,000
172 Iceland 408,000
173 Bahamas 407,000
174 Vanuatu 354,000
175 Barbados 283,000
176 São Tomé and Príncipe 252,000
177 Samoa 222,000
178 Saint Lucia 181,000
179 Kiribati 141,000
180 Seychelles 138,000
181 Grenada 117,000
182 Federated States of Micronesia 115,000
183 Tonga 103,000
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 98,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 95,000
186 Andorra 85,000
187 Dominica 65,000
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47,000
189 Liechtenstein 41,000
190 Monaco 38,000
191 San Marino 34,000
192 Marshall Islands 33,000
193 Palau 18,000
194 Nauru 12,000
195 Tuvalu 9,000
196 Vatican City 1,000
Caveats and explanations
  • All data is based on the 2024 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 2023 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