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 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations, medium fertility variant.
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Rank Country Population
World 9,149,331,000
1 India 1,618,707,000
2 China 1,353,719,000
3 United States 372,737,000
4 Pakistan 322,538,000
5 Indonesia 311,157,000
6 Nigeria 310,248,000
7 Brazil 219,188,000
8 Bangladesh 201,909,000
9 Ethiopia 186,641,000
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 170,435,000
11 Mexico 144,320,000
12 Egypt 144,307,000
13 Russia 138,415,000
14 Philippines 129,206,000
15 Japan 112,526,000
16 Vietnam 108,276,000
17 Tanzania 102,779,000
18 Iran 99,356,000
19 Turkey 90,951,000
20 Germany 80,660,000
21 United Kingdom 74,239,000
22 South Africa 73,766,000
23 Kenya 73,586,000
24 Uganda 71,346,000
25 Sudan 71,071,000
26 France 70,723,000
27 Thailand 69,653,000
28 Afghanistan 62,637,000
29 Iraq 61,704,000
30 Yemen 58,602,000
31 Colombia 58,491,000
32 Angola 58,229,000
33 Myanmar 58,115,000
34 Italy 55,366,000
35 Algeria 54,636,000
36 Mozambique 51,548,000
37 South Korea 49,103,000
38 Argentina 47,769,000
39 Spain 46,655,000
40 Uzbekistan 45,751,000
41 Ivory Coast 45,259,000
42 Madagascar 44,432,000
43 Ghana 44,256,000
44 Canada 43,858,000
45 Morocco 42,801,000
46 Saudi Arabia 42,335,000
47 Niger 41,816,000
48 Cameroon 41,770,000
49 Malaysia 41,349,000
50 Peru 38,684,000
51 Mali 36,980,000
52 Ukraine 35,427,000
53 Poland 35,291,000
54 Syria 34,335,000
55 Nepal 32,807,000
56 Burkina Faso 31,925,000
57 Zambia 31,222,000
58 Malawi 30,998,000
59 Chad 30,950,000
60 Venezuela 30,444,000
61 Australia 30,252,000
62 Somalia 29,522,000
63 North Korea 26,571,000
64 Senegal 25,567,000
65 Sri Lanka 24,500,000
66 Kazakhstan 24,130,000
67 Guatemala 22,510,000
68 Zimbabwe 22,065,000
69 Taiwan 21,336,000
70 Chile 20,540,000
71 Cambodia 20,463,000
72 Ecuador 20,376,000
73 Benin 20,247,000
74 Guinea 19,992,000
75 Burundi 19,926,000
76 Rwanda 19,258,000
77 Netherlands 19,250,000
78 Romania 17,268,000
79 South Sudan 15,976,000
80 Bolivia 14,831,000
81 Jordan 14,360,000
82 Haiti 13,679,000
83 United Arab Emirates 13,614,000
84 Tajikistan 13,613,000
85 Honduras 13,411,000
86 Papua New Guinea 13,295,000
87 Togo 13,002,000
88 Tunisia 12,941,000
89 Dominican Republic 12,553,000
90 Belgium 11,890,000
91 Israel 11,507,000
92 Sierra Leone 11,313,000
93 Azerbaijan 11,067,000
94 Sweden 11,066,000
95 Cuba 10,159,000
96 Czech Republic 10,122,000
97 Portugal 10,096,000
98 Greece 9,297,000
99 Switzerland 9,271,000
100 Laos 9,134,000
101 Hungary 9,086,000
102 Republic of the Congo 8,990,000
103 Austria 8,942,000
104 Turkmenistan 8,893,000
105 Kyrgyzstan 8,710,000
106 Libya 8,616,000
107 Central African Republic 8,425,000
108 Nicaragua 8,157,000
109 Belarus 8,095,000
110 Paraguay 8,057,000
111 Liberia 7,617,000
112 Mauritania 7,598,000
Palestine 7,231,000
113 Oman 6,889,000
114 El Salvador 6,636,000
115 Lebanon 6,596,000
116 Denmark 6,248,000
117 Singapore 6,196,000
118 Serbia 6,011,000
119 Bulgaria 5,935,000
120 Norway 5,850,000
121 Kuwait 5,805,000
122 Ireland 5,805,000
123 New Zealand 5,620,000
124 Finland 5,487,000
125 Costa Rica 5,367,000
126 Panama 5,267,000
127 Slovakia 5,204,000
128 Eritrea 4,824,000
129 Mongolia 4,074,000
130 Namibia 3,935,000
131 Georgia 3,736,000
132 Gambia 3,703,000
133 Qatar 3,690,000
134 Croatia 3,500,000
135 Gabon 3,422,000
136 Uruguay 3,339,000
137 Botswana 3,110,000
138 Guinea-Bissau 2,946,000
139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,760,000
140 Lesotho 2,745,000
141 Jamaica 2,685,000
142 Armenia 2,675,000
143 Equatorial Guinea 2,640,000
144 Moldova 2,581,000
145 Lithuania 2,496,000
146 Albania 2,473,000
147 Slovenia 2,049,000
148 Bahrain 1,942,000
149 East Timor 1,709,000
150 Kosovo 1,674,000
151 North Macedonia 1,648,000
152 Latvia 1,647,000
153 Cyprus 1,483,000
154 Trinidad and Tobago 1,476,000
155 Eswatini 1,425,000
156 Djibouti 1,399,000
157 Estonia 1,240,000
158 Mauritius 1,199,000
159 Solomon Islands 1,126,000
160 Comoros 1,125,000
161 Fiji 983,000
162 Guyana 905,000
163 Bhutan 861,000
164 Luxembourg 761,000
165 Suriname 705,000
166 Montenegro 576,000
167 Maldives 563,000
168 Cape Verde 557,000
169 Malta 552,000
170 Brunei 505,000
171 Belize 490,000
172 Vanuatu 447,000
173 Iceland 429,000
174 Bahamas 420,000
175 São Tomé and Príncipe 313,000
176 Barbados 277,000
177 Samoa 246,000
178 Saint Lucia 180,000
179 Kiribati 164,000
180 Seychelles 142,000
181 Federated States of Micronesia 121,000
182 Grenada 117,000
183 Tonga 102,000
184 Antigua and Barbuda 97,000
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 93,000
186 Andorra 86,000
187 Dominica 64,000
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46,000
189 Liechtenstein 42,000
190 Monaco 37,000
191 San Marino 34,000
192 Marshall Islands 27,000
193 Palau 17,000
194 Nauru 14,000
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