How many people are there in the world?
Right now, according to UN estimates
8,322,524,838
| Today | In 2026 | |
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Every second, about 4.2 people are born and 2 die.
About 8.32 billion people live in the world right now. About 363,000 are born and 174,000 die every day, so the population grows by about 189,000 people a day: 0.83% a year, and more slowly each year.
In 1950 there were about 2.49 billion people, and in 2000, 6.17 billion. The UN expects the world population to peak around 2084, at about 10.29 billion, and then to start falling slowly. The most populous country is India, with about 1.48 billion, followed by China, with 1.41 billion.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.
Countries and territories by population
| # | Country or territory | Population | % of world | Annual growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1,480,583,674 | 17.79% | +0.86% |
| 2 | China | 1,411,889,268 | 16.96% | -0.22% |
| 3 | United States | 349,570,525 | 4.20% | +0.49% |
| 4 | Indonesia | 288,549,857 | 3.47% | +0.74% |
| 5 | Pakistan | 260,627,134 | 3.13% | +1.59% |
| 6 | Nigeria | 243,985,704 | 2.93% | +2.03% |
| 7 | Brazil | 213,783,502 | 2.57% | +0.34% |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 178,483,995 | 2.14% | +1.19% |
| 9 | Russia | 143,283,458 | 1.72% | -0.23% |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 139,989,152 | 1.68% | +2.48% |
| 11 | Mexico | 133,319,737 | 1.60% | +0.78% |
| 12 | Japan | 122,207,159 | 1.47% | -0.56% |
| 13 | Egypt | 120,651,329 | 1.45% | +1.44% |
| 14 | Philippines | 118,018,706 | 1.42% | +0.79% |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 117,604,047 | 1.41% | +3.13% |
| 16 | Vietnam | 102,351,217 | 1.23% | +0.55% |
| 17 | Iran | 93,380,130 | 1.12% | +0.76% |
| 18 | Turkey | 88,012,215 | 1.06% | +0.30% |
| 19 | Germany | 83,580,399 | 1.00% | -0.23% |
| 20 | Tanzania | 73,203,804 | 0.88% | +2.80% |
| 21 | Thailand | 71,536,984 | 0.86% | -0.09% |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 70,045,942 | 0.84% | +0.52% |
| 23 | France | 66,775,468 | 0.80% | +0.14% |
| 24 | South Africa | 65,670,719 | 0.79% | +1.05% |
| 25 | Italy | 58,850,912 | 0.71% | -0.39% |
| 26 | Kenya | 58,985,355 | 0.71% | +1.89% |
| 27 | Myanmar | 55,285,186 | 0.66% | +0.59% |
| 28 | Colombia | 54,089,623 | 0.65% | +0.92% |
| 29 | Sudan | 53,734,905 | 0.65% | +3.03% |
| 30 | Uganda | 53,195,366 | 0.64% | +2.62% |
| 31 | South Korea | 51,574,560 | 0.62% | -0.14% |
| 32 | Algeria | 48,206,508 | 0.58% | +1.20% |
| 33 | Iraq | 48,315,536 | 0.58% | +2.05% |
| 34 | Spain | 47,835,427 | 0.57% | -0.10% |
| 35 | Argentina | 46,051,044 | 0.55% | +0.33% |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 45,427,231 | 0.55% | +2.71% |
| 37 | Yemen | 43,332,993 | 0.52% | +2.76% |
| 38 | Canada | 40,567,029 | 0.49% | +0.79% |
| 39 | Angola | 40,591,242 | 0.49% | +2.95% |
| 40 | Ukraine | 39,443,607 | 0.47% | -0.74% |
| 41 | Morocco | 38,862,723 | 0.47% | +0.84% |
| 42 | Poland | 37,796,219 | 0.45% | -0.38% |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 37,929,385 | 0.46% | +1.75% |
| 44 | Mozambique | 36,962,468 | 0.44% | +2.79% |
| 45 | Malaysia | 36,511,263 | 0.44% | +1.10% |
| 46 | Ghana | 35,896,029 | 0.43% | +1.77% |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 35,352,586 | 0.42% | +1.69% |
| 48 | Peru | 35,027,395 | 0.42% | +0.97% |
| 49 | Madagascar | 33,769,143 | 0.41% | +2.34% |
| 50 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33,741,449 | 0.41% | +2.34% |
| 51 | Cameroon | 30,882,381 | 0.37% | +2.49% |
| 52 | Nepal | 29,660,321 | 0.36% | +0.14% |
| 53 | Niger | 29,099,540 | 0.35% | +3.14% |
| 54 | Venezuela | 28,673,179 | 0.34% | +0.42% |
| 55 | Australia | 27,305,104 | 0.33% | +0.91% |
| 56 | North Korea | 26,650,397 | 0.32% | +0.22% |
| 57 | Syria | 26,719,785 | 0.32% | +3.04% |
| 58 | Mali | 26,166,433 | 0.31% | +2.85% |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 24,768,018 | 0.30% | +2.15% |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 23,384,106 | 0.28% | +0.50% |
| 61 | Taiwan | 22,978,650 | 0.28% | -0.44% |
| 62 | Malawi | 22,967,777 | 0.28% | +2.53% |
| 63 | Zambia | 22,715,380 | 0.27% | +2.72% |
| 64 | Chad | 21,753,204 | 0.26% | +2.61% |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 21,156,970 | 0.25% | +1.11% |
| 66 | Somalia | 20,510,447 | 0.25% | +3.24% |
| 67 | Chile | 19,971,237 | 0.24% | +0.41% |
| 68 | Senegal | 19,504,991 | 0.23% | +2.26% |
| 69 | Guatemala | 19,055,558 | 0.23% | +1.47% |
| 70 | Romania | 18,766,015 | 0.23% | -0.58% |
| 71 | Netherlands | 18,476,980 | 0.22% | +0.51% |
| 72 | Ecuador | 18,493,691 | 0.22% | +0.84% |
| 73 | Cambodia | 18,113,958 | 0.22% | +1.11% |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 17,376,448 | 0.21% | +1.88% |
| 75 | Guinea | 15,549,481 | 0.19% | +2.21% |
| 76 | Benin | 15,283,161 | 0.18% | +2.36% |
| 77 | Rwanda | 14,991,708 | 0.18% | +2.12% |
| 78 | Burundi | 14,838,392 | 0.18% | +2.31% |
| 79 | Bolivia | 12,801,704 | 0.15% | +1.31% |
| 80 | South Sudan | 12,515,038 | 0.15% | +2.02% |
| 81 | Tunisia | 12,434,404 | 0.15% | +0.52% |
| 82 | Haiti | 12,078,604 | 0.15% | +1.08% |
| 83 | Belgium | 11,779,072 | 0.14% | +0.12% |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 11,636,795 | 0.14% | +0.75% |
| 85 | Jordan | 11,661,835 | 0.14% | +2.12% |
| 86 | United Arab Emirates | 11,631,652 | 0.14% | +1.69% |
| 87 | Honduras | 11,240,642 | 0.14% | +1.59% |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 11,038,330 | 0.13% | +1.74% |
| 89 | Papua New Guinea | 11,005,586 | 0.13% | +1.68% |
| 90 | Cuba | 10,878,090 | 0.13% | -0.42% |
| 91 | Sweden | 10,713,757 | 0.13% | +0.39% |
| 92 | Czechia | 10,520,789 | 0.13% | -0.20% |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 10,472,099 | 0.13% | +0.53% |
| 94 | Portugal | 10,389,856 | 0.12% | -0.16% |
| 95 | Togo | 9,997,572 | 0.12% | +2.13% |
| 96 | Greece | 9,883,438 | 0.12% | -0.43% |
| 97 | Israel | 9,689,032 | 0.12% | +1.36% |
| 98 | Hungary | 9,575,493 | 0.12% | -0.34% |
| 99 | Austria | 9,105,438 | 0.11% | -0.07% |
| 100 | Switzerland | 9,019,213 | 0.11% | +0.42% |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 9,052,701 | 0.11% | +1.96% |
| 102 | Belarus | 8,917,537 | 0.11% | -0.69% |
| 103 | Laos | 8,005,197 | 0.10% | +1.25% |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 7,771,576 | 0.09% | +1.48% |
| 105 | Libya | 7,567,486 | 0.09% | +1.12% |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,432,985 | 0.09% | +1.40% |
| 107 | Hong Kong | 7,371,135 | 0.09% | -0.46% |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 7,125,194 | 0.09% | +1.26% |
| 109 | Paraguay | 7,120,632 | 0.09% | +1.15% |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 6,651,844 | 0.08% | -0.73% |
| 111 | Serbia | 6,627,865 | 0.08% | -0.66% |
| 112 | Republic of the Congo | 6,686,938 | 0.08% | +2.33% |
| 113 | El Salvador | 6,399,217 | 0.08% | +0.40% |
| 114 | Denmark | 6,029,188 | 0.07% | +0.31% |
| 115 | Singapore | 5,916,427 | 0.07% | +0.56% |
| 116 | Lebanon | 5,913,123 | 0.07% | +0.84% |
| 117 | Liberia | 5,895,684 | 0.07% | +2.18% |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 5,758,194 | 0.07% | +3.28% |
| 119 | Palestine | 5,726,537 | 0.07% | +1.90% |
| 120 | Oman | 5,716,426 | 0.07% | +2.82% |
| 121 | Norway | 5,659,490 | 0.07% | +0.37% |
| 122 | Finland | 5,619,922 | 0.07% | -0.08% |
| 123 | Mauritania | 5,507,581 | 0.07% | +2.69% |
| 124 | Slovakia | 5,448,207 | 0.07% | -0.16% |
| 125 | Ireland | 5,371,450 | 0.06% | +0.88% |
| 126 | New Zealand | 5,298,027 | 0.06% | +0.65% |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 5,181,354 | 0.06% | +0.41% |
| 128 | Kuwait | 5,123,448 | 0.06% | +1.39% |
| 129 | Panama | 4,642,596 | 0.06% | +1.17% |
| 130 | Croatia | 3,814,415 | 0.05% | -0.66% |
| 131 | Georgia | 3,803,751 | 0.05% | -0.06% |
| 132 | Eritrea | 3,707,093 | 0.04% | +2.07% |
| 133 | Mongolia | 3,568,908 | 0.04% | +1.09% |
| 134 | Uruguay | 3,381,810 | 0.04% | -0.07% |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 3,217,429 | 0.04% | -0.47% |
| 136 | Qatar | 3,188,475 | 0.04% | +1.65% |
| 137 | Namibia | 3,172,011 | 0.04% | +1.89% |
| 138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,105,940 | 0.04% | -0.84% |
| 139 | Moldova | 2,952,083 | 0.04% | -0.98% |
| 140 | Armenia | 2,924,435 | 0.04% | -0.72% |
| 141 | Gambia | 2,903,502 | 0.03% | +2.15% |
| 142 | Jamaica | 2,831,860 | 0.03% | -0.16% |
| 143 | Lithuania | 2,790,001 | 0.03% | -0.83% |
| 144 | Albania | 2,744,741 | 0.03% | -0.74% |
| 145 | Gabon | 2,664,518 | 0.03% | +2.05% |
| 146 | Botswana | 2,616,378 | 0.03% | +1.60% |
| 147 | Lesotho | 2,397,547 | 0.03% | +1.10% |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,313,015 | 0.03% | +2.10% |
| 149 | Slovenia | 2,113,614 | 0.03% | -0.13% |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,999,006 | 0.02% | +2.32% |
| 151 | Latvia | 1,831,373 | 0.02% | -0.78% |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 1,800,900 | 0.02% | -0.56% |
| 153 | Bahrain | 1,684,261 | 0.02% | +1.82% |
| 154 | Kosovo | 1,665,757 | 0.02% | -0.31% |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,513,590 | 0.02% | +0.10% |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 1,443,040 | 0.02% | +1.31% |
| 157 | Cyprus | 1,385,808 | 0.02% | +0.80% |
| 158 | Estonia | 1,328,813 | 0.02% | -0.53% |
| 159 | Eswatini | 1,274,074 | 0.02% | +1.08% |
| 160 | Mauritius | 1,263,973 | 0.02% | -0.27% |
| 161 | Djibouti | 1,204,363 | 0.01% | +1.31% |
| 162 | Fiji | 938,560 | 0.01% | +0.43% |
| 163 | Comoros | 904,096 | 0.01% | +1.79% |
| 164 | Réunion | 887,534 | 0.01% | +0.45% |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 864,512 | 0.01% | +2.30% |
| 166 | Guyana | 842,511 | 0.01% | +0.59% |
| 167 | Bhutan | 803,810 | 0.0097% | +0.70% |
| 168 | Macao | 723,468 | 0.0087% | +0.23% |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 689,603 | 0.0083% | +0.99% |
| 170 | Suriname | 646,932 | 0.0078% | +0.83% |
| 171 | Montenegro | 625,164 | 0.0075% | -0.54% |
| 172 | Western Sahara | 613,811 | 0.0074% | +1.58% |
| 173 | Malta | 549,632 | 0.0066% | +0.37% |
| 174 | Maldives | 532,122 | 0.0064% | +0.35% |
| 175 | Cape Verde | 530,339 | 0.0064% | +0.42% |
| 176 | Brunei | 470,843 | 0.0057% | +0.72% |
| 177 | Belize | 430,399 | 0.0052% | +1.33% |
| 178 | Bahamas | 405,100 | 0.0049% | +0.38% |
| 179 | Iceland | 403,437 | 0.0048% | +0.92% |
| 180 | Guadeloupe | 372,014 | 0.0045% | -0.36% |
| 181 | Mayotte | 350,859 | 0.0042% | +3.04% |
| 182 | Vanuatu | 344,891 | 0.0041% | +2.16% |
| 183 | Martinique | 336,878 | 0.0040% | -0.80% |
| 184 | French Guiana | 320,556 | 0.0039% | +1.65% |
| 185 | New Caledonia | 298,674 | 0.0036% | +0.83% |
| 186 | French Polynesia | 283,264 | 0.0034% | +0.21% |
| 187 | Barbados | 282,744 | 0.0034% | +0.03% |
| 188 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 246,502 | 0.0030% | +1.94% |
| 189 | Samoa | 220,922 | 0.0027% | +0.56% |
| 190 | Curaçao | 185,416 | 0.0022% | -0.03% |
| 191 | Saint Lucia | 180,577 | 0.0022% | +0.17% |
| 192 | Guam | 170,549 | 0.0020% | +0.69% |
| 193 | Kiribati | 139,061 | 0.0017% | +1.41% |
| 194 | Seychelles | 135,570 | 0.0016% | +1.53% |
| 195 | Grenada | 117,373 | 0.0014% | +0.03% |
| 196 | Micronesia | 114,346 | 0.0014% | +0.43% |
| 197 | Aruba | 108,157 | 0.0013% | -0.02% |
| 198 | Jersey | 104,140 | 0.0013% | +0.10% |
| 199 | Tonga | 103,166 | 0.0012% | -0.43% |
| 200 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99,037 | 0.0012% | -0.68% |
| 201 | Antigua and Barbuda | 94,747 | 0.0011% | +0.43% |
| 202 | Isle of Man | 84,025 | 0.0010% | -0.08% |
| 203 | Andorra | 83,977 | 0.0010% | +0.96% |
| 204 | US Virgin Islands | 83,176 | 0.0010% | -0.89% |
| 205 | Cayman Islands | 77,616 | 0.0009% | +1.73% |
| 206 | Dominica | 65,399 | 0.0008% | -0.53% |
| 207 | Guernsey | 64,639 | 0.0008% | +0.15% |
| 208 | Bermuda | 64,422 | 0.0008% | -0.15% |
| 209 | Faroe Islands | 56,679 | 0.0007% | +0.87% |
| 210 | Greenland | 55,587 | 0.0007% | -0.23% |
| 211 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 47,236 | 0.0006% | +0.59% |
| 212 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47,012 | 0.0006% | +0.13% |
| 213 | American Samoa | 45,107 | 0.0005% | -1.54% |
| 214 | Sint Maarten | 44,604 | 0.0005% | +1.11% |
| 215 | Northern Mariana Islands | 42,775 | 0.0005% | -1.31% |
| 216 | Gibraltar | 41,085 | 0.0005% | +1.73% |
| 217 | Liechtenstein | 40,439 | 0.0005% | +0.58% |
| 218 | British Virgin Islands | 39,991 | 0.0005% | +0.44% |
| 219 | Monaco | 38,018 | 0.0005% | -0.58% |
| 220 | Marshall Islands | 34,723 | 0.0004% | -3.28% |
| 221 | San Marino | 33,616 | 0.0004% | +0.09% |
| 222 | Caribbean Netherlands | 32,072 | 0.0004% | +1.65% |
| 223 | Saint Martin | 23,607 | 0.0003% | -4.16% |
| 224 | Palau | 17,598 | 0.0002% | -0.30% |
| 225 | Anguilla | 14,835 | 0.0002% | +0.47% |
| 226 | Cook Islands | 12,701 | 0.0002% | -3.26% |
| 227 | Nauru | 12,130 | 0.0001% | +0.64% |
| 228 | Saint Barthélemy | 11,587 | 0.0001% | +1.05% |
| 229 | Wallis and Futuna | 11,090 | 0.0001% | -0.72% |
| 230 | Tuvalu | 9,329 | 0.0001% | -1.24% |
| 231 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,495 | < 0.0001% | -1.14% |
| 232 | Saint Helena | 5,130 | < 0.0001% | -1.15% |
| 233 | Montserrat | 4,318 | < 0.0001% | -0.83% |
| 234 | Falkland Islands | 3,464 | < 0.0001% | -0.12% |
| 235 | Tokelau | 2,714 | < 0.0001% | +2.60% |
| 236 | Niue | 1,823 | < 0.0001% | +0.33% |
| 237 | Vatican City | 510 | < 0.0001% | +1.38% |
Frequently asked questions
- How many people are there in the world right now?
- About 8.32 billion, according to UN estimates (World Population Prospects 2024). The figure rises by about 189,000 people every day.
- How many people are born each day in the world?
- About 363,000 a day, a little over 4.2 per second: 133 million a year.
- How many people die each day in the world?
- About 174,000 a day, about 2.0 per second: 63.6 million a year.
- When will the world population stop growing?
- According to the UN medium variant, around 2084, at about 10.29 billion people. After that, it is projected to decline slowly: by 2100 there would be about 10.18 billion.
- Which country has the most people?
- India, with about 1.48 billion. It is followed by China, with 1.41 billion.