Population
Total population (millions) — the long Gapminder series, 1800–2020. Used for bubble size on the bubble chart.
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Avg (2013)
31.1
+1.0% vs 2012
Improving
137
of 229 tracked
Declining
3
period over period
Stable
89
±0.5% band
Total population (millions)
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 1800–2013.
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇹🇴 Tonga | 0.1 | +10.0% |
| 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2 | +5.9% |
| 🇬🇺 Guam | 0.2 | +5.6% |
| 🇼🇸 Samoa | 0.2 | +5.6% |
| 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 10.9 | +4.7% |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 7.4 | -0.68% |
| 🇲🇩 Moldova | 3.5 | -0.57% |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 44.7 | -0.53% |
| 🇬🇪 Georgia | 4.3 | -0.47% |
| 🇱🇻 Latvia | 2.2 | -0.45% |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Africa +2.3%
Asia +1.0%
Americas +1.0%
Europe +0.20%
| Group | Members | Total | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 69 | 4,237 | +1.0% |
| Africa | 58 | 1,094.7 | +2.3% |
| Americas | 49 | 963.1 | +1.0% |
| Europe | 53 | 834.3 | +0.20% |
Population — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Total population (millions) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇳 China | 1,359 | +0.37% |
| 2 | 🇮🇳 India | 1,275 | +1.4% |
| 3 | 🇺🇸 USA | 318.5 | +0.85% |
| 4 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 247.2 | +0.98% |
| 5 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 200.1 | +0.86% |
| 6 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 183.2 | +1.8% |
| 7 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 170.9 | +2.6% |
| 8 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 154.4 | +1.3% |
| 9 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 142.6 | -0.07% |
| 10 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 126.3 | -0.08% |
| 11 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 117.5 | +1.2% |
| 12 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 98.1 | +1.7% |
| 13 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 90.7 | +1.0% |
| 14 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 88.4 | +2.1% |
| 15 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 85.4 | +1.7% |
| 16 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 81.8 | -0.23% |
| 17 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 76.4 | +1.1% |
| 18 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 75.4 | +1.1% |
| 19 | 🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep. | 71.4 | +2.6% |
| 20 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 70.2 | +0.50% |
| 21 | 🇫🇷 France | 63.8 | +0.50% |
| 22 | 🇬🇧 UK | 63.2 | +0.61% |
| 23 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 61.1 | +0.21% |
| 24 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 51 | +0.47% |
| 25 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 49.2 | +3.1% |
| 26 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 49.1 | +0.82% |
| 27 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 48.8 | +0.37% |
| 28 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 48.2 | +1.3% |
| 29 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 47 | +0.58% |
| 30 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 44.7 | -0.53% |
| 31 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 43.9 | +2.7% |
| 32 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 41.5 | +0.85% |
| 33 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 38.3 | +0.03% |
| 34 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 37 | +1.3% |
| 35 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 36.8 | +3.2% |
| 36 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 35.9 | +1.7% |
| 37 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 35 | +0.92% |
| 38 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 34.8 | +3.2% |
| 39 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 34.5 | +3.3% |
| 40 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 32.9 | +1.0% |
| 41 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 31.5 | +1.7% |
| 42 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 30.3 | +1.5% |
| 43 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 30.1 | +1.2% |
| 44 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 29.8 | +1.6% |
| 45 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 29.3 | +2.1% |
| 46 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 28.4 | +1.1% |
| 47 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 26.4 | +3.1% |
| 48 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 26.1 | +2.3% |
| 49 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 25 | +2.2% |
| 50 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 24.7 | +0.41% |
| 51 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 23.2 | +1.3% |
| 52 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 23.2 | +0.17% |
| 53 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 22.6 | +2.9% |
| 54 | 🇸🇾 Syria | 21.5 | +1.7% |
| 55 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 21.4 | +0.80% |
| 56 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 21.3 | -0.23% |
| 57 | 🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire | 21.1 | +2.3% |
| 58 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 20.9 | +2.1% |
| 59 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 20.7 | +2.7% |
| 60 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 18 | +3.0% |
| 61 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 17.6 | +0.86% |
| 62 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 17.2 | +3.6% |
| 63 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 16.8 | +3.0% |
| 64 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 16.8 | +0.30% |
| 65 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 16.6 | +1.0% |
| 66 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 16.4 | +3.3% |
| 67 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 15.5 | +2.6% |
| 68 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 15.1 | +1.3% |
| 69 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 14.7 | +1.2% |
| 70 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 14.3 | +3.1% |
| 71 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 13.5 | +2.6% |
| 72 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 13.3 | +2.5% |
| 73 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 12.1 | +2.6% |
| 74 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 11.6 | +3.0% |
| 75 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 11.5 | +0.26% |
| 76 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 11.2 | -0.09% |
| 77 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 10.9 | +4.7% |
| 78 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 10.8 | +0.28% |
| 79 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 10.8 | +1.0% |
| 80 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 10.8 | +2.6% |
| 81 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 10.7 | 0.00% |
| 82 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 10.6 | +0.19% |
| 83 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 10.4 | +1.6% |
| 84 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 10.4 | +1.3% |
| 85 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 10.3 | +1.3% |
| 86 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 10.1 | +2.6% |
| 87 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 9.9 | -0.20% |
| 88 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 9.8 | -0.10% |
| 89 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 9.6 | +2.8% |
| 90 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 9.6 | +0.63% |
| 91 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 9.5 | +1.2% |
| 92 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 9.5 | -0.31% |
| 93 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 8.9 | +1.8% |
| 94 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 8.4 | +0.12% |
| 95 | 🇦🇪 UAE | 8.2 | +1.2% |
| 96 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 8.1 | +2.0% |
| 97 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 7.8 | +1.6% |
| 98 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 7.8 | +0.39% |
| 99 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 7.4 | -0.68% |
| 100 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 7.3 | +2.2% |
| 101 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China | 7.3 | +0.97% |
| 102 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 7.2 | +1.4% |
| 103 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 6.8 | +1.8% |
| 104 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 6.6 | +1.7% |
| 105 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 6.5 | +0.62% |
| 106 | 🇱🇦 Lao | 6.5 | +1.4% |
| 107 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 6.4 | +2.1% |
| 108 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 6.3 | +0.64% |
| 109 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 6.3 | +2.1% |
| 110 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 6 | +1.3% |
| 111 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 5.8 | +3.0% |
| 112 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 5.6 | +0.36% |
| 113 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic | 5.5 | +0.92% |
| 114 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 5.5 | +0.18% |
| 115 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 5.4 | +0.37% |
| 116 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 5.3 | +0.76% |
| 117 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 5.2 | +1.4% |
| 118 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 5 | +0.60% |
| 119 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 4.9 | +1.5% |
| 120 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 4.7 | +2.0% |
| 121 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 4.6 | +1.1% |
| 122 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 4.5 | +1.1% |
| 123 | 🇵🇸 Palestine | 4.4 | +2.8% |
| 124 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 4.4 | -0.23% |
| 125 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 4.4 | +2.4% |
| 126 | 🇨🇬 Congo, Rep. | 4.3 | +2.1% |
| 127 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 4.3 | +0.70% |
| 128 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 4.3 | -0.47% |
| 129 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.7 | 0.00% |
| 130 | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 3.7 | 0.00% |
| 131 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 3.7 | +2.2% |
| 132 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 3.7 | +1.4% |
| 133 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 3.5 | -0.57% |
| 134 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 3.4 | +0.29% |
| 135 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 3.3 | -0.30% |
| 136 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 3.2 | +0.31% |
| 137 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 3.1 | +0.32% |
| 138 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 3 | +2.4% |
| 139 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 3 | +2.1% |
| 140 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 2.9 | +1.8% |
| 141 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 2.8 | +0.36% |
| 142 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 2.4 | +1.7% |
| 143 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 2.2 | +0.90% |
| 144 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 2.2 | -0.45% |
| 145 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 2.1 | +1.5% |
| 146 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 2.1 | 0.00% |
| 147 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 2.1 | +0.49% |
| 148 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 2 | +2.1% |
| 149 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 1.9 | +2.2% |
| 150 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 1.6 | +1.9% |
| 151 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 1.6 | +1.9% |
| 152 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 1.4 | +1.5% |
| 153 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 1.4 | +0.74% |
| 154 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 1.3 | 0.00% |
| 155 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 1.3 | +0.76% |
| 156 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 1.2 | +1.6% |
| 157 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 1.2 | +2.5% |
| 158 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 1.1 | +0.88% |
| 159 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 0.9 | +2.2% |
| 160 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 0.9 | 0.00% |
| 161 | 🇷🇪 Reunion | 0.9 | 0.00% |
| 162 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 0.8 | +2.6% |
| 163 | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 0.8 | +1.3% |
| 164 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 0.8 | +2.7% |
| 165 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 0.8 | 0.00% |
| 166 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 0.6 | 0.00% |
| 167 | 🇪🇭 Western Sahara | 0.6 | +3.5% |
| 168 | 🇲🇴 Macao, China | 0.6 | +1.8% |
| 169 | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 0.6 | +1.8% |
| 170 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 0.5 | +1.9% |
| 171 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 0.5 | +1.9% |
| 172 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 0.5 | 0.00% |
| 173 | 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe | 0.5 | 0.00% |
| 174 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 0.4 | +2.4% |
| 175 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 0.4 | 0.00% |
| 176 | 🇲🇶 Martinique | 0.4 | 0.00% |
| 177 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 0.4 | +2.9% |
| 178 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 0.3 | +3.1% |
| 179 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 0.3 | 0.00% |
| 180 | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 0.3 | +3.1% |
| 181 | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 0.3 | +3.7% |
| 182 | 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 0.3 | 0.00% |
| 183 | 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | 0.3 | 0.00% |
| 184 | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 0.3 | +4.0% |
| 185 | 🇬🇫 French Guiana | 0.3 | +4.2% |
| 186 | 🇾🇹 Mayotte | 0.2 | 0.00% |
| 187 | 🇬🇺 Guam | 0.2 | +5.6% |
| 188 | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 0.2 | +5.6% |
| 189 | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 0.2 | 0.00% |
| 190 | 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2 | +5.9% |
| 191 | 🇦🇼 Aruba | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 192 | 🇫🇲 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 193 | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 194 | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 0.1 | +10.0% |
| 195 | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 196 | 🇻🇮 Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 197 | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 198 | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 199 | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 200 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 201 | 🇮🇲 Isle of Man | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 202 | 🇦🇸 American Samoa | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 203 | 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 204 | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 205 | 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 206 | 🇬🇱 Greenland | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 207 | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 208 | 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 209 | 🇫🇴 Faeroe Islands | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 210 | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.1 | 0.00% |
| 211 | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 0 | 0.00% |
| 212 | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 0 | 0.00% |
| 213 | 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 0.00% |
| 214 | 🇬🇮 Gibraltar | 0 | 0.00% |
| 215 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 0 | 0.00% |
| 216 | 🇦🇮 Anguilla | 0 | 0.00% |
| 217 | 🇨🇰 Cook Is | 0 | 0.00% |
| 218 | 🇵🇼 Palau | 0 | 0.00% |
| 219 | 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands | 0 | 0.00% |
| 220 | 🇲🇸 Montserrat | 0 | 0.00% |
| 221 | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 0 | 0.00% |
| 222 | 🇵🇲 St.-Pierre-et-Miquelon | 0 | 0.00% |
| 223 | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 0 | 0.00% |
| 224 | 🇼🇫 Wallis et Futuna | 0 | 0.00% |
| 225 | 🇫🇰 Falkland Is (Malvinas) | 0 | — |
| 226 | 🇻🇦 Holy See | 0 | — |
| 227 | 🇳🇺 Niue | 0 | — |
| 228 | 🇸🇭 St. Helena | 0 | — |
| 229 | 🇹🇰 Tokelau | 0 | — |
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