World Population by Country in 2028

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In 2028, the world is projected to reach a total population of 8,406,828,791 and 🇮🇳India will be the most populous country that year, with a total of 1,491,671,049 people. Followed by 🇨🇳China, with the second largest population globally of 1,420,045,580 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year is projected to be 🇻🇦Holy See with only 547 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 2028 is projected to be Asia with a total population of 4,904,446,907 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 1,637,345,106, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a population of 688,891,348 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia is projected to have the largest populous of 2,133,356,046 people on record. Followed by Eastern Africa with a population of 548,211,266, and Western Africa with 496,578,236 people in the sub-region.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries is projected to have the largest population with a total of 6,245,305,288 people. While the lowest population for 2028 is projected to be found in No income group available with a population of 32,020,964 people in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2028

Countries with the Largest Population in 2028

Country	Population	Overall Population Change +/-
🇮🇳India	1,491,671,049	11,947,767
🇨🇳China	1,420,045,580	-1,923,666
🇺🇸United States of America	348,804,850	1,694,683
🇮🇩Indonesia	288,260,632	2,004,323
🇵🇰Pakistan	264,344,407	4,835,387
🇳🇬Nigeria	251,201,204	5,627,605
🇧🇷Brazil	222,022,547	995,954
🇧🇩Bangladesh	181,356,085	1,580,688
🇪🇹Ethiopia	142,715,864	3,284,246
🇷🇺Russian Federation	142,263,180	-400,021
🇲🇽Mexico	132,903,856	833,497
🇵🇭Philippines	126,062,041	1,712,228
🇪🇬Egypt	121,611,091	1,769,710
🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	119,929,158	3,745,255
🇯🇵Japan	119,912,238	-691,775
🇻🇳Viet Nam	101,747,121	503,394
🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	92,005,102	482,095
🇹🇷Türkiye	88,003,384	432,735
🇩🇪Germany	82,971,794	-91,377
🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	77,619,828	2,108,704
🇹🇭Thailand	72,065,413	13,984
🇬🇧United Kingdom	68,799,832	194,951
🇫🇷France	65,340,179	107,782
🇿🇦South Africa	63,514,502	586,020
🇰🇪Kenya	60,762,923	1,161,878
🇮🇹Italy	57,950,037	-198,745
🇲🇲Myanmar	56,372,008	322,930
🇺🇬Uganda	55,500,544	1,434,034
🇸🇩Sudan	54,427,201	1,280,174
🇨🇴Colombia	53,527,052	310,805
🇰🇷Republic of Korea	51,482,230	-84,457
🇮🇶Iraq	50,671,593	1,053,778
🇩🇿Algeria	48,700,234	559,463
🇦🇫Afghanistan	47,990,912	1,164,845
🇪🇸Spain	47,226,694	-71,532
🇦🇷Argentina	47,154,446	266,287
🇦🇴Angola	42,468,710	1,203,693
🇨🇦Canada	40,385,878	313,956
🇲🇦Morocco	39,590,353	326,726
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	39,492,450	492,385
🇵🇱Poland	38,923,845	-101,692
🇲🇿Mozambique	38,849,522	1,024,546
🇺🇦Ukraine	38,832,550	-268,203
🇾🇪Yemen	38,349,376	785,651
🇺🇿Uzbekistan	37,491,898	421,020
🇬🇭Ghana	37,435,099	668,669
🇲🇾Malaysia	36,050,662	327,909
🇵🇪Peru	36,029,236	338,941
🇲🇬Madagascar	34,061,942	766,551
🇳🇪Niger	32,753,299	1,197,760
🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	32,630,380	779,494
🇳🇵Nepal	32,540,486	307,006
🇨🇲Cameroon	32,466,454	784,555
🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	31,289,368	403,518
🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	28,245,013	853,045
🇦🇺Australia	27,717,005	247,872
🇲🇱Mali	27,083,625	799,214
🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	26,497,102	45,906
🇧🇫Burkina Faso	26,267,784	619,920
🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	24,021,443	8,858
🇲🇼Malawi	23,758,548	586,267
🇿🇲Zambia	23,469,301	597,205
🇱🇰Sri Lanka	22,124,288	34,657
🇹🇩Chad	21,217,718	611,502
🇸🇴Somalia	21,071,158	611,704
🇰🇿Kazakhstan	20,707,376	211,255
🇸🇳Senegal	20,128,434	491,809
🇨🇱Chile	19,815,709	48,848
🇬🇹Guatemala	19,462,401	271,882
🇷🇴Romania	19,144,537	-58,111
🇪🇨Ecuador	19,122,047	184,626
🇿🇼Zimbabwe	18,451,235	361,834
🇳🇱Netherlands	17,863,750	43,484
🇰🇭Cambodia	17,779,074	155,928
🇬🇳Guinea	15,918,453	351,034
🇷🇼Rwanda	15,715,617	329,282
🇧🇯Benin	15,603,721	390,064
🇧🇮Burundi	15,043,647	372,908
🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	13,278,038	174,971
🇹🇳Tunisia	12,939,970	84,559
🇭🇹Haiti	12,428,585	137,191
🇸🇸South Sudan	12,105,957	222,630
🇧🇪Belgium	11,824,728	25,444
🇩🇴Dominican Republic	11,809,986	89,049
🇯🇴Jordan	11,704,094	103,891
🇭🇳Honduras	11,409,646	159,509
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	11,252,452	182,312
🇨🇺Cuba	11,075,736	-28,262
🇹🇯Tajikistan	11,060,158	179,002
🇸🇪Sweden	10,903,539	53,824
🇦🇿Azerbaijan	10,635,058	38,959
🇨🇿Czechia	10,517,690	125
🇬🇷Greece	10,142,119	-40,866
🇵🇹Portugal	10,118,394	-27,381
🇹🇬Togo	10,113,396	218,339
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	9,874,281	66,630
🇮🇱Israel	9,860,161	137,206
🇸🇱Sierra Leone	9,728,848	188,133
🇭🇺Hungary	9,706,442	-30,539
🇧🇾Belarus	9,289,331	-41,076
🇨🇭Switzerland	9,053,856	46,831
🇦🇹Austria	9,036,044	11,324
🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	8,133,740	95,791
🇳🇮Nicaragua	7,512,564	89,391
🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	7,497,463	-3,772
🇵🇾Paraguay	7,273,521	78,026
🇱🇾Libya	7,254,484	70,540
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	7,241,167	97,606
🇷🇸Serbia	6,926,165	-45,524
🇹🇲Turkmenistan	6,897,471	70,038
🇨🇬Congo	6,814,649	147,510
🇨🇫Central African Republic	6,685,708	205,015
🇸🇻El Salvador	6,507,532	24,777
🇧🇬Bulgaria	6,401,541	-55,288
🇸🇬Singapore	6,192,172	31,935
🇩🇰Denmark	6,052,267	26,920
🇱🇷Liberia	6,028,036	126,246
🇵🇸State of Palestine	6,000,743	127,754
🇳🇴Norway	5,672,292	38,617
🇸🇰Slovakia	5,570,123	-5,916
🇫🇮Finland	5,562,880	2,112
🇲🇷Mauritania	5,543,996	141,671
🇳🇿New Zealand	5,425,762	36,304
🇨🇷Costa Rica	5,374,600	30,003
🇮🇪Ireland	5,210,188	28,761
🇴🇲Oman	4,972,087	61,729
🇱🇧Lebanon	4,824,808	-67,623
🇵🇦Panama	4,756,063	54,954
🇰🇼Kuwait	4,494,732	35,013
🇪🇷Eritrea	4,119,756	80,211
🇭🇷Croatia	3,896,470	-22,963
🇬🇪Georgia	3,680,347	-10,824
🇲🇳Mongolia	3,660,164	38,721
🇺🇾Uruguay	3,423,682	-37
🇵🇷Puerto Rico	3,277,996	-3,748
🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	3,185,847	-4,662
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,140,867	-14,178
🇬🇲Gambia	3,121,685	70,422
🇧🇼Botswana	2,890,377	41,410
🇳🇦Namibia	2,822,568	43,773
🇶🇦Qatar	2,816,020	19,476
🇯🇲Jamaica	2,814,231	-4,129
🇦🇱Albania	2,804,771	-6,725
🇦🇲Armenia	2,768,742	-3,927
🇬🇦Gabon	2,677,790	48,192
🇱🇹Lithuania	2,601,223	-21,516
🇱🇸Lesotho	2,454,824	23,967
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	2,387,792	48,304
🇸🇮Slovenia	2,111,728	-2,551
🇲🇰North Macedonia	2,078,114	-2,336
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	1,917,711	40,769
🇱🇻Latvia	1,735,806	-17,620
🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1,683,128	3,959
🇧🇭Bahrain	1,549,710	12,557
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1,546,363	1,100
🇹🇱Timor-Leste	1,457,084	19,131
🇲🇺Mauritius	1,305,373	376
🇪🇪Estonia	1,300,424	-5,243
🇨🇾Cyprus	1,298,685	6,857
🇸🇿Eswatini	1,275,188	14,168
🇩🇯Djibouti	1,215,879	15,778
🇷🇪Réunion	1,018,106	6,963
🇫🇯Fiji	971,840	7,297
🇰🇲Comoros	929,073	15,222
🇬🇾Guyana	839,668	4,451
🇸🇧Solomon Islands	822,593	16,738
🇧🇹Bhutan	811,997	4,810
🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	747,446	8,213
🇱🇺Luxembourg	685,968	5,679
🇸🇷Suriname	649,746	4,979
🇪🇭Western Sahara	641,690	10,587
🇨🇻Cabo Verde	627,468	5,737
🇲🇪Montenegro	623,549	-834
🇲🇹Malta	541,996	940
🇲🇻Maldives	511,718	-394
🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	467,894	2,795
🇧🇿Belize	439,438	5,552
🇧🇸Bahamas	425,211	2,383
🇬🇵Guadeloupe	398,584	589
🇾🇹Mayotte	386,588	10,336
🇮🇸Iceland	386,498	2,025
🇻🇺Vanuatu	374,415	8,236
🇲🇶Martinique	363,885	-682
🇬🇫French Guiana	350,830	7,867
🇵🇫French Polynesia	320,673	2,176
🇳🇨New Caledonia	307,234	2,707
🇧🇧Barbados	283,071	74
🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	255,223	4,846
🇼🇸Samoa	242,024	3,275
🇨🇼Curaçao	196,322	781
🇱🇨Saint Lucia	182,631	373
🇬🇺Guam	178,605	1,096
🇰🇮Kiribati	144,502	2,127
🇬🇩Grenada	129,341	540
🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	120,617	1,076
🇯🇪Jersey	117,012	1,026
🇹🇴Tonga	112,304	907
🇸🇨Seychelles	110,404	483
🇦🇼Aruba	105,461	-246
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,161	96
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	96,701	427
🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	95,016	-799
🇮🇲Isle of Man	85,546	135
🇦🇩Andorra	81,187	184
🇩🇲Dominica	74,527	256
🇰🇾Cayman Islands	71,980	476
🇬🇬Guernsey	64,714	205
🇧🇲Bermuda	63,218	-201
🇬🇱Greenland	57,134	32
🇫🇴Faroe Islands	54,175	204
🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	50,859	185
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	48,148	57
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	47,862	332
🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	44,740	118
🇲🇭Marshall Islands	43,978	384
🇦🇸American Samoa	41,978	-416
🇱🇮Liechtenstein	40,675	195
🇲🇨Monaco	35,877	-19
🇸🇲San Marino	33,506	-26
🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	33,181	176
🇬🇮Gibraltar	32,786	5
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	32,607	197
🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	27,718	97
🇵🇼Palau	17,988	-25
🇨🇰Cook Islands	17,204	33
🇦🇮Anguilla	16,032	12
🇳🇷Nauru	13,214	69
🇹🇻Tuvalu	11,779	78
🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,268	-43
🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	11,097	12
🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,705	-27
🇸🇭Saint Helena	5,013	-63
🇲🇸Montserrat	4,332	-9
🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,850	5
🇹🇰Tokelau	1,994	27
🇳🇺Niue	1,945	-2
🇻🇦Holy See	547	12

What is the world population projected to be in 2028?

By the year 2028, the world population will reach a total of 8,406,828,791 people walking the earch. This is according to the latest data from The United Nations, and specifically the unerlying data from UN Revision of World Population Prospects (medium fertility variant).

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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