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Population010,000,00025,000,00050,000,00075,000,000100,000,000200,000,0001,000,000,000


Live Population: 7,955,580,745




2022 WORLD POPULATION BY COUNTRY

The current US Census Bureau world population estimate in June 2019 shows that
the current global population is 7,577,130,400 people on earth, which far
exceeds the world population of 7.2 billion from 2015. Our own estimate based on
UN data shows the world's population surpassing 7.7 billion.

China is the most populous country in the world with a population exceeding 1.4
billion. It is one of just two countries with a population of more than 1
billion, with India being the second. As of 2018, India has a population of over
1.355 billion people, and its population growth is expected to continue through
at least 2050. By the year 2030, the country of India is expected to become the
most populous country in the world. This is because India’s population will
grow, while China is projected to see a loss in population.

The next 11 countries that are the most populous in the world each have
populations exceeding 100 million. These include the United States, Indonesia,
Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Mexico, Japan, Ethiopia, and the
Philippines. Of these nations, all are expected to continue to grow except
Russia and Japan, which will see their populations drop by 2030 before falling
again significantly by 2050.

Many other nations have populations of at least one million, while there are
also countries that have just thousands. The smallest population in the world
can be found in Vatican City, where only 801 people reside.

In 2018, the world’s population growth rate was 1.12%. Every five years since
the 1970s, the population growth rate has continued to fall. The world’s
population is expected to continue to grow larger but at a much slower pace. By
2030, the population will exceed 8 billion. In 2040, this number will grow to
more than 9 billion. In 2055, the number will rise to over 10 billion, and
another billion people won’t be added until near the end of the century. The
current annual population growth estimates from the United Nations are in the
millions - estimating that over 80 million new lives are added each year.

This population growth will be significantly impacted by nine specific countries
which are situated to contribute to the population growth more quickly than
other nations. These nations include the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda, the United Republic of
Tanzania, and the United States of America. Particularly of interest, India is
on track to overtake China's position as the most populous country by the year
2030. Additionally, multiple nations within Africa are expected to double their
populations before fertility rates begin to slow entirely.

Global life expectancy has also improved in recent years, increasing the overall
population life expectancy at birth to just over 70 years of age. The projected
global life expectancy is only expected to continue to improve - reaching nearly
77 years of age by the year 2050. Significant factors impacting the data on life
expectancy include the projections of the ability to reduce AIDS/HIV impact, as
well as reducing the rates of infectious and non-communicable diseases.

Population aging has a massive impact on the ability of the population to
maintain what is called a support ratio. One key finding from 2017 is that the
majority of the world is going to face considerable growth in the 60 plus age
bracket. This will put enormous strain on the younger age groups as the elderly
population is becoming so vast without the number of births to maintain a
healthy support ratio.

Although the number given above seems very precise, it is important to remember
that it is just an estimate. It simply isn't possible to be sure exactly how
many people there are on the earth at any one time, and there are conflicting
estimates of the global population in 2016.

Some, including the UN, believe that a population of 7 billion was reached in
October 2011. Others, including the US Census Bureau and World Bank, believe
that the total population of the world reached 7 billion in 2012, around March
or April.




WORLD POPULATION CLOCK

World Population (as of 7/8/2022)7,955,580,745Last UN Estimate (July 1,
2022)7,953,952,567Births per Day382,470Deaths per Day166,308Net Change per Day
216,162Population Change Since Jan. 140,854,618

 * Net increase of 1 person every 0.40 seconds

 * Population estimates based on interpolation of data from World Population
   Prospects


WORLD POPULATION ESTIMATOR

Estimate as of July 8, 2022 is: 7,977,316,789


WORLD POPULATION CLOCK

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Flag Country 2022 (Live) 2020 Population Area Density (km²) Growth Rate World %
Rank China1,448,559,5271,439,323,7769,706,961
km²149/km²0.29%18.21%1India1,406,903,9301,380,004,3853,287,590
km²428/km²0.95%17.68%2United States334,844,632331,002,6519,372,610
km²36/km²0.57%4.21%3Indonesia279,191,765273,523,6151,904,569
km²147/km²1.00%3.51%4Pakistan229,577,136220,892,340881,912
km²260/km²1.90%2.89%5Nigeria216,857,334206,139,589923,768
km²235/km²2.53%2.73%6Brazil215,381,590212,559,4178,515,767
km²25/km²0.64%2.71%7Bangladesh167,918,085164,689,383147,570
km²1,138/km²0.95%2.11%8Russia145,804,087145,934,46217,098,242
km²9/km²-0.07%1.83%9Mexico131,589,572128,932,7531,964,375
km²67/km²1.00%1.65%10Japan125,575,340126,476,461377,930
km²332/km²-0.37%1.58%11Ethiopia120,873,152114,963,5881,104,300
km²109/km²2.49%1.52%12Philippines112,539,085109,581,078342,353
km²329/km²1.32%1.41%13Egypt106,195,852102,334,4041,002,450
km²106/km²1.82%1.33%14Vietnam98,969,82697,338,579331,212
km²299/km²0.80%1.24%15DR Congo95,299,86789,561,4032,344,858
km²41/km²3.10%1.20%16Iran86,043,15183,992,9491,648,195
km²52/km²1.17%1.08%17Turkey85,574,58584,339,067783,562
km²109/km²0.61%1.08%18Germany83,884,34983,783,942357,114
km²235/km²-0.02%1.05%19Thailand70,080,84769,799,978513,120
km²137/km²0.18%0.88%20United Kingdom68,504,15167,886,011242,900
km²282/km²0.43%0.86%21France65,587,75765,273,511551,695
km²119/km²0.24%0.82%22Tanzania63,335,71459,734,218945,087
km²67/km²2.93%0.80%23South Africa60,770,89859,308,6901,221,037
km²50/km²1.19%0.76%24Italy60,260,74460,461,826301,336
km²200/km²-0.17%0.76%25Kenya56,240,58253,771,296580,367
km²97/km²2.24%0.71%26Myanmar55,235,56454,409,800676,578
km²82/km²0.77%0.69%27Colombia51,519,24750,882,8911,141,748
km²45/km²0.48%0.65%28South Korea51,330,50251,269,185100,210
km²512/km²0.05%0.65%29Uganda48,460,68745,741,007241,550
km²201/km²2.78%0.61%30Spain46,718,62246,754,778505,992
km²92/km²-0.06%0.59%31Argentina46,018,57245,195,7742,780,400
km²17/km²0.89%0.58%32Sudan46,014,26343,849,2601,886,068
km²24/km²2.41%0.58%33Algeria45,365,22743,851,0442,381,741
km²19/km²1.64%0.57%34Ukraine43,186,54143,733,762603,500
km²72/km²-0.63%0.54%35Iraq42,185,18140,222,493438,317
km²96/km²2.39%0.53%36Afghanistan40,773,30138,928,346652,230
km²62/km²2.31%0.51%37Canada38,395,06237,742,1549,984,670
km²4/km²0.84%0.48%38Morocco37,781,53936,910,560446,550
km²85/km²1.15%0.47%39Poland37,738,53537,846,611312,679
km²121/km²-0.15%0.47%40Saudi Arabia35,855,50734,813,8712,149,690
km²17/km²1.43%0.45%41Angola35,049,97032,866,2721,246,700
km²28/km²3.22%0.44%42Uzbekistan34,391,27333,469,203447,400
km²77/km²1.32%0.43%43Peru33,691,37132,971,8541,285,216
km²26/km²0.97%0.42%44Malaysia33,189,35032,365,999330,803
km²100/km²1.24%0.42%45Mozambique33,108,54031,255,435801,590
km²41/km²2.88%0.42%46Ghana32,409,12131,072,940238,533
km²136/km²2.09%0.41%47Yemen31,168,54529,825,964527,968
km²59/km²2.18%0.39%48Nepal30,235,98429,136,808147,181
km²205/km²1.86%0.38%49Venezuela29,275,67628,435,940916,445
km²32/km²1.96%0.37%50Madagascar29,193,53327,691,018587,041
km²50/km²2.64%0.37%51Cameroon27,925,73126,545,863475,442
km²59/km²2.52%0.35%52Ivory Coast27,756,48126,378,274322,463
km²86/km²2.55%0.35%53Niger26,103,35724,206,6441,267,000
km²21/km²3.79%0.33%54Australia26,074,63725,499,8847,692,024
km²3/km²1.09%0.33%55North Korea25,992,81125,778,816120,538
km²216/km²0.40%0.33%56Taiwan23,889,29523,816,77536,193
km²660/km²0.14%0.30%57Burkina Faso22,115,34920,903,273272,967
km²81/km²2.82%0.28%58Sri Lanka21,577,46921,413,24965,610
km²329/km²0.37%0.27%59Mali21,486,52420,250,8331,240,192
km²17/km²2.96%0.27%60Malawi20,191,81319,129,952118,484
km²170/km²2.71%0.25%61Zambia19,481,58518,383,955752,612
km²26/km²2.90%0.24%62Syria19,382,75817,500,658185,180
km²105/km²5.96%0.24%63Chile19,251,55119,116,201756,102
km²25/km²0.20%0.24%64Kazakhstan19,209,37418,776,7072,724,900
km²7/km²1.11%0.24%65Romania19,029,24119,237,691238,391
km²80/km²-0.50%0.24%66Guatemala18,590,90817,915,568108,889
km²171/km²1.83%0.23%67Ecuador18,118,15917,643,054276,841
km²65/km²1.26%0.23%68Senegal17,663,10916,743,927196,722
km²90/km²2.66%0.22%69Chad17,423,85416,425,8641,284,000
km²14/km²2.95%0.22%70Netherlands17,212,22317,134,87241,850
km²411/km²0.22%0.22%71Cambodia17,173,21116,718,965181,035
km²95/km²1.31%0.22%72Somalia16,851,71515,893,222637,657
km²26/km²2.95%0.21%73Zimbabwe15,336,41414,862,924390,757
km²39/km²1.59%0.19%74Guinea13,873,26813,132,795245,857
km²56/km²2.73%0.17%75Rwanda13,607,13012,952,21826,338
km²516/km²2.44%0.17%76Benin12,791,61012,123,200112,622
km²114/km²2.68%0.16%77Burundi12,632,44811,890,78427,834
km²454/km²3.01%0.16%78Tunisia12,048,93111,818,619163,610
km²74/km²0.93%0.15%79Bolivia11,995,94011,673,0211,098,581
km²11/km²1.35%0.15%80Haiti11,683,13011,402,52827,750
km²421/km²1.20%0.15%81Belgium11,669,08411,589,62330,528
km²382/km²0.31%0.15%82South Sudan11,623,08311,193,725619,745
km²19/km²2.08%0.15%83Cuba11,305,42611,326,616109,884
km²103/km²-0.10%0.14%84Dominican Republic11,058,48710,847,91048,671
km²227/km²0.94%0.14%85Czech Republic10,737,02510,708,98178,865
km²136/km²0.11%0.13%86Greece10,315,55210,423,054131,990
km²78/km²-0.52%0.13%87Jordan10,302,08910,203,13489,342
km²115/km²0.31%0.13%88Azerbaijan10,301,80910,139,17786,600
km²119/km²0.75%0.13%89Honduras10,224,5019,904,607112,492
km²91/km²1.57%0.13%90Sweden10,220,19110,099,265450,295
km²23/km²0.58%0.13%91Portugal10,139,97510,196,70992,090
km²110/km²-0.27%0.13%92United Arab Emirates10,083,7289,890,40283,600
km²121/km²0.91%0.13%93Tajikistan9,961,7429,537,645143,100
km²70/km²2.13%0.13%94Hungary9,605,6719,660,35193,028
km²103/km²-0.29%0.12%95Belarus9,432,5979,449,323207,600
km²45/km²-0.11%0.12%96Papua New Guinea9,295,7398,947,024462,840
km²20/km²1.90%0.12%97Austria9,067,2989,006,39883,871
km²108/km²0.26%0.11%98Israel8,925,6348,655,53520,770
km²430/km²1.51%0.11%99Switzerland8,774,8658,654,62241,284
km²213/km²0.67%0.11%100Togo8,685,0258,278,72456,785
km²153/km²2.39%0.11%101Serbia8,652,1358,737,37188,361
km²98/km²-0.51%0.11%102Sierra Leone8,309,8337,976,98371,740
km²116/km²2.03%0.10%103Hong Kong7,605,4147,496,9811,104
km²6,888/km²0.68%0.10%104Laos7,483,1097,275,560236,800
km²32/km²1.38%0.09%105Paraguay7,307,6137,132,538406,752
km²18/km²1.19%0.09%106Libya7,042,4326,871,2921,759,540
km²4/km²1.18%0.09%107Bulgaria6,843,5276,948,445110,879
km²62/km²-0.75%0.09%108Nicaragua6,780,6896,624,554130,373
km²52/km²1.14%0.09%109Kyrgyzstan6,730,3356,524,195199,951
km²34/km²1.51%0.08%110Lebanon6,683,6826,825,44510,452 km²640/km²-1.25%0.08%111El
Salvador6,551,0376,486,20521,041
km²311/km²0.49%0.08%112Turkmenistan6,203,6686,031,200488,100
km²13/km²1.37%0.08%113Singapore5,944,5105,850,342710
km²8,371/km²0.79%0.07%114Denmark5,835,3945,792,20243,094
km²135/km²0.37%0.07%115Republic of the Congo5,800,7125,518,087342,000
km²17/km²2.49%0.07%116Finland5,555,1035,540,720338,424
km²16/km²0.12%0.07%117Norway5,512,3125,421,241323,802
km²17/km²0.84%0.07%118Slovakia5,460,1855,459,64249,037
km²111/km²-0.01%0.07%119Palestine5,348,0495,101,4146,220
km²859/km²2.35%0.07%120Oman5,326,2235,106,626309,500
km²17/km²1.93%0.07%121Liberia5,307,6935,057,681111,369
km²48/km²2.41%0.07%122Costa Rica5,183,2435,094,11851,100
km²101/km²0.84%0.07%123Ireland5,021,0054,937,78670,273
km²71/km²0.75%0.06%124Central African Republic5,018,6364,829,767622,984
km²8/km²1.97%0.06%125Mauritania4,904,5954,649,6581,030,700
km²5/km²2.66%0.06%126New Zealand4,898,9794,822,233270,467
km²18/km²0.77%0.06%127Panama4,448,3124,314,76775,417
km²59/km²1.49%0.06%128Kuwait4,381,5014,270,57117,818
km²246/km²1.20%0.06%129Croatia4,058,8114,105,26756,594
km²72/km²-0.55%0.05%130Moldova4,012,9454,033,96333,846
km²119/km²-0.27%0.05%131Georgia3,968,5203,989,16769,700
km²57/km²-0.28%0.05%132Eritrea3,663,4643,546,421117,600
km²31/km²1.69%0.05%133Uruguay3,496,2343,473,730181,034
km²19/km²0.31%0.04%134Mongolia3,379,0873,278,2901,564,110
km²2/km²1.47%0.04%135Bosnia And Herzegovina3,248,9633,280,81951,209
km²63/km²-0.43%0.04%136Jamaica2,985,3352,961,16710,991
km²272/km²0.39%0.04%137Qatar2,980,9702,881,05311,586
km²257/km²1.69%0.04%138Armenia2,972,0412,963,24329,743
km²100/km²0.13%0.04%139Albania2,866,2382,877,79728,748
km²100/km²-0.23%0.04%140Puerto Rico2,829,5332,860,8538,870
km²319/km²0.06%0.04%141Lithuania2,661,0982,722,28965,300
km²41/km²-1.05%0.03%142Namibia2,634,8312,540,905825,615
km²3/km²1.80%0.03%143Gambia2,559,9582,416,66810,689
km²239/km²2.88%0.03%144Botswana2,442,0662,351,627582,000
km²4/km²1.83%0.03%145Gabon2,332,6332,225,734267,668
km²9/km²2.31%0.03%146Lesotho2,176,0452,142,24930,355 km²72/km²0.77%0.03%147North
Macedonia2,081,2742,083,37425,713
km²81/km²-0.07%0.03%148Slovenia2,078,0192,078,93820,273
km²103/km²-0.03%0.03%149Guinea Bissau2,064,3541,968,00136,125
km²57/km²2.38%0.03%150Latvia1,848,4531,886,19864,559
km²29/km²-0.97%0.02%151Bahrain1,784,7961,701,575765
km²2,332/km²2.04%0.02%152Equatorial Guinea1,497,6261,402,98528,051
km²53/km²3.23%0.02%153Trinidad And Tobago1,406,6531,399,4885,130
km²274/km²0.23%0.02%154Timor Leste1,369,9491,318,44514,874
km²92/km²1.90%0.02%155Estonia1,321,8571,326,53545,227
km²29/km²-0.25%0.02%156Mauritius1,274,7571,271,7682,040
km²625/km²0.10%0.02%157Cyprus1,223,5531,207,3599,251
km²132/km²0.64%0.02%158Eswatini1,185,0731,160,16417,364
km²68/km²1.06%0.01%159Djibouti1,016,383988,00023,200
km²44/km²1.39%0.01%160Fiji909,602896,44518,272
km²50/km²0.73%0.01%161Reunion908,189895,3122,511
km²362/km²0.71%0.01%162Comoros907,818869,6011,862
km²487/km²2.13%0.01%163Guyana794,120786,552214,969
km²4/km²0.47%0.01%164Bhutan788,107771,60838,394 km²21/km²1.03%0.01%165Solomon
Islands721,521686,88428,896 km²25/km²2.44%0.01%166Macau667,678649,33530
km²22,250/km²1.38%0.01%167Luxembourg642,537625,9782,586
km²248/km²1.19%0.01%168Montenegro627,950628,06613,812
km²45/km²-0.02%0.01%169Western Sahara626,455597,339266,000
km²2/km²2.33%0.01%170Suriname596,936586,632163,820 km²4/km²0.85%0.01%171Cape
Verde567,799555,9874,033 km²141/km²1.03%0.01%172Maldives540,993540,544300
km²1,803/km²-0.48%0.01%173Brunei445,514437,4795,765
km²77/km²0.88%0.01%174Malta444,056441,543316
km²1,405/km²0.28%0.01%175Belize412,341397,62822,966
km²18/km²1.80%0.01%176Bahamas400,591393,24413,943
km²29/km²0.91%0.01%177Guadeloupe399,802400,1241,628
km²246/km²-0.06%0.01%178Martinique374,072375,2651,128
km²332/km²-0.18%0.00%179Iceland345,438341,243103,000
km²3/km²0.59%0.00%180Vanuatu321,990307,14512,189 km²26/km²2.34%0.00%181French
Guiana314,320298,68283,534 km²4/km²2.52%0.00%182New
Caledonia290,968285,49818,575 km²16/km²0.94%0.00%183Barbados288,031287,375430
km²670/km²0.11%0.00%184Mayotte286,402272,815374 km²765/km²2.41%0.00%185French
Polynesia284,194280,9084,167 km²68/km²0.58%0.00%186Sao Tome And
Principe227,769219,159964 km²236/km²1.93%0.00%187Samoa202,277198,4142,842
km²71/km²1.04%0.00%188Saint Lucia185,128183,627616
km²301/km²0.39%0.00%189Guam171,549168,775549
km²312/km²0.79%0.00%190Curacao165,544164,093444
km²373/km²0.44%0.00%191Kiribati123,464119,449811
km²152/km²1.67%0.00%192Micronesia117,512115,023702
km²167/km²1.06%0.00%193Grenada113,483112,523344 km²330/km²0.40%0.00%194Saint
Vincent And the Grenadines111,551110,940389
km²287/km²0.26%0.00%195Tonga107,772105,695747
km²144/km²0.93%0.00%196Aruba107,617106,766180 km²598/km²0.38%0.00%197United
States Virgin Islands103,963104,425347 km²300/km²-0.24%0.00%198Antigua And
Barbuda99,52497,929442 km²225/km²0.79%0.00%199Seychelles99,43498,347452
km²220/km²0.52%0.00%200Isle of Man85,73285,033572
km²150/km²0.38%0.00%201Andorra77,46377,265468
km²166/km²0.14%0.00%202Dominica72,34471,986751 km²96/km²0.25%0.00%203Cayman
Islands67,27765,722264 km²255/km²1.17%0.00%204Bermuda61,93962,27854
km²1,147/km²-0.24%0.00%205Marshall Islands60,05759,190181
km²332/km²0.75%0.00%206Northern Mariana Islands58,26957,559464
km²126/km²0.61%0.00%207Greenland56,97356,7702,166,086
km²0/km²0.17%0.00%208American Samoa55,03055,191199 km²277/km²-0.13%0.00%209Saint
Kitts And Nevis53,87153,199261 km²206/km²0.61%0.00%210Faroe
Islands49,23348,8631,393 km²35/km²0.38%0.00%211Sint Maarten43,96642,87634
km²1,293/km²1.28%0.00%212Monaco39,78339,2422 km²19,892/km²0.69%0.00%213Turks And
Caicos Islands39,74138,717948 km²42/km²1.30%0.00%214Saint Martin39,73038,66653
km²750/km²1.26%0.00%215Liechtenstein38,38738,128160 km²240/km²0.36%0.00%216San
Marino34,08533,93161 km²559/km²0.20%0.00%217Gibraltar33,70433,6916
km²5,617/km²0.02%0.00%218British Virgin Islands30,59630,231151
km²203/km²0.58%0.00%219Palau18,23318,094459 km²40/km²0.35%0.00%220Cook
Islands17,57117,564236 km²74/km²0.03%0.00%221Anguilla15,23015,00391
km²167/km²0.75%0.00%222Tuvalu12,06611,79226 km²464/km²1.13%0.00%223Wallis And
Futuna10,98211,239142 km²77/km²-1.01%0.00%224Nauru10,90310,82421
km²519/km²0.25%0.00%225Saint Barthelemy9,9459,87721 km²474/km²0.38%0.00%226Saint
Pierre And Miquelon5,7595,794242 km²24/km²-0.12%0.00%227Montserrat4,9654,992102
km²49/km²-0.24%0.00%228Falkland Islands3,5393,48012,173
km²0/km²0.17%0.00%229Niue1,6221,626260 km²6/km²0.19%0.00%230Tokelau1,3781,35712
km²115/km²0.36%0.00%231Vatican City7998011 km²799/km²-0.12%0.00%232



WORLD POPULATION (1950 - 2100)

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WORLD POPULATION IN 2050

What will the world look like in 2050? The world’s population 30 years from now
may look more different than we expect. According to World Population Prospects,
the global population in 2050 will be around 9.77 billion people, which is 2
billion more than what the current population is today.

In terms of each country’s population growth, we can expect India to surpass
China as the most populated country in the world by 2050. Today, India’s growth
rate is 1.08% while China, the most populated country in the world at the
moment, has a growth rate of only 0.35%. By 2050, India’s population will hit
1.66 billion people, and China will come in second place with a population of
1.36 billion.

The United States currently is the third most populated country in the world,
but is expected to drop to fourth most populated by 2050. Instead, fast-growing
Nigeria will become the third most populated country by 2050 with its current
growth rate of 2.6%. Nigeria’s population will be around 410 million by 2050
while the US in 2050 will have about 390 million people.

Vatican City is predicted to continue being the least populated country in the
world in 2050. It currently has a negative growth rate and is predicted to have
800 people by 2050.

Trends are pointing towards the most populated countries reaching their
capacities and slowing down their population growths. Meanwhile, less populated
countries with developing industries and technologies will see a boom in
population growth, which are similar factors that allowed the recent growth of
India and China in the last century.

The diffusion of health developments and technology will increase the global
population overall. We predict the world to be around 30% more populated by 2050
because of better healthcare allowing longer life expectancy and lower infant
mortality rates. The population will be aging because of a declining fertility
rate as well, for individuals have more access to birth control and family
planning.

Many predictions for the year 2050 are still unknown as we still wait to see the
impact of computers, artificial intelligence, and environmental changes. If the
global population is growing overall, we will face more constrained resources
until technology can overcome any production shortages or environmental damage.

WORLD POPULATION BY RACE

As of the beginning of 2019, the world population is approximately 7.7 billion
people. Many researchers have tried breaking this population down into different
racial groups, but each nation measures different ethnic and racial components
in different ways. Therefore, specific statistics and racial demographics of the
world population as a whole are difficult to find as countries have not found a
way to consolidate their findings or compromised in measuring the same single
indicator of race.

Breaking down the global population by race is difficult primarily because of
the meaning of the word “race.” Race is considered as a construct defined by
society based on certain biological features that society has deemed to be
significant. For example, some racial groupings are determined by physical
differences like skin tone, hair color, and other facial features. However,
there are so many different variations and exceptions to the evolving term
“race” that many sociologists insist that no clear-cut races exist and that race
is just genetic variations that shouldn’t carry weight on society.

Race is to not be confused with ethnicity, which is shared cultural heritage.
The main difference between race and ethnicity is that race is inherited genetic
traits while ethnicity is a set of customs, language, and practices that are
learned and passed down from generation to generation.

Many countries measure their diversity through data on race, ethnicity, or a
combination or variation of both. For instance, the United States includes race
as self-identified data that reflects a social definition rather than a
biological or anthropological one. Citizens report themselves as White, Black or
African American, American Indian, Asian, or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander. Meanwhile, other countries may use different measures of ethnic
groups, such as English, German, East Indian, etc.


2022 WORLD POPULATION BY COUNTRY (LIVE)

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Territory Country Population Area JerseyUnited Kingdom98,069116
km²GuernseyUnited Kingdom65,15078 km²Aland IslandsFinland30,1291,580
km²BonaireNetherlands20,915288 km²Akrotiri and DhekeliaUnited Kingdom18,195254
km²Saint HelenaUnited Kingdom5,714394 km²Sint EustatiusNetherlands3,13921
km²Svalbard and Jan MayenNorway2,93961,022 km²SabaNetherlands1,93313
km²Christmas IslandAustralia1,843135 km²Norfolk IslandAustralia1,74836 km²Cocos
(Keeling) IslandsAustralia59614 km²United States Minor Outlying IslandsUnited
States30034.20 km²Pitcairn IslandsUnited Kingdom5047 km²


OTHER MINOR TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES


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Country 2022 Population 2011 Population Area Density (km²) Growth Rate
Kosovo1,802,250.221,780,02110,887
km²166/km²0.11%England57,367,811.0253,012,456130,279
km²440/km²0.72%Scotland5,504,650.665,295,40377,933
km²71/km²0.35%Wales3,193,665.343,063,45620,779 km²154/km²0.38%


OTHER LIMITED DATA COUNTRIES



WORLD POPULATION HISTORY (5000 B.C. - 2020 A.D.)

02B4B6B8B-10000-9000-8000-7000-6000-5000-4000-3000-2000-1000010002000YearPopulation

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Year Population Growth Rate
-100004,000,000-80005,320,0000.01%-500022,500,0000.05%-400046,750,0000.07%-300014,000,000-0.12%-200027,000,0000.07%-160070,000,0000.24%-100050,000,000-0.06%-800100,000,0000.35%-500100,000,0000.00%-400157,500,0000.46%-200202,000,0000.12%1235,000,0000.08%14256,000,0000.66%200234,330,000-0.05%350254,000,0000.05%400200,660,000-0.47%500198,500,000-0.01%600212,750,0000.07%700207,660,000-0.02%800232,250,0000.11%900229,300,000-0.01%1000278,600,0000.19%1100306,600,0000.10%1200386,000,0000.23%1250417,000,0000.15%1300407,600,000-0.05%1340410,000,0000.01%1400366,300,000-0.19%1500458,800,0000.23%1600550,000,0000.18%1650535,300,000-0.05%1700652,500,0000.40%1750751,000,0000.28%1800920,800,0000.41%18501,218,000,0000.56%18751,325,000,0000.34%19001,647,000,0000.87%19201,813,000,0000.48%19301,987,000,0000.92%19402,213,000,0001.08%19502,536,000,0001.37%19603,033,000,0001.81%19703,701,000,0002.01%19804,458,000,0001.88%19905,331,000,0001.80%20006,145,000,0001.43%20106,958,000,0001.25%20197,715,000,0001.15%

WORLD POPULATION HISTORY (5000 B.C. - 2020 A.D.)

Throughout most of history, the world's population has been much smaller than it
is now. Before the invention of agriculture, for example, the human population
was estimated to be around 15 million people at most.

Here's an interesting perspective on today's world population in 2016: today's
world population (~7 billion) is approximately 6% of the estimated 110 billion
who have ever lived.

The introduction of agriculture and the gradual movement of humanity into
settled communities saw the global population increase gradually to around 300
million by AD 0. To give you an idea of scale, the Roman Empire, which many
regard as one of the strongest empires the world has ever seen, probably
contained only around 50 million people at its height; that's less than the
number of people in England today.

It wasn't until the early 19th century that the world population reached its
first big milestone: 1 billion people. Then, as the industrial revolution took
hold and living standards improved, the rate of population growth increased
considerably. Over the next hundred years, the population of the world doubled,
reaching 2 billion in the late 1920s.

The 20th century, however, is where population growth really took off, and over
the past 100 years, the planet's population has more than tripled in size. This
massive increase in human population is largely due to improvements in diet,
sanitation and medicine, especially compulsory vaccination against many
diseases.

Here's a timeline of the world population growth milestones:

 * Year 1: 200 million
 * Year 1000: 275 million
 * Year 1500: 450 million
 * Year 1650: 500 million
 * Year 1750: 700 million
 * Year 1804: 1 billion
 * Year 1850: 1.2 billion
 * Year 1900: 1.6 billion
 * Year 1927: 2 billion
 * Year 1950: 2.55 billion
 * Year 1955: 2.8 billion
 * Year 1960: 3 billion
 * Year 1970: 3.7 billion
 * Year 1985: 4.85 billion
 * Year 1999: 6 billion
 * Year 2011: 7 billion
 * Year 2025: 8 billion

What happens next isn't quite so clear.

Most people agree that population increases will continue, but there are
arguments about the rate of increase, and even a few people who believe
population decreases are likely. You can see some example trends in this graph.

The United Nations has gradually been revising its predictions downwards, and
now believes that the world population in 2050 will be around 9 billion. It
believes that, as the world grows steadily richer and the average family size
decreases, growth will steadily slow and eventually stop.

However, others believe that poverty, inequality and continued urbanization will
encourage steadily increasing growth, particularly in countries in Africa and
parts of Asia, where growth is already much higher than the global average.

A few scientists even believe that populations will decrease. Some believe that
gradual increases in living standards will result in similar patterns to those
in Western Europe, where birth rates are declining rapidly. Others believe that
the current world population is unsustainable, and predict that humanity will
simply not be able to produce enough food and oil to feed itself and sustain our
industrial economy.


WORLD POPULATION HISTORY CHART

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Although the population of the world increases daily, population growth rate has
been declining over the last century. The rate of population growth was highest
in 1970, around 2% growth per year, before declining in 1980. The 80’s brought a
slight stagnant rise in the population growth rate, but in the 1990’s, the rate
of population growth dropped down to less than 1.5% and has been declining
throughout the 2000’s. The annual growth rate of the world population in 2019 is
around 1.1% and is predicted to decrease even more in the next few decades,
continuing the trend of slower population growth.


WORLD POPULATION GROWTH CHART

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Year Population Growth Rate
20227,953,952,5671.00%20217,874,965,8251.03%20207,794,798,7391.10%20157,379,797,1391.19%20106,956,823,6031.24%20056,541,907,0271.26%20006,143,493,8231.35%19955,744,212,9791.52%19905,327,231,0611.81%19854,870,921,7401.79%19804,458,003,5141.79%19754,079,480,6061.97%19703,700,437,0462.07%19653,339,583,5971.93%19603,034,949,7481.82%19552,773,019,9361.80%19502,536,431,149

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Year Population Growth Rate
20258,184,437,4600.96%20308,548,487,4000.87%20358,887,524,2130.78%20409,198,847,2400.69%20459,481,803,2740.61%20509,735,033,9900.53%20559,958,094,0740.45%206010,151,448,7610.39%206510,317,830,2050.33%207010,459,152,5070.27%207510,577,155,8890.22%208010,673,719,4740.18%208510,750,416,7390.14%209010,809,575,8020.11%209510,851,460,5970.08%210010,874,902,3180.04%


WORLD POPULATION HISTORY / WORLD POPULATION PROJECTIONS

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES


 1. World Population Prospects (2019 Revision) - United Nations population
    estimates and projections.
 2. Historical Estimates of World Population


SOURCES


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