India is the most populous country in this 172-country group with 1,463,865,525 people — 17.88% of the 8,185,260,817 covered here. China follows with 1,406,585,000 (17.18%), then the United States with 341,784,857 (4.18%). The table also shows each country's share of annual births and its population density; population rank and birth rank are not the same thing.

Rank	Country	Population	Share of world	Births per year	Birth share	Density /km²	Growth
1	🇮🇳 India	1,463,865,525	17.88%	23,394,035	17.44%	488	0.89%
2	🇨🇳 China	1,406,585,000	17.18%	9,522,580	7.10%	150	-0.17%
3	🇺🇸 United States	341,784,857	4.18%	3,622,919	2.70%	37	0.52%
4	🇮🇩 Indonesia	285,721,236	3.49%	4,503,538	3.36%	150	0.78%
5	🇵🇰 Pakistan	255,219,554	3.12%	6,996,078	5.22%	326	1.56%
6	🇳🇬 Nigeria	237,527,782	2.90%	7,717,990	5.75%	255	2.06%
7	🇧🇷 Brazil	212,812,405	2.60%	2,582,053	1.92%	25	0.38%
8	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	175,686,899	2.15%	3,511,630	2.62%	1,333	1.22%
9	🇷🇺 Russia	143,513,328	1.75%	1,205,512	0.90%	9	-0.11%
10	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	135,472,051	1.66%	4,263,170	3.18%	118	2.55%
11	🇲🇽 Mexico	131,946,900	1.61%	2,040,427	1.52%	67	0.83%
12	🇯🇵 Japan	123,366,734	1.51%	703,190	0.52%	340	-0.49%
13	🇪🇬 Egypt	118,365,995	1.45%	2,475,625	1.85%	117	1.56%
14	🇵🇭 Philippines	116,786,962	1.43%	1,856,212	1.38%	389	0.81%
15	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	112,832,473	1.38%	4,613,156	3.44%	48	3.20%
16	🇻🇳 Vietnam	101,598,527	1.24%	1,363,757	1.02%	322	0.60%
17	🇮🇷 Iran	92,417,681	1.13%	1,161,783	0.87%	56	0.92%
18	🇹🇷 Türkiye	85,878,556	1.05%	944,664	0.70%	111	0.42%
19	🇩🇪 Germany	83,491,249	1.02%	676,279	0.50%	239	-0.03%
20	🇹🇭 Thailand	71,619,863	0.87%	581,267	0.43%	140	-0.07%
21	🇹🇿 Tanzania	70,545,865	0.86%	2,455,067	1.83%	78	2.86%
22	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	69,487,000	0.85%	687,365	0.51%	286	0.30%
23	🇫🇷 France	68,720,337	0.84%	666,587	0.50%	127	0.25%
24	🇿🇦 South Africa	64,747,319	0.79%	1,196,530	0.89%	53	1.15%
25	🇮🇹 Italy	58,915,656	0.72%	371,169	0.28%	199	-0.06%
26	🇰🇪 Kenya	57,532,493	0.70%	1,551,536	1.16%	97	1.93%
27	🇲🇲 Myanmar	54,850,648	0.67%	903,061	0.67%	84	0.64%
28	🇨🇴 Colombia	53,425,635	0.65%	707,943	0.53%	48	1.01%
29	🇰🇷 South Korea	51,684,564	0.63%	242,917	0.18%	530	-0.13%
30	🇸🇩 Sudan	51,662,147	0.63%	1,704,644	1.27%	27	2.38%
31	🇺🇬 Uganda	51,384,894	0.63%	1,769,490	1.32%	249	2.70%
32	🇪🇸 Spain	49,355,143	0.60%	320,808	0.24%	98	1.03%
33	🇩🇿 Algeria	47,435,312	0.58%	893,539	0.67%	20	1.32%
34	🇮🇶 Iraq	47,020,774	0.57%	1,202,791	0.90%	106	2.10%
35	🇦🇷 Argentina	45,851,378	0.56%	508,308	0.38%	17	0.34%
36	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	43,844,111	0.54%	1,534,851	1.14%	65	2.77%
37	🇾🇪 Yemen	41,773,878	0.51%	1,435,309	1.07%	77	2.89%
38	🇨🇦 Canada	41,651,653	0.51%	370,700	0.28%	5	0.94%
39	🇦🇴 Angola	39,040,039	0.48%	1,450,650	1.08%	30	3.00%
40	🇺🇦 Ukraine	38,980,376	0.48%	213,067	0.16%	65	2.92%
41	🇲🇦 Morocco	38,430,770	0.47%	630,341	0.47%	85	0.91%
42	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	37,053,428	0.45%	946,974	0.71%	83	1.88%
43	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	36,973,555	0.45%	609,879	0.45%	16	4.63%
44	🇵🇱 Poland	36,435,861	0.45%	251,407	0.19%	119	-0.34%
45	🇲🇾 Malaysia	35,977,838	0.44%	444,758	0.33%	108	1.17%
46	🇲🇿 Mozambique	35,631,653	0.44%	1,319,369	0.98%	44	2.85%
47	🇬🇭 Ghana	35,064,272	0.43%	908,866	0.68%	151	1.83%
48	🇵🇪 Peru	34,576,665	0.42%	544,617	0.41%	27	1.04%
49	🇲🇬 Madagascar	32,740,678	0.40%	1,038,338	0.77%	55	2.40%
50	🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire	32,711,547	0.40%	1,032,507	0.77%	100	2.40%
51	🇨🇲 Cameroon	29,879,337	0.37%	996,297	0.74%	62	2.56%
52	🇳🇵 Nepal	29,618,118	0.36%	561,619	0.42%	207	-0.11%
53	🇻🇪 Venezuela	28,516,896	0.35%	434,341	0.32%	32	0.39%
54	🇳🇪 Niger	27,917,831	0.34%	1,156,357	0.86%	21	3.22%
55	🇦🇺 Australia	27,614,411	0.34%	295,474	0.22%	4	1.53%
56	🇰🇵 North Korea	26,571,036	0.32%	341,650	0.25%	220	0.27%
57	🇸🇾 Syria	25,620,427	0.31%	593,420	0.44%	134	3.77%
58	🇲🇱 Mali	25,198,821	0.31%	996,160	0.74%	20	2.90%
59	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	24,074,580	0.29%	754,401	0.56%	86	2.21%
60	🇲🇼 Malawi	22,216,120	0.27%	691,877	0.52%	230	2.56%
61	🇿🇲 Zambia	21,913,874	0.27%	717,110	0.53%	29	2.77%
62	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	21,756,000	0.27%	219,736	0.16%	354	-0.73%
63	🇹🇩 Chad	21,003,705	0.26%	908,704	0.68%	16	3.41%
64	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	20,843,754	0.25%	406,891	0.30%	8	1.21%
65	🇨🇱 Chile	19,859,921	0.24%	173,238	0.13%	27	0.48%
66	🇸🇴 Somalia	19,654,739	0.24%	832,300	0.62%	30	3.34%
67	🇷🇴 Romania	19,020,271	0.23%	142,652	0.11%	83	-0.17%
68	🇸🇳 Senegal	18,931,966	0.23%	552,510	0.41%	96	2.30%
69	🇬🇹 Guatemala	18,687,881	0.23%	385,325	0.29%	172	1.52%
70	🇪🇨 Ecuador	18,289,896	0.22%	271,056	0.20%	73	0.85%
71	🇳🇱 Netherlands	18,087,633	0.22%	166,406	0.12%	534	0.52%
72	🇰🇭 Cambodia	17,847,982	0.22%	362,475	0.27%	100	1.18%
73	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	16,950,795	0.21%	506,676	0.38%	43	1.88%
74	🇬🇳 Guinea	15,099,727	0.18%	503,198	0.38%	60	2.31%
75	🇧🇯 Benin	14,814,460	0.18%	495,084	0.37%	128	2.40%
76	🇷🇼 Rwanda	14,569,341	0.18%	408,845	0.30%	600	2.17%
77	🇧🇮 Burundi	14,390,003	0.18%	477,906	0.36%	547	2.41%
78	🇧🇴 Bolivia	12,581,843	0.15%	264,546	0.20%	11	1.35%
79	🇹🇳 Tunisia	12,348,573	0.15%	165,100	0.12%	79	0.58%
80	🇸🇸 South Sudan	12,188,788	0.15%	356,181	0.27%	19	2.03%
81	🇧🇪 Belgium	11,941,781	0.15%	109,864	0.08%	389	0.70%
82	🇭🇹 Haiti	11,906,095	0.15%	261,267	0.19%	427	1.13%
83	🇯🇴 Jordan	11,520,684	0.14%	235,621	0.18%	130	-0.28%
84	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	11,520,487	0.14%	202,991	0.15%	237	0.81%
85	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	11,513,149	0.14%	113,048	0.08%	155	4.68%
86	🇭🇳 Honduras	11,005,850	0.13%	238,266	0.18%	97	1.65%
87	🇨🇺 Cuba	10,937,203	0.13%	94,279	0.07%	106	-0.39%
88	🇨🇿 Czechia	10,886,878	0.13%	83,829	0.06%	141	-0.17%
89	🇵🇹 Portugal	10,804,871	0.13%	85,358	0.06%	117	1.03%
90	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	10,786,734	0.13%	273,260	0.20%	76	1.83%
91	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	10,762,817	0.13%	261,440	0.19%	23	1.75%
92	🇸🇪 Sweden	10,596,620	0.13%	98,549	0.07%	26	0.25%
93	🇬🇷 Greece	10,413,962	0.13%	68,732	0.05%	81	0.08%
94	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	10,246,996	0.13%	102,470	0.08%	123	0.43%
95	🇮🇱 Israel	10,122,800	0.12%	188,284	0.14%	462	1.20%
96	🇭🇺 Hungary	9,514,251	0.12%	78,017	0.06%	105	-0.50%
97	🇦🇹 Austria	9,208,163	0.11%	77,349	0.06%	111	0.33%
98	🇨🇭 Switzerland	9,092,436	0.11%	79,104	0.06%	228	0.96%
99	🇧🇾 Belarus	9,085,991	0.11%	63,884	0.05%	45	-0.51%
100	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	8,819,794	0.11%	265,546	0.20%	120	2.04%
101	🇹🇬 Togo	8,591,626	0.10%	275,456	0.21%	155	2.18%
102	🇱🇦 Laos	7,873,046	0.10%	164,806	0.12%	34	1.32%
103	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	7,618,847	0.09%	159,280	0.12%	16	1.65%
104	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	7,498,900	0.09%	36,745	0.03%	7,166	-0.34%
105	🇱🇾 Libya	7,458,555	0.09%	123,029	0.09%	4	1.04%
106	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	7,343,064	0.09%	142,455	0.11%	38	1.66%
107	🇵🇾 Paraguay	7,013,078	0.09%	138,354	0.10%	17	1.20%
108	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	7,007,502	0.09%	134,131	0.10%	57	1.31%
109	🇷🇸 Serbia	6,549,143	0.08%	60,252	0.04%	75	-0.57%
110	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	6,484,437	0.08%	197,283	0.15%	19	2.36%
111	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	6,433,302	0.08%	53,396	0.04%	59	-0.13%
112	🇸🇻 El Salvador	6,365,503	0.08%	99,283	0.07%	306	0.43%
113	🇸🇬 Singapore	6,111,175	0.07%	45,223	0.03%	8,329	1.22%
114	🇩🇰 Denmark	6,009,169	0.07%	57,087	0.04%	149	0.54%
115	🇱🇧 Lebanon	5,849,421	0.07%	93,345	0.07%	568	0.75%
116	🇱🇷 Liberia	5,731,206	0.07%	175,243	0.13%	58	2.09%
117	🇫🇮 Finland	5,646,436	0.07%	44,042	0.03%	18	0.47%
118	🇳🇴 Norway	5,610,870	0.07%	54,425	0.04%	15	0.69%
119	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	5,513,282	0.07%	254,675	0.19%	9	3.37%
120	🇴🇲 Oman	5,494,691	0.07%	92,190	0.07%	17	3.96%
121	🇮🇪 Ireland	5,484,367	0.07%	54,844	0.04%	78	1.63%
122	🇸🇰 Slovakia	5,413,813	0.07%	46,017	0.03%	113	-0.15%
123	🇵🇸 Palestine	5,413,596	0.07%	143,271	0.11%	878	2.33%
124	🇳🇿 New Zealand	5,324,700	0.07%	58,731	0.04%	20	0.65%
125	🇲🇷 Mauritania	5,315,065	0.06%	180,872	0.13%	5	2.78%
126	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	5,152,950	0.06%	51,483	0.04%	101	0.45%
127	🇰🇼 Kuwait	4,865,298	0.06%	48,750	0.04%	275	-0.65%
128	🇵🇦 Panama	4,571,189	0.06%	72,531	0.05%	61	1.22%
129	🇬🇪 Georgia	3,935,766	0.05%	44,431	0.03%	67	3.18%
130	🇭🇷 Croatia	3,876,200	0.05%	32,172	0.02%	69	0.26%
131	🇪🇷 Eritrea	3,607,003	0.04%	103,590	0.08%	29	2.00%
132	🇲🇳 Mongolia	3,568,978	0.04%	60,316	0.04%	2	1.25%
133	🇺🇾 Uruguay	3,384,688	0.04%	33,177	0.02%	19	-0.06%
134	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	3,184,835	0.04%	18,154	0.01%	361	-0.55%
135	🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina	3,140,095	0.04%	24,242	0.02%	62	-0.77%
136	🇳🇦 Namibia	3,092,816	0.04%	80,076	0.06%	4	2.05%
137	🇦🇲 Armenia	3,086,700	0.04%	34,262	0.03%	108	1.74%
138	🇶🇦 Qatar	2,972,215	0.04%	28,307	0.02%	249	3.92%
139	🇱🇹 Lithuania	2,888,774	0.04%	19,066	0.01%	46	0.02%
140	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2,837,077	0.03%	32,485	0.02%	262	-0.07%
141	🇬🇲 Gambia	2,822,093	0.03%	84,259	0.06%	273	2.23%
142	🇬🇦 Gabon	2,593,130	0.03%	70,344	0.05%	10	2.11%
143	🇧🇼 Botswana	2,562,122	0.03%	62,416	0.05%	4	1.61%
144	🇱🇸 Lesotho	2,363,325	0.03%	56,157	0.04%	77	1.10%
145	🇲🇩 Moldova	2,360,527	0.03%	24,998	0.02%	84	-1.75%
146	🇦🇱 Albania	2,349,580	0.03%	23,804	0.02%	87	-1.17%
147	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	2,249,515	0.03%	66,496	0.05%	78	2.16%
148	🇸🇮 Slovenia	2,130,986	0.03%	16,835	0.01%	106	0.17%
149	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	1,938,431	0.02%	58,141	0.04%	67	2.40%
150	🇱🇻 Latvia	1,847,785	0.02%	12,750	0.0095%	30	-0.99%
151	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	1,820,909	0.02%	16,024	0.01%	72	-0.19%
152	🇧🇭 Bahrain	1,600,366	0.02%	19,257	0.01%	1,986	0.73%
153	🇽🇰 Kosovo	1,576,876	0.02%	18,689	0.01%	—	-1.10%
154	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	1,418,517	0.02%	30,878	0.02%	94	1.27%
155	🇨🇾 Cyprus	1,370,754	0.02%	14,416	0.01%	147	0.91%
156	🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago	1,367,764	0.02%	14,420	0.01%	267	-0.04%
157	🇪🇪 Estonia	1,366,475	0.02%	9,702	0.0072%	32	-0.43%
158	🇸🇿 Eswatini	1,256,174	0.02%	29,706	0.02%	72	1.07%
159	🇲🇺 Mauritius	1,243,741	0.02%	12,811	0.0095%	623	-0.16%
160	🇩🇯 Djibouti	1,184,076	0.01%	24,784	0.02%	50	1.31%
161	🇫🇯 Fiji	933,154	0.01%	16,670	0.01%	51	0.47%
162	🇰🇲 Comoros	882,847	0.01%	24,925	0.02%	464	1.85%
163	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	838,645	0.01%	22,398	0.02%	29	2.35%
164	🇬🇾 Guyana	835,986	0.01%	16,622	0.01%	4	0.59%
165	🇧🇹 Bhutan	796,682	0.0097%	9,978	0.0074%	21	0.65%
166	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	686,970	0.0084%	6,526	0.0049%	263	1.46%
167	🇸🇷 Suriname	639,850	0.0078%	10,975	0.0082%	4	0.85%
168	🇲🇪 Montenegro	623,129	0.0076%	6,979	0.0052%	46	-0.06%
169	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	527,326	0.0064%	6,445	0.0048%	130	0.47%
170	🇧🇿 Belize	422,924	0.0052%	7,634	0.0057%	18	1.39%
171	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	335,169	0.0041%	9,268	0.0069%	27	2.23%
172	🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe	240,254	0.0029%	6,750	0.0050%	245	1.98%

Population and births use the latest World Bank WDI values; density is from the same source. Ranks are within the 172 countries in this dataset. Percentages are shares of the 172-country total. Population and growth are 2025 values; density and the birth rate are from 2024.

Median age and the 2050 outlook

Country	Median age	Population 2050	Change 2025→2050
🇯🇵 Japan	49.8	105,123,167	-14.6%
🇮🇹 Italy	48.2	51,891,098	-12.3%
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	47.4	6,090,619	-17.7%
🇵🇹 Portugal	46.9	9,770,270	-6.2%
🇬🇷 Greece	46.8	8,812,070	-11.3%
🇪🇸 Spain	45.9	44,928,558	-6.2%
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	45.8	2,503,994	-22.6%
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina	45.7	2,455,167	-21.8%
🇰🇷 South Korea	45.6	45,143,134	-12.6%
🇩🇪 Germany	45.5	78,294,613	-6.9%
🇭🇷 Croatia	45.3	3,234,160	-16.0%
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	44.8	5,402,217	-19.5%
🇸🇮 Slovenia	44.7	1,981,553	-6.4%
🇷🇸 Serbia	44.4	5,532,870	-17.3%
🇭🇺 Hungary	43.9	8,725,347	-9.4%
🇨🇿 Czechia	43.8	9,825,544	-7.4%
🇦🇹 Austria	43.6	8,724,332	-4.3%
🇱🇻 Latvia	43.6	1,513,810	-18.3%
🇷🇴 Romania	43.2	16,027,266	-15.2%
🇫🇮 Finland	43.2	5,351,645	-4.8%
🇨🇭 Switzerland	42.9	9,342,586	+4.2%
🇪🇪 Estonia	42.8	1,174,267	-12.6%
🇵🇱 Poland	42.5	32,814,096	-14.0%
🇱🇹 Lithuania	42.3	2,258,774	-20.2%
🇸🇰 Slovakia	42.3	4,936,488	-9.8%
🇫🇷 France	42.3	68,219,675	+2.4%
🇨🇺 Cuba	42.2	9,382,000	-14.2%
🇧🇪 Belgium	41.9	11,870,906	+1.0%
🇺🇦 Ukraine	41.8	31,990,132	-17.9%
🇳🇱 Netherlands	41.5	18,958,475	+3.3%
🇧🇾 Belarus	41.3	7,453,546	-17.2%
🇩🇰 Denmark	41.3	6,124,838	+2.0%
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	41.0	1,512,688	-16.6%
🇨🇦 Canada	40.6	45,621,882	+13.7%
🇹🇭 Thailand	40.6	66,382,735	-7.3%
🇷🇺 Russia	40.3	136,132,775	-5.5%
🇸🇪 Sweden	40.3	11,309,630	+6.1%
🇨🇳 China	40.1	1,260,289,093	-11.0%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	40.1	75,504,681	+8.6%
🇲🇪 Montenegro	40.0	533,295	-15.7%
🇳🇴 Norway	39.8	5,899,829	+4.9%
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	39.5	791,464	+16.3%
🇮🇪 Ireland	39.0	5,970,042	+12.5%
🇨🇾 Cyprus	38.6	1,508,482	+10.0%
🇲🇩 Moldova	38.6	2,351,809	-21.5%
🇺🇸 United States	38.5	380,846,910	+9.7%
🇦🇺 Australia	38.3	32,506,969	+20.5%
🇲🇺 Mauritius	37.8	1,107,197	-12.7%
🇳🇿 New Zealand	37.7	5,755,288	+9.6%
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago	37.7	1,399,800	-7.4%
🇬🇪 Georgia	37.3	3,664,014	-3.7%
🇦🇱 Albania	37.3	2,240,166	-19.2%
🇨🇱 Chile	36.9	20,320,306	+2.3%
🇦🇲 Armenia	36.6	2,495,207	-15.5%
🇰🇵 North Korea	36.5	25,787,127	-3.0%
🇺🇾 Uruguay	36.4	3,254,354	-3.9%
🇸🇬 Singapore	36.2	6,081,692	+3.6%
🇨🇷 Costa Rica	35.2	5,354,150	+3.9%
🇰🇼 Kuwait	34.8	6,367,756	+26.7%
🇧🇷 Brazil	34.8	217,489,300	+2.2%
🇮🇷 Iran	34.0	101,861,993	+10.2%
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	33.6	11,224,923	+8.0%
🇶🇦 Qatar	33.5	4,164,460	+33.7%
🇹🇷 Türkiye	33.5	91,258,061	+4.1%
🇻🇳 Vietnam	33.4	110,008,908	+8.3%
🇧🇭 Bahrain	33.3	2,139,464	+30.2%
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	33.3	24,813,690	+6.8%
🇹🇳 Tunisia	32.9	13,145,141	+6.5%
🇦🇷 Argentina	32.9	48,308,944	+5.4%
🇯🇲 Jamaica	32.8	2,454,940	-13.5%
🇽🇰 Kosovo	32.6	1,643,619	-1.8%
🇨🇴 Colombia	32.5	59,385,356	+11.2%
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	31.6	15,367,392	+35.4%
🇲🇾 Malaysia	31.0	44,289,772	+23.1%
🇧🇹 Bhutan	30.5	882,340	+10.8%
🇮🇩 Indonesia	30.4	320,712,949	+12.2%
🇵🇦 Panama	30.3	5,630,680	+23.2%
🇵🇪 Peru	30.2	40,583,876	+17.4%
🇲🇲 Myanmar	30.1	58,623,232	+6.9%
🇲🇦 Morocco	29.8	43,440,431	+13.0%
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	29.7	26,544,265	+27.3%
🇴🇲 Oman	29.7	7,827,002	+42.4%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	29.6	47,693,910	+38.0%
🇲🇽 Mexico	29.6	148,946,274	+12.9%
🇻🇪 Venezuela	29.4	31,094,883	+9.0%
🇪🇨 Ecuador	29.3	21,337,237	+16.7%
🇮🇱 Israel	29.2	13,092,722	+37.6%
🇨🇻 Cape Verde	29.0	566,134	+7.4%
🇮🇳 India	28.8	1,679,589,259	+14.7%
🇱🇧 Lebanon	28.8	6,999,260	+19.7%
🇿🇦 South Africa	28.7	79,177,328	+22.3%
🇸🇷 Suriname	28.6	733,904	+14.7%
🇩🇿 Algeria	28.6	59,565,554	+25.6%
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	28.3	12,996,293	+12.8%
🇫🇯 Fiji	28.1	1,000,261	+7.2%
🇸🇻 El Salvador	27.9	6,663,346	+4.7%
🇱🇾 Libya	27.7	9,260,606	+24.2%
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	27.0	52,210,755	+40.9%
🇵🇾 Paraguay	27.0	8,640,464	+23.2%
🇲🇳 Mongolia	26.9	4,501,493	+28.0%
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	26.9	9,639,708	+26.5%
🇧🇿 Belize	26.9	516,627	+22.2%
🇬🇾 Guyana	26.2	940,608	+12.5%
🇰🇭 Cambodia	26.2	21,931,455	+22.9%
🇵🇭 Philippines	26.1	134,373,439	+15.1%
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	26.0	214,709,097	+22.2%
🇳🇮 Nicaragua	26.0	8,756,430	+25.0%
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	25.4	9,642,952	+32.2%
🇳🇵 Nepal	25.3	34,642,027	+17.0%
🇧🇴 Bolivia	25.2	16,110,162	+28.0%
🇱🇦 Laos	24.9	9,757,286	+23.9%
🇩🇯 Djibouti	24.9	1,530,540	+29.3%
🇯🇴 Jordan	24.7	16,367,354	+42.1%
🇪🇬 Egypt	24.5	161,630,192	+36.6%
🇭🇳 Honduras	24.2	14,846,778	+34.9%
🇭🇹 Haiti	24.1	14,710,862	+23.6%
🇧🇼 Botswana	23.4	3,437,430	+34.2%
🇬🇹 Guatemala	23.4	24,670,857	+32.0%
🇸🇾 Syria	23.3	37,793,372	+47.5%
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	22.8	14,906,590	+38.5%
🇸🇿 Eswatini	22.5	1,505,331	+19.8%
🇹🇯 Tajikistan	22.2	15,574,642	+44.4%
🇱🇸 Lesotho	21.8	2,993,076	+26.6%
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	21.7	1,889,249	+33.2%
🇬🇦 Gabon	21.5	4,084,533	+57.5%
🇬🇭 Ghana	21.3	50,553,047	+44.2%
🇳🇦 Namibia	21.3	4,512,300	+45.9%
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	20.9	3,143,728	+62.2%
🇮🇶 Iraq	20.8	71,928,750	+53.0%
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	20.7	1,309,110	+56.1%
🇰🇲 Comoros	20.6	1,307,558	+48.1%
🇵🇰 Pakistan	20.6	371,863,793	+45.7%
🇻🇺 Vanuatu	20.3	534,388	+59.4%
🇵🇸 Palestine	20.1	8,451,891	+51.2%
🇰🇪 Kenya	20.0	83,593,239	+45.3%
🇷🇼 Rwanda	19.9	22,707,910	+55.9%
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	19.7	12,948,325	+46.8%
🇸🇳 Senegal	19.6	30,364,954	+60.4%
🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe	19.5	365,115	+52.0%
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	19.4	3,438,608	+52.9%
🇪🇷 Eritrea	19.2	5,696,062	+57.9%
🇲🇬 Madagascar	19.2	53,185,475	+62.4%
🇪🇹 Ethiopia	19.1	225,021,874	+66.1%
🇹🇬 Togo	19.1	15,584,778	+60.3%
🇱🇷 Liberia	18.8	8,910,530	+55.5%
🇸🇸 South Sudan	18.7	18,341,974	+50.5%
🇬🇲 Gambia	18.6	4,301,895	+52.4%
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	18.6	11,006,472	+69.7%
🇸🇩 Sudan	18.5	85,206,383	+64.9%
🇾🇪 Yemen	18.4	70,976,403	+69.9%
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire	18.3	55,746,985	+70.4%
🇬🇳 Guinea	18.3	23,404,584	+55.0%
🇳🇬 Nigeria	18.1	359,185,556	+51.2%
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	18.1	25,866,385	+52.6%
🇲🇼 Malawi	18.1	37,361,683	+68.2%
🇨🇲 Cameroon	18.0	51,096,317	+71.0%
🇧🇯 Benin	18.0	24,433,809	+64.9%
🇿🇲 Zambia	17.9	38,083,385	+73.8%
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	17.7	37,304,383	+55.0%
🇹🇿 Tanzania	17.5	129,621,102	+83.7%
🇲🇷 Mauritania	17.4	9,415,598	+77.1%
🇦🇫 Afghanistan	17.3	76,885,134	+75.4%
🇺🇬 Uganda	16.9	85,431,202	+66.3%
🇦🇴 Angola	16.6	74,295,394	+90.3%
🇲🇿 Mozambique	16.5	63,530,952	+78.3%
🇧🇮 Burundi	16.4	24,131,720	+67.7%
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.8	218,246,072	+93.4%
🇹🇩 Chad	15.8	38,857,686	+85.0%
🇲🇱 Mali	15.7	46,154,079	+83.2%
🇸🇴 Somalia	15.6	37,206,512	+89.3%
🇳🇪 Niger	15.6	52,513,876	+88.1%
🇨🇫 Central African Republic	14.5	10,616,752	+92.6%

Median age and 2050 population: UN WPP 2024. Change compares 2050 with the 2025 WPP estimate. Sorted by median age, oldest first.

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