United Nations WPP 2024 · 2026
World population rankings
Population, density, ageing, fertility, mortality and migration rankings for every country and area in the UN World Population Prospects 2024.
Source: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant.
Total population
Leaders in 2026
- India 1,476,625,576 people
- China 1,412,914,089 people
- United States of America 349,035,494 people
Population density
Leaders in 2026
- Monaco 25,561.7 people/km²
- China, Macao SAR 22,599.6 people/km²
- Singapore 8,646.8 people/km²
Population growth rate
Leaders in 2026
- Central African Republic 3.28%
- Somalia 3.24%
- Niger 3.14%
Birth rate
Leaders in 2026
- Central African Republic 44.71 ‰
- Chad 42.20 ‰
- Somalia 41.19 ‰
Total fertility rate
Leaders in 2026
- Chad 5.84
- Somalia 5.81
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.80
Deaths
Leaders in 2026
- China 11,482,043 people
- India 9,888,274 people
- United States of America 3,136,202 people
Life expectancy at birth
Leaders in 2026
- Monaco 86.73
- San Marino 86.03
- China, Hong Kong SAR 85.90
Net migration rate
Leaders in 2026
- Holy See 25.68 ‰
- Tokelau 16.07 ‰
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 15.94 ‰
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Estimates cover 1950–2023; 2024 and later are UN medium-variant projections. Rankings use the latest available value for the selected year. The world total is the sum of all countries and areas in the dataset.
China's detailed profile follows this site's original China dataset. World rankings use UN WPP 2024 figures for cross-country comparability.