On 15 November 2022, the worldโs population surpassed 8 billion people.
Earth’s population continues to explode ยป from 1 billion in 1820 to 2 billion in 1930, to 3 billion in 1960, to 4 billion in 1974, to 5 billion in 1987, to 6 billion in 1999, to 7 billion in 2012, and 8 billion in 2022.
Following are the 50 most populated countries using the latest figures available ยป
- India ยป 1,425,000,000 (April 2023)
- China ยป 1,413,143,000
- United States ยป 339,665,000
- Indonesia ยป 279,476,000
- Pakistan ยป 247,654,000
- Nigeria ยป 230,843,000
- Brazil ยป 218,690,000
- Bangladesh ยป 167,184,000
- Russia ยป 141,699,000
- Mexico ยป 129,876,000
- Japan ยป 123,719,000
- Ethiopia ยป 116,463,000
- Philippines ยป 116,434,000
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ยป 111,860,000
- Egypt ยป 109,547,000
- Vietnam ยป 104,799,000
- Iran ยป 87,591,000
- Germany ยป 84,220,000
- Turkiye ยป 83,594,000
- Thailand ยป 69,795,000
- France ยป 68,522,000
- United Kingdom ยป 68,139,000
- Tanzania ยป 65,643,000
- Italy ยป 61,022,000
- South Africa ยป 58,048,000
- Myanmarย ยป 57,970,000
- Kenya ยป 57,052,000
- South Korea ยป 51,967,000
- Colombia ยป 49,337,000
- Sudan ยป 49,18,000
- Uganda ยป 47,730,000
- Spain ยป 47,223,000
- Argentina ยป 46,622,000
- Algeria ยป 44,758,000
- Ukraine ยป 43,306,000
- Iraq ยป 41,266,000
- Afghanistan ยป 39,232,000
- Canada ยป 38,517,000
- Poland ยป 37,992,000
- Morocco ยป 37,067,000
- Angola ยป 35,981,000
- Saudi Arabia ยป 35,940,000
- Malaysia ยป 34,220,000
- Ghana ยป 33,846,000
- Mozambique ยป 32,514,000
- Peru ยป 32,440,000
- Yemen ยป 31,566,000
- Uzbekistan ยป 31,361,000
- Nepal ยป 30,899,000
- Venezuela ยป 30,518,000
