List of most populous nations by 2025

The United Nations Population Fund has calculated, based on current trends, the future population of the world's countries. These figures can easily change as events such as wars, diseases, or dramatic demographic changes would all greatly affect the results. The study projected the world population in 2025 to be 8039 million.

Projected
Rank

Current
Rank

Change

Country

Projected
Population
(millions)

Current
Population
(millions)

Population
change
(per cent)

1

1

=

People's Republic of China

1480.4

1294

+14.4%

2

2

=

India

1330.2

1049

+26.8%

3

3

=

United States

332.5

300

+10.8%

4

4

=

Indonesia

275.3

234

+17.6%

5

6

+1

Pakistan

268.9

151

+78.1%

6

9

+3

Nigeria

238.4

133

+79.2%

7

5

-2

Brazil

216.6

182

+19.0%

8

8

=

Bangladesh

180.0

138

+30.4%

9

16

+7

Ethiopia

136.3

67

+103.4%

10

7

-3

Russia

131.4

145

-9.4%

11

11

=

Mexico

130.2

105

+24.0%

12

18

+6

Iran

128.3

68

+88.7%

13

10

-3

Japan

121.3

127

-4.5%

14

14

=

Vietnam

110.1

82

+34.2%

15

23

+8

Dem. Rep. of Congo

105.9

57

+85.7%

16

12

-4

Philippines

105.2

85

+23.7%

17

15

-2

Egypt

95.8

75

+27.7%

18

17

-1

Turkey

85.8

68

+26.1%

19

13

-6

Germany

80.9

82

-1.3%

20

26

+6

South Africa

71.6

43

+66.51%

See also

  • List of countries by population

it:Nazioni più popolose per il 2025 nl:Lijst van landen naar inwonertal in 2025 pl:Lista najbardziej zaludnionych państw świata w 2025