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These are the 2050 estimated total population figures for all global countries & overseas dependencies, which are listed on the United Nations Population Division database. We have also included the overall % of the global population which is residing in each nation, and you can also view this exact dataset for the years 2010, 2015 and 2020. These figures were collated as part of the 2008 United Nations revision of the 'World Population Prospects', which was released in 2009.

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	Country/Territory	United Nations Variant [1]	Continent(s)	% World Population	Estimated 2050 Population [2]

1	India	Medium variant	Asia	17.637	1,613,799,950
2	China	Medium variant	Asia	15.487	1,417,044,807
3	United States	Medium variant	North America	4.415	403,931,520
4	Pakistan	Medium variant	Asia	3.663	335,195,025
5	Nigeria	Medium variant	Africa	3.159	289,082,564
6	Indonesia	Medium variant	Asia / Oceania	3.149	288,110,442
7	Bangladesh	Medium variant	Asia	2.432	222,495,496
8	Brazil	Medium variant	South America	2.388	218,511,967
9	Ethiopia	Medium variant	Africa	1.900	173,811,319
10	DR Congo	Medium variant	Africa	1.612	147,511,800
11	Philippines	Medium variant	Asia	1.597	146,156,334
12	Egypt	Medium variant	Africa	1.416	129,533,301
13	Mexico	Medium variant	North America	1.409	128,964,154
14	Russia	Medium variant	Asia / Europe	1.269	116,097,030
15	Vietnam	Medium variant	Asia	1.220	111,665,648
16	Tanzania	Medium variant	Africa	1.196	109,450,125
17	Japan	Medium variant	Asia	1.111	101,658,573
18	Turkey	Medium variant	Asia / Europe	1.064	97,388,952
19	Iran	Medium variant	Asia	1.060	96,975,433
20	Uganda	Medium variant	Africa	0.998	91,271,336
21	Kenya	Medium variant	Africa	0.933	85,409,720
22	Sudan	Medium variant	Africa	0.829	75,883,643
23	Afghanistan	Medium variant	Asia	0.808	73,938,204
24	Thailand	Medium variant	Asia	0.802	73,360,955
25	United Kingdom	Medium variant	Europe	0.791	72,365,492
26	Germany	Medium variant	Europe	0.771	70,503,986
27	France	Medium variant	Europe	0.740	67,667,557
28	Iraq	Medium variant	Asia	0.699	63,994,882
29	Burma	Medium variant	Asia	0.693	63,373,112
30	Colombia	Medium variant	South America	0.687	62,876,978
31	Niger	Medium variant	Africa	0.636	58,215,611
32	Italy	Medium variant	Europe	0.624	57,066,011
33	South Africa	Medium variant	Africa	0.621	56,801,779
34	Yemen	Medium variant	Asia	0.587	53,689,473
35	Spain	Medium variant	Europe	0.560	51,260,457
36	Argentina	Medium variant	South America	0.557	50,942,743
37	Algeria	Medium variant	Africa	0.542	49,610,160
38	Nepal	Medium variant	Asia	0.536	49,028,309
39	Ghana	Medium variant	Africa	0.494	45,213,479
40	Canada	Medium variant	North America	0.485	44,413,555
41	Mozambique	Medium variant	Africa	0.482	44,148,369
42	South Korea	Medium variant	Asia	0.482	44,077,104
43	Saudi Arabia	Medium variant	Asia	0.477	43,658,157
44	Ivory Coast	Medium variant	Africa	0.474	43,373,388
45	Madagascar	Medium variant	Africa	0.467	42,692,934
46	Morocco	Medium variant	Africa	0.465	42,582,845
47	Angola	Medium variant	Africa	0.462	42,267,337
48	Venezuela	Medium variant	South America	0.459	42,041,652
49	Burkina Faso	Medium variant	Africa	0.446	40,829,868
50	Peru	Medium variant	South America	0.435	39,775,765
51	Malaysia	Medium variant	Asia	0.433	39,664,352
52	Syria	Medium variant	Asia	0.403	36,910,698
53	Cameroon	Medium variant	Africa	0.401	36,735,872
54	Malawi	Medium variant	Africa	0.400	36,575,338
55	Uzbekistan	Medium variant	Asia	0.398	36,439,137
56	Ukraine	Medium variant	Europe	0.383	35,026,344
57	Poland	Medium variant	Europe	0.350	32,013,327
58	Zambia	Medium variant	Africa	0.316	28,956,728
59	Australia	Medium variant	Oceania	0.314	28,724,025
60	Mali	Medium variant	Africa	0.309	28,260,388
61	Chad	Medium variant	Africa	0.304	27,776,150
62	Guatemala	Medium variant	North America	0.300	27,480,325
63	Senegal	Medium variant	Africa	0.285	26,101,570
64	North Korea	Medium variant	Asia	0.268	24,562,329
65	Guinea	Medium variant	Africa	0.262	23,974,916
66	Cambodia	Medium variant	Asia	0.260	23,795,313
67	Somalia	Medium variant	Africa	0.257	23,522,108
68	Zimbabwe	Medium variant	Africa	0.242	22,177,694
69	Rwanda	Medium variant	Africa	0.241	22,081,570
70	Benin	Medium variant	Africa	0.240	21,981,522
71	Sri Lanka	Medium variant	Asia	0.237	21,705,430
72	Chile	Medium variant	South America	0.226	20,656,538
73	Ecuador	Medium variant	South America	0.197	17,989,350
74	Kazakhstan	Medium variant	Asia / Europe	0.195	17,847,900
75	Netherlands	Medium variant	Europe	0.190	17,399,340
76	Romania	Medium variant	Europe	0.189	17,279,010
77	Haiti	Medium variant	North America	0.169	15,484,731
78	Bolivia	Medium variant	South America	0.163	14,908,273
79	Burundi	Medium variant	Africa	0.162	14,846,297
80	Dominican Republic	Medium variant	North America	0.147	13,441,348
81	Togo	Medium variant	Africa	0.144	13,195,867
82	Papua New Guinea	Medium variant	Oceania	0.141	12,870,919
83	Tunisia	Medium variant	Africa	0.139	12,710,754
84	Sierra Leone	Medium variant	Africa	0.136	12,445,618
85	Honduras	Medium variant	North America	0.136	12,402,077
86	Belgium	Medium variant	Europe	0.126	11,492,577
87	Tajikistan	Medium variant	Asia	0.121	11,111,454
88	Greece	Medium variant	Europe	0.120	10,939,192
89	Eritrea	Medium variant	Africa	0.118	10,786,638
90	Laos	Medium variant	Asia	0.117	10,744,160
91	Israel	Medium variant	Asia	0.116	10,649,053
92	Azerbaijan	Medium variant	Asia / Europe	0.116	10,578,791
93	Sweden	Medium variant	Europe	0.116	10,570,648
94	Czech Republic	Medium variant	Europe	0.113	10,293,819
95	Palestine	Medium variant	Asia	0.112	10,264,625
96	Jordan	Medium variant	Asia	0.112	10,240,569
97	Portugal	Medium variant	Europe	0.109	10,015,058
98	Paraguay	Medium variant	South America	0.108	9,867,163
99	Libya	Medium variant	Africa	0.107	9,818,500
100	Cuba	Medium variant	North America	0.106	9,724,745
101	Serbia	Medium variant	Europe	0.100	9,193,257
102	Hungary	Medium variant	Europe	0.098	8,933,980
103	Liberia	Medium variant	Africa	0.097	8,840,768
104	Hong Kong	Medium variant	Asia	0.094	8,622,931
105	Austria	Medium variant	Europe	0.093	8,515,344
106	Switzerland	Medium variant	Europe	0.093	8,513,633
107	United Arab Emirates	Medium variant	Asia	0.090	8,253,234
108	Nicaragua	Medium variant	North America	0.089	8,143,303
109	El Salvador	Medium variant	North America	0.086	7,882,161
110	Central African Republic	Medium variant	Africa	0.083	7,602,750
111	Belarus	Medium variant	Europe	0.080	7,275,009
112	Kyrgyzstan	Medium variant	Asia	0.075	6,881,669
113	Republic of Congo	Medium variant	Africa	0.075	6,863,359
114	Turkmenistan	Medium variant	Asia	0.074	6,795,583
115	Costa Rica	Medium variant	North America	0.070	6,373,430
116	Ireland, Republic of	Medium variant	Europe	0.069	6,294,590
117	Mauritania	Medium variant	Africa	0.066	6,061,032
118	Norway	Medium variant	Europe	0.065	5,946,571
119	Denmark	Medium variant	Europe	0.061	5,551,342
120	Finland	Medium variant	Europe	0.060	5,444,577
121	Bulgaria	Medium variant	Europe	0.059	5,391,778
122	New Zealand	Medium variant	Oceania	0.058	5,348,528
123	Kuwait	Medium variant	Asia	0.057	5,240,022
124	Singapore	Medium variant	Asia	0.057	5,221,478
125	Panama	Medium variant	North America	0.056	5,091,972
126	Lebanon	Medium variant	Asia	0.055	5,033,357
127	Slovakia	Medium variant	Europe	0.054	4,917,026
128	Oman	Medium variant	Asia	0.053	4,877,611
129	Puerto Rico	Medium variant	North America	0.045	4,102,717
130	Croatia	Medium variant	Europe	0.042	3,825,078
131	Gambia	Medium variant	Africa	0.041	3,762,640
132	Uruguay	Medium variant	South America	0.040	3,636,847
133	Namibia	Medium variant	Africa	0.039	3,588,155
134	Guinea-Bissau	Medium variant	Africa	0.039	3,554,885
135	Mongolia	Medium variant	Asia	0.038	3,445,704
136	Albania	Medium variant	Europe	0.036	3,303,219
137	Georgia	Medium variant	Asia / Europe	0.036	3,267,164
138	East Timor	Medium variant	Asia / Oceania	0.035	3,216,658
139	Armenia	Medium variant	Asia / Europe	0.033	3,017,574
140	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Medium variant	Europe	0.033	3,008,137
141	Botswana	Medium variant	Africa	0.030	2,758,236
142	Moldova	Medium variant	Europe	0.030	2,733,871
143	Jamaica	Medium variant	North America	0.029	2,682,736
144	Lithuania	Medium variant	Europe	0.028	2,578,753
145	Lesotho	Medium variant	Africa	0.027	2,491,353
146	Gabon	Medium variant	Africa	0.027	2,471,355
147	Qatar	Medium variant	Asia	0.025	2,316,488
148	Slovenia	Medium variant	Europe	0.021	1,954,294
149	Macedonia	Medium variant	Europe	0.020	1,856,846
150	Latvia	Medium variant	Europe	0.020	1,854,341
151	Swaziland	Medium variant	Africa	0.019	1,748,666
152	Djibouti	Medium variant	Africa	0.016	1,469,099
153	Equatorial Guinea	Medium variant	Africa	0.016	1,444,976
154	Mauritius	Medium variant	Africa	0.016	1,425,799
155	Trinidad & Tobago	Medium variant	North America	0.014	1,278,206
156	Bahrain	Medium variant	Asia	0.014	1,277,038
157	Estonia	Medium variant	Europe	0.013	1,233,130
158	Comoros	Medium variant	Africa	0.013	1,226,156
159	Cyprus, Republic of	Medium variant	Asia / Europe	0.013	1,175,248
160	Reunion	Medium variant	Africa	0.012	1,095,699
161	Bhutan	Medium variant	Asia	0.011	1,012,696
162	Solomon Islands	Medium variant	Oceania	0.011	1,006,838
163	Western Sahara	Medium variant	Africa	0.010	938,110
164	Fiji	Medium variant	Oceania	0.010	909,921
165	Luxembourg	Medium variant	Europe	0.008	733,307
166	Cape Verde	Medium variant	Africa	0.008	702,527
167	Brunei	Medium variant	Asia	0.007	657,508
168	Suriname	Medium variant	South America	0.007	618,672
169	Montenegro	Medium variant	Europe	0.007	618,383
170	Macau	Medium variant	Asia	0.006	593,223
171	Guyana	Medium variant	South America	0.006	558,406
172	Belize	Medium variant	North America	0.006	506,348
173	Vanuatu	Medium variant	Oceania	0.005	482,350
174	Guadeloupe	Medium variant	North America	0.005	476,659
175	French Guiana	Medium variant	South America	0.005	462,340
176	Maldives	Medium variant	Asia	0.005	455,203
177	Bahamas	Medium variant	North America	0.005	454,907
178	Malta	Medium variant	Europe	0.005	413,225
179	Iceland	Medium variant	Europe	0.004	406,963
180	Martinique	Medium variant	North America	0.004	392,510
181	Mayotte	Medium variant	Africa	0.004	386,256
182	New Caledonia	Medium variant	Oceania	0.004	361,755
183	French Polynesia	Medium variant	Oceania	0.004	354,093
184	Sao Tome & Principe	Medium variant	Africa	0.003	295,694
185	Guam	Medium variant	Oceania	0.003	241,552
186	Barbados	Medium variant	North America	0.003	237,094
187	Saint Lucia	Medium variant	North America	0.002	217,032
188	Samoa	Medium variant	Oceania	0.002	192,234
189	Netherlands Antilles	Medium variant	North America	0.002	192,201
190	Northern Mariana Islands	Medium variant	Oceania	0.002	151,498
191	Kiribati	Medium variant	Oceania	0.002	151,488
192	Channel Islands	Medium variant	Europe	0.002	143,899
193	Andorra	Medium variant	Europe	0.002	137,442
194	Micronesia, Fed. States of	Medium variant	Oceania	0.001	127,943
195	Tonga	Medium variant	Oceania	0.001	123,473
196	Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Medium variant	North America	0.001	118,522
197	Antigua & Barbuda	Medium variant	North America	0.001	112,321
198	American Samoa	Medium variant	Oceania	0.001	106,984
199	Aruba	Medium variant	North America	0.001	106,453
200	Grenada	Medium variant	North America	0.001	96,933
201	Seychelles	Medium variant	Africa	0.001	96,594
202	Marshall Islands	Medium variant	Oceania	0.001	92,328
203	Isle of Man	Medium variant	Europe	<0.001	75,399
204	US Virgin Islands	Medium variant	North America	<0.001	74,963
205	Saint Kitts & Nevis	Medium variant	North America	<0.001	69,342
206	Cayman Islands	Medium variant	North America	<0.001	66,392
207	Dominica	Medium variant	North America	<0.001	66,355
208	Bermuda	Medium variant	North America	<0.001	62,680
209	Faroe Islands	Medium variant	Europe	<0.001	58,307
210	Greenland	Medium variant	North America	<0.001	49,887
211	Liechtenstein	Medium variant	Europe	<0.001	44,789
212	Turks & Caicos Islands	Medium variant	North America	<0.001	40,491
213	Monaco	Medium variant	Europe	<0.001	37,670
214	San Marino	Medium variant	Europe	<0.001	32,976
215	Gibraltar	Medium variant	Europe	<0.001	29,938
216	British Virgin Islands	Medium variant	North America	<0.001	27,700
217	Palau	Medium variant	Oceania	<0.001	26,443
218	Cook Islands	Medium variant	Oceania	<0.001	24,024
219	Anguilla	Medium variant	North America	<0.001	19,555
220	Wallis & Futuna Islands	Medium variant	Oceania	<0.001	16,919
221	Tuvalu	Medium variant	Oceania	<0.001	11,036
222	Nauru	Medium variant	Oceania	<0.001	10,835
223	Montserrat	Medium variant	North America	<0.001	6,992
224	Saint Pierre y Miquelon	Medium variant	North America	<0.001	6,045
225	Saint Helena	Medium variant	Africa	<0.001	4,703
226	Falkland Islands	Medium variant	South America	<0.001	2,967
227	Tokelau	Medium variant	Oceania	<0.001	1,210
228	Niue	Medium variant	Oceania	<0.001	1,106
229	Vatican City	Medium variant	Europe	<0.001	766
230	Pitcairn Islands	Medium variant	Oceania	<0.001	51

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Population Trends


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References

[1] We have chosen to use the 'Medium Variant' from UNdata.
[2] The statistics quoted above are taken from the UNdata statistics database. UNdata quotes the original sources as being 'United Nations Population Division' (World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision). UNdata is a statistical service provided by the United Nations. All data is available free of charge and may be copied freely, duplicated and further distributed, provided that UNdata is cited as the reference. The full UNdata re-publishing policy is here. This complete dataset was last updated by UNdata on June.18.2009 & last retrieved by BlatantWorld.com on September.12.2010. UNdata give the next update as April 2011, but these release dates can often be misleading.

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