List of most populous nations by 2025
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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 8.039 billion.
| Rank | Current Rank | Change | Country | Projected Population (millions) | Current Population (millions) | Population change (per cent) |
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| 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 | 294 | +13.1% |
| 4 | 4 | = | Indonesia | 275.2 | 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
it:Nazioni pił popolose per il 2025
External links
- Population in 1975, 2002 and 2015 (UNDP) (http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/indic/indic_36_1_1.html)
- World population prospects database 1950-2050 (United Nations) (http://esa.un.org/unpp/)