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Population in high-income countries: how the countries rank

How many people live where, how fast populations grow and how old they are. 12 indicators for the 86 economies in the high income group, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Population1.4bnhigh-income countries, 2025 · world 8.2bnPopulation growth0.41%high-income countries, 2025 · world 0.91%Urban share80.2%high-income countries, 2025 · world 57.8%Density27.2high-income countries, 2023 · world 62.1Fertility1.42high-income countries, 2024 · world 2.19Birth rate8.9high-income countries, 2024 · world 16.3Death rate9.7high-income countries, 2024 · world 7.6Aged 0–1415.5%high-income countries, 2025 · world 24.4%
Population
high-income countriesWorldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
02.5bn5.0bn7.5bn10.0bn1995200020052010201520202025high-income countries1.4bnWorldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
Population growth
high-income countriesWorldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
-1.0%0%1.0%2.0%3.0%1995200020052010201520202025high-income countries0.41%Worldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
countries

All 86 economies, population

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its population profile.

86 shown
CountryPopulationPopulation growthUrban shareDensityFertilityBirth rateDeath rateAged 0–14
United States342m#1 · 20250.52%#37 · 202580.2%#47 · 202537.2#69 · 20241.63#24 · 202410.6#29 · 20249.0#38 · 202417.1%#31 · 2025
Russia144m#2 · 2025-0.11%#65 · 202575.3%#53 · 20258.8#81 · 20241.42#49 · 20248.4#55 · 202412.4#9 · 202417.0%#33 · 2025
Japan123m#3 · 2025-0.49%#77 · 202592.3%#24 · 2025340.1#22 · 20241.15#74 · 20245.7#81 · 202413.3#5 · 202411.2%#84 · 2025
Germany83.5m#4 · 2025-0.03%#60 · 202582.1%#42 · 2025239.0#34 · 20241.36#61 · 20248.1#62 · 202412.1#10 · 202413.9%#70 · 2025
United Kingdom69.5m#5 · 20250.30%#47 · 202583.3%#40 · 2025286.4#26 · 20241.55#31 · 20249.9#36 · 20249.7#28 · 202417.0%#34 · 2025
France68.7m#6 · 20250.25%#50 · 202578.8%#52 · 2025127.2#46 · 20241.61#25 · 20249.7#39 · 20249.4#34 · 202416.2%#39 · 2025
Italy58.9m#7 · 2025-0.06%#64 · 202569.7%#61 · 2025199.4#38 · 20241.18#72 · 20246.3#80 · 202411.0#16 · 202411.7%#81 · 2025
South Korea51.7m#8 · 2025-0.13%#68 · 202581.2%#44 · 2025530.2#16 · 20240.75#85 · 20244.7#85 · 20247.0#61 · 202410.2%#86 · 2025
Spain49.4m#9 · 20251.03%#19 · 202580.5%#45 · 202597.8#54 · 20241.10#78 · 20246.5#79 · 20248.9#39 · 202412.6%#78 · 2025
Canada41.7m#10 · 20250.94%#22 · 202582.9%#41 · 20254.7#82 · 20241.25#65 · 20248.9#49 · 20247.9#46 · 202415.0%#54 · 2025
Saudi Arabia37.0m#11 · 20254.63%#2 · 202584.6%#37 · 202516.4#78 · 20242.31#8 · 202416.5#6 · 20242.3#81 · 202423.6%#8 · 2025
Poland36.4m#12 · 2025-0.34%#75 · 202560.1%#71 · 2025119.4#47 · 20241.14#76 · 20246.9#75 · 202411.2#14 · 202414.5%#61 · 2025
Australia27.6m#13 · 20251.53%#9 · 202587.7%#33 · 20253.5#85 · 20241.48#38 · 202410.7#26 · 20246.9#63 · 202417.7%#25 · 2025
Chile19.9m#14 · 20250.48%#39 · 202589.2%#28 · 202526.6#72 · 20241.14#75 · 20248.7#50 · 20246.6#67 · 202416.5%#36 · 2025
Romania19.0m#15 · 2025-0.17%#71 · 202552.2%#78 · 202582.8#57 · 20241.39#55 · 20247.5#70 · 202412.8#8 · 202415.6%#49 · 2025
Netherlands18.1m#16 · 20250.52%#38 · 202595.9%#15 · 2025534.4#15 · 20241.43#47 · 20249.2#47 · 20249.6#31 · 202414.9%#55 · 2025
Belgium11.9m#17 · 20250.70%#29 · 202587.7%#34 · 2025388.9#19 · 20241.44#45 · 20249.2#46 · 20249.5#32 · 202415.7%#46 · 2025
United Arab Emirates11.5m#18 · 20254.68%#1 · 202586.0%#35 · 2025154.7#41 · 20241.21#70 · 20249.8#37 · 20241.0#86 · 202416.0%#42 · 2025
Czechia10.9m#19 · 2025-0.17%#72 · 202572.9%#57 · 2025141.3#45 · 20241.36#60 · 20247.7#67 · 202410.3#20 · 202415.1%#52 · 2025
Portugal10.8m#20 · 20251.03%#20 · 202561.5%#70 · 2025116.7#48 · 20241.41#51 · 20247.9#64 · 202411.1#15 · 202412.7%#77 · 2025
Sweden10.6m#21 · 20250.25%#49 · 202589.1%#29 · 202526.0#73 · 20241.43#48 · 20249.3#45 · 20248.6#42 · 202416.7%#35 · 2025
Greece10.4m#22 · 20250.08%#56 · 202579.2%#51 · 202580.7#58 · 20241.24#68 · 20246.6#77 · 202412.1#11 · 202412.9%#76 · 2025
Israel10.1m#23 · 20251.20%#16 · 202591.6%#26 · 2025462.2#18 · 20242.87#2 · 202418.6#3 · 20245.3#75 · 202427.2%#3 · 2025
Hungary9.5m#24 · 2025-0.50%#78 · 202570.7%#59 · 2025104.8#52 · 20241.41#50 · 20248.2#61 · 202413.4#4 · 202414.4%#63 · 2025
Austria9.2m#25 · 20250.33%#46 · 202569.7%#60 · 2025111.2#50 · 20241.31#63 · 20248.4#53 · 20249.6#30 · 202414.1%#66 · 2025
Switzerland9.1m#26 · 20250.96%#21 · 202585.7%#36 · 2025227.9#36 · 20241.29#64 · 20248.7#51 · 20248.0#45 · 202414.9%#56 · 2025
Hong Kong7.5m#27 · 2025-0.34%#74 · 2025100.0%#5 · 20257,165.8#4 · 20240.84#84 · 20244.9#84 · 20247.0#59 · 202410.3%#85 · 2025
Bulgaria6.4m#28 · 2025-0.13%#67 · 202574.2%#56 · 202559.3#63 · 20241.72#20 · 20248.3#56 · 202415.6#2 · 202414.4%#62 · 2025
Singapore6.1m#29 · 20251.22%#15 · 2025100.0%#11 · 20258,329.0#3 · 20240.97#82 · 20247.4#71 · 20246.0#72 · 202411.7%#80 · 2025
Denmark6.0m#30 · 20250.54%#36 · 202588.8%#31 · 2025149.4#42 · 20241.47#39 · 20249.5#43 · 20249.5#33 · 202415.6%#48 · 2025
Finland5.6m#31 · 20250.47%#41 · 202574.5%#55 · 202518.5#76 · 20241.25#66 · 20247.8#66 · 202410.4#19 · 202414.3%#64 · 2025
Norway5.6m#32 · 20250.69%#30 · 202583.6%#39 · 202515.3#80 · 20241.45#44 · 20249.7#40 · 20247.9#47 · 202415.9%#44 · 2025
Oman5.5m#33 · 20253.96%#3 · 202579.5%#49 · 202517.1#77 · 20242.51#5 · 202416.8#5 · 20241.9#83 · 202424.3%#7 · 2025
Ireland5.5m#34 · 20251.63%#8 · 202564.6%#67 · 202578.3#60 · 20241.47#40 · 202410.0#34 · 20246.5#68 · 202418.1%#20 · 2025
Slovakia5.4m#35 · 2025-0.15%#69 · 202553.2%#77 · 2025112.8#49 · 20241.46#42 · 20248.5#52 · 20249.9#27 · 202415.6%#47 · 2025
New Zealand5.3m#36 · 20250.65%#33 · 202584.0%#38 · 202520.1#74 · 20241.57#28 · 202411.0#22 · 20247.1#56 · 202417.9%#24 · 2025
Costa Rica5.2m#37 · 20250.45%#43 · 202579.7%#48 · 2025101.5#53 · 20241.32#62 · 202410.0#35 · 20245.6#73 · 202418.3%#19 · 2025
Kuwait4.9m#38 · 2025-0.65%#81 · 2025100.0%#6 · 2025274.8#27 · 20241.56#30 · 202410.0#33 · 20241.5#84 · 202418.0%#21 · 2025
Panama4.6m#39 · 20251.22%#14 · 202566.2%#66 · 202560.9#62 · 20242.11#10 · 202415.9#7 · 20244.9#77 · 202424.5%#6 · 2025
Croatia3.9m#40 · 20250.26%#48 · 202557.8%#73 · 202569.1#61 · 20241.46#41 · 20248.3#57 · 202413.2#6 · 202413.7%#73 · 2025
Uruguay3.4m#41 · 2025-0.06%#63 · 202595.7%#17 · 202519.4#75 · 20241.40#54 · 20249.8#38 · 20249.9#26 · 202417.9%#23 · 2025
Puerto Rico3.2m#42 · 2025-0.55%#79 · 202594.3%#21 · 2025361.1#20 · 20240.92#83 · 20245.7#82 · 202410.3#21 · 202411.2%#83 · 2025
Qatar3.0m#43 · 20253.92%#4 · 202599.4%#13 · 2025248.7#33 · 20241.72#21 · 20249.5#42 · 20241.1#85 · 202415.0%#53 · 2025
Lithuania2.9m#44 · 20250.02%#58 · 202569.1%#62 · 202546.1#65 · 20241.11#77 · 20246.6#78 · 202413.0#7 · 202414.5%#59 · 2025
Slovenia2.1m#45 · 20250.17%#55 · 202556.0%#75 · 2025105.7#51 · 20241.52#36 · 20247.9#65 · 202410.1#24 · 202414.5%#60 · 2025
Latvia1.8m#46 · 2025-0.99%#83 · 202568.6%#63 · 202530.0#71 · 20241.24#69 · 20246.9#74 · 202414.3#3 · 202415.2%#51 · 2025
Bahrain1.6m#47 · 20250.73%#26 · 2025100.0%#1 · 20251,985.8#6 · 20241.80#18 · 202412.0#14 · 20242.2#82 · 202418.4%#17 · 2025
Cyprus1.4m#48 · 20250.91%#24 · 202566.7%#65 · 2025147.0#44 · 20241.38#56 · 202410.5#32 · 20247.0#58 · 202416.1%#40 · 2025
Trinidad and Tobago1.4m#49 · 2025-0.04%#61 · 202554.0%#76 · 2025266.8#28 · 20241.54#33 · 202410.5#30 · 20248.7#41 · 202417.5%#29 · 2025
Estonia1.4m#50 · 2025-0.43%#76 · 202570.7%#58 · 202532.1#70 · 20241.18#71 · 20247.1#73 · 202411.5#13 · 202415.3%#50 · 2025
Guyana835,986#51 · 20250.59%#35 · 202526.5%#84 · 20253.9#83 · 20242.40#6 · 202419.9#2 · 20247.5#52 · 202428.9%#2 · 2025
Luxembourg686,970#52 · 20251.46%#11 · 202594.9%#19 · 2025263.0#30 · 20241.25#67 · 20249.5#44 · 20246.6#65 · 202415.7%#45 · 2025
Macao685,900#53 · 2025-0.16%#70 · 2025100.0%#7 · 202520,630.6#1 · 20240.58#86 · 20245.3#83 · 20243.6#80 · 202413.7%#72 · 2025
Malta579,704#54 · 20251.89%#6 · 202595.7%#16 · 20251,805.0#7 · 20241.01#81 · 20247.7#68 · 20247.3#54 · 202412.9%#75 · 2025
Brunei466,330#55 · 20250.78%#25 · 202575.0%#54 · 202587.8#56 · 20241.73#19 · 202413.3#11 · 20245.3#74 · 202420.6%#13 · 2025
Bahamas403,033#56 · 20250.44%#44 · 202581.3%#43 · 202540.1#66 · 20241.37#57 · 202410.8#24 · 20248.8#40 · 202417.5%#27 · 2025
Iceland392,404#57 · 20251.51%#10 · 202594.2%#23 · 20253.8#84 · 20241.56#29 · 202411.2#19 · 20246.8#64 · 202417.5%#28 · 2025
New Caledonia295,333#58 · 20250.92%#23 · 202568.2%#64 · 202515.8#79 · 20241.96#13 · 202414.0#10 · 20246.3#69 · 202421.1%#10 · 2025
Barbados282,623#59 · 20250.06%#57 · 202559.7%#72 · 2025655.4#11 · 20241.71#22 · 202411.1#20 · 202410.2#22 · 202417.1%#32 · 2025
French Polynesia282,465#60 · 20250.23%#51 · 202561.8%#68 · 202580.0#59 · 20241.49#37 · 202410.7#27 · 20243.8#79 · 202418.5%#16 · 2025
Guam168,999#61 · 20250.73%#28 · 202594.2%#22 · 2025310.1#24 · 20242.75#3 · 202417.3#4 · 20246.9#62 · 202425.9%#5 · 2025
Channel Islands168,466#62 · 20250.20%#52 · 202532.6%#82 · 2025842.1#10 · 20211.37#58 · 20248.2#60 · 202410.4#18 · 202414.0%#68 · 2025
Curaçao156,263#63 · 20250.19%#53 · 202591.5%#27 · 2025351.3#21 · 20241.40#53 · 20247.2#72 · 202410.1#23 · 202414.6%#58 · 2025
Seychelles122,730#64 · 20251.13%#18 · 202545.5%#80 · 2025265.5#29 · 20241.85#17 · 202411.0#23 · 20247.0#60 · 202419.8%#15 · 2025
Aruba108,785#65 · 20250.73%#27 · 202561.7%#69 · 2025600.0#12 · 20241.61#26 · 20247.6#69 · 20247.8#48 · 202416.5%#37 · 2025
US Virgin Islands103,792#66 · 2025-0.56%#80 · 202595.4%#18 · 2025299.9#25 · 20241.97#12 · 202411.1#21 · 20249.2#36 · 202416.5%#38 · 2025
Antigua and Barbuda94,209#67 · 20250.46%#42 · 202524.3%#85 · 2025213.0#37 · 20241.58#27 · 202411.7#16 · 20247.0#57 · 202417.5%#30 · 2025
Isle of Man84,118#68 · 2025-0.05%#62 · 202552.1%#79 · 2025147.0#43 · 20241.54#32 · 20248.3#58 · 202410.6#17 · 202413.9%#69 · 2025
Andorra82,904#69 · 20251.17%#17 · 202588.9%#30 · 2025175.1#40 · 20241.09#79 · 20246.9#76 · 20246.1#70 · 202411.6%#82 · 2025
Cayman Islands75,844#70 · 20251.85%#7 · 2025100.0%#3 · 2025310.2#23 · 20241.52#35 · 202411.6#18 · 20244.9#78 · 202416.1%#41 · 2025
Bermuda64,555#71 · 2025-0.13%#66 · 2025100.0%#2 · 20251,197.0#9 · 20241.41#52 · 20247.9#63 · 20249.0#37 · 202413.4%#74 · 2025
Greenland56,831#72 · 2025-0.01%#59 · 202588.6%#32 · 20250.1#86 · 20241.71#23 · 202412.0#15 · 20249.3#35 · 202420.7%#12 · 2025
Faroe Islands54,900#73 · 20250.47%#40 · 202539.6%#81 · 202539.9#67 · 20241.91#14 · 202410.8#25 · 20248.2#44 · 202419.9%#14 · 2025
Saint Kitts and Nevis46,922#74 · 20250.17%#54 · 202531.9%#83 · 2025179.5#39 · 20241.53#34 · 202411.7#17 · 202410.0#25 · 202418.3%#18 · 2025
Turks and Caicos Islands46,855#75 · 20250.69%#31 · 202594.4%#20 · 202549.1#64 · 20241.45#43 · 202410.5#31 · 20247.4#53 · 202416.0%#43 · 2025
American Samoa46,029#76 · 2025-1.59%#84 · 202580.5%#46 · 2025235.0#35 · 20242.27#9 · 202415.0#9 · 20247.3#55 · 202426.3%#4 · 2025
Sint Maarten43,923#77 · 20251.31%#13 · 2025100.0%#12 · 20251,275.0#8 · 20241.44#46 · 20249.1#48 · 20248.3#43 · 202414.8%#57 · 2025
Northern Mariana Islands43,541#78 · 2025-1.68%#85 · 202592.2%#25 · 202596.9#55 · 20242.32#7 · 202412.1#13 · 20245.0#76 · 202421.2%#9 · 2025
Liechtenstein41,024#79 · 20251.41%#12 · 202514.6%#86 · 2025252.8#32 · 20241.37#59 · 20248.4#54 · 20247.5#50 · 202414.2%#65 · 2025
Gibraltar40,126#80 · 20252.01%#5 · 2025100.0%#4 · 20253,932.9#5 · 20241.89#15 · 202412.2#12 · 20246.6#66 · 202417.6%#26 · 2025
British Virgin Islands39,732#81 · 20250.66%#32 · 202557.4%#74 · 2025261.4#31 · 20241.05#80 · 20248.2#59 · 20246.0#71 · 202414.1%#67 · 2025
Monaco38,341#82 · 2025-0.75%#82 · 2025100.0%#8 · 202518,536.9#2 · 20242.10#11 · 20249.6#41 · 202420.1#1 · 202413.8%#71 · 2025
San Marino34,109#83 · 20250.39%#45 · 202597.2%#14 · 2025555.2#14 · 20241.16#73 · 20244.2#86 · 20247.5#51 · 202411.9%#79 · 2025
Saint Martin (French part)24,941#84 · 2025-4.65%#86 · 2025100.0%#10 · 2025493.0#17 · 20242.67#4 · 202415.0#8 · 20249.7#29 · 202421.1%#11 · 2025
Palau17,663#85 · 2025-0.18%#73 · 202579.3%#50 · 202538.5#68 · 20241.88#16 · 202410.7#28 · 202411.7#12 · 202417.9%#22 · 2025
Nauru12,025#86 · 20250.65%#34 · 2025100.0%#9 · 2025568.9#13 · 20243.29#1 · 202424.6#1 · 20247.6#49 · 202437.2%#1 · 2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Population86 countries
  1. 1United States342m2025
  2. 2Russia144m2025
  3. 3Japan123m2025
Lowest
  1. 86Nauru12,0252025
  2. 85Palau17,6632025
  3. 84Saint Martin (French part)24,9412025
Median country 2.9m · group 1.4bn
Population growth86 countries
  1. 1United Arab Emirates4.68%2025
  2. 2Saudi Arabia4.63%2025
  3. 3Oman3.96%2025
Lowest
  1. 86Saint Martin (French part)-4.65%2025
  2. 85Northern Mariana Islands-1.68%2025
  3. 84American Samoa-1.59%2025
Median country 0.44% · group 0.41%
Urban share86 countries
  1. 1Bahrain100.0%2025
  2. 2Bermuda100.0%2025
  3. 3Cayman Islands100.0%2025
Lowest
  1. 86Liechtenstein14.6%2025
  2. 85Antigua and Barbuda24.3%2025
  3. 84Guyana26.5%2025
Median country 81.3% · group 80.2%
Density86 countries
  1. 1Macao20,630.62024
  2. 2Monaco18,536.92024
  3. 3Singapore8,329.02024
Lowest
  1. 86Greenland0.12024
  2. 85Australia3.52024
  3. 84Iceland3.82024
Median country 147.0 · group 27.2
Fertility86 countries
  1. 1Nauru3.292024
  2. 2Israel2.872024
  3. 3Guam2.752024
Lowest
  1. 86Macao0.582024
  2. 85South Korea0.752024
  3. 84Hong Kong0.842024
Median country 1.45 · group 1.42
Birth rate86 countries
  1. 1Nauru24.62024
  2. 2Guyana19.92024
  3. 3Israel18.62024
Lowest
  1. 86San Marino4.22024
  2. 85South Korea4.72024
  3. 84Hong Kong4.92024
Median country 9.5 · group 8.9
Death rate86 countries
  1. 1Monaco20.12024
  2. 2Bulgaria15.62024
  3. 3Latvia14.32024
Lowest
  1. 86United Arab Emirates1.02024
  2. 85Qatar1.12024
  3. 84Kuwait1.52024
Median country 8.3 · group 9.7
Aged 0–1486 countries
  1. 1Nauru37.2%2025
  2. 2Guyana28.9%2025
  3. 3Israel27.2%2025
Lowest
  1. 86South Korea10.2%2025
  2. 85Hong Kong10.3%2025
  3. 84Japan11.2%2025
Median country 15.9% · group 15.5%
Aged 65+86 countries
  1. 1Monaco36.0%2025
  2. 2Japan30.0%2025
  3. 3Puerto Rico25.3%2025
Lowest
  1. 86Qatar1.7%2025
  2. 85United Arab Emirates1.8%2025
  3. 84Oman2.7%2025
Median country 17.8% · group 20.0%
Dependency ratio86 countries
  1. 1Monaco99.1%2025
  2. 2Japan70.2%2025
  3. 3Saint Martin (French part)68.7%2025
Lowest
  1. 86Qatar20.0%2025
  2. 85United Arab Emirates21.6%2025
  3. 84Kuwait26.8%2025
Median country 53.7% · group 55.4%
Net migration86 countries
  1. 1United States1.2m2025
  2. 2United Kingdom389,9112025
  3. 3Canada326,2042025
Lowest
  1. 86Germany-334,0722025
  2. 85Poland-330,8202025
  3. 84Russia-251,8222025
Median country 767 · group 2.4m
Adolescent births86 countries
  1. 1Nauru75.32024
  2. 2Guyana68.52024
  3. 3Panama55.92024
Lowest
  1. 86Macao0.52024
  2. 85South Korea0.52024
  3. 84Denmark1.12024
Median country 7.2 · group 8.7
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