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Population in upper-middle-income countries: how the countries rank

How many people live where, how fast populations grow and how old they are. 12 indicators for the 59 economies in the upper-middle income group, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Population3.1bngroup, 2025 · world 8.2bnPopulation growth0.34%group, 2025 · world 0.91%Urban share68.2%group, 2025 · world 57.8%Density68.8group, 2023 · world 62.1Fertility1.52group, 2024 · world 2.19Birth rate10.8group, 2024 · world 16.3Death rate7.3group, 2024 · world 7.6Aged 0–1419.6%group, 2025 · world 24.4%
Population
upper-middle-income countriesWorldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
02.5bn5.0bn7.5bn10.0bn1995200020052010201520202025upper-middle-income countries3.1bnWorldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
Population growth
upper-middle-income countriesWorldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
-1.0%0%1.0%2.0%3.0%1995200020052010201520202025upper-middle-income countries0.34%Worldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
countries

All 59 economies, population

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

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CountryPopulationPopulation growthUrban shareDensityFertilityBirth rateDeath rateAged 0–14
China1.4bn#1 · 2025-0.17%#44 · 202566.3%#26 · 2025150.1#16 · 20241.01#58 · 20246.8#58 · 20247.8#24 · 202415.4%#53 · 2025
Indonesia286m#2 · 20250.78%#26 · 202559.4%#40 · 2025149.8#17 · 20242.12#22 · 202415.8#24 · 20247.6#27 · 202424.2%#26 · 2025
Brazil213m#3 · 20250.38%#35 · 202588.2%#5 · 202525.4#47 · 20241.61#39 · 202412.1#34 · 20247.1#30 · 202419.4%#42 · 2025
Mexico132m#4 · 20250.83%#23 · 202580.0%#8 · 202567.3#36 · 20241.89#28 · 202415.5#27 · 20246.2#39 · 202424.1%#27 · 2025
Philippines117m#5 · 20250.81%#24 · 202555.8%#44 · 2025388.5#3 · 20241.89#27 · 202415.9#23 · 20246.3#36 · 202427.1%#17 · 2025
Vietnam102m#6 · 20250.60%#27 · 202538.8%#53 · 2025322.2#7 · 20241.90#26 · 202413.4#29 · 20246.6#33 · 202422.9%#30 · 2025
Iran92.4m#7 · 20250.92%#20 · 202577.4%#14 · 202556.4#40 · 20241.68#36 · 202412.6#31 · 20244.8#55 · 202422.0%#31 · 2025
Türkiye85.9m#8 · 20250.42%#34 · 202589.5%#4 · 2025111.1#23 · 20241.48#47 · 202411.0#44 · 20245.7#45 · 202421.0%#35 · 2025
Thailand71.6m#9 · 2025-0.07%#41 · 202562.8%#34 · 2025140.3#19 · 20241.20#57 · 20248.1#55 · 20249.0#16 · 202414.4%#56 · 2025
South Africa64.7m#10 · 20251.15%#16 · 202563.8%#31 · 202552.8#41 · 20242.21#21 · 202418.5#16 · 20249.2#15 · 202425.7%#22 · 2025
Colombia53.4m#11 · 20251.01%#19 · 202578.8%#11 · 202547.7#43 · 20241.63#38 · 202413.3#30 · 20245.5#49 · 202420.0%#39 · 2025
Algeria47.4m#12 · 20251.32%#11 · 202575.8%#16 · 202519.7#48 · 20242.72#10 · 202418.8#15 · 20244.6#56 · 202429.9%#14 · 2025
Iraq47.0m#13 · 20252.10%#5 · 202569.9%#23 · 2025106.1#26 · 20243.22#4 · 202425.6#3 · 20244.2#57 · 202436.0%#4 · 2025
Argentina45.9m#14 · 20250.34%#37 · 202592.4%#2 · 202516.7#51 · 20241.50#44 · 202411.1#43 · 20247.7#25 · 202421.0%#36 · 2025
Ukraine39.0m#15 · 20252.92%#2 · 202569.6%#24 · 202565.3#38 · 20240.99#59 · 20245.5#59 · 202413.6#3 · 202413.7%#58 · 2025
Malaysia36.0m#16 · 20251.17%#15 · 202577.4%#13 · 2025108.2#24 · 20241.54#41 · 202412.4#32 · 20245.3#50 · 202421.3%#33 · 2025
Peru34.6m#17 · 20251.04%#18 · 202585.6%#7 · 202526.7#46 · 20241.97#24 · 202415.8#25 · 20245.6#47 · 202423.6%#29 · 2025
Sri Lanka21.8m#18 · 2025-0.73%#53 · 202520.5%#58 · 2025354.3#5 · 20241.95#25 · 202410.1#50 · 20247.8#23 · 202421.7%#32 · 2025
Kazakhstan20.8m#19 · 20251.21%#13 · 202562.4%#36 · 20257.6#54 · 20242.98#7 · 202419.5#14 · 20246.7#32 · 202429.1%#15 · 2025
Guatemala18.7m#20 · 20251.52%#9 · 202556.3%#43 · 2025171.8#14 · 20242.29#17 · 202420.6#10 · 20244.9#54 · 202431.0%#12 · 2025
Ecuador18.3m#21 · 20250.85%#22 · 202563.4%#32 · 202573.0#33 · 20241.81#29 · 202414.8#28 · 20245.2#51 · 202423.9%#28 · 2025
Jordan11.5m#22 · 2025-0.28%#46 · 202593.2%#1 · 2025130.1#21 · 20242.60#13 · 202420.5#11 · 20243.1#58 · 202430.2%#13 · 2025
Dominican Republic11.5m#23 · 20250.81%#25 · 202572.5%#19 · 2025237.1#12 · 20242.22#20 · 202417.6#19 · 20246.2#37 · 202426.2%#21 · 2025
Cuba10.9m#24 · 2025-0.39%#47 · 202577.2%#15 · 2025105.8#27 · 20241.45#49 · 20248.6#54 · 202410.4#10 · 202415.0%#54 · 2025
Azerbaijan10.2m#25 · 20250.43%#32 · 202558.6%#42 · 2025123.4#22 · 20241.43#51 · 202410.0#51 · 20245.8#43 · 202421.2%#34 · 2025
Belarus9.1m#26 · 2025-0.51%#50 · 202579.5%#9 · 202545.0#45 · 20241.22#56 · 20247.0#57 · 202413.1#5 · 202415.9%#52 · 2025
Turkmenistan7.6m#27 · 20251.65%#7 · 202547.1%#48 · 202515.9#52 · 20242.66#12 · 202420.9#9 · 20245.8#42 · 202431.2%#11 · 2025
Libya7.5m#28 · 20251.04%#17 · 202587.9%#6 · 20254.2#56 · 20242.30#16 · 202416.5#22 · 20246.5#34 · 202426.8%#18 · 2025
Paraguay7.0m#29 · 20251.20%#14 · 202570.4%#22 · 202517.5#50 · 20242.42#15 · 202419.7#13 · 20245.7#46 · 202428.4%#16 · 2025
Serbia6.5m#30 · 2025-0.57%#51 · 202562.6%#35 · 202575.2#32 · 20241.64#37 · 20249.2#52 · 202414.9#1 · 202414.3%#57 · 2025
El Salvador6.4m#31 · 20250.43%#33 · 202575.5%#17 · 2025305.9#8 · 20241.77#32 · 202415.6#26 · 20247.5#28 · 202424.4%#25 · 2025
Georgia3.9m#32 · 20253.18%#1 · 202561.2%#37 · 202566.7#37 · 20241.80#30 · 202411.3#39 · 202411.8#7 · 202420.5%#38 · 2025
Mongolia3.6m#33 · 20251.25%#12 · 202571.1%#21 · 20252.3#58 · 20242.50#14 · 202416.9#21 · 20245.5#48 · 202431.6%#9 · 2025
Bosnia and Herzegovina3.1m#34 · 2025-0.77%#54 · 202552.7%#45 · 202561.8#39 · 20241.49#45 · 20247.7#56 · 202413.5#4 · 202412.8%#59 · 2025
Armenia3.1m#35 · 20251.74%#6 · 202565.9%#27 · 2025107.6#25 · 20241.70#35 · 202411.1#42 · 20248.4#20 · 202419.0%#45 · 2025
Jamaica2.8m#36 · 2025-0.07%#42 · 202559.4%#39 · 2025262.2#10 · 20241.35#54 · 202411.4#38 · 20248.2#21 · 202418.3%#46 · 2025
Gabon2.6m#37 · 20252.11%#4 · 202592.1%#3 · 20259.9#53 · 20243.59#3 · 202427.1#2 · 20246.2#38 · 202436.2%#3 · 2025
Botswana2.6m#38 · 20251.61%#8 · 202568.0%#25 · 20254.4#55 · 20242.70#11 · 202424.4#5 · 20245.7#44 · 202432.0%#8 · 2025
Moldova2.4m#39 · 2025-1.75%#58 · 202543.7%#49 · 202583.5#30 · 20241.73#34 · 202410.6#46 · 202413.8#2 · 202419.5%#41 · 2025
Albania2.3m#40 · 2025-1.17%#56 · 202558.9%#41 · 202586.8#29 · 20241.34#55 · 202410.1#49 · 20248.5#19 · 202416.6%#50 · 2025
Equatorial Guinea1.9m#41 · 20252.40%#3 · 202571.6%#20 · 202567.5#35 · 20244.12#1 · 202430.0#1 · 20247.9#22 · 202437.1%#2 · 2025
North Macedonia1.8m#42 · 2025-0.19%#45 · 202562.9%#33 · 202572.3#34 · 20241.40#52 · 20248.8#53 · 202411.1#9 · 202416.5%#51 · 2025
Kosovo1.6m#43 · 2025-1.10%#55 · 202550.9%#46 · 2025—1.54#42 · 202411.9#36 · 20246.0#41 · 202420.0%#40 · 2025
Mauritius1.2m#44 · 2025-0.16%#43 · 202539.0%#52 · 2025622.9#2 · 20241.44#50 · 202410.3#48 · 202410.0#12 · 202414.5%#55 · 2025
Fiji933,154#45 · 20250.47%#29 · 202559.5%#38 · 202550.7#42 · 20242.27#18 · 202417.9#18 · 20249.5#13 · 202426.8%#19 · 2025
Suriname639,850#46 · 20250.85%#21 · 202565.8%#28 · 20254.0#57 · 20242.23#19 · 202417.2#20 · 20246.8#31 · 202425.3%#23 · 2025
Montenegro623,129#47 · 2025-0.06%#40 · 202565.6%#29 · 202546.4#44 · 20241.80#31 · 202411.2#41 · 202410.2#11 · 202417.9%#47 · 2025
Maldives529,676#48 · 20250.35%#36 · 202542.5%#50 · 20251,771.1#1 · 20241.56#40 · 202410.6#47 · 20242.4#59 · 202419.0%#43 · 2025
Cabo Verde527,326#49 · 20250.47%#30 · 202577.6%#12 · 2025130.2#20 · 20241.51#43 · 202412.2#33 · 20245.1#52 · 202424.7%#24 · 2025
Belize422,924#50 · 20251.39%#10 · 202541.6%#51 · 202518.3#49 · 20242.02#23 · 202418.1#17 · 20245.0#53 · 202426.3%#20 · 2025
Samoa219,306#51 · 20250.59%#28 · 202517.5%#59 · 202578.4#31 · 20243.80#2 · 202425.0#4 · 20246.2#40 · 202438.1%#1 · 2025
Saint Lucia180,149#52 · 20250.23%#38 · 202529.1%#55 · 2025294.7#9 · 20241.39#53 · 202411.2#40 · 20248.7#18 · 202417.2%#49 · 2025
Grenada117,303#53 · 20250.08%#39 · 202536.7%#54 · 2025340.7#6 · 20241.47#48 · 202411.5#37 · 20248.9#17 · 202419.0%#44 · 2025
Micronesia113,683#54 · 20250.46%#31 · 202522.5%#56 · 2025161.4#15 · 20242.74#9 · 202422.3#7 · 20247.7#26 · 202431.5%#10 · 2025
Tonga103,742#55 · 2025-0.42%#48 · 202521.2%#57 · 2025144.7#18 · 20243.10#6 · 202423.0#6 · 20246.4#35 · 202434.9%#5 · 2025
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines99,924#56 · 2025-0.69%#52 · 202548.0%#47 · 2025258.7#11 · 20241.76#33 · 202412.0#35 · 202411.5#8 · 202420.9%#37 · 2025
Dominica65,871#57 · 2025-0.51%#49 · 202574.0%#18 · 202588.2#28 · 20241.48#46 · 202411.0#45 · 202412.6#6 · 202417.6%#48 · 2025
Marshall Islands36,282#58 · 2025-3.43%#59 · 202579.1%#10 · 2025207.4#13 · 20242.86#8 · 202420.1#12 · 20247.1#29 · 202433.9%#6 · 2025
Tuvalu9,492#59 · 2025-1.61%#57 · 202565.4%#30 · 2025371.0#4 · 20243.17#5 · 202422.0#8 · 20249.3#14 · 202433.0%#7 · 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

Population59 countries
  1. 1China1.4bn2025
  2. 2Indonesia286m2025
  3. 3Brazil213m2025
Lowest
  1. 59Tuvalu9,4922025
  2. 58Marshall Islands36,2822025
  3. 57Dominica65,8712025
Median country 6.5m · group 3.1bn
Population growth59 countries
  1. 1Georgia3.18%2025
  2. 2Ukraine2.92%2025
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea2.40%2025
Lowest
  1. 59Marshall Islands-3.43%2025
  2. 58Moldova-1.75%2025
  3. 57Tuvalu-1.61%2025
Median country 0.47% · group 0.34%
Urban share59 countries
  1. 1Jordan93.2%2025
  2. 2Argentina92.4%2025
  3. 3Gabon92.1%2025
Lowest
  1. 59Samoa17.5%2025
  2. 58Sri Lanka20.5%2025
  3. 57Tonga21.2%2025
Median country 65.4% · group 68.2%
Density58 countries
  1. 1Maldives1,771.12024
  2. 2Mauritius622.92024
  3. 3Philippines388.52024
Lowest
  1. 58Mongolia2.32024
  2. 57Suriname4.02024
  3. 56Libya4.22024
Median country 85.1 · group 68.8
Fertility59 countries
  1. 1Equatorial Guinea4.122024
  2. 2Samoa3.802024
  3. 3Gabon3.592024
Lowest
  1. 59Ukraine0.992024
  2. 58China1.012024
  3. 57Thailand1.202024
Median country 1.80 · group 1.52
Birth rate59 countries
  1. 1Equatorial Guinea30.02024
  2. 2Gabon27.12024
  3. 3Iraq25.62024
Lowest
  1. 59Ukraine5.52024
  2. 58China6.82024
  3. 57Belarus7.02024
Median country 13.3 · group 10.8
Death rate59 countries
  1. 1Serbia14.92024
  2. 2Moldova13.82024
  3. 3Ukraine13.62024
Lowest
  1. 59Maldives2.42024
  2. 58Jordan3.12024
  3. 57Iraq4.22024
Median country 7.1 · group 7.3
Aged 0–1459 countries
  1. 1Samoa38.1%2025
  2. 2Equatorial Guinea37.1%2025
  3. 3Gabon36.2%2025
Lowest
  1. 59Bosnia and Herzegovina12.8%2025
  2. 58Ukraine13.7%2025
  3. 57Serbia14.3%2025
Median country 22.9% · group 19.6%
Aged 65+59 countries
  1. 1Serbia23.1%2025
  2. 2Bosnia and Herzegovina22.9%2025
  3. 3Ukraine19.0%2025
Lowest
  1. 59Iraq3.4%2025
  2. 58Equatorial Guinea3.8%2025
  3. 57Botswana4.1%2025
Median country 8.6% · group 11.9%
Dependency ratio59 countries
  1. 1Samoa79.0%2025
  2. 2Tonga71.7%2025
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea69.1%2025
Lowest
  1. 59Maldives31.6%2025
  2. 58Jamaica36.7%2025
  3. 57Saint Lucia37.4%2025
Median country 50.2% · group 46.0%
Net migration59 countries
  1. 1Ukraine1.7m2025
  2. 2Malaysia166,6152025
  3. 3South Africa146,3702025
Lowest
  1. 59Jordan-303,2672025
  2. 58China-268,1262025
  3. 57Türkiye-258,2052025
Median country -2,815 · group 576,949
Adolescent births59 countries
  1. 1Equatorial Guinea152.92024
  2. 2Gabon89.52024
  3. 3Marshall Islands71.32024
Lowest
  1. 59Maldives5.02024
  2. 58China5.22024
  3. 57Malaysia5.72024
Median country 26.8 · group 23.6
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