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Interactive Map: The World as 1,000 People
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All The People in the World as 1,000 People
The world’s population has doubled in size over the last 50 years.
In 2022, we reached the mark of 8 billion living on Earth. According to UN estimates, by July 2023, all the people in the world numbered 8,045,311,447.
In this interactive map, we use population estimates from the United Nations Population Division to illustrate the world’s population as if the Earth had only 1,000 people. Countries with a population of below 7.6 million did not make our cutoff to be visualized, but are included in overall calculations and listed below.
Over Half of People Live in Asia
Asia is by far the world’s most populous region, with over 4.7 billion people. The continent, led by India and China, represents 59% of the total population.
Imagining the Earth with only 1,000 people helps illustrate this more easily. India would account for 178 people and China would have 177.
Here is the estimated population in July 2023 for each country, and how many people their residents would constitute out of 1,000:
Country | Total Population (July 2023) | Share of 1,000 Global People |
---|---|---|
🇮🇳 India | 1,428,627,663 | 178 |
🇨🇳 China | 1,425,671,352 | 177 |
🇺🇸 United States | 339,996,563 | 42 |
🇮🇩 Indonesia | 277,534,122 | 35 |
🇵🇰 Pakistan | 240,485,658 | 30 |
🇳🇬 Nigeria | 223,804,632 | 28 |
🇧🇷 Brazil | 216,422,446 | 27 |
🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 172,954,319 | 22 |
🇷🇺 Russia | 144,444,359 | 18 |
🇲🇽 Mexico | 128,455,567 | 16 |
🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 126,527,060 | 16 |
🇯🇵 Japan | 123,294,513 | 15 |
🇵🇠Philippines | 117,337,368 | 15 |
🇪🇬 Egypt | 112,716,598 | 14 |
🇨🇩 DRC | 102,262,808 | 13 |
🇻🇳 Vietnam | 98,858,950 | 12 |
🇮🇷 Iran | 89,172,767 | 11 |
🇹🇷 Türkiye | 85,816,199 | 11 |
🇩🇪 Germany | 83,294,633 | 10 |
🇹🇠Thailand | 71,801,279 | 9 |
🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 67,736,802 | 8 |
🇹🇿 Tanzania | 67,438,106 | 8 |
🇫🇷 France | 64,756,584 | 8 |
🇿🇦 South Africa | 60,414,495 | 8 |
🇮🇹 Italy | 58,870,762 | 7 |
🇰🇪 Kenya | 55,100,586 | 7 |
🇲🇲 Myanmar | 54,577,997 | 7 |
🇨🇴 Colombia | 52,085,168 | 7 |
🇰🇷 South Korea | 51,784,059 | 6 |
🇺🇬 Uganda | 48,582,334 | 6 |
🇸🇩 Sudan | 48,109,006 | 6 |
🇪🇸 Spain | 47,519,628 | 6 |
🇦🇷 Argentina | 45,773,884 | 6 |
🇩🇿 Algeria | 45,606,480 | 6 |
🇮🇶 Iraq | 45,504,560 | 6 |
🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 42,239,854 | 5 |
🇵🇱 Poland | 41,026,067 | 5 |
🇨🇦 Canada | 38,781,291 | 5 |
🇲🇦 Morocco | 37,840,044 | 5 |
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 36,947,025 | 5 |
🇺🇦 Ukraine | 36,744,634 | 5 |
🇦🇴 Angola | 36,684,202 | 5 |
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 35,163,944 | 4 |
🇾🇪 Yemen | 34,449,825 | 4 |
🇵🇪 Peru | 34,352,719 | 4 |
🇲🇾 Malaysia | 34,308,525 | 4 |
🇬🇠Ghana | 34,121,985 | 4 |
🇲🇿 Mozambique | 33,897,354 | 4 |
🇳🇵 Nepal | 30,896,590 | 4 |
🇲🇬 Madagascar | 30,325,732 | 4 |
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | 28,873,034 | 4 |
🇻🇪 Venezuela | 28,838,499 | 4 |
🇨🇲 Cameroon | 28,647,293 | 4 |
🇳🇪 Niger | 27,202,843 | 3 |
🇦🇺 Australia | 26,439,111 | 3 |
🇰🇵 North Korea | 26,160,821 | 3 |
🇹🇼 Taiwan | 23,923,276 | 3 |
🇲🇱 Mali | 23,293,698 | 3 |
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 23,251,485 | 3 |
🇸🇾 Syria | 23,227,014 | 3 |
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 21,893,579 | 3 |
🇲🇼 Malawi | 20,931,751 | 3 |
🇿🇲 Zambia | 20,569,737 | 3 |
🇷🇴 Romania | 19,892,812 | 3 |
🇨🇱 Chile | 19,629,590 | 2 |
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 19,606,633 | 2 |
🇹🇩 Chad | 18,278,568 | 2 |
🇪🇨 Ecuador | 18,190,484 | 2 |
🇸🇴 Somalia | 18,143,378 | 2 |
🇬🇹 Guatemala | 18,092,026 | 2 |
🇸🇳 Senegal | 17,763,163 | 2 |
🇳🇱 Netherlands | 17,618,299 | 2 |
🇰🇠Cambodia | 16,944,826 | 2 |
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 16,665,409 | 2 |
🇬🇳 Guinea | 14,190,612 | 2 |
🇷🇼 Rwanda | 14,094,683 | 2 |
🇧🇯 Benin | 13,712,828 | 2 |
🇧🇮 Burundi | 13,238,559 | 2 |
🇹🇳 Tunisia | 12,458,223 | 2 |
🇧🇴 Bolivia | 12,388,571 | 2 |
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡¹ Haiti | 11,724,763 | 2 |
🇧🇪 Belgium | 11,686,140 | 2 |
🇯🇴 Jordan | 11,337,052 | 1 |
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 11,332,972 | 1 |
🇨🇺 Cuba | 11,194,449 | 1 |
🇸🇸 South Sudan | 11,088,796 | 1 |
🇸🇪 Sweden | 10,612,086 | 1 |
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡³ Honduras | 10,593,798 | 1 |
🇨🇿 Czech Republic (Czechia) | 10,495,295 | 1 |
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 10,412,651 | 1 |
🇬🇷 Greece | 10,341,277 | 1 |
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 10,329,931 | 1 |
🇵🇹 Portugal | 10,247,605 | 1 |
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡º Hungary | 10,156,239 | 1 |
🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 10,143,543 | 1 |
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 9,516,871 | 1 |
🇧🇾 Belarus | 9,498,238 | 1 |
🇮🇱 Israel | 9,174,520 | 1 |
🇹🇬 Togo | 9,053,799 | 1 |
🇦🇹 Austria | 8,958,960 | 1 |
🇨🇠Switzerland | 8,796,669 | 1 |
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 8,791,092 | 1 |
🇱🇦 Laos | 7,633,779 | 0.9 |
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Hong Kong | 7,491,609 | 0.9 |
🇷🇸 Serbia | 7,149,077 | 0.9 |
🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 7,046,310 | 0.9 |
🇱🇾 Libyg | 6,888,388 | 0.9 |
🇵🇾 Paraguay | 6,861,524 | 0.9 |
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 6,735,347 | 0.8 |
🇧🇬 ßulgaria | 6,687,717 | 0.8 |
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 6,516,100 | 0.8 |
🇸🇻 EI Salvador | 6,364,943 | 0.8 |
🇨🇬 Congo | 6,106,869 | 0.8 |
🇸🇬 Singapore | 6,014,723 | 0.7 |
🇩🇰 Denmark | 5,910,913 | 0.7 |
🇸🇰 Slovakia | 5,795,199 | 0.7 |
🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 5,742,315 | 0.7 |
🇫🇮 Finland | 5,545,475 | 0.7 |
🇳🇴 Norway | 5,474,360 | 0.7 |
🇱🇷 Liberia | 5,418,377 | 0.7 |
🇵🇸 State of Palestine | 5,371,230 | 0.7 |
🇱🇧 Lebanon | 5,353,930 | 0.7 |
🇳🇿 New Zealand | 5,228,100 | 0.6 |
🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 5,212,173 | 0.6 |
🇮🇪 Ireland | 5,056,935 | 0.6 |
🇲🇷 Mauritania | 4,862,989 | 0.6 |
🇴🇲 Oman | 4,644,384 | 0.6 |
🇵🇦 Panama | 4,468,087 | 0.6 |
🇰🇼 Kuwait | 4,310,108 | 0.5 |
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡· Croatia | 4,008,617 | 0.5 |
🇪🇷 Eritrea | 3,748,901 | 0.5 |
🇬🇪 Georgia | 3,728,282 | 0.5 |
🇲🇳 Mongolia | 3,447,157 | 0.4 |
🇲🇩 Moldova | 3,435,931 | 0.4 |
🇺🇾 Uruguay | 3,423,108 | 0.4 |
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 3,260,314 | 0.4 |
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,210,847 | 0.4 |
🇦🇱 Albania | 2,832,439 | 0.4 |
🇯🇲 Jamaica | 2,825,544 | 0.4 |
🇦🇲 Armenia | 2,777,970 | 0.3 |
🇬🇲 Gambia | 2,773,168 | 0.3 |
🇱🇹 Lithuania | 2,718,352 | 0.3 |
🇶🇦 Qatar | 2,716,391 | 0.3 |
🇧🇼 Botswana | 2,675,352 | 0.3 |
🇳🇦 Namibia | 2,604,172 | 0.3 |
🇬🇦 Gabon | 2,436,566 | 0.3 |
🇱🇸 Lesotho | 2,330,318 | 0.3 |
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 2,150,842 | 0.3 |
🇸🇮 Slovenia | 2,119,675 | 0.3 |
🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 2,085,679 | 0.3 |
🇱🇻 Latvia | 1,830,211 | 0.2 |
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 1,714,671 | 0.2 |
🇽🇰 Kosovo | 1,663,594 | 0.2 |
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 1,534,937 | 0.2 |
🇧🇠Bahrain | 1,485,509 | 0.2 |
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 1,360,596 | 0.2 |
🇪🇪 Estonia | 1,322,765 | 0.2 |
🇲🇺 Mauritius | 1,300,557 | 0.2 |
🇨🇾 Cyprus | 1,260,138 | 0.2 |
🇸🇿 Eswatini | 1,210,822 | 0.2 |
🇩🇯 Djibouti | 1,136,455 | 0.1 |
🇷🇪 Réunion | 981,796 | 0.1 |
🇫🇯 Fiji | 936,375 | 0.1 |
🇰🇲 Comoros | 852,075 | 0.1 |
🇬🇾 Guyana | 813,834 | 0.1 |
🇧🇹 Bhutan | 787,424 | 0.1 |
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 740,424 | 0.1 |
🇲🇴 Macao | 704,149 | 0.1 |
🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 654,768 | 0.1 |
🇲🇪 Montenegro | 626,485 | 0.1 |
🇸🇷 Suriname | 623,236 | 0.1 |
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde | 598,682 | 0.1 |
🇪🇠Western Sahara | 587,259 | 0.1 |
🇲🇹 Malta | 535,064 | 0.1 |
🇲🇻 Maldives | 521,021 | 0.1 |
🇧🇳 Brunei | 452,524 | 0.1 |
🇧🇸 Bahamas | 412,623 | 0.1 |
🇧🇿 Belize | 410,825 | 0.1 |
🇬🇵 Guadeloupe | 395,839 | 0.0 |
🇮🇸 Iceland | 375,318 | 0.0 |
🇲🇶 Martinique | 366,981 | 0.0 |
🇾🇹 Mayotte | 335,995 | 0.0 |
🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 334,506 | 0.0 |
🇬🇫 French Guiana | 312,155 | 0.0 |
🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 308,872 | 0.0 |
🇳🇨 New Caledonia | 292,991 | 0.0 |
🇧🇧 Barbados | 281,995 | 0.0 |
🇸🇹 Sao Tome & Principe | 231,856 | 0.0 |
🇼🇸 Samoa | 225,681 | 0.0 |
🇨🇼 Curaçao | 192,077 | 0.0 |
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | 180,251 | 0.0 |
🇬🇺 Guam | 172,952 | 0.0 |
🇰🇮 Kiribati | 133,515 | 0.0 |
🇬🇩 Grenada | 126,183 | 0.0 |
🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 115,224 | 0.0 |
🇯🇪 Jersey | 111,802 | 0.0 |
🇹🇴 Tonga | 107,773 | 0.0 |
🇸🇨 Seychelles | 107,660 | 0.0 |
🇦🇼 Aruba | 106,277 | 0.0 |
🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 103,698 | 0.0 |
🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands | 98,750 | 0.0 |
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 94,298 | 0.0 |
🇮🇲 Isle of Man | 84,710 | 0.0 |
🇦🇩 Andorra | 80,088 | 0.0 |
🇩🇲 Dominica | 73,040 | 0.0 |
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | 69,310 | 0.0 |
🇧🇲 Bermuda | 64,069 | 0.0 |
🇬🇬 Guernsey | 63,544 | 0.0 |
🇬🇱 Greenland | 56,643 | 0.0 |
🇫🇴 Faeroe Islands | 53,270 | 0.0 |
🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | 49,796 | 0.0 |
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts & Nevis | 47,755 | 0.0 |
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos | 46,062 | 0.0 |
🇸🇽 Sint Maarten | 44,222 | 0.0 |
🇦🇸 American Samoa | 43,914 | 0.0 |
🇲🇠Marshall Islands | 41,996 | 0.0 |
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | indo | 0.0 |
🇲🇨 Monaco | 36,297 | 0.0 |
🇸🇲 San Marino | 33,642 | 0.0 |
🇬🇮 Gibraltar | 32,688 | 0.0 |
🇲🇫 Saint Martin | 32,077 | 0.0 |
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands | 31,538 | 0.0 |
🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands | 27,148 | 0.0 |
🇵🇼 Palau | 18,058 | 0.0 |
🇨🇰 Cook Islands | 17,044 | 0.0 |
🇦🇮 Anguilla | 15,899 | 0.0 |
🇳🇷 Nauru | 12,780 | 0.0 |
🇼🇫 Wallis & Futuna | 11,502 | 0.0 |
🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 11,396 | 0.0 |
🇧🇱 Saint Barthelemy | 10,994 | 0.0 |
🇵🇲 Saint Pierre & Miquelon | 5,840 | 0.0 |
🇸🇠Saint Helena | 5,314 | 0.0 |
🇲🇸 Montserrat | 4,386 | 0.0 |
🇫🇰 Falkland Islands | 3,791 | 0.0 |
🇳🇺 Niue | 1,935 | 0.0 |
🇹🇰 Tokelau | 1,893 | 0.0 |
🇻🇦 Holy See | 518 | 0.0 |
Africa is the second most populated continent with 182 out of 1,000 people, led by Nigeria (28), Ethiopia (16) and Egypt (14). As of July 2023, Africa’s total population stood at an estimated 1.5 billion people.
Despite seeing a decline in population over the last decades, Europe still is the third in terms of total population, making up 92 out of 1,000 people and led by Russia (18), Turkey (11), and Germany (10).
If the world only had 1,000 people, North America would have only 75 inhabitants, with 42 in the United States. Meanwhile, South America would account for 55 people led by 27 from Brazil, and Oceania would have just 5 people (with 3 in Australia).
Nigeria to Pass U.S. as World’s 3rd Most Populous Country
While population projections to the end of the century do differ, they mostly agree on the same general principle: the global population is rising but that growth rate is slowing. Eventually the population will peak (sometime between 2064-2086) and begin shrinking from there.
Over the next few decades, the ranking of the most populous countries will likely remain relatively unchanged, with India and China at the top of the pecking order. Shortly after 2050, however, the population of Nigeria is projected by some sources to surpass that of the United States and become the third-largest country in the world.
Other countries expected to see significant growth in population are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, the U.S., Uganda, and Indonesia.
Maps
Mapped: The 10 U.S. States With the Lowest Real GDP Growth
In this graphic, we show where real GDP lagged the most across America in 2023 as high interest rates weighed on state economies.
The Top 10 U.S. States, by Lowest Real GDP Growth
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While the U.S. economy defied expectations in 2023, posting 2.5% in real GDP growth, several states lagged behind.
Last year, oil-producing states led the pack in terms of real GDP growth across America, while the lowest growth was seen in states that were more sensitive to the impact of high interest rates, particularly due to slowdowns in the manufacturing and finance sectors.
This graphic shows the 10 states with the least robust real GDP growth in 2023, based on data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Weakest State Economies in 2023
Below, we show the states with the slowest economic activity in inflation-adjusted terms, using chained 2017 dollars:
Rank | State | Real GDP Growth 2023 YoY | Real GDP 2023 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Delaware | -1.2% | $74B |
2 | Wisconsin | +0.2% | $337B |
3 | New York | +0.7% | $1.8T |
4 | Missississippi | +0.7% | $115B |
5 | Georgia | +0.8% | $661B |
6 | Minnesota | +1.2% | $384B |
7 | New Hampshire | +1.2% | $91B |
8 | Ohio | +1.2% | $698B |
9 | Iowa | +1.3% | $200B |
10 | Illinois | +1.3% | $876B |
U.S. | +2.5% | $22.4T |
Delaware witnessed the slowest growth in the country, with real GDP growth of -1.2% over the year as a sluggish finance and insurance sector dampened the state’s economy.
Like Delaware, the Midwestern state of Wisconsin also experienced declines across the finance and insurance sector, in addition to steep drops in the agriculture and manufacturing industries.
America’s third-biggest economy, New York, grew just 0.7% in 2023, falling far below the U.S. average. High interest rates took a toll on key sectors, with notable slowdowns in the construction and manufacturing sectors. In addition, falling home prices and a weaker job market contributed to slower economic growth.
Meanwhile, Georgia experienced the fifth-lowest real GDP growth rate. In March 2024, Rivian paused plans to build a $5 billion EV factory in Georgia, which was set to be one of the biggest economic development initiatives in the state in history.
These delays are likely to exacerbate setbacks for the state, however, both Kia and Hyundai have made significant investments in the EV industry, which could help boost Georgia’s manufacturing sector looking ahead.
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