Apr 23, 2024
2023 was a Population Crossroad
China is no longer the most populated country in the world. According to estimates by the UN World Population Prospects, India took over in 2023. That year, both countries had around 1.4 billion inhabitants — as many as the entire African continent.
However, as we can see in the chart, China’s population is expected to decline, and India’s growth is expected to slow down. Meanwhile, Africa’s population is expected to keep growing; the UN estimates it could reach close to 4 billion people by the end of the century.
Explore this data here.
Dataset
Country name | Year | Population |
---|---|---|
Africa (UN) | 1970 | 365450100 |
Africa (UN) | 1971 | 375085860 |
Africa (UN) | 1972 | 384930400 |
Africa (UN) | 1973 | 395212030 |
Africa (UN) | 1974 | 406068830 |
Africa (UN) | 1975 | 417556640 |
Africa (UN) | 1976 | 429572930 |
Africa (UN) | 1977 | 441701400 |
Africa (UN) | 1978 | 454462700 |
Africa (UN) | 1979 | 467975870 |
Africa (UN) | 1980 | 481542800 |
Africa (UN) | 1981 | 495655330 |
Africa (UN) | 1982 | 510540220 |
Africa (UN) | 1983 | 525335040 |
Africa (UN) | 1984 | 540182800 |
Africa (UN) | 1985 | 555652600 |
Africa (UN) | 1986 | 571646400 |
Africa (UN) | 1987 | 588079700 |
Africa (UN) | 1988 | 604511200 |
Africa (UN) | 1989 | 621167600 |
Africa (UN) | 1990 | 638157250 |
Africa (UN) | 1991 | 655040500 |
Africa (UN) | 1992 | 671931500 |
Africa (UN) | 1993 | 689140000 |
Africa (UN) | 1994 | 706488260 |
Africa (UN) | 1995 | 724331650 |
Africa (UN) | 1996 | 742764740 |
Africa (UN) | 1997 | 761224450 |
Africa (UN) | 1998 | 779908030 |
Africa (UN) | 1999 | 799099300 |
Africa (UN) | 2000 | 818952060 |
Africa (UN) | 2001 | 839463900 |
Africa (UN) | 2002 | 860611460 |
Africa (UN) | 2003 | 882349250 |
Africa (UN) | 2004 | 904781300 |
Africa (UN) | 2005 | 927898100 |
Africa (UN) | 2006 | 951740300 |
Africa (UN) | 2007 | 976461440 |
Africa (UN) | 2008 | 1001981300 |
Africa (UN) | 2009 | 1028200260 |
Africa (UN) | 2010 | 1055233400 |
Africa (UN) | 2011 | 1082675800 |
Africa (UN) | 2012 | 1110797200 |
Africa (UN) | 2013 | 1140180600 |
Africa (UN) | 2014 | 1170299000 |
Africa (UN) | 2015 | 1201108000 |
Africa (UN) | 2016 | 1232111600 |
Africa (UN) | 2017 | 1263333800 |
Africa (UN) | 2018 | 1295265000 |
Africa (UN) | 2019 | 1327701100 |
Africa (UN) | 2020 | 1360677200 |
Africa (UN) | 2021 | 1393676400 |
Africa (UN) | 2022 | 1426736300 |
Africa (UN) | 2023 | 1460481800 |
Africa (UN) | 2024 | 1494993900 |
Africa (UN) | 2025 | 1530031200 |
Africa (UN) | 2026 | 1565426600 |
Africa (UN) | 2027 | 1601202800 |
Africa (UN) | 2028 | 1637345200 |
Africa (UN) | 2029 | 1673845100 |
Africa (UN) | 2030 | 1710666400 |
Africa (UN) | 2031 | 1747785500 |
Africa (UN) | 2032 | 1785223400 |
Africa (UN) | 2033 | 1822964700 |
Africa (UN) | 2034 | 1861003300 |
Africa (UN) | 2035 | 1899296800 |
Africa (UN) | 2036 | 1937777700 |
Africa (UN) | 2037 | 1976448500 |
Africa (UN) | 2038 | 2015306000 |
Africa (UN) | 2039 | 2054303400 |
Africa (UN) | 2040 | 2093408400 |
Africa (UN) | 2041 | 2132617500 |
Africa (UN) | 2042 | 2171875600 |
Africa (UN) | 2043 | 2211167000 |
Africa (UN) | 2044 | 2250478800 |
Africa (UN) | 2045 | 2289760800 |
Africa (UN) | 2046 | 2328998700 |
Africa (UN) | 2047 | 2368191000 |
Africa (UN) | 2048 | 2407306500 |
Africa (UN) | 2049 | 2446294000 |
Africa (UN) | 2050 | 2485135600 |
Africa (UN) | 2051 | 2523769600 |
Africa (UN) | 2052 | 2562212400 |
Africa (UN) | 2053 | 2600475600 |
Africa (UN) | 2054 | 2638494000 |
Africa (UN) | 2055 | 2676268300 |
Africa (UN) | 2056 | 2713808600 |
Africa (UN) | 2057 | 2751105300 |
Africa (UN) | 2058 | 2788100600 |
Africa (UN) | 2059 | 2824746200 |
Africa (UN) | 2060 | 2861079600 |
Africa (UN) | 2061 | 2897140200 |
Africa (UN) | 2062 | 2932931600 |
Africa (UN) | 2063 | 2968373500 |
Africa (UN) | 2064 | 3003468300 |
Africa (UN) | 2065 | 3038189300 |
Africa (UN) | 2066 | 3072490000 |
Africa (UN) | 2067 | 3106448600 |
Africa (UN) | 2068 | 3140019200 |
Africa (UN) | 2069 | 3173134600 |
Africa (UN) | 2070 | 3205773300 |
Africa (UN) | 2071 | 3237935400 |
Africa (UN) | 2072 | 3269662000 |
Africa (UN) | 2073 | 3300925400 |
Africa (UN) | 2074 | 3331662000 |
Africa (UN) | 2075 | 3361854500 |
Africa (UN) | 2076 | 3391480600 |
Africa (UN) | 2077 | 3420510700 |
Africa (UN) | 2078 | 3449000000 |
Africa (UN) | 2079 | 3476975600 |
Africa (UN) | 2080 | 3504401700 |
Africa (UN) | 2081 | 3531278000 |
Africa (UN) | 2082 | 3557592300 |
Africa (UN) | 2083 | 3583317500 |
Africa (UN) | 2084 | 3608448800 |
Africa (UN) | 2085 | 3632983300 |
Africa (UN) | 2086 | 3656872700 |
Africa (UN) | 2087 | 3680116000 |
Africa (UN) | 2088 | 3702756400 |
Africa (UN) | 2089 | 3724740400 |
Africa (UN) | 2090 | 3746056400 |
Africa (UN) | 2091 | 3766731800 |
Africa (UN) | 2092 | 3786782000 |
Africa (UN) | 2093 | 3806216400 |
Africa (UN) | 2094 | 3825036800 |
Africa (UN) | 2095 | 3843213000 |
Africa (UN) | 2096 | 3860724000 |
Africa (UN) | 2097 | 3877576400 |
Africa (UN) | 2098 | 3893797600 |
Africa (UN) | 2099 | 3909421300 |
Africa (UN) | 2100 | 3924420600 |
China | 1970 | 822534460 |
China | 1971 | 843285440 |
China | 1972 | 862840400 |
China | 1973 | 881652100 |
China | 1974 | 899367700 |
China | 1975 | 915124700 |
China | 1976 | 929375940 |
China | 1977 | 942581300 |
China | 1978 | 955138940 |
China | 1979 | 968298940 |
China | 1980 | 982372500 |
China | 1981 | 997259500 |
China | 1982 | 1013483200 |
China | 1983 | 1029226900 |
China | 1984 | 1044172200 |
China | 1985 | 1060240000 |
China | 1986 | 1077770500 |
China | 1987 | 1096851800 |
China | 1988 | 1115889800 |
China | 1989 | 1134414700 |
China | 1990 | 1153704200 |
China | 1991 | 1170626200 |
China | 1992 | 1183813400 |
China | 1993 | 1195855600 |
China | 1994 | 1207286700 |
China | 1995 | 1218144400 |
China | 1996 | 1228298900 |
China | 1997 | 1237801500 |
China | 1998 | 1246836100 |
China | 1999 | 1255433200 |
China | 2000 | 1264099100 |
China | 2001 | 1272739600 |
China | 2002 | 1280926100 |
China | 2003 | 1288873300 |
China | 2004 | 1296816800 |
China | 2005 | 1304887600 |
China | 2006 | 1313086600 |
China | 2007 | 1321513200 |
China | 2008 | 1330167200 |
China | 2009 | 1339125600 |
China | 2010 | 1348191400 |
China | 2011 | 1357095400 |
China | 2012 | 1366560800 |
China | 2013 | 1376100400 |
China | 2014 | 1385189600 |
China | 2015 | 1393715500 |
China | 2016 | 1401889700 |
China | 2017 | 1410276000 |
China | 2018 | 1417069400 |
China | 2019 | 1421864100 |
China | 2020 | 1424929800 |
China | 2021 | 1425893500 |
China | 2022 | 1425887400 |
China | 2023 | 1425671300 |
China | 2024 | 1425178800 |
China | 2025 | 1424382000 |
China | 2026 | 1423255200 |
China | 2027 | 1421809000 |
China | 2028 | 1420045600 |
China | 2029 | 1417974700 |
China | 2030 | 1415605900 |
China | 2031 | 1412946000 |
China | 2032 | 1410012900 |
China | 2033 | 1406810400 |
China | 2034 | 1403314800 |
China | 2035 | 1399547500 |
China | 2036 | 1395546800 |
China | 2037 | 1391338400 |
China | 2038 | 1386952100 |
China | 2039 | 1382367100 |
China | 2040 | 1377557000 |
China | 2041 | 1372522400 |
China | 2042 | 1367267100 |
China | 2043 | 1361737200 |
China | 2044 | 1355912800 |
China | 2045 | 1349756900 |
China | 2046 | 1343210200 |
China | 2047 | 1336262900 |
China | 2048 | 1328873600 |
China | 2049 | 1321004200 |
China | 2050 | 1312636300 |
China | 2051 | 1303756500 |
China | 2052 | 1294381000 |
China | 2053 | 1284539900 |
China | 2054 | 1274244700 |
China | 2055 | 1263512600 |
China | 2056 | 1252372000 |
China | 2057 | 1240880000 |
China | 2058 | 1229126100 |
China | 2059 | 1217157900 |
China | 2060 | 1205020700 |
China | 2061 | 1192805200 |
China | 2062 | 1180553300 |
China | 2063 | 1168316300 |
China | 2064 | 1156145700 |
China | 2065 | 1144051000 |
China | 2066 | 1132053400 |
China | 2067 | 1120182100 |
China | 2068 | 1108424600 |
China | 2069 | 1096787100 |
China | 2070 | 1085287700 |
China | 2071 | 1073902300 |
China | 2072 | 1062612860 |
China | 2073 | 1051380900 |
China | 2074 | 1040194800 |
China | 2075 | 1029035600 |
China | 2076 | 1017860500 |
China | 2077 | 1006663200 |
China | 2078 | 995438000 |
China | 2079 | 984185400 |
China | 2080 | 972906900 |
China | 2081 | 961613000 |
China | 2082 | 950338400 |
China | 2083 | 939100100 |
China | 2084 | 927912400 |
China | 2085 | 916808800 |
China | 2086 | 905821000 |
China | 2087 | 894960260 |
China | 2088 | 884243900 |
China | 2089 | 873694700 |
China | 2090 | 863319550 |
China | 2091 | 853111740 |
China | 2092 | 843067000 |
China | 2093 | 833162200 |
China | 2094 | 823381000 |
China | 2095 | 813718700 |
China | 2096 | 804153600 |
China | 2097 | 794673500 |
China | 2098 | 785270340 |
China | 2099 | 775944450 |
China | 2100 | 766673300 |
India | 1970 | 557501300 |
India | 1971 | 569999170 |
India | 1972 | 582837950 |
India | 1973 | 596107460 |
India | 1974 | 609721900 |
India | 1975 | 623524200 |
India | 1976 | 637451460 |
India | 1977 | 651685600 |
India | 1978 | 666267800 |
India | 1979 | 681248400 |
India | 1980 | 696828350 |
India | 1981 | 712869300 |
India | 1982 | 729169500 |
India | 1983 | 745826560 |
India | 1984 | 762895170 |
India | 1985 | 780242100 |
India | 1986 | 797879000 |
India | 1987 | 815716160 |
India | 1988 | 833729660 |
India | 1989 | 852012700 |
India | 1990 | 870452160 |
India | 1991 | 888941760 |
India | 1992 | 907574100 |
India | 1993 | 926351300 |
India | 1994 | 945261950 |
India | 1995 | 964279100 |
India | 1996 | 983281200 |
India | 1997 | 1002335200 |
India | 1998 | 1021434560 |
India | 1999 | 1040500030 |
India | 2000 | 1059633660 |
India | 2001 | 1078970900 |
India | 2002 | 1098313100 |
India | 2003 | 1117415200 |
India | 2004 | 1136264600 |
India | 2005 | 1154638700 |
India | 2006 | 1172373800 |
India | 2007 | 1189691800 |
India | 2008 | 1206734800 |
India | 2009 | 1223640200 |
India | 2010 | 1240613600 |
India | 2011 | 1257621200 |
India | 2012 | 1274487200 |
India | 2013 | 1291132000 |
India | 2014 | 1307246500 |
India | 2015 | 1322866600 |
India | 2016 | 1338636300 |
India | 2017 | 1354195700 |
India | 2018 | 1369003300 |
India | 2019 | 1383112100 |
India | 2020 | 1396387100 |
India | 2021 | 1407563900 |
India | 2022 | 1417173100 |
India | 2023 | 1428627700 |
India | 2024 | 1441719800 |
India | 2025 | 1454606700 |
India | 2026 | 1467231200 |
India | 2027 | 1479578500 |
India | 2028 | 1491671000 |
India | 2029 | 1503470600 |
India | 2030 | 1514994000 |
India | 2031 | 1526208900 |
India | 2032 | 1537108100 |
India | 2033 | 1547689900 |
India | 2034 | 1557919700 |
India | 2035 | 1567802200 |
India | 2036 | 1577302800 |
India | 2037 | 1586438700 |
India | 2038 | 1595245800 |
India | 2039 | 1603664900 |
India | 2040 | 1611676300 |
India | 2041 | 1619318400 |
India | 2042 | 1626585300 |
India | 2043 | 1633430500 |
India | 2044 | 1639837800 |
India | 2045 | 1645863200 |
India | 2046 | 1651513700 |
India | 2047 | 1656777100 |
India | 2048 | 1661705600 |
India | 2049 | 1666284900 |
India | 2050 | 1670490600 |
India | 2051 | 1674343700 |
India | 2052 | 1677872900 |
India | 2053 | 1681073200 |
India | 2054 | 1683955100 |
India | 2055 | 1686563300 |
India | 2056 | 1688894300 |
India | 2057 | 1690942700 |
India | 2058 | 1692704300 |
India | 2059 | 1694150300 |
India | 2060 | 1695285500 |
India | 2061 | 1696121500 |
India | 2062 | 1696684900 |
India | 2063 | 1696976600 |
India | 2064 | 1696961400 |
India | 2065 | 1696634200 |
India | 2066 | 1695973600 |
India | 2067 | 1694997000 |
India | 2068 | 1693712600 |
India | 2069 | 1692129000 |
India | 2070 | 1690230800 |
India | 2071 | 1687990300 |
India | 2072 | 1685415000 |
India | 2073 | 1682564500 |
India | 2074 | 1679449200 |
India | 2075 | 1676034800 |
India | 2076 | 1672328300 |
India | 2077 | 1668352100 |
India | 2078 | 1664100500 |
India | 2079 | 1659592800 |
India | 2080 | 1654857000 |
India | 2081 | 1649862800 |
India | 2082 | 1644678000 |
India | 2083 | 1639364700 |
India | 2084 | 1633888900 |
India | 2085 | 1628242700 |
India | 2086 | 1622427500 |
India | 2087 | 1616451800 |
India | 2088 | 1610366100 |
India | 2089 | 1604195800 |
India | 2090 | 1597908900 |
India | 2091 | 1591484800 |
India | 2092 | 1584943100 |
India | 2093 | 1578296200 |
India | 2094 | 1571569400 |
India | 2095 | 1564797300 |
India | 2096 | 1557945200 |
India | 2097 | 1551000300 |
India | 2098 | 1543990300 |
India | 2099 | 1536933500 |
India | 2100 | 1529850100 |
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