World Population 2022: You’re one in 8 billion!

Editing by Ruzeki, Shadow News

The world’s population reached a record 8 billion people on November 15, 2022. This is according to estimates from the United Nations, a staggering number.

That’s 8 billion people of different ages, nationalities and cultures. But there are unifying characteristics that you share with many people you will never know.

 

Regions/Continents by population (2022) 

Asia:  4,735,177,165 

Africa: 1,416,889,863  

Europe: 748,717,213  

Latin/South America, Caribbean: 667,813,244  

North America: 374,259,800 

Oceania: 43,977,739  

Find out where your country’s population stand at this moment. You might need a calculator😇😉😉 

Country (or dependency)	Population (2020)	Yearly Change	Land Area (Km²)	Med. Age	Urban Pop %	World Share
China	1,439,323,776	0.39 %	9,388,211	38	61 %	18.47 %
India	1,380,004,385	0.99 %	2,973,190	28	35 %	17.70 %
United States	331,002,651	0.59 %	9,147,420	38	83 %	4.25 %
Indonesia	273,523,615	1.07 %	1,811,570	30	56 %	3.51 %
Pakistan	220,892,340	2.00 %	770,880	23	35 %	2.83 %
Brazil	212,559,417	0.72 %	8,358,140	33	88 %	2.73 %
Nigeria	206,139,589	2.58 %	910,770	18	52 %	2.64 %
Bangladesh	164,689,383	1.01 %	130,170	28	39 %	2.11 %
Russia	145,934,462	0.04 %	16,376,870	40	74 %	1.87 %
Mexico	128,932,753	1.06 %	1,943,950	29	84 %	1.65 %
Japan	126,476,461	-0.30 %	364,555	48	92 %	1.62 %
Ethiopia	114,963,588	2.57 %	1,000,000	19	21 %	1.47 %
Philippines	109,581,078	1.35 %	298,170	26	47 %	1.41 %
Egypt	102,334,404	1.94 %	995,450	25	43 %	1.31 %
Vietnam	97,338,579	0.91 %	310,070	32	38 %	1.25 %
DR Congo	89,561,403	3.19 %	2,267,050	17	46 %	1.15 %
Turkey	84,339,067	1.09 %	769,630	32	76 %	1.08 %
Iran	83,992,949	1.30 %	1,628,550	32	76 %	1.08 %
Germany	83,783,942	0.32 %	348,560	46	76 %	1.07 %
Thailand	69,799,978	0.25 %	510,890	40	51 %	0.90 %
United Kingdom	67,886,011	0.53 %	241,930	40	83 %	0.87 %
France	65,273,511	0.22 %	547,557	42	82 %	0.84 %
Italy	60,461,826	-0.15 %	294,140	47	69 %	0.78 %
Tanzania	59,734,218	2.98 %	885,800	18	37 %	0.77 %
South Africa	59,308,690	1.28 %	1,213,090	28	67 %	0.76 %
Myanmar	54,409,800	0.67 %	653,290	29	31 %	0.70 %
Kenya	53,771,296	2.28 %	569,140	20	28 %	0.69 %
South Korea	51,269,185	0.09 %	97,230	44	82 %	0.66 %
Colombia	50,882,891	1.08 %	1,109,500	31	80 %	0.65 %
Spain	46,754,778	0.04 %	498,800	45	80 %	0.60 %
Uganda	45,741,007	3.32 %	199,810	17	26 %	0.59 %
Argentina	45,195,774	0.93 %	2,736,690	32	93 %	0.58 %
Algeria	43,851,044	1.85 %	2,381,740	29	73 %	0.56 %
Sudan	43,849,260	2.42 %	1,765,048	20	35 %	0.56 %
Ukraine	43,733,762	-0.59 %	579,320	41	69 %	0.56 %
Iraq	40,222,493	2.32 %	434,320	21	73 %	0.52 %
Afghanistan	38,928,346	2.33 %	652,860	18	25 %	0.50 %
Poland	37,846,611	-0.11 %	306,230	42	60 %	0.49 %
Canada	37,742,154	0.89 %	9,093,510	41	81 %	0.48 %
Morocco	36,910,560	1.20 %	446,300	30	64 %	0.47 %
Saudi Arabia	34,813,871	1.59 %	2,149,690	32	84 %	0.45 %
Uzbekistan	33,469,203	1.48 %	425,400	28	50 %	0.43 %
Peru	32,971,854	1.42 %	1,280,000	31	79 %	0.42 %
Angola	32,866,272	3.27 %	1,246,700	17	67 %	0.42 %
Malaysia	32,365,999	1.30 %	328,550	30	78 %	0.42 %
Mozambique	31,255,435	2.93 %	786,380	18	38 %	0.40 %
Ghana	31,072,940	2.15 %	227,540	22	57 %	0.40 %
Yemen	29,825,964	2.28 %	527,970	20	38 %	0.38 %
Nepal	29,136,808	1.85 %	143,350	25	21 %	0.37 %
Venezuela	28,435,940	-0.28 %	882,050	30	N.A.	0.36 %
Madagascar	27,691,018	2.68 %	581,795	20	39 %	0.36 %
Cameroon	26,545,863	2.59 %	472,710	19	56 %	0.34 %
Côte d'Ivoire	26,378,274	2.57 %	318,000	19	51 %	0.34 %
North Korea	25,778,816	0.44 %	120,410	35	63 %	0.33 %
Australia	25,499,884	1.18 %	7,682,300	38	86 %	0.33 %
Niger	24,206,644	3.84 %	1,266,700	15	17 %	0.31 %
Taiwan	23,816,775	0.18 %	35,410	42	79 %	0.31 %
Sri Lanka	21,413,249	0.42 %	62,710	34	18 %	0.27 %
Burkina Faso	20,903,273	2.86 %	273,600	18	31 %	0.27 %
Mali	20,250,833	3.02 %	1,220,190	16	44 %	0.26 %
Romania	19,237,691	-0.66 %	230,170	43	55 %	0.25 %
Malawi	19,129,952	2.69 %	94,280	18	18 %	0.25 %
Chile	19,116,201	0.87 %	743,532	35	85 %	0.25 %
Kazakhstan	18,776,707	1.21 %	2,699,700	31	58 %	0.24 %
Zambia	18,383,955	2.93 %	743,390	18	45 %	0.24 %
Guatemala	17,915,568	1.90 %	107,160	23	52 %	0.23 %
Ecuador	17,643,054	1.55 %	248,360	28	63 %	0.23 %
Syria	17,500,658	2.52 %	183,630	26	60 %	0.22 %
Netherlands	17,134,872	0.22 %	33,720	43	92 %	0.22 %
Senegal	16,743,927	2.75 %	192,530	19	49 %	0.21 %
Cambodia	16,718,965	1.41 %	176,520	26	24 %	0.21 %
Chad	16,425,864	3.00 %	1,259,200	17	23 %	0.21 %
Somalia	15,893,222	2.92 %	627,340	17	47 %	0.20 %
Zimbabwe	14,862,924	1.48 %	386,850	19	38 %	0.19 %
Guinea	13,132,795	2.83 %	245,720	18	39 %	0.17 %
Rwanda	12,952,218	2.58 %	24,670	20	18 %	0.17 %
Benin	12,123,200	2.73 %	112,760	19	48 %	0.16 %
Burundi	11,890,784	3.12 %	25,680	17	14 %	0.15 %
Tunisia	11,818,619	1.06 %	155,360	33	70 %	0.15 %
Bolivia	11,673,021	1.39 %	1,083,300	26	69 %	0.15 %
Belgium	11,589,623	0.44 %	30,280	42	98 %	0.15 %
Haiti	11,402,528	1.24 %	27,560	24	57 %	0.15 %
Cuba	11,326,616	-0.06 %	106,440	42	78 %	0.15 %
South Sudan	11,193,725	1.19 %	610,952	19	25 %	0.14 %
Dominican Republic	10,847,910	1.01 %	48,320	28	85 %	0.14 %
Czech Republic (Czechia)	10,708,981	0.18 %	77,240	43	74 %	0.14 %
Greece	10,423,054	-0.48 %	128,900	46	85 %	0.13 %
Jordan	10,203,134	1.00 %	88,780	24	91 %	0.13 %
Portugal	10,196,709	-0.29 %	91,590	46	66 %	0.13 %
Azerbaijan	10,139,177	0.91 %	82,658	32	56 %	0.13 %
Sweden	10,099,265	0.63 %	410,340	41	88 %	0.13 %
Honduras	9,904,607	1.63 %	111,890	24	57 %	0.13 %
United Arab Emirates	9,890,402	1.23 %	83,600	33	86 %	0.13 %
Hungary	9,660,351	-0.25 %	90,530	43	72 %	0.12 %
Tajikistan	9,537,645	2.32 %	139,960	22	27 %	0.12 %
Belarus	9,449,323	-0.03 %	202,910	40	79 %	0.12 %
Austria	9,006,398	0.57 %	82,409	43	57 %	0.12 %
Papua New Guinea	8,947,024	1.95 %	452,860	22	13 %	0.11 %
Serbia	8,737,371	-0.40 %	87,460	42	56 %	0.11 %
Israel	8,655,535	1.60 %	21,640	30	93 %	0.11 %
Switzerland	8,654,622	0.74 %	39,516	43	74 %	0.11 %
Togo	8,278,724	2.43 %	54,390	19	43 %	0.11 %
Sierra Leone	7,976,983	2.10 %	72,180	19	43 %	0.10 %
Hong Kong	7,496,981	0.82 %	1,050	45	N.A.	0.10 %
Laos	7,275,560	1.48 %	230,800	24	36 %	0.09 %
Paraguay	7,132,538	1.25 %	397,300	26	62 %	0.09 %
Bulgaria	6,948,445	-0.74 %	108,560	45	76 %	0.09 %
Libya	6,871,292	1.38 %	1,759,540	29	78 %	0.09 %
Lebanon	6,825,445	-0.44 %	10,230	30	78 %	0.09 %
Nicaragua	6,624,554	1.21 %	120,340	26	57 %	0.08 %
Kyrgyzstan	6,524,195	1.69 %	191,800	26	36 %	0.08 %
El Salvador	6,486,205	0.51 %	20,720	28	73 %	0.08 %
Turkmenistan	6,031,200	1.50 %	469,930	27	53 %	0.08 %
Singapore	5,850,342	0.79 %	700	42	N.A.	0.08 %
Denmark	5,792,202	0.35 %	42,430	42	88 %	0.07 %
Finland	5,540,720	0.15 %	303,890	43	86 %	0.07 %
Congo	5,518,087	2.56 %	341,500	19	70 %	0.07 %
Slovakia	5,459,642	0.05 %	48,088	41	54 %	0.07 %
Norway	5,421,241	0.79 %	365,268	40	83 %	0.07 %
Oman	5,106,626	2.65 %	309,500	31	87 %	0.07 %
State of Palestine	5,101,414	2.41 %	6,020	21	80 %	0.07 %
Costa Rica	5,094,118	0.92 %	51,060	33	80 %	0.07 %
Liberia	5,057,681	2.44 %	96,320	19	53 %	0.06 %
Ireland	4,937,786	1.13 %	68,890	38	63 %	0.06 %
Central African Republic	4,829,767	1.78 %	622,980	18	43 %	0.06 %
New Zealand	4,822,233	0.82 %	263,310	38	87 %	0.06 %
Mauritania	4,649,658	2.74 %	1,030,700	20	57 %	0.06 %
Panama	4,314,767	1.61 %	74,340	30	68 %	0.06 %
Kuwait	4,270,571	1.51 %	17,820	37	N.A.	0.05 %
Croatia	4,105,267	-0.61 %	55,960	44	58 %	0.05 %
Moldova	4,033,963	-0.23 %	32,850	38	43 %	0.05 %
Georgia	3,989,167	-0.19 %	69,490	38	58 %	0.05 %
Eritrea	3,546,421	1.41 %	101,000	19	63 %	0.05 %
Uruguay	3,473,730	0.35 %	175,020	36	96 %	0.04 %
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,280,819	-0.61 %	51,000	43	52 %	0.04 %
Mongolia	3,278,290	1.65 %	1,553,560	28	67 %	0.04 %
Armenia	2,963,243	0.19 %	28,470	35	63 %	0.04 %
Jamaica	2,961,167	0.44 %	10,830	31	55 %	0.04 %
Qatar	2,881,053	1.73 %	11,610	32	96 %	0.04 %
Albania	2,877,797	-0.11 %	27,400	36	63 %	0.04 %
Puerto Rico	2,860,853	-2.47 %	8,870	44	N.A.	0.04 %
Lithuania	2,722,289	-1.35 %	62,674	45	71 %	0.03 %
Namibia	2,540,905	1.86 %	823,290	22	55 %	0.03 %
Gambia	2,416,668	2.94 %	10,120	18	59 %	0.03 %
Botswana	2,351,627	2.08 %	566,730	24	73 %	0.03 %
Gabon	2,225,734	2.45 %	257,670	23	87 %	0.03 %
Lesotho	2,142,249	0.80 %	30,360	24	31 %	0.03 %
North Macedonia	2,083,374	0.00 %	25,220	39	59 %	0.03 %
Slovenia	2,078,938	0.01 %	20,140	45	55 %	0.03 %
Guinea-Bissau	1,968,001	2.45 %	28,120	19	45 %	0.03 %
Latvia	1,886,198	-1.08 %	62,200	44	69 %	0.02 %
Bahrain	1,701,575	3.68 %	760	32	89 %	0.02 %
Equatorial Guinea	1,402,985	3.47 %	28,050	22	73 %	0.02 %
Trinidad and Tobago	1,399,488	0.32 %	5,130	36	52 %	0.02 %
Estonia	1,326,535	0.07 %	42,390	42	68 %	0.02 %
Timor-Leste	1,318,445	1.96 %	14,870	21	33 %	0.02 %
Mauritius	1,271,768	0.17 %	2,030	37	41 %	0.02 %
Cyprus	1,207,359	0.73 %	9,240	37	67 %	0.02 %
Eswatini	1,160,164	1.05 %	17,200	21	30 %	0.01 %
Djibouti	988,000	1.48 %	23,180	27	79 %	0.01 %
Fiji	896,445	0.73 %	18,270	28	59 %	0.01 %
Réunion	895,312	0.72 %	2,500	36	100 %	0.01 %
Comoros	869,601	2.20 %	1,861	20	29 %	0.01 %
Guyana	786,552	0.48 %	196,850	27	27 %	0.01 %
Bhutan	771,608	1.12 %	38,117	28	46 %	0.01 %
Solomon Islands	686,884	2.55 %	27,990	20	23 %	0.01 %
Macao	649,335	1.39 %	30	39	N.A.	0.01 %
Montenegro	628,066	0.01 %	13,450	39	68 %	0.01 %
Luxembourg	625,978	1.66 %	2,590	40	88 %	0.01 %
Western Sahara	597,339	2.55 %	266,000	28	87 %	0.01 %
Suriname	586,632	0.90 %	156,000	29	65 %	0.01 %
Cabo Verde	555,987	1.10 %	4,030	28	68 %	0.01 %
Micronesia	548,914	1.00 %	700	27	68 %	0.01 %
Maldives	540,544	1.81 %	300	30	35 %	0.01 %
Malta	441,543	0.27 %	320	43	93 %	0.01 %
Brunei	437,479	0.97 %	5,270	32	80 %	0.01 %
Guadeloupe	400,124	0.02 %	1,690	44	N.A.	0.01 %
Belize	397,628	1.86 %	22,810	25	46 %	0.01 %
Bahamas	393,244	0.97 %	10,010	32	86 %	0.01 %
Martinique	375,265	-0.08 %	1,060	47	92 %	0.00 %
Iceland	341,243	0.65 %	100,250	37	94 %	0.00 %
Vanuatu	307,145	2.42 %	12,190	21	24 %	0.00 %
French Guiana	298,682	2.70 %	82,200	25	87 %	0.00 %
Barbados	287,375	0.12 %	430	40	31 %	0.00 %
New Caledonia	285,498	0.97 %	18,280	34	72 %	0.00 %
French Polynesia	280,908	0.58 %	3,660	34	64 %	0.00 %
Mayotte	272,815	2.50 %	375	20	46 %	0.00 %
Sao Tome & Principe	219,159	1.91 %	960	19	74 %	0.00 %
Samoa	198,414	0.67 %	2,830	22	18 %	0.00 %
Saint Lucia	183,627	0.46 %	610	34	19 %	0.00 %
Channel Islands	173,863	0.93 %	190	43	30 %	0.00 %
Guam	168,775	0.89 %	540	31	95 %	0.00 %
Curaçao	164,093	0.41 %	444	42	89 %	0.00 %
Kiribati	119,449	1.57 %	810	23	57 %	0.00 %
Grenada	112,523	0.46 %	340	32	35 %	0.00 %
St. Vincent & Grenadines	110,940	0.32 %	390	33	53 %	0.00 %
Aruba	106,766	0.43 %	180	41	44 %	0.00 %
Tonga	105,695	1.15 %	720	22	24 %	0.00 %
U.S. Virgin Islands	104,425	-0.15 %	350	43	96 %	0.00 %
Seychelles	98,347	0.62 %	460	34	56 %	0.00 %
Antigua and Barbuda	97,929	0.84 %	440	34	26 %	0.00 %
Isle of Man	85,033	0.53 %	570	N.A.	53 %	0.00 %
Andorra	77,265	0.16 %	470	N.A.	88 %	0.00 %
Dominica	71,986	0.25 %	750	N.A.	74 %	0.00 %
Cayman Islands	65,722	1.19 %	240	N.A.	97 %	0.00 %
Bermuda	62,278	-0.36 %	50	N.A.	97 %	0.00 %
Marshall Islands	59,190	0.68 %	180	N.A.	70 %	0.00 %
Northern Mariana Islands	57,559	0.60 %	460	N.A.	88 %	0.00 %
Greenland	56,770	0.17 %	410,450	N.A.	87 %	0.00 %
American Samoa	55,191	-0.22 %	200	N.A.	88 %	0.00 %
Saint Kitts & Nevis	53,199	0.71 %	260	N.A.	33 %	0.00 %
Faeroe Islands	48,863	0.38 %	1,396	N.A.	43 %	0.00 %
Sint Maarten	42,876	1.15 %	34	N.A.	96 %	0.00 %
Monaco	39,242	0.71 %	1	N.A.	N.A.	0.00 %
Turks and Caicos	38,717	1.38 %	950	N.A.	89 %	0.00 %
Saint Martin	38,666	1.75 %	53	N.A.	0 %	0.00 %
Liechtenstein	38,128	0.29 %	160	N.A.	15 %	0.00 %
San Marino	33,931	0.21 %	60	N.A.	97 %	0.00 %
Gibraltar	33,691	-0.03 %	10	N.A.	N.A.	0.00 %
British Virgin Islands	30,231	0.67 %	150	N.A.	52 %	0.00 %
Caribbean Netherlands	26,223	0.94 %	328	N.A.	75 %	0.00 %
Palau	18,094	0.48 %	460	N.A.	N.A.	0.00 %
Cook Islands	17,564	0.09 %	240	N.A.	75 %	0.00 %
Anguilla	15,003	0.90 %	90	N.A.	N.A.	0.00 %
Tuvalu	11,792	1.25 %	30	N.A.	62 %	0.00 %
Wallis & Futuna	11,239	-1.69 %	140	N.A.	0 %	0.00 %
Nauru	10,824	0.63 %	20	N.A.	N.A.	0.00 %
Saint Barthelemy	9,877	0.30 %	21	N.A.	0 %	0.00 %
Saint Helena	6,077	0.30 %	390	N.A.	27 %	0.00 %
Saint Pierre & Miquelon	5,794	-0.48 %	230	N.A.	100 %	0.00 %
Montserrat	4,992	0.06 %	100	N.A.	10 %	0.00 %
Falkland Islands	3,480	3.05 %	12,170	N.A.	66 %	0.00 %
Niue	1,626	0.68 %	260	N.A.	46 %	0.00 %
Tokelau	1,357	1.27 %	10	N.A.	0 %	0.00 %
Holy See	801	0.25 %	0	N.A.	N.A.	0.00 %

About this story

Population estimates by country is from the United Nations Population Division. The U.N. produces multiple projections of population growth after 2022. The figures included in this story reflect what is known as the “medium variant” projection, which is the median of several thousand potential trajectories for growth.