Feb 16, 2025

📈 When Every Continent’s Population Will Peak This Century

What We’re Showing:

This chart tracks every continent’s population every year (estimates used for 2025 onwards) according to data from the UN’s World’s Population Prospects, published 2024.

❗Figures in the data tab are in thousands.

🌏 Global Peak Population is in 2084

The world will most likely hit peak population in 2084, after which global population will begin to decline.

However, other regions are likely to hit their peaks sooner.

Europe’s peak is already in the past: 2020.
Latin America and Asia will hit their peaks in the 2050s

Meanwhile, Africa, Northern America, and Oceania will keep growing slowly past 2100.

While Africa’s birth rates will continue to sustain population growth, the latter two regions will benefit from international migration.

Dataset

Year	World	Africa	Asia	Europe	Latin America	Northern America	Oceania
1970	3,694,684	365,552	2,137,559	656,999	285,741	229,340	19,494
1971	3,769,848	375,326	2,188,327	660,956	292,776	232,427	20,036
1972	3,844,918	385,312	2,238,487	665,521	299,925	235,179	20,494
1973	3,920,805	395,822	2,289,518	669,800	307,174	237,626	20,866
1974	3,996,416	406,870	2,340,061	673,741	314,507	240,008	21,228
1975	4,070,735	418,433	2,389,170	677,280	321,910	242,387	21,556
1976	4,144,246	430,497	2,437,129	680,657	329,388	244,733	21,842
1977	4,217,864	442,660	2,484,896	684,100	336,994	247,099	22,114
1978	4,292,098	455,539	2,532,510	687,434	344,748	249,484	22,383
1979	4,368,540	469,198	2,581,433	690,746	352,587	251,922	22,653
1980	4,447,606	483,051	2,632,327	694,279	360,493	254,502	22,954
1981	4,528,777	497,621	2,684,688	697,594	368,411	257,157	23,307
1982	4,612,673	512,959	2,739,366	700,452	376,372	259,835	23,690
1983	4,697,328	528,232	2,794,764	703,279	384,477	262,512	24,064
1984	4,782,176	543,638	2,850,199	706,111	392,669	265,138	24,421
1985	4,868,943	559,664	2,906,964	708,940	400,865	267,733	24,777
1986	4,958,073	575,967	2,965,641	711,993	409,042	270,281	25,150
1987	5,049,746	592,601	3,026,396	715,168	417,217	272,819	25,544
1988	5,141,993	609,387	3,087,409	718,375	425,426	275,439	25,956
1989	5,234,432	626,359	3,148,471	721,424	433,641	278,160	26,377
1990	5,327,803	643,775	3,209,883	724,139	441,885	281,282	26,839
1991	5,418,736	661,104	3,269,006	726,484	450,079	284,749	27,315
1992	5,505,990	678,558	3,325,623	727,617	458,220	288,227	27,746
1993	5,591,545	696,621	3,380,866	728,006	466,313	291,585	28,154
1994	5,675,551	714,502	3,434,525	728,885	474,323	294,744	28,573
1995	5,758,879	732,695	3,487,681	729,381	482,311	297,787	29,025
1996	5,842,056	751,473	3,540,730	729,370	490,234	300,750	29,498
1997	5,924,788	770,384	3,593,265	729,425	498,099	303,650	29,964
1998	6,007,067	789,981	3,645,256	728,864	505,973	306,572	30,420
1999	6,089,006	810,080	3,696,552	728,218	513,769	309,509	30,880
2000	6,171,703	830,583	3,747,780	728,164	521,323	312,500	31,353
2001	6,254,936	851,690	3,798,918	728,238	528,626	315,618	31,847
2002	6,337,730	873,411	3,848,341	729,127	535,741	318,745	32,366
2003	6,420,362	895,734	3,896,799	730,376	542,688	321,870	32,894
2004	6,503,378	918,778	3,945,396	731,246	549,494	325,045	33,419
2005	6,586,970	942,546	3,993,927	732,047	556,212	328,283	33,956
2006	6,671,452	966,932	4,042,826	732,684	562,855	331,615	34,540
2007	6,757,309	992,056	4,091,637	733,896	569,468	335,062	35,190
2008	6,844,458	1,018,065	4,140,358	735,549	576,049	338,545	35,890
2009	6,932,766	1,044,778	4,189,939	736,936	582,545	341,976	36,593
2010	7,021,732	1,072,216	4,239,823	738,145	588,908	345,386	37,254
2011	7,110,924	1,100,149	4,289,496	739,359	595,243	348,787	37,890
2012	7,201,202	1,128,843	4,339,609	740,459	601,577	352,164	38,550
2013	7,291,794	1,158,780	4,388,941	741,471	607,838	355,530	39,234
2014	7,381,616	1,189,220	4,436,946	742,641	614,015	358,875	39,918
2015	7,470,492	1,220,075	4,483,308	744,237	620,043	362,214	40,615
2016	7,558,555	1,251,208	4,528,415	746,003	625,923	365,658	41,347
2017	7,645,618	1,282,902	4,572,479	747,429	631,575	369,139	42,094
2018	7,729,903	1,315,410	4,613,624	748,565	637,012	372,477	42,815
2019	7,811,294	1,348,005	4,652,385	749,504	642,196	375,699	43,504
2020	7,887,001	1,380,821	4,688,113	749,524	646,729	377,734	44,079
2021	7,954,448	1,413,753	4,718,316	748,614	650,465	378,742	44,558
2022	8,021,407	1,446,884	4,747,661	746,965	654,367	380,482	45,049
2023	8,091,735	1,480,771	4,778,004	745,603	658,892	382,903	45,563
2024	8,161,973	1,515,141	4,806,898	745,084	663,466	385,295	46,089
2025	8,231,613	1,549,868	4,835,320	744,399	667,889	387,528	46,610
2026	8,300,678	1,584,985	4,863,327	743,482	672,136	389,629	47,119
2027	8,369,094	1,620,262	4,890,963	742,372	676,242	391,636	47,619
2028	8,436,619	1,655,677	4,917,844	741,159	680,211	393,615	48,113
2029	8,503,285	1,691,327	4,943,926	739,842	684,042	395,551	48,597
2030	8,569,125	1,727,213	4,969,233	738,433	687,743	397,430	49,072
2031	8,634,119	1,763,341	4,993,723	736,926	691,313	399,275	49,540
2032	8,698,230	1,799,678	5,017,352	735,366	694,748	401,085	50,001
2033	8,761,449	1,836,165	5,040,129	733,801	698,044	402,855	50,455
2034	8,823,785	1,872,849	5,062,015	732,211	701,206	404,601	50,904
2035	8,885,210	1,909,745	5,082,984	730,591	704,227	406,312	51,351
2036	8,945,687	1,946,780	5,103,101	728,934	707,098	407,977	51,797
2037	9,005,153	1,983,889	5,122,350	727,248	709,813	409,616	52,237
2038	9,063,573	2,021,069	5,140,673	725,552	712,379	411,227	52,673
2039	9,120,928	2,058,326	5,158,094	723,831	714,787	412,786	53,105
2040	9,177,190	2,095,653	5,174,593	722,102	717,030	414,279	53,532
2041	9,232,282	2,133,011	5,190,088	720,391	719,106	415,725	53,961
2042	9,286,110	2,170,362	5,204,529	718,678	721,007	417,144	54,390
2043	9,338,661	2,207,713	5,217,955	716,926	722,734	418,518	54,815
2044	9,389,874	2,245,033	5,230,376	715,122	724,286	419,821	55,235
2045	9,439,640	2,282,242	5,241,727	713,280	725,665	421,072	55,655
2046	9,487,890	2,319,336	5,251,950	711,394	726,872	422,263	56,074
2047	9,534,546	2,356,368	5,260,933	709,439	727,917	423,405	56,485
2048	9,579,536	2,393,301	5,268,643	707,396	728,799	424,506	56,891
2049	9,622,824	2,430,064	5,275,145	705,257	729,507	425,556	57,295
2050	9,664,379	2,466,648	5,280,378	703,028	730,057	426,580	57,688
2051	9,704,192	2,503,123	5,284,230	700,717	730,454	427,590	58,079
2052	9,742,265	2,539,451	5,286,755	698,327	730,693	428,576	58,462
2053	9,778,615	2,575,523	5,288,124	695,815	730,775	429,539	58,839
2054	9,813,252	2,611,380	5,288,308	693,183	730,699	430,467	59,215
2055	9,846,238	2,647,052	5,287,300	690,463	730,475	431,358	59,589
2056	9,877,680	2,682,482	5,285,221	687,665	730,104	432,253	59,955
2057	9,907,637	2,717,607	5,282,113	684,832	729,585	433,186	60,314
2058	9,936,164	2,752,440	5,277,983	681,964	728,929	434,174	60,674
2059	9,963,337	2,787,096	5,272,838	679,062	728,134	435,179	61,028
2060	9,989,232	2,821,497	5,266,840	676,160	727,196	436,166	61,373
2061	10,013,916	2,855,584	5,260,048	673,266	726,128	437,177	61,715
2062	10,037,467	2,889,315	5,252,560	670,377	724,931	438,230	62,053
2063	10,059,950	2,922,621	5,244,519	667,510	723,607	439,303	62,391
2064	10,081,403	2,955,591	5,235,887	664,668	722,161	440,374	62,723
2065	10,101,850	2,988,211	5,226,687	661,857	720,590	441,453	63,052
2066	10,121,317	3,020,431	5,216,942	659,098	718,894	442,566	63,386
2067	10,139,808	3,052,276	5,206,602	656,409	717,084	443,715	63,721
2068	10,157,302	3,083,691	5,195,750	653,775	715,164	444,870	64,053
2069	10,173,782	3,114,660	5,184,405	651,181	713,131	446,025	64,380
2070	10,189,242	3,145,215	5,172,528	648,640	710,988	447,170	64,699
2071	10,203,682	3,175,353	5,160,114	646,155	708,741	448,310	65,009
2072	10,217,055	3,205,068	5,147,108	643,736	706,395	449,432	65,315
2073	10,229,328	3,234,289	5,133,580	641,374	703,947	450,519	65,619
2074	10,240,485	3,263,034	5,119,487	639,053	701,404	451,587	65,920
2075	10,250,496	3,291,312	5,104,720	636,812	698,771	452,662	66,219
2076	10,259,351	3,319,032	5,089,368	634,652	696,049	453,737	66,513
2077	10,267,045	3,346,262	5,073,456	632,526	693,238	454,757	66,807
2078	10,273,556	3,373,020	5,056,912	630,440	690,336	455,747	67,100
2079	10,278,887	3,399,166	5,039,868	628,410	687,351	456,705	67,388
2080	10,283,078	3,424,701	5,022,367	626,433	684,288	457,616	67,673
2081	10,286,162	3,449,655	5,004,314	624,524	681,151	458,559	67,959
2082	10,288,205	3,474,068	4,985,789	622,657	677,950	459,501	68,240
2083	10,289,247	3,497,974	4,966,848	620,817	674,692	460,398	68,518
2084	10,289,315	3,521,288	4,947,569	619,008	671,376	461,284	68,791
2085	10,288,457	3,544,048	4,928,013	617,217	667,998	462,126	69,055
2086	10,286,708	3,566,323	4,908,093	615,447	664,562	462,961	69,322
2087	10,284,111	3,587,963	4,887,936	613,719	661,079	463,822	69,593
2088	10,280,705	3,608,880	4,867,642	612,034	657,558	464,719	69,871
2089	10,276,518	3,629,228	4,847,152	610,364	653,999	465,628	70,148
2090	10,271,565	3,649,046	4,826,504	608,693	650,403	466,495	70,424
2091	10,265,862	3,668,204	4,805,756	607,048	646,779	467,372	70,703
2092	10,259,408	3,686,702	4,784,907	605,422	643,133	468,268	70,976
2093	10,252,185	3,704,608	4,763,909	603,810	639,461	469,156	71,241
2094	10,244,186	3,721,931	4,742,730	602,220	635,766	470,044	71,495
2095	10,235,404	3,738,661	4,721,402	600,613	632,057	470,927	71,743
2096	10,225,851	3,754,853	4,699,926	598,967	628,336	471,776	71,993
2097	10,215,549	3,770,482	4,678,294	597,303	624,611	472,612	72,247
2098	10,204,490	3,785,518	4,656,524	595,641	620,886	473,430	72,491
2099	10,192,689	3,799,971	4,634,656	593,961	617,164	474,215	72,721
2100	10,180,161	3,813,884	4,612,668	592,251	613,447	474,966	72,946

Data sources

Latin America includes Central America and the Caribbean. Figures rounded. UN estimates take fertility, mortality, and migration assumptions into account.

https://population.un.org/wpp/

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