Visualizing The World As 1,000 People

Visual Capitalist ^ | 11/26/2023 | Nick Routley and Bruno Venditti

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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 map, Visual Capitalist's Nick Routley and Bruno Venditti 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.

Click here to view interactive version of the map above

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
🇭🇹 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
🇭🇳 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
🇭🇺 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
🇭🇰 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
🇭🇷 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.

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[Fungi]

Ask that clown at Stanford who wrote :The Population Bomb: where did he go wrong? Pure nonsense, as long as there is freedom, the world will survive. “Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants thereof.” Leviticus 25:10.

[Redcitizen]

The ones with 0.0 people and below: lotta imaginary people running around in the world.

[Reno89519]

In which two countries are invading us with cheap products and cheap labor? China and India. Our enemies. They will replace us and not make even a slightest debt in their population. Everybody wants to be good buddies with the Chinese, the Biden, do, at least, and the Indians, too many people.

[Reno89519]

I hate Siri on an iPad

[Inyo-Mono]

Lots of people in Asia.

[nwrep]

Bangladesh, the size of Florida, has 175 million people.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

The map should show that of Mexico’s 16 people, about 4 are in the U.S. illegally.