Imagine Earth With 1000 People

The United Nations Population Division’s population figures were used by Visual Capitalists to imagine Earth with 1000 people.

Over the past 50 years, the number of people on the planet has doubled.

We will have 8 billion people on Earth by 2022. UN estimates state that by July 2023, there will be 8,045,311,447 people on the planet.

The United Nations Population Division’s population figures, as used in this map by Visual Capitalists Nick Routley and Bruno Venditti, show the world’s population as though there were just 1,000 people on the planet. Although they were not included in our visualization cutoff, the following list of nations has populations below 7.6 million.

Over Half of People Live in Asia

With over 4.7 billion inhabitants, Asia is by far the most populous region in the globe. With China and India leading the way, the continent is home to 59% of the world’s population.

Visualizing Earth with a population of just 1,000 makes this easier to understand. There will be 178 persons in China and 177 in India.

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The estimated population for each country in July 2023, expressed as the number of residents per 1,000, is as follows:

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

With 182 persons per 1,000, Africa is the second most populated continent, with Nigeria (28), Ethiopia (16), and Egypt (14), in the lead. Estimates of Africa’s population as of July 2023 put it at 1.5 billion.

Europe still has the third-highest population in the world, accounting for 92 out of 1,000 people, despite a fall in recent decades. Russia (18), Turkey (11), and Germany (10), in particular, lead the continent.

With 42 of those living in the United States, North America would only have 75 individuals if there were 1,000 people in the entire world. Oceania would have just 5 people (including 3 in Australia), whereas South America would have 55 individuals, led by 27 from Brazil.

Nigeria to Pass U.S. as World’s 3rd Most Populous Country

Although there are differences in population forecasts for the end of the century, most of them agree on one basic idea: while the global population is growing, its growth rate is reducing. The population will eventually peak (between 2064 and 2086) and then start to decline.

The most populous nations will probably continue to be ranked roughly the same throughout the coming decades, with China and India at the top of the list. However, some estimates predict that Nigeria’s population will overtake that of the US shortly after 2050, making it the world’s third-largest nation.

Other nations that are anticipated to have notable population expansion include the United States, Uganda, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Pakistan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.