Mapped: When Each Country Will Reach Its Population Peak

When Each Country Will Reach Its Population Peak

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Today, at least one in two countries globally have fertility rates below the 2.1 replacement level.

Going further, women bear one child fewer, on average, than around 1990. Paired with aging populations, this suggests that several countries have already hit their population peak, according to the latest analysis from the UN.

This graphic shows global population peak by country, based on data from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 report.

A Timeline of Global Population Peak

Below, we show population peak projections across 237 countries worldwide. This outlook by the UN include fertility, mortality, and immigration forecasts.

Country	Population Peak Category
Albania	Peaked by 2024
American Samoa	Peaked by 2024
Armenia	Peaked by 2024
Austria	Peaked by 2024
Belarus	Peaked by 2024
Bermuda	Peaked by 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Peaked by 2024
Bulgaria	Peaked by 2024
China	Peaked by 2024
China, Hong Kong SAR	Peaked by 2024
China, Taiwan Province of China	Peaked by 2024
Cook Islands	Peaked by 2024
Croatia	Peaked by 2024
Cuba	Peaked by 2024
Curaçao	Peaked by 2024
Czechia	Peaked by 2024
Dominica	Peaked by 2024
Estonia	Peaked by 2024
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	Peaked by 2024
Georgia	Peaked by 2024
Germany	Peaked by 2024
Greece	Peaked by 2024
Greenland	Peaked by 2024
Guadeloupe	Peaked by 2024
Hungary	Peaked by 2024
Isle of Man	Peaked by 2024
Italy	Peaked by 2024
Jamaica	Peaked by 2024
Japan	Peaked by 2024
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	Peaked by 2024
Latvia	Peaked by 2024
Lithuania	Peaked by 2024
Marshall Islands	Peaked by 2024
Martinique	Peaked by 2024
Mauritius	Peaked by 2024
Montenegro	Peaked by 2024
Montserrat	Peaked by 2024
Niue	Peaked by 2024
North Macedonia	Peaked by 2024
Northern Mariana Islands	Peaked by 2024
Palau	Peaked by 2024
Poland	Peaked by 2024
Portugal	Peaked by 2024
Puerto Rico	Peaked by 2024
Republic of Korea	Peaked by 2024
Republic of Moldova	Peaked by 2024
Romania	Peaked by 2024
Russian Federation	Peaked by 2024
Saint Helena	Peaked by 2024
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Peaked by 2024
Saint Martin (French part)	Peaked by 2024
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Peaked by 2024
San Marino	Peaked by 2024
Serbia	Peaked by 2024
Slovakia	Peaked by 2024
Slovenia	Peaked by 2024
Spain	Peaked by 2024
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Peaked by 2024
Thailand	Peaked by 2024
Ukraine	Peaked by 2024
United States Virgin Islands	Peaked by 2024
Uruguay	Peaked by 2024
Wallis and Futuna Islands	Peaked by 2024
Andorra	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Anguilla	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Antigua and Barbuda	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Argentina	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Aruba	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Azerbaijan	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Bahamas	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Barbados	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Belgium	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Bhutan	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Brazil	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
British Virgin Islands	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Cabo Verde	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Chile	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
China, Macao SAR	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Colombia	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Costa Rica	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Cyprus	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Denmark	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
El Salvador	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Fiji	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Finland	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
French Polynesia	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Grenada	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Guernsey	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Iceland	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Ireland	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Jersey	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Malta	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Myanmar	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Netherlands	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Norway	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Réunion	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Saint Barthélemy	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Saint Lucia	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Seychelles	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Singapore	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Sri Lanka	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Switzerland	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Trinidad and Tobago	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Tunisia	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Türkiye	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Turks and Caicos Islands	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Viet Nam	Peaking between 2025 and 2054
Afghanistan	Growing through 2054
Algeria	Growing through 2054
Angola	Growing through 2054
Australia	Growing through 2054
Bahrain	Growing through 2054
Bangladesh	Growing through 2054
Belize	Growing through 2054
Benin	Growing through 2054
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Growing through 2054
Botswana	Growing through 2054
Brunei Darussalam	Growing through 2054
Burkina Faso	Growing through 2054
Burundi	Growing through 2054
Cambodia	Growing through 2054
Cameroon	Growing through 2054
Canada	Growing through 2054
Cayman Islands	Growing through 2054
Central African Republic	Growing through 2054
Chad	Growing through 2054
Comoros	Growing through 2054
Congo	Growing through 2054
Côte d’Ivoire	Growing through 2054
Dem. Republic of the Congo	Growing through 2054
Djibouti	Growing through 2054
Dominican Republic	Growing through 2054
Ecuador	Growing through 2054
Egypt	Growing through 2054
Equatorial Guinea	Growing through 2054
Eritrea	Growing through 2054
Eswatini	Growing through 2054
Ethiopia	Growing through 2054
Faroe Islands	Growing through 2054
France	Growing through 2054
French Guiana	Growing through 2054
Gabon	Growing through 2054
Gambia	Growing through 2054
Ghana	Growing through 2054
Gibraltar	Growing through 2054
Guam	Growing through 2054
Guatemala	Growing through 2054
Guinea	Growing through 2054
Guinea-Bissau	Growing through 2054
Guyana	Growing through 2054
Haiti	Growing through 2054
Holy See	Growing through 2054
Honduras	Growing through 2054
India	Growing through 2054
Indonesia	Growing through 2054
Iraq	Growing through 2054
Israel	Growing through 2054
Jordan	Growing through 2054
Kazakhstan	Growing through 2054
Kenya	Growing through 2054
Kiribati	Growing through 2054
Kuwait	Growing through 2054
Kyrgyzstan	Growing through 2054
Lao People’s Dem. Republic	Growing through 2054
Lebanon	Growing through 2054
Lesotho	Growing through 2054
Liberia	Growing through 2054
Libya	Growing through 2054
Liechtenstein	Growing through 2054
Luxembourg	Growing through 2054
Madagascar	Growing through 2054
Malawi	Growing through 2054
Malaysia	Growing through 2054
Maldives	Growing through 2054
Mali	Growing through 2054
Mauritania	Growing through 2054
Mayotte	Growing through 2054
Mexico	Growing through 2054
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	Growing through 2054
Monaco	Growing through 2054
Mongolia	Growing through 2054
Morocco	Growing through 2054
Mozambique	Growing through 2054
Namibia	Growing through 2054
Nauru	Growing through 2054
Nepal	Growing through 2054
New Caledonia	Growing through 2054
New Zealand	Growing through 2054
Nicaragua	Growing through 2054
Niger	Growing through 2054
Nigeria	Growing through 2054
Oman	Growing through 2054
Pakistan	Growing through 2054
Panama	Growing through 2054
Papua New Guinea	Growing through 2054
Paraguay	Growing through 2054
Peru	Growing through 2054
Philippines	Growing through 2054
Qatar	Growing through 2054
Rwanda	Growing through 2054
Samoa	Growing through 2054
Sao Tome and Principe	Growing through 2054
Saudi Arabia	Growing through 2054
Senegal	Growing through 2054
Sierra Leone	Growing through 2054
Solomon Islands	Growing through 2054
Somalia	Growing through 2054
South Africa	Growing through 2054
South Sudan	Growing through 2054
State of Palestine	Growing through 2054
Sudan	Growing through 2054
Suriname	Growing through 2054
Sweden	Growing through 2054
Syrian Arab Republic	Growing through 2054
Tajikistan	Growing through 2054
Timor-Leste	Growing through 2054
Togo	Growing through 2054
Tokelau	Growing through 2054
Tonga	Growing through 2054
Turkmenistan	Growing through 2054
Tuvalu	Growing through 2054
U.S.	Growing through 2054
Uganda	Growing through 2054
UK	Growing through 2054
United Arab Emirates	Growing through 2054
United Republic of Tanzania	Growing through 2054
Uzbekistan	Growing through 2054
Vanuatu	Growing through 2054
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Growing through 2054
Western Sahara	Growing through 2054
Yemen	Growing through 2054
Zambia	Growing through 2054
Zimbabwe	Growing through 2054

Notably, more than a quarter of the global population live in countries that are shrinking in population size including Japan, Cuba, Germany, and China.

In Japan, 30% of the population is aged 65 or older, the highest rate globally after Monaco. Today, 43 countries are considered “super-aged”, where the senior population makes up at least 20% of the population.

On the other hand, immigration will be a primary driver of population growth in countries like the U.S. and Canada, despite record-low fertility rates. Overall, 52 countries are projected to grow through 2054 largely due to national immigration policies.

Meanwhile, high fertility rates and younger demographics are set to propel growth in 126 countries, with many of these being among the world’s most populous. India, Pakistan, and Indonesia all fall within this group.

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• Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-when-each-country-will-reach-its-population-peak/