Population

The Countries Where Most People Weren’t Born There Some countries are built by people who came from somewhere else. This metric measures the share of a country's population that was born abroad — not citizens versus non-citizens, just where people first drew breath. It's a simple number that tells a big story about labour markets,

Every country drawn to scale by Everything Econ. The treemap accompanying this article makes one comparison impossible to miss: India's cell is larger than China's by a margin that defies most readers' expectations, and Nigeria's cell is bigger than any country in Europe. India produced 23.2 million births in 2023, accounting for 17.59% of all

Which Countries Are the Most Crowded on Earth? Population density — the number of people living within each square kilometre of a country's land — is one of the clearest ways to understand how squeezed, or how spacious, life in a given country really is. The latest World Bank figures reveal a world of extremes:

Which Countries Have the Most Children? One of the clearest ways to understand a country's future is to look at how young its population is. This ranking measures the share of each country's population aged under 15 — a simple but powerful indicator of birth rates, healthcare, and long-term economic prospects. The picture it reveals

The Countries Where the Population Has Grown the Oldest Every country on Earth is ageing — but some are doing so far faster than others. This ranking measures the share of each nation's population aged 65 and over, a widely used marker of how old a country's population has become. The figures, drawn from World

Which Countries Are Having the Most — and Fewest — Babies? How many children does the average woman have in her lifetime? That single number, known as the fertility rate, tells us a great deal about a country's health, economy, and future. A rate of 2.1 is considered the "replacement level" — the point at

Every country drawn to scale by Everything Econ. Japan, the world's third-largest economy, has fewer children than Uganda or Kenya, 13.9 million against 22.2 million and 20.9 million respectively. The treemap accompanying this article sizes every country by its child population rather than by land area or GDP, and that single comparison captures the distortion

Every country drawn to scale by Everything Econ. Want this chart on your wall? Print it at home, or order the museum-quality version. Instant download · £3.99Printed poster · £12.99 The Democratic Republic of the Congo currently has roughly 103 million people — a country most people struggle to locate on a map, smaller today

Every country drawn to scale by Everything Econ. Want this chart on your wall? Print it at home, or order the museum-quality version. Instant download · £3.99Printed poster · £12.99 The country that attracted more net migrants in 2025 than any other on Earth — more than the United States, more than the United Kingdom,

Every country drawn to scale by Everything Econ. Want this chart on your wall? Print it at home, or order the museum-quality version. Instant download · £3.99Printed poster · £12.99 The treemap accompanying this article assigns cell area by population, not by geography — and the distortion is immediate. India's rectangle is nearly twice the