Countries that have already peaked

Dozens of countries have already passed their maximum population and are now in decline. Here they are, by peak year.

Around a third of the world's countries have already passed their peak population and are now shrinking. The list below is ordered by the year each country reached its maximum, a quiet but profound demographic turning point that is spreading across the globe.

These are the leading edge of a worldwide shift. Global population itself is projected to peak later this century.

#Country2024 2050 2100 '24–'100
1China1,420,908,9191,265,452,312638,684,810-55%
2Russia145,205,581136,256,184126,439,051-13%
3Japan124,071,179105,458,71977,038,488-38%
4Germany84,695,56378,417,03270,917,155-16%
5Thailand71,689,20866,577,96045,725,632-36%
6Italy59,435,14152,085,96035,496,387-40%
7Spain47,915,81545,034,59933,216,190-31%
8South Korea51,738,08645,373,92922,006,983-57%
9Poland38,711,73832,939,44019,430,415-50%
10Ukraine37,441,26032,165,33815,322,504-59%
11Romania19,067,83816,086,59810,810,476-43%
12Taiwan23,264,28819,535,30810,077,143-57%
13Portugal10,430,6519,788,0338,756,138-16%
14Czechia10,791,5549,840,4498,239,234-24%
15Hungary9,689,7228,741,0237,468,752-23%
16Austria9,124,7558,738,1367,406,830-19%
17Greece10,136,5218,838,4616,296,238-38%
18Cuba11,000,5939,423,3085,607,326-49%
19Finland5,612,0445,358,7404,609,493-18%
20Belarus9,085,8987,485,7394,376,126-52%
21Serbia6,758,3345,554,3083,715,911-45%
22Bulgaria6,778,2225,426,3713,544,133-48%
23Slovakia5,519,5734,949,9543,438,506-38%
24Georgia3,807,8393,668,4302,978,067-22%
25Uruguay3,387,4793,259,9662,257,335-33%
26Croatia3,889,3353,247,1852,150,256-45%
27Hong Kong7,433,0786,130,9032,106,152-72%
28Armenia2,984,4382,503,5591,698,238-43%
29Slovenia2,119,2241,985,4561,634,237-23%
30Moldova3,053,4162,361,9421,494,588-51%
31Bosnia and Herzegovina3,175,6802,469,3111,373,609-57%
32Lithuania2,866,8132,270,4671,216,525-58%
33Albania2,801,6612,251,3691,192,748-57%
34Kosovo1,690,9211,646,6131,101,083-35%
35Jamaica2,839,8222,467,3341,076,182-62%
36Puerto Rico3,244,0332,522,1181,006,866-69%
37Latvia1,879,6931,520,223930,123-51%
38North Macedonia1,827,5121,519,251868,383-52%
39Estonia1,367,2261,177,624828,296-39%
40Mauritius1,272,5171,112,142585,848-54%
41Montenegro639,435535,419327,878-49%
42Guadeloupe375,756327,594245,112-35%
43Martinique344,576283,402210,252-39%
44Curaçao185,460173,895120,993-35%
45Aruba108,009100,28475,415-30%
46Saint Vincent and the Grenadines100,96689,16164,457-36%
47United States Virgin Islands85,30371,40762,059-27%
48Isle of Man84,17378,19258,244-31%
49Dominica66,35363,25449,300-26%
50Northern Mariana Islands44,66842,78941,667-7%
51Greenland55,88350,02637,351-33%
52Bermuda64,67257,18435,827-45%
53American Samoa47,14137,62332,369-31%
54San Marino33,60733,71231,173-7%
55Saint Kitts and Nevis46,80344,37330,353-35%
56Marshall Islands38,18225,24423,854-38%
57Saint Martin (French part)26,77218,79820,010-25%
58Palau17,70715,57311,160-37%
59Cook Islands13,9679,3677,918-43%
60Wallis and Futuna Islands11,32010,1776,915-39%
61Montserrat4,4053,7052,792-37%
62Saint Helena5,2593,9932,643-50%
63Niue1,8151,9622,392+32%
64Falkland Islands (Malvinas)3,4703,1852,254-35%
65Saint Pierre and Miquelon5,6544,2882,032-64%

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