Interactive World Population Map

The map colours every one of the 238 countries and territories Glostats tracks by a single statistic from the UN World Population Prospects; the chips above the map switch between them. Darker blue always means a higher value; grey means the territory is not in the dataset. Hover (or tap) a country for its figure and click it to open the full profile with live counters, history and charts.

• Population — the live estimate, extrapolated from the UN baseline and growth rate, so the tooltip figure ticks while you watch. Shaded on a logarithmic scale, otherwise India and China would wash out the rest of the world (see the population ranking).
• Growth rate — annual change in per cent: births minus deaths plus net migration. Negative values (eastern Europe, Japan, parts of the Caribbean) mean a shrinking population (ranking).
• Birth rate and death rate — births and deaths per year as a share of the population. Sub-Saharan Africa dominates birth rates; death rates are highest where the population is oldest, not necessarily where it is poorest (birth rate ranking, death rate ranking).
• Median age — half the people are younger, half older. It runs from under 16 in Niger and Uganda to nearly 50 in Japan and Monaco (ranking).
• Life expectancy — at birth, in years, from the current mortality pattern (ranking).

The map itself is drawn from Natural Earth boundaries served by this site, so it works without any third-party map provider. For a detailed map of one country — provinces, cities, rivers, terrain and ethnic, religious and language regions — open its atlas from the country page, for example the Turkey atlas or the India atlas.

Which country has the largest population on the map?

India, at about 1.48 billion people, followed by China at about 1.41 billion; together they hold more than a third of humanity. The United States is a distant third at around 350 million. The full ranking lists all 238 countries and territories.

Why is the population map on a log scale?

Populations range from about 1,300 (Vatican City) to 1.48 billion. On a linear scale almost every country would be the same pale blue; the logarithmic scale spreads the colours so that a country of 5 million and one of 50 million look clearly different.

Is the data live?

Population is: the figure for each country is extrapolated every second from the latest UN estimate and growth rate. The other five indicators are the current UN baseline values and change only when the dataset is refreshed.

Can I use the map on my own site?

You can link to this page freely, embed a live counter for any country, or download the underlying figures as CSV. Please credit Glostats with a link (terms).