@measuredworld.bsky.socialBy 2100, Pakistan is projected to be the world's third most populous country.
🇮🇳 India: 1.51 billion
🇨🇳 China: 633 million
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 511 million
🇺🇸 The United States, third today, would be sixth.
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.social🇳🇬 Four in ten Nigerians are under 15.
Nigeria in 2026:
Under 15: 40.0%
Aged 65 and over: 3.1%
Median age: 18.3
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.social🇮🇳 India is still young, but it is ageing fast: its median age is projected to pass 38 by 2050.
1950: 20.0
2000: 21.2
2026: 29.2
2050: 38.3
2100: 47.8
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.socialWorld population:
1950: 2.49 billion
2000: 6.17 billion
2026: 8.30 billion
2050: 9.66 billion
2100: 10.18 billion
(2026 onwards projected)
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.socialThe world had more births in 2000 than it will have this year.
2000: 135.8 million
2026: 132.5 million
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.social🇯🇵 Japan has more people over 80 than children under 10.
Aged 80 and over: 13.4 million
Under 10: 8.3 million
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024 (2026)
@tothgcsaba.bsky.socialBudapest’s total fertility rate fell below one child per woman, reaching just 0.98 in 2025, compared with Hungary’s national average of 1.31. Even the county with the highest total fertility rate remained below 1.7.
#demography #fertility #Budapest
@measuredworld.bsky.socialChina still has more births than Nigeria, but not by much.
Births in 2026:
🇨🇳 China: 8.6 million
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 7.7 million
🇮🇳 India is far ahead of both with 23.0 million.
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@oxforddemsci.bsky.socialThe LCDS will welcome Professor @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social from the University of Southern Denmark for a seminar on the fiscal and ethical implications of free movement of workers.
📅 19 October 2026, 2pm
📍 Butler Room, Nuffield College
@measuredworld.bsky.social🇰🇷 South Korea's fertility rate has fallen from 6 births per woman to 0.76 in a single lifetime.
1960: 6.0
1980: 2.7
2000: 1.5
2026: 0.76
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.socialLargest cities in the world, 2025 (people)
1. 🇮🇩 Jakarta: 41.9 million
2. 🇧🇩 Dhaka: 36.6 million
3. 🇯🇵 Tokyo: 33.4 million
4. 🇮🇳 New Delhi: 30.2 million
5. 🇨🇳 Shanghai: 29.6 million
Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2025
@measuredworld.bsky.socialThe number of people aged 80 or older has grown more than tenfold since 1950.
1950: 16 million
2026: 174 million
2100: 947 million (projected)
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.socialIn 1950, only 4 countries and territories had fertility below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman.
In 2026 it is 136 out of 237.
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.socialThe city of Jakarta has more people than the whole of Canada.
🇮🇩 Jakarta: 41.9 million
🇨🇦 Canada: 40.1 million
Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2025; UN World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.social🇩🇪 Nearly one in four Germans is 65 or older.
Germany in 2026:
Aged 65 and over: 24.2%
Under 15: 13.9%
Median age: 45.7
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.social🇳🇬 Nigeria has added more than 200 million people since 1950, and is projected to add over 200 million more by 2100.
1950: 37 million
2026: 242 million
2050: 359 million
2100: 477 million
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.socialIn 57 countries and territories, more people will die than be born this year.
In 1990 it was 8.
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.socialLowest fertility rates in the world, 2026 (births per woman, countries with 1M+ people)
1. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong: 0.75
2. 🇰🇷 South Korea: 0.76
3. 🇹🇼 Taiwan: 0.86
4. 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico: 0.94
5. 🇸🇬 Singapore: 0.97
6. 🇺🇦 Ukraine: 1.00
7. 🇨🇳 China: 1.03
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024
@measuredworld.bsky.socialNigeria will have more births this year than all of Europe.
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 7.7 million
Europe, all countries: 6.1 million
Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024 (2026 projection)
@worldpop-uos.bsky.social