Interactive map · 1800–2023

Population Through Time

Watch every country grow from 1800 to today. Drag the timeline through two centuries of change, or press play.

Data as of 2023

All countries

All 201 countries

Every country, by continent

Africa 55

Asia 48

Europe 46

North America 25

South America 13

Oceania 14

Data sources

Watch every country grow from 1800 to today. Drag the timeline through two centuries of change, or press play.

Data as of 2023

DataSource
PopulationOur World in Data — population
Borders & map shapesNatural Earth — Admin 0 countries (1:110m), via world-atlas

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