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World population growth by continent, 1950 to 2100

Asia peaks, Africa soars: 150 years of world population growth by continent.

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  • In 2025, Asia ranks #1 with 4.83B, ahead of Africa (1.55B) and Europe (0.75B).
  • By 2100, on the UN's projections, Asia is projected to rank #1 with 4.61B, ahead of Africa (3.81B) and Latin America (0.61B).
  • Asia holds #1 for the whole period, 1950 to 2025.
  • Biggest climber: Latin America, from #5 in 1950 to #3 in 2100.
  • Asia grew 3.5× between 1950 and 2025.

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Asia is home to most of humanity, but its population is projected to peak and decline this century. Africa is the opposite: its population is projected to keep growing until 2100, which would make it home to around a third of all people.

Values after 2023 are the UN's medium-variant projections from World Population Prospects 2024.

The data

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024 via Our World in Data; estimates to 2023, medium-variant projections after, billions. Retrieved November 3, 2026.

World population by continent, Billions, 1950 to 2100 (UN projections), 1950–2100
DateAsiaAfricaEuropeNorth AmericaLatin AmericaOceania
19501.37B0.23B0.55B0.17B0.17B0.01B
19551.52B0.25B0.58B0.18B0.19B0.01B
19601.69B0.28B0.61B0.20B0.22B0.02B
19651.89B0.32B0.64B0.22B0.25B0.02B
19702.14B0.37B0.66B0.23B0.29B0.02B
19752.39B0.42B0.68B0.24B0.32B0.02B
19802.63B0.48B0.69B0.25B0.36B0.02B
19852.91B0.56B0.71B0.27B0.40B0.02B
19903.21B0.64B0.72B0.28B0.44B0.03B
19953.49B0.73B0.73B0.30B0.48B0.03B
20003.75B0.83B0.73B0.31B0.52B0.03B
20053.99B0.94B0.73B0.33B0.56B0.03B
20104.24B1.07B0.74B0.35B0.59B0.04B
20154.48B1.22B0.75B0.36B0.62B0.04B
20204.69B1.38B0.75B0.38B0.65B0.04B
20254.83B1.55B0.75B0.39B0.67B0.05B
20304.97B1.73B0.74B0.40B0.69B0.05B
20355.08B1.91B0.73B0.41B0.70B0.05B
20405.17B2.09B0.72B0.41B0.72B0.05B
20455.24B2.28B0.71B0.42B0.73B0.06B
20505.28B2.47B0.70B0.43B0.73B0.06B
20555.29B2.65B0.69B0.43B0.73B0.06B
20605.27B2.82B0.68B0.44B0.73B0.06B
20655.23B2.99B0.66B0.44B0.72B0.06B
20705.17B3.14B0.65B0.45B0.71B0.06B
20755.10B3.29B0.64B0.45B0.70B0.07B
20805.02B3.42B0.63B0.46B0.68B0.07B
20854.93B3.54B0.62B0.46B0.67B0.07B
20904.83B3.65B0.61B0.47B0.65B0.07B
20954.72B3.74B0.60B0.47B0.63B0.07B
21004.61B3.81B0.59B0.47B0.61B0.07B

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