Absolute change in population from previous year (2026)

With 12.7K thousands in 2026, India leads the world in absolute change in population from previous year, followed by Nigeria (4.9K thousands) and Pakistan (4.1K thousands). The top 5 is rounded off by Democratic Republic of the Congo (3.6K thousands) and Ethiopia (3.4K thousands). Further down, Indonesia (2.1K thousands) and Bangladesh (2.1K thousands) hold the next two spots. United Republic of Tanzania (2K thousands), Egypt (1.7K thousands), and United States of America (1.7K thousands) round out the top ten. At the extremes, India is 7.4× as high as United States of America (1.7K thousands). Five of the top ten are in Africa. Among these countries, United States of America saw the largest year-over-year change at -5.0%.