Global change over the last 50 years by country
Countries reporting
212
Highest
95.21 million
China
Lowest
1
Monaco
Median
55,295
Years covered
60
1965–2024
Data points
11,955
What the numbers show
Global change over the last 50 years is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 95.21 million in China; the lowest is 1 in Monaco.
The median across all reporting countries is 55,295, and the mean is 1.11 million.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Nauru (up 32,215.4%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 99.0%).
Global change over the last 50 years: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 95.21 million | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Indonesia | 23.57 million | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 18.45 million | 2024 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Vietnam | 9.08 million | 2024 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Peru | 5.88 million | 2024 | up 58.4% | falling |
| 6 | Russia | 5.36 million | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 5.02 million | 2024 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 8 | United States | 4.68 million | 2024 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 9 | Norway | 4.00 million | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 10 | Chile | 3.95 million | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 3.85 million | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 12 | Japan | 3.65 million | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 13 | South Korea | 3.56 million | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 14 | Myanmar | 2.95 million | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Thailand | 2.65 million | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 2.19 million | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 17 | Egypt | 2.03 million | 2024 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Ecuador | 2.02 million | 2024 | up 97.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Malaysia | 1.92 million | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 20 | Brazil | 1.60 million | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 21 | Iran | 1.50 million | 2024 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Morocco | 1.43 million | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Nigeria | 1.11 million | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Iceland | 1.06 million | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 1.01 million | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 981,329 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 27 | Turkey | 933,118 | 2024 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 28 | Cambodia | 926,936 | 2024 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Argentina | 918,105 | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 30 | North Korea | 894,065 | 2024 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 31 | Canada | 842,251 | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 32 | Faroe Islands | 787,203 | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 33 | Oman | 732,506 | 2024 | up 246.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Pakistan | 711,083 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 35 | Colombia | 704,070 | 2024 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 36 | France | 669,692 | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 37 | Tanzania | 669,540 | 2024 | up 89.6% | rising |
| 38 | Uganda | 641,580 | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Mauritania | 640,322 | 2024 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Angola | 631,824 | 2024 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Ghana | 617,969 | 2024 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 42 | South Africa | 530,377 | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 43 | Mozambique | 502,895 | 2024 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Senegal | 502,151 | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 45 | Denmark | 496,186 | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 46 | New Zealand | 423,325 | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 412,020 | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Guinea | 392,475 | 2024 | up 89.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Namibia | 381,570 | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Papua New Guinea | 345,360 | 2024 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Australia | 344,817 | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 52 | Greenland | 331,315 | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 53 | Netherlands | 330,214 | 2024 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 54 | Panama | 294,836 | 2024 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 55 | Venezuela | 284,460 | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 56 | Ireland | 283,261 | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 57 | Kiribati | 278,517 | 2024 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 271,765 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 59 | Portugal | 261,341 | 2024 | up 34.0% | falling |
| 60 | Ethiopia | 255,458 | 2024 | up 408.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Cameroon | 250,200 | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 247,207 | 2024 | up 167.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Laos | 232,299 | 2024 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Italy | 231,868 | 2024 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 65 | Germany | 219,046 | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Zambia | 211,913 | 2024 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Belize | 209,190 | 2024 | up 150.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 208,995 | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Micronesia (country) | 208,701 | 2024 | up 297.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Georgia | 203,030 | 2024 | up 889.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 199,432 | 2024 | up 329.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Malawi | 194,890 | 2024 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Poland | 184,294 | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 74 | Greece | 184,066 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 75 | Madagascar | 179,617 | 2024 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 76 | Kenya | 174,483 | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Yemen | 152,440 | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Sweden | 149,654 | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 79 | Seychelles | 135,763 | 2024 | up 79.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Finland | 127,944 | 2024 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 81 | Nepal | 123,403 | 2024 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Mali | 113,268 | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 83 | Zimbabwe | 113,130 | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Chad | 109,115 | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 85 | Maldives | 107,423 | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Tunisia | 104,774 | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | 99,950 | 2024 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Honduras | 98,204 | 2024 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Algeria | 97,945 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 90 | Somalia | 97,871 | 2024 | up 226.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Marshall Islands | 96,821 | 2024 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Cote d'Ivoire | 95,130 | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 93 | Hong Kong | 94,832 | 2024 | down 42.4% | flat |
| 94 | Nauru | 87,348 | 2024 | up 32,215.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Lithuania | 81,743 | 2024 | down 46.9% | flat |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 76,170 | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Croatia | 72,226 | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 68,991 | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 67,316 | 2024 | up 1,731.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Estonia | 66,314 | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 65,013 | 2024 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 102 | Benin | 64,021 | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 103 | United Arab Emirates | 60,641 | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 104 | Latvia | 57,110 | 2024 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 105 | Iraq | 56,635 | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Congo | 55,452 | 2024 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 107 | Gambia | 55,138 | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 108 | South Sudan | 55,034 | 2024 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 109 | Guinea-Bissau | 54,128 | 2024 | up 243.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Ukraine | 53,557 | 2024 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Niger | 51,194 | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Uruguay | 48,410 | 2024 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 113 | Sudan | 46,510 | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 114 | Tuvalu | 45,442 | 2024 | up 515.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Vanuatu | 44,428 | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 44,308 | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Rwanda | 43,062 | 2024 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Guatemala | 39,980 | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritius | 39,910 | 2024 | up 156.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Paraguay | 39,560 | 2024 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Guyana | 38,729 | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Fiji | 35,543 | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Libya | 33,109 | 2024 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 33,065 | 2024 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Suriname | 32,197 | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Gabon | 30,243 | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 127 | Bolivia | 29,805 | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Central African Republic | 29,410 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 129 | Liberia | 28,114 | 2024 | up 92.6% | rising |
| 130 | Armenia | 27,000 | 2024 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Hungary | 24,179 | 2024 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 24,044 | 2024 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 133 | Togo | 23,498 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 134 | Cuba | 22,330 | 2024 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Czechia | 22,135 | 2024 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 136 | Qatar | 21,116 | 2024 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Malta | 19,758 | 2024 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Burundi | 19,500 | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 19,428 | 2024 | up 2,313.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Bulgaria | 18,291 | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Comoros | 17,728 | 2024 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Brunei | 17,696 | 2024 | up 354.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Belgium | 17,371 | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 144 | Israel | 16,915 | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 145 | Haiti | 16,743 | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Albania | 16,452 | 2024 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Turkmenistan | 16,165 | 2024 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 148 | Romania | 15,816 | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Bahrain | 15,163 | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 150 | French Polynesia | 14,715 | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Afghanistan | 14,170 | 2024 | up 122.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Jamaica | 13,445 | 2024 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12,943 | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 154 | Moldova | 12,757 | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Cyprus | 10,217 | 2024 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Belarus | 9,577 | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 157 | Serbia | 9,365 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 158 | East Timor | 9,131 | 2024 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Bahamas | 8,881 | 2024 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 160 | Samoa | 8,107 | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | 7,274 | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 162 | Syria | 6,000 | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5,730 | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 5,587 | 2024 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 5,483 | 2024 | up 239.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Austria | 5,358 | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 167 | New Caledonia | 5,323 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 168 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,237 | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Singapore | 4,116 | 2024 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 170 | Switzerland | 4,090 | 2024 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 171 | Slovakia | 3,961 | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 172 | Lebanon | 3,693 | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 173 | Isle of Man | 3,514 | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Djibouti | 3,387 | 2024 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Jordan | 3,379 | 2024 | up 118.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,305 | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Kuwait | 2,912 | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 178 | Eritrea | 2,485 | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 179 | North Macedonia | 2,475 | 2024 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 180 | Curacao | 2,451 | 2024 | down 91.4% | falling |
| 181 | Montenegro | 2,409 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 182 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,306 | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 183 | Grenada | 2,183 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 184 | Lesotho | 2,181 | 2024 | up 129.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Puerto Rico | 2,140 | 2024 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 1,987 | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 187 | American Samoa | 1,527 | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Macao | 1,500 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 189 | Slovenia | 1,325 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 190 | Tonga | 1,233 | 2024 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 191 | British Virgin Islands | 1,129 | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Dominica | 989 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 981 | 2024 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 194 | Palau | 814.11 | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 195 | Barbados | 728.5 | 2024 | down 67.3% | falling |
| 196 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 679 | 2024 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 197 | United States Virgin Islands | 499.84 | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 198 | Bermuda | 338 | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 199 | Palestine | 282 | 2024 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 200 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 253 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 215 | 2024 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 202 | Botswana | 196 | 2024 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 203 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 180 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Aruba | 176.5 | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 205 | Guam | 109.64 | 2024 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 206 | Eswatini | 90 | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 207 | Northern Mariana Islands | 72.62 | 2024 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 208 | Bhutan | 63 | 2024 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 209 | Mongolia | 31 | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 210 | Gibraltar | 25.52 | 2024 | up 2,452.3% | volatile |
| 211 | Luxembourg | 8 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 212 | Monaco | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |