Population — all countries

Population — NATO

Population in NATO in 2025 — 984,083,381 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 55.3%.

2025 984M people +0.36% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 984M people2025
Period minimum 634M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population — NATO, 1960–2025600M700M800M900M1B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 633,512,802 people1962: 648,641,763 people1964: 663,518,097 people1966: 677,290,214 people1968: 690,055,608 people1970: 702,101,745 people1972: 714,907,898 people1974: 726,385,076 people1976: 737,398,958 people1978: 748,119,512 people1980: 758,979,325 people1982: 769,021,464 people1984: 778,171,082 people1986: 787,650,361 people1988: 797,813,473 people1990: 809,220,939 people1992: 821,283,211 people1994: 833,098,853 people1996: 843,612,555 people1998: 853,810,708 people2000: 863,843,783 people2002: 873,443,142 people2004: 884,396,966 people2006: 895,671,437 people2008: 906,780,613 people2010: 917,601,111 people2012: 926,145,447 people2014: 935,353,637 people2016: 945,624,843 people2018: 954,649,530 people2020: 961,585,165 people2022: 967,394,844 people2024: 980,576,871 people2025: 984,083,381 people
Change over the period: +351M (+55.34%) Average annual rate: 0.68 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: NATO

NATO 984M people
World 8.22B people
Population — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 984M +3.51M +0.36%
2024 981M +6.6M +0.68%
2023 974M +6.59M +0.68%
2022 967M +4.87M +0.51%
2021 963M +939,392 +0.1%
2020 962M +2.49M +0.26%
2019 959M +4.45M +0.47%
2018 955M +4.45M +0.47%
2017 950M +4.57M +0.48%
2016 946M +5.23M +0.56%
2015 940M +5.04M +0.54%
2014 935M +4.78M +0.51%
2013 931M +4.43M +0.48%
2012 926M +4.87M +0.53%
2011 921M +3.67M +0.4%
2010 918M +5.24M +0.57%
2009 912M +5.58M +0.61%
2008 907M +5.97M +0.66%
2007 901M +5.14M +0.57%
2006 896M +5.67M +0.64%
2005 890M +5.61M +0.63%
2004 884M +5.64M +0.64%
2003 879M +5.31M +0.61%
2002 873M +4.94M +0.57%
2001 868M +4.66M +0.54%
2000 864M +4.9M +0.57%
1999 859M +5.14M +0.6%
1998 854M +5.02M +0.59%
1997 849M +5.18M +0.61%
1996 844M +5.15M +0.61%
1995 838M +5.36M +0.64%
1994 833M +5.69M +0.69%
1993 827M +6.12M +0.75%
1992 821M +6.09M +0.75%
1991 815M +5.97M +0.74%
1990 809M +5.86M +0.73%
1989 803M +5.55M +0.7%
1988 798M +5.19M +0.65%
1987 793M +4.97M +0.63%
1986 788M +4.88M +0.62%
1985 783M +4.6M +0.59%
1984 778M +4.47M +0.58%
1983 774M +4.67M +0.61%
1982 769M +4.79M +0.63%
1981 764M +5.25M +0.69%
1980 759M +5.38M +0.71%
1979 754M +5.48M +0.73%
1978 748M +5.38M +0.72%
1977 743M +5.34M +0.72%
1976 737M +5.36M +0.73%
1975 732M +5.65M +0.78%
1974 726M +5.62M +0.78%
1973 721M +5.86M +0.82%
1972 715M +6.26M +0.88%
1971 709M +6.54M +0.93%
1970 702M +5.98M +0.86%
1969 696M +6.07M +0.88%
1968 690M +6.2M +0.91%
1967 684M +6.56M +0.97%
1966 677M +6.73M +1%
1965 671M +7.04M +1.06%
1964 664M +7.44M +1.13%
1963 656M +7.44M +1.15%
1962 649M +7.52M +1.17%
1961 641M +7.61M +1.2%
1960 634M

About the indicator

Total population counts all residents of a country regardless of legal status or citizenship, as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN: national censuses and population registers are harmonized to a single de facto definition of population, so the figures may diverge from the official data of countries that count resident population instead.

Important: Values for the years after the latest census are estimates; for countries with heavy migration the gap with national statistics can reach several percent.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.