Population — all countries

Population — Upper-middle-income countries

Population in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 2,699,753,893 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 147.4%.

2025 2.7B people +0.27% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.7B people2025
Period minimum 1.09B people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population — Upper-middle-income countries, 1960–20251B1.5B2B2.5B3B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,091,062,940 people1962: 1,113,039,415 people1964: 1,170,261,229 people1966: 1,231,919,900 people1968: 1,296,917,362 people1970: 1,367,474,379 people1972: 1,438,497,765 people1974: 1,504,854,998 people1976: 1,564,132,204 people1978: 1,619,392,149 people1980: 1,674,907,379 people1982: 1,733,606,239 people1984: 1,794,099,469 people1986: 1,856,244,236 people1988: 1,922,879,329 people1990: 1,987,394,167 people1992: 2,046,061,797 people1994: 2,101,889,524 people1996: 2,155,314,900 people1998: 2,206,774,613 people2000: 2,254,026,033 people2002: 2,297,388,268 people2004: 2,338,066,250 people2006: 2,377,347,516 people2008: 2,414,646,891 people2010: 2,454,170,544 people2012: 2,497,333,442 people2014: 2,542,527,145 people2016: 2,584,155,540 people2018: 2,624,362,711 people2020: 2,656,511,485 people2022: 2,676,538,536 people2024: 2,692,610,980 people2025: 2,699,753,893 people
Change over the period: +1.61B (+147.44%) Average annual rate: 1.4 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 2.7B people
World 8.22B people
Population — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.7B +7.14M +0.27%
2024 2.69B +7.85M +0.29%
2023 2.68B +8.22M +0.31%
2022 2.68B +9.26M +0.35%
2021 2.67B +10.76M +0.41%
2020 2.66B +14.49M +0.55%
2019 2.64B +17.66M +0.67%
2018 2.62B +19.51M +0.75%
2017 2.6B +20.69M +0.8%
2016 2.58B +20.39M +0.8%
2015 2.56B +21.24M +0.84%
2014 2.54B +22.18M +0.88%
2013 2.52B +23.01M +0.92%
2012 2.5B +22.73M +0.92%
2011 2.47B +20.43M +0.83%
2010 2.45B +19.63M +0.81%
2009 2.43B +19.89M +0.82%
2008 2.41B +19.48M +0.81%
2007 2.4B +17.82M +0.75%
2006 2.38B +19.21M +0.81%
2005 2.36B +20.08M +0.86%
2004 2.34B +20.06M +0.87%
2003 2.32B +20.61M +0.9%
2002 2.3B +21.27M +0.93%
2001 2.28B +22.09M +0.98%
2000 2.25B +23.2M +1.04%
1999 2.23B +24.05M +1.09%
1998 2.21B +25.27M +1.16%
1997 2.18B +26.19M +1.21%
1996 2.16B +26.6M +1.25%
1995 2.13B +26.83M +1.28%
1994 2.1B +27.74M +1.34%
1993 2.07B +28.09M +1.37%
1992 2.05B +28.63M +1.42%
1991 2.02B +30.04M +1.51%
1990 1.99B +31.75M +1.62%
1989 1.96B +32.76M +1.7%
1988 1.92B +33.42M +1.77%
1987 1.89B +33.21M +1.79%
1986 1.86B +31.77M +1.74%
1985 1.82B +30.38M +1.69%
1984 1.79B +29.8M +1.69%
1983 1.76B +30.7M +1.77%
1982 1.73B +30.46M +1.79%
1981 1.7B +28.23M +1.69%
1980 1.67B +27.65M +1.68%
1979 1.65B +27.86M +1.72%
1978 1.62B +27.66M +1.74%
1977 1.59B +27.6M +1.76%
1976 1.56B +28.93M +1.88%
1975 1.54B +30.34M +2.02%
1974 1.5B +32.5M +2.21%
1973 1.47B +33.86M +2.35%
1972 1.44B +34.69M +2.47%
1971 1.4B +36.33M +2.66%
1970 1.37B +35.67M +2.68%
1969 1.33B +34.88M +2.69%
1968 1.3B +33.04M +2.61%
1967 1.26B +31.95M +2.59%
1966 1.23B +32.55M +2.71%
1965 1.2B +29.11M +2.49%
1964 1.17B +28.49M +2.5%
1963 1.14B +28.73M +2.58%
1962 1.11B +17.26M +1.57%
1961 1.1B +4.72M +0.43%
1960 1.09B

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.