List of population milestones by country

Note: The sources and years from 1810 to 2100 come from this video: When more than 20 countries reach a milestone, such as the 50 million milestone, the sources come from this video: 

This is a list of population milestones by country (and year first reached). Only existing countries are included, not former countries.

20 million milestone
• # 🇨🇳 China: 450 B.C., most likely 1000 B.C.

• # 🇬🇷 Greece: 400 B.C.

• # 🇮🇹 Italy: 60 B.C.

• # 🇹🇷 Turkey: 400

• # 🇫🇷 France: 1100

• # 🇮🇷 Iran: 1200, most likely 480 B.C.

• # 🇲🇱 Mali: 1400

• # 🇲🇽 Mexico: Unknown, most likely 1250

• # 🇵🇪 Peru: 1500

• # 🇷🇺 Russia: 1765

• # 🇩🇪 Germany: 1770, most likely 1250

• # 🇯🇵 Japan: 1815, most likely 1629

• # 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1818

• # 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 1837

• # 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1840

• # 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1843, most likely 1

• # 🇺🇸 United States: 1844

• # 🇵🇱 Poland: 1882

• # 🇺🇦 Ukraine: 1883

• # 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1905, most likely 1500

• # 🇪🇸 Spain: 1911

• # Vietnam: 1930

• # 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1933

• # 🇹🇭 Thailand: 1949

• # 🇪🇬 Egypt: 1949

• # 🇵🇭 Philippines: 1953

• # 🇰🇷 South Korea: 1953

• # 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 1956

• # 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 1957

• # 🇦🇷 Argentina: 1959

• # 🇨🇦 Canada: 1967

• # 🇿🇦 South Africa: 1967

• # 🇨🇴 Colombia: 1968

• # 🇷🇴 Romania: 1968

• # DR Congo: 1971

• # 🇲🇦 Morocco: 1981

• # 🇩🇿 Algeria: 1982

• # 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 1983

• # 🇰🇪 Kenya: 1986

• # 🇰🇵 North Korea: 1990

• # 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: 1990

• # 🇸🇩 Sudan: 1990

• # 🇻🇪 Venezuela: 1991

• # 🇳🇵 Nepal: 1993

• # 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 1995

• # 🇺🇬 Uganda: 1995

• # 🇮🇶 Iraq: 1995

• # 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 1999

• # 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 1999

• # 🇬🇭 Ghana: 2002

• # 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2005

• # 🇦🇺 Australia: 2005

• # 🇾🇪 Yemen: 2005

• # 🇦🇴 Angola: 2006

• # Syria: 2008

• # 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 2009

• # 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: 2009

• # Ivory Coast: 2009

• # 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 2010

• # 🇳🇪 Niger: 2016

• # 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 2019

• # 🇲🇱 Mali: 2020

• # 🇲🇼 Malawi: 2022

• # 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 2023

• # 🇿🇲 Zambia: 2024 (est.)

• # 🇬🇹 Guatemala: 2027 (est.)

• # 🇸🇳 Senegal: 2028 (est.)

• # 🇹🇩 Chad: 2028 (est.)

• # 🇸🇴 Somalia: 2028 (est.)

• # 🇪🇨 Ecuador: 2031 (est.)

• # 🇨🇱 Chile: 2037 (est.)

• # 🇰🇭 Cambodia: 2037 (est.)

• # 🇬🇳 Guinea: 2038 (est.)

• # 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe: 2038 (est.)

• # 🇧🇮 Burundi: 2040 (est.)

• # 🇧🇯 Benin: 2041 (est.)

• # 🇷🇼 Rwanda: 2042 (est.)

• # 🇸🇸 South Sudan: 2051 (est.)

• # 🇹🇯 Tajikistan: 2068 (est.)

• # 🇹🇬 Togo: 2068 (est.)

• # 🇨🇩 Congo: 2095 (est.)

• # 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea: 2100 (est.)

• # 🇲🇷 Mauritania: 2105 (est.)

25 million milestone
• # 🇮🇳 India: 450 B.C., most likely 1667 B.C.

• # 🇨🇳 China: 350 B.C., most likely 737 B.C.

• # 🇫🇷 France: 1163

• # 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1495, most likely 1925

• # 🇯🇵 Japan: 1680, most likely 1800

• # 🇷🇺 Russia: 1786

• # 🇩🇪 Germany: 1818

• # 🇺🇸 United States: 1852

• # 🇮🇹 Italy: 1854

• # 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 1861

• # 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1863

• # 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1873

• # 🇵🇱 Poland: 1902

• # 🇺🇦 Ukraine: 1907

• # 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1916

• # 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1934

• # 🇪🇸 Spain: 1937

• # 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1939

• # Vietnam: 1951

• # 🇹🇷 Turkey: 1957

• # 🇹🇭 Thailand: 1957

• # 🇪🇬 Egypt: 1958

• # 🇵🇭 Philippines: 1959

• # 🇰🇷 South Korea: 1960

• # 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 1966

• # 🇮🇷 Iran: 1966

• # 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 1967

• # 🇦🇷 Argentina: 1973

• # 🇿🇦 South Africa: 1975

• # 🇨🇴 Colombia: 1977

• # DR Congo: 1979

• # 🇨🇦 Canada: 1983

• # 🇩🇿 Algeria: 1989

• # 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 1990

• # 🇲🇦 Morocco: 1991

• # 🇰🇪 Kenya: 1992

• # 🇸🇩 Sudan: 1997

• # 🇵🇪 Peru: 1997

• # 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: 2001

• # 🇻🇪 Venezuela: 2002

• # 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2002

• # 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2003

• # 🇳🇵 Nepal: 2003

• # 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 2004

• # 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 2005

• # 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2007

• # 🇬🇭 Ghana: 2011

• # 🇦🇴 Angola: 2012

• # 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2013

• # 🇾🇪 Yemen: 2013

• # 🇰🇵 North Korea: 2014

• # 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 2017

• # 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 2018

• # Ivory Coast: 2019

• # 🇦🇺 Australia: 2019

• # 🇳🇪 Niger: 2021

• # 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 2027 (est.)

• # Syria: 2028 (est.)

• # 🇲🇱 Mali: 2028 (est.)

• # 🇲🇼 Malawi: 2031 (est.)

• # 🇿🇲 Zambia: 2032 (est.)

• # 🇹🇩 Chad: 2036 (est.)

• # 🇸🇴 Somalia: 2037 (est.)

• # 🇸🇳 Senegal: 2037 (est.)

• # 🇬🇹 Guatemala: 2043 (est.)

• # 🇬🇳 Guinea: 2048 (est.)

• # 🇧🇮 Burundi: 2050 (est.)

• # 🇧🇯 Benin: 2052 (est.)

• # 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe: 2054 (est.)

• # 🇷🇼 Rwanda: 2057 (est.)

• # 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 2058 (est.)

• # 🇸🇸 South Sudan: 2067 (est.)

• # 🇪🇨 Ecuador: 2070 (est.)

• # 🇹🇬 Togo: 2090 (est.)

• # 🇹🇯 Tajikistan: 2097 (est.)

30 million milestone
• # 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 1442 B.C.

• # 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 629 B.C.

• # 🇯🇵 Japan: 1788

• # 🇷🇺 Russia: 1791

• # 🇫🇷 France: 1809

• # 🇩🇪 Germany: 1837

• # 🇺🇸 United States: 1858

• # 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 1878

• # 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1880

• # 🇮🇹 Italy: 1883

• # 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1905

• # 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1925

• # 🇺🇦 Ukraine: 1927

• # 🇵🇱 Poland: 1935

• # 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1943

• # 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1944

• # 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1953

• # Vietnam: 1958

• # 🇪🇸 Spain: 1959

• # 🇹🇭 Thailand: 1964

• # 🇹🇷 Turkey: 1964

• # 🇵🇭 Philippines: 1965

• # 🇪🇬 Egypt: 1965

• # 🇰🇷 South Korea: 1967

• # 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 1972

• # 🇮🇷 Iran: 1972

• # 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 1975

• # 🇿🇦 South Africa: 1982

• # 🇦🇷 Argentina: 1985

• # 🇨🇴 Colombia: 1986

• # DR Congo: 1986

• # 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 1996

• # 🇩🇿 Algeria: 1998

• # 🇰🇪 Kenya: 1998

• # 🇨🇦 Canada: 1998

• # 🇲🇦 Morocco: 2004

• # 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2004

• # 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2008

• # 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2011

• # 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 2011

• # 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2014

• # 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: 2014

• # 🇵🇪 Peru: 2014

• # 🇻🇪 Venezuela: 2014

• # 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 2015

• # 🇦🇴 Angola: 2018

• # 🇬🇭 Ghana: 2019

• # 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2019

• # 🇾🇪 Yemen: 2021

• # 🇳🇵 Nepal: 2022

• # 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 2024 (est.)

• # 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 2026 (est.)

• # Ivory Coast: 2026 (est.)

• # 🇳🇪 Niger: 2025 (est.)

• # 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 2034 (est.)

• # 🇲🇱 Mali: 2035 (est.)

• # 🇦🇺 Australia: 2038 (est.)

• # 🇲🇼 Malawi: 2039 (est.)

• # 🇿🇲 Zambia: 2039 (est.)

• # Syria: 2040 (est.)

• # 🇸🇴 Somalia: 2044 (est.)

• # 🇹🇩 Chad: 2044 (est.)

• # 🇸🇳 Senegal: 2045 (est.)

• # 🇬🇳 Guinea: 2059 (est.)

• # 🇧🇮 Burundi: 2059 (est.)

• # 🇧🇯 Benin: 2062 (est.)

• # 🇬🇹 Guatemala: 2066 (est.)

• # 🇷🇼 Rwanda: 2076 (est.)

• # 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe: 2080 (est.)

• # 🇸🇸 South Sudan: 2089 (est.)

35 million milestone
• # 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 1200 B.C.

• # 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 600 B.C.

• # 🇷🇺 Russia: 1839

• # 🇫🇷 France: 1842

• # 🇩🇪 Germany: 1855

• # 🇺🇸 United States: 1864

• # 🇯🇵 Japan: 1873

• # 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 1892

• # 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1893

• # 🇮🇹 Italy: 1912

• # 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1924

• # 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1924

• # 🇵🇱 Poland: 1939

• # 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1946

• # 🇺🇦 Ukraine: 1946

• # 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1947

• # 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1958

• # Vietnam: 1963

• # 🇹🇭 Thailand: 1969

• # 🇵🇭 Philippines: 1970

• # 🇹🇷 Turkey: 1971

• # 🇪🇬 Egypt: 1971

• # 🇪🇸 Spain: 1973

• # 🇰🇷 South Korea: 1975

• # 🇮🇷 Iran: 1978

• # 🇵🇱 Poland: 1979 (reached the milestone for the first time in 1939)

• # 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 1980

• # 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 1982

• # 🇿🇦 South Africa: 1991

• # 🇨🇴 Colombia: 1994

• # 🇦🇷 Argentina: 1996

• # 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2002

• # 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2004

• # 🇩🇿 Algeria: 2009

• # 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2011

• # 🇲🇦 Morocco: 2011

• # 🇨🇦 Canada: 2013

• # 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2013

• # 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2015

• # 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 2016

• # 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2021

• # 🇦🇴 Angola: 2023 (est.)

• # 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: 2024 (est.)

• # 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2025 (est.)

• # 🇬🇭 Ghana: 2027 (est.)

• # 🇵🇪 Peru: 2027 (est.)

• # 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 2028 (est.)

• # 🇾🇪 Yemen: 2028 (est.)

• # 🇳🇪 Niger: 2029 (est.)

• # 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 2030 (est.)

• # 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 2032 (est.)

• # Ivory Coast: 2032 (est.)

• # 🇻🇪 Venezuela: 2036 (est.)

• # 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 2041 (est.)

• # 🇲🇱 Mali: 2041 (est.)

• # 🇳🇵 Nepal: 2042 (est.)

• # 🇿🇲 Zambia: 2045 (est.)

• # 🇲🇼 Malawi: 2046 (est.)

• # 🇸🇴 Somalia: 2051 (est.)

• # 🇹🇩 Chad: 2052 (est.)

• # 🇸🇳 Senegal: 2054 (est.)

• # Syria: 2059 (est.)

• # 🇦🇺 Australia: 2061 (est.)

• # 🇧🇮 Burundi: 2069 (est.)

• # 🇬🇳 Guinea: 2070 (est.)

• # 🇧🇯 Benin: 2073 (est.)

• # 🇷🇼 Rwanda: 2103 (est.)

40 million milestone
• # 🇮🇳 India: 200 B.C., most likely 950 B.C.

• # 🇨🇳 China: 100 B.C., most likely 1002 A.D.

• # 🇷🇺 Russia: 1848

• # 🇺🇸 United States: 1870

• # 🇩🇪 Germany: 1871

• # 🇫🇷 France: 1890

• # 🇯🇵 Japan: 1890

• # 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1904

• # 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 1906

• # 🇮🇹 Italy: 1928

• # 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1939

• # 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1953

• # 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1954

• # 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1955

• # 🇺🇦 Ukraine: 1955

• # 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1962

• # Vietnam: 1967

• # 🇹🇭 Thailand: 1973

• # 🇵🇭 Philippines: 1974

• # 🇹🇷 Turkey: 1976

• # 🇪🇬 Egypt: 1977

• # 🇮🇷 Iran: 1981

• # 🇰🇷 South Korea: 1984

• # 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 1985

• # 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 1988

• # 🇿🇦 South Africa: 1994

• # DR Congo: 1994

• # 🇪🇸 Spain: 1997

• # 🇨🇴 Colombia: 2001

• # 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2007

• # 🇦🇷 Argentina: 2008

• # 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2009

• # 🇩🇿 Algeria: 2016

• # 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2017

• # 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2017

• # 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2020

• # 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 2022

• # 🇨🇦 Canada: 2023

• # 🇲🇦 Morocco: 2023 (est.)

• # 🇦🇴 Angola: 2027 (est.)

• # 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2029 (est.)

• # 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2032 (est.)

• # 🇳🇪 Niger: 2032 (est.)

• # 🇬🇭 Ghana: 2034 (est.)

• # 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 2036 (est.)

• # 🇾🇪 Yemen: 2036 (est.)

• # Ivory Coast: 2038 (est.)

• # 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 2038 (est.)

• # 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: 2039 (est.)

• # 🇲🇱 Mali: 2046 (est.)

• # 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 2047 (est.)

• # 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 2047 (est.)

• # 🇵🇪 Peru: 2048 (est.)

• # 🇿🇲 Zambia: 2052 (est.)

• # 🇲🇼 Malawi: 2053 (est.)

• # 🇸🇴 Somalia: 2057 (est.)

• # 🇹🇩 Chad: 2060 (est.)

• # 🇸🇳 Senegal: 2061 (est.)

• # 🇧🇮 Burundi: 2078 (est.)

• # 🇬🇳 Guinea: 2083 (est.)

• # 🇧🇯 Benin: 2083 (est.)

• # 🇦🇺 Australia: 2086 (est.)

45 million milestone
• # 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 900 B.C.

• # 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 1010 A.D.

• # 🇷🇺 Russia: 1861

• # 🇺🇸 United States: 1875

• # 🇩🇪 Germany: 1884

• # 🇯🇵 Japan: 1902

• # 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1915

• # 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 1925

• # 🇮🇹 Italy: 1943

• # 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1944

• # 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1959

• # 🇫🇷 France: 1959

• # 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1961

• # 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1961

• # 🇺🇦 Ukraine: 1966

• # 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1966

• # Vietnam: 1972

• # 🇹🇭 Thailand: 1979

• # 🇵🇭 Philippines: 1979

• # 🇪🇬 Egypt: 1981

• # 🇹🇷 Turkey: 1982

• # 🇮🇷 Iran: 1984

• # 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 1989

• # 🇰🇷 South Korea: 1995

• # 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 1998

• # DR Congo: 1999

• # 🇿🇦 South Africa: 2001

• # 🇪🇸 Spain: 2007

• # 🇨🇴 Colombia: 2010

• # 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2011

• # 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2015

• # 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2020

• # 🇦🇷 Argentina: 2020

• # 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2022

• # 🇩🇿 Algeria: 2022

• # 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2025 (est.)

• # 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 2027 (est.)

• # 🇦🇴 Angola: 2031 (est.)

• # 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2034 (est.)

• # 🇳🇪 Niger: 2038 (est.)

• # 🇬🇭 Ghana: 2041 (est.)

• # 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 2041 (est.)

• # Ivory Coast: 2044 (est.)

• # 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 2044 (est.)

• # 🇾🇪 Yemen: 2045 (est.)

• # 🇲🇦 Morocco: 2045 (est.)

• # 🇨🇦 Canada: 2047 (est.)

• # 🇲🇱 Mali: 2052 (est.)

• # 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 2052 (est.)

• # 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2054 (est.)

• # 🇿🇲 Zambia: 2058 (est.)

• # 🇲🇼 Malawi: 2061 (est.)

• # 🇲🇱 Mali: 2052 (est.)

• # 🇸🇴 Somalia: 2063 (est.)

• # 🇹🇩 Chad: 2068 (est.)

• # 🇸🇳 Senegal: 2069 (est.)

• # 🇧🇮 Burundi: 2088 (est.)

• # 🇧🇯 Benin: 2095 (est.)

• # 🇬🇳 Guinea: 2100 (est.)

50 million milestone
• # 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 727 B.C.

• # 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 147 B.C.

• # 🇷🇺 Russia: 1872

• # 🇺🇸 United States: 1879

• # 🇩🇪 Germany: 1893

• # 🇯🇵 Japan: 1911

• # 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1925

• # 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 1948

• # 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1948

• # 🇮🇹 Italy: 1961

• # 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1962

• # 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1965

• # 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1965

• # 🇫🇷 France: 1968

• # 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1969

• # Vietnam: 1977

• # 🇺🇦 Ukraine: 1981

• # 🇵🇭 Philippines: 1982

• # 🇹🇭 Thailand: 1983

• # 🇪🇬 Egypt: 1985

• # 🇹🇷 Turkey: 1986

• # 🇮🇷 Iran: 1987

• # 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 1992

• # DR Congo: 2003

• # 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 2009

• # 🇿🇦 South Africa: 2009

• # 🇰🇷 South Korea: 2012

• # 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2015

• # 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2017

• # 🇨🇴 Colombia: 2019

• # 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2024 (est.)

• # 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2026 (est.)

• # 🇩🇿 Algeria: 2030 (est.)

• # 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2030 (est.)

• # 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 2033 (est.)

• # 🇦🇷 Argentina: 2033 (est.)

• # 🇦🇴 Angola: 2034 (est.)

• # 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2038 (est.)

• # 🇳🇪 Niger: 2038 (est.)

• # 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 2044 (est.)

• # 🇬🇭 Ghana: 2048 (est.)

• # Ivory Coast: 2049 (est.)

• # 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 2050 (est.)

• # 🇾🇪 Yemen: 2055 (est.)

• # 🇲🇱 Mali: 2058 (est.)

• # 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 2058 (est.)

• # 🇿🇲 Zambia: 2063 (est.)

• # 🇲🇼 Malawi: 2068 (est.)

• # 🇲🇦 Morocco: 2069 (est.)

• # 🇸🇴 Somalia: 2069 (est.)

• # 🇨🇦 Canada: 2070 (est.)

• # 🇹🇩 Chad: 2076 (est.)

• # 🇸🇳 Senegal: 2077 (est.)

• # 🇧🇮 Burundi: 2098 (est.)

60 million milestone
• # 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 393 B.C.

• # 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 1044 A.D.

• # 🇺🇸 United States: 1887

• # 🇷🇺 Russia: 1892

• # 🇩🇪 Germany: 1906

• # 🇯🇵 Japan: 1926

• # 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1939

• # 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1954

• # 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1968

• # 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1972

• # 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1973

• # 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1975

• # Vietnam: 1985

• # 🇵🇭 Philippines: 1989

• # 🇪🇬 Egypt: 1992

• # 🇮🇷 Iran: 1995

• # 🇹🇭 Thailand: 1996

• # 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 1997

• # 🇹🇷 Turkey: 1997

• # 🇫🇷 France: 2002

• # 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 2005

• # DR Congo: 2008

• # 🇮🇹 Italy: 2013

• # 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2021

• # 🇿🇦 South Africa: 2022

• # 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2026 (est.)

• # 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2028 (est.)

• # 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2034 (est.)

• # 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 2035 (est.)

• # 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2038 (est.)

• # 🇦🇴 Angola: 2041 (est.)

• # 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 2044 (est.)

• # 🇳🇪 Niger: 2044 (est.)

• # 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2046 (est.)

• # 🇩🇿 Algeria: 2049 (est.)

• # 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 2052 (est.)

• # Ivory Coast: 2060 (est.)

• # 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 2061 (est.)

• # 🇬🇭 Ghana: 2062 (est.)

• # 🇲🇱 Mali: 2069 (est.)

• # 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 2069 (est.)

• # 🇿🇲 Zambia: 2075 (est.)

• # 🇸🇴 Somalia: 2080 (est.)

• # 🇲🇼 Malawi: 2085 (est.)

• # 🇸🇳 Senegal: 2094 (est.)

• # 🇹🇩 Chad: 2096 (est.)

• # 🇲🇦 Morocco: 2100 (est.)

70 million milestone
• # 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 127 B.C.

• # 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 1060 A.D.

• # 🇺🇸 United States: 1895

• # 🇷🇺 Russia: 1909

• # 🇯🇵 Japan: 1936

• # 🇩🇪 Germany: 1938

• # 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1951

• # 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1959

• # 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1975

• # 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1977

• # 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1979

• # 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1981

• # Vietnam: 1992

• # 🇵🇭 Philippines: 1996

• # 🇪🇬 Egypt: 2001

• # 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 2002

• # 🇮🇷 Iran: 2005

• # 🇹🇷 Turkey: 2008

• # DR Congo: 2013

• # 🇹🇭 Thailand: 2022

• # 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2024 (est.)

• # 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 2029 (est.)

• # 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2033 (est.)

• # 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2034 (est.)

• # 🇿🇦 South Africa: 2038 (est.)

• # 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2042 (est.)

• # 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2045 (est.)

• # 🇦🇴 Angola: 2047 (est.)

• # 🇳🇪 Niger: 2049 (est.)

• # 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2054 (est.)

• # 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 2059 (est.)

• # 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 2062 (est.)

• # Ivory Coast: 2070 (est.)

• # 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 2073 (est.)

• # 🇬🇭 Ghana: 2079 (est.)

• # 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 2081 (est.)

• # 🇲🇱 Mali: 2082 (est.)

• # 🇿🇲 Zambia: 2086 (est.)

• # 🇩🇿 Algeria: 2088 (est.)

• # 🇸🇴 Somalia: 2093 (est.)

80 million milestone
• # 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 134 A.D.

• # 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 1079 A.D.

• # 🇺🇸 United States: 1902

• # 🇷🇺 Russia: 1923

• # 🇯🇵 Japan: 1948

• # 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1957

• # 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1964

• # 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1980

• # 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1981

• # 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1984

• # 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1987

• # 🇩🇪 Germany: 1992

• # Vietnam: 2000

• # 🇵🇭 Philippines: 2002

• # 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 2007

• # 🇪🇬 Egypt: 2008

• # 🇮🇷 Iran: 2016

• # 🇹🇷 Turkey: 2017

• # DR Congo: 2017

• # 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2029 (est.)

• # 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2038 (est.)

• # 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2041 (est.)

• # 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2050 (est.)

• # 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2052 (est.)

• # 🇦🇴 Angola: 2052 (est.)

• # 🇳🇪 Niger: 2054 (est.)

• # 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2062 (est.)

• # 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 2071 (est.)

• # Ivory Coast: 2080 (est.)

• # 🇿🇦 South Africa: 2081 (est.)

• # 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 2085 (est.)

• # 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 2095 (est.)

• # 🇿🇲 Zambia: 2099 (est.)

• # 🇲🇱 Mali: 2100 (est.)

90 million milestone
• # 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 398 A.D.

• # 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 1099 A.D.

• # 🇺🇸 United States: 1908

• # 🇷🇺 Russia: 1936

• # 🇯🇵 Japan: 1957

• # 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1961

• # 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1968

• # 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1984

• # 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1985

• # 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1988

• # 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1993

• # 🇵🇭 Philippines: 2008

• # 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 2012

• # Vietnam: 2012

• # 🇪🇬 Egypt: 2014

• # DR Congo: 2021

• # 🇹🇷 Turkey: 2026 (est.)

• # 🇮🇷 Iran: 2027 (est.)

• # 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2033 (est.)

• # 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2043 (est.)

• # 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2049 (est.)

• # 🇦🇴 Angola: 2057 (est.)

• # 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2057 (est.)

• # 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2057 (est.)

• # 🇳🇪 Niger: 2058 (est.)

• # 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2069 (est.)

• # 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 2082 (est.)

• # Ivory Coast: 2092 (est.)

• # 🇨🇲 Cameroon: 2100 (est.)

100 million milestone

 * 1) 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 664 A.D.
 * 2) 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 1175 A.D.
 * 3) 🇺🇸 United States: 1914
 * 4) 🇷🇺 Russia: 1948
 * 5) 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1965
 * 6) 🇯🇵 Japan: 1967
 * 7) 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1972
 * 8) 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1988
 * 9) 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1988
 * 10) 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1992
 * 11) 🇲🇽 Mexico: 1999
 * 12) 🇵🇭 Philippines: 2014
 * 13) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 2016
 * 14) 🇪🇬 Egypt: 2019
 * 15)  Vietnam: 2023 (est.)
 * 16)  DR Congo: 2024 (est.)
 * 17) 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2037 (est.);
 * 18) 🇮🇷 Iran: 2047 (est.)
 * 19) 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2048 (est.)
 * 20) 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2054 (est.)
 * 21) 🇳🇪 Niger: 2063 (est.)
 * 22) 🇦🇴 Angola: 2064 (est.)
 * 23) 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2064 (est.)
 * 24) 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2064 (est.)
 * 25) 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2077 (est.)
 * 26) 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 2092 (est.)

110 million milestone

 * 1) 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 936 A.D.
 * 2) 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 1714
 * 3) 🇺🇸 United States: 1921
 * 4) 🇷🇺 Russia: 1955
 * 5) 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1969
 * 6) 🇯🇵 Japan: 1974
 * 7) 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1976
 * 8) 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1991
 * 9) 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1992
 * 10) 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1996
 * 11) 🇲🇽 Mexico: 2007
 * 12) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 2020
 * 13) 🇵🇭 Philippines: 2021
 * 14) 🇪🇬 Egypt: 2025 (est.)
 * 15)  DR Congo: 2027 (est.)
 * 16)  Vietnam: 2038 (est.)
 * 17) 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2041 (est.)
 * 18) 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2052 (est.)
 * 19) 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2061 (est.)
 * 20) 🇦🇴 Angola: 2066 (est.)
 * 21) 🇳🇪 Niger: 2067 (est.)
 * 22) 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2069 (est.)
 * 23) 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2072 (est.)
 * 24) 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2086 (est.)

120 million milestone

 * 1) 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 993 A.D.
 * 2) 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 1720
 * 3) 🇺🇸 United States: 1926
 * 4) 🇷🇺 Russia: 1961
 * 5) 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1972
 * 6) 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1980
 * 7) 🇯🇵 Japan: 1983
 * 8) 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1995
 * 9) 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 1996
 * 10) 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 2000
 * 11) 🇲🇽 Mexico: 2012
 * 12) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 2021
 * 13) 🇵🇭 Philippines: 2027 (est.)
 * 14)  DR Congo: 2030 (est.)
 * 15) 🇪🇬 Egypt: 2031 (est.)
 * 16) 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2044 (est.)
 * 17) 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2057 (est.)
 * 18) 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2070 (est.)
 * 19) 🇦🇴 Angola: 2071 (est.)
 * 20) 🇳🇪 Niger: 2071 (est.)
 * 21) 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2075 (est.)
 * 22) 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2080 (est.)
 * 23) 🇲🇿 Mozambique: 2096 (est.)

130 million milestone

 * 1) 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 1480
 * 2) 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 1731
 * 3) 🇺🇸 United States: 1938
 * 4) 🇷🇺 Russia: 1971
 * 5) 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1976
 * 6) 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1985
 * 7) 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1999
 * 8) 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 2001
 * 9) 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 2004
 * 10) 🇲🇽 Mexico: 2021
 * 11) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 2027 (est.)
 * 12)  DR Congo: 2033 (est.)
 * 13) 🇵🇭 Philippines: 2034 (est.)
 * 14) 🇪🇬 Egypt: 2037 (est.)
 * 15) 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2048 (est.)
 * 16) 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2061 (est.)
 * 17) 🇳🇪 Niger: 2076 (est.)
 * 18) 🇦🇴 Angola: 2078 (est.)
 * 19) 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2080 (est.)
 * 20) 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2082 (est.)
 * 21) 🇸🇩 Sudan: 2091 (est.)

140 million milestone

 * 1) 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 1610
 * 2) 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 1738
 * 3) 🇺🇸 United States: 1943
 * 4) 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1979
 * 5) 🇷🇺 Russia: 1983
 * 6) 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1987
 * 7) 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 2001
 * 8) 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 2004
 * 9) 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 2006
 * 10) 🇲🇽 Mexico: 2025 (est.)
 * 11) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 2031 (est.)
 * 12)  DR Congo: 2036 (est.)
 * 13) 🇵🇭 Philippines: 2041 (est.)
 * 14) 🇪🇬 Egypt: 2042 (est.)
 * 15) 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2051 (est.)
 * 16) 🇺🇬 Uganda: 2065 (est.)
 * 17) 🇳🇪 Niger: 2080 (est.)
 * 18) 🇦🇴 Angola: 2083 (est.)
 * 19) 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2089 (est.)
 * 20) 🇰🇪 Kenya: 2096 (est.)

150 million milestone

 * 1) 🇮🇳 India: Unknown, most likely 1647
 * 2) 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 1742
 * 3) 🇺🇸 United States: 1948
 * 4) 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1981
 * 5) 🇧🇷 Brazil: 1991
 * 6) 🇷🇺 Russia: 1992
 * 7) 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 2004
 * 8) 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 2008
 * 9) 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 2009
 * 10) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 2032 (est.)
 * 11) 🇲🇽 Mexico: 2033 (est.)
 * 12)  DR Congo: 2039 (est.)
 * 13) 🇪🇬 Egypt: 2048 (est.)
 * 14) 🇵🇭 Philippines: 2049 (est.)
 * 15) 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2054 (est.)
 * 16) 🇺🇬 Uganda:  2069 (est.)
 * 17) 🇳🇪 Niger:  2081 (est.)
 * 18) 🇦🇴 Angola: 2084 (est.)
 * 19) 🇮🇶 Iraq: 2096 (est.)

200 million milestone

 * 1) 🇨🇳 China: Unknown, most likely 1761
 * 2) 🇮🇳 India: 1855
 * 3) 🇺🇸 United States: 1967
 * 4) 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1997
 * 5) 🇧🇷 Brazil: 2012
 * 6) 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 2018
 * 7) 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 2019
 * 8) 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 2046 (est.)
 * 9) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 2049 (est.)
 * 10)  DR Congo: 2051 (est.)
 * 11) 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2069 (est.)
 * 12) 🇳🇪 Niger:  2092 (est.)
 * 13) 🇺🇬 Uganda:  2092 (est.)
 * 14) 🇪🇬 Egypt:  2101 (est.)
 * 15) 🇦🇴 Angola:  2109 (est.)

250 million milestone

 * 1) 🇨🇳 China: 1775
 * 2) 🇮🇳 India: 1907
 * 3) 🇺🇸 United States: 1989
 * 4) 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 2013
 * 5) 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 2025 (est.)
 * 6) 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 2028 (est.)
 * 7)  DR Congo: 2063 (est.)
 * 8) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 2068 (est.)
 * 9) 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2084 (est.)
 * 10) 🇳🇪 Niger:  2109 (est.)

300 million milestone

 * 1) 🇨🇳 China: 1795
 * 2) 🇮🇳 India: 1934
 * 3) 🇺🇸 United States: 2006
 * 4) 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 2035 (est.)
 * 5) 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 2036 (est.)
 * 6) 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 2040 (est.)
 * 7)  DR Congo: 2076 (est.)
 * 8) 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2099 (est.)

350 million milestone

 * 1) 🇨🇳 China: 1810
 * 2) 🇮🇳 India: 1947
 * 3) 🇺🇸 United States: 2028 (est.)
 * 4) 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 2043 (est.)
 * 5) 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 2054 (est.)
 * 6)  DR Congo: 2090 (est.)
 * 7) 🇹🇿 Tanzania: 2117 (est.)

400 million milestone

 * 1) 🇨🇳 China: 1900
 * 2) 🇮🇳 India: 1954
 * 3) 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 2049 (est.)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 United States: 2058 (est.)
 * 5) 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 2082 (est.)
 * 6)  DR Congo: 2107 (est.)

450 million milestone

 * 1) 🇨🇳 China: 1916
 * 2) 🇮🇳 India: 1961
 * 3) 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 2055 (est.)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 United States: 2104 (est.)
 * 5)  DR Congo: 2132 (est.)

Pre-2003 source

 * 1) Populstat historic tables used as source for current nations with dates before 2003, e.g. CHINA: population growth of the whole country, for each nation listed.