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Population

24 World Bank indicators, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Africa, UAE. Each tile carries the annual series and the latest known value for each country, sorted from highest to lowest. Hover a chart to read a given year, open a tile for the full page.

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24of 24 for these countries
Countries compared
8United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Africa, UAE
Period covered
1960 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
12,018on this page, all series

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24 indicators

Total populationSP.POP.TOTL · people
19602025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China1.41 bn people2025
  • United States341.78 m people2025
  • United Kingdom69.49 m people2025
  • South Africa64.75 m people2025
  • Italy58.92 m people2025
  • Spain49.36 m people2025
  • Netherlands18.09 m people2025
  • UAE11.51 m people2025
Population growthSP.POP.GROW · %
19612025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • UAE4.68%2025
  • South Africa1.15%2025
  • Spain1.03%2025
  • United States0.52%2025
  • Netherlands0.52%2025
  • United Kingdom0.3%2025
  • Italy-0.06%2025
  • China-0.17%2025
Urban populationSP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · %
19602025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands95.94%2025
  • UAE85.96%2025
  • United Kingdom83.32%2025
  • Spain80.51%2025
  • United States80.19%2025
  • Italy69.68%2025
  • China66.34%2025
  • South Africa63.82%2025
Life expectancySP.DYN.LE00.IN · yrs
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Italy83.95 yrs2024
  • Spain83.89 yrs2024
  • UAE83.07 yrs2024
  • Netherlands81.97 yrs2024
  • United Kingdom81.39 yrs2024
  • United States78.89 yrs2024
  • China78.02 yrs2024
  • South Africa66.31 yrs2024
Life expectancy (male)SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN · yrs
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • UAE82.17 yrs2024
  • Italy82 yrs2024
  • Spain81.4 yrs2024
  • Netherlands80.6 yrs2024
  • United Kingdom79.54 yrs2024
  • United States76.5 yrs2024
  • China75.25 yrs2024
  • South Africa62.78 yrs2024
Life expectancy (female)SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN · yrs
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain86.5 yrs2024
  • Italy86 yrs2024
  • UAE84.32 yrs2024
  • Netherlands83.4 yrs2024
  • United Kingdom83.33 yrs2024
  • United States81.4 yrs2024
  • China80.97 yrs2024
  • South Africa69.79 yrs2024
Fertility rateSP.DYN.TFRT.IN · births/woman
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa2.21 births/woman2024
  • United States1.63 births/woman2024
  • United Kingdom1.55 births/woman2024
  • Netherlands1.43 births/woman2024
  • UAE1.21 births/woman2024
  • Italy1.18 births/woman2024
  • Spain1.1 births/woman2024
  • China1.01 births/woman2024
Net migrationSM.POP.NETM · people
19602025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States1.23 m people2025
  • United Kingdom389,911 people2025
  • UAE158,634 people2025
  • South Africa146,370 people2025
  • Netherlands104,681 people2025
  • Spain96,630 people2025
  • Italy75,448 people2025
  • China-268,126 people2025
Pop. 65+ yearsSP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS · %
19602025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Italy25.1%2025
  • Spain21.64%2025
  • Netherlands20.87%2025
  • United Kingdom19.7%2025
  • United States18.39%2025
  • China14.91%2025
  • South Africa6.89%2025
  • UAE1.79%2025
Pop. 0-14 yearsSP.POP.0014.TO.ZS · %
19602025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa25.72%2025
  • United States17.1%2025
  • United Kingdom16.96%2025
  • UAE15.98%2025
  • China15.41%2025
  • Netherlands14.93%2025
  • Spain12.62%2025
  • Italy11.66%2025
Infant mortalitySP.DYN.IMRT.IN · ‰
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa24.2 ‰2024
  • United States5.5 ‰2024
  • United Kingdom4.1 ‰2024
  • China4.1 ‰2024
  • UAE3.8 ‰2024
  • Netherlands3.4 ‰2024
  • Spain2.6 ‰2024
  • Italy2.3 ‰2024
Under-5 mortalitySH.DYN.MORT · ‰
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa35.1 ‰2024
  • United States6.5 ‰2024
  • China5.7 ‰2024
  • UAE4.8 ‰2024
  • United Kingdom4.7 ‰2024
  • Netherlands3.9 ‰2024
  • Spain3.2 ‰2024
  • Italy2.7 ‰2024
Adult mortality (male)SP.DYN.AMRT.MA · ‰
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa353.7 ‰2024
  • United States146.89 ‰2023
  • China111.02 ‰2024
  • United Kingdom90.74 ‰2022
  • Spain65.66 ‰2023
  • Italy64.69 ‰2022
  • Netherlands64.15 ‰2023
  • UAE37.73 ‰2024
Adult mortality (female)SP.DYN.AMRT.FE · ‰
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa234.18 ‰2024
  • United States82.42 ‰2023
  • United Kingdom56.4 ‰2022
  • China55.97 ‰2024
  • Netherlands43.63 ‰2023
  • Italy36.62 ‰2022
  • Spain34.23 ‰2023
  • UAE18.84 ‰2024
Urban growthSP.URB.GROW · %
19612025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • UAE4.85%2025
  • South Africa1.34%2025
  • Spain1.28%2025
  • Netherlands0.83%2025
  • United States0.61%2025
  • China0.51%2025
  • United Kingdom0.39%2025
  • Italy0.05%2025
Population densityEN.POP.DNST · p/km²
19612023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands530.95 p/km²2023
  • United Kingdom283.25 p/km²2023
  • Italy199.46 p/km²2023
  • China150.26 p/km²2023
  • UAE147.62 p/km²2023
  • Spain96.76 p/km²2023
  • South Africa52.11 p/km²2023
  • United States36.81 p/km²2023
Birth rateSP.DYN.CBRT.IN · ‰
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa18.48 ‰2024
  • United States10.6 ‰2024
  • United Kingdom9.89 ‰2024
  • UAE9.82 ‰2024
  • Netherlands9.2 ‰2024
  • China6.77 ‰2024
  • Spain6.5 ‰2024
  • Italy6.3 ‰2024
Death rateSP.DYN.CDRT.IN · ‰
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Italy11 ‰2024
  • United Kingdom9.7 ‰2024
  • Netherlands9.6 ‰2024
  • South Africa9.24 ‰2024
  • United States9 ‰2024
  • Spain8.9 ‰2024
  • China7.76 ‰2024
  • UAE0.97 ‰2024
Pop. 15-64 yearsSP.POP.1564.TO.ZS · %
19602025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • UAE82.23%2025
  • China69.68%2025
  • South Africa67.39%2025
  • Spain65.74%2025
  • United States64.51%2025
  • Netherlands64.2%2025
  • United Kingdom63.33%2025
  • Italy63.24%2025
Female shareSP.POP.TOTL.FE.ZS · %
19602025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa51.34%2025
  • Italy51.09%2025
  • Spain50.91%2025
  • United Kingdom50.75%2025
  • Netherlands50.31%2025
  • United States49.75%2025
  • China49.09%2025
  • UAE36.23%2025
Adolescent fertilitySP.ADO.TFRT · ‰
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa51.84 ‰2024
  • United States12.41 ‰2024
  • United Kingdom7.82 ‰2024
  • China5.2 ‰2024
  • Spain4.85 ‰2024
  • Italy2.87 ‰2024
  • UAE2.82 ‰2024
  • Netherlands1.75 ‰2024
Dependency ratioSP.POP.DPND · %
19602025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Italy58.12%2025
  • United Kingdom57.9%2025
  • Netherlands55.77%2025
  • United States55.01%2025
  • Spain52.12%2025
  • South Africa48.39%2025
  • China43.51%2025
  • UAE21.61%2025
Migrant stockSM.POP.TOTL.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • UAE74%2024
  • Spain18.5%2024
  • United Kingdom17.1%2024
  • Netherlands16.2%2024
  • United States15.2%2024
  • Italy11%2024
  • South Africa4.1%2024
  • China0.1%2024
Rural populationSP.RUR.TOTL.ZS · %
19602025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa36.18%2025
  • China33.66%2025
  • Italy30.32%2025
  • United States19.81%2025
  • Spain19.49%2025
  • United Kingdom16.68%2025
  • UAE14.04%2025
  • Netherlands4.06%2025

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