List of population milestones by country

Like Wikipedia, this page only counts modern countries.

## 5 million milestone

1. India - 4th millennium B.C.
2. China - 4th millennium B.C.
3. Mexico - 2nd millennium B.C.
4. Italy - 1st millennium B.C.
5. Brazil - 1st millennium B.C.
6. Iran - 1st millennium B.C.
7. France - 1st century A.D.
8. Spain - ~200 A.D.
9. Turkey - ~600 A.D.
10. Bangladesh - 7th century A.D.
11. Japan - 8th century A.D.
12. Pakistan - 8th century A.D.
13. Nigeria - ~800 A.D.
14. Egypt - ~1000 A.D.
15. Germany - 12th century A.D.
16. Russia - 12th century A.D.
17. UK - 13th century A.D.
18. Indonesia - ~1300 A.D.
19. DR Congo - 14th century A.D.
20. Poland - ~1600
21. Myanmar - ~1700
22. Ukraine - 1700s
23. South Korea - ~1730
24. Vietnam - 1760s
25. Romania - 1780s
26. USA - 1790s
27. Ireland - 1790s
28. Czech Republic - 1790s
29. Ethiopia - 1790s
30. Sudan - 1790s
31. Thailand - 1838
32. Hungary - 1846
33. Tanzania - 1846
34. Belgium - 1868
35. Philippines - 1872
36. Austria - 1882
37. Nepal - 1886
38. North Korea - 1888
39. Portugal - 1890
40. Canada - 1894
41. South Africa - 1895
42. Sweden - 1897
43. Netherlands - 1899
44. Greece - 1900
45. Belarus - 1902
46. Argentina - 1902
47. Afghanistan - 1903
48. Algeria - 1905
49. Morocco - 1905
50. Colombia - 1910
51. Sri Lanka - 1912
52. Australia - 1918
53. Bulgaria - 1919
54. Kazakhstan - 1920
55. Peru - 1924
56. Uzbekistan - 1927
57. Chile - 1935
58. Serbia - 1936
59. Malaysia - 1939
60. Kenya - 1940
61. Mozambique - 1940
62. Cuba - 1943
63. Iraq - 1946
64. Venezuela - 1947
65. Uganda - 1949
66. Ghana - 1950
67. Angola - 1955
68. Cambodia - 1955
69. Switzerland - 1956
70. Yemen - 1956
71. Mali - 1956
72. Cameroon - 1959
73. Madagascar - 1960
74. Burkina Faso - 1963
75. Syria - 1963
76. Ecuador - 1964
77. Saudi Arabia - 1966
78. Guatemala - 1966
79. Azerbaijan - 1969
80. Zimbabwe - 1969
81. Tunisia - 1970
82. Côte d'Ivoire - 1970
83. Denmark - 1972
84. Malawi - 1973
85. Dominican Republic - 1974
86. Haiti - 1974
87. Niger - 1974
88. Bolivia - 1975
89. Zambia - 1976
90. Senegal - 1976
91. Somalia - 1978
92. Rwanda - 1980
93. Slovakia - 1980
94. Guinea - 1982
95. South Sudan - 1984
96. Chad - 1985
97. El Salvador - 1986
98. Burundi - 1987
99. Tajikistan - 1988
100. Finland - 1990
101. Honduras - 1991
102. Benin - 1991
103. Israel - 1994
104. Papua New Guinea - 1994
105. Libya - 1996
106. Laos - 1997
107. Paraguay - 1997
108. Jordan - 1999
109. Nicaragua - 1999
110. Togo - 2001
111. Kyrgyzstan - 2002
112. Sierra Leone - 2003
113. UAE - 2006
114. Turkmenistan - 2009
115. Singapore - 2010
116. Lebanon - 2011
117. Norway - 2012
118. Congo - 2017
119. Costa Rica - 2018
120. Oman - 2020
121. Liberia - 2020
122. Palestine - 2020
123. New Zealand - 2022
124. Central African Republic - 2022
125. Mauritania - 2023 (est.)
126. Panama - 2032 (est.)
127. Kuwait - 2036 (est.)
128. Eritrea - 2039 (est.)
129. Gambia - 2052 (est.)
130. Mongolia - 2073 (est.)
131. Gabon - 2075 (est.)
132. Namibia - 2078 (est.)
133. Guinea-Bissau - 2079 (est.)

## 10 million milestone

1. India - ~3000 B.C.
2. China - ~2500 B.C.
3. Mexico - 6th century A.D.
4. Brazil - 7th century A.D.
5. France - 12th century A.D.
6. Italy - 13th century A.D.
7. Nigeria - ~1400 A.D.
8. Japan - 15th century A.D.
9. Bangladesh - 16th century A.D.
10. Pakistan - 16th century A.D.
11. Germany - 16th century A.D.
12. Russia - 17th century A.D.
13. Indonesia - ~1750
14. Spain - ~1750
15. UK - 1760s
16. Ethiopia - 1790s
17. Ukraine - 1790s
18. Poland - 1814
19. Turkey - 1815
20. USA - 1820
21. Vietnam - 1869
22. Romania - 1885
23. Iran - 1898
24. Egypt - 1902
25. Myanmar - 1904
26. Czech Republic - 1910
27. South Korea - 1914
28. Thailand - 1919
29. Afghanistan - 1919
30. Philippines - 1923
31. Argentina - 1925
32. Canada - 1929
33. South Africa - 1934
34. DR Congo - 1938
35. Colombia - 1943
36. North Korea - 1947
37. Netherlands - 1950
38. Morocco - 1954
39. Algeria - 1956
40. Australia - 1959
41. Tanzania - 1960
42. Peru - 1960
43. Nepal - 1960
44. Hungary - 1960
45. Sri Lanka - 1961
46. Kazakhstan - 1961
47. Uzbekistan - 1965
48. Venezuela - 1966
49. Kenya - 1967
50. Malaysia - 1967
51. Sudan - 1970
52. Iraq - 1971
53. Chile - 1972
54. Uganda - 1973
55. Mozambique - 1974
56. Ghana - 1975
57. Saudi Arabia - 1981
58. Cuba - 1984
59. Syria - 1984
60. Cameroon - 1985
61. Madagascar - 1985
62. Angola - 1986
63. Côte d'Ivoire - 1986
64. Yemen - 1987
65. Greece - 1987
66. Belarus - 1987
67. Ecuador - 1989
68. Zimbabwe - 1989
69. Belgium - 1990
70. Cambodia - 1993
71. Portugal - 1993
72. Guatemala - 1994
73. Burkina Faso - 1995
74. Malawi - 1996
75. Niger - 1997
76. Mali - 1997
77. Zambia - 1999
78. Senegal - 2001
79. Somalia - 2004
80. Tunisia - 2004
81. Chad - 2005
82. Guinea - 2010
83. Bolivia - 2010
84. Rwanda - 2010
85. Haiti - 2011
86. South Sudan - 2012
87. Benin - 2013
88. Dominican Republic - 2013
89. Burundi - 2015
90. Jordan - 2019
91. Azerbaijan - 2019
92. Sweden - 2019
93. Honduras - 2021
94. UAE - 2022
95. Tajikistan - 2023 (est.)
96. Papua New Guinea - 2027 (est.)
97. Togo - 2029 (est.)
98. Israel - 2031 (est.)
99. Sierra Leone - 2032 (est.)
100. Congo - 2047 (est.)
101. Liberia - 2055 (est.)
102. Mauritania - 2056 (est.)
103. Switzerland - 2060 (est.)
104. Palestine - 2061 (est.)
105. Kyrgyzstan - 2065 (est.)
106. Central African Republic - 2066 (est.)

## 25 million milestone

1. India - ~1667 B.C.
2. China - ~737 B.C.
3. Mexico - ~1495
4. Japan - ~1680
5. France - 1749
6. Russia - 1786
7. Germany - 1818
8. USA - 1852
9. Italy - 1854
10. UK - 1861
11. Indonesia - 1863
12. Bangladesh - 1873
13. Poland - 1902
14. Ukraine - 1907
15. Brazil - 1916
16. Pakistan - 1934
17. Spain - 1937
18. Nigeria - 1939
19. Vietnam - 1951
20. Thailand - 1957
21. Turkey - 1957
22. Egypt - 1958
23. Philippines - 1959
24. South Korea - 1960
25. Ethiopia - 1966
26. Iran - 1966
27. Myanmar - 1967
28. Argentina - 1973
29. South Africa - 1975
30. Colombia - 1977
31. DR Congo - 1979
32. Canada - 1983
33. Algeria - 1989
34. Tanzania - 1990
35. Morocco - 1991
36. Kenya - 1992
37. Sudan - 1997
38. Peru - 1997
39. Uzbekistan - 2001
40. Venezuela - 2002
41. Uganda - 2002
42. Iraq - 2003
43. Nepal - 2003
44. Malaysia - 2004
45. Afghanistan - 2005
46. Saudi Arabia - 2007
47. Ghana - 2011
48. Angola - 2012
49. Mozambique - 2013
50. Yemen - 2013
51. North Korea - 2015
52. Madagascar - 2017
53. Cameroon - 2018
54. Côte d'Ivoire - 2019
55. Australia - 2019
56. Niger - 2021
57. Burkina Faso - 2027 (est.)
58. Mali - 2028 (est.)
59. Syria - 2028 (est.)
60. Malawi - 2031 (est.)
61. Zambia - 2032 (est.)
62. Chad - 2036 (est.)
63. Senegal - 2037 (est.)
64. Somalia - 2037 (est.)
65. Guatemala - 2043 (est.)
66. Guinea - 2048 (est.)
67. Burundi - 2050 (est.)
68. Benin - 2052 (est.)
69. Zimbabwe - 2054 (est.)
70. Rwanda - 2057 (est.)
71. Kazakhstan - 2058 (est.)
72. South Sudan - 2067 (est.)
73. Ecuador - 2070 (est.)
74. Togo - 2090 (est.)
75. Tajikistan - 2097 (est.)

## 50 million milestone

1. India - ~727 B.C.
2. China - ~147 B.C.
3. Russia - 1872
4. USA - 1879
5. Germany - 1893
6. Japan - 1911
7. Indonesia - 1925
8. Brazil - 1948
9. UK - 1948
10. Italy - 1961
11. Bangladesh - 1962
12. Pakistan - 1965
13. Nigeria - 1965
14. France - 1968
15. Mexico - 1969
16. Vietnam - 1977
17. Ukraine - 1981
18. Philippines - 1982
19. Thailand - 1983
20. Egypt - 1985
21. Turkey - 1986
22. Iran - 1987
23. Ethiopia - 1992
24. DR Congo - 2003
25. Myanmar - 2009
26. South Africa - 2009
27. South Korea - 2012
28. Tanzania - 2015
29. Kenya - 2017
30. Colombia - 2019
31. Uganda - 2024 (est.)
32. Sudan - 2026 (est.)
33. Iraq - 2030 (est.)
34. Algeria - 2030 (est.)
35. Afghanistan - 2030 (est.)
36. Argentina - 2033 (est.)
37. Angola - 2034 (est.)
38. Mozambique - 2038 (est.)
39. Niger - 2038 (est.)
40. Madagascar - 2044 (est.)
41. Ghana - 2048 (est.)
42. Côte d'Ivoire - 2049 (est.)
43. Cameroon - 2050 (est.)
44. Yemen - 2055 (est.)
45. Mali - 2058 (est.)
46. Burkina Faso - 2058 (est.)
47. Zambia - 2063 (est.)
48. Malawi - 2068 (est.)
49. Morocco - 2069 (est.)
50. Somalia - 2069 (est.)
51. Canada - 2070 (est.)
52. Chad - 2076 (est.)
53. Senegal - 2077 (est.)
54. Burundi - 2098 (est.)

## 60 million milestone

1. India - ~393 B.C.
2. China - ~1044 A.D.
3. USA - 1887
4. Russia - 1892
5. Germany - 1906
6. Japan - 1926
7. Indonesia - 1939
8. Brazil - 1954
9. Bangladesh - 1968
10. Pakistan - 1972
11. Nigeria - 1973
12. Mexico - 1975
13. Vietnam - 1985
14. Philippines - 1989
15. Egypt - 1992
16. Iran - 1995
17. Thailand - 1996
18. Ethiopia - 1997
19. Turkey - 1997
20. France - 2002
21. UK - 2005
22. DR Congo - 2008
23. Italy - 2013
24. Tanzania - 2021
25. South Africa - 2022
26. Kenya - 2026 (est.)
27. Uganda - 2028 (est.)
28. Sudan - 2034 (est.)
29. Myanmar - 2035 (est.)
30. Iraq - 2038 (est.)
31. Angola - 2041 (est.)
32. Afghanistan - 2044 (est.)
33. Niger - 2044 (est.)
34. Mozambique - 2046 (est.)
35. Algeria - 2049 (est.)
36. Madagascar - 2052 (est.)
37. Côte d'Ivoire - 2060 (est.)
38. Cameroon - 2061 (est.)
39. Ghana - 2062 (est.)
40. Mali - 2069 (est.)
41. Burkina Faso - 2069 (est.)
42. Zambia - 2075 (est.)
43. Somalia - 2080 (est.)
44. Malawi - 2085 (est.)
45. Senegal - 2094 (est.)
46. Chad - 2096 (est.)
47. Morocco - 2100 (est.)

## 100 million milestone

1. India - ~664 A.D.
2. China - ~1175 A.D.
3. USA - 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 - 2022
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.)

## 150 million milestone

1. India - 1647
2. China - 1742
3. USA - 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 - 2061 (est.)
17. Niger - 2081 (est.)
18. Angola - 2084 (est.)
19. Iraq - 2096 (est.)

## 200 million milestone

1. China - 1761
2. India - 1855
3. USA - 1989
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.)

## Quarter billion (250 million) milestone

1. China - 1775
2. India - 1934
3. USA - 1989
4. Indonesia - 2013
5. Pakistan - 2027 (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 - 1775
2. India - 1903
3. USA - 2007
4. Indonesia - 2033 (est.)
5. Nigeria - 2036 (est.)
6. Pakistan - 2040 (est.)
7. DR Congo - 2076 (est.)
8. Tanzania - 2099 (est.)

## Third a billion (333 million) milestone

1. China - 1802
2. India - 1926
3. USA - 2022
4. Nigeria - 2041 (est.)
5. Pakistan - 2049 (est.)
6. Indonesia - 2054 (est.)
7. DR Congo - 2089 (est.)

## 400 million milestone

1. China - 1900
2. India - 1954
3. Nigeria - 2049 (est.)
4. USA - 2058 (est.)
5. Pakistan - 2082 (est.)
6. DR Congo - 2107 (est.)

## Half billion (500 million) milestone

1. China - 1933
2. India - 1966
3. Nigeria - 2065 (est.)

## Two-thirds billion (666 million) milestone

1. China - 1961
2. India - 1978
3. Nigeria - 2088 (est.)

## 750 million milestone

1. China - 1967
2. India - 1984
3. Nigeria - 2094 (est.)

## 800 million milestone

1. China - 1969
2. India - 1987
3. Nigeria - 2101 (est.)

## 1 billion milestone

1. China - 1981
2. India - 1998
3. Nigeria - 2129 (est.)