Population, total, per unit of GDP by country

Population, total divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
214
Highest
0.0043 units per US$ of GDP
Burundi
Lowest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Monaco
Median
0.0001 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
14,784

What the numbers show

Population, total, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 0.0043 units per US$ of GDP in Burundi; the lowest is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Monaco.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,232.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 193 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 111.2%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 82.6%).

Population, total, per unit of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burundi 0.0043 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 8.8% volatile
2 Afghanistan 0.0024 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 49.9% volatile
3 Central African Republic 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 34.1% volatile
4 Madagascar 0.0017 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 25.7% falling
5 Mozambique 0.0016 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 2.6% falling
6 Yemen 0.0016 units per US$ of GDP 2018 up 69.1% falling
7 Somalia 0.0015 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 32.6% volatile
8 Malawi 0.0015 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 19.6% falling
9 Eritrea 0.0015 units per US$ of GDP 2011 down 52.7% falling
10 Niger 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 37.4% falling
11 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 38.5% volatile
12 Sierra Leone 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 14.0% volatile
13 Liberia 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 24.3% volatile
14 Gambia 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 32.6% volatile
15 Ethiopia 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 35.9% volatile
16 Chad 0.001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 2.8% volatile
17 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP 2022 up 79.6% volatile
18 South Sudan 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP 2015 up 53.1% rising
19 Lesotho 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 3.0% volatile
20 Rwanda 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 35.4% volatile
21 Guinea-Bissau 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 42.6% falling
22 Burkina Faso 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 45.1% volatile
23 Sudan 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 11.0% volatile
24 Mali 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 29.8% volatile
25 Uganda 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 28.5% volatile
26 Nigeria 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 111.2% volatile
27 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 28.7% falling
28 Zambia 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 1.7% volatile
29 Timor-Leste 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 1.6% volatile
30 Togo 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 41.2% volatile
31 Myanmar 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 21.6% volatile
32 Nepal 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 43.0% volatile
33 Pakistan 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 13.5% volatile
34 Tajikistan 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 41.6% volatile
35 Benin 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 39.6% volatile
36 Guinea 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 60.2% rising
37 Senegal 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 37.7% volatile
38 Cameroon 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 28.3% volatile
39 Comoros 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 35.3% falling
40 Solomon Islands 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 2.0% volatile
41 Mauritania 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 29.1% volatile
42 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 8.8% volatile
43 Kenya 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 37.0% volatile
44 Congo 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 3.0% volatile
45 Kiribati 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 35.9% volatile
46 Bangladesh 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 52.9% volatile
47 Haiti 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 47.6% volatile
48 India 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 41.4% volatile
49 Cambodia 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 46.1% volatile
50 Papua New Guinea 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 17.7% volatile
51 Zimbabwe 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 54.1% volatile
52 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 40.5% volatile
53 Kyrgyzstan 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 64.1% volatile
54 Egypt 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 7.2% volatile
55 Angola 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 16.4% volatile
56 Palestine, State of 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 3.2% falling
57 Nicaragua 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 34.6% volatile
58 Ghana 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 47.1% volatile
59 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 17.2% volatile
60 Honduras 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 36.9% volatile
61 Djibouti 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 39.2% falling
62 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 26.2% volatile
63 Uzbekistan 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 20.0% volatile
64 Vanuatu 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 20.4% falling
65 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 68.2% falling
66 Eswatini 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 16.8% volatile
67 Philippines 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 30.2% volatile
68 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 35.0% volatile
69 Lebanon 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 69.4% volatile
70 Bhutan 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 34.2% volatile
71 Tunisia 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 13.8% volatile
72 Morocco 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 32.8% volatile
73 Namibia 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 2.1% falling
74 Sri Lanka 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 18.9% volatile
75 Indonesia 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 35.0% volatile
76 Viet Nam 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 49.1% volatile
77 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 41.8% volatile
78 Jordan 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 16.9% volatile
79 Iraq 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 17.9% volatile
80 Ukraine 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 63.8% volatile
81 El Salvador 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 34.3% volatile
82 Cape Verde 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 41.1% volatile
83 Samoa 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 30.5% volatile
84 Tuvalu 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 44.5% volatile
85 Algeria 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 22.6% volatile
86 Libya 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 15.7% volatile
87 Turkmenistan 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 11.9% volatile
88 Tonga 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 37.0% volatile
89 South Africa 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 7.4% volatile
90 Guatemala 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 41.0% volatile
91 Equatorial Guinea 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 37.1% volatile
92 Fiji 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 23.3% volatile
93 Paraguay 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 16.3% volatile
94 Suriname 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 24.7% volatile
95 Mongolia 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 46.0% volatile
96 Ecuador 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 16.1% volatile
97 Azerbaijan 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 25.8% volatile
98 Botswana 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 21.0% volatile
99 Belize 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 21.8% volatile
100 Kosovo 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 55.4% falling
100 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 55.4% falling
102 Jamaica 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 33.3% volatile
103 Thailand 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 29.4% volatile
104 Gabon 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 14.7% volatile
105 Marshall Islands 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 55.7% volatile
106 Colombia 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 27.0% volatile
107 Republic of Moldova 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 68.1% volatile
108 Armenia 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 62.9% volatile
109 Cuba 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 45.1% volatile
110 Peru 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 35.7% volatile
111 Georgia 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 57.8% volatile
112 Belarus 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 42.0% volatile
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 55.1% volatile
114 North Macedonia 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 49.8% volatile
115 Brazil 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 16.6% volatile
116 Dominica 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 24.6% volatile
117 Dominican Republic 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 38.5% volatile
118 Grenada 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 28.2% volatile
119 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 41.5% volatile
120 Mauritius 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 25.9% volatile
121 Albania 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 67.7% volatile
122 Malaysia 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 26.5% volatile
123 China 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 41.0% volatile
124 Mexico 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 27.8% volatile
125 Maldives 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 34.0% volatile
126 Naoero 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 47.1% falling
127 Kazakhstan 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 30.6% volatile
128 Saint Lucia 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 29.9% volatile
129 Montenegro 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 56.7% volatile
130 Argentina 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 8.2% volatile
131 Serbia 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 61.9% volatile
132 Russian Federation 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 47.2% volatile
133 Chile 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 25.3% volatile
134 American Samoa 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2022 down 34.8% falling
135 Türkiye 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 40.5% volatile
136 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 4.8% volatile
137 Seychelles 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 21.2% volatile
138 Palau 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 18.4% volatile
139 Panama 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 28.8% volatile
140 Oman 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 5.7% volatile
141 Costa Rica 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 41.3% volatile
142 Bulgaria 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 64.2% volatile
143 French Polynesia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 0.8% volatile
144 Romania 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 60.2% volatile
145 Curaçao 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.1% falling
146 Northern Mariana Islands 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 down 41.1% falling
147 Antigua and Barbuda 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 35.2% volatile
148 Uruguay 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 32.1% volatile
149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 19.4% volatile
150 Hungary 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 50.7% volatile
151 Latvia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 49.4% volatile
152 Greece 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 33.3% volatile
153 Croatia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 54.7% volatile
154 Barbados 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 28.0% volatile
155 Poland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 55.5% volatile
156 Slovakia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 42.4% volatile
157 New Caledonia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 29.5% volatile
158 Cyprus 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 45.7% volatile
159 Bahrain 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 22.4% volatile
160 Portugal 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 40.1% volatile
161 Brunei Darussalam 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 5.0% volatile
162 Kuwait 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 7.5% volatile
163 Guyana 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 82.6% volatile
164 Lithuania 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 56.7% volatile
165 Estonia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 48.5% volatile
166 Saudi Arabia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 32.7% volatile
167 Czechia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 50.1% volatile
168 Japan 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 0.8% volatile
169 Korea 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 16.7% volatile
170 Slovenia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 44.6% volatile
171 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.2% falling
172 Aruba 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.3% falling
173 Spain 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 32.7% volatile
174 Bahamas 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 26.2% volatile
175 Puerto Rico 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 28.0% volatile
176 Guam 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 down 24.3% falling
177 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 12.0% falling
178 Italy 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 29.3% volatile
179 United States Virgin Islands 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 down 14.7% falling
180 Malta 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 46.7% volatile
181 France 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 25.1% volatile
182 New Zealand 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 22.1% volatile
183 United Arab Emirates 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 4.9% volatile
184 Andorra 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 28.8% volatile
185 Canada 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 21.7% volatile
186 Finland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 24.2% volatile
187 Hong Kong, China 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 25.5% volatile
188 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 21.4% volatile
189 Greenland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 18.7% volatile
190 San Marino 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 15.1% falling
191 Israel 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 40.1% volatile
192 Germany 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 30.7% volatile
193 Belgium 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 32.7% volatile
194 Austria 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 30.2% volatile
195 Sweden 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 18.9% volatile
196 Australia 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 12.5% volatile
197 Qatar 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 4.9% volatile
198 Netherlands 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 37.9% volatile
199 Faroe Islands 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.9% volatile
200 Channel Islands 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 20.5% falling
201 Macau, China 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 7.9% volatile
202 Denmark 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 31.0% volatile
203 Isle of Man 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 7.6% volatile
204 United States of America 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 36.9% volatile
205 Norway 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 18.4% volatile
206 Iceland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 45.6% volatile
207 Singapore 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 43.7% volatile
208 Cayman Islands 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.3% falling
209 Switzerland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 25.7% volatile
210 Ireland 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 51.2% volatile
211 Bermuda 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.0% volatile
212 Luxembourg 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 28.4% volatile
213 Liechtenstein 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 18.8% volatile
214 Monaco 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.1% volatile

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Population, total, per unit of GDP
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units per US$ of GDP
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Coverage
262 places, 14,784 data points, 1960–2025
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Population, total divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.