Country Rankings by Demographics 2026

Comparing 229 countries by population structure, urbanization, and demographic trends. Understand which countries are growing, aging, or facing long-term population challenges.

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How the Demography Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across ten indicators. Nomadino calculates: demography = median age × 0.13 + fertility rate × 0.13 + population growth × 0.12 + net migration × 0.12 + urbanization rate × 0.10 + international population share × 0.10 + population density × 0.08 + women per 100 men × 0.08 + youth gender ratio × 0.08 + single-person households × 0.06.

  • Median age: 13%
  • Fertility rate: 13%
  • Population growth: 12%
  • Net migration: 12%
  • Urbanization rate: 10%
  • International population share: 10%
  • Population density: 8%
  • Women per 100 men: 8%
  • Youth gender ratio: 8%
  • Single-person households: 6%

This ranking rates demographic dynamism, population structure and spatial everyday conditions. The individual indicators are deliberately readable from their raw values: most raw values score higher when they are higher, while median age and population density score higher when they are lower. Fertility rate and international population share use their own curves.

Median age and fertility receive the highest weights because they shape long-term age and generational structure most strongly. Population growth and net migration follow because they show whether a country is shrinking or gaining additional population.

Urbanization and international population share describe practical accessibility, openness and population mix. Density, gender ratios and single-person households receive lower weights but remain visible because spatial crowding, sex structure and household forms also shape everyday life.

If an indicator is disabled with the checkbox, Nomadino divides by the sum of the remaining weights.