Subfield · Demography
Top Countries in Demography Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 57 ranked countries.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 100.0 | 34.6% | 4.9k | 25k | #3 |
| 2 | United States | 82.9 | 19.9% | 11k | 37k | #1 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 72.8 | 7.1% | 69k | 66k | #4 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 65.7 | 28.5% | 3.2k | 14k | #2 |
| 5 | Australia | 60.2 | 29.6% | 2.1k | 9.1k | #5 |
| 6 | India | 55.7 | 20.3% | 2.5k | 5.6k | #11 |
| 7 | Germany | 51.9 | 27.8% | 1.8k | 6.4k | #6 |
| 8 | Spain | 48.6 | 16.9% | 3k | 6.2k | #9 |
| 9 | Canada | 45.7 | 24.1% | 1.7k | 6.2k | #7 |
| 10 | Italy | 43.0 | 27.5% | 1.2k | 4.3k | #10 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 40.7 | 32.8% | 832 | 4k | #8 |
| 12 | Malaysia | 38.5 | 21.2% | 1.3k | 4k | #21 |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 36.6 | 40.3% | 476 | 2.5k | #16 |
| 14 | South Korea | 34.7 | 30.3% | 747 | 3.2k | #22 |
| 15 | Brazil | 33.0 | 5.6% | 8.9k | 6.5k | #13 |
| 16 | ?? | 31.4 | 8.9% | 2.6k | 3k | #31 |
| 17 | Sweden | 29.9 | 37.2% | 530 | 2.7k | #12 |
| 18 | Japan | 28.5 | 19.7% | 1.1k | 2.6k | #24 |
| 19 | Portugal | 27.2 | 17.3% | 909 | 1.9k | #27 |
| 20 | Türkiye | 25.9 | 18.0% | 1.5k | 2.9k | #32 |
| 21 | France | 24.7 | 12.1% | 1.6k | 3.1k | #15 |
| 22 | Russia | 23.5 | 6.4% | 5.4k | 4.4k | #20 |
| 23 | South Africa | 22.4 | 31.1% | 514 | 1.7k | #28 |
| 24 | Norway | 21.4 | 31.9% | 392 | 1.9k | #17 |
| 25 | Finland | 20.4 | 35.1% | 395 | 1.9k | #25 |
| 26 | Switzerland | 19.4 | 29.9% | 423 | 1.9k | #14 |
| 27 | Pakistan | 18.5 | 20.6% | 560 | 2k | #34 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 17.6 | 35.2% | 238 | 1.4k | #41 |
| 29 | Poland | 16.7 | 22.0% | 657 | 1.8k | #36 |
| 30 | Singapore | 15.9 | 34.2% | 303 | 1.5k | #29 |
| 31 | Taiwan | 15.1 | 30.4% | 365 | 1.6k | #35 |
| 32 | Mexico | 14.3 | 6.6% | 2.1k | 1.4k | #33 |
| 33 | Austria | 13.5 | 32.4% | 293 | 1.2k | #19 |
| 34 | New Zealand | 12.8 | 28.5% | 386 | 1.4k | #18 |
| 35 | Iran | 12.1 | 18.3% | 529 | 1.7k | #39 |
| 36 | Thailand | 11.4 | 23.4% | 384 | 974 | #42 |
| 37 | Belgium | 10.7 | 24.9% | 385 | 1.3k | #26 |
| 38 | Colombia | 10.0 | 7.2% | 1.5k | 1.3k | #38 |
| 39 | Denmark | 9.4 | 27.4% | 350 | 1.2k | #23 |
| 40 | Israel | 8.8 | 24.4% | 482 | 1.2k | #30 |
| 41 | Vietnam | 8.1 | 25.2% | 283 | 911 | #46 |
| 42 | Ireland | 7.6 | 28.6% | 254 | 949 | #37 |
| 43 | Ecuador | 7.0 | 13.2% | 640 | 715 | #48 |
| 44 | Chile | 6.4 | 12.6% | 707 | 934 | #43 |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 5.8 | 20.0% | 278 | 707 | #49 |
| 46 | Greece | 5.3 | 27.1% | 221 | 724 | #40 |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 4.8 | 13.1% | 429 | 657 | #52 |
| 48 | Philippines | 4.3 | 14.4% | 473 | 725 | #53 |
| 49 | Argentina | 3.7 | 5.4% | 1k | 527 | #45 |
| 50 | Romania | 3.2 | 19.2% | 251 | 648 | #50 |
| 51 | Czechia | 2.8 | 18.5% | 313 | 679 | #44 |
| 52 | Ukraine | 2.3 | 8.8% | 694 | 555 | #56 |
| 53 | Peru | 1.8 | 7.0% | 686 | 510 | #57 |
| 54 | Hungary | 133.7 | 16.1% | 339 | 562 | #47 |
| 55 | Nigeria | 88.3 | 10.8% | 470 | 604 | #54 |
| 56 | Nepal | 43.8 | 9.8% | 404 | 331 | #62 |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 0.0 | 5.0% | 237 | 151 | #70 |
countries ranked worldwide in Demography (57). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.
How spread out this pool is
Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.