Most Populated Countries in the World
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The population of the world is estimated to be around 6.8 billion and is expected to reach 25 billion by 2050. Here is a list of world’s most populated countries:
1. China: Tops the list with a population of 1,338,650,000 which amounts to around 19.53% of the total world population. The figures are according to the statistics provided by the Chinese Official Population Clock & excludes Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
2. India: Comes next with a population of 1,183,416,000 which amounts to approximately 17.26% of the world population. The figures have been provided by the Indian Official Population Clock.
3. United States: A distant third with a population of 309,738,000 – roughly 4.52% of the total world population. The figures have been provided by the United States Official Population Clock.
4. Indonesia: Population of 234,181,400 which is around 3.42% of the total world population. The number is according to Statistics Indonesia provided in July 2010.
5. Brazil: Population 193,223,000 – 2.82% approx. of world population. The figure has been provided by the Brazilian Official Population Clock.
6. Pakistan: Population 170,013,500 2.48% approx. of world population, according to the Official Pakistani Population Clock.
7. Bangladesh: Population 162,221,000. The figure is an UN estimate and comes to 2.37% of the world population.
8. Nigeria: Population 154,729,000 (based on UN Estimate). 2.26% of the world population.
9. Russia: Population 141,927,297 (as on 1 January 2010, number provided by Federal State Statistics Service of Russia).
10. Japan: Population of 127,380,000 (as on 1 June 2010), Japan is 10th in the list. The figures have been provided by Official Japan Statistics Bureau.
11. Mexico: Population 108,396,211 (as per 1 July 2010 figure provided by INEGI and National Population Statistics of Mexico). This is roughly 1.58% of the world population.
12. Philippines: Population 94,013,200 (an estimated 1.37% of the world population) according to National Statistics Office medium projection.
13. Vietnam: Population 85,789,573 (1.25% of world population).
14. Germany: Population 81,757,600 (based on 1 January 2010 Euro stat estimate). This is only 1.19% of the world population.
15. Ethiopia: Population 79,221,000 (as per July 2008 statistics from Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency). The figure is equivalent to 1.16% of the total world population.
16. Egypt: Population 78,720,000 which is around 1.15% of the world population. The figures are from the Official Egyptian Population clock.
17. Iran: Population 74,196,000 (1.08% of world population).
18. Turkey: Population 72,561,312 (as on 31 December 2009). This comes to around 1.06% of the world population. This data is as per Turkish Statistical Institute.
19. Democratic Republic of Congo: Population 66,020,000 (0.96% of world population).
20. France: Population of 65,447,374 (this is an Official INSEE estimate provided on 1 January 2010 and comes to 0.95% of the world population).
