World populations by country

For information, below are the latest population figures for all of the countries in the world. Notice that China and India make up almost 40% of the total world population. That is amazing! TGO

Source: Wikipedia

Rank Country / Territory Population Date Last Updated % of World Population
1 China 1,336,690,000 April 1, 2010 19.62%
2 India 1,178,985,000 April 1, 2010 17.31%
3 United States 308,984,000 April 1, 2010 4.54%
4 Indonesia 231,369,500 July 2009 3.4%
5 Brazil 192,714,000 April 1, 2010 2.83%
6 Pakistan 169,121,000 April 1, 2010 2.48%
7 Bangladesh 162,221,000 2.38%
8 Nigeria 154,729,000 2.27%
9 Russia 141,927,297 January 1, 2010 2.08%
10 Japan 127,380,000 March 1, 2010 1.87%
11 Mexico 107,550,697 July 1, 2009 1.58%
12 Philippines 92,226,600 Mid-2009 1.35%
13 Vietnam 85,789,573 April 1, 2009 1.26%
14 Germany 81,757,600 January 1, 2010 1.2%
15 Ethiopia 79,221,000 July 2008 1.16%
16 Egypt 78,069,000 April 1, 2010 1.15%
17 Iran 74,196,000 1.09%
18 Turkey 72,561,312 December 31, 2009 1.07%
19 Dem. Rep. of Congo 66,020,000 0.97%
20 Franc 65,447,374 January 1, 2010 0.96%
21 Thailand 63,389,730 December 31, 2008 0.93%
22 United Kingdom 62,041,708 January 1, 2010 0.91%
23 Italy 60,276,969 October 1, 2009 0.88%
24 Myanmar (Burma) 50,020,000 0.73%
25 South Korea 49,773,145 December 31, 2009 0.73%
26 South Africa 49,320,500 July 1, 2009 0.72%
27 Spain 45,989,016 January 1, 2010 0.68%
28 Ukraine 45,962,900 January 1, 2010 0.67%
29 Colombia 45,377,000 April 1, 2010 0.67%
30 Tanzania 43,739,000 0.64%
31 Argentina 40,134,425 June 30, 2009 0.59%
32 Kenya 39,802,000 0.58%
33 Sudan 39,154,490 April 22, 2008 0.57%
34 Poland 38,163,895 January 1, 2010 0.56%
35 Algeria 34,895,000 0.51%
36 Canada 34,053,000 April 1, 2010 0.5%
37 Uganda 32,710,000 0.48%
38 Morocco 31,768,000 April 1, 2010 0.47%
39 Iraq 30,747,000 0.45%
40 Nepal 29,331,000 0.43%
41 Peru 29,132,013 June 30, 2009 0.43%
42 Venezuela 28,723,000 April 1, 2010 0.42%
43 Malaysia 28,306,700 0.42%
44 Afghanistan 28,150,000 0.4%
45 Uzbekistan 27,488,000 0.4%
46 Saudi Arabia 25,721,000 0.38%
47 North Korea 24,051,706 October 2008 0.35%
48 Ghana 23,837,000 0.35%
49 Yemen 23,580,000 0.35%
50 Republic of China (Taiwan) 23,119,772 December 31, 2009 0.34%
51 Australia 22,209,000 April 1, 2010 0.33%
52 Syria 21,906,000 0.32%
53 Romania 21,466,174 January 1, 2010 0.32%
54 Côte d’Ivoire 21,075,000 0.31%
55 Sri Lanka 20,238,000 0.3%
56 Mozambique 20,226,296 September 16, 2007 0.3%
57 Madagascar 19,625,000 0.29%
58 Cameroon 19,522,000 0.29%
59 Angola 18,498,000 0.27%
60 Chile 17,053,000 April 1, 2010 0.25%
61 Netherlands 16,600,425 April 1, 2010 0.24%
62 Kazakhstan 15,776,492 July 1, 2009 0.23%
63 Burkina Faso 15,757,000 0.23%
64 Niger 15,290,000 0.22%
65 Malawi 15,263,000 0.22%
66 Cambodia 14,805,000 0.22%
67 Mali 14,517,176 April 1, 2009 0.21%
68 Ecuador 14,155,000 April 1, 2010 0.21%
69 Guatemala 14,027,000 0.21%
70 Zambia 12,935,000 0.19%
71 Senegal 12,534,000 0.18%
72 Zimbabwe 12,523,000 0.18%
73 Greece 11,306,183 January 1, 2010 0.17%
74 Chad 11,274,106 June 2009 0.17%
75 Cuba 11,204,000 0.16%
76 Belgium 10,827,519 January 1, 2010 0.16%
77 Portugal 10,636,888 January 1, 2010 0.16%
78 Czech Republic 10,512,397 January 1, 2010 0.15%
79 Tunisia 10,432,500 July 1, 2009 0.15%
80 Dominican Republic 10,090,000 0.15%
81 Guinea 10,069,000 0.15%
82 Haiti 10,033,000 0.15%
83 Hungary 10,013,628 January 1, 2010 0.15%
84 Rwanda 9,998,000 0.15%
85 Bolivia 9,879,000 0.14%
86 Serbia 9,850,000 0.14%
87 Belarus 9,480,200 January 1, 2010 0.14%
88 Sweden 9,345,135 January 31, 2010 0.14%
89 Somalia 9,133,000 0.13%
90 Benin 8,935,000 0.13%
91 Azerbaijan 8,922,300 April 13, 2009 0.13%
92 Austria 8,372,930 January 1, 2010 0.12%
93 Burundi 8,303,000 0.12%
94 Switzerland 7,782,900 December 31, 2009 0.11%
95 Bulgaria 7,576,751 January 1, 2010 0.11%
96 Israel 7,521,400 January 31, 2010 0.11%
97 Honduras 7,466,000 0.11%
98 Hong Kong 7,026,400 December 31, 2009 0.103%
99 Tajikistan 6,952,000 0.102%
100 Papua New Guinea 6,732,000 0.099%
101 Togo 6,619,000 0.097%
102 Libya 6,420,000 0.094%
103 Paraguay 6,349,000 0.093%
104 Laos 6,320,000 0.093%
105 Jordan 6,316,000 0.093%
106 El Salvador 6,163,000 0.09%
107 Nicaragua 5,743,000 0.084%
108 Sierra Leone 5,696,000 0.084%
109 Denmark 5,534,738 December 31, 2009 0.081%
110 Kyrgyzstan 5,482,000 0.08%
111 Slovakia 5,424,925 December 31, 2009 0.08%
112 Finland 5,357,000 April 1, 2010 0.079%
113 Turkmenistan 5,110,000 0.075%
114 Eritrea 5,073,000 0.074%
115 Singapore 4,987,600 Mid-2009 0.073%
116 Norway 4,873,700 April 1, 2010 0.072%
117 United Arab Emirates 4,599,000 0.068%
118 Costa Rica 4,579,000 0.067%
119 Ireland 4,459,300 April 1, 2009 0.065%
120 Croatia 4,435,056 January 1, 2009 0.065%
121 Central African Republic 4,422,000 0.065%
122 Georgia 4,385,400 January 1, 2009 0.064%
123 New Zealand 4,361,700 April 1, 2010 0.064%
124 Lebanon 4,224,000 0.062%
125 Puerto Rico 3,982,000 0.058%
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,767,000 0.055%
127 Palestine 3,761,646 December 1, 2007 0.055%
128 Republic of the Congo 3,683,000 0.054%
129 Moldova 3,563,800 January 1, 2010 0.052%
130 Liberia 3,476,608 March 21, 2008 0.051%
131 Panama 3,454,000 0.051%
132 Uruguay 3,361,000 0.049%
133 Lithuania 3,329,227 January 1, 2010 0.049%
134 Mauritania 3,291,000 0.048%
135 Armenia 3,230,100 January 1, 2008 0.044%
136 Albania 3,170,000 January 1, 2008 0.047%
137 Kuwait 2,985,000 0.044%
138 Oman 2,845,000 0.042%
139 Jamaica 2,719,000 0.04%
140 Mongolia 2,671,000 0.039%
141 Latvia 2,245,800 March 1, 2010 0.033%
142 Namibia 2,171,000 0.032%
143 Lesotho 2,067,000 0.03%
144 Slovenia 2,055,600 April 1, 2010 0.03%
145 Macedonia 2,048,620 January 1, 2009 0.03%
146 Botswana 1,950,000 0.029%
147 Gambia 1,705,000 0.025%
148 Guinea-Bissau 1,611,000 0.024%
149 Gabon 1,475,000 0.022%
150 Qatar 1,409,000 0.021%
151 Estonia 1,340,021 January 1, 2010 0.02%
152 Trinidad and Tobago 1,339,000 0.02%
153 Mauritius 1,288,000 0.019%
154 Swaziland 1,185,000 0.017%
155 East Timor 1,134,000 0.017%
156 Djibouti 864,000 0.013%
157 Fiji 849,000 0.012%
158 Cyprus 801,851 January 1, 2010 0.012%
159 Bahrain 791,000 0.012%
160 Guyana 762,000 0.011%
161 Bhutan 697,000 0.01%
162 Comoros 676,000 0.01%
163 Equatorial Guinea 676,000 0.007%
164 Montenegro 624,000 0.009%
165 Macau 542,200 December 31, 2009 0.008%
166 Solomon Islands 523,000 0.007%
167 Suriname 520,000 0.008%
168 Western Sahara 513,000 0.008%
169 Cape Verde 506,000 0.007%
170 Luxembourg 502,207 January 1, 2010 0.007%
171 Malta 416,333 January 1, 2010 0.006%
172 Brunei 400,000 0.006%
173 Bahamas 342,000 0.005%
174 Belize 322,100 June 30, 2008 0.005%
175 Iceland 317,630 January 1, 2010 0.005%
176 Maldives 309,000 0.005%
177 Barbados 256,000 0.004%
178 Vanuatu 240,000 0.004%
179 Netherlands Antilles 198,000 0.003%
180 Samoa 179,000 0.003%
181 Guam 178,000 0.003%
182 Saint Lucia 172,000 0.003%
183 São Tomé and Príncipe 163,000 0.002%
184 Federated States of Micronesia 111,000 0.002%
185 U.S. Virgin Islands 110,000 0.002%
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109,000 0.002%
187 Aruba 107,000 0.002%
188 Grenada 104,000 0.002%
189 Tonga 104,000 0.002%
190 Kiribati 98,000 0.001%
191 Jersey 89,300 December 31, 2006 0.001%
192 Antigua and Barbuda 88,000 0.001%
193 Northern Mariana Islands 87,000 0.001%
194 Andorra 84,082 December 31, 2009 0.001%
195 Seychelles 84,000 0.001%
196 Isle of Man 80,000 0.001%
197 Dominica 67,000 0.001%
198 American Samoa 67,000 0.001%
199 Bermuda 65,000 0.001%
200 Marshall Islands 62,000 0.001%
201 Guernsey 61,811 March 1, 2007 0.001%
202 Greenland 57,000 0.001%
203 Cayman Islands 56,000 0.001%
204 Saint Kitts and Nevis 52,000 0.001%
205 Faroe Islands 48,660 January 1, 2010 0.001%
206 Liechtenstein 35,789 June 30, 2009 0.0005%
207 Monaco 33,000 0.0005%
208 Turks and Caicos Islands 33,000 0.0005%
209 Gibraltar 31,000 0.0005%
210 San Marino 30,800 January 1, 2008 0.0005%
211 British Virgin Islands 23,000 0.0003%
212 Cook Islands 20,000 0.0003%
213 Palau 20,000 0.0003%
214 Anguilla 15,000 0.0002%
215 Tuvalu 10,000 0.0001%
216 Nauru 10,000 0.0001%
217 Montserrat 5,900 0.0001%
218 Saint Helena 4,500 0.0001%
219 Falkland Islands 3,000 0.00005%
220 Niue 1,500 0.00003%
221 Tokelau 1,200 0.00003%
222 Vatican City 800 0.00002%
223 Pitcairn Islands 50 0.000001%

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