Human population continues to grow in most parts of the world, and the table below should help to illustrate how the population is divided amongst the various countries. It is interesting to note that the two most populous countries (China and India) are home to about one third of the world’s total population. Here are the 25 most populous countries.
country
population
China
1,284,300,000
India
1,045,800,000
United States
280,600,000
Indonesia
231,300,000
Brazil
176,000,000
Pakistan
147,700,000
Russia
145,000,000
Bangladesh
133,400,000
Nigeria
130,000,000
Japan
127,000,000
Mexico
103,400,000
Philippines
84,500,000
Germany
83,300,000
Vietnam
81,100,000
Egypt
70,700,000
Ethiopia
67,700,000
Turkey
67,300,000
Iran
66,600,000
Thailand
62,400,000
United Kingdom
59,800,000
France
59,800,000
Italy
57,700,000
Congo
55,200,000
Ukraine
48,400,000
South Korea
48,300,000