What Countries Have the Highest Population?

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

Written by L. S. Wynn