THE WORLD POPULATION AND THE TOP TEN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST POPULATION The ten countries with the largest population in world are China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Russia and Japan.

TOP TEN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST POPULATION # Country 2000 Population 2010 Population 2011 Population 2050 Expected Pop. 1 China 1,268,853,362 1,330,141,295 1,336,718,015 1,303,723,332 2 India 1,004,124,224 1,173,108,018 1,189,172,906 1,656,553,632 3 United States 282,338,631 310,232,863 313,232,044 439,010,253 4 Indonesia 213,829,469 242,968,342 245,613,043 313,020,847 5 Brazil 176,319,621 201,103,330 203,429,773 260,692,493 6 Pakistan 146,404,914 184,404,791 187,342,721 276,428,758 7 Bangladesh 130,406,594 156,118,464 158,570,535 233,587,279 8 Nigeria 123,178,818 152,217,341 155,215,573 264,262,405 9 Russia 146,709,971 139,390,205 138,739,892 109,187,353 10 Japan 126,729,223 126,804,433 126,475,664 93,673,826 TOP TEN Countries 3,618,894,827 4,016,489,082 4,054,510,166 4,950,140,178 Rest of the World 2,466,012,769 2,829,120,878 2,875,544,988 4,306,202,522 TOTAL World Population 6,084,907,596 6,845,609,960 6,930,055,154 9,256,342,700 NOTES: (1) The Top 10 Most Populated Countries of the World Table was updated for December 31, 2011. (2) Detailed data for individual countries may be found clicking on each country name. (3) Demographic (population) estimates for years 2000, 2010, 2011 and 2050 are based on data from the US Census Bureau website. (4) The China population data is for the mainland only. (5) Data from the Internet World Stats website may be cited, giving the due credit and establishing an active link back to Internet World Stats. (6) For definitions and navigation help, see the Site Surfing Guide. Copyright © 2001 - 2012, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.