Population of Selected Countries in the World

Every year, the world’s population is expanding by 83 million people. As of 2017, there are around 7.6 billion people in the world.

Population trends are wildly uneven - some countries are rapidly expanding, others are shrinking.

China and India together make up 37% of the world’s population.

Nigeria has the world’s fastest growing population.

Ten Most Populous Countries of the World
Sl. No	Country	Population	Reference Date
1	China	1,379,302,771	26.09.2017
2	India	1,281,935,911	26.09.2017
3	United States of America	326,625,791	26.09.2017
4	Indonesia	260,580,739	26.09.2017
5	Brazil	207,353,391	26.09.2017
6	Pakistan	204,924,861	26.09.2017
7	Nigeria	190,632,261	26.09.2017
8	Bangladesh	157,826,578	26.09.2017
9	Russia	142,257,519	26.09.2017
10	Japan	126,451,398	26.09.2017

Even though India accounts for only 2.4% of surface area of the earth, it contributes 17.5% to the world population, which is extremely large.

United States of America accounts for 7.2% of the earth’s surface area, it contributes only 4.5% to the world population.

With China slowing down on population growth, it is estimated that by 2030, India will be the most populous country in the world with 17.9%.

References:

1. Census of India 2011.
2. United States Census Bureau.
3. World Population Growth - (https://ourworldindata.org/world-population-growth/)
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