World's 50 Most Populous Countries: 2010

World's 50 Most Populous Countries: 2010


Rank Country Population


World 6,817,246,761

1. China 1,330,141,295

2. India 1,173,108,018

3. United States 310,232,863

4. Indonesia 242,968,342

5. Brazil 201,103,330

6. Pakistan 177,276,594

7. Bangladesh 158,065,841

8. Nigeria 152,217,341

9. Russia 139,390,205

10. Japan 126,804,433

11. Mexico 112,468,855

12. Philippines 99,900,177

13. Vietnam 89,571,130

14. Ethiopia 88,013,491

15. Germany 82,282,988

16. Egypt 80,471,869

17. Turkey 77,804,122

18. Congo, Dem. Rep. 70,916,439

19. Iran 67,037,517

20. Thailand 66,404,688

21. France 64,768,389

22. United Kingdom 61,284,806

23. Italy 58,090,681

24. Burma 53,414,374

25. South Africa 49,109,107

26. Korea, South 48,636,068

27. Ukraine 45,415,596

28. Colombia 44,205,293

29. Sudan 41,980,182

30. Tanzania 41,892,895

31. Argentina 41,343,201

32. Spain 40,548,753

33. Kenya 40,046,566

34. Poland 38,463,689

35. Algeria 34,586,184

36. Canada 33,759,742

37. Uganda 33,398,682

38. Morocco 31,627,428

39. Peru 29,907,003

40. Iraq 29,671,605

41. Saudi Arabia 29,207,277

42. Afghanistan 29,121,286

43. Nepal 28,951,852

44. Uzbekistan 27,865,738

45. Venezuela 27,223,228

46. Malaysia 26,160,256

47. Ghana 24,339,838

48. Yemen 23,495,361

49. Taiwan 23,024,956

50. Korea, North 22,757,275



Source: U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base.