Monday, February 11, 2008

World Population

According to the Population Reference Bureau, these will be the ten largest countries based on population in 2050...
1. India 1,628,000,000 (1.628 billion)
2. China 1,437,000,000 (1.437 billion)
3. United States 420,000,000 (420 million)
4. Nigeria 299,000,000
5. Pakistan 295,000,000
6. Indonesia 285,000,000
7. Brazil 260,000,000
8. Bangladesh 231,000,000
9. Democratic Republic of Congo 183,000,000
10. Ethiopia 145,000,000
You can compare these future populations to the largest countries today.

1. China 1,313,973,713
2. India 1,095,351,995
3. United States 298,444,215
4. Indonesia 245,452,739
5. Brazil 188,078,227
6. Pakistan 165,803,560
7. Bangladesh 147,365,352
8. Russia 142,893,540
9. Nigeria 131,859,731
10. Japan 127,463,611
11. Mexico 107,449,525
12. Philippines 89,468,677
13. Vietnam 84,402,966
14. Germany 82,422,299
15. Egypt 78,887,007
16. Ethiopia 74,777,981
17. Turkey 70,413,958
18. Iran 68,688,433
19. Thailand 64,631,595
20. Democratic Republic of the Congo 62,660,551
21. France 60,876,136
22. United Kingdom 60,609,153
23. Italy 58,133,509

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