Countries with a Population of 50 Million or More:
1950, 1998 and 2050
(thousands)

1950

1	China	554,760
2	India	357,561
3	United States of America	157,813
4	Russian Federation	102,192
5	Japan	83,625
6	Indonesia	79,538
7	Germany	68,376
8	Brazil	53,975
9	United Kingdom	50,616
	Total	1,508,456
	Percent of world population	59.8

1998
(medium variant projections)

1	China	1,255,698
2	India	982,223
3	United States of America	274,028
4	Indonesia	206,338
5	Brazil	165,851
6	Pakistan	148,166
7	Russian Federation	147,434
8	Japan	126,281
9	Bangladesh	124,774
10	Nigeria	106,409
11	Mexico	95,831
12	Germany	82,133
13	Viet Nam	77,562
14	Philippines	72,944
15	Egypt	65,978
16	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	65,758
17	Turkey	64,479
18	Thailand	60,300
19	Ethiopia	59,649
20	France	58,683
21	United Kingdom	58,649
22	Italy	57,369
23	Ukraine	50,861
	Total	4,407,398
	Percent of world population	74.7

2050
(medium variant projections)

1	India	1,528,853
2	China	1,477,730
3	United States of America	349,318
4	Pakistan	345,484
5	Indonesia	311,857
6	Nigeria	244,311
7	Brazil	244,230
8	Bangladesh	212,495
9	Ethiopia	169,446
10	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	160,360
11	Mexico	146,645
12	Philippines	130,893
13	Viet Nam	126,793
14	Russian Federation	121,256
15	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	114,947
16	Egypt	114,844
17	Japan	104,921
18	Turkey	100,664
19	United Rep. of Tanzania	80,584
20	Thailand	74,188
21	Germany	73,303
22	Colombia	71,550
23	Myanmar	64,890
24	Uganda	64,850
25	Afghanistan	61,004
26	France	59,883
27	Sudan	59,176
28	Yemen	58,801
29	Algeria	57,731
30	United Kingdom	56,667
31	Iraq	54,916
32	Argentina	54,522
33	Saudi Arabia	54,461
34	South Africa	52,514
35	Ghana	51,802
36	Republic of Korea	51,275
37	Kenya	51,034
	Total	7,158,198
	Percent of world population	80.4

 

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