Countries Accounting for About 75% of the World Population by Order of Population Size

1950			2005			2050
Rank	Populationa	Cumulated %	Rank	Populationa	Cumulated %	Rank	Populationa	Cumulated %
1. China	555	22.0	1. China	1,316	20.4	1. India	1,593	17.5
2. India	358	36.2	2. India	1,103	37.4	2. China	1,392	32.9
3. United States	158	42.5	3. United States	298	42.0	3. United States	395	37.2
4. Russia	103	46.6	4. Indonesia	223	45.5	4. Pakistan	305	40.6
5. Japan	84	49.9	5. Brazil	186	48.4	5. Indonesia	285	43.7
6. Indonesia	80	53.0	6. Pakistan	158	50.8	6. Nigeria	258	46.6
7. Germany	68	55.7	7. Russia	143	53.0	7. Brazil	253	49.4
8. Brazil	54	57.9	8. Bangladesh	142	55.2	8. Bangladesh	243	52.0
9. United Kingdom	50	59.9	9. Nigeria	132	57.3	9. Dem Rep Congo	177	54.0
10. Italy	47	61.7	10. Japan	128	59.2	10. Ethiopia	170	55.9
11. France	42	63.4	11. Mexico	107	60.9	11. Mexico	139	57.4
12. Bangladesh	42	65.0	12. Vietnam	84	62.2	12. Philippines	127	58.8
13. Ukraine	37	66.5	13. Philippines	83	63.5	13. Uganda	127	60.2
14. Pakistan	37	68.0	14. Germany	83	64.8	14. Egypt	126	61.6
15. Nigeria	33	69.3	15. Ethiopia	77	66.0	15. Vietnam	117	62.9
16. Spain	28	70.4	16. Egypt	74	67.1	16. Japan	112	64.1
17. Mexico	28	71.5	17. Turkey	73	68.2	17. Russia	112	65.3
18. Vietnam	27	72.6	18. Iran	70	69.3	18. Iran	102	66.5
19. Poland	25	73.6	19. Thailand	64	70.3	19. Turkey	101	67.6
20. Egypt	22	74.4	20. France	60	71.2	20. Afghanistan	97	68.7
			21. United Kingdom	60	72.2	21. Kenya	83	69.6
			22. Italy	58	73.1	22. Germany	79	70.4
			23. Dem Rep Congo	58	73.9	23. Thailand	75	71.3
			24. Myanmar	51	74.7	24. United Kingdom	67	72.0
						25. Tanzania	67	72.7
						26. Sudan	67	73.5
						27. Colombia	66	74.2
						28. Iraq	64	74.9

^aIn millions.

Source: UN. 2005. World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision. Highlights. New York, NY: United Nations; Table VIII.3.