1950 | 2005 | 2050 | ||||||
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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 |
In millions.
Source: UN. 2005. World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision. Highlights. New York, NY: United Nations; Table VIII.3.