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Countries With A Population Of 100 Million Or More

1950, 1999 And 2050

 

Country

Total Population
(thousands)

Percent Of World
Population





1

2

3

4


Year 1950


China

India

United States of America

Russian Federation





554 760

357 561

157 813

102 192




22.0

14.2

 6.3

 4.1





1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10


Year 1999


China

India

United States of America

Indonesia

Brazil

Pakistan

Russian Federation

Bangladesh

Japan

Nigeria




1 266 838

998 056

276 218

209 255

167 988

152 331

147 196

126 947

126 505

108 945




21.2

16.7

4.6

3.5

2.8

2.5

2.5

2.1

2.1

1.8





1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18


Year 2050


India

China

United States of America

Pakistan

Indonesia

Nigeria

Brazil

Bangladesh

Ethiopia

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

Mexico

Philippines

Viet Nam

Russian Federation

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Egypt

Japan

Turkey





1 528 853

1 477 730

349 318

345 484

311 857

244 311

244 230

212 495

169 446

160 360

146 645

130 893

126 793

121 256

114 947

114 844

104 921

100 664





17.2

16.6

3.9

3.9

3.5

2.7

2.7

2.4

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.1

 

Table 6: Published in: Population Division of the Department of
Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat,
The World at Six Billion. (ESA/P/WP.154), 12 October 1999.

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