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Ten Most Populous Countries, 1999 And 2050

 

Year 1999

Population
(thousands)

% Of
World
Population

Year 2050

 Population
(thousands)		 % Of
World
Population
  WORLD 5 978 401 100.0   WORLD 8 909 095 100.0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10


China

India

USA

Indonesia

Brazil

Pakistan

Russian Federation

Bangladesh

Japan

Nigeria


Rest Of The World


1 266 838

998 056

276 218

209 255

167 988

152 331

147 196

126 947

126 505

108 945


2 398 122


21.2

16.7

4.6

3.5

2.8

2.5

2.5

2.1

2.1

1.8


40.2
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10


India

China

USA

Pakistan

Indonesia

Nigeria

Brazil

Bangladesh

Ethiopia

Dem. Rep. of the Congo


Rest Of The World


1 528 853

1 477 730

349 318

345 484

311 857

244 311

244 230

212 495

169 446

160 360


3 865 011


17.2

16.6

3.9

3.9

3.5

2.7

2.7

2.4

1.9

1.8


43.4

 

Table 18: 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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