OneBuckeye wrote:
Rank Country / Territory Population Date Last Updated % of World Population Source
1 China[5] 1,334,490,000 December 4, 2009 19.62% Chinese Population clock
2 India 1,173,390,000 December 4, 2009 17.25% Indian Population clock
3 United States 308,079,000 December 4, 2009 4.53% Official USA Population clock
4 Indonesia 231,369,500 3.4% Statistics Indonesia estimate
5 Brazil 192,136,000 December 4, 2009 2.83% Official Brazilian population clock
6 Pakistan 168,118,000 December 4, 2009 2.47% Official Pakistani Population clock
7 Bangladesh 162,221,000 2.39% UN estimate
8 Nigeria 154,729,000 2.28% UN estimate
9 Russia 141,909,279 October 1, 2009 2.09% Federal State Statistics Service of Russia
10 Japan 127,560,000 October 1, 2009 1.88%
Top ten from wiki... who knew Russia had less people than nigeria bangladesh and pakastan.
Yeah, I knew all that from Sporcle.com haha.
Bangladesh is the one that really gets me. All those countries (Laos, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc are so crowded for how small they are. It is incredible.
As for Nigeria, having the largest city in Africa (Lagos) is probably a large reason for that. Although, Im really not sure.
If you look up the 25 most populated cities in the world, something like 3 are Indian, 3 Chinese, and 3 Japanese. Then all the previous countries I just mentioned all have a city in them as well.